My primary research interest is the terrestrial biosphere-atmosphere exchange of water, energy and greenhouse gases (i.e. carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide) and its underlying physio-biogeochemical drivers, coupling and feedback mechanisms. Moreover, I am interested in the partitioning of ecosystem C pools and flux pathways in relation to their biotic and abiotic controls. Most of my work is carried out using a combination of micrometeorological, biometric, and soil chamber based methods, and is directed towards integrating field measurements with processed-based modelling. The overarching goal of my research is to identify the implications from changes in climate and land use on processes and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems and their role in the climate system.

Within my current position at SLU, my research focus is on the coupling of water and carbon cycles in boreal peatland and forest landscapes.

2005: Master of Science (MSc.) in Geography, School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, Thesis: Biomass and Carbon Allocation in Chronosequence of White Pine (Pinus strobus L.) plantations in Southern Ontario, Canada (Supervisor: Dr. M. Altaf Arain) 

2003: (Undergraduate) Diplom in Forestry Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, University of Freiburg, Germany, Thesis: The potential of a temperate intercropping system for reducing atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide (CO₂) and nitrous oxide (N₂O) - a case study in southern Ontario, Canada (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Huss )

Peichl, M., O. Sonnentag, G. Wohlfahrt, L.B. Flanagan, D.D. Baldocchi, G. Kiely, M. Galvagno, D. Gianelle, B. Marcolla, C. Pio, M. Migliavacca, M. Jones, and M. Saunders. Convergence of potential net ecosystem production among contrasting C₃ grasslands. Ecology Letters (accepted)

Peichl, M., J. Sagerfors, A. Lindroth, I. Buffam, A. Grelle, L. Klemedtsson, H. Laudon and M. B. Nilsson. Energy exchange and water budget partitioning in a boreal minerogenic mire. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences (in press)
 

2012

MacKay, S., M. A. Arain, M. Khomik, J. J. Brodeur, J. Schumacher, H. Hart, and M. Peichl, 2012. The impact of induced drought on transpiration and growth in a temperate pine plantation forest. Hydrological Processes 26(12): 1779-1791

Peichl, M., Carton, O. and G. Kiely, 2012. Management effects on carbon dioxide and energy exchanges in a maritime grassland. Agriculture, Ecosystem and Environment 158: 132-146

Peichl, M., Leava, N.A., and G. Kiely, 2012. Above- and belowground ecosystem biomass, carbon and nitrogen allocation in recently afforested grassland and adjacent intensively managed grassland. Plant and Soil 350: 281-296

2011 

Huang, S., M. A. Arain, V. K. Arora, F. Yuan, J. Brodeur, and M. Peichl, 2011. Analysis of nitrogen controls on carbon and water exchanges in a conifer forest using the CLASS-CTEM^N+ model. Ecological Modelling 222:3743-3760

Rafique, R., Peichl, M., Hennessy, D., and G. Kiely, 2011. Evaluating management effects on nitrous oxide emissions from grasslands using the process based DeNitrification-DeComposition (DNDC) model. Atmospheric Environment 45(33): 6029-6039

Peichl, M., P. Leahy, and G. Kiely, 2011. Six-year stable annual uptake of carbon dioxide in intensively managed humid temperate grassland. Ecosystems 14: 112–126


2010 

Evers, A.K., Bambrick, A., Lacombe, S., Dougherty, M.C., Peichl, M., Gordon, A.M., Thevathasan, N.V., Whalen, J., and R.L. Bradley, 2010. Potential   greenhouse gas mitigation through temperate tree-based intercropping systems. The Open Agricultural Journal, 4:49-57

Khomik, M., M. A. Arain, J. J. Brodeur, M. Peichl, N. Restrepo-Coupe, and J. D. McLaren, 2010. Relative contributions of soil, foliar and woody tissue respiration to total ecosystem respiration in four, pine forests of different ages, Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences, 115, G03024, doi:10.1029/2009JG001089

Peichl, M., Arain, M.A, and J.J. Brodeur, 2010. Age effects on carbon fluxes in temperate pine forests. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 150: 1090-1101

Peichl, M., Brodeur, J.J., Khomik, M., and M.A. Arain, 2010. Biometric and eddy-covariance based estimates of ecosystem carbon exchange in an age-sequence of temperate pine forests. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 150: 952-965

Peichl, M., Arain, M.A., Ullah, S. and T.R. Moore, 2010. Carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide exchanges in an age-sequence of temperate pine forests. Global Change Biology 16: 2198-2212


2008 

McLaren, J.D., M.A. Arain, M. Khomik, M. Peichl, and J.J. Brodeur, 2008. Water flux components and soil water-atmospheric controls in a temperate pine forest growing in a well drained sandy soil. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, 113, G04031, doi:10.1029/2007JG000653


2007 

Peichl, M. and Arain, M.A., 2007. Allometry and partitioning of above- and belowground tree biomass in an age-sequence of white pine forests. Forest Ecology and Management 253: 68-80

Peichl, M., Moore, T., Arain, M.A., Dalva, M., Brodkey, D., and J. McLaren, 2007. Concentrations and fluxes of dissolved organic carbon in an age-sequence of white pine plantation forests in southern Ontario, Canada. Biogeochemistry 86: 1-17


2006 

Peichl, M. and M.A. Arain, 2006. Above- and belowground ecosystem biomass and carbon pools in an age-sequence of white pine plantations in southern Ontario, Canada. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 140: 51-63

Peichl, M., Thevathasan, N.V., Huss, J. and A.M. Gordon, 2006. Carbon sequestration potentials in temperate tree-based intercropping systems in southern Ontario, Canada. Agroforestry Systems 66: 243-257

M. Kohler, B. Köckemann, M. Peichl, J. Schmitt and A. Reif, 2006. Impacts of the drought 2003 on the crown condition of suppressed and intermediate beech trees (Fagus sylvatica L.) at the ecotone between beech and downy oak forest in the nature reserve Innerberg, Sudbaden. Allgemeine Forst und Jagdzeitung 177: 86-91