Allan Sim

Publications

Journals

• Giles, M.; Caul, S.; King, D.; Mitchell, S.; Sim, A.; Neilson, R.; Paterson, E. (2023) Grass variety selection of microbial community composition is associated with differences in soil CO2 emissions, Applied Soil Ecology, 190, Art. 104968
• Jilkova, V.; Sim, A.; Thornton, B.; Paterson, E. (2023) Grass rather than legume species decreases soil organic matter decomposition with nutrient addition, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 177, Art. 108936
• Jilkova, V.; Sim, A.; Thornton, B.; Jandova, K.; Cajthaml, T.; Paterson, E. (2020) Impact of plant species and atmospheric CO2 concentration on rhizodeposition and soil microbial activity and community composition., Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 183, 327-337.
• Jilkova, V.; Jandova, K.; Sim, A.; Thornton, B.; Paterson, E. (2019) Soil organic matter decomposition and carbon sequestration in temperate coniferous forest soils affected by soluble and insoluble spruce needle fractions., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 138, Article No. 107595.
• Boilard, G.; Bradley, R.L.; Paterson E.; Sim, A.; Brown, L.K.; George T.S.; Bainard, L.; Carubba, A. (2019) Interaction between root hairs and soil phosphorus on rhizosphere priming of soil organic matter., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 135, 264-266.
• Mwafulirwa, L.D.; Baggs, E.M.; Russell, J.; Morley, N.; Sim, A.; Paterson, E. (2017) Combined effects of rhizodeposit C and crop residues on SOM priming, residue mineralization and N supply in soil., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 113, 35-44.
• Paterson, E.; Sim, A.; Davidson, J.; Daniell, T.J. (2016) Arbuscular mycorrhizal hyphae promote priming of native soil organic matter mineralisation., Plant and Soil, 408, 243-254.
• Mwafulirwa, L.; Baggs, E.M.; Russell, J.; George, T.; Morley, N.; Sim, A.; De la Fuente Canto, C.; Paterson, E. (2016) Barley genotype influences stabilization of rhizodeposition-derived C and soil organic matter mineralization., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 95, 60-69.
• Paterson, E.; Sim, A. (2013) Soil-specific response functions of organic matter mineralization to the availability of labile carbon., Global Change Biology, 19, 1562-1571.
• Zysko, A.; Sanguin, H.; Hayes, A.; Wardleworth, L.; Zeef, L.; Sim, A.; Paterson, E.; Singh, B.K.; Kertesz, M.A. (2012) Transcriptional response of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to a phosphate-deficient Lolium perenne rhizosphere., Plant and Soil, 359, 25-44.
• Paterson, E.; Sim, A.; Osborne, S.M.; Murray, P.J. (2011) Long-term exclusion of plant-inputs to soil reduces the functional capacity of microbial communities to mineralise recalcitrant plant-derived carbon sources., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 43, 1873-1880.
• Paterson, E.; Neilson, R.; Midwood, A.J.; Osborne, S.M.; Sim, A.; Thornton, B.; Millard, P. (2011) Altered food web structure and C-flux pathways associated with mineralisation of organic amendments to agricultural soil., Applied Soil Ecology, 48, 107-116.
• Palacio, S.; Paterson, E.; Sim, A.; Hester, A.J.; Millard, P. (2011) Browsing affects intra-ring carbon allocation in species with contrasting wood anatomy., Tree Physiology, 31, 150-159.
• Paterson, E.; Thornton, B.; Midwood, A.J.; Osborne, S.M.; Sim, A.; Millard, P. (2008) Atmospheric CO2 enrichment and nutrient additions to planted soil increase mineralisation of soil organic matter, but do not alter microbial utilisation of plant and soil C-sources., BSSS web site
• Paterson, E.; Osler, G.H.R.; Dawson, L.A.; Gebbing, T.; Sim, A.; Ord, B. (2008) Labile and recalcitrant plant fractions are utilised by distinct microbial communities in soil: independent of the presence of roots and mycorrhizal hyphae., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 40, 1103-1113.
• Paterson, E.; Gebbing, T.; Abel, C.; Sim, A.; Telfer, G. (2007) Rhizodeposition shapes rhizosphere microbial community structure in organic soil., New Phytologist, 173, 600-610.
• Paterson, E.; Sim, A.; Standing, D.; Dorward, M.; McDonald, A.J.S. (2006) Root exudation from Hordeum vulgare in response to localised nitrate supply., Journal of Experimental Botany, 57, 2413-2420.
• Paterson, E., Thornton, B., Midwood, A. and Sim, A. (2005) Defoliation alters the relative contributions of recent and non-recent assimilate to root exudation from Festuca rubra., Plant Cell and Environment, 28, 1525-1533.
• Henry, F., Nguyen, C., Paterson, E., Sim, A. and Robin, C. (2005) How does N availability alter rhizodeposition in Lolium multiflorum Lam. during vegetative growth?, Plant and Soil, 269,181-191.
• Thornton, B.; Paterson, E.; Midwood, A.J.; Sim, A.; Pratt, S.M. (2004) Contribution of current carbon assimilation in supplying root exudates of Lolium perenne measured using steady-state 13C labelling., Physiologia Plantarum, 120, 434-441.
• Paterson, E.; Thornton, B.; Sim, A.; Pratt, S.M. (2003) Effects of defoliation and atmospheric CO2 depletion on nitrate acquisition and exudation of organic compounds by roots of Festuca rubra., Plant and Soil, 250, 293-305.
• Thornton, B.; Paterson, E.; Kingston-Smith, A.H.; Bollard, A.L.; Pratt, S.M.; Sim, A. (2002) Reduced atmospheric CO2 inhibits nitrogen mobilisation in Festuca rubra., Physiologia Plantarum, 116, 62-72.
• Paterson, E.; Sim, A. (2000) Effect of nitrogen supply and defoliation on loss of organic compounds from roots of Festuca rubra., Journal of Experimental Botany, 51, 1449-1458.
• Paterson, E.; Sim, A. (1999) Rhizodeposition and C-partitioning of Lolium perenne in axenic culture affected by nitrogen supply and defoliation., Plant and Soil, 216, 155-164.
• Macklon, A.E.S., Grayston, S.J., Shand, C.A., Sim, A., Sellers, S. and Ord, B.G. (1997) Uptake and transport of phosphorus by Agrostis capillaris seedlings from rapidly hydrolysed organic sources extracted from 32P-labelled bacterial cultures., Plant and Soil, 190, 163-167.
• Macklon, A.E.S., Sheppard, L.J., Sim, A. and Leith, I.D. (1996) Uptake of ammonium and nitrate ions from acid mist applied to Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis [Bong.] Carr.) grafts over the course of one growing season., Trees: Structure and Function, 10, 261-267.
• Macklon, A.E.S., Sheppard, L.J., Sim, A. and Leith, I.D. (1996) Uptake of ammonium and nitrate ions from acid mist applied to sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis [Bong] Carr.) grafts over the course of one growing season., Trees: Structure and Function, 10(4), 261-267.
• Macklon, A.E.S.; Mackie-Dawson, L.A.; Shand, C.A.; Sim, A. (1996) Soil moisture effects on nutrition and growth in upland pastures., Journal of Range Management, 49, 251-256.
• Macklon, A.E.S., Lumsdon, D.G., Sim, A. and McHardy, W.J. (1996) Phosphate fluxes compartmentation and racuolar speciation in root cortex cells of intact Agrostis capillaris seedlings; effect of non-toxic levels of aluminium., Journal of Experimental Botany, 47, 793-803.
• Macklon, A.E.S., Lumsdon, D.G. and Sim, A. (1994) Phosphate uptake and transport in agrostis capillaris L.; effects of non-toxic levels of aluminium and the significance of P and Al speciation., Journal of Experimental Botany, 45, 887-894.

Conference posters / abstracts

• Jilkova, V.; Jandova, K.; Sim, A.; Paterson, E. (2018) Priming effect of labile and recalcitrant litter carbon on the decomposition of temperate coniferous forest soils., European Geophysical Union, Vienna, Austria, 8-13 April 2018, EGU2018-6472, SSS6.5. (Poster)
• Bradley, R.; Paterson, E.; Chapman, S.J.; Thornton, B.; Sim, A. (2013) Testing the root-priming of soil organic matter decomposition using the isotopic signature of fossil fuel CO2., European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria, 7-12 April 2013.
• Palacio, S.; Paterson, E.; Sim, A.; Hester, A.J.; Millard, P. (2010) Browsing effects on intra-ring C allocation in oak and birch saplings., Stable Isotopes and Biogeochemical Cycles in Terrestrial Ecosystems -Coupling Plant and Soil Processes Across Spatial and Temporal Scales, Conference at the Centro Stefano Franscini, Monte Verita, Switzerland, 21-26 March 2010.
• Thornton, B.; Paterson, E.; Sim, A.; Tyler, M.R.; Gebbing, T. (2005) Carbon flux to rhizodeposition in Scots pine seedlings., Society for Experimental Biology, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 11-15 July 2005. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Vol 141A, pS224. Abstract.
• Paterson, E. and Sim, A. (2004) Use of bacterial biosensors to report on root C-flow., Rhizosphere 2004, Perspectives and Challenges.
• Henry, F., Nguyen, C., Paterson, E., Sim, A. and Robin, C. (2004) Control of rhizodeposition in Lolium multiflorum in relation to inorganic nitrogen availability., Rhizosphere 2004, Perspectives and Challenges.
• Paterson, E. and Sim, A. (2003) Use of bioluminescent bacterial biosensors to quantify exudation of organic compounds from plant roots., In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology, Southampton, 31 March – 4 April 2003. Volume 134/A (Suppl.), pS164.
• Thornton, B.; Paterson, E.; Midwood, A.J.; Sim, A.; Pratt, S.M. (2003) Assessment of the contribution of current assimilation in supplying carbon to root exudates of Lolium perenne using steady-state 13C labelling., In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology, Southampton, 31 March – 4 April 2003. Volume 134/A (Suppl.), pS165.
• Macdonald, L.M., Paterson, E., Dawson, L.A., McDonald, A.J.S. and Sim, A. (1999) Different patterns of organic carbon exudation following defoliation in genotypes of Lolium perenne with contrasting water-soluble carbohydrate reserves., Scottish Roots Group Annual Meeting, SAC Edinburgh, 3rd November 1999.
• Macdonald, L.M., Paterson, E., Dawson, L.A., McDonald, A.J.S. and Sim, A. (1999) Different genotypes of Lolium perenne with contrasting water-soluble carbohydrate reserves have different patterns of organic carbon exudation following defoliation., British Society of Soil Science, “Sustainable Management of Soil Organic Matter”, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, 15-17 September 1999.
• Paterson, E. and Sim, A. (1999) Influence of N-supply and defoliation on rhizodeposition from grasses., British Ecological Society Annual Symposium. Ecological Consequences of Environmental Heterogeneity.