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Michael E. Day
Associate Scientist in Ecosystem Science
Faculty of the Graduate School
Cooperating Faculty, Center for Research on Sustainable Forests
Degrees:
PhD, University of Maine, 2000
Contact information:
124 Nutting Hall, Orono, ME 04469-5755
(207) 581-2889
email: day@umenfa.maine.edu
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Current research interests:
- Factors controlling range limits and responses to past and present climate change
- Physiological mechanisms underlying age-related trends in form and function
- Roles of carbon sinks in regulating growth and development
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Selected recent publications:
Greenwood, M.S., M.H. Ward M.E. Day, S.A. Adams, and B.J. Bond. 2008. Age-related trends in red spruce foliar plasticity in relation to declining productivity. Tree Physiology 28:255-232.
Equiza, M.A., M.E. Day, R. Jagals and Xiaochun Li. 2006. Photosynthetic down-regulation in the conifer Metasequoia glyptostroboides growing under continuous light: the significance of carbohydrate sinks and paleo-ecophysiological implications. Canadian Journal of Botany 84: 1453-1461.
Bond, B.J., N. Czarnomski, C. Cooper, M.E. Day and M. S. Greenwood. 2006. Developmental decline in height growth in Douglas-fir. Tree Physiology 27:441-453.
Equiza, M.A., M.E. Day, and R. Jagels. 2006. Physiological responses of three deciduous conifers (Metasequoia glyptostroboides, Taxodium distichum, and Larix laricina) to a continuous-light environment: adaptive implications for the early-Tertiary polar summer. Tree Physiology 26: 353-364.
Elvir, J.A., G.B. Wiersma, M.E. Day, M.S. Greenwood, and I.J. Fernandez. 2006. Effects of enhanced nitrogen deposition on foliar chemistry and physiological processes of forest trees at the Bear Brook Watershed in Maine. Forest Ecology and Management 221:207-214.
Day, M.E., J.L. Scheldbauer, W.H. Livingston, M.S. Greenwood, A.S. White, and J.C. Brissette. 2005. Influence of seedbed, light environment, and elevated night temperature on growth and carbon allocation in pitch pine (Pinus rigida) and jack pine (Pinus banksiana). Forest Ecology and Management 205:59-71.
Jagels,R. and M.E. Day. 2004. The adaptive physiology of Metasequoia to Eocene high-latitude environments. In Hemsley, A. and I. Poole. (eds.) The evolution of plant physiology p.405-429. Elsevier, Oxford.
Fraver, S., R.G. Wagner, and M.E. Day. 2002. Dynamics of down woody debris following gap harvesting in the Acadian forest of central Maine, U.S.A.. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 32:2094 2105.
Greenwood, M.S., W.H. Livingston, M.E. Day, A.S. White, and J.C. Brissette. 2002. Contrasting modes of survival by jack and pitch pine at a common range limit. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 32:1662-1674.
Day M.E., M.S. Greenwood, and C. Diaz-Sala. 2002. Age- and size-related trends in woody plant shoot development: regulatory pathways and evidence for genetic control. Tree Physiology 22:507-513.
Day, M.E., M.S. Greenwood, and A.S. White. 2001. Age-related changes in foliar morphology and physiology in red spruce and their influence on declining photosynthetic rates and productivity with tree age. Tree Physiology 21:1195-1204.
Day, M.E. 2000. Influence of temperature and leaf-to-air vapor pressure deficit on net photosynthesis and stomatal conductance in red spruce (Picea rubens). Tree Physiology 20:47-53.
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