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View article: Assessing the Community Land Model (CLM5) for Quantifying Energy, Water, and Carbon Balances in Loblolly and Longleaf Pine Ecosystems in Southeastern United States
Assessing the Community Land Model (CLM5) for Quantifying Energy, Water, and Carbon Balances in Loblolly and Longleaf Pine Ecosystems in Southeastern United States Open
Southeastern U.S. longleaf pine savannas have been reduced to less than 5% of their original extent, giving space to fast‐growing, high‐density loblolly pine plantations. Restoring longleaf pine savannas is an alternative that has been dis…
View article: Tree mortality provides early warning sign of ecosystem functional transition in coastal freshwater forested wetlands
Tree mortality provides early warning sign of ecosystem functional transition in coastal freshwater forested wetlands Open
Globally, coastal forested wetlands are increasingly affected by relative sea level rise. However, the mechanisms underlying coastal wetland degradation remain unclear. Using the eddy covariance approach, we evaluated the long-term (i.e. 2…
View article: Determining Early Warning Thresholds to Detect Tree Mortality Risk in a Southeastern U.S. Bottomland Hardwood Wetland
Determining Early Warning Thresholds to Detect Tree Mortality Risk in a Southeastern U.S. Bottomland Hardwood Wetland Open
Prolonged inundations are altering coastal forest ecosystems of the southeastern US, causing extensive tree die-offs and the development of ghost forests. This hydrological stressor also alters carbon fluxes, threatening the stability of c…
View article: Robust interface and reduced operation pressure enabled by co-rolling dry-process for stable all-solid-state batteries
Robust interface and reduced operation pressure enabled by co-rolling dry-process for stable all-solid-state batteries Open
The dry-process is a sustainable and promising fabrication method for all-solid-state batteries by eliminating solvents. However, a pragmatic fabrication design for thin and robust solid-state electrolyte (SSE) layers has not been establis…
View article: Habitat and Migration Dynamics of North American Tree Species Under Climate Change
Habitat and Migration Dynamics of North American Tree Species Under Climate Change Open
Aim We model and map the climatically suitable habitats and migration potential of 326 tree species by combining forest inventories of the United States, Canada and to a lesser extent, Mexico, with the goal of providing a continental persp…
View article: Hill Demonstration Forest climate, soil moisture and tree water use data
Hill Demonstration Forest climate, soil moisture and tree water use data Open
This data publication contains daily vapor pressure deficit, solar radiation, soil moisture, sap flux density, tree transpiration, and precipitation data measured from 2018 to 2019 (pre-thinning) and 2020 (post-thinning) on a watershed pla…
View article: Temperature and Water Levels Collectively Regulate Methane Emissions From Subtropical Freshwater Wetlands
Temperature and Water Levels Collectively Regulate Methane Emissions From Subtropical Freshwater Wetlands Open
Wetlands are the largest and most climate‐sensitive natural sources of methane. Accurately estimating wetland methane emissions involves reconciling inversion (“top‐down”) and process‐based (“bottom‐up”) models within the global methane bu…
View article: Hydrologic Perturbation Is a Key Driver of Tree Mortality in Bottomland Hardwood Wetland Forests of North Carolina, USA
Hydrologic Perturbation Is a Key Driver of Tree Mortality in Bottomland Hardwood Wetland Forests of North Carolina, USA Open
Bottomland hardwood wetland forests along the Atlantic Coast of the United States have been changing over time; this change has been exceptionally apparent in the last two decades. Tree mortality is one of the most visually striking change…
View article: Do Experimental Forests and Ranges of the Southeastern United States Represent the Climate, Ecosystem Structure, and Ecosystem Functions of the Region?
Do Experimental Forests and Ranges of the Southeastern United States Represent the Climate, Ecosystem Structure, and Ecosystem Functions of the Region? Open
There are twenty experimental forest and range sites (EFRs) across the southeastern United States that are currently maintained by the USDA Forest Service (Forest Service) to conduct forest ecosystem research for addressing ecosystem manag…
View article: Water use of co‐occurring loblolly (<i>Pinus taeda</i>) and shortleaf (<i>Pinus echinata</i>) in a loblolly pine plantation in the Piedmont
Water use of co‐occurring loblolly (<i>Pinus taeda</i>) and shortleaf (<i>Pinus echinata</i>) in a loblolly pine plantation in the Piedmont Open
Measuring water use in co‐occurring loblolly pine ( Pinus taeda L.) and shortleaf pine ( Pinus echinata Mill.) enhances our understanding of their competitive water use and aids in refining watershed water budget model parameters. This stu…
View article: Quantifying Wetland Methane Emissions from the Southeastern United States: A Data-driven Approach, Key Variables, and Spatiotemporal Distributions
Quantifying Wetland Methane Emissions from the Southeastern United States: A Data-driven Approach, Key Variables, and Spatiotemporal Distributions Open
As the second most significant greenhouse gas (GHG), methane (CH4) contributes ~20% to the cumulative GHG-induced global warming. Among all methane sources, wetlands are the single largest and climate-controlled natural sour…
View article: Soil legacy nutrients contribute to the decreasing stoichiometric ratio of N and P loading from the Mississippi River Basin
Soil legacy nutrients contribute to the decreasing stoichiometric ratio of N and P loading from the Mississippi River Basin Open
Human‐induced nitrogen–phosphorus (N, P) imbalance in terrestrial ecosystems can lead to disproportionate N and P loading to aquatic ecosystems, subsequently shifting the elemental ratio in estuaries and coastal oceans and impacting both t…
View article: DLEM-simulated N and P budgets in the Mississippi River Basin during 1901-2018
DLEM-simulated N and P budgets in the Mississippi River Basin during 1901-2018 Open
This dataset displays the annual nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) budgets in the Mississippi River Basin during 1901-2018. The major N and P inputs in terrestrial ecosystems include synthetic N and P fertilizer, livestock manure N and P, at…
View article: Understanding the Shift of Drivers of Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Based on Regional Process‐Based Modeling in the Mississippi River Basin During the Past Century
Understanding the Shift of Drivers of Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Based on Regional Process‐Based Modeling in the Mississippi River Basin During the Past Century Open
Soil erosion and sedimentation problems remain a major water quality concern for making watershed management policies in the Mississippi River Basin (MRB). It is unclear whether the observed decreasing trend of stream suspended sediment lo…
View article: Sediment yield across the Mississippi River Basin during the past century
Sediment yield across the Mississippi River Basin during the past century Open
This dataset is the sediment yield results simulated by the Dynamic Land Ecosystem Model (DLEM). The spreadsheet file includes the model-simulated annual total land sediment yield and runoff in the Mississippi River Basin during 1901-2018.…
View article: A global synthesis of hydrological sensitivities to deforestation and forestation
A global synthesis of hydrological sensitivities to deforestation and forestation Open
Hydrological sensitivity to forest change, defined as hydrological response intensity (%) per unit of forest cover change (%), is essential for understanding the magnitude of possible hydrological consequences caused by forest disturbance …
View article: Managing the forest-water nexus for climate change adaptation
Managing the forest-water nexus for climate change adaptation Open
Climate change can directly affect forest hydrology by altering precipitation, evapotranspiration, and streamflow generation, or indirectly by changing disturbance regimes and forest structures at multiple scales. Climate change impacts on…
View article: The Unabated Atmospheric Carbon Losses in a Drowning Wetland Forest of North Carolina: A Point of No Return?
The Unabated Atmospheric Carbon Losses in a Drowning Wetland Forest of North Carolina: A Point of No Return? Open
Coastal wetlands provide the unique biogeochemical functions of storing a large fraction of the terrestrial carbon (C) pool and being among the most productive ecosystems in the world. However, coastal wetlands face numerous natural and an…
View article: Impacts of Hurricane Michael on Watershed Hydrology: A Case Study in the Southeastern United States
Impacts of Hurricane Michael on Watershed Hydrology: A Case Study in the Southeastern United States Open
Hurricanes are one of the most significant threats to coastal plain forest ecosystems and urban communities of the southeastern U.S., but their implications for watershed hydrology are unclear. Hurricanes have the potential to alter water …
View article: Strategic roadmap to assess forest vulnerability under air pollution and climate change
Strategic roadmap to assess forest vulnerability under air pollution and climate change Open
Although it is an integral part of global change, most of the research addressing the effects of climate change on forests have overlooked the role of environmental pollution. Similarly, most studies investigating the effects of air pollut…
View article: Beyond carbon flux partitioning: Carbon allocation and nonstructural carbon dynamics inferred from continuous fluxes
Beyond carbon flux partitioning: Carbon allocation and nonstructural carbon dynamics inferred from continuous fluxes Open
Carbon (C) allocation and nonstructural carbon (NSC) dynamics play essential roles in plant growth and survival under stress and disturbance. However, quantitative understanding of these processes remains limited. Here we propose a framewo…
View article: Climate change challenges efficiency of inter-basin water transfers in alleviating water stress
Climate change challenges efficiency of inter-basin water transfers in alleviating water stress Open
Inter-basin water transfer (IBT) is widely used to mitigate water shortage at the cost of compromising water availability in water-exporting regions. Yet, we do not know how efficient are the IBTs in alleviating inter-regional water stress…
View article: Detecting Coastal Wetland Degradation by Combining Remote Sensing and Hydrologic Modeling
Detecting Coastal Wetland Degradation by Combining Remote Sensing and Hydrologic Modeling Open
Sea-level rise and climate change stresses pose increasing threats to coastal wetlands that are vital to wildlife habitats, carbon sequestration, water supply, and other ecosystem services with global significance. However, existing studie…
View article: Effects of Methodological Difference on Fine Root Production, Mortality and Decomposition Estimates Differ Between Functional Groups in A Planted Loblolly Pine Forest
Effects of Methodological Difference on Fine Root Production, Mortality and Decomposition Estimates Differ Between Functional Groups in A Planted Loblolly Pine Forest Open
Background and aims Fine roots can be functionally classified into an absorptive fine root pool (AFR) and a transport fine root pool (TFR) and their production, mortality and decomposition play a critical role in forest soil carbon (C) cyc…