CURRICULUM VITAE

 

David Wesley Kicklighter

 

The Ecosystems Center

Marine Biological Laboratory

7 MBL St.

Woods Hole, MA 02543

(508) 289-7490

dkick@mbl.edu


Education:

B.S., Environmental Science, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay (1981)

M.S., Environmental Studies, University of Montana, Missoula (1987)
Thesis title: Effects of Kraft Mill Effluent on Riffle Community Metabolism in a Large River. (Thesis advisor: Jack A. Stanford)

Professional Experience:

Research Associate at The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.. Explored the role of terrestrial ecosystems on global biogeochemistry and how human activities may be changing the interactions of the terrestrial biosphere with the atmosphere and the hydrosphere using the Terrestrial Ecosystem Model and the MIT Integrated Global Systems Model. (October, 2000 - present).

Research Assistant at The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Assisted development of the Terrestrial Ecosystem Model (TEM). Organized and managed geo-referenced data bases. Developed computer programs to facilitate entry and management of trace gas emission data. Assisted sampling of the trace gases: CO2, N2O, CH4, COS and CS2 (June, 1987 - October, 2000).

Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant at the Flathead Lake Biological Station, University of Montana, Polson, Montana. Used in situ benthic chambers to study the influence of kraft mill effluent on riffle community metabolism of the Clark Fork River. Assisted in field sampling and data analyses for studies of shoreline erosion, nutrient addition experiments, structure of benthic macroinvertebrate communities, and water quality of local lakes and rivers. Assisted in courses of Systems Ecology and Plant Ecology (September, 1984 to May, 1987)

Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Montana, Missoula, Montana. Taught introductory courses in mathematics (September, 1982 to June, 1984).

Research Assistant at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, Wisconsin. Assisted in field sampling, laboratory analyses and data analyses for a baseline study of the water quality of Green Bay, Lake Michigan (June, 1981 to September, 1982).

Undergraduate Research Assistant at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, Wisconsin. Assisted in field sampling, laboratory analyses and data analyses for a baseline study of marshland birds and vegetation (June, 1980 to August, 1980).

Memberships in Professional Societies:

Ecological Society of America

Refereed Publications:

  1. Raich, J.W., E. B. Rastetter, J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, P. A. Steudler, B. J. Peterson, A. L. Grace, B. Moore B III and C. J. Vorosmarty (1991) Potential net primary productivity in South America: Application of a global model. Ecological Applications 1, 399-429. 


  2. McGuire, A. D., J. M. Melillo, L. A. Joyce, D. W. Kicklighter, A. L. Grace, B. Moore III and C. J. Vorosmarty (1992) Interactions between carbon and nitrogen dynamics in estimating net primary productivity for potential vegetation in North America. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 6, 101-124. 


  3. McGuire, A. D., L. A. Joyce, D. W. Kicklighter, J. M. Melillo, G. Esser and C. J. Vorosmarty (1993) Productivity response of climax temperate forests to elevated temperature and carbon dioxide: A North American comparison between two global models. Climatic Change 24, 287-310. 


  4. Melillo, J. M., A. D. McGuire, D. W. Kicklighter, B. Moore III, C. J. Vorosmarty and A. L. Schloss (1993) Global climate change and terrestrial net primary production. Nature 363, 234-240. 


  5. Kicklighter, D. W., J. M. Melillo, W. T. Peterjohn, E. B. Rastetter, A. D. McGuire, P. A. Steudler and J. D. Aber (1994) Aspects of spatial and temporal aggregation in estimating regional carbon dioxide fluxes from temperate forest soils. Journal of Geophysical Research 99, 1303-1315. 


  6. Aber, J. D., S. V. Ollinger, C. A. Federer, P. B. Reich, M. L. Goulden, D. W. Kicklighter, J. M. Melillo and R. G. Lathrop Jr. (1995) Predicting the effects of climate change on water yield and forest production in the northeastern U.S. Climate Research 5, 207-222. 


  7. Kittel, T. G. F, N. A. Rosenbloom, T. H. Painter, D. S. Schimel and VEMAP Modelling Participants (1995) The VEMAP integrated database for modeling United States ecosystem/vegetation sensitivity to climate change. Journal of Biogeography 22, 857-862. 


  8. McGuire, A. D., J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter and L. M. Joyce (1995) Equilibrium responses of soil carbon to climate change: Empirical and process-based estimates. Journal of Biogeography 22, 785-796. 


  9. Moraes, J. L., C. C. Cerri, J. M. Melillo, D. Kicklighter, C. Neill, D. L. Skole and P. A. Steudler (1995) Soil carbon stocks of the Brazilian Amazon Basin. Soil Science Society of America Journal 59, 244-247. 


  10. VEMAP Members (1995) Vegetation/ecosystem modeling and analysis project: Comparing biogeography and biogeochemistry models in a continental-scale study of terrestrial ecosystem responses to climate change and CO2 doubling. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 9, 407-437. 


  11. Melillo, J. M., R. A. Houghton, D. W. Kicklighter and A. D. McGuire (1996) Tropical deforestation and the global carbon budget. Annual Review of Energy and the Environment 21, 293-310. 


  12. Pan, Y., A. D. McGuire, D. W. Kicklighter and J. M. Melillo (1996) The importance of climate and soils on estimates of net primary production: A sensitivity analysis with the Terrestrial Ecosystem Model. Global Change Biology 2, 5-23. 


  13. McGuire, A. D., J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, Y. Pan, X. Xiao, J. Helfrich, B. Moore III, C. J. Vorosmarty and A. L. Schloss (1997) Equilibrium responses of global net primary production and carbon storage to doubled atmospheric carbon dioxide: Sensitvity to changes in vegetation nitrogen concentration. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 11, 173-189. 

  14. Schimel, D. S., VEMAP Participants and B. H. Braswell (1997) Continental scalevariability in ecosystem processes: Models, data and the role of disturbance. Ecological Monographs 67, 251-271. 


  15. Xiao, X., D. W. Kicklighter, J. M. Melillo, A. D. McGuire, P. H. Stone and A. P. Sokolov (1997) Linking a global terrestrial biogeochemical model and a 2-dimensional climate model: Implications for the carbon budget. Tellus 49B, 18-37. 


  16. Heimann, M., G. Esser, A. Haxeltine, J. Kaduk, D. W. Kicklighter, W. Knorr, G. H. Kohlmaier, A. D. McGuire, J. Melillo, B. Moore, R. D. Otto, I. C. Prentice, W. Sauf, A. Schloss, S. Sitch, U. Wittenberg and G. Würth (1998) Evaluation of terrestrial carbon cycle models through simulations of the seasonal cycle of atmospheric CO2: First results of a model intercomparison study. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 12, 1-24. 


  17. Pan, Y., J. M. Melillo, A. D. McGuire, D. W. Kicklighter, L. F. Pitelka, K. Hibbard, L. L. Pierce, S. W. Running, D. S. Ojima, W. J. Parton, D. S. Schimel and other VEMAP Members (1998) Modeled responses of terrestrial ecosystems to elevated atmospheric CO2: A comparison of simulations by the biogeochemistry models of the Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project (VEMAP). Oecologia 114, 389-404. 


  18. Tian, H., J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, A. D. McGuire, J. V. K. Helfrich III, B. Moore III and C. J. Vörösmarty (1998) Effect of interannual climate variability on carbon storage in Amazonian ecosystems. Nature 396, 664-667. 


  19. Xiao, X., J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, A. D. McGuire, R. G. Prinn, C. Wang, P. H. Stone and A. Sokolov (1998) Transient climate change and net ecosystem production of the terrestrial biosphere. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 12, 345-360. 


  20. Xiao, X., J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, Y. Pan, A. D. McGuire and J. Helfrich (1998) Net primary production of terrestrial ecosystems in China and its equilibrium responses to changes in climate and atmospheric CO2 concentration. Acta Phytoecologica Sinica 22, 97-118. (see also http://www.chinainfo.gov.cn/periodical/zwstxb/980201.htm) 


  21. Bondeau, A., D. W. Kicklighter, J. Kaduk and the participants of the Potsdam NPP Model Intercomparison (1999) Comparing global models of terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP): Importance of vegetation structure on seasonal NPP estimates. Global Change Biology 5(Suppl. 1), 35-45. 


  22. Cramer, W., D. W. Kicklighter, A. Bondeau, B. Moore III, G. Churkina, B. Nemry, A. Ruimy, A. Schloss and the participants of the Potsdam NPP Model Intercomparison (1999) Comparing global models of terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP): Overview and key results. Global Change Biology 5(Suppl. 1), 1-15. 


  23. Jenkins, J. C., D. W. Kicklighter, S. V. Ollinger, J. D. Aber, J. M. Melillo (1999) Sources of variability in net primary production predictions at a regional scale: A comparison using PnET-II and TEM 4.0 in northeastern US forests. Ecosystems 2, 555-570. 


  24. Kicklighter, D. W., A. Bondeau, A. L. Schloss, J. Kaduk, A. D. McGuire and the Participants of the Potsdam NPP Model Intercomparison (1999) Comparing global models of terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP): Global pattern and differentiation by major biomes. Global Change Biology 5(Suppl. 1), 16-24. 


  25. Kicklighter, D. W., M. Bruno, S. Dönges, G. Esser, M. Heimann, J. Helfrich, F. Ift, F. Joos, J. Kaduk, G. H. Kohlmaier, A. D. McGuire, J. M. Melillo, R. Meyer, B. Moore III, A. Nadler, I. C. Prentice, W. Sauf, A. Schloss, S. Sitch, U. Wittenberg, G. Würth (1999) A first-order analysis of the potential role of CO2 fertilization to affect the global carbon budget: A comparison study of four terrestrial biosphere models. Tellus 51B, 343-366. 


  26. Prinn, R., H. Jacoby, A. Sokolov, C. Wang, X. Xiao, Z. Yang, R. Eckhaus, P. Stone, D. Ellerman, J. Melillo, J. Fitzmaurice, D. Kicklighter, G. Holian and Y. Liu (1999) Integrated global system model for climate policy assessment: Feedbacks and sensitivity studies. Climatic Change 41(3/4), 469-546. 


  27. Reilly, J., R. Prinn, J. Harnisch, J. Fitzmaurice, H. Jacoby, D. Kicklighter, P. Stone, A. Sokolov and C. Wang (1999) Multi-gas assessment of the Kyoto Protocol. Nature 401, 549-555. 


  28. Schloss, A. L., D. W. Kicklighter, J. Kaduk, U. Wittenberg and the participants of the Potsdam NPP Model Intercomparison (1999). Comparing global models of terrestrial net primary productivity (NPP): Comparison of NPP to climate and the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index. Global Change Biology 5(Suppl. 1), 25-34. 


  29. Tian, H., J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, A. D. McGuire and J. Helfrich (1999) The sensitivity of terrestrial carbon storage to historical climate variability and atmospheric CO2 in the United States. Tellus 51B, 414-452. 


  30. Xiao, X., C. J. Vörösmarty, J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, H. Tian, A. D. McGuire, Y. Pan and Z. Yang (1999) Tre scenari per il XXI secolo: Cambiamento di clima e agricoltura. Sistema Terra 8, 96-110. (Italian) 


  31. Clein, J. S., B. L. Kwiatkowski, A. D. McGuire, J. E. Hobbie, E. B. Rastetter, J. M. Melillo and D. W. Kicklighter (2000) Modeling carbon responses of moist tundra ecosystems to historical and projected climate: A comparison of fine- and coarse-scale ecosystem models for identification of process-based uncertainties. Global Change Biology 6(Suppl. 1), 127-140. 


  32. Jackson, R. B., H. J. Schenk, E. G. Jobbagy, J. Canadell, G. D. Colello, R. E. Dickinson, C. B. Field, P. Friedlingstein, M. Heimann, K. Hibbard, D. W. Kicklighter, A. Kleidon, R. P. Neilson, W. J. Parton, O. E. Sala and M. T. Sykes (2000) Belowground consequences of vegetation change and their treatment in models. Ecological Applications 10, 470-483. 


  33. McGuire, A. D., J. S. Clein, J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, R. A. Meier, C. J. Vorosmarty and M. C. Serreze (2000) Modeling carbon responses of tundra ecosystems to historical and projected climate: Sensitivity of pan-arctic carbon storage to temporal and spatial variation in climate. Global Change Biology 6(Suppl. 1), 141-159. 


  34. McGuire, A. D., J. M. Melillo, J. T. Randerson, W. J. Parton, M. Heimann, R. A. Meier, J. S. Clein, D. W. Kicklighter and W. Sauf (2000) Modeling the effects of snowpack on heterotrophic respiration across northern temperate and high latitude regions: Comparison with measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide in high latitudes. Biogeochemistry 48, 91-114. 


  35. Schimel, D., J. Melillo, H. Tian, A. D. McGuire, D. Kicklighter, T. Kittel, N. Rosenbloom, S. Running, P. Thornton, D. Ojima, W. Parton, R. Kelly, M. Sykes, R. Neilson and B. Rizzo (2000) Contribution of increasing CO2 and climate to carbon storage by ecosystems in the United States. Science 287, 2004-2006. 


  36. Tian, H., J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, A. D. McGuire, J. Helfrich III, B. Moore III, C. J. Vorosmarty (2000) Climatic and biotic controls on annual carbon storage in Amazonian ecosystems. Global Ecology and Biogeography 9, 315-336. 


  37. Clark, D.A., S. Brown, D. W. Kicklighter, J. Q. Chambers, J. R. Thomlinson and J. Ni (2001) Measuring net primary production in forests: concepts and field methods. Ecological Applications 11(2), 356-370.


  38. Clark, D. A., S. Brown, D. W. Kicklighter, J. Q. Chambers, J. R. Thomlinson, J. Ni and E. A. Holland (2001) Net primary production in tropical forests: an evaluation and synthesis of existing field data. Ecological Applications 11(2), 371-384.


  39. McGuire, A. D., S. Sitch, J. S. Clein, R. Dargaville, G. Esser, J. Foley, M. Heimann, F. Joos, J. Kaplan, D. W. Kicklighter, R. A. Meier, J. M. Melillo, B. Moore III, I. C. Prentice, N. Ramankutty, T. Reichenau, A. Schloss, H. Tian, L. J. Williams and U. Wittenberg (2001) Carbon balance of the terrestrial biosphere in the twentieth century: analyses of CO2, climate and land-use effects with four process-based ecosystem models. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 15(1), 183-206.


  40. Pan, Y., J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, X. Xiao and A. D. McGuire (2001) Modeling structural and functional responses of terrestrial ecosystems in China to changes in climate and atmospheric CO2. Acta Phytoecologica Sinica 25(2), 175-189.


  41. Clein, J. S., A. D. McGuire, X. Zhang, D. W. Kicklighter, J. M. Melillo, S. C. Wofsy, P. G. Jarvis and J. M. Massheder (2002) Historical and projected carbon balance of mature black spruce ecosystems across North America: The role of carbon-nitrogen interactions. Plant and Soil 242(1), 15-32.


  42. Dargaville, R. J., M. Heimann, A. D. McGuire, I. C. Prentice, D. W. Kicklighter, F. Joos, J. S. Clein, G. Esser, J. Foley, J. Kaplan, R. A. Meier, J. M. Melillo, B. Moore III, N. Ramankutty, T. Reichenau, A. Schloss, S. Sitch, H. Tian, L. J. Williams and U. Wittenberg (2002) Evaluation of terrestrial carbon cycle models with atmospheric CO2 measurements: Results from transient simulations considering increasing CO2, climate and land-use effects. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 16(4), 1092, doi:10.1029/2001GB001426.


  43. McGuire, A. D., C. Wirth, M. Apps, J. Beringer, J. Clein, H. Epstein, D. W. Kicklighter, J. Bhatii, F. S. Chapin III, B. de Groot, D. Efremov, W. Eugster, M. Fukuda, T. Gower, L. Hinzman, B. Huntley, G. J. Jia, E. Kasischke, J. M. Melillo, V. Romanovsky, A. Shvidenko, E. Vaganov and D. Walker (2002) Environmental variation, vegetation distribution, carbon dynamics, and water/energy exchange in high latitudes. Journal of Vegetation Science 13, 301-314.


  44. Pan, Y., A. D. McGuire, J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, S. Sitch and I. C. Prentice (2002) A biogeochemistry-based dynamic vegetation model and its application along a moisture gradient in the continental United States. Journal of Vegetation Science 13, 369-382.


  45. Tian, H., J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, S. Pan, J. Liu, A. D. McGuire and B. Moore III (2003) Regional carbon dynamics in monsoon Asia and its implications for the global carbon cycle. Global and Planetary Change 37, 201-217, doi:10.1016/S0921-8181(02)00205-9


  46. Webster, M., C. Forest, J. Reilly, M. Babiker, D. Kicklighter, M. Mayer, R. Prinn, M. Sarofim, A. Sokolov, P. Stone and C. Wang (2003) Uncertainty analysis of climate change and policy response. Climatic Change. 61(3): 295-320.


  47. Zhuang, Q., A. D. McGuire, J. M. Melillo, J. S. Clein, R. J. Dargaville, D. W. Kicklighter, R. B. Myneni, J. Dong, V. E. Romanovsky, J. Harden and J. E. Hobbie (2003) Carbon cycling in extratropical terrestrial ecosystems of the northern hemisphere during the 20th century: A modeling analysis of the influences of soil thermal dynamics. Tellus 55B, 751-776.


  48. Felzer, B., D. Kicklighter, J. Melillo, C. Wang, Q. Zhuang and R. Prinn (2004) Effects of ozone on net primary production and carbon sequestration in the conterminous United States using a biogeochemistry model. Tellus 56B, 230-248.


  49. Garcia-Montiel, D. C., J. M. Melillo, P. A. Steudler, H. Tian, C. Neill, D. W. Kicklighter, B. Feigl, M. Piccolo, C. C. Cerri (2004) Emissions of N2O and CO2 from terra firme forests in Rondônia, Brazil. Ecological Applications 14(4) Supplement, S214-S220


  50. Pendall, E., S. Bridgham, P. J. Hanson, B. Hungate, D. W. Kicklighter, D. W. Johnson, B. E. Law, Y. Luo, J. P. Megonigal, M. Olsrud, M. G. Ryan and S. Wan (2004) Below-ground process responses to elevated CO2 and temperature: a discussion of observations, measurement methods, and models. New Phytologist 162: 311-322.


  51. Zhuang, Q., J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, R. G. Prinn, A. D. McGuire, P. A. Steudler, B. S. Felzer and S. Hu (2004) Methane fluxes between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere at northern high latitudes during the past century: a retrospective analysis with a process-based biogeochemistry model. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 18, GB3010, doi:10.1029/2004GB002239.


  52. Felzer, B., J. Reilly, J. Melillo, D. Kicklighter, M. Sarofim, C. Wang, R. Prinn and Q. Zhuang (2005) Future effects of ozone on carbon sequestration and climate change policy using a global biogeochemical model. Climatic Change 73, 345-373, doi: 10.1007/s10584-005-6776-4.


  53. Brovkin, V., M. Claussen, E. Driesschaert, T. Fichefet, D. Kicklighter, M. F. Loutre, H. D. Matthews, N. Ramankutty, M. Schaeffer and A. Sokolov (2006) Biogeophysical effects of historical land cover changes simulated by six earth system models of intermediate complexity. Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-005-0092-6.


  54. Euskirchen, E. S., A. D. McGuire, D. W. Kicklighter, Q. Zhuang, J. S. Clein, R. J. Dargaville, D. G. Dye, J. S. Kimball, K. C. McDonald, J. M. Melillo, V. E. Romanovsky and N. V. Smith (in press) Importance of recent shifts in soil thermal dynamics on growing season length, productivity and carbon sequestration in terrestrial high-latitude ecosystems. Global Change Biology.


  55. Zhuang, Q., J. M. Melillo, A. D. McGuire, D. W. Kicklighter, R. G. Prinn, P. A. Steudler, B. S. Felzer and S. Hu (in press) Net land-atmosphere exchanges of CH4 and CO2 in Alaska: implications for the region's greenhouse gas budget. Ecological Applications.

Book Chapters and Reports

  1. Kicklighter, D. W., and J. A. Stanford (1985) The use of riffle community metabolism as a measure of water quality degradation in the Clark Fork River, Montana. pp. 149-241. IN: Lower Clark Fork Water Quality Monitoring, 1984-1985, Vol. II, edited by G. L. Ingman. Montana Department of Health and Environmental Sciences, Helena, Montana.


  2. Melillo, J. M., D. W. Kicklighter, A. D. McGuire, W. T. Peterjohn and K. M. Newkirk (1995) Global change and its effects on soil organic carbon stocks. pp. 175-189. IN: Role of Nonliving Organic Matter in the Earth's Carbon Cycle, edited by Zepp RG, Sonntag Ch. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, United Kingdom. 


  3. Xiao, X., D. W. Kicklighter, J. M. Melillo, A. D. McGuire, P. H. Stone, and A. P. Sokolov (1995) Responses of Primary Production and Total Carbon Storage to Changes in Climate and Atmospheric CO2 Concentration. MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Report 3, MIT, 20 pp.


  4. McGuire, A. D., D. W. Kicklighter and J. M. Melillo (1996) Global climate change and carbon cycling in grasslands and conifer forests. pp. 389-411. IN: Global Change: Effects on Coniferous Forests and Grasslands, SCOPE Volume 56, edited by Breymeyer AI, Hall DO, Melillo JM, Agren GI. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, United Kingdom. 


  5. Xiao, X., J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, A. D. McGuire, P. H. Stone and A. P. Sokolov (1996) Relative Roles of Changes in CO2 and Climate to Equilibirum Responses of Net Primary Production and Carbon Storage of the Terrestrial Biosphere. MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Report No. 8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 34 p. (see also http://web.mit.edu/globalchange/www/rpt8a.html) 


  6. Xiao, X., J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, Y. Pan, A. D. McGuire and J. Helfrich (1996) Net Primary Production of Terrestrial Ecosystems in China and its Equilibrium Responses to Changes in Climate and Atmospheric CO2 Concentration. MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Report No. 12. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. (see also http://web.mit.edu/globalchange/www/rpt12a.html). 


  7. Kittel, T.G.F., J.A. Royle, C. Daly, N.A. Rosenbloom, W.P. Gibson, H.H. Fisher, D.S. Schimel, L.M. Berliner and VEMAP2 Participants (1997) A gridded historical (1895-1993) bioclimate dataset for the conterminous United States. Proceedings of the 10th Conference on Applied Climatology, 20-24 October 1997, Reno, NV. Pages 219-220. American Meteorological Society, Boston.


  8. Xiao, X., J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, A. D. McGuire, H. Tian, Y. Pan, C. J. Vorosmarty and Z. Yang (1997) Transient Climate Change and Potential Croplands of the World in the 21st Century. MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Report No. 18. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 28 p. ( see also http://web.mit.edu/globalchange/www/rpt18.html) 


  9. Prinn, R., H. Jacoby, A. Sokolov, C. Wang, X. Xiao, Z. Yang, R. Eckaus, P. Stone, D. Ellerman, J. Melillo, J. Fitzmaurice, D. Kicklighter, G. Holian and Y Liu (1998) Integrated Global System Model for Climate Policy Assessment: Feedbacks and Sensitivity Studies. MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Report No. 36 (Supercedes Report No. 7). Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 73p. (see also http://web.mit.edu/globalchange/www/rpt36.html) 


  10. Reilly, J., R. G. Prinn, J. Harnisch, J. Fitzmaurice, H. D. Jacoby, D. Kicklighter, P. H. Stone, A. P. Sokolov and C. Wang (1999) Multi-gas Assessment of the Kyoto Protocol. MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Report No. 45. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 14 p. 


  11. Jenkins, J. C., D. W. Kicklighter and J. D. Aber (2000) Regional impacts of increased CO2 and climate change on forest productivity. pp. 383-423. IN: Responses of Northern U.S. Forests to Environmental Change, edited by Mickler RH, Birdsey RA, Hom J. Springer-Verlag, New York. 


  12. Heimann, M., and CCMLP Participants (2000) The Carbon Cycle Model Linkage Project (CCMLP). Research GAIM 4, 7-9, 12-15.


  13. Cramer, W., R. J. Olson, S. D. Prince, J. M. O. Scurlock and Members of the Global Primary Production Data Initiative (2001) Determining present patterns of global productivity. pp. 429-448. IN:Terrestrial Global Productivity, Past, Present, Future, edited by Roy J, Saugier B, Mooney H. Academic Press.


  14. Prentice, I. C., G. D. Farquhar, M. J. R. Fasham, M. L. Goulden, M. Heimann, V. J. Jaramillo, H. S. Kheshgi, C. L. Quere, R. J. Scholes, D. W. R. Wallace and contributing authors (including D. W. Kicklighter). (2001) The carbon cycle and atmospheric carbon dioxide. pages 183-237 in: Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Third Assesment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. J.T. Houghton et al. (editors). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA


  15. Zhuang, Q., J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, R. G. Prinn, P. A. Steudler, A. D. McGuire, B. S. Felzer and S. Hu (2004) A Process-based Analysis of Methane Exchanges Between Alaskan Terrestrial Ecosystems and the Atmosphere. MIT Joint Program on Science and Policy of Global Change Report No. 104. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. (see also http://web.mit.edu/globalchange/www/reports.html#r104)


  16. Felzer, B., J. Reilly, J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, C. Wang, R. Prinn, M. Sarofim and Q. Zhuang (2004) Past and Future Effects of Ozone on Net Primary Production and Carbon Sequestration Using a Global Biogeochemical Model. MIT Joint Program on Science and Policy of Global Change Report No. 103. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. (see also http://web.mit.edu/globalchange/www/reports.html#r103)


  17. McGuire, A. D., M. Apps, F. S. Chapin III, R. Dargaville, M. D. Flannigan, E. S. Kasischke, D. Kicklighter, J. Kimball, W. Kurz, D. J. McCrae, K. McDonald, J. Melillo, R. Myneni, B. J. Stocks, D. L. Verbyla and Q. Zhuang (2004) Land cover disturbances and feedbacks to the climate system in Canada and Alaska. pp. 139-161. IN: Land Change Science: Observing, Monitoring, and Understanding Trajectories of Change on the Earth's Surface. G. Gutman, A. C. Janetos, C. O. Justice, E. F. Moran, J. F. Mustard, R. R. Rindfuss, D. Skole, B. L. Turner II and M. A. Cochrane (eds). Dordrecht, Netherlands, Kluwer.


  18. Sokolov, A.P., C.A. Schlosser, S. Dutkiewicz, S. Paltsev, D.W. Kicklighter, H.D. Jacoby, R.G. Prinn, C.E. Forest, J. Reilly, C. Wang, B. Felzer, M.C. Sarofim, J. Scott, P.H. Stone, J.M. Melillo and J. Cohen (2005) The MIT Integrated Global System Model (IGSM) Version 2: Model Description and Baseline Evaluation. MIT Joint Program on Science and Policy of Global Change Report No. 124. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. (see also http://web.mit.edu/globalchange/www/reports.html#r124)


  19. Tian, H., J. Liu, J. M. Melillo, M. Liu, D. Kicklighter, X. Yan and S. Pan (in press) The terrestrial carbon budget in East Asia: human and natural impacts.  IN: Changes in the Human-Monsoon System of East Asia in the Context of Global Change.  C. Fu, J. Freney and J. Steward (eds). SCOPE Series, Island Press, Washington, D.C.

Activities:

Manuscript reviews for refereed journals:

  • Biogeochemistry
  • Climate Research
  • Ecological Applications
  • Ecological Modelling
  • Ecosystems
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Global Change Biology
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Journal of the American Water Resources Association
  • Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres
  • Tellus
  • Tree Physiology

Presentations:

  1. Raich, J. W., D. W. Kicklighter, J. M. Melillo, B. J. Peterson, E. B. Rastetter and P. A. Steudler (1989) Potential net primary productivity in South America: predictions from a global model. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Toronto, Canada, 6-10 August 1989.


  2. McGuire, A. D., L. A. Joyce, D. W. Kicklighter, J. M. Melillo and G. Esser (1991) Estimates of potential net primary productivity for ecosystems in North America: Comparisons between two global models. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. San Antonio, Texas.


  3. Kicklighter, D., P. Steudler, J. Melillo, M. Castro, W. Peterjohn, J. Aber, R. Bowden and K. Newkirk (1992) Regional estimates of carbon dioxide and methane fluxes between temperate forest soils and the atmosphere: a proposed approach. Third Annual Harvard Forest Ecology Symposium, Petersham, Massachusetts, 30 January 1992


  4. Peterjohn, W., J. Melillo, P. Steudler, K. Newkirk, D. Kicklighter and J. Aber (1992) The Harvard Forest soil warming experiment: the influence of the soil environment on trace gas flux. Third Annual Harvard Forest Ecology Symposium, Petersham, Massachusetts, 30 January 1992


  5. Kicklighter, D. W., P. A. Steudler, J. M. Melillo, M. S. Castro, W. T. Peterjohn, R. D. Bowden and K. M. Newkirk (1992) Regional estimation of carbon dioxide fluxes from temperate forest soils: issues of temporal scale. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Honolulu, Hawaii.
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  6. McGuire, A. D., L. A. Joyce, D. W. Kicklighter, J. M. Melillo and G. Esser (1992) NPP response of climax temperate forests to elevated CO2 and temperature: A North American comparison between two global models. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Honolulu, Hawaii.


  7. McGuire, A. D., J. M. Melillo, L. A. Joyce, and D. W. Kicklighter (1993) Equilibrium carbon storage in North American ecosystems as estimated by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Model for pre-industrial CO2: soil C storage along gradients of temperature, moisture, and texture. 78th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Madison, Wisconsin, 31 July - 4 August 1993.


  8. Kicklighter, D. W., J. M. Melillo, C. L. H. Thomson, A. D. McGuire and Y. Pan (1994) Effects of agriculture on carbon stocks and fluxes at the global scale. First Global Change in Terrestrial Ecosystems (GCTE) Science Conference. Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 23-27 May, 1994.


  9. McGuire, A. D., J. M. Melillo and D. W. Kicklighter (1994) Equilibrium responses of soil carbon to climate change: Issues of parameterization. First Global Change in Terrestrial Ecosystems (GCTE) Science Conference. Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 23-27 May, 1994.


  10. Vorosmarty, C. J., A. Federer, A. Schloss, B. Fekete, D. Kicklighter, B. J. Peterson, C. J. Willmott and B. Moore III (1994) The terrestrial water balance and estimates of its modification by anthropogenic change.First Global Change in Terrestrial Ecosystems (GCTE) Science Conference. Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 23-27 May, 1994.


  11. McGuire, A. D., J. M. Melillo, L. A. Joyce and D. W. Kicklighter (1994) Equilibrium responses of soil carbon to climate change: Issues of parameterization. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Knoxville, Tennessee, 7-11 August 1994.


  12. Pan, Y., D. W. Kicklighter, J. M. Melillo and A. D. McGuire (1994) The climatic sensitivity of NPP estimates by the Terrestrial Ecosystem Model for the conterminous United States. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Knoxville, Tennessee.


  13. Kicklighter, D. (1994) Terrestrial ecosystem modeling. IGBP Inter-Core Project Workshop: Modeling the Delivery of Terrestrial Materials to Freshwater and Coastal Ecosystems. University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, 5-7 December 1994.


  14. Haxeltine, T. G. F. and R.P. Neilson, presenter for VEMAP Participants (1995) Intercomparison of three biogeography models: BIOME2, MAPSS and DOLY. 80th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Snowbird, Utah, 30 July - 3 August 1995.


  15. Kittel, T. G. F., presenter for VEMAP Participants (1995) The VEMAP integrated dataset for simulation of ecological responses to global change: Current climate and climate change scenarios. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Snowbird, Utah, 30 July - 3 August 1995.


  16. McGuire, A. D., presenter for VEMAP Participants (1995) The responses of net primary production (NPP) and total carbon storage for the continental United States to changes in atmospheric CO2, climate, and vegetation. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Snowbird, Utah, 30 July - 3 August 1995.


  17. Ojima, D.S., presenter for VEMAP Participants (1995) The impact of climate and CO2 on ecosystem dynamics of the continental United States. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Snowbird, Utah, 30 July - 3 August 1995.


  18. Pan, Y., presenter for VEMAP Participants (1995) Sensitivity of terrestrial ecosystems to elevated atmospheric CO2: Comparison of model simulation studies to CO2 effects. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Snowbird, Utah, 30 July - 3 August 1995.


  19. Pitelka, L.F., presenter for VEMAP Participants (1995) The Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project: An introduction. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Snowbird, Utah, 30 July - 3 August 1995.


  20. Xiao, X., D. W. Kicklighter, J. M. Melillo, A. D. McGuire, P. H. Stone and A. P. Sokolov (1995) Assessing the impact of elevated atmospheric CO2 and climate change scenarios of two and three dimensional general circulation models on primary production and total carbon storage of terrestrial ecosystems. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Snowbird, Utah, 30 July - 3 August 1995.


  21. McGuire, A. D., presenter for VEMAP Participants (1995) The responses of net primary production (NPP) and total carbon storage for the continental United States to changes in atmospheric CO2, climate and vegetation. Arctic Division Science Conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Fairbanks, Alaska.


  22. McGuire, A. D., J. M. Melillo, B. Moore III, D. W. Kicklighter, Y. Pan, A. L. Schloss, C. J. Vorosmarty and X. Xiao (1995) The role of the nitrogen cycle in the global response of net primary production and carbon storage to doubled atmospheric carbon dioxide. First Global Analysis, Interpretation, and Modeling Science Conference of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme. Garmish, Germany.


  23. McGuire, A. D., J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, Y. Pan and X. Xiao (1996) The role of the nitrogen cycle in the global response of net primary production and carbon storage to doubled atmospheric carbon dioxide. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Providence, Rhode Island, 10-14 August 1996.


  24. Pan, Y., S. Sitch, J.M. Melillo, I.C. Prentice, D. W. Kicklighter, A. D. McGuire and J. Helfrich (1996) Simulating stand vegetation dynamics coupled with biogeochemical processes. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Providence, Rhode Island, 10-14 August 1996.


  25. Xiao, X., J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, Y. Pan, A. D. McGuire and J. Helfrich (1996) Equilibrium responses of terrestrial net primary production in China to changes in climate and atmospheric CO2 concentration. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Providence, Rhode Island, 10-14 August 1996.


  26. McGuire, A. D., presenter for the participants of the Carbon Cycle Model linkage Project (CCMLP) (1996) The evaluation of terrestrial carbon cycle models through simulations of the seasonal cycle of atmospheric CO2: Comparisons at northern CO2 monitoring stations. Annual Meeting of the Arctic Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Girdwood, Alaska.


  27. McGuire, A. D., D. W. Kicklighter, J. M. Melillo and J. Helfrich. (1997) Simulation of historical patterns of net ecosystem production in high latitude ecosystems. Arctic System Science Land-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions 1997 Science Workshop. Seattle, Washington.


  28. Kicklighter, D. W., J. M. Melillo, A. D. McGuire, X. Xiao, H. Tian, Y. Pan and J. Helfrich (1997) Transient responses of net primary production and carbon storage in natural ecosystems to historical changes in atmospheric CO2 concentration: The role of nitrogen. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Albuquerque, New Mexico.


  29. Tian, H., J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, A. D. McGuire, Y. Pan, X. Xiao and J. Helfrich (1997) Transient responses of terrestrial carbon flux and storage at the continental scale to changes in atmospheric CO2 and temperature from 1854 to 1990. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Albuquerque, New Mexico.


  30. Xiao, X., J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, A. D. McGuire, R. G. Prinn, P. H. Stone, C. Wang and A. Sokolov (1997) Sensitivity of carbon fluxes of the terrestrial biosphere to transient climate changes in the 21st Century. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Albuquerque, New Mexico.


  31. Heimann, M., G. Esser, J. Kaduk, D. Kicklighter, G. Kohlmaier, D. McGuire, B. Moore III, I. C. Prentice, W. Sauf, A. Schloss, U. Wittenberg and G. Würth (1997) Interannual variability of CO2 exchange fluxes as simulated by four terrestrial biogeochemical models. Fifth International CO2 Meeting. Cairns, Australia, 8-12 September 1997.


  32. Kicklighter, D. W., M. Bruno, S. Donges, G. Esser, M. Heimann, J. Helfrich, F. Ift, F. Joos, J. Kaduk, G. H. Kohlmaier, A. D. McGuire, J. M. Melillo, R. Meyer, B. Moore III, A. Nadler, I. C. Prentice, W. Sauf, A. L. Schloss, S. Sitch, U. Wittenberg and G. Würth (1997) A first order analysis of the potential of CO2 fertilization to affect the global carbon budget: A comparison of four terrestrial biosphere models. Fifth International CO2 Meeting. Cairns, Australia, 8-12 September 1997.


  33. Würth, G., S. Dönges, G. Esser, M. Heimann, D. Kicklighter, G. Kohlmaier, A. D. McGuire, J. Melillo, B. Moore, A. Nadler, A. Schloss and U. Wittenberg (1997) Terrestrial ecosystem model response analysis: a sensitivity study with different terrestrial biogeochemical models. Fifth International CO2 Meeting. Cairns, Australia, 8-12 September 1997.


  34. McGuire, A. D., J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter and J. Helfrich (1997) Modeling soil carbon fluxes at the global scale: Comparison with measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Annual Meeting of the Soil Science Society of America. Anaheim, California. Invited.


  35. Pan, Y., A. D. McGuire, D. W. Kicklighter, J. M. Melillo, S. Sitch, I. C. Prentice, R. A. Birdsey and J. Hom (1998) Simulation of interactive vegetation dynamics and biogeochemical cycles in temperate ecosystems of the conterminous United States. GCTE-LUCC Open Science Conference in Global Change. Barcelona, Spain.


  36. Sitch, S., A.D. McGuire, and other CCMLP Participants (1998) Impacts of CO2, climate and land use on the carbon budget of the terrestrial biosphere during the historical period 1860-1995. GCTE-LUCC Open Science Conference in Global Change. Barcelona, Spain.


  37. Tian, H., J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, J. Helfrich and A. D. McGuire (1998) Net carbon exchange of the biosphere-atmosphere in the tropics: The roles of climate variability, increasing atmospheric CO2, and land-use change. GCTE-LUCC Open Science Conference in Global Change. Barcelona, Spain.


  38. Xiao, X., J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, A. D. McGuire, H. Tian, Y. Pan, C. J. Vorosmarty and Z. Yang (1998) Transient climate change and potential croplands of the world in the 21st Century. GCTE-LUCC Open Science Conference in Global Change. Barcelona, Spain.


  39. McGuire, A. D., J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, M. Heimann, J. S. Clein-Curley, R. A. Meier, W. Sauf and J. Helfrich (1998) Modeling seasonal heterotrophic respiration across high latitudes: Comparison with measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Joint meeting of the American Society of limnology and Oceanography and the Ecological Society of America. St. Louis, Missouri. Invited.


  40. Clein-Curley J., A. D. McGuire, J. E. Hobbie, B. Kwiatkowski, E. B. Rastetter, J. M. Melillo, and D. W. Kicklighter (1998) Modeling annual carbon responses of tundra ecosystems in the Kuparuk Basin to historical and projected climate: A comparison of a regional- and a global-scale ecosystem model. Arctic Division Science Conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Denali National Park, Alaska.


  41. Clein, J. S., A. D. McGuire, X. Zhang, J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, S. Wofsy and P. Jarvis (1999) The role of nitrogen dynamics in modeling historical and projected carbon balance of black spruce ecosystems across North America: Comparisons with CO2 fluxes measured in the Boreal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study (BOREAS). Conference sponsored on behalf of GCTE-IGBP: "How nutrient cycles constrain carbon balances in boreal forests and arctic tundra". Abisko, Sweden.


  42. McGuire, A. D., F. S. Chapin III, J. S. Clein, J. W. Harden, M. Heimann, T. Kaminski, D. W. Kicklighter, R. A. Meier, J. M. Melillo, J. T. Randerson, and E. B. Rastetter (1999) The role of high latitude ecosystems in the global carbon cycle: Insights and uncertainties identified from retrospective analyses at large spatial scales. Conference sponsored on behalf of GCTE-IGBP: "How nutrient cycles constrain carbon balances in boreal forests and arctic tundra". Abisko, Sweden. Invited.


  43. McGuire, A. D., J. S. Clein, J. M. Melillo and D. W. Kicklighter (1999) The sensitivity of simulated net ecosystem production in mature black spruce (Picea mariana) to two different formulations of soil nitrogen transformations in the Terrestrial Ecosystem Model. Annual Meeting of the International Society of Ecological Modeling. Spokane, Washington. Invited.


  44. McGuire, A. D. and CCMLP Participants (1999) The response of terrestrial carbon storage between 1980 and 1989 to changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide, climate, and agricultural land use: A comparison among terrestrial biosphere models of the Carbon Cycle Model linkage Project (CCMLP). Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, California.


  45. Dargaville, R. J., A. D. McGuire, P. Rayner and CCMLP Participants (2000) Comparison of high latitude large scale flux estimates from ecosystem models and an inversion of atmospheric CO2 measurements. International Boreal Forest Research Association X International Conference: The Role of Boreal Forests and Forestry in the Global Carbon Budget. Edmonton, Canada.


  46. McGuire, A. D., R. A. Meier, Q. Zhuang, M. Macander, T. S. Rupp, E. Kasischke, D. Verbyla, D. W. Kicklighter and J. M. Melillo (2000) The role of fire disturbance, climate, and atmospheric carbon dioxide in the response of historical carbon dynamics in Alaska from 1950 to 1995: a process-based analysis with the Terrestrial Ecosystem Model. International Boreal Forest Research Association X International Conference: The Role of Boreal Forests and Forestry in the Global Carbon Budget. Edmonton, Canada. Invited.


  47. Clein, J. S., A. D. McGuire, Q. Zhuang, D. W. Kicklighter, J. M. Melillo, S. C. Wofsy and P. G. Jarvis (2000) The role of nitrogen dynamics in modeling historical and projected carbon balance of black spruce ecosystems across North America: Comparisons with CO2 fluxes measured in the Boreal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study (BOREAS). Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Snowbird, Utah.


  48. McGuire, A. D., R. A. Meier, Q. Zhuang, M. Macander, T. S. Rupp, E. Kasischke, D. Verbyla, D. W. Kicklighter and J.M. Melillo (2000) The role of fire disturbance, climate, and atmospheric carbon dioxide in the response of historical carbon dynamics in Alaska from 1950 to 1995. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Snowbird, Utah.


  49. Tian, H., J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, A. D. McGuire and B. Moore III (2000) Terrestrial carbon dynamics of North America from 1860 to 1992: quantifying mechanisms responsible for carbon sinks. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Snowbird, Utah.


  50. Zhuang, Q., V. E. Romanovsky, J. S. Clein, A. D. McGuire, J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter and S. Wofsy (2000) Modeling permafrost and carbon dynamics in an old black spruce ecosystem. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Snowbird, Utah.


  51. Clein, J. S., A. D. McGuire, R. J. Dargaville, D. W. Kicklighter, J. M. Melillo, J. E. Hobbie and E. B. Rastetter (2000) Modeling the effect of snowmelt dynamics on the seasonality of carbon fluxes across northern temperate and high latitude regions. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, California.


  52. Kicklighter, D. W., M. D. Webster, A. D. McGuire, H. Tian, J. M. Reilly, J. M. Melillo and R. G. Prinn (2000) Potential responses of terrestrial net primary production and carbon storage to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration and variable climate: Sensitivity to changes in vegetation nitrogen concentration. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, California.


  53. McGuire, A. D., R. A. Meier, Q. Zhuang, M. Macander, T. S. Rupp, E. Kasischke, D. Verbyla, D. W. Kicklighter and J. M. Melillo (2000) The role of fire disturbance, climate, and atmospheric carbon dioxide in the response of historical carbon dynamics in Alaska from 1950 to 1995: The importance of fire history. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, California.


  54. Melillo, J. M., H. Tian, D. W. Kicklighter, A. D. McGuire, B. Moore III and C. J. Vorosmarty (2000) Ecological constraints on carbon sequestration in North America. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, California.


  55. Kicklighter, D., M. Webster, M. Sarofim, A. D. McGuire, J. Melillo, J. Reilly, R. Prinn and H. Tian (2001) Potential responses of terrestrial carbon storage to increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration and variable climate: sensitivity to changes in vegetation nitrogen concentration. International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme Global Change Open Science Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 10-13 July 2001.


  56. Melillo, J., H. Tian, A. McGuire and D. Kicklighter (2001) Nitrogen controls on carbon sequestration. International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme Global Change Open Science Conference. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 10-13 July 2001.


  57. Neilson, R., S. Running, D. Schimel, D. Bachelet, T. Hickler, A. King, D. Kicklighter, T. Kittel, J. Lenihan, D. McGuire, J. Melillo, D. Ojima, W. Parton, W. Post, I. Prentice, M. Sykes, P. Thornton and H. Tian (2001) Potential impacts of climate change on carbon sequestration and ecosystems in the conterminous U.S.: Analyses from six VEMAP models. International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme Global Change Open Science Conference. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 10-13 July 2001.


  58. Ramankutty, N., A. McGuire, and Carbon Cycle Model Linkage Project Participants (2001) The effects of historical changes in global agricultural land on the terrestrial carbon cycle. International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme Global Change Open Science Conference. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 10-13 July 2001.


  59. Tian, H., J. Melillo, D. Kicklighter, S. Pan, J. Liu, A. McGuire, B. Moore III (2001) Regional carbon dynamics in monsoon Asia and its implications to the global carbon cycle. International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme Global Change Open Science Conference. Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 10-13 July 2001.


  60. Heimann, M., I. C. Prentice, J. Foley, T. Hickler, D. W. Kicklighter, A. D. McGuire, J. M. Melillo, N. Ramankutty and S. Sitch (2001) Carbon Cycle Model Linkage Project (CCMLP): Evaluating biogeochemical process models with atmospheric measurements and field experiments. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 10-14 December, 2001.


  61. Zhuang, Q., J. S. Clein, D. A. McGuire, R. J. Dargaville, D. W. Kicklighter, J. M. Melillo, J. E. Hobbie and E. B. Rastetter (2001) Modeling the effects of soil thermal dynamics on the seasonality of carbon fluxes across northern temperate and high latitude regions. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 10-14 December, 2001.


  62. Zhuang, Q., J. S. Clein, A. D. McGuire, R. J. Dargaville, V. E. Romanovsky, J. Harden, D. W. Kicklighter, J. M. Melillo, J. E. Hobbie, and E. B. Rastetter (2002) Modeling the effects of soil thermal dynamics on the seasonality of carbon fluxes across northern temperate and high latitude regions. 87th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Tucson, Arizona.


  63. Kicklighter, D. (2002) The MBL approach to estimating GHG emissions. Workshop on the Incorporation of Land Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions into the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) Data Base, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 5-6 September 2002. Invited


  64. Zhuang,Q., J. M. Melillo, A. D. McGuire, R. J. Dargaville, D. W. Kicklighter, J. S. Clein, R. B. Myneni, J. Dong, V. E. Romanovsky, J. Harden and J. E. Hobbie (2002) Effects of soil thermal dynamics on carbon cycling in extratropical terrestrial ecosystems of the Northern Hemisphere. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, California.


  65. Felzer, B. S., J. M. Reilly, J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, C. Wang, R. Prinn M. C. Sarofim and Q. Zhuang (2003) Implications of ozone on carbon sequestration and climate policy in the U. S. using the MIT Integrated Global Systems Model. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 8-12 December, 2003.


  66. Zhuang, Q., J.M. Melillo, D.W. Kicklighter, R.G. Prinn, P.A. Steudler, A.D. McGuire, B.S. Felzer and S. Hu (2003) Modeling methane consumption and emission between the terrestrial biosphere and the atmosphere. 88th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Savannah, Georgia.


  67. Zhuang, Q., J. Melillo, D. Kicklighter, R. Prinn, D. McGuire, P. Steudler, B. Felzer and S. Hu (2003) Methane emissions from the terrestrial ecosystems of northern high latitudes during the 20th century: a retrospective analysis with a process-based biogeochemistry model. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 8-12 December, 2003.


  68. Zhuang, Q., J.M. Melillo, D.W. Kicklighter, B.S. Felzer, A. Sokolov, R.G. Prinn, A.D. McGuire, P.A. Steudler and S. Hu (2004) The relationship of global warming potentials to methane and carbon dioxide exchanges in northern high latitudes estimated with a process-based biogeochemistry model. 12th Conference of the International Boreal Forest Research Association. Fairbanks, Alaska. Invited.


  69. Euskirchen, S., A. D. McGuire, D. W. Kicklighter, Q. Zhuang, J. S. Clein, K. C. McDonald, N. V. Smith, J. S. Kimball, R. J. Dargaville and D. G. Dye (2004) Importance of recent shifts in soil thermal dynamics on growing season length, productivity and carbon sequestration in terrestrial high-latitude ecosystems. Presented at the 2004 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 13-17 December, 2004.


  70. Kicklighter, D. (2004) Multiple disturbances and terrestrial carbon dynamics. Land-use and Integrated Assessment Modeling Workshop, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Washington, D. C., 24-26 May 2004. Invited.


  71. Felzer, B. S., Q. Zhuang, J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter and R. G. Prinn (2004) The effect of ozone on ecosystem processes using improved hydrological cycling within a biogeochemical model. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 13-17 December, 2004.


  72. Zhuang, Q., J. Melillo, A. McGuire, D. Kicklighter, R. Prinn, P. Steudler, B. Felzer and S. Hu (2004) Methane emissions and the greenhouse gas budget in Alaska for the past and 21st centuries. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 13-17 December, 2004.


  73. Schlosser, A., A. Sokolov, D. Kicklighter and C. Forest (2005) Biogeochemical consequences to hydrologic change in an integrated global system model. 2nd General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria, 24-29, April, 2005.


  74. Euskirchen, S.E., A.D. McGuire, D.W. Kicklighter, Q. Zhuang, J.S. Clein, R.J. Dargaville, D.G. Dye, J.S. Kimball, K.C. McDonald, J.M. Melillo, V.E. Romanovsky, and N.V. Smith (2005) Importance of recent shifts in soil thermal dynamics on growing season length, productivity, and carbon sequestration in terrestrial high-latitude ecosystems. Seventh International Carbon Dioxide Conference. Boulder, Colorado.


  75. Kicklighter, D. W., J. M. Melillo, R. G. Prinn, A. D. McGuire, B. S. Felzer and Q. Zhuang (2005) Relative importance of multiple stresses on terrestrial carbon sequestration. 90th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Montreal, Canada, 7-12 August, 2005.


  76. Zhuang, Q., J. Melillo, B. Felzer, D. Kicklighter, A. D. McGuire and R. Prinn (2005) Modeling methane and carbon dioxide fluxes in northern high latitudes under contemporary climate conditions. 90th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Montreal, Canada, 7-12 August, 2005.


  77. Felzer, B. S., M. Williams, J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, Q. Zhuang, E. B. Rastetter and R. G. Prinn (2006) The role of evapotranspiration on the relative influence of ozone on regional carbon dynamics. Presented at the 2006 General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria, 2-7, April, 2006.


  78. Kicklighter, D. W., J. M. Melillo, R. G. Prinn, A. D. McGuire, B. S. Felzer and Q. Zhuang (2006) Relative importance of multiple stresses on terrestrial carbon sequestration. To be presented at the Spring Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Baltimore, MD, 23-26 May, 2006.


  79. Felzer, B. S., M. Williams, J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, Q. Zhuang, E. B. Rastetter and R. G. Prinn (2006) The role of evapotranspiration on carbon dynamics and ozone uptake on temperate forests in the U. S. To be presented at the 91th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Memphis, TN, 6-11 August, 2006.


  80. Kicklighter, D. W., J. M. Melillo, R. G. Prinn, A. D. McGuire, B. S. Felzer and Q. Zhuang (2006) Importance of DOC exports on estimates of terrestrial carbon sequestration. To be presented at the 91th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Memphis, TN, 6-11 August, 2006.

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