Dr Arthur Broadbent

Research Fellow (NERC)

Biological and Environmental Sciences Stirling

Dr Arthur Broadbent

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About me

I'm a NERC Independent Research Fellow investigating global change impacts on belowground biodiversity and functioning in mountain ecosystems.

My expertise centers on plant and soil communities, their interactions, and how they regulate biogeochemical cycles. I'm a field ecologist at heart but also dabble in controlled environment studies for mechanistic questions. Currently setting up field experiments in the Swiss Alps and Northern Scandes, along with a globally coordinated study on soil carbon in mountain ecosystems. Please get in touch if you are interested in collaborating!

Brief CV: 2018-2023: Postdoc and Researcher Co-Investigator positions at The University of Manchester. Investigating soil microbial community responses to climate change in the Austrian Alps. PI: Prof. Richard Bardgett.

2017-2018: Endeavour Research Fellowship at the Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane, Australia). Supervisor: Prof. Jennifer Firn

2013-2017: PhD Environmental Science at Lancaster University. Thesis title: Exploring the Impacts and Mechanisms of Plant Invasions in Grasslands. Supervsiors: Prof. Carly Stevens, Prof. Nick Ostle and Dr. Kate Orwin (Landcare Research, New Zealand).

2012-2013: Research technician investiagting Nutrient cycles in Ecuadorian Cloudforest (University of Bern, Switzerland).

2007-2011: BSc. Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia (with a year at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada).

Research (1)

Projects

Synergistic global change impacts on belowground biodiversity and carbon stocks in mountain ecosystems.
PI: Dr Arthur Broadbent
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council

Outputs (13)

Outputs

Article

Broadbent AAD, Newbold LK, Pritchard WJ, Michas A, Goodall T, Cordero I, Giunta A, Snell HSK, Pepper VVLH, Grant HK, Soto DX, Kaufmann R, Schloter M, Griffiths RI & Bahn M (2024) Climate change disrupts the seasonal coupling of plant and soil microbial nutrient cycling in an alpine ecosystem. Global Change Biology, 30 (3), Art. No.: e17245. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17245


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Risch AC, Zimmermann S, Schütz M, Borer ET, Broadbent AAD, Caldeira MC, Davies KF, Eisenhauer N, Eskelinen A, Fay PA, Hagedorn F, Knops JMH, Lembrechts JJ, MacDougall AS & McCulley RL (2023) Drivers of the microbial metabolic quotient across global grasslands. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32 (6), pp. 904-918. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13664


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Frey B, Moser B, Tytgat B, Zimmermann S, Alberti J, Biederman LA, Borer ET, Broadbent AAD, Caldeira MC, Davies KF, Eisenhauer N, Eskelinen A, Fay PA, Hagedorn F & Hautier Y (2023) Long-term N-addition alters the community structure of functionally important N-cycling soil microorganisms across global grasslands. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 176, Art. No.: 108887. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2022.108887


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Broadbent AAD, Snell HSK, Michas A, Pritchard WJ, Newbold L, Cordero I, Goodall T, Schallhart N, Kaufmann R, Griffiths RI, Schloter M, Bahn M & Bardgett RD (2021) Climate change alters temporal dynamics of alpine soil microbial functioning and biogeochemical cycling via earlier snowmelt. The ISME Journal, 15 (8), pp. 2264-2275. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-00922-0


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Risch AC, Zimmermann S, Moser B, Schütz M, Hagedorn F, Firn J, Fay PA, Adler PB, Biederman LA, Blair JM, Borer ET, Broadbent AAD, Brown CS, Cadotte MW & Caldeira MC (2020) Global impacts of fertilization and herbivore removal on soil net nitrogen mineralization are modulated by local climate and soil properties. Global Change Biology, 26 (12), pp. 7173-7185. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15308


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Broadbent AAD, Firn J, McGree JM, Borer ET, Buckley YM, Harpole WS, Komatsu KJ, MacDougall AS, Orwin KH, Ostle NJ, Seabloom EW, Bakker JD, Biederman L, Caldeira MC & Eisenhauer N (2020) Dominant native and non‐native graminoids differ in key leaf traits irrespective of nutrient availability. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29 (7), pp. 1126-1138. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13092


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Risch AC, Zimmermann S, Ochoa-Hueso R, Schütz M, Frey B, Firn JL, Fay PA, Hagedorn F, Borer ET, Seabloom EW, Harpole WS, Knops JMH, McCulley RL, Broadbent AAD & Stevens CJ (2019) Soil net nitrogen mineralisation across global grasslands. Nature Communications, 10 (1), Art. No.: 4981. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12948-2