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Louis F. Pitelka
Researcher at University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Publications - 23
Citations - 3283
Louis F. Pitelka is an academic researcher from University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. The author has contributed to research in topics: Global warming & Climate change. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 23 publications receiving 3129 citations. Previous affiliations of Louis F. Pitelka include Electric Power Research Institute & University of Maryland, College Park.
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Allocating Resources to Reproduction and DefenseNew assessments of the costs and benefits of allocation patterns in plants are relating ecological roles to resource use
TL;DR: Variation in resource allocation occurs through differences in the chemical composition of structures, the relative mass of different structures or organs, and the relative numbers ofDifferent structures a plant produces.
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Global Warming and Terrestrial Ecosystems: A Conceptual Framework for Analysis
Gaius R. Shaver,Josep G. Canadell,F. S. Chapin,Jessica Gurevitch,John Harte,Greg H. R. Henry,Phil Ineson,Sven Jonasson,Jerry M. Melillo,Louis F. Pitelka,Llindsey Rustad +10 more
TL;DR: Schulze et al. as discussed by the authors presented a conceptual framework for interpreting experimental results and predicting effects of global warming on ecosystems, both in the temporal and spatial patterns of change and in how they affect ecosystems.
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Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World
TL;DR: In this article, the role of terrestrial ecosystems in the global carbon cycle and their response to large-scale environmental change is discussed, with a focus on the effects of urban land use change on Biogeochemical cycles.
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Forecasting Regional to Global Plant Migration in Response to Climate Change
Ronald P. Neilson,Louis F. Pitelka,Allen M. Solomon,Ran Nathan,Guy F. Midgley,José M. V. Fragoso,Heike Lischke,Ken Thompson +7 more
TL;DR: Simulation of plant migration and local vegetation change by dynamic global vegetation models (DGVMs) is critical, yet fraught with challenges because theories about climate change and migration are limited by inadequate data.
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Elicitation of Expert Judgments of Climate Change Impacts on Forest Ecosystems
TL;DR: This article conducted interviews with 11 leading ecologists to obtain individualqualitative and quantitative estimates of the likely impact of a 2 × CO2] climate change on minimally disturbed forest ecosystems.