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- Aber, J. D., Driscoll, C. T., Federer, C. A., Lathrop, R. G., Lovett, G., Melillo, J. M., Steudler, P. A., Vogelmann, J. 1993. A strategy for the regional
analysis of the effects of physical and chemical climate change on
biogeographical cycles in northeastern (U.S.) forests. Ecological Modelling 67: 37-47.
- Aber, J. D., Magill, A., Boone, R. D., Melillo, J. M., Steudler, P. A., Bowden, R. D. 1993. Plant and soil responses to
chronic nitrogen additions at the Harvard Forest, Massachusetts. Ecological Applications 3: 156-166.
- Aber, J. D., Magill, A., Nadelhoffer, K. J., Melillo, J., Steudler, P. A., Hendricks, J. J., Bowden, R. D., Currie, W. S., McDowell, W., Berntson, G. M. 2004. Exploring the process of
nitrogen saturation. In: Foster, D. R., Aber, J. D., Forests in Time: The
Environmental Consequences of 1000 Years of Change in New England, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT.
- Aber, J. D., Melillo, J. M., McClaugherty, C. A. 1990. Predicting long-term patterns of
mass loss, nitrogen dynamics, and soil organic matter formation from initial
fine litter chemistry in temperate forest ecosystems. Canadian Journal of
Botany 68: 2201-2208.
- Aber, J. D., Melillo, J. M., McClaugherty, C., Eshleman, K. N. 1983. Potential Sinks For Mineralized
Nitrogen Following Disturbance in Forest Ecosystems. Ecological Bulletin
(Stockholm) 35: 179-192.
- Aber, J. D., Melillo, J. M., Nadelhoffer, K. J., Pastor, J., Boone, R. D. 1991. Factors controlling nitrogen
cycling and nitrogen saturation in northern temperate forest
ecosystems. Ecological Applications 1: 303-315.
- Aber, J. D., Melillo, J. M., Nadelhoffer, N. J., McClaugherty, C., Pastor, J. 1985. Fine Root Turnover in Forest
Ecosystems in Relation to Quantity and Form of Nitrogen Availability: a
Comparison of Two Methods. Oecologia 66: 317-321.
- Aber, J. D., Nadelhoffer, K. J., Steudler, P., Melillo, J. M. 1989. Nitrogen Saturation in Northern
Forest Ecosystems. BioScience 39: 378-386.
- Aber, J. D., Ollinger, S. V., Federer, C. A., Reich, P. B., Goulden, M. L., Kicklighter, D. W., Melillo, J. M., Lathrop, R. G. L. 1995. Predicting the effects of
climate change on water yield and forest production in the northeastern
U.S. Climate Research 5: 207-222.
- Aber, J. D., Wessman, C. A., Peterson, D. L., Melillo, J. M., Fownes, J. H. 1990. Remote Sensing of Litter and
Soil Organic Matter Decomposition in Forest Ecosystems. In: Mooney, Hobbs, Remote Sensing of Biosphere
Functioning, Springer-Verlag, New York, New York.
- Berbeco, J., Melillo, J. M., Orians, C. M. 2012. Soil warming accelerates
decomposition of fine woody debris. Plant and Soil 356: 405-417.
- Bowden, R. D., Castro, M. C., Melillo, J. M., Steudler, P. A., Aber, J. D. 1993. Fluxes of greenhouse gases
between soils and the atmosphere in a temperate forest following a simulated
hurricane blowdown. Biogeochemistry 21: 61-71.
- Bowden, R. D., Melillo, J. M., Steudler, P. A., Aber, J. D. 1991. Effects of nitrogen additions on
annual nitrous oxide fluxes from temperate forest soils in the northeastern
United States. Journal of Geophysical
Research 96: 9321-9328.
- Bowden, R. D., Nadelhoffer, K. J., Boone, R. D., Melillo, J. M., Garrison, J. B. 1993. Contributions of aboveground
litter, belowground litter, and root respiration to total soil respiration
in a temperate mixed hardwood forest. Canadian Journal of Forest
Research 123: 1402-1407.
- Bowden, R. D., Steudler, P. A., Melillo, J. M., Aber, J. D. 1990. Annual nitrous oxide fluxes from
temperate forest soils in the northeastern United States. Journal of Geophysical
Research 95: 13997-14005.
- Bradford, M. A., Davies, C. A., Frey, S. D., Maddox, T. R., Melillo, J. M., Mohan, J., Reynolds, J. F., Treseder, K. K., Wallenstein, M. D. 2008. Thermal adaptation of soil
microbial respiration to elevated temperature. Ecology Letters 11: 1316-1327.
- Bradford, M. A., Wallenstein, M., Allison, S. D., Treseder, K. K., Frey, S., Watts, S. B., Davies, C. A., Maddox, T. R., Melillo, J. M., Mohan, J., Reynolds, J. F. 2009. Decreased mass specific
respiration under experimental warming is robust to the microbial biomass
method employed. Ecology Letters 12: E15-E18.
- Brzostek, E. R., Blair, J. M., Dukes, J. S., Frey, S. D., Hobbie, S. E., Melillo, J. M., Mitchell, R. J., Pendall, E., Reich, P. B., Shaver, G. R., Stefanski, A., Tjoelker, M. G., Finzi, A. C. 2012. The effect of experimental
warming and precipitation change on proteolytic enzyme activity: positive
feedbacks to nitrogen availability are not universal. Global Change Biology 18: 2617-2625.
- Burton, A. J., Melillo, J. M., Frey, S. D. 2008. Adjustment of Forest Ecosystem
Root Respiration as Temperature Warms. Journal of Integrative Plant
Biology 50: 1462-1483.
- Butler, S. M., Melillo, J. M., Johnson, J. E., Mohan, J. E., Stuedler, P. A., Lux, H., Burrows, E., Smith, R. M., Vario, C. L., Scott, L., Hill, T. D., Aponte*, N., Bowles, F. P. 2011. Soil warming alters nitrogen
cycling in a New England forest: implications for ecosystem function and
structure. Oecologia 168: 819-828.
- Carey, J. C., Tang, J., Templer, P. H., Kroeger, K. D., Crowther, T. W., Burton, A. J., Dukes, J. S., Emmett, B., Frey, S. D., Heskel, M. A., Jiang, L., Machmuller, M. B., Mohan, J., Panetta, A., Reich, P. B., Reinsch, S., Wang, X., Allison, S. D. , Bamminger, C., Bridgham, S., Collins, S. L., de Dato, G., Eddy, W. C., Enquist, B. J., Estiarte, M., Harte, J., Henderson, A., Johnson, B. R., Steenberg Larsen, K., Luo, Y., Marhan, S., Melillo, J. M., Peñuelas, J., Pfeifer-Meister, L., Poll, C., Rastetter, E., Reinmann, A. B., Reynolds, L. L., Schmidt, I. K., Shaver, G. R., Strong, A. L., Suseela, V., Tietema, A. 2016. Temperature response of soil
respiration largely unaltered with experimental warming. PNAS 113: 13797–13802.
- Castro, M. S., Melillo, J. M., Steudler, P. A., Chapman, J. W. 1995. Soil moisture as a predictor of
methane uptake by temperate forest soils. Canadian Journal of Forest
Research 24: 1805-1810.
- Castro, M. S., Steudler, P. A., Melillo, J. M., Aber, J. D., Bowden, R. D. 1995. Factors controlling atmospheric
methane consumption by temperate forest soils. Global Biogeochemical
Cycles 9: 1-10.
- Castro, M. S., Steudler, P. A., Melillo, J. M., Aber, J. D., Millham, S. E. 1993. Exchange of N2O and CH4 between
the atmosphere and soils in spruce-fir forests in the northeastern United
States. Biogeochemistry 18: 119-135.
- Clark, J. S., Melillo, J. M., Mohan, J., Stark, C. 2014. The seasonal timing of warming
that controls onset of the growing season. Global Change Biology 20: 1136-1145.
- Clark, J. S., Salk, C., Melillo, J. M., Mohan, J. 2014. Tree phenology responses to
winter chilling, spring warming, at north and south range limits. Functional Ecology 28: 1344-1355.
- DeAngelis, K. M., Pold, G., Topcuonglu, B. D., van Diepen, L. T. A., Varney, R., Blanchard, J., Melillo, J. M., Frey, S. D. 2015. Long-term forest soil warming
alters microbial communities in temperate forest soils. Frontiers in
Microbiology 6: 104.
- Domeignoz-Horta, L.
A., Pold, G., Erb, H., Sebag, D., Verrecchia, E., Northen, T., Louie, K., Eloe-Fadrosh, E., Pennacchio, C., Knorr, M. A., Frey, S. D., Melillo, J. M., DeAngelis, K. M. 2022. Substrate availability and not
thermal acclimation controls microbial temperature sensitivity response to
long-term warming. Global Change Biology 29: 1574 - 1590.
- Domeignoz-Horta, L.
A., Pold, G., Liu, X. A., Frey, S. D., Melillo, J. M., DeAngelis, K. M. 2020. Microbial diversity drives
carbon use efficiency in a model soil. Nature Communications 11: article 3684, 10 pp.
- Downs, M. R., Nadelhoffer, K. J., Melillo, J. M., Aber, J. D. 1993. Foliar and fine root nitrate
reductase activity in seedlings of four forest tree species in relation to
nitrogen availability. Trees, Structure and
Function 7: 233-236.
- Downs, M. R., Nadelhoffer, K. J., Melillo, J. M., Aber, J. D. 1996. Immobilization of a 15N labelled
nitrate addition by decomposing forest litter. Oecologia 105: 141-150.
- Feigl, B. J., Melillo, J. M., Cerri, C. C. 1995. Changes in the origin and
quality of soil organic matter after pasture introduction in Rondônia
(Brazil). Plant and Soil 175: 21-29.
- Felzer, B., Cronin, T. W., Melillo, J. M., Kicklighter, D. W., Schlosser, C. A. 2009. Importance of carbon-nitrogen
interactions and ozone on ecosystem hydrology during the 21st
century. Journal of Geophysical
Research 114: G01020.
- Felzer, B., Kicklighter, D. W., Melillo, J., Wang, C., Zhuang, Q., Prinn, R. G. 2004. Effects of ozone on net primary
production and carbon sequestration in the conterminous United States using
a biogeochemistry model. Tellus 56: 230-248.
- Finzi, A. C., Giasson, M.-A., Barker Plotkin, A., Aber, J. D., Boose, E. R., Davidson, E. A., Dietze, M. C., Ellison, A. M., Frey, S. D., Goldman, E., Keenan, T. F., Melillo, J. M., Munger, J. W., Nadelhoffer, K. J., Ollinger, S. V., Orwig, D. A., Pederson, N., Richardson, A. D., Savage, K., Tang, J., Thompson, J. R., Williams, C. A., Wofsy, S. C., Zhou, Z., Foster, D. R. 2020. Carbon budget of the Harvard
Forest Long-Term Ecological Research site: pattern, process, and response to
global change. Ecological Monographs 90: e01423, 37 pp.
- Foster, D. R., Aber, J. D., Bowden, R. D., Melillo, J., Bazzaz, F. 2004. Comparison between physical
disturbance and novel stresses. In: Foster, D. R., Aber, J. D., Forests in Time: The
Environmental Consequences of 1000 Years of Change in New England, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT.
- Foster, D. R., Aber, J. D., Melillo, J. M., Bowden, R. D., Bazzaz, F. A. 1997. Forest response to disturbance
and anthropogenic stress. Rethinking the 1938 Hurricane and the impact of
physical disturbance vs. chemical and climate stress on forest
ecosystems. BioScience 47: 437-445.
- Foster, D. R., Aber, J. D., Melillo, J., Bowden, R. D., Bazzaz, F. A. 1998. Forest response to natural
disturbance versus human-induced stresses. Arnoldia 58: 35-40.
- Foster, D. R., Motzkin, G., Orwig, D. A., Aber, J. D., Melillo, J., Bowden, R. D., Bazzaz, F. 1998. Case studies in forest history
and ecology from the Harvard Forest. Arnoldia 58: 32-44.
- Frey, S. D., Drijber, R., Smith, H., Melillo, J. 2008. Microbial biomass, functional
capacity, and community composition after twelve years of soil
warming. Soil Biology and
Biochemistry 40: 2904-2907.
- Frey, S. D., Lee, J., Melillo, J. M., Six, J. W. 2013. The temperature response of soil
microbial efficiency and its feedback to climate. Nature Climate Change 3: 395-398.
- Frumhoff, P. C., McCarthy, J. J., Melillo, J. M., Moser, S. C., Wuebbles, D. J. 2007. Confronting Climate Change in
the U.S. Northeast: Science, Impacts, and Solutions.
- Frumhoff, P. C., McCarthy, J. J., Melillo, J. M., Moser, S. C., Wuebbles, D. J., Wake, C., Spanger-Siegfried,
E. 2008. An integrated climate change
assessment for the Northeast United States. Mitigation and Adaptation
Strategies for Global Change 13: 419-423.
- Giasson, M.-A., Ellison, A. M., Bowden, R. D., Crill, P. M., Davidson, E. A., Drake, J. E., Frey, S. D., Hadley, J. L., Lavine, M., Melillo, J. M., Munger, J. W., Nadelhoffer, K. J., Nicoll, L., Ollinger, S. V., Savage, K., Steudler, P. A., Tang, J., Varner, R. K., Wofsy, S. C., Foster, D. R., Finzi, A. C. 2013. Soil respiration in a
northeastern US temperate forest: a 22-year synthesis. Ecosphere 4: article 140.
- Hartley, A. E., Neill, C., Crabtree, R. C., Melillo, J. M., Bowles, F. P. 1999. Plant performance and soil N
mineralization in response to simulated climate change in subarctic dwarf
shrub heath. Oikos 86: 331-343.
- Heimann, M., Esser, G., Haxeltine, A., Kaduk, J., Kicklighter, D. W., Knorr, W., Kohlmaier, G. H., McGuire, A. D., Melillo, J., Moore, B., Otto, R. D., Prentice, I. C., Sauf, W., Schloss, A. L., Sitch, S., Wittenberg, U., Würth, G. 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.
- Karl, T. R., Melillo, J. M., Peterson, T. C. 2009. Global Climate Change Impacts in
the United States. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England.
- Keller, M., Melillo, J., de Mello, W. Z. 1997. Trace gas emissions from
ecosystems of the Amazon basin. Ciencia e Cultura Journal of the
Brazilian Association for the Advancement of Science 49: 87-97.
- Kicklighter, D. W., Bruno, M., Dönges, S., Esser, G., Heimann, M., Helfrich, F., Ift, F., Joos, F., Kaduk, J., Kohlmaier, G. H., McGuire, A. D., Melillo, J. M., Meyer, R., Moore, B. I. N. A., Prentice, I. C., Sauf, W., Schloss, A. L., Sitch, S., Wittenberg, U., Würth, G. 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.
- Kicklighter, D. W., Melillo, J. M., Peterjohn, W. T., Rastetter, E. B., McGuire, A. D., Steudler, P. A., Aber, J. D. 1994. Aspects of spatial and temporal
aggregation in estimating regional carbon dioxide fluxes from temperate
forest soils. Journal of Geophysical
Research 99: 1303-1315.
- Knapp, A. K., Smith, M. D., Hobbie, S. E., Collins, S. L., Fahey, T. J., Hansen, G. J. A., Landis, D. A., La Pierre, K. L., Melillo, J. M., Seastedt, T. R., Shaver, G. R., Webster, J. R. 2012. Past, Present, and Future Roles
of Long-Term Experiments in the LTER Network. BioScience 62: 377-389.
- Lewis, D. A., Garrison, W., Wommack, E., Whittemore, A., Steudler, P. A., Melillo, J. 1999. Influence of environmental
changes on degradation of chiral pollutants in soils. Nature 401: 898-901.
- Li, J., Wang, G., Mayes, M. A., Allison, S. D., Frey, S. D., Shi, Z., Hu, X., Luo, Y., Melillo, J. M. 2019. Reduced carbon use efficiency
and increased microbial turnover with soil warming. Global Change Biology 25: 900-910.
- Linkins, A. E., Sinsabaugh, R. L., McClaugherty, C. M., Melillo, J. M. 1990. Comparison of cellulase activity
on decomposing leaves in a hardwood forest and woodland stream. Soil Biology and
Biochemistry 22: 423-425.
- Liu, X. A., Frey, S. D., Melillo, J. M., DeAngelis, K. M. 2021. Physical protection regulates
microbial thermal responses to chronic soil warming. Soil Biology and
Biochemistry 159: article 108298, 5 pp.
- Liu, X. A., Pold, G., Domeignoz-Horta, L.
A., Geyer, K. M., Caris, H., Nicholson, H., Kemner, K. M., Frey, S. D., Melillo, J. M., DeAngelis, K. M. 2021. Soil aggregate-mediated
microbial responses to long-term warming. Soil Biology and
Biochemistry 152: article 108055.
- Lu, X., Kicklighter, D. W., Melillo, J. M., Reilly, J. M. 2015. Land carbon sequestration within
the conterminous United States: Regional- and state-level analyses. Biogeosciences 120: 379-398.
- Lu, X., Kicklighter, D. W., Melillo, J. M., Yang, P., Rosenzweig, B., Vörösmarty, J., Gross, B., Stewart, R. J. 2013. A contemporary carbon balance
for the Northeast Region of the United States. Environmental Science and
Technology 47: 13230-13238.
- Lu, Y., Wang, R., Shi, Y., Su, C., Yuan, J., Johnson, A. C., Jenkins, A., Ferrier, R. C., Chen, D., Tian, H., Melillo, J. M., Song, S., Ellison, A. M. 2018. Interaction between pollution
and climate change augments ecological risk to a coastal ecosystem. Ecosystem Health and
Sustainability 4: 161-168.
- Magill, A. H., Aber, J. D., Berntson, G. M., McDowell, W. H., Nadelhoffer, K. J., Melillo, J. M., Steudler, P. A. 2000. Long-term nitrogen additions and
nitrogen saturation in two temperate forests. Ecosystems 3: 238-253.
- Magill, A. H., Aber, J. D., Currie, W. S., Nadelhoffer, K. J., Martin, M. E., McDowell, W. H., Melillo, J. M., Steudler, P. A. 2004. Ecosystem Response to 15 years
of Chronic Nitrogen Additions at the Harvard Forest LTER, Massachusetts,
USA. Forest Ecology and
Management 196: 7-28.
- Magill, A. H., Aber, J. D., Hendricks, J. J., Bowden, R. D., Melillo, J. M., Steudler, P. A. 1997. Biogeochemical response of
forest ecosystems to simulated chronic nitrogen deposition. Ecological Applications 7: 402-415.
- McClaugherty, C. A., Aber, J. D., Melillo, J. 1984. Decomposition dynamics of fine
roots in forested ecosystems. Oikos 42: 378-386.
- McClaugherty, C. A., Aber, J. D., Melillo, J. M. 1982. The role of fine roots in the
organic matter and nitrogen dynamics of two forest ecosystems. Ecology 63: 1481-1490.
- McGuire, A. D., Kicklighter, D. W., Melillo, J. M. 1996. Global climate change and carbon
cycling in grasslands and conifer forests. In: Breymeyer, A. I., Hall, D. O., Melillo, J. M., Ågren, G., Global Change: Effects on
Coniferous Forests and Grasslands, John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, England.
- McGuire, A. D., Kicklighter, D. W., Melillo, J. M. 1996. Global climate change and carbon
cycling in grasslands and conifer forests. In: Breymeyer, A. I., Hall, D. O., Melillo, J. M., Ågren, G., Global Change: Effects on
Coniferous Forests and Grasslands, John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, England.
- McGuire, A. D., Melillo, J. M., Joyce, A., Kicklighter, D. W., Grace, A. L., Moore III, B., Vorosmarty, C. J. 1992. Interactions between carbon and
nitrogen dynamics in estimating net primary productivity for potential
vegetation in North America. Global Biogeochemical
Cycles 6: 101-124.
- McGuire, A. D., Melillo, J. M., Joyce, L. A. 1995. The role of nitrogen in the
response of forest net primary production to elevated atmospheric carbon
dioxide. Annual Review of Ecology and
Systematics 26: 473-503.
- McGuire, A. D., Melillo, J. M., Kicklighter, D. W., Joyce, L. A. 1995. Equilibrium responses of soil
carbon to climate change: Empirical and process-based estimates. Journal of Biogeography 22: 785-796.
- McGuire, A. D., Melillo, J. M., Kicklighter, D. W., Pan, Y., Xiao, X., Helfrich, J., Moore, B. III, Vorosmarty, C. J., Schloss, A. L. 1997. Equilibrium responses of global
net primary production and carbon storage to doubled atmospheric carbon
dioxide: Sensitivity to changes in vegetation nitrogen concentration. Global Biogeochemical
Cycles 11: 173-189.
- McGuire, A. D., Melillo, J. M., Randerson, J. T., Parton, W. J., Heimann, M., Meier, R. A., Clein-Curley, J. S., Kicklighter, D. W., Sauf, W. 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.
- McKane, R. B., Rastetter, E. B., Melillo, J. M., Shaver, G. R., Hopkinson, C. S., Fernandes, D. N., Skole, D. L., Chomentowski, W. H. 1995. Effects of global change on
carbon storage in tropical forests of South America. Global Biogeochemical
Cycles 9: 329-350.
- McLellan, T., Aber, J. D., Martin, M. E., Melillo, J. M., Nadelhoffer, K. J. 1991. Determination of nitrogen,
lignin and cellulose content of decomposing leaf material by near infrared
reflectance spectroscopy. Canadian Journal of Forest
Research 21: 1684-1688.
- McLellan, T., Martin, M. E., Aber, J. D., Melillo, J. M., Nadelhoffer, K. J., Dewey, B. 1991. Comparison of wet chemical and
near infrared reflectance measurements of carbon fraction chemistry and
nitrogen concentration of forest foliage. Canadian Journal of Forest
Research 21: 1689-1693.
- McMurtrie, R. E., Shaver, G. R., Ågren, G., Field, C. B., Gifford, R., Körner, C., Melillo, J., Parton, W., Pitelka, L. F., Tenhunen, J., Thompson, G. 2001. SCOPE workshop on CO2 and
climate change effects in plants and soils. In: SCOPE Synthesis
series, Resource Interactions, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, England.
- Melillo, J. M. 1995. Human influences on the global N
budget and their implications for the global carbon budget. In: Murai, S., Kimura, M., Toward Global Planning of
Sustainable Use of the Earth: Development of Global Eco-engineering, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Melillo, J. M. 1996. Carbon and nitrogen interactions
in the terrestrial biosphere: anthropogenic effects. In: Walker, B., Steffen, W., Global Change and Terrestrial
Ecosystems, Cambridge University Press, New York, NY.
- Melillo, J. M. 1996. Elevated carbon dioxide, litter
quality and decomposition. In: Breymeyer, A. I., Hall, D. O., Melillo, J. M., Ågren, G., Global Change: Effects on
Coniferous Forests and Grasslands, SCOPE, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, England.
- Melillo, J. M. 1996. Elevated carbon dioxide, litter
quality and decomposition. In: Breymeyer, A. I., Hall, D. O., Melillo, J. M., Ågren, G., Global Change: Effects on
Coniferous Forests and Grasslands, SCOPE, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, England.
- Melillo, J. M. 1999. Warm, warm on the range. Science 283: 183-184.
- Melillo, J. M., Aber, J. D., Linkins, A. E., Ricca, A., Fry, B., Nadelhoffer, K. 1989. Carbon and nitrogen dynamics
along the decay continuum: Plant litter to soil organic matter. Plant and Soil 115: 189-198.
- Melillo, J. M., Aber, J. D., Linkins, A. E., Ricca, A., Fry, B., Nadelhoffer, K. 1989. Carbon and nitrogen dynamics
along the decay continuum: Plant litter to soil organic matter. In: Clarholm, M., Bergstrom, L., Ecology of Arable Land, Kluwer Academic Publ., Dordrecht, Netherlands.
- Melillo, J. M., Borchers, J., Chaney, J., Fisher, H., Fox, S., Haxeltine, A., Janetos, A., Kicklighter, D. W., Kittel, T. G. F., McGuire, A. D., McKeown, R., Neilson, R., Nemani, R., Ojima, D. S., Painter, T., Pan, Y., Parton, W. J., Pierce, L., Pitelka, L., Prentice, C., Rizzo, B., Rosenbloom, N. A., Schimel, D. S., Sitch, S., Smith, T., Woodward, I. 1995. Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling
and Analysis Project (VEMAP): 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.
- Melillo, J. M., Butler, S., Johnson, J., Mohan, J., Steudler, P. A., Lux, H., Burrows, E., Bowles, F. P., Smith, R., Scott, L., Vario, C., Hill, T., Burton, A. J., Zhou, Y., Tang, J. 2011. Soil-warming carbon–nitrogen
interactions and forest carbon budgets. PNAS 108: 9508-9512.
- Melillo, J. M., Frey, S. D., DeAngelis, K. M., Werner, W. J., Bernard, M. J., Bowles, F. P., Pold, G., Knorr, M. A., Grandy, A. S. 2017. Long-term pattern and magnitude
of soil carbon feedback to the climate system in a warming world. Science 358: 101-105.
- Melillo, J. M., Hall, D. O., Ågren, G. 1996. Executive summary. In: Breymeyer, A. I., Hall, D. O., Melillo, J. M., Ågren, G., Global Change: Effects on
Coniferous Forests and Grasslands, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, England.
- Melillo, J. M., Hall, D. O., Ågren, G. 1996. Executive summary. In: Breymeyer, A. I., Hall, D. O., Melillo, J. M., Ågren, G., Global Change: Effects on
Coniferous Forests and Grasslands, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, England.
- Melillo, J. M., Houghton, R. A., Kicklighter, D. W., McGuire, A. D. 1996. Tropical deforestation and the
global carbon budget. Annual Review of Energy and the
Environment 21: 293-310.
- Melillo, J. M., Kicklighter, D. W., McGuire, A. D., Peterjohn, W. T., Newkirk, K. 1995. Global change and its effects on
soil organic carbon stocks. In: Zepp, R., Sonntag, C. H., Report of the Dahlem Workshop on
the Role of Nonliving Organic Matter in the Earth's Carbon
Cycle, John Wiley and Sons, New York.
- Melillo, J. M., Kicklighter, D. W., Tian, H., Butler, S. 2010. Fertilizing Change:
Carbon-Nitrogen Interactions and Carbon Storage in Land Ecosystems. In: Hillel, D., Rosenzweig, C., Handbook of Climate Change and
Agroecosystems: Impacts, Adaptation, and Mitigation, Imperial College Press, London, England.
- Melillo, J. M., McGuire, A D., Kicklighter, D. W., Moore, B. III, Vorosmarty, C. J., Schloss, A. L. 1993. Global climate change and
terrestrial net primary production. Nature 363: 234-240.
- Melillo, J. M., Prentice, I. C., Farquhar, G. D., Schulze, E., Sala, O. 1996. Terrestrial biotic responses to
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