List of GCTE Core Research Projects

Focus 1: Ecosystem Physiology and Global Change

Activity 1.1: Ecosystem Response to Elevated CO₂ and Temperature [C. Körner]

1101 Integrated Study of the Response to Elevated CO₂ of Forested Ecosystems in the Southeastern and Western United States (B.R. Strain; T. Ball, USA)

1102 Experimental Studies of Mediterranean Grassland Ecosystem Responses to Elevated CO₂: Interactions with Nitrogen, Water, and Species Characteristics (H.A. Mooney, USA)

1103 Temperature and CO₂ Interactions in Trees (TACIT) (R.J. Norby, USA)

1104 Effects of Elevated Atmospheric CO₂ and Climate Change on the Structure and Function of Mediterranean-type Shrub Ecosystems (W.C. Oechel, USA)

1105 New Zealand Forest Ecosystems Elevated CO₂ Project (D. Whitehead, New Zealand)

1106 Effects of Elevated CO₂ on Alpine and Lowland Grassland Systems (C. Körner, Switzerland)

1107 Aboveground and Belowground Ecosystem Responses to Elevated Atmospheric CO₂ (P.S. Curtis, USA)

1108 The Effects of Elevated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentration on Vegetation and Ecosystem Processes in a Chesapeake Bay Wetland (B.G. Drake, USA)

1109 Effects of Elevated CO₂ and Temperature on Forest Trees (D.T. Tingey, USA)

1110 Microevolutionary Response of Plants to Elevated CO₂ (MAPLE) (F. Miglietta, Italy)

1111 Climate Change Experiment (CLIMEX) (A. Jenkins, UK)

1112 The South African Greenhouse Experiment on Savannas (R.J. Scholes, South Africa)

1113 Free-Air CO₂ Enrichment of a Closed-Canopy Deciduous Forest (R. Norby, USA)

1114 Forest-Atmosphere Carbon Transfer and Storage (FACTS-1) (G. Hendrey)

1115 Forest-Atmosphere Carbon Transfer and Storage II: Aspen FACE (D. Karnosky, USA)

1116 Response of a Desert Ecosystem to Long-term Elevated Atmospheric CO₂: The Nevada Desert FACE Facility (R. Seeman)

1117 BERI: Bog Ecosystem Research Initiative (N. Van Breeman)

1118 Effects of Elevated CO₂ and Plant Diversity on Plant and Ecoystem Process: on Analysis with Herbaceous Mediterranean Model Ecosystems or, Effect of CO₂ and Plant Diversity on Mediterranean Model Ecosystems (ECODIME) (J. Roy, France)

1119 Network of Ecosystem Warming Studies (NEWS) (L.Rustad, USA)

Activity 1.2: Terrestrial Ecosystem Biogeochemistry [D. Schimel]

1201 Biogeochemical Cycles of C and N along a European Transect (NIPHYS) (E-D. Schulze, Germany)

1202 Savannas in the Long Term (SALT) (J-C. Menaut, France)

1203 Flor-Past Brazil: Changes in the Biogeochemistry of Carbon and Nitrogen in Response to the Conversion of Forest to Pasture in the Amazon Basin of Brazil (C. Cerri, Brazil; J. Melillo, USA)

1204 Soil Carbon Dynamics and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Boreal Forests (D. Parkinson, Canada)

1205 Carbon Flux in Tropical Forests (J. Grace, UK)

1206 Arctic Flux Study: CO₂ and Methane Fluxes by Ecosystem Type and Long-term Feedback Relationships with the Atmosphere (G. Weller, USA)

1207 Ecological module of the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) (M. Keller)

Activity 1.3: Effects of Changes in Vegetation on Water and Energy Fluxes [J. Ehleringer]

1301 Water, Energy and Carbon Dioxide Interactions at the Land Surface (P.G. Jarvis, UK)

1302 Canopy Conductance and Rooting Depth: Review and Measurements (E-D. Schulze, Germany)

1303 Effects of Climate on Plant Responses and Adaptations in the Eurasian Taiga (N.N. Vygodskaya, Russia)

Activity 1.4: Integrating Activities [L. Pitelka]

1401 Global Change and the Carbon Balance of Arctic Ecosystems: The Importance of Carbon/Nutrient Interactions (G.R. Shaver, USA)

1402 A Terrestrial Ecosystems Model (TEM) for the Study of Global Biogeochemistry (J. Melillo, B. Moore III, USA)

1403 Carbon Pools and Fluxes in Peatlands in Canada (D. Parkinson, Canada)

1404 Carbon Storage and Turnover in Vegetation and Soils (P. Ineson, UK)

1405 Modelling Carbon Dioxide Exchange at Regional Scale (R. Dewar, UK)

1406 The Carbon Dioxide Dependency of Carbon Storage by a Nitrogen-limited Native Grassland Community (R.M. Gifford, Australia)

1407 CMEAL: CO₂ Models/Experiments Activity for Improved Links (C. Field, USA)

Focus 2: Change in Ecosystem Structure and Global Change

Activity 2.1: Patch Scale Dynamics [J. Reynolds]

2101 Responses of Populations, Communities and Ecosytems to Changes in CO₂ and Climate (J.P. Grime, UK)

2102 Global Change Impacts on Terrestrial Ecosystems in Monsoon Asia (TEMA) (T. Hirose, Japan)

Activity 2.2: Landscape Processes [S. Lavorel]

2201 Atmospheric Chemistry, Biogeochemical Cycling, and Ecosystem Dynamics in Tropical Northern Australia (NATT) (R. Williams, Australia)

2202 North East China Transect (NECT) (Z. Zhang, China)

2203 Functional Attributes Underlying Species Traits (FAUST): Identifying Functional Groups for the Response of Grassland Vegetation Disturbance (S. Lavorel, France)

2204 MELODY: Mediterranean landscapes in a Changing World: Coupling Dynamic and Functional Analyses (S. Rambal, France)

2205 Grassland Ammonia Interactions Across Europe (GRAMINAE) (M. Sutton, UK)

Activity 2.3: Global Vegetation Dynamics [W.Cramer]

2301 Global Systems Ecological Modelling Study (I.C. Prentice, Sweden)

2302 The Terrestrial Environment System (TES) in IMAGE 2.0: A Model to Resolve the Biogeochemical and Socio-economic Dynamics of Land Cover and Terrestrial Greenhouse Gas Emissions (J. Alcamo, R. Leemans, Netherlands)

2303 Effects of Climate Change at the Regional and Global Scale (F.I. Woodward, UK)

2304 Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project (VEMAP) (J. Melillo, USA)

2305 European Terrestrial Ecosystem Modelling Activity (ETEMA) (C. Prentice, Sweden)

Focus 3: Global Change Impact on Agriculture, Forestry and Soils

Activity 3.1: Key Agricultural Systems [L.A. Hunt]

3101 GCTE Wheat Network (J. Porter, Denmark)

3102 GCTE Rice Network

3103 GCTE Potato Network

3104 GCTE Task 3.1.3: Pastures and Rangelands CRP1: Forage and Animal Production (Paddock/Landscape Scale) (B.D. Campbell, New Zealand; M. Stafford Smith, Australia - GCTE Network)

3105 GCTE Task 3.1.3: Pastures and Rangelands CRP2: Land-Use Commercial Production Systems (enterprise scale) (M. Stafford Smith, Australia)

3106 GCTE Task 3.1.3: Pastures and Rangelands CRP3: Land-Use - Subsistence Systems (G. Wyn Jones and E.M. Young, UK)

3107 GCTE Task 3.1.3: Pastures and Rangelands CRP5: Functional classification of pastures and rangelands (B. Campbell, New Zealand)

Activity 3.2: Changes in Pests, Diseases and Weeds [R.W. Sutherst]

3201 Effects of Elevated Atmospheric CO₂ on Plant-Insect Interactions (R.L. Lindroth, USA)

Activity 3.3: Effects of Global Change on Soils [P.J. Gregory]

3301 GCTE Soil Erosion Network (C. Valentin, France - GCTE Network)

3302 GCTE Soil Organic Matter Network (SOMNET) (P. Smith, P. Falloon, and D.S. Powlson, UK)

Activity 3.5: Effects of Global Change on Managed Forests [S.T. Gower]

3501 Impact of Elevated CO₂ and Temperature on Europe's Forests (P.G. Jarvis, UK)

3502 Long-term Regional Effects of CO₂ Increase and Climate Change on European Forests: Impact Assessment and Consequences for Carbon Budgets (LTEEF-II) (G.M.J. Mohren, Netherlands)

Focus 4: Global Change and Biodiversity

Activity 4.1: Effects of Biodiversity on Ecosystem Functioning and its Ability to Respond to Global Change [M. Loreau]

4101 Role of Biodiverstiy and Climate in Ecosystem Functioning: Grasslands, Savannas, and Forests (O. Sala)

4102 Network of Removal Experiments on the Role of Biodiversity in Ecosystem Functioning (S.Diaz)

Accepted Pending Funding

Integration of Knowledge to Improve the Carbon Absorbing Capacity of the Forest Ecosystem: From Forest to Model and Field Validation (CAFE) (N. Lust, Belgium)

Terrestrial Ecosystem Responses to Solar UV-B Radiation: A Field Study in Southern South America (O.E. Sala, Argentina)

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function: Manipulation of a Keystone Process (R.B. Jackson, USA; O.E. Sala, Argentina)