Melanie K Taylor

Coupling duff development with tree litter and downed fuel inputs, decomposition and fire consumption in a long-term prescribed fire experiment in Florida

Sánchez-López, N., Hudak, A. T., Callaham, M. A., Taylor, M. K., Viskari, T., Bright, B. C., … Nemens, D. (2025, December 1). International Journal of Wildland Fire, Vol. 12.

Effects of bituminous coal dust exposure on reproduction of Sinella curviseta (Collembola) and Eisenia fetida (Clitellata)

Applied Soil Ecology, 209, 106038.

Is this duff? Long-term prescribed burning effects on litter and duff in pine flatwoods of the southeastern US

Sánchez-López, N., Hudak, A. T., Taylor, M. K., Callaham, M. A., & O’Brien, J. J. (2025, December 8). Fire Ecology.

Reducing resilience debt: Mechanical felling and repeated prescribed fires may sustain eastern oak forests

Taylor, M. K., Hagan, D. L., Coates, T. A., DeFeo, J. A., Callaham, M. A., Mohr, H. H., … Wurzburger, N. (2025, October 1). Ecological Applications.

The national Fire and Fire Surrogate study: Effects of fuel treatments in the Western and Eastern United States after 20 years

Ecological Applications, 35(1).

The unseen diversity of the semi-aquatic earthworms of the genus Sparganophilus (Oligochaeta: Sparganophilidae) from the Southeastern Appalachian Piedmont

Zootaxa, 5589(1), 382–409.

Spatiotemporal patterns of forest pollinator diversity across the southeastern United States

Diversity and Distributions, 30(8).

The effects of invertebrates on wood decomposition across the world

Biological Reviews, 100(1), 158–171.

Variation in the contribution of macroinvertebrates to wood decomposition as it progresses

Ecosphere, 15(2).

A spatially explicit model of tree leaf litter accumulation in fire maintained longleaf pine forests of the southeastern US

Ecological Modelling, 481, 110369.

Fire-excluded and frequently burned longleaf pine forests have contrasting soil microbial communities

Forest Ecology and Management, 551, 121519.

Fire exclusion reduces A‐horizon thickness in a long‐term prescribed fire experiment in Spodosols of northern Florida, USA

Soil Science Society of America Journal, 87(2), 425–429.

Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates

Science, 377(6613), 1440–1444.

Appendix A: Regional soil summary of the Southeast

In R. V. Pouyat, D. S. Page-Dumroese, T. Patel-Weynand, & L. H. Geiser (Eds.), Forests and rangeland soils of the United States under changing conditions (pp. 207–217). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

Benefit or Liability? The Ectomycorrhizal Association May Undermine Tree Adaptations to Fire After Long-term Fire Exclusion

Ecosystems, 24(5), 1059–1074.

Temperature Affects Hatching Success of Cocoons in the Invasive Asian Earthworm Amynthas agrestis from the Southern Appalachians

Southeastern Naturalist, 18(2), 270.

Quantifying mycorrhizal fungi colonization of roots

In D. C. Coleman, M. A. Callaham Jr., & D. A. Crossley Jr. (Eds.), Fundamentals of Soil Ecology Chapter 9: Laboratory and field exercises in soil ecology (3rd ed., pp. 290–293). Elsevier.

Below‐ and above‐ground effects of deadwood and termites in plantation forests

Ecosphere, 8(8), e01910.

Soil fauna responses to natural disturbances, invasive species, and global climate change: Current state of the science and a call to action

Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 110, 116–133.

Trophic dynamics in a simple experimental ecosystem: Interactions among centipedes, Collembola and introduced earthworms

Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 115, 66–72.

Mycorrhizal associations of trees have different indirect effects on organic matter decomposition

Journal of Ecology, 104(6), 1576–1584.

Are idioblasts related to drought resistance in Rhododendron section Schistanthe?

Journal of the American Rhododendron Society, 68(2), 73–79.

Mycorrhizal fungi mediation of terrestrial ecosystem responses to global change: mini-review

Fungal Ecology, 10, 3–19.