in review
Garten Jr. CT, Wullschleger SD, and Classen AT (in review) Review and model-based analysis of factors influencing soil carbon sequestration under hybrid poplar. Biomass and Bioenergy
Kardol P, Campany CE, Souza L, Norby RJ, Weltzin JF, and Classen AT (in revision) Climatic change alters plant dominance patterns and evenness in an experimental old-field ecosystem. Global Change Biology
Castro HF, Classen AT, Austin EE, Norby RJ, and Schadt CW (in revision) Precipitation regime is the major driver of changes in soil microbial community structure over CO2 and temperature in a multifactorial climate change experiment. Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Hanson PJ, Classen AT, Kueppers LM, Luo Y, McDowell NG, Morris JT, Thornton PM, Dukes JS, Goulden ML, and Melillo JM (in revision) The need for next generation experiments to understand ecosystem responses and feedbacks to climate change. Global Change Biology
Chen X, Post WM, Norby RJ, and Classen AT (in revision) Modeling soil respiration and variation in source components using a multi-factor global climate change experiment. Climatic Change
in press
Kardol P, Cregger MA, Campany CE, and Classen AT (in press) Changes in plant community composition affect multifactor climate change effects on soil ecosystem functioning. Ecology
2009
Crutsinger GM, Sanders NJ, and Classen AT (2009) Comparing intra- and inter-specific effects on litter decomposition in an old-field ecosystem. Basic and Applied Ecology 10: 535-543.
Garten Jr. CT, Classen AT, Norby RJ (2009) Watering treatment surpasses elevated CO2 and temperature in importance as a determinant of soil carbon dynamics in a multi-factor climate change experiment. Plant and Soil 319:85-94.
Engel EC, Weltzin JF, Norby RJ, Classen AT (2009) Responses of an old-field plant community to interacting factors of elevated [CO2], warming, and soil moisture. Journal of Plant Ecology 2:1-11.
Antoninka A, Wolf JE, Bowker M, Classen AT, Johnson NC (2009) Linking above and belowground responses to global change at community and ecosystem scales. Global Change Biology 15:914-929.
Austin EE, Castro HF, Schadt CW, Sides KT, Classen AT (2009) Assessment of 10 years of CO2 fumigation on soil microbial communities and function in a sweetgum plantation. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 41:514-520.
2008
Crutsinger GM, Reynolds WN, Classen AT, and Sanders NJ (2008) Disparate effects of plant genotypic diversity on foliage and litter arthropod communities. Oecologia 158:65-75.
Knapp AK, Beier C, Briske DD, Classen AT, Lou Y, Reichstein M, Smith MD, Smith SD, Bell JE, Fay PA, Heisler JL, Leavitt SW, Sherry R, Smith B, and Weng E (2008) Consequences of more extreme precipitation regimes for terrestrial ecosystems. BioScience 58(9):811-821.
Hanson PJ, Classen AT, Kueppers L, Luo Y, McDowell NG, Morris J, Rogers A, Thorton P, Ceulemans R, Dukes J, Goulden M, Jackson R, Knapp A, Kirschbaum M, Lewin K, MacCracken M, Melillo J, Ringler T (2008) Ecosystem research: Understanding climate change impacts on ecosystems and feedbacks to the physical climate. Report of the workshop on “Exploring Science Needs for the Next Generation of Climate Change and Elevated CO2 Experiments in Terrestrial Ecosystems” The Department of Energy.
Garten Jr. CT, Classen AT, Norby RJ, Brice DJ, Weltzin JA, and Souza L (2008) Role of N2-fixation in constructed old-field communities under different regimes of [CO2], temperature, and water availability. Ecosystems 11:125-137.
Crutsinger GM, Habenicht MN, Classen AT, Schweitzer JA, and Sanders NJ (2008) Galling by Rhopalomyia solidaginis alters Solidago altissima architecture and litter nutrient dynamics in an old-field ecosystem. Plant and Soil 303:95-103.
2007
Tyner ML and Classen AT (2007) Climate change effects on species composition mediates decomposition in an old-field ecosystem. Journal of Undergraduate Research 7:110-114.
Classen AT, Chapman SK, Whitham TG, Hart SC, and Koch GW (2007) Genetic-based plant resistance and susceptibility traits to herbivory influence needle and root litter nutrient dynamics. Journal of Ecology 95:1181-1194.
Classen AT, Overby ST, Hart SC, Koch GW, and Whitham TG (2007) Season mediates herbivore effects on litter and soil microbial abundance and activity in a semi-arid woodland. Plant and Soil 295:217-227.
Schadt CW and Classen AT (2007) Book review of: Soil Microbiology, Ecology, and Biochemistry. Eldor A. Paul, editor. Soil Science Society of America 71:1420.
2006
Classen AT (2006) Will herbivore range expansions exacerbate the effects of global climate change on soil microclimate? CSA News 51:1.
Classen AT, DeMarco J, Hart SC, Whitham TG, Cobb NS, and Koch GW (2006) Impacts of herbivorous insects on decomposer communities during the early stages of primary succession in a semi-arid woodland. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 38:972-982.
2005
Classen AT, Hart SC, Whitham TG, Cobb NS, and Koch GW (2005) Insect infestations linked to shifts in microclimate: important climate change implications. Soil Science Society of America Journal 69:2049-2057.
Classen AT and Langley JA (2005) Data-model integration is not magic. New Phytologist 166:367-369.
Hart SC, Classen AT, and Wright RJ (2005) Long-term interval burning alters fine root and mycorrhizal dynamics in a ponderosa pine forest. Journal of Applied Ecology 42:752-761.
2003
Classen AT, Boyle SI, Haskins KE, Overby ST, and Hart SC (2003) Community-level physiological profiles of bacteria and fungi: plate type and incubation temperature influences on contrasting soils. FEMS Microbiological Ecology 44:319-328.
Hart SC and Classen AT (2003) Potential for assessing long-term dynamics in soil nitrogen availability from variations in δ15N of tree rings. Isotopes in Health and Environmental Studies 39:15-28.