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122

Overview

Mathew Williams is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom, focusing their research within the field of Environmental Science. Their work encompasses various subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Environmental Engineering.

Their research covers several main topics, notably Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Climate Variability and Models, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications.

Some of the recent papers authored by Mathew Williams include:

  • Shallow soils are warmer under trees and tall shrubs across Arctic and Boreal ecosystems (2020) published in Environmental Research Letters
  • Optimal model complexity for terrestrial carbon cycle prediction (2021) published in Biogeosciences
  • Reanalysis in Earth System Science: Toward Terrestrial Ecosystem Reanalysis (2021) published in Reviews of Geophysics
  • Lagged effects regulate the inter-annual variability of the tropical carbon balance (2020) published in Biogeosciences
  • Fire decline in dry tropical ecosystems enhances decadal land carbon sink (2020) published in Nature Communications

They frequently publish in several journals and venues, with notable contributions to Biogeosciences, Global Change Biology, University of Edinburgh publications, Remote Sensing, and Frontiers in Forests and Global Change.

Frequent co-authors in their research include T. Luke Smallman, David T. Milodowski, A. Anthony Bloom, Andrew Revill, and Robert M. Rees, indicating collaborations across multiple studies and projects within their field.

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Net primary production of forests: a constant fraction of gross primary production?

    R. H. Waring;J. J. Landsberg;M. Williams

  • Modelling the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum in a Quercus-Acer stand at Harvard Forest : the regulation of stomatal conductance by light, nitrogen and soil/plant hydraulic properties

    M. Williams;E. B. Rastetter;D. N. Fernandes;M. L. Goulden;M. L. Goulden

  • An improved analysis of forest carbon dynamics using data assimilation

    Mathew Williams;Paul A. Schwarz;Beverly E. Law;James Irvine

  • An assessment of the carbon balance of Arctic tundra: comparisons among observations, process models, and atmospheric inversions

    A. D. McGuire;Torben Christensen;D. Hayes;Arnaud Heroult

  • Improving land surface models with FLUXNET data

    Mathew Williams;Andrew D. Richardson;M. Reichstein;Paul C. Stoy

  • Modeling stomatal conductance in the earth system: linking leaf water-use efficiency and water transport along the soil–plant–atmosphere continuum

    Gordon Bonan;Mathew Williams;Rosie Fisher;Keith Oleson

  • Long‐term ecosystem level experiments at Toolik Lake, Alaska, and at Abisko, Northern Sweden: generalizations and differences in ecosystem and plant type responses to global change

    M. T. van Wijk;M. T. van Wijk;K. E. Clemmensen;G. R. Shaver;Mathew Williams

  • Correlations between foliar δ15N and nitrogen concentrations may indicate plant-mycorrhizal interactions.

    Erik A. Hobbie;Stephen A. Macko;Mathew Williams

  • The decadal state of the terrestrial carbon cycle: Global retrievals of terrestrial carbon allocation, pools, and residence times

    A. Anthony Bloom;A. Anthony Bloom;Jean-François Exbrayat;Ivar R. van der Velde;Liang Feng

  • Confronting model predictions of carbon fluxes with measurements of Amazon forests subjected to experimental drought

    Thomas L. Powell;David R. Galbraith;David R. Galbraith;Bradley O. Christoffersen;Anna Harper;Anna Harper

  • Understanding the relationships between ecosystem services and poverty alleviation: A conceptual framework

    Janet A. Fisher;Genevieve Patenaude;Kalpana Giri;Kristina Lewis

  • Using satellite radar backscatter to predict above‐ground woody biomass: A consistent relationship across four different African landscapes

    Edward T.A Mitchard;Sassan S Saatchi;Iain H Woodhouse;G Nangendo

  • The response of an Eastern Amazonian rain forest to drought stress: results and modelling analyses from a throughfall exclusion experiment

    R. A. Fisher;M. Williams;A. Lola Da Costa;Y. Malhi

  • OAK FOREST CARBON AND WATER SIMULATIONS: MODEL INTERCOMPARISONS AND EVALUATIONS AGAINST INDEPENDENT DATA

    P. J. Hanson;J. S. Amthor;S. D. Wullschleger;K. B. Wilson

  • Carbon sequestration and biodiversity of re-growing miombo woodlands in Mozambique

    M. Williams;C.M. Ryan;R.M. Rees;E. Sambane

  • The European Space Agency BIOMASS mission: Measuring forest above-ground biomass from space

    Shaun Quegan;Thuy Le Toan;Jerome Chave;Jorgen Dall

  • What is the relationship between changes in canopy leaf area and changes in photosynthetic CO2 flux in arctic ecosystems

    Lorna Street;G. R. Shaver;M. Williams;M. T. van Wijk

  • The global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset

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  • Multiple mechanisms of Amazonian forest biomass losses in three dynamic global vegetation models under climate change

    David Galbraith;Peter E. Levy;Stephen Sitch;Stephen Sitch;Chris Huntingford

  • Current systematic carbon-cycle observations and the need for implementing a policy-relevant carbon observing system

    P. Ciais;A. J. Dolman;A. Bombelli;R. Duren

  • Seasonal variation in net carbon exchange and evapotranspiration in a Brazilian rain forest: a modelling analysis

    M. Williams;Y. Malhi;A. D. Nobre;E. B. Rastetter

  • An assessment of the carbon balance of Arctic tundra: Comparisons among observations, process models, and atmospheric inversions

    A. D. McGuire;T. R. Christensen;D. J. Hayes;A. Heroult

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Meir
Patrick Meir University of Edinburgh
Yadvinder Malhi
Yadvinder Malhi University of Oxford
Mathias Disney
Mathias Disney University College London
Casey M. Ryan
Casey M. Ryan University of Edinburgh
Edward B. Rastetter
Edward B. Rastetter Marine Biological Laboratory
Gareth K. Phoenix
Gareth K. Phoenix University of Sheffield
Paul C. Stoy
Paul C. Stoy University of Wisconsin–Madison
Robert M. Rees
Robert M. Rees Scotland's Rural College
Daniel B. Metcalfe
Daniel B. Metcalfe Umeå University
Beverly E. Law
Beverly E. Law Oregon State University

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