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Ahrens, T.D., D.B. Lobell, J.I. Ortiz-Monasterio, Y. Li, P.A. Matson. Narrowing the agronomic
yield gap with improved nitrogen use efficiency: a modeling approach. Ecological Applications.
Hinckley, E.S., S. Fendorf, and P.A. Matson. Short-term fates of high sulfur inputs in Northern
California vineyard soils. Journal of Environmental Quality.
In Press
P. M. Vitousek, R. Naylor, T. Crews, M. B. David, L. E. Drinkwater , E. Holland , P. J. Johnes,
J. Katzenberger, L. A. Martinelli, P. A. Matson, G. Nziguheba, D. Ojima, C. A. Palm, G. P. Robertson,
P. A. Sanchez, A. R. Townsend, and F. Zhang. Nutrient Balances in Agricultural Development. Science.
P.A. Matson. The Sustainability Transition. Issues in Science and Technology.
Vitousek, P.M., and P.A. Matson. Nutrient cycling and biogeochemistry. In Princeton
Guide to Ecology, M. Loreau, editor. Princeton University Press.
2009
2008
Ahrens, T.D., J.M. Beman, J.A. Harrison, P.K. Jewett, and P.A. Matson. 2008.
A synthesis of nitrogen transformations and transfers from land to the sea
in the Yaqui Valley agricultural region of northwest Mexico.
Water Resources Research 44, W00A05, doi: 10.1029/2007WR006661.
Daily, G.C. and P.A. Matson. 2008. Ecosystem services: From theory
to implementation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
of America 105(28): 9455-9456.
2007
2006
Chapin, F.S., G.M. Woodwell, J.T. Randerson, G.M.Lovett, E.B. Rastetter, D.D. Baldocchi,
D.A. Clark, M.E. Harmon, D.S. Schimel, R. Valentini, C. Wirth, J.D. Aber, J.J. Cole,
M.L. Goulden, J.W. Harden, M. Heimann, R.W. Howarth, P.A. Matson, A.D. McGuire,
J.M. Melillo, H.A. Mooney, J.C. Neff, R.A. Houghton, M.L. Pace, M.G. Ryan, S.W.
Running, O.E. Sala, W.H. Schlesinger, and E.D. Schulze. 2006.
Reconciling
carbon-cycle concepts, terminology, and methods.
Ecosystems 9(7): 1041-1050.
Carney, K.M., and P.A. Matson. 2006. The influence of
tropical plant diversity and
composition on soil microbial communities. Microbial Ecology. Microbial Ecology 52: 226-238.
Matson, P.A., and P.M. Vitousek. 2006. Agricultural
intensification: Will land spared from farming be land spared for nature?
Conservation Biology 20(3): 709-710.
Goldstein, J.H., G.C. Daily, J.B. Friday, P.A. Matson, R.A. Naylor, and P. Vitousek. 2006.
Business strategies for conservation on private
lands: Koa forestry as a case study. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
103(26), 10140-10145.
Holtgrieve, G.W., P.K. Jewett, P.A. Matson. 2006. Variations in soil N cycling
and trace gas emissions in wet tropical forests. Oecologia 146(4): 585-594.
Luers, A.L., Naylor, R. and P. Matson. 2006.
A Case Study of Land Reform and
Coastal Land Transformation in Southern Sonora, Mexico. Land Use Policy 23(4): 436-447.
2005
Carney, K.M., and P.A. Matson. 2005. Plant communities, soil microorganisms, and
soil carbon cycling: does altering the world belowground matter to ecosystem
functioning? Ecosystems 8(8): 928-940.
Matson, P., A. Luers, K. Seto, R. Naylor, and I. Ortiz-Monasterio. 2005.
People, Land Use and Environment in the Yaqui Valley, Sonora, Mexico.
Pages 238-264 in Population, Land Use, and Environment, B. Entwisle and
P. Stern, eds. National Research Council, Washington, DC.
Lohse, K.A. and P.A. Matson. 2005. Consequences of nitrogen additions for
soil processes and solution losses from wet tropical forests. Ecological
Applications 15(5): 1629-1648.
Lobell, D.B., J.I. Ortiz-Monasterio, G.P.Asner, P.A. Matson, R.L. Naylor, and
W.P. Falcon. 2005. Analysis of Wheat Yield
and Climatic Trends in Mexico.
Field Crops Research 94: 250-256.
Harrison, J.A., P.A. Matson, and S.E. Fendorf. 2005. Effects of a diel oxygen
cycle on nitrogen transformations and greenhouse gas emissions in a eutrophied
subtropical stream. Aquatic Sciences 67: 308-315.
Beman, J.M., K.R. Arrigo, and P.A. Matson. 2005. Agricultural runoff fuels large phytoplankton blooms
in vulnerable areas of the ocean. Nature 434: 211-214.
2004
Carney, K.M., P.A. Matson and B.J.M. Bohannan. 2004.
Diversity, composition, and function of tropical soil nitrifiers across a plant diversity gradient and among land use types. Ecology Letters 7: 684-694.
2003
Vitousek, P., O. Chadwick, P. Matson, S. Allison, L. Derry, L. Kettley, A. Luers,
E. Mecking, V. Monastra and S. Porder. 2003.
Erosion and the rejuvenation of weathering-derived nutrient supply in an old tropical
landscape. Ecosystems 6(8): 762-772.
Luers, A.L., D.B. Lobell, L.S. Sklar, C.L. Addams, and P.A. Matson. 2003.
A method for quantifying vulnerability,
applied to the agricultural system of the Yaqui Valley, Mexico. Global Environmental Change 13: 255-267.
Osher, L.J., P.A. Matson and R. Amundson. 2003. Effect of land use change on soil carbon in Hawaii. Biogeochemistry 65(2): 213-232.
Hedin, L.O., P.M. Vitousek and P.A. Matson. 2003. Nutrient losses over four million years of tropical forest development.
Ecology 84(9): 2231-2255.
Harrison, J., and P. Matson. 2003. Patterns and controls of nitrous oxide emissions from waters draining a subtropical agricultural valley. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 17(3), 1080.
Turner, B.L., P.A. Matson, J.J. McCarthy, R.W. Corell, L. Christensen, N. Eckley, G.K. Hovelsrud-Broda, J.X. Kasperson, R.E. Kasperson, A. Luers, M.L. Martello, S. Mathiesen, R. Naylor, C. Polsky, A. Pulsipher, A. Schiller, H. Selin and N. Tyler. 2003.
Illustrating the coupled human-environment system for vulnerability analysis:
Three case studies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100(14): 8080-8085.
Turner, B.L., R.E. Kasperson, P.A. Matson, J.J. McCarthy, R.W. Corell, L. Christensen, N. Eckley, J.X. Kasperson, A. Luers, M.L. Martello, C. Polsky, A. Pulsipher and A. Schiller. 2003. A framework for vulnerability analysis in sustainability science. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 100(14), 8074-8079.
Hall, S.J. and P.A. Matson. 2003. Nutrient status of tropical rain forests influences soil
N dynamics after N additions. Ecological Monographs 73(1): 107-129.
2002
Hall, S.J. and P.A. Matson. 2002. Environmental variables controlling trace gas emissions from forests: Acid Precipitation and Nitrogen Deposition. Pages 279-306 in Trace Gas Exchange in Forest Ecosystems, H. Papen, R. Gasche, and H. Rennenberg, eds. Fundamental and Applied Tree Physiology, Book Series, Volume 3. Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.
Tilman, D., C.G. Cassman, P.A. Matson, R. Naylor, S. Polasky. 2002. Agricultural
sustainability and intensive production practices. Nature. 8 August 2002, 418:671-677.
Chapin, F.S., P.A. Matson and H.A. Mooney. 2002. Principles of terrestrial ecosystem ecology.
Springer-Verlag.
Matson, P.A., K. Lohse and S. Hall. 2002. The globalization of
nitrogen deposition: Consequences for terrestrial ecosystems.
Ambio, 31(2): 113-119.
2001
Prather, M, D. Ehhalt, F. Dentener, R. Derwent, E. Dlugokencky, E. Holland, I. Isaksen,
J. Katima, V. Kirchoff, P. Matson, P. Midgley and M. Want. 2001 Atmospheric Chemistry
and Greenhouse Gases. In Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis. Houghton et al
(editors) IPCC, Cambridge University Press.
Steffen, W., P Tyson, J. Jager, P.Matson, B. Moore, F. Oldfield, K. Richardson,
J. Schellnhuber, B. Turner and R. Wasson. 2001. Earth system science: An integrated approach. Environment.
Schuur, E.A.G., and P.A. Matson. 2001. Net primary productivity and
nutrient cycling across a mesic to wet precipitation gradient in Hawaiian montane forest.
Oecologia 128(3): 431-442.
Schuur, E.A.G., O.A. Chadwick, and P.A. Matson. 2001.
Carbon cycling and soil carbon storage in mesic to wet Hawaiian montane forests.
Ecology 82(11): 3182-3196.
Riley, W.J., I. Ortiz-Monasterio, and P.A. Matson. 2001.
Nitrogen leaching and soil nitrate, nitrite, and ammonium levels under irrigated wheat in
Northern Mexico. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 61: 223-236.
Perez, T., S.E. Trumbore, S.C. Tyler, P.A. Matson, I. Ortiz-Monasterio, T. Rahn, D.W.T. Griffith. 2001.
Identifying the agricultural imprint on the global N2O budget using stable isotopes. Journal
of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 106(#D9): 9869-9878.
Kates, R.W. et al . 2001. Environment and development:
Sustainabiltiy science. Science 292(#5517): 641-642.
Matson, P.A. Environmental Challenges for the 21st Century: Interacting Challenges and
Integrative Solutions. 2001. Environmental Law Quarterly, University of California,
Berkeley. Vol 27(4): 1179-1190.
Mosier, A.R., M. A. Bleken, P Chaiwanakupt, EC.Ellis, J.R. Freney. R.B. Howarth, P.A.
Matson, K. Minami, R. Naulor, K Weeks, Ahao-Liang Zhu. 2001. Policy implications of human
accelerated nitrogen cycling. Biogeochemistry 52(3): 281-320.
Asner G.P., A,R, Townsend, W.J. Riley, J.C. Neff, P.A. Matson, and C.C. Cleveland. 2001.
Modeling physical and biogeochemical controls of terrestrial ecosystem responses to nitrogen deposition.
Biogeochemistry 54: 1-39.
2000
Harrison, J.A., and P.A. Matson. 2000. The Atmosphere as Global Commons, chapter in
Protecting the Commons, Burger, J., R. Norgaard, E. Ostrom, D. Policansky, and B.D. Goldstein (Eds.),
Island Press, Washington D.C.
Schuur, E.A.G. and P.A. Matson. 2000. Land Use Change: Global Effects of Local Changes. In
Earth System Science: Patterns and Processes. Gary Ernst, ed. Cambridge University Press.
Riley, W.J. and P.A. Matson. 2000. NLOSS: A mechanistic model of denitrified N2O and N2
evolution from soil. Soil Science 165(3): 237-249.
Panek, J. , P.A. Matson, I. Ortiz-Monasterio, and P. Brooks. 2000.
Distinguishing nitrification and denitrification sources of N2O in a Mexican wheat system using 15N
as a tracer. Ecological Applications, 10(2): 506-514
Matson, P.A. and A. Goldstein. Biogenic trace gas exchanges. 2000. In: Sala, O., R. Jackson,
H. Mooney, R. Howarth (eds) Methods in Ecosystem Science. Springer.
1999
Field, C.B., G.C. Daily, F.W. Davis, S. Gaines, P.A. Matson, J. Melack, and N.L. Miller. 1999.
Confronting Climate Change in California: Ecological Impacts on the Golden State. Union of
Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA and Ecological Society of America, Washington, D.C.
National Research Council Board on Sustainable Development. 1999. Our Common Journey: A
transition toward sustainability. National Academy Press, Washington DC. 363pp.
Hall, S.J. and P.A. Matson. 1999. Nitrogen oxide emissions
following nitrogen additions in tropical forests. Nature. 8 July 99, 400:152-155.
Matson, P.A., W.D. McDowell, A.Townsend, and P. Vitousek. 1999. The globalization of
nitrogen deposition: ecosystem consequences in tropical environments. Biogeochemistry. 46:67-83.
1998
Field, C.B., J.G. Osborn, L.L. Hoffman et al. 1998. Mangrove biodiversity and ecosystem
function. Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters. 7:3-14.
Vitousek, P.M., L.O. Hedin, P.A. Matson, J.H. Fownes, and J. Neff. 1998. Within-system
element cycles , input-output budgets, and nutrient limitation. In M. Pace and P. Groffman
(eds) Successes, Limitations, and the Future of Ecosystem Ecology, Springer, New York.
Matson, P.A., R.L. Naylor and I. Ortiz-Monasterio. 1998.
Integration of Environmental,
Agronomic, and Economic Aspects of Fertilizer Management. Science 280:112-115.
1997
Vitousek, P.M., J. Aber, R. Howarth, G.E. Likens, P. Matson, D. Schindler, W. Schlesinger
and G.D. Tilman. 1997. Human alteration of the global nitrogen cycle: causes and consequences.
Ecological Applications 7(3): 737-750.
Matson, P. 1997. NOx emissions from soils and its consequences for the atmosphere and
biosphere. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 48:1-6.
Matson, P.A., W.J. Parton, A.G. Power and M. Swift. 1997. Agricultural intensification and
ecosystem properties. Science, 277:504-509.
1996
Matson, P.A., C. Billow, S. Hall and J. Zachariesson. 1996. Fertilization practices and soil variations control nitrogen oxide emissions from tropical sugar cane. Journal of Geophysical Research, 101(D13):18533-18546.
Hall, S.J., P.A. Matson, and P. Roth. 1996. NOx emission from soil: Implications for Air
Quality Modeling in Agricultural Regions. Annual Review of Energy and Environment 21:311-46.
Dungan, J.L., L.F. Johnson, C.R. Billow, P.A. Matson, J. Mazzurco, J. Moen, and V.C.
Vanderbilt. 1996. High sepectral resolution reflectance of Douglas-fir grown under
different fertilization treatments: Experiment design and and treatment effects. Remote
Sensing of Environment 55:217-228.
Potter, C.S., P.A. Matson, P.M. Vitousek and E.A. Davidson. 1996. Process modeling of
controls on nitrogen trace gas emissions from soils world-wide. Journal of Geophysical
Research 11 (D1):1335-22148.
Matson, P.A. and P.M. Vitousek. 1996. Trace gas emissions in a tropical deciduous forest
ecosystem. In. H. Mooney, C. Medina, and R. Bullock (Eds.). Tropical Deciduous Forest
Ecosystems, Springer-Verlag.
1995
Lerdau, M., P. Matson, R. Fall and R. Monson. 1995. Ecological controls over monoterpene
emissions from Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii). Ecology 76(8):2640-2647.
DeFries, S.R., C.B. Potter, I. Fung, C.O. Justice, S. Los, P.A. Matson, E. Matthews, H.A.
Mooney, C.S. Potter, K. Prentice, P.J. Sellers, J.R.G. Townshend, C.J. Tucker, S.L. Ustin,
and P.M. Vitousek. 1995. Mapping the land surface for global atmosphere-biosphere models:
Toward continuous distributions of vegetation's functional properties. Journal of Geophysical
Research 100 (D10):20,867-20,882.
Matson, P.A. and R.C. Harriss. Eds. 1995. Biogenic Trace Gases: Measuring Emissions from
Soil and Water. Blackwell Scientific Publishing, Cambridge. 394 p.
1994
Keller, M. and P.A.Matson. 1994. Biosphere-atmosphere exchange of trace gases in the tropics:
Evaluating the effects of land use change. In R. Prinn (Ed.) Global Atmospheric-Biospheric
Chemistry. Plenum Press, NY.
Billow, C., P. Matson and B. Yoder. 1994. Seasonal biochemical changes in coniferous forest
canopies and their response to fertilization. Tree Physiology 14:564-574.
Matson, P.A., L. Johnson. C. Billow, J. Miller, and Ruiliang Pu. 1994. Seasonal changes in
canopy chemistry across the Oregon Transect: Patterns and spectral measurement with remote
sensing. Ecological Applications 4(2):280-298.
Potter, C.S., P.A. Matson and P.M. Vitousek. 1994. Evaluation of soil database attributes
in a terrestrial carbon cycle model: Implications for global change research. In:
Michener, W.K. (ed) Environmental Information Systems Analysis. Taylor and Francis, UK.
1993
Vitousek, P.M., L.R. Walker, L.D. Whiteaker and P.A. Matson. 1993. Nutrient limitation
to plant growth during primary succession in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Biogeochemistry
23:197-215.
Potter, C.S., J.T. Randerson, C.B. Field, P.A. Matson, P.M. Vitousek, H.A. Mooney and S.A.
Klooster. 1993. Terrestrial ecosystem production: a process model based on global satellite
and surface data. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 7(4):811-842.
Matson, P.A. C. Potvin and J. Travis. 1993. Statistical methods: An upgrade for ecologists.
(Special feature introduction) Ecology 74(6): 1615-1617.
Naylor, R and P.A. Matson. 1993. Food, conservation, and global environmental change:
Is compromise possible? Eos 74(15) 178-179.
Vitousek, P.M. and P.A. Matson. 1993. Agriculture, the global nitrogen cycle, and trace gas
flux. p. 193-208. In: Oremland, R (Ed) Biogeochemistry of Global Change: Radiatively Active
Trace Gases. Chapman and Hall, NY.
Davidson, E.A., P.A. Matson, P.M. Vitousek, R. Riley, K. Dunkin, G. Garcia-Mendez, and J.M.
Maass. 1993. Process regulation of soil emissions of NO and N2O in a seasonally dry tropical
forest. Ecology 74(1):130-139.
Caldwell, M. , P.A. Matson, C.A. Wessman and J.A. Gamon. 1993. Prospects for Scaling.
pp.223-229. In C. Fields and J. Ehlringer (Eds.). Scaling Physiological Processes.
Academic Press, New York.
1992
Matson, P.A., S.T. Gower, C. Volkmann, C. Billow, and C.C. Grier. 1992. Soil nitrogen cycling
and nitrous oxide fluxes in fertilized Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir forests. Biogeochemistry
18:101-117.
Field, C.B., F.S. Chapin III, P.A. Matson and H.A. Mooney. 1992. Responses of terrestrial
ecosystems to the changing atmosphere: A resource-based approach. Annual Review of Ecology
and Systematics. 23:201-35.
Matson, P.A. and A. Berryman. 1992. Ratio dependent predator-prey theory. (Special feature
introduction). Ecology 73(5):1529.
Matson, P.A. 1992. Biogeochemistry and perspectives on change (Book review).
Ecology 73(2):712-713.
Matson, P.A. and M.D. Hunter. 1992. The relative contributions of top-down and bottom-up
forces in population and community ecology. (Special feature introduction). Ecology 73(3):723.
Vitousek, P.M., S.W. Andariese, P.A. Matson, L. Morris, and R.L. Sanford. 1992. Management
effects on soil nitrogen transformations in a young loblolly pine plantation. Forest Ecology
and Management 49:277-292.
Vitousek, P.M. and P.A. Matson. 1992. Tropical forests and trace gases: potential interactions
between tropical biology and the atmospheric sciences. Biotropica 24:233-239.
1991
Garcia, G., J.M. Maass, P.A. Matson, P.M. Vitousek. 1991. Nitrogen transformations and nitrous
oxide flux in a drought-deciduous forest in Chamela, Jalisco, Mexico. Oecologia 88:362-366.
Vitousek, P.M. and P.A. Matson. 1991. A commentary on effects of tropical deforestation on
global and regional atmospheric chemistry. Climate change 19:159-162.
Matson, P.A. and S.L. Ustin. 1991. The future of remote sensing in ecological studies.
(Special feature introduction). Ecology 72(6):1917.
Roughgarden, J., S. W. Running and P.A. Matson. 1991. What does remote sensing do for
Ecology? Ecology 72(6):1918-1922.
Vitousek, P.M. and P.A. Matson. 1991. Gradient analysis of ecosystems. pp. 287-298.
In Cole, J.J., G. Lovett, and S. Findley. (Eds.). Comparative Analyses of Ecosystems.
Springer Verlag, NY.
Matson, P.A. 1991. Trace gas emissions by plants: A summary. pp 341-343. In T. Sharkey,
E. Holland, H.A. Mooney and (Eds.). Trace Gas Emission by Plants. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
Matson, P.A., C.Volkmann, K. Coppinger and W.A. Reiners. 1991. Annual nitrous oxide flux and
soil nitrogen characteristics in sagebrush steppe ecosystems. Biogeochemistry 14:1-12.
Davidson, E.A., P.M. Vitousek, P.A. Matson, R. Riley, G. Garcia and J. M. Maass. 1991.
Soil emissions of nitric oxide in a seasonally dry tropical forest of Mexico. Journal of
Geophysical Research 96(D8):15,439-15,445.
Gordon, D.M. and P.A. Matson. 1991. Interactions of behavioral and evolutionary ecology
in changing environments. (Special feature introduction) Ecology 72(4):1179.
Lubchenco, J., A. Olson, L. Brubaker, S. Carpenter, M. Holland, S. Hubbell, S. Levin, J.
MacMahon, P. Matson, J. Melillo, H. Mooney, C. Peterson, H. Pulliam, L. Real, P. Regal, P.
Risser. 1991. The sustainable biosphere initiative: An ecological research agenda. Ecology
72(2): 371-412.
1990
Matson, P.A. and P.M. Vitousek. 1990. Ecosystem approach for the development of a global
nitrous oxide budget. Bioscience 40 (9): 667-672.
Matson, P.A. and S. Carpenter. 1990. Statistical analysis of ecological response to
large-scale perturbation. (Special feature introduction) Ecology 71(6):2037.
Harriss, R.C., M. Garstang, S.C. Wofsy, S.M. Beck, R.J. Bendura, J.R.B. Coelho, J.W. Drewry,
J.M. Hoell, P.A. Matson, R.J. McNeal, L.C.B. Molion, R.L. Navarro, V. Rabine, and R.L. Snell.
1990. The Amazon Boundary Layer Experiment: Wet Season 1987. Journal of Geophysical Research
95 (D10) : 16721-16736.
Vitousek, P.M., C.B. Field and P.A. Matson. 1990. Variation in foliar del 13C in Hawaiian
Metrosideros polymorpha: A case of internal resistance? Oecologia 84:362-370.
Matson, P.A., P.M. Vitousek, G.P. Livingston and N.A. Swanberg. 1990. Sources of variation
in nitrous oxide flux from Amazonian ecosystems. Journal of Geophysical
Research 95(D10):16789-16798.
Matson, P.A. 1990. Plant-soil interactions during primary succession at Hawaii Volcanoes
National Park. Oecologia 85:241-246.
Matson, P.A. 1990. The use of urban gradients in ecological studies.
(Special feature introduction) Ecology 71(4): 1231.
Matson, P.A. and P.M. Vitousek. 1990. Remote sensing and trace gas fluxes. p. 157-167
In Hobbs, R. and H.A. Mooney (Ed). Remote Sensing of Biosphere Functioning. Springer-Verlag.
Matson, P.A. and D.S. Ojima (Eds.). 1990. Terrestrial Biosphere Exchange with Global
Atmospheric Chemistry. IGBP Report No. 13. Stockholm. 103 pp.
Woodward, S., P.M. Vitousek, P. Matson. 1990. Use of the exotic tree Myrica
faya by native and exotic birds in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Pacific Science 44:88-93.
1989
Vitousek, P.M., P.A. Matson, C. Volkmann, M. Maass, and G. Garcia. 1989. Nitrous oxide
fluxes from seasonally dry tropical forests. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 3(4):375-382.
Luizao, F., P. Matson, G. Livingston, R. Luizao, and P. Vitousek. 1989. Nitrous oxide
flux following tropical land clearing. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 3:281-285.
Reiners, W.A., L.L. Strong, P.A. Matson, I.C. Burke, and D.S. Ojima. 1989. Estimating
biogeochemical fluxes across sagebrush-steppe landscape with thematic mapper imagery.
Remote Sensing of Environment 28:121-129.
Myrold, D.D., P.A. Matson, and D.L. Peterson. 1989. Relationships among soil microbial
properties and above ground stand characteristics of conifer forests in Oregon. Biogeochemistry
8:265-281.
Vitousek, P.M., P.A. Matson, and K. Van Cleve. 1989. Nitrogen availability and nitrification
during succession: primary, secondary, and old-field seres. Plant and Soil 115:229-239.
Matson, P.A., P.M. Vitousek, and D.S. Schimel. 1989. Regional extrapolation of trace gas flux
based on soils and ecosystems. p. 97-108 In Andreae M.D. and D.S. Schimel (Eds). Exchange of
Trace Gases between Terrestrial Ecosystems and the Atmosphere. Springer-Verlag.
1988
Vitousek, P.M., P.A. Matson and D.R. Turner. 1988. Elevational and age gradients in Hawaiian
montane rainforest: foliar and soil nutrients. Oecologia 77:565-570.
Card, D.H., D.L. Peterson, P.A. Matson, and J.D. Aber. 1988. Prediction of leaf chemistry by
the use of visible and near infrared reflectance spectroscopy. Remote Sensing of Environment
26:123-147.
Vitousek, P.M. and P.A. Matson. 1988. Nitrogen transformation in
tropical forest soils. Soil
Biology and Biochemistry 20:361-367.
Matson, P.A. and R.C. Harriss. 1988. Aircraft-based measurements of biosphere-atmosphere gas
exchange. Ecology 69(5):1318-1325.
Peterson, D. L., J.D. Aber, P.A. Matson, D.H. Card, N. Swanberg, C. Wessman, M.A. Spanner and
C.A. Hlavka. 1988. Remote sensing of forest canopy and leaf biochemical content. Remote Sensing
of the Environment 24:85-108.
Livingston, G.P., P.M. Vitousek, and P.A. Matson. 1988. Nitrous oxide flux and nitrogen
transformations across a landscape gradient in Amazonia. Journal of Geophysical Research 93(02):1593-1599.
1987
Swanberg, N.A. and P.A. Matson. 1987. The use of Airborne Imaging Spectrometer data to
determine experimentally-induced variation in coniferous canopy chemistry. Proceedings
Third Airborne Imaging Spectrometer Data Analysis Workshop, JPL Publication 87-30, pp 70-74.
Matson, P.A., F.P. Hain and W. Mawby. 1987. Susceptibility indices in loblolly pine
vary with silvicultural treatment. Forest Ecology and Management 22:107-118.
Vitousek, P.M., L.R. Walker, L.D. Whitaker, D. Mueller-Dombois, and P.A. Matson. 1987.
Biological invasion by Myrica faya alters ecosystem development in Hawaii. Science 238:802-804.
Matson, P.A. and P.M. Vitousek. 1987. Cross-system
comparisons of soil nitrogen
transformations and nitrous oxide flux in tropical forest ecosystems. Global
Biogeochemical Cycles 1:163-170.
Mooney, H.A., P.M. Vitousek, and P.A. Matson. 1987. Exchange
of materials between the
biosphere and atmosphere. Science 238:926-932.
Burke, I.C., W.A. Reiners, D.L. Sturges, and P.A. Matson. 1987. Herbicide treatment
effects on properties of mountain big sagebrush soils after 14 years. Soil Science
Society of America Journal 51:1337-1343.
Waring, R.H., K. Cromack, Jr., P.A. Matson, R.D. Boone, and S.G. Stafford. 1987.
Ecosystem responses to forest dieback: Decomposition, nutrient availability, and tree
vigor. Forestry 60:219-227.
Matson, P.A., P.M. Vitousek, J.J. Ewel, M.J. Mazzarino, and G.P. Robertson. 1987.
Nitrogen transformations following tropical forest felling and burning on a volcanic
soil. Ecology 68:491-502.
Robertson, G.P., P.M. Vitousek, P.A. Matson, and J.M. Tiedje. 1987. Denitrification
in a clearcut loblolly pine plantation in the Southeastern U.S.: Differences related to
harvest intensity, site preparation, and silvicultural practice. Plant and Soil 97:119-129.
Matson, P.A., L.L. Strong, W.A. Reiners. 1987. Biogeochemical Cycling in Sagebrush Ecosystems.
1987 Thematic Mapper Research in the Earth Sciences Workshop, Santa Barbara, CA, Sep. pp. 85-90.
1986
Birk, E. M. and P.A. Matson. 1986. Site fertility affects seasonal carbon reserves in
loblolly pine. Tree Physiology 2:17-27.
Vitousek, P.M., P.R. Ehrlich, A.H. Ehrlich, and P.A. Matson. 1986. Human appropriation
of the products of photosynthesis. Bioscience 36:368-373.
Matson, P.A. 1986. Biogeochemical Processes in Sagebrush Ecosystems. 1986 Thematic Mapper
Research in Earth Sciences Workshop, Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland, Sep 3-5. Goddard
Space Flight Center Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics Publications. pp. 279-293.
1985
Vitousek, P.M. and P.A. Matson. 1985. Disturbance, nitrogen availability, and nitrogen
losses: An experimental study in an intensively managed loblolly pine plantation.
Ecology 66:1360-1376.
Spanner, M.A., D.L. Peterson, W. Acevedo, and P.A. Matson. 1985. High resolution
spectrometry of leaf and canopy chemistry for biogeochemical cycling. Proceedings
of the Airborne Imaging Spectrometer Data Analysis Symposium. NASA Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, Pasadena, CA.
Vitousek, P.M. and P.A. Matson. 1985. Intensive harvesting and site preparation
decrease nitrogen availability in young plantations. The Southern Journal of Applied
Forestry 9:120-125.
Vitousek, P.M. and P.A. Matson. 1985. Nitrate losses from disturbed forests:
Causes of delayed nitrate production in two Indiana forests. Forest
Science 31:122-131.
Matson, P.A. and F.P. Hain. 1985. Host conifer defense strategies: A hypothesis.
In Proceedings First IUFRO Conference on the Role of Host-Pest Interaction in the
Population Dynamics of Forest Insects. September 1983. Banff, Alberta.
Hain, F.P., S.P. Cook, P.A. Matson and K.G. Wilson. 1985. Factors contributing to
southern pine beetle host resistance. In S.J. Branham and R.C. Thatcher (Eds.)
Integrated Pest Management Research Symposium. USDA-Forest Service General Technical Report SO-56.
1984
Vitousek, P.M. and P.A. Matson. 1984. Mechanisms of nitrogen retention in forest ecosystems:
A field experiment. Science 225:51-52.
Matson, P.A., and R.H. Waring. 1984. Effects of nutrient and light limitation on mountain
hemlock: Susceptibility to laminated root rot. Ecology 65:1517-1524.
Matson, P.A. and R.D. Boone. 1984. Nitrogen mineralization and natural disturbance:
Wave-form dieback of mountain hemlock in the Oregon Cascades. Ecology 65:1511-1516.
1983
Vitousek, P.M., H.L. Allen, and P.A. Matson. 1983. Impacts of management practices on
soil nitrogen status. In Maintaining Site Productivity in Pine Plantation Management.
Proceedings Appalachian Society of American Foresters. Myrtle Beach, S.C. pp. 25-39.
Binkley, D. and P.A. Matson. 1983. An evaluation of an ion exchange resin bag method
for assessing forest soil nitrogen availability. Soil Science Society of America Journal
47:1050-1052.
1981
Matson P.A. and P.M. Vitousek. 1981. Nitrogen mineralization and nitrification potentials
following clearcutting in the Hoosier National Forest, Indiana. Forest Science 27:781-791.
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