A Synthesis of Climate and Vegetation Cover Effects on Biogeochemical Cycling in Shrub-Dominated Drylands

No cumulative effect of 10 years of elevated [CO2] on perennial plant biomass components in the Mojave Desert

(2013) Beth A. Newingham et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Temporal dynamics of fine roots under long-term exposure to elevated CO2in the Mojave Desert

(2013) Derek L. Sonderegger et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Microbial community responses to 17 years of altered precipitation are seasonally dependent and coupled to co-varying effects of water content on vegetation and soil C

(2013) Patrick O. Sorensen et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Response of the Soil Microbial Community to Changes in Precipitation in a Semiarid Ecosystem

(2012) Melissa A. Cregger et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Elevated CO2 did not mitigate the effect of a short-term drought on biological soil crusts

(2012) Timothy M. Wertin et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Projected vegetation changes for the American Southwest: combined dynamic modeling and bioclimatic-envelope approach

(2012) Michael Notaro et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Roots and fungi accelerate carbon and nitrogen cycling in forests exposed to elevated CO2

(2012) Richard P. Phillips et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Dryland biological soil crust cyanobacteria show unexpected decreases in abundance under long-term elevated CO2

(2012) Blaire Steven et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Do increased summer precipitation and N deposition alter fine root dynamics in a Mojave Desert ecosystem?

(2012) Paul S. J. Verburg et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Warming and increased precipitation frequency on the Colorado Plateau: implications for biological soil crusts and soil processes

(2012) Tamara J. Zelikova et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Variation in root architecture among switchgrass cultivars impacts root decomposition rates

(2012) Marie-Anne de Graaff et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Changes to dryland rainfall result in rapid moss mortality and altered soil fertility

(2012) Sasha C. Reed et al.   Nature Climate Change

Impacts of shrub encroachment on ecosystem structure and functioning: towards a global synthesis

(2011) David J. Eldridge et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Forecasting climate change impacts to plant community composition in the Sonoran Desert region

(2011) Seth M. Munson et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Woody plant proliferation in North American drylands: A synthesis of impacts on ecosystem carbon balance

(2011) Nichole N. Barger et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Extended megadroughts in the southwestern United States during Pleistocene interglacials

(2011) Peter J. Fawcett et al.   NATURE

Transitory effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on fine root dynamics in an arid ecosystem do not increase long-term soil carbon input from fine root litter

(2011) Scot D. Ferguson et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Response of dominant grass and shrub species to water manipulation: an ecophysiological basis for shrub invasion in a Chihuahuan Desert Grassland

(2011) Heather L. Throop et al.   OECOLOGIA

Transition From Sagebrush Steppe to Annual Grass (Bromus tectorum): Influence on Belowground Carbon and Nitrogen

(2011) Benjamin M. Rau et al.   Rangeland Ecology & Management

Has water limited our imagination for aridland biogeochemistry?

(2011) Amy T. Austin   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

A Shift in Seasonal Rainfall Reduces Soil Organic Carbon Storage in a Cold Desert

(2010) Zachary T. Aanderud et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Responses of terrestrial ecosystems to temperature and precipitation change: a meta-analysis of experimental manipulation

(2010) ZHUOTING WU et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Future dryness in the southwest US and the hydrology of the early 21st century drought

(2010) D. R. Cayan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dry Times Ahead

(2010) J. Overpeck et al.   SCIENCE

Assessing the effect of elevated carbon dioxide on soil carbon: a comparison of four meta-analyses

(2009) BRUCE A. HUNGATE et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Physiological and environmental regulation of interannual variability in CO2exchange on rangelands in the western United States

(2009) H. WAYNE POLLEY et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Digging deeper: fine-root responses to rising atmospheric CO2 concentration in forested ecosystems

(2009) Colleen M. Iversen   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Elevated carbon dioxide alters impacts of precipitation pulses on ecosystem photosynthesis and respiration in a semi-arid grassland

(2009) Sarah Bachman et al.   OECOLOGIA

Soil Texture Drives Responses of Soil Respiration to Precipitation Pulses in the Sonoran Desert: Implications for Climate Change

(2008) Jessica M. Cable et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Spatial structure of hydraulic properties from canopy to interspace in the Mojave Desert

(2008) Todd G. Caldwell et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Belowground drought response of European beech: fine root biomass and carbon partitioning in 14 mature stands across a precipitation gradient

(2008) INA C. MEIER et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Shrub encroachment in North American grasslands: shifts in growth form dominance rapidly alters control of ecosystem carbon inputs

(2008) ALAN K. KNAPP et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Regional analysis of the impacts of climate change on cheatgrass invasion shows potential risk and opportunity

(2008) BETHANY A. BRADLEY   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Climate change and plant invasions: restoration opportunities ahead?

(2008) BETHANY A. BRADLEY et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

CO2enrichment increases carbon and nitrogen input from fine roots in a deciduous forest

(2008) Colleen M. Iversen et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Soil C and N cycling in three semiarid vegetation types: Response to an in situ pulse of plant detritus

(2008) Toby D. Hooker et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY