Institute of Arctic Biology
Department of Biology and Wildlife
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska 99775
Tel. 907-474-7682
Fax 907-474-6967
email: ffrdb@uaf.edu
Biogeochemistry of terrestrial ecosystems, soil organic matter
dynamics, global change, land-use legacies on soils
Education
Ph.D. 1989 University of Massachusetts, Amherst (Forest Soils)
M.S. 1982 Oregon State University (Forest Ecology)
A.B. 1977 Oberlin College (Biology)
Professional Experience
1999 - present Associate Professor, University of Alaska
Fairbanks
1995 - 1999 Assistant Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks
1991 - 95 Soil Ecologist, Harvard Forest, Harvard University
1988 - 91 Postdoctoral Fellow, Complex Systems Research Center,
University of New Hampshire, Durham
1986 - 88 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Forestry
and Wildlife Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
1983 - 84 Research Assistant, The Ecosystems Center, Marine
Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
1980 - 82 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Forest
Science, Oregon State University
1979 - 80 Research Assistant, The Ecosystems Center, Marine
Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
1978 - 79 Research Assistant, Institute for Forest Improvement,
Svalöv, Sweden
1977 - 78 Research Assistant, The Ecosystems Center, Marine
Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
Professional Affiliations
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Geophysical Union
Ecological Society of America
International Association for Ecology
Soil Ecology Society
Soil Science Society of America
Publications
Boone, R.D., Grigal, D.F., Ahrens, R.A., Sollins, P.
and D.E. Armstrong. In press. Soil sampling,
preparation, archiving, and quality control. In Robertson,
G.P., C.S. Bledsoe, D.C. Coleman, and P. Sollins, editors. Standard
Soil Methods for Long-term Ecological Research. Oxford University
Press, New York.
Compton, J.E., Boone, R.D., Motzkin, G., Foster, D.R.
In press. Controls on soil nitrogen cycling in a
pine-oak sand plain in central Massachusetts: Vegetation and
land-use history. Oecologia.
Davidson, E.A., Belk, E., and Boone, R.D. 1998.
Soil water content and temperature as independent or confounded
factors controlling soil respiration in a temperate mixed forest.
Global Change Biology 4:217-228.
Grigal, D.F., Bell, J.C., Ahrens, R.A., Boone, R.D., Kelly,
E.F., Monger, H.C., and P. Sollins. In press.
Site and landscape characterization for ecological studies.
In Robertson, G.P., C.S. Bledsoe, D.C. Coleman, and P.
Sollins, editors. Standard Soil Methods for Long-term Ecological
Research. Oxford University Press, New York.
Holland, E.A., Robertson, P., Greenberg, J., Groffman, P.,
Boone, R.D., and J. Gosz . In press. Measurement
of Soil CO2, N2O and CH4 Exchange.
In Robertson, G.P., C.S. Bledsoe, D.C. Coleman, and P.
Sollins, editors. Standard Soil Methods for Long-term Ecological
Research. Oxford University Press, New York.
Currie, W.S., Aber, J.D, McDowell, W.H., Boone, R.D., and
A.H. Magill. 1996. Vertical transport of dissolved organic C
and N under long-term N amendments in pine and hardwood forests.
Biogeochemistry 35:471-505.
Motkzin, G., Foster, D.R., Allen, A., Harrod, J. and R.D.
Boone. 1996. Controlling site to evaluate history: vegetation
patterns of a New England sand plain. Ecological Applications
66:345-365.
Aber, J.D., A. Magill, S.G. McNulty, R.D Boone, K.J. Nadelhoffer,
M. Downs, and R. Hallett. 1995. Forest biogeochemistry and primary
production altered by nitrogen saturation. Water, Air and Soil
Pollution 85:1665-1670.
Bowden, R.D., K.J. Nadelhoffer, R.D. Boone, J.M. Melillo,
and J.B. Garrison. 1993. Contribution of aboveground litter,
belowground litter, and root respiration to total soil respiration
in a temperate mixed hardwood forest. Canadian Journal of Forest
Research 23:1402-1407.
Aber, J.D., A. Magill, R.D. Boone, J.M. Melillo, P. Steudler,
and R. Bowden. 1993. Plant and soil responses to three years
of chronic nitrogen additions at the Harvard Forest, Petersham,
MA. Ecological Applications 3:156-166
Boone, R.D. 1992. Influence of sampling date and substrate
on nitrogen mineralization: comparison of laboratory-incubation
and buried-bag methods for two Massachusetts forest soils. Canadian
Journal of Forest Research 22:1895-1900.
McNulty, S.G., J.D. Aber, and R.D. Boone. 1991. Forest floor
and foliar chemistry changes in spruce-fir forests across New
England. Biogeochemistry 14:13-29.
Aber, J.D., J.M. Melillo, K.J. Nadelhoffer, J. Pastor, and
R.D. Boone. 1991. Factors controlling nitrogen cycling and nitrogen
saturation in northern temperate forest ecosystems. Ecological
Applications 1:303-315.
Boone, R.D. 1990. Soil organic matter as a potential net
nitrogen sink in a fertilized cornfield, South Deerfield, Massachusetts,
USA. Plant and Soil 128:191-198.
Boone, R.D., P. Sollins, and K. Cromack, Jr. 1988. Stand
and soil changes along a mountain hemlock death and regrowth
sequence. Ecology 69:714-722.
Houghton, R.A., R.D. Boone, J.R. Fruci, J.E. Hobbie, J.M.
Melillo, C.A. Palm, B.J. Peterson, G.R. Shaver, G.M. Woodwell,
and N. Myers. 1987. The flux of carbon from terrestrial ecosystems
to the atmosphere in 1980 due to changes in land use:geographic
distribution of the global flux. Tellus 39B:122-139.
Waring, R.H., K. Cromack, Jr., P.A. Matson, R.D. Boone, and
S. Stafford. 1987. Responses to pathogen-induced disturbance:decomposition,
nutrient availability, and tree vigor. Forestry 60:219-227.
Houghton, R.A., R.D. Boone, J.M. Melillo, C.A. Palm, G.M.
Woodwell, N. Myers, B. Moore III, and D. Skole. 1985. Net flux
of carbon dioxide from tropical forests in 1980. Nature 316:617-620.
Matson, P.A. and R.D. Boone. 1984. Natural disturbance and
nitrogen mineralization: wave-form dieback of mountain hemlock
in the Oregon Cascades. Ecology 65:1511-1516.
Moore, B., R.D. Boone, J.E. Hobbie, R.A. Houghton, J.M. Melillo,
B.J. Peterson, G.R. Shaver, C.J. Vorosmarty, and G.M. Woodwell.
1981. A simple model for analysis of the role of terrestrial
ecosystems in the global carbon budget. Pages 365-385 in
B. Bolin, editor. Carbon Cycle Modelling, SCOPE 16. John Wiley
and Sons, New York.
Reviewer for
Biogeochemistry
Canadian Journal of Forest Research
Ecology
Soil Biology & Biochemistry
Soil Science Society of America Journal
NASA Graduate Student Fellowships in Global Change Research
NSF Ecosystems Studies
USDA Competitive Grants Program (Soils and Soil Biology,
Forest/Range/Crop/Aquatic Ecosystems)
Panel Member
NSF - Ecosystems, 1996-1999
NSF - Collaborative Research at Undergraduate Institutions
(CRUI), 1994-1995
National Institute for Global Environmental Change, Western
Regional Center, Department of Energy Ecological consequences
of thermokarst development in boreal forests" With T.E.
Osterkamp, L.A. Viereck, and Y.L. Shur July 1995 - June 1997
$154,095
USDA Competitive Grants Program - Forest/Rangeland/Crop Ecosystems
"Influences of above- and belowground litter on forest soil
organic matter dynamics" With K.J. Nadelhoffer September
1995 - August 1998 $66,500 (Subcontract to the University of
Alaska)
National Science Foundation - Ecosystems (Bonanza Creek LTER)
"C and N dynamics across the taiga landscape: implications
for disturbance" and "Influences of above- and belowground
litter inputs on forest soil organic matter dynamics" With
J. Schimel and D. Valentine, and J. Gulledge July 1996 - June
1997 $60,000
National Science Foundation - Ecosystems "Long-term
ecological research at the Harvard Forest" With D. Foster,
T. Allison, E. Boose, R. Lent, F. Bazzaz, S. Wofsy, M. Binford,
J. Aber, J. Melillo, K. Nadelhoffer, P. Steudler, C. McClaugherty,
and C. Tomlin Oct. 1994 - Sept. 2000 $3,780,000
National Institute for Global Environmental Change, Northeast
Regional Center, Department of Energy "Biological and physical
controls on soil organic matter quantity and quality" With
K.J. Nadelhoffer July 1994 - June 1995 $83,000 July 1993 - June
1994 $104,129 July 1992 - June 1993 $90,000
USDA Competitive Grants Program - Forest/Rangeland/Crop Ecosystems
"Carbon controls on nitrogen retention by temperate forest
ecosystems" With W.H. McDowell and J.D. Aber June 1993 -
May 1996 $104,965 (Subcontract to Harvard University and the
University of Alaska)
National Science Foundation - Research Experience for Undergraduates
"REU Program in Forest Ecology at the Harvard Forest"
With D.R. Foster, R.D. Bowden, T.D. Allison, and R.A. Lent May
1993 - April 1996 $202,129
National Science Foundation - BSR (Div. of Instrumentation
Resources) "Establishment of a Nutrient Analysis Laboratory
and Sample Archive at the Harvard Forest" With D.R. Foster
Sept. 1993 - Aug. 1994 $150,000
USDA Competitive Grants Program - Forest Biology "Identity
and significance of light- and heavy-fraction soil organic matter"
With D.L. Mader and J.T. Finn September 1986 - September 1989:
$89,000
Teaching
Principles of Ecology (BIOL 271), University of Alaska
Human Dimensions of Global Change (BIOL 273X), University
of Alaska
Research Design (BIOL 602), University of Alaska
Soil-Plant Relationships (SOIL 502), University of New Hampshire)
Mentor for undergraduate students in the NIGEC (Department
of Energy) Summer Fellowship program, 1993 and 1994; and the
Harvard Forest (National Science Foundation) Research Experience
for Undergraduates (REU) program, 1993 and 1994
Graduate Student
Committees
Past
Rob MacLean, M.S. 1998, Department of Biology and Willife,
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Scott Benjamin, M.S. 1995. Department of Natural Resources,
University of New Hampshire
William Currie, Ph.D. 1995. Department of Natural Resources,
University of New Hampshire
Kimberly McCracken, M.S. 1994. Department of Natural Resources,
University of New Hampshire
Nancy Lambert, M.S. 1993. Department of Natural Resources,
University of New Hampshire
Scott Ollinger, M.S. 1993. Department of Natural Resources,
University of New Hampshire
Fritz Gerhardt, M.S. 1993. Harvard Forest, Harvard University
Richard Hallett, M.S. 1992. Department of Natural Resources,
University of New Hampshire
Current
Richard Brenner, M.S. student, Department of Biology and
Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks (Chair)
Kevin Petrone, Ph.D. student, Department of Biology and Wildlife,
University of Alaska Fairbanks (Chair)
Sharon Richman, Ph.D. student, Department of Biology and
Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Postdoctoral
Students
Jana Compton, Harvard Forest, Harvard University, 1994-95
Jay Gulledge, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1996-97