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Recent desert shrub research results

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. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-018-4200-9. PDF

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  PDF

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 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-020-04825-3.

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

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 

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

Ehleringer, J.R., and A.W. Driscoll. 2022. Intrinsic water-use efficiency influences establishment in Encelia farinosa. Oecologia. http://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-022-05217-5