Publications

Valverde-Barrantes OJ, Smemo KA, Feinstein LM, Kershner MW, Blackwood CB (2014) Aggregated and complementary: symmetric proliferation, overyielding, and mass effects explain fine-root biomass in soil patches in a diverse temperate deciduous forest landscape. New Phytologist 205: 731-742.

Blackwood CB, Smemo KA, Kershner MW, Feinstein LM, Valverde-Barrantes OJ (2013) Decay of ecosystem differences and decoupling of community-environment relationships at ecotones. Ecological Monographs 83: 403 – 417.

Feinstein LM, Blackwood CB (2013) The Spatial Scaling of Saprotrophic Fungal Beta Diversity in Decomposing Leaves. Molecular Ecology 22: 1171-1184.

Valverde-Barrantes OJ, Smemo KA, Feinstein LM, Kershner MW, Blackwood CB (2013) The Distribution of Belowground Traits is Explained by Intrinsic Species Differences and Intraspecific Plasticity in Response to Root Neighbors. Journal of Ecology 101: 933-942

Feinstein LM, Blackwood CB (2012) Taxa-area relationship and neutral dynamics influence the diversity of fungal communities on senesced tree leaves. Environmental Microbiology 14: 1488-1499.

Wu L, Feinstein LM, Valverde-Barrantes O, Kershner M, Leff L, Blackwood CB (2011) Placing the effects of leaf litter diversity on saprotrophic microorganisms in the context of leaf type and habitat. Microbial Ecology 61: 399-409

Feinstein LM, Sul WJ, Blackwood CB (2009) Assessment of bias associated with incomplete extraction of microbial DNA from soil. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75: 5428-5433

Fraser LH, Feinstein LM (2005) Effect of mycorrhizal inoculants, NP supply ratio, and water depth on the  growth and biomass allocation of three wetland species. Canadian Journal of Botany 83: 1117-1125