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55
Citations
12188
World Ranking
2965
National Ranking
226

Overview

Jeff R. Powell is affiliated with Western Sydney University in Australia and focuses on research within Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Insect Science, Ecology, and Soil Science.

The scientist's recent publications cover a variety of environmental and ecological topics. Notable papers include:

  • The fate of carbon in a mature forest under carbon dioxide enrichment, 2020, Nature
  • Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates, 2022, Science
  • Soil physico-chemical properties are critical for predicting carbon storage and nutrient availability across Australia, 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • Microbial competition for phosphorus limits the CO2 response of a mature forest, 2024, Nature
  • Is it time to include legumes in plant silicon research?, 2020, Functional Ecology

Research topics central to Jeff R. Powell's work include:

  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Fungal Biology and Applications

Frequent co-authors contributing to their publications comprise:

  • Yolima Carrillo
  • Haiyang Zhang
  • Ian C. Anderson
  • Elise Pendall
  • Sally A. Power

Publication venues where Jeff R. Powell has frequently contributed include:

  • Functional Ecology
  • New Phytologist
  • Pedobiologia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecology Letters

Best Publications

  • Invasive Plant Suppresses the Growth of Native Tree Seedlings by Disrupting Belowground Mutualisms

    Kristina A Stinson;Stuart A Campbell;Jeff R Powell;Benjamin E Wolfe

  • Cycling of extracellular DNA in the soil environment

    David J. Levy-Booth;Rachel G. Campbell;Robert H. Gulden;Miranda M. Hart

  • Biodiversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and ecosystem function

    Jeff R. Powell;Matthias C. Rillig

  • The fate of carbon in a mature forest under carbon dioxide enrichment

    Mingkai Jiang;Belinda E. Medlyn;John E. Drake;John E. Drake;Remko A. Duursma

  • From patterns to causal understanding: Structural equation modeling (SEM) in soil ecology

    Nico Eisenhauer;Matthew A. Bowker;James B. Grace;Jeff R. Powell

  • Deterministic processes vary during community assembly for ecologically dissimilar taxa

    Jeff R. Powell;Senani Karunaratne;Colin D. Campbell;Colin D. Campbell;Huaiying Yao

  • Phylogenetic trait conservatism and the evolution of functional trade-offs in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

    Jeff R Powell;Jeri Lynn Parrent;Miranda M Hart;John N Klironomos

  • Plant pathogen protection by arbuscular mycorrhizas: a role for fungal diversity?

    Jeannine Wehner;Pedro M. Antunes;Jeff R. Powell;Jana Mazukatow

  • Interchange of entire communities: microbial community coalescence.

    Matthias C. Rillig;Janis Antonovics;Tancredi Caruso;Anika Lehmann

  • Plant-microbe interactions: novel applications for exploitation in multipurpose remediation technologies.

    Purushothaman Chirakkuzhyil Abhilash;Jeff R. Powell;Harkesh B. Singh;Brajesh K. Singh

  • Properties and astrophysical implications of the 150 Msun binary black hole merger GW190521.

    R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott

  • Elevated CO2 does not increase eucalypt forest productivity on a low-phosphorus soil

    David S. Ellsworth;Ian C. Anderson;Kristine Y. Crous;Julia Cooke

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

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

  • Population Properties of Compact Objects from the Second LIGO-Virgo Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog

    R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott

  • Abrupt rise in atmospheric CO2 overestimates community response in a model plant-soil system.

    John N. Klironomos;Michael F. Allen;Matthias C. Rillig;Jeff Piotrowski

  • Introducing BASE: the Biomes of Australian Soil Environments soil microbial diversity database

    Andrew Bissett;Anna Fitzgerald;Thys Meintjes;Pauline M. Mele

  • Ecological drivers of soil microbial diversity and soil biological networks in the Southern Hemisphere.

    Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo;Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo;Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo;Frank Reith;Paul G. Dennis;Kelly Hamonts

  • Towards robust and repeatable sampling methods in eDNA-based studies

    Ian A. Dickie;Ian A. Dickie;Stephane Boyer;Stephane Boyer;Hannah L. Buckley;Richard P. Duncan

  • AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora.

    Daniel Falster;Rachael Gallagher;Rachael Gallagher;Elizabeth H. Wenk;Ian J. Wright

  • Mycorrhizal responsiveness trends in annual crop plants and their wild relatives—a meta-analysis on studies from 1981 to 2010

    Anika Lehmann;E. Kathryn Barto;Jeff R. Powell;Matthias C. Rillig

  • Branching out: Towards a trait-based understanding of fungal ecology

    Carlos A. Aguilar-Trigueros;Stefan Hempel;Jeff R. Powell;Ian C. Anderson

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthias C. Rillig
Matthias C. Rillig Freie Universität Berlin
Ian C. Anderson
Ian C. Anderson Western Sydney University
John N. Klironomos
John N. Klironomos American University of Sharjah
Clarence J. Swanton
Clarence J. Swanton University of Guelph
Scott N. Johnson
Scott N. Johnson Western Sydney University
Miranda M. Hart
Miranda M. Hart University of British Columbia
Robert H. Gulden
Robert H. Gulden University of Manitoba
Jack T. Trevors
Jack T. Trevors University of Guelph
K. Peter Pauls
K. Peter Pauls University of Guelph
Kari E. Dunfield
Kari E. Dunfield University of Guelph

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