Research interests
Publications
Jha N, Palmada T, Berben P, Saggar S, Luo JF, McMillan AMS 2020. Influence of liming-induced pH changes on nitrous oxide emission, nirS, nirK and nosZ gene abundance from applied cattle urine in allophanic and fluvial grazed pasture soils. Biology and Fertility of Soils 56(6): 811–824. WOS:000528155600001 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-020-01460-1
Ward R, Gentile R, Laubach J, Hunt J, McMillan A 2020. Assessment of the carbon and water balances of sauvignon blanc grapes using eddy covariance. Proceedings: 33rd Annual Farmed Landscape Research Centre (FLRC) Workshop, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 11–13 February 2020. http://flrc.massey.ac.nz/workshops/20/Programme_Final.pdf
Gentile R, Ward R, McMillan A, Hunt J, Laubach J 2019. Quantifying carbon and water fluxes in a New Zealand vineyard using eddy covariance. Proceedings: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2019, San Francisco, CA, USA, 9–13 December 2019. https://www.agu.org/Fall-Meeting-2019
Wiser S, McMillan D 2019. Using satellite imagery to detect and map ephemeral wetlands. Proceedings: New Zealand Ecological Society Conference, Lincoln, New Zealand, 1–5 December 2019. https://az659834.vo.msecnd.net/eventsairseasiaprod/production-confer-public/01d967eddc034eceb3b7f439541c90a3
Harvey MJ, Nichol SE, McMillan AMS, Martin RJ, Evans MJ, Bromley AM 2018. Verification of micrometeorologically determined nitrous oxide fluxes following controlled release from pasture. Animal Production Science 58(6): 998–1005. WOS:000431643400005 https://doi.org/10.1071/an15642
Jolly B, McMillan A 2018. Expanding forest plot data using RPAS and TLS. Proceedings: What on Earth Colloquium, Wellington, New Zealand, 6–7 March 2018.
Kirschbaum MUF, McMillan AMS 2018. Warming and elevated CO2 have opposing influences on transpiration. Which is more important? Current Forestry Reports 4(2): 51–71. WOS:000432549800002 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40725-018-0073-8
Harvey MJ, Nichol SE, McMillan AMS, Martin RJ, Evans MJ, Bromley AM 2018. Verification of micrometeorologically determined nitrous oxide fluxes following controlled release from pasture. Animal Production Science 58(6): 998–1005. WOS:000431643400005 https://doi.org/10.1071/an15642
Graham SL, Kochendorfer J, McMillan AMS, Duncan MJ, Srinivasan MS, Hertzog G 2016. Effects of agricultural management on measurements, prediction, and partitioning of evapotranspiration in irrigated grasslands. Agricultural Water Management 177: 340–347. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2016.08.015
Phillips R, McMillan A, Grelet G, Weir B, Senanayake S, Palmada T, Song B, Tobias C 2016. New ways of removing excess nitrogen from agricultural ecosystems. Soil Horizons. http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/publications/newsletters/soil/issue-25
Phillips RL, Song B, McMillan AMS, Grelet G, Weir BS, Palmada T, Tobias C 2016. Chemical formation of hybrid di-nitrogen calls fungal codenitrification into question. Scientific Reports 6: 39077. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep39077
Pal P, McMillan AMS, Saggar S 2016. Pathways of dicyandiamide uptake in pasture plants: a laboratory study. Biology and Fertility of Soils 52(4): 539–546. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-016-1096-6
Jha N, Palmada T, Berben P, Saggar S, Luo J, McMillan AMS 2016. [Abstract] Lime enhances denitrification rate and denitrifier gene abundance in pasture soils treated with urine and urine + DCD. In: Currie LD, Singh R ed. Proceedings: Integrated Nutrient and Water Management for Sustainable Farming: 29th Annual FLRC Workshop, Palmerston North, N.Z., 9–11 February 2016. http://flrc.massey.ac.nz/workshops/16/Manuscripts/Abstract_Jha_2016.pdf
Phillips R, Grelet G, McMillan A, Song B, Weir B, Palmada T, Tobias C 2016. Fungal denitrification: Bipolaris sorokiniana exclusively denitrifies inorganic nitrogen in the presence and absence of oxygen. FEMS Microbiology Letters 363(4): fnw007. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnw007
McMillan AMS, Pal P, Phillips RL, Palmada T, Berben P, Jha N, Saggar S, Luo J 2016. Can pH amendments in grazed pastures help reduce N2O emissions from denitrification? – The effects of liming and urine addition on the completion of denitrification in fluvial and volcanic soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 93: 90–104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.10.013
Pal P, McMillan AMS, Saggar S 2015. Routes of dicyandiamide uptake in pasture plants: a preliminary glasshouse study. In: Currie LD, Burkitt LL ed. Proceedings: Moving Farm Systems to Improved Attenuation: 28th Annual FLRC Workshop, Palmerston North, N.Z., 10–12 February 2015. http://flrc.massey.ac.nz/workshops/15/Manuscripts/Paper_Pal_2015.pdf
Hanpattanakit P, Leclerc MY, McMillan AMS, Limtong P, Maeght J-L, Panuthai S, Inubushi K, Chidthaisong A 2015. Multiple timescale variations and controls of soil respiration in a tropical dry dipterocarp forest, western Thailand. Plant and Soil 390(1–2): 167–181. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-015-2386-8
Phillips RL, McMillan AMS, Palmada T, Dando J, Giltrap D 2015. Temperature effects on N2O and N2 denitrification end-products for a New Zealand pasture soil. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 58(1): 89–95. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288233.2014.969380
Mukherjee S, McMillan AMS, Sturman AP, Harvey MJ, Laubach J 2015. Footprint methods to separate N2O emission rates from adjacent paddock areas. International Journal of Biometeorology 59(3): 325–338. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-014-0844-2
McMillan AMS, Duncan MJ, Srinivasan MS, Phillips RL, Kirschbaum MUF, Laubach J 2014. [Abstract] Measurement of water vapour fluxes with eddy covariance towers - how directly measuring evapotranspiration can help us manage water. In: Currie LD, Christensen CL ed. Proceedings: Nutrient management for the farm, catchment and community, Palmerston North, N.Z., 18–20 February 2014. http://www.massey.ac.nz/~flrc/workshops/14/Manuscripts/Abstract_McMillan_1_2014.pdf
McMillan A, Phillips R, Berben P, Palmada T, Jha N, Saggar S 2014. Automated N2O/N2 analysis - a new tool for studying dentrification dynamics and testing mitigation strategies. In: Currie LD, Christensen CL ed. Proceedings: Nutrient management for the farm, catchment and community, Palmerston North, N.Z., 18–20 February 2014. http://www.massey.ac.nz/~flrc/workshops/14/Manuscripts/Paper_McMillan_2_2014.pdf
McMillan AMS, Harvey MJ, Martin RJ, Bromley AM, Evans MJ, Mukherjee S, Laubach J 2014. The detectability of nitrous oxide mitigation efficacy in intensively grazed pastures using a multiple-plot micrometeorological technique. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 7: 1169–1184. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-1169-2014
Kelliher FM, Sherlock RR, Clough TJ, Premaratne M, Laughlin RJ, McGeough KL, Harvey MJ, McMillan AMS, Reid A, Saggar S 2012. Air sample collection, storage and analysis. 4 4 In: de Klein C, Harvey M ed. Nitrous oxide chamber methodology guidelines. Wellington, N.Z., Ministry for Primary Industries. Pp. 56–72
Giltrap DL, Saggar S, Singh J, Harvey M, McMillan AMS, Laubach J 2012. Field-scale verification of nitrous oxide emission reduction with DCD in dairy-grazed pasture using measurements and modelling. Soil research 49(8): 696–702. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SR11090
Giltrap D, Saggar S, Singh J, Harvey M, McMillan A, Laubach J 2011. Field-scale verification of nitrous oxide emission reduction with DCD in dairy-grazed pasture using measurements and modelling. In: Currie LD, Christensen CL ed. Proceedings: Adding to the Knowledge Base for the Nutrient Manager: 24th Annual Fertilizer & Lime Research Centre Workshop, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 8–10 February 2011. http://www.massey.ac.nz/~flrc/workshops/11/Manuscripts/Giltrap_1_2011.pdf
Saggar S, Harvey M, Singh J, Giltrap D, Pattey E, Bromley T, Martin R, Dow D, Moss R, McMillan A 2010. Chambers, micrometeorological measurements, and the New Zealand Denitrification Decomposition model for nitrous oxide emission estimates from an irrigated dairy-grazed pasture. Journal of integrative environmental sciences 7(2 supp 1): 1 – 10.
Harvey MJ, McMillan AMS, Laubach J, Singh J, Saggar S, Bromley AM, Martin RJ, Evans MJ 2009. [Abstract and poster] A small-scale micrometerological method for comparison of emissions from treated plots. Proceedings: Managing Climate Change (MC2) Conference, Palmerston North, 18–20 November, 2009. http://www.mc2conference.com/media/29c0579c6f8d0f6dffff818affffd502.pdf
Saggar S, Harvey MJ, Singh J, Giltrap DL, McMillan AMS, Pattey E, Bromley AM, Dow D, Martin RJ, Moss R 2009. Nitrous oxide emissions estimates from an irrigated dairy-grazed pasture using chambers and micrometeorological measurements, and NZ-DNDC model. Proceedings: 5th International Symposium on Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases (NCGG-5) Science, Reduction Policy and Implementation, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 30 June – 3 July, 2009.
Jha N, Palmada T, Berben P, Saggar S, Luo JF, McMillan AMS Influence of liming-induced pH changes on nitrous oxide emission, nirS, nirK and nosZ gene abundance from applied cattle urine in allophanic and fluvial grazed pasture soils. Biology and Fertility of Soils. <Go to ISI>://WOS:000528155600001