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John S. King is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a concentration on topics related to global and planetary change, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, plant science, and soil science.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of plant water relations and carbon dynamics, peatlands and wetlands ecology, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, bioenergy crop production and management, hydrology and watershed management studies, and forest ecology and management.

Among their recent papers are:

  • FLUXNET-CH 4: a global, multi-ecosystem dataset and analysis of methane seasonality from freshwater wetlands (2021, Earth system science data)
  • Upscaling Wetland Methane Emissions From the FLUXNET-CH4 Eddy Covariance Network (UpCH4 v1.0): Model Development, Network Assessment, and Budget Comparison (2023, AGU Advances)
  • Tidal Wetland Gross Primary Production Across the Continental United States, 2000-2019 (2020, Global Biogeochemical Cycles)
  • Long-term carbon flux and balance in managed and natural coastal forested wetlands of the Southeastern USA (2020, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology)
  • Effects of land-use change and drought on decadal evapotranspiration and water balance of natural and managed forested wetlands along the southeastern US lower coastal plain (2021, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology)

John S. King frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Asko Noormets, Maricar Aguilos, Steven G. McNulty, Bhaskar Mitra, and Jean-Christophe Domec.

The scientist's work is often published in venues such as Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Forests, Tree Physiology, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, and Environmental Research Letters.

Best Publications

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

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

  • Responses of tree fine roots to temperature

    Kurt S. Pregitzer;John S. King;Andrew J. Burton;Shannon E. Brown

  • Elevated atmospheric CO2, fine roots and the response of soil microorganisms: a review and hypothesis

    Donald R. Zak;Kurt S. Pregitzer;John S. King;William E. Holmes

  • Leaf Area and Above- and Belowground Growth Responses of Loblolly Pine to Nutrient and Water Additions

    Timothy J. Albaugh;H. Lee Allen;Phillip M. Dougherty;Lance W. Kress

  • Simple additive effects are rare: a quantitative review of plant biomass and soil process responses to combined manipulations of CO2 and temperature.

    Wouter I. J. Dieleman;Wouter I. J. Dieleman;Sara Vicca;Feike A. Dijkstra;Frank Hagedorn

  • Below‐ground carbon input to soil is controlled by nutrient availability and fine root dynamics in loblolly pine

    John S. King;Timothy J. Albaugh;H. Lee Allen;Marilyn Buford

  • Tropospheric O3 moderates responses of temperate hardwood forests to elevated CO2: a synthesis of molecular to ecosystem results from the Aspen FACE project

    D. F. Karnosky;D. R. Zak;K. S. Pregitzer;K. S. Pregitzer;C. S. Awmack

  • Effects of forest management on productivity and carbon sequestration: A review and hypothesis

    A. Noormets;D. Epron;J.C. Domec;J.C. Domec;S.G. McNulty

  • Fine-root biomass and fluxes of soil carbon in young stands of paper birch and trembling aspen as affected by elevated atmospheric CO 2 and tropospheric O 3

    J. S. King;K. S. Pregitzer;K. S. Pregitzer;D. R. Zak;J. Sober

  • Energy and water balance of two contrasting loblolly pine plantations on the lower coastal plain of North Carolina, USA

    G. Sun;A. Noormets;M.J. Gavazzi;S.G. McNulty

  • 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

  • Hydraulic redistribution of soil water by roots affects whole-stand evapotranspiration and net ecosystem carbon exchange.

    Jean-Christophe Domec;John S. King;Asko Noormets;Emrys Treasure

  • A multiyear synthesis of soil respiration responses to elevated atmospheric CO2 from four forest FACE experiments

    John S. King;Paul J. Hanson;Emily Bernhardt;Paolo DeAngelis

  • Soil respiration, root biomass, and root turnover following long‐term exposure of northern forests to elevated atmospheric CO2 and tropospheric O3

    Kurt S. Pregitzer;Andrew J. Burton;John S. King;Donald R. Zak

  • Decoupling the influence of leaf and root hydraulic conductances on stomatal conductance and its sensitivity to vapour pressure deficit as soil dries in a drained loblolly pine plantation

    Jean-Christophe Domec;Asko Noormets;John S. King;Ge Sun

  • Response of carbon fluxes to drought in a coastal plain loblolly pine forest

    Asko Noormets;Michael J. Gavazzi;Steve G. McNulty;Jean-Christophe Domec

  • Stand-level allometry in Pinus taeda as affected by irrigation and fertilization.

    J. S. King;T. J. Albaugh;H. L. Allen;L. W. Kress

  • FLUXNET-CH4: a global, multi-ecosystem dataset and analysis of methane seasonality from freshwater wetlands

    Kyle B. Delwiche;Sara Helen Knox;Avni Malhotra;Etienne Fluet-Chouinard

  • 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

  • Effects of Soil Temperature on Nutrient Uptake

    K.S. Pregitzer;J.S. King

  • Clonal variation in above- and below-ground growth responses of Populus tremuloides Michaux: Influence of soil warming and nutrient availability

    John S. King;Kurt S. Pregitzer;Donald R. Zak

  • Erratum: Arctic hydrology during global warming at the Palaeocene/Eocene thermal maximum (Nature (2006) 442 (671-675))

    Mark Pagani;Nikolai Pedentchouk;Matthew Huber;Appy Sluijs

  • Effects of Forest Management on Productivity and Carbon Sequestration:A Review and Hypothesis

    A. Noormets;D. Epron;J. C. Domec;Y. Nouvellon

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Christophe Domec
Jean-Christophe Domec Bordeaux Sciences Agro
Asko Noormets
Asko Noormets Texas A&M University
Ge Sun
Ge Sun US Forest Service
Kurt S. Pregitzer
Kurt S. Pregitzer University of Idaho
Donald R. Zak
Donald R. Zak University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Mark E. Kubiske
Mark E. Kubiske US Forest Service
Christian P. Giardina
Christian P. Giardina US Forest Service
David F. Karnosky
David F. Karnosky Michigan Technological University
Reinhart Ceulemans
Reinhart Ceulemans University of Antwerp
Steven G. McNulty
Steven G. McNulty US Forest Service

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