Ernest D. Osburn

Litter quality is in the eye of the beholder: initial decomposition rates as a function of inoculum characteristics

Michael S. Strickland, Ernest D. Osburn, Christian L. Lauber et al. · Functional Ecology · 2008 · 335 citations · Full text

Historical land use has long-term effects on microbial community assembly processes in forest soils

Ernest D. Osburn, Frank O. Aylward, J. Barrett · ISME Communications · 2021 · 93 citations · Full text

Engineering, Soil Ecology, Land Use +14

Abundance and functional importance of complete ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (comammox) versus canonical nitrifiers in temperate forest soils

Ernest D. Osburn, J. Barrett · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · 2020 · 80 citations

Biogeochemistry, Engineering, Environmental Engineering +12

Evaluating the role of bacterial diversity in supporting soil ecosystem functions under anthropogenic stress

Ernest D. Osburn, Gaowen Yang, Matthias C. Rillig et al. · ISME Communications · 2023 · 78 citations · Full text

Microbial Diversity, Planetary Scale, Ecosystem Function +11

Soil Bacterial and Fungal Communities Exhibit Distinct Long-Term Responses to Disturbance in Temperate Forests

Ernest D. Osburn, Steven G. McBride, Frank O. Aylward et al. · Frontiers in Microbiology · 2019 · 59 citations · Full text

Microbial Diversity, Biogeochemistry, Community Composition +14