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• Pickett, S.T.A.; Cadenasso, M.L.; Grove, J.M.; Boone, C.G.; Groffman, P.M.; Irwin, E.; Kaushal, S.S.; Marshall, V.; McGrath, B.P.; Nilon, C.H.; Pouyat, R.V.; Szlavecz, K.; Troy, A.; Warren, P. 2011. Urban ecological systems: Scientific foundations and a decade of progress. Journal of Environmental Management. 92: 331-362.
• Lilleskov, Erik; Callaham, Jr. Mac A.; Pouyat, Richard; Smith, Jane E.; Castellano, Michael; Gonzalez, Grizelle; Lodge, D. Jean; Arango, Rachel; Green, Frederick. 2010. Invasive soil organisms and their effects on belowground processes. In: Dix, Mary Ellen; Britton, Kerry, editors. A dynamic invasive species research vision: Opportunities and priorities 2009-29. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-79/83. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Research and Development: 67-83
• Pouyat, Richard V.; Szlavecz, Katalin; Yesilonis, Ian D.; Groffman, Peter M.; Schwarz, Kirsten. 2010. Chemical, physical and biological characteristics of urban soils. Chapter 7. In: Aitkenhead-Peterson, Jacqueline; Volder, Astrid, eds. Urban Ecosystem Ecology. Agronomy Monograph 55. Madison, WI: American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America: 119-152.
• Pouyat, Richard V.; Yesilonis, Ian D.; Golubiewski, Nancy E. 2009. A comparison of soil organic carbon stocks between residential turf grass and native soil. Urban Ecosystems. 12: 45-62.
• Yesilonis, I.D.; Pouyat, R.V.; Neerchal, N.K. 2008. Spatial distribution of metals in soils in Baltimore, Maryland: role of native parent material, proximity to major roads, housing age and screening guidelines. Environmental Pollution. 156: 723-731.

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• Anderson, Sarah M.; Heath, Linda S.; Emery, Marla R.; Hicke, Jeffrey A.; Littell, Jeremy S.; Lucier, Alan ; Masek, Jeffrey G.; Peterson, David L.; Pouyat, Richard ; Potter, Kevin M.; Robertson, Guy ; Sperry, Jinelle. 2021. Developing a set of indicators to identify, monitor, and track impacts and change in forests of the United States. Climatic Change
• Binkley, Dan ; Richter, Daniel D.; Pouyat, Richard V; Geiser, Linda H. 2020. State of Forest and Rangeland Soils Research in the United States. In: Pouyat, Richard V.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Patel-Weynand, Toral; Geiser, Linda H., editors. 2020. Forest and rangeland soils of the United States under changing conditions: A comprehensive science synthesis. Springer, Cham.
• Pouyat, Richard V; Day, Susan D.; Brown, Sally ; Schwarz, Kirsten ; Shaw, Richard E.; Szlavecz, Katalin ; Trammell, Tara L. E.; Yesilonis, Ian D. 2020. Urban Soils. In: Pouyat, Richard V.; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Patel-Weynand, Toral; Geiser, Linda H., editors. 2020. Forest and rangeland soils of the United States under changing conditions: A comprehensive science synthesis. Springer, Cham.
• Pouyat, Richard V; Page-Dumroese, Deborah S.; Patel-Weynand, Toral ; Geiser, Linda H. 2020. Forest and rangeland soils of the United States under changing conditions: A comprehensive science synthesis. Springer, Cham. 289 p.
• Epp Schmidt, Dietrich J.; Kotze, David Johan; Hornung, Erzsébet ; Setälä, Heikki ; Yesilonis, Ian ; Szlavecz, Katalin ; Dombos, Miklós ; Pouyat, Richard ; Cilliers, Sarel ; Tóth, Zsolt ; Yarwood, Stephanie. 2019. Metagenomics Reveals Bacterial and Archaeal Adaptation to Urban Land-Use: N Catabolism, Methanogenesis, and Nutrient Acquisition. Frontiers in Microbiology
• Pouyat, Richard V; Trammell, Tara L. E. 2019. Climate change and urban forest soils [Chapter 10]. In: Busse, Matt; Giardina, Christian P.; Morris, Dave M.; Page, Dumroese, Deborah S. Global change and forest soils: Cultivating stewardship of a finite natural resource. Developments in Soil Science, Vol. 36. Elsevier. p. 189-211.
• Amos, Helen M.; Miniat, Chelcy F.; Lynch, Jason ; Compton, Jana ; Templer, Pamela H.; Sprague, Lori A.; Shaw, Denice ; Burns, Doug ; Rea, Anne ; Whitall, David ; Myles, LaToya ; Gay, David ; Nilles, Mark ; Walker, John ; Rose, Anita K.; Bales, Jerad ; Deacon, Jeffrey ; Pouyat, Richard. 2018. What Goes Up Must Come Down: Integrating Air and Water Quality Monitoring for Nutrients. Environmental Science & Technology
• Groffman, Peter M.; Cadenasso, Mary L.; Cavender-Bares, Jeannine ; Childers, Daniel L.; Grimm, Nancy B.; Grove, J. Morgan; Hobbie, Sarah E.; Hutyra, Lucy R.; Darrel Jenerette, G. ; McPhearson, Timon ; Pataki, Diane E.; Pickett, Steward T. A.; Pouyat, Richard V; Rosi-Marshall, Emma ; Ruddell, Benjamin L. 2017. Moving Towards a New Urban Systems Science. Ecosystems
• Schwarz, Kirsten; Pouyat, Richard; Yesilonis, Ian. 2016. Legacies of Lead in Charm City's Soil: Lessons from the Baltimore Ecosystem Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 13(2): 209. 14 p.
• Yesilonis, Ian; Szlavecz, K.; Pouyat, Richard; Whigham, D.; Xia, L. 2016. Historical land use and stand age effects on forest soil properties in the Mid-Atlantic US. Forest Ecology and Management. 370: 83-92.
• Heath, Linda S.; Anderson, Sarah M.; Emery, Marla R.; Hicke, Jeffrey A.; Littell, Jeremy; Lucier, Alan; Masek, Jeffrey G.; Peterson, David L.; Pouyat, Richard; Potter, Kevin M.; Robertson, Guy; Sperry, Jinelle; Bytnerowicz, Andrzej; Jovan, Sarah; Mockrin, Miranda H.; Musselman, Robert; Schulz, Bethany K.; Smith, Robert J.; Stewart, Susan I. 2015. Indicators of climate impacts for forests: recommendations for the US National Climate Assessment indicators system. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-155. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 143 p.
• Pouyat, Richard V.; Yesilonis, Ian D.; Dombos, Miklos; Szlavecz, Katalin; Setala, Heikki; Cilliers, Sarel; Hornung, Erzsebet; Kotze, D. Johan; Yarwood, Stephanie. 2015. A Global comparison of surface soil characteristics across five cities: A test of the urban ecosystem convergence hypothesis.. Soil Science. 180(4/5): 136-145.
• Belt, Kenneth T.; Stack, William P.; Pouyat, Richard V.; Burgess, Kimberly; Groffman, Peter M.; Frost, William M.; Kaushal, Sujay S.; Hager, Guy. 2014. Ultra-urban baseflow and stormflow concentrations and fluxes in a watershed undergoing restoration (WS263). In: Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation, Stormwater 2012. 2012(5): 262-276.
• Blett, Tamara F.; Lynch, Jason A.; Pardo, Linda H.; Huber, Cindy ; Haeuber, Richard ; Pouyat, Richard. 2014. FOCUS: A pilot study for national-scale critical loads development in the United States. Environmental Science & Policy
• Clair, T.A.; Blett, T.; Aherne, J.; Aidar, M.P.M.; Artz, R.; Bealey, W.J.; Budd, W.; Cape, J.N.; Curtis, C.J.; Duan, L.; Fenn, M.E.; Groffman, P.; Haeuber, R.; Hall, J.R.; Hettelingh, J.-P.; López-Hernández, D.; Mathieson, B.; Pardo, L.; Posch, M.; Pouyat, R.V.; Spranger, T.; Sverdrup, H.; van Dobben, H.; van Hinsberg, A. 2014. The critical loads and levels approach for nitrogen. In: Sutton, M.A. et al., eds. Nitrogen Deposition, Critical Loads and Biodiversity. Netherlands: Springer: 481-491. Chapter 50
• Bain, Daniel J.; Yesilonis, Ian D.; Pouyat, Richard V. 2012. Metal concentrations in urban riparian sediments along an urbanization gradient. Biogeochemistry. 107: 67-79.
• Huebner, Cynthia D.; Nowak, David J.; Pouyat, Richard V.; Bodine, Allison R. 2012. Nonnative invasive plants: Maintaining biotic and soceioeconomic integrity along the urban-rural-natural gradient. In: Laband, D.N.; Lockaby, B.G.; Zipperer, W., eds. Urban-rural interfaces: linking people and nature. Madison, WI: American Society of Agronomy, Soil Science Society of America: 71-98.
• Yesilonis, Ian D.; Pouyat, Richard V. 2012. Carbon stocks in urban forest remnants: Atlanta and Baltimore as case studies. Chapter 5.. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer: 103-120.
• Pataki, Diane; Carreiro, Margaret; Cherrier, Jennifer; Grulke, Nancy; Jennings, Viniece; Pincetl, Stephanie; Pouyat, Richard; Whitlow, Thomas; Zipperer, Wayne. 2011. Coupling biogeochemical cycles in urban environments: Ecosystemservices, green solutions, and misconceptions. Frontiers Ecology Environment. 9(1):27-36
• Groffman, Peter M.; Pouyat, Richard V. 2009. Methane uptake in urban forests and lawns. Environmental Science & Technology. 43(14): 5229-5235.
• Groffman, Peter M.; Williams, Candiss O.; Pouyat, Richard V.; Band, Lawrence E.; Yesilonis, Ian D. 2009. Nitrate leaching and nitrous oxide flux in urban forests and grasslands. Journal of Environment Quality. 38(5): 1848-1860.
• Pickett, Steward T.A.; Cadenasso, Mary L.; Grove, J. Morgan; Groffman, Peter M.; Band, Lawrence E.; Boone, Christopher G.; Burch, William R., Jr.; Grimmond, Susan B.; Hom, John; Jenkins, Jennifer C.; Law, Neely L.; Nilon, Charles H.; Pouyat, Richard V.; Szlavecz, Katalin; Warren, Paige S.; Wilson, Matthew A. 2008. Beyond urban legends: an emerging framework of urban ecology, as illustrated by the Baltimore Ecosystem Study. BioScience. 58(2): 139-150.
• Pouyat, Richard V.; Yesilonis, Ian D.; Szlavecz, Katalin; Csuzdi, Csaba; Hornung, Elizabeth; Korsós, Zoltan; Russell-Anelli, Jonathan; Giorgio, Vincent. 2008. Response of forest soil properties to urbanization gradients in three metropolitan areas. Landscape Ecology. 23: 1187-1203.
• Yesilonis, Ian D.; James, Bruce R.; Pouyat, Richard V.; Momen, Bahram. 2008. Lead forms in urban turfgrass and forest soils as related to organic matter content and pH. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 146: 1-17.
• Heisler, Gordon; Walton, Jeffrey; Yesilonis, Ian; Nowak, David; Pouyat, Richard; Grant, Richard; Grimmond, Sue; Hyde, Karla; Bacon, Gregory. 2007. Empirical modeling and mapping of below-canopy air temperatures in Baltimore, MD and vicinity. In: Proceedings of the seventh urban environment symposium; 2007 September 10-13; San Diego, CA. American Meteorological Society. 7 p.
• Pickett, Steward T.A.; Belt, Kenneth T.; Galvin, Michael F.; Groffman, Peter M.; Grove, J. Morgan; Outen, Donald C.; Pouyat, Richard V.; Stack, William P.; Cadenasso, Mary L. 2007. Watersheds in Baltimore, Maryland: understanding and application of integrated ecological and social processes. Journal of Contemporary Watershed Research and Education. 136: 44-55.
• Pouyat, R.V.; Yesilonis, I.D.; Russell-Anelli, J.; Neerchal, N.K. 2007. Soil chemical and physical properties that differentiate urban land-use and cover types. Soil Science of America Journal. 71(3): 1010-1019.
• Pouyat, Richard V.; Pataki, Diane E.; Belt, Kenneth T.; Groffman, Peter M.; Hom, John; Band, Lawrence E. 2007. Effects of urban land-use change on biogeochemical cycles. In: Canadell, J.G.; Pataki, D.E.; Pitelka, L.F., eds. Terrestrial ecosystems in a changing world. Berlin. Springer-Verlag: 45-58.
• Groffman, Peter M.; Pouyat, Richard V.; Cadenasso, Mary L.; Zipperer, Wayne C.; Szlavecz, Katalin; Yesilonis, Ian D.; Band, Lawrence E.; Brush, Grace S. 2006. Land use context and natural soil controls on plant community and soil nitrogen and carbon dynamics in urban and rural forests. Forest Ecology and Management, Vol. 236: 177-192
• Pataki, D.E.; Alig, R.J.; Fung, A.S.; Golubiewski, E.; Kennedy, C.A.; McPherson, E.G.; Nowak, D.J.; Pouyat, R.V.; Romero Lankao, P. 2006. Urban ecosystems and the North American carbon cycle. Global Change Biology. 12: 1-11.
• Pataki, D.E.; Alig, R.J.; Fung, A.S.; Golubiewski, N.E.; Kennedy, C.A.; McPherson, E.G.; Nowak, D.J.; Pouyat, R.V.; Lankao, P.R. 2006. Urban ecosystems and the North American carbon cycle. Global Change Biology 12: 1-11
• Pouyat, Richard V.; Yesilonis, Ian D.; Nowak, David J. 2006. Carbon storage by urban soils in the United States. Journal of Environmental Quality 35: 1566-1575.
• Groffman, Peter M.; Bain, Daniel J.; Band, Lawrence E.; Belt, Kenneth T.; Brush, Grace S.; Grove, J. Morgan; Pouyat, Richard V.; Yesilonis, Ian C.; Zipperer, Wayne C. 2003. Down by the riverside: urban riparian ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 1(6): 315-321.
• Pouyat, Richard V.; Carreiro, Margaret M. 2003. Controls on mass loss and nitrogen dynamics of oak leaf litter along an urban-rural land-use gradient. Oecologia. 135: 288-298.
• Pouyat, Richard V.; Russell-Anelli, Jonathan; Yesilonis, Ian D.; Groffman, Peter M. 2003. Soil carbon in urban forest ecosystems. In: Kimble, J.M.; Heath, Linda S.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Lal, R., eds. The potential of U.S. forest soils to sequester carbon and mitigate the greenhouse effect. Boca Raton: CRC Press: 347-362.
• Pouyat, R.; Groffman, P.; Yesilonis, I; Hernandez, L. 2002. Soil carbon pools and fluxes in urban ecosystems. Environmental Pollution. 116: S107-S118.
• Pickett, S.T.A.; Cadenasso, M.L.; Grove, M.J.; Nilon, C.H.; Pouyat, R.V.; Zipperer, W.C. 2001. Urban ecological systems: linking terrestrial ecological, physical, and socioeconomic components of metropolitan areas. Annual Review of Ecological Systems. 32:127-157.
• Pouyat, Richard V. 2001. Short- and long-term effects of site factors on net N-mineralization and nitrification rates along an urban-rural gradient. Urban Ecosystems. 5: 159-178.
• Pouyat, R. V.; Groffman, P. M.; Carreiro, M. M.; Bohlen, P.; Parmelee, R. W. 1996. Temperature and earthworm effects on C and N dynamics in oak stands along an urban-rural land use gradient. In: Hom, John; Birdsey, Richard; O'Brian, Kelly, eds. Proceedings 1995 meeting of the northern global change program; Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-214. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 208.