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Overview

Adrien C. Finzi is affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, contributing notably to the understanding of soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, plant nutrient uptake, and ecological processes.

The scientist has authored papers published in several peer-reviewed journals, reflecting a focus on ecological and biogeochemical processes. Selected recent publications include:

  • Carbon budget of the Harvard Forest Long-Term Ecological Research site: pattern, process, and response to global change, 2020, Ecological Monographs
  • A review of microplastic impacts on seagrasses, epiphytes, and associated sediment communities, 2022, Environmental Pollution
  • An Integrative Model for Soil Biogeochemistry and Methane Processes: I. Model Structure and Sensitivity Analysis, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Ectomycorrhizal fungi are associated with reduced nitrogen cycling rates in temperate forest soils without corresponding trends in bacterial functional groups, 2021, Oecologia
  • Identifying Data Needed to Reduce Parameter Uncertainty in a Coupled Microbial Soil C and N Decomposition Model, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences

Their main topical research interests and contributions cover:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

Adrien C. Finzi's work involves several subfields including Plant Science, Soil Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation. This interdisciplinary approach is reflected in frequent publications in journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, Ecological Monographs, Environmental Pollution, Oecologia, and Ecosphere.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Finzi include Eric A. Davidson, Michael C. Dietze, Mustafa Saifuddin, Melannie D. Hartman, and Mark B. Burnham, indicating engagement with other scientists focused on related ecological and environmental research topics.

Best Publications

  • Progressive Nitrogen Limitation of Ecosystem Responses to Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

    Yiqi Luo;Bo Su;William S. Currie;Jeffrey S. Dukes

  • Forest response to elevated CO2 is conserved across a broad range of productivity.

    Richard J. Norby;Evan H. DeLucia;Birgit Gielen;Carlo Calfapietra

  • Mycorrhiza-mediated competition between plants and decomposers drives soil carbon storage

    Colin Averill;Benjamin L. Turner;Adrien C. Finzi

  • Causes and consequences of resource heterogeneity in forests : interspecific variation in light transmission by canopy trees

    Charles D. Canham;Adrien C. Finzi;Stephen W. Pacala;Diane H. Burbank

  • Enhanced root exudation induces microbial feedbacks to N cycling in a pine forest under long-term CO2 fumigation

    Richard P. Phillips;Adrien C. Finzi;Emily S. Bernhardt

  • CANOPY TREE–SOIL INTERACTIONS WITHIN TEMPERATE FORESTS: SPECIES EFFECTS ON SOIL CARBON AND NITROGEN

    Adrien C. Finzi;Nico Van Breemen;Charles D. Canham

  • Net primary production of a forest ecosystem with experimental CO2 enrichment

    Evan H. DeLucia;Jason G. Hamilton;Shawna L. Naidu;Richard B. Thomas

  • Rhizosphere processes are quantitatively important components of terrestrial carbon and nutrient cycles.

    Adrien C. Finzi;Rose Z. Abramoff;Kimberly S. Spiller;Edward R. Brzostek

  • CANOPY TREE–SOIL INTERACTIONS WITHIN TEMPERATE FORESTS: SPECIES EFFECTS ON pH AND CATIONS

    Adrien C. Finzi;Charles D. Canham;Nico Van Breemen

  • Primary productivity of planet earth: biological determinants and physical constraints in terrestrial and aquatic habitats

    Richard J. Geider;Evan H. Delucia;Paul G. Falkowski;Adrien C. Finzi

  • Increases in the flux of carbon belowground stimulate nitrogen uptake and sustain the long‐term enhancement of forest productivity under elevated CO2

    John E. Drake;Anne Gallet-Budynek;Anne Gallet-Budynek;Kirsten S. Hofmockel;Emily S. Bernhardt

  • Increases in nitrogen uptake rather than nitrogen-use efficiency support higher rates of temperate forest productivity under elevated CO2

    Adrien C. Finzi;Richard J. Norby;Carlo Calfapietra;Anne Gallet-Budynek

  • Evaluation of 11 terrestrial carbon–nitrogen cycle models against observations from two temperate Free‐Air CO2 Enrichment studies

    Soenke Zaehle;Belinda E. Medlyn;Martin G. De Kauwe;Anthony P. Walker

  • Chronic nitrogen additions suppress decomposition and sequester soil carbon in temperate forests

    Serita D. Frey;Scott V. Ollinger;K. Nadelhoffer;R. Bowden

  • Roots and fungi accelerate carbon and nitrogen cycling in forests exposed to elevated CO2.

    Richard P. Phillips;Ina C. Meier;Emily S. Bernhardt;A. Stuart Grandy

  • Root exudates increase N availability by stimulating microbial turnover of fast-cycling N pools

    Ina C. Meier;Adrien C. Finzi;Richard P. Phillips

  • Forest carbon balance under elevated CO2

    Jason G. Hamilton;Evan H. DeLucia;Kate George;Shawna L. Naidu

  • Re-assessment of plant carbon dynamics at the Duke free-air CO 2 enrichment site: interactions of atmospheric [CO 2 ] with nitrogen and water availability over stand development

    Heather R. McCarthy;Heather R. McCarthy;Ram Oren;Kurt H. Johnsen;Anne Gallet‐Budynek

  • Responses and feedbacks of coupled biogeochemical cycles to climate change: examples from terrestrial ecosystems

    Adrien C Finzi;Amy T Austin;Elsa E Cleland;Serita D Frey

  • Carbon and nitrogen dynamics during forest stand development: a global synthesis

    Yuanhe Yang;Yiqi Luo;Adrien C. Finzi

  • PROGRESSIVE NITROGEN LIMITATION OF ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES UNDER ELEVATED CO2 IN A WARM-TEMPERATE FOREST

    Adrien C. Finzi;David J.P. Moore;Evan H. DeLucia;John Lichter

Frequent Co-Authors

William H. Schlesinger
William H. Schlesinger Duke University
Ram Oren
Ram Oren Duke University
Heather R. McCarthy
Heather R. McCarthy University of Oklahoma
Evan H. DeLucia
Evan H. DeLucia University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Eric A. Davidson
Eric A. Davidson University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Robert B. Jackson
Robert B. Jackson Stanford University
Richard P. Phillips
Richard P. Phillips Indiana University
David S. Ellsworth
David S. Ellsworth Western Sydney University
Serita D. Frey
Serita D. Frey University of New Hampshire
Kirsten S. Hofmockel
Kirsten S. Hofmockel Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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