Steven McNulty

Director, USDA Southeast Regional Climate Hub

One Gifford Pinchot Drive
Madison, WI 53726-2366

steve.mcnulty@usda.gov

Research
Education
and Experience
Organizations
and Awards
Publications
and Products

Current Research

I focus on two types of research: Basic; and Applied. Both forms of research are important. Basic research provides important information about the structure and function of an ecosystem, and how ecosystems respond to different environmental stresses such as climate change and air pollution. Applied research takes our understanding of ecosystem structure and function from basic research and uses this information to develop adaptive management strategies to ecosystem risk and improve ecosystem function.

My basic research includes understanding how nitrogen and sulfur deposition along with climate change can impact high elevation spruce fir forests, nutrient and water use and yield from forest it watersheds, and understanding ecosystem risk at the regional to continental scale through field experiments and ecosystem modeling.

By applied research includes developing that can assess ecosystem stress and provide land managers with options for correcting reducing or preventing negative impacts stress to their forest, agricultural, range land environments.

Research Interests

Adaptative management strategies for increasing ecosystem and working land resilience to climage change and variabilty.

Why This Research is Important

This research is designed to be useful for management of forest and range lands given the increasing variability of climate in both the short and long-term. Future working land sustainability depends to the choices that land managers are making today, and these studies will give the tools and information needed to make informed decisions.

Education

Ph.D. in Natural Resources, 1991: University of New Hampshire, Durham
M.S. in Forestry, 1987: University of Wisconsin, Madison
B.S. in Natural Resources, 1985: University of Wisconsin, Madison

Professional Experience

Director, USDA Southeast Climate Hub: 2014—Current

The objective of the USDA Southeast Climate Hub is to develop and distribute tools, information and resources that will increase the resiliency of working lands (i.e., agriculture, forestry, and range) to disturbance (e.g., drought, insect, disease, frost, flood, hurricane) associated with climate variability and change, to improve the long-term sustainability and productivity of these lands.
Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service: 1991—Current

Since 1991 I have been a research ecologist with a specialty of climate variability and change impacts and interactions with forests. Some of my areas of study include landscape to regional scale nitrogen, water, insect outbreak, and carbon modeling. Increasing our ability to predict non-antecedent forest disturbances is another area of study. This work is done in conjunction with my role as director of the USDA Southeast Climate Hub.
Research Assistant, University of New Hampshire, Durham: 1987—1991

As a research assistant, I conducted a regional soil and foliar sampling of 164 red spruce (Picea rubens) plots across a nitrogen deposition gradient from New York to Maine. Additionally, in 1988 I established a long-term (1988 to present) set of field plots in the spruce zone of Mt. Ascutney Vermont to examine the impacts of low dose nitrogen additions on forest health. These experiments demonstrated that low doses of nitrogen could induce nitrogen saturation and that after 30+ years, climate change is impacting the regeneration, productivity, carbon and nitrogen cycling of New England spruce forests.
Research Assistant , University of Wisconsin, Madison: 1984—1987

Studied forest water, carbon, and nitrogen cycling at the UW Arboretum and on the UW Blackhawk Island research site. Results from this work were used in some of the earliest hyperspectral remote sensing research.

Professional Organizations

IUFRO Working Group 7.01.06 (Risk Assessment), Deputy Coordinator (2015—Current)

Awards and Recognition

US Embassy Science Fellowship to Palau, 2020: I received this fellowship because my experience with climate change impacts and adaptation from sea-level rise, water resource management, and soil erosion would allow me to assist Palau with these ongoing issues.
2016 NIFA Partnership Award for Mission Integration., 2016: PINEMAP Executive Team. I received this USDA award as the modeling team lead in the $20 million, six-year PINEMAP project.
USDA Forest Service Award for Superior Research Achievement, 2013: Award “for exceptional impact in the community of climate change science and adaptation management
Southern Research Stations Directors Science Delivery Award, 2013: Award for “exemplary service in providing advanced scientific knowledge to land managers through a user-friendly, online information system”
USDA Forest Service Chiefs Excellence in Science and Technology Award, 2013: Award for “Researching and Advancing Global Climate-Related Societal Impacts”
USDA Certificate of Appreciation, 2012: Award for helping to develop the 2012 Sustainable Operations Summit agenda, and for presenting at the workshop
Southern Research Stations Director Distinguished Scientist Award, 2012: Award for over 20 years or sustained, and highly significant research productivity on environmental stress impacts across the southern US
Forest Service Deputy Chief of Research and Development Distinguished Science Award, 2012: Award for sustained research productivity, proactive science technology, innovative leadership, applied forest science, and longtime federal service
SRS Director’s Science Delivery Award, 2011: Award for leading and significantly contributing to several chapters in the Southern Forest Futures Project, and for providing a formal review for most of the chapters
USDA Extra Effort Award, 2010: Award for initiating the First Friday All Climate Change Talks (FFACCTs) that presented news and research results via WebEx for Regions 8 and 9, the northern and southern research stations, and other agencies on the first Friday of every month
USDA Forest Service Region 8 Forest Supervisors Group Award for Technology Transfer, 2010: Award (with six other members of the TACCIMO team) for the development and application of the web-based tool for assessing climate change impacts and management options (TACCIMO) for use in forest planning across National Forest System Region 8. 2011.
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources Certificate of Appreciation, 2008: Award for my contribution to CAPAG and to three of the working groups which resulted in a report the North Carolina State Legislature on climate change adaptation options for North Carolina.
USDA Extra Effort Award, 2008: Award for my contributions to the organization and application of the 2004 SRS All Scientists Meeting that included the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture and FS Deputy Chief
USDA Extra Effort Award, 2004: Award for authoring Criteria 67, Capacity to conduct and apply research and development aimed at improving forest management and the ability to predict impacts on forests of possible climate change
USDA Certificate of Merit, 2004: Award for my contribution (as co-chair) to the development and operation of the USCCC which is providing some of the first inter-site comparable measurements of carbon sequestration across China.
USDA Certificate of Merit for Superior Research Achievement, 2004: Award for publishing over a dozen papers during a single fiscal year
USDA Extra Effort Award, 2003: Award for serving as the Chair for the 175 papers presented at the October 2002 “Advances in Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Inventory, Measurements, and Monitoring” Meeting
SRS Directors Stewardship Award, 2003: Group award in recognition for outstanding ecological achievement in research support of land management. The SGCP was nominated for this award because of leadership in integrating ecosystem modeling with the assessment of critical management issues.
Distinguished Publication Award from East Tennessee Chapter Society Technical Communication, 2001: award along with my co-authors for the following paper. Dale V.H., L. A. Joyce, S.G. McNulty, R.P. Neilson, M.P. Ayres, M.D. Flannigan, P.J. Hanson, L.C. Irland, A.E. Lugo, C.J. Peterson, D. Simberloff, F.J. Swanson, B.J. Stocks, and B. M. Wotton. 2001.
USDA Extra Effort Award, 2001: Award for serving as Acting AD P&A position for six months while the position was vacant
USDA Extra Effort Award, 2001: Award for co-writing and editing the SOFRA chapter pertaining to numerous environmental stresses including ozone, acid rain and climate change impacts on southern forest health and productivity
USDA Extra Effort Award, 2001: Award for serving as the guest co-editor for the 43 papers published in the journal Environmental Pollution which were the result of the October 2000 “Advances in Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Inventory, Measurements, and Monitoring” Meeting.
USDA Extra Effort Award, 2000: Award for my development and writing contributions to the Forest Service national strategic plan for climate change research
USDA Extra Effort Award, 2000: this award for my efforts to organize (as meeting chair) the meeting entitled “Advances in Terrestrial Ecosystem Carbon Inventory, Measurements, and Monitoring”. The multi-agency sponsored meeting included over 175 international scientists, policy makers
USDA Extra Effort Award, 2000: Award for organizing (as federal chair of the forest sector) and writing contributions to the development of the US National Assessment on Climate Change Impacts to US Forests
USDA Extra Effort Award, 1999: Award for organizing and hosting the Forest Service national strategic plan for climate change research
USDA Certificate of Appreciation for contribution to a distinguished publication, 1999: Award for my writing contributions to a keystone paper on the impacts of nitrogen deposition on US forests. The paper examines ecosystem response and potential management strategies for minimizing environmental impacts.
Chinese National Soil Conservation Society distinguished paper award, 1998: Award for my paper entitled “The development and use of Best Management Practices in forested watersheds.” McNulty, S.G. and G. Sun. 1998. In: Proceedings of the I
Chinese National Academy of Science Award, 1998: Award for my continuing collaboration with Chinese scientists to reduce the impact of soil erosion on stream water quality across the country.
USDA Forest Service Award for Superior Research Achievement, 1995: Award for innovative research related to the integration of multiple disciplines (including regional scale ecosystem hydrology, productivity, economics, and climate change)

Featured Publications and Products

McNulty, Steve; Weiner, Sarah; Moore Myers, Jennifer ; Farahani, Hamid; Fouladbash, Lisa; Marshall, David; Steele, Rachel F. 2015. Southeast regional climate hub assessment of climate change vulnerability and adaptation and mitigation strategies.
McNulty, Steven G.; Boggs, Johnny L.; Sun, Ge. 2014. The rise of the mediocre forest: why chronically stressed trees may better survive extreme episodic climate variability.
Sun, Ge; Caldwell, Peter V.; McNulty, Steven G. 2015. Modelling the potential role of forest thinning in maintaining water supplies under a changing climate across the conterminous United States.
McNulty, Steven G.; Cohen, Erika C.; Moore Myers, Jennifer A. 2013. Climate change impacts on forest soil critical acid loads and exceedances at a national scale.
McNulty, Steven; Caldwell, Peter; Doyle, Thomas W.; Johnsen, Kurt; Liu, Yongqiang; Mohan, Jacqueline; Prestemon, Jeffrey; Sun, Ge. 2013. Forests and Climate Change in the Southeast USA.
Thompson, Matthew P.; Marcot, Bruce G.; Thompson, Frank R.; McNulty, Steven; Fisher, Larry A.; Runge, Michael C.; Cleaves, David; Tomosy, Monica. 2013. The science of decisionmaking: applications for sustainable forest and grassland management in the National Forest System.
Marcot, Bruce G.; Thompson, Matthew P.; Runge, Michael C.; Thompson, Frank R.; McNulty, Steven; Cleaves, David; Tomosy, Monica; Fisher, Larry A.; Bliss, Andrew. 2012. Recent advances in applying decision science to managing national forests.
McNulty, Steven G. 2010. Critical acid load limits in a changing climate: implications and solutions.
Boggs, Johnny; Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steve. 2016. Paired forested watershed experiments in the Piedmont of North Carolina.
Duan, Kai; Sun, Ge; Sun, Shanlei; Caldwell, Peter V.; Cohen Mack, Erika; McNulty, Steve; Aldridge, Heather D.; Zhang, Yang. 2016. Divergence of ecosystem services in U.S. National Forests and Grasslands under a changing climate.

Publications

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.
Duan, Kai ; Caldwell, Peter V; Sun, Ge ; McNulty, Steven G.; Qin, Yue ; Chen, Xiaohong ; Liu, Ning . 2022. Climate change challenges efficiency of inter-basin water transfers in alleviating water stress.
He, Keqi ; Zhang, Yu ; Li, Wenhong ; Sun, Ge ; McNulty, Steve . 2022. Detecting Coastal Wetland Degradation by Combining Remote Sensing and Hydrologic Modeling.
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 ; Warr, Ian ; Irving, Madison ; Gregg, Olivia ; Grady, Stanton ; Peele, Toby ; Noormets, Asko ; Sun, Ge ; Liu, Ning ; McNulty, Steve; Pettay, Forrest ; Bhattacharya, Shamik ; Penney, Skylar ; Kerrigan, Maccoy ; Yang, Linqing ; Mitra, Bhaskar ; Prajapati, Prajaya ; Minick, Kevan ; King, John . 2022. The Unabated Atmospheric Carbon Losses in a Drowning Wetland Forest of North Carolina: A Point of No Return?.
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.
Noormets, Asko ; Bracho, Rosvel ; Ward, Eric ; Seiler, John ; Strahm, Brian ; Lin, Wen ; McElligott, Kristin ; Domec, Jean‐Christophe ; Gonzalez‐Benecke, Carlos ; Jokela, Eric J.; Markewitz, Daniel ; Meek, Cassandra ; Miao, Guofang ; McNulty, Steve G.; King, John S.; Samuelson, Lisa ; Sun, Ge ; Teskey, Robert ; Vogel, Jason ; Will, Rodney ; Yang, Jinyan ; Martin, Timothy A. 2021. Heterotrophic Respiration and the Divergence of Productivity and Carbon Sequestration.
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.
McNulty, Steve ; Steel, Ashley ; Springgay, Elaine ; Caldwell, Ben ; Shono, Kenichi ; Pess, George ; Funge-Smith, Simon ; Richards, William ; Ferraz, Silvio ; Neary, Dan ; Long, Jonathan ; Verbist, Bruno ; Leonard, Jackson ; Sun, Ge ; Beechie, Timothy ; Lo, Michaela ; McGill, Lillian ; Fullerton, Aimee ; Borelli, Simone . 2021. Managing forests for water [Chapter 3].
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.
Boggs, Johnny L.; Sun, Ge ; Domec, Jean‐Christophe ; McNulty, Steven G. 2021. Variability of tree transpiration across three zones in a southeastern U.S. Piedmont watershed.
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.
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.
Caldwell, Peter V; Kennen, Jonathan G.; Hain, Ernie F.; Nelson, Stacy A.C.; Sun, Ge ; McNulty, Steve G. 2020. Hydrologic modeling for flow-ecology science in the Southeastern United States and Puerto Rico.
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.
Hallema, Dennis W.; Robinne, François-Nicolas ; McNulty, Steven G. 2020. Pandemic spotlight on urban water quality.
Mitra, Bhaskar ; Minick, Kevan ; Miao, Guofang ; Domec, Jean-Christophe ; Prajapati, Prajaya ; McNulty, Steve G.; Sun, Ge ; King, John S.; Noormets, Asko . 2020. Spectral evidence for substrate availability rather than environmental control of methane emissions from a coastal forested wetland.
Zhang, Lu ; Zhang, Zhiqiang ; Chen, Lixin ; McNulty, Steven . 2019. An investigation on the leaf accumulation-removal efficiency of atmospheric particulate matter for five urban plant species under different rainfall regimes.
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.
Hallema, Dennis; Kinoshita, A. M. ; Martin, D. A.; Robinne, F. -N; Galleguillos, M; McNulty, Steve; Sun, Ge; Singh, K.K.; Mordecai, R. S.; Moore, P. F. . 2019. Fire, forest and city water supplies.
McNulty, Steven ; Baca, Aurelia ; Bowker, Michael ; Brantley, Steven ; Dreaden, Tyler ; Golladay, Steven W.; Holmes, Tom ; James, Natasha ; Liu, Shan ; Lucardi, Rima ; Mayfeld, Albert ; Sun, Ge ; Treasure, Emrys ; Conner, L. Mike; Smith, Lora L.; Vose, James M. 2019. Managing Effects of Drought in the Southeast United States.
Creed, Irena F.; Jones, Julia A.; Archer, Emma ; Claassen, Marius ; Ellison, David ; McNulty, Steven G.; van Noordwijk, Meine ; Vira, Bhaskar ; Wei, Xiaohua ; Bishop, Kevin ; Blanco, Juan A.; Gush, Mark ; Gyawali, Dipak ; Jobbágy, Esteban ; Lara, Antonio ; Little, Christian ; Martin-Ortega, Julia ; Mukherji, Aditi ; Murdiyarso, Daniel ; Pol, Paola Ovando; Sullivan, Caroline A.; Xu, Jianchu . 2019. Managing forests for both downstream and downwind water.
Lin, Wen ; Domec, Jean-Christophe ; Ward, Eric ; Marshall, John ; King, John ; Laviner, Marshall ; Fox, Thomas ; West, Jason ; Sun, Ge ; McNulty, Steve ; Noormets, Asko . 2019. Using δ13C and δ18O to analyze loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) response to experimental drought and fertilization.
Hallema, Dennis; Sun, Ge; Caldwell, Peter; Robinne, Francois-Nicolas; Bladon, Kevin D.; Norman, Steve; Liu, Yongqiang; Cohen, Erika C.; McNulty, Steve. 2019. Wildland fire impacts on water yield across the contiguous United States.
Zhang, Liangxia ; Sun, Ge ; Cohen, Erika ; McNulty, Steven ; Caldwell, Peter ; Krieger, Suzanne ; Christian, Jason ; Zhou, Decheng ; Duan, Kai ; Cepero-Pérez, Keren J. 2018. An improved water budget for the El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico, as determined by the Water Supply Stress Index Model.
Du, Enzai; de Vries, Wim; McNulty, Steven; Fenn, Mark E. 2018. Bulk deposition of base cationic nutrients in China's forests: Annual rates and spatial characteristics.
Hallema, Dennis W.; Sun, Ge; Caldwell, Peter V.; Norman, Steven P.; Cohen, Erika C.; Liu, Yongqiang; Bladon, Kevin D.; McNulty, Steven G. 2018. Burned forests impact water supplies.
van Noordwijk, Meine ; Creed, Irena F.; Jones, Julia A. Wei Xiaohua (Adam); Gush, Mark ; Blanco, Juan A.; Sullivan, Caroline A.; Bishop, Kevin ; Murdiyarso, Daniel ; Xu, Jianchu ; Claassen, Marius ; McNulty, Steven G.; Ellison, David ; Malmer, Anders ; Bruijnzeel, Leendert A. (Sampurno); Harper, Richard J.; Mwangi, Hosea ; Hacket-Pain, Andrew ; Orland, Chloe . 2018. Climate-forest-water-people relations: Seven system delineations.
Claassen, Marius ; Vira, Bhaskar ; Xu, Jianchu ; Gyawali, Dipak ; Martin-Ortega, Julia ; Pol, Paola Ovando; Creed, Irena F.; Ellison, David ; McNulty, Steven G.; Archer, Emma ; Sullivan, Caroline A.; Trick, Dominique (Nico); Schulz, Christopher ; Serran, Jacqueline ; Aldred, David . 2018. Current and future Perspectives on forest-water goods and services.
McNulty, Steve G.; Archer, Emma ; Gush, Mark ; van Noordwojk, Meine ; Ellison, David ; Blanco, Juan A.; Xu, Jianchu ; Bishop, Kevin ; Wei, Xiaohua adam); Vira, Bhaskar ; Creed, Irene F.; Mukherji, Aditi ; Baca, Aurelia ; Serran, Jacqueline ; Harper, Richard J.; Aldred, David ; Sullivan, Caroline A. 2018. Determinants of the Forest-Water Relationship.
Jones Julia A., ; Wei, Xiaohua (Adam); van Noordwijk, Meine ; Creed, Irena F.; Gush, Mark ; Ellison, David ; Blanco, Juan A.; Bishop, Kevin ; McNulty, Steven G.; Archer, Emma ; Tobella, Aida Bargués; Bruijnzeel, Leendert A. (Sampurno); Duinker, Peter ; Foster, David ; Gebrekirstos, Aster ; Giles-Hansen, Krysta ; Hacket-Pain, Andrew ; Harper, Richard J.; Ilstedt, Ulrik ; Li, Qiang ; Liao, Yingchun ; Malmer, Anders ; Mwangi, Hosea ; Orland, Chloe ; Steenberg, James ; Wang, Yi ; Worthy, Fiona ; Xu, Jianchu ; ZhangIn, Mingfang . 2018. Forest landscape hydrology in a ‘New Normal’ era of climate and land use change.
Creed, IrenaF ; van Noordwijk, Meine ; Archer, Emma ; Claassen, Marius ; Ellison, David ; Jones, Julia A.; McNulty, Steven G.; Vira, Bhaskar ; Wei, Xiaohua (Adam). 2018. Forest, trees and water on a changing planet: How contemporary science can inform policy and practice.
Duan, Kai; Sun, Ge; Caldwell, Peter V.; McNulty, Steven G.; Zhang, Yang. 2018. Implications of Upstream Flow Availability for Watershed Surface Water Supply Across the Conterminous United States.
Vira, Bhaskar ; Ellison, David ; McNulty, Steven G.; Archer, Emma ; Bishop, Kevink Claassen, Marius.; Creed, Irena F.; Gush, Mark ; Gyawali, Dipak ; Martin-Ortega, Julia ; Mukherji, Aditi ; Murdiyarso, David ; Pol, Paola Ovando; Sullivan, Caroline A.; van Noordwijk, Meine ; Wei, Xiaohua (Adam); Xu, Jianchu ; Reed, Maureen ; Wilson, Sarah J. 2018. Management options for dealing with changing forest-water relations.
Bagstad, Kenneth J.; Cohen, Erika; Ancona, Zachary H.; McNulty, Steven. G.; Sun, Ge . 2018. The sensitivity of ecosystem service models to choices of input data and spatial resolution.
Lin, Wen; Noormets, Asko; King, John S.; Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steve; Domec, Jean-Christophe; Cernusak, Lucas. 2017. An extractive removal step optimized for a high-throughput α-cellulose extraction method for δ ¹³ C and δ ¹⁸ O stable isotope ratio analysis in conifer tree rings.
Liu, Chunwei; Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steve; Noormets, Asko; Fang, Yuan. 2017. Environmental controls on seasonal ecosystem evapotranspiration/potential evapotranspiration ratio as determined by the global eddy flux measurements.
Nowak, David J.; Poudyal, Neelam C.; McNulty, Steve G. 2017. Forest ecosystem services: Carbon and air quality.
Miao, Guofang; Noormets, Asko; Domec, Jean-Christophe; Fuentes, Montserrat; Trettin, Carl C.; Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steve G.; King, John S. 2017. Hydrology and microtopography control carbon dynamics in wetlands: Implications in partitioning ecosystem respiration in a coastal plain forested wetland.
Duan, Kai; Sun, Ge; Zhang, Yang; Yahya, Khairunnisa; Wang, Kai; Madden, James M.; Caldwell, Peter V.; Cohen Mack, Erika; McNulty, Steve. 2017. Impact of air pollution induced climate change on water availability and ecosystem productivity in the conterminous United States.
Zhu, Jie; Sun, Ge; Li, Wenhong; Zhang, Yu; Miao, Guofang; Noormets, Asko; McNulty, Steve G.; King, John S.; Kumar, Mukesh; Wang, Xuan. 2017. Modeling the potential impacts of climate change on the water table level of selected forested wetlands in the southeastern United States.
Hallema, Dennis W.; Sun, Ge; Bladon, Kevin D.; Norman, Steven P.; Caldwell, Peter V.; Liu, Yongqiang; McNulty, Steven G. 2017. Regional patterns of postwildfire streamflow response in the Western United States: The importance of scale-specific connectivity.
McNulty, Steven G.; Boggs, Johnny L.; Aber, John D.; Rustad, Lindsey E. 2017. Spruce-fir forest changes during a 30-year nitrogen saturation experiment.
Ward, Eric J.; Domec, Jean-Christophe; King, John; Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steve; Noormets, Asko. 2017. TRACC: an open source software for processing sap flux data from thermal dissipation probes.
Boggs, Johnny; Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steve. 2017. The effects of stream crossings on total suspended sediment in North Carolina Piedmont forests.
Hain, Ernie F.; Kennen, Jonathan G.; Caldwell, Peter V.; Nelson, Stacy A.C.; Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steven G. 2017. Using regional scale flow-ecology modeling to identify catchments where fish assemblages are most vulnerable to changes in water availability.
McNulty, Steven; Du, Enzai; Paoletti, Elena. 2017. Virtual Special Issue Preface: Forest Response to Environmental Stress: Impacts and Adaptation.
Hallema, Dennis W.; Sun, Ge; Caldwell, Peter V.; Norman, Steve; Cohen Mack, Erika; Liu, Yongqiang; Ward, Eric J.; McNulty, Steve. 2016. Assessment of wildland fire impacts on watershed annual water yield: Analytical framework and case studies in the United States.
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.
Sun, Ge; Sun, Shanlei; Xiao, Jingfeng; Caldwell, Peter; Amatya, Devendra; Irmak, Suat; Gowda, Prasanna H.; Panda, Sudhanshu; McNulty, Steve; Zhang, Yang. 2016. Estimating watershed evapotranspiration across the United States using multiple methods.
Sun, Ge; Amatya, Devendra; McNulty, Steve. 2016. Forest hydrology.
McNulty, Steve; Cohen Mack, Erika; Sun, Ge; Caldwell, Peter. 2016. Hydrologic modeling for water resource assessment in a developing country: the Rwanda case study.
Sun, Shanlei; Sun, Ge; Cohen Mack, Erika; McNulty, Steve; Caldwell, Peter V.; Duan, Kai; Zhang, Yang. 2016. Projecting water yield and ecosystem productivity across the United States by linking an ecohydrological model to WRF dynamically downscaled climate data.
Hallema, Dennis W.; Sun, Ge; Caldwell, Peter V.; Norman, Steve; Cohen, Erika C.; Liu, Yongqiang; McNulty, Steve. 2016. Relationships between wildland fires and watershed hydrology across the contiguous U.S.
Caldwell, Peter V.; Kennen, Jonathan G.; Sun, Ge; Kiang, Julie E.; Butcher, Jon B.; Eddy, Michele C.; Hay, Lauren E.; LaFontaine, Jacob H.; Hain, Ernie F.; Nelson, Stacy A. C.; McNulty, Steve G. 2015. A comparison of hydrologic models for ecological flows and water availability.
Liu, C. ; Sun, G. ; McNulty, S. G.; Kang, S. . 2015. An Improved evapotranspiration model for an apple orchard in northwestern China.
Boggs, Johnny; Sun, Ge; Domec, Jean-Christophe; McNulty, Steven; Treasure, Emrys. 2015. Clearcutting upland forest alters transpiration of residual trees in the riparian buffer zone.
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.
Sun, Shanlei; Sun, Ge; Caldwell, Peter; McNulty, Steve; Cohen, Erika; Xiao, Jingfeng; Zhang, Yang. 2015. Drought impacts on ecosystem functions of the U.S. National Forests and Grasslands: Part II assessment results and management implications.
Noormets, A.; Epron, D.; Domec, J.C.; McNulty, S.G.; Fox, T.; Sun, G.; King, J.S. 2015. Effects of forest management on productivity and carbon sequestration: A review and hypothesis.
Boggs, Johnny; Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steven. 2015. Effects of timber harvest on water quantity and quality in small watersheds in the Piedmont of North Carolina.
Kang, M.; Zhang, Z.; Noormets, A.; Fang, X.; Zha, T.; Zhou, J.; Sun, G.; McNulty, S. G.; Chen, J. 2015. Energy partitioning and surface resistance of a poplar plantation in northern China.
Ward, Eric J.; Domec, Jean-Christophe; Laviner, Marshall A.; Fox, Thomas R.; Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steve; King, John; Noormets, Asko. 2015. Fertilization intensifies drought stress: water use and stomatal conductance of Pinus taeda in a midrotation fertilization and throughfall reduction experiment.
Emanuel, Ryan E; Buckley, John J; Caldwell, Peter V; McNulty, Steve; Sun, Ge. 2015. Influence of basin characteristics on the effectiveness and downstream reach of interbasin water transfers: displacing a problem.
Fang, Yuan; Sun, Ge; Caldwell, Peter; McNulty, Steven G.; Noormets, Asko; Domec, Jean-Christophe; King, John; Zhang, Zhiqiang; Zhang, Xudong; Lin, Guanghui; Zhou, Guangsheng; Xiao, Jingfeng; Chen, Jiquan. 2015. Monthly land cover-specific evapotranspiration models derived from global eddy flux measurements and remote sensing data.
Sun, S.; Sun, Ge; Cohen Mack, Erika; McNulty, Steve; Caldwell, Peter; Duan, K.; Zhang, Y. 2015. Predicting future US water yield and ecosystem productivity by linking an ecohydrological model to WRF dynamically downscaled climate projections.
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.
Holmes, Thomas P.; McNulty, Steve; Vose, James M.; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Li, Harbin. 2014. A conceptual framework for adaptive forest management under climate change.
Segura, Catalina; Caldwell, Peter; Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steve; Zhang, Yang. 2014. A model to predict stream water temperature across the conterminous USA.
Chen, Jiquan; John, Ranjeet; Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steve; Noormets, Asko; Xiao, Jingfeng; Turner, Monica G.; Franldin, Jerry F. 2014. Carbon fluxes and storages in forests and landscapes.
Segura, C.; Sun, G.; McNulty, S.; Zhang, Y. 2014. Potential impacts of climate change on soil erosion vulnerability across the conterminous United States.
Peterson, David L.; Wolken, J.M.; Hollingsworth, Teresa; Giardina, Christian; Littell, J.S.; Joyce, Linda; Swanston, Chris; Handler, Stephen; Rustad, Lindsey; McNulty, Steve. 2014. Regional Highlights of Climate Change.
Treasure, Emrys; McNulty, Steven; Moore Myers, Jennifer; Jennings, Lisa Nicole. 2014. Template for Assessing Climate Change Impacts and Management Options: TACCIMO user guide version 2.2.
Gavazzi, M.J.; McNulty, S.G. 2014. The influence of prescribed fire and burn interval on fuel loads in four North Carolina forest ecosystems.
Zhou, Jie; Zhang, Zhiqiang; sun, Ge; Fang, Xianrui; Zha, Tonggang; Chen, Jiquan; Noormets, Asko; Guo, Junting; McNulty, Steve. 2014. Water-use efficiency of a poplar plantation in Northern China.
Dow, K.; Carter, L.; Brosius, A.; Diaz, E.; Durbrow, R.; Evans, R.; Fauver, S.; Hayden, T.; Howard, B.; Jacobs, K.; Landers, G.; McNulty, S.; Nicholson, J.; Quattrochi, D.; Rimer, L.; Shuford, S.; Stiles, S.; Terando, A. 2013. Climate Adaptations in the Southeast USA.
Jennings, L.N.; Treasure, E.A.; McNulty, S.G. 2013. Climate Change and Your National Forest: Assessing the potential effects of climate change on the El Yunque National Forest.
Carter, L.; Dow, K.; Anderson, J.; Asseng, S.; Hopkinson, C.; Konrad, C.; McNulty, S.; Mitchell, K.; Moody, K.; Quattrochi, D.; Schramm, P.; Sun, G.; Swann, L. 2013. Climate Change in the Southeast USA: Executive Summary.
Quattrochi, D.; Dow, K.; Gaffney, J.; Long, P.; McNulty, S.; Shepherd, M.; Shuford, S.; Stone, B. 2013. Climate Interactions with the Built Environment in the Southeast USA.
McNulty, Steve; Moore Myers, Jennifer; Caldwell, Peter; Sun, Ge. 2013. Climate change summary.
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.
Boggs, Johnny; Sun, Ge; Jones, David; McNulty, Steven G. 2013. Effect of soils on water quantity and quality in Piedmont forested headwater watersheds of North Carolina.
Lockaby, Graeme; Nagy, Chelsea; Vose, James M.; Ford, Chelcy R.; Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steve; Caldwell, Pete; Cohen, Erika; Moore Myers, Jennifer . 2013. Forests and water.
Sun, Ge; Caldwell, Peter V.; McNulty, Steven G.; Georgakakos, Aris P.; Arumugam, Sankar; Cruise, James; McNider, Richard T.; Terando, Adam; Conrads, Paul A.; Feldt, John; Misra, Vasu; Romolo, Luigi; Rasmussen, Todd C.; Marion, Daniel A. 2013. Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Water Resources in the Southeast USA.
Bytnerowicz, Andrzej; Fenn, Mark; McNulty, Steven; Yuan, Fengming; Pourmokhtarian, Afshin; Driscoll, Charles; Meixner, Tom. 2013. Interactive effects of air pollution and climate change on forest ecosystems in the United States: current understanding and future scenarios.
Chapman, LeeAnna Y.; McNulty, Steven G.; Sun, Ge; Zhang, Yang. 2013. Net nitrogen mineralization in natural ecosystems across the conterminous US.
Sun, Ge; Caldwell, Peter; McNulty, Steve; Ward, Eric; Domec, Jean-Christophe; Noormets, Asko. 2013. Regional carbon sequestration and climate change: It’s all about water.
Zhou, Jie; Zhang, Zhiqiang; Sun, Ge; Fang, Xianrui; Zha, Tonggang; McNulty, Steve; Chen, Jiquan; Jin, Ying; Noormets, Asko. 2013. Response of ecosystem carbon fluxes to drought events in a poplar plantation in Northern China.
Averyt, K.; Meldrum, J.; Caldwell, P.; Sun, G.; McNulty, S.; Huber-Lee, A.; Madden, N. 2013. Sectoral contributions to surface water stress in the coterminous United States.
Miao, Guofang; Noormets, Asko; Domec, Jean-Christophe; Trettin, Carl C.; McNulty, Steve G.; Sun, Ge; King, John S. 2013. The effect of water table fluctuation on soil respiration in a lower coastal plain forested wetland in the southeastern U.S.
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.
Tian, Hanqin; Chen, Guangsheng; Zhang, Chi; Liu, Mingliang; Sun, Ge; Chappelka, Arthur; Ren, Wei; Xu, Xiaofeng; Lu, Chaoqun; Pan, Shufen; Chen, Hua; Hui, Dafeng; McNulty, Steven; Lockaby, Graeme; Vance, Eric. 2012. Century-Scale Responses of Ecosystem Carbon Storage and Flux to Multiple Environmental Changes in the Southern United States.
Daniels, A.E.; Morrison, J.F.; Joyce, L.A.; Crookston, N.L.; Chen, S.C.; McNulty, S.G. 2012. Climate projections FAQ.
Crowley, K.F.; McNeil, B.E.; Lovett, G.M.; Canham, C.D.; Driscoll, C.T.; Rustad, L.E.; Denny, E.; Hallett, R.A.; Arthur, M.A.; Boggs, J.L.; Goodale, C.L.; Kahl, J.S.; McNulty, S.G.; Ollinger, S.V.; Pardo, L.H.; Schaberg, P.G.; Stoddard, J.L.; Weand, M.P.; Weather, K.C. 2012. Do nutrient limitation patterns shift from nitrogen toward phosphorus with increasing nitrogen deposition across the northeastern United States?.
Caldwell, P. V.; Sun, G.; McNulty, S. G.; Cohen, E. C.; Moore Myers, J. A. 2012. Impacts of impervious cover, water withdrawals, and climate change on river flows in the conterminous US.
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.
Jennings, Lisa; Treasure, Emrys; Moore Myers, Jennifer; McNulty, Steve; Brogan, Sean; Jones, David. 2012. North Carolina's Emerging Forest Threats: Management Options for Healthy Forests.
Goetz, S. J.; Bond-Lamberty, B.; Law, B. E.; Hicke, J. A.; Huang, C.; Houghton, R. A.; McNulty, S.; O’Halloran, T.; Harmon, M.; Meddens, A. J. H.; Pfeifer, E. M.; Mildrexler, D.; Kasischke, E. S. 2012. Observations and assessment of forest carbon dynamics following disturbance in North America.
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.
Lockaby, Graeme; Nagy, Chelsea; Vose, James M.; Ford, Chelcy R.; Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steve; Caldwell, Pete; Cohen, Erika; Moore Meyers, Jennifer. 2011. Chapter 13: Water and Forests.
McNulty, Steve; Moore Myers, Jennifer; Caldwell, Peter; Sun, Ge. 2011. Chapter 3: Climate Change.
Sun, Ge; Caldwell, Peter; Noormets, Asko; McNulty, Steven G.; Cohen, Erika; et., al. 2011. Upscaling key ecosystem functions across the conterminous United States by a water‐centric ecosystem model.
Xiao, Jingfeng; Zhuang, Qianlai; Law, Beverly E.; Chen, Jiquan; Baldocchi, Dennis D.; Cook, David R.; Oren, Ram; Richardson, Andrew D.; Wharton, Sonia; Ma, Siyan; Martin, Tomothy A.; Verma, Shashi B.; Suyker, Andrew E.; Scott, Russel L.; Monson, Russel K.; Litvak, Marcy; Hollinger, David Y.; Sun, Ge; Davis, Kenneth J.; Bolstad, Paul V.; Burns, Sean P.; Curtis, Peter S.; Drake, BErt G.; Falk, Matthias; Fischer, MArc L.; Foster, David R.; Gu, Lianhong; Hadley, Julian L.; Katul, Gabriel G.; Matamala, Roser; McNulty, Steve; Meyers, Tilden P.; Munger, J. William; Noormets, Asko; Oechel, Walter C.; U Paw, Kyaw Tha; Schmid, Hans Peter; Starr, Gregory; Torn, Margaret S.; Wofsy, Steven C. 2010. A continuous measure of gross primary production for the conterminous United States derived from MODIS and AmeriFlux data.
Boggs, Johnny L.; McNulty, Steven G. 2010. Changes in canopy cover alter surface air and forest floor temperature in a high-elevation red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) forest.
McDonnell, T.C.; Cosby, B.J.; Sullivan, T.J.; McNulty, S.G.; Cohen, E.C. 2010. Comparison among model estimates of critical loads of acidic deposition using different sources and scales of input data.
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].
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, 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.
Qi, S.; Sun, G.; Wang, Y.; McNulty, S.G.; Moore Myers, J.A. 2009. Streamflow response to climate and landuse changes in a coastal watershed in North Carolina.
Blate, G. M.; Joyce, L. A.; Littell, J. S.; McNulty, S. G.; Millar, C. I.; Moser, S. C.; Neilson, R. P.; O’Halloran, K.; Peterson, D. L. 2009. Adapting to climate change in United States national forests.
Aronson, E.L.; McNulty, S.G. 2009. Appropriate experimental ecosystem warming methods by ecosystem, objective, and practicality.
Domec, J.-C.; Noormets, A.; Sun, Ge; King, J.; McNulty, Steven; Gavazzi, Michael; Boggs, Johnny; Treasure, Emrys. 2009. Decoupling the influence of leaf and root hydraulic conductances on stomatal conductance and its sensitivity to vapour pressure deficit as soil dries in a drained loblolly pine plantation.
Wang, S.; Zhang, Z.; Sun, G.; McNulty, S.G.; Zhang, M. 2009. Detecting water yield variability due to the small proportional land use and land cover changes in a watershed on the Loess Plateau, China.
Qi, Shi ; Wang, Yunqi ; Sun, Ge ; Xiao, Yubao ; Zhu, Jinzhao ; Yang, Hailong ; Hu, Xiaojing ; Wu, Bin ; Wang, Yujie ; McNulty, Steve G. 2009. Effects of forest composition and spatial patterns on storm flows of a small watershed.
Thompson, I.; Mackey, B.; McNulty, S.; Mosseler, A. 2009. Forest Resilience, Biodiversity, and Climate Change.
DeForest, Jared L.; Chen, Jiquan; McNulty, Steve G. 2009. Leaf litter is an important mediator of soil respiration in an oak-dominated forest.
Joyce, Linda A.; Blate, Geoffrey M.; McNulty, Steven G.; Millar, Constance I.; Moser, Susanne; Neilson, Ronald P.; Peterson, David L. 2009. Managing for multiple resources under climate change: national forests.
Wilske, Burkhard, Lu.; Wei, Long; Chen, Shiping; Zha, Tonggang; Liu, Chenfeng; Xu, Wenting; Noormets, Asko; Haung, Jianhui; Wei, Yafen; Chen, Jun; Zhang, Zhiqiang; Ni, Jian; Sun, Ge; Guo, Kirk; McNulty, Steve; John, Ranjeet; Han, Xiangguo; Lin, Guanghui; Chen, Jiquan. 2009. Poplar plantation has the potential to alter the water balance in semiarid inner Mongolia.
Sun, Ge; Zuo, Changqing; Liu, Shiyu; Liu, Mingliang; McNulty, Steven G.; Vose, James M. 2009. Watershed evapotranspiration increased due to changes in vegetation composition and structure under a subtropical climate.
Noormets, Asko; McNulty, Steve G.; DeForest, Jared L.; Sun, Ge; Li, Qinglin; Chen, Jiquan. 2008. Drought during canopy development has lasting effect on annual carbon balance in a deciduous temperate forest.
Xiao, Jingfeng; Zhuang, Qianlai; Baldocchi, Dennis D.; Law, Beverly E.; Richardson, Andrew D.; Chen, Jiquan; Oren, Ram; Starr, Gegory; Noormets, Asko; Ma, Siyan; Verma, Sashi B.; Wharton, Sonia; Wofsy, Steven C.; Bolstad, Paul V.; Burns, Sean P.; Cook, David R.; Curtis, Peter S.; Drake, Bert G.; Falk, Matthias; Fischer, MArc L.; Foster, David R.; Gu, Lianhong; Hadley, Julian L.; Hollinger, David Y.; Katul, Gabriel G.; Litvak, Marcy; Martin, Timothy; Matamala, Roser; McNulty, Steve; Meyers, Tilden P.; Monson, Russell K.; Munger, J. William; Oechel, Walter C.; Paw U, Kyaw Tha; Schmid, Hans Peter; Scott, Russell L.; Sun, Ge; Suyker, Andrew E.; Torn, Margaret S. 2008. Estimation of net ecosystem carbon exchange for the conterminous United States by combining MODIS and AmeriFlux data.
Crumbley, Tyler; Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steve. 2008. Modeling soil erosion and sediment transport from fires in forested watersheds of the South Carolina Piedmont.
Crumbley, Tyler; Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steve. 2007. Modeling soil erosion and sediment transport from fires in forested watersheds of the South Carolina Piedmont.
Deforest, J. L.; Sun, Ge; Noormets, A.; Chen, J.; McNulty, Steve; Gavazzi, M.; Amatya, Devendra M.; Skaggs, R. W. 2006. Carbon and Water Fluxes in a Drained Coastal Clearcut and a Pine Plantation in Eastern North Carolina.
Cao, W.; Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steve G.; Chen, J.; Noormets, A.; Skaggs, R. W.; Amatya, Devendra M. 2006. Evapotranspiration of a Mid-Rotation Loblolly Pine Plantation and a Recently Harvested Stands on the Coastal Plain of North Carolina, U.S.A.
DeForest, Jared L.; Noormets, Askoo; McNulty, Steve G.; Sun, Ge; Teeney, Gwen; Chen, Jiquan. 2006. Phenophases alter the soil respiration-temperature relationship in an oak-dominated forest.
Lu, J.; Sun, Ge; Amatya, Devendra M.; Harder, S. V.; McNulty, Steve G. 2006. Understanding the Hydrologic Response of a Coastal Plain Watershed to Forest Management and Climate Change in South Carolina, U.S.A.
Lu, Jianbiao; Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steven G.; Amatya, Devendra. 2005. A comparison of six potential evapotranspiration methods for regional use in the Southeastern United States.
Li, Changsheng; Trettin, Carl; Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steve; Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus. 2005. Modeling carbon and nitrogen biogeochemistry in forest ecosystems.
Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steve G.; Lu, J.; Amatya, Devendra M.; Liang, Y.; Kolka, R.K. 2005. Regional annual water yield from forest lands and its response to potential deforestation across the southeastern United States.
Vose, James M.; Laseter, Stephanie H.; McNulty, Steve G. 2005. Stream nitrogen responses to fire in the Southeastern U.S.
Gucinski, Hermann; Neilson, Ron; McNulty, Steve. 2004. Implications of global climate change for Southern forests: Can we separate fact from fiction?.
Dale, Virginia H.; Joyce, Linda A.; McNulty, Steve; Neilson, Ronald P.; Ayres, Matthew P.; Flannigan, Michael D.; Hanson, Paul J.; Irland, Lloyd C.; Lugo, Ariel E.; Peterson, Chris J.; Simberloff, Daniel; Swanson, Frederick J.; Stocks, Brian J.; Wotton, Michael. 2001. Climate change and forest disturbances.
Aber, John; Neilson, Ronald P.; McNulty, Steve; Lenihan, James M.; Bachelet, Dominque; Drapek, Raymond J. 2001. Forest processes and global environmental change: predicting the effects of individual and multiple stressors.
Joyce, Linda; Aber, John; McNulty, Steve; Dale, virginia; Hansen, Andrew; Irland, Lloyd; Neilson, Ron; Skog, Kenneth. 2001. Potential consequences of climate variability and change for the forests of the United States.
Johnsen, Kurt; Samuelson, Lisa; Teskey, Robert; McNulty, Steve; Fox, Tom. 2001. Process models as tools in forestry research and management.
Sun, Ge; Amatya, Devendra M.; McNulty, Steven G.; Skaggs, R. Wayne; Hughes, Joseph H. 2000. Climate Change Impacts on the Hydrology and Productivity of a Pine Plantation.
Perkins, T.D.; Adams, G.T.; Lawson, S.T.; Schaberg, P.G.; McNulty, S.G. 2000. Long-term nitrogen fertilization increases winter injury in montane red spruce foliage (Picea rubens) foliage.
Dale, Virginia H.; Joyce, Linda A.; McNulty, Steve; Neilson, Ronald P. 2000. The interplay between climate change, forests, and disturbances.

Research Highlights

Climate Risk Assessment Aids Natural Resource Professionals in the Southeast (2016): USDA's Climate Hubs deliver science-based, region-specific information and technologies to assist farmers and forest managers with climate-smart decision making. The Southeastern Regional Climate Hub developed an assessment of climate change vulnerability and adaptation and mitigation strategies for natural resource professionals in the southeast.
Fertilized Pines Use Water More Efficiently But May Suffer Worse in Droughts (2015): Fertilized loblolly pine trees produce more wood than their unfertilized counterparts, even when less water was available, butthis may also indicate that fertilized pine plantations are more vulnerable to severe drought.
High Forest Productivity Often Comes at the Expense of Soil Carbon Storage (2015): Forest Service scientists and their research partners are studying the role of managed forests in regional carbon, water, and energy exchange to understand how managed forests contribute to land-atmosphere feedbacks and climate dynamics.
Hub Helps Landowners "SERCHing" for Climate Change Answers (2014): Land managers face new challenges every year from the growing effects of climate change. The regional livelihoods of farmers, foresters, and ranchers depend on the ability of the scientific community to design means of adaptation and effectively communicate those means at management relevant scales. Through a series of webinars and a myriad of other outreach efforts, the USDA Southeast Regional Climate Hub (SERCH) is engaging land managers, extension specialists, and researchers in a mission to understand the climate information needs in the land management community and then translate those needs back into tools and products that help prepare our working lands for future challenges.
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.
TACCIMO Development Team Honored with Regional Forester's Honor Award (2011): The Template for Assessing Climate change Impacts and Management Options (TACCIMO) development team, composed of researchers from the Southern Research Station Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center (EFETAC) and planners from the Southern Region, was honored with the Regional Forester's Technology Transfer Award. TACCIMO is a web-based tool designed to bring the best climate change science to decision makers and planners in a simple and usable format. The award acknowledges the team's sustained dedication to addressing the challenge of delivering climate change science to support land and resource planning and management decisions.