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Christine L. Goodale

Christine L. Goodale

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
55
Citations
19896
World Ranking
2904
National Ranking
1027

Overview

Christine L. Goodale is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research primarily centers on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a notable focus on soil science, ecology, and environmental chemistry. They examine key aspects of soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, peatlands and wetlands ecology, and soil and water nutrient dynamics, integrating these topics with plant water relations and carbon dynamics as well as mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions.

Their recent publications include:

  • Depth patterns and connections between gross nitrogen cycling and soil exoenzyme activities in three northern hardwood forests (2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry)
  • What goes up must come down: impacts of deposition in a sulfate geoengineering scenario (2020, Environmental Research Letters)
  • Microbial community shifts correspond with suppression of decomposition 25 years after liming of acidic forest soils (2022, Global Change Biology)
  • Dissolved and gaseous nitrogen losses in forests controlled by soil nutrient stoichiometry (2021, Environmental Research Letters)
  • Watershed-scale liming reveals the short- and long-term effects of pH on the forest soil microbiome and carbon cycling (2022, Environmental Microbiology)

Their work often appears in frequent publication venues such as:

  • Global Change Biology
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Ecological Applications

Christine L. Goodale has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, including David W. Frey, Timothy J. Fahey, Peter Hess, C. D. Nevison, and Julius Vira. These collaborations have contributed to advancing knowledge in forest ecology, nutrient cycling, and microbial communities in soils.

Their main fields of study reflect a broad engagement with understanding ecological processes and biogeochemical cycles in terrestrial ecosystems. Predominantly, they research soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, peatlands and wetlands ecology, and soil and water nutrient dynamics. Additional interests include plant water relations, carbon dynamics, and the role of mycorrhizal fungi in plant interactions, as well as aspects of forest ecology and biodiversity and groundwater isotope geochemistry.

Best Publications

  • Recent patterns and mechanisms of carbon exchange by terrestrial ecosystems

    D. S. Schimel;J. I. House;K. A. Hibbard;P. Bousquet

  • Consistent land- and atmosphere-based U.S. carbon sink estimates.

    S. W. Pacala;G. C. Hurtt;D. Baker;P. Peylin

  • FOREST CARBON SINKS IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

    Christine L. Goodale;Michael J. Apps;Richard A. Birdsey;Christopher B. Field

  • Fate of soil‐applied black carbon: downward migration, leaching and soil respiration

    Julie Major;Johannes Lehmann;Marco Rondon;Christine Goodale

  • Is Nitrogen Deposition Altering the Nitrogen Status of Northeastern Forests

    John D. Aber;Christine L. Goodale;Scott V. Ollinger;Marie-Louise Smith

  • Anthropogenic nitrogen sources and relationships to riverine nitrogen export in the northeastern U.S.A.

    Elizabeth W. Boyer;Christine L. Goodale;Norbert A. Jaworski;Robert W. Howarth

  • Increased tree carbon storage in response to nitrogen deposition in the US

    R. Quinn Thomas;Charles D. Canham;Kathleen C. Weathers;Christine L. Goodale

  • Sources of nitrate in rivers draining sixteen watersheds in the northeastern U.S.: Isotopic constraints

    Bernhard Mayer;Elizabeth W. Boyer;Christine Goodale;Norbert A. Jaworski

  • Nitrogen Pollution in the Northeastern United States: Sources, Effects, and Management Options

    Charles T. Driscoll;David Whitall;John D. Aber;Elizabeth Boyer

  • Effects of nitrogen deposition and empirical nitrogen critical loads for ecoregions of the United States

    Linda H. Pardo;Mike E. Fenn;Christine L. Goodale;Linda. H. Geiser

  • Where did all the nitrogen go? Fate of nitrogen inputs to large watersheds in the northeastern U.S.A.

    N. Van Breemen;E.W. Boyer;Christine Goodale;Norbert Jaworski

  • Regional variation in foliar chemistry and n cycling among forests of diverse history and composition

    Scott V. Ollinger;Marie-Louise Smith;Mary E. Martin;Richard A. Hallett

  • Soil Carbon Dynamics after Forest Harvest: An Ecosystem Paradigm Reconsidered

    Ruth D. Yanai;William S. Currie;Christine L. Goodale

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

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

  • Forest carbon storage: ecology, management, and policy

    Timothy J Fahey;Peter B Woodbury;John J Battles;Christine L Goodale

  • Key ecological responses to nitrogen are altered by climate change

    T.L. Greaver;C.M. Clark;J.E. Compton;D. Vallano

  • THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF LAND-USE HISTORY ON NITROGEN CYCLING IN NORTHERN HARDWOOD FORESTS

    Christine L. Goodale;John D. Aber

  • A New Conceptual Model of Nitrogen Saturation Based on Experimental Nitrogen Addition to an Oak Forest

    Gary M. Lovett;Christine L. Goodale

  • The influence of climate on average nitrogen export from large watersheds in the Northeastern United States

    R. W. Howarth;D. P. Swaney;E. W. Boyer;R. Marino

  • DIRECT ESTIMATION OF ABOVEGROUND FOREST PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH HYPERSPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING OF CANOPY NITROGEN

    Marie-Louise Smith;Scott V. Ollinger;Mary E. Martin;John D. Aber

  • Is Nitrogen Deposition Altering the Nitrogen Status of Northeastern Forests

    J. D. Aber;C. L. Goodale;S. V. Ollinger;M. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott V. Ollinger
Scott V. Ollinger University of New Hampshire
John D. Aber
John D. Aber University of New Hampshire
Knute J. Nadelhoffer
Knute J. Nadelhoffer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Charles T. Driscoll
Charles T. Driscoll Syracuse University
Peter M. Groffman
Peter M. Groffman City University of New York
Bridget A. Emmett
Bridget A. Emmett Natural Environment Research Council
Elizabeth W. Boyer
Elizabeth W. Boyer Pennsylvania State University
Pamela H. Templer
Pamela H. Templer Boston University
Lingli Liu
Lingli Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kathleen C. Weathers
Kathleen C. Weathers Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

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