Agricultural expansion in the Brazilian Cerrado ecoregion has been causing extensive land use and land cover changes (LULCC), drastically shifting the carbon cycle dynamics of the affected ecosystems. However, accurate in situ observations of the net ecosystem exchange of carbon dioxide (NEE) from wooded Cerrado (Cerrado sensu stricto) …
Journal: Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, Volume 366: 110465 (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110465 Sites: BR-IAB
The Cerrado sensu stricto, so-called wooded Cerrado, is one of the many phytophysiognomies of the undisturbed Brazilian Cerrado ecoregion holding a biodiversity hotspot towards an extensive area. Thus, such land is under constant land use and cover changes mainly due to the demand for agriculture land, sector with the highest consumption …
Journal: Ecohydrology, Volume 18 (2): (2025). DOI: 10.1002/eco.70012 Sites: BR-IAB
Species‐specific hydraulic traits play an important role in ecosystem response to water stress; however, representation of biodiverse forest canopies remains a challenge in land surface models. We introduce FETCH4, a multispecies, canopy‐level, hydrodynamic model, which builds upon previous versions of the finitedifference ecosystem‐scale …
Journal: Journal Of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, Volume 130 (4): (2025). DOI: 10.1029/2024JG008198 Sites: US-UMB
Despite decades of progress, much remains unknown about successional trajectories of carbon (C) cycling in north temperate forests. Drivers and mechanisms of these changes, including the role of different types of disturbances, are particularly elusive. To address this gap, we synthesized decades of data from experimental chronosequences …
Journal: Ecological Applications, Volume 35 (1): (2025). DOI: 10.1002/eap.70001 Sites: US-UMB, US-UMd
Coastal freshwater wetlands are critical ecosystems for both local and global carbon cycles, sequestering substantial carbon while also emitting methane (CH4) due to anoxic conditions. Estuarine freshwater wetlands face unique challenges from fluctuating water levels, which influence water quality, vegetation, and carbon cycling. …
Journal: Global Change Biology, Volume 31 (2): (2025). DOI: 10.1111/gcb.70053 Sites: US-OWC
Evapotranspiration (ET) from the land surface to the atmosphere is a major component of Earth’s water cycle, and comprises both transpiration (T) of xylem water from plants and evaporation (E) of water from soils and vegetation surfaces. These two component fluxes respond differently to changes in temperature, water availability …
Journal: Agricultural And Forest Meteorology, Volume 346: 109864 (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109864 Sites: US-SHC
Journal: Contract Report, Volume : 56 (2024). DOI: Sites: US-EA4, US-EA5, US-EA6
Journal: Journal of Geophysical Research, Biogeoscience, Volume : (2024). DOI: 10.1029/2023JG007818 Sites: US-Dmg
Saline pans are environments with ephemeral to persistent evaporite crusts, surface and groundwater brine, little to no vegetation, and low topographic gradients. These characteristics make them sensitive to diverse hydrological processes. This research provides guidance on assessing and interpreting fluctuations in saline pan groundwater …
Journal: Hydrogeology Journal, Volume 32 (4): 1167-1187 (2024). DOI: 10.1007/s10040-024-02793-z Sites: US-UTB
Journal: Journal Of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, Volume 129 (4): (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JG007991 Sites: US-EvM