John C. Zak

Texas Tech University — United States

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

38h-index8.6kcitations123works5.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions(38), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics(28), Lichen and fungal ecology(19), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(18), Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases(15)

Publications123 total

No-Till and Crop Rotation Are Promising Practices to Enhance Soil Health in Cotton-Producing Semiarid Regions: Insights from Citizen Science
Soil Systems·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Comparative analysis of rhizobial and bacterial communities in experimental cotton fields: Impacts of conventional and conservation soil management in the Texas High Plains
Soil and Tillage Research·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Soil Communities in Deserts:
University of Arizona Press eBooks·2023
A PIGEON'S EYE VIEW OF A UNIVERSITY CAMPUS
The Southwestern Naturalist·2022· 1 cited
Application of Lactobacillus gasseri 63 AM supernatant to Pseudomonas aeruginosa-infected wounds prevents sepsis in murine models of thermal injury and dorsal excision
Journal of Medical Microbiology·2019· 27 cited
Ecology of Feral Pigeons: Population Monitoring, Resource Selection, and Management Practices
IntechOpen eBooks·2019· 11 citedOpen Access
Enabling Practice-driven Innovation in the Animal Production Sector
Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling·2017· 2 citedOpen Access
Corrigendum to “Soil carbon sequestration potential in semi-arid grasslands in the Conservation Reserve Program” [Geoderma 297 (2017) 80–90]
Geoderma·2017
Soil carbon sequestration potential in semi-arid grasslands in the Conservation Reserve Program
Geoderma·2017· 80 cited
Aeromonas infection from river and playa lake waters in West Texas and southeastern New Mexico
The Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles·2016· 2 citedOpen Access
Aeromonas infection from river and playa lake waters in West Texas and southeastern New Mexico
The Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles·2016· 4 citedOpen Access
Seasonal microbial and nutrient responses during a 5-year reduction in the daily temperature range of soil in a Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem
Oecologia·2015· 19 cited
Understanding Climate Change and Cotton Production Across the Southern High Plains: What Can we Expect!
2014
Predominant bacterial and fungal assemblages in agricultural soils during a record drought/heat wave and linkages to enzyme activities of biogeochemical cycling
Applied Soil Ecology·2014· 172 cited
Environmental effects on distributions of culturable soil oligotrophic bacteria along an elevational gradient in the Chihuahuan Desert
Journal of Arid Environments·2013· 7 cited
Soil microbial and nutrient responses to 7 years of seasonally altered precipitation in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland
Global Change Biology·2013· 160 cited
Natural transformation as a mechanism of horizontal gene transfer among environmental Aeromonas species
Systematic and Applied Microbiology·2013· 42 cited
Soil fungal distribution and functionality as affected by grazing and vegetation components of integrated crop–livestock agroecosystems
Applied Soil Ecology·2013· 38 cited
Impact of changing water availability on plant photosynthetic performance in Big Bend National Park, Texas.
2012
Pyrosequencing and mid-infrared spectroscopy reveal distinct aggregate stratification of soil bacterial communities and organic matter composition
Soil Biology and Biochemistry·2011· 284 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

David T. Tissue(10), Verónica Acosta‐Martínez(8), Stephen B. Cox(7), Colin Bell(6), Randall M. Jeter(5), D. Carl Freeman(5), Michael E. Loik(4), Jennifer Moore‐Kucera(4), Todd A. Anderson(4), Jennifer R. Huddleston(4), Jeffrey J. Duda(4), John M. Emlen(4), Michael R. Willig(3), Daryl Moorhead(3), Travis E. Huxman(3), V. G. Allen(3), Traesha R. Robertson(3), Anthony J. Krzysik(3), David A. Kovacic(3), D. Parkinson(3)