Rebecca L. McCulley

Faculty

University of Kentucky, PSS
Ag. Science Bldg. North
1100 Nicholasville Road (Office:N-222D)
Lexington, KY 40546-0091
(859) 257-6388
(859) 533-2630
(859) 323-1952
rebecca.mcculley@uky.edu

This person page last updated on 2012-05-14

Classes

Pls104 - PLANTS, SOILS, AND PEOPLE: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE. ; Credits - 3
A survey of important world grain, oil, fiber, forage, fruit, vegetable and specialty crop plants. Principles of plant, soil and climatic factors governing adaptation and production of these plants are discussed and applied. Intended to provide substantial plant and soil science background for students not majoring in plant and soil science, but is open and should appeal to beginning plant and soil science majors as well. .
Instructors: Rebecca L. McCulley Michael Barrett Elisa DAngelo

Research/Teaching Publications

Books and Book Chapters

Burke, I.C., A.R. Mosier, P.B. Hook, D.G. Milchunas, J.E., Barrett, M.A. Vinton, R. L. McCulley, J.P. Kaye, R.A. Gill, H.E. Epstein, R.H. Kelly, W.J. Parton, C.M. Yonker, P. Lowe, and W.K. Lauenroth. 2008. Soil organic matter and nutrient dynamics of shortgrass steppe ecosystems. Chapter 13, pp. 306-341. IN: W.K. Lauenroth and I.C. Burke, ed. Ecology of the Shortgrass Steppe. Oxford University Press, New York.

Jackson, R.B., K.A. Farley, W.A. Hoffman, E.G. Jobbágy, and R.L. McCulley. 2007. Carbon and water tradeoffs in conversions to forests and shrublands. Chapter 19, pp. 237-246. IN: J.G. Canadell, D.E. Pataki, and L.F. Pitelka, ed. Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World. Springer, Cambridge, Mass.

Refereed Journal Articles

Brosi, GB, RL McCulley, LP Bush, JA Nelson, AT Classen, RJ Norby. 2011. Effects of multiple climate change factors on the tall fescue-fungal endophyte symbiosis: infection frequency and tissue chemistry. New Phytologist 189:797-805
Authors in PSS Dept.: Rebecca L. McCulley Lowell Bush Jim Nelson

Gilliam, FS, RL McCulley, JA Nelson 2011. Spatial variability in soil microbial communities in a nitrogen-saturated hardwood forest watershed. Soil Science Society of America Journal 75:280-286.
Authors in PSS Dept.: Rebecca L. McCulley Jim Nelson

Iqbal, J, JA Siegrist, JA Nelson, RL McCulley, 2011. Fungal endophyte infection increases carbon sequestration potential of southeastern USA tall fescue stands. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 44:81-92
Authors in PSS Dept.: Rebecca L. McCulley Jim Nelson

Ippolito, J.A., S.W. Blecker, C.L. Freeman, J. Blair, R.L. McCulley, and E.F. Kelly. 2010. Phosphorus biogeochemistry across a grassland climosequence. Journal of Arid Environments 74(8):954-961.

Siegrist, J.A., R.L. McCulley, L.P. Bush, and T.D. Phillips. 2010. Alkaloids may not be responsible for endophyte-associated reductions in tall fescue decomposition rates. Functional Ecology 24(2):460-468. Published online: doi: 10:1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01649.x.
Authors in PSS Dept.: Rebecca L. McCulley Lowell Bush Tim Phillips

Weand, M.P., M.A. Arthur, G.M. Lovett, K.C. Weathers, and R.L. McCulley. 2010. Effects of tree species and N additions on forest floor microbial communities and extracellular enzyme activities. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 42:2161-2173.

McCulley, R.L., I.C. Burke, and W.K. Lauenroth. 2009. Conservation of nitrogen increases with precipitation across a major grassland gradient in the Central Great Plains of North America. Oecologia 159(3):571-582.

Siegrist, J.A., R.L. McCulley, L.P. Bush, and T.D. Phillips. 2009. Alkaloids may not be responsible for endophyte-associated reductions in tall fescue decomposition rates. Functional Ecology. Published online: doi:10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01649.x.
Authors in PSS Dept.: Rebecca L. McCulley Lowell Bush Tim Phillips

McCulley, R.L., T.W. Boutton, and S.R. Archer. 2007. Soil carbon cycling in subtropical savanna parkland: Response to water additions. Soil Science Society of America Journal 71:820-828.

McCulley, R.L., T.W. Boutton, S.R. Archer. 2007. Soil respiration in a subtropical savanna parkland: Response to water additions. Soil Science Society of America Journal 71:820-828. Publication URL

Blecker, S.W., R.L. McCulley, O.A. Chadwick, and E.F. Kelly. 2006. Biologic cycling of silica across a grassland bioclimosequence. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 20, GB3023, doi:10.1029/2006GB002690.

Kaye, J.P., R.L. McCulley, and I.C. Burke. 2005. Carbon fluxes, nitrogen cycling and soil microbial communities in adjacent urban, native and agricultural ecosystems. Global Change Biology 11: 575-587.

McCulley, R.L., I.C. Burke, J.A. Nelson, W.K. Lauenroth, A.K. Knapp and E.F. Kelly. 2005. Regional patterns in carbon cycling across the Great Plains of North America. Ecosystems 8:106-121.

McCulley, R.L. and I.C. Burke. 2004. Microbial community composition across the Great Plains: Landscape versus regional variability. Soil Science Society of America Journal 68: 106-115. Publication URL

McCulley, R.L., E.G. Jobbágy, W.T. Pockman, and R.B. Jackson. 2004. Nutrient uptake as a contributing explanation for deep rooting in arid ecosystems. Oecologia 141: 620-628. Publication URL

McCulley, R.L., S.R. Archer, T.W. Boutton, F. Hons, and D.A. Zuberer. 2004. Soil respiration and nutrient cycling of wooded communities developing in grassland. Ecology 85: 2804-2817.

Roberts, L., R.L. McCulley, I. Burke, and W. Lauenroth. 2004. Indications of groundwater usage by Limber Pine (Pinus flexilis) communities in northeastern Colorado: An oxygen isotope study. American Midland Naturalist 152: 178-182.

Barrett, J.E., R.L. McCulley, D.R. Lane, I.C. Burke, and W.K. Lauenroth. 2002. Influence of climate variability on plant production and N-mineralization in Central US grasslands. Journal of Vegetation Science 13: 383-394.