S C Thomas

Summary

Affiliation: University of Toronto
Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Wood carbon content of tree species in Eastern China: interspecific variability and the importance of the volatile fraction
    S C Thomas
    Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3B3
    J Environ Manage 85:659-62. 2007
  2. ncbi Photosynthetic differences between saplings and adult trees: an integration of field results by meta-analysis
    Sean C Thomas
    Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks St, Toronto, ON M5S 3B3, Canada
    Tree Physiol 22:117-27. 2002
  3. ncbi Photosynthetic capacity peaks at intermediate size in temperate deciduous trees
    Sean C Thomas
    Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3B3, Canada
    Tree Physiol 30:555-73. 2010
  4. ncbi Assessing the potential of native tree species for carbon sequestration forestry in Northeast China
    S C Thomas
    Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3B3
    J Environ Manage 85:663-71. 2007
  5. ncbi Large ontogenetic declines in intra-crown leaf area index in two temperate deciduous tree species
    C A Nock
    Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S3B3, Canada
    Ecology 89:744-53. 2008
  6. ncbi Leaf-level acclimation to gap creation in mature Acer saccharum trees
    T A Jones
    Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks Street, Toronto ON, M5S 3B3, Canada
    Tree Physiol 27:281-90. 2007
  7. ncbi Physiological and morphological correlates of whole-plant light compensation point in temperate deciduous tree seedlings
    J L Baltzer
    Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks Street, M5S 3B3, Toronto, ON, Canada
    Oecologia 153:209-23. 2007
  8. ncbi Tree mortality following partial harvests is determined by skidding proximity
    H C Thorpe
    Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks St, Toronto, Ontario M5S3B3, Canada
    Ecol Appl 18:1652-63. 2008
  9. ncbi Enhancing forest carbon sequestration in China: toward an integration of scientific and socio-economic perspectives
    J M Chen
    Department of Geography, University of Toronto, 100 St George Street, Room 5047, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 3G3
    J Environ Manage 85:515-23. 2007
  10. ncbi The worldwide leaf economics spectrum
    Ian J Wright
    Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, New South Wales 2109, Australia
    Nature 428:821-7. 2004

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Publications14

  1. ncbi Wood carbon content of tree species in Eastern China: interspecific variability and the importance of the volatile fraction
    S C Thomas
    Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3B3
    J Environ Manage 85:659-62. 2007
    ..In addition, the stocks and flows of the volatile C fraction in wood are in themselves an important and sorely neglected aspect of forest C processes likely to be strongly impacted by harvests and other management practices...
  2. ncbi Photosynthetic differences between saplings and adult trees: an integration of field results by meta-analysis
    Sean C Thomas
    Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks St, Toronto, ON M5S 3B3, Canada
    Tree Physiol 22:117-27. 2002
    ....
  3. ncbi Photosynthetic capacity peaks at intermediate size in temperate deciduous trees
    Sean C Thomas
    Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3B3, Canada
    Tree Physiol 30:555-73. 2010
    ....
  4. ncbi Assessing the potential of native tree species for carbon sequestration forestry in Northeast China
    S C Thomas
    Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3B3
    J Environ Manage 85:663-71. 2007
    ..Increased use of native hardwoods in carbon forestry in China is likely to have additional benefits in terms of economic diversification and enhanced provision of "ecosystem services", including biodiversity protection...
  5. ncbi Large ontogenetic declines in intra-crown leaf area index in two temperate deciduous tree species
    C A Nock
    Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S3B3, Canada
    Ecology 89:744-53. 2008
    ..Our results thus suggest that gradual declines in LAI with tree age may play an important and overlooked role in contributing to the heterogeneity of sub-canopy light regimes in mature forests...
  6. ncbi Leaf-level acclimation to gap creation in mature Acer saccharum trees
    T A Jones
    Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks Street, Toronto ON, M5S 3B3, Canada
    Tree Physiol 27:281-90. 2007
    ..The gradual acclimation responses in the lower canopy may account, in whole or in part, for the approximately 2-year lag in post-harvest growth response observed in Acer saccharum...
  7. ncbi Physiological and morphological correlates of whole-plant light compensation point in temperate deciduous tree seedlings
    J L Baltzer
    Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks Street, M5S 3B3, Toronto, ON, Canada
    Oecologia 153:209-23. 2007
    ....
  8. ncbi Tree mortality following partial harvests is determined by skidding proximity
    H C Thorpe
    Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks St, Toronto, Ontario M5S3B3, Canada
    Ecol Appl 18:1652-63. 2008
    ..These results represent an important step toward understanding how elevated mortality may influence stand dynamics and habitat supply following moderate-severity disturbances such as partial harvests, insect outbreaks, and windstorms...
  9. ncbi Enhancing forest carbon sequestration in China: toward an integration of scientific and socio-economic perspectives
    J M Chen
    Department of Geography, University of Toronto, 100 St George Street, Room 5047, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 3G3
    J Environ Manage 85:515-23. 2007
    ..Articles included in this special issue are highlights of the results of each of these components...
  10. ncbi The worldwide leaf economics spectrum
    Ian J Wright
    Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, New South Wales 2109, Australia
    Nature 428:821-7. 2004
    ..Reliable quantification of the leaf economics spectrum and its interaction with climate will prove valuable for modelling nutrient fluxes and vegetation boundaries under changing land-use and climate...
  11. ncbi Assessing evidence for a pervasive alteration in tropical tree communities
    Jerome Chave
    Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique CNRS Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
    PLoS Biol 6:e45. 2008
    ..More long-term studies are necessary to clarify the contribution of global change to the functioning of tropical forests...
  12. ncbi Testing metabolic ecology theory for allometric scaling of tree size, growth and mortality in tropical forests
    Helene C Muller-Landau
    Ecol Lett 9:575-88. 2006
    ..Observed patterns were consistent with our alternative model in the one site where we had the data necessary to evaluate it, and were inconsistent with the predictions of metabolic ecology in all forests...
  13. ncbi Comparing tropical forest tree size distributions with the predictions of metabolic ecology and equilibrium models
    Helene C Muller-Landau
    Ecol Lett 9:589-602. 2006
    ..In most forests, size distributions are much closer to the predictions of demographic equilibrium, and thus, intersite variation in size distributions is explained partly by intersite variation in growth and mortality...
  14. ncbi Responses of Acer saccharum canopy trees and saplings to P, K and lime additions under high N deposition
    Tomasz Gradowski
    Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2M7, Canada
    Tree Physiol 28:173-85. 2008
    ..Vector analysis of shoot extension growth and nutrient content was consistent with sufficiency of N but marked limitation of P, with co-limitation by calcium (Ca) in saplings and by Ca, Mg and K in canopy trees...