PUBLICATIONS     

          

Peer-reviewed Papers:       

                                                   

  1. Xu, M., Chang, C-P, Fu, C., Qi, Y., Robock, A., Robinson, D., and Zhang, H-M. 2006. Steady Decline of East Asian Monsoon Winds, 1969 - 2000: Evidence from Direct Ground Measurements of Wind Speed, Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, D24111, doi:10.1029/2006JD007337. PDF

 

  1. Rangwala, I., Miller, J., Russell, G., and Xu, M. 2006. Analysis of global climate model experiments to elucidate past and future changes in surface insolation and warming in China, Geophysical Research Letters 33. L20709, doi:10.1029/2006GL027778. PDF

 

  1. Matsushita, B., Xu, M., Fukushima, T. 2006. Characterizing the Changes in Landscape Structure in the Lake Kasumigaura Basin, Japan Using a High-quality GIS Dataset, Landscape and Urban Planning 78: 241-250. PDF

 

  1. Li, Y., Xu, M., Zou, X. 2006. Heterotrophic soil respiration in relation to environmental factors and microbial biomass in two wet tropical forests, Plant and Soil 281: 193-201. PDF

 

  1. Qian, Y., Kaiser, D.P., Leung, L.R., Xu, M. 2006. More frequent cloud-free sky and less surface solar radiation in China from 1955 to 2000, Geophysical Research Letter, VOL. 33, L01812, doi:10.1029/2005GL024586.  PDF

 

6.      Li, Y., Xu, M., Zou, X. 2006. Effects of nutrient additions on ecosystem carbon cycle in a Puerto Rican tropical wet forest, Global Change Biology 12, 284–293, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.01096.x. PDF

 

7.      Misson, L., Tang, J., Xu, M., McKay, M. and Goldstein, A. 2005. Influences of recovery from clear-cut, climate variability, and thinning on the carbon balance of a young ponderosa pine plantation, Agriculture and Forest Meteorology 130: 207-222. PDF

 

8.      Liu, B., Xu, M., Henderson M. 2005. Observed trends of precipitation amount, frequency, and intensity in China, 1960-2000, Journal of Geophysical Research 110, D08103, doi:10.1029/2004JD004864. PDF

 

  1. Fisher, J. B., DeBiase, T. A., Qi, Y. Xu, M.  Goldstein, A. H. 2005. Evapotranspiration models compared on a Sierra Nevada forest ecosystem. Environmental Modelling & Software 20: 783-796. PDF

 

  1. Li, Y., Xu, M., Zou, X., Sun, O. J. 2005. Comparing soil organic carbon dynamics in plantation and secondary forest in wet tropics in Puerto Rico, Global Change Biology 11: 239-248. PDF

 

  1. Y. Li, M. Xu, X. Zou, W. C. Cui. 2004. Effects of root and litter exclusion on soil respiration and microbial biomass in wet tropical forests. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 36: 2111-2114. PDF

 

  1. Tang, J., Qi, Y., Xu, M., Misson, L., and Goldstein A. H. 2005. Effects of forest thinning on soil respiration in a ponderosa pine plantation in the Sierra Nevada, Tree Physiology 25: 57-66. PDF

 

  1. Matsushita, B., Xu, M., Chen, J., Kameyama, S., Tamura, M. 2004. Estimation of regional net primary productivity (NPP) using a process-based ecosystem model: How important is the accuracy of climate data? Ecological Modeling 178: 371-388. PDF

 

  1. Li, Y., Xu, M., Zou, X. 2004. Soil CO2 efflux and fungal and bacterial biomass in a plantation and a secondary forest in wet tropics in Puerto Rico, Plant and Soil 268: 151-160. PDF

 

  1. Liu, B., Xu M., Henderson M., Qi, Y. and Li, Y. 2004. Taking China’s temperature: daily range, warming trends, and regional variations, 1955-2000. Journal of Climate 17: 4453-4462. PDF

 

  1. Liu, B., Xu, M., Henderson, M., Gong, W. 2004. A spatial analysis of pan evaporation trends in China, 1955-2000, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, D15102, doi:10.1029/2004JD004511. PDF

 

  1. Qi, Y., Henderson, M., Xu, M. 2004. Evolving core-periphery interactions in urban landscape: Beijing, Landscape Ecology 19: 375-388. PDF

 

  1. Xu, M., Qi, Y., Chen, J., Song, B. 2004. Scale-dependent relationships between landscape structure and microclimate. Plant Ecology 173: 39-57. PDF

 

  1. Reichstein M, Rey A, Freibauer A, Tenhunen J, Valentini R, Banza J, Casals P, Cheng YF, Grunzweig JM, Irvine J, Joffre R, Law BE, Loustau D, Miglietta F, Oechel W, Ourcival JM, Pereira JS, Peressotti A, Ponti F, Qi Y, Rambal S, Rayment M, Romanya J, Rossi F, Tedeschi V, Tirone G, Xu M, Yakir D. 2003. Modeling temporal and large-scale spatial variability of soil respiration from soil water availability, temperature and vegetation productivity indices, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 17(4): Art. No. 1104. PDF

 

  1. Yang, X., Xu, M. 2003. Biodiversity conservation in Changbai Mountain Biosphere Reserve, northeastern China: status, problem, and strategy. Biodiversity and Conservation 12: 883-903. PDF

 

  1. Gong, P., M. Xu, Jin Chen, Jing M. Chen, Ye Qi, Greg Biging, Jiyuan Liu, Shaoqiang Wang, 2002. A preliminary study on the carbon dynamics of China’s terrestrial ecosystems in the past 20 years, Earth Science Frontiers, 9(1):55-61.

 

  1. Xu, M., Chen, J., and Y. Qi. 2002. Microclimate along a 10km transect across a forested landscape. Climate Research 22: 57-72. PDF

 

  1. Qi, Y. and M. Xu. 2002. Temperature sensitivity of soil respiration and its impact on ecosystem carbon flux: Measurement and modeling. Ecological Modeling 153: 131-142. PDF

 

  1. Xu, M., and Y. Qi. 2001. Soil surface CO2 efflux and its variation in a young ponderosa pine plantation in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. Global Change Biology 7: 667-677. PDF

 

  1. Xu, M., and Y. Qi. 2001. Spatial and seasonal variations of Q10 determined by soil respiration measurements at a Sierra Nevadan forest. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 15: 687-696. PDF

 

  1. Qi, Y. and M. Xu. 2001. Separating the effects of moisture and temperature on soil CO2 efflux in a coniferous forest in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Plant and Soil 237: 15-23. PDF

 

  1. Xu, M., DeBiase, T., Qi, Y., Goldstein, A. and Z. Liu. 2001. Ecosystem respiration in a young ponderosa pine plantation in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. Tree Physiology 21: 309-318. PDF

 

  1. Yi, C., Gong, P., Xu, M. and Y. Qi. 2001. The effects of buffer and temperature feedback on the oceanic uptake of CO2. Geophysical Research Letters 28: 751-754.

 

  1. Xu, M., Qi, Y. and P. Gong. 2000. China’s new forest policy. Science 289: 2049-2050. PDF

 

  1. Xu, M., DeBiase, T., and Y. Qi. 2000. A simple technique using a horizontally-oriented soil chamber to measure stem respiration. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 30: 1555-1560. PDF

 

  1. Goldstein, A.H., Hultman, N.E., Fracheboud, J.M., Bauer, M.R., Panek, J.A., Xu, M., Qi, Y., Guenther, A.B., and W. Baugh. 2000, Effects of climate variability on the carbon dioxide, water, and sensible heat fluxes above a ponderosa pine plantation in the Sierra Nevada (CA). Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 101: 113-129. PDF

 

  1. Zheng, D., J. Chen, B. Song, M. Xu, P. Sneed, and R. Jensen. 2000. Effects of silvicultural treatments on forest microclimate in southeastern Missouri Ozarks. Climate Research 15: 45-59. PDF

 

  1. Xu, M., and Y. Qi. 2000. Effects of spatial heterogeneity of microenvironment on plant biodiversity in the Southeastern Missouri Ozarks. Geographic Information Science 6: 38-47.

 

  1. Xu, M. and Y. Qi. 2000. Effects of spatial scale on the relationships between plant species richness and microclimate in the Southeastern Missouri Ozarks, USA. Polish Journal of Ecology 48: 77-88.

 

  1. Xu, M. and J. Chen. 1997. Temperature and its variability in oak forest in Southeast Missouri Ozarks. Climate Research 8(3): 209-233.

 

  1. Xu, M. and X. Pan. 1995. Stability and dynamics of the energy flow in Pu-Wa ecosystem. Acta Ecologica Sinica 15(1): 72-78 (in Chinese).

 

  1. Xu, M., Zheng, D. and Z. Liu. 1994. Nutrient cycling and energy flow in Pu-Wa ecosystem.   Acta Beijing Forestry  University 16(3): 1-7 (in Chinese).

 

  1. Xu, M. 1994. Design and Optimization  of Pu-Wa ecosystem. Chinese Journal of Ecology 13(2): 76-79 (in Chinese).

 

  1. Xu, M. 1994. Comparison of energy balance over different vegetation types on the Loess Plateau in China. Acta Agriculturac Boreali-Sinica 9(2): 81-87 (in Chinese).

 

Book Chapters:

 

  1. Gong, P., Chen, J., Xu, M. 2004. A preliminary study on the carbon dynamics of China’s forest ecosystems in the past 20 years. In: Shiyomi, M., Kawahata, H., Koizumi, H., Tsuda, A., Awaya, Y. (eds.), Global Environmental Change in the Ocean and on Land, TERRAPUB, Tokyo.

 

  1. Qi, Y., J. Tang, M. Xu, 2000. Modeling the biosphere in climate change studies: respiration and decomposition, in: Modern Ecological Lectures (II), China Science Press. (in Chinese).

 

  1. He, Q. and M. Xu. 1994. Effects of climatic change on forest production in China. In: Deng, G. and Yu, H. (eds.), Impacts of Climatic Change on Agriculture and Forestry in China, Meteorological Sciences Press, Beijing (in Chinese).

 

Conference Papers:

 

  1. Xu, M., Liu, B., Henderson, M. and Qi, Y. Precipitation change in China from 1960 to 2000, International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences, Beijing, China, Aug. 2-11, 2005.

 

  1. Xu, M. Climate change and carbon cycle in China’s terrestrial ecosystems, Association of Chinese Geographers, Beijing, China, Aug. 16-18, 2005.

 

3.      Xu, M., Guo, Q., Qi, Y. Application of high-resolution remote sensing to detect soil temperature and soil respiration. The 16th Annual Symposium of the US Regional Chapter of the International Association of Landscape Ecology, Arizona, April, 2001.

 

4.      Fisher, J. B., DeBiase, T. A., Qi, Y., Xu, M., Goldstein, A. Evapotranspiration methods compared on a Sierra Nevada forest ecosystem, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 2001.

 

  1. Xu, M., Qi, Y., Guo, Q., Tang, DeBiase, T., Henderson, M. Soil surface CO2 efflux and its variation in a forest ecosystem in Northern California, America Geophysical Union annual meeting, San Francisco, December 2000.

 

  1. Guo, Q., Qi, Y., Xu, M. The relationship between temperature, precipitation and NDVI in China. AGU conference. San Francisco, December, 1999.

 

7.      Xu, M., Qi, Y., Debiase, T., Guo, Q., Tang, J, Henderson, M. Soil CO2 Efflux in a Young Ponderosa Pine Plantation in Sierra Nevada, California. AGU conference. San Francisco, December, 1999.

 

  1. Xu, M., Qi, Y., Chen, J. Scale effects on the hierarchical relationships between landscape structure and microclimate, presented at the 5th World Congress of International Association for Landscape Ecology, Snowmass Village, Colorado, USA, July 29 – August 3, 1999.

 

  1. Xu, M., Saunders, S.C., and J. Chen. 1997. Analysis of landscape structure in Southeast Missouri Ozarks using remote sensing and GIS techniques. General Technical Report, USDA, Forest Service, General Technical Report NC-193: 41-53.

 

  1. Chen, J., Xu, M. and K. Brosofske.  1997. Microclimate characteristics in Southeast Missouri Ozarks. General Technical Report, USDA, Forest Service, General Technical Report NC-193: 120-133.