JOHN D. ABER

Complex Systems Research Center
University of New Hampshire

Morse Hall
Durham, NH 03842
(603) 862-3045
john.aber@unh.edu

Further Information: http://www.eos.sr.unh.edu/Fac/People?FAC_ID=8

EDUCATION

Yale College, Department of Engineering and App. Sci. (Computer Science) B. S. 1967-1971
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies M.F.S. 1971-1973
Yale University, Department of Forestry and Environmental Studies Ph.D. 1973-1976

APPOINTMENTS

• 1987- University of New Hampshire
  • Professor (1990-) and Associate Professor (1987-1990),
  • Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, and Department of Natural Resources
  • Director, Complex Systems Research Center (1989-1997)
  • Chair, Natural Resources Ph.D. Program (1990-)
• 1979-87 University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Associate (1981-1987) and Assistant (1979-1981) Professor, Department of Forestry,
  • Member, Teaching Faculty, Institute for Environmental Studies
  • Chair, Center for Restoration Ecology (1986-1987)
• 1977-78 University of Virginia
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences
• 1976-77 Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Lab, Woods Hole, MA
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow

Selected Publications (from a total of 215)

Aber, J.D. and A.H. Magill. 2004. Chronic Nitrogen Additions at the Harvard Forest: The First Fifteen Years of a Nitrogen Saturation Experiment. Forest Ecology and Management 196:1-6

Magill, A.H., J.D. Aber, W. Currie, K.J. Nadelhoffer, M.E. Martin, W.H. McDowell, J.M. Melillo and P. Steudler. 2004. Ecosystem Response to 15 years of Chronic Nitrogen Additions at the Harvard Forest LTER, Massachusetts, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 196:7-28

Bauer, G.A., F.A. Bazzaz, R. Minocha, S. Long, A. Magill, J. Aber and G.M. Berntson. 2004. Effects of chronic N additions on tissue chemistry, photosynthetic capacity, and carbon sequestration potential of a red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.) stand in the NE United States. Forest Ecology and Management 196:173-187

Venterea, R.T., P.M. Groffman, L.V. Verchot, A.H. Magill, J.D. Aber. 2004. Gross nitrogen process rates in temperate forest soils exhibiting symptoms of nitrogen saturation. Forest Ecology and Management 196:129-142

Currie, W.S., K.J. Nadelhoffer and J.D. Aber. 2004. Redistributions of 15Nhighlight turnover and replenishment of mineral soil organic N as a long-term control on carbon C balance. Forest Ecology and Management 196:109-128

McDowell, W.H., A. Magill, J.A. Aitkenhead-Peterson, John D. Aber, Jeffrey Merriam, Sujay Kaushal. 2004. Effects of chronic nitrogen amendment on dissolved organic matter and inorganic nitrogen in soil solution. Forest Ecology and Management 196:29-42

Micks, P., M.R. Downs, A.H. Magill, K.J. Nadelhoffer, and J.D. Aber. 2004. Decomposing litter as a sink for 15N-enriched additions to an oak forest and a red pine plantation. Forest Ecology and Management 196:71-88

Micks, P., J.D. Aber, R.D. Boone and E.A. Davidson. 2004. Short-term soil respiration and nitrogen immobilization response to nitrogen applications in control and nitrogen-enriched temperate forests. Forest Ecology and Management 196:57-70

Nadelhoffer, K.J., B.P. Colman, W.S. Currie, A.H. Magill and J.D. Aber. 2004. Decadal scale fates of 15N tracers added to oak and pine stands under ambient and elevated N inputs at the Harvard Forest (USA) . Forest Ecology and Management 196:89-108

Foster, D.R. and J.D. Aber (eds.). 2004. Forests in Time: The Environmental Consequences of 1000 Years of Change in New England. Yale University Press, New Haven. 477pp.

And also these chapters:

Foster, D.R. and J.D. Aber. Background and framework for long-term ecological research. pp. 3-18

Aber, J.D. Biogeochemistry, pp. 32-40

Foster, D.R., S. Cooper-Ellis, A. Barker-Plotkin, G. Carlton, R. Bowden, A. Magill and J.D. Aber. Simulating and catastrophic hurricane, pp. 235-258

Aber, J.D., A. Magill, K. Nadelhoffer, J. Melillo, P. Steudler, P. Micks, J. Hendricks, R. Bowden, W. Currie, W. McDowell and G. Berntson. Expoling the process of nitrogen saturation, pp. 259-279

Melillo, J., P. Steudler, J. Aber, K. Newkirk, H. Lux, F. Bowles, C. Catricala, A. Magill, T. Ahrens, S. Morrisseau, E. Burrows and K. Nadelhoffer. Soil warming: a major consequence of global climate change, pp. 280-295

Foster, D.R., J. Aber, R. Bowden, J. Melillo and F. Bazzaz. Comparisons between physical disturbance and novel stresses, pp. 296-299

Aber, J.D., W. Currie, M. Castro, M. Martin and S. Ollinger. Synthesis and estrapolation: models, remote sensing and regional analysis, pp. 338-362

Aber, J.D. The long lens of history, pp.394-400

Recent Professional Service

• U.S. National Assessment: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change Forest Sector - Co-Chair (1998-2001)
• Program Review Panel, Sustainable Forest Management Program, Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research, Sweden (May, 2000)
• Ecological Society of America - Study Group on Management of the National Forests 1998-1999), Chair
• Expert Team, Irish National Program for Determination of Critical Loads for Sulfur and Nitrogen and Critical Levels for Ozone in Ireland (1995-1998)
• Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Forest Research (1995-1998)
• Associate Editor, Ecosystems (2000-)
• National Research Council Committee on the Future of Biosphere Dynamics (2002)
• NSF-IGERT Site Review - University of Michigan Biological Research Station (2002)
• Reviewer - National Research Council Report - "Funding Smithsonian Research" (2002)
• National Research Council Committee on National Environmental Observing Networks (2003)

STUDENTS AND ASSOCIATES TRAINED

Post-Doctoral Associates: Glenn Bernston, Richard Boone, Tom Kimmerer, Mary Martin, John Pastor, Andrew Richardson
Ph.D. Students: William Currie, James Fownes, Christine Goodale, Richard Hallett, Joe Hendricks, Jennifer Jenkins, Mark Kamakea, Mary Martin, Charles McClaugherty, Steve McNulty, Knute Nadelhoffer, Scott Ollinger, Marie-Louise Smith, Carol Wessman
Masters Students: Katherine Bolster, Christine Goodale, Julian Jenkins, Mark, Lennon, Alison Magill, Charles McClaugherty, Steve McNulty, Patricia Micks, Steve Newman, Margaret Lefer, Stuart Utley