Sustainability Publications

Bioenergy crop models: descriptions, data requirements, and future challenges
2013. GCB Bioenergy. Surendran Nair, Sujithkumar; Kang, Shujiang; Zhang, Xuesong; Miguez, Fernando E.; Izaurralde, R. Cesar; Post, Wilfred M.; Dietze, Michael C.; Lynd, Lee R.; Wullschleger, Stan D.

GIS-based spatial precipitation estimation using next generation radar and raingauge data
2013. Environmental Modelling & Software. Zhang, Xuesong; Srinivasan, Raghavan

Prairie grasses for biofuels and ecological restoration: Modifications to native species and their place in human-modified landscapes
2013. Ph.D. Thesis, Michigan State University, East Lansing. Schrotenboer, Abbie C.

Essays on land use decisions for eneryg crop production and the effects of subsidies under uncertainty and costly reversibility
2013. Thesis, Michigan State University, East Lansing. Song, Feng

Using Native Plant Species to Diversify Agriculture
2013. Biodiversity and Insect Pests: Key Issues for Sustainable Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Landis, Douglas A. Gardiner, Mary M. Tompkins, Jean

Soil carbon lost from mollisols of the North Central U.S.A. with 20 years of agricultural best management practices
2013. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. Sanford, Gregory R. Posner, J.L Jackson, Randall D. Kucharik, C.J. Hedtcke, J.L. Lin, Ting-Li

Impacts of ethanol on planted acreage in market equilibrium
2013. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University. Hongli, Feng; Babcock, Bruce A.

Biofuels and biodiversity: the implications of energy sprawl
2013. Elsevier. Robertson, B. A.; Doran, P.J.

Carbon fluxes and storages in forests and landscapes
2013. Springer. Chen, J.; John, R.; Sun, Ge; McNulty S.; Noormets, A.; Xiao, J.; Turner, M.G.; Franklin, J.F

Targeting perennial vegetation in agricultural landscapes for enhancing ecosystem services
2013. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. Asbjornsen, H.; Hernandez-Santana, V.; Liebman, M.; Bayala, J.; Chen, J.; Helmers, M.; Ong, C.K.; Schulte, L.A.

Maintaining environmental quality while expanding biomass production: Sub-regional U.S. policy simulations
2013. Energy Policy. Egbendewe-Mondzozo, Aklesso; Swinton, Scott M.; Izaurralde, R. César; Manowitz, David H.; Zhang, Guessing

Perennial agroenergy feedstocks as en route habitat for spring migratory birds
2013. BioEnergy Research. Robertson, Bruce A.; Landis, Douglas; A. Sillett, T. Scott; Loomis, Elizabeth R.; Rice, Robert A.

The challenge of lignocellulosic bioenergy in a water-limited world
2013. BioScience. King, John S.; Ceulemans, Reinhart; Albaugh, Janine M.; Dillen, Sophie Y.; Domec, Jean-Christophe; Fichot, Regis; Fischer, Milan; Leggett, Zakiya; Sucre, Eric; Trnka, Mirek; Zenone, Terenzio

Sustainable bioenergy production from marginal lands in the UW Midwest
2013. Nature. Gelfand, Ilya; Sahajpal, Ritvik; Zhang, Xuesong; Izaurralde, R. César; Gross, Katherine L.; Robertson, G. Philip

Yield and quality analyses of bioenergy crops grown on a regulatory brownfield
2013. Biomass and BioEnergy. Smith, S. L.; Thelen, K. D.; MacDonald, S. J.

Assembling large, complex environmental metagenomes
2012. Nature Biotechnology. Howe, Adina C.; Jansson, Janet; Malfatti, Stephanie A.; Tringe, Susannah G.; Tiedje, James M.; Brown, C. Titus

Are agrofuels a threat or opportunity for grassland birds in the United States?
2012. The Condor. Robertson, Bruce A., et al.

Climate-nitrogen interactions in agriculture
2012. Biogeochemistry. Robertson, G. Philip; Bruulsema, T.W; Gehl, R.; Kanter, D.; Mauzerall, D.; Rotz, A.; Williams, Carol

Soil microbial residue storage linked to soil legacy under biofuel cropping systems in southern Wisconsin, USA
2012. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. Liang, Chao; Duncan, David S.; Balser, Teri C.; Tiedje, James M.; Jackson, Randall D.

Butterfly community structure and landscape composition in agricultural landscapes of the central United States
2012. Journal of Insect Conservation. Meehan, Timothy D.; Glassberg, J.; Gratton, Claudio

Big brother is watching: Studying insect predation in the age of digital surveillance
2012. American Entomologist. Grieshop, Matthew J.; Werling, Ben P.; Buehrer, Krista; Perrone, Julia; Isaacs, Rufus; Landis, Doug A.

An alternative approach to indirect land use change: allocating greenhouse gas effects among different uses of land
2012. Biomass and BioEnergy. Kim, S., B. E. Dale, et al.

Pest-suppression potential of Midwestern landscapes under contrasting bioenergy scenarios
2012. Public Libary of Science ONE. Meehan, T. D., B. P. Werling, et al.

Prediction of the ethanol yield of dry-grind maize grain using near infrared spectroscopy
2012. Biosystems Engineering. Hao, Xinmei; Thelen, Kurt D.; Gao, Juan

Development and Application of the EPIC Model for Carbon Cycle, Greenhouse Gas Mitigation, and Biofuel Studies
2012. Academic Press. Izaurralde, R. C., W. B. McGill, et al.

Scaling metagenome sequence assembly with probabilistic de Bruijn graphs
2012. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Pell, J., A. Hintze, et al.

A spreadsheet-based model for teaching the agronomic, economic, and environmental aspects of bioenergy cropping systems
2012. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. Thelen, K. D., J. Gao, et al.

GC-based Detection of Aldononitrile Acetate Derivatized Glucosamine and Muramic Acid for Microbial Residue Determination in Soil Samples: Analytical Protocol and Derivative Validation
2012. Journal of Visualized Experiments. Liang, C., H. W. Read, et al.

Hierarchical marginal land assessment for land use planning
2012. Land Use Policy . Kang, S., W. M. Post, et al.

Design methodology for volatility characteristics of bio-derived drop-in gasoline fuels
2012. Spring Technical Meeting of the Central States Section of the Combustion Institute. Backhaus, J.; Rothamer, David

Study of the knocking propensity of 2,5-dimethylfuran–gasoline and ethanol–gasoline blends
2012. Fuel. Rothamer, David A. Jennings, Jamie H.

Investment in Cellulosic Biofuel Refineries: Do Waivable Biofuel Mandates Matter?
2012. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. Miao, R.; Hennessy, D. A.; Babcock, B. A

Biofuels and biodiversity: the implications of energy sprawl
2012. Encyclopedia of Biodiversity. Robertson, B. A.; Doran, P.J.

Natural Enemies and Insect Outbreaks in Agriculture: A Landscape Perspective
2012. Insect Outbreaks, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Woltz, J.M.; Werling, B. P.; Landis, D. A.

Initial greenhouse gas emissions and nitrogen leaching losses associated with converting pastureland to short-rotation woody bioenergy crops in northern Michigan, USA
2012. Biomass and Bioenergy. Nikièma, Paligwende; Rothstein, David E.; Miller, Raymond O.

Ecosystem Services and Bioenergy Landscapes
2012. Extension Bulletin, Michigan State University. Werling, B. P.; Pennington, D.; Landis, D. A.

Landscape moderation of biodiversity patterns and processes - eight hypotheses
2012. Biology Review. Teja Tscharntke, J.M. Tylianakis, T.A. Rand, R.K. Didham, L.Fahrig, P. Batáry, J. Bengtsson, Y. Clough, T.O. Crist, C.F. Dormann, R.M. Ewers, J. Fründ, R.D. Holt, A. Holzschuh, A.M. Klein, D. Kleijn, C Kremen, D.A. Landis, W Laurance, D Lindenmayer et al

Importance of feedback loops between soil inorganic nitrogen and microbial communities in the heterotrophic soil respiration response to global warming
2012. Nature Publishing Group. Xu, Chonggang; Liang, Chao; Wullschleger, Stan; Wilson, Cathy; McDowell, Nathan

Soil carbon mapping using on-the-go near infrared spectroscopy, topography and aerial photographs
2012. Geoderma. Muñoz, Juan D.; Kravchenko, Alexandra

Developing a model for assessing biomass processing technologies within a local biomass processing depot
2012. Bioresource technology. Bals, B. D. and B. E. Dale

Soil microbial communities under model biofuel cropping systems in southern Wisconsin, USA: Impact of crop species and soil properties
2012. Applied Soil Ecology. Liang, Chao; Jesus, Ederson da C.; Duncan, David S.; Jackson, Randall D.; Tiedje, James M.; Balser, Teri C.

Soil microbial communities under model biofuel cropping systems in southern Wisconsin, USA: Impact of crop species and soil properties
2012. Applied Soil Ecology. Liang, Chao; da Ederson, Jesus C.; Duncan, David S.; Jackson, Randall D.; Tiedje, James M.; Balser, Teri C.

Guidelines for sustainable planting and harvest of nonforest biomass in Wisconsin
2012. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. Ventura, Stephen; Hull, Scott; Jackson, Randy; Radloff, Gary; Sample, David; Walling, Sara; Williams, Carol

Prairie grasses for biofuels and ecological restoration: Modifications to native species and their place in human-modified landscapes
2011. Michigan State University. Schrotenboer, A. C.

Effectiveness of summer mowing for weed control in plantings of native C4 prairie grasses
2011. Michigan State University. Phillippo, C.

Differences in drought sensitivity among prairie communities and among management histories: a remote sensing analysis of 221 prairies in the northern Great Plains
2011. Michigan State University. Morrice, J.

Can Dispersed Biomass Processing Protect the Environment and Cover the Bottom Line for Biofuel?
2011. Michigan State University. Egbendewe-Mondzozo, Aklesso; Swinton, S. M.; Bals, B. D. ;Dale, B. E.

Agroenergy Crops Influence the Diversity, Biomass, and Guild Structure of Terrestrial Arthropod Communities
2011. Springer New York. Robertson, Bruce; Porter, Cody; Landis, Douglas; Schemske, Douglas

Controls over soil microbial biomass responses to carbon amendments in agricultural systems: A meta-analysis
2011. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment. Kallenbach, Cynthia; Grandy, A. Stuart

Has selection for improved agronomic traits made reed canarygrass invasive?
2011. Public Library of Science. Jakubowski, Andrew R.; Casler, Michael D.; Jackson, Randall D.