Jennifer King
Department of Geography and Earth Research Institute
University of California, Santa Barbara
1832 Ellison Hall
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4060
USA
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Research Interests
My research focuses primarily on understanding factors that control element cycling, soil organic matter dynamics, and greenhouse gas emissions in four land cover areas: decomposition and photodegradation in grassland ecosystems, soil organic matter dynamics and greenhouse gas exchange in agricultural ecosystems, carbon cycling in wetland and peatland systems, and coupled human-natural biogeochemical cycling in urban and suburban areas.
Education
1999 Ph.D. Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine
Dissertation: Effects of Vegetation on Methane Emissions from Arctic Tundra Ecosystems
1997 M.S. Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine
1994 B.A. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University
Work Experience
Associate Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Geography, 2008-present
Assistant and Associate Professor, University of Minnesota, Department of Soil, Water, and Climate and Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior (joint appointment), 2002–2009
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, USDA-ARS, Fort Collins, CO, Soil-Plant-Nutrient Research Unit, 1999–2001
Selected Publications
Lin, Y. and J.Y. King. 2014. Effects of UV exposure and litter position on decomposition in a California grassland. Ecosystems 17: 158-168, doi: 10.1007/s10021-013-9712-x.
King, J.Y., L.A. Brandt, and E.C. Adair. 2012. Shedding light on plant litter decomposition: advances, implications and new directions in understanding the role of photodegradation. Biogeochemistry 111: 57-81, doi:10.1007/s10533-012-9737-9.
Van Vleck H.E. and J.Y. King. 2011. Root-derived contributions to soil respiration as influenced by agricultural management systems. Soil Science Society of America Journal 75: 1839-1850, doi:10.2136/sssaj2010.0428.
Pendall, E. and J.Y. King. 2007. Soil organic matter dynamics in grassland soils under elevated CO2: Insights from long-term incubations and stable isotopes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 39: 2628–2639, doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.05.016.
King, J.Y., A.R. Mosier, J.A. Morgan, D.R. LeCain, D.G. Milchunas, and W.J. Parton. 2004. Plant nitrogen dynamics in shortgrass steppe under elevated carbon dioxide. Ecosystems 7: 147-160, doi:10.1007/s10021-003-0201-5.