North American carbon budget and implications for the global carbon cycle [also known as the Prototype State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR) focused on North America]

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 Cycles 16(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.