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10. Brachmann, S.*, K.N. Kiesewetter, C. Liddicoat, K.J. Wallace, M.F. Breed, N. Eisenhauer, and A.D. Barnes. (In
Revision) "Urban forest restoration plantings enhance soil microbial multifunctional potential and functional
insurance via shifts in β-diversity." Environmental Microbiome (Impact factor = 5.4).
9. Fickling, N.W.*, C. Cando-Dumancela, T. Davies, R. Hodgson, K.N. Kiesewetter, C. Liddicoat, J.M. Robinson,
A.F. Taylor, and M.F. Breed. (In Review) "Habitat fragmentation shifts soil microbial composition but not
richness." Applied Soil Ecology (Impact factor = 5.0).
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8. Brachmann, S.*, K.N. Kiesewetter, C. Liddicoat, K.J. Wallace, M.F. Breed, and A.D Barnes. (In Review) "Local and interregional drivers of microbial community assembly during urban forest restoration." Functional Ecology (Impact factor = 5.1)
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7. Kiesewetter, K.N., A.H. Rawstern, E. Cline, F. Santamaria, C. Coronado-Molina, F.H. Sklar, and M.E. Afkhami. (2025) "Microbes in reconstructive restoration: Divergence in constructed and natural tree island soil fungi affects tree growth." Ecological Applications. 35(1): e70007. (Impact factor=5.1)
6.Hernandez, D.J. ,K.N. Kiesewetter , B.K. Almeida, D.P. Revillini, M.E. Afkhami. (2023) “Multidimensional specialization and generalization are pervasive in soil prokaryotes.” Nature Ecology and Evolution 7(9): 1408-1418. (Impact factor = 19.1)
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5. Kiesewetter, K.N., L. Otano Velazco**, M.E. Afkhami. (2023) “Fragmentation disrupts microbial effects on native plant community productivity.” Journal of Ecology 111(6): 1292-1307. (Impact factor = 6.4; Selected for “Best Papers of 2023” on 12th Annual Best Papers list by Stanford faculty -- https://web.stanford.edu/~fukamit/papers2023.htm)
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4. Moore, C.M, A.K. Shaw, B. Bruninga-Socolar, E.M. Caves, A.T. Karnish, K.N. Kiesewetter, A.S. Nelson, E.G.
Pringle (2023) The Movement Ecology of Mutualism (CSEE/ESA 2022, OOS17). Bulletin of the Ecological
Society of America 104(2): 1-7.
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3. Kiesewetter, K.N. and M.E. Afkhami (2021). "Microbiome-mediated effects of habitat fragmentation on native plant performance." New Phytologist 232(4): 1823-1838. (Impact factor = 10.2)
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2. Afkhami, M.E., B. K. Almeida, D. J. Hernandez, K.N. Kiesewetter, and D. P. Revillini. (2020) “Tripartite mutualisms as models for understanding plant-microbial interactions.” Special Issue on “Biotic Interactions” in Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 56: 28-36. (Impact Factor = 7.8); (equal contribution by all authors; order alphabetical)
1. Hernandez, D.J. , K.N. Kiesewetter , S. Palakurty, J.R. Stinchcombe, and M.E. Afkhami. (2019) "Synergism and symbiosis: unpacking complex mutualistic species interactions using transcriptomic approaches." The Model Legume Medicago truncatula. Ed. Frans J. de Bruijn. Wiley Publishers.
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