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  1. Interactions between the environment and plant functional type control global forest top-of-canopy height

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, January 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  2. Corrigendum: Assessing canopy height measurements from ICESat-2 and GEDI orbiting LiDAR across six different biomes with G-LiHT LiDAR (2024 Environ. Res.: Ecology 3 025001)

    Article • Environmental Research Ecology, September 2024, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  3. Assessing canopy height measurements from ICESat-2 and GEDI orbiting LiDAR across six different biomes with G-LiHT LiDAR

    Article • Environmental Research Ecology, April 2024, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  4. The enduring mystery of differences between eddy covariance and biometric measurements for ecosystem respiration and net carbon storage in forests

    Article • New Phytologist, June 2023, Wiley

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  5. No carbon storage in growth-limited trees in a semi-arid woodland

    Article • Nature Communications, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  6. Foliar respiration is related to photosynthetic, growth and carbohydrate response to experimental drought and elevated temperature

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, October 2021, Wiley

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  7. Climate and genotype influences on carbon fluxes and partitioning in Eucalyptus plantations

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, November 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  8. Cross-site patterns in the response of Eucalyptus plantations to irrigation, climate and intra-annual weather variation

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, November 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  9. Plant respiration: Controlled by photosynthesis or biomass?

    Article • Global Change Biology, October 2019, Wiley

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  10. Plant respiration: controlled by photosynthesis or biomass?

    Article • July 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  11. Clues for our missing respiration model

    Article • New Phytologist, April 2019, Wiley

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  12. Estimating Soil Respiration in a Subalpine Landscape Using Point, Terrain, Climate, and Greenness Data

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, October 2018, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  13. Tree physiology and bark beetles

    Article • New Phytologist, January 2015, Wiley

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  14. Managing for water-use efficient wood production in Eucalyptus globulus plantations

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, November 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  15. Seasonal patterns in energy partitioning of two freshwater marsh ecosystems in the Florida Everglades

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, August 2014, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  16. Overview of the Manitou Experimental Forest Observatory: site description and selected science results from 2008 to 2013

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", June 2014, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  17. Phloem transport in trees

    Article • Tree Physiology, January 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Michael G Ryan, Shinichi Asao

  18. Three decades of research at Flakaliden advancing whole-tree physiology, forest ecosystem and global change research

    Article • Tree Physiology, November 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  19. Feature: Improving our knowledge of drought-induced forest mortality through experiments, observations, and modeling

    Article • New Phytologist, September 2013, Wiley

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  20. Evaluating theories of drought-induced vegetation mortality using a multimodel-experiment framework

    Article • New Phytologist, September 2013, Wiley

    Dr Michael G Ryan, Prof Maurizio Mencuccini

  21. Converging patterns of vertical variability in leaf morphology and nitrogen across seven Eucalyptus plantations in Brazil and Hawaii, USA

    Article • Trees, August 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  22. Comparison of direct and indirect methods for assessing leaf area index across a tropical rain forest landscape

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, August 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  23. Effects of simulated drought on the carbon balance of Everglades short-hydroperiod marsh

    Article • Global Change Biology, April 2013, Wiley

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  24. Short- and medium-term effects of fuel reduction mulch treatments on soil nitrogen availability in Colorado conifer forests

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, July 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  25. Introduction to the invited issue on carbon allocation of trees and forests

    Article • Tree Physiology, June 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  26. A synthesis of current knowledge on forests and carbon storage in the United States

    Article • Ecological Applications, September 2011, Wiley

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  27. Temperature and soil organic matter decomposition rates - synthesis of current knowledge and a way forward

    Article • Global Change Biology, August 2011, Wiley

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  28. Continued warming could transform Greater Yellowstone fire regimes by mid-21st century

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2011, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  29. Tree responses to drought

    Article • Tree Physiology, March 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  30. Surface fuel loadings within mulching treatments in Colorado coniferous forests

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, September 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  31. Temperature and tree growth

    Article • Tree Physiology, May 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  32. The Brazil Eucalyptus Potential Productivity Project: Influence of water, nutrients and stand uniformity on wood production

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, April 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  33. Factors controlling Eucalyptus productivity: How water availability and stand structure alter production and carbon allocation

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, April 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  34. Explaining growth of individual trees: Light interception and efficiency of light use by Eucalyptus at four sites in Brazil

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, April 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  35. Effects of irrigation on water use and water use efficiency in two fast growing Eucalyptus plantations

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, April 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  36. Applying ecological insights to increase productivity in tropical plantations

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, April 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  37. Carbon pools and fluxes in small temperate forest landscapes: Variability and implications for sampling design

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, March 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  38. Detecting defects in conifers with ground penetrating radar: applications and challenges

    Article • Forest Pathology, October 2009, Wiley

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  39. Wood CO2 efflux and foliar respiration for Eucalyptus in Hawaii and Brazil

    Article • Tree Physiology, August 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  40. Long-Term Nitrogen Storage and Soil Nitrogen Availability in Post-Fire Lodgepole Pine Ecosystems

    Article • Ecosystems, June 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  41. Detrital carbon pools in temperate forests: magnitude and potential for landscape-scale assessment

    Article • Canadian Journal of Forest Research, April 2009, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  42. Modeling the effects of fire and climate change on carbon and nitrogen storage in lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) stands

    Article • Global Change Biology, March 2009, Wiley

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  43. Tree age, disturbance history, and carbon stocks and fluxes in subalpine Rocky Mountain forests

    Article • Global Change Biology, October 2008, Wiley

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  44. Why don't our stands grow even faster? Control of production and carbon cycling in eucalypt plantations

    Article • Southern Forests a Journal of Forest Science, August 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  45. Forest structure estimation and pattern exploration from discrete-return lidar in subalpine forests of the central Rockies

    Article • Canadian Journal of Forest Research, August 2008, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  46. Foliar and ecosystem respiration in an old-growth tropical rain forest

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, April 2008, Wiley

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  47. Production and carbon allocation in a clonal Eucalyptus plantation with water and nutrient manipulations

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, March 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  48. First direct landscape-scale measurement of tropical rain forest Leaf Area Index, a key driver of global primary productivity

    Article • Ecology Letters, November 2007, Wiley

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  49. Carbon allocation in forest ecosystems

    Article • Global Change Biology, October 2007, Wiley

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  50. The likely impact of elevated [CO2], nitrogen deposition, increased temperature and management on carbon sequestration in temperate and boreal forest ecosystems: a literature review

    Article • New Phytologist, January 2007, Wiley

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  51. Aboveground sink strength in forests controls the allocation of carbon below ground and its [CO 2 ]-induced enhancement

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2006, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  52. Patterns of growth dominance in forests of the Rocky Mountains, USA

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, December 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  53. Reconciling Carbon-cycle Concepts, Terminology, and Methods

    Article • Ecosystems, November 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  54. Wood CO2 efflux in a primary tropical rain forest

    Article • Global Change Biology, October 2006, Wiley

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  55. The hydraulic limitation hypothesis revisited

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, March 2006, Wiley

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  56. Tree-girdling to separate root and heterotrophic respiration in two Eucalyptus stands in Brazil

    Article • Oecologia, February 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  57. Seasonal patterns in soil surface CO2 flux under snow cover in 50 and 300 year old subalpine forests

    Article • Biodegradation, March 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  58. Interpreting, measuring, and modeling soil respiration

    Article • Biodegradation, March 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  59. Production, Respiration, and Overall Carbon Balance in an Old-growth Pseudotsuga-Tsuga Forest Ecosystem

    Article • Ecosystems, August 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  60. Thinking about efficiency of resource use in forests

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, May 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  61. Testing the utility of the 3-PG model for growth of with natural and manipulated supplies of water and nutrients

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, May 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  62. Eucalyptus production and the supply, use and efficiency of use of water, light and nitrogen across a geographic gradient in Brazil

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, May 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  63. Belowground carbon cycling in a humid tropical forest decreases with fertilization

    Article • Oecologia, May 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  64. Below-ground process responses to elevated CO2 and temperature: a discussion of observations, measurement methods, and models

    Article • New Phytologist, May 2004, Wiley

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  65. The effect of fertilization on sap flux and canopy conductance in a Eucalyptus saligna experimental forest

    Article • Global Change Biology, February 2004, Wiley

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  66. Belowground and aboveground biomass in young postfire lodgepole pine forests of contrasting tree density

    Article • Canadian Journal of Forest Research, February 2003, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  67. Total Belowground Carbon Allocation in a Fast-growing Eucalyptus Plantation Estimated Using a Carbon Balance Approach

    Article • Ecosystems, August 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  68. The relationship between tree height and leaf area: sapwood area ratio

    Article • Oecologia, June 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  69. Age-related Decline in Forest Ecosystem Growth: An Individual-Tree, Stand-Structure Hypothesis

    Article • Ecosystems, January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  70. Research natural areas in Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and parts of Wyoming

    Article • January 1994, Biodiversity Heritage Library

    Dr Michael G Ryan

  71. Fibril angle in young-growth ponderosa pine as related to site index, d.b.h., and location in tree

    Article • January 1989, Biodiversity Heritage Library

    Dr Michael G Ryan