Katilyn V. Beidler

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Indiana University

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Publications

Citations

826

Est. group size

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Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

Publishing since 2013

Research summary

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Katilyn V. Beidler studies how forests cycle carbon and nutrients, focusing on the parts of plants and fungi found below ground. Much of her work examines fine roots, mycorrhizal fungi (fungi that live in partnership with plant roots), and the decomposition of dead fungal material, and how these processes respond to environmental changes like warming, reduced rainfall, and elevated carbon dioxide. She works across forest types ranging from temperate and boreal to tropical dry forests.

Soil carbon and nitrogen cyclingMycorrhizal fungi and plant-root interactionsFine-root dynamics and turnoverDecomposition of fungal and root materialForest ecosystem responses to climate change

Publication activity has grown over the past decade, rising from about one paper per year in the late 2010s to a peak in 2024, with a recent average of roughly three publications per year.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.0/year recently

Recent publications

Predicting aboveground and belowground processes in diverse forest ecosystems using remote sensing and in-situ measurements
Open MIND · 2026
Interactive effects of plant-mediated controls and substrate quality on fungal necromass decay
Plant and Soil · 2026
A mechanistic framework for order-specific fine-root turnover and carbon dynamics: application to the Duke forest FACE experiment
Tree Physiology · 2026
Fungi rather than bacteria drive early mass loss from fungal necromass regardless of particle size
Environmental Microbiology Reports · 2024
Ectomycorrhizal fungal community response to warming and rainfall reduction differs between co-occurring temperate-boreal ecotonal Pinus saplings
Mycorrhiza · 2024
Review for "Soil moisture mediates the effect of plant below‐ground carbon allocation on the decomposition of root litter in a subtropical forest"
2024
Seasonality regulates the structure and biogeochemical impact of ectomycorrhizal fungal communities across environmentally divergent neotropical dry forests
Journal of Ecology · 2023
Author response for "Seasonality regulates the structure and biogeochemical impact of ectomycorrhizal fungal communities across environmentally divergent neotropical dry forests"
2023
Maintaining connectivity: understanding the role of root order and mycelial networks in fine root decomposition of woody plants
Plant and Soil · 2017
Interactions Between Pinus taeda (loblolly) Fine Roots and Soil Fungi: Impacts of Elevated CO2, N Availability, and Spatial Distribution of Fungi on Fine Root Persistence and Turnover
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts · 2016

Publishes in

Journal of Ecology×2
Soil Biology and Biochemistry×2
Plant and Soil×2
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×2
AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts×2

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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