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1314
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484

Overview

James M. Vose is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a notable focus on several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Economics and Econometrics.

The scientist's work centers on topics related to hydrology and watershed management studies, fire effects on ecosystems, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, land use and ecosystem services, forest management and policy, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, as well as soil and water nutrient dynamics.

Key recent publications authored or co-authored by James M. Vose include:

  • "Climate change effects on biodiversity, ecosystems, ecosystem services, and natural resource management in the United States" (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Vegetation structural change and CO2 fertilization more than offset gross primary production decline caused by reduced solar radiation in China" (2020) published in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • "Forested watersheds provide the highest water quality among all land cover types, but the benefit of this ecosystem service depends on landscape context" (2023) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Watershed-scale vegetation, water quantity, and water quality responses to wildfire in the southern Appalachian mountain region, United States" (2020) published in Hydrological Processes
  • "Land cover change-induced decline in terrestrial gross primary production over the conterminous United States from 2001 to 2016" (2021) published in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Conghe Song, Lawrence E. Band, Gregory E. Frey, Peter V. Caldwell, and Taehee Hwang.

James M. Vose's work has been published multiple times across a range of venues that include UNC Libraries, Forest Service Research Data Archive, The Science of The Total Environment, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, and Hydrological Processes.

Best Publications

  • GENERALITY OF LEAF TRAIT RELATIONSHIPS: A TEST ACROSS SIX BIOMES

    Peter B. Reich;David S. Ellsworth;Michael B. Walters;James M. Vose

  • Climate change effects on biodiversity, ecosystems, ecosystem services, and natural resource management in the United States

    Sarah R. Weiskopf;Madeleine A. Rubenstein;Lisa G. Crozier;Sarah Gaichas

  • Relationships of leaf dark respiration to leaf nitrogen, specific leaf area and leaf life-span: a test across biomes and functional groups.

    Peter B. Reich;Michael B. Walters;David S. Ellsworth;James M. Vose

  • Potential water yield reduction due to forestation across China

    Ge Sun;Guoyi Zhou;Zhiqiang Zhang;Xiaohua Wei

  • PLANT PRODUCTION AND SOIL MICROORGANISMS IN LATE-SUCCESSIONAL ECOSYSTEMS: A CONTINENTAL-SCALE STUDY'

    Donald R. Zak;David Tilman;Robert R. Parmenter;Charles W. Rice

  • Leaf Area, Stemwood Growth, and Nutrition Relationships in Loblolly Pine

    J. M. Vose;H. L. Allen

  • Long-term hydrologic and water quality responses following commercial clearcutting of mixed hardwoods on a southern Appalachian catchment

    W.T Swank;J.M Vose;K.J Elliott

  • Vegetation dynamics after a prescribed fire in the southern Appalachians

    Katherine J Elliott;Ronald L. Hendrick;Amy E Major;James M Vose

  • A general predictive model for estimating monthly ecosystem evapotranspiration

    Ge Sun;Karrin Alstad;Jiquan Chen;Shiping Chen

  • A comparison of sap flux-based evapotranspiration estimates with catchment-scale water balance

    Chelcy R. Ford;Robert M. Hubbard;Brian D. Kloeppel;James M. Vose

  • Dark respiration of pines

    Michael G. Ryan;Sune Linder;James M. Vose;Robert M. Hubbard

  • Topographic and ecologic controls on root reinforcement

    Tristram Hales;Tristram Hales;C. R. Ford;T. Hwang;J. M. Vose

  • Seasonal respiration of foliage, fine roots, and woody tissues in relation to growth, tissue N, and photosynthesis

    James M. Vose;Michael G. Ryan

  • TSUGA CANADENSIS (L.) CARR. MORTALITY WILL IMPACT HYDROLOGIC PROCESSES IN SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN FOREST ECOSYSTEMS

    Chelcy R. Ford;James M. Vose

  • Ecosystem Processes and Human Influences Regulate Streamflow Response to Climate Change at Long-Term Ecological Research Sites

    Julia A. Jones;Irena F. Creed;Kendra L. Hatcher;Robert J. Warren

  • Forest biogeochemistry in response to drought.

    William H. Schlesinger;Michael C. Dietze;Robert B. Jackson;Richard P. Phillips

  • Can forest management be used to sustain water-based ecosystem services in the face of climate change?

    Chelcy R. Ford;Stephanie H. Laseter;Wayne T. Swank;James M. Vose

  • Adjustments in hydraulic architecture of Pinus palustris maintain similar stomatal conductance in xeric and mesic habitats

    R.N. Addington;L.A. Donovan;R.J. Mitchell;J.M. Vose

  • Complex forest dynamics indicate potential for slowing carbon accumulation in the southeastern United States.

    John W. Coulston;David N. Wear;James M. Vose

  • Predicting Southern Appalachian overstory vegetation with digital terrain data

    Paul V. Bolstad;Wayne Swank;James Vose

  • Vertical leaf area distribution, light transmittance, and application of the Beer–Lambert Law in four mature hardwood stands in the southern Appalachians

    James M. Vose;Neal H. Sullivan;Barton D. Clinton;Paul V. Bolstad

Frequent Co-Authors

Wayne T. Swank
Wayne T. Swank US Forest Service
Barton D. Clinton
Barton D. Clinton US Forest Service
Jennifer D. Knoepp
Jennifer D. Knoepp US Forest Service
Paul V. Bolstad
Paul V. Bolstad University of Minnesota
Ge Sun
Ge Sun US Forest Service
Lawrence E. Band
Lawrence E. Band University of Virginia
Steven G. McNulty
Steven G. McNulty US Forest Service
Charles H. Luce
Charles H. Luce US Forest Service
David N. Wear
David N. Wear Resources For The Future
Kimberly A. Novick
Kimberly A. Novick Indiana University

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