Daryl Moorhead

13.1k total citations · 10 hit papers
123 papers, 10.0k citations indexed

About

Daryl Moorhead is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Daryl Moorhead has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 10.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Ecology, 58 papers in Soil Science and 31 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Daryl Moorhead's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (58 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (28 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (28 papers). Daryl Moorhead is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (58 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (28 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (28 papers). Daryl Moorhead collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Daryl Moorhead's co-authors include Robert L. Sinsabaugh, Michael Weintraub, Michael R. Willig, John C. Zak, HG Wildman, Stefano Manzoni, Andreas Richter, Brian H. Hill, James F. Reynolds and David Walton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Daryl Moorhead

120 papers receiving 9.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Functional diversity of microbial communities: A quantitative approach

1994 1.0k citations John C. Zak, Michael R. Willig et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
Carbon use efficiency of microbial communities: stoichiometry, methodology and modelling

2013 709 citations Robert L. Sinsabaugh, Daryl Moorhead et al. profile →
A THEORETICAL MODEL OF LITTER DECAY AND MICROBIAL INTERACTION

2006 688 citations Daryl Moorhead, Robert L. Sinsabaugh profile →
Vector analysis of ecoenzyme activities reveal constraints on coupled C, N and P dynamics

2015 608 citations Daryl Moorhead, Robert L. Sinsabaugh et al. Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
Antarctic Communities: Species, Structure and Survival

1998 551 citations Daryl Moorhead et al. Arctic and Alpine Research profile →
Resource allocation to extracellular enzyme production: A model for nitrogen and phosphorus control of litter decomposition

1994 491 citations Robert L. Sinsabaugh, Daryl Moorhead Soil Biology and Biochemistry profile →
Stoichiometry of microbial carbon use efficiency in soils

2016 363 citations Robert L. Sinsabaugh, Daryl Moorhead et al. profile →
Dynamic relationships between microbial biomass, respiration, inorganic nutrients and enzyme activities: informing enzyme-based decomposition models

2013 332 citations Daryl Moorhead, Robert L. Sinsabaugh et al. profile →
Nitrogen loading enhances phosphorus limitation in terrestrial ecosystems with implications for soil carbon cycling

2022 130 citations Min Luo, Daryl Moorhead et al. Functional Ecology profile →
Ecoenzymatic stoichiometry reveals widespread soil phosphorus limitation to microbial metabolism across Chinese forests

2022 105 citations Yongxing Cui, Daryl Moorhead et al. Communications Earth & Environment profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Linking soil extracellular enzymes with soil respiration under altered litter inputs 2025 ·Agricultural and Forest Meteorology ·Hao Chen, (unknown), Kees Jan van Groenigen, Bruce A. Hungate, Pete Smith, Dejun Li, Daryl Moorhead, Brooke B. Osborne, Zilong Ma, Jørgen E. Olesen, Chaoqun Wang, Ji Liu, (unknown), Chengjin Chu, Ji Chen	2
2	Global patterns of nutrient limitation in soil microorganisms 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Yongxing Cui, Shushi Peng, Matthias C. Rillig, Tessa Camenzind, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, César Terrer, Xiaofeng Xu, Maoyuan Feng, Mengjie Wang, Linchuan Fang, Biao Zhu, Enzai Du, Daryl Moorhead, Robert L. Sinsabaugh, Josep Peñuelas, James J. Elser	8
3	Microcystin persistence in Lake Erie foreshore sands 2025 ·Journal of Great Lakes Research ·(unknown), Daryl Moorhead, (unknown), (unknown), Daryl F. Dwyer, (unknown)	0
4	Interpreting differences in microbial carbon and nitrogen use efficiencies estimated by isotope methods and the ecoenzyme stoichiometry model 2025 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Lifei Sun, Wolfgang Wanek, Daryl Moorhead, Xinyi Yang, Wenlong Gao, Luiz A. Domeignoz‐Horta	0
5	Crop Conversion from Annual to Perennials: An Effective Strategy to Affect Soil Multifunctionality 2024 ·Agronomy ·Panpan Liu, Dong Wang, Yue Li, Ji Liu, Yongxing Cui, Guopeng Liang, Chaoqun Wang, Chao Wang, Daryl Moorhead, Ji Chen	3
6	Predicting microbial nutrient limitations from a stoichiometry-based threshold framework 2024 ·Yongxing Cui, Daryl Moorhead, Shushi Peng, Robert L. Sinsabaugh, (unknown)	34
7	Interpreting patterns of ecoenzymatic stoichiometry 2023 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Daryl Moorhead, Yongxing Cui, Robert L. Sinsabaugh, Joshua P. Schimel	47
8	Exogenous nitrogen input skews estimates of microbial nitrogen use efficiency by ecoenzymatic stoichiometry 2023 ·Ecological Processes ·Lifei Sun, Daryl Moorhead, Yongxing Cui, Wolfgang Wanek, Shuailin Li, Chao Wang	7
9	Microbial communities in terrestrial surface soils are not widely limited by carbon 2023 ·Global Change Biology ·Yongxing Cui, Shushi Peng, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Matthias C. Rillig, César Terrer, Biao Zhu, Xin Jing, Ji Chen, Jinquan Li, Jiao Feng, Yue He, Linchuan Fang, Daryl Moorhead, Robert L. Sinsabaugh, Josep Peñuelas	31
10	Linking soil depth to aridity effects on soil microbial community composition, diversity and resource limitation 2023 ·CATENA ·Haoran He, Mingzhe Xu, Wenting Li, Li Chen, Yanan Chen, Daryl Moorhead, Albert C. Brangarí, Ji Liu, Yongxing Cui, Yi Zeng, Zhiqin Zhang, Chengjiao Duan, (unknown), Linchuan Fang	34
11	Trade‐offs in carbon‐degrading enzyme activities limit long‐term soil carbon sequestration with biochar addition 2023 ·Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ·Jiao Feng, (unknown), Robert L. Sinsabaugh, Daryl Moorhead, Mathias Neumann Andersen, Pete Smith, Yanting Song, Xinqi Li, Qiaoyun Huang, Yu‐Rong Liu, Ji Chen	56
12	Soil enzymes in response to climate warming: Mechanisms and feedbacks 2022 ·Functional Ecology ·Nicolas Fanin, Maria Mooshammer, Marie Sauvadet, Cheng Meng, Gaël Alvarez, Laëtitia Bernard, Isabelle Bertrand, Еvgenia Blagodatskaya, (unknown), Sébastien Fontaine, Shuli Niu, Gwenaëlle Lashermes, Tania L. Maxwell, Michael Weintraub, Lisa Wingate, Daryl Moorhead, Andrew T. Nottingham	101
13	Ecoenzymatic stoichiometry reveals widespread soil phosphorus limitation to microbial metabolism across Chinese forests breakdown → 2022 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·Yongxing Cui, (unknown), Daryl Moorhead, Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo, Luping Ye, Jialuo Yu, (unknown), Xia Wang, Shushi Peng, Xue Guo, Biao Zhu, Ji Chen, Wenfeng Tan, Yunqiang Wang, Xingchang Zhang, Linchuan Fang	105
14	Differential Responses of Soil Extracellular Enzyme Activities to Salinization: Implications for Soil Carbon Cycling in Tidal Wetlands 2022 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·(unknown), Daryl Moorhead, Hayley Craig, Min Luo, (unknown), Jiafang Huang, Jørgen E. Olesen, Ji Chen	31
15	Nitrogen loading enhances phosphorus limitation in terrestrial ecosystems with implications for soil carbon cycling breakdown → 2022 ·Functional Ecology ·Min Luo, Daryl Moorhead, Raúl Ochoa‐Hueso, Carsten W. Mueller, Samantha C. Ying, Ji Chen	130
16	Antarctic climate cooling and terrestrial ecosystem response 2002 ·Nature ·Peter T. Doran, John C. Priscu, W. Berry Lyons, John E. Walsh, Andrew G. Fountain, Diane M. McKnight, Daryl Moorhead, Ross A. Virginia, Diana H. Wall, Gary D. Clow, Christian H. Fritsen, Christopher P. McKay, Andrew N. Parsons	346
17	GROWTH PATTERNS AND MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF JUVENILE HELIX ASPERSA FROM WEST TEXAS 1999 ·The Southwestern Naturalist ·(unknown), Daryl Moorhead	3
18	Functional diversity of microbial communities: A quantitative approach breakdown → 1994 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·John C. Zak, Michael R. Willig, Daryl Moorhead, HG Wildman	1048
19	Extracellular Acid Phosphatase Activities in Eriophorum vaginatum Tussocks: A Modeling Synthesis 1993 ·Arctic and Alpine Research ·Daryl Moorhead, (unknown), Arthur E. Linkins, James F. Reynolds	2
20	Effects of Climate Change on Decomposition in Arctic Tussock Tundra: A Modeling Synthesis 1993 ·Arctic and Alpine Research ·Daryl Moorhead, James F. Reynolds	32

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