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Christian P. Giardina

Christian P. Giardina

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
54
Citations
15345
World Ranking
3076
National Ranking
1087

Overview

Christian P. Giardina is affiliated with the US Forest Service in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with particular attention to global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, plant science, and the broader field of ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Their published work includes significant contributions across various topics, including ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, fire effects on ecosystems, Pacific and Southeast Asian studies, conservation, biodiversity and resource management, forest ecology and management, forest ecology and biodiversity studies, and plant water relations and carbon dynamics.

Giardina has authored multiple scholarly papers, with notable recent publications such as:

  • "ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network," 2020, Biological Conservation
  • "Arbuscular mycorrhizal trees influence the latitudinal beta-diversity gradient of tree communities in forests worldwide," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Distribution of biomass dynamics in relation to tree size in forests across the world," 2022, New Phytologist
  • "Mycorrhizal feedbacks influence global forest structure and diversity," 2023, Communications Biology
  • "Nutrient-use strategy and not competition determines native and invasive species response to changes in soil nutrient availability," 2021, Restoration Ecology

Throughout their career, Giardina has collaborated with a range of frequent coauthors, including Susan Cordell, Creighton M. Litton, Kainana S. Francisco, Amanda Uowolo, and Julian Dendy.

The scientist's work has appeared in several publication venues, with multiple contributions to Sustainability, Forest Service Research Data Archive, Forest Ecology and Management, Pacific Conservation Biology, and Nature Communications.

Best Publications

  • Temperature and soil organic matter decomposition rates – synthesis of current knowledge and a way forward

    Richard T. Conant;Richard T. Conant;Michael G. Ryan;Göran I. Ågren;Hannah E. Birge

  • Evidence that decomposition rates of organic carbon in mineral soil do not vary with temperature.

    Christian P. Giardina;Michael G. Ryan;Michael G. Ryan

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

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

  • Why do tree species affect soils? The Warp and Woof of tree-soil interactions

    Dan Binkley;Christian Giardina

  • CTFS-ForestGEO: A worldwide network monitoring forests in an era of global change

    Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira;Stuart J. Davies;Stuart J. Davies;Amy C. Bennett;Erika B. Gonzalez-Akre

  • A synthesis of current knowledge on forests and carbon storage in the United States

    Duncan C. McKinley;Duncan C. McKinley;Michael G. Ryan;Michael G. Ryan;Richard A. Birdsey;Christian P. Giardina

  • Global importance of large‐diameter trees

    James A. Lutz;Tucker J. Furniss;Daniel J. Johnson;Stuart J. Davies

  • AN EXPERIMENTAL TEST OF THE CAUSES OF FOREST GROWTH DECLINE WITH STAND AGE

    Michael G. Ryan;Michael G. Ryan;Dan Binkley;James H. Fownes;Christian P. Giardina

  • Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale.

    Joseph A. LaManna;Scott A. Mangan;Alfonso Alonso;Norman A. Bourg;Norman A. Bourg

  • Total Belowground Carbon Allocation in a Fast-growing Eucalyptus Plantation Estimated Using a Carbon Balance Approach

    Christian P. Giardina;Michael G. Ryan

  • The effects of slash burning on ecosystem nutrients during the land preparation phase of shifting cultivation

    Christian P. Giardina;Robert L. Sanford;Ingrid C. Døckersmith;Victor J. Jaramillo

  • Primary production and carbon allocation in relation to nutrient supply in a tropical experimental forest

    Christian P. Giardina;Michael G. Ryan;Dan Binkley;James H. Fownes

  • Tree species and soil textural controls on carbon and nitrogen mineralization rates

    Christian P. Giardina;Michael G. Ryan;Robert M. Hubbard;Robert M. Hubbard;Dan Binkley

  • Warming-related increases in soil CO2 efflux are explained by increased below-ground carbon flux

    Christian P. Giardina;Christian P. Giardina;Creighton M. Litton;Susan E. Crow;Gregory P. Asner

  • Tropospheric O3 compromises net primary production in young stands of trembling aspen, paper birch and sugar maple in response to elevated atmospheric CO2

    John S. King;John S. King;Mark E. Kubiske;Kurt S. Pregitzer;George R. Hendrey

  • ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network

    Stuart J. Davies;Iveren Abiem;Kamariah Abu Salim;Salomón Aguilar

  • Changes in Soil Phosphorus and Nitrogen During Slash-and-Burn Clearing of a Dry Tropical Forest

    C. P. Giardina;R. L. Sanford;I. C. Døckersmith

  • Belowground carbon cycling in a humid tropical forest decreases with fertilization.

    Christian P. Giardina;Dan Binkley;Michael G. Ryan;James H. Fownes

  • Temperature and vegetation effects on soil organic carbon quality along a forested mean annual temperature gradient in North America

    Cinzia Fissore;Christian P. Giardina;Randall K. Kolka;Carl C. Trettin

  • Below‐ground carbon flux and partitioning: global patterns and response to temperature

    C. M. Litton;C. P. Giardina

  • Reduction of soil carbon formation by tropospheric ozone under increased carbon dioxide levels

    Wendy M. Loya;Kurt S. Pregitzer;Noah J. Karberg;John S. King

  • A synthesis of the science on forests and carbon for U.S. Forests

    Michael G. Ryan;Mark E. Harmon;Richard A. Birdsey;Christian P. Giardina

Frequent Co-Authors

Creighton M. Litton
Creighton M. Litton University of Hawaii at Manoa
Susan Cordell
Susan Cordell US Forest Service
Rebecca Ostertag
Rebecca Ostertag University of Hawaii at Hilo
Lawren Sack
Lawren Sack University of California, Los Angeles
Michael G. Ryan
Michael G. Ryan Colorado State University
Gregory P. Asner
Gregory P. Asner Arizona State University
Stephen P. Hubbell
Stephen P. Hubbell University of California, Los Angeles
Stuart J. Davies
Stuart J. Davies Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
David Kenfack
David Kenfack Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
John S. King
John S. King North Carolina State University

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