ABSTRACT: Declines in biodiversity resulting from anthropogenic disturbance to ecosystems have focused attention on the role of biodiversity in ecosystem functioning. However, the high level of ...

Process-oriented ecosystem models are critical tools for understanding land—atmosphere exchanges and for up-scaling this information to regional and global scales. Thus, it is important to understand ...

This project investigates how tree mortality changes carbon, water and nutrient cycling in forests. We have documented that ecosystem processes recover faster than expected from other disturbances ...

Innovation in the industrial world is opaque to most of the billions of people who depend on energy, mining, forestry and manufacturing companies for many aspects of their daily life. I’d like to take ...