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Randall D. Jackson is a researcher affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Within these fields, their research spans several subfields including Ecology, Soil Science, Agronomy and Crop Science, Environmental Chemistry, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's research contributions are substantially documented through numerous publications. They have a particular emphasis on topics such as Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Bioenergy crop production and management, Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, and Isotope Analysis in Ecology.

Randall D. Jackson has published articles in a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include SSRN Electronic Journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Geoderma, Agricultural & Environmental Letters, and Environmental Science & Technology.

Their recent notable papers include:

  • The soil microbial carbon pump: From conceptual insights to empirical assessments, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Persistent soil carbon enhanced in Mollisols by well-managed grasslands but not annual grain or dairy forage cropping systems, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Perenniality and diversity drive output stability and resilience in a 26-year cropping systems experiment, 2021, Field Crops Research
  • Empirical Evidence for the Potential Climate Benefits of Decarbonizing Light Vehicle Transport in the U.S. with Bioenergy from Purpose-Grown Biomass with and without BECCS, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Temperature and moisture alter organic matter composition across soil fractions, 2021, Geoderma

Randall D. Jackson collaborates frequently with several other researchers in their field. The most frequent coauthors are:

  • Gregg R. Sanford
  • Matthew D. Ruark
  • Claudio Gratton
  • Christopher J. Kucharik
  • Chao Liang

Best Publications

  • Cellulosic biofuel contributions to a sustainable energy future: Choices and outcomes

    G. Philip Robertson;G. Philip Robertson;Stephen K. Hamilton;Stephen K. Hamilton;Bradford L. Barham;Bradford L. Barham;Bruce E. Dale;Bruce E. Dale

  • The soil microbial carbon pump: From conceptual insights to empirical assessments.

    Xuefeng Zhu;Randall D. Jackson;Evan H. DeLucia;James M. Tiedje

  • The sensitivity of annual grassland carbon cycling to the quantity and timing of rainfall

    Wendy W. Chou;Whendee L. Silver;Randall D. Jackson;Andrew W. Thompson

  • Persistent soil carbon enhanced in Mollisols by well-managed grasslands but not annual grain or dairy forage cropping systems

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  • Take a Closer Look: Biofuels Can Support Environmental, Economic and Social Goals

    Bruce E. Dale;James E. Anderson;Robert C. Brown;Steven Csonka

  • Soil carbon lost from Mollisols of the North Central U.S.A. with 20 years of agricultural best management practices

    Gregg R. Sanford;Joshua L. Posner;Randall D. Jackson;Christopher J. Kucharik

  • A state-transition approach to understanding nonequilibrium plant community dynamics in Californian grasslands

    Randall D. Jackson;James W. Bartolome

  • Plant nitrogen and phosphorus limitation in 98 North American grassland soils

    Joseph Mitchell Craine;Randall D. Jackson

  • Ecosystem-service tradeoffs associated with switching from annual to perennial energy crops in riparian zones of the US Midwest.

    Timothy D. Meehan;Timothy D. Meehan;Claudio Gratton;Claudio Gratton;Erica Diehl;Natalie D. Hunt

  • Lake to land subsidies: experimental addition of aquatic insects increases terrestrial arthropod densities.

    David Hoekman;Jamin Dreyer;Randall D. Jackson;Philip A. Townsend

  • Soil microbial communities under model biofuel cropping systems in southern Wisconsin, USA: Impact of crop species and soil properties

    Chao Liang;Chao Liang;Ederson da C. Jesus;Ederson da C. Jesus;David S. Duncan;Randall D. Jackson;Randall D. Jackson

  • Comparative productivity of alternative cellulosic bioenergy cropping systems in the North Central USA

    Gregg R. Sanford;Gregg R. Sanford;Lawrence G. Oates;Lawrence G. Oates;Poonam Jasrotia;Poonam Jasrotia;Kurt D. Thelen;Kurt D. Thelen

  • Biomass and biofuel crop effects on biodiversity and ecosystem services in the North Central US

    Douglas A. Landis;Douglas A. Landis;Claudio Gratton;Randall D. Jackson;Katherine L. Gross;Katherine L. Gross

  • Influence of corn, switchgrass, and prairie cropping systems on soil microbial communities in the upper Midwest of the United States

    Ederson da C. Jesus;Ederson da C. Jesus;Chao Liang;Chao Liang;John F. Quensen;Endang Susilawati;Endang Susilawati

  • Perenniality and diversity drive output stability and resilience in a 26-year cropping systems experiment

    Gregg R. Sanford;Randall D. Jackson;Eric G. Booth;Janet L. Hedtcke

  • Response of a Native Perennial Grass Stand to Disturbance in California's Coast Range Grassland

    James W. Bartolome;Jeffrey S. Fehmi;Jeffrey S. Fehmi;Randall D. Jackson;Barbara Allen-Diaz

  • Associative nitrogen fixation (ANF) in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) across a nitrogen input gradient.

    Sarah S. Roley;Sarah S. Roley;David S. Duncan;David S. Duncan;Di Liang;Di Liang;Aaron Garoutte;Aaron Garoutte

  • Microorganisms and their residues under restored perennial grassland communities of varying diversity

    Chao Liang;Chao Liang;Jenny Kao-Kniffin;Gregg R. Sanford;Gregg R. Sanford;Kyle Wickings

  • Nitrous oxide emissions during establishment of eight alternative cellulosic bioenergy cropping systems in the North Central United States

    Lawrence G. Oates;David S. Duncan;Ilya Gelfand;Ilya Gelfand;Neville Millar;Neville Millar

  • Oak Woodlands and Forests

    Barbara Allen-Diaz;Richard Standiford;Randall D. Jackson

  • Management-Intensive Rotational Grazing Enhances Forage Production and Quality of Subhumid Cool-Season Pastures

    Lawrence G. Oates;Daniel J. Undersander;Claudio Gratton;Michael M. Bell

  • Farming without a recipe: Wisconsin graziers and new directions for agricultural science

    Alexandra Lyon;Michael M. Bell;Claudio Gratton;Randall Jackson

  • Empirical evidence for the potential climate benefits of decarbonizing light vehicle transport in the U.S. with bioenergy from purpose-grown biomass with and without BECCS

    Ilya Gelfand;Ilya Gelfand;Ilya Gelfand;Stephen K. Hamilton;Alexandra N. Kravchenko;Alexandra N. Kravchenko;Randall D. Jackson;Randall D. Jackson

Frequent Co-Authors

G. Philip Robertson
G. Philip Robertson Michigan State University
Claudio Gratton
Claudio Gratton University of Wisconsin–Madison
Michael D. Casler
Michael D. Casler Agricultural Research Service
James M. Tiedje
James M. Tiedje Michigan State University
Kurt D. Thelen
Kurt D. Thelen Michigan State University
Christopher J. Kucharik
Christopher J. Kucharik University of Wisconsin–Madison
Teri C. Balser
Teri C. Balser University of Calgary
Douglas A. Landis
Douglas A. Landis Michigan State University
Kenneth W. Tate
Kenneth W. Tate University of California, Davis
Bruce E. Dale
Bruce E. Dale Michigan State University

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