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    1. Nesper, M., E.K. Bünemann, S.J. Fonte, J.E. Velásquez, I.M. Rao, E. Frossard and A. Oberson (2015) Pasture degradation decreases organic P content of tropical soils due to soil structural decline. Geoderma, 257-258: 123-133.
    2. Sanabria, C., P. Lavelle, and S.J. Fonte* (2014) Ants as indicators of soil-based ecosystem services in agroecosystems of the Colombian Llanos. Applied Soil Ecology, 84: 24-30.
    3. Lavelle, P., N. Rodríguez , O. Arguello, J. Bernal, C. Botero, P. Chaparro, Y. Gómez, A. Gutiérrez, M.P. Hurtado , S. Loaiza, E. Rodríguez , C. Sanabria, E. Velásquez, and S.J. Fonte (2014) Soil ecosystem services and land use in the rapidly changing Orinoco River Basin of eastern Colombia. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment, 185: 106-117.
    4. Fonte, S.J.*, D. Hegglin, M. Nesper, J.E. Velásquez, B. Ramirez, I.M. Rao, S. Bernasconi E.K. Bünemann, E. Frossard, and A. Oberson (2014) Pasture degradation impacts soil phosphorus storage via changes to aggregate-associated soil organic matter in highly weathered tropical soils of Caquetá, Colombia. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 68: 150-157.
    5. Hudson, L., T Newbold, S. Contu, and 50+ coauthors (2014) The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts. Ecology and Evolution, 4: 4701-4735
    6. Lubbers, I., K.J. van Groenigen, S.J. Fonte, J. Six, L. Brussaard, and J.W. van Groenigen (2013) Greenhouse gas emissions from soils increased by earthworms. Nature Climate Change, 3: 187-194.
    7. Rousseau, L., S.J. Fonte*, O. Téllez, R. van der Hoek and P. Lavelle (2013) Soil macrofauna as indicators of soil quality and land use impacts in smallholder agroecosystems of western Nicaragua. Ecological Indicators, 27: 71–82.
    8. Fonte, S.J.*, D.C. Quintero, Velásquez, E., and P. Lavelle (2012) Interactive effects of earthworms and plants on the physical stabilization of soil organic matter. Plant and Soil, 359: 205-214.
    9. Kearney, S., S.J. Fonte*, A. Salomon, J. Six, and K.M. Scow (2012). Forty percent revenue increase by combining organic and mineral nutrient amendments in Ugandan smallholder market vegetable production. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 32: 831-839.
    10. Fonte, S.J.*, S. Vanek, P. Oyarzun, S. Parsa, I. Rao, D.C. Quintero, and P. Lavelle. (2012) Pathways to agroecological intensification of soil fertility management by smallholder farmers in the Andean highlands. Advances in Agronomy, 116: 125-184.
    11. Velásquez, E., S.J. Fonte*, S. Barot, M. Grimaldi, T. Desjardins, and P. Lavelle. (2012) Soil macrofauna-mediated impacts of plant species composition on soil functioning in Amazonian pastures. Applied Soil Ecology, 56: 43-50.
    12. Schowalter, D., S.J. Fonte, J. Geaghan and J. Wang (2011) Effects of manipulated herbivore inputs on nutrient flux and decomposition in a tropical rainforest in Puerto Rico. Oecologia, 176: 1141-1149.
    13. Briar, S.S., S.J. Fonte*, I. Park., J. Six, K.M. Scow, and H. Ferris (2011) The distribution of nematodes and soil microbial communities across soil aggregate fractions and farm management systems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 43: 905-914.
    14. Fonte, S.J.* and J. Six (2010) Earthworms and litter management contributions to ecosystem services in a tropical agroforestry system. Ecological Applications, 20: 1061-1073.
    15. Fonte, S.J.*, E. Barrios, and J. Six (2010) Earthworms, soil fertility and aggregate-associated organic matter dynamics in the Quesungual agroforestry system of western Honduras. Geoderma, 155: 320-328.
    16. Fonte, S.J.*, E. Barrios, and J. Six (2010) Earthworm impacts on soil organic matter and fertilizer dynamics in tropical hillside agroecosystems of Honduras. Pedobiologia, 53: 327-335.
    17. Smukler, S.M., S. Sánchez-Moreno, S.J. Fonte, H. Ferris, K. Klonsky, A.T. O’Geen, K.M. Scow, K.L. Steenwerth, and L.E. Jackson. (2010) Biodiversity and multiple ecosystem functions in an organic farmscape. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 139: 80-97.
    18. Fonte, S.J.*, E. Yeboah, P. Ofori, G.W. Quansah, B. Vanlauwe, and J. Six (2009) Fertilizer and residue quality effects on organic matter stabilization in soil aggregates. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 73: 961-966.
    19. Kong, A.Y.Y., S.J. Fonte, C. van Kessel, and J. Six (2009) Transitioning from standard to minimum tillage: Trade-offs between soil organic matter stabilization, nitrous oxide emissions, and N availability in irrigated cropping systems. Soil and Tillage Research, 104: 256-262.
    20. Fonte, S.J.*, T. Winsome, and J. Six (2009) Earthworm populations in relation to soil organic matter dynamics and management in California tomato cropping systems. Applied Soil Ecology 41: 206-214.
    21. Fonte, S.J.*, A.Y.Y. Kong, C. van Kessel, P.F. Hendrix and J. Six (2007) Influence of earthworm activity on aggregate-associated carbon and nitrogen dynamics differs with agroecosystem management. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 39: 1014-1022.
    22. Kong, A.Y.Y., S.J. Fonte, C. van Kessel, and J. Six (2007) Soil aggregates control N cycling efficiency in long-term conventional and alternative cropping systems. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 79: 45 -58.
    23. Fonte, S.J. and T.D. Schowalter (2005) The influence of a neotropical herbivore (Lamponius portoricensis) on nutrient cycling and soil processes. Oecologia 146: 423-431.
    24. Fonte, S.J. and T.D. Schowalter (2004) Decomposition of greenfall vs. senescent foliage in a tropical forest ecosystem in Puerto Rico. Biotropica 36(4): 474-482.
    25. Rinker, H.B., M.D. Lowman, M.D. Hunter, T.D. Schowalter, and S.J. Fonte (2001) Literature review: canopy herbivory and soil ecology, the top-down impact of forest processes. Selbyana 22:225-231.

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    Other Publications

    Fonte, S.J. and A.Y.Y. Kong. (in press) Polyculture and covercrops – contribution to Chapter IV: Soil Biodiversity: Threats and Interventions in Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas.

    Fonte, S.J., S. Vanek, P. Oyarzun, S. Parsa, I. Rao, D.C. Quintero, and P. Lavelle. (2012) Explorando Opciones Agroecológicas para el Manejo de la Fertilidad del Suelo en Sistemas de Agricultura en pequeña escala de las Zonas Alto-Andinas. Report for the McKnight Foundation.

    Kong. A.Y.Y., R. Gentile, P. Chivenge, S.J. Fonte, and J. Six. (2010) Trade-Offs Associated with Using Soil C Sequestration as Climate Change Mitigation, book chapter in   “Handbook of Climate Change and Agroecosystems: Impact, Adaptation, and Mitigation  (D. Hillel and C. Rosenzweig, Eds.) Imperial College Press, London, UK.

    Fonte, S.J. and T.D. Schowalter (2004) Decomposition in forest canopies, book chapter in  “Forest Canopies” (M.D. Lowman and H.B. Rinker, Eds.) Elsevier/Academic Press, San Diego, CA.