In review/ revision/ submitted

Ball, B.A., Bradford, M.A., Coleman, D.C., Hunter, M.D. Linkages between below- and aboveground communities: decomposer responses to simulated tree species loss are largely additive.

Ball, B.A., Hunter, M.D., Kominoski, J.S., Pringle, C.M., Bradford , M.A. Responses of litter and microbial C dynamics to litter mixing in a coupled terrestrial and aquatic system.

Bradford, M.A., Watts, B.W., Davies, C.A. Thermal adaptation of heterotrophic soil respiration in laboratory microcosms.

Davies, C.A., Fierer, N., Maddox, T.R., Bradford, M.A. The anammox process in a forest soil.

Grandy, A.S., Strickland, M.S., Lauber, C.L., Bradford, M.A., Fierer, N. The influence of microbial communities, management, and soil texture on soil organic matter chemistry.

Hamilton, H.C., Strickland, M.S., Wickings, K., Bradford, M.A., Fierer, N. Surveying soil mesofaunal communities using a direct molecular approach.

Limer, L.M.C., Black, H.I.J., Bradford, M.A., Chamberlain, P.M., Pitchford, J.W., Ineson, P. Modelling 13C dynamics in an equilibrium soil food web.

In press/ accepted/ published in advance online

Ball, B.A., Bradford, M.A., Hunter, M.D. Nitrogen and phosphorus release from mixed litter layers is lower than predicted from single species decay. Ecosystems, DOI: 10.1007/s10021-008-9208-2.

Strickland, M.S., Lauber, C., Fierer, N., Bradford, M.A. Testing the functional significance of microbial community composition. Ecology, in press.

Strickland, M.S., Osburn, E., Lauber, C., Fierer, N., Bradford, M.A. Litter quality is in the eye of the beholder: initial decomposition rates as a function of inoculum characteristics. Functional Ecology, in press.

2008

Ball, B.A., Hunter, M.D., Kominoski, J.S., Swan, M.S., Bradford, M.A. (2008) Consequences of non-random species loss for decomposition dynamics: Experimental evidence for additive and non-additive effects. Journal of Ecology, 96, 303-313.

Bradford, M.A., Davies, C.A., Frey, S.D., Maddox, T.R., Melillo, J.M., Mohan, J.E., Reynolds, J.F., Treseder, K.K., Wallenstein, M.D. (2008) Thermal adaptation of soil microbial respiration to elevated temperature. Ecology Letters, 11, 1316-1327.

Bradford, M.A., Fierer, N., Jackson, R.B., Maddox, T.R., Reynolds, J.F. (2008) Nonlinear root-derived carbon sequestration across a gradient of nitrogen and phosphorous deposition in experimental mesocosms. Global Change Biology, 14, 1113-1124.

Bradford, M.A., Fierer, N., Reynolds, J.F. (2008) Soil carbon stocks in experimental mesocosms are dependent on the rate of labile carbon, nitrogen and phosphorous input to soils. Functional Ecology, 22, 964-974 (Special Feature Article – Belowground Responses to Climate Change).

Bradford, M.A., Gancos, T., Frost C.J. (2008) Slow-cycle effects of foliar herbivory alter the nitrogen acquisition and population size of Collembola. Soil Biology & Biochemsitry, 40, 1253-1258.

Hanson, C.A., Allison, S.D., Bradford, M.A., Wallenstein, M.D., Treseder, K.K. (2008) Fungal taxa target different carbon sources in forest soil. Ecosystems, 11, 1157–1167.

Lauber, C.L., Strickland, M.S., Bradford, M.A., Fierer, N. (2008) The influence of soil properties on the structure of bacterial and fungal communities across land-use types. Soil Biology & Biochemsitry, 40, 2407–2415.

Manning, P., Saunders, M., Bardgett, R.D., Bonkowski, Bradford, M.A., M., Ellis, R.J., Kandeler, E. Marhan, S., Tscherko, D. (2008) Direct and indirect effects of nitrogen deposition on litter decomposition. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 40, 688-698.

Wall, D.H., Bradford, M.A., St. John, M.G., Trofymow, J.A., Behan-Pelletier, V., Bignell, D.E., Dangerfield, J.M., Parton, W.J., Rusek, J., Voigt, W., Wolters, V., Zadeh, H., GLIDE Working Group (2008) Global decomposition experiment shows soil animal impacts on decomposition are climate-dependent. Global Change Biology, 14, 2661–2677.

2007

Bradford, M.A., Schumacher, H.B., Catovsky, S., Eggers, T., Newington, J.E., Tordoff, G.M. (2007) Impacts of invasive plant species on riparian plant assemblages: interactions with elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide and nitrogen deposition. Oecologia 152, 791-803. PDF

Bradford, M.A., Tordoff, G.M., Black, H.I.J., Cook, R., Eggers, T., Hutcheson, K., Garnett, M.H. Grayston, S.J., Ineson, P., Newington, J.E., Ostle, N., Sleep, D., Stott, A., Jones, T.H. (2007) Carbon dynamics in a model grassland with functionally different soil communities. Functional Ecology 21, 690-697. PDF

Bradford, M.A., Eggers, T., Newington, J.E., Tordoff, G.M. (2007) Soil faunal assemblage composition modifies root in-growth to plant litter patches. Pedobiologia 50, 505-513 (Special Issue Article – David C. Coleman Retirement Festschrift). PDF

Fierer, N., Bradford, M.A., Jackson R.B. (2007) Toward an ecological classification of soil bacteria. Ecology 88, 1354-1364 (Special Feature Article – New Directions in Microbial Ecology). PDF

Kominoski, J.S., Pringle, C.M., Ball, B.A., Bradford, M.A., Coleman, D.C., Hall, D.B., Hunter, M.D. (2007) Non-additive effects of leaf litter species diversity on breakdown dynamics in a detrital-based stream. Ecology 88, 1167-1176. PDF

2006

Bradford, M.A., Reynolds, J.F. (2006) Scaling terrestrial biogeochemical processes: contrasting intact and model experimental systems. In: Scaling and uncertainty analysis in ecology: methods and applications (eds. Wu, J., Jones, K.B., Li, H., Loucks, O.L.), pp. 109-130. Springer, Netherlands. PDF

Cole, L., Bradford, M.A., Shaw, P.J.A., Bardgett, R.D. (2006) The abundance, richness and functional role of soil meso- and macrofauna in temperate grassland – a case study. Applied Soil Ecology 33, 186-198 (invited paper). PDF

Manning, P., Newington, J.E., Robson, H.R., Saunders, M., Eggers, T., Bradford, M.A., Bardgett, R.D., Bonkowski, M., Ellis, R.J., Gange, A.C., Grayston, S.J., Kandeler, E. Marhan, S., Reid, E., Tscherko, D., Godfray, H.C.J., Rees, M. (2006) Decoupling the direct and indirect effects of nitrogen deposition on ecosystem function. Ecology Letters 9, 1015-1024. PDF

2005

Maestre, F.T., Bradford, M.A., Reynolds J.F. (2005) Soil nutrient heterogeneity interacts with elevated CO2 and nutrient availability to determine species and assemblage responses in a model grassland community. New Phytologist 168, 637-650. PDF

2003

Goddard M.R., Bradford, M.A. (2003) The adaptive response of a natural microbial population to carbon- and nitrogen-limitation. Ecology Letters 6, 594-598. PDF

Smith, V.C., Bradford, M.A. (2003) Litter quality impacts on grassland litter decomposition are differently dependent on soil fauna across time . Applied Soil Ecology 24, 197-203. PDF

Smith, V.C., Bradford, M.A.(2003) Do non-additive effects on decomposition in litter-mix experiments result from differences in resource quality between litters? Oikos 102, 235-242. PDF

2002

Bradford, M.A., Jones, T.H., Bardgett, R.D., Black, H., Boag, B., Bonkowski, M., Cook, R., Eggers, T., Gange, A.C., Grayston, S.J., Kandeler, E., McCaig, A.E., Newington, J.E., Setälä, H., Staddon, P.L., Tordoff, G.M., Tscherko, D., Lawton, J.H. (2002) Impacts of soil faunal community composition on model grassland ecosystems. Science 298 , 615-618. PDF

Bradford, M.A., Newington, J.E. (2002) With the worms: soil biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Biologist 3, 127-130 (invited paper).

Bradford, M.A., Tordoff, G.M., Eggers, T., Jones, T.H., Newington, J.E. (2002) Microbiota, fauna, and mesh size interactions in litter decomposition. Oikos 99, 317-323. PDF

Catovsky, S.,Bradford, M.A., Hector, A. (2002) Biodiversity and ecosystem productivity: implications for carbon storage . Oikos 97, 443-448. PDF

2001

Bradford, M.A., Ineson, P., Wookey, P.A., Lappin-Scott, H.M.(2001) The effects of acid nitrogen and acid sulphur deposition on CH4 oxidation in a forest soil: a laboratory study. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 33, 1695-1702. PDF

Bradford, M.A., Ineson, P., Wookey, P.A., Lappin-Scott, H.M.(2001) The role of CH4 oxidation, production and transport in forest soil CH4 flux. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 33, 1625-1631. PDF

Bradford, M.A., Wookey, P.A., Ineson, P., Lappin-Scott, H.M.(2001) Controlling factors and effects of chronic nitrogen and sulphur deposition on methane oxidation in a temperate forest soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 33, 93-102. PDF

Jones, T.H., Bradford, M.A.(2001) Assessing the functional implications of soil biodiversity in ecosystems. Ecological Research 16, 845-858 (invited paper). PDF

2000 and before

Bradford, M.A., Ineson, P., Wookey, P.A., Lappin-Scott, H.M.(2000) Soil CH4 oxidation: response to forest clearcutting and thinning. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 32, 1035-1038. PDF

Bradford, M.A., Humphrey, T.J., Lappin-Scott, H.M. (1997) The cross-contamination and survival of Salmonella enteritidis PT4 on sterile and non-sterile foodstuffs. Letters in Applied Microbiology 24, 261-264. PDF

Greenup, A.L., Bradford, M.A., McNamara, N., Ineson, P., Lee, J.(2000) The role of Eriophorum vaginatum in CH4 flux from an ombrotrophic peatland. Plant and Soil 227, 265-272. PDF