Last update: 2009-12-07 08:49:57


Matthew A Vadeboncoeur

University of New Hampshire
Complex Systems Research Center
Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space
Morse Hall, 8 College Road
Durham, NH 03824

Telephone: 603-862-4448


 


Education:
Sc.B (honors). Brown University, Environmental Science, 2003.

Professional Positions:
  • Graduate Student, NRESS PhD Program (2007-). University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.
  • Research Assistant (2003-2007). Brown University, Providence, RI.

  • Research Interests and Activities:
    I have worked on projects examining cycles of C, N, and Ca across forests of different ages and land-use histories in New England. Currently, my PhD research is focused on using stable C and N isotopes to estimate the magnitude of fluxes of C and N between trees and mycorrhizae across a N-cycling gradient at the Bartlett Experimental Forest. I plan on extending this work to the new N+P fertilization experiment at Bartlett and Hubbard Brook. I am working at the UNH Stable Isotope Lab with Erik Hobbie and Andy Ouimette on this project.

    Selected Publications:

    Schaller, M., Blum, J.D., Hamburg, S.P., and Vadeboncoeur, M.A. Spatial variability of long-term chemical weathering rates in the White Mountains, New Hampshire, USA. Geoderma, in press. doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.10.017

    Weeks, B.C., Hamburg, S.P., and Vadeboncoeur, M.A. 2009. Ice Storm Effects on the Canopy Structure of a Northern Hardwood Forest after Eight Years. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 39:1475-1483.doi:10.1139/X09-076

    Lee, M.F., Lin, T.C., Vadeboncoeur, M.A., and Hwong, J.L. 2008. Remote sensing assessment of forest damage in relation to the 1996 strong typhoon Herb at Lienhuachi Experimental Forest, Taiwan. Forest Ecology and Management 255:3297-3306 . doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2008.02.010

    Hamburg, S.P., Pryor, D., and Vadeboncoeur, M.A. 2008. Nitrogen Inputs to Narragansett Bay: an Historical Perspective. Chapter in Desbonnet, A. and Costa-Pierce, B. (eds.) "Ecosystem-based Management of a Southern New England Estuary: A Case Study of Narragansett Bay." doi:10.1007/978-0-387-35299-2

    Vadeboncoeur, M. A., Hamburg, S.P., and Yanai, R.D. 2007. Validation and Refinement of Allometric Equations for Roots of Northern Hardwoods. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37: 1777-1783. doi:10.1139/X07-032

    Skeldon, M.A., Vadeboncoeur, M.A., Hamburg, S.P., and Blum, J.D. 2007. Terrestrial gastropod responses to an ecosystem-level calcium manipulation in a northern hardwood forest. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 85:994-1007. doi:10.1139/Z07-084

    Park, B.B., Yanai, R.D., Vadeboncoeur, M.A., and Hamburg, S.P. 2007. Estimating Root Biomass in Rocky Soils using Pits, Cores, and Allometric Equations. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 71:206-213.doi:10.2136/sssaj2005.0329

    Fisher, J.I., Mustard, J.F., and Vadeboncoeur, M.A. 2006. Green Leaf Phenology at Landsat Resolution: Scaling from the Field to the Satellite. Remote Sensing of Environment 100: 265-279. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2005.10.022


    Co-Authors and Collaborators:
    Steve Hamburg, Ruth Yanai, Mary Arthur, Joel Blum, Elizabeth Hane, Charlie Cogbill, Andrew Richardson, Tim Fahey

    Graduate Advisor:
    Erik Hobbie

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