John C. Zak - Publications

Affiliations: 
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 
Area:
Ecology Biology, Microbiology Biology

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2017 Li C, Fultz LM, Moore-Kucera J, Acosta-Martínez V, Horita J, Strauss R, Zak J, Calderón F, Weindorf D. Soil carbon sequestration potential in semi-arid grasslands in the Conservation Reserve Program Geoderma. 294: 80-90. DOI: 10.1016/J.Geoderma.2017.01.032  0.419
2016 van Gestel NC, Dhungana N, Tissue DT, Zak JC. Seasonal microbial and nutrient responses during a 5-year reduction in the daily temperature range of soil in a Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem. Oecologia. 180: 265-77. PMID 26391383 DOI: 10.1007/S00442-015-3452-X  0.544
2014 Bell CW, Tissue DT, Loik ME, Wallenstein MD, Acosta-Martinez V, Erickson RA, Zak JC. Soil microbial and nutrient responses to 7 years of seasonally altered precipitation in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland. Global Change Biology. 20: 1657-73. PMID 24115607 DOI: 10.1111/Gcb.12418  0.588
2014 Acosta-Martínez V, Cotton J, Gardner T, Moore-Kucera J, Zak J, Wester D, Cox S. Predominant bacterial and fungal assemblages in agricultural soils during a record drought/heat wave and linkages to enzyme activities of biogeochemical cycling Applied Soil Ecology. 84: 69-82. DOI: 10.1016/J.Apsoil.2014.06.005  0.48
2013 Campbell JH, Zak JC, Jeter RM, Strauss RE. Environmental effects on distributions of culturable soil oligotrophic bacteria along an elevational gradient in the Chihuahuan Desert Journal of Arid Environments. 99: 41-50. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jaridenv.2013.09.006  0.586
2013 Davinic M, Moore-Kucera J, Acosta-Martínez V, Zak J, Allen V. Soil fungal distribution and functionality as affected by grazing and vegetation components of integrated crop–livestock agroecosystems Applied Soil Ecology. 66: 61-70. DOI: 10.1016/J.Apsoil.2013.01.013  0.59
2012 Davinic M, Fultz LM, Acosta-Martinez V, Calderón FJ, Cox SB, Dowd SE, Allen VG, Zak JC, Moore-Kucera J. Pyrosequencing and mid-infrared spectroscopy reveal distinct aggregate stratification of soil bacterial communities and organic matter composition Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 46: 63-72. DOI: 10.1016/J.Soilbio.2011.11.012  0.564
2011 Van Gestel NC, Schwilk DW, Tissue DT, Zak JC. Reductions in daily soil temperature variability increase soil microbial biomass C and decrease soil N availability in the Chihuahuan Desert: Potential implications for ecosystem C and N fluxes Global Change Biology. 17: 3564-3576. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2486.2011.02479.X  0.558
2011 Carr DL, Morse AN, Zak JC, Anderson TA. Biological degradation of common pharmaceuticals and personal care products in soils with high water content Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. 217: 127-134. DOI: 10.1007/S11270-010-0573-Z  0.478
2011 Carr DL, Morse AN, Zak JC, Anderson TA. Microbially mediated degradation of common pharmaceuticals and personal care products in soil under aerobic and reduced oxygen conditions Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. 216: 633-642. DOI: 10.1007/S11270-010-0558-Y  0.506
2010 Anderson JA, Cañas JE, Long MK, Zak JC, Cox SB. Bacterial community dynamics in high and low bioavailability soils following laboratory exposure to a range of hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine concentrations. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry / Setac. 29: 38-44. PMID 20821417 DOI: 10.1002/Etc.9  0.575
2010 Zhang H, Murzello C, Sun Y, Kim MS, Xie X, Jeter RM, Zak JC, Dowd SE, Paré PW. Choline and osmotic-stress tolerance induced in Arabidopsis by the soil microbe Bacillus subtilis (GB03). Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions : Mpmi. 23: 1097-104. PMID 20615119 DOI: 10.1094/Mpmi-23-8-1097  0.372
2010 Robertson TR, Zak JC, Tissue DT. Precipitation magnitude and timing differentially affect species richness and plant density in the sotol grassland of the Chihuahuan Desert. Oecologia. 162: 185-97. PMID 19756763 DOI: 10.1007/S00442-009-1449-Z  0.422
2010 Acosta-Martínez V, Bell C, Morris B, Zak J, Allen V. Long-term soil microbial community and enzyme activity responses to an integrated cropping-livestock system in a semi-arid region☆ Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 137: 231-240. DOI: 10.1016/J.Agee.2010.02.008  0.574
2009 Bell CW, Acosta-Martinez V, McIntyre NE, Cox S, Tissue DT, Zak JC. Linking microbial community structure and function to seasonal differences in soil moisture and temperature in a Chihuahuan desert grassland. Microbial Ecology. 58: 827-42. PMID 19466479 DOI: 10.1007/S00248-009-9529-5  0.593
2009 Campbell JH, Clark JS, Zak JC. PCR-DGGE comparison of bacterial community structure in fresh and archived soils sampled along a Chihuahuan Desert elevational gradient. Microbial Ecology. 57: 261-6. PMID 19107315 DOI: 10.1007/S00248-008-9479-3  0.571
2009 Robertson TR, Bell CW, Zak JC, Tissue DT. Precipitation timing and magnitude differentially affect aboveground annual net primary productivity in three perennial species in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland. The New Phytologist. 181: 230-42. PMID 19076724 DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-8137.2008.02643.X  0.535
2009 Clark JS, Campbell JH, Grizzle H, Acosta-Martìnez V, Zak JC. Soil microbial community response to drought and precipitation variability in the Chihuahuan Desert. Microbial Ecology. 57: 248-60. PMID 19067031 DOI: 10.1007/S00248-008-9475-7  0.598
2009 Anderson JA, Hooper MJ, Zak JC, Cox SB. Molecular and functional assessment of bacterial community convergence in metal-amended soils. Microbial Ecology. 58: 10-22. PMID 19030917 DOI: 10.1007/S00248-008-9467-7  0.549
2009 Anderson JA, Hooper MJ, Zak JC, Cox SB. Characterization of the structural and functional diversity of indigenous soil microbial communities in smelter-impacted and nonimpacted soils. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry / Setac. 28: 534-41. PMID 18980388 DOI: 10.1897/08-281.1  0.587
2009 PATRICK LD, OGLE K, BELL CW, ZAK J, TISSUE D. Physiological responses of two contrasting desert plant species to precipitation variability are differentially regulated by soil moisture and nitrogen dynamics Global Change Biology. 15: 1214-1229. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2486.2008.01750.X  0.575
2009 Graham JH, Krzysik AJ, Kovacic DA, Duda JJ, Freeman DC, Emlen JM, Zak JC, Long WR, Wallace MP, Chamberlin-Graham C, Nutter JP, Balbach HE. Species richness, equitability, and abundance of ants in disturbed landscapes Ecological Indicators. 9: 866-877. DOI: 10.1016/J.Ecolind.2008.10.003  0.54
2008 Bell C, McIntyre N, Cox S, Tissue D, Zak J. Soil microbial responses to temporal variations of moisture and temperature in a chihuahuan desert grassland. Microbial Ecology. 56: 153-67. PMID 18246293 DOI: 10.1007/S00248-007-9333-Z  0.591
2008 Graham JH, Krzysik AJ, Kovacic DA, Duda JJ, Freeman DC, Emlen JM, Zak JC, Long WR, Wallace MP, Chamberlin-Graham C, Nutter JP, Balbach HE. Ant community composition across a gradient of disturbed military landscapes at Fort Benning, Georgia Southeastern Naturalist. 7: 429-448. DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092-7.3.429  0.509
2007 Miglia KJ, McArthur ED, Redman RS, Rodriguez RJ, Zak JC, Freeman DC. Genotype, soil type, and locale effects on reciprocal transplant vigor, endophyte growth, and microbial functional diversity of a narrow sagebrush hybrid zone in Salt Creek Canyon, Utah. American Journal of Botany. 94: 425-36. PMID 21636412 DOI: 10.3732/Ajb.94.3.425  0.529
2007 Patrick L, Cable J, Potts D, Ignace D, Barron-Gafford G, Griffith A, Alpert H, Van Gestel N, Robertson T, Huxman TE, Zak J, Loik ME, Tissue D. Effects of an increase in summer precipitation on leaf, soil, and ecosystem fluxes of CO2 and H2O in a sotol grassland in Big Bend National Park, Texas. Oecologia. 151: 704-18. PMID 17180661 DOI: 10.1007/S00442-006-0621-Y  0.47
2006 Cobb GP, Abel MT, Rainwater TR, Austin GP, Cox SB, Kendall RJ, Marsland EJ, Anderson TA, Leftwich BD, Zak JC, Presley SM. Metal distributions in New Orleans following hurricanes Katrina and Rita: A continuation study. Environmental Science & Technology. 40: 4571-7. PMID 16913108 DOI: 10.1021/Es060041G  0.444
2006 Grizzle HW, Zak JC. A microtiter plate procedure for evaluating fungal functional diversity on nitrogen substrates. Mycologia. 98: 353-63. PMID 16894979 DOI: 10.3852/Mycologia.98.2.353  0.585
2006 Presley SM, Rainwater TR, Austin GP, Platt SG, Zak JC, Cobb GP, Marsland EJ, Tian K, Zhang B, Anderson TA, Cox SB, Abel MT, Leftwich BD, Huddleston JR, Jeter RM, et al. Assessment of pathogens and toxicants in New Orleans, LA following Hurricane Katrina. Environmental Science & Technology. 40: 468-74. PMID 16468391 DOI: 10.1021/Es052219P  0.405
2005 Freeman DC, Brown ML, Duda JJ, Graraham JH, Emlen JM, Krzysik AJ, Balbach H, Kovacic DA, Zak JC. Leaf fluctuating asymmetry, soil disturbance and plant stress: A multiple year comparison using two herbs, Ipomoea pandurata and Cnidoscolus stimulosus Ecological Indicators. 5: 85-95. DOI: 10.1016/J.Ecolind.2004.05.002  0.555
2004 Graham JH, Hughie HH, Jones S, Wrinn K, Krzysik AJ, Duda JJ, Freeman DC, Emlen JM, Zak JC, Kovacic DA, Chamberlin-Graham C, Balbach H. Habitat disturbance and the diversity and abundance of ants (Formicidae) in the Southeastern Fall-Line Sandhills. Journal of Insect Science (Online). 4: 30. PMID 15861245 DOI: 10.1093/Jis/4.1.30  0.529
2004 Huxman TE, Smith MD, Fay PA, Knapp AK, Shaw MR, Loik ME, Smith SD, Tissue DT, Zak JC, Weltzin JF, Pockman WT, Sala OE, Haddad BM, Harte J, Koch GW, et al. Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency. Nature. 429: 651-4. PMID 15190350 DOI: 10.1038/Nature02561  0.362
2004 Freeman DC, Brown ML, Duda JJ, Graham JH, Emlen JM, Krzysik AJ, Balbach HE, Kovacic DA, Zak JC. Photosynthesis and fluctuating asymmetry as indicators of plant response to soil disturbance in the fall-line sandhills of Georgia: A case study using Rhus copallinum and Ipomoea pandurata International Journal of Plant Sciences. 165: 805-816. DOI: 10.1086/421478  0.428
2004 Freeman DC, Brown ML, Duda JJ, Graham JH, Emlen JM, Krzysik AJ, Balbach H, Kovacic DA, Zak JC. Developmental instability in Rhus copallinum L.: Multiple stressors, years, and responses International Journal of Plant Sciences. 165: 53-63. DOI: 10.1086/380986  0.35
2004 Boroda E, Jaynes WF, Zartman RE, Green CJ, San Francisco MJ, Zak JC. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay measurement of castor toxin in soils Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 35: 1185-1195. DOI: 10.1081/Css-120030597  0.524
2004 Duda JJ, Freeman DC, Brown ML, Graham JH, Krzysik AJ, Emlen JM, Zak JC, Kovacic DA. Estimating disturbance effects from military training using developmental instability and physiological measures of plant stress Ecological Indicators. 3: 251-262. DOI: 10.1016/J.Ecolind.2003.11.003  0.357
2003 Sobek EA, Zak JC. The Soil FungiLog procedure: method and analytical approaches toward understanding fungal functional diversity. Mycologia. 95: 590-602. PMID 21148968 DOI: 10.1080/15572536.2004.11833063  0.762
2003 Al-Karaki G, McMichael B, Zak J. Field response of wheat to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and drought stress. Mycorrhiza. 14: 263-9. PMID 12942358 DOI: 10.1007/S00572-003-0265-2  0.443
2003 Duda JJ, Freeman DC, Emlen JM, Belnap J, Kitchen SG, Zak JC, Sobek E, Tracy M, Montante J. Differences in native soil ecology associated with invasion of the exotic annual chenopod, Halogeton glomeratus Biology and Fertility of Soils. 38: 72-77. DOI: 10.1007/S00374-003-0638-X  0.752
2000 Herrmann R, Stottlemyer R, Zak JC, Edmonds RL, Van Miegroet H. Biogeochemical effects of global change on U.S. National Parks Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 36: 337-346.  0.321
1999 Dobranic JK, Zak JC. A microtiter plate procedure for evaluating fungal functional diversity Mycologia. 91: 756-765. DOI: 10.1080/00275514.1999.12061081  0.653
1998 Moorhead DL, Westerfield MM, Zak JC. Plants retard litter decay in a nutrient-limited soil: a case of exploitative competition? Oecologia. 113: 530-536. PMID 28308033 DOI: 10.1007/S004420050406  0.512
1998 Zak JC, McMichael B, Dhillion S, Friese C. Arbuscular-mycorrhizal colonization dynamics of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) growing under several production systems on the Southern High Plains, Texas Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 68: 245-254. DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(97)00151-5  0.332
1998 Zhang Q, Zak JC. Effects of water and nitrogen amendment on soil microbial biomass and fine root production in a semi-arid environment in West Texas Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 30: 39-45. DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(97)00089-8  0.408
1998 Moorhead DL, Westerfield MM, Zak JC. Plants retard litter decay in a nutrient-limited soil: A case of exploitative competition? Oecologia. 113: 530-536. DOI: 10.1007/s004420050406  0.417
1998 Zhang Q, Zak JC. Potential physiological activities of fungi and bacteria in relation to plant litter decomposition along a gap size gradient in a natural subtropical forest Microbial Ecology. 35: 172-179. DOI: 10.1007/S002489900071  0.482
1996 Willig MR, Moorhead DL, Cox SB, Zak JC. Functional diversity of soil bacterial communities in the tabonuco forest: Interaction of anthropogenic and natural disturbance Biotropica. 28: 471-483. DOI: 10.2307/2389089  0.551
1996 Zak JC, Visser S. An appraisal of soil fungal biodiversity: The crossroads between taxonomic and functional biodiversity Biodiversity and Conservation. 5: 169-183. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00055828  0.553
1995 Zak JC, Sinsabaugh R, Mackay WP. Windows of opportunity in desert ecosystems: their implications to fungal community development Canadian Journal of Botany. 73. DOI: 10.1139/B95-404  0.488
1995 Dhillion SS, Vidiella PE, Aquilera LE, Friese CF, De Leon E, Armesto JJ, Zak JC. Mycorrhizal plants and fungi in the fog-free Pacific coastal desert of Chile Mycorrhiza. 5: 381-386. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00207410  0.353
1994 Dhillion SS, McGinley MA, Friese CF, Zak JC. Construction of Sand Shinnery Oak Communities of the Llano Estacado: Animal Disturbances, Plant Community Structure, and Restoration Restoration Ecology. 2: 51-60. DOI: 10.1111/J.1526-100X.1994.Tb00041.X  0.409
1994 Zak JC, Willig MR, Moorhead DL, Wildman HG. Functional diversity of microbial communities: A quantitative approach Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 26: 1101-1108. DOI: 10.1016/0038-0717(94)90131-7  0.453
1994 Mackay WP, Loring SJ, Zak JC, Silva SI, Fisher FM, Whitford WG. Factors affecting loss in mass of creosotebush leaf-litter on the soil surface in the northern Chihuahuan Desert Southwestern Naturalist. 39: 78-82.  0.377
1994 Zhang Qishui, Zak JC. Potential role of fungi and bacteria in Chinese fir replant soil Canadian Journal of Botany. 72: 73-78.  0.441
1993 Zak JC. The enigma of desert ecosystems: the importance of interactions among the soil biota to fungal biodiversity Aspects of Tropical Mycology. Symposium, Liverpool, 1992. 59-71.  0.502
1988 Zak JC. Redevelopment of biological activity in strip-mine spoils: saprotrophic fungal assemblages of grass roots Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Section B. Biological Sciences. 94: 73-83. DOI: 10.1017/S0269727000007144  0.394
1988 Zak J, Whitford W. Interactions among soil biota in desert ecosystems Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 24: 87-100. DOI: 10.1016/0167-8809(88)90058-8  0.56
1980 Zak JC, Wicklow DT. Structure and composition of a post-fire ascomycete community: role of abiotic and biotic factors Canadian Journal of Botany. 58: 1915-1922. DOI: 10.1139/b80-222  0.486
1979 Wicklow DT, Zak JC. Ascospore Germination of Carbonicolous Ascomycetes in Fungistatic Soils: An Ecological Interpretation Mycologia. 71: 238-242. DOI: 10.1080/00275514.1979.12021008  0.496
1978 Zak JC, Wicklow DT. Response of carbonicolous ascomycetes to aerated steam temperatures and treatment intervals Canadian Journal of Botany. 56: 2313-2318. DOI: 10.1139/b78-279  0.358
1978 Zak JC, Wicklow DT. Factors influencing patterns of ascomycete sporulation following simulated "burning" of prairie soils Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 10: 533-535. DOI: 10.1016/0038-0717(78)90049-4  0.374
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