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Peter M. Lafleur

Peter M. Lafleur

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Environmental Sciences
Canada
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
63
Citations
14966
World Ranking
2463
National Ranking
101

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Peter M. Lafleur is affiliated with Trent University in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong emphasis on Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their work covers multiple interconnected topics, including climate change and permafrost, peatlands and wetlands ecology, cryospheric studies and observations, geology and paleoclimatology research, botany and plant ecology studies, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics.

Peter M. Lafleur has an extensive publication record, having contributed to various venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Global Change Biology, Environmental Research Letters, Biogeosciences, and Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Lafleur include:

  • Statistical upscaling of ecosystem CO2 fluxes across the terrestrial tundra and boreal domain: Regional patterns and uncertainties, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • Shallow soils are warmer under trees and tall shrubs across Arctic and Boreal ecosystems, 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • Pan-Arctic soil moisture control on tundra carbon sequestration and plant productivity, 2022, Global Change Biology
  • Patterns and drivers of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus stoichiometry in Southern China's grasslands, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Earlier snowmelt may lead to late season declines in plant productivity and carbon sequestration in Arctic tundra ecosystems, 2022, Scientific Reports

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable co-authors include Elyn Humphreys, Oliver Sonnentag, Donatella Zona, E. S. Euskirchen, and Jennifer D. Watts.

Best Publications

  • Vulnerability of Permafrost Carbon to Climate Change: Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle

    Edward A. G. Schuur;James Bockheim;Josep G. Canadell;Eugenie Euskirchen

  • Contemporary carbon balance and late Holocene carbon accumulation in a northern peatland

    Nigel T. Roulet;Peter M. Lafleur;Pierre J. H. Richard;Pierre J. H. Richard;Tim R. Moore

  • Plant biomass and production and CO2 exchange in an ombrotrophic bog

    Tim R. Moore;Jill L. Bubier;Steve E. Frolking;Peter M. Lafleur

  • Interannual variability in the peatland-atmosphere carbon dioxide exchange at an ombrotrophic bog

    Peter M. Lafleur;Nigel T. Roulet;Jill L. Bubier;Steve Frolking

  • Northern fens: methane flux and climatic change

    Nigel Roulet;Tim Moore;Jill Bubier;Peter Lafleur

  • An assessment of the carbon balance of Arctic tundra: comparisons among observations, process models, and atmospheric inversions

    A. D. McGuire;Torben Christensen;D. Hayes;Arnaud Heroult

  • Spatial and Temporal Variability in Growing-Season Net Ecosystem Carbon Dioxide Exchange at a Large Peatland in Ontario, Canada

    Jill L. Bubier;Gaytri Bhatia;Tim R. Moore;Nigel T. Roulet

  • Ecosystem Respiration in a Cool Temperate Bog Depends on Peat Temperature But Not Water Table

    P M Lafleur;Tim R. Moore;Nigel T Roulet;Steve Frolking

  • How climate and vegetation type influence evapotranspiration and water use efficiency in Canadian forest, peatland and grassland ecosystems

    Christian Brümmer;T. Andrew Black;Rachhpal S. Jassal;Nicholas J. Grant

  • A model‐data intercomparison of CO2 exchange across North America: Results from the North American Carbon Program site synthesis

    Christopher R. Schwalm;Christopher A. Williams;Kevin Schaefer;Ryan S. Anderson

  • Variability in exchange of CO2 across 12 northern peatland and tundra sites

    Magnus Lund;Peter M. Lafleur;Nigel T. Roulet;Anders Lindroth

  • Annual cycle of CO2 exchange at a bog peatland

    P. M. Lafleur;N. T. Roulet;S. W. Admiral

  • Annual and seasonal variability in evapotranspiration and water table at a shrub-covered bog in southern Ontario, Canada

    Peter M. Lafleur;Robbie A. Hember;Stuart W. Admiral;Nigel T. Roulet

  • Relationship between ecosystem productivity and photosynthetically active radiation for northern peatlands

    S. E. Frolking;J. L. Bubier;T. R. Moore;T. Ball

  • Modeling seasonal to annual carbon balance of Mer Bleue Bog, Ontario, Canada

    Steve Frolking;Nigel T. Roulet;Tim R. Moore;Peter M. Lafleur

  • Land surface phenology derived from normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) at global FLUXNET sites

    Chaoyang Wu;Dailiang Peng;Kamel Soudani;Lukas Siebicke

  • Seasonal trends in energy, water, and carbon dioxide fluxes at a northern boreal wetland

    Peter M. Lafleur;J. Harry McCaughey;David W. Joiner;Paul A. Bartlett

  • Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across biomes and continents

    Chuixiang Yi;Daniel Ricciuto;Runze Li;John Wolbeck

  • Spring warming and carbon dioxide exchange over low Arctic tundra in central Canada

    Peter M. Lafleur;Elyn R. Humphreys

  • Statistical upscaling of ecosystem CO2 fluxes across the terrestrial tundra and boreal domain: Regional patterns and uncertainties

    Anna Maria Virkkala;Juha Aalto;Juha Aalto;Brendan M. Rogers;Torbern Tagesson;Torbern Tagesson

  • An assessment of the carbon balance of Arctic tundra: Comparisons among observations, process models, and atmospheric inversions

    A. D. McGuire;T. R. Christensen;D. J. Hayes;A. Heroult

Frequent Co-Authors

Elyn R. Humphreys
Elyn R. Humphreys Carleton University
Nigel T. Roulet
Nigel T. Roulet McGill University
Tim R. Moore
Tim R. Moore McGill University
Lawrence B. Flanagan
Lawrence B. Flanagan University of Lethbridge
Walter C. Oechel
Walter C. Oechel San Diego State University
Steve Frolking
Steve Frolking University of New Hampshire
Robert F. Grant
Robert F. Grant University of Alberta
Alan G. Barr
Alan G. Barr University of Saskatchewan
Hank A. Margolis
Hank A. Margolis National Aeronautics and Space Administration
M. Altaf Arain
M. Altaf Arain McMaster University

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