
Boston University
Department of Biology
5 Cummington Street
Boston, MA 02215
Phone:
617-353-6978
Email:
ptempler@bu.edu
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Research Interests:
Research in my lab is focused on the effects of environmental change, including climate change, atmospheric deposition, and urbanization on biogeochemical cycling of carbon and nitrogen in natural and managed ecosystems. We explore how plant-microbial interactions influence carbon exchange, nitrogen retention, forest productivity, and water and air quality. We are also interested in cross site comparisons that examine the role of plant species composition and ecosystem type in determining ecosystem retention of nutrients and carbon. Current projects at Hubbard Brook include examining the effects of climate change on nutrient uptake and carbon sequestration in northern hardwood forests.
Hubbard Brook Publications by this Author
“Climate Change May Alter Mercury Fluxes In Northern Hardwood Forests”. Biogeochemistry 146(1): 1 - 16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-019-00605-1.
. 2019. “Declines In Northern Forest Tree Growth Following Snowpack Decline And Soil Freezing”. Global Change Biology 25(2): 420 - 430. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/gcb.14420.
. 2019. . 2019.
“Guidelines And Considerations For Designing Field Experiments Simulating Precipitation Extremes In Forest Ecosystems”. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 9(12): 2310 - 2325. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/2041-210X.13094.
. 2018. . 2018.
. 2018.
“Winter Soil Freeze-Thaw Cycles Lead To Reductions In Soil Microbial Biomass And Activity Not Compensated For By Soil Warming”. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 116(Supplement C): 39 - 47. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038071717302213.
. 2018. . 2017.
. 2017.
“Winter Climate Change And Fine Root Biogenic Silica In Sugar Maple Trees (Acer Saccharum): Implications For Silica In The Anthropocene”. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 122(3): 2016JG003755. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016JG003755/abstract.
. 2017. “Winter Climate Change And Fine Root Biogenic Silica In Sugar Maple Trees (Acer Saccharum): Implications For Silica In The Anthropocene”. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 122(3): 2016JG003755. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016JG003755/abstract.
. 2017. “Winter Climate Change Influences On Soil Faunal Distribution And Abundance: Implications For Decomposition In The Northern Forest”. Northeastern Naturalist 24(sp7): B209 - B234. http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1656/045.024.s721.
. 2017. . 2016.
. 2016.
“Nitrate And Dissolved Organic Carbon Mobilization In Response To Soil Freezing Variability”. Biogeochemistry 131(1-2): 35 - 47. http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10533-016-0262-0.
. 2016. . 2016.
“Special Session At 100Th Ecological Society Of America Meeting In Baltimore, Maryland”. The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 97(1): 123 - 128. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bes2.1206/abstract.
. 2016. “Using Science- Policy Integration To Improve Ecosystem Science And Informdecision- Making: Lessons From U.s. Lter S”. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 97(1): 123128. http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70168967.
. 2016. “Increased Nitrogen Leaching Following Soil Freezing Is Due To Decreased Root Uptake In A Northern Hardwood Forest”. Global Change Biology 20(8): 2663 - 2673. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.12532/abstract.
. 2014. “Soil Freezing Effects On Sources Of Nitrogen And Carbon Leached During Snowmelt”. Soil Science Society of America Journal 78(1). https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/sssaj/abstracts/78/1/297.
. 2014. “Winter Climate Change Affects Growing-Season Soil Microbial Biomass And Activity In Northern Hardwood Forests”. Global Change Biology 20(11): 3568 - 3577. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.12624/abstract.
. 2014. . 2013.
“Soil Freezing Effects On Sources Of Nitrogen And Carbon Leached During Snowmelt”. Soil Science Society of America Journal. https://www.soils.org/publications/sssaj/abstracts/0/0/sssaj2013.06.0218.
. 2013. “Impact Of A Reduced Winter Snowpack On Litter Arthropod Abundance And Diversity In A Northern Hardwood Forest Ecosystem”. Biology and Fertility of Soils 48: 413 - 424. ://WOS:000302809700006.
. 2012. . 2012.
. 2012.
“Severe Soil Frost Reduces Losses Of Carbon And Nitrogen From The Forest Floor During Simulated Snowmelt: A Laboratory Experiment”. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 44(1): 65 - 74. ://WOS:000298203700009.
. 2012. “Carbon And Nitrogen Cycling In Snow-Covered Environments”. Geography Compass 5(9): 682 - 699.
2011. “15Nitrogen In Tree Rings Of Temperate Forest Trees: Indicators Of Past Disturbance”. Abstract for 93rd Annual Ecological Society of America Meeting (ESA), August 2008.
. 2008.