vegetation change

Learning the rhythm of the seasons in the face of global change: phenological research in the 21st Century

Authors:

Morisette, J. T.; Richardson, A.D.; Knapp, A. K.; Fisher, J. I.; Graham, E.; Abatzoglou, J.; Wilson, B. E.; Breshears, D. D.; Henebry, G. M.; Hanes, J. M.; Liang, L.

Source:

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (In Press)

Keywords:

phenology; NPN; remote sensing; vegetation change

Tree die-off in response to global-change-type drought: mortality insights from a decade of plant water potential field measurements

Authors:

Breshears, D. D., O. B. Myers, C. W. Myer, F. J. Barnes, C. B. Zou, C. D. Allen, N. G. McDowell, and W. T. Pockman

Source:

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (In Press)

Keywords:

drought; forestry; watershed; pinyon juniper; woodland; soil moisture; vegetation change

Soil water dynamics under low- versus high ponderosa pine stand density: ecohydrological functioning and restoration implications

Authors:

Zou, Chris B.; Breshears, David D.; Newman,B.D.; Wilcox, B.P.; Gard, M.O.

Source:

Ecohydrology (In Press)

Keywords:

restoration; forestry; ponderosa pine; soil moisture; vegetation change

Trees in grasslands: biogeochemical consequences of woody plant expansion

Authors:

Archer, S; TW Boutton; KA Hibbard

Source:

Global Biogeochemical Cycles in the Climate System, Academic Press, San Diego, p.115-137 (2001)

URL:

http://ag.arizona.edu/research/archer/pubs/reprints/Archer_etal_JenaChapter.pdf

Keywords:

savannas; shrublands; vegetation change; woody plant encroachment

Mechanisms of shrubland expansion: land use, climate or CO2?

Authors:

Archer, S; DS Schimel; EA Holland

Source:

Climatic Change, Volume 29, p.91-99 (1995)

URL:

http://ag.arizona.edu/research/archer/pubs/reprints/Archer_etal_1995_ClimaticChange.pdf

Keywords:

vegetation change; CO2; grasslands; shrublands

Santa Rita Experimental Range

Students with SNR professor Mitch McClaren

Short Description:

The longest continuously studied rangeland research area in the United States provides new insights into vegetation response to climate and land management.

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