Search Results - "Smith, W Kolby"

Future productivity and carbon storage limited by terrestrial nutrient availability by Wieder, William R., Cleveland, Cory C., Smith, W. Kolby, Todd-Brown, Katherine

“…Nutrient limitation of plant growth can reduce net plant productivity. Model projections indicate that productivity declines when nitrogen and phosphorus…”
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Urgent need for warming experiments in tropical forests by Cavaleri, Molly A, Reed, Sasha C, Smith, W. Kolby, Wood, Tana E

“…Although tropical forests account for only a fraction of the planet's terrestrial surface, they exchange more carbon dioxide with the atmosphere than any other…”
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Large divergence of satellite and Earth system model estimates of global terrestrial CO2 fertilization by Kolby Smith, W., Reed, Sasha C., Cleveland, Cory C., Ballantyne, Ashley P., Anderegg, William R. L., Wieder, William R., Liu, Yi Y., Running, Steven W.

“…Satellite-derived estimates of increases in terrestrial net primary productivity are less than half of those derived from Earth system models. This discrepancy…”
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Ecosystem services lost to oil and gas in North America by Allred, Brady W, Smith, WKolby, Twidwell, Dirac, Haggerty, Julia H, Running, Steven W, Naugle, David E, Fuhlendorf, Samuel D

“…Net primary production reduced in crop and rangelands Advanced technologies in oil and gas extraction coupled with energy demand have encouraged an average of…”
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Patterns of new versus recycled primary production in the terrestrial biosphere by Cleveland, Cory C., Houlton, Benjamin Z., Smith, W. Kolby, Marklein, Alison R., Reed, Sasha C., Parton, William, Del Grosso, Stephen J., Running, Steven W.

“…Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) availability regulate plant productivity throughout the terrestrial biosphere, influencing the patterns and magnitude of net…”
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Bioenergy: how much can we expect for 2050? by Haberl, Helmut, Erb, Karl-Heinz, Krausmann, Fridolin, Running, Steve, Searchinger, Timothy D, Kolby Smith, W

“…Estimates of global primary bioenergy potentials in the literature span almost three orders of magnitude. We narrow that range by discussing biophysical…”
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Spatially robust estimates of biological nitrogen (N) fixation imply substantial human alteration of the tropical N cycle by Sullivan, Benjamin W., Smith, W. Kolby, Townsend, Alan R., Nasto, Megan K., Reed, Sasha C., Chazdon, Robin L., Cleveland, Cory C.

“…Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) is the largest natural source of exogenous nitrogen (N) to unmanaged ecosystems and also the primary baseline against which…”
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Tropical nighttime warming as a dominant driver of variability in the terrestrial carbon sink by Anderegg, William R. L., Ballantyne, Ashley P., Smith, W. Kolby, Majkut, Joseph, Rabin, Sam, Beaulieu, Claudie, Birdsey, Richard, Dunne, John P., Houghton, Richard A., Myneni, Ranga B., Pan, Yude, Sarmiento, Jorge L., Serota, Nathan, Shevliakova, Elena, Tans, Pieter, Pacala, Stephen W.

“…The terrestrial biosphere is currently a strong carbon (C) sink but may switch to a source in the 21st century as climate-driven losses exceed CO₂-driven C…”
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Global Bioenergy Capacity as Constrained by Observed Biospheric Productivity Rates by Smith, W. Kolby, Zhao, Maosheng, Running, Steven W

“…Virtually all global energy forecasts include an expectation that bioenergy will be a substantial future energy source. However, the scale of this potential…”
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Moisture availability influences the effect of ultraviolet-B radiation on leaf litter decomposition by SMITH, W. KOLBY, GAO, WEI, STELTZER, HEIDI, WALLENSTEIN, MATTHEW D, TREE, ROGER

“…Altered surface ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation resulting from a combination of factors that include changes in stratospheric ozone concentrations, cloud cover,…”
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Comparison of Gross Primary Productivity Derived from GIMMS NDVI3g, GIMMS, and MODIS in Southeast Asia by Wang, Junbang, Dong, Jingwei, Liu, Jiyuan, Huang, Mei, Li, Guicai, Running, Steven W, Smith, W Kolby, Harris, Warwick, Saigusa, Nobuko, Kondo, Hiroaki

“…Gross primary production (GPP) plays an important role in the net ecosystem exchange of CO2 between the atmosphere and terrestrial ecosystems. It is…”
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Atmospheric teleconnection influence on North American land surface phenology by Dannenberg, Matthew P, Wise, Erika K, Janko, Mark, Hwang, Taehee, Smith, W Kolby

“…Short-term forecasts of vegetation activity are currently not well constrained due largely to our lack of understanding of coupled climate-vegetation dynamics…”
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Bioenergy Potential of the United States Constrained by Satellite Observations of Existing Productivity by Smith, W. Kolby, Cleveland, Cory C, Reed, Sasha C, Miller, Norman L, Running, Steven W

“…United States (U.S.) energy policy includes an expectation that bioenergy will be a substantial future energy source. In particular, the Energy Independence…”
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Seasonal Responses of Terrestrial Carbon Cycle to Climate Variations in CMIP5 Models: Evaluation and Projection by Liu, Yongwen, Piao, Shilong, Lian, Xu, Ciais, Philippe, Smith W., Kolby

“…Seventeen Earth system models (ESMs) from phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) were evaluated, focusing on the seasonal sensitivities…”
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A comparison of plot-based satellite and Earth system model estimates of tropical forest net primary production by Cleveland, Cory C., Taylor, Philip, Chadwick, K. Dana, Dahlin, Kyla, Doughty, Christopher E., Malhi, Yadvinder, Smith, W. Kolby, Sullivan, Benjamin W., Wieder, William R., Townsend, Alan R.

“…Net primary production (NPP) by plants represents the largest annual flux of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere to the terrestrial biosphere, playing a…”
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Agricultural conversion without external water and nutrient inputs reduces terrestrial vegetation productivity by Smith, W. Kolby, Cleveland, Cory C., Reed, Sasha C., Running, Steven W.

“…Driven by global population and standard of living increases, humanity co‐opts a growing share of the planet's natural resources resulting in many well‐known…”
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Reply to 'Land unlikely to become large carbon source' by Wieder, William R., Cleveland, Cory C., Smith, W. Kolby, Todd-Brown, Katherine

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Current and future impacts of ultraviolet radiation on the terrestrial carbon balance by SMITH, W. Kolby, GAO, Wei, STELTZER, Heidi

“…One of the most documented effects of human activity on our environment is the reduction of stratospheric ozone resulting in an increase of biologically…”
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Seasonal Responses of Terrestrial Carbon Cycle to Climate Variations in CMIP5 Models: Evaluation and Projection by Liu, Yongwen, Piao, Shilong, Xu, Lian, Ciais, Philippe, Smith, W Kolby

“…Seventeen Earth system models (ESMs) from phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) were evaluated, focusing on the seasonal sensitivities…”
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Pushing the Planetary Boundaries—Response by Running, Steven W., Smith, W. Kolby

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