Grant Thompson

Research Website                                                                                                                      https://sites.google.com/iastate.edu/slamlab-horticulture/home                                                                                                                                  

Referred Publications

Zheng, T., Xie H., Thompson, G.L., Bao, X., Deng, F., Yan, E., Zhou, X., Liang, C. (in press). Shifts in microbial metabolic pathway for soil carbon accumulation along subtropical forest succession. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108335

Thompson, G.L., McCombs, A., Jansen, M.D. (2021). Relationships between consultant discipline and specified tree diversity: A case study of two Iowa (USA) communities. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 62:127183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2021.127183

Gannett, M., Bray, N., Lampman, J., Lerner, J., Murray, K., Wallace, V., Yeh, T., Slavens, M., Thompson G.L., and Kao-Kniffin, J. (2021). Repetitive overseeding for ecological management of grass playing fields. HortScience, 56(2), 226-233. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI15419-20

Bray N., Thompson G.L., Fahey T., Kao-Kniffin J., Wickings, K. (2020). Soil macroinvertebrates alter the fate of root and rhizosphere carbon and nitrogen in a turfgrass lawn. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 148(107903). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107903

Thompson G.L., Kao-Kniffin J. (2019). Urban grassland management implications for soil C and N dynamics: A microbial perspective. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7(315) https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.00315

Kaminsky, L.M., Thompson, G.L., Trexler, R.V., Bell, T.H., Kao-Kniffin, J.T. (2018). Medicago sativa has reduced biomass and nodulation when grown with soil microbiomes conditioned to high phosphorous inputs. Phytobiomes. 2:237-248. https://doi.org/10.1094/PBIOMES-06-18-0025-R

Thompson, G.L., Bell, T.H., Kao-Kniffin, J.T. (2018). Rethinking invasion impacts across multiple field sites using pale swallowwort (Vincetoxicum rossicum) as a model invader. Invasive Plant Science and Management. 11(3).109-116. https://doi.org/10.1017/inp.2018.22

 Thompson, G.L. and Kao-Kniffin, J.T. (2016). Applying ecological theory to the design of urban grasslands. Crop Science. Vol. 57, May-June 2017. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2016.05.0433

Thompson, G.L. and Kao-Kniffin, J.T. (2016). Diversity enhances NPP, N retention, and soil microbial diversity in experimental urban grassland assemblages. PLoS One 11: e0155986. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155986