in review

Garten Jr. CT, Wullschleger SD, and Classen AT (in review) Soil carbon sequestration under poplar plantations: model-based experiments to assess genotypic potential in different environmental settings.

Chen X, Post WM, Norby RJ, and Classen AT (in review) Modeling soil respiration and variation in source components using a multi-factor global climate change experiment.

Antoninka A, Wolf JE, Bowker M, Classen AT, Johnson NC (in review) Linking above and belowground responses to global change at community and ecosystem scales.

Crutsinger GM**, Sanders NJ, and Classen AT (in revision) Contrasting intra- and inter-specific effects on litter decomposition in an old-field ecosystem.

Garten Jr. CT, Classen AT, Norby RJ (in revision) Watering treatment surpasses elevated CO2 and temperature in importance as a determinant of soil C dynamics in a multi-factor climate change experiment.

in press

Crutsinger GM, Reynolds WN, Classen AT, and Sanders NJ (2008) Disparate effects of plant genotypic diversity on foliage and litter arthropod communities. Oecologia.

Knapp AK, Beier C, Briske D, Classen AT, Lou Y, Reichstein M, Smith MD, Smith SD, Bell JE, Fay PA, Heisler JL, Leavitt SW, Sherry R, Smith B, and Weng E (2008) Consequences of more extreme precipitation regimes for terrestrial ecosystems. BioScience

2008

Crutsinger GM, Habenicht MN, Classen AT , Schweitzer JA, Sanders NJ (2008) Galling by Rhopalomyia solidaginis alters Solidago altissima architecture and litter nutrient dynamics in an old-field ecosystem. Plant and Soil 300: 95-103. PDF

Garten CT, Classen AT, Norby RJ, Brice DJ, and Weltzin JA, Souza L (2008) Role of N2 -fixation in constructed old-field communities under different regimes of [CO2], temperature, and water availability. Ecosystems 11: 125-137.

Dermody O, Weltzin JF, Engel EC, Allen P, Norby RJ (2008) How do elevated CO2, warming, and reduced precipitation interact to affect soil moisture and LAI in an old field ecosystem? Plant and Soil 308:255-266. PDF

2007

Tyner ML and Classen AT (2007) Climate change effects on species composition mediates decomposition in an old-field ecosystem. Journal of Undergraduate Research 7:110-114.

Wan S, Norby RJ, Ledford J, Weltzin JF (2007) Responses of soil respiration to elevated CO 2 , air warming, and changing soil water availability in a model old-field grassland. Global Change Biology 13: 2411-2424. PDF

Classen AT, Chapman SK, Whitham TG, Hart SC and Koch GW (2007) Genetic based plant resistance and susceptibility traits to herbivory influence needle and root litter nutrient dynamics. Journal of Ecology 95:1181-1194. PDF

Schadt CW and Classen AT (2007) Book review: Soil Microbiology, Ecology, and Biochemistry. Eldor A. Paul, editor. Soil Science Society of America 71:1420.

Classen AT, Overby ST, Hart SC, Koch GW, and Whitham TG (2007) Season mediates herbivore effects on litter and soil microbial abundance and activity in a semi-arid woodland. Plant and Soil 295:217- 227. PDF

2006

Dermody O (2006) Mucking through multi-factor experiments; design and analysis of multi-factor studies in global change research. New Phytologist 172: 598-600. PDF

Classen AT, DeMarco J, Hart SC, Whitham TG, Cobb NS, and Koch GW (2006) Impacts of herbivorous insects on decomposer communities during the early stages of primary succession in a semi-arid woodland. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 38: 972-982. PDF

Classen AT (2006) Will herbivore range expansions exacerbate the effects of global climate change on soil microclimate? CSA News 51:1. PDF

2005

Classen AT, Hart SC, Whitham TG, Cobb NS, and Koch GW (2005) Insect infestations linked to shifts in microclimate: important climate change implications. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 69:2049-2057. PDF

Hart SC, Classen AT, and Wright RJ (2005) Long-term interval burning alters fine root and mycorrhizal dynamics in a ponderosa pine forest. Journal of Applied Ecology 42:752-761. PDF

Classen AT and Langley JA (2005) Data-model integration is not magic. New Phytologist 166: 367-369. PDF

2003

Classen AT, Boyle SI, Haskins KE, Overby ST, and Hart SC (2003). Community-level physiological profiles of bacteria and fungi: plate type and incubation temperature influences on contrasting soils. FEMS Microbiological Ecology 44:319-328. PDF

Hart SC and Classen AT (2003) Potential for assessing long-term dynamics in soil nitrogen availability from vartiations in delta 15-N of tree rings. Isotopes in Health and Environmental Studies 39: 15-28. PDF