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Barry Thornton
Researcher at James Hutton Institute
Publications - 86
Citations - 2756
Barry Thornton is an academic researcher from James Hutton Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Lolium perenne & Soil organic matter. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 80 publications receiving 2412 citations. Previous affiliations of Barry Thornton include Macaulay Institute.
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Quantification of effects of season and nitrogen supply on tree below-ground carbon transfer to ectomycorrhizal fungi and other soil organisms in a boreal pine forest.
Mona N. Högberg,Maria J. I. Briones,Maria J. I. Briones,Sonja G. Keel,Daniel B. Metcalfe,Catherine Campbell,Andrew J. Midwood,Barry Thornton,Vaughan Hurry,Sune Linder,Torgny Näsholm,Peter Högberg +11 more
TL;DR: In this article, high-resolution tracing of 13C from canopy photosynthesis to different groups of soil organisms in a young boreal Pinus sylvestris forest was conducted.
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Variability in oxidative degradation of charcoal: Influence of production conditions and environmental exposure
Philippa L. Ascough,Michael I. Bird,S.M. Francis,Barry Thornton,Andrew J. Midwood,Andrew C. Scott,David C. Apperley +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined both freshly-produced charcoal and charcoal exposed to environmental conditions for up to 50,000 years and compared the proportion of carbon present in different forms between the samples, specifically with respect to relative chemical resistance of these forms.
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Atmospheric CO2 enrichment and nutrient additions to planted soil increase mineralisation of soil organic matter, but do not alter microbial utilisation of plant- and soil C-sources
TL;DR: In this paper, the relative use of plant-derived and soil organic matter (SOM) carbon sources and the influence of plant derived inputs on microbial activity are quantified by compound-specific 13C-analysis of phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs).
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The Sources of Carbon and Nitrogen Supplying Leaf Growth. Assessment of the Role of Stores with Compartmental Models
TL;DR: It is argued that internal regulation of N uptake acts as a main determinant of the importance of mobilized long-term stores as a source of N for leaf growth.
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Uptake and assimilation of nitrogen from solutions containing multiple N sources
Barry Thornton,David Robinson +1 more
TL;DR: Estimates of the relative importance of amino acids such as glycine to the total N budget of plants will have been underestimated in studies where uptake was determined in single source solutions compared with those from solutions containing a mixture of N-forms.