Publications

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Van Nuland ME, Qin C, Pellitier P, Zhu K, Peay KG (in press), Climate mismatches with ectomycorrhizal fungi contribute to migration lag in North American tree range shifts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Yu Z, Chen J, Chen J, Zhan W, Wang C, Ma W, Yao X, Zhou S, Zhu K, Sun R (2024), Enhanced observations from an optimized soil-canopy-photosynthesis and energy flux model revealed evapotranspiration-shading cooling dynamics of urban vegetation during extreme heat. Remote Sensing of Environment, 305, 114098. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2024.114098

Wheeler KI, Dietze MC, LeBauer D, Peters JA, Richardson AD, Ross AA, Thomas RQ, Zhu K, Bhat U, Munch S, Buzbee RF, Chen M, Goldstein B, Guo J, Hao D, Jones C, Kelly-Fair M, Liu H, Malmborg C, Neupane N, Pal D, Shirey V, Song Y, Steen M, Vance EA, Woelmer WM, Wynne JH, Zachmann L (2024), Predicting spring phenology in deciduous broadleaf forests: NEON phenology forecasting community challenge. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 345, 109810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109810

Hogan JA, Domke GM, Zhu K, Johnson DJ, Lichstein JW (2024), Climate change determines the sign of productivity trends in US forests. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121, e2311132121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2311132121

Zhu K, Song Y (2023), Harnessing herbaria to advance plant phenology research under global change. New Phytologist, 6, 2057-2059. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19088

Van Berkel D, Fox N, Cousins S, Zhu K (2023), Can social media help us understand the impact of climate change on forests in the US? I-GUIDE Forum. https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/iguide/2023/presentations/19

Thomas RQ, Boettiger C, Carey CC, Dietze MC, Johnson LR, Kenney MA, McLachlan JS, Peters JA, Sokol ER, Weltzin JF, Willson A, Woelmer WM, Challenge contributors (including Song Y, Zhu K) (2023), The NEON Ecological Forecasting Challenge. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 21, 112–113. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2616

Song Y, Munch SB, Zhu K (2023), Prediction-based approach for quantifying phenological mismatch across landscapes under climate change. Landscape Ecology, 38, 821–845. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-023-01595-0

Qiu T, Aravena M-C, Ascoli D, Bergeron Y, Bogdziewicz M, Boivin T, Bonal R, Caignard T, Cailleret M, Calama R, Calderon SD, Camarero JJ, Chang-Yang C-H, Chave J, Chianucci F, Courbaud B, Cutini A, Das AJ, Delpierre N, Delzon S, Dietze M, Dormont L, Espelta JM, Fahey TJ, Farfan-Rios W, Franklin JF, Gehring CA, Gilbert GS, Gratzer G, Greenberg CH, Guignabert A, Guo Q, Hacket-Pain A, Hampe A, Han Q, Holik J, Hoshizaki K, Ibanez I, Johnstone JF, Journé V, Kitzberger T, Knops JMH, Kunstler G, Kurokawa H, Lageard JGA, LaMontagne JM, Lefevre F, Leininger T, Limousin J-M, Lutz JA, Macias D, Marell A, McIntire EJB, Moore CM, Moran E, Motta R, Myers JA, Nagel TA, Naoe S, Noguchi M, Oguro M, Parmenter R, Pearse IS, Perez-Ramos IM, Piechnik L, Podgorski T, Poulsen J, Redmond MD, Reid CD, Rodman KC, Rodriguez-Sanchez F, Samonil P, Sanguinetti JD, Scher CL, Seget B, Sharma S, Shibata M, Silman M, Steele MA, Stephenson NL, Straub JN, Sutton S, Swenson JJ, Swift M, Thomas PA, Uriarte M, Vacchiano G, Whipple AV, Whitham TG, Wion AP, Wright SJ, Zhu K, Zimmerman JK, Zywiec M, Clark JS (2023), Masting is uncommon in trees that depend on mutualist dispersers in the context of global climate and fertility gradients. Nature Plants, 9, 1044–1056. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-023-01446-5

Qin C, Pellitier P, Van Nuland M, Peay KP, Zhu K (2023), Niche modeling predicts that soil fungi occupy a precarious climate in boreal forests. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32, 1127-1139. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13684

Kulikowski AJ, Zahawi RA, Werden LK, Zhu K, Holl KD (2023), Restoration interventions mediate tropical tree recruitment dynamics over time. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 378, 20210077. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0077

Jin Y, Hu S, Ziegler AD, Gibson L, Campbell JE, Xu R, Chen D, Zhu K, Zheng Y, Ye B, Ye F, Zeng Z (2023), Energy production and water savings from floating solar photovoltaics on global reservoirs. Nature Sustainability, 6, 865–874. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01089-6

He X, Jiang X, Spracklen D, Holden J, Liang E, Liu H, Xu C, Du J, Zhu K, Elsen P, Zeng Z (2023), Global distribution and climatic controls of natural mountain treelines. Global Change Biology, 29, 7001-7011. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16885

Crimmins TM, Vogt E, Brown CL, Dalan D, Manangan A, Robinson G, Song Y, Zhu K, Katz DSW (2023), Volunteer-contributed observations of flowering often correlate with airborne pollen concentrations. International Journal of Biometeorology, 67, 1363–1372. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-023-02506-3

Bogdziewicz M, Acuña M-CA, Andrus R, Ascoli D, Bergeron Y, Brveiller D, Boivin T, Bonal R, Caignard T, Cailleret M, Calama R, Calderon SD, Camarero JJ, Chang-Yang C-H, Chave J, Chianucci F, Cleavitt NL, Courbaud B, Cutini A, Curt T, Das AJ, Davi H, Delpierre N, Delzon S, Dietze M, Dormont L, Farfan-Rios W, Gehring CA, Gilbert GS, Gratzer G, Greenberg CH, Guignabert A, Guo Q, Hacket-Pain A, Hampe A, Han Q, Hoshizaki K, Ibanez I, Johnstone JF, Journé V, Kitzberger T, Knops JMH, Kunstler G, Kobe R, Lageard JGA, LaMontagne JM, Ledwon M, Leininger T, Limousin J-M, Lutz JA, Macias D, Marell A, McIntire EJB, Moran E, Motta R, Myers JA, Nagel TA, Naoe S, Noguchi M, Oguro M, Kurokawa H, Ourcival J-M, Parmenter R, Perez-Ramos IM, Piechnik L, Podgórski T, Poulsen J, Qiu T, Redmond MD, Reid CD, Rodman KC, Šamonil P, Holik J, Scher CL, Van Marle HS, Seget B, Shibata M, Sharma S, Silman M, Steele MA, Straub JN, Sun I-F, Sutton S, Swenson JJ, Thomas PA, Uriarte M, Vacchiano G, Veblen TT, Wright B, Wright SJ, Whitham TG, Zhu K, Zimmerman JK, Zywiec M, Clark JS (2023), Linking seed size and number to trait syndromes in trees. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32, 683–694. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13652

Xu Z, Johnson DJ, Zhu K, Lin F, Ye J, Yuan Z, Mao Z, Fang S, Hao Z, Wang X (2022), Interannual climate variability has predominant effects on seedling survival in a temperate forest. Ecology, e3643. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3643

Qiu T, Andrus R, Aravena M-C, Ascoli D, Bergeron Y, Berretti R, Berveiller D, Bogdziewicz M, Boivin T, Bonal R, Bragg DC, Caignard T, Calama R, Camarero JJ, Chang-Yang C-H, Cleavitt NL, Courbaud B, Courbet F, Curt T, Das AJ, Daskalakou E, Davi H, Delpierre N, Delzon S, Dietze M, Calderon SD, Dormont L, Espelta J, Fahey TJ, Farfan-Rios W, Gehring CA, Gilbert GS, Gratzer G, Greenberg CH, Guo Q, Hacket-Pain A, Hampe A, Han Q, Hille Ris Lambers J, Hoshizaki K, Ibanez I, Johnstone JF, Journé V, Kabeya D, Kilner CL, Kitzberger T, Knops JMH, Kobe RK, Kunstler G, Lageard JGA, LaMontagne JM, Ledwon M, Lefevre F, Leininger T, Limousin J-M, Lutz JA, Macias D, McIntire EJB, Moore CM, Moran E, Motta R, Myers JA, Nagel TA, Noguchi K, Ourcival J-M, Parmenter R, Pearse IS, Perez-Ramos IM, Piechnik L, Poulsen J, Poulton-Kamakura R, Redmond MD, Reid CD, Rodman KC, Rodriguez-Sanchez F, Sanguinetti JD, Scher CL, Schlesinger WH, Schmidt Van Marle H, Seget B, Sharma S, Silman M, Steele MA, Stephenson NL, Straub JN, Sun I-F, Sutton S, Swenson JJ, Swift M, Thomas PA, Uriarte M, Vacchiano G, Veblen TT, Whipple AV, Whitham TG, Wion AP, Wright B, Wright SJ, Zhu K, Zimmerman JK, Zlotin R, Zywiec M, Clark JS (2022), Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery. Nature Communications, 13, 2381. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30037-9

Maschler J, Bialic-Murphy L, Wan J, Andresen LC, Zohner CM, Reich PB, Lüscher A, Schneider MK, Müller C, Moser G, Dukes JS, Schmidt IK, Bilton M, Zhu K, Crowther TW (2022), Links across ecological scales: Plant biomass responses to elevated CO2. Global Change Biology, 28, 6115-6134. http://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16351

Katz D, Vogt E, Manangan A, Brown CL, Dalan D, Zhu K, Song Y, Crimmins TM (2022), Observations from the USA National Phenology Network can be leveraged to model airborne pollen. Aerobiologia. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10453-022-09774-3

Jung CG, Xu X, Shi Z, Niu S, Xia J, Sherry R, Jiang L, Zhu K, Hou E, Luo Y (2022), Warmer and wetter climate promotes net primary production in C4 grassland with additional enhancement by hay-harvesting. Ecosphere, 13(1):e3899. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3899

Journé V, Andrus R, Aravena M-C, Ascoli D, Berretti R, Berveiller D, Bogdziewicz M, Boivin T, Bonal R, Caignard T, Calama R, Camarero JJ, Chang-Yang C-H, Courbaud B, Courbet F, Curt T, Das AJ, Daskalakou E, Davi H, Delpierre N, Delzon S, Dietze M, Donoso Calderon S, Dormont L, Maria Espelta J, Fahey TJ, Farfan-Rios W, Gehring CA, Gilbert GS, Gratzer G, Greenberg CH, Guo Q, Hacket-Pain A, Hampe A, Han Q, Lambers JHR, Hoshizaki K, Ibanez I, Johnstone JF, Kabeya D, Kays R, Kitzberger T, Knops JMH, Kobe RK, Kunstler G, Lageard JGA, LaMontagne JM, Leininger T, Limousin J-M, Lutz JA, Macias D, McIntire EJB, Moore CM, Moran E, Motta R, Myers JA, Nagel TA, Noguchi K, Ourcival J-M, Parmenter R, Pearse IS, Perez-Ramos IM, Piechnik L, Poulsen J, Poulton-Kamakura R, Qiu T, Redmond MD, Reid CD, Rodman KC, Rodriguez-Sanchez F, Sanguinetti JD, Scher CL, Marle HSV, Seget B, Sharma S, Silman M, Steele MA, Stephenson NL, Straub JN, Swenson JJ, Swift M, Thomas PA, Uriarte M, Vacchiano G, Veblen TT, Whipple AV, Whitham TG, Wright B, Wright SJ, Zhu K, Zimmerman JK, Zlotin R, Zywiec M, Clark JS (2022), Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients. Ecology Letters, 25(6):1471–1482. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14012

Donnelly A, Yu R, Jones K, Belitz M, Li B, Duffy K, Zhang X, Wang J, Seyednasrollah B, Gerst K, Li D, Kaddoura Y, Zhu K, Morisette J, Ramey C, Smith K (2022), Exploring discrepancies between in situ phenology and remotely derived phenometrics at NEON sites. Ecosphere, 13(1): e3912. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3912

Zhong Y, Chu C, Myers JA, Gilbert GS, Lutz JA, Stillhard J, Zhu K, Thompson J, Baltzer JL, He F, LaManna JA, Davies SJ, Aderson-Teixeira KJ, Burslem DFRP, Alonso A, Chao K-J, Wang X, Gao L, Orwig DA, Yin X, Sui X, Su Z, Abiem I, Bissiengou P, Bourg N, Butt N, Cao M, Chang-Yang C-H, Chao W-C, Chapman H, Chen Y-Y, Coomes DA, Cordell S, Oliveira AA de, Du H, Fang S, Giardina CP, Hao Z, Hector A, Hubbell SP, Janík D, Jansen PA, Jiang M, Jin G, Kenfack D, Král K, Larson AJ, Li B, Li X, Li Y, Lian J, Lin L, Liu F, Liu Y, Liu Y, Luan F, Luo Y, Ma K, Malhi Y, McMahon SM, McShea W, Memiaghe H, Mi X, Morecroft M, Novotny V, O’Brien MJ, Ouden J den, Parker GG, Qiao X, Ren H, Reynolds G, Samonil P, Sang W, Shen G, Shen Z, Song G-ZM, Sun I-F, Tang H, Tian S, Uowolo AL, Uriarte M, Wang B, Wang X, Wang Y, Weiblen GD, Wu Z, Xi N, Xiang W, Xu H, Xu K, Ye W, Yu M, Zeng F, Zhang M, Zhang Y, Zhu L, Zimmerman JK (2021), Arbuscular mycorrhizal trees influence the latitudinal beta-diversity gradient of tree communities in forests worldwide. Nature Communications, 12(1):3137. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23236-3

Yang X, Zhu K, Loik ME, Sun W (2021), Differential responses of soil bacteria and fungi to altered precipitation in a meadow steppe. Geoderma, 384, 114812. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114812

Wang F, Sanders CJ, Santos IR, Tang J, Schurech M, Kirwan ML, Kopp RE, Zhu K, Li X, Yuan J, Liu W, Li Z (2021), Global blue carbon accumulation in tidal wetlands increases with climate change. National Science Review, 8, nwaa296. https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaa296

Song Y, Zajic CJ, Hwang H, Hakkenberg CR, Zhu K (2021), Widespread mismatch between phenology and climate in human-dominated landscapes. AGU Advances, 2(4): e2021AV000431. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021AV000431

Reimer JR, Arroyo-Esquivel J, Jiang J, Scharf HR, Wolkovich EM, Zhu K, Boettiger C (2021), Noise can create or erase long transient dynamics. Theoretical Ecology, 14:685–95. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12080-021-00518-6

Qiu T, Aravena M-C, Andrus R, Ascoli D, Bergeron Y, Berretti R, Bogdziewicz M, Boivin T, Bonal R, Caignard T, Calama R, Camarero JJ, Clark CJ, Courbaud B, Delzon S, Calderon SD, Farfan-Rios W, Gehring CA, Gilbert GS, Greenberg CH, Guo Q, Lambers JHR, Hoshizaki K, Ibanez I, Journé V, Kilner CL, Kobe RK, Koenig WD, Kunstler G, LaMontagne JM, Ledwon M, Lutz JA, Motta R, Myers JA, Nagel TA, Nuñez CL, Pearse IS, Piechnik Ł, Poulsen JR, Poulton-Kamakura R, Redmond MD, Reid CD, Rodman KC, Scher CL, Marle HSV, Seget B, Sharma S, Silman M, Swenson JJ, Swift M, Uriarte M, Vacchiano G, Veblen TT, Whipple AV, Whitham TG, Wion AP, Wright SJ, Zhu K, Zimmerman JK, Żywiec M, Clark JS (2021), Is there tree senescence? The fecundity evidence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(34). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2106130118

Qin C, Bartelme R, Chung YA, Fairbanks D, Lin Y, Liptzin D, Muscarella C, Naithani K, Peay K, Pellitier P, St. Rose A, Stanish L, Werbin Z, Zhu K (2021), From DNA sequences to microbial ecology: Wrangling NEON soil microbe data with the neonMicrobe R package. Ecosphere, 12(11):e03842. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3842

Nagy RC, Balch JK, Bissell EK, Cattau ME, Glenn NF, Halpern BS, Ilangakoon N, Johnson B, Joseph MB, Marconi S, O’Riordan C, Sanovia J, Swetnam TL, Travis WR, Wasser LA, Woolner E, Zarnetske P, Abdulrahim M, Adler J, Barnes G, Bartowitz KJ, Blake RE, Bombaci SP, Brun J, Buchanan JD, Chadwick KD, Chapman MS, Chong SS, Chung YA, Corman JR, Couret J, Crispo E, Doak TG, Donnelly A, Duffy KA, Dunning KH, Duran SM, Edmonds JW, Fairbanks DE, Felton AJ, Florian CR, Gann D, Gebhardt M, Gill NS, Gram WK, Guo JS, Harvey BJ, Hayes KR, Helmus MR, Hensley RT, Hondula KL, Huang T, Hundertmark WJ, Iglesias V, Jacinthe P-A, Jansen LS, Jarzyna MA, Johnson TM, Jones KD, Jones MA, Just MG, Kaddoura YO, Kagawa-Vivani AK, Kaushik A, Keller AB, King KBS, Kitzes J, Koontz MJ, Kouba PV, Kwan W-Y, LaMontagne JM, LaRue EA, Li D, Li B, Lin Y, Liptzin D, Long WA, Mahood AL, Malloy SS, Malone SL, McGlinchy JM, Meier CL, Melbourne BA, Mietkiewicz N, Morisette JT, Moustapha M, Muscarella C, Musinsky J, Muthukrishnan R, Naithani K, Neely M, Norman K, Parker SM, Perez Rocha M, Petri L, Ramey CA, Record S, Rossi MW, SanClements M, Scholl VM, Schweiger AK, Seyednasrollah B, Sihi D, Smith KR, Sokol ER, Spaulding SA, Spiers AI, St Denis LA, Staccone AP, Stack Whitney K, Stanitski DM, Stricker E, Surasinghe TD, Thomsen SK, Vasek PM, Xiaolu L, Yang D, Yu R, Yule KM, Zhu K (2021), Harnessing the NEON data revolution to advance open environmental science with a diverse and data-capable community. Ecosphere, 12(12), e03833. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3833

Liu L, Zhu K, Krause SMB, Li S, Wang X, Zhang Z, Shen M, Yang Q, Lian J, Wang X, Ye W, Zhang J (2021), Changes in assembly processes of soil microbial communities during secondary succession in two subtropical forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 154, 108144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108144

Jones J, Groffman PM, Blair J, Davis FW, Dugan H, Euskirchen ES, Frey SD, Harms T, Hinckley E, Kosmala M, Loberg S, Malone S, Novick K, Record S, Rocha AV, Ruddell B, Stanley EH, Sturtevant C, Thorpe A, White T, Wieder WR, Zhai L, Zhu K (2021), Synergies among environmental science research and monitoring networks: A research agenda. Earth’s Future, 9, e2020EF001631. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EF001631

Freeman BG, Song Y, Feeley KJ, Zhu K (2021), Montane species track rising temperatures better in the tropics than in the temperate zone. Ecology Letters, 24, 1697-1708. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13762

Clark JS, Andrus R, Aubry-Kientz M, Bergeron Y, Bogdziewicz M, Bragg DC, Brockway D, Cleavitt NL, Cohen S, Courbaud B, Daley R, Das AJ, Dietze M, Fahey TJ, Fer I, Franklin JF, Gehring CA, Gilbert GS, Greenberg CH, Guo Q, Hille Ris Lambers J, Ibanez I, Johnstone J, Kilner CL, Knops J, Koenig WD, Kunstler G, LaMontagne JM, Legg KL, Luongo J, Lutz JA, Macias D, McIntire EJ, Messaoud Y, Moore CM, Moran E, Myers JA, Myers OB, Nunez C, Parmenter R, Pearson S, Poulton-Kamakura R, Ready E, Redmond MD, Reid CD, Rodman KC, Scher CL, Schlesinger WH, Schwantes AM, Shanahan E, Sharma S, Steele M, Stephenson NL, Sutton S, Swenson JJ, Swift M, Veblen TT, Whipple AV, Whitham TG, Wion AP, Zhu K, Zlotin R (2021), Continent-wide tree fecundity driven by indirect climate effects. Nature Communications, 12, 1242. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20836-3

Chowdhury S, Zhu K, Zhang Y (2021), Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions through generative adversarial networks based wildfire prediction. In: Energy Proceedings, Vol. 15, MIT A+B Applied Energy Symposium, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. https://www.energy-proceedings.org/mitigating-greenhouse-gas-emissions-through-generative-adversarial-networks-based-wildfire-prediction/

Zhu K (2020), Understanding forest dynamics by integrating age and environmental change. New Phytologist, 228, 1728-1733. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16412

Wang C, Guan K, Peng B, Chen M, Jiang C, Zeng Y, Wu G, Wang S, Wu J, Yang X, Frankenberg C, Kohler P, Berry J, Bernacchi C, Zhu K, Alden C, Miao G (2020), Satellite footprint data from OCO-2 and TROPOMI reveal significant spatio-temporal and inter-vegetation type variabilities of solar-induced fluorescence yield in the U.S. Midwest. Remote Sensing of Environment, 241, 111728. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.111728

Steidinger BS, Bhatnagar JM, Vilgalys R, Taylor JW, Qin C, Zhu K, Bruns TD, Peay KG (2020), Ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity predicted to substantially decline due to climate changes in North American Pinaceae forests. Journal of Biogeography, 47, 772-782. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13802

Qin C, Zhu K, Chiariello NR, Field CB, Peay KG (2020), Fire history and plant community composition outweigh decadal multi-factor global change as drivers of microbial composition in an annual grassland. Journal of Ecology, 108, 611-625. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13284

Moore JR, Argles APK, Zhu K, Huntingford C, Cox PM (2020), Validation of demographic equilibrium theory against tree-size distributions and biomass density in Amazonia. Biogeosciences, 17, 1013–1032. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1013-2020

Liu L, Zhu K, Wurzburger N, Zhang J (2020), Relationships between plant diversity and soil microbial diversity vary across taxonomic groups and spatial scales. Ecosphere, 11(1):e02999. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2999

Laubmeier AN, Cazelles B, Cuddington K, Erickson KD, Fortin MJ, Ogle K, Wikle CK, Zhu K, Zipkin E (2020), Ecological dynamics: integrating empirical, statistical, and analytical methods. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 35, 1090–1099. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2020.08.006

Lamperty T, Zhu K, Poulsen JR, Dunham AE (2020), Defaunation of large mammals alters understory vegetation and functional importance of invertebrates in an Afrotropical forest. Biological Conservation, 241, 108329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108329

Jiang F, Zhu K, Cadotte MW, Jin G (2020), Tree mycorrhizal type mediates the strength of negative density dependence in temperate forests. Journal of Ecology, 108, 2601–2610. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13413

He Y, Cheng W, Zhou L, Shao J, Liu H, Zhou H, Zhu K, Zhou X (2020), Soil DOC release and aggregate disruption mediate rhizosphere priming effect on soil C decomposition. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 144, 107787. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107787

Hakkenberg C, Peet RK, Wentworth TR, Zhu K, Schafale MP (2020), Tree canopy cover constrains the fertility–diversity relationship in plant communities of the southeastern United States. Ecology, 101(10):e03119. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3119

Egerer MH, Wagner B, Lin BB, Kendal D, Zhu K (2020), New methods of spatial analysis in urban gardens inform future vegetation surveying. Landscape Ecology, 35, 761–778. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-020-00974-1

Compagnoni A, Bibian AJ, Ochocki BM, Levin S, Zhu K, Miller TEX (2020), popler: An R package for extraction and synthesis of population time series from the long-term ecological research (LTER) network. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 11, 258–264. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13319

Zhu K, Song Y, Qin C (2019), Forest age improves understanding of the global carbon sink. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116, 3962-3964. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1900797116

Yu K, Smith WK, Trugman AT, Condit R, Hubbell SP, Sardans J, Peng C, Zhu K, Peñuelas J, Cailleret M, Levanic T, Gessler A, Schaub M, Ferretti M, Anderegg WRL (2019), Pervasive decreases in living vegetation carbon turnover time across forest climate zones. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116, 24662-24667. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1821387116

Wang C, Zhu K (2019), Misestimation of growing season length due to inaccurate construction of satellite vegetation index time series. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 16(8), 1185-1189. https://doi.org/10.1109/LGRS.2019.2895805

Terborgh J, Zhu K, Álvarez-Loayza P, Cornejo-Valverde F (2019), Seed limitation in an Amazonian floodplain forest. Ecology, 100(5):e02642. http://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2642

Quan Q, Tian D, Luo Y, Zhang F, Crowther TW, Zhu K, Chen HYH, Zhou Q, Niu S (2019), Water scaling of ecosystem carbon cycle feedback to climate warming. Science Advances, 5:eaav1131. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aav1131

Mao ZK, Corrales A, Zhu K, Yuan ZQ, Lin F, Ye J, Hao ZQ, Wang XG (2019), Tree mycorrhizal associations mediate soil fertility effects on forest community structure in a temperate forest. New Phytologist, 233, 475–486. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15742

He Y, Zhou X, Cheng W, Zhou L, Zhang G, Zhou G, Liu R, Shao J, Zhu K, Cheng W (2019), Linking improvement of soil structure to soil carbon storage following invasion by a C4 plant Spartina alterniflora. Ecosystems, 22, 859–872. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-018-0308-3

Chu C, Lutz JA, Král K, Vrška T, Yin X, Myers JA, Abiem I, Alonso A, Bourg N, Burslem DFRP, Cao M, Chapman H, Condit R, Fang S, Fischer GA, Gao L, Hao Z, Hau BCH, He Q, Hector A, Hubbell SP, Jiang M, Jin G, Kenfack D, Lai J, Li B, Li X, Li Y, Lian J, Lin L, Liu Y, Liu Y, Luo Y, Ma K, McShea W, Memiaghe H, Mi X, Ni M, O’Brien MJ, Oliveira AA de, Orwig DA, Parker GG, Qiao X, Ren H, Reynolds G, Sang W, Shen G, Su Z, Sui X, Sun I-F, Tian S, Wang B, Wang X, Wang X, Wang Y, Weiblen GD, Wen S, Xi N, Xiang W, Xu H, Xu K, Ye W, Zhang B, Zhang J, Zhang X, Zhang Y, Zhu K, Zimmerman J, Storch D, Baltzer JL, Anderson-Teixeira KJ, Mittelbach GG, He F (2019), Direct and indirect effects of climate on richness drive the latitudinal diversity gradient in forest trees. Ecology Letters, 22, 245-255. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13175

Zhu K, Zhang J, Niu S, Chu C, Luo Y (2018), Limits to growth of forest biomass carbon sink under climate change. Nature Communications, 9(1), 2709. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05132-5

Zhu K, McCormack ML, Lankau RA, Egan JF, Wurzburger N (2018), Association of ectomycorrhizal trees with high carbon-to-nitrogen ratio soils across temperate forests is driven by smaller nitrogen not larger carbon stocks. Journal of Ecology, 106, 524-535. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12918

Wang C, Chen J, Tang Y, Black A, Zhu K (2018), A novel method for removing snow melting-induced fluctuation in GIMMS NDVI3g data for vegetation phenology monitoring: a case study in deciduous forests of North America. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 11, 800-807. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2017.2778076

Moore J, Zhu K, Huntingford C, Cox P (2018), Equilibrium forest demography explains the distribution of tree sizes across North America. Environmental Research Letters, 13(8), 084019. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aad6d1

Hakkenberg CR, Zhu K, Peet RK, Song C (2018), Mapping multi-scale vascular plant richness in a forest landscape with integrated LiDAR and hyperspectral remote-sensing. Ecology, 99, 474-487. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2109

Wilcox K, Shi Z, Gherardi LA, Lemoine NP, Koerner SE, Hoover DL, Bork E, Byrne K, Cahill J, Collins S, Evans S, Gilgen AK, Holub P, Jiang L, Knapp A, Laura Y, LeCain DR, Liang J, Peñuelas J, Pockman W, Smith M, White S, Zhu K, Luo Y (2017), Asymmetric responses of primary productivity to climate extremes: a synthesis of grassland precipitation manipulations. Global Change Biology, 23, 4376-4385. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13706

Wang C, Chen J, Wu J, Tang Y, Shi P, Black A, Zhu K (2017), A snow-free vegetation index for improved monitoring of vegetation spring green-up date in deciduous ecosystems. Remote Sensing of Environment, 196, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2017.04.031

Kuang X, Zhu K, Yuan Z, Lin F, Ye J, Wang X, Hao Z (2017), Conspecific density dependence and community structure: insights from 11 years of monitoring in an old-growth temperate forest in northeast China. Ecology and Evolution, 7, 5191-5200. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3050

Zhu K, Chiariello NR, Tobeck T, Fukami T, Field CB (2016), Nonlinear, interacting responses to climate limit grassland production under global change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113, 10589-10594. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1606734113

Schliep EM, Gelfand AE, Clark JS, Zhu K (2016), Modeling change in forest biomass across the eastern US. Ecological and Environmental Statistics, 23, 23-41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10651-015-0321-z

Ghosh S, Zhu K, Gelfand AE, Clark JS (2016), Joint modeling of climate niches for adult and juvenile trees. Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics, 21, 111-130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13253-015-0238-x

Andresen LC, Müller C, Dato G, Dukes J, Emmett BA, Estiarte M, Jentsch-Beierkuhnlein A, Kröel-Dulay G, Luescher A, Niu S, Peñuelas J, Reich P, Reinsch S, Schmidt IK, Schneider M, Sternberg M, Tietema A, Zhu K, Bilton MC (2016), Shifting impacts of climate change: long-term patterns of plant response to elevated CO2, drought, and warming across ecosystems. In: Advances in Ecological Research (eds. Dumbrell, AJ, Kordas, RL, Woodward, G), Academic Press. Oxford, UK. pp. 437-473. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.aecr.2016.07.001

Albright R, Hosfelt J, Kwiatkowski L, Maclaren JK, Mason BM, Nebuchina Y, Ninokawa A, Pongratz J, Ricke KL, Rivlin T, Schneider K, Sesboüé M, Shamberger K, Silverman J, Wolfe K, Zhu K, Caldeira K (2016), Reversal of ocean acidification enhances net coral reef calcification. Nature, 531, 362-365. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature17155

Zhu K, Woodall CW, Monteiro JVD, Clark JS (2015), Prevalence and strength of density-dependent tree recruitment. Ecology, 96, 2319-2327. https://doi.org/10.1890/14-1780.1

Woodall CW, Russell MB, Walters BF, D’Amato AW, Zhu K, Saatchi SS (2015), Forest production dynamics along a wood density spectrum in eastern US forests. Trees – Structure and Function, 29, 299-310. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-014-1083-1

Lankau RA, Zhu K, Ordonez A (2015), Mycorrhizal strategies of tree species correlate with trailing range edge responses to current and past climate change. Ecology, 96, 1451-1458. https://doi.org/10.1890/14-2419.1

Zhu K, Woodall CW, Ghosh S, Gelfand AE, Clark JS (2014), Dual impacts of climate change: forest migration and turnover through life history. Global Change Biology, 20, 251-264. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12382

Terborgh J, Zhu K, Álvarez-Loayza P, Cornejo-Valverde F (2014), How many seeds does it take to make a sapling? Ecology, 95, 991-999. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-0764.1

Clark JS, Gelfand AE, Woodall CW, Zhu K (2014), More than the sum of the parts: forest climate response from joint species distribution models. Ecological Applications, 24, 990-999. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1015.1

Clark JS, Bell DM, Kwit MC, Zhu K (2014), Competition-interaction landscapes for the joint response of forests to climate change. Global Change Biology, 20, 1979-1991. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12425

Woodall CW, Zhu K, Westfall JA, Oswalt CM, D’Amato AW, Walters BF, Lintz HE (2013), Assessing the stability of tree ranges and influence of disturbance in eastern US forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 291, 172-180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2012.11.047

Woodall CW, Westfall JA, Zhu K, Johnson DJ (2013), Assessing the effect of snow/water obstructions on the measurement of tree seedlings in a large-scale temperate forest inventory. Forestry, 86, 421-427. https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpt013

Clark JS, Bell DM, Kwit MC, Powell A, Zhu K (2013), Dynamic inverse prediction and sensitivity analysis with high-dimensional responses: application to climate-change vulnerability of biodiversity. Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics, 18, 376-404. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13253-013-0139-9

Zhu K, Woodall CW, Clark JS (2012), Failure to migrate: lack of tree range expansion in response to climate change. Global Change Biology, 18, 1042-1052. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02571.x

Zhu K, Ghosh S, Gelfand AE, Clark JS (2012), New approaches to FIA data for understanding distribution, abundance, and response to climate change. In: Moving from Status to Trends: Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Symposium 2012, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, General Technical Report NRS-P-105. https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/42676

Ghosh S, Gelfand AE, Zhu K, Clark JS (2012), The k-ZIG: flexible modeling for zero-inflated counts. Biometrics, 68, 878-885. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0420.2011.01729.x

Clark JS, Bell DM, Kwit M, Stine A, Vierra B, Zhu K (2012), Individual-scale inference to anticipate climate-change vulnerability of biodiversity. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 367, 236-246. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2011.0183

Wang YS, Chu CJ, Zhu K, Shen ZH (2011), Effects of inter-specific variability on biomass allocation: a hierarchical Bayesian approach. Ecological Informatics, 6, 341–344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2011.08.003

Clark JS, Bell DM, Hersh MH, Kwit MC, Moran E, Salk C, Stine A, Valle D, Zhu K (2011), Individual-scale variation, species-scale differences: inference needed to understand diversity. Ecology Letters, 14, 1273-1287. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01685.x