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| Jerry M MelilloSummaryAffiliation: Marine Biological Laboratory Country: USA Publications
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Reactive nitrogen and public policies for environmental protectionJerry M Melillo
Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
Ambio 31:150-8. 2002..After briefly posing a number of unanswered questions related to nitrogen control policies, we conclude by sketching a blueprint for future actions related to the development of improved policies to regulate reactive nitrogen...
Soil warming and carbon-cycle feedbacks to the climate systemJ M Melillo
The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
Science 298:2173-6. 2002..Our results challenge assumptions made in some climate models that lead to projections of large long-term releases of soil carbon in response to warming of forest ecosystems...
Indirect emissions from biofuels: how important?Jerry M Melillo
The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory MBL, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
Science 326:1397-9. 2009..A global greenhouse gas emissions policy that protects forests and encourages best practices for nitrogen fertilizer use can dramatically reduce emissions associated with biofuels production...
Soil warming, carbon-nitrogen interactions, and forest carbon budgetsJerry M Melillo
The Ecosystem Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:9508-12. 2011..This study underscores the importance of incorporating carbon-nitrogen interactions in atmosphere-ocean-land earth system models to accurately simulate land feedbacks to the climate system...
Historical carbon emissions and uptake from the agricultural frontier of the Brazilian AmazonGillian L Galford
The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA
Ecol Appl 21:750-63. 2011..This detailed accounting of a region's carbon balance is the type of foundation analysis needed by the new United Nations Collaborative Programmme for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)...
Greenhouse gas emissions from alternative futures of deforestation and agricultural management in the southern AmazonGillian L Galford
The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:19649-54. 2010..We find that avoided deforestation remains the best strategy for minimizing future greenhouse gas emissions from Mato Grosso...
Net emissions of CH4 and CO2 in Alaska: implications for the region's greenhouse gas budgetQ Zhuang
The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA
Ecol Appl 17:203-12. 2007....
Agriculture. Sustainable biofuels reduxG Philip Robertson
W. K. Kellogg Biological Station and Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI 49060, USA
Science 322:49-50. 2008
