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Matthew D. Wallenstein

Matthew D. Wallenstein

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
69
Citations
32491
World Ranking
1402
National Ranking
511

Overview

Matthew D. Wallenstein is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with notable contributions across subfields including Ecology, Soil Science, Plant Science, Environmental Chemistry, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's work covers key topics such as Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Climate Change and Permafrost, Polar Research and Ecology, Soil Geostatistics and Mapping, and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Recent papers by Wallenstein include:

  • Rigorous, empirical, and quantitative: a proposed pipeline for soil health assessments (2022, Soil Biology and Biochemistry)
  • Microbial functional genes commonly respond to elevated carbon dioxide (2020, Environment International)
  • Distribution of soil organic matter fractions are altered with soil priming (2021, Soil Biology and Biochemistry)
  • Precision biochar and inoculum applications shift bacterial community structure and increase specific nutrient availability and maize yield (2020, Applied Soil Ecology)
  • Arctic soil carbon trajectories shaped by plant-microbe interactions (2024, Nature Climate Change)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Wallenstein are:

  • Oladapo P. Olayemi
  • Cynthia M. Kallenbach
  • Peter Baas
  • Francisco J. Calderón
  • Jordon Wade

Their research has been published multiple times in venues such as:

  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Environment International
  • Applied Soil Ecology
  • Nature Climate Change

Best Publications

  • The Microbial Efficiency-Matrix Stabilization (MEMS) framework integrates plant litter decomposition with soil organic matter stabilization: do labile plant inputs form stable soil organic matter?

    M. Francesca Cotrufo;Matthew D. Wallenstein;Claudia M. Boot;Karolien Denef

  • MICROBIAL STRESS‐RESPONSE PHYSIOLOGY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION

    Joshua Schimel;Teri C. Balser;Matthew Wallenstein

  • Stoichiometry of soil enzyme activity at global scale

    Robert L. Sinsabaugh;Christian L. Lauber;Michael N. Weintraub;Bony Ahmed

  • Soil enzymes in a changing environment: Current knowledge and future directions

    Richard G. Burns;Jared L. DeForest;Juergen Marxsen;Robert L. Sinsabaugh

  • Temperature and soil organic matter decomposition rates – synthesis of current knowledge and a way forward

    Richard T. Conant;Richard T. Conant;Michael G. Ryan;Göran I. Ågren;Hannah E. Birge

  • Soil-carbon response to warming dependent on microbial physiology

    Steven D. Allison;Matthew D. Wallenstein;Mark A. Bradford

  • Decoupling of soil nutrient cycles as a function of aridity in global drylands

    Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Fernando T. Maestre;Antonio Gallardo;Matthew A. Bowker

  • Thermal adaptation of soil microbial respiration to elevated temperature.

    Mark A. Bradford;Christian A. Davies;Serita D. Frey;Thomas R. Maddox

  • Differential growth responses of soil bacterial taxa to carbon substrates of varying chemical recalcitrance

    Katherine C. Goldfarb;Katherine C. Goldfarb;Ulas Karaoz;China A. Hanson;Clark A. Santee

  • ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS ON DENITRIFYING COMMUNITIES AND DENITRIFICATION RATES: INSIGHTS FROM MOLECULAR METHODS

    Matthew D. Wallenstein;David D. Myrold;Mary Firestone;Mary Voytek

  • Home-field advantage accelerates leaf litter decomposition in forests

    Edward Ayres;Heidi Steltzer;Breana L. Simmons;Rodney T. Simpson

  • Effects of soil moisture on the temperature sensitivity of heterotrophic respiration vary seasonally in an old-field climate change experiment

    Vidya Suseela;Richard T. Conant;Richard T. Conant;Matthew D. Wallenstein;Jeffrey S. Dukes;Jeffrey S. Dukes

  • High-throughput fluorometric measurement of potential soil extracellular enzyme activities.

    Colin W. Bell;Barbara E. Fricks;Jennifer D. Rocca;Jessica M. Steinweg

  • Soil microbial community response to drying and rewetting stress: does historical precipitation regime matter?

    Sarah E. Evans;Matthew D. Wallenstein

  • Climate change alters ecological strategies of soil bacteria.

    Sarah E. Evans;Sarah E. Evans;Matthew D. Wallenstein

  • Predicted responses of arctic and alpine ecosystems to altered seasonality under climate change

    Jessica G Ernakovich;Kelly A. Hopping;Aaron B. Berdanier;Rodney T. Simpson

  • A trait-based framework for predicting when and where microbial adaptation to climate change will affect ecosystem functioning

    Matthew D. Wallenstein;Edward K. Hall;Edward K. Hall

  • Seasonal variation in enzyme activities and temperature sensitivities in Arctic tundra soils

    Matthew D. Wallenstein;Shawna K. Mcmahon;Joshua P. Schimel

  • Emerging tools for measuring and modeling the in situ activity of soil extracellular enzymes

    Matthew D. Wallenstein;Michael N. Weintraub

  • Nitrogen fertilization decreases forest soil fungal and bacterial biomass in three long-term experiments

    Matthew D. Wallenstein;Steven McNulty;Ivan J. Fernandez;Johnny Boggs

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael N. Weintraub
Michael N. Weintraub University of Toledo
Richard T. Conant
Richard T. Conant Colorado State University
Mark A. Bradford
Mark A. Bradford Yale University
Joshua P. Schimel
Joshua P. Schimel University of California, Santa Barbara
Eldor A. Paul
Eldor A. Paul Colorado State University
Elise Pendall
Elise Pendall Western Sydney University
M. Francesca Cotrufo
M. Francesca Cotrufo Colorado State University
Michelle L. Haddix
Michelle L. Haddix Colorado State University
Mark P. Waldrop
Mark P. Waldrop United States Geological Survey
John C. Moore
John C. Moore Beijing Normal University

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