Southern
Research Station

Education

M.S. in Forestry, 1998

Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

Featured Publications and Products

• Noormets, Asko; Gavazzi, Michael J.; McNulty, Steve G.; Domec, Jean-Christophe; Sun, Ge; King, John S.; Chen, Jiquan. 2010. Response of carbon fluxes to drought in a coastal plain loblolly pine forest.
• Domec, J.-C.; King, J.S.; Noormets, A.; Treasure, E.; Gavazzi, M.J.; Sun, G.; McNulty, S.G. 2010. Hydraulic redistribution of soil water by roots affects whole-stand evapotranspiration and net ecosystem carbon exchange.
• Noormets, A.; Sun, G.; McNulty, S.G.; Gavazzi, M.J.; Chen, J.; Domec, J.-C.; King, J.S.; Amatya, D.M.; Skaggs, R.W. 2010. Corrigendum: “Energy and water balance of two contrasting loblolly pine plantations on the lower coastal plain of North Carolina, USA” [Foreco 259: 1299–1310].
• Boggs, Johnny L.; McNulty, Steven G.; Gavazzi, Michael J.; Myers, Jennifer Moore. 2005. Tree growth, foliar chemistry, and nitrogen cycling across a nitrogen deposition gradient in southern Appalachian deciduous forests.
• Chojnacky, David C.; McNulty, Steven G.; Myers, Jennifer Moore; Gavazzi, Michael K. 2005. Estimating forest floor fuels in eastern U.S. forests.

Publications

• Worley, Elijah ; McNulty, Steven ; Gavazzi, Michael ; Bakken, Kelsey ; Paradiso, Eva . 2022. Adapting traditional forest management practices to address changing environmental stresses.
• Miao, Guofang ; Noormets, Asko ; Gavazzi, Michael ; Mitra, Bhaskar ; Domec, Jean‐Christophe ; Sun, Ge ; McNulty, Steve ; King, John S. 2022. Beyond carbon flux partitioning: Carbon allocation and nonstructural carbon dynamics inferred from continuous fluxes.
• Bakken, Kelsey ; Paradiso, Eva ; McNulty, Steven ; Gavazzi, Michael ; Worley, Elijah . 2022. Connecting strategic planning with forest operations using the forest adaptive management online user system (FAMOUS).
• Bakken, Kelsey ; McNulty, Steven ; Gavazzi, Michael ; Paradiso, Eva ; Worley, Elijah . 2022. Current and emerging risks to southeastern U.S. forests.
• Gibson, Nancy ; McNulty, Steven ; Gavazzi, Michael ; Miller, Chris ; Worley, Elijah . 2022. Forest landowner resources for hurricane and soil salinization preparation and recovery in the Southeastern United States.
• Worley, Elijah ; Liu, Ning ; Sun, Ge ; Norman, Steven P.; Christie, William M.; Gavazzi, Michael ; Boggs, Johnny ; McNulty, Steven G. 2022. Impacts of Hurricane Michael on watershed hydrology: A case study in the Southeastern United States.
• Aguilos, Maricar ; Sun, Ge ; Noormets, Asko ; Domec, Jean-Christophe ; McNulty, Steven ; Gavazzi, Michael ; Prajapati, Prajaya ; Minick, Kevan J.; Mitra, Bhaskar ; King, John . 2021. Ecosystem productivity and evapotranspiration are tightly coupled in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantations along the coastal plain of the southeastern U.S.
• Aguilos, Maricar ; Sun, Ge ; Noormets, Asko ; Domec, Jean-Christophe ; McNulty, Steve ; Gavazzi, Michael ; Minick, Kevan ; Mitra, Bhaskar ; Prajapati, Prajaya ; Yang, Yun ; King, John . 2021. Effects of land-use change and drought on decadal evapotranspiration and water balance of natural and managed forested wetlands along the southeastern US lower coastal plain.
• Merry, Krista ; Bettinger, Pete ; Siry, Jacek ; McNulty, Steve ; Gavazzi, Michael . 2021. Forester Preferences on Revising Silvics of North America-a Survey of Registered Foresters in Four States.
• McNulty, Steven ; Gavazzi, Michael . 2021. Hurricane preparation and recovery in the Southeastern United States.
• Gibson, Nancy ; McNulty, Steven ; Miller, Chris ; Gavazzi, Michael ; Worley, Elijah ; Keesee, Dan ; Hollinger, David . 2021. Identification, mitigation, and adaptation to salinization on working lands in the U.S. Southeast.
• Bettinger, Pete ; Merry, Krista ; Garzon, Alba Rocio Gutierrez; Lee, Taeyoon ; Siry, Jacek ; McNulty, Steve ; Gavazzi, Michael . 2021. Stakeholder Perceptions on the Need for Updated Tree Species Distribution Maps.
• Bettinger, Pete ; Merry, Krista ; McNulty, Steve ; Siry, Jacek ; Gavazzi, Michael . 2021. Variation in Results of Three Biology‐Focused Search Engines: A Case Study Using North American Tree Species.
• Li, Xuefeng ; Minick, Kevan ; Li, Tonghua ; Williamson, James ; Gavazzi, Michael ; McNulty, Steven ; King, John S. 2020. An improved method for quantifying total fine root decomposition in plantation forests combining measurements of soil coring and minirhizotrons with a mass balance model.
• Bond-Lamberty, Ben ; Christianson, Danielle S.; Malhotra, Avni ; Pennington, Stephanie C.; Sihi, Debjani ; AghaKouchak, Amir ; Anjileli, Hassan ; Altaf Arain, M. ; Armesto, Juan J.; Ashraf, Samaneh ; Ataka, Mioko ; Baldocchi, Dennis ; Andrew Black, Thomas ; Buchmann, Nina ; Carbone, Mariah S.; Chang, Shih‐Chieh ; Crill, Patrick ; Curtis, Peter S.; Davidson, Eric A.; Desai, Ankur R.; Drake, John E.; El‐Madany, Tarek S.; Gavazzi, Michael ; Görres, Carolyn‐Monika ; Gough, Christopher M.; Goulden, Michael ; Gregg, Jillian ; Gutiérrez del Arroyo, Omar ; He, Jin‐Sheng ; Hirano, Takashi ; Hopple, Anya ; Hughes, Holly ; Järveoja, Järvi ; Jassal, Rachhpal ; Jian, Jinshi ; Kan, Haiming ; Kaye, Jason ; Kominami, Yuji ; Liang, Naishen ; Lipson, David ; Macdonald, Catriona A.; Maseyk, Kadmiel ; Mathes, Kayla ; Mauritz, Marguerite ; Mayes, Melanie A.; McNulty, Steve ; Miao, Guofang ; Migliavacca, Mirco ; Miller, Scott ; Miniat, Chelcy F.; Nietz, Jennifer G.; Nilsson, Mats B.; Noormets, Asko ; Norouzi, Hamidreza ; O'Connell, Christine S.; Osborne, Bruce ; Oyonarte, Cecilio ; Pang, Zhuo ; Peichl, Matthias ; Pendall, Elise ; Perez‐Quezada, Jorge F.; Phillips, Claire L.; Phillips, Richard P.; Raich, James W.; Renchon, Alexandre A.; Ruehr, Nadine K.; Sánchez-Cañete, Enrique P.; Saunders, Matthew ; Savage, Kathleen E.; Schrumpf, Marion ; Scott, Russell L.; Seibt, Ulli ; Silver, Whendee L.; Sun, Wu ; Szutu, Daphne ; Takagi, Kentaro ; Takagi, Masahiro ; Teramoto, Munemasa ; Tjoelker, Mark G.; Trumbore, Susan ; Ueyama, Masahito ; Vargas, Rodrigo ; Varner, Ruth K.; Verfaillie, Joseph ; Vogel, Christoph ; Wang, Jinsong ; Winston, Greg ; Wood, Tana E.; Wu, Juying ; Wutzler, Thomas ; Zeng, Jiye ; Zha, Tianshan ; Zhang, Quan ; Zou, Junliang . 2020. COSORE: A community database for continuous soil respiration and other soil-atmosphere greenhouse gas flux data.
• Aguilos, Maricar ; Mitra, Bhaskar ; Noormets, Asko ; Minick, Kevan ; Prajapati, Prajaya ; Gavazzi, Michael ; Sun, Ge ; McNulty, Steve ; Li, Xuefeng ; Domec, Jean-Christophe ; Miao, Guofang ; King, John . 2020. Long-term carbon flux and balance in managed and natural coastal forested wetlands of the Southeastern USA.
• Mitra, Bhaskar ; Miao, Guofang ; Minick, Kevan ; McNulty, Steve G.; Sun, Ge ; Gavazzi, Michael ; King, John S.; Noormets, Asko . 2019. Disentangling the Effects of Temperature, Moisture, and Substrate Availability on Soil CO ₂ Efflux.
• Liu, Xiaodong ; Sun, Ge ; Mitra, Bhaskar ; Noormets, Asko ; Gavazzi, Michael J.; Domec, Jean-Christophe ; Hallema, Dennis W.; Li, Jiyue ; Fang, Yuan ; King, John S.; McNulty, Steven G. 2018. Drought and thinning have limited impacts on evapotranspiration in a managed pine plantation on the southeastern United States coastal plain.
• Gavazzi, Michael; Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steve; Treasure, E.A; Wightman, M.G. 2016. Canopy rainfall interception measured over ten years in a coastal plain loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantation.
• Musavi, Talie; Migliavacca, Mirco; van de Weg, Martine Janet; Kattge, Jens; Wohlfahrt, Georg; van Bodegom, Peter M.; Reichstein, Markus; Bahn, Michael; Carrara, Arnaud; Domingues, Tomas F.; Gavazzi, Michael; Gianelle, Damiano; Gimeno, Cristina; Granier, André; Gruening, Carsten; Havránková, Kateřina; Herbst, Mathias; Hrynkiw, Charmaine; Kalhori, Aram; Kaminski, Thomas; Klumpp, Katja; Kolari, Pasi; Longdoz, Bernard; Minerbi, Stefano; Montagnani, Leonardo; Moors, Eddy; Oechel, Walter C.; Reich, Peter B.; Rohatyn, Shani; Rossi, Alessandra; Rotenberg, Eyal; Varlagin, Andrej; Wilkinson, Matthew; Wirth, Christian; Mahecha, Miguel D. 2016. Potential and limitations of inferring ecosystem photosynthetic capacity from leaf functional traits.
• Domec, Jean-Christophe; King, John S.; Ward, Eric; Oishi, A. Christopher; Palmroth, Sari; Radecki, Andrew; Bell, Dave M.; Miao, Guofang; Gavazzi, Michael; Johnson, Daniel M.; McNulty, Steve G.; Sun, Ge; Noormets, Asko. 2015. Conversion of natural forest to managed forest plantations decreases tree resistance to prolonged droughts.
• Tian, Shiying; Youssef, Mohamed A.; Sun, Ge; Chescheir, George M.; Noormets, Asko; Amatya, Devendra M.; Skaggs, R. Wayne; King, John S.; McNulty, Steve; Gavazzi, Michael; Miao, Guofang; Domec, Jean-Christophe. 2015. Testing DRAINMOD-FOREST for predicting evapotranspiration in a mid-rotation pine plantation.
• Gavazzi, M.J.; McNulty, S.G. 2014. The influence of prescribed fire and burn interval on fuel loads in four North Carolina forest ecosystems.
• Cole, Jason A.; Johnson, Kristopher D.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Pan, Yude; Wayson, Craig A.; McCullough, Kevin; Hoover, Coeli M.; Hollinger, David Y.; Bradford, John B.; Ryan, Michael G.; Kolka, Randall K.; Wieshampel, Peter; Clark, Kenneth L.; Skowronski, Nicholas S.; Hom, John; Ollinger, Scott V.; McNulty, Steven G.; Gavazzi, Michael J. 2013. Database for landscape-scale carbon monitoring sites.
• Domec, Jean-Christophe; Sun, Ge; Noormets, Asko; Gavazzi, Michael J.; Treasure, Emrys A.; Cohen, Erika; Swenson, Jennifer J.; McNulty, Steve G.; King, John S. 2012. A comparison of three methods to estimate evapotranspiration in two contrasting loblolly pine plantations: age-related changes in water use and drought sensitivity of evapotranspiration components.
• Domec, Jean-Christophe; Ogée, Jérôme; Noormets, Asko; Jouangy, Julien; Gavazzi, Michael; Treasure, Emrys; Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steve G.; King, John S. 2012. Interactive effects of nocturnal transpiration and climate change on the root hydraulic redistribution and carbon and water budgets of southern United States pine plantations.
• Noormets, Asko; Mcnulty, Steve G.; Domec, Jean-Christophe; Gavazzi, Michael; Sun, Ge; King, John S. 2012. The role of harvest residue in rotation cycle carbon balance in loblolly pine plantations.
• McNulty, Steven G.; Moore, Jennifer A.; Iverson, Louis; Prasad, Anantha; Abt, Robert; Smith, Bryan; Sun, Ge; Gavazzi, Michael; Bartlett, John; Murray, Brian; Mickler, Robert A.; Aber, John D. 2000. Application of Linked Regional Scale Growth, Biogeography, and Economic Models for Southeastern United States Pine Forests.

Research Highlights

Hurricane Preparedness and Recovery Guides for Southeastern Forests, Farms, and Ranch Producers (2020)

A single hurricane can cause more than $1 billion in agricultural and forestry losses, and the intensity of hurricanes is increasing due to climate change. The USDA Southeast Climate Hub developed a series of 23 hurricane preparation and recovery commodity guides for southeastern forests, farms, and ranches. The goal of these guides is to reduce economic loss and increase the reliability of food and fiber supplies from the region.

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