Publications

[62] Bouskill, NJ, SS Chacon, DF Cusack, LH Dietterich^, L Chen, A Khurram, J Voriskova, HN Holman (2025). Climate history modulates stress responses of common soil bacteria under experimental drought. ISME, 19:1. doi: 10.1093/ismejo/wraf075

[61]     Cordeiro, AL*, DF Cusack, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Norby R J, Toro L, Wong MY, Wright SJ, Cabugao KGM, Andersen KM, Fuchslueger L, Iversen CM, Soper F, Ghimire OP, Lugli LF, Miron AC, Valverde-Barrantes O, Arnaud M, Batterman S, Dietterich LH^, Lee MY, Weemstra M, Yaffar D, Addo-Danso SD, Pierick K, Bridges R, Easton C, Felsing I, Gonçalves NB, Krudop R, McKinzie MR, Perbohner J, Pozzoli-Oropeza AN, Samaniego M, Smilor AW, Vargas IS, Webb L, Nikitin T, Powers JS, McCormack ML (2025). TropiRoot 1.0 – Database of tropical root characteristics across environments (data paper). Ecology. doi: 10.1002/ecy.70074

[60]  Cordeiro, AL*, DF Cusack, Guerrero-Ramírez N, Norby R J, Toro L, Wong MY, Wright SJ, Cabugao KGM, Andersen KM, Fuchslueger L, Iversen CM, Soper F, Ghimire OP, Lugli LF, Miron AC, Valverde-Barrantes O, Arnaud M, Batterman S, Dietterich LH^, Lee MY, Weemstra M, Yaffar D, Addo-Danso SD, Pierick K, Bridges R, Easton C, Felsing I, Gonçalves NB, Krudop R, McKinzie MR, Perbohner J, Pozzoli-Oropeza AN, Samaniego M, Smilor AW, Vargas IS, Webb L, Nikitin T, Powers JS, McCormack ML  (2025): Data from TropiRoot 1.0 database: tropical root characteristics across environments. Synthesis of existing tropical root data: How do natural, episodic disturbances alter tropical forest carbon cycles via changes in belowground dynamics?, Published Dataset; Grant: Consequences of Plant Nutrient Uptake for Soil Carbon Stabilization (PI: Cusack). Environmental System Science - Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem (ESS-DIVE) Repository. Department of Energy, Office of Science. doi:10.15485/2507279

[58]  Cordeiro AL, DF Cusack, Dietterich LH, Hockaday WC, McFarlane KJ, Sivapalan V, Hedgpeth A, Neupane A, Colburn L, Konwent W, Oppler G, Reu J, Valdes E, Wright SJ (2024): Soil properties and root characteristics across four lowland Panamanian forests from 0 - 1 m soil depths. Consequences of Plant Nutrient Uptake for Soil Carbon Stabilization, ESS-DIVE repository. Grant: Consequences of Plant Nutrient Uptake for Soil Carbon Stabilization (PI: Cusack). Environmental System Science - Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem (ESS-DIVE) Repository. Department of Energy, Office of Science. doi:10.15485/2447894

[59]  McFarlane, KJ, DF Cusack, LH Dietterich, AL Hedgpeth*, KM Finstad, & AT Nottingham (2024). Experimental warming and drying increase older carbon contributions to soil respiration in lowland tropical forests. Nature Communications, 15(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-024-51422-6

[57]  McFarlane,KJ, DF Cusack, A Nottingham, K Finstad (2024). Radiocarbon of soil CO2 efflux and soils with experimental soil warming and drying in lowland tropical forests in Panama. Published Dataset; Environmental System Science - Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem (ESS-DIVE) Repository. Department of Energy, Office of Science. doi:10.15485/2425968

[56]  AL Cordeiro*, DF Cusack, LH Dietterich#, WC Hockaday, KJ McFarlane (2024). Radiocarbon of deep fine roots across four in lowland seasonal tropical forests in Panama. Published Dataset; Grant: Consequences of Plant Nutrient Uptake for Soil Carbon Stabilization (PI: Cusack). Environmental System Science - Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem (ESS-DIVE) Repository. Department of Energy, Office of Science. doi:10.15485/2447895

[55]  Hedgpeth*AL, AM Hoyt, K Cavanaugh, KJ McFarlane, DF Cusack (2024). From the Top: Surface-derived Carbon Fuels Greenhouse Gas Production at Depth in a Neotropical Peatland. EGUsphere: 1-36. DOI 10.5194/egusphere-2024-1279

[54]  Shi, B., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Knapp, AK., Smith, MD., Reed, S., Osborne. B., Carrillo, Y., Fernando M.T., Zhu, Y., Chen, A., Wilkins, K., Holdrege, M.C., Kulmatiski, A., Picon-Cochard, C., Roscher, C., Power, S., Byrne, K.M., Churchill, A.C., Jentsch, A., Henry, H.A.L., Beard, Karen.H., Schuchardt, M.A., Eisenhauer, Nico, Otfinowski, Rafael, Hautier, Yann, Shen, Huitao, Wang, Y., Wang, Z.Wang, C., Cusack, D.F., Petraglia, A., Carbognani, M., Forte, T.G.W., Flory, L., Hou, P.L., Zhang, T., Weifeng W.F., Wei, S. (2024) Aridity drives the response of soil total and particulate organic carbon to drought in temperate grasslands and shrublands. Science Advances, 10(40): eadq2654. DOI 10.1126/sciadv.adq2654

[53]  Yaffar, D., Lugli, L. F., Wong, M. Y., Norby, R. J., Addo-Danso, S. D., Arnaud, M., Cordeiro, A. L., Dietterich, L. H., Diaz-Toribio, M. H., Lee, M. Y., Ghimire, O. P., Smith-Martin, C. M., Toro, L., Andersen, K., McCulloch, L. A., Meier, I. C., Powers, J. S., Sanchez-Julia, M., Soper, F. M., & Cusack, D. F. (2024). Tropical root traits in response to global changes from 1984 to 2023. 1.0. NGEE Tropics Data Collection. DOI: 10.15486/ngt/2382698

[52]  Cordeiro, AL*, Cusack, DF, Dietterich, LH^, Hockaday, WC, McFarlane, KJ, Sivapalan, V, Hedgpeth, A, Neupane, A, Colburn, L, Konwent, W, Oppler, G, Reu, JC, Valdes, E, & Wright, SJ (2024). Root Characteristics Vary with Depth Across Four Lowland Seasonal Tropical Forests. Ecosystems, 27(8): 1104 – 1122. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-024-00941-w

[51] Cordeiro A L ; Cusack D F ; Dietterich L H ; Hockaday W C ; McFarlane K J ; Sivapalan V ; Hedgpeth A ; Neupane A ; Colburn L ; Konwent W ; Oppler G ; Reu J ; Valdes E ; Wright S J (2024): Root biomass and traits across four lowland Panamanian forests from 0 - 1.2 m soil depths. Consequences of Plant Nutrient Uptake for Soil Carbon Stabilization, ESS-DIVE repository. Data Paper; Grant: Consequences of Plant Nutrient Uptake for Soil Carbon Stabilization (PI: Cusack). Environmental System Science - Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem (ESS-DIVE) Repository. Department of Energy, Office of Science. DOI: 10.15485/2446720

[50]  Yaffar, D., Lugli, L. F., Wong, M. Y., Norby, R. J., Addo-Danso, S. D., Arnaud, M., Cordeiro, A. L., Dietterich, L. H., Diaz-Toribio, M. H., Lee, M. Y., Ghimire, O. P., Smith-Martin, C. M., Toro, L., Andersen, K., McCulloch, L. A., Meier, I. C., Powers, J. S., Sanchez-Julia, M., Soper, F. M., & Cusack, D. F. (2024). Tropical root responses to global changes: A synthesis. Global Change Biology, 30(7): e17420. doi:10.1111/gcb.17420

[49] DF Cusack, S Reed, KM Andersen, D Cinoğlu, ME Craig, LH Dietterich^, JA Hogan, JA Holm, AT Nottingham, R Ostertag, FM Soper, TE Wood, MY Wong (2024). Forum – Tropical forests and global change: biogeochemical responses and opportunities for cross-site comparisons, an organized INSPIRE session at the 108th Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America, Portland, Oregon, USA, August 2023. New Phytologist. 241: 1922 – 1926. doi/10.1111/nph.19511

[48] DF Cusack, B Christoffersen, CM Smith-Martin, KM Andersen, AL Cordeiro*, K Fleischer, SJ Wright, NR Guerrero-Ramírez, LF Lugli, LA McCulloch, M Sanchez-Julia, SA Batterman, C Dallstream, C Fortunel, L Toro, L Fuchslueger, MY Wong, D Yaffar, JB Fisher, M Arnaud, LH Dietterich^, SD Addo-Danso, OJ Valverde-Barrantes, M Weemstra, J Cheng Ng, RJ Norby (2024). Toward a coordinated understanding of hydro-biogeochemical root functions in tropical forests for application in vegetation models. New Phytologist. 242 (2): https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19561

[47] MD Smith, KD Wilkins, MC. Holdrege, P Wilfahrt, SL Collins, AK Knapp, OE Sala, JS Dukes, RP Phillips, L Yahdjian, LA Gherardi, T Ohlert, C Beier, LH Fraser, A Jentsch, ME Loik, FT Maestre, SA Power, Q Yu, A Felton, SM Munson, Y Luo, H Abdoli, M Abedi, CL Alados, J Alberti, M Alon, H An, B Anacker, M Anderson, H Auge, S Bachle, K Bahalkeh, M Bahn, A Batbaatar, T Bauerle, KH Beard, K Behn, I Beil, L Biancari, I Blindow, VF Bondaruk, ET Borer, EW Bork, CM Bruschetti, KM Byrne, JF Cahill Jr., DA Calvo, M Carbognani, A Cardoni, CN Carlyle, M Castillo-García, SX Chang, J Chieppa,  MV Cianciaruso, O Cohen, AL Cordeiro*, DF Cusack, S Dahlke, P Daleo, CM D'Antonio, LH Dietterich^, T Doherty, M Dubbert, A Ebeling, N Eisenhauer, FM Fischer, TGW Forte, T Gebauer, B Gozalo, AC Greenville, KG Guidoni-Martins, HJ Hannusch, SV Haugum, Y Hautier, M Hefting, HAL Henry, D Hoss, J Ingrisch, O Iribarne, F Isbell, Y Johnson, S Jordan, EF Kelly, K Kimmel, J Kreyling, G Kröel-Dulay, A Kröpfl, A Kübert, A Kulmatiski, EG Lamb, K Steenberg Larsenl, J Larson, J Lawson, CV Leder, A Linstädter, J Liu, S Liu, AG Lodge, G Longo, A Loydi, J Luan, F Curtis Lubbettt,  C Macfarlane, K Mackie-Haas, A Malyshev, A Maturano-Ruiz, T Merchant, D Metcalfe, AS Mori, E Mudongo, GS Newman, UN Nielsenr, D Nimmo, Y Niun, P Nobrepp, RC O'Connor, R Ogaya, GR Oñatibiaj, I Orbán, B Osborne, R Otfinowski, M Pärtel, J Penuelas, PL Peri, G Peter, A Petraglia, C Picon-Cochard, VD Pillar, JM Piñeiro-Guerraj, LW Ploughe, RM Plowes, C Portales-Reyes, SM Prober, Y Pueyo, S Reed, E Ritchie, D Aylén Rodríguez, WE Rogers, C Roscher, A Sánchez, BA Santos, M Cecilia Scarfó, EW Seabloome, BSL Souza, A Stampfli, RJ Standish, M Sternbergz, W Sun, M Sünnemanndd, M Tedder, P Thorvaldsen, D Tian, K Tielbörger, A Valdecantos, L van den Brinkaaaaa, V Vandvikbbb, MR Vankoughnett, L Guri Velle, C Wang, Y Wangsss, GM Wardlett , C Werner, C Wei, G Wiehl, JL Williams, A Wolf, M Zeiter, F Zhang, J Zhu, N Zong, and X Zuo (2023). Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2309881120

[46]  Cusack, DF (2023). Mechanisms and Patterns of Soil Carbon Storage and Cycling in the Barro Colorado Nature Monument, Panama. Invited, peer-reviewed chapter in “Celebrating 100 Years of the Barro Colorado Nature Monument, Panama,” eds. H Muller-Landau, SJ Wright. Smithsonian Institute.

[45]  Cusack, DF, LH Dietterich^, N Bouskill, SS Chacon, AL Cordeiro*, K McFarlane (2023). Panama Rainforest Changes with Experimental Drought (PARCHED): Initial Effects of Partial Throughfall Exclusion on Soil Dynamics in Lowland Forests across Variation in Rainfall and Soil Fertility. Invited, peer-reviewed chapter in “Celebrating 100 Years of the Barro Colorado Nature Monument, Panama,” eds. H Muller-Landau, SJ Wright. Smithsonian Institute.

[44]  Cusack, DF, Dietterich, L., & Valdes, E. (2023). Tropical Tree Species Identity and Diameter at Breast Height in a Throughfall-Reduction Drying Experiment in Four Lowland Panamanian Forests: Data Paper; Grant: Consequences of Plant Nutrient Uptake for Soil Carbon Stabilization. Environmental System Science - Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem (ESS-DIVE) Repository. Department of Energy, Office of Science. DOI:10.15485/1960043

[43]  Cusack, DF, Dietterich, L., & Valdes, E. (2023). Throughfall-Reduction Drying Effects on Soil Respiration, Moisture, and Temperature in Four Distinct Lowland Panamanian Forests from 2015-2022: Published Dataset; Grant: Consequences of Plant Nutrient Uptake for Soil Carbon Stabilization (PI: Cusack). Environmental System Science - Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem (ESS-DIVE) Repository. Department of Energy, Office of Science. DOI:10.15485/1959349

[42]  Cusack, DF, Dietterich, L., & Valdes, E. (2023). Throughfall-Reduction Drying Effects on Forest Floor Plant Tissue Biomass (Oi+Oe soil horizons) and Moisture Content in Four Lowland Panamanian Forests: Published Dataset; Grant: Consequences of Plant Nutrient Uptake for Soil Carbon Stabilization (PI: Cusack). Environmental System Science - Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem (ESS-DIVE) Repository. Department of Energy, Office of Science. DOI:10.15485/1960044

[41]  Cusack, DF, Dietterich, L., & Valdes, E. (2023). Throughfall-Reduction Drying Effects on Gravimetric Soil Moisture at Two Depths in Four Lowland Panamanian Forests from 2015-2022: Published Dataset; Grant: Consequences of Plant Nutrient Uptake for Soil Carbon Stabilization (PI: Cusack). Environmental System Science - Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem (ESS-DIVE) Repository. Department of Energy, Office of Science. doi:10.15485/1960046

[40]  Cusack, DF, Dietterich, L., & Valdes, E. (2023). Throughfall-Reduction Drying Effects on Soil Moisture and Soil Temperature at 30-Minute Intervals Four Lowland Panamanian Forests: Published Dataset; Grant: Consequences of Plant Nutrient Uptake for Soil Carbon Stabilization (PI: Cusack). Environmental System Science - Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem (ESS-DIVE) Repository. Department of Energy, Office of Science. DOI:10.15485/1960047

[39]  Sulman, B., & Cusack, DF (2023). Carbon Organisms Rhizosphere and Protection in Soil Environment model script and input data for soil moisture-respiration responses in tropical forests: Published Dataset; Grant: Consequences of Plant Nutrient Uptake for Soil Carbon Stabilization (PI: Cusack). Environmental System Science - Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem (ESS-DIVE) Repository. Department of Energy, Office of Science. DOI:10.15485/1960048

[38]  Cusack, DF, L Dietterich^, & BN Sulman (2023). Soil Respiration Responses to Throughfall Exclusion are Decoupled from Changes in Soil Moisture for Four Tropical Forests, Suggesting Processes for Ecosystem Models. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 37. DOI:10.1029/2022GB007473

[37]  Chacon, SS, DF Cusack, A Khurram, WM Dietterich^, & N Bouskill (2023). Divergent Responses of Soil Microorganisms to Throughfall Exclusion Across Tropical Forest Soils Driven by Soil Fertility and Climate History. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 177. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2022.108924

 [36]  Dietterich, LH^, NJ Bouskill, M Brown#, B Castro, SS Chacon, L Colburn#, AL Cordeiro*, EH García, AA Gordon, E Gordon, A Hedgpeth*, W Konwent#, G Oppler#, J Reu#, C Tsiames#, E Valdes, A Zeko#, DF Cusack (2022). Effects of experimental and seasonal drying on soil microbial biomass and nutrient cycling in four lowland tropical forests. Biogeochemistry. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-022-00980-2

[35]  Cusack, DF S Addo-Danso, EA Agee, KM Andersen, M Arnaud, SA Batterman, FQ Brearley, M Ciochina*, AL Cordeiro*, C Dallstream, MH Diaz-Toribio, LH Dietterich^, JB Fisher, K Fleischer, C Fortunel, L Fuchslueger, N Guerrero-Ramirez, M Kotowska, LF Lugli, C Marín, LA McCulloch, JL Maeght, D Metcalfe, RJ Norby, RS Oliveira, JS Powers, T Reichert, SW Smith, C Smith-Martin, F Soper, L Toro, MN Umana, O Valverde-Barrantes, M Weemstra, L Werden, M Wong, SJ Wright, D Yaffar (2021). Tradeoffs and Synergies in Tropical Forest Root Traits for Nutrient and Water Acquisition: Field and Modeling Advances (invited review). Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, section Forest Soils. 4: 704469. DOI: 10.3389/ffgc.2021.704469

[34]  Cusack, DF CE Kazanski, A Hedgpeth*, K Chow, AL Cordeiro*, J Karpman, R Ryals (2021). Reducing Climate Impacts of Beef Production: A Synthesis of Life Cycle Assessments Across Management Systems and Global Regions. Global Change Biology. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15509

[33]  LH Dietterich^, BL Turner, J Karpman, A Neupane*, M Ciochina*, DF Cusack (2021). Carbon Content of Soil Fractions Varies with Season, Rainfall, and Soil Fertility Across a Lowland Tropical Forest Gradient. Biogeochemistry. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-021-00836-1

[32]  Neupane, A*, SC Reed, DF Cusack (2020). Warming and Microbial Uptake Influence the Fate of Added Soil Carbon Across a Hawai'ian Weathering Gradient. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.108080

[31]  Waring, B, BN Sulman, S Reed, PA Smith, C Averill, C Creamer, DF Cusack, S Hall, JD Jastrow, A Jilling, K Kemner, M Kleber, XA Liu, J Pett-Ridge, M Schulz (2020). From Pools to Flow: the PROMISE Framework Provides New Insights on Soil Carbon Cycling in a Changing World. Global Change Biology. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15365

 [30] Cusack, DF, BL Turner (2020). Fine Root and Organic Carbon Depth Distributions Are Inversely Related Across Fertility and Rainfall Gradients in Lowland Tropical Forests. Ecosystems. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-020-00569-6

[29]  Fisher, J, NV Perakalapudi, B Turner, DS Schimel, DF Cusack (2020). Competing Effects of Soil Fertility and Toxicity on Tropical Greening. Scientific Reports 10: 6725. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-63589-1

[28]  Cusack, DF, E Marin-Spiotta (2019). Chapter 8: Wet tropical soils and global change. Pages 131 – 169 in M Busse, CP Giardina, DM Morris, DS Page-Dumroese, editors. Global Change and Forest Soils: Cultivating Stewardship of a Finite Natural Resource, Developments in Soil Science v 36. Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63998-1.00008-2

[27]  Cusack, DF, D Ashdown#, LH Dietterich^, A Neupane*, M Ciochina*, BL Turner (2019). Seasonal Changes in Soil Respiration Linked to Soil Moisture and Phosphorus Availability Along a Tropical Rainfall Gradient. Biogeochemistry 145 (3):235-254. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-019-00602-4

[26] Chen, Z, Y Xu, DF Cusack, MJ Castellano, W Ding (2019). Molecular Insights into the Inhibitory Effect of Nitrogen Fertilization on Manure Decomposition. Geoderma 353 (1): 104-115. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.06.034

[25] Cusack, DF, SM Halterman*, EVJ Tanner, SJ Wright, W Hockaday, BL Turner (2018). Decadal-Scale Litter Manipulation Drives Rapid Changes in Mineral-Associated Soil Organic Carbon. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 124: 199-209. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.06.005

[24] Cusack, DF, L Markesteijn, R Condit, OT Lewis, BL Turner (2018). Soil Carbon Stocks Across Tropical Forests of Panama Regulated by Base Cation Effects on Fine Roots. Biogeochemistry 137 (1-2): 253-266. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-017-0416-8

[23] Yang, WH, R Ryals, DF Cusack, WL Silver (2017). Cross-Biome Assessment of Gross Soil Nitrogen Cycling in California Ecosystems. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 107: 144-155. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.01.004

[22] Cusack, DF, J Karpman*, M Ciochina*, S Halterman*, A Neupane*, Q Cao, D Ashdown#, S Lydon (2016). Global Change Effects on Humid Tropical Forests: Evidence for Biogeochemical and Biodiversity Shifts at an Ecosystem Scale. Reviews of Geophysics 54(3): 523-610. DOI: 10.1002/2015RG000510

[21] Cusack, DF, WH McDowell, J Macy (2016). Nitrogen Additions Mobilize Soil Base Cations in Two Tropical Forests. Biogeochemistry 128: 67-88. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-016-0195-7

[20] Cusack, DF, TL McCleery*, J Lee#, C LeCroy (2015). Exotic Grasses and Nitrate Enrichment Alter Soil Carbon Cycling Along an Urban-Rural Tropical Forest Gradient. Global Change Biology, 21(12): 4481-4496. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13066

[19] Shibata, H, C Branquinho, WH McDowell, MJ Mitchell, DT Monteith, J Tang, L Arvola, C Cruz, DF Cusack, L Halada, J Kopacek, C Máguas, S Sajidu, H Schubert, N Tokuchi, J Záhora (2014). Consequence of altered nitrogen cycles in the coupled human and ecological system under changing climate: the need for long-term and site-based researches. AMBIO, 44(3): 178-193. DOI: 10.1007/s13280-014-0545-4

[18] Muñoz-Erickson, TA, AE Lugo, E Meléndez-Ackerman, LE Santiago-Acevedo, J Seguinot-Barbosa, P Méndez-Lázaro, A Ramírez, C Hall, M Hall, O Ramos González, D García Monitel, J Ortíz-Zayas, J Giusti, R Pontius, V Cuadrado-Landrau, WH McDowell, DF Cusack, J Zimmerman, M Luz Cruz-Torres, JC Verdejo Ortiz, R Santiago-Bartolomei, CM Concepción2, L Cornell, B Quintero, M Figueroa, J Vallejo, D Torres-Bonilla, L Cray (2014). Knowledge to serve the city: Insights from an emerging knowledge-action network to address vulnerability and sustainability in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Cities and the Environment, 7(1): Article 5. DOI: 10.5751/ES-06385-190323

[17] Cusack, DF, J Axsen, R Shwom, L Hartzell-Nichols, S White, KRM Mackey (2014). Review: An Interdisciplinary Assessment of Climate Engineering Strategies. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 12(5): 280-287. DOI: 10.1890/130030

[16] Cusack, DF, and TL McCleery* (2014). Patterns in Understory Woody Diversity and Soil Nitrogen Across Native- and Non-Native Urban Tropical Forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 318: 34-43. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.12.036

[15] Cusack, DF (2013). Soil Nitrogen Levels Are Linked to Decomposition Enzyme Activities Along an Urban-Remote Tropical Forest Gradient. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 57: 192-203. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.07.012

[14] Cusack, DF, OA Chadwick, T Ladefoged, and PM Vitousek (2013). Long-Term Effects of Agriculture on Soil Carbon Pools and Carbon Chemistry Along a Hawaiian Environmental Gradient. Biogeochemistry, 112(1-3): 229-243. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-012-9718-z

[13] Fischer, D, K Mackey, DF Cusack, L DeSantis, L Hartzell-Nichols, J Lutz, J Melbourne-Thomas, R Meyer, D Riveros-Iregui, C Sorte, J Taylor, and S White (2012). Is Pre-Tenure Interdisciplinary Research a Career Risk? EOS: Transactions of American Geophysical Union, 93(32): 311-312 (peer reviewed).

[12] Cusack, DF, OA Chadwick, WC Hockaday, and PM Vitousek (2012). Mineralogical Controls on Soil Black Carbon Preservation. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 26(2): GB2019. DOI: 10.1029/2011GB004109

[11] Cusack, DF, WL Silver, MS Torn, and WH McDowell (2011). Effects of Nitrogen Additions on Above- and Belowground Carbon Dynamics in Two Tropical Forests. Biogeochemistry, 104: 203-225. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-010-9496-4

[10] Cusack, DF, WL Silver, MS Torn, SD Burton, and MK Firestone (2011). Changes in Microbial Community Characteristics and Soil Organic Matter with Nitrogen Additions in Two Tropical Forests. Ecology, 92(3): 621-632. DOI: 10.1890/10-0459.1

[9]    Cusack, DF, MS Torn, WH McDowell, and WL Silver (2010). The Response of Heterotrophic Activity and Carbon Cycling to Nitrogen Additions and Warming in Two Tropical Soils. Global Change Biology, 16(9): 2555-2572. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02131.x

[8]    Cusack, DF, WL Silver, and WH McDowell (2009). Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Two Tropical Forests: Ecosystem-Level Patterns and Effects of Nitrogen Fertilization. Ecosystems, 12: 1299-1315. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-009-9290-0

[7]    Cusack, DF, WW Chou, WH Yang, ME Harmon, WL Silver, the LIDET team (2009).  Controls on Long-Term Root and Leaf Litter Decomposition in Neotropical Forests. Global Change Biology, 15(5): 1339-1355. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01781.x

[6]    Sinsabaugh, RL, CL Lauber, M Weintraub, B Ahmed, SD Allison, C Crenshaw, AR Contosta, D Cusack, S Frey, ME Gallo, TB Gartner, SE Hobbie, K Holland, BL Keeler, JS Powers, M Stursova, C Takacs-Vesbach, M Waldrop, M Wallenstein, DR Zak, and LH Zeglin. (2008). Stoichiometry of Soil Enzyme Activity at Global Scale. Ecology Letters, 11(11): 1252-1264. DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01245.x

 [5]    Marin-Spiotta, E, DF Cusack, R Ostertag, and W Silver (2008). “Trends in Above and Belowground Carbon with Forest Regrowth After Agricultural Abandonment in the Neotropics.”  Pp. 22-72. Book Chapter in: Post Agricultural Succession in the Neotropics. R.W. Myster, Ed. Springer, New York, NY. DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-33642-8_2

[4]    Chacón, N, W Silver, E Dubinsky, and D Cusack (2006).  Iron Reduction and Phosphorous Solubilization in Humid Tropical Forest Soils:  The Roles of Labile Carbon Pools and an Electron Shuttle Compound.  Biogeochemistry 78(1): 67-84. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-005-2343-3

[3]    Cusack, D, and L Dixon (2006).  Community-Based Ecotourism and Sustainability: Cases in Bocas del Toro Province, Panama and Talamanca, Costa Rica.  Journal of Sustainable Forestry, 22(1/2):157. DOI: 10.1300/J091v22n01_09

[2]    Montagnini, F, D Cusack, B Petit, and M Kanninen (2005).  Environmental Services of Native Tree Plantations and Agroforestry Systems in Central America.  Journal of Sustainable Forestry, 21(1): 51-67. DOI: 10.1300/J091v21n01_03

[1]    Cusack, D, and F Montagnini (2004).  The Role of Native Species Plantations in Recovery of Understory Woody Diversity in Degraded Pasturelands of Costa Rica. Forest Ecology and Management, 188:1-15. DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00302-5

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