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Erik A. Lilleskov

Erik A. Lilleskov

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
43
Citations
7511
World Ranking
5299
National Ranking
1809

Overview

Erik A. Lilleskov is affiliated with the US Forest Service in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a strong emphasis on ecology, global and planetary change, plant science, atmospheric science, and environmental chemistry.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics and appear in various prestigious venues. Notable papers include:

  • Expansion of the global RNA virome reveals diverse clades of bacteriophages, 2022, Cell
  • Unraveling the functional dark matter through global metagenomics, 2023, Nature
  • Hydrometeorological sensitivities of net ecosystem carbon dioxide and methane exchange of an Amazonian palm swamp peatland, 2020, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Thousands of small, novel genes predicted in global phage genomes, 2022, Cell Reports
  • Defining the Sphagnum Core Microbiome across the North American Continent Reveals a Central Role for Diazotrophic Methanotrophs in the Nitrogen and Carbon Cycles of Boreal Peatland Ecosystems, 2022, mBio

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lilleskov include:

  • Rodney A. Chimner
  • Louis J. Lamit
  • Evan S. Kane
  • Randall K. Kolka
  • John A. Hribljan

The scientist regularly publishes in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Mires and Peat
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Erik A. Lilleskov has contributed to book publications with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) eBooks, including works published in 2020 focused on Peruvian peatlands titled What do we know about Peruvian peatlands? and its Spanish equivalent ¿Qué sabemos sobre las turberas peruanas?

The primary areas of research interest and topical focus include:

  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Best Publications

  • Belowground ectomycorrhizal fungal community change over a nitrogen deposition gradient in Alaska

    Erik A. Lilleskov;Timothy J. Fahey;Thomas R. Horton;Gary M. Lovett

  • Effects of nitrogen deposition and empirical nitrogen critical loads for ecoregions of the United States

    Linda H. Pardo;Mike E. Fenn;Christine L. Goodale;Linda. H. Geiser

  • 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 is a primary determinant of conifer mycorrhizas across complex environmental gradients.

    Filipa Cox;Nadia Barsoum;Erik A. Lilleskov;Martin I. Bidartondo;Martin I. Bidartondo

  • 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

  • Detection of forest stand‐level spatial structure in ectomycorrhizal fungal communities

    Erik A. Lilleskov;Thomas D. Bruns;Thomas R. Horton;D. Lee Taylor

  • ECTOMYCORRHIZAL FUNGAL ABOVEGROUND COMMUNITY CHANGE OVER AN ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN DEPOSITION GRADIENT

    E. A. Lilleskov;T. J. Fahey;G. M. Lovett

  • 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

  • Spore dispersal of a resupinate ectomycorrhizal fungus, Tomentella sublilacina, via soil food webs

    Erik A. Lilleskov;Thomas D. Bruns

  • Exploring the role of ectomycorrhizal fungi in soil carbon dynamics

    Donald R. Zak;Peter T. Pellitier;William A. Argiroff;Buck Castillo

  • The Sphagnum microbiome: new insights from an ancient plant lineage.

    Joel E. Kostka;David J. Weston;Jennifer B. Glass;Erik A. Lilleskov

  • Decline of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in northern hardwood forests exposed to chronic nitrogen additions.

    Linda T. A. Van Diepen;Erik A. Lilleskov;Kurt S. Pregitzer;R. Michael Miller

  • Fungal community composition and metabolism under elevated CO 2 and O 3

    Haegeun Chung;Haegeun Chung;Donald R. Zak;Erik A. Lilleskov

  • Simulated Nitrogen Deposition Causes a Decline of Intra- and Extraradical Abundance of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Changes in Microbial Community Structure in Northern Hardwood Forests

    Linda T. A. van Diepen;Linda T. A. van Diepen;Erik A. Lilleskov;Kurt S. Pregitzer;R. Michael Miller

  • White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fecal pellet decomposition is accelerated by the invasive earthworm Lumbricus terrestris

    Noah J. Karberg;Erik A. Lilleskov

  • Effects of water table position and plant functional group on plant community, aboveground production, and peat properties in a peatland mesocosm experiment (PEATcosm)

    Lynette R. Potvin;Evan S. Kane;Evan S. Kane;Rodney A. Chimner;Randall K. Kolka

  • Peatland carbon stocks and accumulation rates in the Ecuadorian páramo

    John A. Hribljan;Esteban Suárez;Katherine A. Heckman;Erik A. Lilleskov

  • Simulated nitrogen deposition affects community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in northern hardwood forests

    Linda T. A. Van Diepen;Erik A. Lilleskov;Kurt S. Pregitzer

  • Root colonization dynamics of two ectomycorrhizal fungi of contrasting life history strategies are mediated by addition of organic nutrient patches.

    Erik A. Lilleskov;Erik A. Lilleskov;Thomas D. Bruns

  • The Response of Belowground Carbon Allocation in Forests to Global Change

    Christian P. Giardina;Christian P. Giardina;Mark D. Coleman;Dan Binkley;Dan Binkley;Jessica E. Hancock;Jessica E. Hancock

  • Nitrogen and ectomycorrhizal fungal communities: what we know, what we need to know

    Erik A. Lilleskov;Thomas D. Bruns

Frequent Co-Authors

Evan S. Kane
Evan S. Kane Michigan Technological University
Rodney A. Chimner
Rodney A. Chimner Michigan Technological University
Martin I. Bidartondo
Martin I. Bidartondo Imperial College London
Randall K. Kolka
Randall K. Kolka US Forest Service
Erik A. Hobbie
Erik A. Hobbie University of New Hampshire
Thomas D. Bruns
Thomas D. Bruns University of California, Berkeley
Daniel Murdiyarso
Daniel Murdiyarso IPB University
Kristell Hergoualc'h
Kristell Hergoualc'h Center for International Forestry Research
Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez
Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez Michigan Technological University
Thomas R. Horton
Thomas R. Horton SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

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