Recent relevant publications from related projects
Black K, Byrne, K.A., Mencuccini, M., Tobin, B., Nieuwenhuis, M., Reidy, B., Bolger, T., Saiz, G., Green, C., Farrell, E.P. and Osborne, B. 2009. Carbon stock and stock changes across a Sitka spruce chronosequence on surface water gley soils. Forestry, 82 (3): 255-272.
Black, K, Bolger, T., Davis, P., Nieuwenhuis, M., Reidy, B., Saiz, G., Tobin, B. and Osborne, B. 2007. Inventory and Eddy Covariance Based Estimates of Annual Carbon Sequestration in a Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) Forest Ecosystem. Journal of European Forest Research 126: 167-178.
Black, K, O’Brien, P., Redmond, J., Barrett, F. and Twomey, M. 2008. The extent of peatland afforestation in Ireland. Irish Forestry 65: 61-71.
Black, K. 2008. Ireland’s forest carbon reporting system. In: Proceeding from COFORD conference on: Forestry, Carbon and Climate Change - local and international perspectives, Eds Hendrick and Black, COFORD, pp 14-20.
Black, K. 2010. Reducing Greenhouse Emissions from Activities on the Land. What Ireland needs to do before it can use remote sensing. Edited by Corinna Byrne and Richard Douthwaite. Carbon Cycles and Sinks Network, p25-39.
Black, K., and Gallagher, G. 2010. Greenhouse gas balance of peatland forests. COFORD Connects, Environment No 11, COFORD Dublin.
Black, K., Davis, P., Lynch, P., Jones, M., McGettigan, M., Osborne, B. 2006. Long-term changes in solar irradiance in Ireland and their potential effects on gross primary productivity. Agricultural Forest Meteorology 141: 118-132, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2006.09.005.
Black, K., Gallagher, G., O’Brien, P., Redmond, J., Barrett F. and Twomey, M. 2008. Dispelling myths: the real extent of peatland afforestation in Ireland. COFORD Connects, Environment No 8, COFORD, Dublin.
Black, K., Hendrick, E., Gallagher., G. and Farrington, P. 2012. Establishment of Irelands projected reference level for Forest Management for the period 2013-2020 under Article 3.4 of the Kyoto Protocol. Irish Forestry 69: 7-32.
Black, K., Tobin, B., Saiz, G., Byrne, K. and Osborne, B. 2004. Improved estimates of biomass expansion factors for Sitka spruce. Irish Forestry 61: 50-65.
Black, K., Xenakis, G., and Ray, D. 2010. Climate Change Impacts and Adaptive Strategies. Irish Forestry 67: 125-139.
Donlan, J., Black, K., Hendrick, E., O’Driscoll, E. and Byrne, K. 2013. Future change in carbon in harvested wood products from Irish forests established prior to 1990. Carbon Management 4(4): 377-386.
Duffy, P., Hyde, B., Hanley, E., O’Brien, P., Ponzi, J. and Black, K. 2012. National inventory report Greenhouse gas emissions 1990-2010 Reported to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, EPA, Dublin.
Duffy, P., Hyde, B., Hanley, E., O’Brien, P., Ponzi, J. and Black, K. 2011. National inventory report Greenhouse gas emissions 1990-2009 Reported to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, EPA, Dublin.
Duffy, P., Hyde, B., Hanley, E., O’Brien, P., Ponzi, J. and Black, K. 2010. National inventory report Greenhouse gas emissions 1990-2008 Reported to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, EPA, Dublin.
Groen,T.A., Verkerk, P.J., Bottcher, H., Grassi, G., Cienciala, E., Black, K, Fortin, M., Kotke, M., Lehtonen, A., Nabuurs, G.-J., Petrova, L., and Blujdea, V. 2013. What causes the differences between national estimates of Carbon emissions from forest management and large-scale models? Environmental Science & Policy: 222-232. DOI information: 10.1016/j.envsci.2013.06.005.
Hawkins, M. and Black, K. 2012. Single tree growth models for Irish Forestry. Irish Forestry 69:33-49.
Hemming, D, Besson, C., Black, K., Moncrieff, J., Moors, E., and Yakir D. 2005. Pan-European d13C values of air and organic matter from forest ecosystems. Global Change Biology 11:1065-1101.
Hendrick, E., and Black, K. 2009. Climate Change and Irish forestry. COFORD Connects, Environment No 9, COFORD Dublin.
Luyssaert, S., Inglima, I. Jung, M., Richardson, A.D.,Reichstein, M., Papale, D., Piao, S.L., Schulze, E.-D., Wingate, L., Matteucci, G., Aragao, L., Aubinet, M., Beer, C., Bernhofer, C., Black, K.G., Bonal, D., Bonnefond, J.-M., Chambers, J., Ciais, P., Cook, B., Davis, K.J., Dolman, A.J., Gielen, B., Goulden, M., Grace, J., Granier, A., Grelle, A., Griffis, T., Grunwald, T., Guidolotti, G., Hanson, P.J., Harding, R., Hollinger, D.Y., Hutyra, L.R., Kolari, P., Kruijt, B., Kutsch, W., Lagergren, F., Laurila, T., Law, B.E., Le Maire, G., Lindroth, A., Loustau, D., Malhi, Y., Mateus, J., Migliavacca, M., Misson, L., Montagnani, L., Moncrieff, J., Moors, E., Munger, J.W., Nikinmaa, E., Ollinger, S.V., Pita, G., Rebmann, C., Roupsard, O., Saigusa, N., Sanz, M.J., Seufert, G., Sierra, C., Smith, M.-L., Tang, J., Valentini, R., Vesala T. and Janssens, I.A. 2007. The CO2-balance of boreal, temperate and tropical forests derived from a global database. Global Change Biology 13: 1-29, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01439.x.
Ray, D., Xenakis, G., Semmler, T, and Black, K. 2008. The impact of climate change on forests in Ireland and some options for adaptation. Proceeding from COFORD conference on: Forestry, Carbon and Climate Change - local and international perspectives, COFORD, pp 27-34.
Ray, D., Xenakis, G., Tene, A. and Black, K. 2010. Developing a site classification system to assess the impact of climate change on species selection in Ireland. Irish Forestry 66: 101-122.
Reidy, B. and Bolger, T. 2013. Soil carbon stocks in a Sitka spruce chronosequence following afforestation. Irish Forestry 70: 200-219.
Saiz, G., Black, K., Reidy, B., Lopez, S. and Farrell, E.P. 2007. Assessment of soil CO2 efflux and its components using a process-based model in a young temperate forest site. Goederma 139: 79-89 doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma. 2006.12.005.
Saunders, M., Tobin, B., Black, K., Gioria, M., Nieuwenhuis, M. and Osborne, B. 2012. Thinning effects on the net ecosystem carbon exchange of a Sitka spruce forest are temperature-dependent. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 157: 1-10.
Schmidt, O., Dyckmans, J. and Black, K. 2003. Bodenalgen als C-Quelle fur Bodentiere (Soil algae as a carbon source for soil animals). Mitteilungen der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft 102: 397-398.
Tene, A., Tobin, B., Dyckmans, J., Ray, D., Black, K. and Nieuwenhuis, M. 2011. Assessment Of Tree Response To Drought: Validation Of A Methodology To Identify And Test Tree Proxies For Monitoring Past Environmental Changes. Tree Physiology 45:787-990.
Tene, A., Tobin, B., Ray, D., Black, K. and Nieuwenhuis, M. 2009. Adaptability of Forest Species to Climate Change, Irish Timber and Forestry, pp. 16-19.
Tobin, B., Black, K., McGurdey, L., Nieuwenhuis. M. 2007. Towards a methodology for assessing carbon stock changes in coarse woody debris. Forestry 80: 455-469; doi:10.1093/forestry/cpm024.
Tobin, B., Black, K., Osborne, B., Reidy, B., Bolger, T. and Nieuwenhuis, M. 2006. Assessment of allometric algorithms for estimating leaf biomass, leaf area index and litter fall in different aged Sitka spruce forests. Forestry 79(4): 453-465, doi 10.1093/forestry/cpl030.
