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Kelly S. Ramirez

Researcher at University of Texas at El Paso

Publications -  35
Citations -  5229

Kelly S. Ramirez is an academic researcher from University of Texas at El Paso. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biodiversity & Soil biology. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 33 publications receiving 3997 citations. Previous affiliations of Kelly S. Ramirez include University of Colorado Boulder & Colorado State University.

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Comparative metagenomic, phylogenetic and physiological analyses of soil microbial communities across nitrogen gradients.

Noah Fierer, +6 more
- 01 May 2012 - 
TL;DR: The results suggest that N fertilization may, directly or indirectly, induce a shift in the predominant microbial life-history strategies, favoring a more active, copiotrophic microbial community, a pattern that parallels the often observed replacement of K-selected with r-selected plant species with elevated N.
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Consistent effects of nitrogen amendments on soil microbial communities and processes across biomes

Kelly S. Ramirez, +3 more
- 01 Jun 2012 - 
TL;DR: The hypothesis that N addition depresses soil microbial activity by shifting the metabolic capabilities of soil bacterial communities, yielding communities that are less capable of decomposing more recalcitrant soil carbon pools and leading to a potential increase in soil carbon sequestration rates is supported.
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Consistent effects of nitrogen fertilization on soil bacterial communities in contrasting systems

Kelly S. Ramirez, +6 more
- 01 Dec 2010 - 
TL;DR: It is suggested that bacterial communities across these gradients are more structured by N and/or soil carbon availability than by shifts in the plant community or soil pH associated with the elevated nitrogen inputs.
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Temporal variability in soil microbial communities across land-use types

Christian L. Lauber, +5 more
- 04 Apr 2013 - 
TL;DR: It is found that the agricultural and early successional land uses harbored unique soil bacterial communities that exhibited distinct temporal patterns that were likely a product of complex interactions between the soil environment and the more diverse plant community.
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Biogeographic patterns in below-ground diversity in New York City's Central Park are similar to those observed globally

Kelly S. Ramirez, +12 more
- 22 Nov 2014 - 
TL;DR: An assessment of soil biodiversity and biogeographic patterns across Central Park in New York City that spanned all three domains of life is presented, demonstrating that even an urban, managed system harbours large amounts of undescribed soil biodiversity.