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Professor T.H. DeLuca - Staff Profile

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Professor Thomas DeLuca
NERC-University Joint Chair in Environmental Sciences

Environment Centre Wales (2nd floor)

Email: t.h.deluca@bangor.ac.uk

Tel: 01248 383569 (from U.K.)
+44 1248 383569 (International)

Fax: 01248 354997 (from U.K.)
+44 1248 354997 (International)

Research Students


Andy Appleby. Ph.D. Biochar: A novel way to offset greenhouse gas emissions. (2009 - 2012)

Kathrin Ackermann. PhD. Nitrogen cycling in boreal forest ecosystems. (2009 - 2012)

Kathrin Blumenstein PhD (FONASO student that I co-advise with Johanna Witzell at SLU Alnarp). 

Topic: Endophytic fungi in elms: implications for protection against Dutch Elm Disease

Matthew Harris. MRes. Evaluation of phosphorus limitation in an increasingly nitrogen rich world.

(2010 - 2011)

Jo Hughes. PhD. Biochar and its influence on economic and environmental sustainability in the Welsh farming context.

Lorena Larrion. MRes. Unravelling the mystery of Morfa soils and suppression of late blight of potatoes.

Recent Publications

2012

DeLuca, T.H. and C. Boisvenue. (2012) Boreal forest soil carbon: Distribution, function and modelling. Forestry: In Press.

Leppi, J.C., DeLuca, T.H., Harrar, S. and Running, S.W. (2012) August stream discharge trends exhibit impacts of climate change in the Central-Rocky Mountains of North America. Climatic Change in press Jan 2012

Makoto, K., Hirobe, M., DeLuca, T.H., Bryanin, S.V., Procopchuk, V.F. and Takayoshi, K. (2012) Effects of fire-derived charcoal on soil properties and seedling regeneration in a recently burned Larix gmelinii/Pinus sylvestris forest. Journal of Soils and Sediments 11:1317-1322.

2011

DeLuca, T.H. and Zabinski, C.A. (2011) Prairie ecosystems and the carbon problem. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9: 407-413.

Gundale, M.J., DeLuca, T.H. and Nordin, A. (2011) Bryophytes attenuate anthropogenic nitrogen inputs in boreal forests. Global Change Biology 17: 2743-2753.

Hill, P., Quilliam, R.S., DeLuca, T.H., Farrar, J., Farrell, M., Roberts, P., Newsham, K., Hopkins, D., Bardgett, R. and Jones, D.L. (2011) Acquisition and assimilation of nitrogen as peptide-bound and D-enantiomers of amino acids by wheat. PLOS-One 6: e19220.

 

Jones, D.L., Murphy, D.V., Khalid, M., Ahmad, W., Edwards-Jones, G. and DeLuca, T.H. (2011) Short-term biochar-induced increase in soil respiration is both biotically and abiotically mediated. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 43: 1723-1731.

Jones, D.L., Rousk, J., Edwards-Jones, G., DeLuca, T.H. and Murphy, D.V. (2011) Biochar-mediated changes in soil quality and plant growth in a three year field trial. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 45: 113-124.

Keeling, E., Sala, A. and DeLuca, T.H. (2011) Lack of fire has limited physiological impact on old-growth ponderosa pine in dry montane forests of North Central Idaho. Ecological Applications 21: 3227-3237.

Yakimov, M.M., La Cono, V., Smedile, F., Ferrer, M., DeLuca, T.H., Golyshin, P.N. and Guiliano, L. (2011) Contribution of crenarchaeal autotrophic ammonia oxidizers to the dark primary production in Tyrrhenian Deep Waters (Central Mediterranean Sea). ISME Journal 5: 945-961.

2010

Ball, P.M., MacKenzie, M.D., DeLuca, T.H. and Holben, W.B. (2010) Wildlife and charcoal enhance AOB in forests of the Inland Northwest. Journal of Environmental Quality 39: 1243-1253.

Bisbing, S.M., Alaback, P.B. and DeLuca, T.H. (2010) Carbon storage in old-growth and second growth fire-dependent western larch (Larix occidentalis Nutt.) forests of the Inland Northwest, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 259: 1041-1049.

 

DeLuca, T.H., Aplet, G.H., Wilmer, H.B. and Burchfield, J. (2010) The unknown trajectory of forest restoration: a call for ecosystem monitoring. Journal of Forestry 108: 288-295.

Naficy, C., Sala, A., Keeling, E.G., Graham, J. and DeLuca, T.H. (2010) Interactive effects of historical logging and fire exclusion on contemporary structure of ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir forests of the Northern Rockies. Ecological Applications 20: 1851-1864.

2009

Burgoyne, T.A. and DeLuca, T.H. (2009) Non-symbiotic nitrogen fixation as influenced by forest restoration treatments in Western Montana. Forest Ecology and Management 258: 1369-1375.

DeLuca, T.H. (2009) Nutrient imbalances: follow the waste. Science 326: 665-665.

DeLuca, T.H. and Archer, V. (2009) Forest soil quality standards should be quantifiable. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 64: 117A-123A.

DeLuca, T.H., MacKenzie, M.D. and Gundale, M.J. (2009) Bio-char effects on soil nutrient transformation. In Lehmann, J. and Joseph, S. (eds.), Biochar for environmental management: science and technology. Earthscan Publications Ltd, London, pp. 251-270.

Zackrisson, O., DeLuca, T.H., Gentili, F., Sellstedt, A. and Jäderlund, A. (2009) Nitrogen-fixation in boreal Hylocomium splendens communities. Oecologia 160: 309-319.

2008

DeLuca, T.H. and Aplet, G.H. (2008) Charcoal and carbon storage in forest soils of the Rocky Mountain West. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment 6: 18-24.

DeLuca, T.H., Zackrisson, O., Gundale, M.J. and Nilsson, M.-C. (2008) Ecosystem feedbacks and nitrogen fixation in boreal forests. Science 320: 1181.

Gundale, M.J., Sutherland, S. and DeLuca, T.H. (2008) Fire, native species, and soil resource interactions regulate the spatio-temporal invasion pattern of Bromus tectorum. Ecography 31: 201-210.

Nilsson, M.-C., Wardle, D.A. and DeLuca, T.H. (2008) Belowground and aboveground consequences of interactions involving live plant species mixtures and dead organic substrate mixtures. Oikos 117: 439-449.

2007

DeLuca, T.H. and Zackrisson, O. (2007) Juniperus communis enhances soil fertility in arctic ecosystems. Plant and Soil 294: 147-155.

DeLuca, T.H., Zackrisson, O., Gentili, F., Sellstedt, A. and Nilsson, M.-C. (2007) Ecosystem controls on nitrogen fixation in boreal feather moss communities. Oecologia 152: 121-130.

Gundale, M.J. and DeLuca, T.H. (2007) Charcoal and litter extracts alter soil solution chemistry and growth of Koeleria macrantha in the ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir ecosystem. Biology and Fertility of Soils 43: 303-311.

Liedgren, L.G., Bergman, I.M., Hörnberg, G., Zackrisson, O., Hellberg, E., Östlund, L. and DeLuca, T. (2007) Radiocarbon dating of prehistoric hearths in alpine northern Sweden: problems and possibilities. Journal of Archaeological Science 34: 1276-1288.

 

Walters, D.K. and DeLuca, T.H. (2007) Salt-lick induced soil disturbance in the Teton Wilderness, USA. Range Ecology and Management 60: 675-679.

2006

DeLuca, T.H. (2006) Looking at biofuels and bioenergy. Science 312: 1743-1744.

DeLuca, T.H., MacKenzie, M.D., Gundale, M.J. and Holben, W.E. (2006) Wildfire-produced charcoal directly influences nitrogen cycling in forest ecosystems. Soil Science Society America Journal 70: 448-453.

DeLuca, T.H. and Sala, A. (2006) Frequent fire alters nitrogen transformations in ponderosa pine stands of the Inland Northwest. Ecology 87: 2511-2522.

Gundale, M.J. and DeLuca, T.H. (2006) Temperature and source material influence the chemical properties of charcoal in the ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir ecosystem. Forest Ecology and Management 231: 86-93.

 

Gundale, M.J., Metlen, K.L., Feidler, C.E. and DeLuca, T.H. (2006) Nitrogen spatial heterogeneity increases diversity following restoration in a ponderosa pine forest, Montana. Ecological Applications 16: 479-489.

Keeling, E.G., Sala, A. and DeLuca, T.H. (2006) Effects of fire exclusion on forest structure and composition in unlogged ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir forests. Forest Ecology and Management 237: 418-428.

Kurth, V.J., MacKenzie, M.D. and DeLuca, T.H. (2006) Estimating the charcoal content of mineral soil. Geoderma 137: 135-139.

MacKenzie, M.D. and DeLuca, T.H. (2006) Resin adsorption of carbon and nitrogen as influenced by season and time since fire. Soil Science Society America Journal 70: 2122-2129.

MacKenzie, M.D. and DeLuca, T.H. (2006) Charcoal and shrubs modify soil processes in ponderosa pine forests of western Montana. Plant and Soil 287: 257-266.

MacKenzie, M.D., DeLuca, T.H. and Sala, A. (2006) Fire exclusion and nitrogen mineralization in low elevation forests of western Montana. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 38: 952-961.

Thorpe, A., Archer, V. and DeLuca, T.H. (2006) The invasive forb, Centaurea maculosa, increases phosphorus availability in Montana grasslands. Applied Soil Ecology 32: 118-122.

2005

Gentili, F., Nilsson, M.-C., Zackrisson, O., DeLuca, T.H. and Sellstedt, A. (2005) Feather moss-N2 fixing cyanobacteria association: physiological and molecular diversity of the associative cyanobacteria genera. Journal of Experimental Botany 56: 3121-3127.

Gundale, M.J., DeLuca, T.H., Fiedler, C.E., Ramsey, P.W., Harrington, M.G. and Gannon, J.E. (2005) Restoration management in a Montana ponderosa pine forest:  effects on soil physical, chemical and biological properties. Forest Ecology and Management 213: 25-38.

 

Gundale, M.J., Jolly, W.M. and DeLuca, T.H. (2005) Susceptibility of a northern hardwood forest to exotic earthworm invasion. Conservation Biology 19: 1075-1083.

Hart, S.C., DeLuca, T.H., Newman, G.S., MacKenzie, M.D. and Boyle, S.I. (2005) Post-fire vegetative dynamics as drivers of microbial community structure and function in forest soils. Forest Ecology and Management 220: 166-184.