Selected Papers
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Wagai, R, Kajiura, M, Asano, M. (2020). "Iron and aluminum association with microbially processed organic matter via meso-density aggregate formation across soils: organo-metallic glue hypothesis." SOIL 6(2): 597-627. doi.org/10.5194/soil-6-597-2020
Nakatsuka H, Karasawa, T, Ohkura T, Wagai R. (2020) Soil faunal effect on plant litter decomposition in mineral soil examined by two in-situ approaches: Sequential density-size fractionation and micromorphology. Geoderma 357. doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.113910
Shimoda, S., Wagai, R. (2020) Ecosystem Dynamics After Abandonment of Rice Paddy Fields: Does Alien Plant Invasion Enhance Carbon Storage? Ecosystems 23, 617–629. doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00426-1
Iizumi T, Wagai R (2019) Leveraging drought risk reduction for sustainable food, soil and climate via soil organic carbon sequestration. Scientific Report 9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55835-y
Arai M, Uramoto G-I, Asano M, Uematsu K, Uesugi K, Takeuchi A, Morono Y, Wagai R (2019) An improved method to identify osmium-stained organic matter within soil aggregate structure by electron microscopy and synchrotron X-ray micro-computed tomography. Soil and Tillage Research 191: 275-281
Asano, M, and R. Wagai. (2014) Evidence of aggregate hierarchy at micro to submicron scales in an allophanic Andisol. Geoderma 216: 62-74. 2014 Best Paper Award
Wagai, R, A.W. Kishimoto-Mo, S. Yonemura, Y. Shirato, S. Hiradate, Y. Yagasaki. (2013) Linking temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter decomposition to its molecular structure, accessibility, and microbial physiology. Global Change Biology, 19: 1114-1125. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12112
Wagai, R., K. Kitayama, T. Satomura, R. Fujinuma, and T.C. Balser (2011) Interactive influences of climate and parent material on soil microbial community structure in Bornean tropical forest ecosystems. Ecological Research 26: 627–636.
Wagai, R., L.M. Mayer, and K. Kitayama (2009) Nature of “occluded” low-density fraction in soil organic matter studies: a critical review. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 55: 13-25.
Wagai, R., L.M. Mayer, K. Kitayama, and H. Knicker (2008) Climate and parent material controls on organic matter storage in surface soils: A three-pool, density-separation approach. Geoderma 147: 23-33.
Wagai, R. and L.M. Mayer (2007) Significance of hydrous iron oxides for sorptive stabilization of organic carbon in a range of soils. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71: 25-35.
Wagai, R. and P. Sollins (2002) Biodegradation and regeneration of water-soluble organic carbon in a forest soil: leaching column study. Biology and Fertility of Soils 35:18-26.