Cusack, D.F., Chou, W.W., Yang, W.H., Harmon, M.E. and Silver, W.L. 2009. Controls on long-term root and leaf litter decomposition in neotropical forests. Global Change Biology 15: 1339-1355.

Harmon, M.E., Silver, W.L., Fasth, B., Chen, H., Burke, I.C., Parton, W.J., Hart, S.C. and Currie, W.S. 2009. Long-term patterns of mass loss during the decomposition of leaf and fine root litter: An intersite comparison. Global Change Biology 15: 1320-1338.

Liptzin, D. and Silver, W.L. 2009. Effects of carbon additions on iron reduction and phosphorus availability in a humid tropical forest soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 41: 1696-1702.

Marin-Spiotta, E., Silver, W.L., Swanston, C.W. and Ostertag, R. 2009. Soil organic matter dynamics during 80 years of reforestation of tropical pastures. Global Change Biology 15: 1584-1597.

Adair, E.C., Parton, W.J., Del Grosso, S.J., Silver, W.L., Harmon, M.E., Hall, S.A., Burke, I.C. and Hart, S.C. 2008. Simple three-pool model accurately describes patterns of long-term litter decomposition in diverse climates. Global Change Biology 14: 2636-2660.

Chou, W.W., Silver, W.L., Jackson, R.D., Thompson, A.W. and Allen-Diaz, B. 2008. The sensitivity of annual grassland carbon cycling to the quantity and timing of rainfall. Global Change Biology 14: 1382-1394.

Marin-Spiotta, E., Swanston, C.W., Torn, M.S., Silver, W.L. and Burton, S.D. 2008. Chemical and mineral control of soil carbon turnover in abandoned tropical pastures. Geoderma 143: 49-62.

McGroddy, M.E., Silver, W.L., de Oliveira, R.C., de Mello, W.Z. and Keller, M. 2008. Retention of phosphorus in highly weathered soils under a lowland amazonian forest ecosystem. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences 113:

Ostertag, R., Marin-Spiotta, E., Silver, W.L. and Schulten, J. 2008. Litterfall and decomposition in relation to soil carbon pools along a secondary forest chronosequence in puerto rico. Ecosystems 11: 701-714.

Teh, Y.A., Dubinsky, E.A., Silver, W.L. and Carlson, C.M. 2008. Suppression of methanogenesis by dissimilatory fe(iii)-reducing bacteria in tropical rain forest soils: Implications for ecosystem methane flux. Global Change Biology 14: 413-422.

Templer, P.H., Silver, W.L., Pett-Ridge, J., DeAngelis, K.M. and Firestone, M.K. 2008. Plant and microbial controls on nitrogen retention and loss in a humid tropical forest. Ecology 89: 3030-3040.

Marin-Spiotta, E., Ostertag, R. and Silver, W.L. 2007. Long-term patterns in tropical reforestation: Plant community composition and aboveground biomass accumulation. Ecological Applications 17: 828-839.

Parton, W., Silver, W.L., Burke, I.C., Grassens, L., Harmon, M.E., Currie, W.S., King, J., Adair, E.C., Brandt, L., Hart, S.C. and Fasth, B. 2007. Global-scale similarities in nitrogen release patterns during long-term decomposition. Science 315: 940-940.

Chacon, N., Silver, W.L., Dubinsky, E.A. and Cusack, D.F. 2006. Iron reduction and soil phosphorus solubilization in humid tropical forests soils: The roles of labile carbon pools and an electron shuttle compound. Biogeochemistry 78: 67-84.

Pett-Ridge, J., Silver, W.L. and Firestone, M.K. 2006. Redox fluctuations frame microbial community impacts on n-cycling rates in a humid tropical forest soil. Biogeochemistry 81: 95-110.

Teh, Y.A. and Silver, W.L. 2006. Effects of soil structure destruction on methane production and carbon partitioning between methanogenic pathways in tropical rain forest soils. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences 111:

Teh, Y.A., Silver, W.L., Conrad, M.E., Borglin, S.E. and Carlson, C.M. 2006. Carbon isotope fractionation by methane-oxidizing bacteria in tropical rain forest soils. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences 111:

Trumbore, S., Da Costa, E.S., Nepstad, D.C., De Camargo, P.B., Martinelli, L., Ray, D., Restom, T. and Silver, W. 2006. Dynamics of fine root carbon in amazonian tropical ecosystems and the contribution of roots to soil respiration. Global Change Biology 12: 217-229.

Ostertag, R., Silver, W.L. and Lugo, A.E. 2005. Factors affecting mortality and resistance to damage following hurricanes in a rehabilitated subtropical moist forest. Biotropica 37: 16-24.

Silver, W.L., Thompson, A.W., McGroddy, M.E., Varner, R.K., Dias, J.D., Silva, H., Crill, P.M. and Keller, M. 2005a. Fine root dynamics and trace gas fluxes in two lowland tropical forest soils. Global Change Biology 11: 290-306.

Silver, W.L., Thompson, A.W., Reich, A., Ewel, J.J. and Firestone, M.K. 2005b. Nitrogen cycling in tropical plantation forests: Potential controls on nitrogen retention. Ecological Applications 15: 1604-1614.

Teh, Y.A., Silver, W.L. and Conrad, M.E. 2005. Oxygen effects on methane production and oxidation in humid tropical forest soils. Global Change Biology 11: 1283-1297.

Chambers, J.Q. and Silver, W.L. 2004. Some aspects of ecophysiological and biogeochemical responses of tropical forests to atmospheric change. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 359: 463-476.

McGroddy, M.E., Silver, W.L. and de Oliveira, R.C. 2004. The effect of phosphorus availability on decomposition dynamics in a seasonal lowland amazonian forest. Ecosystems 7: 172-179.

Silver, W.L., Kueppers, L.M., Lugo, A.E., Ostertag, R. and Matzek, V. 2004. Carbon sequestration and plant community dynamics following reforestation of tropical pasture. Ecological Applications 14: 1115-1127.

Ostertag, R., Scatena, F.N. and Silver, W.L. 2003. Forest floor decomposition following hurricane litter inputs in several puerto rican forests. Ecosystems 6: 261-273.

Varner, R.K., Keller, M., Robertson, J.R., Dias, J.D., Silva, H., Crill, P.M., McGroddy, M. and Silver, W.L. 2003. Experimentally induced root mortality increased nitrous oxide emission from tropical forest soils. Geophysical Research Letters 30:

Pett-Ridge, J. and Silver, W.L. 2002. Survival, growth, and ecosystem dynamics of displaced bromeliads in a montane tropical forest. Biotropica 34: 211-224.

Silver, W.L., Herman, D.J. and Firestone, M.K. 2001. Dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium in upland tropical forest soils. Ecology 82: 2410-2416.

Silver, W.L. and Miya, R.K. 2001. Global patterns in root decomposition: Comparisons of climate and litter quality effects. Oecologia 129: 407-419.

Hooper, D.U., Bignell, D.E., Brown, V.K., Brussaard, L., Dangerfield, J.M., Wall, D.H., Wardle, D.A., Coleman, D.C., Giller, K.E., Lavelle, P., Van der Putten, W.H., De Ruiter, P.C., Rusek, J., Silver, W.L., Tiedje, J.M. and Wolters, V. 2000. Interactions between aboveground and belowground biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems: Patterns, mechanisms, and feedbacks. Bioscience 50: 1049-1061.

Keller, M., Weitz, A.M., Bryan, B., Rivera, M.M. and Silver, W.L. 2000. Soil-atmosphere nitrogen oxide fluxes: Effects of root disturbance. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 105: 17693-17698.

McGroddy, M. and Silver, W.L. 2000. Variations in belowground carbon storage and soil co2 flux rates along a wet tropical climate gradient. Biotropica 32: 614-624.

Silver, W.L., Neff, J., McGroddy, M., Veldkamp, E., Keller, M. and Cosme, R. 2000a. Effects of soil texture on belowground carbon and nutrient storage in a lowland amazonian forest ecosystem. Ecosystems 3: 193-209.

Silver, W.L., Ostertag, R. and Lugo, A.E. 2000b. The potential for carbon sequestration through reforestation of abandoned tropical agricultural and pasture lands. Restoration Ecology 8: 394-407.

Wolters, V., Silver, W.L., Bignell, D.E., Coleman, D.C., Lavelle, P., Van der Putten, W.H., De Ruiter, P., Rusek, J., Wall, D.H., Wardle, D.A., Brussaard, L., Dangerfield, J.M., Brown, V.K., Giller, K.E., Hooper, D.U., Sala, O., Tiedje, J. and Van Veen, J.A. 2000. Effects of global changes on above- and belowground biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems: Implications for ecosystem functioning. Bioscience 50: 1089-1098.

Rainey, S.M., Nadelhoffer, K.J., Silver, W.L. and Downs, M.R. 1999. Effects of chronic nitrogen additions on understory species in a red pine plantation. Ecological Applications 9: 949-957.

Silver, W.L., Lugo, A.E. and Keller, M. 1999. Soil oxygen availability and biogeochemistry along rainfall and topographic gradients in upland wet tropical forest soils. Biogeochemistry 44: 301-328.

Olander, L.P., Scatena, F.N. and Silver, W.L. 1998. Impacts of disturbance initiated by road construction in a subtropical cloud forest in the luquillo experimental forest, puerto rico. Forest Ecology and Management 109: 33-49.

Silver, W.L. 1998. The potential effects of elevated co2 and climate change on tropical forest soils and biogeochemical cycling. Climatic Change 39: 337-361.

Silver, W.L., Brown, S. and Lugo, A.E. 1996a. Effects of changes in biodiversity on ecosystem function in tropical forests. Conservation Biology 10: 17-24.

Silver, W.L., Scatena, F.N., Johnson, A.H., Siccama, T.G. and Watt, F. 1996b. At what temporal scales does disturbance affect belowground nutrient pools? Biotropica 28: 441-457.

Silver, W.L. 1994. Is nutrient availability related to plant nutrient use in humid tropical forests? Oecologia 98: 336-343.

Silver, W.L., Scatena, F.N., Johnson, A.H., Siccama, T.G. and Sanchez, M.J. 1994. Nutrient availability in a montane wet tropical forest – spatial patterns and methodological considerations. Plant and Soil 164: 129-145.

Scatena, F.N., Silver, W., Siccama, T., Johnson, A. and Sanchez, M.J. 1993. Biomass and nutrient content of the bisley experimental watersheds, luquillo-experimental-forest, puerto-rico, before and after hurricane-hugo, 1989. Biotropica 25: 15-27.

Silver, W.L. and Vogt, K.A. 1993. Fine-root dynamics following single and multiple disturbacnes in a subtropical wet forest ecosystem. Journal of Ecology 81: 729-738.

Vogt, K.A., Publicover, D.A., Bloomfield, J., Perez, J.M., Vogt, D.J. and Silver, W.L. 1993. Belowground responses as indicators of environmental change. Environmental and Experimental Botany 33: 189-205.

Silver, W.L., Siccama, T.G., Johnson, C. and Johnson, A.H. 1991. Changes in red spruce populations in montane forests of the appalachians, 1982-1987. American Midland Naturalist 125: 340-347.