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  1. Abrahams AD; Gao P. 2006. A bed-load transport model for rough turbulent open-channel flows on plane beds.  Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 31:910-928.
  2. Alvarez L; Epstein HE; Li J; Okin GS. 2011. Spatial patterns of grasses and shrubs in an arid grassland environment. Ecosphere 2:art103, doi:10.1890/ES11-00104.1.
  3. Alvarez L; Epstein HE; Li J; Okin GS. 2012. Aeolian process effects on vegetation communities in an arid grassland ecosystem. Ecology and Evolution (in press).
  4. Archer SR; Predick KI. 2008. Climate change and ecosystems of the Southwestern US. Rangelands 28:23-28.
  5. Barger NN; Archer SR; Campbell JL; Huang CH; Morton J; Knapp AK. 2011. Woody plant proliferation in North American drylands: a synthesis of impacts on ecosystem carbon balance. Journal Geophysical Research 116:G00K07, doi:10.1029/2010JG001506.
  6. Barnes PW; Throop HL; Hewins DB; Abbene ML; Archer SR. 2012. Soil coverage reduces photodegradation and promotes the development of soil-microbial films on dryland leaf litter. Ecosystems doi:10.1007/s10021-011-9511-1.
  7. Beever EA; Swihart RK; Bestelmeyer BT. 2006. Linking the concept of scale to studies of biological diversity: evolving approaches and tools. Diversity and Distributions 12:229-235.
  8. Beltran-Przekurat A; Pielke RA, Sr; Peters DPC; Snyder KA; Rango A. 2008. Modeling the effects of historical vegetation change on near-surface atmosphere in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 72:1897-1910.
  9. Bestelmeyer BT. 2006. Threshold concepts and their use in rangeland management and restoration: The good, the bad, and the insidious.  Restoration Ecology 14: 325-329.
  10. Bestelmeyer BT, Ellison AM, Fraser WR, Gorman KB, Holbrook SJ, Laney CM, Ohman MD, Peters DPC, Pillsbury FC, Rassweiler A, Schmitt RJ and Sharma S. 2011. Analysis of abrupt transitions in ecological systems. Ecosphere 2:art129, doi:10.1890/ES11-00216.1.
  11. Bestelmeyer BT; Goolsby DP; Archer SR. 2011. Spatial perspectives in state-and-transition models: A missing link to land management? Journal of Applied Ecology 48:746-757.
  12. Bestelmeyer BT; Khalil NI; Peters DPC. 2007. Does shrub invasion indirectly limit grass establishment via seedling herbivory? A test at grassland-shrubland ecotones. Journal of Vegetation Science 18:363-370.
  13. Bestelmeyer BT; Moseley K; Shaver P; Sanchez H; Briske DD; Fernandez-Gimenez M. 2010. Practical advice for developing state-and-transition models. Rangelands 32:23-30.
  14. Bestelmeyer BT; Ward JP; Havstad KM. 2006. Soil-geomorphic heterogeneity governs patchy vegetation dynamics at an arid Ecotone. Ecology 87:963-973.
  15. Bestelmeyer BT; Ward JP; Herrick JE; Tugel AJ. 2006. Fragmentation effects on soil aggregate stability in a patchy arid grassland. Rangeland Ecology and Management 59:406-415.
  16. Bestelmeyer BT; Tugel AJ; Peacock GL, Jr; Robinett DG; Shaver PL; Brown JR; Herrick JE; Sanchez H; Havstad KM. 2009. State-and-transition models for heterogeneous landscapes: A strategy for development and application. Rangeland Ecology and Management 62:1-15.
  17. Bestelmeyer BT; Trujillo D; Tugel A; Havstad KM. 2006. A multi-scale classification of vegetation dynamics in arid lands: what is the right scale for models, monitoring, and restoration? Journal of Arid Environments 65: 296-318.
  18. Bird SB; Herrick JE; Wander MM; Murray L. 2007. Multi-scale variability in soil aggregate stability: implications for understanding semiarid grassland degradation.  Geoderma 140:106-118.
  19. Bowker GE; Gillette DA; Bergametti G; Marticorena B; Heist DK. 2007. Sand flux simulations at a small scale over a heterogeneous mesquite area of the northern Chihuahuan Desert. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 46: 1410-1422.
  20. Bowker GE; Gillette DA; Bergametti G; Marticorena B. 2006. Modeling flow patterns in a small vegetated area in the northern Chihuahuan Desert using QUIC (Quick Urban & Industrial Complex). Environmental Fluid Mechanics 6:359-384.
  21. Brazier RE; Parsons AJ; Wainwright J;Powell DM; Schlesinger WH. 2007. Upscaling understanding of nutrient dynamics associated with overland flow in semi-arid environments. Biogeochemistry 82:265-278
  22. Briske DD; Bestelmeyer BT; Stringham TK; Shaver PL. 2008. Recommendations for development of resilience-based state-and-transition models. Rangeland Ecology and Management 61:359-367.
  23. Brown JR; Bestelmeyer BT. 2008. Resolving critical issues for the development of ecological site descriptions: Summary of a symposium. Rangelands 30:16-18.
  24. Browning DM; Archer SR; Byrne AT. 2009. Field validation of 1930s aerial photography: How much are we missing? Journal of Arid Environments 73:844-853.
  25. Browning DM; Duniway MC. 2011.  Digital soil mapping in the absence of field training data: A case study using terrain attributes and semiautomated soil signature derivation to distinguish ecological potential. Applied and Environmental Soil Science 2011: article ID 421904, doi:10.1155/2011/421904.
  26. Browning DM; Duniway MC; Laliberte AS; Rango A. 2012. Hierarchical analysis of vegetation dynamics over 71 years: soil-rainfall interactions in a Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem. Ecological Applications (in press).
  27. Browning DM; Laliberte AS; Rango A. 2011. Temporal dynamics of shrub proliferation: linking shrub patches to landscapes. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 25:913-920.
  28. Buenemann M; Wright J. 2010. Southwest Transformation: Eras of Growth and Land Change in Las Cruces, New Mexico.  Southwestern Geographer 14:57-87.
  29. Carpenter SR, Armbrust EV, Arzberger PW, Chapin III FS, Elser JJ, Hackett EJ, Ives AR, Kareiva PM, Leibold MA, Lundberg P, Mangel M, Merchant N, Murdoch WW, Palmer MA, Peters DPC, Pickett STA, Smith KK, Wall DH, and Zimmerman AS. 2009. Accelerate synthesis in ecology and environmental sciences. BioSciences 59:699-701.
  30. Chapin, FS; Woodwell, GM; Randerson, JT; Rastetter, EB; Lovett, GM; Baldocchi, DD; Clark, DA; Harmon, ME; Schimel, DS; Valentini, R; Wirth, C; Aber, JD; Cole, JJ; Goulden, ML; Harden, JW; Heimann, M; Howarth, RW; Matson, PA; McGuire, AD; Melillo, JM; Moon. 2006. Reconciling carbon-cycle concepts, terminology, and methods. Ecosystems 9:1041-1050.
  31. Chopping M; Su L; Laliberte A; Rango A; Peters DPC; Kollikkathara N. 2006.  Mapping shrub abundance in desert grasslands using geometric-optical modeling and multi-angle remote sensing with CHRIS/Proba. Remote Sensing of Environment 104:62-73.
  32. Chopping MJ; Su L; Laliberte AS; Rango A; Peters DPC; Martonchik JV. 2006.  Mapping wood plant cover on desert grasslands using canopy reflectance modeling and MISR data. Geophysical Research Letters 33: L17402, doi:10.1029/2006GL027148.
  33. Chopping M; Su L; Rango A; Martonchik JV; Peters DPC; Laliberte A. 2008. Remote sensing of woody shrub cover in desert grasslands using MISR with a geometric-optical canopy reflectance model. Remote Sensing of Environment 112:19-34.
  34. Chopping M; Moisen GG; Su L; Laliberte A; Rango A; Martonchik JV; Peters DPC. 2008. Large area mapping of southwestern forest crown cover, canopy height, and biomass using the NASA Multiangle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer. Remote Sensing of Environment 112: 2051-2063.
  35. Cipriotti PA; Flombaum P; Sala OE; Aguiar M. 2008. Does drought control emergence and survival of grass seedlings in semi-arid rangelands? An example with a Patagonian species. Journal of Arid Environments 72: 161-174.
  36. Craine JM; Jackson RD. 2009. Plant nitrogen and phosphorus limitation in 98 North American grassland soils. Plant and Soil 334:73-84.
  37. Crisci JV; Sala OE; Katinas L; Posadas P. 2006. Bridging historical and ecological approaches in biogeography. Australian Systematic Botany 19:1-10.
  38. Darby BJ; Housman DC; Zaki AM; Shamout Y; Adl SM; Belnap J; Neher DA. 2006. Effects of altered temperature and precipitation on desert protozoa associated with biological soil crusts.  Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 53:507-514.
  39. D’Odorico P; Caylor KK; Okin GS; Scanlon TM. 2007. On soil moisture-vegetation feedbacks and their possible effects on the dynamics of dryland ecosystems. Journal of Geophysical Research 112: G04010, doi:10.1029/2006JG000379.
  40. D’Odorico P; Okin GS; Bestelmeyer BT. 2012. A synthetic review of feedbacks and drivers of shrub encroachment in arid grasslands. Ecohydrology doi:10.1002/eco.259.
  41. Damdinsuren B; Herrick JE; Pyke DA; Bestelmeyer BT; Havstad KM. 2008. Is rangeland health relevant to Mongolia? Rangelands 30:25-29.
  42. Diekmann L; Lawrence D; Okin GS. 2007. Changes in the spatial variation of soil properties following shifting cultivation in a mexican dry tropical forest. Biogeochemistry 84:99-113.
  43. Dobson A; Lodge D; Alder J; Cumming GS; Keymer J; McGlade J; Mooney H; Rusak JA; Sala OE; Wolters V; Wall D; Winfree R; Xenopoulos MA. 2006. Habitat loss, trophic collapse, and the decline of ecosystem services. Ecology 87:1915-1924.
  44. Drewa PB; Peters DPC; Havstad KM. 2006. Population and clonal level responses of a perennial grass following fire in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. Oecologia 150:29-39.
  45. Duniway MC; Bestelmeyer B; Tugel A. 2010. Soil processes and properties that distinguish ecological sites and states. Rangelands 32:9-15.
  46. Duniway MC; Herrick JE.  2011.  Disentangling road network impacts: the need for a holistic approach. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 66:31A-36A.
  47. Duniway MC; Herrick JE; Monger HC. 2007. The high water-holding capacity of petrocalcic horizons. Soil Science Society of American Journal 71:812-819.
  48. Duniway MC; Snyder KA; Herrick JE. 2010. Spatial and temporal patterns of water availability in a grass-shrub ecotone and implications for grassland recovery in arid environments. Ecohydrology 3:55-67.
  49. Duniway MC; Herrick JE; Monger HC. 2010. Spatial and temporal variability of plant-available water in calcium carbonate-cemented soils and consequences for arid ecosystem resilience. Oecologia 163:215-226
  50. Duniway MC; Herrick JE; Pyke DA; Toledo DP. 2010. Assessing transportation infrastructure impacts on rangelands: test of a standard rangeland protocol. Rangeland Ecology and Management 63:524-536.
  51. Duniway MC; Herrick JE.  2011.  Disentangling road network impacts: the need for a holistic approach. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 66:31A-36A
  52. Duniway MC; Karl J; Shrader S; Baquera N; Herrick JE. 2011. Rangeland and pasture monitoring: an approach to interpretation of high-resolution imagery focused on observer calibration for repeatability. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment doi:10.1007/s10661-011-2224-2.
  53. Duniway MC; Snyder KA; Herrick JE. 2010. Spatial and temporal patterns of water availability in a grass-shrub ecotone and implications for grassland recovery in arid environments. Ecohydrology 3:55-67.
  54. Duval BD; Whitford WG. 2008. Resource regulation by a twig-girdling beetle has implications for desertification. Ecological Entomology 33:161-166.
  55. Eldridge DJ; Whitford WG. 2009. Soil disturbance by native animals along grazing gradients in an arid grassland. Journal of Arid Environments 73:1144-48.
  56. Eldridge DJ; Whitford WG; Duval BD. 2009. Animal disturbances promote shrub maintenance in a desertified grassland. Journal of Ecology 97:1302-1310.
  57. Elmore AJ; Kaste JM; Okin GS; Fantle MS. 2008.  Groundwater influences on atmospheric dust generation in deserts. Journal of Arid Environments 72:1753-1765. 
  58. Estell RE; Fredrickson EL; Anderson DM; Remmenga MD. 2008. Effects of cis-²-ocimene, cis-sabinene hydrate, and monoterpene and sesquiterpene mixtures on alfalfa pellet intake by lambs. Journal of Animal Science 86:1478-1484.
  59. Estes LD; Okin GS; Mwangi AG; Shugart HH. 2008. Identifying a large forest herbivore’s habitat:  A multi-scale approach combining field data and imagery from four sensors. Remote Sensing of Environment 112:2033-2050.
  60. Field JP; Belnap J; Breshears DD; Neff JC; Okin GS; Whicker JJ; Painter TH; Ravi S; Reheis MC; Reynolds RL. 2011. The ecology of dust. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 8:423-430.
  61. Flombaum P; Sala OE. 2007. A non-destructive and rapid method to estimate biomass and aboveground net primary production in arid environments.  Journal of Arid Environments 69:352-358.
  62. Flombaum P; Sala OE. 2009. Cover is a good predicator of aboveground biomass in arid systems.  Journal of Arid Environments 73:597-598.
  63. Flombaum P; Sala OE. 2008. Higher effect of plant species diversity on productivity in natural than artificial ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105:6087-6090.
  64. Fredrickson EL; Estell RE; Remmenga MD. 2007. Volatile compounds on the leaf surface of intact and regrowth tarbush (Flourensia cernua DC) canopies. Journal of Chemical Ecology 33:1867-1875.
  65. Gillette DA; Herrick JE; Herbert GA. 2006. Wind characteristics of mesquite streets in the northern Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico, USA. Wind Environmental Fluid Mechanics 6:241-275.
  66. Godínez-Alvarez H; Herrick JE; Mattocks M; Toledo D; Van Zee J. 2009. Comparison of three vegetation monitoring methods: their relative utility for ecological assessment and monitoring. Ecological Indicators 9: 1001-1008.
  67. Gu J; Li X; Huang C; Okin GS. 2009. A simplified data assimilation method for reconstructing time-series MODIS NDVI data. Advances in Space Research 44:501-509.
  68. Gustanski JA; Wright JB. 2011. Exploring Net Benefit Maximization: Conservation Easements and the Public-Private Interface. Law and Contemporary Problems 74:109-143.
  69. Gutschick VP. 2007. Plant acclimation to elevated CO2 - from simple regularities to biogeographic chaos. Ecological Modelling 200:433-451.
  70. Grimm NB; Foster D; Groffman PM; Grove JM; Hopkinson CS; Nadelhoffer K, Pataki DE; Peters DPC. 2008. Land change: ecosystem responses to urbanization and pollution across climatic and societal gradients.  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5:264-272.
  71. Gutiérrez-Jurado HA; Vivoni ER; Istanbulluoglu E; Bras RL. 2007. Ecohydrological Response to a Geomorphically Significant Flood Event in a Semiarid Catchment with Contrasting Ecosystems. Geophysical Research Letters 34:L24S25, doi:10.1029/2007GL030994.
  72. Han G; Herrick JE; Bestelmeyer BT; Pyke DA; Shaver P; Hong M; Pellant M; Busby F; Havstad KM. 2010. Learning Indicators of Rangeland Health: Lessons from an International Workshop in Inner Mongolia, China. Rangelands 32:2-9.
  73. Havstad KM. 2010. Essays of a Peripheral Mind: Invasions of the landscape snatchers. Rangelands 32:52.
  74. Havstad KM. 2010. Essays of a peripheral mind: Wyatt Earp, T. rex, and other dinosaurs. Rangelands 31:39-40.
  75. Havstad KM; James DK. 2010.  Prescribed burning to affect a state transition in a shrub-encroached desert grassland. Journal of Arid Environments 74:1324-1328
  76. Havstad KM; Peters DPC; Skaggs R; Brown JR; Bestelmeyer BT; Fredrickson E; Herrick JE; Wright J. 2007. Ecosystem services to and from rangelands of the western US. Ecological Economics 64:261-268.
  77. Herrick JE; Bestelmeyer BT; Crossland K. 2008. Simplifying ecological site verification, rangeland health assessments, and monitoring. Rangelands 30:24-26.
  78. Herrick JE; Garcia-Moya M; Willms W; Bestelmeyer BT; Sundt P; Barnes WS. 2006. Arid rangeland monitoring in North America. Sécheresse 17:1-7.
  79. Herrick JE; Lessard VC; Spaeth KE; Shaver PL; Dayton RS; Pyke DA; Jolley L; Goebel JJ. 2010. National ecosystem assessments supported by local and scientific knowledge. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 8:403–408.
  80. Herrick JE; Sarukhan J. 2007. A strategy for ecology in an era of globalization. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5:172-181.
  81. Herrick, JE; Schuman GE; Rango, A. 2006. Monitoring ecological processes for restoration projects. Journal for Nature Conservation 14:161-171.
  82. Howes DA; Abrahams AD; Pitman EB. 2006. One- and two-dimensional modelling of overland flow in semiarid shrubland, Jornada basin, New Mexico. Hydrological Processes 20:1027-1046.
  83. Hu SX; Abrahams AD. 2006.  Partitioning resistance to overland flow on rough mobile beds. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 31:1280-1291.
  84. James AI; Edridge DJ; Koen TB; Whitford WG.  2008.  Landscape position moderates how ant nests affect hydrology and soil chemsitry across a Chihuahuan Desert watershed. Landscape Ecology 23:961-975.
  85. Karl J; Laliberte AS; Rango A.  2010.  Spatial dependence of predictions from image segmentation: a methods to determine appropriate scales for producing land-management information. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, and Spatial Information Sciences Vol. XXXVIII-4/C7.
  86. Kerley GIH; Whitford WG. 2009. Can kangaroo rat graminivory contribute to the persistence of desertified shrublands? Journal of Arid Environments 73:651–657.
  87. Knapp AK; Briggs JM; Collins SL; Archer SR; Bret-Harte MS; Ewers BE; Peters DPC; Young DR; Shaver GR; Pendall E; Cleary MB. 2008. Shrub encroachment in North American grasslands: shifts in growth form dominance rapidly alter control of ecosystem carbon inputs.  Global Change Biology 14:615-623.
  88. Kraimer RA; Monger HC. 2009. Carbon isotopic subsets of soil carbonate─a particle-size comparison of limestone and igneous parent materials. Geoderma 150:1-9.
  89. Laliberte AS; Browning DM; Herrick JE; Gronemeyer P. 2010. Hierarchical object-based classification of ultra high resolution digital mapping camera (DMC) imagery for rangeland mapping and assessment. Journal of Spatial Science 55:101-115.
  90. Laliberte AS; Browning DM; Rango A. 2012. A comparison of three feature selection methods for object-based classification of sub-decimeter resolution UltraCam-L imagery. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 15:70-78.
  91. Laliberte AS; Fredrickson EL; Rango A. 2007. Combining decision trees with hierarchical object-oriented image analysis for mapping arid rangelands. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 73:197-207.
  92. Laliberte AS; Goforth MA; Steele CM; Rango A.  2011.  Multispectral remote sensing from unmanned aircraft: image processing workflows and applications for rangeland environments. Remote Sensing 3:2529-2551.
  93. Laliberte AS; Herrick JE; Rango A. 2010. Acquisition, orthorectification, and object-based classification of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery for rangeland monitoring. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 76:661-772.
  94. Laliberte AS; Rango A. 2009. Texture and scale in object-based analysis of sub-decimeter resolution unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Special Issue on UAV Sensing Systems in Earth Observation 47:761-770.
  95. Laliberte AS; Rango A. 2011. Image processing and classification procedures for analysis of sub-decimeter imagery acquired with an unmanned aircraft over arid rangelands. GIScience & Remote Sensing 48:4-23.
  96. Laliberte AS; Rango A; Herrick JE; Fredrickson EL; Burkett L. 2007. An object-based image analysis approach for determining fractional cover of senescent and green vegetation with digital plot photography. Journal of Arid Environments 69:1-14.
  97. Laliberte AS; Winters C; Rango A. 2011. UAS remote sensing missions for rangeland applications. Geocarto International 26:141-156.
  98. Lee H; Rahn T; Throop HL. 2012.  An accounting of C-based trace gas release during abiotic plant litter degradation. Global Change Biology  doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02579.x.
  99. Li J; Okin GS; Alvarez L; Epstein HE. 2008. Effects of wind erosion on the spatial heterogeneity of soil nutrients in two desert grassland communities. Biogeochemistry 88:73-88.
  100. Li J; Okin GS; Alvarez LJ; Epstein HE. 2009. Sediment deposition and soil nutrient heterogeneity in two desert grassland ecosystems, southern New Mexico. Plant and Soil 319:67-84.
  101. Li J; Okin GS; Epstein HE. 2009. Effects of enhanced wind erosion on surface soil texture and characteristics of windblown sediments. Journal of Geophysical Research 114, G0200, doi:10.1029/2008JG000903.
  102. Li J; Okin GS; Hartman LJ; Epstein HE. 2007. Quantitative assessment of wind erosion and soil nutrient loss in desert grasslands of southern New Mexico, USA. Biogeochemistry 85:317-332.
  103. Li J; Okin GS; Herrick JE; Munson SM; Miller ME; Belnap J.  2010.  A simple method to estimate threshold friction velocity in the field. Geophysical Research Letters 37:1-5.
  104. Lightfoot DC; Brantley SL; Allen CD. 2008. Geographic patterns of ground-dwelling arthropods across an ecoregional transition in the North American Southwest.  Western North American Naturalist 68: 83-102.
  105. Liu X; Monger HC; Whitford WC. 2007. Calcium carbonate in termite galleries: biomineralization or upward transport? Biogeochemistry 82: 241-250.
  106. Lucero ME; Estell RE; Tellez M; Fredrickson EL. 2009. A retention index calculator simplifies identification of plant volatile organic compounds. Phytochemical Analyses 20:378-384.
  107. Lucero ME; Estell RE; Fredrickson EL. 2010. Composition of Ceanothus gregii oil as determined by steam distillation and solid-phase microextraction. Journal of Essential Oil Research 22:140-142.
  108. Mahowald N; Jickells TD; BakerAR; Artaxo P; Benitez-Nelson CR; Bergametti G; Bond TC; Chen Y; Cohen DD; Herut B; Kubilay N; Losno R; Luo C; Maenhaut W; McGee KA; Okin GS; Siefert RL; Tsukuda S. 2008. The global distribution of atmospheric phosphorus deposition and anthropogenic impacts. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 22:GB4026, doi:10.1029/2008GB003240.
  109. Mandujano MC; Golubov J; Huenneke LF. 2007. Effect of reproductive modes and environmental heterogeneity in the population dynamics of a geographically widespread clonal desert cactus.  Population Ecology 49:141-153.
  110. Marshall JD; Blair JM; Peters DPC; Okin GS; Rango A; Williams M. 2008. Predicting and understanding ecosystem responses to climate change at continental scales. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 6:273-280.
  111. McGlynn IO; Okin GS. 2006. Characterization of shrub distribution using high spatial resolution remote sensing: ecosystem implications for a former Chihuahuan Desert grassland. Remote Sensing of Environment 101:554-566.
  112. Michaelides K; Lister D; Wainwright J; Parsons AJ. 2009. Vegetation controls on small-scale runoff and erosion dynamics in a degrading dryland environment. Hydrological Processes 23:1617-1630.
  113. Monger HC; Cole DR; Buck BJ; Gallegos RA. 2009. Scale and the isotopic record of C4 plants in pedogenic carbonate: from the biome to the rhizosphere. Ecology 90:1498-1511.
  114. Moran MS; Peters DPC; McClaran M; Nichols MH; Adams M. 2008. Long-term data collection at USDA experimental sites for studies of ecohydrology. Ecohydrology 1:377-393.
  115. Mueller EN; Wainwright J; Parsons AJ. 2007. The impact of connectivity on the modelling of overland flow within semiarid shrubland environments. Water Resources Research 43: W09412, doi:10.1029/2006WR005006.
  116. Mueller EN; Wainwright J; Parsons AJ. 2007. The stability of vegetation boundaries and the propagation of desertification in the American Southwest. Ecological Modelling 208: 91-101.
  117. Mueller EN; Wainwright J; Parsons AJ.  2008. Spatial variability of soil and nutrient characteristics of semi-arid grasslands and shrublands, Jornada Basin, New Mexico. Ecohydrology 1:3-12.
  118. Munson S; Belnap J; Okin GS. 2011. Responses of wind erosion to climate-induced vegetation changes on the Colorado Plateau. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108:3854-3859.
  119. Myint SW; Okin GS. 2009. Modelling land-cover types using multiple endmember spectral mixture analysis in a desert city. International Journal of Remote Sensing 30:2237-2257.
  120. Myint SW; Brazel AJ; Okin GS; Buyantuyev A. 2010. Combined effects of impervious surface and vegetation cover on air temperature variations in a rapidly expanding desert city. GIScience & Remote Sensing 47:301-320.
  121. Northcott J; Andersen MC; Roemer GW; Fredrickson EL; Demers M; Truett J; Ford P. 2008. Spatial analysis of effects of mowing and burning on colony expansion in reintroduced black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus). Restoration Ecology 16:495-502.
  122. Okin GS. 2007. Relative spectral mixture analysis: A multitemporal index of total vegetation cover. Remote Sensing of Environment 106:467-479.
  123. Okin GS. 2008. A new model of wind erosion in the presence of vegetation. Journal of Geophysical Research 113: F02S10, doi:10.1029/2007JF000758.
  124. Okin GS. 2010. The contribution of brown vegetation to vegetation dynamics. Ecology 91:743-755.
  125. Okin GS; Baker AR; Tegen I; Mahowald NM; Dentener FJ; Duce RA; Galloway JN; Hunter KA; Kanakidou M; Kubilay N; Prospero NM; Sarin MM; Surapipith V; Uematsu M; Zhuo T. 2011. Impacts of atmospheric nutrient deposition on marine productivity: Roles of nitrogen, phosphorus, and iron. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 25:GB2022, doi:10.1029/2010GB003858.
  126. Okin GS; Bullard JE; Reynolds RL; Ballantine JAC; Schepanski K; Todd MC; Belnap J; Baddock MC; Gill TE; Miller ME. 2011. Dust: Small-scale processes with global consequences. EOS Transactions of the AGU 92:241–242.
  127. Okin GS; D’Odorico P; Archer SR. 2009. Impacts of feedbacks on Chihuahuan Desert grasslands: transience and metastability driven by grass recruitment. Journal of Geophysical Research 114:G01004, doi:10.1029/2008JG000833.
  128. Okin GS; Herrick JE; Gillette DA. 2006. Multiscale controls on and consequences of aeolian processes in landscape change in arid and semiarid environments. Journal of Arid Environments 65:253-275.
  129. Okin GS; Mladenov N; Wang L; Cassel D; Caylor KK; Ringrose S; Macko SA. 2008. Spatial patterns of soil nutrients in two southern African savannas. Journal of Geophysical Research 113: G02011, doi:10.1029/2007JG000584.
  130. Okin GS; Parsons AJ; Wainwright J; Herrick JE; Bestelmeyer BT; Peters DPC; Fredrickson EL. 2009. Does connectivity explain desertification? BioScience 59:237-244.
  131. Parton WJ; Silver WL; Burke IC; Grassens L; Harmon ME; Currie WS; King JY; Adair EC; Brandt LA; Hart SC; Fasth B. 2007. Global-scale similarities in nitrogen release patterns during long-term decomposition. Science 315:361-364.
  132. Peinetti HR; Fredrickson EL; Peters DPC; Cibils AF; Roacho-Estrada JO; Laliberte A. 2011.  Foraging behavior of heritage versus recently introduced herbivores on desert landscapes of the American Southwest. Ecosphere 2:art57, doi:10.1890/ES11-00021.1.
  133. Peters DPC. 2010. Accessible ecology: synthesis of the long, deep, and broad. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 25: 592-601.
  134. Peters DPC; Bestelmeyer BT; Herrick JE; Fredrickson EL; Monger HC; Havstad KM. 2006. Disentangling complex landscapes: New insights into arid and semiarid system dynamics. BioScience 56:491-501.
  135. Peters DPC; Bestelmeyer BT; Turner MG. 2007. Cross-scale interactions and changing pattern-process relationships: consequences for system dynamics. Ecosystems 10:790-796.
  136. Peters DPC; Groffman PM; Nadelhoffer KJ; Grimm NB; Collins SL; Michener WK; Huston MA. 2008. Living in an increasingly connected world: a framework for continental-scale environmental science. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5:229-237.
  137. Peters DPC, Herrick JE, Monger HC, Huang H. 2010. Soil-vegetation-climate interactions in arid landscapes: effects of the North American monsoon on grass recruitment. Journal of Arid Environments 74:618-623.
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BOOKS

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THESES AND DISSERTATIONS

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  2. Coffman JM. 2011. Breeding bird responses to 30 years of grassland restoration on southern New Mexico public lands. M.S. Thesis, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA.
  3. Cruz J. 2008. Bioclimatic changes recorded in Holocene soils at the Jornada Basin LTER site and Lincoln National Forest, southern New Mexico. M.S. Thesis, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA.
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  6. Hansen NK. 2008. Patterns of soil and vegetation change associated with grassland-shrubland transitions: a case study. M.S. Thesis, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA.
  7. Hestir KL. 2011.  Land cover classification and change detection in drylands: an evaluation of remote sensing approaches. M.S. Thesis. New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.
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  9. Muller EN. 2007. Scaling approaches to the modeling of water, sediment, and nutrient fluxes within semi-arid landscapes, Jornada Basin, New Mexico. Ph.D. Thesis. Logos Verlag, Berlin. 271pp. ISBN 978-3-8325-1754-0.
  10. Reichmann LG. 2011. Precipitation legacies on the functioning of arid ecosystems: biogeochemical and meristem density controls. Ph.D. Thesis, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
  11. Riggs J. 2008. Experiments with methods for particle size analysis of gypsic soils. M.S. Thesis, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA.
  12. Roacho-Estrada JO. 2008. Habitat use by Mexican Criollo cattle vs British breeds in common environments of New Mexico and Chihuahua. M.S. Thesis, Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua, Mexico.
  13. Slutz S. 2010. Trends in New Mexico agriculture. M.S. Thesis, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM, USA.
  14. Templeton RC. 2011. Insights on seasonal fluxes in a desert shrubland watershed from a distributed sensor network. M.S. Thesis. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
  15. Valverde-Saenz SI. 2008. Age at puberty in beef heifers: Criollo cattle versus British crossbred cattle. M.S. Thesis. New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA.
  16. Weems SL. 2007. Geomorphic-banded vegetation relationships in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. MS Thesis, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA.

 

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