Publications arising from research in deserts of North America, South America, and Australia

Over the past four decades, we have published on the ecology and ecophysiology of desert plants in both North America, South America, and Australia. Below are links to those publications. PDFs of these articles can be accessed at the publications base page using the publication number.

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(9) Björkman, O., H. A. Mooney, and J. Ehleringer. 1975. Comparison of photosynthetic characteristics of intact plants. Carnegie Institution of Washington Yearbook 74:743-748.
 
(11) Ehleringer, J., O. Björkman, and H. A. Mooney. 1976. Leaf pubescence: effects on absorptance and photosynthesis in a desert shrub. Science 192:376-377.
 
(14) Mooney, H. A., J. Ehleringer, and J. A. Berry. 1976. High photosynthetic capacity of a winter annual in Death Valley. Science 194:322-324.
 
(15) Mooney, H. A., O. Björkman, J. Ehleringer, and J. A. Berry. 1976. Photosynthetic capacity of in situ Death Valley plants. Carnegie Institution of Washington Yearbook 75:410-413.
 
(17) Mooney, H. A., J. Ehleringer, and O. Björkman. 1977. The energy balance of leaves of the evergreen desert shrub Atriplex hymenelytra. Oecologia 29:301-310.
 
(18) Ehleringer, J. 1977. Adaptive value of leaf hairs to Encelia farinosa. Carnegie Institution of Washington Yearbook 76:367-369.
 
(19) Ehleringer, J. 1977. The adaptive significance of leaf hairs in a desert shrub. Ph.D. Thesis, Stanford University. 128 p.
 
(21) Ehleringer, J., and O. Björkman. 1978. Pubescence and leaf spectral characteristics in a desert shrub, Encelia farinosa. Oecologia 36:151-162.
 
(22) Ehleringer, J., and H. A. Mooney. 1978. Leaf hairs: effects on physiological activity and adaptive value to a desert shrub. Oecologia 37:183-200.
 
(23) Ehleringer, J., and O. Björkman. 1978. A comparison of photosynthetic characteristics of Encelia species possessing glabrous and pubescent leaves. Plant Physiology 62:185-190.
 
(25) Mooney, H. A., and J. Ehleringer. 1978. The carbon gain benefits of solar tracking in a desert annual. Plant, Cell and Environment 1:307-311.
 
(26) Ehleringer, J., H. A. Mooney, and J. A. Berry. 1979. Photosynthesis and microclimate of a desert winter annual. Ecology 60:280-286.
 
(28) Gulmon, S. L., P. W. Rundel, J. Ehleringer, and H. A. Mooney. 1979. Spatial relationships and competition in a Chilean desert cactus. Oecologia 44:40-43.
 
(29) Ehleringer, J. 1980. Leaf morphology and reflectance in relation to water and temperature stress, pp. 295-308. In N. Turner and P. Kramer (eds.), Adaptations of Plants to Water and High Temperature Stress. Wiley-Interscience, New York.
 
(30) Mooney, H. A., S. L. Gulmon, P. Rundel, and J. Ehleringer. 1980. Further observations on the water relations of Prosopis tamarugo of the northern Atacama Desert. Oecologia 44:177-180.
 
(31) Forseth, I., and J. Ehleringer. 1980. Solar tracking response to drought in a desert annual. Oecologia 44:159-163.
 
(32) Ehleringer, J., H. A. Mooney, S. L. Gulmon, and P. Rundel. 1980. Orientation and its consequences of Copiapoa (Cactaceae) in the Atacama Desert. Oecologia 46:63-67.
 
(33) Mooney, H. A., S.L. Gulmon, J. Ehleringer, and P.W. Rundel. 1980. Atmospheric water uptake by an Atacama Desert shrub. Science 209:693-694.
 
(34) Rundel, P.W., J. Ehleringer, H.A. Mooney, and S.L. Gulmon. 1980. Patterns of drought response in leaf-succulent shrubs of the coastal Atacama Desert in northern Chile. Oecologia 46:196-200.
 
(35) Ehleringer, J., and C. S. Cook. 1980. Measurements of photosynthesis in the field: utility of the CO2 depletion technique. Plant, Cell and Environment 3:479-482.
 
(36) Ehleringer, J., and I. Forseth. 1980. Solar tracking by plants. Science 210:1094-1098.
 
(37) Ehleringer, J., H. A. Mooney, S. L. Gulmon, and P. W. Rundel. 1981. Parallel evolution of leaf pubescence in Encelia in coastal deserts of North and South America. Oecologia 49:38-41.
 
(38) Ehleringer, J. 1981. Leaf absorptances of Mojave and Sonoran Desert plants. Oecologia 49:366-370.
 
(39) Ehleringer, J. 1982. The influence of water stress and temperature on leaf pubescence development in Encelia farinosa. American Journal of Botany69:670-675.
 
(40) Forseth, I., and J. Ehleringer. 1982. Ecophysiology of two solar tracking desert winter annuals. I. Photosynthetic acclimation to growth temperature. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 9:321-332.
 
(41) Forseth, I. N., and J. Ehleringer. 1982. Ecophysiology of two solar tracking desert winter annuals. II. Leaf movements, water relations and microclimate. Oecologia 54:41-49.
 
(45) Mooney, H. A., J. Berry, O. Björkman, and J. Ehleringer. 1982. Comparative photosynthetic characteristics of coastal and desert plants of California. Bulletin of the Society of Botany Mexico 42:19-33.
 
Ehleringer, J. 1983. Ecophysiology of Amaranthus palmeri, a Sonoran Desert summer annual. Oecologia 57:107-112.
 
(46) Ehleringer, J. 1983. Characterization of a glabrate Encelia farinosa mutant: morphology, ecophysiology, and field observations. Oecologia 57:303-310.
 
(47) Ehleringer, J. 1983. Characterization of a glabrate Encelia farinosa mutant: morphology, ecophysiology, and field observations. Oecologia 57:303-310.
 
(48) Forseth, I. N., and J. Ehleringer. 1983. Ecophysiology of two solar tracking desert winter annuals. III. Gas exchange responses to light, CO2, and VPD in relation to long term drought. Oecologia 57:340-351.
 
(49) Werk, K. S., and J. Ehleringer. 1983. Photosynthesis by flowers of two shrubs Encelia farinosa and Encelia californica. Oecologia 57:311-315.
 
(50) Forseth, I. N., and J. Ehleringer. 1983. Ecophysiology of two solar tracking desert winter annuals. IV. Effects of leaf orientation on calculated daily carbon gain and water use efficiency. Oecologia 58:10-18.
 
(52) Ehleringer, J., and H. A. Mooney. 1983. Photosynthesis and productivity of desert and Mediterranean climate plants. Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology (New Series) Vol. 12D:205-231, Springer-Verlag, New York.
 
(53) Werk, K. S., J. Ehleringer, I. N. Forseth, and C. S. Cook. 1983. Photosynthetic characteristics of Sonoran Desert winter annuals. Oecologia 59:101-105.
 
(56) Ehleringer, J. 1984. Ecology and ecophysiology of leaf pubescence in North American desert plants, p. 113-132. In E. Rodriguez, P. Healey, and I. Mehta (eds.), Biology and Chemistry of Plant Trichomes. Plenum Press, New York.
 
(58) Comstock, J., and J. Ehleringer. 1984. Photosynthetic responses to slowly decreasing leaf water potentials in Encelia frutescens. Oecologia 61:241-248.
 
(60) Ehleringer, J., and D. House. 1984. Orientation and slope preference in barrel cactus (Ferocactus acanthodes) at its northern distribution limit. Great Basin Naturalist 44:133-139.
 
(61) Ehleringer, J., and C. S. Cook. 1984. Photosynthesis in Encelia farinosa Gray in response to decreasing leaf water potential. Plant Physiology 75:688-693.
 
(62) Ehleringer, J. 1984. Intraspecific competitive effects on water relations, growth, and reproduction in Encelia farinosa. Oecologia 63:153-158.
 
(63) Forseth, I. N., J. Ehleringer, K. S. Werk, and C. S. Cook. 1984. Field water relations of Sonoran Desert annuals. Ecology 65:1436-1444.
 
(64) Schulze, E.-D., and J. Ehleringer. 1984. The effect of nitrogen supply on growth and water use efficiency of xylem mistletoes. Planta 162:268-275.
 
(65) Ehleringer, J. 1985. Comparative microclimatology and plant responses in Encelia species from contrasting habitats. Journal of Arid Environments 8:45-56.
 
(66) Ehleringer, J. 1985. Adaptations of annuals and perennials to warm deserts, p. 162-180. In B. Chabot and H. A. Mooney (eds.), Physiological Ecology of North American Plant Communities. Chapman and Hall Ltd., London.
 
(67) Ehleringer, J., and E.-D Schulze. 1985. Mineral concentrations in an autoparasitic Phoradendron californicum growing on a parasitic P. californicum and its host, Cercidium floridum. American Journal of Botany 72:568-571.
 
(68) Ehleringer, J., E.-D. Schulze, H. Ziegler, O. L. Lange, G. D. Farquhar, and I. R. Cowan. 1985. Xylem mistletoes: water or nutrient parasites? Science 227:1479-1481.
 
(70) Ullmann, I., O. L. Lange, H. Ziegler, J. R. Ehleringer, E.-D. Schulze, and I. R. Cowan. 1985. Diurnal courses of leaf conductance and transpiration of mistletoes and their host in central Australia. Oecologia 67:577-587.
 
(72) Comstock, J., and J. Ehleringer. 1986. Canopy dynamics and carbon gain in response to soil water availability in Encelia frutescens Gray, a drought-deciduous shrub. Oecologia 68:271-278.
 
(85) Ehleringer, J. R., J. P. Comstock, and T. A. Cooper. 1987. Leaf-twig carbon isotope ratio differences in photosynthetic-twig desert shrubs. Oecologia 71:318-320.
 
(88) Ehleringer, J. R., and J. Comstock. 1987. Leaf absorptance and leaf angle mechanisms for stress avoidance, p. 55-76. In J. Tenhunen, F. Catarino, O. L. Lange, and W. Oechel (eds.), Plant Response to Stress - Functional Analysis in Mediterranean Ecosystems. NATO ASI Series. Springer-Verlag, New York.
 
(89) Ehleringer, J. R., and C. S. Cook. 1987. Leaf hairs in Encelia (Asteraceae). American Journal of Botany 74:1532-1540.
 
(92) Comstock, J. P., T. A. Cooper, and J. R. Ehleringer. 1988. Seasonal patterns of canopy development and carbon gain in nineteen warm desert shrub species. Oecologia 75:327-335.
 
(94) Ehleringer, J. R. 1988. Carbon isotope ratios and physiological processes in aridland plants, p. 41-54. In P. W. Rundel, J. R. Ehleringer, and K.A. Nagy (eds.), Stable Isotopes in Ecological Research. Ecological Studies Series. Springer-Verlag, New York.
 
(96) Ehleringer, J. R., and C. Clark. 1988. Evolution and adaptation in Encelia (Asteraceae), p. 221-248. In L. Gottlieb and S. Jain (eds.), Plant Evolutionary Biology. Chapman and Hall, London.
 
(97) Comstock, J. P., and J. R. Ehleringer. 1988. Contrasting photosynthetic behavior in leaves and twigs of Hymenoclea salsola, a green-twigged, warm desert shrub. American Journal of Botany 75:1360-1370.
 
(99) Ehleringer, J. R. 1988. Comparative ecophysiology of Encelia farinosa and Encelia frutescens. I. Energy balance considerations. Oecologia 76:553-561.
 
(100) Ehleringer, J. R., and T. A. Cooper. 1988. Correlations between carbon isotope ratio and microhabitat in desert plants. Oecologia 76:562-566.
 
(111) Ehleringer, J. R., and J. P. Comstock. 1989. Stress tolerance and adaptive variation in leaf absorptance and leaf angle, p. 21-24. In S. Keeley (ed.), The California Chaparral: Paradigms Reexamined. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Science Series volume 32, Los Angeles.
 
(117) Nilsen, E.T., M.R. Sharifi, P.W. Rundel, I.N. Forseth, and J.R. Ehleringer. 1990. Water relations of stem succulent trees in north-central Baja California. Oecologia 82:299-303.
 
(118) Comstock, J.P., and J.R. Ehleringer. 1990. The effect of variations in leaf size among species on twig morphology and twig photosynthetic behavior. Functional Ecology 4:209-221.
 
(119) Ehleringer, J.R., and C.S. Cook. 1990. Characteristics of Encelia species differing in leaf reflectance and transpiration rate under common garden conditions. Oecologia 82:484-489.
 
(134) Rundel, P.W., M.O. Dillon, B. Palma, H.A. Mooney, S.L. Gulmon, and J. R. Ehleringer. 1991. The phytogeography and ecology of the coastal Atacama and Peruvian Deserts. Aliso 13:1-49.
 
(139) Ehleringer, J.R., and C.S. Cook. 1991. Carbon isotope discrimination and xylem D/H ratios in desert plants, p. 489-497. Stable Isotopes in Plant Nutrition, Soil Fertility, and Environmental Studies. IAEA, Vienna.
 
(142) Ehleringer, J.R., S.L. Phillips, W.F.S. Schuster, and D.R. Sandquist. 1991. Differential utilization of summer rains by desert plants: implications for competition and climate change. Oecologia 88:430-434.
 
(144) Schuster, W.S.F., S.L. Phillips, D.R. Sandquist, and J.R. Ehleringer. 1992. Heritability of carbon isotope discrimination in Gutierrezia microcephala. American Journal of Botany 79:216-221.
 
(145) Ehleringer, J.R., and T.A. Cooper. 1992. On the role of orientation in reducing photoinhibitory damage in photosynthetic-twig desert shrubs. Plant Cell Environment 15:301-306.
 
(146) Ehleringer, J.R., S.L. Phillips, and J.P. Comstock. 1992. Seasonal variation in the carbon isotopic composition of desert plants. Functional Ecology 6:396-404.
 
(149) Flanagan, L.B., J.R. Ehleringer, and J.D. Marshall. 1992. Differential uptake of summer precipitation and groundwater among co-occurring trees and shrubs in the southwestern United States. Plant Cell Environment 15:831-836.
 
(150) Ehleringer, J.R., H.A. Mooney, P.W. Rundel, R.D. Evans, B. Palma, and J. Delatorre. 1992. Lack of nitrogen cycling in the Atacama Desert. Nature 359:316-318.
 
(151) Comstock, J.P., and J.R. Ehleringer. 1992. Correlating genetic variation in carbon isotopic composition with complex climatic gradients. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 89:7747-7751.
 
(153) Schuster, W.S.F., D.R. Sandquist, S.L. Phillips, and J.R. Ehleringer. 1992. Comparisons of carbon isotope discrimination in populations of aridland plant species differing in lifespan. Oecologia 91:332-337.
 
(155) Comstock, J.P., and J.R. Ehleringer. 1992. Plant adaptation in the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau. Great Basin Naturalist 52:195-215.
 
(164) Ehleringer, J.R. 1993. Carbon and water relations in desert plants: an isotopic perspective, p. 155-172. In J.R. Ehleringer, A.E. Hall, and G.D. Farquhar (eds.), Stable Isotopes and Plant Carbon/Water Relations. Academic Press, San Diego
 
(168) Evans, R.D., and J.R. Ehleringer. 1993. A break in the nitrogen cycles in aridlands? evidence from d15N of soils. Oecologia 94:314-317.
 
(171) Ehleringer, J.R. 1993. Variation in leaf carbon isotope discrimination in Encelia farinosa: implications for growth, competition, and drought survival. Oecologia 95:340-346.
 
(173) Sandquist, D.R., W.S.F. Schuster, L.A. Donovan, S.L. Phillips, and J.R. Ehleringer. 1993. Differences in carbon isotope discrimination between seedlings and adults of southwestern desert perennial plants. Southwestern Naturalist 38:212-217.
 
(175) Ehleringer, J.R. 1993. Gas exchange implications of isotopic variation in aridland plants, p. 265-284. In J.A.C. Smith and H. Griffiths (eds.), Water Deficits: Plant Responses From Cell To Community. BIOS Scientific Publ., London.
 
(177) Ehleringer, J.R. 1994. Variation in gas exchange characteristics among desert plants, p. 361-392. In E.-D. Schulze and M.M. Caldwell (eds.), Ecophysiology of Photosynthesis. Ecological Studies Series. Springer Verlag, New York.
 
(182) Schuster, W.S.F., D.R. Sandquist, S.L. Phillips, and J.R. Ehleringer. 1994. High levels of genetic variation in populations of four dominant aridland plant species in Arizona. Journal of Arid Environments 27:159-167.
 
(184) Squeo, F.A., J.R. Ehleringer, N.C. Olivares, and G. Arancio. 1994. Variations in leaf-level energy balance components of Encelia canescens along a precipitation gradient in north-central Chile. Revista Chilena Historica Natural 67:143-155.
 
(186) Evans, R.D., and J.R. Ehleringer. 1994. Plant 15N values along a fog gradient in the Atacama Desert, Chile. Journal of Arid Environments 28:189-193.
 
(192) Sandquist, D.R., and J.R. Ehleringer. 1995. Carbon isotope discrimination in the C4 shrub Atriplex confertifolia (Torr. & Frem.) Wats. along a salinity gradient. Great Basin Naturalist 55:135-141.
 
(198) Lin, G., S.L. Phillips, and J.R. Ehleringer. 1996. Monsoonal precipitation responses of shrubs in a cold desert community on the Colorado Plateau. Oecologia 106:8-17.
 
(211) Sandquist, D.R., and J.R. Ehleringer. 1997. Potential adaptability and constraints of response to changing climates for Encelia farinosa var. phenicodonta from southern Baja California, Mexico. Madroño 43:465-478.
 
(218) Sandquist, D.R., and J.R. Ehleringer. 1997. Intraspecific variation of leaf pubescence and drought response in Encelia farinosa. Genetic differentiation associated with contrasting desert environments. New Phytologist 135:635-644.
 
(223) Ehleringer, J.R., D.R. Sandquist, and S.L. Phillips. 1997. Burning coal seams in southern Utah: a natural system for studies of plant responses to elevated CO2, p. 56-68. In A.Raschi, F. Miglietta, R. Tognetti and P.R. van Gardingen, (eds.), Plant Responses to Elevated CO2 Evidence From Natural Springs. Cambridge University Press, London.
 
(226) Ehleringer, J.R., R.D. Evans, and D. Williams. 1998. Assessing sensitivity to change in desert ecosystems - a stable isotope approach, p. 223-237. In H. Griffiths (ed.), Stable Isotopes Integration of Biological, Ecological, and Geochemical Processes. BIOS Scientific Publ., Oxford.
 
(227) Sandquist, D.R., and J.R. Ehleringer. 1998. Intraspecific variation of drought adaptation in brittlebush: leaf pubescence and timing of leaf loss vary with rainfall. Oecologia 113:162-169.
 
(232) Ehleringer, J.R., P.W. Rundel, B. Palma, and H.A. Mooney. 1998. Carbon isotope ratios of Atacama Desert plants reflect hyperaridity of region. Revista Chilena Historica Naturales 71:79-86.
 
(244) Ehleringer, J.R., S. Schwinning, and R.L. Gebauer. 1999. Water use in arid land ecosystems, pages 347-365. In M. C. Press (ed.), Advances in Plant Physiological Ecology, Blackwell Science, Oxford.
 
(248) Squeo, F.A., N. Olivares, S. Olivares, A. Pollastri, E. Aguirre, R. Aravena, C. Jorquera, and J.R. Ehleringer. 1999. Groupos funcionales en arbustos desérticos definidos en base a las fuentes de agua utilizadas. Gayana (Botánica) 56:1-16.
 
(251) Gebauer, R.L.E., and J.R. Ehleringer. 2000. Water and nitrogen uptake patterns following moisture pulses in a cold desert community. Ecology 81:1415-1424.
 
(257) Squeo, F.A., N. Olivares, A. Valenzuela, A. Pollastri, E., Aguirre, R. Aravena, C. Jorquera, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2000. Fuentes de aqua utilizadas por las plantas desérticas y su importancia en planes de manejo y restauración ecológica. Bol. Soc. Bot. México 65:95-106.
 
(264) Ehleringer, J.R. 2001. Productivity of deserts, p 345-362. In H.A. Mooney and J. Roy (eds.), Primary Productivity in Terrestrial Ecosystems. Academic Press, San Diego.
 
(265) Schwinning, S., and J.R. Ehleringer. 2001. Water use tradeoffs and optimal adaptations to pulse-driven arid ecosystems. Journal of Ecology 89:464-480.
 
(273) Schwinning, S., K. Davis, L. Richardson, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2002. Deuterium enriched irrigation indicates different forms of rain use in shrub/grass species of the Colorado Plateau. Oecologia 130:345-355.
 
(284) Gebauer, R.L.E., S. Schwinning, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2002. Interspecific competition and resource pulse utilization in a cold desert community. Ecology 83:2602-2616.
 
(288) Torres, R., F.A. Squeo, C. Jorquera, E. Aguirre, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2002. Assessment of the seasonal ability to use precipitation events in three native Chilean shrub species with different root systems. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 75:737-749.
 
(292) Sandquist, D.R., and J.R. Ehleringer. 2003. Carbon isotope discrimination differences within and between contrasting populations of Encelia farinosa raised under common-environment conditions. Oecologia 134:463-470.
 
(300) Schwinning, S. B. Starr, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2003. Dominant cold desert shrubs do not partition warm season precipitation by event size. Oecologia 136:252-260.
 
(303) Sandquist, D.R., and J.R. Ehleringer. 2003. Population- and family-level variation of brittlebush (Encelia farinosa, Asteraceae) pubescence: its relation to drought and implications for selection in variable environments. American Journal of Botany 90:1481-1486.
 
(322) Schwinning, S., O.E. Sala, M.E. Loik, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2004. Thresholds, memory, and seasonality: understanding pulse dynamics in arid/semi-arid ecosystems. Oecologia 141:191-193, DOI: 10.1007/s00442-00401683-3.
 
(331) Schwinning, S., B.I. Starr, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2005. Summer and winter drought in a cold desert ecosystem (Colorado Plateau). I. Effects on soil water and plant water uptake. Journal of Arid Environments 60:547-566.
 
(332) Schwinning, S., B.I. Starr, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2005. Summer and winter drought in a cold desert ecosystem (Colorado Plateau). II: Effects on plant carbon assimilation and growth. Journal of Arid Environments 61:61-78.
 
(345) Schwinning, S., B.I. Starr, N.J. Wojcik, M.E. Miller, J.R. Ehleringer, and R.L. Sanford. 2005. Effects of nitrogen deposition on an arid grassland in the Colorado Plateau cold desert. Rangeland Ecology and Management 58:565-574.
 
(348) Squeo, F.A., Y. Tracol, D. López, J.R. Gutiérrez, A.M. Cordova, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2006. ENSO effects on primary productivity in Southern Atacama Desert. Advances in Geosciences 6:273-277.
 
(363) Squeo, F.A., R. Aravena, E. Aguirre, A. Pollastri, C.B. Jorquera, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2006. Groundwater dynamics in a coastal aquifer in north-central Chile: Implications for groundwater recharge in an arid ecosystem. Journal of Arid Environments 67:240-254.
 
(393) Schwinning, S., J. Belnap, D.R. Bowling, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2008. Sensitivity of the Colorado Plateau to change: climate, ecosystems, and society. Ecology and Society 13(2): 28. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss2/art28/
 
(401) Dennison, P.E., P.L. Nagler, K.R. Hultine. E.P. Glenn, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2009. Remote monitoring of tamarisk defoliation and evapotranspiration following saltcedar leaf beetle attack. Remote Sensing of Environment doi:10.1016/j.rse.2008.05.022
 
(404) Hultine, K.R., J. Belnap, C. van Ripper, J.R. Ehleringer, P.E. Dennison, M.E. Lee, P.L. Nagler, K.A. Snyder, S.M. Uselman, and J.B. West. 2009. Biocontrol of tamarisk in the western United States: an event underway with significant ecological and societal implications. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 8:467-474; doi:10.1890/090031.
 
(418) Hultine, K.R., P.L. Nagler, K. Morino, S.E. Bush, K.G. Burtch, P.E. Dennison, E.P. Glenn, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2010. Sap flux-scaled transpiration by tamarisk (Tamarix spp.), before, during and after episodic defoliation by the saltcedar leaf beetle (Diorhabda carinulata). Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 150:1467-1475; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.07.009.
 
(500) Ehleringer, J.R., and D.R. Sandquist. 2018. A tale of ENSO, PDO, and increasing aridity impacts on drought-deciduous shrubs in the Death Valley Region. Oecologia 187:879-895. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-018-4200-9.
 
(517) Driscoll, A.W., N.Q. Bitter, D.R. Sandquist, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2020. Multi-decadal records of intrinsic water-use efficiency in the desert shrub Encelia farinosa reveal strong responses to climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 117:18161-18168. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2008345117.
 
(520) Driscoll, A.W., N.Q. Bitter, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2021. Interactions among intrinsic water-use efficiency and climate influence growth and flowering in a common desert shrub. Oecologia 197:1027-1038. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-020-04825-3.

(522) Bitter, N.Q., and J.R. Ehleringer. 2021. Machine learning prediction of mortality in the common desert shrub Encelia farinosa. Ecological Informatics 64: 101376.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2021.101376

(523) Driscoll, A.W., S.A. Kannenberg, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2021. Long-term nitrogen isotope dynamics in Encelia farinosa reflect plant demographics and climate. New Phytologist 232:1226-1237. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17668

(525) Kannenberg, S.A., A.W. Driscoll, P. Szejner, W.R.L. Anderegg, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2021. Rapid increases in shrubland and forest water-use efficiency during an ongoing megadrought. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 118(52):e 21 18052118 http://doi.org/pnas.2118052118