Publications of Joseph Byron

Pugliese, G., Schüttler, J. M., Byron, J., Finck, J., Martin, A., Edtbauer, A., Dias-Júnior, C. Q., D’Oliveira, F. A. F., Pöhlker, C., Pozzer, A., Gleixner, G., Trumbore, S. E., Lelieveld, J. and Williams, J.: El Niño drought and heat extremes suppress soil isoprene uptake capacity in the Amazon rainforest, Communications Earth & Environment, 7, doi:10.1038/s43247-026-03749-9, 2026.

Schüttler, J. M., Pugliese, G., Byron, J., Dias-Júnior, C. Q., Monteiro, C. de A., Harder, H., Lelieveld, J. and Williams, J.: Chiral volatile organic compound fluxes from soil in the Amazon Rainforest across seasons, Biogeosciences, 23(19), 34678–3498, doi:10.5194/bg-23-3467-2026, 2026.

Byron, J., Pugliese, G., Monteiro, C. de A., Schuettler, J., Edtbauer, A., Alves, E. G., Hartmann, S. C., Tsokankunku, A., Hall, D. H., Dias-Junior, C. È. Q., Harder, H., Lelieveld, J. and Williams, J.: Intense El Niño provokes production of new reactive volatiles as stress defences in Amazon rainforest, Communications Earth & Environment, 7, doi:10.1038/s43247-026-03597-7, 2026.

Pinheiro-Oliveira, D., Van Asperen, H., Caetano, M. G., Robin, M., Edtbauer, A., Zannoni, N., Byron, J., Williams, J., Demarchi, L. O., Piedade, M. T. F., Schöngart, J., Wittmann, F., Duvoisin-Junior, S., Batista, C., de Souza, R. A. F. and Gomes Alves, E.: Forest diversity and environmental factors shape contrasting soil-litter fluxes of biogenic volatile organic compounds and methane in three central Amazonian ecosystems, Biogeosciences, 23(7), 2451–2476, doi:10.5194/bg-23-2451-2026, 2026.

Garg, A., Desservettaz, M., Christodoulou, A., Christoudias, T., Kanawade, V. P., Savvides, C., Vrekoussis, M., Naqui, S., Jokinen, T., Byron, J., Williams, J., Mihalopoulos, N., Liakakou, E., Sciare, J. and Bourtsoukidis, E.: Heat and continental transport shape the variability of volatile organic compounds in the Eastern Mediterranean: insights from multi-year observations and regional modeling, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 26(4), 2597–2622, doi:10.5194/acp-26-2597-2026, 2026.

Byron, J., Pugliese, G., Monteiro, C. de A., Robin , M., Alves, E. G., Schüttler, J., Hartmann, S. C., Edtbauer, A., Krumm, B. E., Zannoni, N., Tsokankunku, A., Dias-Junior, C. Q., Quesada, C. A., Harder, H., Bourtsoukidis, E., Lelieveld, J. and Williams, J.: Mirror image molecules expose state of rainforest stress, Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), doi:10.1038/s43247-025-02709-z, n.d.

Byron, J., Pugliese, G., Monteiro, C. de A., Robin, M., Gomes Alves, E., Schüttler, J., Hartmann, S. C., Edtbauer, A., Krumm, B., Zannoni, N., Tsokankunku, A., Dias-Junior, C., Quesada, C., Harder, H., Bourtsoukidis, E., Lelieveld, J. and Williams, J.: Mirror image molecules expose state of rainforest stress, Communications Earth & Environment, 6, doi:10.1038/s43247-025-02709-z, 2025.

Bourtsoukidis, E., Germain-Piaulenne, E., Gros, V., Quéhé, P.-Y., Pikridas, M., Byron, J., Williams, J., Gliddon, D., Mohamed, R., Ekaabi, R., Lelieveld, J., Sciare, J., Teixidó, O. and Paris, J.-D.: Attribution of Excess Methane Emissions Over Marine Environments of the Mediterranean and Arabian Peninsula, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129(19), doi:10.1029/2024JD041621, 2024.

Pugliese, G., Ingrisch, J., Meredith, L. K., Pfannerstill, E. Y., Klüpfel, T., Meeran, K., Byron, J., Purser, G., Gil-Loaiza, J., van Haren, J., Dontsova, K., Kreuzwieser, J., Ladd, S. N., Werner, C. and Williams, J.: Author Correction: Effects of drought and recovery on soil volatile organic compound fluxes in an experimental rainforest, Nature Communications, 14, doi:10.1038/s41467-023-42207-4, 2023.

Pugliese, G., Ingrisch, J., Meredith, L. K., Pfannerstill, E. Y., Klüpfel, T., Meeran, K., Byron, J., Purser, G., Gil-Loaiza, J., van Haren, J., Dontsova, K., Kreuzwieser, J., Ladd, S. N., Werner, C. and Williams, J.: Effects of drought and recovery on soil volatile organic compound fluxes in an experimental rainforest, Nature Communications, 14, doi:10.1038/s41467-023-40661-8, 2023.

Byron, J., Kreuzwieser, J., Purser, G., van Haren, J., Ladd, S. N., Meredith, L. K., Werner , C. and Williams, J.: Chiral monoterpenes reveal forest emission mechanisms and drought responses, Nature, 609, 307–312, doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05020-5, 2022.

Bougas, L., Byron, J., Budker, D. and Williams, J.: Absolute optical chiral analysis using cavity-enhanced polarimetry, Science Advances, 8(22), doi:10.1126/sciadv.abm3749, 2022.

Werner, C., Meredith, L. K., Ladd, S. N., Ingrisch, J., Kübert, A., van Haren, J., Bahn, M., Bailey, K., Bamberger, I., Beyer, M., Blomdahl, D., Byron, J., Daber, E., Deleeuw, J., Dippold, M. A., Fudyma, J., Gil-Loaiza, J., Honeker, L. K., Hu, J., Huang, J., Klüpfel, T., Krechmer, J., Kreuzwieser, J., Kühnhammer, K., Lehmann, M. M., Meeran, K., Misztal, P. K., Ng, W.-R., Pfannerstill, E., Pugliese, G., Purser, G., Roscioli, J., Shi, L., Tfaily, M. and Williams, J.: Ecosystem fluxes during drought and recovery in an experimental forest, Science, 374, 1514–1518, doi:10.1126/science.abj6789, 2021.

Staudt, M., Byron, J., Piquemal, K. and Williams, J.: Compartment specific chiral pinene emissions identified in a Maritime pine forest, Science of the Total Environment, 654, 1158–1166, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.146, 2019.

Yanez-Serrano, A. M., Mahlau, L., Fasbender, L., Byron, J., Williams, J., Kreuzwieser, J. and Werner, C.: Heat stress increases the use of cytosolic pyruvate for isoprene biosynthesis, Journal of Experimental Botany, 70(20), 5827–5838, doi:10.1093/jxb/erz353, 2019.

Krasnov, D., Bourtsoukidis, E., Desservettaz, M., Christodoulou, A., Elia, E. A., Agapiou, A., Byron, J., Williams, J., Sciare, J. and Noe, S.: UAV-Based Sampling of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) for Atmospheric Monitoring: from Estonia to Cyprus, in ARPHA Conference Abstracts 8., 2025.

Alves, E. G., Robin, M., Maracahipes-Santos, L., Taylor, T., Faggiani, A. P., da Silva, A. C. S., da Costa, D. N., Bendavid, N., Brando, P., Williams, J., Byron, J., Schüttler, J. and Hartmann, C.: Monoterpene and sesquiterpene emissions increase with forest degradation and land use change in the Amazon Arc of Deforestation, in EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria & Online., 2025.

Alves, E. G., Robin, M., Santos, L. M.-, Taylor, T., Faggiani, A. P., Silveiro da Silva, A. C., da Costa, D. N., Bendavid, N., Brando, P., Williams, J., Byron, J., Schüttler, J. and Hartmann, C.: Monoterpene and sesquiterpene emissions increase with forest degradation and land use change in the Amazon Arc of Deforestation, in EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria & Online., 2025.

Gomes Alves, E., Robin, M., Maracahipes-Santos, L., Taylor, T., Carlos Silveiro da Silva, A., Nunes, D., Faggiani, A. P., Bendavid, N., Brando, P. M., Williams, J., Byron, J., Schüttler, J. and Hartmann, C.: Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds (BVOC) Emissions from a Changing Amazonia: the Effect of Climate and Land Use Changes on Emissions, in AGU Annual Meeting 2024. [online] Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0011-F0CC-8, 2024.

Byron, J.: Investigating Biogenic Sources of Enantiomers and the Effect of Drought on the Emissions of Chiral Compounds, PhD Thesis, Universität, Mainz, 21 January., 2022.