Search Results - "MCGUIRE, A.D"
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North American Carbon Program (NACP) regional interim synthesis: Terrestrial biospheric model intercomparison
Published in Ecological modelling (10-05-2012)“…► Evaluating model results provides assessment of understanding of the terrestrial carbon cycle. ► The models differ substantially in their estimates of net…”
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Simulated high-latitude soil thermal dynamics during the past 4 decades
Published in The cryosphere (01-01-2016)“…Soil temperature (Ts) change is a key indicator of the dynamics of permafrost. On seasonal and interannual timescales, the variability of Ts determines the…”
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Structural complexity and land-surface energy exchange along a gradient from arctic tundra to boreal forest
Published in Journal of vegetation science (01-06-2004)“…: Question: Current climate changes in the Alaskan Arctic, which are characterized by increases in temperature and length of growing season, could alter…”
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Environmental variation, vegetation distribution, carbon dynamics and water/energy exchange at high latitudes
Published in Journal of vegetation science (01-06-2002)“… The responses of high latitude ecosystems to global change involve complex interactions among environmental variables, vegetation distribution, carbon…”
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Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (14-10-2016)“…The biodiversity-productivity relationship (BPR) is foundational to our understanding of the global extinction crisis and its impacts on ecosystem functioning…”
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Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback
Published in Nature (London) (09-04-2015)“…A large amount of organic carbon stored in frozen Arctic soils (permafrost) could be released as carbon dioxide and methane in a warming climate, which would…”
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Sensitivity of the carbon cycle in the Arctic to climate change
Published in Ecological monographs (01-11-2009)“…The recent warming in the Arctic is affecting a broad spectrum of physical, ecological, and human/cultural systems that may be irreversible on century time…”
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A simplified, data-constrained approach to estimate the permafrost carbon-climate feedback
Published in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences (13-11-2015)“…We present an approach to estimate the feedback from large-scale thawing of permafrost soils using a simplified, data-constrained model that combines three…”
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Changes in vegetation in northern Alaska under scenarios of climate change, 2003-2100: implications for climate feedbacks
Published in Ecological applications (01-06-2009)“…Assessing potential future changes in arctic and boreal plant species productivity, ecosystem composition, and canopy complexity is essential for understanding…”
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Vulnerability of carbon storage in North American boreal forests to wildfires during the 21st century
Published in Global change biology (01-06-2009)“…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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Role of Land-Surface Changes in Arctic Summer Warming
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (28-10-2005)“…A major challenge in predicting Earth's future climate state is to understand feedbacks that alter greenhouse-gas forcing. Here we synthesize field data from…”
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Consequences of changes in vegetation and snow cover for climate feedbacks in Alaska and northwest Canada
Published in Environmental research letters (01-10-2016)“…Changes in vegetation and snow cover may lead to feedbacks to climate through changes in surface albedo and energy fluxes between the land and atmosphere. In…”
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Terrestrial ecosystem model performance in simulating productivity and its vulnerability to climate change in the northern permafrost region
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Biogeosciences (01-02-2017)“…Realistic projection of future climate‐carbon (C) cycle feedbacks requires better understanding and an improved representation of the C cycle in permafrost…”
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Energy feedbacks of northern high-latitude ecosystems to the climate system due to reduced snow cover during 20th century warming
Published in Global change biology (01-11-2007)“…The warming associated with changes in snow cover in northern high-latitude terrestrial regions represents an important energy feedback to the climate system…”
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Response of anaerobic carbon cycling to water table manipulation in an Alaskan rich fen
Published in Soil biology & biochemistry (01-03-2013)“…To test the effects of altered hydrology on organic soil decomposition, we investigated CO2 and CH4 production potential of rich-fen peat (mean surface…”
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Surface energy exchanges along a tundra-forest transition and feedbacks to climate
Published in Agricultural and forest meteorology (31-08-2005)“…Surface energy exchanges were measured in a sequence of five sites representing the major vegetation types in the transition from arctic tundra to forest. This…”
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Increasing Wildfire in Alaska's Boreal Forest: Pathways to Potential Solutions of a Wicked Problem
Published in Bioscience (01-06-2008)“…Recent global environmental and social changes have created a set of “wicked problems” for which there are no optimal solutions. In this article, we illustrate…”
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Modeling the effects of fire severity and climate warming on active layer thickness and soil carbon storage of black spruce forests across the landscape in interior Alaska
Published in Environmental research letters (01-12-2013)“…There is a substantial amount of carbon stored in the permafrost soils of boreal forest ecosystems, where it is currently protected from decomposition. The…”
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Modeling fire severity in black spruce stands in the Alaskan boreal forest using spectral and non-spectral geospatial data
Published in Remote sensing of environment (15-07-2010)“…Biomass burning in the Alaskan interior is already a major disturbance and source of carbon emissions, and is likely to increase in response to the warming and…”
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Evaluation of air–soil temperature relationships simulated by land surface models during winter across the permafrost region
Published in The cryosphere (11-08-2016)“…A realistic simulation of snow cover and its thermal properties are important for accurate modelling of permafrost. We analyse simulated relationships between…”
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