Publiations

Publications Related to Plant Ecology at La Copita

	PhD Dissertations and MS Theses Related to Plant Ecology at La Copita (Graduate studies in the Department of Rangeland Ecology & Management at Texas A&M, unless otherwise noted)
	Brown, JR. 1987. Factors regulating the ingress and establishment of a woody plant (Prosopis glandulosa) in perennial grasslands. (PhD Dissertation) Scanlan, JC. 1988. Spatial and temporal vegetation patterns in a subtropical Prosopis savanna woodland, Texas. (PhD Dissertation) Loomis, LE. 1989. Plant-soil relationships in grassland-to-woodland succession. (PhD Dissertation) Angerer, J. 1991. Stemflow, throughfall and leaf litter nutrient dynamics in a subtropical savanna parkland, Texas. (MS Thesis). Huebotter, NH. 1991. Successional processes in a Texas savanna woodland: the role of birds and rodents. (MS Thesis). El Youssoufi, M. 1992. Factors influencing recruitment of honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa) in a savanna woodland, Texas. (Ph.D. Dissertation). Watts, S. 1993. Rooting patterns of co-occurring woody plants on contrasting soils in a subtropical savanna. (MS Thesis). Stroh, JC. 1995. Landscape development and dynamics of a subtropical savanna parkland, 1941- 1990. (PhD Dissertation). Hibbard, KA. 1995. Landscape patterns of carbon and nitrogen dynamics in a subtropical savanna: observations and models. (PhD Dissertation). Stoker, RL. 1997. An object oriented, spatially explicit simulation model of vegetation dynamics in a South Texas savanna. (PhD Dissertation). McMurtry, Chad. 1997. Gas exchange physiology and water relations of co-occurring woody plant species in a Texas subtropical savanna. Southwest Texas State Univ., San Marcos. (MS Thesis) Nelson, Jim. 1997. Leaf demography and growth responses to moisture availability of co-occurring woody plant species in a Texas subtropical savanna. Southwest Texas State Univ., San Marcos. (MS Thesis) McCulley, R.L. 1998. Soil respiration and microbial biomass in a savanna parkland landscape: spatio-temporal variation and environmental controls. (MS Thesis) Stokes, CJ. 1999. Woody plant dynamics in a south Texas savanna: pattern and process. (PhD Dissertation) Farley, A.L. 2000. Vegetation, soils and surface hydrology of playa landforms in the Rio Grande Plains, Texas. (MS Thesis)
	Referred Journal Papers
	Archer, S, CJ Scifres, C Bassham, R Maggio. 1988. Autogenic succession in a subtropical savanna: rates, dynamics and processes in the conversion of grassland to thorn woodland. Ecological Monographs 58:111-127. Archer, S, DS Schimel, EA Holland. 1995. Mechanisms of shrubland expansion: land use, climate or CO2? Climatic Change 29:91-99. Archer, S. 1989. Have Southern Texas savannas been converted to woodlands recent history? American Naturalist 134:545-561. Archer, S. 1990. Development and stability of grass/woody mosaics in a subtropical savanna parkland, Texas, USA. Journal Biogeography 17:453-462. Archer, S. 1995. The role of herbivores in mediating grass-woody plant interactions. Tropical Grasslands 29:218-235. Archer, S. 1995. Tree-grass dynamics in a Prosopis -thornscrub savanna parkland: reconstructing the past and predicting the future. Ecoscience 2: 83-99. Asner, G.P., Wessman, C.A., Schimel, D.S. and Archer, S. 1998. Leaf and litter optical propeties:implications for BRDF models and Inversions using AVHRR, MODIS and MISR. Remote Sensing of Environment 63:243-257. Asner, GP, CA Wessman, S Archer. 1998. Scale dependence of PAR absorption in in terrestrial ecosystems. Ecological Applications 8:1003-1021. Bai-Lian, Li, S Archer. 1997. Weighted mean patch size: a robust index for quantifying landscape structure.Ecological Modelling 102:353-361. Barnes, P.W., and S. Archer. 1996. Influence of an overstory tree (Prosopis glandulosa) on associated shrubs in a subtropical savanna parkland: implications for patch dynamics. Oecologia 105: 493-500. Barnes, P.W., and S. Archer. 1999. Tree-shrub interactions in a subtropical savanna parkland: competition or facilitation? Journal of Vegetation Science 10: 525-536. Barnes, PW, S Archer. 1999. Tree-shrub interactions in a subtropical savanna parkland: competition or facilitation? Journal of Vegetation Science 10:525-536 Barnes, PW, SR Archer. 1996. Influence of an overstory tree (Prosopis glandulosa) on associated shrubs in a savanna parkland: implications for patch dynamics. Oecologia 105:493-500. Boutton TW, Archer SR, Midwood AJ, Zitzer SF, Bol R. 1998. d13C values of soil organic carbon and their use in documenting vegetation change in a subtropical savanna ecosystem. Geoderma 82: 5-41. Boutton TW, Archer SR, Midwood AJ. 1999. Stable isotopes in ecosystem science: Structure, function, and dynamics of a subtropical savanna. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 13: 1263-1277 Boutton TW, Nordt LC, Archer SR. 1994. Climate, CO2 and plant abundance. Nature 372: 625-626. Boutton TW. 1996. Stable carbon isotope ratios of soil organic matter and their use as indicators of vegetation and climate change. IN: Mass Spectrometry of Soils, TW Boutton and SI Yamasaki, Eds., pp. 47-82. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York. Brown, JR, S Archer. 1990. Water relations of a perennial grass and seedling versus adult woody plants in a subtropical savanna, Texas. Oikos 57:366-374. Brown, JR, S Archer. 1999. Shrub invasion of grassland: recruitment in continuous and not regulated by herbaceous biomass or density. Ecology 80:2385-2396. Brown, JR, S. Archer. 1987. Woody plant seed dispersal and gap formation in a North American subtropical savanna woodland: the role of domestic herbivores. Vegetatio 73:73-80. Flinn RC, Archer SR, Boutton TW. 1994. Identification of annual rings in an arid-land woody plant, Prosopis glandulosa. Ecology 75: 850-853. Flinn, RC, CJ Scifres, S Archer. 1992. Variations in basal sprouting in five co-occurring shrubs: implications for stand dynamics. Journal Vegetation Science 3:125-128. Guenther, A, S Archer, J Greenberg, P Harley, D Helmig, L Klinger, L Vierling, M Wildermuth, P Zimmerman, S Zitzer. 1999. Biogenic hydrocarbon emissions and landcover/climate change in a subtropical savanna. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (B) 24: 659-667. Midwood AJ, Boutton TW, Archer SR, Watts SE. 1998. Water use by woody plants on contrasting soils in a savanna parkland: Assessment with d2H and d18O. Plant and Soil 205: 13-24. Midwood AJ, Boutton TW. 1998. Soil carbonate decomposition by acid has little effect on d13C of soil organic matter. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 30: 1301-1307. Ocumpaugh, WR, S Archer, JW Stuth. 1996. Switchgrass recruitment from broadcast seed vs seed fed to cattle. Journal of Range Management 49:368-371. Scanlan, JC, S Archer. 1991. Simulated dynamics of succession in a North American subtropical Prosopis savanna. Journal Vegetation Science 2:625-634. Scholes, RJ, S Archer. 1997. Tree-grass interactions in savannas. Annaul Review of Ecology and Systematics 28:517-544. Stroh, JC, S.Archer, JA Doolittle, LP Welding. 2001. Detection of edaphic discontinuities with ground-penetrating radar and electromagnetic induction. Landscape Ecology (In Press). Weltzin, JF, S Archer, RK Heitschmidt. 1998. Defoliation and woody plant (Prosopis glandulosa) seedling establishment: potential vs. realized herbivory tolerance. Plant Ecology 138:127-135. Zitzer SF, Archer SR, Boutton TW. 1996. Spatial variability in the potential for symbiotic N2-fixation by woody plants in a subtropical savanna ecosystem. Journal of Applied Ecology 33: 1125-1136.
	Progress Report
	1. The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1987. Climate, Soils, and Vegetation of the La Copita Research Area 2. The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1992. La Copita Research Area: 1992 Consolidated Progress Report 3. The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1996. La Copita Research Area: 1996 Consolidated Progress Report
	Change in Woody Plant Cover by Steve Archer (Slide Show)

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