Dr Paula Roberts
Senior Lecturer in Environmental Management

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Acquisition and Assimilation of Nitrogen as Peptide-Bound and D-Enantiomers of Amino Acids by Wheat
Hill, P. W., Quilliam, R. S., DeLuca, T. H., Farrar, J., Farrell, M., Roberts, P., Newsham, K. K., Hopkins, D. W., Bardgett, R. D. & Jones, D. L., 26 Apr 2011, In : PLoS ONE. 6, 4, p. e19220Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Amino acid and peptide dynamics in horticultural soils under conventional and organic management strategies
Ge, T., Yuan, H., Roberts, P., Jones, D. L., Qin, H., Tong, C. & Hunan., C. A. O., 15 Dec 2011, In : Journal of Soils and Sediments. 12, 3, p. 323-333Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Amino acids as a nitrogen source for tomato seedlings: the use of dual-labeled (13C, 15N) glycine to test for direct uptake by tomato seedlings.
Ge, T., Song, S., Roberts, P., Jones, D. L., Huang, D. & Iwasaki, K., 1 Sep 2009, In : Environmental and Experimental Botany. 66, 3, p. 357-361Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Angiosperm symbioses with non-mycorrhizal fungal partners enhance N acquisition from ancient organic matter in a warming maritime Antarctic
Hill, P., Broughton, R., Bougoure, J., Havelange, W., Newsham, K. K., Gran, H., Murphy, D. V., Clode, P., Ramayah, S., Marsden, K., Quilliam, R., Roberts, P., Brown, C., Read, D. J., DeLuca, T., Bardgett, R. D., Hopkins, D. W. & Jones, D. L., Dec 2019, In : Ecology Letters. 22, 12, p. 2111-2119 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Behaviour of the endocrine-disrupting chemical nonylphenol in soil: assessing the risk associated with spreading contaminated waste to land.
Roberts, P., Roberts, J. P. & Jones, D. L., 1 Jul 2006, In : Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 38, 7, p. 1812-1822Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Carbon-to-nitrogen ration is a poor predictor of low molecular weight organic nitrogen mineralization in soil
Roberts, P., Stockdale, R., Khalid, M., Iqbal, Z. & Jones, D. L., 1 Aug 2009, In : Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 41, 8, p. 1750-1752Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Critical evaluation of methods for determining protein in soil solution.
Roberts, P. & Jones, D. L., 1 Jun 2008, In : Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 40, 6, p. 1485-1495Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Different ways in which CO2 can be released during the turnover of roots in soil
Marella, V. S., Roberts, P., Hill, P. & Jones, D. L., May 2017, In : Biology and Fertility of Soils. 53, 4, p. 369-374Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Dynamics of nitrogen speciation in horticultural soils in suburbs of Shanghai, China.
Ge, T. D., Huang, D. F., Roberts, P., Jones, D. L. & Song, S. W., 1 Apr 2010, In : Pedosphere. 20, 2, p. 261-272Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Earthworms as vectors of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in soil and vermicomposts.
Williams, A. P., Roberts, P., Avery, L. M., Killham, K. & Jones, D. L., 1 Oct 2006, In : Fems Microbiology Ecology. 58, 1, p. 54-64Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Free amino sugar reactions in soil in relation to soil carbon and nitrogen cycling.
Roberts, P., Bol, R. & Jones, D. L., 1 Dec 2007, In : Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 39, 12, p. 3081-3092Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Freeze–thaw cycles have minimal effect on the mineralisation of low molecular weight, dissolved organic carbon in Arctic soils
Foster, A., Jones, D. L., Cooper, E. J. & Roberts, P., 11 Mar 2016, In : Polar Biology. p. 1-15Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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In-vessel co-composting of green waste with biosolids and paper waste.
Roberts, P., Edwards-Jones, G. & Jones, D. L., 1 Oct 2007, In : Compost Science and Utilization. 15, 4, p. 272-282Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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In-vessel cocomposting of green waste with biosolids and paper waste.
Roberts, P., Edwards-Jones, G. & Jones, D. L., 1 Oct 2007, In : Compost Science and Utilization. 15, 4, p. 272-282Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Influence of inorganic and organic nitrogen on enzymes of nitrogen assimilation and growth in tomato seedlings
Ge, T-D., Roberts, P., Jones, D. L., Yang, D-D., Song, S-W., Lu-Bo, Ming-Ding & Huang, D-F., 1 Jul 2008, In : JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE & BIOTECHNOLOGY. 83, 4, p. 513-519Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Limited effects of land use on soil dissolved organic matter chemistry as assessed by excitation–emission fluorescence spectroscopy and molecular weight fractionation
Roberts, P., Gibbons, J., Hill, P., Jones, D. & Farrell, M., Dec 2016, In : Soil Use and Management. 32, 4, p. 662-665Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Microbial competition for nitrogen and carbon is as intense in the subsoil as in the topsoil
Jones, D., Magthab, E., Gleeson, D. B., Hill, P., Sanchez-Rodriguez, A. R., Roberts, P., Ge, T. & Murphy, D. V., Feb 2018, In : Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 117, p. 72-82Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Microbial turnover of above and belowground litter components in shrublands
Marella, V. S., Hill, P., Jones, D. & Roberts, P., Jul 2016, In : Pedobiologia. 59, 4, p. 229-232Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Oligopeptides Represent a Preferred Source of Organic N Uptake: a global phenomenon?
Farrell, M., Hill, P., DeLuca, T., Roberts, P., Kielland, K., Dahlgren, R., Murphy, D. V., Hobbs, P. J., Bardgett, R. D. & Jones, D. L., Jan 2013, In : Ecosystems. 16, 1, p. 133-145Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Protein breakdown represents a major bottleneck in nitrogen cycling in grassland soils
Jan, M. T., Roberts, P., Tonheim, S. K. & Jones, D., 1 Nov 2009, In : Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 41, 11, p. 2272-2282Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Responses of common pot grown flower species to commercial plant growth media substituted with vermicomposts
Roberts, P., Edwards, C. A., Edwards-Jones, G. & Jones, D. L., 1 Jul 2007, In : Compost Science and Utilization. 15, 3, p. 159-166Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Responses of pot-grown flower species to commercial plant media substituted with vermicompost.
Roberts, P., Edwards, C. A., Edwards-Jones, G. & Jones, D. L., 1 Jul 2007, In : Compost Science and Utilization. 15, 3, p. 159-166Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Soil- and enantiomer-specific metabolism of amino acids and their peptides by Antarctic soil microorganisms
Hill, P. W., Farrell, M., Roberts, P., Farrar, J., Grant, H., Newsham, K. K., Hopkins, D. W., Bardgett, R. D. & Jones, D. L., 1 Dec 2011, In : Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 43, 12, p. 2410-2416Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Substrate Influences Temperature Sensitivity of Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) and Nitrogen (DON) Mineralization in Arid Agricultural Soils
Almulla, A., Jones, D. & Roberts, P., Jun 2018, In : Soil Systems. 2, 2, 28.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Turnover of low molecular weight dissolved organic C (DOC) and microbial C exhibit different temperature sensitivities in Arctic tundra soils.
Boddy, E., Roberts, P., Hill, P., Farrar, J. & Jones, D., 1 Jul 2008, In : Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 40, 7, p. 1557-1566Research output: Contribution to journal › Article