Jennifer C. Jenkins
Gund Institute for Ecological Economics
University of Vermont
School of Natural Resources
590 Main Street
Burlington, VT 05405
Tel: (802) 656-2953; Fax: (802) 656-2995
Education
1991
B.A. Biology, Dartmouth College
1995
M.F.S. Forest Science, Yale University
1998
Ph.D. Ecosystem Ecology, University of New Hampshire
Employment History
2002-present
Visiting Assistant Professor, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, University of Vermont Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, Burlington, VT.
1998-2002
Research Forester, USDA Forest Service Northeastern Research Station Northern Global Change Program and Forest Inventory and Analysis
Professional Service/Activities
Delegate - National Academy of Sciences Workshop on Direct and Indirect Human Contributions to Terrestrial Greenhouse Gas Fluxes
U.S. Technical Expert - IPCC Working Group on Methodologies to Factor Out Direct Human-Induced Changes in Carbon Stocks and Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sources and Removal by Sinks
Member - NCEAS Working Groups: Carbon Balance of North America and Eurasia; Development of a Consistent Global NPP database
Participant - Cary Conference IX: Understanding Ecosystems: The Role of Quantitative Models in Observation, Synthesis, and Prediction
Journal reviews - Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Climatic Change, Computers in Science and Agriculture, Ecological Applications, Ecosystems, Environmental Pollution, Forest Science, Global Change Biology, Journal of Biogeography, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change
Grant reviews - EPA STAR Fellowship Panel, NSF Long-term Research in Environmental Biology (LTREB) (2002), NSF Ecosystems, NASA New Investigator Program
Publications
Jenkins, J.C., D.C. Chojnacky, L.S. Heath and R.A. Birdsey. 2003. National-scale biomass estimators for United States tree species. Forest Science 49(1):12-35.
Jenkins, J.C., D.C. Chojnacky, L.S. Heath and R.A. Birdsey. 2003. A comprehensive database of biomass equations for North American tree species. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report NE- XXX (in review).
Pan, Y., J. Hom, J.C. Jenkins and R.A. Birdsey. 2003. Importance of foliar nitrogen concentration to predict forest productivity spatially across the Mid-Atlantic region. Forest Science (in press).
Smith, J, L.S. Heath and J.C. Jenkins. 2003. Forest volume-to-biomass models and estimates of mass for live and standing dead trees of US forests. Newtown Square, PA, USDA Forest Service General Technical Report NE-298. 57 p.
Jenkins, J.C. and R. Riemann. 2003. What does nonforest land contribute to the global C balance? Proceedings, Third Annual FIA Science Symposium, Traverse City, MI, Oct. 14-16, 2001 (in press).
Goodale, C.L., M.J. Apps, R.A. Birdsey, C.B. Field, L.S. Heath, R.A. Houghton, J.C. Jenkins, G.H. Kohlmaier, W. Kurz, S. Liu, G-J Nabuurs, S. Nillson and A. Shvidenko. 2002. Forest carbon sinks in the northern hemisphere. Ecological Applications 12:891-899.
Jenkins, J.C., R.A. Birdsey and Y. Pan. 2001. Biomass and NPP estimation for the mid-Atlantic (USA) region using plot-level forest inventory data. Ecological Applications 11:1174-1193.
Caspersen, J.P., S.W. Pacala, J.C. Jenkins, G.C. Hurtt, P.R. Moorcroft and R.A. Birdsey. 2000. Carbon accumulation in eastern U.S. forests is caused overwhelmingly by changes in land use rather than CO2 or N fertilization or climate change. Science 290:1148-1151.
Hicke, J.A., G.P. Asner, J. Randerson, S. Los, R.A. Birdsey, J.C. Jenkins, C. Tucker and C. Field. 2002. Trends in North American net primary productivity derived from satellite observations, 1982-1998. Global Biogeochemical Cycles16(2): 0.1029/2001GB001550.
Nemani, R.R., M.A.White, K. Nishida, S. Reddy, J.C. Jenkins and S.W. Running. 2002. Recent trends in hydrologic balance have enhanced the terrestrial carbon sink in the United States. Geophysical Research Letters 2002GL014867.
Jenkins, J.C., D.W. Kicklighter and J.D. Aber. 2000. Predicting the regional impacts of increased CO2 and climate change on forest productivity. Pp. 383-423 In Responses of Northern U.S. Forests to Environmental Change, R.A. Birdsey, R.H. Mickler and J. Hom (eds). Springer-Verlag, New York.
Jenkins, J.C., D.W. Kicklighter, S.V. Ollinger, J.D. Aber, J.D. and J.M. Melillo. 1999. Sources of variability at a regional scale: A comparison using PnET-II and TEM 4.0 in northeastern U.S. forests. Ecosystems 2:555-570.
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