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Welch, Bertie; Gauci, Vincent and Sayer, Emma J. (2019). Tree stem bases are sources of CH₄ and N₂O in a tropical forest on upland soil during the dry to wet season transition. Global Change Biology, 25(1) pp. 361–372.

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Beiroz, Wallace; Sayer, Emma; Slade, Eleanor M.; Audino, Lívia; Braga, Rodrigo Fagundes; Louzada, Julio and Barlow, Jos (2018). Spatial and temporal shifts in functional and taxonomic diversity of dung beetles in a human-modified tropical forest landscape. Ecological Indicators, 95(1) pp. 518–526.

Gora, Evan M.; Sayer, Emma J.; Turner, Benjamin L. and Tanner, Edmund V. J. (2018). Decomposition of coarse woody debris in a long-term litter manipulation experiment: A focus on nutrient availability. Functional Ecology, 32(4) pp. 1128–1138.

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Bréchet, Laëtitia M.; Lopez-Sangil, Luis; George, Charles; Birkett, Ali J.; Baxendale, Catherine; Castro Trujillo, Biancolini and Sayer, Emma J. (2018). Distinct responses of soil respiration to experimental litter manipulation in temperate woodland and tropical forest. Ecology and Evolution

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Wang, Faming; Ding, Yongzhen; Sayer, Emma J.; Li, Qinlu; Zou, Bi; Mo, Qifeng; Li, Yingwen; Lu, Xiaoliang; Tang, Jianwu; Zhu, Weixing and Li, Zhian (2017). Tropical forest restoration: Fast resilience of plant biomass contrasts with slow recovery of stable soil C stocks. Functional Ecology, 31(12) pp. 2344–2355.

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Lopez-Sangil, Luis; George, Charles; Medina-Barcenas, Eduardo; Birkett, Ali J; Baxendale, Catherine; Bréchet, Laëtitia M; Estradera-Gumbau, Eduard and Sayer, Emma J. (2017). The Automated Root Exudate System (ARES): a method to apply solutes at regular intervals to soils in the field. Methods in ecology and evolution, 8(9) pp. 1042–1050.

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Laird-Hopkins, Benita C.; Bréchet, Laëtitia M.; Trujillo, Biancolini C. and Sayer, Emma J (2017). Tree functional diversity affects litter decomposition and arthropod community composition in a tropical forest. Biotropica, 49(6) pp. 903–911.

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Sayer, Emma J.; Oliver, Anna E.; Fridley, Jason D.; Askew, Andrew P.; Mills, Robert T. E. and Grime, J. Philip (2017). Links between soil microbial communities and plant traits in a species-rich grassland under long-term climate change. Ecology and Evolution, 7(3) pp. 855–862.

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Sayer, Emma J.; Featherstone, Helen C.; Gosling, William D. and the BES Roadies (2014). Sex & Bugs & Rock 'n Roll: getting creative about public engagement. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 29(2) pp. 65–67.

Sayer, Emma J.; Wright, S. Joseph; Tanner, Edmund V. J.; Yavitt, Joseph B.; Harms, Kyle E.; Powers, Jennifer S.; Kaspari, Michael; Garcia, Milton N. and Turner, Benjamin L. (2012). Variable responses of lowland tropical forest nutrient status to fertilization and litter manipulation. Ecosystems, 15(3) pp. 387–400.

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Sayer, Emma J.; Heard, Matthew S.; Grant, Helen K.; Marthews, Toby R. and Tanner, Edmund V. J. (2011). Soil carbon release enhanced by increased tropical forest litterfall. Nature Climate Change, 1 pp. 304–307.

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Wright, S. Joseph; Yavitt, Joseph B.; Wurzburger, Nina; Turner, Benjamin L.; Tanner, Edmund V. J.; Sayer, Emma J; Santiago, Louis S.; Kaspari, Michael; Hedin, Lars O.; Harms, Kyle E.; Garcia, Milton N. and Corre, Marife D. (2011). Potassium, phosphorus or nitrogen limit root allocation, tree growth, or litter production in a lowland tropical forest. Ecology, 92(8) pp. 1616–1625.

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Sayer, Emma J.; Sutcliffe, Laura M. E.; Ross, Rebecca I. C. and Tanner, Edmund V. J. (2010). Arthropod abundance and diversity in a lowland tropical forest floor in Panama: the role of habitat space vs. nutrient concentrations. Biotropica, 42(2) pp. 194–200.

Sayer, Emma J. and Tanner, Edmund V. J. (2010). Experimental investigation of the importance of litterfall in lowland semi-evergreen tropical forest nutrient cycling. Journal of Ecology, 98(5) pp. 1052–1062.

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Sayer, E. J. and Tanner, E. V. J. (2010). A new approach to trenching experiments for measuring root-rhizosphere respiration in a lowland tropical forest. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 42(2) pp. 347–352.

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Sayer, Emma J.; Powers, Jennifer S. and Tanner, Edmund V. J. (2007). Increased litterfall in tropical forests boosts the transfer of soil CO₂ to the atmosphere. PLoS ONE, 2(12), article no. e1299.

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Sayer, E. J.; Tanner, E. V. J. and Lacey, A. L. (2006). Effects of litter manipulation on early-stage decomposition and meso-arthropod abundance in a tropical moist forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 229(1-3) pp. 285–293.

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Sayer, Emma J. (2006). Using experimental manipulation to assess the roles of leaf litter in the functioning of forest ecosystems. Biological Reviews, 81(1) pp. 1–31.

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Sayer, Emma J; Tanner, EVJ and Cheesman, AW (2006). Increased Litterfall Changes Fine Root Distribution In a Moist Tropical Forest. Plant and Soil, 281(1-2) pp. 5–13.

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Sayer, E. J. and Newbery, D. M. (2003). The role of tree size in the leafing phenology of a seasonally dry tropical forest in Belize, Central America. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 19(5) pp. 539–543.

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