Publications (peer-reviewed)
*Denotes equal authorship contributions; Undergraduate mentees are underlined.
2023
Ward EB, A Polussa, and MA Bradford. 2023. Depth-dependent effects of ericoid mycorrhizal shrubs on soil carbon and nitrogen pools are accentuated under arbuscular mycorrhizal trees. Global Change Biology.
Bradford, MA, GF Veen, EM Bradford, KR Covey, TW Crowther, N Fields, PT Frankson, J González-Rivero, FV Jevon, SE Kuebbing, S McBride, JE Mohan, EE Oldfield, AM Oliverio, A Polussa, C Steinrueck, MS Strickland, EB Ward, C Wepking, and DS Maynard. 2023. Coarse woody debris accelerates the decomposition of deadwood inputs across temperate forest. Biogeochemistry.
2022
Ward EB, MC Duguid, SE Kuebbing, JL Lendemer, and MA Bradford. 2022. The functional role of ericoid mycorrhizal plants and fungi on carbon and nitrogen dynamics in forests. New Phytologist 235 (5), 1701-1718.
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Invited Tansley Review
2021
Ward EB, MC Duguid, SE Kuebbing, JL Lendemer, RJ Warren II, and MA Bradford. 2021. Ericoid mycorrhizal shrubs alter the relationship between tree mycorrhizal dominance and soil carbon and nitrogen. Journal of Ecology 109: 3524-3540.
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Shortlisted for the 2021 Harper Prize, the annual award for the best paper by an early career researcher in Journal of Ecology
Ward EB*, DA Doroski*, AJ Felson, RA Hallet, EE Oldfield, SE Kuebbing, and MA Bradford. 2021. Positive long‐term impacts of restoration on soils in an experimental urban forest. Ecological Applications 31: e02336.
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Carpenter R, EB Ward, J Wikle, MC Duguid, MA Bradford, and MS Ashton. 2021. Soil nutrient recovery after shelterwood timber harvesting in a temperate oak hardwood forest: Insights using a twenty-five-year chronosequence. Forest Ecology and Management.
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Bradford MA, SA Wood, ET Addicott, EP Fenichel, N Fields, J González-Rivero, FV Jevon, DS Maynard, EE Oldfield, A Polussa, EB Ward and WR Wieder. 2021. Quantifying microbial control of soil organic matter dynamics at macrosystem scales. Biogeochemistry 156: 19-40.
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2020
Ward EB, CC Pregitzer, SE Kuebbing, and MA Bradford. 2020. Invasive lianas are drivers of and passengers to altered soil nutrient availability in urban forests. Biological Invasions 22:935-955.
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2023
Ward EB, A Polussa, and MA Bradford. 2023. Depth-dependent effects of ericoid mycorrhizal shrubs on soil carbon and nitrogen pools are accentuated under arbuscular mycorrhizal trees. Global Change Biology.
Bradford, MA, GF Veen, EM Bradford, KR Covey, TW Crowther, N Fields, PT Frankson, J González-Rivero, FV Jevon, SE Kuebbing, S McBride, JE Mohan, EE Oldfield, AM Oliverio, A Polussa, C Steinrueck, MS Strickland, EB Ward, C Wepking, and DS Maynard. 2023. Coarse woody debris accelerates the decomposition of deadwood inputs across temperate forest. Biogeochemistry.
2022
Ward EB, MC Duguid, SE Kuebbing, JL Lendemer, and MA Bradford. 2022. The functional role of ericoid mycorrhizal plants and fungi on carbon and nitrogen dynamics in forests. New Phytologist 235 (5), 1701-1718.
Invited Tansley Review
2021
Ward EB, MC Duguid, SE Kuebbing, JL Lendemer, RJ Warren II, and MA Bradford. 2021. Ericoid mycorrhizal shrubs alter the relationship between tree mycorrhizal dominance and soil carbon and nitrogen. Journal of Ecology 109: 3524-3540.
Shortlisted for the 2021 Harper Prize, the annual award for the best paper by an early career researcher in Journal of Ecology
Ward EB*, DA Doroski*, AJ Felson, RA Hallet, EE Oldfield, SE Kuebbing, and MA Bradford. 2021. Positive long‐term impacts of restoration on soils in an experimental urban forest. Ecological Applications 31: e02336.
Carpenter R, EB Ward, J Wikle, MC Duguid, MA Bradford, and MS Ashton. 2021. Soil nutrient recovery after shelterwood timber harvesting in a temperate oak hardwood forest: Insights using a twenty-five-year chronosequence. Forest Ecology and Management.
Bradford MA, SA Wood, ET Addicott, EP Fenichel, N Fields, J González-Rivero, FV Jevon, DS Maynard, EE Oldfield, A Polussa, EB Ward and WR Wieder. 2021. Quantifying microbial control of soil organic matter dynamics at macrosystem scales. Biogeochemistry 156: 19-40.
2020
Ward EB, CC Pregitzer, SE Kuebbing, and MA Bradford. 2020. Invasive lianas are drivers of and passengers to altered soil nutrient availability in urban forests. Biological Invasions 22:935-955.
Science communication, interviews, and popular articles
Q&A Interview for The Overstory, The Forest School newsletter, Yale School of the Environment, 2022
Article for the Journal of Ecology blog, 2022
Article for The Overstory, The Forest School newsletter, Yale School of the Environment, 2021
Radio Interview on Garlic Mustard with Herbs in Action Radio, The Saturday Lights Brigade, 2020
Video Interview with Botany in Action on display at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden, Pittsburgh, PA, 2019
Radio Interview on Wood Sorrel with Herbs in Action Radio, The Saturday Lights Brigade, 2019
Article for Paprika!, The Yale School of Architecture newsletter, 2016
Article for the Journal of Ecology blog, 2022
Article for The Overstory, The Forest School newsletter, Yale School of the Environment, 2021
Radio Interview on Garlic Mustard with Herbs in Action Radio, The Saturday Lights Brigade, 2020
Video Interview with Botany in Action on display at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden, Pittsburgh, PA, 2019
Radio Interview on Wood Sorrel with Herbs in Action Radio, The Saturday Lights Brigade, 2019
Article for Paprika!, The Yale School of Architecture newsletter, 2016