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Phil Ineson is affiliated with the University of York in the United Kingdom. Their research spans key areas within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on ecology and soil science as prominent subfields.

The scientist's recent publications cover various aspects of soil and wetland ecosystems, biogeochemical cycles, and ecological responses to environmental changes. Notable recent papers include:

  • Contrasting responses of macro- and meso-fauna to biochar additions in a bioenergy cropping system, 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Carbon Dioxide and Methane Flux Response and Recovery From Drought in a Hemiboreal Ombrotrophic Fen, 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science
  • No evidence for increased loss of old carbon in a temperate organic soil after 13 years of simulated climatic warming despite increased CO2 emissions, 2021, Global Change Biology

Phil Ineson's frequent co-authors further reflect collaborative research on ecological and soil science topics. These include:

  • María J.I. Briones
  • Pietro Panzacchi
  • Christian A. Davies
  • Ben Keane
  • Sylvia Toet

The scientist's publications have appeared in a variety of journals, with frequent venues such as:

  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Global Change Biology

Main fields of study in Phil Ineson's work include Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Subfields reflect detailed focus areas such as:

  • Ecology
  • Soil Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Plant Science
  • Atmospheric Science

Their research covers specific main topics within ecology and environmental sciences, including:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Best Publications

  • Global Warming and Terrestrial Ecosystems: A Conceptual Framework for Analysis

    Gaius R. Shaver;Josep Canadell;F. S. Chapin;Jessica Gurevitch

  • Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition in World Biodiversity Hotspots: the Need for a Greater Global Perspective in Assessing N Deposition Impacts

    Gareth K. Phoenix;W. Kevin Hicks;Steve Cinderby;Johan C. I. Kuylenstierna

  • Elevated CO2, litter chemistry, and decomposition: a synthesis.

    Richard J. Norby;M. Francesca Cotrufo;Philip Ineson;Elizabeth G. O’Neill

  • Knowledge gaps in soil carbon and nitrogen interactions – From molecular to global scale

    Annemieke I. Gärdenäs;Göran I. Ågren;Jeffrey A. Bird;Marianne Clarholm

  • Substrate quality and the temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter decomposition

    Iain P. Hartley;Phil Ineson

  • Forest soil CO2flux: uncovering the contribution and environmental responses of ectomycorrhizas

    Andreas Heinemeyer;Iain P. Hartley;Sam P. Evans;José A. Carreira De La Fuente

  • Decomposition of tree leaf litters grown under elevated CO2: Effect of litter quality

    M. F. Cotrufo;P. Ineson;A. P. Rowland

  • Identification of groups of metabolically-active rhizosphere microorganisms by stable isotope probing of PLFAs

    Amy M. Treonis;Nick J. Ostle;Andrew W. Stott;Ruth Primrose

  • Effects of three years of soil warming and shading on the rate of soil respiration: substrate availability and not thermal acclimation mediates observed response

    Iain P. Hartley;Andreas Heinemeyer;Phil Ineson

  • Soil temperature affects carbon allocation within arbuscular mycorrhizal networks and carbon transport from plant to fungus

    Christine V. Hawkes;Iain P. Hartley;Phil Ineson;Alastair H. Fitter

  • Decomposition of eucalyptus leaves in litter mixtures

    M.J.I. Briones;P. Ineson

  • Soil gas fluxes of N2O, CH4 and CO2 beneath Lolium perenne under elevated CO2: The Swiss free air carbon dioxide enrichment experiment

    P. Ineson;P.A. Coward;U.A. Hartwig

  • Rising Atmospheric CO2 Reduces Sequestration of Root-Derived Soil Carbon

    James Heath;Edward Ayres;Malcolm Possell;Richard D. Bardgett

  • To replicate, or not to replicate - that is the question: how to tackle nonlinear responses in ecological experiments

    Juergen Kreyling;Andreas H. Schweiger;Michael Bahn;Phil Ineson

  • Respiration of the external mycelium in the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis shows strong dependence on recent photosynthates and acclimation to temperature

    A. Heinemeyer;P. Ineson;N. Ostle;A. H. Fitter

  • Stable isotope probing analysis of the influence of liming on root exudate utilization by soil microorganisms

    J. Ignacio Rangel-Castro;Ken Killham;Nick J Ostle;Graeme W Nicol

  • Root production and turnover in an upland grassland subjected to artificial soil warming respond to radiation flux and nutrients, not temperature.

    A. H. Fitter;G. K. Self;T. K. Brown;D. S. Bogie

  • The role of Eriophorum vaginatum in CH4 flux from an ombrotrophic peatland

    A. L. Greenup;M. A. Bradford;N. P. McNamara;P. Ineson

  • Effects of burning and grazing on carbon sequestration in a Pennine blanket bog, UK.

    M. H. Garnett;P. Ineson;A. C. Stevenson

  • Methane oxidation in a temperate coniferous forest soil: effects of inorganic N

    Zhi-Ping Wang;Phil Ineson

  • Links between methane flux and transcriptional activities of methanogens and methane oxidizers in a blanket peat bog

    Thomas E. Freitag;Sylvia Toet;Phil Ineson;James I. Prosser

  • Enchytraeid worms (Oligochaeta) enhance mineralization of carbon in organic upland soils.

    L. Cole;R. D. Bardgett;P. Ineson

  • Quantification of soil carbon inputs under elevated CO2: C3 plants in a C4 soil

    Phil Ineson;Maria F. Cotrufo;Roland Bol;Douglas D. Harkness

  • Soil respiration: implications of the plant-soil continuum and respiration chamber collar-insertion depth on measurement and modelling of soil CO2 efflux rates in three ecosystems.

    A. Heinemeyer;C. Di Bene;A. R. Lloyd;D. Tortorella

  • Terrestrial organic carbon storage in a British moorland

    MarK. H. Garnett;Philip Ineson;Anthony C. Stevenson;David C. Howard

  • The dependence of respiration on photosynthetic substrate supply and temperature: integrating leaf, soil and ecosystem measurements

    Iain P. Hartley;Anna F. Armstrong;Ramesh Murthy;Greg Barron-Gafford

  • Short‐term dynamics of abiotic and biotic soil 13CO2 effluxes after in situ 13CO2 pulse labelling of a boreal pine forest

    Jens‐Arne Subke;Harry W. Vallack;Tord Magnusson;Sonja G. Keel

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Heinemeyer
Andreas Heinemeyer University of York
Lynne Boddy
Lynne Boddy Cardiff University
Niall P. McNamara
Niall P. McNamara UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Mike Ashmore
Mike Ashmore University of York
Mark A. Bradford
Mark A. Bradford Yale University
James I.L. Morison
James I.L. Morison Forestry Commission England
Iain P. Hartley
Iain P. Hartley University of Exeter
Mark H. Garnett
Mark H. Garnett University of Glasgow
Peter Smith
Peter Smith University of Aberdeen
Gail Taylor
Gail Taylor University College London

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