Selected Publications
Ma, Y., McCormick, M, Szlavecz, K, Filley, T. 2019. Controls on SOC stability and temperature sensitivity with increased aboveground litter input in deciduous forests at different successional stages. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 134: 90-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.03.020
Szlavecz K, Vilisics F, Toth Zs, Hornung E 2018. Terrestrial isopods in urban environments: an overview. ZooKeys 801:97-126, https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.801.29580
Szlavecz, K, C-H Chang, MJ Bernard, SL Pitz, L Xia, Y Ma, MK McCormick, T Filley, SA Yarwood, Cs Csuzdi 2018. Litter quality, dispersal and invasion drive earthworm community dynamics and forest soil development. Oecologia 188: 237-250. doi: 10.1007/s00442-018-4205-4
Djukic, I., et al., Early stage litter decomposition across biomes 2018. Sci Total Environ 628-629: 1369-1394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.012
Pitz SL, Megonigal JP, Chang CH, Szlavecz K. 2018. Methane fluxes from tree stems and soils along a habitat gradient. Biogeochemistry, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-017-0400-3
Szlavecz, K., I. Yesilonis, R. Pouyat. Soil as foundation for urban biodiversity. Pp18-36 in: A. Ossola & J. Niemelä (eds): Urban Biodiversity: from Research to Practice. Routledge Studies in Urban Ecology, Taylor and Francis, London
Csuzdi Cs, Chang, C-H, Pavlícek T, Szederjesi T, Esopi D, Szlávecz K. 2017. Molecular phylogeny and systematics of native North American lumbricid earthworms (Clitellata: Megadrili) PLoS ONE 12(8):e0181504
Epp Schmidt DJ. R.Pouyat, K. Szlavecz, H. Setälä, D.J. Kotze, I. Yesilonis, S. Cilliers, E. Hornung, M. Dombos, S.A. Yarwood 2017. Urbanization leads to the loss of ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity and the convergence of archaeal and fungal soil communities. Nature Ecology and Evolution 10.1038/s41559-017-0123
Yesilonis, I., K. Szlavecz, R.V. Pouyat, D. Whigham, L. Xia 2016. Historical land use and stand age effects on forest soil properties. Forest Ecology and Management 370: 83-92.
Chang, C.-H., Szlavecz, K., Filley, T., Buyer, J., Bernard, M., Pitz, S. 2016. Belowground competition among invading detritivores. Ecology 97: 160-170 doi/pdf/10.1890/15-0551.1
Savva Y., Szlavecz K., Carlson D., Gupchup J., Szalay A., Terzis A. 2013. Spatial patterns of soil moisture under forest and grass land cover in a suburban area, in Maryland, USA. Geoderma , 192: 202-210 DOI:10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.08.013