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Robert L. Sinsabaugh

University of New Mexico · US
Area of research
Soil Science · Ecology
Research interest
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h-index
80
citations
32,681
works
218
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Recent publications

Global patterns of nutrient limitation in soil microorganisms
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2025cited by 43position: middledoi
Global Patterns and Drivers of Soil Extracellular Enzyme Activities in Response to Plant Invasion: A Meta‐Analysis
Global Ecology and Biogeography 2025cited by 7position: middledoi
Microbial communities in terrestrial surface soils are not widely limited by carbon
Global Change Biology 2023cited by 46position: middledoi
Subsoil carbon loss
Nature Geoscience 2023cited by 37position: lastdoi
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2020cited by 0position: selected
Plant phylogenetic history explains in‐stream decomposition at a global scale
Journal of Ecology 2019cited by 48position: middledoi
Soil–litter mixing and microbial activity mediate decomposition and soil aggregate formation in a sandy shrub-invaded Chihuahuan Desert grassland
Plant Ecology 2017cited by 49position: middledoi
Tree Mortality Decreases Water Availability and Ecosystem Resilience to Drought in Piñon‐Juniper Woodlands in the Southwestern U.S.
Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences 2017cited by 40position: middledoi
Stoichiometry of microbial carbon use efficiency in soils
Ecological Monographs 2016cited by 517position: firstdoi
Global synthesis of the temperature sensitivity of leaf litter breakdown in streams and rivers
Global Change Biology 2016cited by 159position: middledoi
Carbon use efficiency of microbial communities: stoichiometry, methodology and modelling
Ecology Letters 2013cited by 953position: firstdoi
Soil enzymes in a changing environment: Current knowledge and future directions
Soil Biology and Biochemistry 2012cited by 2,320position: middledoi

Grants

DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Biotic control of resource retention in arid lands: testing the fungal loop hypothesis
NSF1503898$19,6302015–2017PIRePORTER
The Nitrogen Cycle of a Semi-arid Grassland: A Fungal Loop?
NSF0516113$143,9982005–2007PIRePORTER
Dissertation Research: Assessing Humic Inhibition of Microbial Processes in Aquatic Systems
NSF9623323$5,0001996–1998PIRePORTER
Analysis of Microbial Community Structure and Function Alonga Detrital Particle Size Gradient
NSF9216320$180,0001993–1995PIRePORTER
Analysis of Microbial Community Structure and Function Alonga Detrital Particle Size Gradient
NSF9496054$180,0001993–1996PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

· 4 papers (2013–2025)Ji Chen · Nanjing Agricultural University3 papers (2023–2025)Linchuan Fang · Nanjing Agricultural University3 papers (2023–2025)Jennifer J. Follstad Shah · University of Utah3 papers (2016–2019)César Terrer · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2023–2025) · 2 papers (2016–2019) · 2 papers (2016–2019)David W. P. Manning · The Ohio State University2 papers (2016–2019)John S. Kominoski · University of Georgia2 papers (2016–2019) · 2 papers (2016–2019)Yiqi Luo · Cornell University2 papers (2023–2025)Matthias C. Rillig · Hong Kong Polytechnic University2 papers (2023–2025)Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo · Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas2 papers (2023–2025) · 2 papers (2023–2025)Marcelo Ardón · North Carolina State University2 papers (2016–2019)Yongxing Cui · Aarhus University2 papers (2023–2025)Josep Peñuelas · Nanjing University2 papers (2023–2025)Walter K. Dodds · University of Nevada, Reno2 papers (2016–2019)Biao Zhu · Aviation Industry Corporation of China (China)2 papers (2023–2025)Natalie A. Griffiths · Oak Ridge National Laboratory2 papers (2016–2019)