David C. Coleman

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in United States Leader Award
• 2015 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy

Overview

Best Publications

• Prokaryotes: The unseen majority

  William B. Whitman;David C. Coleman;William J. Wiebe

  6216
  Citations

• Fundamentals of soil ecology

  David C. Coleman;D. A. Crossley

  2353
  Citations

• Defining soil quality for a sustainable environment

  J.W. Doran;D.C. Coleman;D.F. Bezdicek

  2281
  Citations

• Interactions of Bacteria, Fungi, and their Nematode Grazers: Effects on Nutrient Cycling and Plant Growth

  Russell E. Ingham;J. A. Trofymow;Elaine R. Ingham;David C. Coleman

  1576
  Citations

• Detritus, trophic dynamics and biodiversity

  John C. Moore;Eric L. Berlow;David C. Coleman;Quan Dong

  1424
  Citations

• Fundamentals of soil ecology

  David C Coleman;D. A Jr. Crossley;Paul F Hendrix

  1088
  Citations

• Water-Stable Aggregates and Organic Matter Fractions in Conventional- and No-Tillage Soils

  M. H. Beare;P. F. Hendrix;D. C. Coleman

  1030
  Citations

• Aggregate-Protected and Unprotected Organic Matter Pools in Conventional- and No-Tillage Soils

  M. H. Beare;P. F. Hendrix;M. L. Cabrera;D. C. Coleman

  975
  Citations

• Interactions between Aboveground and Belowground Biodiversity in Terrestrial Ecosystems: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Feedbacks

  David U. Hooper;David E. Bignell;Valerie K. Brown;Lijbert Brussard

  924
  Citations

• The detrital food web in a shortgrass prairie

  H. W. Hunt;D. C. Coleman;E. R. Ingham;R. E. Ingham

  892
  Citations

• Detritus Food Webs in Conventional and No-tillage Agroecosystems

  Paul F. Hendrix;Robert W. Parmelee;D. A. Crossley;David C. Coleman

  881
  Citations

• Microbial and Faunal Interactions and Effects on Litter Nitrogen and Decomposition in Agroecosystems

  Michael H. Beare;Robert W. Parmelee;Paul F. Hendrix;Weixin Cheng

  858
  Citations

• LITTER PLACEMENT EFFECTS ON MICROBIAL AND ORGANIC MATTER DYNAMICS IN AN AGROECOSYSTEM

  E. A. Holland;D. C. Coleman

  836
  Citations

• Relative impacts of land-use, management intensity and fertilization upon soil microbial community structure in agricultural systems

  Kamlesh Jangid;Mark A. Williams;Alan J. Franzluebbers;Jamie S. Sanderlin

  650
  Citations

• A hierarchical approach to evaluating the significance of soil biodiversity to biogeochemical cycling

  M. H. Beare;M. H. Beare;D. C. Coleman;D. A. Crossley;P. F. Hendrix

  563
  Citations

• Land-use history has a stronger impact on soil microbial community composition than aboveground vegetation and soil properties

  Kamlesh Jangid;Mark A. Williams;Alan J. Franzluebbers;Thomas M. Schmidt

  531
  Citations

• Biological Strategies of Nutrient Cycling in Soil Systems

  Unknown

  476
  Citations

• Habitable pore space and microbial trophic interactions

  Edward T. Elliott;R. V. Anderson;David C. Coleman;C. V. Cole

  465
  Citations

• Let the soil work for us

  E. T. Elliott;D. C. Coleman

  465
  Citations

• Carbon isotope techniques

  David C. Coleman;Brian R. Fry

  448
  Citations

• Influences of mycelial fungi on soil aggregation and organic matter storage in conventional and no-tillage soils

  M.H. Beare;S. Hu;D.C. Coleman;P.F. Hendrix

  349
  Citations

• Molecular and culture-based analyses of prokaryotic communities from an agricultural soil and the burrows and casts of the earthworm Lumbricus rubellus

  Michelle A. Furlong;David R. Singleton;David C. Coleman;William B. Whitman

  332
  Citations

• IS AVAILABLE CARBON LIMITING MICROBIAL RESPIRATION IN THE RHIZOSPHERE

  Weixin Cheng;Qiangli Zhang;David C. Coleman;C. Ronald Carroll

  330
  Citations

• A substrate-induced respiration (SIR) method for measurement of fungal and bacterial biomass on plant residues

  Michael H. Beare;Constance L. Neely;David C. Coleman;William L. Hargrove

  327
  Citations