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Jed P. Sparks

Cornell University · US
Area of research
Global and Planetary Change · Soil Science
Research interest
Research interests include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Plant responses to elevated CO2, and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.
h-index
45
citations
8,412
works
244
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

Increased Soil Nitrogen Availability Suppresses Annual Soil Respiration in Mixed Temperate Forests Regardless of Acidification
Global Change Biology 2025cited by 12position: middledoi
Distribution, source apportionment, and ecological risk assessment of soil antibiotic resistance genes in urban green spaces
Environmental Research 2024cited by 22position: middledoi
Microbial nitrogen immobilization as a tool to manage weeds in agroecosystems
Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 2024cited by 21position: middledoi
Impact of Patch‐Burn Grazing on Vegetation Composition and Structure in Subtropical Humid Grasslands
Rangeland Ecology & Management 2024cited by 6position: middledoi
Severe multi-year drought coincident with Hittite collapse around 1198–1196 bc
Nature 2023cited by 75position: lastdoi
Biochar may alter plant communities when remediating the cadmium-contaminated soil in the saline-alkaline wetland
The Science of The Total Environment 2023cited by 30position: middledoi
Grassland intensification effects cascade to alter multifunctionality of wetlands within metaecosystems
Nature Communications 2023cited by 26position: middledoi
FLUXNET-CH <sub>4</sub> : a global, multi-ecosystem dataset and analysis of methane seasonality from freshwater wetlands
Earth system science data 2021cited by 191position: middledoi
Identifying dominant environmental predictors of freshwater wetland methane fluxes across diurnal to seasonal time scales
Global Change Biology 2021cited by 153position: middledoi
Evidence That Microorganisms at the Animal-Water Interface Drive Sea Star Wasting Disease
Frontiers in Microbiology 2021cited by 60position: middledoi
Nutrient‐use strategy and not competition determines native and invasive species response to changes in soil nutrient availability
Restoration Ecology 2021cited by 42position: middledoi
Stable Isotope Analysis of Specimens of Opportunity Reveals Ocean-Scale Site Fidelity in an Elusive Whale Species
Frontiers in Conservation Science 2021cited by 41position: middledoi
Prevalent root-derived phenolics drive shifts in microbial community composition and prime decomposition in forest soil
Soil Biology and Biochemistry 2020cited by 123position: middledoi
Seasonal Controls of CO<sub>2</sub> and CH<sub>4</sub> Dynamics in a Temporarily Flooded Subtropical Wetland
Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences 2020cited by 47position: middledoi
Non‐native mangroves support carbon storage, sediment carbon burial, and accretion of coastal ecosystems
Global Change Biology 2019cited by 82position: lastdoi
Trophic responses to aquatic pollution of native and exotic livebearer fishes
The Science of The Total Environment 2019cited by 65position: middledoi
Grazing alters net ecosystem C fluxes and the global warming potential of a subtropical pasture
Ecological Applications 2017cited by 48position: middledoi
Influence of transient flooding on methane fluxes from subtropical pastures
Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences 2016cited by 36position: lastdoi
Identifying Important Foraging Habitat for Colonial Waterbirds in an Urban Estuary: a Stable Isotope Approach
Waterbirds 2015cited by 9position: middledoi
Toward a better understanding and quantification of methane emissions from shale gas development
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2014cited by 373position: middledoi
The Influence of Chronic Ozone Exposure on Global Carbon and Water Cycles
Journal of Climate 2014cited by 209position: lastdoi
Pervasive effects of a dominant foliar endophytic fungus on host genetic and phenotypic expression in a tropical tree
Frontiers in Microbiology 2014cited by 173position: middledoi
Changes in soil nitrogen cycling in a northern temperate forest ecosystem during succession
Biogeochemistry 2014cited by 23position: middledoi
Integrating O <sub>3</sub> influences on terrestrial processes: photosynthetic and stomatal response data available for regional and global modeling
Biogeosciences 2013cited by 103position: middledoi
Changes to dryland rainfall result in rapid moss mortality and altered soil fertility
Nature Climate Change 2012cited by 339position: middledoi
Precipitation‐driven carbon balance controls survivorship of desert biocrust mosses
Ecology 2012cited by 140position: lastdoi
Predicting photosynthesis and transpiration responses to ozone: decoupling modeled photosynthesis and stomatal conductance
Biogeosciences 2012cited by 91position: lastdoi
Ozone exposure causes a decoupling of conductance and photosynthesis: implications for the Ball-Berry stomatal conductance model
Oecologia 2012cited by 82position: middledoi

Grants

Collaborative Research: Dimensions: Integrating phylogenetics, ecophysiology and transcriptomics to understand the diversity of hornwort-cyanobacterium symbiosis
NSF1831416$111,3622019–2024PIRePORTER
Dissertation Research: Genetic and Environmental Mechanisms Mediating Disease Resistance and Tolerance in Amphibians
NSF1310036$20,8332013–2015PIRePORTER
Dissertation Research: Closing the nitrogen budget: Quantifying denitrification in an arid ecosystem undergoing nitrogen enrichment
NSF1309124$20,8202013–2015PIRePORTER
Dissertation Research: The genetic architecture and ecological function of a novel coloration phenotype
NSF1309171$20,7782013–2015PIRePORTER
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: The Effects of Elevated Ozone on Global Carbon and Water Cycling Mediated by Plants
NSF1010892$12,3362010–2012PIRePORTER
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Adaptive Differentiation, Selection and Water Use of a Seasonally Dry Tropical Oak: Implications for Global Change
NSF0843368$70,3072009–2014PIRePORTER
Soil Emissions of Nitrogen Trace Gases: Leveraging the Decommissioning of the Desert FACE Site
NSF0717296$354,1062007–2011PIRePORTER
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Trace N Gas Efflux From Aridland Systems: Partitioning Abiotic and Biotic Drivers
NSF0709642$12,0002007–2009PIRePORTER
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Combined Effects of Elevated NO2, O3, and CO2 on Plant Growth and Productivity
NSF0710005$12,0002007–2009PIRePORTER
CAREER: Direct Foliar Uptake of Atmospheric Nitrogen: Molecular to Ecosystem Considerations
NSF0237674$532,0002003–2009PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Carl J. Bernacchi · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign5 papers (2016–2024) · 5 papers (2016–2024)Evan H. DeLucia · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign5 papers (2016–2024)Gordon B. Bonan · UNSW Sydney4 papers (2012–2014)Danica Lombardozzi · Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté4 papers (2012–2014)Samuel Levis · University of Exeter3 papers (2012–2014)N. DeLucia · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign2 papers (2017–2020) · 2 papers (2023–2024)Ziyi Wang · Chongqing University2 papers (2023–2024)Jie Liu · Shandong University2 papers (2023–2024)Mengxuan He · Nankai University2 papers (2023–2024) · 2 papers (2023–2024) · 2 papers (2023–2024)Kirsten K. Coe · Middlebury College2 papers (2012–2012)Samuel D. Chamberlain · University of California, Berkeley2 papers (2016–2017)Jayne Belnap · United States Geological Survey2 papers (2012–2012)Xueqiang Lu · Nankai University2 papers (2023–2024) · 2 papers (2019–2021) · 1 papers (2021–2021)Tamara J. Zelikova · United States Geological Survey1 papers (2012–2012)