Alison Duff
Research Ecologist

608-643-9895

1925 Linden Dr. W
Madison, WI 53706

Dr. Duff joined Dairy Forage Research : USDA ARS in October of 2016 as a Support Scientist and transitioned to her current Research Ecologist role in February of 2021. Dr. Duff's research specializes in dairy system conservation practices, carbon sequestration.

• Publications

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  • The effects of floral resource phenology and farm management practices on pollinators and pollination services on row crop farms-(Abstract Only)
    
    
  • Facilitating a farmer-led outreach event focused on improving farm resilience with pollinator habitat-(Abstract Only)
    
    
  • Rhizosphere microbial community structure in high-producing, low-input switchgrass families -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
    Arther, C.M., Panke-Buisse, K., Duff, A., Molodchenko, A.S., Casler, M.D. 2024. Rhizosphere microbial community structure in high-producing, low-input switchgrass families. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0308753.
    
  • Estimating carbon balance on farms-(Trade Journal)
    Duff, A., Reed, K., Vadas, P.A. 2024. Estimating carbon balance on farms. Journal of Nutrient Management. February 2024 Issue; https://jofnm.com/article-308-Estimating-carbon-balance-on-farms.html.
    
  • Soil carbon stock potential in pastoral and silvopastoral systems in the Peruvian Amazon -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
    Salazar, R., Alegre, J., Pizarro, D., Duff, A., Garcia, C., Gomez, C. 2024. Soil carbon stock potential in pastoral and silvopastoral systems in the Peruvian Amazon. Agroforestry Systems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-024-00969-w.
    
  • What is the impact of cropland to pasture conversion, and vice versa, on dairy greenhouse gas emissions?-(Popular Publication)
    Jaramillo, D.M., Duff, A., Kohmann, M. 2024. What is the impact of cropland to pasture conversion, and vice versa, on dairy greenhouse gas emissions?. Decode 6. https://decode6.org/articles/cropland-to-pasture-conversion-dairy-ghg-emissions/.
    
  • How does crop production and diet formulation affect dairy emissions?-(Other)
    Duff, A., French, E.A. 2023. How does crop production and diet formulation affect dairy emissions?. Meeting Abstract. Decode 6.
    
  • The dairy forage rotation: Effects on farm carbon balance and soil health-(Trade Journal)
    Duff, A. 2023. The dairy forage rotation: Effects on farm carbon balance and soil health. Forage Focus. March 2023 pg 4-5.
    
  • Quantifying the natural climate solution potential of agricultural systems by combining eddy covariance and remote sensing -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
    Wiesner, S., Desai, A.R., Duff, A., Metzger, S., Stoy, P.C. 2022. Quantifying the natural climate solution potential of agricultural systems by combining eddy covariance and remote sensing. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences. 127(0). Article 2022JG006895. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JG006895.
    
  • Growing season carbon dynamics differ in intermediate wheatgrass monoculture versus biculture with red clover -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
    Wiesner, S., Duff, A., Niemann, K.M., Desai, A.R., Crews, T., Picasso Risso, V., Riday, H., Stoy, P.C. 2022. Growing season carbon dynamics differ in intermediate wheatgrass monoculture versus biculture with red clover. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 323(15). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.109062.
    
  • Merging eddy covariance and remote sensing models to facilitate high resolution spatiotemporal monitoring of agricultural greenhouse gas budgets-(Abstract Only)
    
    
  • Combining remote sensing models and eddy covariance to model natural climate solutions in agricultural production systems-(Abstract Only)
    
    
  • Increasing dairy sustainability with integrated crop-livestock farming -(Peer Reviewed Journal)
    Wiesner, S., Duff, A., Desai, A.R., Panke-Buisse, K. 2020. Increasing dairy sustainability with integrated crop-livestock farming. Sustainability. 12(3), 765. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12030765.
    
  • The Capacity-Building Stewardship Model: Assessment of an agricultural network as a mechanism for improving regional agroecosystem sustainability-(Peer Reviewed Journal)
    Duff, A., Zedler, P.H., Barzen, J.A., Knuteson, D.L. 2017. The Capacity-Building Stewardship Model: Assessment of an agricultural network as a mechanism for improving regional agroecosystem sustainability. Ecology and Society. doi:10.5751/ES-09146-220145.