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John D. Marshall

Professor of Forest Resources

E-mail: jdm@uidaho.edu
Office: Room 204C, CNR
Phone: (208) 885-6695

See also: Idaho Stable Isotopes Laboratory

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Education & Experience:

  • B.S. Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1978
  • M.S. Forestry, Michigan State University, 1980
  • Ph.D. Forest Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1985
  • Research and Teaching Assistant, Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, 1978-1980
  • President's Fellow and Research Assistant, Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University, 1981-1984
  • Research Associate, Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University, 1984-1985
  • Senior Research Scientist, General Motors Research Lab, Department of Environmental Science, Warren, Michigan, 1985-1988
  • Instructor, Department of Science, Oakland Community College, Auburn Hills, Michigan, 1988
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Natural Resources, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1988
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 1988-1989
  • Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Department of Forest Resources, University of Idaho, 1990-present

Specialty Areas of Interest:

  • Tree physiology
  • Ecosystem ecology
  • Stable isotope ratios

Current University of Idaho Courses:

  • Ecology - UGrad
  • Stable Isotope Theory and Methods - Grad
  • Current Literature in Forest Ecology/Tree Physiology - Grad

Recent and Current Research:

  • Water-use efficiency differences among provenances of western conifers
  • Differences in water sources among tree species in northern Idaho
  • Scaling of root respiration estimates to partition root respiration from soil respiration
  • Use of carbon isotopes in tree rings to detect physiological responses to increasing CO2
  • Comparison of leaf-area estimation techniques
  • Comparison of carbon isotope ratios & stomatal density of modern and fossil forest trees
  • Parameterizing models of forest carbon and water fluxes

Recent Publications:

  • Marshall, J.D., J. Blair, D.P.C. Peters, G. Okin, A. Rango, M. Williams. 2008. Predicting and understanding ecosystem responses to climate change at continental scales. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment 6:273-280.

  • Kayler, Z.E., E.W. Sulzman, J.D. Marshall, A. Mix, W.D. Rugh, and B.J. Bond. 2008. A laboratory comparison of two methods used to estimate the isotopic composition of soil δ13CO2 efflux at steady state. Rapid Comm. Mass Spectrom 22:2533-2538.
  • Koeniger, P., J.A. Hubbart, T. Link, J.D. Marshall. 2008. Isotopic variation of snowcover and streamflow in response to changes in canopy structure in a snow-dominated mountain catchment. Hydrological Processes 2:557-566.
  • Cernusak, L., J. Aranda, J.D. Marshall, and K. Winter. 2007. Large variation in whole-plant water-use efficiency among tropical tree species. New Phytologist 173:294-305.
  • Duursma, R.A., J.D. Marshall, A.P. Robinson, and R.E. Pangle. 2007. Description and test of a simple process-based model of forest growth for mixed-species stands. Ecological Modelling 203:297-311.
  • Roth, J.D., J.D. Marshall, D.L. Murray, D.M. Nickerson, and T.D. Steury. 2007. Geographical gradients in diet affect population dynamics of Canada lynx. Ecology 88:2736-2743.
  • Cernusak, L.A., K. Winter, J. Aranda, B.L. Turner, and J.D. Marshall. 2007. Transpiration efficiency of a tropical pioneer tree (Ficus insipida) in relation to soil fertility. Journal of Experimental Botany 58:3549-3566.
  • Marshall, J.D., J.R. Brooks, and K. Lajtha. 2007. Sources of variation in the stable isotope composition of plants. Pages 22-60 in: (R. Michener and K. Lajtha, eds.) Stable isotopes in ecology and environmental science, 2nd ed. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA.
  • Duursma, R.A., and J.D. Marshall. 2006. Vertical canopy gradients in delta13C correspond with leaf nitrogen content in a mixed-species conifer forest. Trees: Structure and Function 20:496-506.
  • Johnson, L.R., B. Lippke, J.D. Marshall, and J. Comnick. 2006. Life cycle impacts of forest resource activities in the Pacific Northwest and Southeast United States. Wood and Fiber Science 37(5):30-47.
  • Comstedt, D., B. Boström, J. D. Marshall, A. Holm, M. Slaney, S. Linder, and A. Ekblad. 2006. Effects of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide and temperature on soil respiration in a boreal forest using d13C as a labeling tool. Ecosystems 9:1-12.
  • Marshall, J.D., and R.A. Monserud. 2006. Co-occurring species differ in tree-ring d18O trends. Tree Physiology 26:1055-1066.
  • Harlow, B.A., A.P. Robinson, J.D. Marshall. 2006. A multi-species comparison of d13C from whole wood, extractive-free wood, and holocellulose. Tree Physiology 26:767-774.
  • Duursma, R.A., Marshall, J.D., Nippert, J.B., Chambers, C.C., and A.P. Robinson. 2005. Estimating leaf-level parameters for ecosystem process models: a study in mixed conifer canopies on complex terrain. Tree Physiology 25:1347-1359.
  • Robinson, A.P., R.A. Duursma, and J.D. Marshall. 2005. A regression-based equivalence test for model validation: shifting the burden of proof. Tree Physiology 25:903-913.
  • Harlow, B.A., R.A. Duursma, and J.D. Marshall. 2005. Leaf longevity of western redcedar (Thuja plicata J. Donn ex D. Don) increases with depth in the canopy. Tree Physiol. 25:635-640.
  • Ocheltree, T.W., and J.D. Marshall. 2004. Apparent respiratory discrimination is correlated with growth rate in the shoot apex of sunflower (Helianthus annuus). J. Exp. Bot. 55:2599-2605.
  • Nippert, J., R.A. Duursma, J.D. Marshall. 2004. Seasonal variation in photosynthetic capacity (Fv/Fm) of montane conifers. Funct. Ecol. 18:876-886.
  • Chambers, C., J.D. Marshall, R.J.Danehy. 2004. Nitrogen uptake and turnover in riparian woody vegetation. Oecologia 140:125-134.

 

 


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