Institution: University of New Hampshire
Department: Earth Systems Research Center
8 College Road
Durham, NH 03824
Hubbard Brook Role: Investigator
Phone: (603) 862-4448
Email: vadeboncoeur@alumni.brown.edu
Website: http://www.ecohydro.sr.unh.edu/personnel/vadeboncoeur.shtml
MatthewVadeboncoeur

Research Interests

I have worked on projects examining cycles of C, N, P, and Ca across forests of different ages and land-use histories in New England. My dissertation research focuses on nutrient limitation and acquisition in temperate forests, and on the role of mycorrhizal fungi in providing access to organic substrates and primary minerals as sources of nutrients. I work at the UNH Stable Isotope Lab , and I am also involved in a large collaborative multiple-element fertilization project ( MELNHE ).

Hubbard Brook Publications by this Author

Zukswert, J. M., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., & Yanai, R. D. (2024). Responses of stomatal density and carbon isotope composition of sugar maple and yellow birch foliage to N, P and CaSiO3 fertilization. Tree Physiology, 44(1), tpad142. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpad142
Nash, J. M., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., McGee, G. G., Woodall, C. W., & Yanai, R. D. (2023). Biomass accumulation in trees and downed wood in northern hardwood forests: Repeated measures of a successional chronosequence in New Hampshire, USA. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2023-0060
Contosta, A. R., Battles, J. J., Campbell, J. L., Driscoll, C. T., Garlick, S. R., Holmes, R. T., Likens, G. E., Rodenhouse, N. L., Rogers, S. H., Templer, P. H., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., & Groffman, P. M. (2023). Early warning signals of changing resilience in the biogeochemistry and biology of a northern hardwood forest. Environmental Research Letters, 18(9), 094052. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acf3fe
Jucker, T., Fischer, F. J., Chave, J., Coomes, D. A., Caspersen, J., Ali, A., Loubota Panzou, G. J., Feldpausch, T. R., Falster, D., Usoltsev, V. A., Adu-Bredu, S., Alves, L. F., Aminpour, M., Angoboy, I. B., Anten, N. P. R., Antin, C., Askari, Y., Muñoz, R., Ayyappan, N., … Zavala, M. A. (2022). Tallo: A global tree allometry and crown architecture database. Global Change Biology, 28(17), 5254–5268. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16302
Kwon, T., Shibata, H., Kepfer-Rojas, S., Schmidt, I. K., Larsen, K. S., Beier, C., Berg, B., Verheyen, K., Lamarque, J.-F., Hagedorn, F., Eisenhauer, N., Djukic, I., TeaComposition Network, Kwon, T., Shibata, H., Kepfer-Rojas, S., Schmidt, I. K., Larsen, K. S., Beier, C., … Tóth, Z. (2021). Effects of Climate and Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Early to Mid-Term Stage Litter Decomposition Across Biomes. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2021.678480
Ouimette, A. P., Ollinger, S. V., Lepine, L. C., Stephens, R. B., Rowe, R. J., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., Tumber-Davila, S. J., & Hobbie, E. A. (2020). Accounting for Carbon Flux to Mycorrhizal Fungi May Resolve Discrepancies in Forest Carbon Budgets. Ecosystems, 23(4), 715–729. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00440-3
Vadeboncoeur, M. A., Jennings, K. A., Ouimette, A. P., & Asbjornsen, H. (2020). Correcting tree-ring δ13C time series for tree-size effects in eight temperate tree species. Tree Physiology, 40(3), 333–349. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpz138
Kattge, J., Bönisch, G., Díaz, S., Lavorel, S., Prentice, I. C., Leadley, P., Tautenhahn, S., Werner, G. D. A., Aakala, T., Abedi, M., Acosta, A. T. R., Adamidis, G. C., Adamson, K., Aiba, M., Albert, C. H., Alcántara, J. M., Alcázar C, C., Aleixo, I., Ali, H., … Wirth, C. (2020). TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology, 26(1), 119–188. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14904
Hamburg, S. P., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., Johnson, C. E., & Sanderman, J. (2019). Losses of mineral soil carbon largely offset biomass accumulation 15 years after whole-tree harvest in a northern hardwood forest. Biogeochemistry, 144(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-019-00568-3
Djukic, I., Kepfer-Rojas, S., Schmidt, I. K., Larsen, K. S., Beier, C., Berg, B., Verheyen, K., Caliman, A., Paquette, A., Gutiérrez-Girón, A., Humber, A., Valdecantos, A., Petraglia, A., Alexander, H., Augustaitis, A., Saillard, A., Fernández, A. C. R., Sousa, A. I., Lillebø, A. I., … Tóth, Z. (2018). Early stage litter decomposition across biomes. Science of The Total Environment, 628–629, 1369–1394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.012
Ouimette, A. P., Ollinger, S. V., Richardson, A. D., Hollinger, D. Y., Keenan, T. F., Lepine, L. C., & Vadeboncoeur, M. A. (2018). Carbon fluxes and interannual drivers in a temperate forest ecosystem assessed through comparison of top-down and bottom-up approaches. 256–257, 420–430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2018.03.017
Asbjornsen, H., Campbell, J. L., Jennings, K. A., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., McIntire, C., Templer, P. H., Phillips, R. P., Bauerle, T. L., Dietze, M. C., Frey, S. D., Groffman, P. M., Guerrieri, R., Hanson, P. J., Kelsey, E. P., Knapp, A. K., McDowell, N. G., Meir, P., Novick, K. A., Ollinger, S. V., … Rustad, L. E. (2018). Guidelines and considerations for designing field experiments simulating precipitation extremes in forest ecosystems. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9(12), 2310–2325. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13094
Vadeboncoeur, M. A., Green, M. B., Asbjornsen, H., Campbell, J. L., Adams, M. B., Boyer, E. W., Burns, D. A., Fernandez, I. J., Mitchell, M. J., & Shanley, J. B. (2018). Systematic variation in evapotranspiration trends and drivers across the Northeastern United States. Hydrological Processes, 32(23), 3547–3560. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13278
Goswami, S., Fisk, M. C., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., Garrison‐Johnston, M., Yanai, R. D., & Fahey, T. J. (2018). Phosphorus limitation of aboveground production in northern hardwood forests. Ecology, 99(2), 438–449. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2100
Durán, J., Morse, J. L., Groffman, P. M., Campbell, J. L., Christenson, L. M., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, T. J., Fisk, M. C., Likens, G. E., Melillo, J. M., Mitchell, M. J., Templer, P. H., & Vadeboncoeur, M. A. (2016). Climate change decreases nitrogen pools and mineralization rates in northern hardwood forests. Ecosphere, 7(3), n/a-n/a. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1251
Remiszewski, K. A., Bryce, J. G., Fahnestock, M. F., Pettitt, E. A., Blichert-Toft, J., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., & Bailey, S. W. (2016). Elemental and isotopic perspectives on the impact of arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal fungi on mineral weathering across imposed geologic gradients. Chemical Geology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.05.005
See, C. R., Yanai, R. D., Fisk, M. C., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., Quintero, B. A., & Fahey, T. J. (2015). Soil nitrogen affects phosphorus recycling: foliar resorption and plant–soil feedbacks in a northern hardwood forest. Ecology, 96(9), 2488–2498. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0188.1
Fahey, T. J., Templer, P. H., Anderson, B. T., Battles, J. J., Campbell, J. L., Driscoll, C. T., Fusco, A. R., Green, M. B., Kassam, K.-A. S., Rodenhouse, N. L., Rustad, L., Schaberg, P. G., & Vadeboncoeur, M. A. (2015). The promise and peril of intensive-site-based ecological research: insights from the Hubbard Brook ecosystem study. Ecology, 96(4), 885–901. https://doi.org/10.1890/14-1043.1
Falster, D. S., Duursma, R. A., Ishihara, M. I., Barneche, D. R., FitzJohn, R. G., Vårhammar, A., Aiba, M., Ando, M., Anten, N., Aspinwall, M. J., Baltzer, J. L., Baraloto, C., Battaglia, M., Battles, J. J., Bond-Lamberty, B., van Breugel, M., Camac, J., Claveau, Y., Coll, L., … York, R. A. (2015). BAAD: a Biomass And Allometry Database for woody plants: Ecological Archives E096-128. Ecology, 96(5), 1445–1445. https://doi.org/10.1890/14-1889.1
Vadeboncoeur, M. A., Hamburg, S. P., Yanai, R. D., & Blum, J. D. (2014). Rates of sustainable forest harvest depend on rotation length and weathering of soil minerals. Forest Ecology and Management, 318, 194–205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.01.012
Yanai, R. D., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., Hamburg, S. P., Arthur, M. A., Fuss, C. B., Groffman, P. M., Siccama, T. G., & Driscoll, C. T. (2013). From Missing Source to Missing Sink: Long-Term Changes in the Nitrogen Budget of a Northern Hardwood Forest. Environmental Science & Technology, 47(20), 11440–11448. https://doi.org/10.1021/es4025723
Robinson, T. M. P., La Pierre, K. J., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., Byrne, K. M., Thomey, M. L., & Colby, S. E. (2013). Seasonal, not annual precipitation drives community productivity across ecosystems. Oikos, 122(5), 727–738. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20655.x
Rastetter, E. B., Yanai, R. D., Thomas, R. Q., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., Fahey, T. J., Fisk, M. C., Kwiatkowski, B. L., & Hamburg, S. P. (2013). Recovery from disturbance requires resynchronization of ecosystem nutrient cycles. Ecological Applications, 23(3), 621–642. https://doi.org/10.1890/12-0751.1
Vadeboncoeur, M. (2013). Mechanisms of nutrient limitation and nutrient acquisition in managed and unmanaged forest ecosystems (HBR.2013-50) [PhD Thesis, University of New Hampshire]. http://scholars.unh.edu/dissertation/1/
Groffman, P. M., Rustad, L. E., Templer, P. H., Campbell, J. L., Christenson, L. M., Lany, N. K., Socci, A. M., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., Schaberg, P. G., Wilson, G. F., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, T. J., Fisk, M. C., Goodale, C. L., Green, M. B., Hamburg, S. P., Johnson, C. E., Mitchell, M. J., Morse, J. L., … Rodenhouse, N. L. (2012). Long-Term Integrated Studies Show Complex and Surprising Effects of Climate Change in the Northern Hardwood Forest. BioScience, 62(12), 1056–1066. https://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2012.62.12.7
Levine, C., Yanai, R., Vadeboncoeur, M., Hamburg, S., Melvin, A., Goodale, C., Rau, B., & Johnson, D. (2012). Assessing the suitability of using rotary coring for sampling in rocky soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal. https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2011.0425
Vadeboncoeur, M. A., Hamburg, S. P., Cogbill, C. V., & Sugimura, W. Y. (2012). A comparison of presettlement and modern forest composition along an elevation gradient in central New Hampshire.(Report). Canadian Journal of Forest Research. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-277781696.html
Raciti, S. M., Fahey, T. J., Thomas, R. Q., Woodbury, P. B., Driscoll, C. T., Carranti, F. J., Foster, D. R., Gwyther, P. S., Hall, B. R., Hamburg, S. P., Jenkins, J. C., Neill, C., Peery, B. W., Quigley, E. E., Sherman, R., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., Weinstein, D. A., & Wilson, G. (2012). Local-Scale Carbon Budgets and Mitigation Opportunities for the Northeastern United States. Bioscience, 62(1), 23–38. https://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2012.62.1.7
Hamburg, S. P., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., Richardson, A. D., & Bailey, A. S. (2012). Climate change at the ecosystem scale: A 50-year record in New Hampshire. Climatic Change. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-012-0517-2
Vadeboncoeur, M. A., Hamburg, S. P., Blum, J. D., Pennino, M. J., Yanai, R. D., & Johnson, C. E. (2012). The Quantitative Soil Pit Method for Measuring Belowground Carbon and Nitrogen Stocks. Soil Science Society of America Journal, In Press.
Fatemi, F. R., Yanai, R. D., Hamburg, S. P., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., Arthur, M. A., Briggs, R. D., & Levine, C. R. (2011). Allometric equations for young northern hardwoods: the importance of age-specific equations for estimating aboveground biomass. Canadian Journal of Forest Research-Revue Canadienne De Recherche Forestiere, 41(4), 881–891. https://doi.org/10.1139/x10-248
Schaller, M., Blum, J. D., Hamburg, S. P., & Vadeboncoeur, M. A. (2010). Spatial variability of long-term chemical weathering rates in the White Mountains, New Hampshire, USA. Geoderma, 154(3–4), 294–301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.10.017
Weeks, B. C., Hamburg, S. P., & Vadeboncoeur, M. A. (2009). Ice storm effects on the canopy structure of a northern hardwood forest after 8 years. Can. J. For. Res., 39(8), 1475–1483. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1139/X09-076
Skeldon, M. A., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., Hamburg, S. P., & Blum, J. D. (2007). Terrestrial gastropod responses to an ecosystem-level calcium manipulation in a northern hardwood forest. Can. J. Zool., 85, 994–1007.
Vadeboncoeur, M. A., Hamburg, S. P., & Yanai, R. D. (2007). Validation and Refinement of Allometric Equations for Roots of Northern Hardwoods. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 37, 1777–1783.
Park, B. B., Yanai, R. D., Vadeboncoeur, M. A., & Hamburg, S. P. (2007). Estimating root biomass in rocky soils using pits, cores and allometric equations. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 71, 206–213.