Erik Lilleskov, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Angela Lafuente, Louis J. Lamit, Rodney A Chimner, John Hribljan, Nathan Basiliko, Juan C. Benavides, Erik Lilleskov. 2025. Variability in depth-mediated shifts in methanogen and methanotroph communities across tropical Andean mountain peatlands
• Erik Lilleskov, Kevin McCullough, Dominic M. Uhelski. 2025. Mapping peatland extent and condition in the conterminous United States and Hawaii to inform peatland protection and restoration
• Iuliia Burdun, Mari Myllymäki, Rebekka Artz, Mélina Guêné-Nanchen, Leonas Jarašius, Ain Kull, Erik Lilleskov, Kevin McCullough, Mara Pakalne, Jiabin Pu, Jūratė Sendžikaitė, Liga Strazdina, Miina Rautiainen. 2025. Satellite data archives reveal positive effects of peatland restoration: albedo and temperature begin to resemble those of intact peatlands
• Jeffrey D. Wood, D. Tyler Roman, Timothy J. Griffis, Hinsby Cadillo‐Quiroz, Dennis Del Castillo, Lizardo Fachin, Erik Lilleskov, Randy Kolka, Jhon Rengifo, Craig Wayson. 2025. A Large Amazonian Peatland Carbon Sink Was Eliminated by Photoinhibition of Photosynthesis and Amplified Ecosystem Respiration
• Zhimin Song, Maryam Khaksari, Erik Lilleskov, Evan Kane, Paul V Doskey. 2025. Seasonal effects of plant functional groups on molecular biogeochemistry of dissolved organic matter in porewater of a poor fen
• Patrick Nicolás Skillings-Neira, Juan C. Benavides, Michael J. Battaglia, Rodney A. Chimner, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Craig Wayson, Randy Kolka, Erik Lilleskov. 2025. Mapping the distribution and condition of mountain peatlands in Colombia for sustainable ecosystem management
• McKenzie A. Kuhn, Ruth K. Varner, Carmody K. McCalley, Clarice R. Perryman, Mika Aurela, Sophia A. Burke, Jeffrey P. Chanton, Patrick M. Crill, Jessica DelGreco, Jia Deng, Liam Heffernan, Christina Herrick, Suzanne B. Hodgkins, Cheristy P. Jones, Sari Juutinen, Evan Kane, Louis J. Lamit, Tuula Larmola, Erik Lilleskov, David Olefeldt, Michael W. Palace, Virginia I Rich, Christopher Schulze, Joanne H. Shorter, Franklin B. Sullivan, Oliver Sonnentag, Merritt R. Turetsky, Mark P. Waldrop. 2024. Controls on Stable Methane Isotope Values in Northern Peatlands and Potential Shifts in Values Under Permafrost Thaw Scenarios
• Meng Wang, Louis J. Lamit, Erik Lilleskov, Nathan Basiliko, Tim R. Moore, Jill L. Bubier, Galen Guo, Sari Juutinen, Tuula Larmola. 2024. Peatland Fungal Community Responses to Nutrient Enrichment: A Story Beyond Nitrogen
• Michael J. Battaglia, Angela Lafuente, Juan C. Benavides, Erik Lilleskov, Rodney A. Chimner, Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez, Patrick Nicolás. Skillings-Neira. 2024. Using remote sensing to map degraded mountain peatlands with high climate mitigation potential in Colombia's Central Cordillera
• Chetwynd Osborne, Spencer Gilbert-Parkes, Graeme Spiers, Louis James Lamit, Erik Lilleskov, Nathan Basiliko, Shaun Watmough, Roxanne Andersen, Rebekka E. Artz, Brian W. Benscoter, Luca Bragazza, Suzanna L. Bräuer, Michael A. Carson, Xin Chen, Rodney A. Chimner, Bev R. Clarkson, Andrea S. Enriquez, Samantha P. Grover, Lorna I Harris, Christina Hazard, John Hribljan, Sari Juutinen, Evan Kane, Klaus-Holger Knorr, Randy Kolka, Anna M. Laine, Tuula Larmola, Carmody K. McCalley, Jim McLaughlin, Tim R. Moore, Nadia Mykytczuk, Anna E. Normand, David Olefeldt, Virginia Rich, Nigel Roulet, Danielle L. Rupp, Jasmine Rutherford, Christopher W. Schadt, Oliver Sonnentag, Leho Tedersoo, Carl C. Trettin, Eeva-Stiina Tuittila, Merritt Turetsky, Zuzana Urbanová, Ruth K. Varner, Mark P. Waldrop, Meng Wang, Zheng Wang, Magdalena M. Wiedermann, Shanay T. Williams, Joseph B. Yavitt, Zhi-Guo Yu. 2024. Global Patterns of Metal and Other Element Enrichment in Bog and Fen Peatlands
• John A. Hribljan, Moira Hough, Erik Lilleskov, Esteban Suarez, Katherine A. A. Heckman, Ana Maria Planas-Clarke, Rodney A. Chimner. 2024. Elevation and temperature are strong predictors of long-term carbon accumulation across tropical Andean mountain peatlands
• Erik Lilleskov, Thomas W. Kuyper, Martin I. Bidartondo, Erik A. Hobbie. 2024. Impacts of nitrogen deposition on forest mycorrhizal communities
• Camille E. Defrenne, Jessica A. M. Moore, Colin Tucker, Louis J. Lamit, Evan Kane, Randy Kolka, Rodney A. Chimner, Jason K. Keller, Erik Lilleskov. 2023. Peat loss collocates with a threshold in plant–mycorrhizal associations in drained peatlands encroached by trees
• Clare H. Robinson, Jonathan P. Ritson, Danielle M. Alderson, Ashish A. Malik, Robert I Griffiths, Andreas Heinemeyer, Angela V Gallego-Sala, Anne Quillet, Bjorn J.M. Robroek, Chris Evans, Dave M. Chandler, David R. Elliott, Emma L. Shuttleworth, Erik Lilleskov, Ezra Kitson, Filipa Cox, Fred Worrall, Gareth D. Clay, Ian Crosher, Jennifer Pratscher, Jon Bird, Jonathan Walker, Lisa R. Belyea, Marc G. Dumont, Nichole G.A. Bell, Rebekka R.E. Artz, Richard D. Bardgett, Roxane Andersen, Simon M. Hutchinson, Susan E. Page, Tim J. Thom, William Burn, Martin G. Evans. 2023. Aspects of microbial communities in peatland carbon cycling under changing climate and land use pressures
• Rodney A. Chimner, Sigrid C. Resh, John A. Hribljan, Michael Battaglia, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Gillian Bowser, Erik Lilleskov. 2023. Mountain wetland soil carbon stocks of Huascarán National Park, Peru
• Christina Birnbaum, Jennifer Wood, Erik Lilleskov, Louis James Lamit, James Shannon, Matthew Brewer, Samantha Grover. 2023. Peatland degradation reduces microbial richness and alters microbial functions in an Australian peatland
• Fenghui Yuan, Daniel M. Ricciuto, Xiaofeng Xu, Daniel T. Roman, Erik Lilleskov, Jeffrey D. Wood, Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz, Angela Lafuente, Jhon Rengifo, Randy Kolka, Lizardo Fachin, Craig Wayson, Kristell Hergoualc'h, Rodney A. Chimner, Alexander Frie, Timothy J. Griffis. 2023. Evaluation and improvement of the E3SM land model for simulating energy and carbon fluxes in an Amazonian peatland
• Julia E. M. Stuart, Colin Tucker, Erik Lilleskov, Randy Kolka, Rodney A. Chimner, Katherine A. A. Heckman, Evan Kane. 2023. Evidence for older carbon loss with lowered water tables and changing plant functional groups in peatlands
• Brittany A. Verbeke, Louis J. Lamit, Erik Lilleskov, Suzanne B. Hodgkins, Nathan Basiliko, Evan Kane, Roxane Andersen, Rebekka R. E. Artz, Juan C. Benavides, Brian W. Benscoter, Werner Borken, Luca Bragazza, Stefani M. Brandt, Suzanna L. Bräuer, Michael A. Carson, Dan Charman, Xin Chen, Beverley R. Clarkson, Alexander R. Cobb, Peter Convey, Jhon del Águila Pasquel, Andrea S. Enriquez, Howard Griffiths, Samantha P. Grover, Charles F. Harvey, Lorna I Harris, Christina Hazard, Dominic Hodgson, Alison M. Hoyt, John Hribljan, Jyrki Jauhiainen, Sari Juutinen, Klaus‐Holger Knorr, Randy Kolka, Mari Könönen, Tuula Larmola, Carmody K. McCalley, James McLaughlin, Tim R. Moore, Nadia Mykytczuk, Anna E. Normand, Virginia Rich, Nigel Roulet, Jessica Royles, Jasmine Rutherford, David S. Smith, Mette M. Svenning, Leho Tedersoo, Pham Q. Thu, Carl C. Trettin, Eeva‐Stiina Tuittila, Zuzana Urbanová, Ruth K. Varner, Meng Wang, Zheng Wang, Matt Warren, Magdalena M. Wiedermann, Shanay Williams, Joseph B. Yavitt, Zhi‐Guo Yu, Zicheng Yu, Jeffrey P. Chanton. 2022. Latitude, elevation, and mean annual temperature predict peat organic matter chemistry at a global scale
• Clarice R. Perryman, Carmody K. McCalley, Jessica G. Ernakovich, Louis J. Lamit, Joanne H. Shorter, Erik Lilleskov, Ruth K. Varner. 2022. Microtopography Matters: Belowground CH₄ Cycling Regulated by Differing Microbial Processes in Peatland Hummocks and Lawns
• D. Dwivedi, A. L. D. Santos, M. A. Barnard, T. M. Crimmins, A. Malhotra, K. A. Rod, K. S. Aho, S. M. Bell, B. Bomfim, F. Q. Brearley, H. Cadillo‐Quiroz, J. Chen, C. M. Gough, E. B. Graham, C. R. Hakkenberg, L. Haygood, G. Koren, Erik Lilleskov, L. K. Meredith, S. Naeher, Z. L. Nickerson, O. Pourret, H.‐S Song, M. Stahl, N. Taş, R. Vargas, S. Weintraub‐Leff. 2022. Biogeosciences Perspectives on Integrated, Coordinated, Open, Networked (ICON) Science
• Max Kolton, David J. Weston, Xavier Mayali, Peter K. Weber, Karis J. McFarlane, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Mark M. Somoza, Jory Lietard, Jennifer B. Glass, Erik Lilleskov, A. Jonathan Shaw, Susannah Tringe, Paul J. Hanson, Joel E. Kostka. 2022. Defining the Sphagnum Core Microbiome across the North American Continent Reveals a Central Role for Diazotrophic Methanotrophs in the Nitrogen and Carbon Cycles of Boreal Peatland Ecosystems
• Mark S. Reed, Dylan M. Young, Nigel G. Taylor, Roxane Andersen, Nicholle G. A. Bell, Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz, Matthew Grainger, Andreas Heinemeyer, Kristell Hergoualc'h, Adam M. Gerrand, Johannes Kieft, Haruni Krisnawati, Erik Lilleskov, Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez, Lulie Melling, Hannah Rudman, Sophie Sjogersten, Jonathan S. Walker, Gavin Stewart. 2022. Peatland core domain sets: building consensus on what should be measured in research and monitoring
• Shanay T. Williams, Joseph B. Yavitt, Zhi-Guo Yu, Geoff Zahn, Shaun Watmough, Spencer Gilbert-Parkes, Nathan Basiliko, Louis J. Lamit, Erik Lilleskov, Roxanne Andersen, Jhon del Aguila-Pasquel, Rebekka E. Artz, Brian W. Benscoter, Werner Borken, Luca Bragazza, Stefani M. Brandt, Suzanna L. Bräuer, Michael A. Carson, Xin Chen, Rodney A. Chimner, Bev R. Clarkson, Alexander R. Cobb, Andrea S. Enriquez, Jenny Farmer, Samantha P. Grover, Charles F. Harvey, Lorna I Harris, Christina Hazard, Alison M. Hoyt, John Hribljan, Jyrki Jauhiainen, Sari Juutinen, Evan Kane, Klaus-Holger Knorr, Randy Kolka, Mari Könönen, Anna M. Laine, Tuula Larmola, Patrick A. Levasseur, Carmody K. McCalley, Jim McLaughlin, Tim R. Moore, Nadia Mykytczuk, Anna E. Normand, Virginia Rich, Bryce Robinson, Danielle L. Rupp, Jasmine Rutherford, Christopher W. Schadt, Dave S. Smith, Graeme Spiers, Leho Tedersoo, Pham Q. Thu, Carl C. Trettin, Eeva-Stiina Tuittila, Merritt Turetsky, Zuzana Urbanová, Ruth K. Varner, Mark P. Waldrop, Meng Wang, Zheng Wang, Matt Warren, Magdalena M. Wiedermann. 2022. Variation in carbon and nitrogen concentrations among peatland categories at the global scale
• Esteban Suarez, Segundo Chimbolema, Ricardo Jaramillo, Leo Zurita-Arthos, Paul Arellano, Rodney A. Chimner, John Stanovick, Erik Lilleskov. 2022. Challenges and opportunities for restoration of high-elevation Andean peatlands in Ecuador
• Stefan F. Hupperts, Erik Lilleskov. 2022. Predictors of taxonomic and functional composition of black spruce seedling ectomycorrhizal fungal communities along peatland drainage gradients
• Colin Tucker, Ally O’Neill, Karl Meingast, Laura Bourgeau‐Chavez, Erik Lilleskov, Evan Kane. 2022. Spectral Indices of Vegetation Condition and Soil Water Content Reflect Controls on CH₄ and CO₂ Exchange in Sphagnum‐Dominated Northern Peatlands
• Sydney Bear, James Seward, Louis Jamie Lamit, Nathan Basiliko, Tim Moore, Erik Lilleskov, Joseph Yavitt, Christopher Schadt, Dave Solance Smith, Jim Mclaughlin, Henri Siljanen, Nadia Mykytczuk, Shanay Williams, Nigel Roulet, Lorna Harris, Michael Carson, Shaun Watmough, Suzanna L. Bräuer. 2021. Beyond the usual suspects: methanogenic communities in eastern North American peatlands are also influenced by nickel and copper concentrations
• Laura L. Bourgeau-Chavez, Sarah L. Grelik, Michael J. Battaglia, Dorthea J. Leisman, Rod A. Chimner, John A. Hribljan, Erik Lilleskov, Freddie C. Draper, Brian R. Zutta, Kristell Hergoualc’h, Rupesh K. Bhomia, Outi Lähteenoja. 2021. Advances in Amazonian Peatland Discrimination With Multi-Temporal PALSAR Refines Estimates of Peatland Distribution, C Stocks and Deforestation
• A. E. Normand, B. L. Turner, L. J. Lamit, A. N. Smith, B. Baiser, M. W. Clark, C. Hazlett, E. S. Kane, Erik Lilleskov, J. R. Long, S. P. Grover, K. R. Reddy. 2021. Organic Matter Chemistry Drives Carbon Dioxide Production of Peatlands
• Louis J. Lamit, Karl J. Romanowicz, Lynette Potvin, Jay T. Lennon, Susannah G. Tringe, Rodney A. Chimner, Randy Kolka, Evan Kane, Erik Lilleskov. 2021. Peatland microbial community responses to plant functional group and drought are depth‐dependent
• Danielle L. Rupp, Louis J. Lamit, Stephen M. Techtmann, Evan Kane, Erik Lilleskov, Merritt R. Turetsky. 2021. The Rhizosphere Responds: Rich Fen Peat and Root Microbial Ecology after Long-Term Water Table Manipulation
• Liam Krause, Kevin McCullough, Evan Kane, Randy Kolka, Rodney A. Chimner, Erik Lilleskov. 2021. Impacts of historical ditching on peat volume and carbon in northern Minnesota USA peatlands
• Esteban Suárez, Segundo Chimbolema, Rodney A. Chimner, Erik Lilleskov. 2021. Root biomass and production by two cushion plant species of tropical high-elevation peatlands in the Andean páramo
• Jonathan P. Ritson, Danielle M. Alderson, Clare H. Robinson, Alexandra E. Burkitt, Andreas Heinemeyer, Andrew G. Stimson, Angela Gallego-Sala, Angela Harris, Anne Quillet, Ashish A. Malik, Beth Cole, Bjorn J.M. Robroek, Catherine M. Heppell, Damian W. Rivett, Dave M. Chandler, David R. Elliott, Emma L. Shuttleworth, Erik Lilleskov, Filipa Cox, Gareth D. Clay, Iain Diack, James Rowson, Jennifer Pratscher, Jonathan R. Lloyd, Jonathan S. Walker, Lisa R. Belyea, Marc G. Dumont, Mike Longden, Nicholle G.A. Bell, Rebekka R.E. Artz, Richard D. Bardgett, Robert I Griffiths, Roxane Andersen, Sarah E. Chadburn, Simon M. Hutchinson, Susan E. Page, Tim Thom, William Burn, Martin G. Evans. 2021. Towards a microbial process-based understanding of the resilience of peatland ecosystem service provisioning – A research agenda
• James Seward, Michael A. Carson, L. J. Lamit, Nathan Basiliko, Joseph B. Yavitt, Erik Lilleskov, Christopher W. Schadt, Dave Solance Smith, Jim Mclaughlin, Nadia Mykytczuk, Shanay Willims-Johnson, Nigel Roulet, Tim Moore, Lorna Harris, Suzanna Bräuer. 2020. Peatland Microbial Community Composition Is Driven by a Natural Climate Gradient
• Stefan F. Hupperts, Christopher R. Webster, Robert E. Froese, Erik Lilleskov, Amy M. Marcarelli, Yvette L. Dickinson. 2020. Increasing ground-layer plant taxonomic diversity masks declining phylogenetic diversity along a silvicultural disturbance gradient
• A. M. Planas-Clarke, R. A. Chimner, J. A. Hribljan, Erik Lilleskov, B. Fuentealba. 2020. The effect of water table levels and short-term ditch restoration on mountain peatland carbon cycling in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru
• Carl C. Trettin, Randy Kolka, Anne S. Marsh, Sheel Bansal, Erik Lilleskov, Patrick Megonigal, Marla J. Stelk, Graeme Lockaby, David V. D'Amore, Richard A. MacKenzie, Brian Tangen, Rodney Chimner, James Gries. 2020. Wetland and hydric soils
• T.J. Griffis, Daniel Tyler Roman, J.D. Wood, J. Deventer, L. Fachin, J. Rengifo, D. Del Castillo, Erik Lilleskov, Randy Kolka, R.A. Chimner, J. del Aguila-Pasquel, C. Wayson, K. Hergoualc'h, J.M. Baker, H. Cadillo-Quiroz, D.M. Ricciuto. 2020. Hydrometeorological sensitivities of net ecosystem carbon dioxide and methane exchange of an Amazonian palm swamp peatland
• Evan Kane, T. J. Veverica, M. M. Tfaily, Erik Lilleskov, K. M. Meingast, Randy Kolka, A. L. Daniels, R. A. Chimner. 2019. Reduction‐Oxidation Potential and Dissolved Organic Matter Composition in Northern Peat Soil: Interactive Controls of Water Table Position and Plant Functional Groups
• Rodney A. Chimner, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Sarah Grelik, John A. Hribljan, Ana Maria Planas Clarke, Molly H. Polk, Erik Lilleskov, Beatriz Fuentealba. 2019. Mapping Mountain Peatlands and Wet Meadows Using Multi-Date, Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru
• Guswarni Anwar, Erik Lilleskov, Rodney A. Chimner. 2019. Arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculation has similar benefits to fertilization for Thuja occidentalis L. seedling nutrition and growth on peat soil over a range of pH: implications for restoration
• Kristine M. Haynes, Evan Kane, Lynette Potvin, Erik Lilleskov, Randy Kolka, Carl P.J. Mitchell. 2019. Impacts of experimental alteration of water table regime and vascular plant community composition on peat mercury profiles and methylmercury production
• Daniel Murdiyarso, Erik Lilleskov, Randy Kolka. 2019. Tropical peatlands under siege: the need for evidence-based policies and strategies
• Erik Lilleskov, Thomas W. Kuyper, Martin I Bidartondo, Erik A. Hobbie. 2019. Atmospheric nitrogen deposition impacts on the structure and function of forest mycorrhizal communities: A review
• Donald R. Zak, Peter T. Pellitier, WilliamA Argiroff, Buck Castillo, Timothy Y. James, Lucas E. Nave, Colin Averill, Kaitlyn V Beidler, Jennifer Bhatnagar, Jennifer Blesh, Aimée T. Classen, Matthew Craig, Christopher W. Fernandez, Per Gundersen, Renee Johansen, Roger T. Koide, Erik Lilleskov, Björn D. Lindahl, Knute J. Nadelhoffer, Richard P. Phillips, Anders Tunlid. 2019. Exploring the role of ectomycorrhizal fungi in soil carbon dynamics
• Erik Lilleskov, Kevin McCullough, Kristell Hergoualc’h, Dennis del Castillo Torres, Rodney Chimner, Daniel Murdiyarso, Randy Kolka, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, John Hribljan, Jhon del Aguila Pasquel, Craig Wayson. 2019. Is Indonesian peatland loss a cautionary tale for Peru? A two-country comparison of the magnitude and causes of tropical peatland degradation
• L.L. Bourgeau-Chavez, S.L. Endres, J.A. Graham, J.A. Hribljan, R.A. Chimner, Erik Lilleskov, M.J. Battaglia. 2018. Mapping peatlands in boreal and tropical ecoregions
• Martin I Bidartondo, Christopher Ellis, Havard Kauserud, Peter G. Kennedy, Erik Lilleskov, Laura Suz, Carrie Andrew. 2018. Chapter 9. Climate change: fungal responses and effects
• David J. Weston, Merritt R. Turetsky, Matthew G. Johnson, Gustaf Granath, Zoë Lindo, Lisa R. Belyea, Steven K. Rice, David T. Hanson, Katharina A. M. Engelhardt, Jeremy Schmutz, Ellen Dorrepaal, Eugénie S. Euskirchen, Hans K. Stenøien, Péter Szövényi, Michelle Jackson, Bryan T. Piatkowski, Wellington Muchero, Richard J. Norby, Joel E. Kostka, Jennifer B. Glass, Håkan Rydin, Juul Limpens, Eeva-Stiina Tuittila, Kristian K. Ullrich, Alyssa Carrell, Brian W. Benscoter, Jin-Gui Chen, Tobi A. Oke, Mats B. Nilsson, Priya Ranjan, Daniel Jacobson, Erik Lilleskov, R. S. Clymo, A. Jonathan. Shaw. 2017. The Sphagnome Project: enabling ecological and evolutionary insights through a genus-level sequencing project
• M.E. Sánchez, R.A. Chimner, J.A. Hribljan, Erik Lilleskov, E. Suárez. 2017. Carbon dioxide and methane fluxes in grazed and undisturbed mountain peatlands in the Ecuadorian Andes
• Samantha L. Mosier, Evan Kane, Dana L. Richter, Erik Lilleskov, Martin F. Jurgensen, Andrew J. Burton, Sigrid C. Resh. 2017. Interactive effects of climate change and fungal communities on wood-derived carbon in forest soils
• Louis J. Lamit, Karl J. Romanowicz, Lynette Potvin, Adam R. Rivers, Kanwar Singh, Jay T. Lennon, Susannah G. Tringe, Evan Kane, Erik Lilleskov. 2017. Patterns and drivers of fungal community depth stratification in Sphagnum peat
• John A. Hribljan, Esteban Suarez, Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, Sarah Endres, Erik Lilleskov, Segundo Chimbolema, Craig Wayson, Eleanor Serocki, Rodney A. Chimner. 2017. Multidate, multisensor remote sensing reveals high density of carbon-rich mountain peatlands in the páramo of Ecuador
• Erik Lilleskov. 2017. How does temperature affect forest "fungus breath"? Diurnal non-exponential temperature-respiration relationship, and possible longer-term acclimation in fungal sporocarps
• Magdalena M. Wiedermann, Evan Kane, Timothy J. Veverica, Erik Lilleskov. 2017. Are colorimetric assays appropriate for measuring phenol oxidase activity in peat soils?
• Lynette Potvin, Erik Lilleskov. 2017. Introduced earthworm species exhibited unique patterns of seasonal activity and vertical distribution, and Lumbricus terrestris burrows remained usable for at least 7 years in hardwood and pine stands
• Xavier Comas, Neil Terry, John A. Hribljan, Erik Lilleskov, Esteban Suarez, Rodney A. Chimner, Randy Kolka. 2017. Estimating belowground carbon stocks in peatlands of the Ecuadorian páramo using ground-penetrating radar (GPR)
• Magdalena M. Wiedermann, Evan Kane, Lynette Potvin, Erik Lilleskov. 2017. Interactive plant functional group and water table effects on decomposition and extracellular enzyme activity in Sphagnum peatlands
• Kristine M. Haynes, Evan Kane, Lynette Potvin, Erik Lilleskov, Randy Kolka, Carl P. J. Mitchell. 2017. Mobility and transport of mercury and methylmercury in peat as a function of changes in water table regime and plant functional groups
• Kristine M. Haynes, Evan Kane, Lynette Potvin, Erik Lilleskov, Randy Kolka, Carl P.J. Mitchell. 2017. Gaseous mercury fluxes in peatlands and the potential influence of climate change
• Kassidy Yatso, Erik Lilleskov. 2016. Effects of tree leaf litter, deer fecal pellets, and soil properties on growth of an introduced earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris): Implications for invasion dynamics
• John A. Hribljan, Esteban Suarez, Katherine A. A. Heckman, Erik Lilleskov, Rodney A. Chimner. 2016. Peatland carbon stocks and accumulation rates in the Ecuadorian páramo
• Joel E. Kostka, David J. Weston, Jennifer B. Glass, Erik Lilleskov, A. Jonathan Shaw, Merritt Turetsky. 2016. The Sphagnum microbiome: new insights from an ancient plant lineage
• J.A. Hribljan, D.J. Cooper, J. Sueltenfuss, E.C. Wolf, K.A. Heckman, Erik Lilleskov, R.A. Chimner. 2015. Carbon storage and long-term rate of accumulation in high-altitude Andean peatlands of Bolivia
• Karl J. Romanowicz, Evan Kane, Lynette Potvin, Aleta L. Daniels, Randy Kolka, Erik Lilleskov. 2015. Understanding drivers of peatland extracellular enzyme activity in the PEATcosm experiment: mixed evidence for enzymic latch hypothesis
• Alistair J. H. Smith, Lynette Potvin, Erik Lilleskov. 2015. Fertility-dependent effects of ectomycorrhizal fungal communities on white spruce seedling nutrition
• Linda Pardo, Molly Robin-Abbott, Mark E. Fenn, Christine L. Goodale, Linda H. Geiser, Charles T. Driscoll, Edith B. Allen, Jill S. Baron, Roland Bobbink, William D. Bowman, Christopher M. Clark, Bridget Emmett, Frank S. Gilliam, Tara L. Greaver, Sharon J. Hall, Erik Lilleskov, Lingli Liu, Jason A. Lynch, Knute J. Nadelhoffer, Steven J. Perakis, John L. Stoddard, Kathleen C. Weathers, Robin L. Dennis. 2015. Effects and empirical critical loads of nitrogen for ecoregions of the United States
• Lynette Potvin, Evan S. Kane, Rodney A. Chimner, Randy Kolka, Erik Lilleskov. 2015. Effects of water table position and plant functional group on plant community, aboveground production, and peat properties in a peatland mesocosm experiment (PEATcosm)
• Sarah K. Poznanovic, Erik Lilleskov, Christopher R. Webster. 2015. Sharing rotting wood in the shade: ectomycorrhizal communities of co-occurring birch and hemlock seedlings
• Xinhua He, Erik Lilleskov. 2014. Arsenic uptake and phytoremediation potential by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
• Carrie Andrew, Linda T.A. van Diepen, R. Michael Miller, Erik Lilleskov. 2014. Aspen-associated mycorrhizal fungal production and respiration as a function of changing CO₂, O₃ and climatic variables
• Erik A. Hobbie, Kirsten S. Hofmockel, Linda T.A. Van Diepen, Erik Lilleskov, Andrew P. Oiumette, Adrien C. Finzi. 2014. Fungal carbon sources in a pine forest: evidence from a ¹³C-labeled global change experiment
• Erik A. Hobbie, Linda T.A. van Diepen, Erik Lilleskov, Andrew P. Oiumette, Adrien C. Finzi, Kirsten S. Hofmockel. 2014. Fungal functioning in a pine forest: evidence from a ¹⁵N-labeled global change experiment
• Carrie Andrew, Erik Lilleskov. 2014. Elevated CO₂ and O₃ effects on ectomycorrhizal fungal root tip communities in consideration of a post-agricultural soil nutrient gradient legacy
• Lindsey M. Shartell, Erik Lilleskov, Andrew J. Storer. 2013. Predicting exotic earthworm distribution in the northern Great Lakes region
• Stephen D. LeDuc, Erik Lilleskov, Thomas R. Horton, David E. Rothstein. 2013. Ectomycorrhizal fungal succession coincides with shifts in organic nitrogen availability and canopy closure in post-wildfire jack pine forests
• C. M. Iversen, M. T. Murphy, M. F. Allen, J. Childs, D. M. Eissenstat, Erik Lilleskov, T. M. Sarjala, V. L. Sloan, P. F. Sullivan. 2012. Advancing the use of minirhizotrons in wetlands
• Oliver Gailing, Erin Hickey, Erik Lilleskov, Katalin Szlavecz, Klaus Richter, Martin Potthoff. 2012. Genetic comparisons between North American and European populations of Lumbricus terrestris L
• Oliver Gailing, Jennifer Lind, Erik Lilleskov. 2012. Leaf morphological and genetic differentiation between Quercus rubra L. and Q. ellipsoidalis E.J. Hill populations in contrasting environments
• Christina Hazard, Erik Lilleskov, Thomas R. Horton. 2012. Is rarity of pinedrops (Pterospora andromedea) in eastern north America linked to rarity of its unique fungal symbiont?
• Linda Pardo, Mark E. Fenn, Christine L. Goodale, Linda H. Geiser, Charles T. Driscoll, Edith B. Allen, Jill S. Baron, Roland Bobbink, William D. Bowman, Christopher M. Clark, Bridget Emmett, Frank S. Gilliam, Tara L. Greaver, Sharon J. Hall, Erik Lilleskov, Lingli Liu, Jason A. Lynch, Knute J. Nadelhoffer, Steven S. Perakis, Molly Robin-Abbott, John L. Stoddard, Kathleen C. Weathers, Robin L. Dennis. 2011. Effects of nitrogen deposition and empirical nitrogen critical loads for ecoregions of the United States
• Erik Lilleskov, E.A. Hobbie, T.R. Horton. 2011. Conservation of ectomycorrhizal fungi: exploring the linkages between functional and taxonomic responses to anthropogenic N deposition
• Linda T.A. Van Diepen, Erik Lilleskov, Kurt S. Pregitzer. 2011. Simulated nitrogen deposition affects community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in northern hardwood forests
• Linda Pardo, L.H. Geiser, Mark E. Fenn, C.T. Driscoll, C.L. Goodale, E.B. Allen, J.S. Baron, R. Bobbink, W.D. Bowman, C.M. Clark, B. Emmett, F.S. Gilliam, T. Greaver, S.J. Hall, Erik Lilleskov, L. Liu, J.A. Lynch, K. Nadelhoffer, S.S. Perakis, Molly Robin-Abbott, J.L. Stoddard, K.C. Weathers. 2011. Synthesis, Chapter 19
• Linda Pardo, C.L. Goodale, Erik Lilleskov, L.H. Geiser. 2011. Northern forests, Chapter 7
• W.D. Bowman, J.S. Baron, L.H. Geiser, Mark E. Fenn, Erik Lilleskov. 2011. Northwestern forested mountains, Chapter 8
• S.S. Perakis, L.H. Geiser, Erik Lilleskov. 2011. Marine west coast forests, Chapter 9
• F.S. Gilliam, C.L. Goodale, Linda Pardo, L.H. Geiser, Erik Lilleskov. 2011. Eastern temperate forests, Chapter 10
• Linda Pardo, Erik Lilleskov, L.H. Geiser, Molly Robin-Abbott. 2011. Methods, Chapter 4
• Lindsey M. Shartell, Erik Lilleskov, Andrew J. Storer, Lynette Potvin, Karl J. Romanowicz. 2011. Factors affecting the distribution and abundance of exotic earthworms in the Huron Mountain Club, Upper Peninsula, Michigan
• Filipa Cox, Nadia Barsoum, Martin I. Bidartondo, Isabella Børja, Erik Lilleskov, Lars O. Nilsson, Pasi Rautio, Kath Tubby, Lars Vesterdal. 2010. A leap forward in geographic scale for forest ectomycorrhizal fungi
• Filipa Cox, Nadia Barsoum, Erik Lilleskov, Martin I. Bidartondo. 2010. Nitrogen availability is a primary determinant of conifer mycorrhizas across complex environmental gradients
• Linda T.A. van Diepen, Erik Lilleskov, Kurt S. Pregitzer, R. Michael Miller. 2010. Simulated nitrogen deposition causes a decline of intra- and extraradical abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and changes in microbial community structure in northern hardwood forests
• Carrie Andrew, Erik Lilleskov. 2009. Productivity and community structure of ectomycorrhizal fungal sporocarps under increased atmospheric CO₂ and O₃
• Erik Lilleskov, Thomas D. Bruns, Todd E. Dawson, Francisco J. Camacho. 2009. Water sources and controls on water-loss rates of epigeous ectomycorrhizal fungal sporocarps during summer drought
• Erik Lilleskov, William J. Mattson, Andrew J. Storer. 2008. Divergent biogeography of native and introduced soil macroinvertebrates in North America north of Mexico
• Erik Lilleskov, Philip M. Wargo, Kristiina A. Vogt, Daniel J. Vogt. 2008. Mycorrhizal fungal community relationship to root nitrogen concentration over a regional atmospheric nitrogen deposition gradient in the northeastern USA
• Noah J. Karberg, Erik Lilleskov. 2008. White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fecal pellet decomposition is accelerated by the invasive earthworm Lumbricus terrestris
• Erik Lilleskov, Jeri L. Parrent. 2007. Can we develop general predictive models of mycorrhizal fungal community-environment relationships?
• Linda T.A. van Diepen, Erik Lilleskov, Kurt S. Pregitzer, R. Michael Miller. 2007. Decline of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in northern hardwood forests exposed to chronic nitrogen additions
• Haegeun Chung, Donald R. Zak, Erik Lilleskov. 2006. Fungal community composition and metabolism under elevated CO₂ and O₃
• Erik Lilleskov. 2005. How do composition, structure, and function of mycorrhizal fungal communities respond to nitrogen deposition and ozone exposure?
• Christian P. Giardina, Mark Coleman, Dan Binkley, Jessica Hancock, John S. King, Erik Lilleskov, Wendy M. Loya, Kurt S. Pregitzer, Michael G. Ryan, Carl C. Trettin. 2005. The response of belowground carbon allocation in forests to global change
• Erik Lilleskov, Thomas D. Bruns. 2005. Spore dispersal of a resupinate ectomycorrhizal fungus, Tomentella sublilacina, via soil food webs
• Erik Lilleskov, Thomas D. Bruns, Thomas R. Horton, D. Lee Taylor, Paul Grogan. 2004. Detection of forest stand-level spatial structure in ectomycorrhizal fungal communities
• Erik Lilleskov, Thomas D. Bruns. 2003. Root colonization dynamics of two ectomycorrhizal fungi of contrasting life history strategies are mediated by

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