Scientists & Staff

Mark E. Kubiske

Notes: This person is no longer an employee of the Northern Research Station.

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How Will Forests Grow as the Climate Changes?March 3, 2010

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Darbah, Joseph N.T.; Kubiske, Mark E.; Nelson, Neil; Kets, Katre; Riikonen, Johanna; Sober, Anu; Rouse, Lisa; Karnosky, David F. 2010. Will photosynthetic capacity of aspen trees acclimate after long term exposure to elevated CO₂ and O₃?. Environmental Pollution. 158: 983-991
Riikonen, Johanna; Percy, Kevin E.; Kivimaenpaa, Minna; Kubiske, Mark E.; Nelson, Neil D.; Vapaavuori, Elina; Karnosky, David F. 2010. Leaf size and surface characteristics of Betula papyrifera exposed to elevated CO₂ and O₃. Environmental Pollution. 158(4): 1029-1035.
Noormets, Asko; Kull, Olevi; Sober, Anu; Kubiske, Mark E.; Karnosky, David F. 2010. Elevated CO₂ response of photosynthesis depends on ozone concentration in aspen. Environmental Pollution. 158: 992-999.
Noormets, A.; Kull, O.; Sôber, A.; Kubiske, M.E.; Karnosky, D.F. 2010. Elevated CO2 response of photosynthesis depends on ozone concentration in aspen. Environmental Pollution 158:992-999
Minocha, Rakesh; Long, Stephanie; Minocha, Subhash; Marquardt, Paula; Nelson, Neil; Kubiske, Mark. 2010. Effects of long-term (10 years) exposure to elevated CO₂ and O₃ on trembling Aspen carbon and nitrogen metabolism at the aspen FACE (Free-Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment) study site. In: Joint annual meetings of the American Society of Plant Biologists and the Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists; 2010 July 31- Aug 4; Montreal, Canada: Plant Biology 377. Poster Abstract.

Publications & Products

Gustafson, Eric J.; Kubiske, Mark E.; Miranda, Brian R.; Hoshika, Yasutomo ; Paoletti, Elena. 2018. Extrapolating plot-scale CO₂ and ozone enrichment experimental results to novel conditions and scales using mechanistic modeling. Ecological Processes
Gustafson, Eric J.; Miranda, Brian R.; De Bruijn, Arjan M.G.; Sturtevant, Brian R.; Kubiske, Mark E. 2017. Do rising temperatures always increase forest productivity? Interacting effects of temperature, precipitation, cloudiness and soil texture on tree species growth and competition. Environmental Modelling & Software
Gustafson, Eric J.; De Bruijn, Arjan M.G.; Pangle, Robert E.; Limousin, Jean-Marc; McDowell, Nate G.; Pockman, William T.; Sturtevant, Brian R.; Muss, Jordan D.; Kubiske, Mark E. 2015. Integrating ecophysiology and forest landscape models to improve projections of drought effects under climate change. Global Change Biology. 21(2): 843-856.
Kubiske, Mark E.; Foss, Anita R.; Burton, Andrew J.; Jones, Wendy S.; Lewin, Keith F.; Nagy, John; Pregitzer, Kurt S.; Zak, Donald R.; Karnosky, David F. 2015. Supporting 13 years of global change research: the history, technology, and methods of the Aspen FACE Experiment. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-153. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 50 p.
Talhelm, Alan F.; Pregitzer, Kurt S.; Kubiske, Mark E.; Zak, Donald R.; Campany, Courtney E.; Burton, Andrew J.; Dickson, Richard E.; Hendrey, George R.; Isebrands, J. G.; Lewin, Keith F.; Nagy, John; Karnosky, David F. 2014. Elevated carbon dioxide and ozone alter productivity and ecosystem carbon content in northern temperate forests. Global Change Biology. 20(8): 2492-2504.
Gustafson, Eric J.; Kubiske, Mark E.; Sturtevant, Brian R.; Miranda, Brian R. 2013. Scaling Aspen-FACE experimental results to century and landscape scales. Landscape Ecology. 28(9): 1785-1800.
Moran, Emily V.; Kubiske, Mark E. 2013. Can elevated CO₂ and ozone shift the genetic composition of aspen (Populus tremuloides) stands? New Phytologist. New Phytologist. doi: 10.1111/nph.12153.
Zak, Donald R.; Kubiske, Mark E.; Pregitzer, Kurt S.; Burton, Andrew J. 2012. Atmospheric CO₂ and O₃ alter competition for soil nitrogen in developing forests. Global Change Biology. 18: 1480-1488.
Darbah, Joseph N.T.; Jones, Wendy S.; Burton, Andrew J.; Nagy, John; Kubiske, Mark E. 2011. Acute O₃ damage on first year coppice sprouts of aspen and maple sprouts in an open-air experiment. Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 13: 2436-2442.
Zak, Donald R.; Pregitzer, Kurt S.; Kubiske, Mark E.; Burton, Andrew J. 2011. Forest productivity under elevated CO₂ and O₃: positive feedbacks to soil N cycling sustain decade-long net primary productivity enhancement by CO₂. Ecology Letters. 14: 1220-1226.
Minocha, R.; Long, S.; Minocha, S.; Marquardt, P; Kubiske, M. 2010. Effects of long-term (10 years) exposure to elevated CO2 and O3 on trembling Aspen carbon and nitrogen metabolism at the aspen FACE (Free-Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment) study site [Abstract]. In: 95th Ecological Society of America annual meeting; 2010 August 1-6; Pittsburg, PA. Abstract.
Rhea, L.; King, J.; Kubiske, Mark; Saliendra, N.; Teclaw, R. 2010. Effects of elevated atmospheric CO₂ and tropospheric O₃ on tree branch growth and implications for hydraulic budgeting. Environmental Pollution. 158(4): 1079-1087.
Gazal, Rico M.; Kubiske, Mark E.; Connor, Kristina F. 2009. Leaf gas exchange of mature bottomland oak trees. Res. Pap. SRS-45. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 8 p.
Darbah, Joseph N.T.; Kubiske, Mark E.; Nelson, Neil; Oksanan, Elina; Vapaavuori, Elina; Karnosky, David F. 2008. Effects of decadal exposure to interacting elevated CO₂ and/or O₃ on paper birch (Betula papyrifera) reproduction. Environmental Pollution. 155: 446-452.
Kostiainen, Katri; Kaakinen, Seija; Warsta, Elina; Kubiske, Mark E.; Nelson, Neil D.; Sober, Jaak; Karnosky, David F.; Saranpaa, Pekka; Vapaavuori, Elina. 2008. Wood properties of trembling aspen and paper birch after 5 years of exposure to elevated concentrations of CO₂ and O₃. Tree Physiology. 28: 805-813.
Taylor, Gail; Tallis, Matthew J.; Giardina, Christian P.; Percy, Kevin E.; Miglietta, Franco; Gupta, Pooja S.; Gioli, Beniamin; Calfapietra, Carlo; Gielen, Birgit; Kubiske, Mark E.; Scarascia-Mugnozza, Giuseppe E.; Kets, Katre; Long, Stephen P.; Karnosky, David F. 2008. Future atmospheric CO₂ leads to delayed autumnal senescence. Global Change Biology. 14: 264-275.
Uddling, Johan; Teclaw, Ronald M.; Kubiske, Mark E.; Pregitzer, Kurt S.; Ellsworth, David S. 2008. Sap flux in pure aspen and mixed aspen-birch forests exposed to elevated concentrations of carbon dioxide and ozone. Tree Physiology 28: 1231-1243.
Darbah, Joseph N.T.; Kubiske, Mark E.; Nelson, Neil; Oksanen, Elina; Vaapavuori, Elina; Karnosky, David F. 2007. Impacts of elevated atmospheric CO₂ and O₃ on Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera): reproductive fitness. The Scientific World Journal. 7(S1): 240-246.
Kubiske, M. E.; Quinn, V. S.; Marquardt, P. E.; Karnosky, D. F. 2007. Effects of elevated atmospheric CO₂ and/or O₃ on intra- and interspecific competitive ability of aspen. Plant Biology 9:342-355
Kubiske, Mark E.; Quinn, Vanessa A.; Heilman, Warren E.; McDonald, Evan P.; Marquardt, Paula E.; Teclaw, Ron M.; Friend, Alexander L.; Karnosky, David F. 2006. Interannual climatic variation mediates elevated CO₂ and O₃ effects on forest growth. Global Change Biology
Pregitzer, Kurt; Loya, Wendy; Kubiske, Mark; Zak, Donald. 2006. Soil respiration in northern forests exposed to elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide and ozone. Oecologia 148:503-516
Karnosky, D.F.; Pregitzer, K.S.; Zak, D.R.; Kubiske, M.E.; Hendrey, G.R.; Weinstein, D.; Nosal, M.; Percy, K.E. 2005. Scaling ozone responses of forest trees to the ecosystem level in a changing climate. Plant, Cell and Environment. 28: 965-981.
King, John S.; Kubiske, Mark E.; Pregitzer, Kurt S.; Hendrey, George R.; McDonald, Evan P.; Giardina, Christian P.; Quinn, Vanessa S.; Karnosky, David F. 2005. Tropospheric O₃ compromises net primary production in young stands of trembling aspen, paper birch and sugar maple in response to elevated atmospheric CO₂. New Phytologist. 168: 623-636.
Kaakinen, Seija; Kostiainen, Katri; Ek, Fredrik; Saranpaa, Pekka; Kubiske, Mark E.; Sober, Jaak; Karnosky , David F.; Vapaavuori, Elina. 2004. Stem wood properties of Populus tremuloides, Betula papyrifera and Acer saccharum saplings after three years of treatments to elevated carbon dioxide and ozone. Global Change Biology. 10: 1513-1525.
Karnosky, D. F.; Zak, D. R.; Pregitzer, K. S.; Awmack, C. S.; Bockheim, J. G.; Dickson, R. E.; Hendrey, G. R.; Host, G. E.; King, J. S.; Kopper, B. J.; Kruger, E. L.; Kubiske, M. E.; Lindroth, R. L.; Mattson, W. J.; McDonald, E. P.; Noormets, A.; Oksanen, E.; Parsons, W. F. J.; Percy, K. E.; Podila, G. K.; Riemenschneider, D. E.; Sharma, P.; Thakur, R.; Sôber, A.; Sôber, J.; Jones, W. S.; Anttonen, S.; Vapaavuori, E.; Mankovska, B.; Heilman, W.; Isebrands, J. G. 2003. Tropospheric 0₃ moderates responses of temperate hardwood forests to elevated CO₂: a synthesis of molecular to ecosystem results from the Aspen FACE project. Functional Ecology 17:289-304
Sharma, Pooja; Sober, Anu; Sober, Jaak; Podila, Gopi P.; Kubiske, Mark E.; Mattson, William J.; Isebrands, Judson G.; Karnosky, David F. 2003. Moderation of [CO₂]-induced gas exchange responses by elevated tropospheric O₃ in trembling aspen and sugar maple. Ekologia. 22(Supplement 1): 304-317.
Yuceer, Cetin; Land, Samuel B.; Kubiske, Mark E.; Harkess, Richard L. 2003. Shoot Morphogenesis Associated With Flowering in Populus deltoides (Salicaceae). American Journal of Botany 90(2):196-206
Kubiske, Mark E.; Zak, Donald R.; Pregitzer, Kurt S.; Takeuchi, Yu. 2002. Photosynthetic acclimation of overstory Populus tremuloides and understory Acer saccharum to elevated atmospheric CO₂ concentration: interactions with shade and soil nitrogen. Tree Physiology. 22: 321-329.
Percy, Kevin E.; Awmack, Caroline S.; Lindroth, Richard L.; Kubiske, Mark E.; Kopper, Brian J.; Isebrands, J. G.; Pregitzer, Kurt S.; Hendrey, George R.; Dickson, Richard E.; Zak, Donald R.; Oksanen, Elina; Sober, Jaak; Harrington, Richard; Karnosky, David F. 2002. Altered performance of forest pests under atmospheres enriched by C0₂ and O₃. Nature 420:403-407
Hussain, M.; Kubiske, M. E. ; Connor, K. F. 2001. Germination of CO₂-enriched Pinus taeda L. seeds and subsequent seedling growth responses to CO₂ enrichment. Functional ecology. Vol. 15 (2001).:p. 344-350 : ill.
King, J. S.; Pregitzer, K. S.; Zak, D. R.; Kubiske, M. E.; Holmes, W. E. 2001. Correlation of foliage and litter chemistry of sugar maple, Acer saccharum, as affected by elevated CO₂ and varying N availability, and effects on decomposition. OIKOS 94(3):403-416
King, John S.; Pregitzer, Kurt S.; Zak, Donald R.; Kubiske, Mark E.; Ashby, Jennifer A.; Holmes, William E. 2001. Chemistry and decomposition of litter from Populus tremuloides Michaux grown at elevated atmospheric CO₂and varying N availability. Global change biology. Vol. 7 (2001).:p. 65-74.
Karnosky, D. F.; Mankovska, B.; Percy, K.; Dickson, R. E.; Podila, G. K.; Sober, J.; Noormets, A.; Hendrey, G.; Coleman, M. D.; Kubiske, M.; Pregitzer, K. S.; Isebrands, J. G. 1999. Effects of Tropospheric O₃ on Trembling Aspen and Interaction with CO₂: Results from an O₃-Gradient and a FACE Experiment. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 116: 311-322

Research Datasets

Kubiske, Mark E. 2016. Meteorological and soil moisture data from an ambient monitoring station at the Aspen FACE Experiment, 1999-2009. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2016-0012.
Kubiske, Mark E. 2016. Meteorological and soil temperature data from the treatment plots at the Aspen FACE Experiment, 1999-2009. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2016-0011.
Kubiske, Mark E.; Foss, Anita R. 2015. Carbon dioxide and ozone data from the Aspen FACE Experiment, 1998-2009, and Phase II Experiment, 2010. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2015-0001.
Kubiske, Mark E. 2013. Tree height and diameter data from the Aspen FACE Experiment, 1997-2008. Newtown Square, PA: USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0015.

National Research Highlights

Samples from increment borer shows the growth of a tree. Does increasing CO2 affect the maximum number of trees that can be sustained in a forest? If it does then all forest density management guides need a revision.

Increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration alters forest stand development, so do management guidelines need revision?

Year: 2017

A decade ago, increased atmospheric carbon dioxide was at the heart of the Aspen Free-Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment Experiment. Forest Service researchers in Rhinelander, Wisc., wanted to know if these increases affected forest growth. What they discovered raises the possibility that principles of stand development and size-density relationships are already obsolete.

Aerial view of the Aspen FACE experiment showing the control facilities (middle left), and the 12 atmospheric treatment rings of four treatments with three replicates. In the ring at bottom center, the different model forest communities are visible. David F. Karnosky, Michigan Tech University.

Scientists Predict Survivability Factors for Northern Forests Given Elevated CO2 and Ozone Levels

Year: 2013

The researchers scaled up a high-profile 11-year ecosystem experiment called Aspen-FACE to assess how elevated carbon dioxide and ozone levels might impact real forests at the landscape scale over the course of many future decades. They determined that there will be winners and losers among species and within species groups but that managers can have considerable control over the outcomes by managing disturbance effects on forests and landscape spatial patterns. The researchers also found that changes will be gradual and that few species are likely to disappear completely because of carbon dioxide and ozone effects alone.

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