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

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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 GI, 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

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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

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Wagai, R, AW 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

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Wagai, R., K. Kitayama, T. Satomura, R. Fujinuma, and TC 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., LM 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.

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Wagai, R., LM 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.

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Wagai, R. and LM 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.

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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.