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Overview

Paul W. Hill is affiliated with Bangor University in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research primarily focuses on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, alongside related topics such as Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics and Nitrogen and Sulfur Effects on Brassica species.

The scientist's work spans several subfields of study, including Soil Science, Plant Science, Environmental Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Ecology. The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Nitrogen and Sulfur Effects on Brassica
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Phytase and its Applications
  • Phosphorus and nutrient management
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Paul W. Hill reflect their engagement with soil microbial processes, nutrient cycling, and metabolomic methods applied to soil quality assessment. Selected papers include:

  • "Farmyard manure applications stimulate soil carbon and nitrogen cycling by boosting microbial biomass rather than changing its community composition," 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • "Use of untargeted metabolomics for assessing soil quality and microbial function," 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • "Long-term farmyard manure application affects soil organic phosphorus cycling: A combined metagenomic and 33P/14C labelling study," 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • "Substrate control of sulphur utilisation and microbial stoichiometry in soil: Results of 13C, 15N, 14C, and 35S quad labelling," 2021, The ISME Journal
  • "Is soluble protein mineralisation and protease activity in soil regulated by supply or demand?," 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Paul W. Hill collaborates regularly with several researchers, forming frequent professional associations with:

  • Davey L. Jones
  • David R. Chadwick
  • Qingxu Ma
  • Lianghuan Wu
  • Tida Ge

The scientist often publishes in journals including:

  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Applied Soil Ecology
  • The ISME Journal
  • Plant and Soil

Best Publications

  • Rewriting yeast central carbon metabolism for industrial isoprenoid production

    Adam L. Meadows;Kristy M. Hawkins;Yoseph Tsegaye;Eugene Antipov

  • Fast turnover of low molecular weight components of the dissolved organic carbon pool of temperate grassland field soils

    Elizabeth Boddy;Paul W. Hill;John Farrar;David L. Jones

  • Root exudate components change litter decomposition in a simulated rhizosphere depending on temperature.

    Yakov Kuzyakov;Yakov Kuzyakov;Paul W. Hill;David L. Jones

  • Decoupling of microbial glucose uptake and mineralization in soil

    Paul W. Hill;John F. Farrar;David L. Jones

  • Vascular plant success in a warming Antarctic may be due to efficient nitrogen acquisition

    Paul W. Hill;John Farrar;Paula Roberts;Mark Farrell;Mark Farrell;Mark Farrell

  • Soil microbial organic nitrogen uptake is regulated by carbon availability

    Mark Farrell;Miranda Prendergast-Miller;Davey L. Jones;Paul W. Hill

  • Farmyard manure applications stimulate soil carbon and nitrogen cycling by boosting microbial biomass rather than changing its community composition

    Qingxu Ma;Qingxu Ma;Yuan Wen;Deying Wang;Xiaodan Sun

  • Microbial competition for nitrogen and carbon is as intense in the subsoil as in the topsoil

    David Jones;Ebtsam Magthab;D.B. Gleeson;Paul Hill

  • Use of untargeted metabolomics for assessing soil quality and microbial function

    Emma Withers;Paul W. Hill;David R. Chadwick;David R. Chadwick;Davey L. Jones;Davey L. Jones

  • Acquisition and Assimilation of Nitrogen as Peptide-Bound and D-Enantiomers of Amino Acids by Wheat

    Paul W. Hill;Richard S. Quilliam;Thomas H. DeLuca;John Farrar

  • Turnover of low molecular weight dissolved organic C (DOC) and microbial C exhibit different temperature sensitivities in Arctic tundra soils

    Elizabeth Boddy;Paula Roberts;Paul W. Hill;John Farrar

  • Seasonal variation in soluble soil carbon and nitrogen across a grassland productivity gradient

    Mark Farrell;Mark Farrell;Mark Farrell;Paul W. Hill;John Farrar;Richard D. Bardgett

  • Oligopeptides Represent a Preferred Source of Organic N Uptake: A Global Phenomenon?

    Mark Farrell;Mark Farrell;Mark Farrell;Paul W. Hill;John Farrar;Thomas H. DeLuca;Thomas H. DeLuca

  • Biosphere-atmosphere interactions of ammonia with grasslands: Experimental strategy and results from a new European initiative

    M.A. Sutton;C. Milford;E. Nemitz;M.R. Theobald

  • The fate of photosynthetically-fixed carbon in Lolium perenne grassland as modified by elevated CO2 and sward management

    Paul W. Hill;C. Marshall;G. G. Williams;H. Blum

  • Role of substrate supply on microbial carbon use efficiency and its role in interpreting soil microbial community-level physiological profiles (CLPP)

    D.L. Jones;P.W. Hill;A.R. Smith;M. Farrell

  • Rapid peptide metabolism: A major component of soil nitrogen cycling?

    Mark Farrell;Mark Farrell;Mark Farrell;Paul W. Hill;Sudas D. Wanniarachchi;John Farrar

  • The mobility of nitrification inhibitors under simulated ruminant urine deposition and rainfall: a comparison between DCD and DMPP

    Karina A. Marsden;Antonio J. Marín-Martínez;Antonio Vallejo;Paul W. Hill

  • Priming of the decomposition of ageing soil organic matter: concentration dependence and microbial control

    Johannes Rousk;Paul W. Hill;Davey L. Jones

  • Combined use of empirical data and mathematical modelling to better estimate the microbial turnover of isotopically labelled carbon substrates in soil

    H.C. Glanville;P.W. Hill;A. Schnepf;E. Oburger

  • Seasonal variability of apoplastic NH4+ and pH in an intensively managed grassland

    Benjamin Loubet;Celia Milford;Paul W. Hill;Y. Sim Tang

  • Bigger may be better in soil N cycling: Does rapid acquisition of small L-peptides by soil microbes dominate fluxes of protein-derived N in soil?

    Paul W. Hill;Mark Farrell;Mark Farrell;Davey L. Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Davey L. Jones
Davey L. Jones Bangor University
Mark Farrell
Mark Farrell Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
David R. Chadwick
David R. Chadwick Bangor University
Richard D. Bardgett
Richard D. Bardgett Lancaster University
Mark A. Sutton
Mark A. Sutton Natural Environment Research Council
David W. Hopkins
David W. Hopkins Scotland's Rural College
Daniel V. Murphy
Daniel V. Murphy Murdoch University
David Fowler
David Fowler University of Saskatchewan
Benjamin Loubet
Benjamin Loubet University of Paris-Saclay
Kevin K. Newsham
Kevin K. Newsham British Antarctic Survey

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