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Mary K. Firestone

University of California System ORCID

362

Works

38,865

Citations

98

h-index

196

i10-index

Research Topics

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions

Affiliations

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory2005–2020

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory2001–2024

University of California System2002–2025

Carnegie Department of Plant Biology1987–1989

Respect1987–1987

Top Works

Dynamic root exudate chemistry and microbial substrate preferences drive patterns in rhizosphere microbial community assembly

Kateryna Zhalnina,Katherine Louie,et al.

20182,223 citations

Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics

A quantitative framework reveals ecological drivers of grassland microbial community assembly in response to warming

Daliang Ning,Mengting Yuan,et al.

20201,218 citations

The interconnected rhizosphere: High network complexity dominates rhizosphere assemblages

Shengjing Shi,Erin Nuccio,et al.

20161,161 citations

Microbiological basis of NO and N2O production and consumption in soil.

Mary K. Firestone,Eric A. Davidson

19891,074 citations

The role of ecological theory in microbial ecology

James I. Prosser,Brendan J. M. Bohannan,et al.

20071,071 citations

Nitrogen Mineralization, Immobilization, and Nitrification

Stephen C. Hart,John M. Stark,et al.

19941,008 citations

Life and death in the soil microbiome: how ecological processes influence biogeochemistry

Noah W. Sokol,Eric Slessarev,et al.

20221,001 citations

Responses of soil bacterial and fungal communities to extreme desiccation and rewetting

Romain L. Barnard,Catherine A. Osborne,et al.

2013980 citations

METHODS FOR MEASURING DENITRIFICATION: DIVERSE APPROACHES TO A DIFFICULT PROBLEM

Peter M. Groffman,Mark A. Altabet,et al.

2006941 citations