Stephen A Prior
(Steve)
National Soil Dynamics Laboratory
Plant Physiologist
Phone: (334) 887-8596 ext. 2711
Fax: (334) 887-8597
411 S. DONAHUE DR
AUBURN, AL, 36832
Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Torbert III, H.A., Rogers, H.H. 2012. Impact of increasing atmospheric co2 on carbon dynamics under different tillage practices. In: Proceedings of the International Soil Tillage Research Organization Proceedings. CDROM.
Tian, H., Lu, C., Chen, G., Tao, B., Pan, S., Delgrosso, S.J., Xu, X., Bruhwiler, L., Wofsky, S.C., Kort, E.A., Prior, S.A. 2012. Contemporary and projected biogenic fluxes of methane and nitrous oxide in North American terrestrial ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 10(10):528-536.
Dijkstra, F.A., Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Torbert III, H.A., Tian, H., Lu, C., Venterea, R.T. 2012. Effects of elevated carbon dioxide and increased temperature on methane and nitrous oxide fluxes: evidence from field experiments. Frontiers in Ecology. 10(10):520-527.
Ferreira, C., Motta, A., Prior, S.A., Reissman, C., Dos Santos, N., Valaski, J., Gabardo, J. 2012. Influence of corn (zea mays l.) cultivar development on grain nutrient concentration. International Journal of Agronomy. Volume 2012, Article ID 842582. 7 pages. doi:10.1155/2012/842582.
Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Torbert III, H.A., Idso, S.B., Kimball, B.A. 2012. Sour orange fine root distribution after seventeen years of atmospheric CO2 enrichment. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 162-163:85-90.
Marble, S.C., Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Torbert, H.A., Gilliam, C.H., Fain, G.B., Sibley, J.L., Knight, P.R. 2012. Effects of fertilizer placement on trace gas emissions from container-grown plant production. Southern Region of the American Society for Horticultural Science. Hortscience 47(9):S2.
Smith, K.E., Watts, D.B., Way, T.R., Torbert III, H.A., Prior, S.A. 2012. Impact of Tillage and Fertilizer Application Method on Gas Emissions in a Corn Cropping System. Pedosphere. 22(5):604-615.
Chen, G., Tian, H., Zhang, C., Liu, M., Ren, W., Zhu, W., Chappelka, A., Prior, S.A., Lockaby, G. 2012. Drought in the Southern United States over the 20th century: variability and its impacts on terrestrial ecosystem productivity and carbon storage. Climatic Change. 114(2):379-397.
Runion, G.B., Butnor, J.R., Prior, S.A., Mitchell, R., Rogers, H.H. 2012. Effects of atmospheric CO2 enrichment on soil CO2 efflux in a young longleaf pine system. International Journal of Agronomy. vol. 2012, Article ID 549745, 9 pages, doi:10.1155/2012/549745.
Dos Santos, N., Prior, S.A., Gabardo, J., Valaski, J., Motta, A., Ferreira Neto, A. 2012. Influence of corn (Zea mays L.) cultivar development on residue production. Journal of Plant Nutrition. 35(5):750-769.
Huyler, A., Chappelka, A., Prior, S.A., Somers, G. 2011. Potential drivers for soil carbon pools in residential areas in Auburn, Alabama [abstract]. 72nd Association of Southeastern Biologist Annual Meeting, April 13-16, 2011, Huntsville, Alabama. CDROM.
Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Torbert III, H.A., Gilliam, C.H., Marble, S.A. 2011. Strategies for carbon sequestration and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from nursery production systems. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), Floriculture and Nursery Research Initiative (FNRI) Progress Report. National Soil Dynamics Laboratory, Auburn, AL. p. 55.
Marble, S.C., Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Torbert III, H.A., Gilliam, C.H., Fain, G.B. 2011. The importance of determining carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas mitigation potential in ornamental horticulture. HortScience. 46(2):240-244.
Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Marble, C., Rogers Jr, H.H., Gilliam, C.H., Torbert III, H.A. 2011. A review of elevated atmospheric CO2 effects on plant growth and water relations: implications for horticulture. HortScience. 46(2):158-162.
Krueger, E., Prior, S.A., Kurtener, D., Rogers Jr, H.H., Runion, G.B. 2011. Characterizing root distribution with adaptive neuro-fuzzy analysis. International Agrophysics. 25:93-96.
Huyler, A., Chappelka, A., Prior, S.A., Somers, G., Loewenstein, E., Zipperer, W. 2010. Soil Carbon Levels in Residential Areas in Auburn, Alabama [abstract]. 5th International Conference Soils of Urban, Industrial, Traffic, Mining, and Military Areas (SUITMA). CDROM.
Marble, S.C., Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Torbert, H.A., Gilliam, C.H., Fain, G.B. 2011. Effects of media and species on soil CO2 efflux in the landscape. Combined Proceedings International Plant Propagator's Society, October 9-13, 2010, Raleigh, NC. Available: http://www.ipps-srna.org/2010papers.htm.
Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Marble, C., Torbert III, H.A., Rogers Jr, H.H., Gilliam, C.H. 2010. Implications of elevated atmospheric CO2 on plant growth and water relations [abstract]. Hortscience. 45(8):S14.
Marble, C.S., Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Torbert III, H.A., Gilliam, C.H., Fain, G.B. Determining media and species effects on soil carbon dynamics in the landscape [abstract]. Hortscience. 45(8):S108.
Prior, S.A., Watts, D.B., Arriaga, F.J., Runion, G.B., Torbert III, H.A., Rogers Jr, H.H. 2010. Influence of Elevated Atmospheric CO2 and Tillage Practice on Rainfall Simulation. In: Conservation Agriculture Impacts-Local and Global, Proceedings of 32nd Southern Conservation Agricultural Systems Conference, July 20-22, 2010, Jackson, Tennessee. P. 83-88. CD-ROM.
Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Torbert III, H.A., Rogers Jr, H.H. 2010. Effects of Atmospheric CO2 and Tillage Practice on Carbon Dynamics. In: Soil Properties Dynamics under Different Land Uses, Proceedings of the Uruguayan Society of Soil Science and Uruguayan Branch of the International Soil and Tillage Research Organization, July 12-14, 2010, Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. p. 6.
Krueger, E., Prior, S.A., Kurtener, D., Rogers Jr, H.H., Runion, G.B. 2010. Use of an Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy System to Characterize Root Distribution Patterns. In: Kurtener, D., Yakushev, V.P., Torbert, H.A., Prior, S.A., and Krueger, E., editors. Applications of Soft Computing in Agricultural Field Experimentations. St. Petersburg, Russia: Agrophysical Research Institute. p. 59-69.
Mccormack, M.L., Pritchard, S.G., Breland, S., Davis, M.A., Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Mitchell, R.J., Rogers Jr, H.H. 2010. Soil fungi respond more strongly than fine roots to elevated CO2 in a model regenerating longleaf pine-wiregrass ecosystem. Ecosystems. 13:901-916.
Smith, K.E., Runion, G.B., Prior, S.A., Rogers Jr, H.H., Torbert III, H.A. 2010. Effects of Elevated CO2 and Agricultural Management on Flux of Greenhouse Gases from Soil. Soil Science. 175(7):349-356.
Runion, G.B., Finegan, H., Prior, S.A., Rogers Jr, H.H., Gjerstad, D. 2011. Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on non-native plants: comparison of two important Southeastern ornamentals. Environment Control in Biology. 49(3):107-117.
Marble, C., Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Torbert III, H.A., Gilliam, C.H., Fain, G.B. 2010. Effects of outplanting horticultural species on soil CO2 efflux. Southern Nursery Association Research Conference. 55:69-72.
Watts, D.B., Torbert III, H.A., Prior, S.A., Huluka, G. 2010. Long-Term Tillage and Poultry Litter Impacts Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Mineralization and Fertility. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 74:1239-1247.
Prior, S.A., Marble, S.C., Runion, G.B., Torbert III, H.A., Gilliam, C.H. 2009. Strategies for Carbon Sequestration and Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Nursery Production Systems [abstract]. USDA-ARS Third Floral and Nursery Crops Researchers' Workshop.
Runion, G.B., Prior, S.A., Rogers Jr, H.H., Mitchell, R. 2010. Effects of Elevated Atmospheric CO2 on Two Southern Forest Diseases. New Forests. 39:275-285.
Ferreira, C.F., Dos Santos, N.Z., Valaski, J.C., Motta, A., Prior, S.A., Reissmann, C.B., Gabardo, J. 2009. Diagnose Nutricional de Cultivares de Milho (Zea mays L.) de Diferentes Níveis Tecnológicos. In: Proceedings of the XVII Reuniao Brasileira de Manejo e Conservacao do Solo e da Agua no Contexto das Mudancas Ambientais, August 10-15, 2008, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. P. 5.
Watts, D.B., Torbert III, H.A., Prior, S.A. 2010. Soil property and landscape position effects on seasonal nitrogen mineralization of composted dairy manure. Soil Science. 175(1):27-35.
Ziska, L.H., Runion, G.B., Tomecek, M.B., Prior, S.A., Torbert III, H.A., Sicher Jr., R.C. 2009. An evaluation of cassava, sweet potato and field corn as potential carbohydrate sources for bioethanol production in Alabama and Maryland. Biomass and Bioenergy. 33:1503-1508.
Runion, G.B., Prior, S.A., Rogers Jr, H.H., Torbert III, H.A. 2009. Effects of Tillage Practice and Elevated Atmospheric CO2 Level on Soil CO2 Efflux. In: Sustainable Agriculture, Proceedings of 18th International Conference of the International Soil Tillage Research Organization, June 15-19, 2009, Izmir, Turkey. 2009 CDROM.
Watts, D.B., Smith, K.E., Way, T.R., Torbert III, H.A., Prior, S.A. 2009. Tillage and fertilizer application practices effects on greenhouse gas flux (CO2, CH4 and N2O) and yield in a corn cropping system. In: Sustainable Agriculture, Proceedings of 18th International Conference of the International Soil Tillage Research Organization, June 15-19, 2009, Izmir, Turkey. 2009 CDROM. p. 13.
Prior, S.A., Arriaga, F.J., Runion, G.B., Rogers Jr, H.H., Torbert III, H.A. 2009. Impact of Increasing Atmospheric CO2 on Crop Gas Exchange under Different Tillage Practices. In: Sustainable Agriculture, Proceedings of 18th International Conference of the International Soil Tillage Research Organization, June 15-19, 2009, Izmir, Turkey. 2009 CDROM. p. 5.
Runion, G.B., Prior, S.A., Rogers Jr, H.H., Torbert III, H.A. 2009. Effects of Tllage Practice and Atmospheric CO2 Level on Soil CO2 Efflux. In: Sustainable Agriculture, Proceedings of 18th International Conference of the International Soil Tillage Research Organization, June 15-19, 2009, Izmir, Turkey. 6pp. CDROM.
Arriaga, F.J., Prior, S.A., Terra, J.F., Delaney, D.P. 2009. Cotton Gas Exchange Response to Standard and Ultra-Narrow Row Systems Under Conventional and No-Tillage. Communications in Biometry and Crop Science. 42(2):42-51.
Kornecki, T.S., Fouss, J.L., Prior, S.A. 2008. A portable device to measure soil erosion/deposition in quarter-drains. Soil Use and Management. 24:401-408.
Runion, G.B., Price, A.J., Prior, S.A., Rogers Jr, H.H., Torbert III, H.A., Gjerstad, D.H. Effects of Elevated Atmospheric CO2 on a C3 and a C4 Invasive Weed. Botany Research Journal. 1(3):56-62.
Smith, K.E., Runion, G.B., Prior, S.A., Price, A.J., Rogers Jr, H.H., Torbert III, H.A. 2008. Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinenese) in an Elevated CO2 Environment. Botany Research Journal. 1:43-48.
Runion, G.B., Torbert III, H.A., Prior, S.A., Rogers Jr, H.H. 2009. Effects of Elevated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide on Soil Carbon in Terrestrial Ecosystems of the Southeastern U.S. In: Lal, R. and Follett, R.F. (eds.). Soil Carbon Sequestration and the Greenhouse Effect (2nd Edition). SSSA Special Publication No. 57. Agronomy Society of America-Crop Science Society of America-Soil Science Society of America, Madison, WI. pp. 233-262.
Smith, K.E., Runion, G.B., Rogers Jr, H.H., Prior, S.A., Torbert III, H.A. 2008. Greenhouse Gas Flux From Agricultural Soils: Impacts of 10 Years of Management and Elevated CO2 [abstract]. 2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM," October 5-9, 2008, Houston, TX.
Wielopolski, L., Hendrey, G., Johnsen, K., Mitra, S., Prior, S.A., Rogers Jr, H.H., Torbert III, H.A. 2008. Non-Destructive System for Analyzing Carbon in the Soil. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 72(5):1269-1277.
Wielopolski, L., Brown, D.J., Izaurralde, C.R., Mitra, S., Omonode, R., Prior, S.A., Torbert III, H.A. 2007. Non-Destructive Carbon Measurement in Soil over Large Fields. American Society of Agronomy Meetings. CDROM.
Watts, D.B., Torbert III, H.A., Prior, S.A. 2007. Residual Effects of Long-Term Tillage and Manure Application on Soil Macronutrients. American Society of Agronomy Meetings. CDROM.
Rogers Jr, H.H., Runion, G.B., Prior, S.A., Price, A.J., Torbert III, H.A., Gjerstad, D.H. 2008. Effects of Elevated Atmospheric CO2 on Invasive Plants: Comparison of Purple and Yellow Nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus L. and C. esculentus L.). Journal of Environmental Quality. 37:395-400.
Santos, N.Z., Valaski, J.C., Prior, S., Motta, A.C.V., Ferreira Neto, A., and Gabardo, J. 2007. Potencial de Seqüestro de Carbono Atmosférico entre Diferentes Cultivares de Milho (Zea mays L.) sob Condiç o de Déficit Hídrico. In XXXI Congresso Brasileiro De Ciencia Do Solo: Conquistas & Desafios Da Ciencia Do Solo Brasileira. August 5-10, 2007, Gramado, Brazil. p. 5.
Ferreira, C.F., Dos Santos, N.Z., Valaski, J.C., Prior, S., Motta, A.C.V., Ferreira Neto, A., and Gabardo, J. 2007. Disponibilidade de nutrientes na fitomassa produzida por cultivares de milho (Zea mays L.) de diferentes niveis tecnologicos. In XXXI Congresso Brasileiro De Ciencia Do Solo: Conquistas & Desafios Da Ciencia Do Solo Brasileira. August 5-10, 2007, Gramado, Brazil. p. 5.
Runion, G.B., Prior, S.A., Rogers Jr, H.H., Torbert III, H.A. 2007. Effects of Elevated CO2 Atmospheric CO2 on Soil Efflux in Conventional and Conservation Cropping Systems. In: Proceedings of the Southern Conservation Agricultural Systems Conference, June 25-27, 2007, Quincy, Florida. p. 232-239.
Watts, D.B., Torbert III, H.A., Feng, Y., Prior, S.A. 2007. Soil microbial community dynamics as influenced by soil properties and landscape position. In: Proceedings of the 29th Annual Southern Conservation Systems Conference. The Next Step after Conservation Tillage. June 25-27, 2007, Quincy, Florida. P. 264-281.
Prior, S.A., Torbert III, H.A., Rogers Jr, H.H., Runion, G.B. 2007. Effects of Conventional Tillage and No-Tillage on Crop Gas Exchange Under Elevated Atmospheric CO2 Conditions [abstract]. American Society of Agronomy Meetings. 2007 CDROM.
Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Rogers Jr, H.H., Torbert III, H.A. 2008. Effects of Atmospheric CO2 Enrichment on Crop Nutrient Dynamics under No-till Conditions. Journal of Plant Nutrition. 31(4):758-773.
Runion, G.B., Prior, S.A., Rogers Jr, H.H., Torbert III, H.A. 2007. Effects of Elevated Atmospheric CO2 on Soil CO2 Efflux in Conventional and Conservation Cropping Systems [abstract]. Southern Conservation Tillage Systems Conference. 2007 CDROM.
Watts, D.B., Torbert III, H.A., Prior, S.A. 2007. A seasonal nitrogen mineralization study as influenced by soil properties and landscape position. [abstract] Southern Branch American Society of Agronomy Meeting. CDROM
Pritchard, S.G., Prior, S.A., Rogers Jr, H.H., Runion, G.B., Baccari, G., Davis, M.A. 2006. Effects of Elevated Atmospheric CO2 on Root Dynamics of Sorghum, Clover, and Soybean Grown Under Sustainable and Conventional Agricultural Management Systems [abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts.
Gjerstad, D.H., Ziska, L.H., Runion, G.B., Prior, S.A., Torbert III, H.A., Rogers Jr, H.H. 2006. The Potential Use of Kudzu as a Biofuel [Abstract]. Alternative Energy Solutions from Alabama's Natural Resources Conference. CDROM
Watts, D.B., Torbert III, H.A., Prior, S.A. 2007. Mineralization of N in soils amended with dairy manure as affected by wetting/drying cycles. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 38:2103-2116.
Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Torbert III, H.A., Rogers Jr, H.H. 2006. Effects of atmospheric co2 enrichment on crop nutrient dynamics under no-till conditions. In: Sustainability - Its Impact on Soil Management and Environment, Proceedings of 17th International Conference of the International Soil Tillage Research Organization, August 28 - September 3, 2006, Kiel, Germany. p. 1148-1153.
Price, A.J., Runion, G.B., Prior, S.A., Rogers Jr, H.H., Torbert III, H.A., Gjerstad, D.H. 2006. The invasive weed tropical spiderwort increases growth under elevated atmospheric co2 [abstract]. Symposium on Tropical Spiderwort: A New Troublesome Exotic-Invasive Weed in Peanut. 38th American Peanut Research and Education Society. Paper No. 119. p. 82.
Watts, D.B., Torbert III, H.A., Prior, S.A., Balkcom, K.S. 2006. Tillage affects on n mineralization and losses of winter applied manure. In: Schwartz, R. C., Baumhardt, R.L., and Bell, J.M., editors. Proceedings of the 28th Annual Southern Conservation Systems Conference. Improving Conservation Technologies to Compete for Global Resources and Markets. June 26-28, 2006, Bushland, Texas. p. 196-204.
Rogers Jr, H.H., Davis, M., Pritchard, S., Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Gjerstad, D., Schlesinger, W. 2006. Carbon and nutrient flow through multiple trophic levels in a co2-enriched southern pine forest community. Southeastern Regional Center, National Institute for Global Environmental Change, Final Technical Report. The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL. 07 pp.
Rogers Jr, H.H., Pritchard, S.G., Davis, M.A., Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Torbert III, H.A., Mitchell, R.J. Carbon storage and cycling, soil microbiology, and water quality in co2-enriched agro-ecosystems. Final Techinical Reprt, Terrestrial Carbon Processes (TCP) Program of the Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research (BER), U. S. Department Of Energy Annual Report, Germantown, MD. 7 p.
Rogers Jr, H.H., Gjerstad, D.H., Runion, G.B., Prior, S.A., Price, A.J., Van Santen, E., Torbert III, H.A. 2006. Effects of Elevated Atmospheric CO2 on Invasive Weed Species in Managed Terrestrial Ecosystems of the Southeastern U.S. Final Technical Report. Southeastern Regional Center, National Institute for Global Environmental Change, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. p. 4.
Watts, D.B., Torbert III, H.A., Prior, S.A. 2006. Long-term effects of tillage and manure application on soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization [abstract]. American Society of Agronomy Branch Meeting. CDROM
Wielopolski, L., Mitra, S., Zhang, Y., Torbert III, H.A., Prior, S.A. 2006. Soil carbon analysis in large fields using a scanning system [abstract]. Emerging Modalities for Soil Carbon Analysis: Sampling Statistics and Economics Workshop.
Prior, S.A., Price, A.J., Runion, G.B., Rogers Jr, H.H., Gjerstad, D.H., Torbert III, H.A. 2006. Growth response of the invasive weed tropical spiderwort to elevated atmospheric co2 [abstract]. American Society of Agronomy Branch Meeting. 2006 CDROM.
Price, A.J., Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Stoll, M.E., Van Santen, E., Rogers Jr, H.H., Gjerstad, D.H., Torbert III, H.A. 2006. Effects of elevated atmospheric co2 on tropical spiderwort [abstract]. Symposium on Tropical Spiderwort (Commelina benghalensis): An Exotic Invasive Weed in the Southeast U.S.
Watts, D.B., Torbert III, H.A., Prior, S.A. 2005. Carbon and nitrogen mineralization of soil under long-term tillage and manure application [abstract]. American Society of Agronomy. 2005 CDROM
Runion, G.B., Davis, M.A., Pritchard, S.G., Prior, S.A., Mitchell, R.J., Torbert III, H.A., Rogers Jr, H.H., Dute, R.R. 2006. Effects of elevated atmospheric co2 on biomass and carbon accumulation in a model regenerating longleaf pine community. Journal of Environmental Quality. 35:1478-1486.
Pritchard, S.G., Prior, S.A., Rogers Jr, H.H., Davis, M.A., Runion, G.B., Popham, T.W. 2006. Effects of elevated atmospheric co2 on root dynamics and productivity of sorghum grown under conventional and conservation agricultural management practices. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 113:175-183.
Rogers Jr, H.H., Gjerstad, D.H., Runion, G.B., Prior, S.A., Price, A.J., Van Santen, E., Torbert III, H.A. 2005. Effects of elevated atmospheric co2 on invasive weed species in managed terrestrial ecosystems of the southeastern U.S. Southeastern Regional Center, National Institute for Global Environmental Change, Annual Report for Fiscal year 2004. University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL. 4pp.
Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Kornecki, T.S., Rogers Jr, H.H. 2006. A pneumatic device for lifting containers in plant water use studies. Agronomy Journal. 98:120-123.
Prior, S.A., Torbert III, H.A., Runion, G.B., Rogers Jr, H.H. 2005. Effects of atmospheric co2 enrichment on crop nutrient dynamics under no-till conditions [abstract]. International Soil Tillage Research Organization.
Pritchard, S., Runion, G.B., Prior, S.A., Davis, M., Mitchell, R., Rogers Jr, H.H. 2005. Effects of elevated atmospheric co2 on root biomass production are mediated by plant competition [abstract]. 90th Ecological Society of America Meetings.
Prior, S.A., Reicosky, D.C., Runion, G.B., Raper, R.L. 2005. Characterization of soil gas efflux patterns associated with tillage implements. In: Busscher, W., Frederick, J. and Robinson S., editors. The Science of Conservation Tillage: Continuing the Discoveries, Proceedings of the 27th Annual Southern Conservation Tillage Conference for Sustainable Agriculture, June 27-29, 2005, Florence, South Carolina. p. 143-147.
Runion, G.B., Rogers Jr, H.H., Gjerstad, D.H., Prior, S.A., Price, A.J., Van Santen, E., Torbert III, H.A. 2005. Effects of elevated atmospheric co2 on invasive weed species in managed terrestrial ecosystems of the southeastern U.S. [abstract]. In: Joint Southeast Regional Center-Midwest Regional Center (SERC-MWRC) National Institute for Global Environmental Change (NIGEC) Regional Conference, Program and Abstracts, May 16-17, 2005, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. p. 17.
Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Rogers Jr, H.H., Conn, J.S., Cochran, V.L. Atmospheric co2 enrichment of potato in the subarctic: root distribution and soil biology. Environmental Control in Biology. 43(3):165-172.
Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Price, A.J., Van Santen, E., Rogers Jr, H.H., Gjerstad, D.H., Torbert III, H.A. 2005. Effects of elevated atmospheric co2 on invasive weed species in managed terrestrial ecosystems of the southeastern us. In: Proceedings of the Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council's 7th Annual Conference, May 3-5, 2005, Birmingham, Alabama. p. 40-42.
Wielopolski, L., Mitra, S., Johnsen, K., Sanchez, F., Torbert III, H.A., Prior, S.A., Rogers Jr, H.H., Ma, J.Y., Hendrey, G., Oren, R. 2005. A non-invasive method of detecting carbon in soil: comparison with soil cores and excavations. In: Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration DOE/NETL: Developing Potential Paths Forward Based on the Knowledge, Science and Experience to Date, May 2-5, 2005, Alexandria, Virginia. p. 9. Article No. 56.
Prior, S.A., Torbert III, H.A., Runion, G.B., Rogers Jr, H.H., Ort, D.R., Nelson, R.L. 2005. Elevated atmospheric CO2 effects on residue decomposition of different soybean varieties [abstract]. Third USDA Symposium on Greenhouse Gases & Carbon Sequestration in Agriculture and Forestry, Program and Abstracts. p. 202.
Runion, G.B., Davis, M.A., Pritchard, S.G., Prior, S.A., Mitchell, R.J., Torbert III, H.A., Rogers Jr, H.H., Dute, R.R. 2005. Effects of elevated atmospheric co2 on biomass and carbon accumulation in a model regenerating longleaf pine ecosystem [abstract]. Third USDA Symposium on Greenhouse Gases & Carbon Sequestration in Agriculture and Forestry, Program and Abstracts. p. 210.
Runion, G.B., Prior, S.A., Torbert III, H.A., Rogers Jr, H.H. 2005. Effects of elevated atmospheric co2 on a southeastern pasture [abstract]. Special Symposium on ARS Global Change Research, Society for Range Management.
Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Rogers Jr, H.H., Torbert III, H.A., Reeves, D.W. 2005. Elevated atmospheric co2 effects on biomass production and soil carbon in conventional and conservation cropping systems. Global Change Biology. 11:657-665.
Booker, F.L., Prior, S.A., Torbert Iii, H.A., Fiscus, E.L., Pursley, W.A., Hu, S. 2005. Decomposition of soybean grown under elevated concentrations of CO2 and O3. Global Change Biology. 11:685-698.
Watts, D.B., Torbert III, H.A., Prior, S.A. 2004. Mineralization of N in soils amended with dairy manure as affected by wetting/drying cycles. [abstract] American Society of Agronomy Meetings. 2004 CDROM
Prior, S.A., Torbert III, H.A., Runion, G.B., Rogers Jr, H.H., Ort, D.R. 2004. Free-air carbon dioxide enrichment of soybean: influence of crop variety on residue decomposition [abstract]. American Society of Agronomy Branch Meeting.CD-ROM
Rogers Jr, H.H., Davis, M., Pritchard, S., Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Gjerstad, D., Schlesinger, W. 2004. Carbon and nutrient flow through multiple trophic levels in a co2-enriched southern pine forest community. Southeastern Regional Center, National Institute for Global Environmental Change, Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2003. The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL. 15 pp.
Wielopolski, L., Mitra, S., Hendrey, G., Orion, I., Prior, S.A., Rogers Jr, H.H., Runion, G.B., Torbert III, H.A. 2004. Non-destructive soil carbon analyzer (ND-SCA). Technical Report, Terrestrial Carbon Processes (TCP) program of the Office of Science, Biological and Environmental Research (BER), U.S. Department of Energy, Germantown, MD. 89 pp. Brookhaven National Laboratory Report 72200-2004.
Rogers, H., Davis, M., Pritchard, S., Schlesinger, W., Runion ,B., Prior, S., and Gjerstad, D. 2002. Carbon and Nutrient Flow through Multiple Trophic Levels in a CO2-Enriched Southern Pine Forest Community. Southeastern Regional Center, National Institute for Global Environmental Change, Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2001. The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 10 pp.
Torbert III, H.A., Prior, S.A., Rogers Jr, H.H., Runion, G.B. 2004. Elevated atmospheric co2 effect on n fertilization in grain sorghum and soybean. Field Crops Research. 88(1):47-57.
Kang, H., Shannon, D., Arriaga, F.J., Prior, S.A. 2004. Hedgerow pruning effects on alley cropped maize: light interception, water relations, and yield. p 186. In Working Together for Sustainable Land-Use Systems, Book of Abstracts of the 1st World Congress of Agroforestry. Orlando, FL, June 27-July 2.
STOTT, D.E., ROGERS JR, H.H., PRIOR, S.A. ELEVATED CO2 IMPACTS ON MICROBIAL ACTIVITY AND SOIL ORGANIC MATTER IN A SOUTHEASTERN U.S. SOIL. CD-ROM. DENVER, CO: AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRONOMY PROCEEDINGS. 2003.
Torbert H. A., S.A. Prior, G.B. Runion. 2004. Impact of the return to cultivation on C sequestration. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 59(1):1-8.
Prior, S.A., Torbert III, H.A., Runion, G.B., Rogers Jr, H.H. 2004. Elevated atmospheric co2 in agroecosystems: residue decomposition in the field. Environmental Management. 33(1):s344-s354
Torbert III, H.A., Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Davis, M.A., Pritchard, S.G., Rogers Jr, H.H. 2004. Nitrogen and carbon cycling in a model longleaf pine community as affected by elevated atmospheric co2. Environmental Management. 33(1):S132-s138
Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Torbert, H.A., Rogers, H.H., and Reeves, D.W. 2003. Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on biomass production and C sequestration: Conventional and conservation cropping systems. In: Soil Management for Sustainability, International Soil Tillage Research Organization, 16th Triennial Conference Book of Abstracts, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, July 14-18. p. 943-948.
Torbert, H.A., Prior, S.A., and Runion, G.B. 2003. Impact of land use management decisions on C sequestration. In: Soil Management for Sustainability, International Soil Tillage Research Organization, 16th Triennial Conference Book of Abstracts, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, July 14-18. p. 1253-1258.
Torbert, H.A., Prior, S.A., and Runion, G.B. 2003. Land use management decisions impact on C sequestration. In Agronomy Abstracts, ASA, Madison, WI [CD-ROM computer file].
Wielopolski, L.,Rogers, H.H., Torbert, H.A., Prior, S.A., Denton, H.P., and Tyler, D.D. 2003. Non-Destructive Determination of Soil Carbon in Large Fields. In Agronomy Abstracts, ASA, Madison, WI [CD-ROM computer file].
Rogers, H.H., Prior S.A., Runion, G.B., Torbert, H.A.,and, Pritchard, S.G., Davis, M.A. 2003. Global change and belowground processes in agricultural systems. National Science Foundation, North American Carbon Program Joint PI Meeting (NACP '03). Arlington, Arlington, VA May 12-14.
Wielopolski, L., Mitra, S., Hendrey, G. , Rogers, H., Torbert, A., and Prior, S. 2003. Non-destructive in situ soil carbon analysis: Principle and results. In Second National Conference on Carbon Sequestration: Developing and Validating the Technology Base to Reduce Carbon Intensity Program and Abstracts, Alexandria, VA, May 5-8.
Wielopolski, L., Mitra, S., Hendrey, G., Rogers Jr, H.H., Torbert III, H.A., Prior, S.A. 2003. Non-destructive in situ soil carbon analysis: principle and results. In Proceeding of the 2nd National Conference on Carbon Sequestration: Developing and Validating the Technology Base to Reduce Carbon Intensity. May 5-8, 2003, Alexandria, VA. 6 pp.
Rogers Jr, H.H., Davis, M., Pritchard, S., Schlesinger, W., Runion, G.B., Prior, S.A., Gjerstad, D. 2003. Carbon and nutrient flow through multiple trophic levels in a co2-enriched southern pine forest community. Southeastern Regional Center, National Institute for Global Environmental Change, Annual Report for Fiscal year 2002. The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL. 10 pp.
Gjerstad, D.H., Runion ,G.B., Green, T.H., Prior, S.A., Rogers, H.H., and Torbert, H.A. 2003. Carbon and nitrogen dynamics of a carbon dioxide-enriched forest ecosystem: Implications for air, water and soil quality. Final Technical Report, Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University, AL. 2 pp.
Rogers, H.H., Pricthard, S.G., Davis, M.A., Prior, S.A., and Schlesinger, W.H. 2003. Carbon storage in CO2-enriched plant systems. Environmental Sciences Division: Summaries of Research in FY 2002. U.S. Department of Energy, Germantown, MD. 4pp.
Prior, S.A., Pritchard, S.G., Runion, G.B. 2004. Leaves and the Effects of Elevated Carbon Dioxide Levels. In: Goodman, R.M. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science. pp. 648-650. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York.
Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Torbert, H.A., Rogers, H.H., and Reeves, D.W. 2003. Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on biomass production and C sequestration: Conventional and conservation cropping systems. p. 113. In Soil Management for Sustainability, International Soil Tillage Research Organization, 16th Triennial Conference Book of Abstracts, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, July 14-18.
Torbert, H.A., Prior, S.A., and Runion, G.B. 2003. Impact of land use management decisions on C sequestration. p. 153. In Soil Management for Sustainability, International Soil Tillage Research Organization, 16th Triennial Conference Book of Abstracts, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, July 14-18.
Prior S.A., Torbert, H.A., Runion, G.B., and Rogers, H.H. 2002. Effects of elevated CO2 on soybean and sorghum: residue decomposition in the field. p. 186. In USDA Symposium on Natural Resource Management to Offset Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Program and Abstracts. Raleigh, NC, November 19-21.
Torbert, H.A., Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Davis, M.A., Pritchard, S.G., and Rogers, H.H. 2002. Nitrogen and carbon cycling in a model longleaf pine community as affected by elevated atmospheric CO2. p. 199. In USDA Symposium on Natural Resource Management to Offset Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Program and Abstracts. Raleigh, NC, November 19-21.
Runion, G.B., Butnor, J.R., Prior, S.A., Mitchell, R.J., Pritchard, S.G., Davis, M.A., Rogers, H.H., and Johnsen, K.H. 2002. Elevated atmospheric CO2 increases soil respiration in a model regenerating longleaf pine ecosystem. 4th Longleaf Alliance Regional Conference: Longleaf Pine: A Southern Legacy Rising from the Ashes, Program and Abstracts. Pinehurst, NC, Nov. 17-20.
Davis, M.A., Pritchard, S.G., Rogers, H.H., Prior, S.A. Runion, and G.B.Gjerstad, D.H. 2002. Climate change and herbivory: Interactions between longleaf pine sawfly (Pinus palustris) and red-headed pine (Neodiprion lecontei) under elevated atmospheric CO2. p. 11. In 4th Longleaf Alliance Regional Conference: Longleaf Pine: A Southern Legacy Rising from the Ashes, Program and Abstracts. Pinehurst, NC, Nov. 17-20.
Prior, S.A., Rogers, H.H., Mullins, G.L., and Runion, G.B. 2003. The Effects of Elevated Atmospheric CO2 and soil P placement on cotton root deployment. Plant and Soil 255 (1):179-187. Also published as a bookchapter: In Abe, J. (ed.). Roots: The Dynamic Interface Between Plants and the Earth. Development in Plant and Soil Sciences Volume 101. pp. 179-187. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, MA.
Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Erbach, D.C., and Torbert, H.A. 2002. A hydraulic soil coring system for soil carbon-root studies. In Agronomy Abstracts [CD-ROM]. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA, Madison, WI.
Torbert, H.A., Prior, S.A., Runion, G.B., Davis, M.A., Pritchard, S.G., and Rogers, H.H. 2002. Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on nitrogen and carbon cycling in a model longleaf pine community. In Agronomy Abstracts [CD-ROM]. ASA, CSSA, and SSSA, Madison, WI.
Davis, M.A., Pritchard, S.G., Rogers, H.H., Mitchell, R.J., Runion ,G.B., Prior, S.A., Gjerstad, D.H., and Dute, R.R. 2002. Effects of Global Change on Southern Pine Forests: Response of a Regenerating Longleaf Pine Community to Atmospheric CO2 Enrichment. Final Technical Report, Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (Contract No. R826259-1), U.S. EPA, Washington, DC. 103 pp.
Prior, S.A., Reeves, D.W., Delaney, D.P., and Terra, J.F. 2002. Effects of conventional tillage and no-tillage on cotton gas exchange in standard and ultra-narrow row systems. In Santen, E. van (ed). Making conservation tillage conventional: Building a future on 25 years of Research, Proc. of 25th Southern Conservation Tillage Conference for Sustainable Agriculture. pp. 334-338. Special Report No.1. Alabama Agric. Expt. Stn., Auburn University, AL.
Runion, G.B., Prior, S.A., Reeves, D.W., Rogers, H.H., Reicosky, D.C., and White, D.C. 2002. Microbial responses to wheel-traffic in conventional and no-tillage systems. In Santen, E. van (ed). Making conservation tillage conventional: Building a future on 25 years of Research, Proc. of 25th Southern Conservation Tillage Conference for Sustainable Agriculture. pp. 227-232. Special Report No.1. Alabama Agric. Expt. Stn., Auburn University, AL.
Prior, S.A., Torbert, H.A., Runion, G.B., and Rogers, H.H. 2003. Implications of elevated CO2-induced changes in agroecosystem productivity. Journal of Crop Production 8 (1/2):217-244.
Davis, M.A., Pritchard, S.G., Mitchell, R.J., Prior, S.A., Rogers, H.H., and Runion, G.B. 2002. Global climate change and community structure: Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on competition in a model longleaf pine community. Journal of Ecology 90:130-140.
Pritchard, S.G., Rogers, H.H., Davis, M.A.,Van Santen, E., Prior, S.A., and Schlesinger, W.H. 2001. The influence of elevated CO2 on fine root dynamics in an intact temperate forest. Global Change Biology 7:829-837.
Pritchard, S.G., Davis, M.A., Mitchell, R.J., Prior, S.A., Boykin, D.L., Rogers, H.H., and Runion, G.B. 2001. Root dynamics in an artificially constructed regenerating longleaf pine ecosystem are affected by atmospheric CO2 enrichment. Environmental and Experimental Botany 46:55-69.
Davis, M.A., Pritchard, S.G., Boyd, R.S., Prior, S.A. 2001. Developmental and induced responses of nickel-based and organic defenses of the nickel-hyperaccumulating shrub, psychotria douarrei. New Phytologist. 150:49-59
Davis, M.A., Pritchard, S.G., Boyd, R.S., and Prior, S.A. 2001. Developmental and induced responses of nickel-based and organic defenses of the nickel-hyperaccumulator shrub, Psychotria douarrei. New Phytologist 150:49-59.
Prior, S.A., Torbert, H.A., Kimball, B.A., and Rogers, H.H. 2000. Free-air CO2 enrichment of sorghum: Soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics. In Agronomy Abstracts. p. 19. ASA, Madison, WI.
Rogers, H.H., Runion, G.B., Mitchell, R.J., Prior, S.A., Amthor, J.S., and Wilson, M. 2000. Response of southeastern forest species to elevated atmospheric CO2: Pathology and related biotic interactions above and below the ground. Final Technical Report, Southeast Regional Center - National Institute for Global Environmental Change. Environmental Institute Publication Number 75. The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 47 pp.
Rogers, H.H., Runion, G.B., Mitchell, R.J., Prior, S.A., Amthor, J.S., and Wilson, M. 2000. Response of southeastern forest species to elevated atmospheric CO2: Pathology and related biotic interactions above and below the ground. Final Technical Report, Southeast Regional Center - National Institute for Global Environmental Change. Environmental Institute Publication Number 75. The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 47 pp.
Pritchard, S.G., Ju, Z., Van Santen, E., Qui, J., Weaver, D.B., Prior, S.A., and Rogers, H.H. 2000. The influence of elevated CO2 on the activities of antioxidative enzymes in two soybean genotypes. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 27:1061-1068.
Prior, S.A., Dorman, B.G., Raper, R.L., and Schwab E.B. 2000. Influence of fall and spring tillage on soil CO2 efflux from a loamy sand soil in Alabama. In Proc., International Soil Tillage Research Organization, 15th International Conference, July 2-7, 2000, Fort Worth, TX. 10 pp.
Torbert, H.A., Prior, S.A., Rogers, H.H. Effect of elevated CO2 and temperature on soil C and N cycling. Rees, R.M., Ball, B.C., Campbell, C.D., Watson, C.A., editors. Sustainable Management of Soil Organic Matter. 2001. CAB International. p. 309-315.
Prior, S.A., Reeves D.W., Terra, J.F., and Delaney, D.P. 2000. Effects of conventional tillage and no-tillage on cotton gas exchange and water relations: Standard row vs. ultra-narrow row system. In 2000 Proc., Beltwide Cotton Production Research Conferences, San Antonio, TX pp. 1433-1435. National Cotton Council, Memphis, TN.
Prior, S.A., Rogers, H.H., Reeves, D.W., and Torbert, H.A. 1999. Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on agroecosystems: Soil physical properties. In Agronomy Abstracts. p. 290-291. ASA, Madison, WI.
Rogers, H.H., Prichard, S.G., Prior, S.A., and Van Santen, E. 1999. Root growth in CO2-enriched agricultural systems. 5th New Phytologist Symposium and GCTE Workshop. Root Dynamics and Global Change: An Ecosystem Perspective. Townsend, TN. October 19-22.
Prior, S.A., Reeves, D.W., Rogers, H.H., Torbert, H.A., and Dugas, W.A. 1999. Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on agroecosystems: Conventional vs. sustainable cropping system. Proceedings of the Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems Focus 3 Conference: Food & Forestry: Global Change and Global Challenges. p. 121-122. The University of Reading, UK. September 20-23.
Pritchard, S.G., Prior, S.A., Mitchell, R.J., Runion, G.B., and Rogers, H.H. 1999. Response of a model regenerating longleaf pine community to atmospheric CO2 enrichment: Growth and morphology. Supplement to Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 80:170.
Stott, D.E., Rogers Jr, H.H., Prior, S.A. 1999. Elevated CO2 impacts on microbial activity and soil organic matter in a southeastern U.S. soil. International Soil Conservation Organization Conference Proceedings. p. 91.
BassiriRad, H., Prior, S.A., Norby, R.J., and Rogers, H.H. 1999. A field method of determining NH+4 and NO-3 uptake kinetics in intact roots: Effects of CO2 enrichment on trees and crop species. Plant and Soil 217 (1/2):195-204.
Saxon, M.E., Dute, R.R., Pritchard, S.G., Prior, S.A., Mitchell, R.J., Davis, M.A., and Rogers, H.H. 1999. Species within a regenerating longleaf pine community respond differently to elevated atmospheric CO2.The Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science 70(1-2):19.
Rogers, H.H., Prichard, S.G., Prior, S.A., Torbert, H.A., Schlesinger, W.H., Amthor, J.S., and Stott, D.E. 1998. Carbon storage and cycling, soil microbiology, and water quality in CO2-enriched agro-ecosystems. Environmental Sciences Division: Summaries of Research in FY 1997. U.S. Department of Energy.