Carbon cycle on shrubland systems is poorly understood according to some major syntheses. Attempting to address some of the issues, a special session has been designated to "Carbon Stocks and Fluxes in Shrubland" at the 17th Wildland Shrub Symposium, Las Cruces, New Mexico, May 22-24, 2012 (see the description of the session at http://jornada.nmsu.edu/wildland-shrub-symposium). We would like to invite presentations on the following three broadly-defined questions related to carbon cycle in shrubland at the site to global scales using measurements (e.g., eddy covariance towers), remote sensing, modeling, and synthesis techniques:
(1) how much C is stored in shrubland, and what are the major factors defining C stock distribution? (2) how C cycle is affected by various processes? These processes might include climate variability and change, extreme climate events, disturbances, grazing, woody encroachment, and management, etc. (3) What are the status and challenges in the characterization of carbon-related shrubland properties (e.g., woody encroachment, biomass monitoring, management and disturbances). You are encouraged to contact the session organizer Dr. Shuguang (Leo) Liu at [email protected] about potential topics if you are interested in participating in the meeting. We would like to keep this session tight and efficient. Thanks, Shuguang (Leo) Liu, PhD Research Ecologist, and Team Lead on Climate Change, Carbon Cycle, and Ecosystem Services Modeling U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center 47914 252nd Street Sioux Falls, SD 57198 Phone: 605-594-6168 Fax: 605-594-6529 Email: [email protected]
