Vic Engel

TL;DR: In this article, the authors summarize more than 180 site years of eddy covariance measurements of carbon dioxide flux made at forest chronosequences in North America and show that carbon loss from all ecosystems following a stand-replacing disturbance, becoming a carbon sink by 20 years for all ecosystems and by 10 years for most.

TL;DR: In this paper, the impacts of Eucalyptus camaldulensis in the Pampas grasslands of Argentina were explored for two years using a novel combination of sap flow, groundwater data, soil moisture measurements, and modeling.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate feedbacks between vegetation and microclimatic conditions in the proximity to woodland-grassland ecotones, and find that in many arctic, alpine, desert and coastal landscapes the presence of trees or shrubs causes nocturnal warming thereby favouring the establishment and survival of woody plants.

TL;DR: This paper showed that natural disturbances from wildfire, beetle outbreaks, and hurricane wind throw can significantly alter surface albedo, and the associated radiative forcing either offsets or enhances the CO2 forcing caused by reducing ecosystem carbon sequestration over multiple years.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that carbon balance in mangrove coastal systems will change in response to variable salinity and inundation patterns, possibly resulting from secular sea level rise and climate change.