Doctor Yolima Carrillo

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KEYWORDS: soil carbon, nutrient cycling, rhizosphere processes, elevated CO₂, drought, soil organic matter

Doctor Yolima Carrillo is a Senior Lecturer in the Institute. Her research focuses on the cycles of carbon and nutrients in terrestrial ecosystems, both natural and agricultural. She is interested in the mechanisms by which these cycles are affected by environmental change and management. She studies belowground biogeochemical processes and how they are shaped by plants, plant roots and soil biotic communities.

Biographical details

Prior to joining HIE she worked as a Teaching and Research Fellow at the Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Sydney, which she joined after doing post-doctoral work at the University of Wyoming (USA). She obtained a PhD in Ecology at the University of Georgia (USA) where she also obtained a graduate certificate in Conservation Ecology. Dr Carrillo completed her undergraduate studies at the National University of Colombia

Research interests

Dr Carrillo combines field and laboratory experiments to answer questions at the ecosystem level at the plant-soil-microbe interface. As tools for her research she has used a variety of applications of stable isotope tracers of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen, microbial and whole soil community assessments as well as various chemical approaches to the analyses of pools an fluxes of carbon, nitrogen and other nutrients in plants, soil, soil microbes and the atmosphere.

Her current areas of interest include:

• Rhizosphere mediation of soil organic matter dynamics, including decomposition and formation, as affected by climate change factors (including elevated CO2, warming and water stress)
• Mechanisms of impact of water stress and water availability on carbon cycling, stoichiometric relations and microbial communities in soil and potential feedbacks to climate
• Mediation by plant roots on plant water use and plant and microbes nitrogen uptake via impacts on the soil physical environment
• Role of mycorrhizal symbionts on soil organic matter dynamics
• Response of biogeochemical processes and microbial communities to ecosystem restoration

Teaching

She co-founded and also co-leads the Stable Isotope in Biosphere Systems, a multi-institutional intensive  8-day annual workshop directed at researchers of all levels seeking to enhance or bring stable isotope techniques to their work.

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Her teaching at Western Sydney University involves contributions to various units: Climate Change Science, Ecosystem Carbon Accounting, Ecosystems in a Changing World and Botany

Awards and Recognition

• Won a Western Sydney University Researcher Development Strategic Initiative Funding – Women’s Fellowship Scheme Award, 2015. The award supported her research project ‘Water and nitrogen in soil: are they a solid couple?’.

Grants/Current projects

Co-Researcher: Uffe Nielsen
Partner/Funding Body: NSW Department of Planning and Environment
Period: 2023-2027

Co-Researcher: Jeff Powell
Partner/Funding Body: LoamBio Pty Ltd
Period: 2023-2024

Cumberland Plain Conservation Plan - Research Strategy and Implementation
Co-Researchers: Paul Rymer, Uffe Nielsen, Rachael Nolan, Elise Pendall, Jeff Powell, Catriona Macdonald, Ben Moore, Markus Riegler, Neil Perry and Juan Salazar
Partner/Funding Body: NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
Period: 2021-2025

Former snowy scheme rehabilitation sites project - biological indicators
Co-Researchers: Jeff Powell and Uffe Nielsen
Partner/Funding Body: NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment
Period: 2021-2022

The role of endophytic fungi in soil carbon sequestration
Co-Researchers: Jeff Powell
Partner/Funding Body: SoilCQuest
Period: 2020

Bushfire Recovery: Endangered dry sclerophyll woodlands, Sydney basin bioregion
Co-Researchers: Elise Pendall, Paul Rymer and Matthias Boer
Partner/Funding Body: Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment
Period: 2020-2021

Causes and consequences of biogeochemical mismatches during drought
Co-Researchers: Uffe Nielsen, Tom Jeffries, Feike Dijkstra and Osvaldo Sala
Partner/Funding Body: Australian Research Council Discovery
Period: 2019-2021

Identifying meaningful ecosystem function indicators for threatened ecological communities
Co-Researchers: Uffe Nielsen, Catriona Macdonald and Jeff Powell
Partner/Funding Body: NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
Period: 2019-2021

Evaluating the use of biological indicators in restoration and rehabilitation
Co-Researchers: Uffe Nielsen, Catriona Macdonald and Jeff Powell
Partner/Funding Body: NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
Period: 2019-2020

Gaseous nitrogen movement in Queensland sugarcane soils and plant nitrogen use: role of fertilizer formulations and plant roots
Co-Researchers:  Catriona Macdonald and Elise Pendall
Partner/Funding Body: Wilmar Bioethanol (Australia) Pty Ltd
Period: 2017

Sustainable pasture systems under climate extremes
Co-Researchers: Sally Power, Mark Tjoelker, Elise Pendall, David Tissue, Jeff Powell, Ben Moore, Catriona Macdonald, Brajesh Singh and Jonathan Plett
Partner/funding body: MLA Donor Company Limited and Dairy Australia
Period: 2017-2020

Will trees get enough nitrogen to sustain productivity in elevated CO₂?Co-Researchers: David Ellsworth, Oula Ghannoum and Sönke Zaehle
Partner/Funding Body: Australian Research Council Discovery
Period: 2016-2018

Gaseous nitrogen movement in Queensland sugarcane soils and plant nitrogen use: role of fertilizer formulations and plant rootsCo-Researchers: Catriona Macdonald and Elise Pendall
Partner/Funding Body: Wilmar Bioethanol (Australia) Pty Ltd
Period: 2017

Future nutrient limitations across terrestrial ecosystems: a dual look at nitrogen and phosphorus
Co-Researchers: Louise Andresen, Tobias Rütting and Klaus Jarosch
Partner/Funding Body: Wilmar Bioethanol (Australia) Pty Ltd

Searching for meaningful belowground indicators of ecosystem threatened ecosystem restoration and rehabilitation of degraded landCo-Researchers: Bryony Horton and Ian Oliver
Partner/Funding Body: Office of Environment and Heritage

Drought and fertility effects on plant/microbe N:P stoichiometry and root morphology and feedbacks to climate change
Co-Researchers: David Tissue and Feike Dijkstra

The role of plant root activity in shaping the fate of water and nitrogen and their availability to plants via its impact on soil structure
Co-Researchers: Margaret Barbour, Feike Dijkstra and Kevin Simonin

Selected publications

Szejgis J, Carrillo Y, Jeffries TC, Dijkstra FA, Chieppa J, Horn S, Bristol D, Maisnam P, Eldridge D, Nielsen UN, (2024) 'Altered rainfall greatly affects enzyme activity but has limited effect on microbial biomass in Australian dryland soils', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol.189, Article no.109277

Dorrough J, Val J, Travers SK, Wilson B, Eldridge DJ, Carrillo Y, Nielsen UN, Powell JR, Wilks G, McPherson P, Oliver I, (2023) 'Integrated analysis of aboveground and belowground indicators support a comprehensive evaluation of ecosystem recovery', Restoration Ecology, vol.31, no.8, Article no.e13987

Pihlblad J, Andresen LC, Macdonald CA, Ellsworth DS, Carrillo Y, (2023) 'The influence of elevated CO2 and soil depth on rhizosphere activity and nutrient availability in a mature Eucalyptus woodland', Biogeosciences, vol.20, no.3, pp 505 - 521

Ullah MR, Carrillo Y, Dijkstra FA, (2023) 'Relative contributions of fungi and bacteria to litter decomposition under low and high soil moisture in an Australian grassland', Applied Soil Ecology, vol.182, Article no.104737

Blumenthal DM, Carillo Y, Kray JA, Parsons MC, Morgan JA, Pendall E, (2022) 'Soil disturbance and invasion magnify CO2 effects on grassland productivity, reducing diversity', Global Change Biology, vol.28, no.22, pp 6741 - 6751

Carrillo Y, Tissue DT, Bruna S, Maier C, Dijkstra FA, (2022 ) 'Drought Impacts on Tree Root Traits Are Linked to Their Decomposability and Net Carbon Release', Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, vol.5, Article no.836062

Castaneda-Gomez L, Powell JR, Pendall E, Carrillo Y, (2022) 'Phosphorus availability and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi limit soil C cycling and influence plant responses to elevated CO2 conditions', Biogeochemistry, vol.160, no.1, pp 69-87

Churchill AC, Zhang H, Fuller KJ, Amiji B, Anderson IC, Barton CVM, Carrillo Y, Catunda KLM, Chandregowda MH, Igwenagu C, Jacob V, Kim GW, Macdonald CA, Medlyn BE, Moore BD, Pendall E, Plett JM, Post AK, Powell JR, Tissue DT, Tjoelker MG, Power SA, (2022) 'Pastures and Climate Extremes: Impacts of Cool Season Warming and Drought on the Productivity of Key Pasture Species in a Field Experiment', Frontiers in Plant Science, vol.13, Article no.836968

Eldridge DJ, Oliver I, Powell JR, Dorrough J, Carrillo Y, Nielsen UN, Macdonald CA, Wilson B, Fyfe C, Amarasinghe A, Kuginis L, Peake T, Robinson T, Howe B, Delgado-Baquerizo M, (2022) 'Temporal dynamics in biotic and functional recovery following mining', Journal of Applied Ecology, vol.59, no.6, pp 1632-1643

Hassan K, Carrillo Y, Nielsen UN, (2022) 'Prolonged drought causes negative plant-soil feedbacks in grassland species under field conditions', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol.172, Article no.108772

Hassan K, Dastogeer KMG, Carrillo Y, Nielsen UN, (2022) 'Climate change-driven shifts in plant-soil feedbacks: a meta-analysis', Ecological Processes, vol.11, no.1, Article no.64

Kopittke PM, Berhe AA, Carrillo Y, Cavagnaro TR, Chen DL, Chen QL, Dobarco MR, Dijkstra FA, Field DJ, Grundy MJ, He JZ, Hoyle FC, Kogel-Knabner I, Lam SK, Marschner P, Martinez C, McBratney AB, McDonald-Madden E, Menzies NW, Mosley LM, Mueller CW, Murphy DV, Nielsen UN, O'Donnell AG, Pendall E, Pett-Ridge J, Rumpel C, Young IM, Minasny B, (2022) 'Ensuring planetary survival: the centrality of organic carbon in balancing the multifunctional nature of soils', Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, vol.52, no.23, pp 4308-4324

Pendall E, Hewitt A, Boer MM, Carrillo Y, Glenn NF, Griebel A, Middleton JH, Mumford PJ, Ridgeway P, Rymer PD, Steenbeeke GL, (2022) 'Remarkable Resilience of Forest Structure and Biodiversity Following Fire in the Peri-Urban Bushland of Sydney, Australia', Climate, vol.10, no.6, Article no.86

Pineiro J, Pathare V, Ochoa-Hueso R, Carrillo Y, Power SA, (2022) 'No CO2 fertilization effect on plant growth despite enhanced rhizosphere enzyme activity in a low phosphorus soil', Plant and Soil, vol.471. no.s 1-2, pp 359-374

Plett KL, Snijders F, Castaneda-Gomez L, Wong-Bajracharya JWH, Anderson IC, Carrillo Y, Plett JM, (2022) 'Nitrogen fertilization differentially affects the symbiotic capacity of two co-occurring ectomycorrhizal species', Environmental Microbiology, vol.24, no.1, pp 309-323

Stuart EK, Castañeda-Gómez L, Macdonald CA, Wong-Bajracharya J, Anderson IC, Carrillo Y, Plett JM, Plett KL, (2022) 'Species-level identity of Pisolithus influences soil phosphorus availability for host plants and is moderated by nitrogen status, but not CO₂', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol.165, Article no.108520

Gilarte P, Pendall E, Carrillo Y, Nielsen UN, (2021) 'Plant functional identity has predictable effects on nematode communities across successional stages', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol.162, Article no.108406

Hassan K, Carrillo Y, Nielsen UN, (2021) 'The effect of prolonged drought legacies on plant–soil feedbacks', Journal of Vegetation Science, vol.32, no.6, e13100

Pineiro J, Pathare V, Ochoa-Hueso R, Carrillo Y, Power SA, (2021) 'No CO₂ fertilization effect on plant growth despite enhanced rhizosphere enzyme activity in a low phosphorus soil', Plant and Soil, Article no.12308

Terrer C, Phillips RP, Hungate BA, Rosende J, Pett-Ridge J, Craig ME, van Groenigen KJ, Keenan TF, Sulman BN, Stocker BD, Reich PB, Pellegrini AFA, Pendall E, Zhang H, Evans RD, Carrillo Y, Fisher JB, Van Sundert K, Vicca S, Jackson RB, (2021) 'A trade-off between plant and soil carbon storage under elevated CO₂', Nature, vol.591, no.7851, pp 599-603

Ullah MR, Carrillo Y, Dijkstra FA, (2021) 'Biocides provide a source of carbon and nitrogen directly to surviving microbes and indirectly through a pulse in microbial necromass', Applied Soil Ecology, vol.160, Article no.103862

Ullah MR, Carrillo Y, Dijkstra FA, (2021) 'Drought-induced and seasonal variation in carbon use efficiency is associated with fungi:bacteria ratio and enzyme production in a grassland ecosystem', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol.155, Article no.108159

Yu H, Deng Y, He Z, Pendall E, Carrillo Y, Wang S, Jin D, Wu L, Wang A, Xu Y, Liu B, Tai X, Zhou J, (2021) 'Stimulation of soil microbial functioning by elevated CO2 may surpass effects mediated by irrigation in a semiarid grassland', Geoderma, vol.4011, Article no.115162

Zhang H, Powell JR, Plett JM, Churchill AC, Power SA, Macdonald CA, Jacob V, Kim GW, Pendall E, Tissue D, Catunda KM, Igwenagu C, Carrillo Y, Moore BD, Anderson IC, (2021) 'Climate warming negates arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal reductions in soil phosphorus leaching with tall fescue but not lucerne', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol.152, Article no.108075

Zhang H, Powell JR, Power SA, Churchill AC, Plett JM, Macdonald CA, Jacob V, Kim GW, Pendall E, Tissue DT, Catunda KLM, Igwenagu C, Carrillo Y, Moore BD, Anderson IC, (2021) 'Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal-mediated reductions in N2O emissions were not impacted by experimental warming for two common pasture species', Pedobiologia, vol.s 87-88, Article no.150744

Andresen LC, Carrillo Y, Macdonald CA, Castaneda-Gomez L, Bode S, Rutting T, (2020) 'Nitrogen dynamics after two years of elevated CO(2) in phosphorus limited Eucalyptus woodland', Biogeochemistry, vol.150, no.3, pp 297-312

Castañeda-Gómez L, Walker JKM, Powell JR, Ellsworth DS, Pendall E, Carrillo Y, (2020) 'Impacts of elevated carbon dioxide on carbon gains and losses from soil and associated microbes in a Eucalyptus woodland', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol.143, Article no.107734

Gilarte P, Plett J, Pendall E, Carrillo Y, Nielsen UN, (2020) 'Direct and indirect trophic interactions of soil nematodes impact chickpea and oat nutrition', Plant and Soil, vol.457, pp 255–268

He Z, Deng Y, Xu M, Li J, Liang J, Xiong J, Yu H, Wu B, Wu L, Xue K, Shi S, Carrillo Y, Van Nostrand JD, Hobbie SE, Reich PB, Schadt CW, Kent AD, Pendall E, Wallenstein M, Luo Y, Yan Q, Zhou J (2020) 'Microbial functional genes commonly respond to elevated carbon dioxide', Environmental International, vol.144, Article no.106068

Jiang M, Medlyn BE, Drake JE, Duursma RA, Anderson IC, Barton CVM, Boer MM, Carrillo Y, Castaneda-Gomez L, Collins L, Crous KY, De Kauwe MG, dos Santos BM, Emmerson KM, Facey SL, Gherlenda AN, Gimeno TE, Hasegawa S, Johnson SN, Kannaste A, Macdonald CA, Mahmud K, Moore BD, Nazaries L, Neilson EHJ, Nielsen UN, Niinemets U, Noh NJ, Ochoa-Hueso R, Pathare VS, Pendall E, Pihlblad J, Pineiro J, Powell JR, Power SA, Reich PB, Renchon AA, Riegler M, Rinnan R, Rymer PD, Salomon RL, Singh BK, Smith B, Tjoelker MG, Walker JKM, Wujeska-Klause A, Yang JY, Zaehle S, Ellsworth DS, (2020) 'The fate of carbon in a mature forest under carbon dioxide enrichment', Nature, vol.580, no.7802, pp 227-231

Wong-Bajracharya J, Castañeda-Gómez L, Plett KL, Anderson IC, Carrillo Y, Plett JM, (2020) 'Untangling the effect of roots and mutualistic ectomycorrhizal fungi on soil metabolite profiles under ambient and elevated carbon dioxide', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol.151, Article no.108021

Drake JE, Furze ME, Tjoelker MG, Carrillo Y, Barton CVM, Pendall E, (2019) 'Climate warming and tree carbon use efficiency in a whole-tree (CO₂)-C-13 tracer study', New Phytologist, vol.222, no.3, pp 1313-1324

Fry EL, De Long JR, Alvarez Garrido L, Alvarez N, Carrillo Y, Castaneda-Gomez L, Chomel M, Dondini M, Drake JE, Hasegawa S, Hortal S, Jackson BG, Jiang MK, Lavallee JM, Medlyn BE, Rhymes J, Singh BK, Smith P, Anderson IC, Bardgett RD, Baggs EM, Johnson D, (2019) 'Using plant, microbe, and soil fauna traits to improve the predictive power of biogeochemical models', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, vol.10, no.1, pp 146-157

Carrillo Y, Dijkstra F, LeCain D, Blumenthal D, Pendall E, (2018) 'Elevated CO₂ and warming cause interactive effects on soil carbon and shifts in carbon use by bacteria', Ecology Letters, vol.21, no.11, pp 1639-1648

Dijkstra FA, Carrillo Y, Blumenthal DM, Mueller KE, LeCain DR, Morgan JA, Zelikova TJ, Williams DG, Follett RF, Pendall E, (2018) 'Elevated CO₂ and water addition enhance nitrogen turnover in grassland plants with implications for temporal stability', Ecology Letters, vol.21, no.5, pp 674-682

Ryan EM, Ogle K, Kropp H, Samuels-Crow KE, Carrillo Y, Pendall E, (2018) 'Modeling soil CO₂ production and transport with dynamic source and diffusion terms: testing the steady-state assumption using DETECT v1.0', Geoscientific Model Development, vol.11, no.5, pp 1909-1928

Xue P-P, Carrillo Y, Pino V, Minasny B, McBratney AB, (2018) 'Soil Properties Drive Microbial Community Structure in a Large Scale Transect in South Eastern Australia', Scientific Reports, vol.8, no.1, Article no.11725

Carrillo Y, Bell C, Koyama A, Canarini A, Boot CM, Wallenstein M, Pendall E, (2017) 'Plant traits, stoichiometry and microbes as drivers of decomposition in the rhizosphere in a temperate grassland', Journal of Ecology, vol.105, no.6, pp 1750-1765, Special Issue: SI

De Kauwe MG, Medlyn BE, Walker AP, Zaehle S, Asao S, Guenet B, Harper AB, Hickler T, Jain AK, Luo YQ, Lu XJ, Luus K, Parton WJ, Shu SJ, Wang YP, Werner C, Xia JY, Pendall E, Morgan JA, Ryan EM, Carrillo Y, Dijkstra FA, Zelikova TJ, Norby RJ, (2017) 'Challenging terrestrial biosphere models with data from the long-term multifactor Prairie Heating and CO₂ Enrichment experiment', Global Change Biology, vol.23, no.9, pp 3623-3645

van Groenigen KJ, Osenberg CW, Terrer C, Carrillo Y, Dijkstra FA, Heath J, Nie M, Pendall E, Phillips RP, Hungate BA, (2017) 'Faster turnover of new soil carbon inputs under increased atmospheric CO₂', Global Change Biology, vol.23, no.10, pp 4420-4429

Canarini A, Carrillo Y, Mariotte P, Ingram L, Dijkstra FA, (2016) 'Soil microbial community resistance to drought and links to C stabilization in an Australian grassland', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol.103, pp 171-180

Carrillo Y, Ball BA, Molina M, (2016) 'Stoichiometric linkages between plant litter, trophic interactions and nitrogen mineralization across the litter-soil interface', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol.92, pp 102-110

Carrillo Y, Dijkstra FA, LeCain D, Pendall E, (2016) 'Mediation of soil C decomposition by arbuscular mycorrizhal fungi in grass rhizospheres under elevated CO₂', Biogeochemistry, vol.127, no.1, pp 45-55

Crowther TW, Todd-Brown KEO, Rowe CW, Wieder WR, Carey JC, Machmuller MB, Snoek BL, Fang S, Zhou G, Allison SD, Blair JM, Bridgham SD, Burton AJ, Carrillo Y, Reich PB, Clark JS, Classen AT, Dijkstra FA, Elberling B, Emmett BA, Estiarte M, Frey SD, Guo J, Harte J, Jiang L, Johnson BR, Kroel-Dulay G, Larsen KS, Laudon H, Lavallee JM, Luo Y, Lupascu M, Ma LN, Marhan S, Michelsen A, Mohan J, Niu S, Pendall E, Penuelas J, Pfeifer-Meister L, Poll C, Reinsch S, Reynolds LL, Schmidt IK, Sistla S, Sokol NW, Templer PH, Treseder KK, Welker JM, Bradford MA, (2016) 'Quantifying global soil carbon losses in response to warming', Nature, vol.540, no.7631, pp 104-108

Dijkstra FA, Carrillo Y, Aspinwall MJ, Maier C, Canarini A, Tahaei H, Choat B, Tissue DT, (2016) 'Water, nitrogen and phosphorus use efficiencies of four tree species in response to variable water and nutrient supply', Plant and Soil, vol.406, no.1 pp 187-199

Mueller KE, Blumenthal DM, Carrillo Y, Cesarz S, Ciobanu M, Hines J, Pabst S, Pendall E, de Tomasel CM, Wall DH, Eisenhauer N, (2016) 'Elevated CO₂ and warming shift the functional composition of soil nematode communities in a semiarid grassland', Soil Biology and Biochemistry , vol.103, pp 46-51

Mueller KE, Blumenthal DM, Pendall E, Carrillo Y, Dijkstra FA, Williams DG, Follett RF, Morgan JA, Penuelas J, (2016) 'Impacts of warming and elevated CO₂ on a semi-arid grassland are non-additive, shift with precipitation, and reverse over time', Ecology Letters, vol.19, no.8, pp 956-966

Chen J, Carrillo Y, Pendall E, Dijkstra FA, Evans RD, Morgan JA, Williams DG, (2015) 'Soil Microbes Compete Strongly with Plants for Soil Inorganic and Amino Acid Nitrogen in a Semiarid Grassland Exposed to Elevated CO₂ and Warming', Ecosystems, vol.18, no.5, pp 867-880

Ball B, Carrillo Y,  Molina M, (2014) 'The influence of litter composition across the litter-soil interface on decomposition, nitrogen dynamics and the decomposer community', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol.69, pp  71-82

Bell C, Carrillo Y, Boot C, Rocca J, Pendall E, Wallenstein M, (2014) 'Plant species-specific stoichiometry of soil nutrients and extracellular enzymes in a semi-arid grassland ecosystem', New Phytologist, vol.201, pp 505–517

Carrillo Y, Dijkstra FA, LeCain D, Morgan JA, Blumenthal D, Waldron S, Pendall E, (2014) 'Disentangling root responses to climate change in a semiarid grassland', Oecologia, vol.175, no.2, pp 699-711

Carrillo Y, Dijkstra FA, Pendall E, LeCain D, Tucker C, (2014) 'Plant rhizosphere influence on microbial C metabolism: the role of elevated CO₂, N availability and root stoichiometry', Biogeochemistry, vol.117, no.s 2-3, pp 229-240

Dijkstra FA, Carrillo Y, Pendall E, Morgan JA, (2013) 'Rhizosphere priming: a nutrient perspective', Frontiers in Microbiology,  vol.4, p 216

Pendall E, Heisler-White JL, Williams DG, Dijkstra FA, Carrillo Y, Morgan JA, LeCain DR, (2013) 'Warming Reduces Carbon Losses from Grassland Exposed to Elevated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide', PLOS-One, vol.8, article no.e71921

Carrillo Y, Ball BA, Strickland MS, Bradford MA, (2012) 'Legacies of plant litter on carbon and nitrogen dynamics and the role of the soil community', Pedobiologia, vol.55, pp 185-192

Carrillo Y, Dijkstra FA, Pendall E, Morgan JA, Blumenthal D, (2012) 'Controls over nitrogen availability under elevated CO₂ and warming in a semiarid grassland', Ecosystems, vol.15, pp 761-774

Dijkstra FA, Pendall E, Morgan JA, Blumenthal DM, Carrillo Y, LeCain DR, Follett R, Williams DG, (2012) 'Climate change alters stoichiometry of phosphorus and nitrogen in a semiarid grassland', New Phytologist, vol.196, pp 807-815

Carrillo Y, Ball BA, Bradford MA, Jordan CF, Molina M, (2011) 'Soil fauna alter the effects of litter composition on nitrogen cycling in a mineral soil', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol.43, pp 1440-1449

Carrillo Y, Jordan CF, Jacobsen K, Mitchell K, Raber P, (2011) 'Shoot pruning of a hedgerow perennial legume alters the availability and temporal dynamics of root-derived nitrogen in a subtropical setting', Plant and Soil, vol.345, pp 59-68

Carrillo Y, Pendall E, Dijkstra FA, Morgan JA, Newcomb JM, (2011) 'Response of soil organic matter pools to elevated CO₂ and warming in a semi-arid grassland', Plant and Soil, vol.347, pp 339-350

Morgan JA, LeCain DR, Pendall E, Blumenthal DM, Kimball BA, Carrillo Y, Williams, DG, Heisler-White J, Dijkstra FA, West M, (2011) 'C4 grasses prosper as carbon dioxide eliminates desiccation in warmed semi-arid grassland', Nature, vol.476, pp 202-205

Carrillo Y, Pendall E, Dijkstra FA, Morgan JA, Newcomb J, (2010) 'Carbon input control over soil organic matter dynamics in a temperate grassland exposed to elevated CO2 and warming', Biogeosciences Disc, vol.7, pp 1575-1602

Dijkstra FA, Blumenthal DM, Morgan JA, Pendall E, Carrillo Y, Follett RF, (2010) 'Contrasting effects of elevated CO₂ and warming on nitrogen cycling in a semiarid grassland', New Phytologist, vol.187, no.2, pp 426-437

Carrillo Y, Jordan C, (2008) 'Modeling green manure additions in alley cropping systems: linking soil community dynamics and nitrogen mineralization', In: Towards Agroforestry Design: An Ecological Approach, eds. S. Jose & A.M. Gordon. Springer-Verlag.

Carrillo Y, Guarin A, Guillot G, (2006) 'Biomass distribution, growth and decay of Egeria densa in a tropical highland reservoir (Neusa, Colombia)', Aquatic B