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Paul Hanson

Wilson RM, Griffiths NA, Visser A, McFarlane KJ, Sebestyen SD, Oleheiser KC, Bosman S, Hopple AM, Tfaily MM, Kolka RK, et al. Radiocarbon Analyses Quantify Peat Carbon Losses With Increasing Temperature in a Whole Ecosystem Warming Experiment. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2021;126(11). doi:10.1029/2021jg006511
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Ricciuto DM, Xu X, Shi X, Wang Y, Song X, Schadt CW, Griffiths NA, Mao J, Warren JM, Thornton PE, et al. An Integrative Model for Soil Biogeochemistry and Methane Processes: I. Model Structure and Sensitivity Analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2021;126(8). doi:10.1029/2019jg005468
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Ofiti NOE, Solly EF, Hanson PJ, Malhotra A, Wiesenberg GLB, Schmidt MWI. Warming and elevated CO 2 promote rapid incorporation and degradation of plant‐derived organic matter in an ombrotrophic peatland. Global Change Biology. 2021;28(3):883-898. doi:10.1111/gcb.15955
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Ma S, Jiang L, Wilson RM, Chanton JP, Bridgham SD, Niu S, Iversen CM, Malhotra A, Jiang J, Lu X, et al. Evaluating alternative ebullition models for predicting peatland methane emission and its pathways via data–model fusion. Biogeosciences. 2022;19(8):2245-2262. doi:10.5194/bg-19-2245-2022
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Kolton M, Weston DJ, Mayali X, Weber PK, McFarlane KJ, Pett-Ridge J, Somoza MM, Lietard J, Glass JB, Lilleskov EA, et al. Defining the Sphagnum Core Microbiome across the North American Continent Reveals a Central Role for Diazotrophic Methanotrophs in the Nitrogen and Carbon Cycles of Boreal Peatland Ecosystems. mBio. 2022;13(1). doi:10.1128/mbio.03714-21
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Iversen CM, Latimer JM, Brice DJ, Childs J, Vander Stel H, Defrenne CE, Graham JD, Griffiths NA, Malhotra A, Norby RJ, et al. Whole-Ecosystem Warming Increases Plant-Available Nitrogen and Phosphorus in an Ombrotrophic Bog. Ecosystems. 2022. doi:10.1007/s10021-022-00744-x
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Helbig M, Živković T, Alekseychik P, Aurela M, El-Madany TS, Euskirchen ES, Flanagan LB, Griffis TJ, Hanson PJ, Hattakka J, et al. Warming response of peatland CO2 sink is sensitive to seasonality in warming trends. Nature Climate Change. 2022. doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01428-z
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Graham JD, Ricciuto DM, Glenn NF, Hanson PJ. Incorporating Microtopography in a Land Surface Model and Quantifying the Effect on the Carbon Cycle. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 2022;14(2). doi:10.1029/2021ms002721
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Carrell AA, Lawrence TJ, Cabugao KGM, Carper DL, Pelletier DA, Lee JH, Jawdy SS, Grimwood J, Schmutz J, Hanson PJ, et al. Habitat‐adapted microbial communities mediate Sphagnum peatmoss resilience to warming. New Phytologist. 2022;234(6):2111-2125. doi:10.1111/nph.18072
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Baysinger MR, Wilson RM, Hanson PJ, Kostka JE, Chanton JP. Compositional stability of peat in ecosystem-scale warming mesocosms. Hui D. PLOS ONE. 2022;17(3):e0263994. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0263994
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Publications

2022

  1. Baysinger MR, Wilson RM, Hanson PJ, Kostka JE, Chanton JP. Compositional stability of peat in ecosystem-scale warming mesocosms. Hui D. PLOS ONE. 2022;17(3):e0263994. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0263994
  2. Kolton M, Weston DJ, Mayali X, Weber PK, McFarlane KJ, Pett-Ridge J, Somoza MM, Lietard J, Glass JB, Lilleskov EA, et al. Defining the Sphagnum Core Microbiome across the North American Continent Reveals a Central Role for Diazotrophic Methanotrophs in the Nitrogen and Carbon Cycles of Boreal Peatland Ecosystems. mBio. 2022;13(1). doi:10.1128/mbio.03714-21
  3. Ma S, Jiang L, Wilson RM, Chanton JP, Bridgham SD, Niu S, Iversen CM, Malhotra A, Jiang J, Lu X, et al. Evaluating alternative ebullition models for predicting peatland methane emission and its pathways via data–model fusion. Biogeosciences. 2022;19(8):2245-2262. doi:10.5194/bg-19-2245-2022
  4. Carrell AA, Lawrence TJ, Cabugao KGM, Carper DL, Pelletier DA, Lee JH, Jawdy SS, Grimwood J, Schmutz J, Hanson PJ, et al. Habitat‐adapted microbial communities mediate Sphagnum peatmoss resilience to warming. New Phytologist. 2022;234(6):2111-2125. doi:10.1111/nph.18072
  5. Graham JD, Ricciuto DM, Glenn NF, Hanson PJ. Incorporating Microtopography in a Land Surface Model and Quantifying the Effect on the Carbon Cycle. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 2022;14(2). doi:10.1029/2021ms002721
  6. Helbig M, Živković T, Alekseychik P, Aurela M, El-Madany TS, Euskirchen ES, Flanagan LB, Griffis TJ, Hanson PJ, Hattakka J, et al. Warming response of peatland CO2 sink is sensitive to seasonality in warming trends. Nature Climate Change. 2022. doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01428-z
  7. Iversen CM, Latimer JM, Brice DJ, Childs J, Vander Stel H, Defrenne CE, Graham JD, Griffiths NA, Malhotra A, Norby RJ, et al. Whole-Ecosystem Warming Increases Plant-Available Nitrogen and Phosphorus in an Ombrotrophic Bog. Ecosystems. 2022. doi:10.1007/s10021-022-00744-x

2021

  1. Yuan F, Wang Y, Ricciuto DM, Shi X, Yuan F, Hanson PJ, Bridgham SD, Keller JK, Thornton PE, Xu X. An Integrative Model for Soil Biogeochemistry and Methane Processes. II: Warming and Elevated CO2 Effects on Peatland CH4 Emissions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2021;126(8). doi:10.1029/2020jg005963
  2. Ricciuto DM, Xu X, Shi X, Wang Y, Song X, Schadt CW, Griffiths NA, Mao J, Warren JM, Thornton PE, et al. An Integrative Model for Soil Biogeochemistry and Methane Processes: I. Model Structure and Sensitivity Analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2021;126(8). doi:10.1029/2019jg005468
  3. Ricciuto DM, Xu X, Shi X, Wang Y, Song X, Schadt CW, Griffiths NA, Mao J, Warren JM, Thornton PE, et al. An Integrative Model for Soil Biogeochemistry and Methane Processes: I. Model Structure and Sensitivity Analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2021;126(8). doi:10.1029/2019jg005468
  4. Warren JM, Jensen AM, Ward EJ, Guha A, Childs J, Wullschleger SD, Hanson PJ. Divergent species‐specific impacts of whole ecosystem warming and elevated CO2 on vegetation water relations in an ombrotrophic peatland. Global Change Biology. 2021;27(9):1820-1835. doi:10.1111/gcb.15543
  5. Shi X, Ricciuto DM, Thornton PE, Xu X, Yuan F, Norby RJ, Walker AP, Warren JM, Mao J, Hanson PJ, et al. Extending a land-surface model with Sphagnum moss to simulate responses of a northern temperate bog to whole ecosystem warming and elevated CO2. Biogeosciences. 2021;18(2):467-486. doi:10.5194/bg-18-467-2021
  6. Yuan F, Wang Y, Ricciuto DM, Shi X, Yuan F, Brehme T, Bridgham SD, Keller JK, Warren JM, Griffiths NA, et al. Hydrological feedbacks on peatland CH4 emission under warming and elevated CO2: A modeling study. Journal of Hydrology. 2021;603:127137. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.127137
  7. Salmon VG, Brice DJ, Bridgham SD, Childs J, Graham JD, Griffiths NA, Hofmockel KS, Iversen CM, Jicha TM, Kolka RK, et al. Nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in an ombrotrophic peatland: a benchmark for assessing change. Plant and Soil. 2021;466(1-2):649-674. doi:10.1007/s11104-021-05065-x
  8. Salmon VG, Brice DJ, Bridgham SD, Childs J, Graham JD, Griffiths NA, Hofmockel KS, Iversen CM, Jicha TM, Kolka RK, et al. Nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in an ombrotrophic peatland: a benchmark for assessing change. Plant and Soil. 2021;466(1-2):649-674. doi:10.1007/s11104-021-05065-x
  9. Wilson RM, Griffiths NA, Visser A, McFarlane KJ, Sebestyen SD, Oleheiser KC, Bosman S, Hopple AM, Tfaily MM, Kolka RK, et al. Radiocarbon Analyses Quantify Peat Carbon Losses With Increasing Temperature in a Whole Ecosystem Warming Experiment. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2021;126(11). doi:10.1029/2021jg006511
  10. Wilson RM, Tfaily MM, Kolton M, Johnston ER, Petro C, Zalman CM, Hanson PJ, Heyman HM, Kyle JE, Hoyt DW, et al. Soil metabolome response to whole-ecosystem warming at the Spruce and Peatland Responses under Changing Environments experiment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2021;118(25). doi:10.1073/pnas.2004192118
  11. Ofiti NOE, Solly EF, Hanson PJ, Malhotra A, Wiesenberg GLB, Schmidt MWI. Warming and elevated CO 2 promote rapid incorporation and degradation of plant‐derived organic matter in an ombrotrophic peatland. Global Change Biology. 2021;28(3):883-898. doi:10.1111/gcb.15955
  12. Dusenge M, Ward EJ, Warren JM, Stinziano JR, Wullschleger SD, Hanson PJ, Way DA. Warming induces divergent stomatal dynamics in co‐occurring boreal trees. Global Change Biology. 2021;27(13):3079-3094. doi:10.1111/gcb.15620

2020

  1. Graham JD, Glenn NF, Spaete LP, Hanson PJ. Characterizing Peatland Microtopography Using Gradient and Microform-Based Approaches. Ecosystems. 2020;23(7):1464-1480. doi:10.1007/s10021-020-00481-z
  2. Kluber LA, Johnston ER, Allen SA, Hendershot N, Hanson PJ, Schadt CW. Constraints on microbial communities, decomposition and methane production in deep peat deposits. PLOS ONE. 2020;15(2):e0223744. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0223744
  3. Defrenne CE, Childs J, Fernandez CW, Taggart M, Nettles R, Allen MF, Hanson PJ, Iversen CM. High‐resolution minirhizotrons advance our understanding of root‐fungal dynamics in an experimentally warmed peatland. PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET. 2020;3(5):640-652. doi:10.1002/ppp3.10172
  4. Hopple AM, Wilson RM, Kolton M, Zalman CM, Chanton JP, Kostka JE, Hanson PJ, Keller JK, Bridgham SD. Massive peatland carbon banks vulnerable to rising temperatures. Nature Communications. 2020;11(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-020-16311-8
  5. Shi X, Thornton PE, Xu X, Yuan F, Norby RJ, Walker AP, Warren JM, Mao J, Hanson PJ, Meng L, et al. Modeling the hydrology and physiology of Sphagnum moss in a northern temperate bog. Biogeosciences Discussion . 2020;2020:1-49. doi:10.5194/bg-2020-90
  6. Malhotra A, Brice DJ, Childs J, Graham JD, Hobbie EA, Vander Stel H, Feron SC, Hanson PJ, Iversen CM. Peatland warming strongly increases fine-root growth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2020;117(30):17627-17634. doi:10.1073/pnas.2003361117
  7. Hanson PJ, Griffiths NA, Iversen CM, Norby RJ, Sebestyen SD, Phillips JR, Chanton JP, Kolka RK, Malhotra A, Oleheiser KC, et al. Rapid Net Carbon Loss From a Whole‐Ecosystem Warmed Peatland. AGU Advances. 2020;1(3). doi:10.1029/2020av000163
  8. McPartland MY, Montgomery RA, Hanson PJ, Phillips JR, Kolka RK, Palik B. Vascular plant species response to warming and elevated carbon dioxide in a boreal peatland. Environmental Research Letters. 2020;15(12):124066. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/abc4fb

2019

  1. Hanson PJ, Walker AP. Advancing global change biology through experimental manipulations: Where have we been and where might we go?. Global Change Biology. 2019;26(1):287-299. doi:10.1111/gcb.14894
  2. Liang J, Wang G, Ricciuto DM, Gu L, Hanson PJ, Wood JD, Mayes MA. Evaluating the E3SM land model version 0 (ELMv0) at a temperate forest site using flux and soil water measurements. Geoscientific Model Development. 2019;12(4):1601-1612. doi:10.5194/gmd-12-1601-2019
  3. Ward EJ, Warren JM, McLennan DA, Dusenge ME, Way DA, Wullschleger SD, Hanson PJ. Photosynthetic and Respiratory Responses of Two Bog Shrub Species to Whole Ecosystem Warming and Elevated CO2 at the Boreal-Temperate Ecotone. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 2019;2. doi:10.3389/ffgc.2019.00054
  4. Norby RJ, Childs J, Hanson PJ, Warren JM. Rapid loss of an ecosystem engineer: Sphagnum decline in an experimentally warmed bog. Ecology and Evolution. 2019;9(22):12571-12585. doi:10.1002/ece3.5722
  5. Huang Y, Stacy M, Jiang J, Sundi N, Ma S, Saruta V, Jung CG, Shi Z, Xia J, Hanson PJ, et al. Realized ecological forecast through an interactive Ecological Platform for Assimilating Data (EcoPAD, v1.0) into models. Geoscientific Model Development. 2019;12(3):1119-1137. doi:10.5194/gmd-12-1119-2019
  6. Jensen AM, Warren JM, King AW, Ricciuto DM, Hanson PJ, Wullschleger SD. Simulated projections of boreal forest peatland ecosystem productivity are sensitive to observed seasonality in leaf physiology. Tree Physiology. 2019;39(4):556-572. doi:10.1093/treephys/tpy140

2018

  1. Richardson AD, Hufkens K, Milliman T, Aubrecht DM, Furze ME, Seyednasrollah B, Krassovski MB, Latimer JM, Nettles R, Heiderman RR, et al. Ecosystem warming extends vegetation activity but heightens vulnerability to cold temperatures. Nature. 2018;560(7718):368-371. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0399-1
  2. Jiang J, Huang Y, Ma S, Stacy M, Shi Z, Ricciuto DM, Hanson PJ, Luo Y. Forecasting Responses of a Northern Peatland Carbon Cycle to Elevated CO2 and a Gradient of Experimental Warming. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2018;123(3):1057-1071. doi:10.1002/2017jg004040
  3. Krassovski MB, Lyon GE, Riggs JS, Hanson PJ. Near-real-time environmental monitoring and large-volume data collection over slow communication links. Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems. 2018;7(4):289-295. doi:10.5194/gi-7-289-2018
  4. Smith RJ, Nelson PR, Jovan S, Hanson PJ, McCune B. Novel climates reverse carbon uptake of atmospherically dependent epiphytes: Climatic constraints on the iconic boreal forest lichen Evernia mesomorpha. American Journal of Botany. 2018;105(2):266-274. doi:10.1002/ajb2.1022
  5. Tfaily MM, Wilson RM, Cooper WT, Kostka JE, Hanson PJ, Chanton JP. Vertical Stratification of Peat Pore Water Dissolved Organic Matter Composition in a Peat Bog in Northern Minnesota. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2018;123(2):479-494. doi:10.1002/2017jg004007

2017

  1. Hanson PJ, Riggs JS, Nettles R, Phillips JR, Krassovski MB, Hook LA, Gu L, Richardson AD, Aubrecht DM, Ricciuto DM, et al. Attaining whole-ecosystem warming using air and deep-soil heating methods with an elevated CO<sub>2</sub> atmosphere. Biogeosciences. 2017;14(4):861-883. doi:10.5194/bg-14-861-2017
  2. Walker AP, Carter KR, Gu L, Hanson PJ, Malhotra A, Norby RJ, Sebestyen SD, Wullschleger SD, Weston DJ. Biophysical drivers of seasonal variability in Sphagnum gross primary production in a northern temperate bog. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2017;122(5):1078-1097. doi:10.1002/2016jg003711
  3. Iversen CM, Childs J, Norby RJ, Ontl TA, Kolka RK, Brice DJ, McFarlane KJ, Hanson PJ. Fine-root growth in a forested bog is seasonally dynamic, but shallowly distributed in nutrient-poor peat. Plant and Soil. 2017;424(1-2):123-143. doi:10.1007/s11104-017-3231-z
  4. Wilson RM, Tfaily MM, Rich VI, Keller JK, Bridgham SD, Zalman CM, Meredith L, Hanson PJ, Hines M, Pfeifer-Meister L, et al. Hydrogenation of organic matter as a terminal electron sink sustains high CO2:CH4 production ratios during anaerobic decomposition. Organic Geochemistry. 2017;112:22-32. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2017.06.011
  5. Hobbie EA, Chen J, Hanson PJ, Iversen CM, McFarlane KJ, Thorp NR, Hofmockel KS. Long-term carbon and nitrogen dynamics at SPRUCE revealed through stable isotopes in peat profiles. Biogeosciences. 2017;14(9):2481-2494. doi:10.5194/bg-14-2481-2017
  6. Huang Y, Jiang J, Ma S, Ricciuto DM, Hanson PJ, Luo Y. Soil thermal dynamics, snow cover, and frozen depth under five temperature treatments in an ombrotrophic bog: Constrained forecast with data assimilation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2017;122(8):2046-2063. doi:10.1002/2016jg003725
  7. Griffiths NA, Hanson PJ, Ricciuto DM, Iversen CM, Jensen AM, Malhotra A, McFarlane KJ, Norby RJ, Sargsyan K, Sebestyen SD, et al. Temporal and Spatial Variation in Peatland Carbon Cycling and Implications for Interpreting Responses of an Ecosystem-Scale Warming Experiment. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 2017;81(6):1668-1688. doi:10.2136/sssaj2016.12.0422

2016

  1. Hanson PJ, Gill AL, Xu X, Phillips JR, Weston DJ, Kolka RK, Riggs JS, Hook LA. Intermediate-scale community-level flux of CO2 and CH4 in a Minnesota peatland: putting the SPRUCE project in a global context. Biogeochemistry. 2016;129(3):255-272. doi:10.1007/s10533-016-0230-8
  2. Wilson RM, Hopple AM, Tfaily MM, Sebestyen SD, Schadt CW, Pfeifer-Meister L, Medvedeff CA, McFarlane KJ, Kostka JE, Kolton M, et al. Stability of peatland carbon to rising temperatures. Nature Communications. 2016;7(1). doi:10.1038/ncomms13723

2015

  1. Torn MS, Chabbi A, Crill P, Hanson PJ, Janssens IA, Luo Y, Hicks Pries CE, Rumpel C, Schmidt MWI, Six J, et al. A call for international soil experiment networks for studying, predicting, and managing global change impacts. SOIL. 2015;1(2):575-582. doi:10.5194/soil-1-575-2015
  2. Krassovski MB, Riggs JS, Hook LA, Nettles R, Hanson PJ, Boden TA. A comprehensive data acquisition and management system for an ecosystem-scale peatland warming and elevated CO2 experiment. Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems. 2015;4(2):203-213. doi:10.5194/gi-4-203-2015
  3. Jensen AM, Warren JM, Hanson PJ, Childs J, Wullschleger SD. Needle age and season influence photosynthetic temperature response and total annual carbon uptake in mature Picea mariana trees. Annals of Botany. 2015;116(5):821-832. doi:10.1093/aob/mcv115
  4. Shi X, Thornton PE, Ricciuto DM, Hanson PJ, Mao J, Sebestyen SD, Griffiths NA, Bisht G. Representing northern peatland microtopography and hydrology within the Community Land Model. Biogeosciences. 2015;12(21):6463-6477. doi:10.5194/bg-12-6463-2015

2014

  1. Weston DJ, Hanson PJ, Norby RJ, Tuskan GA, Wullschleger SD. From systems biology to photosynthesis and whole-plant physiology. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 2014;7(2):260-262. doi:10.4161/psb.18802
  2. Tfaily MM, Cooper WT, Kostka JE, Chanton PR, Schadt CW, Hanson PJ, Iversen CM, Chanton JP. Organic matter transformation in the peat column at Marcell Experimental Forest: Humification and vertical stratification. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 2014;119(4):661-675. doi:10.1002/2013jg002492

2013

  1. Barbier C, Hanson PJ, Todd DE, Belcher D, Jekabson EW, Thomas WK, Riggs JS. Air Flow and Heat Transfer in a Temperature-Controlled Open Top Enclosure. Volume 7: Fluids and Heat Transfer, Parts A, B, C, and D. 2013. doi:10.1115/imece2012-86352

2012

  1. Gunderson CA, Edwards NT, Walker AV, O'Hara KH, Campion CM, Hanson PJ. Forest phenology and a warmer climate - growing season extension in relation to climatic provenance. Global Change Biology. 2012;18(6):2008-2025. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02632.x
  2. Parsekian AD, Slater L, Ntarlagiannis D, Nolan J, Sebestyen SD, Kolka RK, Hanson PJ. Uncertainty in Peat Volume and Soil Carbon Estimated Using Ground‐Penetrating Radar and Probing. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 2012;76(5):1911-1918. doi:10.2136/sssaj2012.0040

2011

  1. Hanson PJ, Childs KW, Wullschleger SD, Riggs JS, Thomas WK, Todd DE, Warren JM. A method for experimental heating of intact soil profiles for application to climate change experiments. Global Change Biology. 2011;17(2):1083-1096. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02221.x
  2. Tipping E, Chamberlain PM, Fröberg M, Hanson PJ, Jardine PM. Simulation of carbon cycling, including dissolved organic carbon transport, in forest soil locally enriched with 14C. Biogeochemistry. 2011;108(1-3):91-107. doi:10.1007/s10533-011-9575-1

2010

  1. Amthor JS, Hanson PJ, Norby RJ, Wullschleger SD. A comment on “Appropriate experimental ecosystem warming methods by ecosystem, objective, and practicality” by Aronson and McNulty. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 2010;150(3):497-498. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2009.11.020

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