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Pamela H. Templer

Pamela H. Templer

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
54
Citations
14319
World Ranking
3083
National Ranking
1090

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)

Overview

Pamela H. Templer is affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a substantive focus on global and planetary change, plant science, atmospheric science, nature and landscape conservation, and soil science.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Plant Responses to Elevated CO2
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Tree-Ring Climate Responses
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation

Templer has published extensively in several journals, with a frequent presence in the following venues:

  • Ecosphere
  • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • Ecological Applications
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Global Change Biology

Recent notable publications include:

  • Evidence, causes, and consequences of declining nitrogen availability in terrestrial ecosystems, 2022, Science
  • Tree Transpiration and Urban Temperatures: Current Understanding, Implications, and Future Research Directions, 2020, BioScience
  • Soil Microbes Trade-Off Biogeochemical Cycling for Stress Tolerance Traits in Response to Year-Round Climate Change, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Nine Maxims for the Ecology of Cold-Climate Winters, 2021, BioScience
  • Diverging patterns at the forest edge: Soil respiration dynamics of fragmented forests in urban and rural areas, 2022, Global Change Biology

Their frequent coauthors include Lucy R. Hutyra, Osvaldo E. Sala, Kathleen C. Weathers, Diane E. Pataki, and Yude Pan, indicating collaboration across various ecological and environmental science disciplines.

In 2019, Pamela H. Templer was recognized as a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA).

Best Publications

  • Stable Isotopes in Plant Ecology

    Todd E. Dawson;Stefania Mambelli;Agneta H. Plamboeck;Pamela H. Templer

  • Quantifying global soil carbon losses in response to warming

    Thomas W. Crowther;Katherine E.O. Todd-Brown;Clara W. Rowe;William R. Wieder

  • Global patterns of foliar nitrogen isotopes and their relationships with climate, mycorrhizal fungi, foliar nutrient concentrations, and nitrogen availability

    Joseph M. Craine;Andrew J. Elmore;Marcos P. M. Aidar;Mercedes Bustamante

  • A meta-analysis of 1,119 manipulative experiments on terrestrial carbon-cycling responses to global change

    Jian Song;Jian Song;Shiqiang Wan;Shiqiang Wan;Shilong Piao;Shilong Piao;Alan K. Knapp

  • Temperature response of soil respiration largely unaltered with experimental warming

    Joanna C. Carey;Jianwu Tang;Pamela H. Templer;Kevin D. Kroeger

  • Chronic nitrogen additions suppress decomposition and sequester soil carbon in temperate forests

    Serita D. Frey;Scott V. Ollinger;K. Nadelhoffer;R. Bowden

  • Changes in autumn senescence in northern hemisphere deciduous trees: a meta-analysis of autumn phenology studies

    Allison L. Gill;Amanda S. Gallinat;Rebecca Sanders-DeMott;Angela J. Rigden

  • Global patterns and substrate-based mechanisms of the terrestrial nitrogen cycle

    Shuli Niu;Aimée T. Classen;Jeffrey S. Dukes;Paul Kardol

  • Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Snow‐Covered Environments

    Paul D. Brooks;Paul Grogan;Pamela H. Templer;Peter Groffman

  • Sinks for nitrogen inputs in terrestrial ecosystems: a meta‐analysis of 15N tracer field studies

    P. H. Templer;M. C. Mack;F. S. Chapin;L. M. Christenson

  • Mechanisms for retention of bioavailable nitrogen in volcanic rainforest soils

    Dries Huygens;Dries Huygens;Pascal Boeckx;Pamela Templer;Leandro Paulino

  • Isotopic evidence for oligotrophication of terrestrial ecosystems

    Joseph M. Craine;Andrew J. Elmore;Lixin Wang;Julieta Aranibar

  • Regional assessment of N saturation using foliar and root δ15N

    L. H. Pardo;P. H. Templer;C. L. Goodale;S. Duke

  • Plant and microbial controls on nitrogen retention and loss in a Humid Tropical Forest

    Pamela H. Templer;Whendee L. Silver;Jennifer Pett-Ridge;Kristen M. DeAngelis

  • Land use change and soil nutrient transformations in the Los Haitises region of the Dominican Republic

    Pamela H. Templer;Peter M. Groffman;Alex S. Flecker;Alison G. Power

  • Plant and soil natural abundance δ 15N: indicators of relative rates of nitrogen cycling in temperate forest ecosystems

    Pamela H. Templer;Mary A. Arthur;Gary M. Lovett;Kathleen C. Weathers

  • Long-Term Integrated Studies Show Complex and Surprising Effects of Climate Change in the Northern Hardwood Forest

    Peter M. Groffman;Lindsay E. Rustad;Pamela H. Templer;John L. Campbell

  • Tree transpiration and urban temperatures: current understanding, implications, and future research directions

    Joy B Winbourne;Taylor S Jones;Sarah M Garvey;Jamie L Harrison

  • Winter soil freeze-thaw cycles lead to reductions in soil microbial biomass and activity not compensated for by soil warming

    Patrick O. Sorensen;Patrick O. Sorensen;Adrien C. Finzi;Marc-André Giasson;Andrew B. Reinmann

  • Sediment chemistry associated with native and non-native emergent macrophytes of a Hudson River marsh ecosystem

    Pamela Templer;Stuart Findlay;Cathleen Wigand

  • Data from: Isotopic evidence for oligotrophication of terrestrial ecosystems

    Joseph M. Craine;Andrew J. Elmore;Lixin Wang;Julieta Aranibar

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    Linda H. Pardo;Pamela H. Templer;Christine L. Goodale;Sara E. Duke;Sara E. Duke

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter M. Groffman
Peter M. Groffman City University of New York
Lindsey E. Rustad
Lindsey E. Rustad US Forest Service
Lucy R. Hutyra
Lucy R. Hutyra Boston University
Charles T. Driscoll
Charles T. Driscoll Syracuse University
Kathleen C. Weathers
Kathleen C. Weathers Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Timothy J. Fahey
Timothy J. Fahey Cornell University
Christine L. Goodale
Christine L. Goodale Cornell University
Todd E. Dawson
Todd E. Dawson University of California, Berkeley
Melany C. Fisk
Melany C. Fisk Miami University
Pascal Boeckx
Pascal Boeckx Ghent University

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