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Plant Science and Agronomy

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Overview

Kevin L. Griffin is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology.

Their work frequently addresses topics related to Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Tree-ring climate responses, Climate change and permafrost, Plant responses to elevated CO2, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Cryospheric studies and observations, and Urban Heat Island Mitigation.

Griffin's recent publications illustrate a range of environmental and plant sciences issues. These include:

  • On the Functional Relationship Between Fluorescence and Photochemical Yields in Complex Evergreen Needleleaf Canopies, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Temperature sensitivity of woody nitrogen fixation across species and growing temperatures, 2022, Nature Plants
  • Acclimation of leaf respiration temperature responses across thermally contrasting biomes, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Remote sensing tracks daily radial wood growth of evergreen needleleaf trees, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Herbivore absence can shift dry heath tundra from carbon source to sink during peak growing season, 2020, Environmental Research Letters

Their research is published frequently in several scientific venues such as New Phytologist, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Functional Ecology, Tree Physiology, and Plant Cell & Environment.

Kevin L. Griffin collaborates often with a number of co-authors including Natalie T. Boelman, Jan U.H. Eitel, Lee A. Vierling, Andrew J. Maguire, and Stephanie C. Schmiege, reflecting ongoing partnerships in their domain of study.

Best Publications

  • Relationships Between NDVI, Canopy Structure, and Photosynthesis in Three Californian Vegetation Types

    John A. Gamon;Christopher B. Field;Michael L. Goulden;Kevin L. Griffin

  • The effect of elevated CO2 on the chemical composition and construction costs of leaves of 27 C3 species

    H. Poorter;Y. Van Berkel;R. Baxter;J. Den Hertog

  • Global variability in leaf respiration in relation to climate, plant functional types and leaf traits

    Owen K. Atkin;Keith J. Bloomfield;Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich;Mark G. Tjoelker

  • Increased CO2 uncouples growth from isoprene emission in an agriforest ecosystem

    Todd N. Rosenstiel;Todd N. Rosenstiel;Mark J. Potosnak;Mark J. Potosnak;Kevin L. Griffin;Ray Fall;Ray Fall

  • Assessing community type, plant biomass, pigment composition, and photosynthetic efficiency of aquatic vegetation from spectral reflectance

    Josep Peñuelas;John A Gamon;Kevin L Griffin;Christopher B Field

  • Thermal limits of leaf metabolism across biomes.

    Odhran S. O'Sullivan;Odhran S. O'Sullivan;Mary A. Heskel;Mary A. Heskel;Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich;Mark G. Tjoelker

  • The influence of winter temperatures on the annual radial growth of six northern range margin tree species

    Neil Pederson;Edward R. Cook;Gordon C. Jacoby;Dorothy M. Peteet

  • Response of NDVI, biomass, and ecosystem gas exchange to long-term warming and fertilization in wet sedge tundra

    Natalie T. Boelman;Marc Stieglitz;Heather M. Rueth;Martin Sommerkorn

  • The relative impacts of daytime and night‐time warming on photosynthetic capacity in Populus deltoides

    M. H. Turnbull;R. Murthy;K. L. Griffin

  • Convergence in the temperature response of leaf respiration across biomes and plant functional types

    Mary A. Heskel;Mary A. Heskel;Odhran S. O'Sullivan;Odhran S. O'Sullivan;Peter B. Reich;Peter B. Reich;Mark G. Tjoelker

  • Estimating aboveground biomass and leaf area of low-stature Arctic shrubs with terrestrial LiDAR

    Heather E. Greaves;Lee A. Vierling;Jan U.H. Eitel;Natalie T. Boelman;Natalie T. Boelman

  • Effects of low and elevated CO2 on C3 and C4 annuals. I. Growth and biomass allocation

    J.K. Dippery;D.T. Tissue;R.B. Thomas;B.R. Strain

  • Leaf day respiration: low CO2 flux but high significance for metabolism and carbon balance

    Guillaume Tcherkez;Paul P Gauthier;Thomas N Buckley;Florian A Busch

  • Effects of low and elevated CO2 on C3 and C4 annuals : II. Photosynthesis and leaf biochemistry.

    D T Tissue;K L Griffin;R B Thomas;B R Strain

  • The photosynthesis – leaf nitrogen relationship at ambient and elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide: a meta‐analysis

    Andrew G. Peterson;J. Timothy Ball;YiqI. Luo;Christopher B. Field

  • Calorimetric estimates of construction cost and their use in ecological studies

    K. L. Griffin

  • Plant growth in elevated CO2 alters mitochondrial number and chloroplast fine structure.

    Kevin L. Griffin;O. Roger Anderson;Mary D. Gastrich;James D. Lewis

  • Responses of leaf respiration to temperature and leaf characteristics in three deciduous tree species vary with site water availability

    Matthew H Turnbull;David Whitehead;David T Tissue;William S. F Schuster

  • Photosynthetic adjustment in field-grown ponderosa pine trees after six years of exposure to elevated CO2

    David T. Tissue;Kevin L. Griffin;J. Timothy Ball

  • Thermal acclimation of leaf respiration but not photosynthesis in Populus deltoides×nigra

    Lai Fern Ow;Kevin L. Griffin;David Whitehead;Adrian S. Walcroft

  • Plants, CO2 and photosynthesis in the 21st century

    Kevin L. Griffin;Kevin L. Griffin;Jeffrey R. Seemann

  • Leaf respiration at different canopy positions in sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) grown in ambient and elevated concentrations of carbon dioxide in the field.

    David T Tissue;James D Lewis;Stan D Wullschleger;Jeffrey S Amthor

  • Leaf phenology and seasonal variation of photosynthesis of invasive Berberis thunbergii (Japanese barberry) and two co-occurring native understory shrubs in a northeastern United States deciduous forest.

    Cheng-Yuan Xu;Cheng-Yuan Xu;Kevin L. Griffin;W. S. F. Schuster

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew H. Turnbull
Matthew H. Turnbull University of Canterbury
David T. Tissue
David T. Tissue Western Sydney University
Owen K. Atkin
Owen K. Atkin Australian National University
David Whitehead
David Whitehead Landcare Research
Jan U.H. Eitel
Jan U.H. Eitel University of Idaho
Lee A. Vierling
Lee A. Vierling University of Idaho
Patrick Meir
Patrick Meir University of Edinburgh
Cheng-Yuan Xu
Cheng-Yuan Xu Central Queensland University
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Boyd R. Strain
Boyd R. Strain Duke University

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