Robert B. Jackson

Research topics

• Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics · 3 papers
• Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies · 2 papers
• Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology · 2 papers
• Soil Geostatistics and Mapping · 1 paper
• Soil erosion and sediment transport · 1 paper

Frequent co-authors

• Noah Fierer · 2 papers
• Esteban Gabriel Jobbagy · 1 paper
• Mark A. Bradford · 1 paper

Papers

1. The diversity and biogeography of soil bacterial communitiesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2006 · 5,849 citations

   For centuries, biologists have studied patterns of plant and animal diversity at continental scales. Until recently, similar studies were impossible for microorganisms, arguably the most diverse and abundant group of organisms on Earth. Here, we present a continental-scale description of…

2. THE VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF SOIL ORGANIC CARBON AND ITS RELATION TO CLIMATE AND VEGETATIONEcological Applications · 2000 · 5,255 citations

   As the largest pool of terrestrial organic carbon, soils interact strongly with atmospheric composition, climate, and land cover change. Our capacity to predict and ameliorate the consequences of global change depends in part on a better understanding of the distributions…

3. TOWARD AN ECOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF SOIL BACTERIAEcology · 2007 · 5,185 citations

   Although researchers have begun cataloging the incredible diversity of bacteria found in soil, we are largely unable to interpret this information in an ecological context, including which groups of bacteria are most abundant in different soils and why. With this…