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YSE Forest-Related Faculty Publications: Spring 2020

See below for a list of YSE forestry-related faculty publications with their students and alumni (bolded) for January-April 2020.

Churkina, Galina, Alan Organschi, Christopher P. O. Reyer, Andrew Ruff, Kira Vinke, Zhu Liu, Barbara K. Reck, T. E. Graedel, and Hans Joachim Schellnhuber. 2020. “Buildings as a global carbon sink.” Nature Sustainability 269-276 : - JAN 27 2020 10.1038/s41893-019-0462-4

Changes in tree structure, composition, and diversity of a mixed-dipterocarp rainforest over a 40-year period. Ediriweera, S., Bandara, C., Woodbury, D.J., Mi, X., Gunatilleke, I.A.U.N., Gunatilleke, C.V.S., and Ashton, M.S. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 458 : - FEB 15 2020.

Fragmentation reduces community‐wide taxonomic and functional diversity of dispersed tree seeds in the Central Amazon. Hooper, E.R. and Ashton, M.S. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS : - FEB 17 2020.

Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests. Hubau, W., Lewis, S.L., Phillips, O.L., Affum-Baffoe, K., Beeckman, H., Cuní-Sanchez, A., Daniels, A.K., Ewango, C.E., Fauset, S., Mukinzi, J.M., and Sheil, D. NATURE 579 : - MAR 42020.

A trait-based understanding of wood decomposition by fungi. Lustenhouwer, N., Maynard, D.S., Bradford, M.A., Lindner, D.L., Oberle, B., Zanne, A.E. and Crowther, T.W. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 117 : - MAY 26 2020.

Differences in leaf physiology among juvenile pines and oaks following high-severity wildfire in an Arizona Sky Island Mountain range. Poulos, H.M., Barton, A.M., Berlyn, G.P., Schwilk, D.W., Faires, C.E., and McCurdy, W.C. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 457 : - FEB 1 2020.

Identifying the pathways for foliar water uptake in beech (Fagus sylvatica L.): a major role for trichomes. Schreel, J.D., Leroux, O., Goossens, W., Brodersen, C., Rubinstein, A., and Steppe, K. THE PLANT JOURNAL : - APR 11 2020.

Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth’s tropical forests. Sullivan, M.J., Lewis, S.L., Affum-Baffoe, K., Castilho, C., Costa, F., Sanchez, A.C., Ewango, C.E., Hubau, W., Marimon, B., Monteagudo-Mendoza, A., and Qie, L. SCIENCE 368 : - MAY 22 2020.

Long‐term dynamics of liana seedlings suggest decelerating increases in liana relative abundance over time. Umaña, M.N., Manzané‐Pinzón, E., and Comita, L.S., 2020. JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 108 (2) : - SEP 27 2019.

Refining national greenhouse gas inventories.

Cashore, B., Jackson, R.B., Ometto, J., and Bradford, M.A. AMBIO 49 : - JAN 2020.

Invasive lianas are drivers of and passengers to altered soil nutrient availability in urban forests. Ward, E.B., Pregitzer, C.C., Kuebbing, S.E., and Bradford, M. BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS 22 : -2020.
The Science and Practice of Managing Forests in Cities. Charlop-Powers, S., Plitt, S., and Clara C. Pregitzer. CITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT 13 (1): 2020.
Soil carbon science for policy and practice. Bradford, Mark A., Carey, CJ., Atwood, L., Bossio, D., Fenichel, Eli P., Kane, Daniel A., Oldfield, Emily E. … Wood, Stephen A. NATURE SUSTAINABILITY 2 (12): 1070-1072 DEC 2019 doi: 10.1038/s41893-019-0431-y
Social scientific research on the American West: current debates, novel methods, and new directions. Burow, Paul Berne., McConnell, Kathryn., and Farrell, Justin. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS 14 (12): - DEC 2019 doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab4030
In vivo pressure gradient heterogeneity increases flow contribution of small diameter vessels in grapevine. Bouda, Martin., Windt, CW., McElrone, AJ., and Brodersen, Craig R. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 10: - DEC 10 2019 doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-13673-6
Seed-to-seedling transitions exhibit distance-dependent mortality but no strong spacing effects in a Neotropical forest. Marchand, P., Comita, Liza S., Wright, SJ., Condit, R., Hubbell, SP. … Beckman, NG. ECOLOGY : - DEC 17 2019 doi: 10.1002/ecy.2926
Arctic Soil Governs Whether Climate Change Drives Global Losses or Gains in Soil Carbon. Wieder, WR., Sulman, BN., Hartman, MD., Koven, CD., and Bradford, Mark A. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS : - DEC 19 2019 doi: 10.1029/2019GL085543
Evapotranspiration Characteristics Distinct to Mangrove Ecosystems Are Revealed by Multiple-Site Observations and a Modified Two-Source Model. Liang, Jie., Wei, Zhongwang., Lee, Xuhui., Wright, JS., Cui, XW. … Lin, GH. WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH : - DEC 28 2019 doi: 10.1029/2019WR024729
Filling a void: Analysis of early tropical soil and vegetative recovery under leguminous, post-coal mine reforestation plantations in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Woodbury, David J., Yassir, I., Arbainsyah., Doroski, Danica A., Queenborough, Simon A. … Ashton, Mark S. LAND DEGRADATION & DEVELOPMENT : - DEC 29 2019 doi: 10.1002/ldr.3464
Spatiotemporal Variability and Sources of DIC in Permafrost Catchments of the Yangtze River Source Region: Insights From Stable Carbon Isotope and Water Chemistry. Song, CL., Wang, GX., Mao, TX., Huang, KW., Sun, XY. … Raymond, Peter A. WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH 56 (1): - JAN 2020 doi: 10.1029/2019WR025343
The Scaling of Genome Size and Cell Size Limits Maximum Rates of Photosynthesis with Implications for Ecological Strategies. Roddy, Adam B., Theroux-Rancourt, G., Abbo, T., Benedetti, JW., Brodersen, Craig R. … Simonin, KA. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES 181 (1): 75-87 Sp. Iss. SI JAN 1 2020 doi: 10.1086/706186
Legacy forest structure increases bird diversity and abundance in aging young forests. Hanle, Juliana., Duguid, Marlyse C., and Ashton, Mark S. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION : - JAN 28 2020 doi: 10.1002/ece3.5967
Urban warming advances spring phenology but reduces the response of phenology to temperature in the conterminous United States. Meng, L., Mao, JF., Zhou, YY., Richardson, AD., Lee, Xuhui. … Jia, GS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 117 (8): 4228-4233 FEB 25 2020 doi: 10.1073/pnas.1911117117
Resource acquisition strategies facilitate Gilbertiodendron dewevrei monodominance in African lowland forests. Hall, JS., Harris, DJ., Saltonstall, K., Medjibe, VD., Ashton, Mark S. … Turner, BL. JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 108 (2): 433-448 MAR 2020 doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13278
Long-term dynamics of liana seedlings suggest decelerating increases in liana relative abundance over time. Umana, MN., Manzane-Pinzon, Eric., and Comita, Liza S. JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY 108 (2): 460-469 MAR 2020 doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13297
Effect of pavement and water deficit on biomass allocation and whole-tree transpiration in two contrasting urban tree species. Wang, Xuming., Wang, XK., Sun, X., Berlyn, Graeme P., and Rehim, Abdur. URBAN ECOSYSTEMS : - MAR 17 2020 doi: 10.1007/s11252-020-00953-z
Temperature thresholds and the effect of warming on American farmland value. Massetti, E. and Mendelsohn, Robert. CLIMATIC CHANGE : - MAR 27 2020 doi: 10.1007/s10584-020-02694-6
Fish and fisheries in hot water: What is happening and how do we adapt?. Pinsky, ML., Fenichel, Eli., Fogarty, M., Levin, S., McCay, B. … Young, T. POPULATION ECOLOGY : - APR 1 2020 doi: 10.1002/1438-390X.12050
Differences in grapevine rootstock sensitivity and recovery from drought are linked to fine root cortical lacunae and root tip function. Cuneo, IF., Barrios-Masias, F., Knipfer, T., Uretsky, J., Reyes, C., Brodersen, Craig R. … McElrone, AJ. NEW PHYTOLOGIST : - APR 18 2020 doi: 10.1111/nph.16542
Confronting anxiety and despair in environmental studies and sciences: an analysis and guide for students and faculty. Wallace, RL., Greenburg, J., Clark, Susan G. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND SCIENCES : - APR 20 2020 doi: 10.1007/s13412-020-00609-6
Tunable Molybdenum Disulfide-Enabled Fiber Mats for High-Efficiency Removal of Mercury from Water. Fausey, CL., Zucker, I., Lee, DE., Shaulsky, E., Zimmerman, Julie B., Elimelech, M. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 12 (16): 18446-18456 APR 22 2020 doi: 10.1021/acsami.9b22823
Radiation Controls the Interannual Variability of Evaporation of a Subtropical Lake. Xiao, W., Zhang, Z., Wang, W., Zhang, M., Liu, Q., Lee, Xuhui. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES 125 (8): - APR 27 2020 doi: 10.1029/2019JD031264
Robust ecological drought projections for drylands in the 21st century. Bradford, JB., Schlaepfer, Daniel R., Lauenroth, William K., Palmquist, KA. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY : - APR 27 2020 doi: 10.1111/gcb.15075
A mechanistic investigation of the oasis effect in the Zhangye cropland in semiarid western China. Ruehr, Sophie., Lee, Xuhui., Smith, R., Li, X., Xu, ZW. … Zhou, YZ. JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS 176: - MAY 2020 doi: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2020.104120
Identifying the pathways for foliar water uptake in beech (Fagus sylvatica L.): a major role for trichomes. Schreel, JDM., Leroux, O., Goossens, W., Brodersen, Craig., Rubinstein, Adriana., and Steppe, K. PLANT JOURNAL : - MAY 3 2020 doi: 10.1111/tpj.14770
Significant methane ebullition from alpine permafrost rivers on the East Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Zhang, LW., Xia, XH., Liu, Shaoda., Zhang, SB., Li, SL., and Raymond, Peter A. NATURE GEOSCIENCE 13 (5): - MAY 2020 doi: 10.1038/s41561-020-0571-8
Soil water availability shapes species richness in mid-latitude shrub steppe plant communities. Jordan, Samuel E., Palmquist, KA., Bradford, JB., and Lauenroth, William K. JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE : - MAY 11 2020 doi: 10.1111/jvs.12874

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