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Vulnerability of carbon storage in North American boreal forests to wildfires during the 21st century by BALSHI, M.S, MCGUIRE, A.D, DUFFY, P, FLANNIGAN, M, KICKLIGHTER, D.W, MELILLO, J

“…The boreal forest contains large reserves of carbon. Across this region, wildfires influence the temporal and spatial dynamics of carbon storage. In this…”
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Importance of recent shifts in soil thermal dynamics on growing season length, productivity, and carbon sequestration in terrestrial high-latitude ecosystems by EUSKIRCHEN, E. S., McGUIRE, A. D., KICKLIGHTER, D. W., ZHUANG, Q., CLEIN, J. S., DARGAVILLE, R. J., DYE, D. G., KIMBALL, J. S., McDONALD, K. C., MELILLO, J. M., ROMANOVSKY, V. E., SMITH, N. V.

“…In terrestrial high‐latitude regions, observations indicate recent changes in snow cover, permafrost, and soil freeze–thaw transitions due to climate change…”
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The role of historical fire disturbance in the carbon dynamics of the pan-boreal region: A process-based analysis by Balshi, M. S., McGuire, A. D., Zhuang, Q., Melillo, J., Kicklighter, D. W., Kasischke, E., Wirth, C., Flannigan, M., Harden, J., Clein, J. S., Burnside, T. J., McAllister, J., Kurz, W. A., Apps, M., Shvidenko, A.

“…Wildfire is a common occurrence in ecosystems of northern high latitudes, and changes in the fire regime of this region have consequences for carbon feedbacks…”
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Methane fluxes between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere at northern high latitudes during the past century: A retrospective analysis with a process-based biogeochemistry model by Zhuang, Q., Melillo, J. M., Kicklighter, D. W., Prinn, R. G., McGuire, A. D., Steudler, P. A., Felzer, B. S., Hu, S.

“…We develop and use a new version of the Terrestrial Ecosystem Model (TEM) to study how rates of methane (CH4) emissions and consumption in high‐latitude soils…”
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Potential influence of climate-induced vegetation shifts on future land use and associated land carbon fluxes in Northern Eurasia by Kicklighter, D W, Cai, Y, Zhuang, Q, Parfenova, E I, Paltsev, S, Sokolov, A P, Melillo, J M, Reilly, J M, Tchebakova, N M, Lu, X

“…Climate change will alter ecosystem metabolism and may lead to a redistribution of vegetation and changes in fire regimes in Northern Eurasia over the 21st…”
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Comparing global models of terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP): overview and key results by Cramer, W, Kicklighter, D.W, Bondeau, A, Moore, B. III, Churkina, G, Nemry, B, Ruimy, A, Schloss, A.L

“…Summary Seventeen global models of terrestrial biogeochemistry were compared with respect to annual and seasonal fluxes of net primary productivity (NPP) for…”
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Carbon balance of the terrestrial biosphere in the Twentieth Century: Analyses of CO2, climate and land use effects with four process-based ecosystem models by McGuire, A. D., Sitch, S., Clein, J. S., Dargaville, R., Esser, G., Foley, J., Heimann, M., Joos, F., Kaplan, J., Kicklighter, D. W., Meier, R. A., Melillo, J. M., Moore, B., Prentice, I. C., Ramankutty, N., Reichenau, T., Schloss, A., Tian, H., Williams, L. J., Wittenberg, U.

“…The concurrent effects of increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration, climate variability, and cropland establishment and abandonment on terrestrial carbon…”
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Is the northern high-latitude land-based CO2 sink weakening? by Hayes, D. J., McGuire, A. D., Kicklighter, D. W., Gurney, K. R., Burnside, T. J., Melillo, J. M.

“…Studies indicate that, historically, terrestrial ecosystems of the northern high‐latitude region may have been responsible for up to 60% of the global net…”
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Modelling carbon responses of tundra ecosystems to historical and projected climate: sensitivity of pan-Arctic carbon storage to temporal and spatial variation in climate by Mcguire, A. D., Clein, J. S., Melillo, J. M., Kicklighter, D. W., Meier, R. A., Vorosmarty, C. J., Serreze, M. C.

“…Summary Historical and projected climate trends for high latitudes show substantial temporal and spatial variability. To identify uncertainties in simulating…”
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Effect of interannual climate variability on carbon storage in Amazonian ecosystems by Tian, Hanqin, Melillo, Jerry M, Kicklighter, David W, McGuire, A. David, Helfrich, John V. K, Moore, Berrien, Vörösmarty, Charles J

“…The Amazon Basin contains almost one-half of the world's undisturbed tropical evergreen forest as well as large areas of tropical savanna,. The forests account…”
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Comparing global models of terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP): importance of vegetation structure on seasonal NPP estimates by Bondeau, A, Kicklighter, D.W, Kaduk, J

“…Summary Estimates of the seasonal absorbed fraction of photosynthetically active radiation (FPAR) and net primary productivity (NPP) are compared among four…”
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Potential net primary productivity in South America: application of a global model by Raich, J. (The Ecosystem Center, Woods Hole, MA), Rastetter, E.B, Melillo, J.M, Kicklighter, D.W

“…We use a mechanistically based ecosystem simulation model to describe and analyze the spatial and temporal patterns of terrestrial net primary productivity…”
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Climatic and biotic controls on annual carbon storage in Amazonian ecosystems by Tian, H., Melillo, J. M., Kicklighter, D. W., McGuire, A. D., Helfrich Iii, J., Moore Iii, B., Vörösmarty, C. J.

“…1 The role of undisturbed tropical land ecosystems in the global carbon budget is not well understood. It has been suggested that interannual climate…”
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Global climate change and terrestrial net primary production by Melillo, Jerry M., Mcguire, A. D., Kicklighter, David W., Moore, Berrien, III, Vorosmarty, Charles J., Schloss, Annette L.

“…A process-based model was used to estimate global patterns of net primary production and soil nitrogen cycling for contemporary climate conditions and current…”
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Environmental variation, vegetation distribution, carbon dynamics and water/energy exchange at high latitudes by McGuire, A. D, Wirth, C, Apps, M, Beringer, J, Clein, J, Epstein, H, Kicklighter, D. W, Bhatti, J, Chapin, F. S, de Groot, B, Efremov, D, Eugster, W, Fukuda, M, Gower, T, Hinzman, L, Huntley, B, Jia, G. J, Kasischke, E, Melillo, J, Romanovsky, V, Shvidenko, A, Vaganov, E, Walker, D

“…The responses of high latitude ecosystems to global change involve complex interactions among environmental variables, vegetation distribution, carbon…”
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Comparing global models of terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP): comparison of NPP to climate and the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) by Schloss, A.L, Kicklighter, D.W, Kaduk, J, Wittenberg, U

“…Summary To analyse the broad‐scale behaviour of 15 global models of the terrestrial biosphere, we evaluated the sensitivity of simulated net primary…”
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Modelling carbon responses of tundra ecosystems to historical and projected climate: a comparison of a plot- and a global-scale ecosystem model to identify process-based uncertainties by Clein, J. S., Kwiatkowski, B. L., McGuire, A. D., Hobbie, J. E., Rastetter, E. B., Melillo, J. M., Kicklighter, D. W.

“…Summary We are developing a process‐based modelling approach to investigate how carbon (C) storage of tundra across the entire Arctic will respond to projected…”
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Historical and projected carbon balance of mature black spruce ecosystems across North America: the role of carbon–nitrogen interactions by Clein, J S, McGuire, A D, Zhang, X, Kicklighter, D W, Melillo, J M, Wofsy, S C, Jarvis, P G, Massheder, J M

“…The role of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) interactions on sequestration of atmospheric CO2 in black spruce ecosystems across North America was evaluated with the…”
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Transient climate change and net ecosystem production of the terrestrial biosphere by Xiao, X. (University of New Hampshire, Durham.), Melillo, J.M, Kicklighter, D.W, McGuire, A.D, Prinn, R.G, Wang, C, Stone, P.H, Sokolov, A

“…In this sensitivity study, we have applied the Terrestrial Ecosystem Model ((TEM) version 4.1) to examine the responses of terrestrial ecosystems to transient…”
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Comparing global models of terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP): global pattern and differentiation by major biomes by Kicklighter, D.W, Bondeau, A, Schloss, A.L, Kaduk, J, McGuire, A.D

“…Summary Annual and seasonal net primary productivity estimates (NPP) of 15 global models across latitudinal zones and biomes are compared. The models simulated…”
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