Publications

2026

Malone, S. L., Matthes, J. H., Sturtevant, C. S., Chen, A., Commane, R., Delwiche, K. B., Desai, A. R., Florian, C. R., Gewirtzman, J. D., Jurado, S. A., Reed, D. E., Chi, J., Iwata, H., Lundin, E. J., Mammarella, I., Peichl, M., Ueyama, M., & Rey-Sanchez, C. (2026). A continental benchmark dataset for evaluating ecosystem gradient-flux approaches across 47 NEON flux towers. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2026-413

Ciais, P., Peng, S., Chang, J., Li, F., Zhu, Q., Yuan, K., Hugelius, G., Li, H., Cai, Y., Chevallier, F., Tibrewal, K., Kort, E. A., Arndt, K., Watts, J., Buma, B., Besic, N., Palmer, P. I., Cadillo‐Quiroz, H., Euskirchen, E., … Poulter, B. (2026). A global methane observation system to reduce uncertainty for anthropogenic and natural sources and sinks for detecting and attributing climate feedbacks. Advanced Science, e76624. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.76624

Oh, Y., Liu, L., Lee, J., Bruhwiler, L., Lan, X., Michel, S., Basu, S., Miller, J. B., Zhu, Q., Malone, S., McNicol, G., & Zhuang, Q. (2026). Revising the magnitude and trends of the global methane soil sink with process‐based, machine‐learning, and atmospheric inversion modeling approaches. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 131(7), e2025JG009668. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JG009668

Smith, C., Chen, S., Malone, S., McNicol, G., Zhu, Q., Liu, L., & Oh, Y. (2026). Integrating machine learning with a process-based model for estimating global wetland methane emissions. https://doi.org/10.31223/X5377D

Zhu, Q., Arndt, K. A., Yuan, K., Li, F., Ying, Q., Liu, L., Ward, E., Malhotra, A., Zheng, J., Yuan, F., Malone, S. L., McNicol, G., Knox, S. H., Riley, W. J., Torn, M. S., Chen, S., Riddell‐Young, B., Oh, Y., & Bruhwiler, L. (2026). Multi‐decadal dynamics of wetland methane emissions revealed by knowledge‐guided machine learning. Global Change Biology, 32(5), e70899. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70899

Sun, Y., Chen, S., Chen, S., Qiu, C., Liu, L., Oh, Y., Malone, S. L., McNicol, G., Zhuang, Q., Smith, C., Xie, Y., & Jia, X. (2026). X-MethaneWet: A cross-scale global wetland methane emission benchmark dataset for advancing science discovery with AI. Proceedings of the 32nd ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining V.1, 2782–2793. https://doi.org/10.1145/3770854.3785682

Watts, J. D., Ordway, E., Malone, S. L., Zhu, Q., Palmer, P. I., Patel-Tupper, D., Ciais, P., Li, F., Monteverde, D. R., Arndt, K. A., Bruhwiler, L., Buma, B., Cadillo-Quiroz, H., Euskirchen, E., Hoyt, A. M., Holgerson, M., Hugelius, G., Jackson, R. B., Jacob, D., … Vargas, R. (2026). A global methane observation system to track climate feedbacks for verifiable climate impact. Science, 391(6792), 1324–1327. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aef0459

Malone, S. L., Schoettle, A. W., Burns, K. S., Kearns, H. S. J., Stewart, J. E., Newcomb, M., & Cleaver, C. M. (2026). Future climate will not save high-elevation white pines. Communications Earth & Environment, 7(1), 351. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03301-9

Doughty, C. L., Ying, Q., Ward, E., Delaria, E., Wolfe, G. M., Malone, S. L., Reed, D. E., Troxler, T., Kominoski, J. S., Castañeda-Moya, E., Shoemaker, W. B., Yannick, D., Starr, G., Oberbauer, S. F., Barenblitt, A., Campbell, A., Charles, S., Fatoyinbo, L., Gewirtzman, J., … Poulter, B. (2026). Compounded effects on wetland greenhouse gas fluxes from climate change and water management along a saline to freshwater gradient. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(8), e2513685123. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2513685123

2025

McLeod, G., Tupaj, M., Gann, D., Ross, M., & Malone, S. L. (2025). Fires enhanced productivity in fire-adapted subtropical pinelands of the Florida Everglades. Science of The Total Environment, 1003, 180602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180602

Malone, S. L., McLeod, G., Chen, A., & Tupaj, M. (2025). Contemporary fire regimes of the subtropical Everglades. Scientific Data, 12(1), 1622. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05917-6

Reed, D. E., Chu, H., Peter, B. G., Chen, J., Abraha, M., Amiro, B., Anderson, R. G., Arain, M. A., Arruda, P., Barron-Gafford, G. A., Bernacchi, C., Beverly, D. P., Biraud, S. C., Black, T. A., Blanken, P. D., Bohrer, G., Bowler, R., Bowling, D. R., Bret-Harte, M. S., … Zona, D. (2025). Network of networks: Time series clustering of AmeriFlux sites. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 372, 110686. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110686

Stemkovski, M., Bernhardt, J. R., Blonder, B. W., Bradford, J. B., Clark‐Wolf, K., Dee, L. E., Evans, M. E. K., Iglesias, V., Johnson, L. C., Lynch, A. J., Malone, S. L., Osborne, B. B., Pastore, M. A., Paterson, M., Pinsky, M. L., Rollinson, C. R., Selmoni, O., Venkiteswaran, J. J., Walker, A. P., … Adler, P. B. (2025). Ecological acclimation: A framework to integrate fast and slow responses to climate change. Functional Ecology, 39(8), 1923–1939. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70079

Malone, S. L., Schoettle, A. W., Burns, K. S., Kearns, H. S. J., Stewart, J. E., Newcomb, M., & Cleaver, C. M. (2025). RustMapper: White pine blister rust risk across high elevation forests in the Western United States. Scientific Data, 12(1), 1046. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05382-1

Richey, A., Oberbauer, S. F., Castañeda-Moya, E., Troxler, T., Kominoski, J. S., Olivas, P., & Malone, S. L. (2025). Sea-level rise and freshwater management are reshaping coastal landscapes. Journal of Environmental Management, 387, 125842. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125842

Sun, Y., Chen, S., Chen, S., Qiu, C., Liu, L., Oh, Y., Malone, S. L., McNicol, G., Zhuang, Q., Smith, C., Xie, Y., & Jia, X. (2025). X-MethaneWet: A cross-scale global wetland methane emission benchmark dataset for advancing science discovery with AI. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2505.18355

Reed, D., Chavez, S., Castañeda‐Moya, E., Oberbauer, S. F., Troxler, T., & Malone, S. (2025). Resilience to hurricanes is high in mangrove blue carbon forests. Global Change Biology, 31(3), e70124. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70124

Wang, J., Reed, D., Classen, A., Knohl, A., Varlagin, A., Ouimette, A., Desai, A., Heinesch, B., Hanson, C., Gough, C., Still, C., Bonal, D., Yakir, D., Baldocchi, D., Tuittila, E.-S., Sanchez-Cañete, E., Vivoni, E., Euskirchen, E., Manca, G., … Malone, S. (2025). Thermal acclimation dampens the warming-induced increase in ecosystem respiration. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-5718150/v1

2024

Trevathan-Tackett, S. M., Kepfer-Rojas, S., Malerba, M., Macreadie, P. I., Djukic, I., Zhao, J., Young, E. B., York, P. H., Yeh, S.-C., Xiong, Y., Winters, G., Whitlock, D., Weaver, C. A., Watson, A., Visby, I., Tylkowski, J., Trethowan, A., Tiegs, S., Taylor, B., … Adame, M. F. (2024). Climate effects on belowground tea litter decomposition depend on ecosystem and organic matter types in global wetlands. Environmental Science & Technology, 58(49), 21589–21603. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c02116

Hu, T., Malone, S. L., Rumpel, C., & Chabbi, A. (2024). Maximizing soil organic carbon stocks through optimal ploughing and renewal strategies in (Ley) grassland. Nature Communications Earth & Environment, 5(1), 38. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01202-3

Delaria, E. R., Wolfe, G. M., Blanock, K., Hannun, R., Thornhill, K. L., Newman, P. A., Lait, L. R., Kawa, S. R., Alvarez, J., Blum, S., Castañeda‐Moya, E., Holmes, C., Lagomasino, D., Malone, S., Murphy, D., Overbauer, S. F., Pruett, C., Serre, A., Starr, G., … Poulter, B. (2024). Assessment of landscape‐scale fluxes of carbon dioxide and methane in subtropical coastal wetlands of South Florida. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 129(11), e2024JG008165. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JG008165

Lamb-Wotton, L., Troxler, T. G., Coronado-Molina, C., Davis, S. E., Gann, D., Ishtiaq, K. S., Malone, S. L., Olivas, P., Rudnick, D. T., & Sklar, F. H. (2024). Evaluating hydrogeomorphic condition across ecosystem states in a non-tidal, brackish peat marsh of the Florida coastal Everglades, USA. Estuaries and Coasts, 47(5), 1209–1223. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-024-01364-5

2023

Richardson JL, Desai AR, Thom J, Lindgren K, Laudon H, Peichl M, Nilsson M, Campeau A, Järveoja J, Hawman P, Mishra DR, Smith D, D’Acunha B, Knox SH, Ng D, Johnson MS, Blackstock J, Malone SL, Oberbauer SF, Detto M, Wickland KP, Forbrich I, Weston N, Hung JKY, Edgar C, Euskirchen ES, Bret-Harte S, Dobkowski J, Kling G, Kane ES, Badiou P, Bogard M, Bohrer G, O’Halloran T, Ritson J, Arias-Ortiz A, Baldocchi D, Oikawa P, Shahan J, Matsumura M (2023) On the Relationship Between Aquatic CO2 Concentration and Ecosystem Fluxes in Some of the World’s Key Wetland Types. Wetlands, 44(1):1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-023-01751-x

Poulter B, Adams-Metayer FM, Amaral C, Barenblitt A, Campbell A, Charles SP, Roman-Cuesta RM, D’Ascanio R, Delaria ER, Doughty C, Fatoyinbo T, Gewirtzman J, Hanisco TF, Hull M, Randy Kawa S, Hannun R, Lagomasino D, Lait L, Malone SL, Newman PA, Raymond P, Rosentreter JA, Thomas N, Vaughn D, Wolfe GM, Xiong L, Ying Q, Zhang Z (2023) Multi-scale observations of mangrove blue carbon ecosystem fluxes: The NASA Carbon Monitoring System BlueFlux field campaign. Environmental research letters: ERL, 18(7):075009. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acdae6

Dubos N, Fieldsend TW, Roesch MA, Augros S, Besnard A, Choeur A, Ineich I, Krysko K, Leroy B, Malone SL, Probst J-M, Raxworthy C, Crottini A (2023) Choice of climate data influences predictions for current and future global invasion risks for two Phelsuma geckos. Biological invasions, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-023-03082-8

2022

Staudhammer, C.L., Malone, S.L., Zhao, J., Yu, Z., Starr, G., Oberbauer, S.F. (2022). Methane emissions from subtropical wetlands: An evaluation of the role of data filtering on annual methane budgets. AGRFORMET-D-21-01356R2

Malone, S.L., Oh, Y., Arndt, K., Burba, G., Commane, R., Contosta, A., Goodrich, J., Loescher, H., Starr, G., and Varner, R. (2022). Gaps in network infrastructure limit our understanding of biogenic methane emissions for the United States. Biogeosciences.

Malone, S. L., Zhao, J., Kominoski, J. S., Starr, G., Staudhammer, C. L., Olivas, P. C., Cummings, J. C., & Oberbauer, S. F. (2022). Integrating Aquatic Metabolism and Net Ecosystem CO2 Balance in Short- and Long-Hydroperiod Subtropical Freshwater Wetlands. Ecosystems . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-021-00672-2

2021

Nagy, R. C., Balch, J. K., Bissell, E. K., Cattau, M. E., Glenn, N. F., Halpern, B. S., Ilangakoon, N., Johnson, B., Joseph, M. B., Marconi, S., O’Riordan, C., Sanovia, J., Swetnam, T. L., Travis, W. R., Wasser, L. A., Woolner, E., Zarnetske, P., Abdulrahim, M., Adler, J., … Zhu, K. (2021). Harnessing the NEON data revolution to advance open environmental science with a diverse and data capable community. Ecosphere , 12(12). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3833

Zhao, J., Malone, S. L., Staudhammer, C. L., Starr, G., Hartmann, H., & Oberbauer, S. F. (2021). Freshwater wetland plants respond nonlinearly to inundation over a sustained period. American Journal of Botany, 108 (10), 1917–1931.

Kominoski, J. S., Pachón, J., Brock, J. T., McVoy, C., & Malone, S. L. (2021). Understanding drivers of aquatic ecosystem metabolism in freshwater subtropical ridge and slough wetlands. Ecosphere , 12(12). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3849.

Fieldsend, T. W., Dubos, N., Krysko, K. L., Raxworthy, C. J., & Malone, S. L. (2021). In situ adaptation and ecological release facilitate the occupied niche expansion of a non-native Madagascan day gecko in Florida. Ecology. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ece3.7749

2020

Crème, A.; Rumpel, C.; Malone, S.L.; Saby, N.P.A.; Vaudour, E.; Decau, M.L.; Chabbi, A. (2020). Monitoring Grassland Management Effects on Soil Organic Carbon—A Matter of Scale. Agronomy, 10, 2016.

Jones, J. A.,  Groffman, P. M.,  Blair, J.,  Davis, F. W.,  Dugan, H.,  Euskirchen, E. E., et al. (2020).  Synergies among environmental science research and monitoring networks: A research agenda. Earth's Future,  8, e2020EF001631. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EF001631

Sarker, K., Timsina, J., Biswas, S.,Malone, S.,  Alam, K.,  Loescher, H.W., Bazzaz, M. (2020). Alternate furrow irrigation can maintain grain yield, nutrient uptake and increase crop water productivity in dry season maize in sub-tropical climate of South Asia. Agricultural Water Management, 238, 106229.

Poblete-Grant, P., Suazo-Hernández, J., Condron, L., Rumpel, C., Demanet, R., Malone, S. L., & Mora, M. de L. L. (2020). Soil available P, soil organic carbon and aggregation as affected by long-term poultry manure application to Andisols under pastures in Southern Chile. Geoderma Regional, 21, e00271.

Record, S., Dahlin, K, M., Zarnetske, P, L., Read, Q, D.,  Malone, S.L.,  Gaddis, K, D., Grady, J, M., Costanza, J.,  Hobi, M, L., Latimer, A. M., Pau, S., Wilson, A, M.,  Ollinger, S, V.,  Finley, A. O., Hestir, E. (2020). Remote Sensing of Geodiversity as a Link to Biodiversity in Remote Sensing of Plant Biodiversity. Springer, Cambridge. 225-253.