Kim J. Brown
Assistant Professor
Ecosystem ecology and forest ecophysiology
Phone: (740) 593-1122
Loc: 419 Porter Hall, PBIO-OU
Email: brownk4@ohiou.edu
OU Forest Ecophysiology and Ecosystem Function Lab

Research in my lab can be catagorized into 3 basic themes (select links to read more):

1) Canopy architecture - how to measure it, and its influences on microclimate and ecophysiology

2) Forest biogeochemistry of carbon cycling in oak-hickory forests

3) Basic questions in woody plant ecophysiology

Currently my main projects are in Ohio (Forest Carbon flux measures and modeling in thinned and burned oak forests in Vinton County; Forest carbon accounting and biohydrology of Dysart Woods; Amur honeysuckle ecophysiology and fecundity in southeast OH). I have other interesting projects elsewhere (bigtooth aspen ecophysiology in MI and OH; American Chestnut stand structure and ontogenetic ecophysiological change in WI). I am continuing distant collaborations (WA, NY, NZ) as well as starting new ones (Estonia, and Finland).

I actively encourage undergraduate & graduate participation in field and laboratory research, and will welcome inquiries from interested students.

Publications (in reverse chronological order)

A.S. Walcroft , K.J. Brown , W.S.F. Schuster, D.T. Tissue, M.H. Turnbull, K.L. Griffin, D. Whitehead “Radiative transfer and carbon assimilation in relation to canopy architecture, foliage area distribution and clumping in a mature temperate rainforest canopy in New Zealand” Submitted to Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Sept. 2004

M. Gathany and K.J. Brown, “Sources of variation in ecosystem carbon pools: A comparison of adjacent old- and second-growth forests” Submitted to Forest Ecology and Management, Dec. 2004

R. Giuliani, M.B. Thornton, K.J. Brown. Monitoring and modeling short-wave radiation in a broad-leaf forest. In preparation for the peer-reviewed journal Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. Estimated to be submitted March 2005.

D. Lieurance * and K.J. Brown, Physiology, leaf structure, and gas exchange capacity in Lonicera maackii (Rupr.) Maxim grown in varying light habitats. In preparation for Oecologia, Dec 2004.

Brown, K.J., Roberts, D.A., McClintick, A. Cocke, A., and Hinckley, T.M. Contrasts in biomass, canopy architecture, and light interception in two hybrid poplar clones. Submitted, Canadian Journal of Forest Research.

Nagel, K.J. Brown, W.F. Schuster, D.T. Tissue, M.H. Turnbull, D. Whitehead, and K.L. Griffin. "Energy investment in leaves of red maple and co-occuring oaks within a forested watershed." In review (2002), Tree Physiology

Schuster, W.S.F, M.H. Turnbull, D. Whitehead, D.T. Tissue, K.J Brown, and K.L. Griffin. 2001. Changes in tree biomass and carbon storage over seven decades (1930 – 2000) in an aggrading deciduous forest. In preparation for Canadian Journal of Forest Research.

Whitehead, D., Walcroft, A.S., Griffin, K.L., Tissue, D.T., Turnbull, M.H., Engel, V., Brown, K.J., and Schuster, W.S.F. Scaling carbon uptake from leaves to canopies: insights from two forests with contrasting properties. (in press as book chapter, proceeding from: "Forests at the Land-Atmosphere Interface." Edinburgh, CAB International.

Turnbull, M.H., D. Whitehead, D.T. Tissue, W.S.F. Schuster, K.J. Brown, V.C. Engel, and K.L. Griffin. 2001. Photosynthetic characteristics in canopies of Quercus rubra, Quercus prinus and Acer rubrum differ in response to soil water availability. Oecologia, (2002) 130:515–524.

Brown, K.J., Roberts, D.A., McClintick, A. Cocke, A., and Hinckley, T.M. Contrasts in biomass, canopy architecture, and light interception in two hybrid poplar clones. In preparation for Canadian Journal of Forest Research.

Brown, K.J., Van Volkenburgh, E. and Hinckley, T.M. Leaf morphology and biochemistry in two architecturally contrasting hybrid poplar clones: inter-clonal and intra-canopy variation. In preparation for New Phytologist.

Brown, K.J., Bond, B., and Hinckley, T.M. Photosynthesis in architecturally contrasting Populus clones: leaf differences and canopy syntheses. In preparation for Oecologia.

Whitehead, D, Hall, G.M., Griffin, K.L., Walcroft, A.S., Schuster, W., Brown, K.J., Carswell, F.E., Landsburg, J.J., James, I.L., Tissue, D. T., Norton, D.A., Turnbull, M.H. Analysis of the growth of rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum) in south Westland, New Zealand, using process-based simulation models. In press, International Journal of Biometeorology.

Turnbull, M.H., D. Whitehead, D.T. Tissue, W. Schuster, K.J. Brown, and K.L. Griffin. (2001) The response of leaf respiration to temperature and leaf characteristics in three deciduous tree species differs at sites with contrasting water availability. Tree Physiology 21: (9) 571-578.

Martin, T. A., K. J. Brown, Hinckley, T.M., J. Kucera, F. C. Meinzer, D. G. Sprugel. (2001) Control of transpiration in an old growth Abies amabilis forest. Forest Ecology and Management. 152: (1-3) 211-224

Brown, K.J. (2000) Canopy architecture of clonal hybrid Populus: Implications for light reflectance, interception, and physiology. Ph.D. thesis, University of Washington College of Forest Resources. Seattle WA.

Roberts, D.A., K. J. Brown, R. Green, S. Ustin, and T. Hinckley. 1998. Investigating the Relationship between Liquid water and Leaf Area in Clonal Populus, Proc. 7th AVIRIS Earth Science Workshop JPL 97-21, Pasadena, CA 91109, 10 p.

Hinckley, T. M., D.G. Sprugel, J.R. Brooks, K. J. Brown, T.A. Martin, D.A. Roberts, W. Schaap, and D. Wang. 1998. Scaling and integration in trees in D. L. Peterson and V. T. Parker, eds. Ecological Scale: Theory and Application. Columbia University Press, New York.

Martin, T. A., K. J. Brown, J. Cermák, R. Ceulemans, J. Kucera, F.C. Meinzer, J.S. Rombold, D.G. Sprugel, and T. M. Hinckley. 1997. Crown conductance and tree and stand transpiration in a second growth Abies amabilis forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 27: 797-808.

Dizengremel, P., T.W. Sasek, K.J. Brown, C.J. Richardson. 1994. Ozone-induced changes in primary carbon metabolism enzymes of Loblolly pine needles. J. Plant. Physiol. 144 (300-306)

Brown, K.J. 1994. Diurnal fluctuations in guiacol peroxiase, Ribulose-1,5-bis-phosphate carboxylase, stomatal conductance and net photosynthesis from chronically ozonated Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.). MS thesis. Duke University, Durham North Carolina. Dr. C.J. Richardson, Advisor.

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