Michael Gavazzi
Biological Scientist
P.O. Box 12254
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2254
Phone: 919-549-4064Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2254
mgavazzi@fs.fed.us
Current Research
Investigating the influence of management practices (e.g. site conversion,clearcutting, thinning, fertilization) and natural weather variability (e.g. droughts, hurricanes) on the carbon and water cycles of coastal plain loblolly pine plantations. Research also includes assessing the impact of prescribed burning on forest fuel loads and tree growth.
Education
- M.S. in Forestry, 1998
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Featured Publications and Products
- Noormets, Asko; Gavazzi, Michael J.; McNulty, Steve G.; Domec, Jean-Christophe; Sun, Ge; King, John S.; Chen, Jiquan. 2010. Response of carbon fluxes to drought in a coastal plain loblolly pine forest.
- Noormets, A.; Sun, G.; McNulty, S.G.; Gavazzi, M.J.; Chen, J.; Domec, J.-C.; King, J.S.; Amatya, D.M.; Skaggs, R.W. 2010. Corrigendum: “Energy and water balance of two contrasting loblolly pine plantations on the lower coastal plain of North Carolina, USA” [Foreco 259: 1299–1310].
- Boggs, Johnny L.; McNulty, Steven G.; Gavazzi, Michael J.; Myers, Jennifer Moore. 2005. Tree growth, foliar chemistry, and nitrogen cycling across a nitrogen deposition gradient in southern Appalachian deciduous forests.
- Chojnacky, David C.; McNulty, Steven G.; Myers, Jennifer Moore; Gavazzi, Michael K. 2005. Estimating forest floor fuels in eastern U.S. forests.
Publications
- Liu, Xiaodong ; Sun, Ge ; Mitra, Bhaskar ; Noormets, Asko ; Gavazzi, Michael J.; Domec, Jean-Christophe ; Hallema, Dennis W.; Li, Jiyue ; Fang, Yuan ; King, John S.; McNulty, Steven G. 2018. Drought and thinning have limited impacts on evapotranspiration in a managed pine plantation on the southeastern United States coastal plain.
- Gavazzi, Michael; Sun, Ge; McNulty, Steve; Treasure, E.A; Wightman, M.G. 2016. Canopy rainfall interception measured over ten years in a coastal plain loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantation.
- Musavi, Talie; Migliavacca, Mirco; van de Weg, Martine Janet; Kattge, Jens; Wohlfahrt, Georg; van Bodegom, Peter M.; Reichstein, Markus; Bahn, Michael; Carrara, Arnaud; Domingues, Tomas F.; Gavazzi, Michael; Gianelle, Damiano; Gimeno, Cristina; Granier, André; Gruening, Carsten; Havránková, Kateřina; Herbst, Mathias; Hrynkiw, Charmaine; Kalhori, Aram; Kaminski, Thomas; Klumpp, Katja; Kolari, Pasi; Longdoz, Bernard; Minerbi, Stefano; Montagnani, Leonardo; Moors, Eddy; Oechel, Walter C.; Reich, Peter B.; Rohatyn, Shani; Rossi, Alessandra; Rotenberg, Eyal; Varlagin, Andrej; Wilkinson, Matthew; Wirth, Christian; Mahecha, Miguel D. 2016. Potential and limitations of inferring ecosystem photosynthetic capacity from leaf functional traits.
- Domec, Jean-Christophe; King, John S.; Ward, Eric; Oishi, A. Christopher; Palmroth, Sari; Radecki, Andrew; Bell, Dave M.; Miao, Guofang; Gavazzi, Michael; Johnson, Daniel M.; McNulty, Steve G.; Sun, Ge; Noormets, Asko. 2015. Conversion of natural forest to managed forest plantations decreases tree resistance to prolonged droughts.
- Tian, Shiying; Youssef, Mohamed A.; Sun, Ge; Chescheir, George M.; Noormets, Asko; Amatya, Devendra M.; Skaggs, R. Wayne; King, John S.; McNulty, Steve; Gavazzi, Michael; Miao, Guofang; Domec, Jean-Christophe. 2015. Testing DRAINMOD-FOREST for predicting evapotranspiration in a mid-rotation pine plantation.
- Gavazzi, M.J.; McNulty, S.G. 2014. The influence of prescribed fire and burn interval on fuel loads in four North Carolina forest ecosystems.
- Cole, Jason A.; Johnson, Kristopher D.; Birdsey, Richard A.; Pan, Yude; Wayson, Craig A.; McCullough, Kevin; Hoover, Coeli M.; Hollinger, David Y.; Bradford, John B.; Ryan, Michael G.; Kolka, Randall K.; Wieshampel, Peter; Clark, Kenneth L.; Skowronski, Nicholas S.; Hom, John; Ollinger, Scott V.; McNulty, Steven G.; Gavazzi, Michael J. 2013. Database for landscape-scale carbon monitoring sites.
- Noormets, Asko; Mcnulty, Steve G.; Domec, Jean-Christophe; Gavazzi, Michael; Sun, Ge; King, John S. 2012. The role of harvest residue in rotation cycle carbon balance in loblolly pine plantations.
- McNulty, Steven G.; Moore, Jennifer A.; Iverson, Louis; Prasad, Anantha; Abt, Robert; Smith, Bryan; Sun, Ge; Gavazzi, Michael; Bartlett, John; Murray, Brian; Mickler, Robert A.; Aber, John D. 2000. Application of Linked Regional Scale Growth, Biogeography, and Economic Models for Southeastern United States Pine Forests.