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Ronald P. NeilsonProfessor (Courtesy),
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Climate-Biosphere interactions, Biogeography, Dynamic ecosystem simulation, Disturbance modeling: landscape-global.
Discerning and modeling the causal relations between the global climate and ecosystem processes and vegetation distribution. The long-term goal
of this research is to build vegetation models that are internally consistent, yet applicable at scales from landscape to global. The model
will accurately represent the energy, water and trace gas exchange between the vegetation and the atmosphere and will
simultaneously determine the type of vegetation that can be supported, its location and
ecosystem processes and the vegetation responses to climatic change, disturbances and alternative land-use
practices. Current research explores the mechanisms of climate-biosphere interactions at scales
ranging from landscape to continental with various modeling exercises at all levels. Recent research will apply these new tools for forecasting
of national fire risks over the next 3-12 months. Dr. Neilson leads a team of researchers, the MAPSS Team, combining OSU and USFS research
interests.
http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/corvallis/mdr/mapss/
Aber,J., R.P.Neilson, S.McNulty, J.Lenihan, D.Bachelet, and R.J.Drapek. 2001. Forest processes and global environmental change: predicting the effect of individual and multiple stressors. BioScience 51:735-751.
Bachelet,D., J.M.Lenihan, C.Daly, R.P.Neilson, D.S.Ojima, and W.J.Parton. 2001. MC1: A dynamic vegetation model for estimating the distribution of vegetation and associated ecosystem fluxes of carbon, nutrients and water. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report, PNW-GTR-508 1-95.
Bachelet,D., R.P.Neilson, J.M.Lenihan, and R.J.Drapek. 2001. Climate Change Effects on Vegetation Distribution and Carbon Budget in the U.S. Ecosystems 4:164-185.
Dale,V.H., L.A.Joyce, S.McNulty, R.P.Neilson, M.P.Ayres, M.D.Flannigan, P.J.Hanson, L.C.Irland, A.E.Lugo, C.J.Peterson, D.Simberloff, F.J.Swanson, B.J.Stocks, and B.M.Wotton. 2001. Climate change and forest disturbances. BioScience 51:723-734.
Hansen,A.J., R.P.Neilson, V.Dale, C.Flather, L.Iverson, D.J.Currie, S.Shafer, R.Cook, and P.J.Bartlein. 2001. Global change in forests: responses of species, communities, and biomes. BioScience 51:765-779.
Joyce,L., J.Aber, S.McNulty, V.Dale, A.Hansen, L.Irland, R.Neilson, and K.Skog. 2001. Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change for the Forests of the United States. Pages 489-522 in J.Melillo, A.Janetos, T.Karl, E.Barron, V.Burkett, T.Cecich, R.Corell, K.Jacobs, L.Joyce, B.Miller, M.Morgan, E.Parson, R.Richels, and D.Schimel, editors. Climate Change Impacts on the United States: Foundation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Malcolm,J.R., A.Markham, and R.Neilson. 2001. Can species keep up with climate change? Conservation Biology in Practice 2:24-25.
Whitford,W.G., R.P.Neilson, and A.Desoyza. 2001. Establishment and effects of establishment of creosotebush, Larrea tridentata, on a Chihuahuan Desert watershed. Journal of Arid Environments 47:1-10.
Daly,C., D.Bachelet, J.M.Lenihan, W.Parton, R.P.Neilson, and D.Ojima. 2000. Dynamic simulations of tree-grass interactions for global change studies. Ecological Applications 10:449-469.
Neilson, R.P. 1995. A model for predicting continental scale vegetation distribution and water balance. Ecological Applications 5:362-385.
Neilson, R.P. and R.J. Drapek. 1998. Potentially complex biosphere responses to transient global warming. Global Change Biology 4:505-521.
Neilson,R.P., I.C.Prentice, B.Smith, T.G.F.Kittel, and D.Viner. 1998. Simulated changes in vegetation distribution under global warming. Pages 439-456 in R.T.Watson, M.C.Zinyowera, R.H.Moss, and D.J.Dokken, editors. The Regional Impacts of Climate Change: An Assessment of Vulnerability. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
