Department of Botany and Microbiology
University of Oklahoma

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Current research projects Experimental and modeling study of interactive effects of warming and altered precipitation on function and structure of a tallgrass prairie in the Great PlainsModeling studies of forest responses to elevated CO2Data assimilation to quantify regional and continental carbon sequestrationLong-term responses of grassland ecosystems of experimental warmingMercury dynamics in terrestrial ecosystems in response to global changeForecasts Of Resource and Environmental ChangesResearch projects in ChinaIRCEB ProjectDevelopment of a Data Assimilation Capability towards Ecological Forecasting in a Data-Rich EraFrom Community Structure to FunctionscyberCommons for Forecasting

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Our research program is designed to study processes and patterns in ecosystem ecology and biogeochemical cycles. Major issues we are addressing include (1) how global environmental changes alter function and structure of terrestrial ecosystems, and (2) how terrestrial ecosystems regulates climate change and chemical composition (such as CO2) in the atmosphere. Our research is aimed at quantifying dynamics of carbon, nutrient, and water resources in ecosystems. We study a variety of ecosystems, including forests, grasslands, deserts, and coastal wetlands.

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  • Liu SG, Bond-Lamberty B, Hicke JA, Vargas R, Zhao SQ, Chen J, Edburg SL, Hu YM, Liu JX, McGuire AD, Xiao JF, Keane R, Yuan WP, Tang JW, Luo YQ, Potter C, Odeing J. 2011. Simulating the impacts of disturbances on forest carbon cycling in North America: Processes, data, models, and challenges. Journal of Geophytical Research, 116: G00K08, doi:10.1029/2010JG001585. [Download]
  • Luo YQ, ES Weng and YH Yang. 2011. Ecosystem ecology. In Sourcebook in Theoretical Ecology edited by Alan Hastings and Louis Gross. The University of California Press.
  • Sherry RA, JA Arnone, DW Johnson, DS Schimel, PS Verburg, and YQ Luo. 2011. Carry-over from previous-year environmental conditions alters dominance hierarchy in a prairie plant community. Journal of Plant Ecology. In press. [Download]