Journal Articles
1. Devilbiss*, S, MK Steele, LA Krometis, B Badgley (in press) Freshwater salinization increases survival of Escherichia coli and risk of bacterial impairment. Water Research.
2. Jian*, J, X Yuan, MK Steele, C Du, O Ogunmayowa* (2020) Soil respiration spatial and temporal variability in China between 1961 and 2014. European Journal of Soil Science. doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13061 (Impact factor: 3.74, 1 citation)
3. Trammell, TL, DE Pataki, RV Pouyat, PM Groffman, C Rosier, N Bettez, J Cavender-Bares, MJ Grove, SJ Hall, JB Heffernan, SE Hobbie, JL Morse, C Neill, MK Steele (2020) Urban soil carbon and nitrogen converge at a continental scale. Ecological Monographs, 90(2), e01401. (Impact factor: 7.72, 8 citations)
4. Badgley B, MK Steele, C Cappelin†, JC Burger, J Jian*, TP Neher†, M Orentas†, R Wagner† (2019) Fecal indicator dynamics at the watershed scale: interactions with land use, season, and water chemistry. Science of the Total Environment. 679,134113, (doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134113) (Impact factor: 5.58, 8 citations)
5. Steele, MK, H Wolz† (2019) Heterogeneity in the land cover composition and configuration of US cities: implications for ecosystem services. Landscape Ecology 34: 1247. (doi.org/10.1007/s10980-019-00859-y) (Impact factor: 4.35, 4 citations)
6. Trammell, T, D Pataki, C Still, J Ehleringer, M Avolio, B Neil, J Cavender-Bares, P Groffman, JM Grove, S Hall, J Heffernan, S Hobbie, K Morse, J Neill, C Nelson, J O’Neil-Dunne, W Pearse, R Chowdhury, MK Steele, M Wheeler (2019) Climate and lawn management interact to control C4 plant distribution in residential lawns across seven U.S. cities. Ecological Applications e01884. (Impact factor: 4.38, 4 citations)
7. Cubino JP, J Cavender-Bares, SE Hobbie, DE Pataki, ML Avolio, LE Darling, KL Larson, SJ Hall, PM Groffman, TLE Trammell, MK Steele, JM Grove, C Neill (2019) Drivers of plant species richness and phylogenetic composition in urban yards at the continental scale. Landscape Ecology. (doi.org/10.1007/s10980-018-0744-7) (Impact factor: 4.35, 16 citations)
8. Jian*, J, MK Steele, RQ Thomas, SD Day (2018) “Future global soil respiration rates will swell despite regional decreases in temperature sensitivity caused by rising temperature.” Earth’s Future. (doi.org/10.1029/2018EF000937) (Impact factor: 5.78, 14 citations)
9. Jian*, J, MK Steele, SD Day, RQ Thomas, and SC Hodges (2018) “Measurement strategies to account for temporal heterogeneity in soil respiration across diverse regions.” Soil Biology & Biochemistry. (doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.07.003) (Impact factor: 5.29, 15 citations)
10. Jian*, J, MK Steele, RQ Thomas, SD Day, and SC Hodges (2018) “Constraining estimates of global soil respiration by quantifying sources of variability.” Global Change Biology, (doi: 10.1111/gcb.14301) (Impact factor: 8.88, 30 citations)
11. Blaszczak, JR. MK Steele, BD Badgley, JB Heffernan, SE Hobbie, JL Morse, EN Rivers, SJ Hall, C Neill, DE Pataki, PM Groffman (2018). Sediment chemistry of urban stormwater ponds and controls on denitrification. Ecosphere, 9(6), p.e02318. (Impact factor: 2.76, 8 citations)
12. de la Mota Daniel, FJ, SD Day, JS Owen Jr., RD Stewart, MK Steele, V Sridhar (2018) Porous-permeable pavements promote growth and establishment and modify root depth distribution of Platanus × acerifolia (Aiton) Willd. in simulated urban tree pits. Urban Forestry and Greening. (Impact factor: 3.04, 8 citations)
13. Pearse, WD, J Cavender‐Bares, SE Hobbie, ML Avolio, N Bettez, R Roy Chowdhury, LE Darling, PM Groffman, JM Grove, SJ Hall, JB Heffernan, J Learned, C Neill, KC Nelson, DE Pataki, BL Ruddell, MK Steele, TLE Trammell (2018) Homogenization of plant diversity, composition, and structure in North American urban yards. Ecosphere, 9(2). (Impact factor: 2.76, 34 citations)
14. Steele MK (2017) The scaling of urban surface water abundance and impairment with city size. Geomorphology. DOI:10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.07.001 (Impact factor: 3.68, 1 citations)
15. Steele MK and JB Heffernan (2017) Land use and topography bend and break fractal rules of water body size‐distributions. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 2: 71–80. doi:10.1002/lol2.10038 (Impact factor: 5.24, 8 citations)
16. Wheeler MM, C Neill, PM Groffman, M Avolio, N Bettez, J Cavender-Bares, N Bettez, R Roy Chowdhury, L Darling, JM Grove, SJ Hall, JB Heffernan, SE Hobbie, KL Larson, JL Morse, C Neill, KC Nelson, JPM O’Neil-Dunne, L Ogden, DE Pataki, C Polsky, MK Steele, TLE Trammell (2017). Continental-scale homogenization of residential lawn plant communities. Landscape and Urban Planning, 165, 54-63. (Impact factor: 5.14, 38 citations)
17. Baalousha M, Y Yang, M Vance, B Coleman, S McNeal, J Xu, J Blaszczak, MK Steele, E Bernhardt, M Hochella. Outdoor Urban Nanomaterials: The emergence of a new, integrated, and critical field of study. (2016) Science of the Total Environment. 557: 740-753 (Impact factor: 5.58, 58 citations)
18. Aitkenhead-Peterson JA and Steele MK (2016) DOC and DON exports upstream and downstream of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metropolis, Texas, USA. Marine and Freshwater Research. 67(9): 1326-1337 (Impact factor: 1.85, 7 citations)
19. Hall SJ, J Learned, B Ruddell, KL Larson, J Cavender-Bares, N Bettez, PM Groffman, JM Grove, JB Heffernan, SE Hobbie, JL Morse, C Neill, KC Nelson, JPM O’Neil-Dunne, L Ogden, DE Pataki, WD Pearse, C Polsky, R Roy Chowdhury, MK Steele, TLE Trammell (2015) Convergence of microclimate in residential landscapes across diverse cities in the United States. Landscapes Ecology. DOI:1007/s10980-015-0297-y (Impact factor: 4.34, 69 citations)
20. Larson KL, KC Nelson, SR Samples, SJ Hall, N Bettez, J Cavender-Bares, PM Groffman, JM Grove, JB Heffernan, SE Hobbie, J Learned, JL Morse, C Neill, LA Ogden, J O’Neil-Dunne, DE Pataki, C Polsky, R Roy Chowdhury, MK Steele, TLE Trammell (2015) Ecosystem Services in Managing Residential Landscapes: Priorities, Value Dimensions, and Cross-Regional Patterns. Urban Ecosystems. DOI: 10.1007/s11252-015-0477-1 (Impact factor: 2.49, 68 citations)
21. Steele MK, Heffernan JB (2014) Morphological characteristics of urban water bodies: mechanisms of change and implications for ecosystem function. Ecological Applications. 24(5):1070-1084. (Impact factor: 4.37, 58 citations)
22. Polsky C, JM Grove, C Knudson, PM Groffman, N Bettez, J Cavender-Bares, SJ Hall, JB Heffernan, SE Hobbie, KL Larson, JL Morse, C Neill, KC Nelson, LA Ogden, J O’Neil-Dunne, DE Pataki, R Roy Chowdhury, MK Steele (2014) Assessing the homogenization of urban land management with an application to US residential lawn care. PNAS DOI:10.1073/pnas.1323995111 (Impact factor: 9.58, 102 citations)
23. Steele MK, Heffernan JB, N Bettez, J Cavender-Bares, PM Groffman, M Grove, S Hall, SE Hobbie, K Larson, JL Morse, C Neill, KC Nelson, J O’Neil-Dunne, L Ogden, DE Pataki, C Polsky, R Roy Chowdhury (2014) Convergent hydrography in US cities. Ecosystems. 17:685-697. (Impact factor: 4.55, 54 citations)
24. Groffman PM, J Cavender-Bares, N Bettez, M Grove, JB Heffernan, S Hall, SE Hobbie, K Larson, JL Morse, C Neill, KC Nelson, J O’Neil-Dunne, L Ogden, DE Pataki, C Polsky, R Roy Chowdhury, MK Steele (2014) Ecological homogenization of urban America. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 12:74-81. (Impact factor: 10.93, 259 citations)
25. Steele MK, Aitkenhead-Peterson JA (2012a) Urban soils of Texas: Relating irrigation sodicity to water-extractable carbon and nutrients. Soil Science Society of America, 76:973-982. ((Impact factor: 1.99, 19 citations)
26. Steele MK, Aitkenhead-Peterson JA (2012b) Salt impacts on organic carbon and nitrogen leaching from senesced vegetation. Biogeochemistry, 112(1):245-259. doi: 10.1007/s10533-012-9722-3. (Impact factor: 3.40, 27 citations)
27. Steele MK, Coale FJ, Hill RL (2012) Winter annual cover crop impacts on no-till soil physical properties and organic matter. Soil Science Society of America, DOI:10.2136/sssaj2012.0008, 76(6):2164-2173. (Impact factor: 1.99, 78 citations)
28. Steele MK, Aitkenhead-Peterson JA (2011) Long-term sodium and chloride surface water exports from the Dallas/Fort Worth Region. Science of the Total Environment, 409(16):3021-3032. (Impact factor: 5.58, 47 citations)
29. Aitkenhead-Peterson JA, Steele MK, Nahar, N, Santhy K (2009) Dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen in urban and rural watersheds of south-central Texas: land use and land management influences. Biogeochemistry 96:119-129. (Impact factor: 3.40, 100 citations)
Book Chapters
1. Devilbiss*, S, MK Steele, LA Krometis, B Badgley (in press) Freshwater salinization increases survival of Escherichia coli and risk of bacterial impairment. Water Research.
2. Jian*, J, X Yuan, MK Steele, C Du, O Ogunmayowa* (2020) Soil respiration spatial and temporal variability in China between 1961 and 2014. European Journal of Soil Science. doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13061 (Impact factor: 3.74, 1 citation)
3. Trammell, TL, DE Pataki, RV Pouyat, PM Groffman, C Rosier, N Bettez, J Cavender-Bares, MJ Grove, SJ Hall, JB Heffernan, SE Hobbie, JL Morse, C Neill, MK Steele (2020) Urban soil carbon and nitrogen converge at a continental scale. Ecological Monographs, 90(2), e01401. (Impact factor: 7.72, 8 citations)
4. Badgley B, MK Steele, C Cappelin†, JC Burger, J Jian*, TP Neher†, M Orentas†, R Wagner† (2019) Fecal indicator dynamics at the watershed scale: interactions with land use, season, and water chemistry. Science of the Total Environment. 679,134113, (doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134113) (Impact factor: 5.58, 8 citations)
5. Steele, MK, H Wolz† (2019) Heterogeneity in the land cover composition and configuration of US cities: implications for ecosystem services. Landscape Ecology 34: 1247. (doi.org/10.1007/s10980-019-00859-y) (Impact factor: 4.35, 4 citations)
6. Trammell, T, D Pataki, C Still, J Ehleringer, M Avolio, B Neil, J Cavender-Bares, P Groffman, JM Grove, S Hall, J Heffernan, S Hobbie, K Morse, J Neill, C Nelson, J O’Neil-Dunne, W Pearse, R Chowdhury, MK Steele, M Wheeler (2019) Climate and lawn management interact to control C4 plant distribution in residential lawns across seven U.S. cities. Ecological Applications e01884. (Impact factor: 4.38, 4 citations)
7. Cubino JP, J Cavender-Bares, SE Hobbie, DE Pataki, ML Avolio, LE Darling, KL Larson, SJ Hall, PM Groffman, TLE Trammell, MK Steele, JM Grove, C Neill (2019) Drivers of plant species richness and phylogenetic composition in urban yards at the continental scale. Landscape Ecology. (doi.org/10.1007/s10980-018-0744-7) (Impact factor: 4.35, 16 citations)
8. Jian*, J, MK Steele, RQ Thomas, SD Day (2018) “Future global soil respiration rates will swell despite regional decreases in temperature sensitivity caused by rising temperature.” Earth’s Future. (doi.org/10.1029/2018EF000937) (Impact factor: 5.78, 14 citations)
9. Jian*, J, MK Steele, SD Day, RQ Thomas, and SC Hodges (2018) “Measurement strategies to account for temporal heterogeneity in soil respiration across diverse regions.” Soil Biology & Biochemistry. (doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.07.003) (Impact factor: 5.29, 15 citations)
10. Jian*, J, MK Steele, RQ Thomas, SD Day, and SC Hodges (2018) “Constraining estimates of global soil respiration by quantifying sources of variability.” Global Change Biology, (doi: 10.1111/gcb.14301) (Impact factor: 8.88, 30 citations)
11. Blaszczak, JR. MK Steele, BD Badgley, JB Heffernan, SE Hobbie, JL Morse, EN Rivers, SJ Hall, C Neill, DE Pataki, PM Groffman (2018). Sediment chemistry of urban stormwater ponds and controls on denitrification. Ecosphere, 9(6), p.e02318. (Impact factor: 2.76, 8 citations)
12. de la Mota Daniel, FJ, SD Day, JS Owen Jr., RD Stewart, MK Steele, V Sridhar (2018) Porous-permeable pavements promote growth and establishment and modify root depth distribution of Platanus × acerifolia (Aiton) Willd. in simulated urban tree pits. Urban Forestry and Greening. (Impact factor: 3.04, 8 citations)
13. Pearse, WD, J Cavender‐Bares, SE Hobbie, ML Avolio, N Bettez, R Roy Chowdhury, LE Darling, PM Groffman, JM Grove, SJ Hall, JB Heffernan, J Learned, C Neill, KC Nelson, DE Pataki, BL Ruddell, MK Steele, TLE Trammell (2018) Homogenization of plant diversity, composition, and structure in North American urban yards. Ecosphere, 9(2). (Impact factor: 2.76, 34 citations)
14. Steele MK (2017) The scaling of urban surface water abundance and impairment with city size. Geomorphology. DOI:10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.07.001 (Impact factor: 3.68, 1 citations)
15. Steele MK and JB Heffernan (2017) Land use and topography bend and break fractal rules of water body size‐distributions. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 2: 71–80. doi:10.1002/lol2.10038 (Impact factor: 5.24, 8 citations)
16. Wheeler MM, C Neill, PM Groffman, M Avolio, N Bettez, J Cavender-Bares, N Bettez, R Roy Chowdhury, L Darling, JM Grove, SJ Hall, JB Heffernan, SE Hobbie, KL Larson, JL Morse, C Neill, KC Nelson, JPM O’Neil-Dunne, L Ogden, DE Pataki, C Polsky, MK Steele, TLE Trammell (2017). Continental-scale homogenization of residential lawn plant communities. Landscape and Urban Planning, 165, 54-63. (Impact factor: 5.14, 38 citations)
17. Baalousha M, Y Yang, M Vance, B Coleman, S McNeal, J Xu, J Blaszczak, MK Steele, E Bernhardt, M Hochella. Outdoor Urban Nanomaterials: The emergence of a new, integrated, and critical field of study. (2016) Science of the Total Environment. 557: 740-753 (Impact factor: 5.58, 58 citations)
18. Aitkenhead-Peterson JA and Steele MK (2016) DOC and DON exports upstream and downstream of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metropolis, Texas, USA. Marine and Freshwater Research. 67(9): 1326-1337 (Impact factor: 1.85, 7 citations)
19. Hall SJ, J Learned, B Ruddell, KL Larson, J Cavender-Bares, N Bettez, PM Groffman, JM Grove, JB Heffernan, SE Hobbie, JL Morse, C Neill, KC Nelson, JPM O’Neil-Dunne, L Ogden, DE Pataki, WD Pearse, C Polsky, R Roy Chowdhury, MK Steele, TLE Trammell (2015) Convergence of microclimate in residential landscapes across diverse cities in the United States. Landscapes Ecology. DOI:1007/s10980-015-0297-y (Impact factor: 4.34, 69 citations)
20. Larson KL, KC Nelson, SR Samples, SJ Hall, N Bettez, J Cavender-Bares, PM Groffman, JM Grove, JB Heffernan, SE Hobbie, J Learned, JL Morse, C Neill, LA Ogden, J O’Neil-Dunne, DE Pataki, C Polsky, R Roy Chowdhury, MK Steele, TLE Trammell (2015) Ecosystem Services in Managing Residential Landscapes: Priorities, Value Dimensions, and Cross-Regional Patterns. Urban Ecosystems. DOI: 10.1007/s11252-015-0477-1 (Impact factor: 2.49, 68 citations)
21. Steele MK, Heffernan JB (2014) Morphological characteristics of urban water bodies: mechanisms of change and implications for ecosystem function. Ecological Applications. 24(5):1070-1084. (Impact factor: 4.37, 58 citations)
22. Polsky C, JM Grove, C Knudson, PM Groffman, N Bettez, J Cavender-Bares, SJ Hall, JB Heffernan, SE Hobbie, KL Larson, JL Morse, C Neill, KC Nelson, LA Ogden, J O’Neil-Dunne, DE Pataki, R Roy Chowdhury, MK Steele (2014) Assessing the homogenization of urban land management with an application to US residential lawn care. PNAS DOI:10.1073/pnas.1323995111 (Impact factor: 9.58, 102 citations)
23. Steele MK, Heffernan JB, N Bettez, J Cavender-Bares, PM Groffman, M Grove, S Hall, SE Hobbie, K Larson, JL Morse, C Neill, KC Nelson, J O’Neil-Dunne, L Ogden, DE Pataki, C Polsky, R Roy Chowdhury (2014) Convergent hydrography in US cities. Ecosystems. 17:685-697. (Impact factor: 4.55, 54 citations)
24. Groffman PM, J Cavender-Bares, N Bettez, M Grove, JB Heffernan, S Hall, SE Hobbie, K Larson, JL Morse, C Neill, KC Nelson, J O’Neil-Dunne, L Ogden, DE Pataki, C Polsky, R Roy Chowdhury, MK Steele (2014) Ecological homogenization of urban America. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 12:74-81. (Impact factor: 10.93, 259 citations)
25. Steele MK, Aitkenhead-Peterson JA (2012a) Urban soils of Texas: Relating irrigation sodicity to water-extractable carbon and nutrients. Soil Science Society of America, 76:973-982. ((Impact factor: 1.99, 19 citations)
26. Steele MK, Aitkenhead-Peterson JA (2012b) Salt impacts on organic carbon and nitrogen leaching from senesced vegetation. Biogeochemistry, 112(1):245-259. doi: 10.1007/s10533-012-9722-3. (Impact factor: 3.40, 27 citations)
27. Steele MK, Coale FJ, Hill RL (2012) Winter annual cover crop impacts on no-till soil physical properties and organic matter. Soil Science Society of America, DOI:10.2136/sssaj2012.0008, 76(6):2164-2173. (Impact factor: 1.99, 78 citations)
28. Steele MK, Aitkenhead-Peterson JA (2011) Long-term sodium and chloride surface water exports from the Dallas/Fort Worth Region. Science of the Total Environment, 409(16):3021-3032. (Impact factor: 5.58, 47 citations)
29. Aitkenhead-Peterson JA, Steele MK, Nahar, N, Santhy K (2009) Dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen in urban and rural watersheds of south-central Texas: land use and land management influences. Biogeochemistry 96:119-129. (Impact factor: 3.40, 100 citations)
Book Chapters
- Steele MK, McDowell WH, Aitkenhead-Peterson JA (2010) Chemistry of urban, sub-urban, and rural surface waters. In: JA Aitkenhead-Peterson and A Volder (Eds) Urban Ecosystem Ecology. Agronomy Monograph 55. ASA, CSA,SSSA Madison WI, USA. .
- Aitkenhead-Peterson JA, Steele MK, Volder A (2010) Services in natural and human dominated ecosystems. In: JA Aitkenhead-Peterson and A Volder (Eds) Urban Ecosystem Ecology. Agronomy Monograph 55. ASA, CSA,SSSA Madison WI, USA.
