Dr Peter Levy

Ecosystem Modeller

Research interests

My work involves:

• measuring fluxes of carbon and water at leaf and ecosystem scales, using physiological and micrometeorological techniques.
• modelling global-scale vegetation and the impacts of climate change, land use change and nitrogen deposition.
• integrating remote sensing and surface flux measurements into ecosystem models.
• I have previously worked at the University of Edinburgh and Forest Research, and have experience of both field measurement and modelling in boreal, temperate and tropical ecosystems.

Selected publications

Please see also the NERC Open Research Archive.

2004 and Earlier

Levy, P. E., Cannell, M. G. R., Friend, A. D. (2004). Modelling the impact of future changes in climate, CO2 concentration and land use on natural ecosystems and the terrestrial carbon sink. Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions, 14, 21-30.

Levy, P. E., Cannell, M. G. R., Friend, A. D., White, A. (2004). The influence of land use change on global-scale fluxes of carbon from terrestrial ecosystems. Climatic Change, 67, 185-209.

Levy, P. E., Hale, S. E., Nicoll, B. C. (2004). Biomass expansion factors and root:shoot ratios for coniferous tree species in Great Britain. Forestry, 77, 421-430.

Levy, P. E., Milne, R. (2004). Estimation of deforestation rates in Great Britain. Forestry, 77, 9-16.

Levy, P. E., Wendler, R., van Oijen, M., et al. (2004). The effect of nitrogen enrichment on the carbon sink in coniferous forests: uncertainty and sensitivity analyses of three ecosystem models. Water Air and Soil Pollution: Focus, 4, 67-74.

Arnell, N. W., Livermore, M. T. J., Kovats, R. S., et al. (2004). Climate and socio-economic scenarios for global-scale climate change impacts assessments: characterising the SRES storylines. Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions, 14, 3-20.

Hale, S. E., Levy, P. E., Gardiner, B. A. (2004). Trade-offs between seedling growth and stand stability in alternative silvicultural systems : a modelling analysis. Forest Ecology and Management, 187, 105-115.

van Oijen, M., Cannell, M. G. R., Levy, P. E. (2004). Modelling biogeochemical cycles in forests: State of the art and perspectives. In Towards the sustainable use of Europe's forests - forest ecosystem and landscape research: Scientific challenges and opportunities, Vol. 49 (eds Andersson, F., Birot, Y., Paivinen, R.), pp. 157-169. European Forest Institute, EFI Proceedings, Joensuu, Finland.

van Oijen, M., Levy, P. E. (2004). Nitrogen metabolism and plant adaptation to the environment: the scope for process-based modelling. In: Nitrogen Acquisition and Assimilation in Higher Plants (eds Amâncio, S., Stulen, I.), pp. 133-147. Kluwer, The Hague.

Levy, P. E., Hargreaves, K. J., Milne, R., Murray, T. D., (2004). Field Measurements of Carbon Loss Due to Ploughing. In: UK Emissions by Sources and Removals by Sinks due to Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Activities, Annual report (2004) for DEFRA Contract CEPG1/GA01054, (eds Milne, R., Mobbs, D.C.).

Levy, P. E. (2003). Effects of changes in CO2, climate, land use, and nitrogen deposition on the terrestrial carbon sink: a process-based model analysis., Vol. 5, pp. 11416. Geophysical Research Abstracts.

Levy, P. E., McKay, H. M. (2003). Assessing tree seedling vitality tests using sensitivity analysis of a process-based growth model. Forest Ecology and Management, 183, 77-93.

Levy, P. E., Millard, P., van Oijen, M., et al. (2003). Assessing uncertainties in the effects of nitrogen enrichment on the terrestrial carbon sink., Vol. 5, pp. 11313. Geophysical Research Abstracts.