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Overview

Daniel S. Maynard is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a notable focus on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Insect Science, and Plant Science.

Their body of work covers a diverse range of topics including Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Forest ecology and management, Plant and animal studies, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, as well as Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Daniel S. Maynard showcase contributions to various aspects of ecology and environmental science. Some important publications include:

  • The global distribution and environmental drivers of aboveground versus belowground plant biomass (2021) in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • A trait-based understanding of wood decomposition by fungi (2020) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Distinct Assembly Processes and Microbial Communities Constrain Soil Organic Carbon Formation (2020) in One Earth
  • Global relationships in tree functional traits (2022) in Nature Communications
  • Cost Analysis of Carbon Capture and Sequestration of Process Emissions from the U.S. Industrial Sector (2020) in Environmental Science & Technology

Frequent co-authors in their collaborations include:

  • Thomas W. Crowther
  • Johan van den Hoogen
  • Lidong Mo
  • Haozhi Ma
  • Constantin M. Zohner

They have published work in several scientific venues with multiple contributions to Nature Ecology & Evolution, Biogeochemistry, Journal of Ecology, Global Ecology and Biogeography, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Best Publications

  • The global soil community and its influence on biogeochemistry

    T. W. Crowther;J. van den Hoogen;J. Wan;M. A. Mayes;M. A. Mayes

  • Mapping tree density at a global scale

    T. W. Crowther;H. B. Glick;K. R. Covey;C. Bettigole

  • Understanding the dominant controls on litter decomposition

    Mark A. Bradford;Björn Berg;Daniel S. Maynard;William R. Wieder

  • Climate fails to predict wood decomposition at regional scales

    Mark A. Bradford;Robert J. Warren;Petr Baldrian;Thomas W. Crowther

  • A test of the hierarchical model of litter decomposition

    Mark A Bradford;G F Ciska Veen;Anne Bonis;Ella M Bradford

  • Untangling the fungal niche: the trait-based approach.

    Thomas W. Crowther;Daniel S. Maynard;Terence R. Crowther;Jordan Peccia

  • Biotic interactions mediate soil microbial feedbacks to climate change

    Thomas W. Crowther;Stephen M. Thomas;Daniel S. Maynard;Petr Baldrian

  • The global distribution and environmental drivers of aboveground versus belowground plant biomass.

    Haozhi Ma;Lidong Mo;Thomas W Crowther;Daniel S Maynard

  • Fungal functional ecology: bringing a trait-based approach to plant-associated fungi.

    Amy E. Zanne;Kessy Abarenkov;Michelle E. Afkhami;Carlos A. Aguilar-Trigueros

  • Mortality risk associated with short-term exposure to traffic particles and sulfates.

    Dan Maynard;Brent Andrew Coull;Alexandros Gryparis;Joel David Schwartz

  • A trait-based understanding of wood decomposition by fungi

    Nicky Lustenhouwer;Nicky Lustenhouwer;Daniel S. Maynard;Daniel S. Maynard;Mark A. Bradford;Daniel L. Lindner

  • Distinct Assembly Processes and Microbial Communities Constrain Soil Organic Carbon Formation

    Mark A. Anthony;Thomas W. Crowther;Daniel S. Maynard;Johan van den Hoogen

  • Predicting the responsiveness of soil biodiversity to deforestation: a cross-biome study

    Thomas W. Crowther;Daniel S. Maynard;Jonathan W. Leff;Emily E. Oldfield

  • Competitive network determines the direction of the diversity–function relationship

    Daniel S. Maynard;Thomas W. Crowther;Mark A. Bradford

  • Global relationships in tree functional traits

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  • Consistent trade-offs in fungal trait expression across broad spatial scales.

    Daniel S. Maynard;Mark A. Bradford;Kristofer R. Covey;Daniel Lindner

  • Diversity begets diversity in competition for space

    Daniel S. Maynard;Mark A. Bradford;Daniel L. Lindner;Linda T. A. van Diepen

  • Fungal interactions reduce carbon use efficiency.

    Daniel S. Maynard;Daniel S. Maynard;Thomas W. Crowther;Mark A. Bradford

  • Predicting coexistence in experimental ecological communities

    Daniel S. Maynard;Daniel S. Maynard;Zachary R. Miller;Stefano Allesina

  • Alternative stable states of the forest mycobiome are maintained through positive feedbacks

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  • Quantifying microbial control of soil organic matter dynamics at macrosystem scales

    Mark A. Bradford;Stephen A. Wood;Stephen A. Wood;Ethan T. Addicott;Eli P. Fenichel

  • Environmental stress response limits microbial necromass contributions to soil organic carbon

    Thomas W. Crowther;Noah W. Sokol;Emily E. Oldfield;Daniel S. Maynard

  • Growing the urban forest: tree performance in response to biotic and abiotic land management

    Emily E. Oldfield;Alexander J. Felson;D. S. Novem Auyeung;Thomas W. Crowther

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas W. Crowther
Thomas W. Crowther King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Mark A. Bradford
Mark A. Bradford Yale University
Stefano Allesina
Stefano Allesina University of Chicago
Stephen A. Wood
Stephen A. Wood Yale University
William R. Wieder
William R. Wieder National Center for Atmospheric Research
Mark S. Ashton
Mark S. Ashton Yale University
Amy E. Zanne
Amy E. Zanne University of Miami
Serita D. Frey
Serita D. Frey University of New Hampshire
Robert J. Warren
Robert J. Warren Buffalo State College
Russell G. Congalton
Russell G. Congalton University of New Hampshire

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