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42
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13871
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5426
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1845

Overview

Jonathan W. Leff is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research focuses on several areas within agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science.

They have contributed to the following recent paper:

  • Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization consistently favor pathogenic over mutualistic fungi in grassland soils, 2021, Nature Communications

Their work spans main fields of study including:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Within these broader categories, their subfields of study include:

  • Plant Science
  • Insect Science
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

The central topics covered in their research are:

  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jonathan W. Leff include:

  • Ylva Lekberg
  • Carlos Alberto Arnillas
  • Elizabeth T. Borer
  • Lorinda Bullington
  • Noah Fierer

Their publications are primarily featured in the following venue:

  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Cross-biome metagenomic analyses of soil microbial communities and their functional attributes

    Noah Fierer;Jonathan W. Leff;Byron J. Adams;Uffe N. Nielsen

  • Consistent responses of soil microbial communities to elevated nutrient inputs in grasslands across the globe

    Jonathan W. Leff;Stuart E. Jones;Suzanne M. Prober;Albert Barberán

  • Relic DNA is abundant in soil and obscures estimates of soil microbial diversity.

    Paul Carini;Patrick J. Marsden;Jonathan W. Leff;Jonathan W. Leff;Emily E. Morgan

  • Plant diversity predicts beta but not alpha diversity of soil microbes across grasslands worldwide

    Suzanne M. Prober;Jonathan W. Leff;Scott T. Bates;Elizabeth T. Borer

  • Reconstructing the microbial diversity and function of pre-agricultural tallgrass prairie soils in the United States.

    Noah Fierer;Noah Fierer;Joshua Ladau;Jose C. Clemente;Jonathan W. Leff;Jonathan W. Leff

  • Bacterial Communities Associated with the Surfaces of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

    Jonathan W. Leff;Noah Fierer;Noah Fierer

  • Temporal variability is a personalized feature of the human microbiome

    Gilberto E. Flores;J. Gregory Caporaso;Jessica B. Henley;Jai Ram Rideout;Jai Ram Rideout

  • Continental-scale distributions of dust-associated bacteria and fungi

    Albert Barberán;Joshua Ladau;Jonathan W. Leff;Katherine S. Pollard

  • Home Life: Factors Structuring the Bacterial Diversity Found within and between Homes

    Robert R. Dunn;Noah Fierer;Noah Fierer;Jessica B. Henley;Jonathan W. Leff

  • Biogeographic patterns in below-ground diversity in New York City's Central Park are similar to those observed globally

    Kelly S. Ramirez;Jonathan W. Leff;Albert Barberán;Scott Thomas Bates

  • Changes in Bacterial and Fungal Communities across Compost Recipes, Preparation Methods, and Composting Times

    Deborah A. Neher;Thomas R. Weicht;Scott T. Bates;Jonathan W. Leff

  • Why are some microbes more ubiquitous than others? Predicting the habitat breadth of soil bacteria

    Albert Barberán;Kelly S. Ramirez;Jonathan W. Leff;Jonathan W. Leff;Mark A. Bradford

  • Predicting the structure of soil communities from plant community taxonomy, phylogeny, and traits

    Jonathan W Leff;Jonathan W Leff;Richard D Bardgett;Anna Wilkinson;Benjamin G Jackson

  • The ecology of microscopic life in household dust

    Albert Barberán;Robert R. Dunn;Robert R. Dunn;Brian J. Reich;Krishna Pacifici

  • Composition, Diversity and Abundance of Gut Microbiome in Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes.

    Stacey M Lambeth;Trechelle Carson;Janae Lowe;Thiruvarangan Ramaraj

  • Microbes Follow Humboldt: Temperature Drives Plant and Soil Microbial Diversity Patterns from the Amazon to the Andes

    Andrew T. Nottingham;Andrew T. Nottingham;Noah Fierer;Benjamin L. Turner;Jeanette Whitaker

  • Digging the New York City Skyline: soil fungal communities in green roofs and city parks.

    Krista Lynn McGuire;Sara Grace Payne;Matthew I. Palmer;Caitlyn Marie Gillikin

  • Nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization consistently favor pathogenic over mutualistic fungi in grassland soils

    Ylva Lekberg;Carlos A. Arnillas;Elizabeth T. Borer;Lorinda S. Bullington

  • Volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from soil and litter samples

    Jonathan W. Leff;Noah Fierer;Noah Fierer

  • Fungal diversity regulates plant-soil feedbacks in temperate grassland

    Marina Semchenko;Jonathan W. Leff;Jonathan W. Leff;Yudi M. Lozano;Sirgi Saar;Sirgi Saar

  • A method for simultaneous measurement of soil bacterial abundances and community composition via 16S rRNA gene sequencing

    Wenke Smets;Jonathan W. Leff;Jonathan W. Leff;Mark A. Bradford;Rebecca L. McCulley

  • Diversity, distribution and sources of bacteria in residential kitchens

    Gilberto E. Flores;Scott T. Bates;J. Gregory Caporaso;J. Gregory Caporaso;Christian L. Lauber

Frequent Co-Authors

Noah Fierer
Noah Fierer University of Colorado Boulder
Robert R. Dunn
Robert R. Dunn North Carolina State University
Rob Knight
Rob Knight University of California, San Diego
Jack A. Gilbert
Jack A. Gilbert University of California, San Diego
Albert Barberán
Albert Barberán University of Arizona
Rebecca L. McCulley
Rebecca L. McCulley University of Kentucky
Nick Ostle
Nick Ostle Lancaster University
Benjamin L. Turner
Benjamin L. Turner Gyeongsang National University
Diana H. Wall
Diana H. Wall Colorado State University
J. Gregory Caporaso
J. Gregory Caporaso Northern Arizona University

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