MAESTRO Bibliography

A list of all the articles relating to the MAESTRO/MAESTRA model.
Any additions, please advise Belinda Medlyn: b.medlyn@unsw.edu.au

• Medlyn BE et al. A MAESTRO Retrospective. To appear in “Forests at the Land-Atmosphere Interface”, proceedings of a conference to mark the retirement of Prof. PG Jarvis, University of Edinburgh, Sept 17-19 2001.

• Wang YP, Massheder JM, Barton CVM, Kruijt B, Jarvis PG (1995) Documentation for the model: MAESTRO. Internal document, University of Edinburgh. An electronic copy of this manual is available on request from Belinda Medlyn.

Model Development:

• Norman JM, Jarvis PG (1974) Photosynthesis in Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) III. Measurements of canopy structure and interception of radiation. J. Appl. Ecol. 11: 375-398.
• Norman JM, Jarvis PG (1975) Photosynthesis in Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) V. Radiation penetration theory and a test case. J. Appl. Ecol. 12: 839-878.
• Norman JM, Welles JM (1983) Radiative transfer in an array of canopies. Agron. J. 75: 481-488.
• Welles JM, Norman JM (1991) Photon transport in discontinuous canopies: a weighted random approach. In Photon-Vegetation Interactions. Eds RB Myneni, J Ross. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp 389-414.
• Grace JC, Jarvis PG, Norman JM (1987a) Modelling the interception of solar radiant energy in intensively managed stands. N. Z. J. For. Sci. 17: 193-209.
• Grace JC, Rook DA, Lane PM (1987b) Modelling canopy photosynthesis in Pinus radiata stands. N. Z. J. For. Sci. 17: 210-228.
• Wang YP (1988) Crown structure, radiation absorption, photosynthesis and transpiration. PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh, 78 pp.
• Wang YP, Jarvis PG (1990a) Description and validation of an array model – MAESTRO. Agric. For. Meteorol., 51:257-280.

Model Components:

Daylength calculation

Barkstrom B (1981) What time does the sun rise and set? BYTE July 1981, 94-114.

 

 

Partitioning of direct and diffuse radiation

Spitters CJT, Toussaint HAJM, Goudriaan J (1986) Separating the diffuse and direct component of global radiation and its implications for modeling canopy photosynthesis. I. Components of incoming radiation. Agric. For. Meteorol. 38: 217-229.

Weiss A, Norman JM (1985) Partitioning solar radiation into direct and diffuse, visible and near-infrared components. Agric. For. Meteorol. 34: 205-213.

 

 

Radiation transmission

Norman JM (1979) Modelling the complete crop canopy. In Modification of the Aerial Environment of Crops. Eds. BJ Barfield & JF Gerber. Am. Soc. Agric. Eng. Monogr. No. 2, ASAE, St Joseph, MI, pp. 249-277.

Norman JM (1980) Interfacing leaf and canopy light interception models. In Predicting Photosynthesis for Ecosystem Models, vol. 2. Eds. JD Hesketh & JW Jones. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.

 

 

Irradiance on slopes

Steven MD, Unsworth MH (1979) The diffuse solar irradiance of slopes under cloudless skies. Quart. J. Royal Met. Soc. 105: 593-602.

 

 

Leaf angle distribution

Campbell GS (1986) Extinction coefficients for radiation in plant canopies calculated using an ellipsoidal inclination angle distribution. Agric. For. Meteorol. 36: 317-321.

Wang YP, Jarvis PG (1988) Mean leaf angles for the ellipsoidal inclination angle distribution. Agric. For. Meteorol. 43: 319-321.

Campbell GS (1990) Derivation of an angle density function for canopies with ellipsoidal leaf angle distributions. Agric. For. Meteorol. 49: 173-176.

 

 

Crown shape

Baldwin VC Jr, Peterson KD (1997) Predicting the crown shape of loblolly pine trees. Can. J. Forest Res. 27: 102?107.

 

 

Leaf area density distribution (beta functions)

Wang YP, Jarvis PG, Benson ML (1990) Two-dimensional needle-area density distribution within the crowns of Pinus radiata. Forest Ecol. Manag. 32: 217-237.

Baldwin VC Jr, Peterson KD, Burkhart HE, Amateis RL, Dougherty PM (1997) Equations for estimating loblolly pine branch and foliage weight and surface area distributions. Can. J. Forest Res. 27: 918?927.

Kershaw JA, Maguire DA (1996) Crown structure in western hemlock, Douglas fir and grand fir in western Washington: Horizontal distribution of foliage within branches. Can. J. Forest Res. 26: 128 – 142.

Maguire DA, Bennett WS  (1996) Patterns in vertical distribution of foliage in young coastal Douglas-fir. Can. J. Forest Res. 26: 1991-2005.

Porte A, Bosc A, Champion I, Loustau D (2000) Estimating the foliage area of Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) branches and crowns with application to modelling the foliage area distribution in the crown. Ann. For. Sci. 57: 73-86.

Model Applications:
• Baldwin VC, Burkhart HE, Dougherty PM, Teskey RO (1993) Using a growth and yield model (PTAEDA2) as a driver for a biological process model (MAESTRO). USDA Forest Service Southern Forest Experiment Station Research Paper, No.276, p.U1 et seq.
• Baldwin VC Jr, Dougherty PM, Burkhart HE (1998) A linked model for simulating growth processes and stand development of loblolly pine. In The Productivity and Sustainability of Southern Forest Ecosystems in a Changing Environment. Eds. RA Mickler & S Fox. Springer-Verlag, New York Inc, pp 305–325.
• Baldwin VC Jr, Burkhart HE, Westfall JA, Peterson KD (2001) Linking growth and yield and process models to estimate impact of environmental changes on growth of loblolly pine. For. Sci. 47: 77-82.
• Broadhead, J.S. (2000) The Ecophysiology of Indigenous trees in Agroforestry Systems in the Semi-Arid Tropics. PhD Thesis, Nottingham University.
• Cropper WP Jr, Peterson KD, Teskey RO (1998) MAESTRO simulations of the response of loblolly pine to elevated temperatures and carbon dioxide.  In The Productivity and Sustainability of Southern Forest Ecosystems in a Changing Environment. Eds. RA Mickler & S Fox. Springer-Verlag, New York Inc, pp 327-339.
• Dick JM, Jarvis PG, Barton CVM (1990) Influence of male and female cones on assimilate production of Pinus contorta trees within a forest stand. Tree Physiol. 7: 49-63.
• Dougherty PM, Teskey RO, Jarvis PG (1992) Development of MAESTRO, a process based model for assessing the impact of ozone on net carbon exchange of loblolly pine trees. In  The response of southern commercial forests to air pollution: Transactions 21. Ed. RB Flagler.  Air and Waste Management Association, Pittsburg, PA, pp 37-48.
• Grace JC (1988a) Effect of tree arrangement on intercepted radiant energy and photosynthesis. In Forest Growth Modelling and Prediction. Eds. AR Ek,  SR Shifley & TE Burk. US Dep. Agric. For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-120, pp 285-292.
• Grace JC (1988b) Effect of foliage distribution within crowns on intercepted radiant enery and photosynthesis. In Plant Form and Vegetation Structure: adaption, plasticity and relation to herbivory. Eds. MJA. Werger, PJM. van der Aart, HJ During & JTA Verhoeven. SPB Academic Publishing The Hague, The Netherlands, pp 153-159.
• Grace JC (1990a) Modeling the interception of solar radiant energy and net photosynthesis. In Process Modeling of Forest Growth Responses to Environmental Stress. Eds. RK Dixon, RS Meldahl, GA Ruark & WG Warren. Timber Press, pp. 142-158.
• Grace JC (1990b) Process-level models for investigating alternative spacing patterns. In New Approaches to Spacing and Thinning in Plantation Forestry. Eds. RN James & GL Tarlton, Ministry of Forestry.  FRI Bulletin No. 151, pp 229-232.
• Ibrom, A. (1999) Simulation of CO2 and water vapour fluxes in a young Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) plantation. Internal Report, Institute of Ecology and Resource Management, University of Edinburgh.
• Ibrom A. (2001) Die biophysikalische Steuerung der Kohlenstoffbilanz in einem Fichtenbestand im Solling. Ber. Forschungszentrum Waldökosysteme, Reihe A, 173, 209 pp.
• Jarvis PG (1995) The role of temperate trees and forests in CO2 fixation. Vegetatio 121: 157-174.
• Jarvis PG, Wang YP, Borralho NMG, Pereira JS (1989) Simulation of the role of stress on radiation absorption, assimilation, transpiration and water use efficiency of stands of Eucalyptus globulus. In Biomass Production by Fast-Growing Trees. Eds. JS Pereira & JJ Landsberg. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 169-179.
• Jarvis PG, Barton CVM, Dougherty PM, Teskey RO, Massheder JM (1990) Development and use of tree and forest response models: MAESTRO. In Acidic Deposition: SOS/T Vol III. The U.S. National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program, Washington D.C. pp 167-179.
• Kirschbaum MUF, King DA, Comins HN, McMurtrie RE, Medlyn BE, Pongracic S, Murty D, Keith H, Raison RJ, Khanna PK (1994) Modelling forest response to increasing CO2 concentration under nutrient-limited conditions. Plant Cell Environ. 17:1081-1099.
• Kruijt B, Ongeri S, Jarvis PG (1997) Scaling PAR absorption, photosynthesis and transpiration from leaves to canopy. In Scaling up from cell to Landscape. Eds. P van Gardingen, G Foody & P Curran. SEB seminar series no 63, Cambridge Univ. Press, pp 79-104.
• Kruijt B, Barton CVM, Rey A, Jarvis PG (1999) The sensitivity of stand-scale photosynthesis and transpiration to changes in atmospheric CO2 concentration and climate. Hydrol. Earth System Sci. 3: 55-69.
• Laitat E, Ceulemans R, Medlyn BE, LeFevre F, Forstreuter M, Jach ME, Rey A, Strassemeyer J, Jarvis PG (1999) Carbon uptake and allocation. In ECOCRAFT: Predicted Impacts of Rising Carbon Dioxide and Temperature on Forests in Europe at Stand Scale. Final Report to the EU. Coordinator: PG Jarvis, Edinburgh University. pp 87-96.
• Lawson GJ, Crout NMJ, Levy PE, Mobbs DC, Wallace JS, Cannell MGR, Bradley RG (1995) The tree-crop interface - representation by coupling of forest and crop process-models. Agrofor. Systems 30: 199-221.
• Leuning R, Wang YP, Cromer RN (1991) Model simulations of spatial distributions and daily totals of photosynthesis in Eucalyptus grandis canopies. Oecologia 88: 494-503.
• Levy PE (1994) Application of MAESTRO to tropical agroforestry systems. Internal Report, Institute of Ecology and Resource Management, University of Edinburgh.
• Levy PE, Moncrieff JB, Massheder JM, Jarvis PG, Scott SL, Brouwer J (1997) CO2 fluxes at leaf and canopy scale in millet, fallow and tiger bush vegetation at the HAPEX-Sahel southern super-site. J. Hydrol 189: 612-632.
• Livingston NJ, Whitehead D, Kelliher FM, Wang YP, Grace JC, Walcroft AS, Byers JN, McSeveny TM, Millard P (1998) Nitrogen allocation and carbon isotope fractionation in relation to intercepted radiation and position in a young Pinus radiata D. Don tree. Plant Cell Environ. 21: 795-803.
• Loustau D, Porté A, Bosc A, Sinoquet H, Kruijt B (1998). Modélisation de la transpiration, de la distribution du rayonnement et de la photosynthèse du Pin maritime au niveau aiguille et au niveau couvert: premiers résultats. Revue de Sciences Forestiers, 2: 267-280.
• Ludlow AR, Randle TJ, Grace JC (1990) Developing a process-based growth model for Sitka Spruce. In Process Modeling of Forest Growth Responses to Environmental Stress. Eds. RK Dixon, RS Meldahl, GA Ruark & WG Warren. Timber Press, pp. 249-262.
• Luo Y, Medlyn BE, Hui D, Ellsworth D, Reynolds J & Katul G (2001) Gross primary productivity in the Duke forest: modeling synthesis of CO2 experiment and eddy-flux data. Ecol. Applic. 11: 239-252.
• Luxmoore RJ, Hargrove WW, Tharp ML, Post WM, Berry MW, Minser KS, Cropper WP Jr, Johnson DW, Zeide B, Amateis RL, Burkhart HE, Baldwin VC Jr, Peterson KD (2000) Signal-transfer modeling for regional assessment of forest responses to environmental changes in the southeastern United States. Environmental Modeling and Assessment  5: 125-137
• Luxmoore RJ, Hargrove WW, Tharp ML, Post WM, Berry MW, Minser KS, Cropper WP Jr, Johnson DW, Zeide B, Amateis RL, Burkhart HE, Baldwin VC Jr, Peterson KD. (2002) Addressing multi-use issues in sustainable forest management with signal-transfer modeling.  Forest Ecology and Management (accepted).
• McMurtrie RE, Comins HN, Kirschbaum MUF, Wang YP (1992) Modifying existing forest growth-models to take account of effects of elevated CO2. Aust. J. Bot. 40: 657-677.
• McMurtrie RE, Wang YP (1993) Mathematical models of the photosynthetic response of tree stands to rising CO2 concentrations and temperatures. Plant Cell Environ. 16:1-13.
• Medlyn BE (1996) The representation of photosynthetic productivity in an ecosystem model used to assess plant responses to climate change. PhD Thesis, University of New South Wales, Australia. 206 pp.
• Medlyn BE (1998) Physiological basis of the light use efficiency model. Tree Physiol. 18: 167-176.
• Rayment MB (1998) Carbon and water fluxes in a boreal forest ecosystem. PhD Thesis, University of Edinburgh. 145 pp.
• Rey A (1997) Response of young birch trees (Betula pendula Roth.) to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration. PhD Thesis, University of Edinburgh. 292 pp.
• Rook DA, Grace JC, Beets PN, Whitehead D, Santantonio D, Madgwick HAI (1985) Forest canopy design: biological models and management implications. In Attributes of trees as crop plants. Eds. MGR Cannell & JE Jackson. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Natural Environment Research Council, Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, pp 507-524.
• Unsworth MH, Wilshaw JC (1989) Wet, occult and dry deposition of pollutants on forests. Agric. For. Meteorol. 47: 221-238.
• Wang YP, Jarvis PG (1990b) Influence of crown structural properties on PAR absorption, photosynthesis, and transpiration in Sitka spruce – application of a model (MAESTRO). Tree Physiol. 7: 297-316.
• Wang YP, Jarvis PG (1990c) Effect of incident beam and diffuse radiation on PAR absorption, photosynthesis and transpiration of Sitka spruce – a simulation study. Silva Carelica 15: 167-180.
• Wang YP, Jarvis PG, Taylor CMA (1991) PAR absorption and its relation to aboveground dry-matter production of Sitka spruce. J. Appl. Ecol. 28:547-560.
• Wang YP, McMurtrie RE, Landsberg JJ (1992). Modelling canopy photosynthetic productivity. In Crop Photosynthesis: Spatial and Temporal Determinants. Eds. NR Baker & H Thomas. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp 43- 67.
• Wang YP (1994) Models for assessing the impact of climatic change on forests. In: Climate Impact Assessment Methods for Asia and the Pacific. Eds. AJ Jakeman & AB Pittock. Australian International Development Assistance Bureau, pp 133-136.
• Wang YP, Polglase PJ (1995) The carbon balance in the tundra, boreal and humid tropical forests during climate change - scaling up from leaf physiology and soil carbon dynamics. Plant Cell Environ.18: 1226-1244.
• Wang YP, Rey A, Jarvis PG (1998) Carbon balance of young birch trees grown in ambient and elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Global Change Biol. 4: 797-807.

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