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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Most recent publications

  • Li DJ, SL Niu, YQ Luo. Global patterns of dynamics of soil carbon and nitrogen stocks following afforestation: a meta-analysis. New Phytologist. In press. [Download]
  • Xu X. Y. Luo, J. Zhou. 2012. Carbon quality and the temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon decomposition in a tallgrass prairie. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 50, 142-148, doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.03.007..
  • Sulman BN, AR Desai, NM Schroeder, D Ricciuto, A Barr, AD Richardson, LB Flanagan, PM Lafleur, HQ Tian, GS Chen, RF Grant, B Poulter, H Verbeeck, P Ciais, B Ringeval, IT Baker, K Schaefer, YQ Luo, and ES Weng. 2012. Impact of hydrological variations on modeling of peatland CO2 fluxes: results from the North American Carbon Program site synthesis. JGR-Biogeosciences; 117, G01031, doi:10.1029/2011JG001862. [Download]