Effects of climate extremes on the terrestrial carbon cycle: concepts, processes and potential future impacts

D Frank, M Reichstein, M Bahn, K Thonicke… - Global change …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Extreme droughts, heat waves, frosts, precipitation, wind storms and other climate extremes
may impact the structure, composition and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, and thus …

Future climate and fire interactions in the southeastern region of the United States

RJ Mitchell, Y Liu, JJ O'Brien, KJ Elliott, G Starr… - Forest Ecology and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Fire has a profound, though paradoxical influence on landscapes of the southeastern US; it
simultaneously maintains native biodiversity and ecosystem processes but also threatens …

Where does the carbon go? A model–data intercomparison of vegetation carbon allocation and turnover processes at two temperate forest free‐air CO2 enrichment …

MG De Kauwe, BE Medlyn, S Zaehle… - New …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration (eCO 2) has the potential to increase vegetation
carbon storage if increased net primary production causes increased long‐lived biomass …

Re‐assessment of plant carbon dynamics at the Duke free‐air CO2 enrichment site: interactions of atmospheric [CO2] with nitrogen and water availability over stand …

HR McCarthy, R Oren, KH Johnsen… - New …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The potential for elevated [CO2]‐induced changes to plant carbon (C) storage, through
modifications in plant production and allocation of C among plant pools, is an important …

[PDF][PDF] Managing forests because carbon matters: integrating energy, products, and land management policy

RW Malmsheimer, JL Bowyer, JS Fried… - Journal of …, 2011 - forestpolicypub.com
Policies can foster changes in forest management and product manufacture that reduce
carbon emissions over time while maintaining forests for environmental and societal …

Risks to forest carbon offset projects in a changing climate

CS Galik, RB Jackson - Forest Ecology and Management, 2009 - Elsevier
When included as part of a larger greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction program,
forest offsets may provide low-cost opportunities for GHG mitigation. One barrier to including …

Irreconcilable differences: fine-root life spans and soil carbon persistence

AE Strand, SG Pritchard, ML McCormack, MA Davis… - Science, 2008 - science.org
The residence time of fine-root carbon in soil is one of the least understood aspects of the
global carbon cycle, and fine-root dynamics are one of the least understood aspects of plant …

Separating the effects of climate and vegetation on evapotranspiration along a successional chronosequence in the southeastern US

PC Stoy, GG Katul, MBS Siqueira… - Global Change …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
We combined Eddy‐covariance measurements with a linear perturbation analysis to isolate
the relative contribution of physical and biological drivers on evapotranspiration (ET) in three …

An evaluation of models for partitioning eddy covariance-measured net ecosystem exchange into photosynthesis and respiration

PC Stoy, GG Katul, MBS Siqueira, JY Juang… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2006 - Elsevier
We measured net ecosystem CO2 exchange (NEE) using the eddy covariance (EC)
technique for 4 years at adjoining old field (OF), planted pine (PP) and hardwood forest …

Assessing net ecosystem carbon exchange of US terrestrial ecosystems by integrating eddy covariance flux measurements and satellite observations

J Xiao, Q Zhuang, BE Law, DD Baldocchi… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2011 - Elsevier
More accurate projections of future carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere and
associated climate change depend on improved scientific understanding of the terrestrial …