The importance of nutrient pulses in tropical forests

DJ Lodge, WH McDowell, CP McSwiney - Trends in ecology & evolution, 1994 - cell.com
A ttention to the signifi-cance of pulsed nutrient release has focused re-, cently on tropical
forest ecosystems. Pulsed nutrient mineralization can result from sudden additions of …

Global patterns of carbon dioxide emissions from soils

JW Raich, CS Potter - Global biogeochemical cycles, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
We use semi‐mechanistic, empirically based statistical models to predict the spatial and
temporal patterns of global carbon dioxide emissions from terrestrial soils. Emissions …

Climate change, hurricanes and tropical storms, and rising sea level in coastal wetlands

WK Michener, ER Blood, KL Bildstein… - Ecological …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Global climate change is expected to affect temperature and precipitation patterns, oceanic
and atmospheric circulation, rate of rising sea level, and the frequency, intensity, timing, and …

[图书][B] Forest ecosystems: analysis at multiple scales

RH Waring, SW Running - 2010 - books.google.com
This revision maintains the position of Forest Ecosystems as the one source for the latest
information on the advanced methods that have enhanced our understating of forest …

Factors controlling atmospheric methane consumption by temperate forest soils

MS Castro, PA Steudler, JM Melillo… - Global …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past 6 years (1988–1993), we have examined the effects of soil temperature, soil
moisture, site fertility, and nitrogen fertilization on the consumption of atmospheric CH4 by …

Interactions between carbon and nitrogen dynamics in estimating net primary productivity for potential vegetation in North America

AD McGuire, JM Melillo, LA Joyce… - Global …, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
We use the terrestrial ecosystem model (TEM), a process‐based model, to investigate how
interactions between carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) dynamics affect predictions of net primary …

Landscape and regional impacts of hurricanes in Puerto Rico

ER Boose, MI Serrano, DR Foster - Ecological Monographs, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Puerto Rico is subject to frequent and severe impacts from hurricanes, whose long‐term
ecological role must be assessed on a scale of centuries. In this study we applied a method …

Hurricane effects on forest ecosystems in the Caribbean

EVJ Tanner, V Kapos, JR Healey - Biotropica, 1991 - JSTOR
Hurricanes are common, potentially catastrophic events for ecosystems in the Caribbean.
We synthesize the work reported in this issue, together with the existing literature, to discuss …

Process modeling of controls on nitrogen trace gas emissions from soils worldwide

CS Potter, PA Matson, PM Vitousek… - Journal of …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
We report on an ecosystem modeling approach that integrates global satellite, climate,
vegetation, and soil data sets to (1) examine conceptual controls on nitrogen trace gas (NO …

Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils in the Cerrado region of the Brazilian Amazon

JLN Carvalho, CEP Cerri, BJ Feigl, MC Piccolo… - Soil and Tillage …, 2009 - Elsevier
The introduction of crop management practices after conversion of Amazon Cerrado into
cropland influences soil C stocks and has direct and indirect consequences on greenhouse …