Russell K. Monson
Ph.D. Botany, Washington State University, 1982
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
E-mail: monsonr@colorado.edu
Office: RAMY N134
Phone: 303-492-6319
Web: Prof. Monson
(Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Research Interests
Carbon balance of forest ecosystems; biological controls over the emission of reactive volatile organic compounds from plants and their influence on atmospheric chemistry
Current Projects
DOE- and NSF-funded research on the carbon fluxes of a subalpine forest ecosystem in Colorado; privately-funded research on isoprene emissions from agriforest ecosystems.
Selected Publications
Monson, R.K., Sparks, J.P., Rosenstiel, T.N., Scott-Denton, L.E., Huxman, T.E., Harley, P.C., Turnipseed, A.A., Burns, S.P., Backlund, B. and Hu, J. (2005) Climatic influences on net ecosystem CO2 exchange during the transition from wintertime carbon source to springtime carbon sink in a high-elevation, subalpine forest. Oecologia 146: 130-147.
Monson, R.K., Lipson, D.A., Turnipseed, A.A., Burns, S.P., Delany, A., Williams, M.W., and Schmidt, S.K. (2006) Winter forest soil respiration controlled by climate and microbial community composition. Nature 439: 711-714.
Sacks, W.J., Schimel, D.S. and Monson, R.K. (2007) Coupling between carbon cycling and climate in a high-elevation, subalpine forest: a model-data fusion analysis. Oecologia 151: 54-68.
Monson, R.K., Trahan, N., Rosenstiel, T.N., Veres, P., Moore, D., Wilkinson, M., Norby, R.J., Volder, A., Tjoelker, M.G., Briske, D.D., Karnofsky, D.F. and Fall, R. (2007) Isoprene emission from terrestrial ecosystems in response to global change: minding the gap between models and observations. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London A365: 1677-1695.
Moore, D.J.P., Hu, J., Sacks, W.J., Schimel, D.S. and Monson, R.K. (2008) Estimating transpiration and the sensitivity of carbon uptake to water availability in a subalpine forest using a simple ecosystem process model informed by measured net CO2 and H2O fluxes. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 148 1467-1477.
Honors and Awards
- Humboldt Fellowship (1990)
- Guggenheim Fellowship (1998)
Professor Monson is a CIRES Teaching Faculty.
