Brooke B Osborne, Ph.D. (Former Employee)
Science and Products
Ecological property data and experimental lab incubation results from a long-term nitrogen deposition simulation experiment in three semi-arid grasslands, Arches National Park, Utah, USA, 2013-2019
These data were compiled to understand the responses of dryland ecosystem properties to long-term simulated atmospheric nitrogen deposition. Objective(s) of our study were to uncover any changes in soil biogeochemistry and ecosystem properties to long-term nitrogen amendments. These data represent ecosystem property data compiled over the nine-year history of a nitrogen deposition simulation exper
Restoration research actions to address rapid change in drylands: Insights from the Colorado Plateau
The rapid intensification of ecological extremes in response to climate change and human land use is perhaps nowhere more apparent than in drylands, including the semiarid region of the Colorado Plateau in the southwestern United States. Here, we describe research directions to aid in the restoration of Colorado Plateau ecosystems during the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030) that 1) a
Authors
Kristina E. Young, Brooke Bossert Osborne, Michala Lee Phillips, Daniel E. Winkler
The consequences of climate change for dryland biogeochemistry
Drylands, which cover more than 40% of Earth’s terrestrial surface, are dominant drivers of global biogeochemical cycling and home to more than one third of the human population. Climate projections predict warming, drought frequency and severity, and evaporative demand will increase in drylands at faster rates than global means. Due to extreme temperatures and high biological dependency on limite
Authors
Brooke Bossert Osborne, Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, Courtney M. Currier, Peter M Homyak, Heather L. Throop, Kristina E Young, Sasha C. Reed
Biogeochemical and ecosystem properties in three adjacent semiarid grasslands are resistant to nitrogen deposition but sensitive to edaphic variability
Drylands have low nitrogen stocks and are predicted to be sensitive to modest increases in reactive nitrogen availability, but direct evidence that atmospheric nitrogen deposition will have sustained effects on dryland ecosystems is sparse and conflicting.We used three long-running in situ nitrogen deposition simulation experiments and a complementary laboratory incubation experiment to address fu
Authors
Brooke Bossert Osborne, Carla M Roybal, Robin H. Reibold, Christopher D Collier, Erika L. Geiger, Michala Lee Phillips, Michael N Weintraub, Sasha C. Reed
Nutrient identity modifies the destabilising effects of eutrophication in grasslands
Nutrient enrichment can simultaneously increase and destabilise plant biomass production, with co-limitation by multiple nutrients potentially intensifying these effects. Here, we test how factorial additions of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium with essential nutrients (K+) affect the stability (mean/standard deviation) of aboveground biomass in 34 grasslands over 7 years. Destabilisatio
Authors
Oliver Carroll, Evan Batzer, Siddharth Bharath, Elizabeth T. Borer, Sofía Campana, Ellen Esch, Yann Hautier, Timothy Ohlert, Eric W. Seabloom, Peter B. Adler, Jonathan D. Bakker, Lori A. Biederman, Miguel N. Bugalho, Maria Caldeira, Qingqing Chen, Kendi F. Davies, Philip A. Fay, Johannes M. H. Knops, Kimberly Komatsu, Jason P. Martina, Kevin S. McCann, Joslin L. Moore, John W. Morgan, Taofeek O. Muraina, Brooke Bossert Osborne, Anita C. Risch, Carly J. Stevens, Peter A. Wilfahrt, Laura Yahdjian, Andrew S. MacDougall
Muted responses to chronic experimental nitrogen deposition on the Colorado Plateau
Anthropogenic nitrogen (N) deposition is significantly altering both community structure and ecosystem processes in terrestrial ecosystems across the globe. However, our understanding of the consequences of N deposition in dryland systems remains relatively poor, despite evidence that drylands may be particularly vulnerable to increasing N inputs. In this study, we investigated the influence of 7
Authors
Michala Lee Phillips, Daniel E. Winkler, Robin H. Reibold, Brooke Bossert Osborne, Sasha C. Reed
Non-USGS Publications**
Phillips, M.L., D.E. Winkler, R.H. Reibold, B.B. Osborne, S.C. Reed. 2021. Muted responses to chronic experimental nitrogen deposition on the Colorado Plateau. Oecologia. 195(2)
Osborne, B.B., M.K. Nasto, F.M. Soper, G.P. Asner, C.S. Balzotti, C.C. Cleveland, P.G. Taylor, A.R. Townsend, S. Porder. 2020. Leaf litter inputs reinforce islands of nitrogen fertility in a lowland tropical forest. Biogeochemistry. 147(3)
Soper, F.M., B.W. Sullivan, B.B. Osborne, A.N. Shaw, L. Philippot, C.C.
Cleveland. 2018. Leaf-cutter ants engineer hot spots of nitrous oxide emissions in
tropical forests. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 286(1894), 20182045
Cleveland. 2018. Leaf-cutter ants engineer hot spots of nitrous oxide emissions in
tropical forests. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 286(1894), 20182045
Soper, F.M., M.K. Nasto, B.B. Osborne, C.C. Cleveland. 2018. Nitrogen fixation
and foliar nitrogen do not predict phosphorus acquisition strategies in tropical
trees. Journal of Ecology. 107(1), 118-126
and foliar nitrogen do not predict phosphorus acquisition strategies in tropical
trees. Journal of Ecology. 107(1), 118-126
Soper, F.M., B.W. Sullivan, M.K. Nasto, B.B. Osborne, D. Bru, C.S. Balzotti,
P.G. Taylor, G.P. Asner, A.R. Townsend, L. Philippot, S. Porder, C.C. Cleveland.
2018. Remotely-sensed canopy nitrogen correlated with nitrous oxide emissions
in a lowland tropical rainforest. Ecology. 99(9), 2080-2089
P.G. Taylor, G.P. Asner, A.R. Townsend, L. Philippot, S. Porder, C.C. Cleveland.
2018. Remotely-sensed canopy nitrogen correlated with nitrous oxide emissions
in a lowland tropical rainforest. Ecology. 99(9), 2080-2089
Hall, E.K., E.S. Bernhardt, R. Bier, M.A. Bradford, C.M. Boot, J.B. Cotner, P.A.
del Giorgio, S.E. Evans, E.B. Graham, S.E. Jones, J.T. Lennon, K. Locey, D.
Nemergut, B.B. Osborne, J.D. Rocca, J.S. Schimel, M.S. Waldrop, M.W.
Wallenstein. 2018. Understanding how microbiomes influence the systems they
inhabit: moving from a correlative to a causal research framework. bioRxiv
del Giorgio, S.E. Evans, E.B. Graham, S.E. Jones, J.T. Lennon, K. Locey, D.
Nemergut, B.B. Osborne, J.D. Rocca, J.S. Schimel, M.S. Waldrop, M.W.
Wallenstein. 2018. Understanding how microbiomes influence the systems they
inhabit: moving from a correlative to a causal research framework. bioRxiv
Nasto, M.K., B.B. Osborne, Y. Lekberg, G.P. Asner, C.S. Balzotti, S. Porder,
P.G. Taylor, A.R. Townsend, C.C. Cleveland. 2017. Nutrient acquisition, soil
phosphorus partitioning, and competition among trees in a lowland tropical rain
forest. New Phytologist. 214(4), 1506-1517
P.G. Taylor, A.R. Townsend, C.C. Cleveland. 2017. Nutrient acquisition, soil
phosphorus partitioning, and competition among trees in a lowland tropical rain
forest. New Phytologist. 214(4), 1506-1517
Osborne, B.B., M.K. Nasto, G.P. Asner, C.S. Balzotti, C.C. Cleveland, B.W.
Sullivan, P.G. Taylor, A.R. Townsend, S. Porder. 2017. Climate, topography, and
canopy chemistry exert hierarchical control over soil N cycling in a Neotropical
lowland forest. Ecosystems. 20(6), 1089-1103
Sullivan, P.G. Taylor, A.R. Townsend, S. Porder. 2017. Climate, topography, and
canopy chemistry exert hierarchical control over soil N cycling in a Neotropical
lowland forest. Ecosystems. 20(6), 1089-1103
Conant, R.T., C.E.P. Cerri, B.B. Osborne, K. Paustian. 2017. Grassland
management impacts on soil carbon stocks: a new synthesis. Ecological
Applications. 27(2), 662-668
management impacts on soil carbon stocks: a new synthesis. Ecological
Applications. 27(2), 662-668
Balzotti, C.S., G.P. Asner, P.G. Taylor, R. Cole, B.B. Osborne, C.C. Cleveland,
S. Porder, A.R. Townsend. 2017. Topographic distributions of emergent trees in
tropical forests of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Ecography. 40(7), 829-839
S. Porder, A.R. Townsend. 2017. Topographic distributions of emergent trees in
tropical forests of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Ecography. 40(7), 829-839
Balzotti, C.S., G.P. Asner, P.G. Taylor, C.C. Cleveland, R. Cole, R.E. Martin,
M.K. Nasto, B.B. Osborne, S. Porder, A.R. Townsend. 2016. Environmental
controls on canopy foliar N distributions in a Neotropical lowland
forest. Ecological Applications. 26(8), 2451-2464
M.K. Nasto, B.B. Osborne, S. Porder, A.R. Townsend. 2016. Environmental
controls on canopy foliar N distributions in a Neotropical lowland
forest. Ecological Applications. 26(8), 2451-2464
Osborne, B.B., J.S. Baron, M.D. Wallenstein. 2016. Moisture and temperature
controls on nitrification differ among ammonia oxidizer communities from three
alpine soil habitats. Frontiers of Earth Science. 10(1), 1-12
controls on nitrification differ among ammonia oxidizer communities from three
alpine soil habitats. Frontiers of Earth Science. 10(1), 1-12
Bier, R.L., E.S. Bernhardt, C.M. Boot, E.B. Graham, E.K. Hall, J.T. Lennon, D.R.
Nemergut, B.B. Osborne, C. Ruiz-González, J.P. Schimel, M.P. Waldrop, M.D.
Wallenstein. 2015. Linking microbial community structure and microbial
processes: an empirical and conceptual overview. FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
91(10)
Nemergut, B.B. Osborne, C. Ruiz-González, J.P. Schimel, M.P. Waldrop, M.D.
Wallenstein. 2015. Linking microbial community structure and microbial
processes: an empirical and conceptual overview. FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
91(10)
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Ecological property data and experimental lab incubation results from a long-term nitrogen deposition simulation experiment in three semi-arid grasslands, Arches National Park, Utah, USA, 2013-2019
These data were compiled to understand the responses of dryland ecosystem properties to long-term simulated atmospheric nitrogen deposition. Objective(s) of our study were to uncover any changes in soil biogeochemistry and ecosystem properties to long-term nitrogen amendments. These data represent ecosystem property data compiled over the nine-year history of a nitrogen deposition simulation exper
Restoration research actions to address rapid change in drylands: Insights from the Colorado Plateau
The rapid intensification of ecological extremes in response to climate change and human land use is perhaps nowhere more apparent than in drylands, including the semiarid region of the Colorado Plateau in the southwestern United States. Here, we describe research directions to aid in the restoration of Colorado Plateau ecosystems during the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030) that 1) a
Authors
Kristina E. Young, Brooke Bossert Osborne, Michala Lee Phillips, Daniel E. Winkler
The consequences of climate change for dryland biogeochemistry
Drylands, which cover more than 40% of Earth’s terrestrial surface, are dominant drivers of global biogeochemical cycling and home to more than one third of the human population. Climate projections predict warming, drought frequency and severity, and evaporative demand will increase in drylands at faster rates than global means. Due to extreme temperatures and high biological dependency on limite
Authors
Brooke Bossert Osborne, Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, Courtney M. Currier, Peter M Homyak, Heather L. Throop, Kristina E Young, Sasha C. Reed
Biogeochemical and ecosystem properties in three adjacent semiarid grasslands are resistant to nitrogen deposition but sensitive to edaphic variability
Drylands have low nitrogen stocks and are predicted to be sensitive to modest increases in reactive nitrogen availability, but direct evidence that atmospheric nitrogen deposition will have sustained effects on dryland ecosystems is sparse and conflicting.We used three long-running in situ nitrogen deposition simulation experiments and a complementary laboratory incubation experiment to address fu
Authors
Brooke Bossert Osborne, Carla M Roybal, Robin H. Reibold, Christopher D Collier, Erika L. Geiger, Michala Lee Phillips, Michael N Weintraub, Sasha C. Reed
Nutrient identity modifies the destabilising effects of eutrophication in grasslands
Nutrient enrichment can simultaneously increase and destabilise plant biomass production, with co-limitation by multiple nutrients potentially intensifying these effects. Here, we test how factorial additions of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium with essential nutrients (K+) affect the stability (mean/standard deviation) of aboveground biomass in 34 grasslands over 7 years. Destabilisatio
Authors
Oliver Carroll, Evan Batzer, Siddharth Bharath, Elizabeth T. Borer, Sofía Campana, Ellen Esch, Yann Hautier, Timothy Ohlert, Eric W. Seabloom, Peter B. Adler, Jonathan D. Bakker, Lori A. Biederman, Miguel N. Bugalho, Maria Caldeira, Qingqing Chen, Kendi F. Davies, Philip A. Fay, Johannes M. H. Knops, Kimberly Komatsu, Jason P. Martina, Kevin S. McCann, Joslin L. Moore, John W. Morgan, Taofeek O. Muraina, Brooke Bossert Osborne, Anita C. Risch, Carly J. Stevens, Peter A. Wilfahrt, Laura Yahdjian, Andrew S. MacDougall
Muted responses to chronic experimental nitrogen deposition on the Colorado Plateau
Anthropogenic nitrogen (N) deposition is significantly altering both community structure and ecosystem processes in terrestrial ecosystems across the globe. However, our understanding of the consequences of N deposition in dryland systems remains relatively poor, despite evidence that drylands may be particularly vulnerable to increasing N inputs. In this study, we investigated the influence of 7
Authors
Michala Lee Phillips, Daniel E. Winkler, Robin H. Reibold, Brooke Bossert Osborne, Sasha C. Reed
Non-USGS Publications**
Phillips, M.L., D.E. Winkler, R.H. Reibold, B.B. Osborne, S.C. Reed. 2021. Muted responses to chronic experimental nitrogen deposition on the Colorado Plateau. Oecologia. 195(2)
Osborne, B.B., M.K. Nasto, F.M. Soper, G.P. Asner, C.S. Balzotti, C.C. Cleveland, P.G. Taylor, A.R. Townsend, S. Porder. 2020. Leaf litter inputs reinforce islands of nitrogen fertility in a lowland tropical forest. Biogeochemistry. 147(3)
Soper, F.M., B.W. Sullivan, B.B. Osborne, A.N. Shaw, L. Philippot, C.C.
Cleveland. 2018. Leaf-cutter ants engineer hot spots of nitrous oxide emissions in
tropical forests. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 286(1894), 20182045
Cleveland. 2018. Leaf-cutter ants engineer hot spots of nitrous oxide emissions in
tropical forests. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 286(1894), 20182045
Soper, F.M., M.K. Nasto, B.B. Osborne, C.C. Cleveland. 2018. Nitrogen fixation
and foliar nitrogen do not predict phosphorus acquisition strategies in tropical
trees. Journal of Ecology. 107(1), 118-126
and foliar nitrogen do not predict phosphorus acquisition strategies in tropical
trees. Journal of Ecology. 107(1), 118-126
Soper, F.M., B.W. Sullivan, M.K. Nasto, B.B. Osborne, D. Bru, C.S. Balzotti,
P.G. Taylor, G.P. Asner, A.R. Townsend, L. Philippot, S. Porder, C.C. Cleveland.
2018. Remotely-sensed canopy nitrogen correlated with nitrous oxide emissions
in a lowland tropical rainforest. Ecology. 99(9), 2080-2089
P.G. Taylor, G.P. Asner, A.R. Townsend, L. Philippot, S. Porder, C.C. Cleveland.
2018. Remotely-sensed canopy nitrogen correlated with nitrous oxide emissions
in a lowland tropical rainforest. Ecology. 99(9), 2080-2089
Hall, E.K., E.S. Bernhardt, R. Bier, M.A. Bradford, C.M. Boot, J.B. Cotner, P.A.
del Giorgio, S.E. Evans, E.B. Graham, S.E. Jones, J.T. Lennon, K. Locey, D.
Nemergut, B.B. Osborne, J.D. Rocca, J.S. Schimel, M.S. Waldrop, M.W.
Wallenstein. 2018. Understanding how microbiomes influence the systems they
inhabit: moving from a correlative to a causal research framework. bioRxiv
del Giorgio, S.E. Evans, E.B. Graham, S.E. Jones, J.T. Lennon, K. Locey, D.
Nemergut, B.B. Osborne, J.D. Rocca, J.S. Schimel, M.S. Waldrop, M.W.
Wallenstein. 2018. Understanding how microbiomes influence the systems they
inhabit: moving from a correlative to a causal research framework. bioRxiv
Nasto, M.K., B.B. Osborne, Y. Lekberg, G.P. Asner, C.S. Balzotti, S. Porder,
P.G. Taylor, A.R. Townsend, C.C. Cleveland. 2017. Nutrient acquisition, soil
phosphorus partitioning, and competition among trees in a lowland tropical rain
forest. New Phytologist. 214(4), 1506-1517
P.G. Taylor, A.R. Townsend, C.C. Cleveland. 2017. Nutrient acquisition, soil
phosphorus partitioning, and competition among trees in a lowland tropical rain
forest. New Phytologist. 214(4), 1506-1517
Osborne, B.B., M.K. Nasto, G.P. Asner, C.S. Balzotti, C.C. Cleveland, B.W.
Sullivan, P.G. Taylor, A.R. Townsend, S. Porder. 2017. Climate, topography, and
canopy chemistry exert hierarchical control over soil N cycling in a Neotropical
lowland forest. Ecosystems. 20(6), 1089-1103
Sullivan, P.G. Taylor, A.R. Townsend, S. Porder. 2017. Climate, topography, and
canopy chemistry exert hierarchical control over soil N cycling in a Neotropical
lowland forest. Ecosystems. 20(6), 1089-1103
Conant, R.T., C.E.P. Cerri, B.B. Osborne, K. Paustian. 2017. Grassland
management impacts on soil carbon stocks: a new synthesis. Ecological
Applications. 27(2), 662-668
management impacts on soil carbon stocks: a new synthesis. Ecological
Applications. 27(2), 662-668
Balzotti, C.S., G.P. Asner, P.G. Taylor, R. Cole, B.B. Osborne, C.C. Cleveland,
S. Porder, A.R. Townsend. 2017. Topographic distributions of emergent trees in
tropical forests of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Ecography. 40(7), 829-839
S. Porder, A.R. Townsend. 2017. Topographic distributions of emergent trees in
tropical forests of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Ecography. 40(7), 829-839
Balzotti, C.S., G.P. Asner, P.G. Taylor, C.C. Cleveland, R. Cole, R.E. Martin,
M.K. Nasto, B.B. Osborne, S. Porder, A.R. Townsend. 2016. Environmental
controls on canopy foliar N distributions in a Neotropical lowland
forest. Ecological Applications. 26(8), 2451-2464
M.K. Nasto, B.B. Osborne, S. Porder, A.R. Townsend. 2016. Environmental
controls on canopy foliar N distributions in a Neotropical lowland
forest. Ecological Applications. 26(8), 2451-2464
Osborne, B.B., J.S. Baron, M.D. Wallenstein. 2016. Moisture and temperature
controls on nitrification differ among ammonia oxidizer communities from three
alpine soil habitats. Frontiers of Earth Science. 10(1), 1-12
controls on nitrification differ among ammonia oxidizer communities from three
alpine soil habitats. Frontiers of Earth Science. 10(1), 1-12
Bier, R.L., E.S. Bernhardt, C.M. Boot, E.B. Graham, E.K. Hall, J.T. Lennon, D.R.
Nemergut, B.B. Osborne, C. Ruiz-González, J.P. Schimel, M.P. Waldrop, M.D.
Wallenstein. 2015. Linking microbial community structure and microbial
processes: an empirical and conceptual overview. FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
91(10)
Nemergut, B.B. Osborne, C. Ruiz-González, J.P. Schimel, M.P. Waldrop, M.D.
Wallenstein. 2015. Linking microbial community structure and microbial
processes: an empirical and conceptual overview. FEMS Microbiology Ecology.
91(10)
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.