Karl Ritz

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• workSutton Bonington Campus
  Sutton Bonington
  Leicestershire
  LE12 5RD
  UK
• Karl.Ritz@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

I am Emeritus Professor of Soil Ecology at University of Nottingham, where from 2014-2020 I was Professor of Soil Biology. I graduated in Agricultural Botany from the University of Reading in 1981, and completed a PhD in grassland ecology at the University of Bristol in 1984. I then moved to Scotland to lead research programmes at the Macaulay Institute for Soil Research and the Scottish Crop Research Institute. From 2002-14, I held a Chair in Soil Biology at Cranfield University.

I am currently joint Editor-in-Chief of the journal Soil Biology & Biochemistry

Expertise Summary

I am a soil ecologist with experience in studying a wide range of interactions between soils, plants, microbes and fauna in a variety of systems. My research interests focus on developing a mechanistic understanding the origins and functional consequences of the compositional and spatial organisation of soil communities. This work underpins the development of frameworks for understanding factors that regulate the activity of soil communities, systems to manage the biota appropriately, and incisive procedures for assessing and monitoring soil health

Selected Publications

• BACQ-LABREUIL, AURELIE, NEAL, ANDREW L., CRAWFORD, JOHN, MOONEY, SACHA J., AKKARI, ELSY, ZHANG, XIAOXIAN, CLARK, IAN and RITZ, KARL, 2020. Significant structural evolution of a long-term fallow soil in response to agricultural management practices requires at least 10 years after conversion EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE.
• BURR-HERSEY, JASMINE E., RITZ, KARL, BENGOUGH, GLYN A. and MOONEY, SACHA J., 2020. Reorganisation of rhizosphere soil pore structure by wild plant species in compacted soils JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY. 71(19), 6107-6115
• NEAL, ANDREW L., BACQ-LABREUIL, AURELIE, ZHANG, XIAOXIAN, CLARK, IAN M., COLEMAN, KEVIN, MOONEY, SACHA J., RITZ, KARL and CRAWFORD, JOHN W., 2020. Soil as an extended composite phenotype of the microbial metagenome SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 10(1),
• CARLESSO, LEA, BEADLE, A., COOK, S.M., EVANS, J., HARTWELL, G., RITZ, K., SPARKES, D., WU, L. and MURRAY, PHIL J., 2019. Soil compaction effects on litter decomposition in an arable field: Implications for management of crop residues and headlands Applied Soil Ecology. 134, 31-37

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BOOKS

• Wall, D.H., Bardgett, R.D., Behan-Pelletier, V.M., Herrick, J.E., Jones, T.H., Ritz, K., Six, J., Strong, D.R. and Van der Putten, W.H. (2012) Soil Ecology and Ecosystem Services (Eds.) Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
• Ritz, K. and Young, I.M. (2011) Architecture and Biology of Soils (Eds.) CABI, Wallingford, UK. ISBN
• Jeffrey, S.R., Gardi, C., Jones, A., Montanarella, L., Marmo, L., Miko, L., Ritz, K., Peres, G., Rombke, J. and Van der Putten, W.H. (2010) Soil Biodiversity Atlas of Europe (Eds.) Commission, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg.
• Ritz, K., Dawson, L.A. and Miller, D. (2009) Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics (Eds.) Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands. ISBN
• Ritz, K., Dighton, J. and Giller, K.E. (1994) Beyond the Biomass: Compositional and Functional Analysis of Soil Microbial Communities (Eds.) John Wiley, Chichester. ISBN

BOOK CHAPTERS

• Ritz, K. (2015) Collection and identification methods for soil biota. In: Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas, ed. A. Orgiazzi and C. Gardi, JRC, Brussels. Accepted.
• Ritz, K. (2014) Life in Earth: A truly epic production. In: The Soil Underfoot: Infinite Possibilities for a Finite Resource. Eds. G J Churchman and E R Landa. Taylor & Francis, London, pp. 379-394.
• Sakrabani, R., Deeks, L.K., Kibblewhite, M.G. and Ritz, K. (2012) Impacts of agriculture on soil quality. In: Environmental Impacts of Modern Agriculture. Issues in Environmental Science and Technology 34., ed. R. E. Hester and R. M. Harrison, pp. 35-56. Royal Society of Chemistry, London.
• Ritz, K. and Van der Putten, W.H. (2012) The living soil and ecosystem services: Introduction and Synthesis. In: Soil Ecology and Ecosystem Services, ed. D. H. Wall, R. D. Bardgett, V. M. Behan-Pelletier, J. E. Herrick, T. H. Jones, K. Ritz, J. Six, D. R. Strong and W. H. Van der Putten, pp. 1-2, 86-87. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
• Van der Putten, W.H. and Ritz, K. (2012) From genes to ecosystem services: Introduction and Synthesis. In: Soil Ecology and Ecosystem Services, ed. D. H. Wall, R. D. Bardgett, V. M. Behan-Pelletier, J. E. Herrick, T. H. Jones, K. Ritz, J. Six, D. R. Strong and W. H. Van der Putten, pp. 63-64, 111-112. Oxford University Press, Oxford
• Bartlett, M.D. and Ritz, K. (2011) Animals underground: the zoological generation of soil structure. In: Architecture and Biology of Soils, ed. K. Ritz and I. M. Young, pp. 71-85. CABI, Wallingford, U.K.
• Ritz, K. (2011) Views of the underworld: In situ visualisation of soil biota. In: Architecture and Biology of Soils, ed. K. Ritz and I. M. Young, pp. 1-12. CABI, Wallingford, U.K.
• Ritz, K. (2011) Microbes, habitat space and transport in soil. In: Encyclopedia of Agrophysics, ed. J. Glinski, J. Horabik and J. Lipiec, pp. 472-475. Springer, Dordrecht.
• Barclay, A.D., Dawson, L.A., Donnelly, L., Miller, D. and Ritz, K. (2009) Soils in forensic science: underground meets underworld. In: Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics, ed. K. Ritz, L. Dawson and D. Miller, pp. 501-513. Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands.
• Williams, A., Temple, T., Pollard, S.J.T., Jones, R.M. and Ritz, K. (2009) Environmental considerations for common burial site selection after pandemic events. In: Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics, ed. K. Ritz, L. Dawson and D. Miller, pp. 87-101. Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands.
• Bartlett, M.D., James, I.T., Harris, J.A. and Ritz, K. (2008) The relationship between profile construction and casting behaviour of earthworms in golf course soils. In: Science and Golf, ed. D. Crews and R. Lutz, pp. 489-495. Energy in Motion, Mesa AZ, USA.
• Ritz, K. (2008) Soil as a paradigm of a complex system. In: Complexity and Security, ed. J. J. Ramsden and P. J. Kervalishvili, pp. 103-119. IOS Press, Amsterdam.
• Nunan, N., Young, I.M., Crawford, J.W. and Ritz, K. (2007) Bacterial interactions at the microscale - linking habitat to function in soil. In: Spatial Distribution of Microorganisms in the Environment, ed. R. B. Franklin and A. L. Mills, pp. 61-85. Kluwer, Dordecht.
• Ritz, K. (2007) Spatial organisation of soil fungi. In: Spatial Distribution of Microorganisms in the Environment, ed. R. B. Franklin and A. L. Mills, pp. 179-202. Kluwer, Dordecht.
• Ritz, K. (2006) Fungal roles in transport processes in soils. In: Fungi in Biogeochemical Cycles, ed G. M. Gadd, pp. 51-73. Cambridge University Press.
• Ritz, K. (2005) Fungi. In: Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment, ed D. Hillel, pp. 110-119. Elsevier Ltd, Oxford.
• Ritz, K. (2005) Underview: origins and consequences of belowground biodiversity. In: Biological Diversity and Function in Soils, ed. R. D. Bardgett, M. B. Usher and D. W. Hopkins, pp. 381-401. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
• Young, I.M. and Ritz, K. (2005) The habitat of soil microbes. In: Biological Diversity and Function in Soils, ed. R. D. Bardgett, M. B. Usher and D. W. Hopkins, pp. 31-43. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
• Ritz, K., McHugh, M. and Harris, J.A. (2004) Biological diversity and function in soils: contemporary perspectives and implications in relation to the formulation of effective indicators. In: Agricultural Soil Erosion and Soil Biodiversity: Developing Indicators for Policy Analyses, ed R. Francaviglia, pp. 563-572. OECD, Paris.
• Ritz, K. and Griffiths, B.S. (2000) Implications of soil biodiversity for sustainable organic matter management. In: Sustainable Management of Soil Organic Matter, ed. R. M. Rees, C. A. Watson, B. C. Ball and C. D. Campbell, pp. 343-356. CABI, Wallingford, U.K.
• Ritz, K. and Crawford, J.W. (1999) Colony development in nutritionally heterogeneous environments. In: The Fungal Colony, ed. N. A. Gow, G. Robson and G. M. Gadd, pp. 49-74. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.
• Griffiths, B.S., Ritz, K. and Wheatley, R.E. (1997) Relationship between functional diversity and genetic diversity in complex microbial communities. In: Microbial Communities: Functional versus Structural Approaches, ed. H. Insam and A. Rangger, pp. 1-9. Springer Verlag, Berlin.
• O'Donnell, A.G. and Ritz, K. (1997) Microbial dimensions to the functional implications of soil biodiversity. In: Functional Implications of Biodiversity in Soil, ed V. Wolters, pp. 23-26. Ecosystems Research Report No. 24, European Commission Directorate General, Sciences, Research and Development, Brussels.
• Ritz, K. and Struwe, S. (1997) Methods and approaches in studying functional implications of biodiversity in soil. In: Functional Implications of Biodiversity in Soil, ed V. Wolters, pp. 17-21. Ecosystems Research Report No. 24, European Commission Directorate General, Sciences, Research and Development, Brussels.
• Watson, C.A., Ritz, K., Younie, D. and Franklin, M. (1996) Nitrogen and soil biomass dynamics in ley/arable crop rotations. In: Rotations and Cropping Systems: Aspects of Applied Biology 47 pp. 43-50.
• Coleman, D.C., Dighton, J., Ritz, K. and Giller, K.E. (1994) Perspectives on the compositional and functional analysis of soil communities. In: Beyond the Biomass: Compositional and Functional Analysis of Soil Microbial Communities, ed. K. Ritz, J. Dighton and K. E. Giller, pp. 261-271. John Wiley, Chichester, UK.
• Crawford, J.W. and Ritz, K. (1994) Origin and consequences of colony form in fungi: a reaction-diffusion mechanisms for morphogenesis. In: Shape and Form in Plants and Fungi: Linnean Society Symposium Series No. 16, ed. D. S. Ingram and A. Hudson, pp. 311-328. Academic Press, London.

REPORTS AND OTHER

• Reynolds S.H., Ritz, K. Crotty F.V., Stoate, C., West, H. and Neal, A.L. 2017 Effects of cover crops on phosphatase activity in a clay arable soil in the UK. Sustainable Intensification. Aspects of Applied Biology 136, Sustainable Intensification, 215-220.
• Tsiafouli M.A., Drakou E.G., Orguazzi, A., Hedlund, K. and Ritz, K. 2017 Editorial: Optimizing the delivery of multiple ecosystem goods and services in agricultural systems. Frontiers in Ecology & Evolution 5:97, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2017.00097
• Ramirez, K.S., Bardgett, R.D., Fricks, B., Montanarella, L., Six, J., Van der Putten, W.H., Wall, D.H., Ameloot, N., Ayuke, F., Banwart, S.A., Bignell, D.E., Black, H.I.J., Bossio, D.A., Bruckman, V.J., Brussaard, L., Campbell, C.D., Campbell, K., de Carvalho, T.S., Cooper, J.M., Coutinho, H.L.C., Goulding, K.W.T., Griffiths, R.I., Harris, J.A., Hopkins, D.W., Housekova, B., Jenhe, W., Lemanceau, P., Lindo, Z., Murray, P.J., Muscolo, A., Ogram, A., Ritz, K., Rombke, J., Scow, K.M., deVries, F.T., and Wolters, V. (2012) White Paper on the First Open Meeting of the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative (GSBI) Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative, Colorado. http://www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/ .
• Burns, R.G. and Ritz, K. (2012) Introduction. Biochar: Virtual Special Issue. Soil Biology and Biochemistry Online: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/soil-biology-and-biochemistry/virtual-special-issues/virtual-special-issue-on-biochar/
• Ritz, K., Corstanje, R., Deeks, L.K., and Whitmore, A.P. (2010) Review and initial assessment of what makes some soils more resilient to change and how this resilience can be conferred to other soils. Report SP1605 Studies to Support the Soil Strategy for England, Part D.
• Ritz, K., Murray, P.J., and Harris, J.A. (2010) The role of soil biota in soil fertility and quality, and approaches to influencing soil communities to enhance delivery of these functions. Report SP1601 Studies to Support the Soil Strategy for England, Part A.
• Herrmann AM, Nunan N, Ritz K (2009) Potential of visualisation methods to further our understanding of organic matter dynamics. Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta 73, A526.
• Bartlett, M.D., James, I.T., Harris, J.A., and Ritz, K. (2008) Estimating species richness of earthworms on golf courses and implications for innovating environmentally benign control methods. Acta Horticulturae 783, 475-480.
• Black, H.I.J., Ritz, K., Campbell, C.D., Harris, J.A., Wood, C., Chamberlain, P.M., Parekh, N., Towers, W., and Scott, A. (2008) Prioritising biological indicators of soil quality for deployment in a national-scale soil monitoring scheme. Final Report, Defra Project SP0529.
• Ritz, K. (2008) Routes to bioavailability: the spatial organisation of soil systems. Chemicals in soil: interactions, availability and residue formation. RAISEBIO - Marie Curie Early Stage Research Training Programme, Summer School, Leipzig.
• Clarke, M.A., Creamer, R.E., Deeks, L.K., Gowing, D., Holman, I.P., Jones, R.J.A., Palmer, R.C., Potts, S., Rickson, R.J., Ritz, K., Thompson, T.R.E., Truckell, I.G., Vickery, J., Whalley, R., and Woodcock, B. (2008) Scoping study to assess soil compaction affecting upland and lowland grassland in England and Wales. Final report on Project BD2304. Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs, London, UK.
• Hallett, P.D., White, N.A., and Ritz, K. (2006) Impact of basidiomycete fungi on the wettability of soil contaminated with a hydrophobic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon. Biologia 61: S334-S338.
• Ritz, K. (2006) Book Review: Methods to Study Litter Decomposition: A Practical Guide. Edited by Manuel A.S. Graça, Felix Bärlocher & Mark O. Gessner. Mycological Research: 110, 122.
• Jones, C.A., Basch, G., Baylis, A.D., Bazzoni, D., Biggs, J., Bradbury, R.B., Chaney, K., Deeks, L.K., Field, R., Gomez, J.A., Jones, R.J.A., Jordan, V.W.L., Lane, M.C.G., Leake, A., Livermore, M., Owens, P.N., Ritz, K., Sturny, W.G. and Thomas, F. (2006) Conservation Agriculture in Europe: An approach to sustainable crop production by protecting soil and water? SOWAP, Jealott's Hill, Bracknell. ISBN 978 0 9556565 0 7.
• Ritz, K., Harris, J.A., Pawlett, M., and Stone, D. (2006) Catabolic profiles as an indicator of soil microbial functional diversity. Science Report SC040063/SR, Environment Agency, Bristol, U.K.
• Ritz, K. (2006) Book Review: Underground: How creatures of mud and dirt shape our world by Yvonne Baskin. Environmental Conservation: 33, 365.
• Ritz, K. (2005) Key threats to soil in Europe: Decline in Soil Biodiversity. In: Soil Atlas of Europe, Eds. A. Jones, L. Montanarella & R. Jones, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, p.113.
• Ritz, K. (2004) Book Review: The Ecology of Soil Decomposition by S.M. Adl. European Journal of Soil Science 55, 631-632.
• Ritz, K. and Young, I.M. (2004) Interactions between soil structure and fungi. The Mycologist 18: 52-59.
• Boswell, G.P., Jacobs, H., Davidson, F.A., Gadd, G.M., and Ritz, K. (2003) A mathematical approach to studying fungal mycelia. The Mycologist 17: 165-171.
• Hallett, P.D., Ritz, K., and Wheatley, R.E. (2001) Microbial derived water repellency in golf course soil: International Turfgrass Society Research Journal: 9, 518-524.
• Griffiths, B.S., Ritz, K., Wheatley, R.E., Caul, S., and Clegg, C.D. (2000) Characterisation and consequences of soil microbial biodiversity. Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 1999/2000, 167-170.
• Ritz, K., Crabb, D., Harris, K., Nunan, N., Wu, K., Crawford, J.W., and Young, I.M. (2000) Visualising the spatial organisation of soil microbial communities. Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 1999/2000, 163-166.
• Ritz, K. (1997) Report on the 1997 SPM Meetings. BBSRC UK Soil-Plant-Microbe Newsletter 3.
• Ritz, K. and O'Donnell, A.G. (1997) The UK Soil:Plant:Microbe Interactions Initiative. World Wide Web Pages. URL: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/~naes/bbsrc/SPMHome.html [now defunct].
• Ritz, K. (1997) MICRONET: The SOAEFD Soil:Plant:Microbe Initiative. World Wide Web Pages. URL: http://www.scri.sari.ac.uk/micro/home.htm [now defunct].
• Ritz, K. (1996) Book Review : The Significance and Regulation of Soil Biodiversity: Ed. by H.P. Collins, G.P. Roberston and M.J. Klug. New Phytologist 133, 377.
• Ritz, K. and Burns, R.G. (1996) The 1996 SPM Annual Meeting. BBSRC UK Soil-Plant-Microbe Newsletter 2.
• Ritz, K. (1995) The 1995 SPM Annual Meeting. BBSRC UK Soil-Plant-Microbe Newsletter 1.
• Ritz, K., Crawford, J.W., Gilligan, C.A., Thornton, C., Grose, M., and Kleczkowski, A. (1995) Problems and opportunities relating to the analysis of fungal growth in soil. BSSS Newsletter 27, 11-13.
• Ritz, K. (1994) Fungal growth in heterogeneous environments. Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 1993, 54-57.
• Wheatley, R.E. and Ritz, K. (1994) Nitrogen transformations in cultivated soils. Annual Report of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for 1994, 81-84.
• Crawford, J.W., Duncan, J., Ellis, R.P., Griffiths, B.S., Hillman, J.R., MacKerron, D.K.L., Marshall, B., Ritz, K., Robinson, D., Wheatley, R.E., Woodford, J.A.T., and Young, I.M. (1989) Global Warming: The Implications for Agriculture and Priorities for Research. Occasional Reports of the Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee.
• Newman, E.I., Ritz, K. and Jupp, A.P. (1989) The functioning of roots in the grassland ecosystem. In: Roots and the Soil Environment: Aspects of Applied Biology 22 pp. 263-269.

• DHANDAPANI, SELVAKUMAR, EVERS, STEPHANIE, RITZ, KARL and SJOGERSTEN, SOFIE, 2020. Nutrient and trace element concentrations influence greenhouse gas emissions from Malaysian tropical peatlands SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT.
• BACQ-LABREUIL, AURELIE, NEAL, ANDREW L., CRAWFORD, JOHN, MOONEY, SACHA J., AKKARI, ELSY, ZHANG, XIAOXIAN, CLARK, IAN and RITZ, KARL, 2020. Significant structural evolution of a long-term fallow soil in response to agricultural management practices requires at least 10 years after conversion EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE.
• NGUYEN THI KIM PHUONG, CHAU MINH KHOI, RITZ, KARL, TRAN BA LINH, DANG DUY MINH, TRAN ANH DUC, NGUYEN VAN SINH, THI TU LINH and TOYOTA, KOKI, 2020. Influence of Rice Husk Biochar and Compost Amendments on Salt Contents and Hydraulic Properties of Soil and Rice Yield in Salt-Affected Fields AGRONOMY-BASEL. 10(8),
• HICKMAN, DARWIN T., RASMUSSEN, AMANDA, RITZ, KARL, BIRKETT, MICHAEL A. and NEVE, PAUL, 2020. Review: Allelochemicals as multi-kingdom plant defence compounds: towards an integrated approach PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE.
• DHANDAPANI, SELVAKUMAR, RITZ, KARL, EVERS, STEPHANIE, COOPER, HANNAH, TONKS, AMANDA and SJOGERSTEN, SOFIE, 2020. Land-Use Changes Associated with Oil Palm Plantations Impact PLFA Microbial Phenotypic Community Structure throughout the Depth of Tropical Peats WETLANDS.
• DHANDAPANI, SELVAKUMAR, GIRKIN, NICHOLAS T., EVERS, STEPHANIE, RITZ, KARL and SJOGERSTEN, SOFIE, 2020. Is Intercropping an Environmentally-Wise Alternative to Established Oil Palm Monoculture in Tropical Peatlands? FRONTIERS IN FORESTS AND GLOBAL CHANGE. 3,
• BURR-HERSEY, JASMINE E., RITZ, KARL, BENGOUGH, GLYN A. and MOONEY, SACHA J., 2020. Reorganisation of rhizosphere soil pore structure by wild plant species in compacted soils JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY. 71(19), 6107-6115
• NGUYEN THI KIM PHUONG, KHOI, CHAU MINH, RITZ, KARL, NGUYEN VAN SINH, TARAO, MITSUNORI and TOYOTA, KOKI, 2020. Potential Use of Rice Husk Biochar and Compost to Improve P Availability and Reduce GHG Emissions in Acid Sulfate Soil AGRONOMY-BASEL. 10(5),
• NEAL, ANDREW L., BACQ-LABREUIL, AURELIE, ZHANG, XIAOXIAN, CLARK, IAN M., COLEMAN, KEVIN, MOONEY, SACHA J., RITZ, KARL and CRAWFORD, JOHN W., 2020. Soil as an extended composite phenotype of the microbial metagenome SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 10(1),
• SCHIMEL, JOSHUA and RITZ, KARL, 2020. How to avoid having your manuscript rejected: Perspectives from the Editors-in-Chief of Soil Biology and Biochemistry SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 146,
• CARLESSO, LEA, BEADLE, A., COOK, S.M., EVANS, J., HARTWELL, G., RITZ, K., SPARKES, D., WU, L. and MURRAY, PHIL J., 2019. Soil compaction effects on litter decomposition in an arable field: Implications for management of crop residues and headlands Applied Soil Ecology. 134, 31-37
• DHANDAPANI, S., RITZ, K., EVERS, S., YULE, C.M. and SJOGERSTEN, S., 2019. Are secondary forests second-rate? Comparing peatland greenhouse gas emissions, chemical and microbial community properties between primary and secondary forests in Peninsular Malaysia Science of the Total Environment. 655, 220-231
• DHANDAPANI, SELVAKUMAR, RITZ, KARL, EVERS, STEPHANIE and SJOGERSTEN, SOFIE, 2019. GHG emission under different cropping systems in some Histosols of Malaysia GEODERMA REGIONAL. 18,
• BACQ-LABREUIL, A., CRAWFORD, J., MOONEY, S. J., NEAL, A. L. and RITZ, K., 2019. Phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia Benth.) affects soil structure differently depending on soil texture PLANT AND SOIL. 441(1-2), 543-554
• BACQ-LABREUIL, AURELIE, CRAWFORD, JOHN, MOONEY, SACHA J., NEAL, ANDREW L. and RITZ, KARL, 2019. Cover crop species have contrasting influence upon soil structural genesis and microbial community phenotype SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 9,
• DHANDAPANI, SELVAKUMAR, RITZ, KARL, EVERS, STEPHANIE and SJOGERSTEN, SOFIE, 2019. Environmental impacts as affected by different oil palm cropping systems in tropical peatlands AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT. 276, 8-20
• DHANDAPANI, SELVAKUMAR, RITZ, KARL, EVERS, STEPHANIE, YULE, CATHERINE M. and SJOGERSTEN, SOFIE, 2019. Are secondary forests second-rate? Comparing peatland greenhouse gas emissions, chemical and microbial community properties between primary and secondary forests in Peninsular Malaysia SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 655, 220-231
• CARLESSO, LEA, BEADLE, ANDREW, COOK, SAMANTHA M., EVANS, JESS, HARTWELL, GRAHAM, RITZ, KARL, SPARKES, DEBBIE, WU, LIANHAI and MURRAY, PHIL J., 2019. Soil compaction effects on litter decomposition in an arable field: Implications for management of crop residues and headlands APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY. 134, 31-37
• GARBOUT A., STURROCK C.J., ARMENISE A., AHN S., SIMMONS R.W., DOERR S.H., RITZ K. and MOONEY S.J., 2018. TopCap: A tool to quantify soil surface topology and subsurface structure. Vadose Zone Journal. 17, 170091
• BACQ-LABREUIL, A, CRAWFORD, J., MOONEY, S.J., NEAL, A.L., AKKARI, ., MCAULIFFE, C., ZHANG, X., REDMILE-GORDON, M. and RITZ, K., 2018. Effects of cropping systems upon the three-dimensional architecture of soil systems are modulated by texture Geoderma. 332, 73-83
• TODMAN, L. C., FRASER, F. C., CORSTANJE, R., HARRIS, J. A., PAWLETT, M., RITZ, K. and WHITMORE, A. P., 2018. Evidence for functional state transitions in intensively-managed soil ecosystems SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 8,
• BACQ-LABREUIL, AURELIE, CRAWFORD, JOHN, MOONEY, SACHA J., NEAL, ANDREW L., AKKARI, ELSY, MCAULIFFE, CORMAC, ZHANG, XIAOXIAN, REDMILE-GORDON, MARC and RITZ, KARL, 2018. Effects of cropping systems upon the three-dimensional architecture of soil systems are modulated by texture GEODERMA. 332, 73-83
• TODMAN, L. C., FRASER, F. C., CORSTANJE, R., HARRIS, J. A., PAWLETT, M., RITZ, K. and WHITMORE, A. P., 2018. Evidence for functional state transitions in intensively-managed soil ecosystems SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 8,
• ASHEKUZZAMAN, S. M., RICHARDS, KARL, ELLIS, STEPHANIE, TYRREL, SEAN, O'LEARY, EMMA, GRIFFITHS, BRYAN, RITZ, KARL and FENTON, OWEN, 2018. Risk Assessment of E. coli Survival Up to the Grazing Exclusion Period After Dairy Slurry, Cattle Dung, and Biosolids Application to Grassland FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS. 2,
• GARBOUT, AMIN, STURROCK, CRAIG J., ARMENISE, ELENA, AHN, SUJUNG, SIMMONS, ROBERT W., DOERR, STEFAN, RITZ, KARL and MOONEY, SACHA J., 2018. TopCap: A Tool to Quantify Soil Surface Topology and Subsurface Structure VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL. 17(1),
• VAN DER BIJ, A. U., WEIJTERS, M. J., BOBBINK, R., HARRIS, J. A., PAWLETT, M., RITZ, K., BENETKOVA, P., MORADI, J., FROUZ, J. and VAN DIGGELEN, R., 2018. Facilitating ecosystem assembly: Plant-soil interactions as a restoration tool BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION. 220, 272-279
• ELLIS, STEPHANIE, TYRREL, SEAN, O'LEARY, EMMA, RICHARDS, KARL, GRIFFITHS, BRYAN and RITZ, KARL, 2018. Proportion of Sewage Sludge to Soil Influences the Survival of Salmonella Dublin and Escherichia coli CLEAN-SOIL AIR WATER. 46(4),
• BURR-HERSEY, JASMINE E., MOONEY, SACHA J., BENGOUGH, A. GLYN, MAIRHOFER, STEFAN and RITZ, KARL, 2018. Developmental morphology of cover crop species exhibit contrasting behaviour to changes in soil bulk density, revealed by X-ray computed tomography (vol 12, e0181872, 2017) PLOS ONE. 13(1),
• ELLIS, STEPHANIE and RITZ, KARL, 2018. A modified high-throughput analysis of PLFAs in soil METHODSX. 5, 1491-1497
• ARMENISE, ELENA, SIMMONS, ROBERT W., AHN, SUJUNG, GARBOUT, AMIN, DOERR, STEFAN H., MOONEY, SACHA J., STURROCK, CRAIG J. and RITZ, KARL, 2018. Soil seal development under simulated rainfall: Structural, physical and hydrological dynamics JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY. 556, 211-219
• MORRIS, EMILY C., GRIFFITHS, MARCUS, GOLEBIOWSKA, AGATA, MAIRHOFER, STEFAN, BURR-HERSEY, JASMINE, GOH, TATSUAKI, VON WANGENHEIM, DANIEL, ATKINSON, BRIAN, STURROCK, CRAIG J., LYNCH, JONATHAN P., VISSENBERG, KRIS, RITZ, KARL, WELLS, DARREN M., MOONEY, SACHA J. and BENNETT, MALCOLM J., 2017. Shaping 3D Root System Architecture CURRENT BIOLOGY. 27(17), R919-R930
• TSIAFOULI, MARIA A., DRAKOU, EVANGELIA G., ORGIAZZI, ALBERTO, HEDLUND, KATARINA and RITZ, KARL, 2017. Optimizing the Delivery of Multiple Ecosystem Goods and Services in Agricultural Systems FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 5,
• VAN DER BIJ, A. U., PAWLETT, M., HARRIS, J. A., RITZ, K. and VAN DIGGELEN, R., 2017. Soil microbial community assembly precedes vegetation development after drastic techniques to mitigate effects of nitrogen deposition BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION. 212(B, SI), 476-483
• BURR-HERSEY, JASMINE E., MOONEY, SACHA J., BENGOUGH, A. GLYN, MAIRHOFER, STEFAN and RITZ, KARL, 2017. Developmental morphology of cover crop species exhibit contrasting behaviour to changes in soil bulk density, revealed by X-ray computed tomography PLOS ONE. 12(7),
• ROSOLEM, CIRO A., RITZ, KARL, CANTARELLA, HEITOR, GALDOS, MARCELO V., HAWKESFORD, MALCOLM J., WHALLEY, WILLIAN R. and MOONEY, SACHA J., 2017. Enhanced Plant Rooting and Crop System Management for Improved N Use Efficiency. In: SPARKS, DL, ed., ADVANCES IN AGRONOMY, VOL 146 146. 205-239
• FRASER, F. C., TODMAN, L. C., CORSTANJE, R., DEEKS, L. K., HARRIS, J. A., PAWLETT, M., WHITMORE, A. P. and RITZ, K., 2016. Distinct respiratory responses of soils to complex organic substrate are governed predominantly by soil architecture and its microbial community SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 103, 493-501
• LLOYD, DAVIDSON A., RITZ, KARL, PATERSON, ERIC and KIRK, GUY J. D., 2016. Effects of soil type and composition of rhizodeposits on rhizosphere priming phenomena SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 103, 512-521
• FRASER, F. C., CORSTANJE, R., DEEKS, L. K., HARRIS, J. A., PAWLETT, M., TODMAN, L. C., WHITMORE, A. P. and RITZ, K., 2016. On the origin of carbon dioxide released from rewetted soils SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 101, 1-5
• TODMAN, L. C., FRASER, F. C., CORSTANJE, R., DEEKS, L. K., HARRIS, J. A., PAWLETT, M., RITZ, K. and WHITMORE, A. P., 2016. Defining and quantifying the resilience of responses to disturbance: a conceptual and modelling approach from soil science SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 6,
• DURENKAMP, MARK, PAWLETT, MARK, RITZ, KARL, HARRIS, JIM A., NEAL, ANDREW L. and MCGRATH, STEVE P., 2016. Nanoparticles within WWTP sludges have minimal impact on leachate quality and soil microbial community structure and function ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION. 211, 399-405
• MASSEY, P. A., CREAMER, R. E., WHELAN, M. J. and RITZ, K., 2016. Insensitivity of soil biological communities to phosphorus fertilization in intensively managed grassland systems GRASS AND FORAGE SCIENCE. 71(1), 139-152
• STONE, D., RITZ, K., GRIFFITHS, B. G., ORGIAZZI, A. and CREAMER, R. E., 2016. Selection of biological indicators appropriate for European soil monitoring APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY. 97, 12-22
• GREGORY, A. S., RITZ, K., MCGRATH, S. P., QUINTON, J. N., GOULDING, K. W. T., JONES, R. J. A., HARRIS, J. A., BOL, R., WALLACE, P., PILGRIM, E. S. and WHITMORE, A. P., 2015. A review of the impacts of degradation threats on soil properties in the UK SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT. 31(1, SI), 1-15
• CORSTANJE, R., DEEKS, L. R., WHITMORE, A. P., GREGORY, A. S. and RITZ, K., 2015. Probing the basis of soil resilience SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT. 31(1, SI), 72-81
• KIRK, G. J. D., VERSTEEGEN, A., RITZ, K. and MILODOWSKI, A. E., 2015. A simple reactive-transport model of calcite precipitation in soils and other porous media GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA. 165, 108-122
• MOYNIHAN, EMMA L., RICHARDS, KARL G., BRENNAN, FIONA P., TYRREL, SEAN F. and RITZ, KARL, 2015. Enteropathogen survival in soil from different land-uses is predominantly regulated by microbial community composition APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY. 89, 76-84
• PLAZA, CESAR, PAWLETT, MARK, FERNANDEZ, JOSE M., MENDEZ, ANA, GASCO, GABRIEL and RITZ, KARL, 2015. Does biochar interfere with standard methods for determining soil microbial biomass and phenotypic community structure? SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 81, 143-146
• EHRMANN, JUERGEN and RITZ, KARL, 2014. Plant: soil interactions in temperate multi-cropping production systems PLANT AND SOIL. 376(1-2), 1-29
• MASSEY, P. A., CREAMER, R. E., SCHULTE, R. P. O., WHELAN, M. J. and RITZ, K., 2013. The effects of earthworms, botanical diversity and fertiliser type on the vertical distribution of soil nutrients and plant nutrient acquisition BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS. 49(8), 1189-1201
• PAWLETT, MARK, RITZ, KARL, DOREY, ROBERT A., ROCKS, SOPHIE, RAMSDEN, JEREMY and HARRIS, JIM A., 2013. The impact of zero-valent iron nanoparticles upon soil microbial communities is context dependent ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH. 20(2), 1041-1049
• MOYNIHAN, EMMA L., RICHARDS, KARL G., RITZ, KARL, TYRREL, SEAN F. and BRENNAN, FIONA P., 2013. IMPACT OF SOIL TYPE, BIOLOGY AND TEMPERATURE ON THE SURVIVAL OF NON-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI O157 BIOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT-PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY. 113B(1), 41-46
• CRAWFORD, JOHN W., DEACON, LEWIS, GRINEV, DMITRI, HARRIS, JAMES A., RITZ, KARL, SINGH, BRAJESH K. and YOUNG, IAIN, 2012. Microbial diversity affects self-organization of the soil-microbe system with consequences for function JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE. 9(71), 1302-1310
• HARRIS, JIM A., RITZ, KARL, COUCHENEY, ELSA, GRICE, SAMUEL M., LERCH, THOMAS Z., PAWLETT, MARK and HERRMANN, ANKE M., 2012. The thermodynamic efficiency of soil microbial communities subject to long-term stress is lower than those under conventional input regimes SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 47, 149-157
• HARRIS, J. A., BAPTISTA, J. D. C., CURTIS, T. P., NELSON, A. K., PAWLETT, M., RITZ, K. and TYRREL, S. F., 2012. Engineering difference: Matrix design determines community composition in wastewater treatment systems ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING. 40, 183-188
• HARRIS, J. A., TYRREL, S. F., RITZ, K., LANIGAN, G. J., GRIFFITHS, B. S., BRENNAN, F. P., BOURDIN, F., MASSEY, P. A., MOYNIHAN, E. L., ROGERS, N. E., KIBBLEWHITE, M. G., PAWLETT, M., SAKRABANI, R., HOEKSTRA, N. J., CREAMER, R. E., SCHULTE, R. P. O. and RICHARDS, K. G., 2011. Does soil biology hold the key to optimized slurry management? A manifesto for research SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT. 27(4), 464-469
• BUTLER, E., WHELAN, M. J., RITZ, K., SAKRABANI, R. and VAN EGMOND, R., 2011. Solvent-based washing removes lipophilic contaminant interference with phospholipid fatty acid analysis of soil communities SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 43(10), 2208-2212
• BUTLER, EMMA, WHELAN, MICHAEL J., RITZ, KARL, SAKRABANI, RUBEN and VAN EGMOND, ROGER, 2011. EFFECTS OF TRICLOSAN ON SOIL MICROBIAL RESPIRATION ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY. 30(2), 360-366
• JEFFERY, S., HARRIS, J. A., RICKSON, R. J. and RITZ, K., 2010. Effects of soil-surface microbial community phenotype upon physical and hydrological properties of an arable soil: a microcosm study EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE. 61(4), 493-503
• DIAS, J. M., OLIVEIRA, R. S., FRANCO, A. R., RITZ, K., NUNAN, N. and CASTRO, P. M. L., 2010. Assessment of mycorrhizal colonisation and soil nutrients in unmanaged fire-impacted soils from two target restoration sites SPANISH JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH. 8(1), S86-S95
• HAYGARTH, PHILIP M. and RITZ, KARL, 2009. The future of soils and land use in the UK: Soil systems for the provision of land-based ecosystem services LAND USE POLICY. 26(1, SI), S187-S197
• RITZ, KARL, BLACK, HELAINA I. J., CAMPBELL, COLIN D., HARRIS, JIM A. and WOOD, CLAIRE, 2009. Selecting biological indicators for monitoring soils: A framework for balancing scientific and technical opinion to assist policy development ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS. 9(6), 1212-1221
• CREAMER, RACHEL E., BELLAMY, PAT, BLACK, HELAINA I. J., CAMERON, CLARE M., CAMPBELL, COLIN D., CHAMBERLAIN, PAUL, HARRIS, JIM, PAREKH, NISHA, PAWLETT, MARK, POSKITT, JAN, STONE, DOTE and RITZ, KARL, 2009. An inter-laboratory comparison of multi-enzyme and multiple substrate-induced respiration assays to assess method consistency in soil monitoring BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS. 45(6), 623-633
• HERRMANN, A. M., NUNAN, N. and RITZ, K., 2009. Potential of visualisation methods to further our understanding of soil organic matter dynamics GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA. 73(13, S), A526
• JEFFERY, SIMON, HARRIS, JIM A., RICKSON, R. JANE and RITZ, KARL, 2009. The spectral quality of light influences the temporal development of the microbial phenotype at the arable soil surface SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 41(3), 553-560
• BARTLETT, M. D., JAMES, I. T., HARRIS, J. A. and RITZ, K., 2009. Size and phenotypic structure of microbial communities within soil profiles in relation to different playing areas on a UK golf course. (vol 59, pg 835, 2008) EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE. 60(1), 1
• BARTLETT, M. D., JAMES, I. T., HARRIS, J. A. and RITZ, K., 2008. Size and phenotypic structure of microbial communities within soil profiles in relation to different playing areas on a UK golf course EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE. 59(5), 835-841
• BARTLETT, MARK, JAMES, IAIN, HARRIS, JIM and RITZ, KARL, 2008. Earthworm community structure on five English golf courses APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY. 39(3), 336-341
• DEACON, L. J., GRINEV, D. V., CRAWFORD, J. W., HARRIS, J., RITZ, K. and YOUNG, I. M., 2008. Simultaneous preservation of soil structural properties and phospholipid profiles: A comparison of three drying techniques PEDOSPHERE. 18(3), 284-287
• KIBBLEWHITE, M. G., RITZ, K. and SWIFT, M. J., 2008. Soil health in agricultural systems PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 363(1492), 685-701
• ALLTON, KATHRYN E., HARRIS, JAMES A., RICKSON, R. JANE and RITZ, KARL, 2007. The effect of microbial communities on soil hydrological processes: A microcosm study utilising simulated rainfall GEODERMA. 142(1-2), 11-17
• HERRMANN, ANKE M., RITZ, KARL, NUNAN, NAOISE, CLODE, PETA L., PETT-RIDGE, JENNIFER, KILBURN, MATT R., MURPHY, DANIEL V., O'DONNELL, ANTHONY G. and STOCKDALE, ELIZABETH A., 2007. Nano-scale secondary ion mass spectrometry - A new analytical tool in biogeochemistry and soil ecology: A review article SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 39(8), 1835-1850
• BARTLETT, MARK DAVID, JAMES, I. T., HARRIS, J. A. and RITZ, K., 2007. Interactions between microbial community structure and the soil environment found on golf courses SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 39(7), 1533-1541
• RITZ, KARL, 2007. The Plate Debate: Cultivable communities have no utility in contemporary environmental microbial ecology FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY. 60(3), 358-362
• JEFFERY, S., HARRIS, J. A., RICKSON, R. J. and RITZ, K., 2007. Microbial community phenotypic profiles change markedly with depth within the first centimetre of the arable soil surface SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 39(5), 1226-1229
• BOSWELL, GRAEME P., JACOBS, HELEN, RITZ, KARL, GADD, GEOFFREY M. and DAVIDSON, FORDYCE A., 2007. The development of fungal networks in complex environments BULLETIN OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY. 69(2), 605-634
• BARTLETT, MARK DAVID, HARRIS, JIM A., JAMES, IAIN T. and RITZ, KARL, 2006. Inefficiency of mustard extraction technique for assessing size and structure of earthworm communities in UK pasture SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 38(9), 2990-2992
• NUNAN, NAOISE, RITZ, KARL, RIVERS, MARK, FEENEY, DEBBIE S. and YOUNG, IAIN M., 2006. Investigating microbial micro-habitat structure using X-ray computed tomography GEODERMA. 133(3-4), 398-407
• KUAN, H. L., FENWICK, C., GLOVER, L. A., GRIFFITHS, B. S. and RITZ, K., 2006. Functional resilience of microbial communities from perturbed upland grassland soils to further persistent or transient stresses SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 38(8), 2300-2306
• FEENEY, DEBBIE S., CRAWFORD, JOHN W., DANIELL, TIM, HALLETT, PAUL D., NUNAN, NAOISE, RITZ, KARL, RIVERS, MARK and YOUNG, IAIN M., 2006. Three-dimensional microorganization of the soil-root-microbe system MICROBIAL ECOLOGY. 52(1), 151-158
• CRAWFORD, JW, HARRIS, JA, RITZ, K and YOUNG, IM, 2005. Towards an evolutionary ecology of life in soil TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION. 20(2), 81-87
• FEENEY, DS, DANIELL, T, HALLETT, PD, ILLIAN, J, RITZ, K and YOUNG, IM, 2004. Does the presence of glomalin relate to reduced water infiltration through hydrophobicity? CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE. 84(4), 365-372
• RITZ, K, MCNICOL, W, NUNAN, N, GRAYSTON, S, MILLARD, P, ATKINSON, D, GOLLOTTE, A, HABESHAW, D, BOAG, B, CLEGG, CD, GRIFFITHS, BS, WHEATLEY, RE, GLOVER, LA, MCCAIG, AE and PROSSER, JI, 2004. Spatial structure in soil chemical and microbiological properties in an upland grassland FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY. 49(2), 191-205
• PENNANEN, T, CAUL, S, DANIELL, TJ, GRIFFITHS, BS, RITZ, K and WHEATLEY, RE, 2004. Community-level responses of metabolically-active soil microorganisms to the quantity and quality of substrate inputs SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 36(5), 841-848
• JACOBS, H, BOSWELL, GP, SCRIMGEOUR, CM, DAVIDSON, FA, GADD, GM and RITZ, K, 2004. Translocation of carbon by Rhizoctonia solani in nutritionally-heterogeneous microcosms MYCOLOGICAL RESEARCH. 108(4), 453-462
• WU, KJ, NUNAN, N, CRAWFORD, JW, YOUNG, IM and RITZ, K, 2004. An efficient Markov chain model for the simulation of heterogeneous soil structure SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL. 68(2), 346-351
• OTTEN, W, HARRIS, K, YOUNG, IM, RITZ, K and GILLIGAN, CA, 2004. Preferential spread of the pathogenic fungus Rhizoctonia solani through structured soil SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 36(2), 203-210
• GRAYSTON, SJ, CAMPBELL, CD, BARDGETT, RD, MAWDSLEY, JL, CLEGG, CD, RITZ, K, GRIFFITHS, BS, RODWELL, JS, EDWARDS, SJ, DAVIES, WJ, ELSTON, DJ and MILLARD, P, 2004. Assessing shifts in microbial community structure across a range of grasslands of differing management intensity using CLPP, PLFA and community DNA techniques APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY. 25(1), 63-84
• GRIFFITHS, BS, KUAN, HL, RITZ, K, GLOVER, LA, MCCAIG, AE and FENWICK, C, 2004. The relationship between microbial community structure and functional stability, tested experimentally in an upland pasture soil MICROBIAL ECOLOGY. 47(1), 104-113
• WHEATLEY, RE, CAUL, S, CRABB, D, DANIELL, TJ, GRIFFITHS, BS and RITZ, K, 2003. Microbial population dynamics related to temporal variations in nitrification in three arable fields EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE. 54(4), 707-714
• FOMINA, M, RITZ, K and GADD, GM, 2003. Nutritional influence on the ability of fungal mycelia to penetrate toxic metal-containing domains MYCOLOGICAL RESEARCH. 107(7), 861-871
• BOSWELL, GP, JACOBS, H, DAVIDSON, FA, GADD, GM and RITZ, K, 2003. A positive numerical scheme for a mixed-type partial differential equation model for fungal growth APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTATION. 138(2-3), 321-340
• NUNAN, N, WU, KJ, YOUNG, IM, CRAWFORD, JW and RITZ, K, 2003. Spatial distribution of bacterial communities and their relationships with the micro-architecture of soil FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY. 44(2), 203-215
• BOSWELL, GP, JACOBS, H, DAVIDSON, FA, GADD, GM and RITZ, K, 2003. Growth and function of fungal mycelia in heterogeneous environments BULLETIN OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY. 65(3), 447-477
• HARRIS, K, YOUNG, IM, GILLIGAN, CA, OTTEN, W and RITZ, K, 2003. Effect of bulk density on the spatial organisation of the fungus Rhizoctonia solani in soil FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY. 44(1), 45-56
• JACOBS, H, BOSWELL, GP, HARPER, FA, RITZ, K, DAVIDSON, FA and GADD, GM, 2002. Solubilization of metal phosphates by Rhizoctonia solani MYCOLOGICAL RESEARCH. 106(12), 1468-1479
• NUNAN, N, WU, K, YOUNG, IM, CRAWFORD, JW and RITZ, K, 2002. In situ spatial patterns of soil bacterial populations, mapped at multiple scales, in an arable soil MICROBIAL ECOLOGY. 44(4), 296-305
• BOSWELL, GP, JACOBS, H, DAVIDSON, FA, GADD, GM and RITZ, K, 2002. Functional consequences of nutrient translocation in mycelial fungi JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY. 217(4), 459-477
• JACOBS, H, BOSWELL, GP, RITZ, K, DAVIDSON, FA and GADD, GM, 2002. Solubilization of calcium phosphate as a consequence of carbon translocation by Rhizoctonia solani FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY. 40(1), 65-71
• HARRIS, K, CRABB, D, YOUNG, IM, WEAVER, H, GILLIGAN, CA, OTTEN, W and RITZ, K, 2002. In situ visualisation of fungi in soil thin sections: problems with crystallisation of the fluorochrome FB 28 (Calcofluor M2R) and improved staining by SCRI Renaissance 2200 MYCOLOGICAL RESEARCH. 106(3), 293-297
• STURROCK, CJ, RITZ, K, SAMSON, WB, BOWN, JL, STAINES, HJ, PALFREYMAN, JW, CRAWFORD, JW and WHITE, NA, 2002. The effects of fungal inoculum arrangement (scale and context) on emergent community development in an agar model system FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY. 39(1), 9-16
• WHEATLEY, RE, RITZ, K, CRABB, D and CAUL, S, 2001. Temporal variations in potential nitrification dynamics in soil related to differences in rates and types of carbon and nitrogen inputs SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 33(15), 2135-2144
• GADD, GM, RAMSAY, L, CRAWFORD, JW and RITZ, K, 2001. Nutritional influence on fungal colony growth and biomass distribution in response to toxic metals FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS. 204(2), 311-316
• GRIFFITHS, BS, RITZ, K, WHEATLEY, R, KUAN, HL, BOAG, B, CHRISTENSEN, S, EKELUND, F, SORENSEN, SJ, MULLER, S and BLOEM, J, 2001. An examination of the biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship in arable soil microbial communities SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 33(12-13), 1713-1722
• PRESTON, S, WIRTH, S, RITZ, K, GRIFFITHS, BS and YOUNG, LM, 2001. The role played by microorganisms in the biogenesis of soil cracks: importance of substrate quantity and quality SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 33(12-13), 1851-1858
• NUNAN, N, RITZ, K, CRABB, D, HARRIS, K, WU, KJ, CRAWFORD, JW and YOUNG, IM, 2001. Quantification of the in situ distribution of soil bacteria by large-scale imaging of thin sections of undisturbed soil FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY. 37(1), 67-77
• OTTEN, W, HALL, D, HARRIS, K, RITZ, K, YOUNG, IM and GILLIGAN, CA, 2001. Soil physics, fungal epidemiology and the spread of Rhizoctonia solani NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 151(2), 459-468
• MCGOVERN, HJ, DEEKS, LK, HALLETT, PD, RITZ, K and YOUNG, IM, 2001. A sterile environment for growing, and monitoring, micro-organisms under a range of soil matric potentials SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 33(4-5), 689-691
• GRIFFITHS, BS, BONKOWSKI, M, ROY, J and RITZ, K, 2001. Functional stability, substrate utilisation and biological indicators of soils following environmental impacts APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY. 16(1), 49-61
• FOMINA, M, RITZ, K and GADD, GM, 2000. Negative fungal chemotropism to toxic metals FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS. 193(2), 207-211
• BONKOWSKI, M, GRIFFITHS, BS and RITZ, K, 2000. Food preferences of earthworms for soil fungi PEDOBIOLOGIA. 44(6), 666-676
• GRIFFITHS, BS, RITZ, K, BARDGETT, RD, COOK, R, CHRISTENSEN, S, EKELUND, F, SORENSEN, SJ, BAATH, E, BLOEM, J, DE RUITER, PC, DOLFING, J and NICOLARDOT, B, 2000. Ecosystem response of pasture soil communities to fumigation-induced microbial diversity reductions: an examination of the biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship OIKOS. 90(2), 279-294
• CLEGG, CD, RITZ, K and GRIFFITHS, BS, 2000. %G+C profiling and cross hybridisation of microbial DNA reveals great variation in below-ground community structure in UK upland grasslands APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY. 14(2), 125-134
• WHITE, NA, HALLETT, PD, FEENEY, D, PALFREYMAN, JW and RITZ, K, 2000. Changes to water repellence of soil caused by the growth of white-rot fungi: studies using a novel microcosm system FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS. 184(1), 73-77
• YOUNG, IM and RITZ, K, 2000. Tillage, habitat space and function of soil microbes SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH. 53(3-4), 201-213
• BOWN, JL, STURROCK, CJ, SAMSON, WB, STAINES, HJ, PALFREYMAN, JW, WHITE, NA, RITZ, K and CRAWFORD, JW, 1999. Evidence for emergent behaviour in the community-scale dynamics of a fungal microcosm PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 266(1432), 1947-1952
• ROGASIK, H, CRAWFORD, JW, WENDROTH, O, YOUNG, IM, JOSCHKO, M and RITZ, K, 1999. Discrimination of soil phases by dual energy x-ray tomography SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL. 63(4), 741-751
• TOYOTA, K, RITZ, K, KUNINAGA, S and KIMURA, M, 1999. Impact of fumigation with metam sodium upon soil microbial community structure in two Japanese soils SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION. 45(1), 207-223
• RITZ, K and TRUDGILL, DL, 1999. Utility of nematode community analysis as an integrated measure of the functional state of soils: perspectives and challenges - Discussion paper PLANT AND SOIL. 212(1), 1-11
• GRIFFITHS, BS, RITZ, K, EBBLEWHITE, N and DOBSON, G, 1999. Soil microbial community structure: Effects of substrate loading rates SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 31(1), 145-153
• WHITE, NA, STURROCK, C, RITZ, K, SAMSON, WB, BOWN, J, STAINES, HJ, PALFREYMAN, JW and CRAWFORD, J, 1998. Interspecific fungal interactions in spatially heterogeneous systems FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY. 27(1), 21-32
• YOUNG, IM and RITZ, K, 1998. Can there be a contemporary ecological dimension to soil biology without a habitat? Discussion SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 30(10-11), 1229-1232
• GRIFFITHS, BS, RITZ, K, EBBLEWHITE, N, PATERSON, E and KILLHAM, K, 1998. Ryegrass rhizosphere microbial community structure under elevated carbon dioxide concentrations, with observations on wheat rhizosphere SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 30(3), 315-321
• LENG, JM, CHEN, J, FANTON, J, SENKO, M, RITZ, K and OPSAL, J, 1998. Characterization of titanium nitride (TiN) films on various substrates using spectrophotometry, beam profile reflectometry, beam profile ellipsometry and spectroscopic beam profile ellipsometry THIN SOLID FILMS. 313, 308-313
• CLEGG, CD, RITZ, K and GRIFFITHS, BS, 1998. Broad-scale analysis of soil microbial community DNA from upland grasslands ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY. 73(1), 9-14
• REGALADO, CM, SLEEMAN, BD and RITZ, K, 1997. Aggregation and collapse of fungal wall vesicles in hyphal tips: a model for the origin of the Spitzenkorper PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 352(1364), 1963-1974
• GRIFFITHS, BS, DIAZRAVINA, M, RITZ, K, MCNICOL, JW, EBBLEWHITE, N and BAATH, E, 1997. Community DNA hybridisation and %G+C profiles of microbial communities from heavy metal polluted soils FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY. 24(2), 103-112
• PATERSON, E, HALL, JM, RATTRAY, EAS, GRIFFITHS, BS, RITZ, K and KILLHAM, K, 1997. Effect of elevated CO2 on rhizosphere carbon flow and soil microbial processes GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY. 3(4), 363-377
• CLEGG, CD, RITZ, K and GRIFFITHS, BS, 1997. Direct extraction of microbial community DNA from humified upland soils LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY. 25(1), 30-33
• RITZ, K, WHEATLEY, RE and GRIFFITHS, BS, 1997. Effects of animal manure application and crop plants upon size and activity of soil microbial biomass under organically grown spring barley BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS. 24(4), 372-377
• WHEATLEY, RE, RITZ, K and GRIFFITHS, BS, 1997. Application of an augmented nitrification assay to elucidate the effects of a spring barley crop and manures on temporal variations in rates BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS. 24(4), 378-383
• DAVIDSON, FA, SLEEMAN, BD, RAYNER, ADM, CRAWFORD, JW and RITZ, K, 1997. Travelling waves and pattern formation in a model for fungal development JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY. 35(5), 589-608
• RITZ, K, GRIFFITHS, BS, TORSVIK, VL and HENDRIKSEN, NB, 1997. Analysis of soil and bacterioplankton community DNA by melting profiles and reassociation kinetics FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS. 149(2), 151-156
• REGALADO, CM, CRAWFORD, JW, RITZ, K and SLEEMAN, BD, 1996. The origins of spatial heterogeneity in vegetative mycelia: A reaction-diffusion model MYCOLOGICAL RESEARCH. 100(12), 1473-1480
• DAVIDSON, FA, SLEEMAN, BD, RAYNER, ADM, CRAWFORD, JW and RITZ, K, 1996. Large-scale behavior of fungal mycelia MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTER MODELLING. 24(10), 81-87
• TOYOTA, K, RITZ, K and YOUNG, IM, 1996. Microbiological factors affecting the colonisation of soil aggregates by Fusarium oxysporum f sp raphani SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 28(10-11), 1513-1521
• TOYOTA, K, RITZ, K and YOUNG, IM, 1996. Survival of bacterial and fungal populations following chloroform-fumigation: Effects of soil matric potential and bulk density SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 28(10-11), 1545-1547
• TOYOTA, K, YOUNG, IM and RITZ, K, 1996. Effects of soil matric potential and bulk density on the growth of Fusarium oxysporum f sp raphani SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 28(9), 1139-1145
• DAVIDSON, FA, SLEEMAN, BD, RAYNER, ADM, CRAWFORD, JW and RITZ, K, 1996. Context-dependent macroscopic patterns in growing and interacting mycelial networks PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 263(1372), 873-880
• GRIFFITHS, BS, RITZ, K and GLOVER, LA, 1996. Broad-scale approaches to the determination of soil microbial community structure: Application of the community DNA hybridization technique MICROBIAL ECOLOGY. 31(3), 269-280
• HITCHCOCK, D, GLASBEY, CA and RITZ, K, 1996. Image analysis of space-filling by networks: Application to a fungal mycelium BIOTECHNOLOGY TECHNIQUES. 10(3), 205-210
• RITZ, K, MILLAR, SM and CRAWFORD, JW, 1996. Detailed visualisation of hyphal distribution in fungal mycelia growing in heterogeneous nutritional environments JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS. 25(1), 23-28
• TIPPKOTTER, R and RITZ, K, 1996. Evaluation of polyester, epoxy and acrylic resins for suitability in preparation of soil thin sections for in situ biological studies GEODERMA. 69(1-2), 31-57
• RITZ, K, 1995. GROWTH-RESPONSES OF SOME SOIL FUNGI TO SPATIALLY HETEROGENEOUS NUTRIENTS FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY. 16(4), 269-279
• WHEATLEY, RE and RITZ, K, 1995. DYNAMICS OF MINERAL NITROGEN IN SOILS SUPPORTING POTATO CROPS BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS. 19(1), 36-40
• KEELING, AA, GRIFFITHS, BS, RITZ, K and MYERS, M, 1995. Effects of compost stability on plant growth, microbiological parameters and nitrogen availability in media containing mixed garden-waste compost BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY. 54(3), 279-284
• RITZ, K and GRIFFITHS, BS, 1994. POTENTIAL APPLICATION OF A COMMUNITY HYBRIDIZATION TECHNIQUE FOR ASSESSING CHANGES IN THE POPULATION-STRUCTURE OF SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 26(8), 963-971
• GRIFFITHS, BS, RITZ, K and WHEATLEY, RE, 1994. NEMATODES AS INDICATORS OF ENHANCED MICROBIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY IN A SCOTTISH ORGANIC FARMING SYSTEM SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT. 10(1), 20-24
• CRAWFORD, JW, RITZ, K and YOUNG, IM, 1993. QUANTIFICATION OF FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY, GASEOUS TRANSPORT AND MICROBIAL DYNAMICS IN SOIL - AN INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK UTILIZING FRACTAL GEOMETRY GEODERMA. 56(1-4), 157-172
• RITZ, K, GRIFFITHS, BS and WHEATLEY, RE, 1992. SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS AND ACTIVITY UNDER A POTATO CROP FERTILIZED WITH N WITH AND WITHOUT C BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS. 12(4), 265-271
• WHEATLEY, RE, GRIFFITHS, BS and RITZ, K, 1991. VARIATIONS IN THE RATES OF NITRIFICATION AND DENITRIFICATION DURING THE GROWTH OF POTATOES (SOLANUM-TUBEROSUM L) IN SOIL WITH DIFFERENT CARBON INPUTS AND THE EFFECT OF THESE INPUTS ON SOIL-NITROGEN AND PLANT-YIELD BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS. 11(2), 157-162
• RITZ, K and CRAWFORD, J, 1990. QUANTIFICATION OF THE FRACTAL NATURE OF COLONIES OF TRICHODERMA-VIRIDE MYCOLOGICAL RESEARCH. 94(8), 1138-1141
• WHEATLEY, R, RITZ, K and GRIFFITHS, B, 1990. MICROBIAL BIOMASS AND MINERAL-N TRANSFORMATIONS IN SOIL PLANTED WITH BARLEY, RYEGRASS, PEA OR TURNIP PLANT AND SOIL. 127(2), 157-167
• ROBINSON, D, GRIFFITHS, B, RITZ, K and WHEATLEY, R, 1989. ROOT-INDUCED NITROGEN MINERALIZATION - A THEORETICAL-ANALYSIS PLANT AND SOIL. 117(2), 185-193
• RITZ, K and WHEATLEY, RE, 1989. FREEZING AS A MEANS OF PRESERVING SAMPLES IN SOIL RESPIRATION STUDIES BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS. 8(1), 95-96
• RITZ, K and WHEATLEY, RE, 1989. EFFECTS OF WATER AMENDMENT ON BASAL AND SUBSTRATE-INDUCED RESPIRATION RATES OF MINERAL SOILS BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS. 8(3), 242-246
• GRIFFITHS, BS and RITZ, K, 1988. A TECHNIQUE TO EXTRACT, ENUMERATE AND MEASURE PROTOZOA FROM MINERAL SOILS SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 20(2), 163-173
• RITZ, K and ROBINSON, D, 1988. TEMPORAL VARIATIONS IN SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS-C AND BIOMASS-N UNDER A SPRING BARLEY CROP SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 20(5), 625-630
• JUPP, AP, NEWMAN, EI and RITZ, K, 1987. PHOSPHORUS TURNOVER IN SOIL AND ITS UPTAKE BY ESTABLISHED LOLIUM-PERENNE PLANTS JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY. 24(3), 969-978
• RITZ, K and GRIFFITHS, BS, 1987. EFFECTS OF CARBON AND NITRATE ADDITIONS TO SOIL UPON LEACHING OF NITRATE, MICROBIAL PREDATORS AND NITROGEN UPTAKE BY PLANTS PLANT AND SOIL. 102(2), 229-237
• TIPPKOTTER, R, RITZ, K and DARBYSHIRE, JF, 1986. THE PREPARATION OF SOIL THIN-SECTIONS FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE. 37(4), 681-690
• NEWMAN, EI and RITZ, K, 1986. EVIDENCE ON THE PATHWAYS OF PHOSPHORUS TRANSFER BETWEEN VESICULAR-ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL PLANTS NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 104(1), 77-87
• RITZ, K and NEWMAN, EI, 1986. NUTRIENT TRANSPORT BETWEEN RYEGRASS PLANTS DIFFERING IN NUTRIENT STATUS OECOLOGIA. 70(1), 128-131
• RITZ, K and NEWMAN, EI, 1985. EVIDENCE FOR RAPID CYCLING OF PHOSPHORUS FROM DYING ROOTS TO LIVING PLANTS OIKOS. 45(2), 174-180
• RITZ, K and NEWMAN, EI, 1984. MOVEMENT OF P-32 BETWEEN INTACT GRASSLAND PLANTS OF THE SAME AGE OIKOS. 43(2), 138-142
• WITTY, JF and RITZ, K, 1984. SLOW-RELEASE N-15 FERTILIZER FORMULATIONS TO MEASURE N-2-FIXATION BY ISOTOPE-DILUTION SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY. 16(6), 657-661