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Fiona Jevon

  • Assistant Professor
Academic Division: Mathematics, Analytics, Science, and Technology

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Rocci, K.S., Pierson, D., Jevon, F., Polussa, A., Oliverio, A.M., Bradford, M.A., Reich, P.B., Wieder, W.R. (2025). Integrating Microbial Community Data Into an Ecosystem-Scale Model to Predict Litter Decomposition in the Face of Climate Change. Global change biology. Vol: 31, Issue: 7, Page: e70352.
  • Lang, A.K., Fitch, A.A., Jevon, F., Hatala Matthes, J., Ayres, M.P., Hicks Pries, C.E. (2025). Mineral-Associated Organic Matter Concentration Beneath Northern Temperate Trees Varies by Mycorrhizal Type and Leaf Habit. Ecosystems. Vol: 28, Issue: 1, Page: 8. Springer.
  • Kong, J., Clark, J.A., Pregitzer, C.C., Jevon, F., Houborg, R., Seto, K.C. (2025). Warming effects on spring phenology in New York City parks. Environmental Research Letters. Vol: 20, Issue: 9, Page: 094002. IOP Publishing. link
  • Jevon, F., Crown, C.A., Clark, J.A., Doroski, D.A., Darling, L., Sonti, N.F., Yesilonis, I.D., Dietsch, G., Bradford, M., Pregitzer, C.C. (2025). Native trees are responsible for the high carbon density in urban natural area forests across eight United States cities. Journal of Applied Ecology. Vol: 62, Issue: 1, Page: 132-143. Wiley. link
  • Hartig, F., Detto, M., Surendra, A., Bachelot, B\'en\'edicte, , Bagchi, R., Huanca-Nunez, N., H\"ulsmann, Lisa, , Jevon, F., Krishnadas, M., Stein, C., others, (2024). Consequences of Local Conspecific Density Effects for Plant Diversity and Community Dynamics. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.
  • LaManna, J.A., Hartig, F., Myers, J.A., Freckleton, R.P., Detto, M., Surendra, A., Doolittle, C.J., Bachelot, B\'en\'edicte, , Bagchi, R., Comita, L.S., others, (2024). Consequences of local conspecific density effects for plant diversity and community dynamics. Ecology letters. Vol: 27, Issue: 9, Page: e14506.
  • Bradford, M., Polussa, A., Eash, L., Jevon, F., Kuebbing, S., Rosenzweig, S., Oldfield, E. (2024). Research design, statistics and soil carbon: Responses to von Haden et al. and Spertus. Geoderma. Vol: 448, Page: 116961. Elsevier.
  • Bradford, M.A., Veen, G.C., Bradford, E.M., Covey, K.R., Crowther, T.W., Fields, N., Frankson, P.T., Gonz\'alez-Rivero, Javier, , Jevon, F., Kuebbing, S.E., others, (2023). Coarse woody debris accelerates the decomposition of deadwood inputs across temperate forest. Biogeochemistry. Vol: 164, Issue: 3, Page: 489--507. Springer International Publishing Cham.
  • Bradford, M., Eash, L., Polussa, A., Jevon, F., Kuebbing, S., Hammac, W., Rosenzweig, S., Oldfield, E. (2023). Testing the feasibility of quantifying change in agricultural soil carbon stocks through empirical sampling. Geoderma. Vol: 440, Page: 116719. Elsevier.
  • Jevon, F., Gewirtzman, J., Lang, A.K., Ayres, M.P., Matthes, J.H. (2023). Tree species effects on soil CO2 and CH4 fluxes in a mixed temperate forest. Ecosystems. Vol: 26, Issue: 7, Page: 1587--1602. Springer US New York.
  • Jevon, F., De La Cruz, D., LaManna, J.A., Lang, A.K., Orwig, D.A., Record, S., Kouba, P.V., Ayres, M.P., Matthes, J.H. (2022). Experimental and observational evidence of negative conspecific density dependence in temperate ectomycorrhizal trees. Ecology. Vol: 103, Issue: 11, Page: e3808. John Wiley \& Sons, Inc. Hoboken, USA.
  • Jevon, F., Polussa, A., Lang, A.K., William Munger, J., Wood, S.A., Wieder, W.R., Bradford, M.A. (2022). Patterns and controls of aboveground litter inputs to temperate forests. Biogeochemistry. Vol: 161, Issue: 3, Page: 335--352. Springer International Publishing Cham.
  • Jevon, F., Lang, A.K. (2022). Tree biomass allocation differs by mycorrhizal association. Ecology. Vol: 103, Issue: 6. Wiley. link
  • Lang, A.K., Jevon, F., Vietorisz, C.R., Ayres, M.P., Hatala Matthes, J. (2021). Fine roots and mycorrhizal fungi accelerate leaf litter decomposition in a northern hardwood forest regardless of dominant tree mycorrhizal associations. New Phytologist. Vol: 230, Issue: 1, Page: 316--326.
  • Jevon, F., Lang, A., Ayres, M., Matthes, J.H. (2021). Limited evidence that larger acorns buffer Quercus rubra seedlings from density-dependent biotic stressors. American Journal of Botany. Vol: 108, Issue: 10, Page: 1861--1872.
  • Bradford, M.A., Wood, S.A., Addicott, E.T., Fenichel, E.P., Fields, N., Gonzalez-Rivero, J., Jevon, F., Maynard, D.S., Oldfield, E.E., Polussa, A., others, (2021). Quantifying microbial control of soil organic matter dynamics at macrosystem scales. Biogeochemistry. Vol: 156, Issue: 1, Page: 19--40. Springer International Publishing Cham.
  • Polussa, A., Gonzalez-Rivero, J., Fields, N., Jevon, F., Wood, S.A., Wieder, W.R., Bradford, M.A. (2021). Scale dependence in functional equivalence and difference in the soil microbiome. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. Vol: 163, Page: 108451. Elsevier.
  • Lang, A.K., Jevon, F., Fitch, A.A., Hatala Matthes, J., Ayres, M.P., Hicks Pries, C.E. (2021). SOM density fractions beneath trees of different mycorrhizal types in New England forests. Environmental Data Initiative.
  • Jevon, F., Lang, A., Ayres, M., Matthes, J.H. (2021). Limited evidence that larger acorns buffer Quercus rubra seedlings from density?dependent biotic stressors. American Journal of Botany. Vol: 108, Issue: 10, Page: 1861-1872. Wiley. link
  • Lang, A.K., Jevon, F., Ayres, M.P., Hatala Matthes, J. (2020). Higher soil respiration rate beneath arbuscular mycorrhizal trees in a northern hardwood forest is driven by associated soil properties. Ecosystems. Vol: 23, Issue: 6, Page: 1243--1253. Springer US New York.
  • Jevon, F., Record, S., Grady, J., Lang, A.K., Orwig, D.A., Ayres, M.P., Matthes, J.H. (2020). Seedling survival declines with increasing conspecific density in a common temperate tree. Ecosphere. Vol: 11, Issue: 11, Page: e03292.
  • Jevon, F., D'Amato, A.W., Woodall, C.W., Evans, K., Ayres, M.P., Matthes, J.H. (2019). Tree basal area and conifer abundance predict soil carbon stocks and concentrations in an actively managed forest of northern New Hampshire, USA. Forest Ecology and Management. Vol: 451, Page: 117534. Elsevier.
  • Paradiso, E., Jevon, F., Matthes, J. (2019). Fine root respiration is more strongly correlated with root traits than tree species identity. Ecosphere. Vol: 10, Issue: 11. Wiley. link
  • Matthes, J.H., Lang, A.K., Jevon, F., Russell, S.J. (2018). Tree stress and mortality from emerald ash borer does not systematically alter short-term soil carbon flux in a mixed northeastern US forest. Forests. Vol: 9, Issue: 1, Page: 37. MDPI.
  • Matthes, J., Lang, A., Jevon, F., Russell, S. (2018). Tree Stress and Mortality from Emerald Ash Borer Does Not Systematically Alter Short-Term Soil Carbon Flux in a Mixed Northeastern U.S. Forest. Forests. Vol: 9, Issue: 1, Page: 37. MDPI AG. link

Reports

  • Bradford, M.A., Oldfield, E.E., Arredondo, M.G., Black, H.I., Forbes, E.S., Jevon, F., Kelly, C., Lavallee, J.M., Liu, S., Polussa, A. (2025). Agricultural Soil Carbon: A Call for Improved Evidence of Climate Mitigation. Center for Open Science.

Other

  • Jevon, F. (2020). The role of biotic interactions and plant traits in temperate forest recruitment and diversity. Dartmouth College.