Ecosystem Structure Affects Recovery from Temperature Extremes

This Project looked at how vegetation structure and species compositions altered physiological activity, calculated using metabolic energy and entropy dynamics, during and following extreme temperature events.

Wiesner, S., Starr, G., Boring, L. R., Cherry, J. A., Stoy, P. C., & Staudhammer, C. L. (2021). Forest structure and composition drive differences in metabolic energy and entropy dynamics during temperature extremes in longleaf pine savannas. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 297, 108252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.108252

Structural differences by site

The (A) mesic, (B) intermediate and (C) xeric sites at the Jonescenter at Ichauway, showing substantial site differences specifically in understory structure and plant functional diversity.