Sky Oaks Field Station - Publications
Chang K-Y, Xu L, Starr G (2018) A drought indicator reflecting ecosystem responses to water availability: The Normalized Ecosystem Drought Index Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 250:102-117
DuBois S et al. (2018) Using imaging spectroscopy to detect variation in terrestrial ecosystem productivity across a water‐stressed landscape Ecological Applications
Jenerette GD, Park IW, Andrews HM, Eberwein JR (2018) Biogeochemical Cycling of Carbon and Nitrogen in Chaparral Dominated Ecosystems. In: Valuing Chaparral. Springer, pp 141-179
Biederman JA et al. (2017) CO2 exchange and evapotranspiration across dryland ecosystems of southwestern North America Global change biology 23:4204-4221
Xu L, Pyles RD, Snyder R, Monier E, Falk M, Chen S-H (2017) Impact of canopy representations on regional modeling of evapotranspiration using the WRF-ACASA
Chen M, Senay GB, Singh RK, Verdin JP (2016) Uncertainty analysis of the Operational Simplified Surface Energy Balance (SSEBop) model at multiple flux tower sites Journal of Hydrology 536:384-399
Pivovaroff AL, Santiago LS, Vourlitis GL, Grantz DA, Allen MF (2016) Plant hydraulic responses to long-term dry season nitrogen deposition alter drought tolerance in a Mediterranean-type ecosystem Oecologia 181:721-731
Vourlitis GL, Hentz CS (2016) Impacts of chronic N input on the carbon and nitrogen storage of a postfire Mediterranean‐type shrubland Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 121:385-398
Xu L, Pyles RD, Paw U, Chen S-H, Monier E, Falk M (2016) Modeling Regional Carbon Dioxide Flux over California using the WRF‑ACASA Coupled Model. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 247:79-92
Baldocchi D, Sturtevant C, Contributors F (2015) Does day and night sampling reduce spurious correlation between canopy photosynthesis and ecosystem respiration? Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 207:117-126
Berberoglu S, Donmez C, Evrendilek F (2015) Coupling of remote sensing, field campaign, and mechanistic and empirical modeling to monitor spatiotemporal carbon dynamics of a Mediterranean watershed in a changing regional climate Environmental monitoring and assessment 187:179
Pan S et al. (2015) Responses of global terrestrial evapotranspiration to climate change and increasing atmospheric CO2 in the 21st century Earth’s Future 3:15-35
Vourlitis GL, Fernandez JS (2015) Carbon and nitrogen mineralization of semi-arid shrubland soils exposed to chronic nitrogen inputs and pulses of labile carbon and nitrogen Journal of Arid Environments 122:37-45
Wu X et al. (2015) Performance of linear and nonlinear two-leaf light use efficiency models at different temporal scales Remote Sensing 7:2238-2278
Allen MF, Kitajima K, Hernandez RR (2014) Mycorrhizae and global change. In: Trees in a Changing Environment. Springer, pp 37-59
Hoss SK, Clark RW (2014) Mother cottonmouths (Agkistrodon piscivorus) alter their antipredator behavior in the presence of neonates Ethology 120:933-941
Hoss SK, Garcia MJ, Earley RL, Clark RW (2014) Fine-scale hormonal patterns associated with birth and maternal care in the cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus), a North American pitviper snake General and comparative endocrinology 208:85-93
Lipson DA, Kuske CR, Gallegos‐Graves LV, Oechel WC (2014) Elevated atmospheric CO 2 stimulates soil fungal diversity through increased fine root production in a semiarid shrubland ecosystem Global change biology 20:2555-2565
Dannenberg MP (2013) Empirical Evidence for the Association of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation with Terrestrial Vegetation Dynamics in the Western United States. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Moreno JM, Torres I, Luna B, Oechel WC, Keeley JE (2013) Changes in fire intensity have carry‐over effects on plant responses after the next fire in southern California chaparral Journal of Vegetation Science 24:395-404
De Dios VR et al. (2012) Endogenous circadian regulation of carbon dioxide exchange in terrestrial ecosystems Global change biology 18:1956-1970
Moors EJ et al. (2012) On the temporal upscaling of evapotranspiration from instantaneous remote sensing measurements to 8-day mean daily-sums
Peršoh D, Rambold G (2012) Lichen-associated fungi of the Letharietum vulpinae Mycological progress 11:753-760
Ryu Y et al. (2012) On the temporal upscaling of evapotranspiration from instantaneous remote sensing measurements to 8-day mean daily-sums Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 152:212-222
Vourlitis G, Fernandez J (2012) Changes in the soil, litter, and vegetation nitrogen and carbon concentrations of semiarid shrublands in response to chronic dry season nitrogen input Journal of Arid Environments 82:115-122
Vourlitis GL (2012) Aboveground net primary production response of semi‐arid shrublands to chronic experimental dry‐season N input Ecosphere 3:1-9
Xu L (2012) What Do We Learn from Coupling a Next Generation Land Surface Model to a Mesoscale Atmospheric Model? University of California, Davis
Chen M et al. (2011) Quantification of terrestrial ecosystem carbon dynamics in the conterminous United States combining a process-based biogeochemical model and MODIS and AmeriFlux data Biogeosciences 8
Cho, J., T. Oki, P. Yeh, W. Kim, S. Kanae and K. Otsuki. 2011. On the relationship between the Bowen ratio and the near-surface air temperature. Theoretical and Applied Climatology DOI: 10.1007/s00704-011-0520-y
Mo KC, Long LN, Xia Y, Yang S, Schemm JE, Ek M (2011) Drought indices based on the Climate Forecast System Reanalysis and ensemble NLDAS Journal of Hydrometeorology 12:181-205
Schmidt A, Hanson C, Kathilankal J, Law BE (2011) Classification and assessment of turbulent fluxes above ecosystems in North-America with self-organizing feature map networks Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 151:508-520
Thompson, S. E., C. J. Harman, A. G. Konings, M. Sivapalan, A. Neal, and P. A. Troch. 2011. Comparative hydrology across AmeriFlux sites: The variable roles of climate, vegetation, and groundwater. Water Resources Research 47:W00J07, doi:10.1029/2010WR009797
Zheng T, Liang S (2011) A Bayesian approach to integrate satellite‐estimated instantaneous photosynthetically active radiation product for daily value calculation Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 116
Pasquini, S. C., and G. L. Vourlitis. 2010. Post-fire primary production and plant community dynamics in chaparral stands exposed to varying levels of nitrogen deposition. Journal of Arid Environments 74:310-314.
Vourlitis, G. L., S. C. Pasquini, and R. Mustard. 2009. Effects of dry-season N input on the productivity and N storage of mediterranean-type shrublands. Ecosystems 12:473-488.
Vourlitis, G. L., and S. C. Pasquini. 2009. Experimental dry-season N deposition alters species composition in southern Californian mediterranean-type shrublands. Ecology 90:2183-2189.
Trueman, R. J., L. Taneva, M. A. Gonzalez-Meler, W. C. Oechel, and H. Bassirirad. 2009. Carbon losses in soils previously exposed to elevated atmospheric CO2 in a chaparral ecosystem: Potential implications for a sustained biospheric C sink. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 102:142-148.
Porter, J. H., E. Nagy, T. K. Kratz, P. Hanson, S. L. Collins, and P. Arzberger. 2009. New eyes on the world: advanced sensors for ecology. Bioscience 59:385-397.
Xiao, J. F., Q. L. Zhuang, D. D. Baldocchi, B. E. Law, A. D. Richardson, J. Q. Chen, R. Oren, G. Starr, A. Noormets, S. Y. Ma, S. B. Verma, S. Wharton, S. C. Wofsy, P. V. Bolstad, S. P. Burns, D. R. Cook, P. S. Curtis, B. G. Drake, M. Falk, M. L. Fischer, D. R. Foster, L. H. Gu, J. L. Hadley, D. Y. Hollinger, G. G. Katul, M. Litvak, T. A. Martin, R. Matamala, S. McNulty, T. P. Meyers, R. K. Monson, J. W. Munger, W. C. Oechel, K. T. P. U, H. P. Schmid, R. L. Scott, G. Sun, A. E. Suyker, and M. S. Torn. 2008. Estimation of net ecosystem carbon exchange for the conterminous United States by combining MODIS and AmeriFlux data. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 148:1827-1847.
Vourlitis, G. L., and S. C. Pasquini. 2008. Carbon and nitrogen dynamics of pre-and post-fire chaparral exposed to varying atmospheric N deposition. Journal of Arid Environments 72:1448-1463.
Sims, D. A., A. F. Rahman, V. D. Cordova, B. Z. El-Masri, D. D. Baldocchi, P. V. Bolstad, L. B. Flanagan, A. H. Goldstein, D. Y. Hollinger, L. Misson, R. K. Monson, W. C. Oechel, H. P. Schmid, S. C. Wofsy, and L. Xu. 2008. A new model of gross primary productivity for North American ecosystems based solely on the enhanced vegetation index and land surface temperature from MODIS. Remote Sensing of Environment 112:1633-1646.
Vourlitis, G. L., G. Zorba, S. C. Pasquini, and R. Mustard. 2007. Chronic nitrogen deposition enhances nitrogen mineralization potential of semiarid shrubland soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal 71:836-842.
Vourlitis, G. L., G. Zorba, S. C. Pasquini, and R. Mustard. 2007. Carbon and nitrogen storage in soil and litter of southern Californian semi-arid shrublands. Journal of Arid Environments 70:164-173.
Vourlitis, G. L., and G. Zorba. 2007. Nitrogen and carbon mineralization of semi-arid shrubland soil exposed to long-term atmospheric nitrogen deposition. Biology and Fertility of Soils 43:611-615.
Vourlitis, G. L., S. Pasquini, and G. Zorba. 2007. Plant and soil N response of southern Californian semi-arid shrublands after 1 year of experimental N deposition. Ecosystems 10:263-279.
Schmalbach, H. L., J. Franklin, and J. F. O’Leary. 2007. Patterns of Postfire Regeneration in a Southern California Mixed Chaparral Community. Madrono 54:1-12.
Luo, H. Y., W. C. Oechel, S. J. Hastings, R. Zulueta, Y. H. Qian, and H. Kwon. 2007. Mature semiarid chaparral ecosystems can be a significant sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide. Global Change Biology 13:386-396.
Sims, D. A., A. F. Rahman, V. D. Cordova, B. Z. El-Masri, D. D. Baldocchi, L. B. Flanagan, A. H. Goldstein, D. Y. Hollinger, L. Misson, R. K. Monson, W. C. Oechel, H. P. Schmid, S. C. Wofsy, and L. K. Xu. 2006. On the use of MODIS EVI to assess gross primary productivity of North American ecosystems. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences 111:-.
Sims, D. A., H. Y. Luo, S. Hastings, W. C. Oechel, A. F. Rahman, and J. A. Gamon. 2006. Parallel adjustments in vegetation greenness and ecosystem CO2 exchange in response to drought in a Southern California chaparral ecosystem. Remote Sensing of Environment 103:289-303.
Heinsch, F. A., M. S. Zhao, S. W. Running, J. S. Kimball, R. R. Nemani, K. J. Davis, P. V. Bolstad, B. D. Cook, A. R. Desai, D. M. Ricciuto, B. E. Law, W. C. Oechel, H. Kwon, H. Y. Luo, S. C. Wofsy, A. L. Dunn, J. W. Munger, D. D. Baldocchi, L. K. Xu, D. Y. Hollinger, A. D. Richardson, P. C. Stoy, M. B. S. Siqueira, R. K. Monson, S. P. Burns, and L. B. Flanagan. 2006. Evaluation of remote sensing based terrestrial productivity from MODIS using regional tower eddy flux network observations. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 44:1908-1925.
Gamon, J. A., Y. Cheng, H. Claudio, L. MacKinney, and D. A. Sims. 2006. A mobile tram system for systematic sampling of ecosystem optical properties. Remote Sensing of Environment 103:246-254.
Fuentes, D. A., J. A. Gamon, Y. F. Cheng, H. C. Claudio, H. L. Qiu, Z. Y. Mao, D. A. Sims, A. F. Rahman, W. Oechel, and H. Y. Luo. 2006. Mapping carbon and water vapor fluxes in a chaparral ecosystem using vegetation indices derived from AVIRIS. Remote Sensing of Environment 103:312-323.
Del Galdo, I., W. C. Oechel, and M. F. Cotrufo. 2006. Effects of past, present and future atmospheric CO2 concentrations on soil organic matter dynamics in a chaparral ecosystem. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 38:3235-3244.
Claudio, H. C., Y. F. Cheng, D. A. Fuentes, J. A. Gamon, H. Y. Luo, W. Oechel, H. L. Qiu, A. F. Rahman, and D. A. Sims. 2006. Monitoring drought effects on vegetation water content and fluxes in chaparral with the 970 nm water band index. Remote Sensing of Environment 103:304-311.
Schmalbach, H. 2005. Patterns of post-fire regeneration in the chaparral community at Sky Oaks Field Station, Thesis (M.S.) – San Diego State University (Biology)
Turner, D. P., W. D. Ritts, W. B. Cohen, T. K. Maeirsperger, S. T. Gower, A. A. Kirschbaum, S. W. Running, M. S. Zhao, S. C. Wofsy, A. L. Dunn, B. E. Law, J. L. Campbell, W. C. Oechel, H. J. Kwon, T. P. Meyers, E. E. Small, S. A. Kurc, and J. A. Gamon. 2005. Site-level evaluation of satellite-based global terrestrial gross primary production and net primary production monitoring. Global Change Biology 11:666-684.
Sims, D. A., A. F. Rahman, V. D. Cordova, D. D. Baldocchi, L. B. Flanagan, A. H. Goldstein, D. Y. Hollinger, and L. Misson. 2005. Midday values of gross CO2 flux and light use efficiency during satellite overpasses can be used to directly estimate eight-day mean flux. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 131:1-12.
Lipson, D. A., R. F. Wilson, and W. C. Oechel. 2005. Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on soil microbial biomass, activity, and diversity in a chaparral ecosystem. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71:8573-8580.
Cario, C. H. 2005. Elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide and chronic atmospheric nitrogen deposition change nitrogen dynamics associated with two Mediterranean climate evergreen oaks. University of California Davis, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
Allen, M. F., J. N. Klironomos, K. K. Treseder, and W. C. Oechel. 2005. Responses of soil biota to elevated CO2 in a chaparral ecosystem. Ecological Applications 15:1701-1711.
Niyogi, D., H. I. Chang, V. K. Saxena, T. Holt, K. Alapaty, F. Booker, F. Chen, K. J. Davis, B. Holben, T. Matsui, T. Meyers, W. C. Oechel, R. A. Pielke, R. Wells, K. Wilson, and Y. K. Xue. 2004. Direct observations of the effects of aerosol loading on net ecosystem CO2 exchanges over different landscapes. Geophysical Research Letters 31:-.
Bruch, K. M. 2004. A Longitudinal Examination of High Performance Wireless Network Usage in an Ecological Reserve. in Southern States Communication Association 2004 Conference.
Baraldi, R., F. Rapparini, W. C. Oechel, S. J. Hastings, P. Bryant, Y. F. Cheng, and F. Miglietta. 2004. Monoterpene emission responses to elevated CO2 in a Mediterranean-type ecosystem. New Phytologist 161:17-21.
Treseder, K. K., L. M. Egerton-Warburton, M. F. Allen, Y. F. Cheng, and W. C. Oechel. 2003. Alteration of soil carbon pools and communities of mycorrhizal fungi in chaparral exposed to elevated carbon dioxide. Ecosystems 6:786-796.
Reichstein, M., A. Rey, A. Freibauer, J. Tenhunen, R. Valentini, J. Banza, P. Casals, Y. F. Cheng, J. M. Grunzweig, J. Irvine, R. Joffre, B. E. Law, D. Loustau, F. Miglietta, W. Oechel, J. M. Ourcival, J. S. Pereira, A. Peressotti, F. Ponti, Y. Qi, S. Rambal, M. Rayment, J. Romanya, F. Rossi, V. Tedeschi, G. Tirone, M. Xu, and D. Yakir. 2003. Modeling temporal and large-scale spatial variability of soil respiration from soil water availability, temperature and vegetation productivity indices. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 17:-.
Bruch, K. M., P. A. Andersen, and B. Spitzberg. 2003. Diffusion in the Borderland: A Study of the Implementation of Broadband Connectivity in an Ecological Reserve. in International Communication Association 2003 Convention.
BassiriRad, H., J. V. H. Constable, J. Lussenhop, B. A. Kimball, R. J. Norby, W. C. Oechel, P. B. Reich, W. H. Schlesinger, S. Zitzer, H. L. Sehtiya, and S. Silim. 2003. Widespread foliage delta N-15 depletion under elevated CO2: inferences for the nitrogen cycle. Global Change Biology 9:1582-1590.
Wilson, K. B., D. D. Baldocchi, M. Aubinet, P. Berbigier, C. Bernhofer, H. Dolman, E. Falge, C. Field, A. Goldstein, A. Granier, A. Grelle, T. Halldor, D. Hollinger, G. Katul, B. E. Law, A. Lindroth, T. Meyers, J. Moncrieff, R. Monson, W. Oechel, J. Tenhunen, R. Valentini, S. Verma, T. Vesala, and S. Wofsy. 2002. Energy partitioning between latent and sensible heat flux during the warm season at FLUXNET sites. Water Resources Research 38:-.
Wilson, K., A. Goldstein, E. Falge, M. Aubinet, D. Baldocchi, P. Berbigier, C. Bernhofer, R. Ceulemans, H. Dolman, C. Field, A. Grelle, A. Ibrom, B. E. Law, A. Kowalski, T. Meyers, J. Moncrieff, R. Monson, W. Oechel, J. Tenhunen, R. Valentini, and S. Verma. 2002. Energy balance closure at FLUXNET sites. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 113:223-243.
Stylinski, C. D., J. A. Gamon, and W. C. Oechel. 2002. Seasonal patterns of reflectance indices, carotenoid pigments and photosynthesis of evergreen chaparral species. Oecologia 131:366-374.
Law, B. E., E. Falge, L. Gu, D. D. Baldocchi, P. Bakwin, P. Berbigier, K. Davis, A. J. Dolman, M. Falk, J. D. Fuentes, A. Goldstein, A. Granier, A. Grelle, D. Hollinger, I. A. Janssens, P. Jarvis, N. O. Jensen, G. Katul, Y. Mahli, G. Matteucci, T. Meyers, R. Monson, W. Munger, W. Oechel, R. Olson, K. Pilegaard, K. T. Paw, H. Thorgeirsson, R. Valentini, S. Verma, T. Vesala, K. Wilson, and S. Wofsy. 2002. Environmental controls over carbon dioxide and water vapor exchange of terrestrial vegetation. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 113:97-120.
Falge, E., J. Tenhunen, D. Baldocchi, M. Aubinet, P. Bakwin, P. Berbigier, C. Bernhofer, J. M. Bonnefond, G. Burba, R. Clement, K. J. Davis, J. A. Elbers, M. Falk, A. H. Goldstein, A. Grelle, A. Granier, T. Grunwald, J. Gudmundsson, D. Hollinger, I. A. Janssens, P. Keronen, A. S. Kowalski, G. Katul, B. E. Law, Y. Malhi, T. Meyers, R. K. Monson, E. Moors, J. W. Munger, W. Oechel, K. T. P. U, K. Pilegaard, U. Rannik, C. Rebmann, A. Suyker, H. Thorgeirsson, G. Tirone, A. Turnipseed, K. Wilson, and S. Wofsy. 2002. Phase and amplitude of ecosystem carbon release and uptake potentials as derived from FLUXNET measurements. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 113:75-95.
Falge, E., D. Baldocchi, J. Tenhunen, M. Aubinet, P. Bakwin, P. Berbigier, C. Bernhofer, G. Burba, R. Clement, K. J. Davis, J. A. Elbers, A. H. Goldstein, A. Grelle, A. Granier, J. Guomundsson, D. Hollinger, A. S. Kowalski, G. Katul, B. E. Law, Y. Malhi, T. Meyers, R. K. Monson, J. W. Munger, W. Oechel, K. T. Paw, K. Pilegaard, U. Rannik, C. Rebmann, A. Suyker, R. Valentini, K. Wilson, and S. Wofsy. 2002. Seasonality of ecosystem respiration and gross primary production as derived from FLUXNET measurements. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 113:53-74.
Allen, E., J. S. Brown, and M. F. Allen. 2001. Restoration of animal, plant, and microbial diversity. Encyclopedia of Biodiveristy 5:185-202.
Baldocchi, D., E. Falge, L. H. Gu, R. Olson, D. Hollinger, S. Running, P. Anthoni, C. Bernhofer, K. Davis, R. Evans, J. Fuentes, A. Goldstein, G. Katul, B. Law, X. H. Lee, Y. Malhi, T. Meyers, W. Munger, W. Oechel, K. T. P. U, K. Pilegaard, H. P. Schmid, R. Valentini, S. Verma, T. Vesala, K. Wilson, and S. Wofsy. 2001. FLUXNET: A new tool to study the temporal and spatial variability of ecosystem-scale carbon dioxide, water vapor, and energy flux densities. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 82:2415-2434.
Sims, D. A., H. Kwon, H. Luo, W. Oechel, and J. Gamon. 2001. Partitioning the Controls on Carbon Flux Between Light Absorption and Light Use Efficiency: Insights From High Spatial and Temporal Resolution Remote Sensing. Pages 0111 in AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts.
Williams-Anderson, A. E. (2001). Effects of whole-ecosystem atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration manipulation on abundance and species diversity of arthropods in a post-fire chaparral community. Ph. D. Dissertation, University of California, Davis and San Diego State University.
Allen, M. F., and K. K. Treseder. 2000. Mycological Research News: Black Box and Missing Links: Fungi in Global Change Research. Mycological Research 104:1281-1284.
Allen, M. F., L. Egerton-Warburton, K. K. Treseder, C. Cario, A. Lindahl, J. Lansing, J. I. Querejeta, O. Karen, S. Harney, and T. Zink. 2000. Biodiversity of Mycorrhizal Fungi in Southern California. Pages 43-56 in B. E. Kus and J. L. Beyers, editors. Planning for Biodiversity: Bringing Research and Management Together, USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-195. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, CA.
Allen, M. 2000. Mycorrhizae. Pages 328-336 in M. Alexander, editor. Encyclopedia of Microbiology. Academic Press, New York, NY.
Allen, E. B., A. G. Sirulnik, L. Egerton-Warburton, S. N. Kee, A. Bytnerowicz, P. E. Padgett, P. J. Temple, M. E. Fenn, M. A. Poth, and T. Meixner. 2000. Air pollution and vegetation change in Southern California coastal sage scrub: a comparison with chaparral and coniferous forest. Pages 79-106 in B. E. Kus and J. L. Beyers, editors. Planning for Biodiversity: Bringing Research and Management Together, USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-195. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, CA.
Hinkson, C. 2000. N dynamics of oaks under elevated CO2. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California Davis, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
Stylinski, C. D., W. C. Oechel, J. A. Gamon, D. T. Tissue, F. Miglietta, and A. Raschi. 2000. Effects of lifelong CO2 enrichment on carboxylation and light utilization of Quercus pubescens Willd. examined with gas exchange, biochemistry and optical techniques. Plant Cell and Environment 23:1353-1362.
Treseder, K. K., and M. F. Allen. 2000. Mycorrhizal fungi have a potential role in soil carbon storage under elevated CO2 and nitrogen deposition. New Phytologist 147:189-200.
Stylinski, C. D., and E. B. Allen. 1999. Lack of native species recovery following severe exotic disturbance in southern California shrublands. Journal of Applied Ecology 36:1-12.
Rillig, M., S. F. Wright, M. F. Allen, and C. B. Field. 1999. Rise in carbon dioxide changes soil structure. Nature 400:628.
Moreno, J. M., A. Cruz, and W. C. Oechel. 1999. Allometric relationships in two lignotuberous species from Mediterranean-type climates areas of Spain and California. Journal of Mediterranean Ecology 1:49-60.
Allen, M., J. M. Trappe, and T. R. Horton. 1999. Nats Truffle and Truffle-like Fungi 8: Rhizopogon Mengei Sp. Nov. (Boletaceae, Basidiomycota). Mycotaxon 70:149-152.
Allen, M., L. M. Egerton-Warburton, E. B. Allen, and O. Karen. 1999. Mycorrhizae in Adenostoma fasciculatum Hook. & Arn.: a combination of unusual ecto- and endo- forms. Mycorrhiza 8:225-228.
Roberts, S. W., W. C. Oechel, P. J. Bryant, S. J. Hastings, J. Major, and V. Nosov. 1998. A field fumigation system for elevated carbon dioxide exposure in chaparral shrubs. Functional Ecology 12:708-719.
Rillig, M. C., and M. F. Allen. 1998. Arbuscular mycorrhizae of Gutierrezia sarothrae and elevated carbon dioxide: evidence for shifts in C allocation to and within the mycobiont. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 30:2001-2008.
Chung, T., N. Sionit, and J. D. Tenhunen. 1998. Sky Oaks Biological Field Station: Weather Data Summaries III. Noon Time Radiation, Temperature, Relative Humidity and Vapor Pressure Deficit. SDSU College ofo Sciences, Systems Ecology Research Group, San Diego, CA.
Chung, T., N. Sionit, and J. D. Tenhunen. 1998. Sky Oaks Biological Field Station Weather Data Summaries I. Precipitation, Temperature, Relative Humidity, Solar Radiation, and Wind Speed. SDSU, College of Sciences, Systems Ecology Research Group, San Diego, CA.
Chung, T., N. Sionit, and J. D. Tenhunen. 1998. Sky Oaks Biological Field Station Weather Data Summaries : II. Soil and Air Temperatures. SDSU, College of Sciences, Systems Ecology Research Group, San Diego, CA.
Allen, E. B., J. Cannon, and M. F. Allen. 1998. Controls for rhizosphere microorganisms to study effects of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae on Artemisia tridentata. Mycorrhiza 2:147-152.
Waelbroeck, C., P. Monfray, W. C. Oechel, S. Hastings, and G. Vourlitis. 1997. The impact of permafrost thawing on the carbon dynamics of tundra. Geophysical Research Letters 24:229-232.
Vourlitis, G. L., and W. C. Oechel. 1997. Landscape-scale CO2, H2O vapour and energy flux of moist-wet coastal tundra ecosystems over two growing seasons. Journal of Ecology 85:575-590.
Rillig, M., K. M. Scow, J. N. Klironomos, and M. F. Allen. 1997. Microbial Carbon-substrate Utilization in the Rhizosphere of Gutierrezia Sarothrae Grown in elevated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 29:1387-1394.
Rillig, M. 1997. Influence of elevated CO2 on mycorrhizae of Mediterranean-type ecosystems. University of California Davis, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
Morris, S. J., T. Zink, K. Conners, and M. F. Allen. 1997. Comparison between fluorescein diacetate and differential fluorescent staining procedures for determining fungal biomass in biomass in soils. Applied Soil Ecology 6:161-167.
Moreno, J. M., and W. C. Oechel, editors. 1997. Global Change in Mediterranean-type Ecosystems. Springer-Verlag, New York, NY.
Fisher, R. N., and T. J. Case. 1997. A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Coastal Southern California. Lazer Touch, San Mateo, CA.
Allen, M. F., J. N. Klironomos, and S. Harney. 1997. The Epidemiology of Mycorrhizal Fungal Infection During Succession. Pages 169-183 in Carroll and Tudzynski, editors. The Mycota V: Part B Plant Relationships. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg.
Weinbaum, B. S., M. F. Allen, and E. B. Allen. 1996. Survival of arbusular mycorrhizal fungi following reciprocal transplanting across the Great Basin, USA. Ecological Applications 6:1365-1372.
Langsford, D. H. 1996. Temporal and Spatial Variability of Seed Weight, Water Relations, and Carbon Translocation in Ceanothus Shrubs of the California Chaparral. University of California Davis, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.
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Hinkson, C. 1996. Effects of global change on nutrient relations of Quercus agrifolia. San Diego State University, San Diego.
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