Publications
In preparation/ submitted/ review/ revisions
Buchanan S.W., Kanold, E., Dunfield, K., Antunes, P. (submitted for review, FE-2024-00501 - Accepted). Microplastic additions modulate intraspecific variability in root traits and mycorrhizal responses across root-life history strategies. Functional Ecology.
Buchanan, S.W., Antunes, P., Dunfield, K. (in prep) Quantifying the structural and chemical impacts of microplastics on soil C priming using stable C isotopes.
Peer-reviewed/Published
2024
Kanold E., Buchanan, S.W., Tosi, M., Fahey, C, Dunfield, K., Antunes, P. (2024). Addition of polyester microplastic fibers to soil alters the diversity and abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and affects plant growth and nutrition. European Journal of Soil Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejsobi.2024.103666
Buchanan, S.W., Sauvadet, M., Isaac, M.E. (2024). Decomposition of litter mixtures induces non-additive effects on soil priming across a riparian land use gradient . Soil Biology and Biochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109285
2022
Buchanan, S.W., Mafa-Attoye, T., Dunfield, K., Thevathasan, N.V., Isaac, M.E. (2022). The role of plant functional traits in soil carbon dynamics within riparian agroforests. Journal of Environmental Quality. 51:33–43. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20303
2020
Borden, K.A., Anglaaere, L.C., Owusu, S., Martin, A.R., Buchanan, S.W., Addo-Danso, S.D., Isaac, M.E. (2020). Soil texture moderates root functional traits in agroforestry systems across a climatic gradient. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 295, 106915. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2020.106915
Buchanan, S.W., Baskerville, M., Oelbermann, M., Gordon, A.M., Thevathasan, N.V., Isaac, M.E. (2020). Plant diversity and agroecosystem function in riparian agroforests: providing ecosystem services and land-use transition. Sustainability. 12(2), 568. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12020568
Kattage, Jens et al. (2020). TRY plant trait database-enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology. 26(1), 119-188. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14904
2019
Buchanan, S.W., Isaac, M.E., Van den Meersche, K., Martin, A.R. (2019). Functional traits of coffee along a shade and fertility gradient in coffee agroforestry systems. Agroforestry Systems. 93(4), 1261-1273. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-018-0239-1
Martin, A.R., Hayes, F., Borden, K.A., Buchanan, S.W., Gordon, A.M., Isaac, M.E., Thevathasan, N.V. (2019). Integrating nitrogen fixing structures into above- and belowground functional trait spectra in soy (Glycine max). Plant and Soil. 440 (1-2), 53-69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-019-04058-1
2018
Isaac, M.E., Isakson, S., Dale, B., Levkoe, C., Hargreaves, S., Méndez, V., Wittman, H., Hammelman, C., Langill, J., Martin, A.R., Nelson, E., Ekers, M., Borden, K.A., Gagliardi, S., Buchanan, S.W., Archibald, S., Gálvez Ciani, A. (2018). Agroecology in Canada: towards an integration of agroecological practice, movement, and science. Sustainability. 10 (9), 3299. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10093299
Hayes, F., Buchanan, S.W., Coleman, B., Gordon, A.M., Reich, P.B., Thevathasan, N.V., Wright, I.J., Martin, A.R. (2018). Intraspecific variation in soy across the leaf economics spectrum. Annals of botany. 123 (1), 107-120. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcy147
Theses
Buchanan, S.W. (2022). Diversification and Carbon Storage within Temperate Riparian Agroecosystems. PhD thesis, Department of Physical and Environmental Science. University of Toronto (Canada).
Buchanan, S.W. (2016). Intraspecific Variation in Leaf and Root Traits across Nutrient and Light Gradients in Coffee Agroforestry Systems. MSc thesis, Department of Geography. University of Toronto (Canada).