Bert Drake

Staff Profile

Bert Drake

Scientist Emeritus

drakeb@si.edu

Expert Areas

CO2

climate change

ecology

ecosystems

global change

greenhouse gas emissions

plant ecology

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Publications

Collin, Rachel ; Drake, Bert G. ; Megonigal, J. Patrick. (2025). What’s Going on Down There? Impacts of Long-Term Elevated CO2 and Community Composition on Components of Below-Ground Biomass in a Chesapeake Bay Saltmarsh . Hydrobiology, 4 (1) http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/hydrobiology4010008
Dakora, Felix D. ; Hayek, Lee-Ann C. ; Drake, Bert G.. (2024). 15NH4+ uptake and assimilation into amino acids is markedly reduced by elevated CO2 in Scirpus olneyi, a C3 land plant species . South African Journal of Botany, 170 , . http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2024.05.001
Parmentier, Frans-Jan W. ; Rasse, Daniel P. ; Lund, Magnus ; Bjerke, Jarle W. ; Drake, Bert G. ; Weldon, Simon ; Tommervik, Hans ; Hansen, Georg H. (2018). Vulnerability and resilience of the carbon exchange of a subarctic peatland to an extreme winter event . Environmental Research Letters, 13 (6) http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aabff3
Hines, Jes ; Eisenhauer, Nico ; Drake, Bert G. (2015). Inter-annual changes in detritus-based food chains can enhance plant growth response to elevated atmospheric CO2 . Global Change Biology, 21 (12) , 4642-4650. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12965
Lund, Magnus ; Bjerke, J. W. ; Drake, Bert G. ; Engelsen, O. ; Hansen, G. H. ; Parmentier, F. J. W. ; Powell, T. L. ; Silvennoinen, H. ; Sottocornola, M. ; Tømmervik, H. ; Weldon, S. ; Rasse, D. P. (2015). Low impact of dry conditions on the CO2 exchange of a Northern-Norwegian blanket bog. Environmental Research Letters, 10 (2) http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/2/025004
Drake, Bert G. (2014). Rising sea level, temperature, and precipitation impact plant and ecosystem responses to elevated CO2 on a Chesapeake Bay wetland: Review of a 28 year study . Global Change Biology, 20 (11) , 3329-3343. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12631
Day, Frank P. ; Schroeder, Rachel E. ; Stover, Daniel B. ; Brown, Alisha L. P. ; Butnor, John R. ; Dilustro, John ; Hungate, Bruce A. ; Dijkstra, Paul ; Duval, Benjamin D. ; Seiler, Troy J. ; Drake, Bert G. ; Hinkle, C. R. (2013). The effects of 11 yr of CO2 enrichment on roots in a Florida scrub-oak ecosystem. New Phytologist, 200 (3) , 778-787. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.12246
Erickson, John E. ; Peresta, Gary ; Montovan, Kathryn J. ; Drake, Bert G. (2013). Direct and indirect effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on net ecosystem production in a Chesapeake Bay tidal wetland. Global Change Biology, 19 (11) , 3368-3378. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12316
Stiling, Peter ; Moon, Daniel ; Rossi, Anthony ; Forkner, Rebecca ; Hungate, Bruce A. ; Day, Frank P. ; Schroeder, Rachel E. ; Drake, Bert G. (2013). Direct and legacy effects of long-term elevated CO2 on fine root growth and plant–insect interactions. New Phytologist, 200 (3) , 788-795. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nph.12295
Lee, Xuhui ; Goulden, Michael L. ; Hollinger, David Y. ; Barr, Alan ; Black, T. Andrew ; Bohrer, Gil ; Bracho, Rosvel ; Drake, Bert G. ; Goldstein, Allen ; Gu, Lianhong ; Katul, Gabriel ; Kolb, Thomas ; Law, Beverly E. ; Margolis, Hank ; Meyers, Tilden ; Monson, Russell ; Munger, William ; Oren, Ram ; Kyaw Tha Paw U ; Richardson, Andrew D. ; Schmid, Hans Peter ; Staebler, Ralf ; Wofsy, Steven ; Zhao, Lei. (2011). Observed increase in local cooling effect of deforestation at higher latitudes. Nature, 479 (7373) , 384-387. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature10588
Li, J. ; Erickson, John E. ; Peresta, Gary ; Drake, Bert G. (2010). Evapotranspiration and water use efficiency in a Chesapeake Bay wetland under carbon dioxide enrichment . Global Change Biology, 16 (1) , 234-245. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01941.x
Stiling, Peter ; Forkner, Rebecca ; Drake, Bert G. (2010). Long-term exposure to elevated CO2 in a Florida scrub-oak forest increases herbivore densities but has no effect on other arthropod guilds . Insect Conservation and Diversity, 3 (2) , 152-156. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-4598.2010.00080.x
Stover, Dan B. ; Day, Frank P. ; Drake, Bert G. ; Hinkle, C. Ross. (2010). The long-term effects of CO2 enrichment on fine root productivity, mortality, and survivorship in a scrub-oak ecosystem at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA . Environmental and experimental botany, 69 (2) , 214-222. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2010.03.003
Xiao, Jingfeng ; Zhuang, Qianlai ; Law, Beverly E. ; Baldocchi, Dennis D. ; Chen, Jiquan ; Richardson, Andrew D. ; Melillo, Jerry M. ; Davis, Kenneth J. ; Hollinger, David Y. ; Wharton, Sonia ; Oren, Ram ; Noormets, Asko ; Fischer, Marc L. ; Verma, Shashi B. ; Cook, David R. ; Sun, Ge ; McNulty, Steve ; Wofsy, Steven C. ; Bolstad, Paul V. ; Burns, Sean P. ; Curtis, Peter S. ; Drake, Bert G. ; Falk, Matthias ; Foster, David R. ; Gu, Lianhong ; Hadley, Julian L. ; Katul, Gabriel G. ; Litvak, Marcy ; Ma, Siyan ; Martin, Timothy A. ; Matamala, Roser ; Meyers, Tilden P. ; Monson, Russell K. ; Munger, J. William ; Oechel, Walter C. ; Paw, U. Kyaw Tha ; Schmid, Hans Peter ; Scott, Russell L. ; Starr, Gregory ; Suyker, Andrew E. ; Torn, Margaret S. (2010). Assessing net ecosystem carbon exchange of U.S. terrestrial ecosystems by integrating eddy covariance flux measurements and satellite observations . Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 151 (1) , 60-69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.09.002
Xiao, Jingfeng ; Zhuang, Qianlai ; Law, Beverly E. ; Chen, Jiquan ; Baldocchi, Dennis D. ; Cook, David R. ; Oren, Ram ; Richardson, Andrew D. ; Wharton, Sonia ; Ma, Siyan ; Martin, Timothy A. ; Verma, Shashi B. ; Suyker, Andrew E. ; Scott, Russell L. ; Monson, Russell K. ; Litvak, Marcy ; Hollinger, David Y. ; Sun, Ge ; Davis, Kenneth J. ; Bolstad, Paul V. ; Burns, Sean P. ; Curtis, Peter S. ; Drake, Bert G. ; Falk, Matthias ; Fischer, Marc L. ; Foster, David R. ; Gu, Lianhong ; Hadley, Julian L. ; Katul, Gabriel G. ; Matamala, Roser ; McNulty, Steve ; Meyers, Tilden P. ; Munger, J. William ; Noormets, Asko ; Oechel, Walter C. ; Paw U, Kyaw Tha ; Schmid, Hans Peter ; Starr, Gregory ; Torn, Margaret S. ; Wofsy, Steven C. (2010). A continuous measure of gross primary production for the conterminous United States derived from MODIS and AmeriFlux data . Remote Sensing of Environment, 114 (3) , 576-591. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2009.10.013

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