Search Results - "McCARTHY, HEATHER R"

Increases in the flux of carbon belowground stimulate nitrogen uptake and sustain the long-term enhancement of forest productivity under elevated CO2 by Drake, John E., Gallet-Budynek, Anne, Hofmockel, Kirsten S., Bernhardt, Emily S., Billings, Sharon A., Jackson, Robert B., Johnsen, Kurt S., Lichter, John, McCarthy, Heather R., McCormack, M. Luke, Moore, David J. P., Oren, Ram, Palmroth, Sari, Phillips, Richard P., Pippen, Jeffrey S., Pritchard, Seth G., Treseder, Kathleen K., Schlesinger, William H., DeLucia, Evan H., Finzi, Adrien C.

“…Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 349–357 The earth’s future climate state is highly dependent upon changes in terrestrial C storage in response to rising…”
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Plant water-use efficiency as a metric of urban ecosystem services by McCarthy, Heather R, Pataki, Diane E, Jenerette, G. Darrel

“…Trees in urban ecosystems are valued for shade and cooling effects, reduction of CO 2 emissions and pollution, and aesthetics, among other benefits. However,…”
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Understanding preferences for tree attributes: the relative effects of socio-economic and local environmental factors by Avolio, Meghan L., Pataki, Diane E., Pincetl, Stephanie, Gillespie, Thomas W., Jenerette, G. Darrel, McCarthy, Heather R.

“…Urban plant biodiversity is influenced by both the physical environment and attitudes and preferences of urban residents for specific plant types. Urban…”
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Influence of the decoupling degree on the estimation of canopy stomatal conductance for two broadleaf tree species by Zhang, Zhen Z., Zhao, Ping, McCarthy, Heather R., Zhao, Xiu H., Niu, Jun F., Zhu, Li W., Ni, Guang Y., Ouyang, Lei, Huang, Yu Q.

“…•The seasonal dynamics of the decoupling coefficient were dominated by stomatal conductance.•The canopy stomatal conductance was underestimated with a…”
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Tree Species with Photosynthetic Stems Have Greater Nighttime Sap Flux by Chen, Xia, Gao, Jianguo, Zhao, Ping, McCarthy, Heather R, Zhu, Liwei, Ni, Guangyan, Ouyang, Lei

“…An increasing body of evidence has shown that nighttime sap flux occurs in most plants, but the physiological implications and regulatory mechanism are poorly…”
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Estimation of long-term basin scale evapotranspiration from streamflow time series by Palmroth, Sari, Katul, Gabriel G., Hui, Dafeng, McCarthy, Heather R., Jackson, Robert B., Oren, Ram

“…We estimated long‐term annual evapotranspiration (ETQ) at the watershed scale by combining continuous daily streamflow (Q) records, a simplified watershed…”
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Urban plant diversity in Los Angeles, California: Species and functional type turnover in cultivated landscapes by Avolio, Meghan, Pataki, Diane E., Jenerette, G. Darrel, Pincetl, Stephanie, Clarke, Lorraine Weller, Cavender‐Bares, Jeannine, Gillespie, Thomas W., Hobbie, Sarah E., Larson, Kelli L., McCarthy, Heather R., Trammell, Tara L. E.

“…Societal Impact Statement People plant, remove, and manage urban vegetation in cities for varying purposes and to varying extents. The direct manipulation of…”
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Separating the effects of climate and vegetation on evapotranspiration along a successional chronosequence in the southeastern US by STOY, PAUL C, KATUL, GABRIEL G, SIQUEIRA, MARIO B.S, JUANG, JEHN-YIH, NOVICK, KIMBERLY A, McCARTHY, HEATHER R, CHRISTOPHER OISHI, A, UEBELHERR, JOSHUA M, KIM, HYUN-SEOK, OREN, RAM

“…We combined Eddy-covariance measurements with a linear perturbation analysis to isolate the relative contribution of physical and biological drivers on…”
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Drivers of variability in water use of native and non-native urban trees in the greater Los Angeles area by McCarthy, Heather R, Pataki, Diane E

“…Trees in urban ecosystems are valued for shade and cooling effects, reduction of CO₂ emissions and pollution, and aesthetics. However, in arid and semi-arid…”
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Temporal dynamics and spatial variability in the enhancement of canopy leaf area under elevated atmospheric CO2 by McCARTHY, HEATHER R., OREN, RAM, FINZI, ADRIEN C., ELLSWORTH, DAVID S., KIM, HYUN-SEOK, JOHNSEN, KURT H., MILLAR, BONNIE

“…Increased canopy leaf area (L) may lead to higher forest productivity and alter processes such as species dynamics and ecosystem mass and energy fluxes. Few…”
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Canopy leaf area constrains [CO₂]-induced enhancement of productivity and partitioning among aboveground carbon pools by McCarthy, H.R, Oren, R, Finzi, A.C, Johnsen, K.H

“…Net primary productivity (NPP) is enhanced under future atmospheric [CO₂] in temperate forests representing a broad range of productivity. Yet questions remain…”
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Estimating the uncertainty in annual net ecosystem carbon exchange: spatial variation in turbulent fluxes and sampling errors in eddy-covariance measurements by OREN, RAM, HSIEH, CHENG-I, STOY, PAUL, ALBERTSON, JOHN, MCCARTHY, HEATHER R, HARRELL, PETER, KATUL, GABRIEL G

“…Above forest canopies, eddy covariance (EC) measurements of mass (CO₂, H₂O vapor) and energy exchange, assumed to represent ecosystem fluxes, are commonly made…”
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Aboveground sink strength in forests controls the allocation of carbon below ground and its [CO₂]-induced enhancement by Palmroth, S, Oren, R, McCarthy, H.R, Johnsen, K.H, Finzi, A.C, Butnor, J.R, Ryan, M.G, Schlesinger, W.H

“…The partitioning among carbon (C) pools of the extra C captured under elevated atmospheric CO₂ concentration ([CO₂]) determines the enhancement in C…”
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Water sources of urban trees in the Los Angeles metropolitan area by Bijoor, Neeta S., McCarthy, Heather R., Zhang, Dachun, Pataki, Diane E.

“…In semi-arid cities, urban trees are often irrigated, but may also utilize natural water sources such as groundwater. Consequently, the sources of water for…”
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Role of vegetation in determining carbon sequestration along ecological succession in the southeastern United States by STOY, PAUL C, KATUL, GABRIEL G, SIQUEIRA, MARIO B.S, JUANG, JEHN-YIH, NOVICK, KIMBERLY A, McCARTHY, HEATHER R, OISHI, A. CHRISTOPHER, OREN, RAM

“…Vegetation plays a central role in controlling terrestrial carbon (C) exchange, but quantifying its impacts on C cycling on time scales of ecological…”
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Global patterns of extreme drought-induced loss in land primary production: Identifying ecological extremes from rain-use efficiency by Du, Ling, Mikle, Nathaniel, Zou, Zhenhua, Huang, Yuanyuan, Shi, Zheng, Jiang, Lifen, McCarthy, Heather R., Liang, Junyi, Luo, Yiqi

“…•A novel method was developed to detect extreme drought-induced loss of ecosystem function globally.•Large well-known extreme drought events were detected…”
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Interaction of ice storms and management practices on current carbon sequestration in forests with potential mitigation under future CO2 atmosphere by McCarthy, Heather R., Oren, Ram, Kim, Hyun-Seok, Johnsen, Kurt H., Maier, Chris, Pritchard, Seth G., Davis, Micheal A.

“…Ice storms are disturbance events with potential impacts on carbon sequestration. Common forest management practices, such as fertilization and thinning, can…”
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Transpiration of urban forests in the Los Angeles metropolitan area by Pataki, Diane E, McCarthy, Heather R, Litvak, Elizaveta, Pincetl, Stephanie

“…Despite its importance for urban planning, landscape management, and water management, there are very few in situ estimates of urban-forest transpiration…”
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