Sarah Batterman

Legume–microbiome interactions unlock mineral nutrients in regrowing tropical forests
Epihov, Dimitar Z., Kristin Saltonstall, Sarah A. Batterman, Lars O. Hedin, Jefferson S. Hall, Michiel van Breugel, Jonathan R. Leake, and David J. Beerling. 2021. “Legume–microbiome Interactions Unlock Mineral Nutrients in Regrowing Tropical Forests”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (11). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: e2022241118. doi:10.1073/pnas.2022241118.
Limited biomass recovery from gold mining in Amazonian forests
Kalamandeen, M., E. Gloor, I. Johnson, S. Agard, M. Katow, A. Vanbrooke, D. Ashley, et al. 2020. “Limited Biomass Recovery from Gold Mining in Amazonian Forests”. Journal of Applied Ecology.
Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth's tropical forests
Sullivan, M. J. P., S. L. Lewis, K. Affum-Baffoe, C. Castilho, F. Costa, A. C. Sanchez, C. E. N. Ewango, et al. (2024) 2020. “Long-Term Thermal Sensitivity of Earth’s Tropical Forests”. Science 368 (6493): 869-++.
Tropical carbon sink accelerated by symbiotic dinitrogen fixation
Levy-Varon, Jennifer H., Sarah A. Batterman, David Medvigy, Xiangtao Xu, Jefferson S. Hall, Michiel van Breugel, and Lars O. Hedin. 2019. “Tropical Carbon Sink Accelerated by Symbiotic Dinitrogen Fixation”. Nature Communications 10 (1). Springer Science and Business Media LLC. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13656-7.
Rapid nitrogen fixation by canopy microbiome in tropical forest determined by both phosphorus and molybdenum
Stanton, Daniel E., Sarah A. Batterman, Joseph C. Von Fischer, and Lars O. Hedin. 2019. “Rapid Nitrogen Fixation by Canopy Microbiome in Tropical Forest Determined by Both Phosphorus and Molybdenum”. Ecology 100 (9). Wiley. doi:10.1002/ecy.2795.
Phosphatase activity and nitrogen fixation reflect species differences, not nutrient trading or nutrient balance, across tropical rainforest trees
Batterman, Sarah A., Jefferson S. Hall, Benjamin Turner, Lars O. Hedin, Kimiko LaHaela, Pete Sheldon, and Michiel van Breugel. 2018. “Phosphatase Activity and Nitrogen Fixation Reflect Species Differences, Not Nutrient Trading or Nutrient Balance, across Tropical Rainforest Trees”. Edited by Lingli Liu. Ecology Letters 21 (10). Wiley: 1486-95. doi:10.1111/ele.13129.
Nitrogen fixer abundance has no effect on biomass recovery during tropical secondary forest succession
Lai, Hao Ran, Jefferson S. Hall, Sarah A. Batterman, Benjamin L. Turner, and Michiel van Breugel. 2018. “Nitrogen Fixer Abundance Has No Effect on Biomass Recovery During Tropical Secondary Forest Succession”. Journal of Ecology 106 (4): 1415-27. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12979.
Nutrient acquisition by symbiotic fungi governs Palaeozoic climate transition
Mills, Benjamin J. W., Sarah A. Batterman, and Katie J. Field. 2018. “Nutrient Acquisition by Symbiotic Fungi Governs Palaeozoic Climate Transition”. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 373 (1739). doi:10.1098/rstb.2016.0503.
Fixing tropical forests
Batterman, Sarah A. 2018. “Fixing Tropical Forests”. Nature Ecology and Evolution 2: 1059-60. doi:10.1038/s41559-018-0583-6.
Nitrogen-fixing tree abundance in higher-latitude North America is not constrained by diversity
Menge, Duncan N. L., Sarah A. Batterman, Wenying Liao, Benton N. Taylor, Jeremy W. Lichstein, and Gregorio Ángeles-Pérez. 2017. “Nitrogen-Fixing Tree Abundance in Higher-Latitude North America Is Not Constrained by Diversity”. Ecology Letters 20 (7): 842-51. doi:10.1111/ele.12778.