Publications
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10. Bytnerowicz, TA, JL Funk, DNL Menge, SS Perakis, & AA Wolf. 2023. Leaf nitrogen affects photosynthesis and water use efficiency similarly in nitrogen-fixing and non-fixing trees. Journal of Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.14194
9. Mifsud, IEJ, PR Akana, TA Bytnerowicz, SR Davis, & DNL Menge. 2023. Nitrogen fixation in the stag beetle Ceruchus piceus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae): Could insects contribute more to ecosystem nitrogen budgets than previously thought? Environmental Entomology. nvad053.
8. Menge, DNL, AA Wolf, JL Funk, SS Perakis, PR Akana, R Arkebauer, TA Bytnerowicz, KA Carreras Pereira, AM Huddell, S Kou-Giesbrecht, & SK Ortiz. 2023. Tree symbioses sustain nitrogen fixation despite excess nitrogen supply. Ecological Monographs. e1562.
7. Bytnerowicz, TA, PR Akana, KL Griffin, & DNL Menge. 2022. Temperature sensitivity of woody nitrogen fixation across species and growing temperatures. Nature Plants. 8: 209–216.
- Received honorable mention for ESA Early Career Ecologists chapter Outstanding Publication Award
- Received honorable mention for ESA Biogeosciences chapter Elizabeth Sulzman Award
- Corresponding News & Views piece in Nature Plants
- News coverage by UT Austin's College of Natural Sciences
- Free read-only version
6. Bytnerowicz, TA & DNL Menge. 2021. Divergent pathways of nitrogen-fixing trees through succession depend on starting nitrogen supply and priority effects. American Naturalist. 198(6): E198-E214.
5. Kou-Giesbrecht, S, S Malyshev, I Martínez Cano, SW Pacala, E Shevliakova, TA Bytnerowicz, & DNL Menge. 2021. A novel representation of biological nitrogen fixation and competitive dynamics between nitrogen-fixers and non-fixers in a land surface model (GFDL LM4.1-BNF). Biogeosciences. 18: 4143-4183.
4. Bytnerowicz, TA, E Min, KL Griffin, & DNL Menge. 2019. Repeatable, continuous and real-time estimates of coupled nitrogenase activity and carbon exchange at the whole-plant scale. Methods in Ecology & Evolution. 10: 960-970.
3. Menge, DNL, AC MacPherson, TA Bytnerowicz, AW Quebbeman, NB Schwartz, BN Taylor, & AA Wolf. 2018. Logarithmic scales in ecological data presentation may cause misinterpretation. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2: 1393-1402.
- Behind the Paper blog post
- Free read-only version
2. Bytnerowicz, TA & RI Carruthers. 2014. Germination characteristics of Zannichellia palustris from a Northern California spring-fed river. Aquatic Botany. 119: 44-50.
1. Bytnerowicz, TA & RI Carruthers. 2014. Temperature-dependent models of Zannichellia palustris seed germination for application in aquatic systems. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 104: 44-53.
9. Mifsud, IEJ, PR Akana, TA Bytnerowicz, SR Davis, & DNL Menge. 2023. Nitrogen fixation in the stag beetle Ceruchus piceus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae): Could insects contribute more to ecosystem nitrogen budgets than previously thought? Environmental Entomology. nvad053.
8. Menge, DNL, AA Wolf, JL Funk, SS Perakis, PR Akana, R Arkebauer, TA Bytnerowicz, KA Carreras Pereira, AM Huddell, S Kou-Giesbrecht, & SK Ortiz. 2023. Tree symbioses sustain nitrogen fixation despite excess nitrogen supply. Ecological Monographs. e1562.
7. Bytnerowicz, TA, PR Akana, KL Griffin, & DNL Menge. 2022. Temperature sensitivity of woody nitrogen fixation across species and growing temperatures. Nature Plants. 8: 209–216.
- Received honorable mention for ESA Early Career Ecologists chapter Outstanding Publication Award
- Received honorable mention for ESA Biogeosciences chapter Elizabeth Sulzman Award
- Corresponding News & Views piece in Nature Plants
- News coverage by UT Austin's College of Natural Sciences
- Free read-only version
6. Bytnerowicz, TA & DNL Menge. 2021. Divergent pathways of nitrogen-fixing trees through succession depend on starting nitrogen supply and priority effects. American Naturalist. 198(6): E198-E214.
5. Kou-Giesbrecht, S, S Malyshev, I Martínez Cano, SW Pacala, E Shevliakova, TA Bytnerowicz, & DNL Menge. 2021. A novel representation of biological nitrogen fixation and competitive dynamics between nitrogen-fixers and non-fixers in a land surface model (GFDL LM4.1-BNF). Biogeosciences. 18: 4143-4183.
4. Bytnerowicz, TA, E Min, KL Griffin, & DNL Menge. 2019. Repeatable, continuous and real-time estimates of coupled nitrogenase activity and carbon exchange at the whole-plant scale. Methods in Ecology & Evolution. 10: 960-970.
3. Menge, DNL, AC MacPherson, TA Bytnerowicz, AW Quebbeman, NB Schwartz, BN Taylor, & AA Wolf. 2018. Logarithmic scales in ecological data presentation may cause misinterpretation. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2: 1393-1402.
- Behind the Paper blog post
- Free read-only version
2. Bytnerowicz, TA & RI Carruthers. 2014. Germination characteristics of Zannichellia palustris from a Northern California spring-fed river. Aquatic Botany. 119: 44-50.
1. Bytnerowicz, TA & RI Carruthers. 2014. Temperature-dependent models of Zannichellia palustris seed germination for application in aquatic systems. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 104: 44-53.
Education
Columbia University, New York, NY
PhD, Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology 2020
MPhil, Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology 2017
MA, Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology 2016
Advisor: Duncan Menge
University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
ACS Certified BS Environmental Chemistry; Minor: General Biology 2011
PhD, Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology 2020
MPhil, Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology 2017
MA, Ecology, Evolution & Environmental Biology 2016
Advisor: Duncan Menge
University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
ACS Certified BS Environmental Chemistry; Minor: General Biology 2011