Institution: Boston University
Department: Department of Biology
5 Cummington Street
Boston, MA 02215
Hubbard Brook Role: Investigator, Scientific Coordinating Committee
Phone: (617) 353-6978
Email: ptempler@bu.edu
Website: http://people.bu.edu/ptempler/
PamelaTempler

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

Green, M. B., Pardo, L. H., Campbell, J. L., Rosi, E., Bernhardt, E. S., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, T. J., LoRusso, N., Matthes, J., & Templer, P. H. (2023). Combination of factors rather than single disturbance drives perturbation of the nitrogen cycle in a temperate forest. Biogeochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-023-01105-z
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
Conrad-Rooney, E., Gewirtzman, J., Pappas, Y., Pasquarella, V. J., Hutyra, L. R., & Templer, P. H. (2023). Atmospheric wet deposition in urban and suburban sites across the United States. Atmospheric Environment, 305, 119783. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.119783
Templer, P. H., Harrison, J. L., Pilotto, F., Flores-Díaz, A., Haase, P., McDowell, W. H., Sharif, R., Shibata, H., Blankman, D., Avila, A., Baatar, U., Bogena, H. R., Bourgeois, I., Campbell, J., Dirnböck, T., Dodds, W. K., Hauken, M., Kokorite, I., Lajtha, K., … Taka, M. (2022). Atmospheric deposition and precipitation are important predictors of inorganic nitrogen export to streams from forest and grassland watersheds: a large-scale data synthesis. Biogeochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-022-00951-7
Mason, R. E., Craine, J. M., Lany, N. K., Jonard, M., Ollinger, S. V., Groffman, P. M., Fulweiler, R. W., Angerer, J., Read, Q. D., Reich, P. B., Templer, P. H., & Elmore, A. J. (2022). Explanations for nitrogen decline—Response. Science, 376(6598), 1170–1170. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abq8690
Mason, R. E., Craine, J. M., Lany, N. K., Jonard, M., Ollinger, S. V., Groffman, P. M., Fulweiler, R. W., Angerer, J., Read, Q. D., Reich, P. B., Templer, P. H., & Elmore, A. J. (2022). Evidence, causes, and consequences of declining nitrogen availability in terrestrial ecosystems. Science, 376(6590), eabh3767. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abh3767
Finestone, J., Templer, P. H., & Bhatnagar, J. M. (2022). Soil Fungi Exposed to Warming Temperatures and Shrinking Snowpack in a Northern Hardwood Forest Have Lower Capacity for Growth and Nutrient Cycling. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 5. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2022.800335
Blagden, M., Harrison, J. L., Minocha, R., Sanders-DeMott, R., Long, S., & Templer, P. H. (2022). Climate change influences foliar nutrition and metabolism of red maple (Acer rubrum) trees in a northern hardwood forest. Ecosphere, 13(2), e03859. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3859
Studd, E. K., Bates, A. E., Bramburger, A. J., Fernandes, T., Hayden, B., Henry, H. A. L., Humphries, M. M., Martin, R., McMeans, B. C., Moise, E. R. D., O’Sullivan, A. M., Sharma, S., Sinclair, B. J., Sutton, A. O., Templer, P. H., & Cooke, S. J. (2021). Nine Maxims for the Ecology of Cold-Climate Winters. BioScience, 71(8), 820–830. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab032
Harrison, J. L., Schultz, K., Blagden, M., Sanders-DeMott, R., & Templer, P. H. (2020). Growing season soil warming may counteract trend of nitrogen oligotrophication in a northern hardwood forest. Biogeochemistry, 151(2), 139–152. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-020-00717-z
Harrison, J. L., Reinmann, A. B., Maloney, A. S., Phillips, N., Juice, S. M., Webster, A. J., & Templer, P. H. (2020). Transpiration of Dominant Tree Species Varies in Response to Projected Changes in Climate: Implications for Composition and Water Balance of Temperate Forest Ecosystems. Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-020-00490-y
Harrison, J. L., Blagden, M., Green, M. B., Salvucci, G. D., & Templer, P. H. (2020). Water sources for red maple trees in a northern hardwood forest under a changing climate. Ecohydrology, 13(8), e2248. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2248
Garcia, M. O., Templer, P. H., Sorensen, P. O., Sanders-DeMott, R., Groffman, P. M., & Bhatnagar, J. M. (2020). Soil Microbes Trade-Off Biogeochemical Cycling for Stress Tolerance Traits in Response to Year-Round Climate Change. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00616
Harrison, J. L., Sanders‐DeMott, R., Reinmann, A. B., Sorensen, P. O., Phillips, N. G., & Templer, P. H. (2020). Growing-season warming and winter soil freeze/thaw cycles increase transpiration in a northern hardwood forest. Ecology, 101(11), e03173. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3173
Yang, Y., Meng, L., Yanai, R. D., Montesdeoca, M., Templer, P. H., Asbjornsen, H., Rustad, L. E., & Driscoll, C. T. (2019). Climate change may alter mercury fluxes in northern hardwood forests. Biogeochemistry, 146(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-019-00605-1
Contosta, A. R., Casson, N. J., Garlick, S., Nelson, S. J., Ayres, M. P., Burakowski, E. A., Campbell, J., Creed, I., Eimers, C., Evans, C., Fernandez, I., Fuss, C., Huntington, T., Patel, K., Sanders‐DeMott, R., Son, K., Templer, P., & Thornbrugh, C. (2019). Northern forest winters have lost cold, snowy conditions that are important for ecosystems and human communities. Ecological Applications, 29(7), e01974. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1974
Reinmann, A. B., Susser, J. R., Demaria, E. M. C., & Templer, P. H. (2019). Declines in northern forest tree growth following snowpack decline and soil freezing. Global Change Biology, 25(2), 420–430. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14420
Groffman, P. M., Driscoll, C. T., Durán, J., Campbell, J. L., Christenson, L. M., Fahey, T. J., Fisk, M. C., Fuss, C., Likens, G. E., Lovett, G., Rustad, L., & Templer, P. H. (2018). Nitrogen oligotrophication in northern hardwood forests. Biogeochemistry, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-018-0445-y
Sanders‐DeMott, R., McNellis, R., Jabouri, M., & Templer, P. H. (2018). Snow depth, soil temperature and plant–herbivore interactions mediate plant response to climate change. Journal of Ecology, 106(4), 1508–1519. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12912
Sorensen, P. O., Finzi, A. C., Giasson, M.-A., Reinmann, A. B., Sanders-DeMott, R., & Templer, P. H. (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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.09.026
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
Durán, J., Morse, J. L., Rodríguez, A., Campbell, J. L., Christenson, L. M., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, T. J., Fisk, M. C., Mitchell, M. J., Templer, P. H., & Groffman, P. M. (2017). Differential sensitivity to climate change of C and N cycling processes across soil horizons in a northern hardwood forest. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 107, 77–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.12.028
Christenson, L., Clark, H., Livingston, L., Heffernan, E., Campbell, J., Driscoll, C., Groffman, P., Fahey, T., Fisk, M., Mitchell, M., & Templer, P. H. (2017). Winter Climate Change Influences on Soil Faunal Distribution and Abundance: Implications for Decomposition in the Northern Forest. Northeastern Naturalist, 24(sp7), B209–B234. https://doi.org/10.1656/045.024.s721
Maguire, T. J., Templer, P. H., Battles, J. J., & Fulweiler, R. W. (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. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JG003755
Templer, P. H., Reinmann, A. B., Sanders-DeMott, R., Sorensen, P. O., Juice, S. M., Bowles, F., Sofen, L. E., Harrison, J. L., Halm, I., Rustad, L., Martin, M. E., & Grant, N. (2017). Climate Change Across Seasons Experiment (CCASE): A new method for simulating future climate in seasonally snow-covered ecosystems. PLOS ONE, 12(2), e0171928. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171928
Sorensen, P. O., Templer, P. H., Christenson, L., Duran, J., Fahey, T., Fisk, M. C., Groffman, P. M., Morse, J. L., & Finzi, A. C. (2016). Reduced snow cover alters root-microbe interactions and decreases nitrification rates in a northern hardwood forest. Ecology, 97(12), 3359–3368. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1599
Sorensen, P. O., Templer, P. H., & Finzi, A. C. (2016). Contrasting effects of winter snowpack and soil frost on growing season microbial biomass and enzyme activity in two mixed-hardwood forests. Biogeochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-016-0199-3
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
Templer, P. H., Lambert, K. F., Weiss, M., Baron, J. S., Driscoll, C. T., & Foster, D. R. (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. https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.1206
Fuss, C. B., Driscoll, C. T., Groffman, P. M., Campbell, J. L., Christenson, L. M., Fahey, T. J., Fisk, M. C., Mitchell, M. J., Templer, P. H., Durán, J., & Morse, J. L. (2016). Nitrate and dissolved organic carbon mobilization in response to soil freezing variability. Biogeochemistry, 131(1–2), 35–47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-016-0262-0
Templer, P. H., Lambert, K. F., Weiss, M., Baron, J. S., Driscoll, C. T., & Foster, D. R. (2016). Using science- policy integration to improve ecosystem science and informdecision- making: lessons from U.Sl LTERs. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 97(1), 123128. http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70168967
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
Campbell, J. L., Reinmann, A. B., & Templer, P. H. (2014). Soil Freezing Effects on Sources of Nitrogen and Carbon Leached During Snowmelt. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 78(1), 297. https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2013.06.0218
Campbell, J. L., Socci, A. M., & Templer, P. H. (2014). Increased nitrogen leaching following soil freezing is due to decreased root uptake in a northern hardwood forest. Global Change Biology, 20(8), 2663–2673. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12532
Durán, J., Morse, J. L., Groffman, P. M., Campbell, J. L., Christenson, L. M., Driscoll, C. T., Fahey, T. J., Fisk, M. C., Mitchell, M. J., & Templer, P. H. (2014). Winter climate change affects growing-season soil microbial biomass and activity in northern hardwood forests. Global Change Biology, 20(11), 3568–3577. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12624
Comerford, D. P., Schaberg, P. G., Templer, P. H., Socci, A. M., Campbell, J. L., & Wallin, K. F. (2013). Influence of experimental snow removal on root and canopy physiology of sugar maple trees in a northern hardwood forest. Oecologia, 171(1), 261–269. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-012-2393-x
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
Templer, P. H., Schiller, A. F., Fuller, N. W., Socci, A. M., Campbell, J. L., Drake, J. E., & Kunz, T. H. (2012). 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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-011-0636-3
Reinmann, A. B., Templer, P. H., & Campbell, J. L. (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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.08.018
Brooks, J. D., Grogan, P., Templer, P. H., Groffman, P. M., Öquist, M., & J., S. (2011). Carbon and nitrogen cycling in snow-covered environments. Geography Compass, 5(9), 682–699.