Drake, Bert
Affiliated Smithsonian Environmental Research Center staffDrake, Bert
Affiliated Smithsonian Environmental Research Center staffEffects of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide and climate change on plant and ecosystems processes.
Research Areas
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.A., University of Maine
- M.S., Colorado State University
- Ph.D., Utah State University
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Collin, Rachel, Drake, Bert G., and 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). https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrobiology4010008. 2025
- Dakora, Felix D., Hayek, Lee-Ann C., and 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, 170 288–296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2024.05.001. 2024
- Parmentier, Frans-Jan W., Rasse, Daniel P., Lund, Magnus, Bjerke, Jarle W., Drake, Bert G., Weldon, Simon, Tommervik, Hans, and 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). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aabff3. 2018
- Lu, Meng, Caplan, Joshua S., Bakker, Jonathan D., Langley, J. Adam, Mozdzer, Thomas J., Drake, Bert G., and Megonigal, J. Patrick. 2016. "Allometry data and equations for coastal marsh plants." Ecology, 97, (12) 3554. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1600. 2016
- Hines, Jes, Eisenhauer, Nico, and 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. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12965. 2015
- 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., and Rasse, D. P. 2015. "Low impact of dry conditions on the CO2 exchange of a Northern-Norwegian blanket bog." Environmental Research Letters, 10, (2). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/2/025004. 2015
- 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. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12631. 2014
- Erickson, John E., Peresta, Gary, Montovan, Kathryn J., and 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. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12316. 2013
- Stiling, Peter, Moon, Daniel, Rossi, Anthony, Forkner, Rebecca, Hungate, Bruce A., Day, Frank P., Schroeder, Rachel E., and 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. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12295. 2013
- Duval, Benjamin D., Dijkstra, Paul, Drake, Bert G., Johnson, Dale W., Ketterer, Michael E., Megonigal, J. Patrick, and Hungate, Bruce A. 2013. "Element Pool Changes within a Scrub-Oak Ecosystem after 11 Years of Exposure to Elevated CO2." Plos One, 8, (5) e64386. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064386. 2013
- Hungate, Bruce A., Day, Frank P., Dijkstra, Paul, Duval, Benjamin D., Hinkle, C. R., Langley, J. Adam, Megonigal, J. Patrick, Stiling, Peter, Johnson, Dale W., and Drake, Bert G. 2013. "Fire, hurricane and carbon dioxide: effects on net primary production of a subtropical woodland." New Phytologist, 200, (3) 767–777. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12409. 2013
- 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., and 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. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12246. 2013
- 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, and Zhao, Lei. 2011. "Observed increase in local cooling effect of deforestation at higher latitudes." Nature, 479, (7373) 384–387. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10588. 2011
- Duval, Benjamin D., Dijkstra, Paul, Natali, Susan M., Megonigal, J. Patrick, Ketterer, Michael E., Drake, Bert G., Lerdau, Manuel T., Gordon, Gwyneth, Anbar, Ariel D., and Hungate, Bruce A. 2011. "Plant-Soil Distribution of Potentially Toxic Elements in Response to Elevated Atmospheric CO2." Environmental science & technology, 45, (7) 2570–2574. https://doi.org/10.1021/es102250u. 2011
- 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. et al. 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2009.10.013. 2010
- 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 et al. 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.09.002. 2010
- Yi, Chuixiang, Ricciuto, Daniel, Li, Runze, Wolbeck, John, Xu, Xiyan, Nilsson, Mats, Aires, Luis, Albertson, John D., Ammann, Christof, Arain, M. Altaf, de Araujo, Alessandro C., Aubinet, Marc, Aurela, Mika, Barcza, Zoltán, Barr, Alan, Berbigier, Paul, Beringer, Jason, Bernhofer, Christian, Black, Andrew T., Bolstad, Paul V., Bosveld, Fred C., Broadmeadow, Mark,S. J., Buchmann, Nina, Burns, Sean P., Cellier, Pierre et al. 2010. "Climate control of terrestrial carbon exchange across biomes and continents." Environmental Research Letters, 5, (3) 034007–034007. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/5/3/034007. 2010
- Li, J., Erickson, John E., Peresta, Gary, and 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. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01941.x. 2010
- Stiling, Peter, Forkner, Rebecca, and 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. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-4598.2010.00080.x. 2010
- Stover, Dan B., Day, Frank P., Drake, Bert G., and 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2010.03.003. 2010
- Seiler, Troy J., Rasse, Daniel P., Li, Jiahong, Dijkstra, Paul, Anderson, Hans P., Johnson, David P., Powell, Thomas L., Hungate, Bruce A., Hinkle, C. Ross, and Drake, Bert G. 2009. "Disturbance, rainfall and contrasting species responses mediated aboveground biomass response to 11 years of CO2 enrichment in a Florida scrub-oak ecosystem." Global Change Biology, 15, (2) 356–367. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01740.x. 2009
- McKinley, D. C., Romero, J. C., Hungate, Bruce A., Drake, Bert G., and Megonigal, J. Patrick. 2009. "Does soil N availability sustain long-term ecosystem response to elevated CO2?" Global Change Biology, 15, (8) 2035–2048. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01836.x. 2009
- Keller, Jason K., Wolf, Amelia A., Weisenhorn, Pamela B., Drake, Bert G., and Megonigal, J. Patrick. 2009. "Elevated CO2 affects porewater chemistry in a brackish marsh." Biogeochemistry, 96, (1-3) 101–117. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-009-9347-3. 2009
- Langley, J. Adam, McKinley, Duncan C., Wolf, Amelia A., Hungate, Bruce A., Drake, Bert G., and Megonigal, J. Patrick. 2009. "Priming depletes soil carbon and releases nitrogen in a scrub-oak ecosystem exposed to elevated CO2." Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 41, (1) 54–60. 2009
- Stiling, P., Moon, D., Rossi, A., Hungate, Bruce A., and Drake, Bert G. 2009. "Seeing the forest for the trees: long-term exposure to elevated CO2 increases from herbivore densities." Global Change Biology, 15, (8) 1895–1902. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01902.x. 2009
- Bracho, R., Powell, T. L., Dore, S., Li, J. H., Hinkle, C. Ross, and Drake, Bert G. 2008. "Environmental and biological controls on water and energy exchange in Florida scrub oak and pine flatwoods ecosystems." Journal of Geophysical Research. G. Biogeosciences, 113 G02004. 2008
- Xiao, Jingfeng, Zhuang, Qianlai, Baldocchi, Dennis D., Law, Beverly E., Richardson, Andrew D., Chen, Jiquan, Oren, Ram, Starr, Gregory, Noormets, Asko, Ma, Siyan, Verma, Shashi B., Wharton, Sonia, Wofsy, Steven C., Bolstad, Paul V., Burns, Sean P., Cook, David R., Curtis, Peter S., Drake, Bert G., Falk, Matthias, Fischer, Marc L., Foster, David R., Gu, Lianhong, Hadley, Julian L., Hollinger, David Y., Katul, Gabriel G. et al. 2008. "Estimation of net ecosystem carbon exchange for the conterminous United States by combining MODIS and AmeriFlux data." Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 148, (11) 1827–1847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.06.015. 2008
- Carney, K. M., Hungate, Bruce A., Drake, Bert G., and Megonigal, J. Patrick. 2007. "Altered soil microbial community at elevated CO2 leads to loss of soil carbon." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104 4990–4995. 2007
- Wolf, Amelia A., Drake, Bert G., Erickson, John E., and Megonigal, J. Patrick. 2007. "An Oxygen-Mediated Positive Feedback Between Elevated Carbon Dioxide and Soil Organic Matter Decomposition in a Simulated Anaerobic Wetland." Global Change Biology, 13, (9) 2036–2044. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01407.x. 2007
- Stover, Dan B., Day, F. P., Butnor, J. R., and Drake, Bert G. 2007. "Effect of elevated CO-2 on coarse-root biomass in Florida scrub detected by ground-penetrating radar." Ecology, 88 1328–1334. 2007
- Li, Jinhong, Johnson, D. P., Dijkstra, P., Hungate, Bruce A., Hinkle, C. Ross, and Drake, Bert G. 2007. "Elevated CO2 mitigates the adverse effects of drought on daytime net ecosystem CO2 exchange and photosynthesis in a Florida scrub-oak ecosystem." Photosynthetica, 45, (1) 51–58. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11099-007-0008-2. 2007
- Li, Jinhong, Powell, T. L., Seiler, T. J., Johnson, D. P., Anderson, H. P., Bracho, R., Hungate, Bruce A., Hinkle, C. Ross, and Drake, Bert G. 2007. "Impacts of Hurricane Frances on Florida scrub-oak ecosystem processes: defoliation, net CO2 exchange and interactions with elevated CO2." Global Change Biology, 13 1101–1113. 2007
- Brown, A. L. P., Day, F. P., Hungate, Bruce A., Drake, Bert G., and Hinkle, C. Ross. 2007. "Root biomass and nutrient dynamics in a scrub-oak ecosystem under the influence of elevated atmospheric CO2." Plant and Soil, 292 219–232. 2007
- Erickson, John E., Megonigal, J. Patrick, Peresta, Gary, and Drake, Bert G. 2007. "Salinity and sea level mediate elevated CO2 effects on C3–C4 plant interactions and tissue nitrogen in a Chesapeake Bay tidal wetland." Global Change Biology, 13, (1) 202–215. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01285.x. 2007
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Dataset
- Lu, Meng, Caplan, Joshua S., Bakker, Jonathan D., Mozdzer, Thomas J., Drake, Bert G., Megonigal, J. Patrick, and Langley, J. Adam. 2016. [Dataset] Allometry data and equations for coastal marsh plants. Distributed by Edgewater, Maryland: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. https://doi.org/10.5479/data_serc/10088/31948. 2016
- Hungate, Bruce, Drake, Bert, and Dijkstra, Paul. 2015. [Dataset] Carbon, nitrogen and tracer 15N recovered in aboveground oak tissues in central coastal Florida. Distributed by DataONE. https://doi.org/10.15146/R3KW2J. 2015
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Location
- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Academic Department
