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Overview

Erik A. Hobbie is affiliated with the University of New Hampshire in the United States. Their research spans primarily across the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to several related subfields and topics.

The main areas of study include plant science, ecology, soil science, global and planetary change, and nature and landscape conservation. Their work covers key topics such as soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, peatlands and wetlands ecology, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, forest ecology and biodiversity studies, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, and soil and water nutrient dynamics.

Their recent publications highlight a focus on biogeochemical processes in forest and wetland ecosystems. Notable papers include:

  • "Peatland warming strongly increases fine-root growth" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Retention of deposited ammonium and nitrate and its impact on the global forest carbon sink" (2022), published in Nature Communications
  • "Multiyear Measurements on Δ17O of Stream Nitrate Indicate High Nitrate Production in a Temperate Forest" (2020), published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Mature conifers assimilate nitrate as efficiently as ammonium from soils in four forest plantations" (2020), published in New Phytologist
  • "Reevaluating trophic discrimination factors (Δδ13C and Δδ15N) for diet reconstruction" (2022), published in Ecological Monographs

Their frequent collaborators include Yunting Fang, Feifei Zhu, Weixing Zhu, Ang Wang, and Geshere Abdisa Gurmesa, reflecting ongoing research partnerships in related environmental and biological sciences.

Hobbie has contributed to multiple publications in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues are Plant and Soil, The Science of The Total Environment, Fungal Ecology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and New Phytologist.

Best Publications

  • Redefining fine roots improves understanding of below-ground contributions to terrestrial biosphere processes

    M. Luke McCormack;Ian A. Dickie;David M. Eissenstat;Timothy J. Fahey

  • Global patterns of foliar nitrogen isotopes and their relationships with climate, mycorrhizal fungi, foliar nutrient concentrations, and nitrogen availability

    Joseph M. Craine;Andrew J. Elmore;Marcos P. M. Aidar;Mercedes Bustamante

  • Intramolecular, compound‐specific, and bulk carbon isotope patterns in C3 and C4 plants: a review and synthesis

    Erik A. Hobbie;Roland A. Werner

  • Nitrogen isotopes link mycorrhizal fungi and plants to nitrogen dynamics

    Erik A. Hobbie;Peter Högberg

  • CARBON ALLOCATION TO ECTOMYCORRHIZAL FUNGI CORRELATES WITH BELOWGROUND ALLOCATION IN CULTURE STUDIES

    Erik A. Hobbie

  • 15N in symbiotic fungi and plants estimates nitrogen and carbon flux rates in Arctic tundra.

    John E. Hobbie;Erik A. Hobbie

  • Correlations between foliar δ15N and nitrogen concentrations may indicate plant-mycorrhizal interactions.

    Erik A. Hobbie;Stephen A. Macko;Mathew Williams

  • Insights into nitrogen and carbon dynamics of ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungi from isotopic evidence.

    Erik A. Hobbie;Stephen A. Macko;Herman H. Shugart

  • Controls of nitrogen isotope patterns in soil profiles

    Erik A. Hobbie;Andrew P. Ouimette

  • Conservation of ectomycorrhizal fungi: exploring the linkages between functional and taxonomic responses to anthropogenic N deposition

    E. A. Lilleskov;Erik A. Hobbie;T. R. Horton

  • Nitrogen availability and colonization by mycorrhizal fungi correlate with nitrogen isotope patterns in plants

    Erik A. Hobbie;Erik A. Hobbie;Jan V. Colpaert

  • Nitrogen isotopes in ectomycorrhizal sporocarps correspond to belowground exploration types

    Erik A. Hobbie;Reinhard Agerer

  • Ectomycorrhizal fungal taxa differing in response to nitrogen deposition also differ in pure culture organic nitrogen use and natural abundance of nitrogen isotopes

    Erik A. Lilleskov;Erik A. Lilleskov;Erik A. Lilleskov;Erik A. Hobbie;Erik A. Hobbie;Timothy J. Fahey

  • Natural Abundance of 15N in Nitrogen-Limited Forests and Tundra Can Estimate Nitrogen Cycling Through Mycorrhizal Fungi: A Review

    Erik A. Hobbie;John E. Hobbie

  • Mycorrhizal vs saprotrophic status of fungi: the isotopic evidence

    Erik A. Hobbie;Erik A. Hobbie;Nancy S. Weber;James M. Trappe

  • Microbes in nature are limited by carbon and energy: the starving-survival lifestyle in soil and consequences for estimating microbial rates.

    John Eyres Hobbie;Erik Alan Hobbie

  • Atmospheric nitrogen deposition impacts on the structure and function of forest mycorrhizal communities: A review.

    Erik A. Lilleskov;Thomas W. Kuyper;Martin I. Bidartondo;Martin I. Bidartondo;Erik A. Hobbie

  • Convergence of soil nitrogen isotopes across global climate gradients

    Joseph M. Craine;Andrew J. Elmore;Lixin Wang;Laurent Augusto

  • Foliar and fungal 15 N: 14 N ratios reflect development of mycorrhizae and nitrogen supply during primary succession: testing analytical models

    Erik A. Hobbie;Ari Jumpponen;Jim Trappe

  • Patterns of natural 15N in soils and plants from chemically and organically fertilized uplands

    Woo-Jung Choi;Hee-Myong Ro;Erik A. Hobbie

  • Patterns in N dynamics and N isotopes during primary succession in Glacier Bay, Alaska

    Erik A Hobbie;Stephen A Macko;Herman H. Shugart

Frequent Co-Authors

Kirsten S. Hofmockel
Kirsten S. Hofmockel Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
John E. Hobbie
John E. Hobbie Marine Biological Laboratory
Erik A. Lilleskov
Erik A. Lilleskov US Forest Service
Yunting Fang
Yunting Fang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Keisuke Koba
Keisuke Koba Kyoto University
Paul T. Rygiewicz
Paul T. Rygiewicz Environmental Protection Agency
Stephen A. Macko
Stephen A. Macko University of Virginia
James M. Trappe
James M. Trappe Oregon State University
Joseph M. Craine
Joseph M. Craine Independent Scientist / Consultant, US
Jan V. Colpaert
Jan V. Colpaert Hasselt University

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