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Miko U. F. Kirschbaum

Miko U. F. Kirschbaum

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Plant Science and Agronomy
New Zealand
2022

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
65
Citations
19327
World Ranking
1762
National Ranking
15

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

Miko U. F. Kirschbaum is affiliated with Landcare Research in New Zealand and has a research focus within the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work primarily addresses subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main topics of Kirschbaum's research include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Climate variability and models
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2

Kirschbaum has contributed to several recent papers, with publications in venues known for environmental and biological sciences research. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Ensemble modelling, uncertainty and robust predictions of organic carbon in long-term bare-fallow soils" (2020) published in Global Change Biology
  • "Ensemble modelling of carbon fluxes in grasslands and croplands" (2020) published in Field Crops Research
  • "Civil disobedience movements such as School Strike for the Climate are raising public awareness of the climate change emergency" (2020) published in Global Change Biology
  • "Essential outcomes for COP26" (2021) published in Global Change Biology
  • "Sequestration of soil carbon by burying it deeper within the profile: A theoretical exploration of three possible mechanisms" (2021) published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Frequent co-authors associated with Kirschbaum's work include:

  • Lìyı̌n Liáng
  • Donna Giltrap
  • Pete Smith
  • Yiqi Luo
  • Sharon A. Robinson

The scientist's publications are commonly featured in journals such as:

  • Global Change Biology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Agricultural Systems
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • The temperature dependence of soil organic matter decomposition, and the effect of global warming on soil organic C storage

    Miko U.F. Kirschbaum

  • Temperature and soil organic matter decomposition rates – synthesis of current knowledge and a way forward

    Richard T. Conant;Richard T. Conant;Michael G. Ryan;Göran I. Ågren;Hannah E. Birge

  • Does conversion of forest to agricultural land change soil carbon and nitrogen? a review of the literature

    Danuse Murty;Miko U. F. Kirschbaum;Ross E. Mcmurtrie;Heather Mcgilvray

  • Will changes in soil organic carbon act as a positive or negative feedback on global warming

    Miko U.F. Kirschbaum

  • Temperature response of parameters of a biochemically based model of photosynthesis. II. A review of experimental data

    B. E. Medlyn;B. E. Medlyn;E. Dreyer;D. Ellsworth;M. Forstreuter

  • The temperature dependence of organic-matter decomposition - still a topic of debate

    Miko Uwe Franz Kirschbaum

  • Organic nutrient uptake by mycorrhizal fungi enhances ecosystem carbon storage: a model-based assessment

    Kate H. Orwin;Miko U. F. Kirschbaum;Mark G. St John;Ian A. Dickie

  • Soil respiration under prolonged soil warming: are rate reductions caused by acclimation or substrate loss?

    Miko U. F. Kirschbaum

  • Key issues and options in accounting for carbon sequestration and temporary storage in life cycle assessment and carbon footprinting

    Miguel Brandao;Annie Levasseur;Miko U. F. Kirschbaum;Bo P. Weidema

  • Does Enhanced Photosynthesis Enhance Growth? Lessons Learned from CO2 Enrichment Studies

    Miko U.F. Kirschbaum

  • Temperature Dependence of Whole-Leaf Photosynthesis in Eucalyptus pauciflora Sieb. Ex Spreng

    Miko U. F. Kirschbaum;Graham D. Farquhar

  • Direct and indirect climate change effects on photosynthesis and transpiration.

    M. U. F. Kirschbaum

  • Forest growth and species distribution in a changing climate.

    Miko U. F. Kirschbaum

  • Climate change impacts on forests

    M U.F. Kirschbaum;A Fischlin

  • A synopsis of land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) under the Kyoto Protocol and Marrakech Accords

    B. Schlamadinger;N. Bird;T. Johns;T. Johns;S. Brown

  • CenW, a forest growth model with linked carbon, energy, nutrient and water cycles

    Miko U.F. Kirschbaum

  • Carbon sequestration and net emissions of CH4 and N2O under agroforestry: Synthesizing available data and suggestions for future studies

    Dong-Gill Kim;Miko U.F. Kirschbaum;Tracy L. Beedy

  • Factoring out natural and indirect human effects on terrestrial carbon sources and sinks

    Josep G. Canadell;Miko U.F. Kirschbaum;Werner A. Kurz;María José Sanz

  • Effects of water status and soil fertility on the C-isotope signature in Pinus radiata.

    R L Korol;R L Korol;Miko U. F. Kirschbaum;Graham Farquhar;M Jeffreys

  • Investigation of the CO2 Dependence of Quantum Yield and Respiration in Eucalyptus pauciflora

    Miko U. F. Kirschbaum;Graham D. Farquhar

  • Assessing uncertainties in crop and pasture ensemble model simulations of productivity and N2O emissions

    Fiona Ehrhardt;Jean François Soussana;Gianni Bellocchi;Peter Grace

  • A comment on the quantitative significance of aerobic methane release by plants.

    Miko U. F. Kirschbaum;Miko U. F. Kirschbaum;Dan Bruhn;Dan Bruhn;David M. Etheridge;John R. Evans;John R. Evans

  • Ecosystem service and biodiversity trade-offs in two woody successions

    Ian A. Dickie;Gregor W. Yeates;Mark G. St. John;Bryan A. Stevenson

  • Implications of albedo changes following afforestation on the benefits of forests as carbon sinks

    M. U. F. Kirschbaum;D. Whitehead;S. M. Dean;P. N. Beets

  • Tradeoffs between soil, water, and carbon -- a national scale analysis from New Zealand.

    John R. Dymond;Anne-Gaelle E. Ausseil;Jagath C. Ekanayake;Miko U.F. Kirschbaum

  • The temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter decomposition is constrained by microbial access to substrates

    Gabriel Y.K. Moinet;John E. Hunt;Miko U.F. Kirschbaum;Christopher P. Morcom

  • Assessment of multiple ecosystem services in New Zealand at the catchment scale

    A. G. E. Ausseil;J. R. Dymond;M. U. F. Kirschbaum;R. M. Andrew

  • Management practices to reduce losses or increase soil carbon stocks in temperate grazed grasslands: New Zealand as a case study

    David Whitehead;Louis A. Schipper;Jack Pronger;Gabriel Y.K. Moinet

  • Experimental evidence for sequestering C with biochar by avoidance of CO2 emissions from original feedstock and protection of native soil organic matter

    H. M. S. K. Herath;H. M. S. K. Herath;M. Camps‐Arbestain;M.J. Hedley;M.U.F. Kirschbaum

  • Ensemble modelling, uncertainty and robust predictions of organic carbon in long‐term bare‐fallow soils

    Roberta Farina;Renata Sándor;Mohamed Abdalla;Jorge Álvaro‐Fuentes

  • Carbon balance of an intensively grazed temperate dairy pasture over four years

    S. Rutledge;P.L. Mudge;P.L. Mudge;D.I. Campbell;S.L. Woodward

  • The effect of land-use change on the net exchange rates of greenhouse gases: A compilation of estimates

    Dong-Gill Kim;Miko U.F. Kirschbaum

  • Can biochar increase the bioavailability of phosphorus

    Q Shen;M Hedley;M Camps Arbestain;M.U.F Kirschbaum

  • Warming and Elevated CO 2 Have Opposing Influences on Transpiration. Which is more Important

    Miko U. F. Kirschbaum;Andrew M. S. McMillan

  • Ensemble modelling of carbon fluxes in grasslands and croplands

    Renáta Sándor;Fiona Ehrhardt;Peter Grace;Sylvie Recous

  • Seasonal variations in the availability of labile substrate confound the temperature dependence of organic matter decomposition

    Miko U.F. Kirschbaum

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Smith
Peter Smith University of Aberdeen
Roger M. Gifford
Roger M. Gifford Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Robert W. Pearcy
Robert W. Pearcy University of California, Davis
Graham D. Farquhar
Graham D. Farquhar Australian National University
Sylvie Recous
Sylvie Recous INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Ward Smith
Ward Smith Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Jean-François Soussana
Jean-François Soussana INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Belinda E. Medlyn
Belinda E. Medlyn Western Sydney University
Louis A. Schipper
Louis A. Schipper University of Waikato
Andrew D. Moore
Andrew D. Moore Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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