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Sharon A. Billings

Sharon A. Billings

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
44
Citations
6226
World Ranking
5154
National Ranking
1755

Overview

Sharon A. Billings is affiliated with the University of Kansas in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to subfields such as Environmental Chemistry, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography, Geophysics, and Soil Science.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Ionosphere and Magnetosphere Dynamics
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Billings are:

  • Pamela Sullivan
  • Micah Unruh
  • Lola Klamm
  • Jason Toyoda
  • Qian Zhao

The scientist has published in a variety of venues, including:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Biogeosciences
  • Earth s Future
  • Geoderma

Selected recent papers by Sharon A. Billings include:

  • Embracing the dynamic nature of soil structure: A paradigm illuminating the role of life in critical zones of the Anthropocene, 2021, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Continental-scale patterns of extracellular enzyme activity in the subsoil: an overlooked reservoir of microbial activity, 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • Soil organic carbon is not just for soil scientists: measurement recommendations for diverse practitioners, 2021, Ecological Applications
  • Deepening roots can enhance carbonate weathering by amplifying CO2-rich recharge, 2021, Biogeosciences
  • From Soils to Streams: Connecting Terrestrial Carbon Transformation, Chemical Weathering, and Solute Export Across Hydrological Regimes, 2022, Water Resources Research

Best Publications

  • Increases in the flux of carbon belowground stimulate nitrogen uptake and sustain the long‐term enhancement of forest productivity under elevated CO2

    John E. Drake;Anne Gallet-Budynek;Anne Gallet-Budynek;Kirsten S. Hofmockel;Emily S. Bernhardt

  • The ecology of algal biodiesel production

    Val H. Smith;Belinda S.M. Sturm;Frank J. deNoyelles;Sharon A. Billings

  • ‘One physical system’: Tansley's ecosystem as Earth's critical zone

    Daniel deB. Richter;Sharon A. Billings

  • Changes in variability of soil moisture alter microbial community C and N resource use

    Lisa K. Tiemann;Sharon A. Billings

  • Ecological and Genomic Attributes of Novel Bacterial Taxa That Thrive in Subsurface Soil Horizons.

    Tess E. Brewer;Emma L. Aronson;Keshav Arogyaswamy;Sharon A. Billings

  • Emergent insects, pathogens and drought shape changing patterns in oak decline in North America and Europe

    Laurel J. Haavik;Sharon A. Billings;James M. Guldin;Fred M. Stephen

  • How interactions between microbial resource demands, soil organic matter stoichiometry, and substrate reactivity determine the direction and magnitude of soil respiratory responses to warming

    Sharon A. Billings;Ford Ballantyne

  • Changes in stable isotopic signatures of soil nitrogen and carbon during 40 years of forest development

    S. A. Billings;D. D. Richter

  • Effects of temperature and fertilization on nitrogen cycling and community composition of an urban lawn

    Neeta S. Bijoor;Claudia I. Czimczik;Diane E. Pataki;Sharon A. Billings

  • Altered patterns of soil carbon substrate usage and heterotrophic respiration in a pine forest with elevated CO2 and N fertilization

    Sharon A. Billings;Susan E. Ziegler

  • Embracing the dynamic nature of soil structure: A paradigm illuminating the role of life in critical zones of the Anthropocene

    P.L. Sullivan;S. Billings;D. Hirmas;L. Li

  • Responses of soil nitrogen dynamics in a Mojave Desert ecosystem to manipulations in soil carbon and nitrogen availability.

    S. M. Schaeffer;S. A. Billings;R. D. Evans

  • Long-term nitrogen deposition linked to reduced water use efficiency in forests with low phosphorus availability

    Zhiqun Huang;Bao Liu;Murray Davis;Jordi Sardans

  • Trace N gas losses and N mineralization in Mojave desert soils exposed to elevated CO2.

    S.A Billings;S.M Schaeffer;R.D Evans

  • Soil carbon sequestration in a pine forest after 9 years of atmospheric CO2 enrichment

    John Lichter;Sharon A. Billings;Susan E. Ziegler;Deeya Gaindh

  • Differential effects of pH on temperature sensitivity of organic carbon and nitrogen decay

    Kyungjin Min;Christoph A. Lehmeier;Ford Ballantyne;Anna Tatarko

  • Soil organic matter dynamics and land use change at a grassland/forest ecotone

    S.A. Billings

  • Soil carbon dioxide fluxes and profile concentrations in two boreal forests

    S A Billings;D D Richter;J Yarie

  • Carbon balance of the taiga forest within Alaska: present and future

    John Yarie;Sharon Billings

  • Sensitivity of soil methane fluxes to reduced precipitation in boreal forest soils

    S.A. Billings;D.D. Richter;J. Yarie

  • Nitrogen fixation by biological soil crusts and heterotrophic bacteria in an intact Mojave Desert ecosystem with elevated CO2 and added soil carbon

    S.A Billings;S.M Schaeffer;R.D Evans

  • Linking microbial activity and soil organic matter transformations in forest soils under elevated CO2

    S. A. Billings;S. E. Ziegler

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan E. Ziegler
Susan E. Ziegler Memorial University of Newfoundland
Daniel Richter
Daniel Richter Duke University
Daniel Markewitz
Daniel Markewitz University of Georgia
Kathleen A. Lohse
Kathleen A. Lohse Idaho State University
Sean M. Schaeffer
Sean M. Schaeffer University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Kate Lajtha
Kate Lajtha Oregon State University
Whendee L. Silver
Whendee L. Silver University of California, Berkeley
Jason P. Kaye
Jason P. Kaye Pennsylvania State University
Craig Rasmussen
Craig Rasmussen University of Arizona
Ronald Benner
Ronald Benner University of South Carolina

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