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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
96
Citations
44867
World Ranking
194
National Ranking
20

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Ecosystem

Paul G. Jarvis mostly deals with Botany, Transpiration, Stomatal conductance, Photosynthesis and Horticulture. His studies in Acclimatization and Canopy are all subfields of Botany research. His studies deal with areas such as Water balance, Spatial distribution, Pinus contorta and Crown as well as Transpiration.

Paul G. Jarvis performs integrative study on Stomatal conductance and Conductance. His Photosynthesis research also works with subjects such as

  • Carr that connect with fields like Interception,
  • Atmospheric sciences that intertwine with fields like Soil water. The Horticulture study combines topics in areas such as Scots pine, Phloem and Growing season.

His most cited work include:

  • Environmental controls over carbon dioxide and water vapor exchange of terrestrial vegetation (947 citations)
  • Stomatal conductance of forest species after long‐term exposure to elevated CO2 concentration: a synthesis (521 citations)
  • Annual variation in soil respiration and its components in a coppice oak forest in Central Italy (488 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Paul G. Jarvis mainly investigates Botany, Photosynthesis, Horticulture, Stomatal conductance and Transpiration. His Botany research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Carbon dioxide and Nutrient. His Photosynthesis research integrates issues from Acclimatization, Chlorophyll, Animal science and Respiration.

His study in Horticulture is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Photosynthetic capacity, Biomass and Co2 concentration. His Transpiration research incorporates themes from Windbreak, Water-use efficiency and Hydrology, Evapotranspiration, Water content. Paul G. Jarvis works mostly in the field of Canopy, limiting it down to concerns involving Atmospheric sciences and, occasionally, Eddy covariance, Ecology and Carbon sink.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (43.23%)
  • Photosynthesis (24.52%)
  • Horticulture (21.94%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2002-2020)?

  • Ecosystem (9.03%)
  • Carbon dioxide (12.90%)
  • Soil water (8.39%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Ecosystem, Carbon dioxide, Soil water, Ecology and Atmospheric sciences are his primary areas of study. Paul G. Jarvis interconnects Photosynthesis, Carbon cycle, Agronomy and Hydrology in the investigation of issues within Carbon dioxide. Paul G. Jarvis studied Photosynthesis and Nutrient that intersect with Botany, Ecological succession, Woody plant, Nitrogen cycle and Shoot.

His Botany study incorporates themes from Allometry and Horticulture. His work in the fields of Forest ecology overlaps with other areas such as Saturation. His research investigates the connection between Atmospheric sciences and topics such as Eddy covariance that intersect with problems in Soil respiration, Photosynthetically active radiation, Canopy and Absorptance.

Between 2002 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Drying and wetting of Mediterranean soils stimulates decomposition and carbon dioxide emission: the "Birch effect". (336 citations)
  • Effect of temperature and moisture on rates of carbon mineralization in a Mediterranean oak forest soil under controlled and field conditions (184 citations)
  • Soil respiration in a Mediterranean oak forest at different developmental stages after coppicing (159 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ecology
  • Botany
  • Ecosystem

His primary areas of investigation include Ecosystem, Soil respiration, Soil water, Mineralization and Carbon dioxide. His studies deal with areas such as Rainforest, Biodiversity, Ecological succession and Plant ecology as well as Ecosystem. His studies examine the connections between Carbon dioxide and genetics, as well as such issues in Atmospheric sciences, with regards to Substrate, Isotopes of carbon and Photorespiration.

His study focuses on the intersection of Ecology and fields such as Quercus cerris with connections in the field of Agronomy and Water content. His research integrates issues of Canopy and Nutrient in his study of Agronomy. His research in Nutrient intersects with topics in Photosynthesis and Botany.

Best Publications

  • The Interpretation of the Variations in Leaf Water Potential and Stomatal Conductance Found in Canopies in the Field

    P. G. Jarvis

  • Stomatal Control of Transpiration: Scaling Up from Leaf to Region

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  • Respiration as the main determinant of carbon balance in European forests

    R. Valentini;G. Matteucci;A. J. Dolman;E.-D. Schulze

  • Environmental controls over carbon dioxide and water vapor exchange of terrestrial vegetation

    B.E Law;E Falge;L Gu;D.D Baldocchi

  • The human footprint in the carbon cycle of temperate and boreal forests

    Federico Magnani;Maurizio Mencuccini;Marco Borghetti;Paul Berbigier

  • The carbon balance of tropical, temperate and boreal forests

    Yadvinder Malhi;D. D. Baldocchi;P. G. Jarvis

  • Productivity overshadows temperature in determining soil and ecosystem respiration across European forests

    I. A. Janssens;H. Lankreijer;G. Matteucci;A. S. Kowalski

  • The Direct Effects of Increase in the Global Atmospheric CO2 Concentration on Natural and Commercial Temperate Trees and Forests

    D. Eamus;P.G. Jarvis

  • Annual variation in soil respiration and its components in a coppice oak forest in Central Italy

    Ana Rey;Emiliano Pegoraro;Vanessa Tedeschi;Ilaria De Parri

  • Plant photosynthetic production. Manual of methods.

    Zdeněk Šesták;Jiří Čatský;P. G. Jarvis

  • Stomatal conductance of forest species after long‐term exposure to elevated CO2 concentration: a synthesis

    B. E. Medlyn;B. E. Medlyn;C. V. M. Barton;M. S. J. Broadmeadow;R. Ceulemans

  • BOREAS in 1997: Experiment overview, scientific results, and future directions

    Piers J. Sellers;Forrest G. Hall;Robert D. Kelly;Andrew Black

  • CHAPTER 1 – PREDICTING EFFECTS OF VEGETATION CHANGES ON TRANSPIRATION AND EVAPORATION

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  • CO2 fluxes over plant canopies and solar radiation: a review

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  • Drying and wetting of Mediterranean soils stimulates decomposition and carbon dioxide emission: the "Birch effect".

    Paul Jarvis;Ana Rey;Charalampos Petsikos;Lisa Wingate

  • Description and validation of an array model - MAESTRO.

    Y.P. Wang;P.G. Jarvis

  • Water in Tissues and Cells

    M. T. Tyree;P. G. Jarvis

  • Effects of elevated (CO2) on photosynthesis in European forest species: a meta-analysis of model parameters

    Belinda E. Medlyn;Belinda E. Medlyn;F. W. Badeck;D. G.G. De Pury;C. V.M. Barton

  • Productivity of temperate de-ciduous and evergreen forests

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  • Constraints to growth of boreal forests.

    Paul Jarvis;Sune Linder

  • Effects of spatial scale on stomatal control of transpiration

    K.G. McNaughton;P.G. Jarvis

  • Conducting sapwood area, foliage area, and permeability in mature trees of Piceasitchensis and Pinuscontorta

    D. Whitehead;W. R. N. Edwards;P. G. Jarvis

  • Scaling processes and problems

    P. G. Jarvis

  • Climate and vegetation controls on boreal zone energy exchange

    Dennis Baldocchi;Francis M. Kelliher;T. A. Black;Paul Jarvis

  • Plant photosynthetic production

    Zdenek. Sestak;J. Catsky;P. G. Jarvis

  • Acclimation of photosynthetic capacity to irradiance in tree canopies in relation to leaf nitrogen concentration and leaf mass per unit area

    P. Meir;B. Kruijt;M. Broadmeadow;E. Barbosa

  • Plant canopies: their growth, form and function.

    Graham Russell;Bruce Marshall;Paul G. Jarvis

  • Photosynthesis in Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.). V. Radiation penetration theory and a test case

    J. M. Norman;P. G. Jarvis

  • The contribution of stored water to transpiration in Scots pine

    R. H. Waring;D. Whitehead;P. G. Jarvis

  • Photosynthesis in Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.). III. Measurements of Canopy Structure and Interception of Radiation

    J. M. Norman;P. G. Jarvis

Frequent Co-Authors

John Moncrieff
John Moncrieff University of Edinburgh
John Grace
John Grace University of Edinburgh
Riccardo Valentini
Riccardo Valentini Tuscia University
Ying-Ping Wang
Ying-Ping Wang Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Patrick Meir
Patrick Meir University of Edinburgh
Belinda E. Medlyn
Belinda E. Medlyn Western Sydney University
Sune Linder
Sune Linder Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Peter E. Levy
Peter E. Levy University of Edinburgh
Achim Grelle
Achim Grelle Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Ernst-Detlef Schulze
Ernst-Detlef Schulze Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

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