Peer-Reviewed Publications
Scientific publications contributing to the understanding of soil health, ecosystem processes, grazing management, and ecological resilience across working and natural landscapes.
Nasto MK, K Hulvey, J Villalba. In prep. The effects of diverse forage species on soil microbial community function and carbon cycling within a semi-arid cattle pasture. Plant and Soil.
Nasto MK, K Hulvey, B Owens, J Juen. In prep. Cattle grazing is a stronger influence than shrub removal and prescribed fire on soil health and carbon across rangelands of eastern New Mexico with different soil textures. Rangeland Ecology and Management.
Nasto MK, K Hulvey, E Feldman, K Mingus, T Payne. In prep. The effects of cattle grazing duration and timing on soil organic carbon in a semi-arid rangeland of northern Utah. Rangeland Ecology and Management.
Nasto MK, K Hulvey, E Feldman, K Mingus, T Payne. In review. The effects of cattle grazing on riparian soil health in a semi-arid rangeland of northern Utah. Rangeland Ecology and Management.
Feldman E, K Hulvey, MK Nasto. In review. Using grazing duration and timing as tools to manage ecosystem services related to plant biodiversity. Rangeland Ecology and Management.
2026
Willard S, S Gennet, T Anderson, C Knapp, J Lavallee, J Ritten, E Feldman, K Hulvey, MK Nasto, M Jacobs, J Watts. 2025. Examining climate benefits from rangeland and pasture management practices in the United States: opportunities, tradeoffs, and information gaps. NPJ Sustainable Agriculture 3: 63. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44264-025-00105-w
2025
Nasto MK, M Luce McLeod, L Bullington, Y Lekberk, JM Stark. 2022. The effect of plant invastion on soil microbial carbon-use efficiency in semiarid grasslands of the Rocky Mountain West. Journal of Ecology 110: 479-492. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13815
2022
Osborne BB, FM Soper, MK Nasto, D Bry, S Hwang, MB Machmuller, L Philippot, BW Sullivan, GP Asner, CC Cleveland, AR Townsend. S Porder. 2021. Leaf litter inputs drive patterns of soil nitrogen heterogeneity in a diverse tropical forest: Results from a litter manipulation experiment. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 158: 108247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108247
2021
Butcher K, MK Nasto, JM Norton, JM Stark. 2020. Physical mechanisms for soil moisture effects on microbial carbon-use efficiency in a sandy loam soil in the western United States. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 150: 107969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107969
Osborne BB, MK Nasto, FM Soper, GP Asner, CS Balzotti, CC Cleveland, PG Taylor, AR Townsend, S Porder. 2020. Leaf litter inputs reinforce islands of nitrogen fertility in a lowland tropical forest. Biogeochemistry 147: 293-306. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-020-00643-0
Sullivan BW, RL Nifong, MK Nasto, S Alvarez-Clare, C Dencker, FM Soper, KT Shoemaker, Y Ishida, J Zaragoza-Castells, EA Davidson, CC Cleveland. 2019. Biogeochemical recuperation is common in secondary lowland tropical forest. Ecology 100(4): e02641. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2641
2020
Nasto MK, K Winter, BL Turner, CC Cleveland. 2019. Nutrient acquisition strategies augment growth in tropical N2 fixing trees in nutrient poor soil and under elevated CO2. Ecology 100(4): e02646. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2646
2019
Soper FM, MK Nasto, BB Osborne, CC Cleveland. 2018. Nitrogen fixation and foliar nitrogen do not predict phosphorus acquisition in tropical trees. Journal of Ecology 107(1): 118-126. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13044
Soper FM, BW Sullivan, MK Nasto, BB Osborne, D Bry, CS Balzotti, PG Taylor, GP Asner, AR Townsend, L Philippot, S Porder, CC Cleveland. 2018. Remotely-sensed canopy nitogren correlates with nitrous oxide emissions in a lowland tropical rainforest. Ecology 99(9): 2080-2089. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2434
Winbourne J, M Harrison, BW Sullivan, A Alvarez-Clare, S Rafaela Lins, L Martinelli, MK Nasto, D Piotto, S Rolim, M Wong, S Porder. 2018. A framework for evaluating estimates of symbiotic nitrogen fixation in forests. American Naturalist 192(5). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2434.
2018
Nasto MK, BB Osborne, Y Lekgerb, GP Asner, CS Balzotti, S Porder, PG Taylor, AR Townsend, CC Cleveland. 2017. Nutrient acquisition, soil phosphorus partitioning, and competition among trees in a lowland tropical rain forest. New Phytologist 214(4): 1506-652. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14494
Osborne BB, MK Nasto, GP Asner, CS Balzotti, CC Cleveland, BW Sullivan, PG Taylor, AR Townsend, S Porder. 2017. Climate, topography, and canopy chemistry exert hierarchical control over soil N cycling in a Neotropical lowland forest. Ecosystems 25: 637-652. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-016-0095-7
2017
Balzotti CS, GP Asner, PG Taylor, CC Cleveland, R Cole, RE Martin, MK Nasto, BB Osborne, S Porder, AR Townsend. 2016. Environmental controls on canopy foliar N distributions in a Neotropical lowland forest. Ecological Applications 26(8): 2451-2464. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1408
2016
Sullivan BW, MK Nasto, SC Hart, BA Hungate. 2015. Proximate controls on semiarid soil greenhouse gas fluxes across 3 million years of soil development. Biogeochemistry 125(3): 375-391. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-015-0133-0
2015
Nasto MK, S Alvarez-Clare, Y Lekberg, BW Sullivan, AR Townsend, CC Cleveland. 2014. Interactions among nitrogen fixation and soil phosphorus acquisition in lowland tropical rain forests. Ecology Letters 17(10): 1282-1289. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12335
Sullivan BW, WK Smith, AR Townsend, MK Nasto, SC Reed, R Chazdon, CC Cleveland. 2014. Spatially robust estimates of biological nitrogen (N) fixation imply substantial human alteration of the tropical N cycling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 111(22): 8101-8106. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1320646111
2014
