Ross A. Virginia

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Selected Publications

BOOKS:

Brooks, Richard O., Ross T. Jones, and Ross A. Virgnia. 2002. Law and Ecology: The Rise of the Ecosystem Regime. Ashgate Publishers Ltd.: Aldershot, Brookfield USA, Singapore, Sydney. 430 pp. For the Series: Ecology and Law in Modern Society, edited by R. O. Borrks and R. A. Virginia.

CHOICE, Outstanding Academic Title for 2003.

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EDITED VOLUMES:

Edited Volumes:

Wall, D. H., B. Adams, J. E. Barrett, D. W. Hopkins, and R. A. Virginia.  2006.  Antarctic Victoria Land Soil Ecology.  Soil Biology and Biochemistry Special Volume 38, Issue 10, Pages 3001-3180.  Elsevier Press.

PROFESSIONAL ARTICLES:

Bamforth, S. S., D. H. Wall, and R. A. Virginia.  2005.  Distribution and diversity of soil protozoa in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica.  Polar Biology 28:756-762.

Barrett, J. E.,  R. A. Virginia, D. W. Hopkins, J. Aislabie, R. Bargagli, J. G. Bockheim, I. B. Campbell, W. B. Lyons, D. Moorhead, T. Seastedt, R. Sletten, H. Steltzer, D. H Wall, and  M. Wallenstein.  2006.  Terrestrial ecosystem processes of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 38:3019-3034.  

Barrett, J. E., R. A. Virginia, D. H. Wall, A. N. Parsons, L. E. Powers, and M. B. Burkins.  2004.  Variation in biogeochemistry and soil biodiversity across spatial scales in a polar desert ecosystem.  Ecology 85:3105-3118.

Barrett, J. E., R. A. Virginia, A. N. Parsons, and D. H. Wall.  2005.  Potential soil organic matter turnover in Taylor Valley, Antarctica.  Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 37:108-117.

Barrett, J.E., R.A. Virginia and D.H. Wall. 2002. Trends in Resin and KCI-Extractable Soil Nitrogen Across Landscape Gradients in Taylor Valley, Antarctica. Ecosystems 5:289-299

Barrett, J. E., R. A. Virginia, A. N. Parsons and D. H. Wall.  2006.  A soil carbon turnover model for the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.  Soil Biology and Biochemistry 38:3065-3082.

Blecker, S. A., J. A. Ippolitto, J. E. Barrett, D. H. Wall, R. A. Virginia, and K. L. Norvell.  Phosphorus fractionation implications in soils of Taylor Valley, Antarctica.  2006. Soil Science Society of America Journal 70:806-815.

Brussaard, L., V. M. Behan-Pelletier, D. E. Bignell, V. K. Brown, Wim A.M. Didden, P. J. Folgarait, C. Fragoso, D. W. Freckman, V. V.S.R. Gupta, T. Hattori, D. Hawksworth, C. Klopatek, P. Lavelle, D. Malloch, J. Rusek, B. Söderström, J. M. Tiedje and R. A. Virginia.  1997.  Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in soil.  Ambio 26:563-570. 

Soil Biology and Biochemistry 38:3019-3034.

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Burkins, M. B., R. A. Virginia, C. P. Chamberlain, and D. H. Wall.  2000.  Origin and distribution of soil organic matter in Taylor Valley, Antarctica.  Ecology 81(9):2377-2391. Article

Burkins, M. B., R. A. Virginia, and D. H. Wall.  2001.  Soil organic carbon cycling in Taylor Valley, Antarctica: Quantifying soil reservoirs and soil respiration.  Global Change Biology 7:113-125.

Chapin, F. S. III, M. Berman, T. V. Callaghan, P. Convey, A-S Crépin, K. Danell, H. Ducklow, B. Forbes, G. Kofinas, A. D. McGuire, M. Nuttall, R. Virginia, O. Young, and S. A. Zimov.  2005.  Polar Systems.  Chapter 25, pp. 717-743.  In: Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Current State and Trends.  The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Series, Vol 1.  R. Hassan, R. Scholes and N. Ash (eds.).  Island Press, Washington D.C. 

Cheng, W., and R. A. Virginia.  1993.  Measurement of microbial biomass in arctic tundra soils using fumigation-extraction and substrate-induced respiration procedures.  Soil Biology and Biochemistry 25:135-141.

Cheng, W., R. A. Virginia, C. T. Gillespie, S. F. Oberbauer, J. F. Reynolds, and J. D. Tenhunen.  1998.  Spatial and temporal variation in soil nitrogen, microbial biomass, and respiration along an Arctic toposequence.  Soil Science Society of America Journal 62:654-662. 

Connin, S. L., X. Feng, and R. A. Virginia.  2001.  Isotopic discrimination during long-term decomposition in an aridland ecosystem.  Soil Biology and Biochemistry 33:41-51.

Connin, S. L., R. A. Virginia, and C. P. Chamberlain.  1997.  Carbon isotopes reveal soil organic matter dynamics following arid land shrub expansion.  Oecologia 110:374-386. Abstract

Courtright, E. M., D. H. Wall, and R. A. Virginia.  2001.  Determining habitat suitability for soil invertebrates in an extreme environment: The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Antarctic Science 13:9-17. 

Courtright, E.M., D.H. Wall, R.A. Virginia, L.M. Frisse, J.T. Vida and W.K. Thomas. 2000. Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Diversity in the Antarctic Nematode Scottnema lindsayae. Journal of Nematology, 32:143-153.

Doran, P. T, J. C. Priscu, W. B. Lyons, J. E. Walsh, A. G. Fountain, D. M. McKnight, D. L. Moorhead, R. A. Virginia, D. H. Wall, G. D. Clow, C. H. Fritzen, C. P. McKay, and A. N. Parsons.  2002.  Antarctic climate cooling and terrestrial ecosystem response.  Nature 415:517-520. Abstract

Freckman, D. W., and R. A. Virginia.  1989.  Plant-feeding nematodes in deep-rooting desert ecosystems.  Ecology 70:1665-1678. Article

Freckman, D. W. and R. A. Virginia.  1997.  Low-diversity Antarctic soil communities: Distribution and response to disturbance.  Ecology 78:363-369. Article

Freckman, D. W., and R. A. Virginia. 1998. Soil biodiversity and community structure in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Pages 323-336 in J. C. Priscu, ed. Ecosystem Dynamics in a Polar Desert. The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC

Kemp, P. R., J. F. Reynolds, R. A. Virginia, and W. G. Whitford.  2003.  Decomposition of leaf and root litter in the Chihuahuan Desert: Effects of three years of summer drought.  Journal of Arid Environments 53:21-39.

Nkem, J. N, R. A. Virginia, J. E. Barrett, D. H. Wall, and G. Li.  2006.  Salt tolerance and survival thresholds for two species of Antarctic soil nematodes.  Polar Biology 29:643-651.

Owings, D. H., and R. A. Virginia.  1978.  Alarm calls of California ground squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi).  Zeitschrift Tierpsychologie- Journal of Comparative Ethology 46:58-70.

Parsons, A. N., J. E. Barrett, D. H. Wall, and R. A. Virginia.  2004.  Soil carbon dioxide flux in Antarctic dry valley ecosystems.  Ecosystems 7:286-295.

Reynolds, J. F., R. A. Virginia, and W. H. Schlesinger.  1997.  Defining functional types for models of desertification.  pp. 194-215, In: T. M. Smith, H. H. Shugart, and F. I. Woodward (eds.).  Plant Functional Types. Their Relevance to Ecosystem Properties and Global Change.  International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme Book Series 1.  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England. 

Reynolds, J. F., R. A. Virginia, P. R. Kemp, A. G. de Soyza, and D. C. Tremmel.  1999.  Impact of drought on desert shrubs: Effects of seasonality and degree of resource island development.  Ecological Monographs 69:69-106. Abstract

Schlesinger, W. H., J. F. Reynolds, G. L. Cunningham, L. F. Huenneke, W. M. Jarrell, R. A. Virginia, and W. G. Whitford.  1990.  Biological feedbacks in global desertification.  Science 247:1043-1048.

Virginia, R. A.  1986.  Soil development under legume tree canopies.  Forest Ecology and Management 16:69-79.

Virginia, R. A., and C. C. Delwiche.  1982.  Natural 15N abundance of presumed N2-fixing and non-N2-fixing plants from selected ecosystems.  Oecologia (Berl.)  54:317-325.

Virginia, R. A., W. M. Jarrell, and E. Franco-Vizcaino.  1982.  Direct measurement of denitrification in a Prosopis dominated Sonoran Desert ecosystem.  Oecologia (Berl.)  53:120-122.

Virginia, R. A., and W. M. Jarrell.  1983.  Soil properties in a mesquite-dominated Sonoran Desert ecosystem.  Soil Science Society of America Journal 47:138-144.

Virginia, R. A., W. M. Jarrell, P. W. Rundel, D. H. Kohl, and G. Shearer.  1989.  The use of variation in the natural abundance of 15N to assess symbiotic nitrogen fixation by woody plants.  pp. 375-394, In: P. W. Rundel, J. R. Ehleringer, and K. A. Nagy (eds), Stable Isotopes in Ecological Research.  Ecological Studies Series Volume 68, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg-New York.  

Virginia, R. A., W. M. Jarrell, W. G. Whitford, and D. W. Freckman.  1992.  Soil biota and soil properties associated with the surface rooting zone of mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa ) in historical and recently desertified habitats.  Biology and Fertility of Soils 14:90-98.

Virginia, R. A., and D. H. Wall.  1999.  How soils structure communities in the Antarctic Dry Valleys.  BioScience 49:973-983.

Wall, D. H. and R. A. Virginia.  1999.  Controls on soil biodiversity: insights from extreme environments.  Applied Soil Ecology 13:137-150.

Wall, D. H. and R. A. Virginia.  2000.  The world beneath our feet: Soil biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.  Pp. 225-241, In: P. Raven and T. A. Williams (eds).  Nature and Human Society: The Quest for a Sustainable World.  National Academy of Sciences Press, Washington D.C.  644pp.