Ronald P. Neilson

portrait Dr. Ronald P. Neilson

Pacific Northwest Research Station / MAPSS Team
Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Forestry Sciences Lab
3200 S.W. Jefferson Way
Corvallis, OR 97331
United States of America


Phone: +1 541 750 7303
Fax: +1 541 750 7329
URL Institution: www.fs.fed.us/pnw/corvallis/mdr/mapss/
Personal URL: link


Key Publications of Ronald P. Neilson (up to ten) :
Bachelet, D., R.P. Neilson, J.M. Lenihan, and R.J. Drapek. 2001. Climate Change Effects on Vegetation Distribution and Carbon Budget in the U.S. Ecosystems 4:164-185.

Neilson, R. 2003. The Importance of Precipitation Seasonality in Controlling Vegetation Distribution. J. Weltzin and G. McPherson, editors. Precipitation and Terrestrial Ecosystems. University of Arizona Press, Tucson. Pp. 47-71.

Neilson, R.P., I.C. Prentice, B. Smith et. al. 1998. Annex C. Simulated Changes in Vegetation Distribution under Global Warming, Pages 439-456, in: Watson, R.T., M.C. Zinyowera, and R.H. Moss, eds., IPCC, Special Report on Regional Climate Impacts. Contribution of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Neilson, R.P and R.J. Drapek. 1998. Potentially Complex Biosphere Responses to Transient Global Warming. Global Change Biology 4: 505-521.

Neilson, R.P. 1995. A model for predicting continental scale vegetation distribution and water balance. Ecological Applications 5:362-385.


Expertise of Ronald P. Neilson:
Expertise CategorySpecific Expertise
Expert TypeScientific / Fundamental Research
Research Interface / Management
Topic AtmosphereClimate
Global Warming
Topic HydrosphereHydrosphere
Precipitation / Runoff
Topic BiosphereBiosphere
Plants
Biodiversity
Topic Integrated SystemsIntegrated Systems and Ecology
Carbon Cycle
Biogeochemical Cycles except Carbon
Hydrogeochemical Cycle
Nutrient Cycle / Food Chain
Life Cycle
Topic EcosystemsEcosystems
Terrestrial Ecosystems
Topic Economy/ResourceUseEconomy / Resource Use
Land Cover / Land Use / Landscape
Spatial ZonesSpatial Zones
Time FramePast
Past: Historical / Archeological
Past: Quarternary
Recent / Today
Future
Statistical FocusExtreme Events
Mean Change / Trends
Variability
Time ScaleSeasonal / Annual
Decadal / Centennial
Millenial
100 kyr
MethodsData Analysis
Modeling
Integrated Assessment

Specialties of Ronald P. Neilson:
Biogeography, Vegetation distribution modeling, Dynamic General Vegetation Modeling, Climate Change, Fire forecasting

Last update: 1/14/15
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