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Mary-Cathrine Leewis

Government of Canada - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Performance and Analysis Directorate

Policy Branch

Ottawa, K1V 0C6

Canada

  • Government of Canada - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

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Scholarly Papers (4)

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1.

Soil pore heterogeneity buffers microbial communities against an extreme wetting event

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 08 Oct 2025
Rachael Harman-Denhoed, Mary-Cathrine Leewis, Pierre Dutilleul, Hannah P. Liebermann and Cynthia M. Kallenbach
McGill University, Government of Canada - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, McGill University, McGill University and McGill University
Downloads 62 (951,658)

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soil microbial communities, flood, Soil pore structure, Land Use, soil heterogeneity, stability

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Long-Term Legacy of Phytoremediation on Plant Succession and Soil Microbial Communities in Petroleum-Contaminated Sub-Arctic Soils

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 04 Jul 2023
Mary-Cathrine Leewis, Christopher Kasanke, Ondrej Uhlik and Mary Beth Leigh
Government of Canada - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague and University of Alaska Fairbanks
Downloads 40 (1,183,237)

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Remediation, Diesel, petroleum, re-vegetation, long-term field trial, microbial degradation

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Crop Diversity and Perenniality Alter Microbial Communities but Do Not Always Increase Microbial Diversity and Stability

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 06 Nov 2025
DENIZ Lara DUTTON, Mary-Cathrine Leewis, Visveshwar Senthilkumaran and Cynthia M. Kallenbach
McGill University, Government of Canada - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, McGill University and McGill University
Downloads 34 (1,263,436)

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Crop diversity, Intermediate Wheatgrass, soil microbial community, rhizosphere soil, intercropping

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Crop diversity gradients alter molecular composition of mineral-associated organic matter and its susceptibility to phosphate-induced desorption

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 07 Apr 2026
Nadia Moukanni, Hannah P. Liebermann, Mary-Cathrine Leewis and Cynthia M. Kallenbach
McGill University, McGill University, Government of Canada - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and McGill University
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Mineral-associated organic matter, crop diversity, Soil Carbon, Phosphorus, molecular composition, desorption, Dissolved organic carbon, pyrolysis-GC/MS