Whendee Silver Explained

Whendee Silver
Fields:ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry
Alma Mater:Ph.D. Yale UniversityM.F. Yale School of Forestry & Environmental StudiesB.I.S. Environmental Studies School for International Training
Awards:Fellow, Ecological Society of AmericaInnovation Award, American Carbon RegistryAldo Leopold Leadership Fellow
Website:https://nature.berkeley.edu/silverlab/

Whendee Silver is an American ecosystem ecologist and biogeochemist.[1]

Early life and education

Silver grew up in Southern California.[2] She earned her MS in Forest Science from Yale School of Forestry in 1987[3] and in 1992, received her PhD from Yale University.

Career and research

Silver is a distinguished professor of ecosystem ecology at University of California, Berkeley.[4] With a focus on ecosystem ecology and biogeochemistry, her research is often aimed at better understanding the soil system to mitigate the effects of climate change. A significant portion of her work has focused on tropical ecosystems, their soils, plants,[5] and how nutrients and carbon cycle through them.

Silver is the lead scientist at the Marin Carbon Project, which she helped found in 2008. The Marin Carbon Project uses science to improve land management, to think about the whole system and thus consider and value ecosystem services such as soil's C sequestration ability, and make farm and ranch management more centered around carbon sequestration. Through this project she is working with ranchers, using compost for carbon sequestration on ranch land in California, greatly improving the soil's ability to sequester carbon.[6] [7] [8]

Awards and honors

Publications

Silver's research on the biogeochemistry of tropical plants has been published in multiple academic journals.[15] [16] [17] [18] Silver's research was featured in the book Physiological Ecology of Tropical Plants by Ulrich Lüttge.[19] Silver has over 145 publications as of 2018.

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. News: Down and Dirty. Pilot. Otto. 2015-02-13. Climate One. 2018-11-13. en.
  2. News: Down and Dirty. Pilot. Otto. 2015-02-13. Climate One. 2018-11-08. en.
  3. News: Managing Soil for Resilient Farmland. 2015-06-04. Lexicon of Food. 2018-11-08. en.
  4. News: Can Dirt Save the Earth?. Velasquez-Manoff. Moises. The New York Times . 18 April 2018 . 2018-11-08. en.
  5. Book: Lüttge, Ulrich. Physiological Ecology of Tropical Plants. Biogeochemistry. 44. 3. 301–328. 2007-12-14. Springer Science & Business Media. 9783540717935. en. 10.1007/bf00996995. 94545902.
  6. News: To the rescue: Berkeley names Faculty Climate Action Champion. 2015-09-29. Berkeley News. 2018-11-08. en-US.
  7. News: Can Dirt Save the Earth?. Velasquez-Manoff. Moises. The New York Times . 18 April 2018 . 2018-11-08. en.
  8. News: Just add compost: How to turn your grassland ranch into a carbon sink. 2014-01-16. Grist. 2018-11-08. en-US.
  9. Web site: Bohannan selected as Leopold Leadership Fellow Environmental Studies Program. envs.uoregon.edu. en-US. 2018-11-08.
  10. News: Google Announces 21 Ph.D. Scientists As 'Science Communication Fellows' » Yale Climate Connections. 2011-02-16. Yale Climate Connections. 2018-11-08. en-US.
  11. Web site: From Garbage to Gold: Managing California's Grasslands for Climate Change Mitigation — UC Center Sacramento. uccs.ucdavis.edu. en. 2018-11-08.
  12. News: To the rescue: Berkeley names Faculty Climate Action Champion. 2015-09-29. Berkeley News. 2018-11-08. en-US.
  13. Web site: From Garbage to Gold: Managing California's Grasslands for Climate Change Mitigation — UC Center Sacramento. uccs.ucdavis.edu. en. 2018-11-08.
  14. Web site: 2021 Class of AGU Fellows Announced. 2021-09-29. Eos. 28 September 2021. en-US.
  15. Silver. Whendee L.. Lugo. A. E.. Keller. M.. March 1999. Soil oxygen availability and biogeochemistry along rainfall and topographic gradients in upland wet tropical forest soils. Biogeochemistry. en. 44. 3. 301–328. 10.1007/bf00996995. 94545902. 0168-2563.
  16. Cleveland. Cory C.. Townsend. Alan R.. Taylor. Philip. Alvarez-Clare. Silvia. Bustamante. Mercedes M. C.. Chuyong. George. Dobrowski. Solomon Z.. Grierson. Pauline. Harms. Kyle E.. 2011-07-12. Relationships among net primary productivity, nutrients and climate in tropical rain forest: a pan-tropical analysis. Ecology Letters. en. 14. 9. 939–947. 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01658.x. 21749602. 1461-023X.
  17. Silver. Whendee L.. Thompson. Andrew W.. McGroddy. Megan E.. Varner. Ruth K.. Dias. Jadson D.. Silva. Hudson. Crill. Patrick M.. Keller. Michael. February 2005. Fine root dynamics and trace gas fluxes in two lowland tropical forest soils. Global Change Biology. en. 11. 2. 290–306. 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.00903.x. 2005GCBio..11..290S. 85253188 . 1354-1013.
  18. CUSACK. DANIELA F.. CHOU. WENDY W.. YANG. WENDY H.. HARMON. MARK E.. SILVER. WHENDEE L.. May 2009. Controls on long-term root and leaf litter decomposition in neotropical forests. Global Change Biology. en. 15. 5. 1339–1355. 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01781.x. 2009GCBio..15.1339C. 39890498. 1354-1013.
  19. Book: Lüttge, Ulrich. Physiological Ecology of Tropical Plants. 2007-12-14. Springer Science & Business Media. 9783540717935. en.
  20. Mayer. Allegra. Hausfather. Zeke. Jones. Andrew D.. Silver. Whendee L.. 2018-08-01. The potential of agricultural land management to contribute to lower global surface temperatures. Science Advances. en. 4. 8. eaaq0932. 10.1126/sciadv.aaq0932. 30167456. 2375-2548. 6114992. 2018SciA....4..932M.
  21. O’Connell. Christine S.. Ruan. Leilei. Silver. Whendee L.. 2018-04-09. Drought drives rapid shifts in tropical rainforest soil biogeochemistry and greenhouse gas emissions. Nature Communications. En. 9. 1. 1348. 10.1038/s41467-018-03352-3. 29632326. 2041-1723. 5890268. 2018NatCo...9.1348O.
  22. Yang. Wendy. Ryals. Rebecca A.. Cusack. Daniela F.. Silver. Whendee L.. 2017-04-01. Cross-biome assessment of gross soil nitrogen cycling in California ecosystems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 107. 144–155. 10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.01.004. 0038-0717. free.
  23. News: 2016. Effects of seasonality, transport-pathway, and spatial structure on greenhouse gas fluxes in a restored wetland. - AmeriFlux. AmeriFlux. 2018-11-10. en-US.
  24. Ryals. Rebecca. Eviner. Valerie T.. Stein. Claudia. Suding. Katharine N.. Silver. Whendee L.. March 2016. Grassland compost amendments increase plant production without changing plant communities. Ecosphere. 7. 3. e01270. 10.1002/ecs2.1270. 2150-8925. free.
  25. Hall. Steven J.. Treffkorn. Jonathan. Silver. Whendee L.. 2014. Breaking the enzymatic latch: impacts of reducing conditions on hydrolytic enzyme activity in tropical forest soils. Ecology. 95. 10. 2964–2973. 43493922. 10.1890/13-2151.1.
  26. Liptzin. Daniel. Silver. Whendee L.. November 2015. Spatial patterns in oxygen and redox sensitive biogeochemistry in tropical forest soils. Ecosphere. en. 6. 11. art211. 10.1890/es14-00309.1. 2150-8925. free.
  27. Silver. Whendee L.. Hall. Steven J.. González. Grizelle. November 2014. Differential effects of canopy trimming and litter deposition on litterfall and nutrient dynamics in a wet subtropical forest. Forest Ecology and Management. en. 332. 47–55. 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.05.018. 0378-1127.

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