Member Since 1986
Michael Maier Keller
Research Physical Scientist, US Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry
Associate Editor, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Michael Keller studies the biogeochemistry of tropical forests and the effects of changing land use. He employs a variety of tools including remote sensing, forest inventory, biogeochemical experiments, and ecosystem modeling. Over the past 40 years he has lived and conducted research in Panama, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Brazil and the United States. He is currently using lidar remote sensing to understand of tropical forest structure in order to understand effects of forest degradation.
Professional Experience
US Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry
Research Physical Scientist
1992 - Present
Education
Princeton University
Doctorate
1990
Harvard University
Bachelors
1982
Honors & Awards
Waldo E. Smith Award
Received December 2024
Publications
Enhanced Carbon Flux Response to Atmospheric Aridity and Water Storage Deficit During the 2015–2016 ...
During the 2015–2016 El Niño, the Amazon basin released almost one gigaton of carbon (GtC) into the atmosphere due to extreme temperatur...
August 14, 2024
Functionally Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator (FATE...
January 09, 2024
Impacts of Degradation on Water, Energy, and Carbon Cycling ...
August 20, 2020
Aboveground biomass variability across intact and degraded f...
November 10, 2016
AGU Abstracts
Understanding the vulnerability of the tropical carbon sink requires unraveling heterogeneous tropical forest responses to change
TROPICAL FORESTS UNDER A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT IV ORAL
biogeosciences | 11 december 2024
Elsa Ordway, Isaac Aguilar, Anabelle Cardoso, K. D...
The tropical carbon balance, heretofore mainly a sink, is now often reversing to become a source of carbon to the atmosphere in response to extreme ev...
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Environmental Drivers of Spatial Variation in Tropical Forest Canopy Height: Insights from NASA’s GEDI Spaceborne LiDAR
TROPICAL FORESTS UNDER A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT IV ORAL
biogeosciences | 11 december 2024
Paul R. Moorcroft, Shaoqing Liu, Ovidiu Csillik, E...
Canopy height is a key attribute of forest ecosystems influencing their rates of carbon storage and their responses to climate variability and change....
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High Resolution Tree Height Mapping of the Amazon Forest
TROPICAL FORESTS UNDER A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT I POSTER
biogeosciences | 11 december 2024
Fabien H. Wagner, Ricardo Dalagnol, Griffin Carter...
Tree canopy height is one of the most important indicators of forest biomass, productivity, and ecosystem structure, but it is challenging to measure ...
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Volunteer Experience
2014 - 2027
Associate Editor
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
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