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Overview

Patrick F. Sullivan is affiliated with the University of Alaska Anchorage in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with 51 publications in this main field and 17 in Environmental Science. Within these areas, their work extends into specific subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Geology, and General Health Professions.

The main topics addressed in Sullivan's research relate heavily to climate and environmental dynamics. These include:

  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Plant water relations and carbon dynamics
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research
  • Fire effects on ecosystems

Sullivan's frequent coauthors reflect collaborations across several experts in related fields. These coauthors include Roman Dial, Eric Post, Sean M. P. Cahoon, Isla H. Myers-Smith, and Jeffrey T. Kerby. The number of collaborations ranges from four to nine joint works per individual.

Many publications have appeared in highly regarded venues, with multiple papers in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (3), Science (2), Environmental Research Letters (2), Ecography (2), and Journal of Ecology (2).

Key recent papers authored or coauthored by Sullivan cover various aspects of Arctic and boreal ecosystem change and dynamics:

  • "Complexity revealed in the greening of the Arctic" (2020) published in Nature Climate Change
  • "Winters are changing: snow effects on Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems" (2022) published in Arctic Science
  • "Sufficient conditions for rapid range expansion of a boreal conifer" (2022) published in Nature
  • "Divergence of Arctic shrub growth associated with sea ice decline" (2020) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Adding Tree Rings to North America's National Forest Inventories: An Essential Tool to Guide Drawdown of Atmospheric CO2" (2021) published in BioScience

Best Publications

  • Complexity revealed in the greening of the Arctic

    Isla H. Myers-Smith;Jeffrey T. Kerby;Gareth K. Phoenix;Jarle W. Bjerke

  • Large loss of CO2 in winter observed across the northern permafrost region

    Susan M. Natali;Jennifer D. Watts;Brendan M. Rogers;Stefano Potter

  • The unseen iceberg: plant roots in arctic tundra

    Colleen M. Iversen;Victoria L. Sloan;Patrick F. Sullivan;Eugenie S. Euskirchen

  • Biomass production efficiency controlled by management in temperate and boreal ecosystems

    M. Campioli;S. Vicca;S. Luyssaert;J. Bilcke

  • Temperature and Microtopography Interact to Control Carbon Cycling in a High Arctic Fen

    Patrick F. Sullivan;Seth J. T. Arens;Rodney A. Chimner;Jeffrey M. Welker

  • The temperature responses of soil respiration in deserts: a seven desert synthesis

    Jessica M Cable;Jessica M Cable;Kiona Ogle;Richard W Lucas;Travis E Huxman

  • Leaf mineral nutrition of Arctic plants in response to warming and deeper snow in northern Alaska

    J. M. Welker;J. T. Fahnestock;P. F. Sullivan;R. A. Chimner

  • Limited evidence of declining growth among moisture-limited black and white spruce in interior Alaska

    Patrick F. Sullivan;Robert R. Pattison;Annalis H. Brownlee;Sean M. P. Cahoon

  • Interactions among shrub cover and the soil microclimate may determine future Arctic carbon budgets.

    Sean M. P. Cahoon;Patrick F. Sullivan;Gaius R. Shaver;Jeffrey M. Welker

  • Large herbivores limit CO2 uptake and suppress carbon cycle responses to warming in West Greenland

    Sean M. P. Cahoon;Patrick F. Sullivan;Eric Post;Jeffrey M. Welker

  • Evidence and implications of recent and projected climate change in Alaska's forest ecosystems

    Jane M. Wolken;Teresa N. Hollingsworth;T. Scott Rupp;Stuart Iii Chapin

  • Climate and species affect fine root production with long-term fertilization in acidic tussock tundra near Toolik Lake, Alaska.

    Patrick F. Sullivan;Martin Sommerkorn;Heather M. Rueth;Knute J. Nadelhoffer

  • Warming chambers stimulate early season growth of an arctic sedge: results of a minirhizotron field study.

    Patrick F. Sullivan;Jeffrey M. Welker

  • Evidence of soil nutrient availability as the proximate constraint on growth of treeline trees in northwest Alaska

    Patrick F. Sullivan;Sarah B. Z. Ellison;Robert W. McNown;Annalis H. Brownlee

  • Nonlinear responses to nitrogen and strong interactions with nitrogen and phosphorus additions drastically alter the structure and function of a high arctic ecosystem

    Seth J. T. Arens;Seth J. T. Arens;Patrick F. Sullivan;Jeffrey M. Welker

  • Shrubline but not treeline advance matches climate velocity in montane ecosystems of south‐central Alaska

    Roman J. Dial;T. Scott Smeltz;Patrick F. Sullivan;Christina L. Rinas

  • Complex carbon cycle responses to multi-level warming and supplemental summer rain in the high Arctic.

    Elizabeth D. Sharp;Patrick F. Sullivan;Heidi Steltzer;Adam Z. Csank

  • Advancing the use of minirhizotrons in wetlands

    Colleen M Iversen;Meaghan T. Murphy;Michael F. Allen;Joanne Childs

  • Continuous estimates of CO2 efflux from arctic and boreal soils during the snow‐covered season in Alaska

    Patrick F. Sullivan;Jeffrey M. Welker;Seth J. T. Arens;Seth J. T. Arens;Bjartmar Sveinbjörnsson

  • Declining growth of deciduous shrubs in the warming climate of continental western Greenland

    Cassandra M. Gamm;Patrick F. Sullivan;Agata Buchwal;Agata Buchwal;Roman J. Dial

  • Earlier snowmelt and warming lead to earlier but not necessarily more plant growth

    Carolyn Livensperger;Heidi Steltzer;Anthony Darrouzet-Nardi;Patrick F. Sullivan

  • Variation in leaf physiology of Salix arctica within and across ecosystems in the High Arctic: test of a dual isotope (Δ 13 C and Δ 18 O) conceptual model

    Patrick F. Sullivan;Jeffrey M. Welker

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey M. Welker
Jeffrey M. Welker University of Oulu
Eric Post
Eric Post University of California, Davis
Michael N. Weintraub
Michael N. Weintraub University of Toledo
Frans-Jan W. Parmentier
Frans-Jan W. Parmentier University of Oslo
Bo Elberling
Bo Elberling University of Copenhagen
Donatella Zona
Donatella Zona San Diego State University
David Olefeldt
David Olefeldt University of Alberta
Eugénie S. Euskirchen
Eugénie S. Euskirchen University of Alaska Fairbanks
Matthew D. Wallenstein
Matthew D. Wallenstein Colorado State University
Gaius R. Shaver
Gaius R. Shaver Marine Biological Laboratory

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