RECENT PUBLICATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Darby, B.J., Neher, D.A., and Belnap, J. 2009. Impact of biological soil crusts and desert plants on soil microfaunal community composition. Plant and Soil. DOI 10.1007/d11104-009-0122-y.

2. Neher, D.A., Lewins, S.A., Weicht, T.R., and Darby, B.J. 2009. Microarthropod communities associated with biological soil crusts in the Colorado Plateau and Chihuahuan deserts. Journal of Arid Environments 73:672-677.

3. Lawhorn, C.N., Neher, D.A., and Dively, G.P. 2009. Impact of Coleopteran targeting toxin (Cry3Bb1) of Bt corn on microbially mediated decomposition. Applied Soil Ecology 41: 364-368.

4. Powers, T.O., Neher, D.A., Mullin, P. Esquivel, A., Giblin-Davis, R.M., Kanzaki, N., Stock, S.P., Mora, M.M., and Uribe-Lorio, L. 2009. Tropical nematode diversity: Vertical stratification of nematode communities in a Costa Rican humid lowland tropical rainforest. Molecular Ecology 18: 985-996.

5. Barbercheck, M.E., Neher, D.A., Anas, O., El-Allaf, S.M., and Weicht, T.R. 2009. Response of soil fauna to disturbance across three resource regions in North Carolina. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 152: 283-298

6. Spongberg, A.L., Hartley, L., Neher, D.A., and Witter, J. 2008. Fate of heavy metal contaminants in a former sewage treatment lagoon, Hancock County, Ohio. Soil and Sediment Contamination 17:619-629.

7. Housman, D.C., Yeager, C.M. Darby, B.J., Sanford, R.L., Jr., Kuske, C.R., Neher, D.A., and Belnap, J. 2007. Heterogeneity of soil nutrients and subsurface biota in a dryland ecosystem. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 39:2138-2149.

8. Choi, W.I., Neher, D.A., and Ryoo, M.I. 2008. Life history trade-offs of Paronychiurus kimi (Lee) (Collembola: Onychiuridae) populations exposed to paraquat. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 69:227-232.

9. Li, Q., Liang, W., Jiang, Y., Shi, Y., Zhu, J., and Neher, D.A.  2007. Effect of elevated CO₂ and N fertilisation on soil nematode abundance and diversity in a wheat field. Applied Soil Ecology 36: 63-69.

10. Darby, B.J., Neher, D.A., and Belnap, J. 2007. Soil nematode communities are ecologically more mature beneath late- than early-successional stage biological soil crusts. Applied Soil Ecology 35: 203-212

11. Neher, D.A., and Stürzenbaum, S.R. 2006. Extra-long PCR, an identifier of DNA adducts in single nematodes (Caenorhabditis elegans). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C 144:279-285.

12. Darby, B.J., Housman, D.C., Zaki, A.M., Shamout, Y., Adl, S.M., Belnap, J., and Neher, D.A.  2006. Effects of altered temperature and precipitation on desert protozoa associated with biological soil crusts. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 53: 207-514.

13. Veluci, R.M., Neher, D.A., and Weicht, T.R. 2006. Fixation and Leaching of Nitrogen by Biological Soil Crust Communities in Mesic Temperate Soils. Microbial Ecology 51: 189–196

14. Choi, W.I., Moorhead, D.L., Neher, D.A., and Ryoo, M.I.  2006. A modeling study of soil temperature and moisture effects on population dynamics of Paronychiurus kimi (Collembola: Onychiuridae).  Biology & Fertility of Soils 43: 69-75.

15. Liang, W., Zhang, X., Li, Q., Jiang, Y., Ou, W., and Neher, D.A. 2005. Vertical distribution of bacterivorous nematodes under different land uses. Journal of Nematology 37: 254-258.

16. Neher, D.A., Wu, J., Barbercheck, M.E., and Anas, O. 2005. Ecosystem type affects interpretation of soil nematode community measures. Applied Soil Ecology 30: 47-64.

17. Li, F., Neher, D.A., Darby, B.J., and Weicht, T.R. 2005. Observed differences in life history characteristics of nematodes Aphelenchus and Acrobeloides  upon exposure to copper and benzo(a)pyrene. Ecotoxicology 14: 419-429.

18. Liang, W., Li, Q., Jiang, Y., and Neher, D.A. 2005. Nematode faunal analysis in an aquic brown soil fertilised with slow-release urea, Northeast China. Applied Soil Ecology 29:185-192.

19. Neher, D.A., Weicht, T.R., Moorhead, D.L., and Sinsabaugh, R.L. 2004. Elevated CO₂ alters functional attributes of nematode communities in forest soils. Functional Ecology 18: 584-591.

20. Neher, D.A., Fiscus, D.A., and Li, F. 2003. Selection of sentinel taxa and biomarkers. Nematology Monographs and Perspectives 2: 1-4.

21. Neher, D.A., Walters, T., Tramer, E., Weicht, T.R., Veluci, R.M., Saiya-Cork, K., Will-Wolf, S., Toppin, J., Traub, J., and Johansen, J.R. 2003. Biological soil crust and vascular plant communities in a sand savanna of northwestern Ohio. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 130:244-252.

22. Sinsabaugh, R.L., Saiya-Cork, K., Long, T., Osgood, M.P., Neher, D.A., Zak, D.R and Norby, R.J. 2003. Soil microbial activity in a Liquidambar plantation unresponsive to CO₂-driven increases in primary production. Applied Soil Ecology 24: 263-271.

23. Neher, D.A., Barbercheck, M.E., El-Allaf, S.M., and Anas, O. 2003. Effects of disturbance and ecosystem on decomposition. Applied Soil Ecology 23:165-179.

24. Leisner, S.M., and Neher, D.A. 2002. Third position codon composition suggests two classes of genes within the Cauliflower mosaic virus genome. Journal of Theoretical Biology 217: 195-201.

25. Blakely, J.K., Neher, D.A., and Spongberg, A. L. 2002. Microinvertebrate and microbial communities, and decomposition as indicators of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contamination. Applied Soil Ecology 21: 71-88.

26. Fiscus, D.A. and Neher, D.A. 2002. Distinguishing nematode genera based on relative sensitivity to physical and chemical disturbances. Ecological Applications 12:565-575.

27. Neher, D.A. 2001. Role of nematodes in soil health and their use as indicators. Journal of Nematology 33: 161-168.

28. Savin, M.C., Görres, J.H., Neher, D.A., and Amador, J.A. 2001. Uncoupling of carbon and nitrogen mineralization: role of microbivorous nematodes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 33:1463-1472.

29. Savin, M.C., Görres, J.H., Neher, D.A., and Amador, J.A. 2001. Biogeophysical factors influencing soil respiration and mineral nitrogen content in an old field soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 33:429-438.

30. Neher, D.A. and Olson, R.K. 1999. Nematode communities in soils of four farm cropping management systems. Pedobiologia 43:430-438.

31. Neher, D.A. 1999. Soil community composition and ecosystem processes: Comparing agricultural ecosystems with natural ecosystems. Agroforestry Systems 45:159-185.

32. Görres, J. H., Savin, M. Neher, D.A., Weicht, T. R., and Amador, J.A. 1999. Grazing in a porous environment 1. Interaction between grazing and soil structure on nutrient mineralization. Plant and Soil 212:75-83.

33. Neher, D.A., Weicht, T. R., Savin, M., Görres, J. H.and Amador, J. A. 1999. Grazing in a porous environment 2. Nematode community structure. Plant and Soil 212:85-99. Erratum: Table 2 should be replaced with this version.

34. Neher, D.A. 1999. Nematode communities in organically and conventionally managed agricultural soils. Journal of Nematology 31:142-154.

35. Neher, D.A., Easterling, K. N., Fiscus, D., and Campbell, C. L. 1998. Comparison of nematode communities in agricultural soils of North Carolina and Nebraska. Ecological Applications 8:213-223.

36. Neher, D.A., and Campbell, C. L. 1996. Sampling for regional monitoring of nematode communities in agricultural soils. Journal of Nematology 28:196-208.

37. Neher, D.A., Peck, S. L., Rawlings, J. O., and Campbell, C. L. 1995. Measures of nematode community structure and sources of variability among and within fields. Plant and Soil 170:167-181.

38. Neher, D.A., and Campbell, C. L. 1994. Nematode communities and microbial biomass in soils with annual and perennial crops. Applied Soil Ecology 1:17-28.  

 

INVITED BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Neher, D.A. and Darby, B.J. 2009. General community indices that can be used for analysis of nematode assemblages in: Wilson, M., and Kakouli-Duarte, T. (editors) Nematodes as Environmental Bioindicators, pp. 107-123, CABI.

2. Neher, D.A. and Darby, B.J. 2006. Computation and application of nematode community indices: General guidelines. Pages 211-222 In: Abebe, E. (editor) Freshwater Nematodes: Ecology and Taxonomy, CABI, 752 pp.

3. Neher, D.A. and Powers, T.O. 2004. Nematodes. In: Hillel, D., Rosenzweig, C., Powlson, D., Scow, K., Singer, M. and Sparks, D. (editors) Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment, Vol. 3, pp. 1-5, Academic Press, New York.

4. Landis, D.A. and Neher, D.A. 2002. Ecological Role of Pests . Pages 218-220 in: Pimentel, D. (editor) Encyclopedia of Pest Management, Marcel Dekker, New York.

5. Neher, D.A. 2001. Nematode communities as ecological indicators of agroecosystem health. Pages 105-120 in: Gliessman, S.R. (editor). Agroecosystem Sustainability: Developing Practical Strategies. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.

6. Neher, D.A., Noffsinger, M., and Campbell, C. L. 1998. Nematode communities of North Carolina and Nebraska (USA). Pages 321-334 in: DeGoede, R., and Bongers, T. (editors). Nematode Communities of Northern Temperate Grassland Ecosystems. Diversity Effects in Grassland Ecosystems of Europe, Wageningen, Netherlands.

7. Neher, D.A., and Barbercheck, M. E. 1998. Diversity and role of soil mesofauna. Pages 27-47 in: Collins, W. and Qualset, C. O. (editors). Biodiversity in Agroecosystems. Lewis Publishers, Chelsea, Michigan.  

 

NON-PEER REVIEWED REPORTS

1. Kirschenmann, F., Landis, D., Lewis, J., Liebman, M., Luna, J., Magdoff, F., Neher, D., Phatak, S., Prokapy, R., Rajotte, E. and Teasdale, J. 2000. ‘Naturalize’ Your Farming System: A Whole-Farm Approach to Managing Pests. United States Department of Agriculture, Sustainable Agriculture Network.

 

 

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