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claire.phillips [at] ars.usda.gov Office: 541-737-3425
Teaching in environmental science, global change biology, forest and soil science, and sustainability. Research in global change and landuse impacts on forests and soils, natural and anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, carbon storage and sequestration.
At OSU
Courses Taught:
SUS 102/SUS 102E: Introduction to Environmental Science and Sustainability
NR 350: Sustainable Communities
Professional Accomplishments
My Publications
Journal Article
M. Lavoie , Phillips, C. L. , and Risk, D. , “A practical approach for uncertainty quantification of high-frequency soil respiration using Forced Diffusion chambers ” , Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences , vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 128 - 146, 2015.
C. L. Phillips , McFarlane, K. J. , LaFranchi, B. , Desai, A. R. , Miller, J. B. , and Lehman, S. J. , “Observations of 14 CO 2 in ecosystem respiration from a temperate deciduous forest in Northern Wisconsin ” , Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences , vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 600 - 616, 2015.
A. J. Taylor , Lai, C. - T. , Hopkins, F. M. , Wharton, S. , Bible, K. , Xu, X. , Phillips, C. L. , Bush, S. , and Ehleringer, J. R. , “Radiocarbon-Based Partitioning of Soil Respiration in an Old-Growth Coniferous Forest ” , Ecosystems , vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 459 - 470, 2015.
Journal Article
J. Egan , Nickerson, N. , Phillips, C. L. , and Risk, D. , “A Numerical Examination of 14CO2 Chamber Methodologies for Sampling at the Soil Surface ” , Radiocarbon , vol. 56, no. 03, pp. 1175 - 1188, 2014.
Journal Article
C. L. Phillips , McFarlane, K. J. , Risk, D. , and Desai, A. R. , “Biological and physical influences on soil 14 CO2 seasonal dynamics in a temperate hardwood forest ” , Biogeosciences Discussions , vol. 10, no. 7, pp. 10721 - 10758, 2013.
D. Risk , McArthur, G. , Nickerson, N. , Phillips, C. L. , Hart, C. , Egan, J. , and Lavoie, M. , “Bulk and isotopic characterization of biogenic CO2 sources and variability in the Weyburn injection area ” , International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control , vol. 16, pp. S263 - S275, 2013.
Journal Article
C. L. Phillips , Kluber, L. A. , Martin, J. P. , Caldwell, B. A. , and Bond, B. J. , “Contributions of ectomycorrhizal fungal mats to forest soil respiration ” , Biogeosciences , vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 2099 - 2110, 2012.
D. Risk , Nickerson, N. , Phillips, C. L. , Kellman, L. , and Moroni, M. , “Drought alters respired δ13CO2 from autotrophic, but not heterotrophic soil respiration ” , Soil Biology and Biochemistry , vol. 50, pp. 26 - 32, 2012.
J. G. Martin , Phillips, C. L. , Schmidt, A. , Irvine, J. , and Law, B. E. , “High-frequency analysis of the complex linkage between soil CO2 fluxes, photosynthesis and environmental variables ” , Tree Physiology , vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 49 - 64, 2012.
T. L. Righetti , Dalthorp, D. , Lambrinos, J. G. , Strik, B. , Sandrock, D. , and Phillips, C. L. , “Scaling confounds the interpretation of isotopic data ” , International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry , vol. 92213282616113251141, no. 1, pp. 1 - 27, 2012.