Research Publications

Li, J, Y Zhu, Daniel F. Petticord, DW Frey, LJ Huang, MK Jin, op de Beeck, et al. 2026. “Phyllosphere to Soil: How Long-Term Fencing Reshapes Grassland Microbial Community Construction and the Functional Genes”. AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT 397. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2025.110062.

Petticord, Daniel F., EH Boughton, A Gough, JX Qiu, AL Reyes, A Saha, R Zhi, and JP Sparks. 2026. “Phosphorus Mitigation through Hay Harvest; Addressing Legacy P in Subtropical Pasture”. AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT 399. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2025.110136.

Stijnen, C, K Wijsman, Timon McPhearson, and N Frantzeskaki. (2026) 2026. “Uncovering Streams, Dreams, and Dilemmas: A Case Study Analyzing Trade-Offs and Justice in the Urban Stream Daylighting of Tibbetts Brook in New York City, USA”. ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT 58. doi:10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101391.

Ostfeld, Richard S., and Felicia Keesing. 2026. “Ecological and Epidemiological Consequences of Tick-Control Interventions in Residential Neighborhoods: A Synthesis of The Tick Project”. TRANSBOUNDARY AND EMERGING DISEASES 2026 (1). doi:10.1155/tbed/4940832.

Tang, WG, Jazlynn Hall, OL Phillips, RJW Brienen, SJ Wright, Michelle Y. Wong, Lars O. Hedin, et al. 2026. “Tropical Forest Carbon Sequestration Accelerated by Nitrogen”. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 17 (1). doi:10.1038/s41467-025-66825-2.

Kosmacher, GK, D Max, Z Rapti, CE Cáceres, and TES Merrill. 2026. “The Role of Host Immunity and the Environment in Seasonal Disease Dynamics”. BULLETIN OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY 88 (2). doi:10.1007/s11538-025-01582-3.

Black, B, XJ Walker, LT Berner, J Dean, SJ Goetz, Winslow D. Hansen, S Potter, BM Rogers, AC Talucci, and MC Mack. (2026) 2026. “Increased Deciduous Tree Dominance Reduces Wildfire Carbon Losses in Boreal Forests”. NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE 16 (2). doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02539-z.

Rothman, SE, Shannon L. LaDeau, and Paul Leisnham. 2026. “Plant Communities Differ Along Socioeconomic Gradients in Baltimore, MD, and Washington, DC”. FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 14. doi:10.3389/fevo.2026.1623853.

Williams, A, Winslow D. Hansen, C Juang, J Abatzoglou, , BW Wang, Jazlynn Hall, J Buch, and G Madakumbura. 2026. “The Western United States Large Forest-Fire Stochastic Simulator (WULFFSS) 1.0: A Monthly Gridded Forest-Fire Model Using Interpretable Statistics”. GEOSCIENTIFIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT 19 (3): 1157-1191,. doi:10.5194/gmd-19-1157-2026.

Hale, RL, K Capps, Elizabeth M. Cook, and R Scarlett. (2026) 2026. “Transformative Adaptation Needed to Break Cycles of Inequitable Urban Flood Management”. NATURE WATER 4 (2): 147-157,. doi:10.1038/s44221-025-00569-7.

Groffman, Peter M., LD Martel, JE Hickman, M Miles, JE Maul, A Suyker, and T Awada. 2026. “Freeze-Thaw Events and Nitric Oxide, Nitrous Oxide, and Carbon Dioxide Fluxes in a US Corn Belt Soil”. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES 131 (2). doi:10.1029/2025JG009254.

Sloyer, K, DM Aguiar, RV Barros, Adrian Castellanos, Barbara A. Han, KA Hanley, and N Vasilakis. (2026) 2025. “ISLANDS IN THE STREAM: IMPACT OF FLOOD-INDUCED LANDSCAPE CHANGES ON MOSQUITO COMMUNITY COMPOSITION IN THE BRAZILIAN PANTANAL, WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR ARBOVIRUS TRANSMISSION”. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE 112 (6).

Lucas, Jane M., ML Budny, and NP Lemoine. (2026) 2025. “Consumers Stabilize Grassland Ecosystem Functions by Destabilizing Belowground Communities under Abiotic Stress”. ECOLOGY 106 (11). doi:10.1002/ecy.70254.

Garlick, S, JC Besley, K Peterman, A Black-Maier, MR Downs, EO Franco, Peter M. Groffman, et al. (2026) 2025. “Six Elements of Effective Public Engagement With Science”. FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT 23 (10). doi:10.1002/fee.70014.

Drake, JM, J Bahl, MA Cacciatore, A Ghadami, E Graeden, Barbara A. Han, G Nowak, et al. 2025. “Leveraging Systems-of-Systems Analysis to Strengthen Epidemic Intelligence for Preparedness and Response”. HEALTH SECURITY 23 (6): 400-410,. doi:10.1177/23265094251396048.

Kou-Giesbrecht, S, CRR Ely, SS Perakis, CC Cleveland, DNL Menge, SC Reed, BN Taylor, et al. 2025. “Overestimated Natural Biological Nitrogen Fixation Translates to an Exaggerated CO2 Fertilization Effect in Earth System Models”. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 122 (48). doi:10.1073/pnas.2514628122.

Souza, Y, Abbey R. Yatsko, R Constantino, and Amy Zanne. 2025. “The Influence of Dominant Habitats on Termite Species Diversity and Community Structure in the Brazilian Savanna”. AUSTRAL ECOLOGY 50 (12). doi:10.1111/aec.70154.

Medvigy, D, Evan M. Gora, and SP Yanoviak. 2025. “Compositional Acclimation Can Lessen Tropical Forest Change in Response to Increasing Lightning Frequency: Insights From Simulation Modeling”. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 31 (12). doi:10.1111/gcb.70635.

LaDeau, Shannon L., Kelly Oggenfuss, A Schmidt, S Thangamani, and Richard S. Ostfeld. 2025. “Ecological Dynamics of Blacklegged Ticks, Vertebrate Hosts, and Associated Zoonotic Pathogens in Northeastern Forests”. ECOSPHERE 16 (12). doi:10.1002/ecs2.70508.

Araujo, Raquel Fernandes, Evan M. Gora, Carlos H. S. Celes, Stephen P. Yanoviak, and Helene C. Muller-Landau. 2025. “Quantifying Patterns of Lightning-Caused Canopy Disturbances via Integration of Drone Imagery and Field Surveys”. Biotropica 57 (5). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: e70083+. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70083.

Hornink, Bruna, Pieter A. Zuidema, Peter van der Sleen, Amy Zanne, Gabriel Assis-Pereira, Daigard Ricardo Ortega Rodriguez, Claudia Fontana, et al. 2025. “Biomass Production of Tropical Trees across Space and Time: The Shifting Roles of Diameter Growth and Wood Density”. Journal of Ecology 113 (11). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: 3141-3158,. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.70147.

O’Connor, Lauren E., Jennifer J. Guerard, Emma J. Rosi, and Yu-Ping Chin. 2025. “Chlorpyrifos Selectively Alters Fluvial Dissolved Organic Carbon Composition and Ecosystem Dynamics”. Science of The Total Environment 999: 180320+. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180320.

Drake, John M., and Barbara A. Han. 2025. “How to Write a Scientific Paper in Fifteen Steps”. Computational Biology 21 (9). Public Library of Science: e1013505+. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013505.

Petticord, Daniel F., Benjamin T. Uveges, Elizabeth H. Boughton, Brian D. Strahm, and Jed P. Sparks. 2025. “Spatial Decoupling of Biological and Geochemical Phosphorus Cycling in Podzolized Soils”. Soil Systems 9 (4). doi:10.3390/soilsystems9040115.

Bernhardt, Emily S., Emma J. Rosi, Christopher T. Solomon, John Campbell, Charles T. Driscoll, Mark B. Green, Gene E. Likens, and William H. McDowell. 2025. “Forest Recovery After Deforestation Is Fueled by Mineral Weathering at the Expense of Ecosystem Buffering Capacity”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 122 (42). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: e2419123122+. doi:10.1073/pnas.2419123122.

Esperon-Rodriguez, Manuel, Stefan Arndt, Michael Osei Asibey, Benno Andreas Augustinus, Albert Bach, Monica Ballinas, Victor L. Barradas, et al. 2025. “Urban Forests As Essential Infrastructure for Climate Resilience and Biodiversity: A Call to Policymakers”. PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET n/a (n/a). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.70125.

Fleischmann, Ayan Santos, Fabrice Papa, Stephen K. Hamilton, John Melack, Bruce Forsberg, Adalberto Val, Walter Collischonn, et al. 2025. “Extreme Warming of Amazon Waters in a Changing Climate”. Science 390 (6773). American Association for the Advancement of Science: 606-611,. doi:10.1126/science.adr4029.

Maavara, Taylor, Zimin Yuan, Andrew M. Johnson, Shuang Zhang, Kelly S. Aho, Craig B. Brinkerhoff, Laura A. Logozzo, and Peter Raymond. 2025. “River Metabolism in the Contiguous United States: A West of Extremes”. Science 390 (6773). American Association for the Advancement of Science: 622-627,. doi:10.1126/science.adu9843.

Roth, AM, , MA Rodriguez, J Lapierre, JS Schacht, S Sharma, MM Aqdam, et al. 2025. “Differential Effects of Freshwater Browning across Fish Species: Consequences for Individual- to Community-Level Fish Traits in North Temperate Lakes”. BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS. doi:10.1111/brv.70074.

Liu, MD, CZ Zhou, QR Zhang, PA Raymond, XL Li, RP Mason, Taylor Maavara, et al. 2025. “Fish Trawling and Climate Perturbations Threaten the Largest Marine Mercury Sink”. NATURE SUSTAINABILITY. doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01642-5.

Altamirano, TA, FJ Novoa, Z Von Bernath, A Vermehren, K Martin, R Jara, ER Price, Ricardo Rozzi, and JT Ibarra. 2025. “Linking Habitat Preferences and Fitness across Scales for a Relict Bird Species of the Southern Andes”. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 15 (1). doi:10.1038/s41598-025-93594-1.

Garlick, S, JC Besley, K Peterman, A Black-Maier, MR Downs, EO Franco, Peter M. Groffman, et al. 2025. “Six Elements of Effective Public Engagement With Science”. FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT. doi:10.1002/fee.70014.

Green, MB, JL Campbell, Danielle Hare, G Higgins, AG Russell, Christopher T. Solomon, and CT Driscoll. 2025. “A Sudden Increase in the Concentration of Dissolved Organic Carbon in Precipitation at a Northeastern US Forest”. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES 130 (20). doi:10.1029/2025JD043488.

Light, JE, L Siciliano-Martina, L Morley, Adrian Castellanos, L LaMonica, and DJ Hafner. (2026) 2025. “Taxonomic Status of Chaetodipus Lineatus and Phylogeography of the Chaetodipus Nelsoni Species Group”. JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY 106 (5): 1187-1198,. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyaf052.

Humphreys, LR, Jane M. Lucas, and ME Spicer. 2025. “Canopy Height and Epiphytic Bryophytes Shape Fungal Communities in a Temperate Rainforest”. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 15 (10). doi:10.1002/ece3.72241.

Roome, A, D Trombley, M Kern, M Scribani, P Jenkins, Richard S. Ostfeld, and J Sorensen. 2025. “Ticking Time Bomb: The Escalating Threat of Tick-Borne Diseases in Rural Farming Communities”. JOURNAL OF AGROMEDICINE. doi:10.1080/1059924X.2025.2579639.

Feagan, M, TA Muñoz-Erickson, R Hobbins, K Baja, M Chester, Elizabeth M. Cook, N Grimm, et al. (2026) 2025. “Co-Producing New Knowledge Systems for Resilient and just Coastal Cities: A Social-Ecological-Technological Systems Framework for Data Visualization”. CITIES 156. doi:10.1016/j.cities.2024.105513.

Dutta, M, P Herreros-Cantis, Timon McPhearson, A Mustafa, MI Palmer, M Tosca, J Ventrella, and Elizabeth M. Cook. (2026) 2025. “New York City 2100: Environmental Justice Implications of Future Scenarios for Addressing Extreme Heat”. LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING 254. doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2024.105249.

Wang, J, WQ Zhou, Timon McPhearson, Elizabeth M. Cook, P Herreros-Cantis, and J Liu. (2026) 2025. “Socio-Ecological Impacts of the Investment of Urban Nature in Heat Mitigation for Two Megacities”. EARTHS FUTURE 13 (6). doi:10.1029/2025EF005976.

McCaffrey, TD, BK Hobart, CS Thompson, M McLaughlin, PTJ Johnson, and TES Merrill. 2025. “Testing the Effects of Drought, Parasite Infection, and Their Interaction on Freshwater Snails”. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 103. doi:10.1139/cjz-2024-0194.