Brian J. Darby

Heterogeneity of soil nutrients and subsurface biota in a dryland ecosystem

David C. Housman, Chris M. Yeager, Brian J. Darby et al. · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · 2007 · 99 citations

Soil Nutrients, Biogeochemistry, Engineering +5

Soil nematode communities are ecologically more mature beneath late- than early-successional stage biological soil crusts

Brian J. Darby, Deborah A. Neher, Jayne Belnap · Applied Soil Ecology · 2006 · 89 citations

Biogeochemistry, Engineering, Soil Nematode Communities +6

High‐throughput amplicon sequencing of r<scp>RNA</scp> genes requires a copy number correction to accurately reflect the effects of management practices on soil nematode community structure

Brian J. Darby, T. C. Todd, Michael A. Herman · Molecular Ecology · 2013 · 77 citations · Full text

Genetics, Soil Biodiversity, Genomics +19

Few apparent short-term effects of elevated soil temperature and increased frequency of summer precipitation on the abundance and taxonomic diversity of desert soil micro- and meso-fauna

Brian J. Darby, Deborah A. Neher, David C. Housman et al. · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · 2011 · 73 citations

Biodiversity, Engineering, Desertification +8

Microarthropod communities associated with biological soil crusts in the Colorado Plateau and Chihuahuan deserts

Deborah A. Neher, Scott A. Lewins, Thomas R. Weicht et al. · Journal of Arid Environments · 2009 · 55 citations

Soil Pedology, Engineering, Geomorphology +11