Search Results - "McDowell, N.G"

Perpetuating old ponderosa pine by Kolb, T.E., Agee, J.K., Fulé, P.Z., McDowell, N.G., Pearson, K., Sala, A., Waring, R.H.

“…We review current knowledge about the use of management treatments to reduce human-induced threats to old ponderosa pine ( Pinus ponderosa) trees. We address…”
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Increasing Impacts of Extreme Droughts on Vegetation Productivity Under Climate Change by Xu, Chonggang, McDowell, Nate G., Fisher, Rosie A., Wei, Liang, Sevanto, Sanna, Christoffersen, Bradley O., Weng, Ensheng, Middleton, Richard S.

“…Terrestrial gross primary production (GPP) is the basis of vegetation growth and food production globally and plays a critical role in regulating atmospheric…”
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A REMOTELY SENSED GLOBAL TERRESTRIAL DROUGHT SEVERITY INDEX by Mu, Qiaozhen, Zhao, Maosheng, Kimball, John S., McDowell, Nathan G., Running, Steven W.

“…Regional drought and flooding from extreme climatic events are increasing in frequency and severity, with significant adverse ecosocial impacts. Detecting and…”
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Experimental drought and heat can delay phenological development and reduce foliar and shoot growth in semiarid trees by Adams, Henry D, Collins, Adam D, Briggs, Samuel P, Vennetier, Michel, Dickman, L. Turin, Sevanto, Sanna A, Garcia‐Forner, Núria, Powers, Heath H, McDowell, Nate G

“…Higher temperatures associated with climate change are anticipated to trigger an earlier start to the growing season, which could increase the terrestrial C…”
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Ecohydrology of water-limited environments: A scientific vision by Newman, B.D, Wilcox, B.P, Archer, S.R, Breshears, D.D, Dahm, C.N, Duffy, C.J, McDowell, N.G, Phillips, F.M, Scanlon, B.R, Vivoni, E.R

“…Water-limited environments occupy about half of the Earth's land surface and contain some of the fastest growing population centers in the world. Scarcity or…”
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Homeostatic maintenance of ponderosa pine gas exchange in response to stand density changes by McDowell, Nate G., Adams, Henry D., Bailey, John D., Hess, Marcey, Kolb, Thomas E.

“…Homeostatic maintenance of gas exchange optimizes carbon gain per water loss. Homeostasis is regulated by short-term physiological and long-term structural…”
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Identification of key parameters controlling demographically structured vegetation dynamics in a land surface model: CLM4.5(FATES) by Massoud, Elias C, Xu, Chonggang, Fisher, Rosie A, Knox, Ryan G, Walker, Anthony P, Serbin, Shawn P, Christoffersen, Bradley O, Holm, Jennifer A, Kueppers, Lara M, Ricciuto, Daniel M, Wei, Liang, Johnson, Daniel J, Chambers, Jeffrey Q, Koven, Charlie D, McDowell, Nate G, Vrugt, Jasper A

“…Vegetation plays an important role in regulating global carbon cycles and is a key component of the Earth system models (ESMs) that aim to project Earth's…”
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Longitudinal Gradients in Tree Stem Greenhouse Gas Concentrations Across Six Pacific Northwest Coastal Forests by Ward, N.D., Indivero, J., Gunn, C., Wang, W., Bailey, V., McDowell, N.G.

“…The aim of this study was to examine the magnitude of greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations in tree stems of Pacific Northwest, USA coastal forests and evaluate…”
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Winter climate change promotes an altered spring growing season in piñon pine-juniper woodlands by Petrie, M.D., Pockman, W.T., Pangle, R.E., Limousin, J.M., Plaut, J.A., McDowell, N.G.

“…•Piñon pine-juniper woodlands may be sensitive to winter climate change.•We simulated projections of increased temperatures and slightly decreased…”
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Allometric relationships predicting foliar biomass and leaf area:sapwood area ratio from tree height in five Costa Rican rain forest species by Calvo-Alvarado, J.C, McDowell, N.G, Waring, R.H

“…We developed allometric equations to predict whole-tree leaf area (Al), leaf biomass (Ml) and leaf area to sapwood area ratio (Al:As) in five rain forest tree…”
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Foliar absorption of intercepted rainfall improves woody plant water status most during drought by Breshears, D.D, McDowell, N.G, Goddard, K.L, Dayem, K.E, Martens, S.N, Meyer, C.W, Brown, K.M

“…A large proportion of rainfall in dryland ecosystems is intercepted by plant foliage and is generally assumed to evaporate to the atmosphere or drip onto the…”
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Response of the carbon isotopic content of ecosystem, leaf, and soil respiration to meteorological and physiological driving factors in a Pinus ponderosa ecosystem by McDowell, N.G, Bowling, D.R, Bond, B.J, Irvine, J, Law, B.E, Anthoni, P, Ehleringer, J.R

“…Understanding the controls over ecosystem‐respired δ13C (δ13CR) is important for applications of isotope‐based models of the global carbon budget as well as…”
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Associations between carbon isotope ratios of ecosystem respiration, water availability and canopy conductance by McDowell, N.G, Bowling, D.R, Schauer, A, Irvine, J, Bond, B.J, Law, B.E, Ehleringer, J.R

“…We tested the hypothesis that the stable carbon isotope signature of ecosystem respiration (δ13CR) was regulated by canopy conductance (Gc) using weekly…”
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Environmental sensitivity of gas exchange in different-sized trees by McDowell, N.G, Licata, J, Bond, B.J

“…The carbon isotope signature (δ¹³C) of foliar cellulose from sunlit tops of trees typically becomes enriched as trees of the same species in similar…”
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Direct inhibition of maintenance respiration in western hemlock roots exposed to ambient soil carbon dioxide concentrations by McDowell, N.G, Marshall, J.D, Qi, J, Mattson, K

“…Root respiration often exhibits a direct and immediate decline with increasing concentrations of ambient soil carbon dioxide concentration ([CO(2)]), and…”
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