Research Summary
Examines people’s use of landscapes and the accompanying changes in soil function across the larger ecosystem the soil supports and how this new knowledge can be used in applied research to improve land management and ecosystem stability. Current research addresses changes in dynamic and inherent soil properties across time scales spanning the Pleistocene to present.
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Recent Publications
Small anthropogenic landforms from past charcoal production control moisture dynamics and chemistry in northcentral Appalachian soils
Bayuzick, S., Guarin, D., Bonhage, A., Hirsch, F., Diefenbach, D. R., McDill, M., Raab, T. & Drohan, P. J., Oct 15 2022, In: Geomorphology. 415, 108379.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Applying the NWS’s Distributed Hydrologic Model to Short-Range Forecasting of Quickflow in the Mahantango Creek Watershed
Buda, A., Reed, S. M., Folmar, G. J., Kennedy, C. D., Millar, D. J., Kleinman, P. J. A., Miller, D. A. & Drohan, P. J., Aug 2022, In: Journal of Hydrometeorology. 23, 8, p. 1257-1280 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Do small landforms have large effects? A review on the legacies of pre-industrial charcoal burning
Raab, T., Raab, A., Bonhage, A., Schneider, A., Hirsch, F., Birkhofer, K., Drohan, P., Wilmking, M., Kreyling, J., Malik, I., Wistuba, M., van der Maaten, E., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M. & Urich, T., Sep 15 2022, In: Geomorphology. 413, 108332.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Bryophyte diversity and soil organic carbon content in contrasting Northern Appalachian vernal pools
Rainford, S. K., Mortensen, D., Brooks, R. P., Armando Benavides Bolaños, J. & Drohan, P. J., Jun 2022, In: Catena. 213, 106133.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Negative pressure irrigation on water use efficiency, yield and quality of Brassica chinensis L.
Yang, P., Drohan, P. J., Long, H. Y., Bian, Y. & Bryant, R. B., Mar 15 2022, In: Journal of the science of food and agriculture. 102, 4, p. 1508-1513 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Water use efficiency, yield and quality of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) using negative pressure irrigation
Yang, P., Drohan, P. J., Long, H. Y., Yang, M., Bian, Y. & Ma, E., Apr 2022, In: Industrial Crops and Products. 178, 114552.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Cadmium phytoextraction by Helianthus annuus (sunflower), Brassica napus cv Wichita (rapeseed), and Chyrsopogon zizanioides (vetiver)
Benavides, B. J., Drohan, P. J., Spargo, J. T., Maximova, S. N., Guiltinan, M. J. & Miller, D. A., Feb 2021, In: Chemosphere. 265, 129086.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Caution is warranted when using animal space-use and movement to infer behavioral states
Buderman, F. E., Gingery, T. M., Diefenbach, D. R., Gigliotti, L. C., Begley-Miller, D., McDill, M. M., Wallingford, B. D., Rosenberry, C. S. & Drohan, P. J., Dec 2021, In: Movement Ecology. 9, 1, 30.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Methylmercury in lake bed soils during re-flooding of an appalachian reservoir in the northeastern usa
Eklöf, K., Drohan, P., Needoba, J., Landefeld, S., Peterson, T. D., Hu, H., Iavorivska, L. & Boyer, E. W., Aug 2021, In: Environmental Research Communications. 3, 8, 085004.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Reallocating crop rotation patterns improves water quality and maintains crop yield
Jiang, F., Drohan, P. J., Cibin, R., Preisendanz, H. E., White, C. M. & Veith, T. L., Feb 2021, In: Agricultural Systems. 187, 103015.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Manganese-coated IRIS to document reducing soil conditions
Rabenhorst, M. C., Drohan, P. J., Galbraith, J. M., Moorberg, C., Spokas, L., Stolt, M. H., Thompson, J. A., Turk, J., Vasilas, B. L. & Vaughan, K. L., Nov 1 2021, In: Soil Science Society of America Journal. 85, 6, p. 2201-2209 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Changing the hierarchical placement of soil moisture regimes in Soil Taxonomy
Stolt, M. H., O'Geen, A. T., Beaudette, D. E., Drohan, P. J., Galbraith, J. M., Lindbo, D. L., Monger, H. C., Needelman, B. A., Ransom, M. D., Rabenhorst, M. C. & Shaw, J. N., May 1 2021, In: Soil Science Society of America Journal. 85, 3, p. 488-500 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Modeling how to achieve localized areas of reduced white-tailed deer density
Van Buskirk, A. N., Rosenberry, C. S., Wallingford, B. D., Domoto, E. J., McDill, M. E., Drohan, P. J. & Diefenbach, D. R., Feb 15 2021, In: Ecological Modelling. 442, 109393.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Soil pH influences patterns of plant community composition after restoration with native-based seed mixes
Barlow, K. M., Mortensen, D. A. & Drohan, P. J., Jul 1 2020, In: Restoration Ecology. 28, 4, p. 869-879 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Distribution of silty mantles in soils of the Northcentral Appalachians, USA
Drohan, P. J., Raab, T. & Hirsch, F., Nov 2020, In: Catena. 194, 104701.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review