Items where Author is "Ostle, Nick"

Davis, Max and Stevens, Carly and Ostle, Nick (2025) Improving soil health in apple and pear orchards. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Cvetkovic-Jones, Mary Jennifer and Stevens, Carly and Whitaker, Jeanette and Ostle, Nick (2024) Impacts of fire and herbivory on soil nutrient cycling and microbial communities in savanna ecosystems. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Khandoker, Munisath and Ostle, Nick and Haefele, Stephan and Gregory, Andrew (2024) Designing a Soil Health Index for Sustainable Agricultural Systems. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Durcan, Rose and Rufino, Mariana and Ostle, Nick and Quinton, John (2023) Investigating soil carbon dynamic along land use change gradients in subtropicaland tropical grazing lands. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Stott, Heather and Armstrong, Alona and Whitaker, Jeanette and Ostle, Nick (2022) Microclimatic and Diversity Controls on UK Grassland Carbon Cycling. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Broyd, Rosanne and Britton, Andrea and Taylor, Andy and Ostle, Nick and Mills, Rob (2022) Impacts of climate change on carbon and nutrient cycling in oceanic-alpine ecosystems. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Armbruster, Melanie and Goodall, Tim and Hirsch, Penny and Ostle, Nick and Puissant, Jeremy and Fagan, Kate and Pywell, Richard and Griffiths, Rob (2021) Bacterial and archaeal taxa are reliable indicators of soil restoration across distributed calcareous grasslands. European Journal of Soil Science, 72 (6). pp. 2430-2444. ISSN 1351-0754

Armbruster, Melanie and Ostle, Nick and Griffiths, Robert (2021) Identifying microbial indicators of land-use change and determining their relevance for soil ecosystem services. PhD thesis, Lancaster Environment Centre.

Elias, Dafydd and Ostle, Nick and McNamara, Niall (2021) Impacts of tropical forest modification on soil microbial communities, function and resilience. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Reinelt, Laura and Ostle, Nick and Whitaker, Jeanette and Bullock, James (2021) Intraspecific plant trait variation and grassland ecosystem function. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Appleton, David and Ostle, Nick and Mills, Robert (2020) Microtopography on Mountains : Complex terrain augments heterogeneity of belowground carbon and nitrogen in the Swiss Central Alps. Masters thesis, Lancaster University.

Buckeridge, Kate and La Rosa, Alfio Fabio and Mason, Kelly and Whitaker, Jeanette and McNamara, Niall and Grant, Helen and Ostle, Nick (2020) Sticky Dead Microbes : rapid abiotic retention of microbial necromass in soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 149: 107929. ISSN 0038-0717

Robinson, Samuel and Ostle, Nick and McNamara, Niall and Griffiths, Robert (2020) Impacts of tropical forest modification on soil microbial community attributes and function in Southeast Asia. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Sarlej, Radim and Ostle, Nick and Stevens, Carly and Whitaker, Jeanette and Griffiths, Rob I. (2020) Soil carbon sequestration by grasslands to mitigate climate change. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Elias, Dafydd and Robinson, Samuel and Both, Sabine and Goodall, Tim and Lee, Noreen Majalap and Ostle, Nick and McNamara, Niall (2020) Soil Microbial Community and Litter Quality Controls on Decomposition Across a Tropical Forest Disturbance Gradient. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 3: 81. ISSN 2624-893X

Robinson, Samuel and Elias, Dafydd and Johnson, David and Both, Sabine and Riutta, Terhi and Goodall, Tim and Majalap, Noreen and McNamara, Niall and Griffiths, Robert and Ostle, Nick (2020) Soil fungal community characteristics and mycelial production across a disturbance gradient in lowland dipterocarp rainforest in Borneo. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 3: 64. ISSN 2624-893X

Durcan, Rose and Rufino, Mariana and Ostle, Nick and Banegas, Natalia and Viruel, Emilce (2020) Effects of land use change and grazing on soil carbon dynamics in the semi arid Chaco, Argentina. UNSPECIFIED.

Makaronidou, Maria and Armstrong, Alona and Ostle, Nick and Kettridge, Nicholas (2020) Assessment on the local climate effects of solar parks. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Siewerding Meirelles, Gabriela and Ostle, Nick and van den Berg, Eduardo and Moreira, Fatima M. S. (2020) Soil microbial attributes and function across multiple scales in Neotropical Savanna. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Halbwachs, Hans and Easton, Gary L. and Bol, Roland and Hobbie, Erik A. and Garnett, Mark H. and Peršoh, Derek and Dixon, Liz and Ostle, Nick and Karasch, Peter and Griffith, Gareth W. (2018) Isotopic evidence of biotrophy and unusual nitrogen nutrition in soil-dwelling Hygrophoraceae. Environmental Microbiology, 20 (10). pp. 3573-3588. ISSN 1462-2912

Malik, Ashish A. and Puissant, Jeremy and Buckeridge, Kate M. and Goodall, Tim and Jehmlich, Nico and Chowdhury, Somak and Gweon, Hyun Soon and Peyton, Jodey M. and Mason, Kelly E. and van Agtmaal, Maaike and Blaud, Aimeric and Clark, Ian M. and Whitaker, Jeanette and Pywell, Richard F. and Ostle, Nick and Gleixner, Gerd and Griffiths, Robert I. (2018) Land use driven change in soil pH affects microbial carbon cycling processes. Nature Communications, 9 (1): 3591. ISSN 2041-1723

de Vries, Franciska T. and Griffiths, Rob I. and Bailey, Mark and Craig, Hayley and Girlanda, Mariangela and Gweon, Hyun Soon and Hallin, Sara and Kaisermann, Aurore and Keith, Aidan M. and Kretzschmar, Marina and Lemanceau, Philippe and Lumini, Erica and Mason, Kelly E. and Oliver, Anna and Ostle, Nick and Prosser, James I. and Thion, Cecile and Thomson, Bruce and Bardgett, Richard D. (2018) Soil bacterial networks are less stable under drought than fungal networks. Nature Communications, 9: 3033. ISSN 2041-1723

Simoes Barneze, Arlete and Ostle, Nick and McNamara, Niall P. and Whitaker, Jeanette (2018) Interactive effects of climate change and management on grassland greenhouse gas emissions. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Marshall, Rachel and Lag‐Brotons, Alfonso J. and Herbert, Ben and Hurst, Lois and Ostle, Nick and Dodd, Ian C. and Quinton, John and Surridge, Ben and Aiouache, Farid and Semple, Kirk (2017) Digestate and ash as alternatives to conventional fertilisers: Benefits and threats to soil biota. In: Geophysical Research Abstracts : Vol. 19, EGU2017-18445, 2017. UNSPECIFIED.

Broadbent, Arthur A. D. and Stevens, Carly and Ostle, Nick and Orwin, Kate (2017) Exploring the mechanisms and impacts of plant invasions in grasslands. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Crawford, John Alfred and Sayer, Emma and Ostle, Nick (2017) The effects of scale and context-dependency on the outcome of experiments investigating soil carbon dynamics. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Rogers, Isabel and Stevens, Carly and Ostle, Nick (2016) Carbon storage in grasslands : the impact of atmospheric nitrogen pollution. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Cole, Andrew and Ostle, Nick (2016) The response of grassland carbon cycling to drought events and changes in nutrient availability. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Walker, Tom and Ward, Sue and Ostle, Nick and Bardgett, Richard (2015) Contrasting growth responses of dominant peatland plants to warming and vegetation composition. Oecologia, 178 (1). pp. 141-151. ISSN 0029-8549

Jones, Alan G. and Scullion, John and Ostle, Nick and Oakley, Simon and Di Dio, Alberto and Gwynn-Jones, Dylan (2015) Plant community composition and an insect outbreak influence phenol oxidase activity and soil-litter biochemistry in a sub-Arctic birch heath. Polar Biology, 38 (4). pp. 505-516. ISSN 0722-4060

Riding, Matthew J. and Herbert, Ben M. J. and Ricketts, Lois and Dodd, Ian and Ostle, Nick and Semple, Kirk T. (2015) Harmonising conflicts between science, regulation, perception and environmental impact : the case of soil conditioners from bioenergy. Environment International, 75. pp. 52-67. ISSN 0160-4120

Ward, Sue and Orwin, Kate and Ostle, Nick and Briones, Maria and Thomson, Bruce and Griffiths, Robert and Oakley, Simon and Quirk, Helen and Bardgett, Richard (2015) Vegetation exerts a greater control on litter decomposition than climate warming in peatlands. Ecology, 96 (1). pp. 113-123. ISSN 0012-9658

Whitaker, Jeanette and Ostle, Nick and Nottingham, Andrew and Ccahuana, Adan and Salinas, Norma and Bardgett, Richard and Meir, Patrick and McNamara, Niall (2014) Microbial community composition explains soil respiration responses to changing carbon inputs along an Andes-to-Amazon elevation gradient. Journal of Ecology, 102 (4). pp. 1058-1071. ISSN 0022-0477

Armstrong, Alona and Waldron, Susan and Whitaker, Jeanette and Ostle, Nick (2014) Wind farm and solar park effects on plant–soil carbon cycling : uncertain impacts of changes in ground-level microclimate. Global Change Biology, 20 (6). pp. 1699-1706. ISSN 1354-1013

Orwin, Kate and Ostle, Nick and Wilby, Andy and Bardgett, Richard (2014) Effects of species evenness and dominant species identity on multiple ecosystem functions in model grassland communities. Oecologia, 174 (3). pp. 979-992. ISSN 0029-8549

Ward, Sue and Ostle, Nick and Oakley, Simon and Quirk, Helen and Henrys, Peter and Bardgett, Richard (2013) Warming effects on greenhouse gas fluxes in peatlands are modulated by vegetation composition. Ecology Letters, 16 (10). pp. 1285-1293. ISSN 1461-023X

Dias, Teresa and Oakley, Simon and Alarcón-Gutiérrez, Enrique and Ziarelli, Fabio and Trindade, Henrique and Martins-Loução, Maria Amélia and Sheppard, Lucy and Ostle, Nick and Cruz, Cristina (2013) N-driven changes in a plant community affect leaf-litter traits and may delay organic matter decomposition in a Mediterranean maquis. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 58. pp. 163-171. ISSN 0038-0717

Mccormack, Sarah A. and Ostle, Nick and Bardgett, Richard D. and Hopkins, David W. and Vanbergen, Adam J. (2013) Biochar in bioenergy cropping systems : Impacts on soil faunal communities and linked ecosystem processes. GCB Bioenergy, 5 (2). pp. 81-95. ISSN 1757-1693

Gray, Alan and Levy, Peter E and Cooper, Mark D A and Gaiawyn, Jenny and Leeson, Sarah R and Ward, Sue and Dinsmore, Kerry J and Drewer, Julia and Sheppard, Lucy J and Ostle, Nick and Evans, Chris D and Burden, Annette and Zielinski, Piotr (2013) Methane indicator values for peatlands : a comparison of species and functional groups. Global Change Biology, 19 (4). 1141–1150. ISSN 1354-1013

Ward, Sue and Ostle, Nick and Oakley, Simon and Quirk, Helen and Stott, Andy and Henrys, Peter and Scott, W. Andrew and Bardgett, Richard (2012) Fire accelerates assimilation and transfer of photosynthetic carbon from plants to soil microbes in a northern peatland. Ecosystems, 15 (8). pp. 1245-1257. ISSN 1432-9840

Evans, Chris D. and Jones, Tim G. and Burden, Annette and Ostle, Nick and Zieliński, Piotr and Cooper, Mark D.A. and Peacock, Mike and Clark, Joanna M. and Oulehle, Filip and Cooper, David and Freeman, Chris (2012) Acidity controls on dissolved organic carbon mobility in organic soils. Global Change Biology, 18 (11). pp. 3317-3331. ISSN 1354-1013

Levy, Peter E. and Burden, Annette and Cooper, Mark D. A. and Dinsmore, Kerry J. and Drewer, Julia and Evans, Chris and Fowler, David and Gaiawyn, Jenny and Gray, Alan and Jones, Stephanie K. and Jones, Timothy and Mcnamara, Niall P. and Mills, Robert and Ostle, Nick and Sheppard, Lucy J. and Skiba, Ute and Sowerby, Alwyn and Ward, Susan E. and Zielinski, Piotr (2012) Methane emissions from soils : synthesis and analysis of a large UK data set. Global Change Biology, 18 (5). pp. 1657-1669. ISSN 1354-1013

Levy, P. M. and Burden, A. and Cooper, M.D.A. and Dinsmore, K.J. and Drewer, J. and Evans, C. and Fowler, D. and Gaiawyn, J. and Gray, A. and Jones, S.K. and Jones, T. and McNamara, N.P. and Mills, R. and Ostle, Nick and Sheppard, L.J. and Skiba, U. and Sowerby, A. and Ward, Sue and Zielinski, P. (2012) Methane emissions from soils:synthesis and analysis of a large UK data set. Global Change Biology, 18 (5). pp. 1657-1669. ISSN 1354-1013

Ostle, Nick and Ward, Sue (2012) Climate change and soil biotic carbon cycling. In: Soil Ecology and Ecosystem Services :. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 241-255. ISBN 978-0-19-957592-3

De Deyn, Gerlinde and Quirk, Helen and Oakley, Simon and Ostle, Nick and Bardgett, Richard (2012) Increased plant carbon translocation linked to overyielding in grassland species mixtures. PLoS ONE, 7 (9): e45926. ISSN 1932-6203

Gwynn-Jones, Dylan and Scullion, John and Jones, Alan and Ostle, Nick and Oakley, Simon (2011) Carbon spenders or savers in a CO 2-rich world? Planet Earth (WINTER). pp. 24-25. ISSN 1479-2605

De Deyn, Gerlinde and Shiel, Robert S. and Ostle, Nick and McNamara, Niall and Oakley, Simon and Young, Iain and Freeman, Christopher and Fenner, Nathalie and Quirk, Helen and Bardgett, Richard (2011) Additional carbon sequestration benefits of grassland diversity restoration. Journal of Applied Ecology, 48 (3). pp. 600-608. ISSN 0021-8901

De Deyn, Gerlinde and Quirk, Helen and Oakley, Simon and Ostle, Nick and Bardgett, Richard (2011) Rapid transfer of photosynthetic carbon through the plant-soil system in differently managed species-rich grasslands. Biogeosciences, 8 (5). pp. 1131-1139. ISSN 1726-4170

Bonnett, Samuel Alexander Festing and Ostle, Nick and Freeman, Chris (2010) Short-term effect of deep shade and enhanced nitrogen supply on Sphagnum capillifolium morphophysiology. Plant Ecology, 207 (2). pp. 347-358. ISSN 1385-0237

Thomson, Bruce C. and Ostle, Nick and McNamara, Niall and Bailey, Mark J. and Whiteley, Andrew S. and Griffiths, Robert I. (2010) Vegetation affects the relative abundances of dominant soil bacterial taxa and soil respiration rates in an upland grassland soil. Microbial Ecology, 59 (2). pp. 335-343. ISSN 0095-3628

De Deyn, Gerlinde and Quirk, Helen and Yi, Zou and Oakley, Simon and Ostle, Nick and Bardgett, Richard (2009) Vegetation composition promotes carbon and nitrogen storage in model grassland communities of contrasting soil fertility. Journal of Ecology, 97 (5). pp. 864-875. ISSN 0022-0477

Ward, Susan E. and Bardgett, Richard D. and McNamara, Niall P. and Ostle, Nick J. and Ostle, Nick (2009) Plant functional group identity influences short-term peatland ecosystem carbon flux : evidence from a plant removal experiment. Functional Ecology, 23 (2). pp. 454-462. ISSN 0269-8463

Briones, Maria Jesus Inglesias and Ostle, Nick and McNamara, Niall P. and Poskitt, Jan (2009) Functional shifts of grassland soil communities in response to soil warming. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 41 (2): 41. pp. 315-322. ISSN 0038-0717

Evans, Chris D. and Norris, Dave and Ostle, Nick and Grant, Helen and Rowe, Edwin C. and Curtis, Chris J. and Reynolds, Brian (2008) Rapid immobilisation and leaching of wet-deposited nitrate in upland organic soils. Environmental Pollution, 156 (3). pp. 636-643. ISSN 0269-7491

Chen, Yin and Dunmont, Marc G. and Neufeld, Josh D. and Bodrossy, Levente and Stralis-Pavese, Nancy and McNamara, Niall P. and Ostle, Nick and Briones, Maria Jesus Inglesias and Murrell, Colin (2008) Revealing the uncultivated majority : combining DNA stable-isotope probing, multiple displacement amplification and metagenomic analyses of uncultivated Methylocystis in acidic peatland. Environmental Microbiology, 10 (10). pp. 2609-2622. ISSN 1462-2912

Chapman, Stephen J. and Scott, W. Andy and Black, Helaina I.J. and Wattenbach, Martin and Milne, Ronnie and Campbell, Colin D. and Lilly, Allan and Ostle, Nick and Lumsdon, David G. and Millard, Pater and Towers, Willie and Zaehle, Sönke and Smith, Jo U. (2007) Climate change cannot be entirely responsible for soil carbon loss observed in England and Wales, 1978-2003. Global Change Biology, 13 (12). pp. 2605-2609. ISSN 1354-1013

Rangel-Castro, J. Ignacio and Prosser, Jim I. and Scrimgeour, Charlie M. and Ostle, Nick and Ineson, Phil and Meharg, Andy and Killham, Ken (2004) Carbon flow in an upland grassland : Effect of liming on the flux of recently photosynthesized carbon to rhizosphere soil. Global Change Biology, 10 (12). pp. 2100-2108. ISSN 1354-1013