Richard D. Bardgett

University of Manchester — United Kingdom

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

137h-index83.7kcitations613works7.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics(267), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(156), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology(78), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology(69), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions(58)

Publications612 total

Maximum entropy networks predict fluctuations and stability of food web energetics
2026Open Access
Plant functional traits can guide the regeneration of soil fertility in Kenyan grasslands
Plant and Soil·2025Open Access
Canopy reflectance as a predictor of soil microbial community composition and diversity at a continental scale
New Phytologist·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Advancing predictive understanding of tree organic and inorganic nitrogen uptake across forest biomes
Soil Biology and Biochemistry·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Interactive effects of urbanness and land cover types on soil carbon and nitrogen pools in green spaces
Journal of Environmental Management·2025Open Access
A global database of soil microbial phospholipid fatty acids and enzyme activities
Scientific Data·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Drought Intensity Shapes Soil Legacy Effects on Grassland Plant and Soil Microbial Communities and Their Responses to Future Drought
Global Change Biology·2025· 6 citedOpen Access
Asymbiotic biological nitrogen fixation makes a great contribution to nitrogen balance in unfertilized alpine grasslands across the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Journal of Integrative Agriculture·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Soil degradation assessment across tropical grassland of Western Kenya
2025Open Access
Supplementary material to "Soil degradation assessment across tropical grassland of Western Kenya"
2025Open Access
Arbuscular mycorrhizal association regulates global root–seed coordination
Nature Plants·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
The influence of mycorrhizal hyphal connections and neighbouring plants on Plantago lanceolata physiology and nutrient uptake
Mycorrhiza·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Linkages between plant tannins and the organic nitrogen cycle
Trends in Plant Science·2025
Global change factors reshape the links between litter properties, decomposers, and decomposition in mature oak forests
2025Open Access
Seasonal Sheep Grazing Does Not Enhance Stable or Total Soil Carbon Stocks in a Long‐Term Calcareous Grassland Experiment
Ecology and Evolution·2025Open Access
Multiple targeted grassland restoration interventions enhance ecosystem service multifunctionality
Nature Communications·2025· 14 citedOpen Access
The Influence of Mycorrhizal Hyphal Connections and Neighbouring Plants on Plantago lanceolata Physiology and Nutrient Uptake
2025Open Access
Soil extracellular enzymes as drivers of soil carbon storage under nitrogen addition
Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society·2025· 16 citedOpen Access
Higher Plant Diversity Does Not Moderate the Influence of Changing Rainfall Regimes on Plant–Soil Feedback of a Semi‐Arid Grassland
Global Change Biology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Intensive grassland management and drought amplify pathways of energy flux in soil food webs
2025· 1 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

David A. Wardle(13), Wim H. van der Putten(9), Franciska T. de Vries(6), Heikki Setälä(5), Johannes H. C. Cornelissen(4), Søren Christensen(4), Diana H. Wall(3), Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo(3), David J. Eldridge(3), Brajesh K. Singh(3), Nick Ostle(3), Sandra Lavorel(3), David Johnson(3), Lawrence R. Walker(3), Bryan S. Griffiths(3), Peter C. de Ruiter(3), Lisa Bjørnlund(3), Mira Liiri(3), Simon R. Mortimer(3), P. J. Hobbs(3)