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Miquel A. Gonzalez-Meler is a researcher affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to understanding plant and soil systems in changing environments.

The scientist's research covers several specialized subfields, including Plant Science, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science, and Forestry. These areas reveal a focus on interactions between plants, soils, and climate factors that influence ecosystem function.

Main topics of their research include:

  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2
  • Pasture and Agricultural Systems
  • Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism

Recent publications demonstrate their engagement with current environmental challenges. Selected papers include:

  • "The effects of warming and soil chemistry on bacterial community structure in Arctic tundra soils," 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • "How does leaf physiological acclimation impact forage production and quality of a warmed managed pasture of Stylosanthes capitata under different conditions of soil water availability?", 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Perennial grass root system specializes for multiple resource acquisitions with differential elongation and branching patterns," 2023, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "Root Foraging Alters Global Patterns of Ecosystem Legacy From Climate Perturbations," 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • "Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence for Predictions in Ecohydrology," 2023, Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems

The scientist's frequent collaborators include Eduardo Augusto Dias de Oliveira, Roser Matamala, Max Berkelhammer, Michael P. Ricketts, and Amy Cho. This network indicates partnerships across several research projects and disciplines.

They have published regularly in venues such as The Science of The Total Environment, Frontiers in Plant Science, Plant and Soil, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information), and Soil Biology and Biochemistry. These journals and platforms align with their research focus on ecosystems, plant-soil interactions, and environmental change.

Best Publications

  • More Efficient Plants : a consequence of rising atmospheric CO2

    Bert G. Drake;Miquel A. Gonzàlez-Meler;Steve P. Long

  • Synthesis and modeling perspectives of rhizosphere priming

    Weixin Cheng;Weixin Cheng;William J. Parton;Miquel A. Gonzalez-Meler;Richard Phillips

  • Impacts of fine root turnover on forest NPP and soil C sequestration potential.

    Roser Matamala;Miquel A. Gonzàlez-Meler;Julie D. Jastrow;Richard J. Norby

  • Forest carbon use efficiency: is respiration a constant fraction of gross primary production?

    Evan H. DeLUCIA;John E. Drake;Richard B. Thomas;Miquel Gonzalez-Meler

  • Ecosystem‐level controls on root‐rhizosphere respiration

    Francesca Hopkins;Miquel A. Gonzalez-Meler;Charles E. Flower;Douglas J. Lynch

  • Does elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration inhibit mitochondrial respiration in green plants

    Bert G. Drake;J. Azcon-Bieto;J. Berry;J. Bunce

  • The effect of growth and measurement temperature on the activity of the alternative respiratory pathway

    Miquel A. Gonzàlez-Meler;Miquel Ribas-Carbo;Larry Giles;James N. Siedow

  • Impacts of the emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire) induced ash (Fraxinus spp.) mortality on forest carbon cycling and successional dynamics in the eastern United States

    Charles E. Flower;Kathleen S. Knight;Miquel A. Gonzalez-Meler

  • Net ecosystem exchange modifies the relationship between the autotrophic and heterotrophic components of soil respiration with abiotic factors in prairie grasslands

    Nuria Gomez-Casanovas;Roser Matamala;David R. Cook;Miquel A. Gonzalez-Meler

  • Plant Respiration and Elevated Atmospheric CO2 Concentration: Cellular Responses and Global Significance

    Miquel A. Gonzalez-Meler;Lina Taneva;Rebecca J. Trueman

  • The Electron Partitioning between the Cytochrome and Alternative Respiratory Pathways during Chilling Recovery in Two Cultivars of Maize Differing in Chilling Sensitivity

    Miquel Ribas-Carbo;Miquel Ribas-Carbo;Ricardo Aroca;Miquel A. Gonzàlez-Meler;Juan José Irigoyen

  • Responses of Temperate Forest Productivity to Insect and Pathogen Disturbances

    Charles E. Flower;Miquel A. Gonzalez-Meler

  • Exploring the effects of green infrastructure placement on neighborhood-level flooding via spatially explicit simulations

    Moira L. Zellner;Dean Massey;Emily Minor;Miquel A. Gonzalez-Meler

  • Stored carbon partly fuels fine-root respiration but is not used for production of new fine roots

    Douglas J. Lynch;Roser Matamala;Colleen M. Iversen;Richard J. Norby

  • Metabolic regulation of leaf respiration and alternative pathway activity in response to phosphate supply

    M. A. Gonzàlez-Meler;L. Giles;R. B. Thomas;J. N. Siedow

  • Moisture and vegetation controls on decadal-scale accrual of soil organic carbon and total nitrogen in restored grasslands.

    Sarah L. O'Brien;Sarah L. O'Brien;Julie D. Jastrow;David A. Grimley;Miquel A. Gonzalez-Meler

  • The turnover of carbon pools contributing to soil CO2 and soil respiration in a temperate forest exposed to elevated CO2 concentration

    Lina Taneva;Jeffrey S. Pippen;William H. Schlesinger;Miquel A. Gonzalez-Meler

  • Edaphic controls on soil organic carbon stocks in restored grasslands

    Sarah L. O'Brien;Sarah L. O'Brien;Julie D. Jastrow;David A. Grimley;Miquel A. Gonzalez-Meler

  • Acclimation of Respiratory O2 Uptake in Green Tissues of Field-Grown Native Species after Long-Term Exposure to Elevated Atmospheric CO2

    Joaquim Azcón-Bieto;Miquel A. Gonzalez-Meler;Wendy Doherty;Bert G. Drake

  • Direct inhibition of mitochondrial respiratory enzymes by elevated CO2: Does it matter at the tissue or whole-plant level?

    Miquel A. Gonzàlez-Meler;James N. Siedow

  • Acclimation of photosynthesis, respiration and ecosystem carbon flux of a wetland on Chesapeake Bay, Maryland to elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration

    Bert G. Drake;Melanie S. Muehe;Gary Peresta;Miquel A. Gonzàlez-Meler

  • Tracing Changes in Ecosystem Function under Elevated Carbon Dioxide Conditions

    Diane E Pataki;David S Ellsworth;R. Dave Evans;Miquel Gonzalez-Meler

  • Accelerated belowground C cycling in a managed agriforest ecosystem exposed to elevated carbon dioxide concentrations

    Rebecca J. Trueman;Miquel A. Gonzalez-Meler

  • The relationship between the emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) and ash (Fraxinus spp.) tree decline: Using visual canopy condition assessments and leaf isotope measurements to assess pest damage

    Charles E. Flower;Charles E. Flower;Kathleen S. Knight;Joanne Rebbeck;Miquel A. Gonzalez-Meler

Frequent Co-Authors

Julie D. Jastrow
Julie D. Jastrow Argonne National Laboratory
James N. Siedow
James N. Siedow Duke University
Roser Matamala
Roser Matamala Argonne National Laboratory
Miquel Ribas-Carbo
Miquel Ribas-Carbo University of the Balearic Islands
Neil C. Sturchio
Neil C. Sturchio University of Delaware
Richard J. Norby
Richard J. Norby University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Hans Lambers
Hans Lambers University of Western Australia
Jeffrey M. Welker
Jeffrey M. Welker University of Oulu
Christopher J. Whelan
Christopher J. Whelan University of Illinois at Chicago
Bert G. Drake
Bert G. Drake Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

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