Publications
Publications
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| 258. | Committee on Independent Study on Potential Environmental Effects of Nuclear War, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Potential Environmental Effects of Nuclear War. Page 27515. National Academies Press, Washington, D.C. PDF |
| 257. | Young, K. E., O. Sala, A. Darrouzet-Nardi, C. Tucker, R. Finger-Higgens, M. Starbuck, and S. C. Reed. 2025. Biocrust Mosses and Cyanobacteria Exhibit Distinct Carbon Uptake Responses to Variations in Precipitation Amount and Frequency. Ecology Letters 28. PDF |
| 256. | Eldridge, D. J., and O. Sala. 2025. Prisms Drylands : Synthesising multiple disciplines, themes and management practices across Earth’s drylands. Cambridge Prisms: Drylands 2:e1. PDF |
| 255. | Jordan, S. E., W. K. Smith, and O. E. Sala. 2024. Ecosystem service indicators on military-managed drylands in the Western United States. Ecological Applications. PDF |
| 254. | Gross, N., F. T. Maestre, P. Liancourt, M. Berdugo, R. Martin, B. Gozalo, V. Ochoa, M. Delgado-Baquerizo, V. Maire, H. Saiz, S. Soliveres, E. Valencia, D. J. Eldridge, E. Guirado, F. Jabot, S. Asensio, J. J. Gaitán, M. García-Gómez, P. Martínez, J. Martínez-Valderrama, B. J. Mendoza, E. Moreno-Jiménez, D. S. Pescador, C. Plaza, I. S. Pijuan, M. Abedi, R. J. Ahumada, F. Amghar, A. I. Arroyo, K. Bahalkeh, L. Bailey, F. Ben Salem, N. Blaum, B. Boldgiv, M. A. Bowker, C. Branquinho, L. van den Brink, C. Bu, R. Canessa, A. del P. Castillo-Monroy, H. Castro, P. Castro, R. Chibani, A. A. Conceição, A. Darrouzet-Nardi, Y. C. Davila, B. Deák, D. A. Donoso, J. Durán, C. Espinosa, A. Fajardo, M. Farzam, D. Ferrante, J. Franzese, L. Fraser, S. Gonzalez, E. Gusman-Montalvan, R. M. Hernández-Hernández, N. Hölzel, E. Huber-Sannwald, O. Jadan, F. Jeltsch, A. Jentsch, M. Ju, K. F. Kaseke, L. Kindermann, P. le Roux, A. Linstädter, M. A. Louw, M. Mabaso, G. Maggs-Kölling, T. P. Makhalanyane, O. M. Issa, A. J. Manzaneda, E. Marais, P. Margerie, F. M. Hughes, J. V. S. Messeder, J. P. Mora, G. Moreno, S. M. Munson, A. Nunes, G. Oliva, G. R. Oñatibia, G. Peter, Y. Pueyo, R. E. Quiroga, E. Ramírez-Iglesias, S. C. Reed, P. J. Rey, V. M. Reyes Gómez, A. Rodríguez, V. Rolo, J. G. Rubalcaba, J. C. Ruppert, O. Sala, A. Salah, P. J. Sebei, I. Stavi, C. Stephens, A. L. Teixido, A. D. Thomas, H. L. Throop, K. Tielbörger, S. Travers, S. Undrakhbold, J. Val, O. Valkó, F. Velbert, W. Wamiti, L. Wang, D. Wang, G. M. Wardle, P. Wolff, L. Yahdjian, R. Yari, E. Zaady, J. M. Zeberio, Y. Zhang, X. Zhou, and Y. Le Bagousse-Pinguet. 2024. Unforeseen plant phenotypic diversity in a dry and grazed world. Nature 632:808-814. PDF |
| 253. | Biancari, L., M. R. Aguiar, D. J. Eldridge, G. R. Oñatibia, Y. Le Bagousse-Pinguet, H. Saiz, N. Gross, A. T. Austin, V. Ochoa, B. Gozalo, S. Asensio, E. Guirado, E. Valencia, M. Berdugo, C. Plaza, J. Martínez-Valderrama, B. J. Mendoza, M. García-Gómez, M. Abedi, R. J. Ahumada, J. M. Alcántara, F. Amghar, J. D. Anadón, V. Aramayo, T. Arredondo, M. Y. Bader, K. Bahalkeh, F. Ben Salem, N. Blaum, B. Boldgiv, M. Bowker, C. Branquinho, C. Bu, B. Byambatsogt, D. A. Calvo, A. P. Castillo Monroy, H. Castro, P. Castro-Quezada, R. Chibani, A. A. Conceição, C. M. Currier, D. A. Donoso, A. Dougill, H. Ejtehadi, C. I. Espinosa, A. Fajardo, M. Farzam, D. Ferrante, L. H. Fraser, J. J. Gaitán, L. A. Gherardi, E. Gusmán-Montalván, R. M. Hernández, Y. Pueyo, R. Emiliano Quiroga, S. C. Reed, P. J. Rey, A. Rodríguez, L. B. Rodríguez, V. Rolo, J. C. Ruppert, O. Sala, A. Salah, I. Stavi, C. R. A Stephens, A. M. Swemmer, A. L. Teixido, A. D. Thomas, H. L. Throop, K. Tielbörger, S. K. Travers, L. van den Brink, V. Wagner, W. Wamiti, D. Wang, L. Wang, P. Wolff, L. Yahdjian, E. Zaady, and F. T. Maestre. 2024. Drivers of woody dominance across global drylands. Science Page 43. PDF |
| 252. | Terry, T. J., O. E. Sala, S. Ferrenberg, S. C. Reed, B. Osborne, S. Jordan, S. Lee, and P. B. Adler. 2024. Disturbance amplifies sensitivity of dryland productivity to precipitation variability. Science Advances 10. PDF |
| 251. | Díaz-Martínez, P., Maestre, F.T., Moreno-Jiménez, E., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Eldridge, D.J., Saiz, H., Gross, N., Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y., Gozalo, B., Ochoa, V., Guirado, E., García-Gómez, M., Valencia, E., Asensio, S., Berdugo, M., Martínez-Valderrama, J., Mendoza, B.J., García-Gil, J.C., Zaccone, C., Panettieri, M., García-Palacios, P., Fan, W., Benavente-Ferraces, I., Rey, A., Eisenhauer, N., Cesarz, S., Abedi, M., Ahumada, R.J., Alcántara, J.M., Amghar, F., Aramayo, V., Arroyo, A.I., Bahalkeh, K., Ben Salem, F., Blaum, N., Boldgiv, B., Bowker, M.A., Bran, D., Branquinho, C., Bu, C., Cáceres, Y., Canessa, R., Castillo-Monroy, A.P., Castro, I., Castro-Quezada, P., Chibani, R., Conceição, A.A., Currier, C.M., Darrouzet-Nardi, A., Deák, B., Dickman, C.R., Donoso, D.A., Dougill, A.J., Durán, J., Ejtehadi, H., Espinosa, C., Fajardo, A., Farzam, M., Ferrante, D., Fraser, L.H., Gaitán, J.J., Gusman Montalván, E., Hernández-Hernández, R.M., von Hessberg, A., Hölzel, N., Huber-Sannwald, E., Hughes, F.M., Jadán-Maza, O., Geissler, K., Jentsch, A., Ju, M., Kaseke, K.F., Kindermann, L., Koopman, J.E., Le Roux, P.C., Liancourt, P., Linstädter, A., Liu, J., Louw, M.A., Maggs-Kölling, G., Makhalanyane, T.P., Issa, O.M., Marais, E., Margerie, P., Mazaneda, A.J., McClaran, M.P., Messeder, J.V.S., Mora, J.P., Moreno, G., Munson, S.M., Nunes, A., Oliva, G., Oñatibia, G.R., Osborne, B., Peter, G., Pueyo, Y., Quiroga, R.E., Reed, S.C., Reyes, V.M., Rodríguez, A., Ruppert, J.C., Sala, O., Salah, A., Sebei, J., Sloan, M., Solongo, S., Stavi, I., Stephens, C.R.A., Teixido, A.L., Thomas, A.D., Throop, H.L., Tielbörger, K., Travers, S., Val, J., Valko, O., van den Brink, L., Velbert, F., Wamiti, W., Wang, D., Wang, L., Wardle, G.M., Yahdjian, L., Zaady, E., Zeberio, J.M., Zhang, Y., Zhou, X., Plaza, C., 2024. Vulnerability of mineral-associated soil organic carbon to climate across global drylands. Nature Climate Change 14, 976-982. PDF |
| 250. | Eldridge, D. J., J. Ding, J. Dorrough, M. Delgado-Baquerizo, O. Sala, N. Gross, Y. Le Bagousse-Pinguet, M. Mallen-Cooper, H. Saiz, and S. Asensio. 2024. Hotspots of biogeochemical activity linked to aridity and plant traits across global drylands. Nature Plants 1-11, PDF |
| 249. | Smith, M. D., K. D. Wilkins, M. C. Holdrege, P. Wilfahrt, S. L. Collins, A. K. Knapp, O. E. Sala, J. S. Dukes, R. P. Phillips, L. Yahdjian, L. A. Gherardi, T. Ohlert, C. Beier, L. H. Fraser, A. Jentsch, M. E. Loik, F. T. Maestre, S. A. Power, Q. Yu, A. J. Felton, S. M. Munson, Y. Luo, H. Abdoli, M. Abedi, C. L. Alados, J. Alberti, M. Alon, H. An, B. Anacker, M. Anderson, H. Auge, S. Bachle, K. Bahalkeh, M. Bahn, A. Batbaatar, T. Bauerle, K. H. Beard, K. Behn, I. Beil, L. Biancari, I. Blindow, V. F. Bondaruk, E. T. Borer, E. W. Bork, C. M. Bruschetti, K. M. Byrne, J. F. Cahill, D. A. Calvo, M. Carbognani, A. Cardoni, C. N. Carlyle, M. Castillo-Garcia, S. X. Chang, J. Chieppa, M. V. Cianciaruso, O. Cohen, A. L. Cordeiro, D. F. Cusack, S. Dahlke, P. Daleo, C. M. D’Antonio, L. H. Dietterich, T. S. Doherty, M. Dubbert, A. Ebeling, N. Eisenhauer, F. M. Fischer, T. G. W. Forte, T. Gebauer, B. Gozalo, A. C. Greenville, K. G. Guidoni-Martins, H. J. Hannusch, S. V. Haugum, Y. Hautier, M. Hefting, H. A. L. Henry, D. Hoss, O. Iribarne, F. Isbell, Y. Johnson, S. Jordan, E. F. Kelly, K. Kimmel, J. Kreyling, G. Kröel-Dulay, J. Ingrisch, A. Kröpfl, A. Kübert, A. Kulmatiski, E. G. Lamb, K. S. Larsen, J. Larson, C. V. Leder, A. Linstädter, J. Liu, S. Liu, A. G. Lodge, G. Longo, A. Loydi, J. Luan, J. Lawson, F. C. Lubbe, C. Macfarlane, K. Mackie-Haas, A. V. Malyshev, A. Maturano-Ruiz, T. Merchant, D. B. Metcalfe, A. S. Mori, E. Mudongo, G. S. Newman, U. N. Nielsen, D. Nimmo, Y. Niu, P. Nobre, R. C. O’Connor, R. Ogaya, G. R. Oñatibia, I. Orbán, B. Osborne, R. Otfinowski, M. Pärtel, J. Penuelas, P. L. Peri, G. Peter, A. Petraglia, C. Picon-Cochard, V. D. Pillar, J. M. Piñeiro-Guerra, L. W. Ploughe, R. M. Plowes, C. Portales-Reyes, S. M. Prober, Y. Pueyo, S. C. Reed, E. G. Ritchie, D. A. Rodríguez, W. E. Rogers, C. Roscher, A. M. Sánchez, B. A. Santos, M. C. Scarfó, E. W. Seabloom, B. Shi, L. Souza, A. Stampfli, R. J. Standish, M. Sternberg, W. Sun, M. Sünnemann, M. Tedder, P. Thorvaldsen, D. Tian, K. Tielbörger, A. Valdecantos, L. van den Brink, V. Vandvik, M. R. Vankoughnett, L. G. Velle, C. Wang, Y. Wang, G. M. Wardle, C. Werner, C. Wei, G. Wiehl, J. L. Williams, A. A. Wolf, M. Zeiter, F. Zhang, J. Zhu, N. Zong, and X. Zuo. 2024. Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 121. PDF |
| 248. | Flombaum, P., L. Vivanco, F. Cabrera, and O. E. Sala. 2024. Grassland Communities and Ecosystems. Reference Module in Life Sciences. Elsevier 382-390. PDF |
| 247. | Eldridge, D. J., and O. Sala. 2023. Australia’s carbon plan disregards evidence. Science 382:894-894. PDF |
| 246. | Briske, D. D., S. R. Archer, E. Burchfield, W. Burnidge, J. D. Derner, H. Gosnell, J. Hatfield, C. E. Kazanski, M. Khalil, T. J. Lark, P. Nagler, O. Sala, N. F. Sayre, and K. R. Stackhouse-Lawson. 2023. Supplying ecosystem services on US rangelands. Nature Sustainability 6:1524-1532. PDF |
| 245. | Isbell, F., P. Balvanera, A. S. Mori, J. S. He, J. M. Bullock, G. R. Regmi, E. W. Seabloom, S. Ferrier, O. E. Sala, N. R. Guerrero-Ramírez, J. Tavella, D. J. Larkin, B. Schmid, C. L. Outhwaite, P. Pramual, E. T. Borer, M. Loreau, T. C. Omotoriogun, D. O. Obura, M. Anderson, C. Portales-Reyes, K. Kirkman, P. M. Vergara, A. T. Clark, K. J. Komatsu, O. L. Petchey, S. R. Weiskopf, L. J. Williams, S. L. Collins, N. Eisenhauer, C. H. Trisos, D. Renard, A. J. Wright, P. Tripathi, J. Cowles, J. E. K. Byrnes, P. B. Reich, A. Purvis, Z. Sharip, M. I. O’Connor, C. E. Kazanski, N. M. Haddad, E. H. Soto, L. E. Dee, S. Díaz, C. R. Zirbel, M. L. Avolio, S. Wang, Z. Ma, J. Liang, H. C. Farah, J. A. Johnson, B. W. Miller, Y. Hautier, M. D. Smith, J. M. H. Knops, B. J. E. Myers, Z. V. Harmáčková, J. Cortés, M. B. J. Harfoot, A. Gonzalez, T. Newbold, J. Oehri, M. Mazón, C. Dobbs, and M. S. Palmer. 2023. Expert perspectives on global biodiversity loss and its drivers and impacts on people. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 21:94-103. PDF |
| 244. | Maestre, F. T., Y. Le Bagousse-Pinguet, M. Delgado-Baquerizo, D. J. Eldridge, H. Saiz, M. Berdugo, B. Gozalo, V. Ochoa, E. Guirado, M. García-Gómez, E. Valencia, J. J. Gaitán, S. Asensio, B. J. Mendoza, J. Martínez-Valderrama, E. Moreno-Jiménez, O. Sala, M. Abedi, N. Ahmadian, C. L. Alados, V. Aramayo, F. Amghar, T. Arredondo, R. J. Ahumada, K. Bahalkeh, F. B. Salem, N. Blaum, B. Boldgiv, M. A. Bowker, D. Bran, C. Bu, R. Canessa, A. P. Castillo-Monroy, H. Castro, I. Castro, P. Castro-Quezada, R. Chibani, A. A. Conceição, C. M. Currier, A. Darrouzet-Nardi, B. Deák, D. A. Donoso, A. J. Dougill, J. Durán, B. Erdenetsetseg, C. I. Espinosa, A. Fajardo, M. Farzam, D. Ferrante, A. S. K. Frank, L. H. Fraser, L. A. Gherardi, A. C. Greenville, C. A. Guerra, E. Gusmán-Montalvan, R. M. Hernández-Hernández, N. Hölzel, E. Huber-Sannwald, F. M. Hughes, O. Jadán-Maza, F. Jeltsch, A. Jentsch, K. F. Kaseke, M. Köbel, J. E. Koopman, C. V. Leder, A. Linstädter, P. C. Le Roux, X. Li, P. Liancourt, J. Liu, M. A. Louw, G. Maggs-Kölling, T. P. Makhalanyane, O. Malam Issa, A. J. Manzaneda, E. Marais, J. P. Mora, G. Moreno, S. M. Munson, A. Nunes, G. Oliva, G. R. Oñatibia, G. Peter, M. O. D. Pivari, Y. Pueyo, R. Emiliano Quiroga, S. Rahmanian, S. C. Reed, P. J. Rey, B. Richard, A. Rodríguez, V. Rolo, J. G. Rubalcaba, J. C. Ruppert, A. Salah, M. A. Schuchardt, S. Spann, I. Stavi, C. R. A. Stephens, A. M. Swemmer, A. L. Teixido, A. D. Thomas, H. L. Throop, K. Tielbörger, S. Travers, J. Val, O. Valkó, L. Van Den Brink, S. V. Ayuso, F. Velbert, W. Wamiti, D. Wang, L. Wang, G. M. Wardle, L. Yahdjian, E. Zaady, Y. Zhang, X. Zhou, B. K. Singh, and N. Gross. 2022. Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands. Science 378:915-920. PDF |
| 243. | Louw, N., L. A. Gherardi, O. E. Sala, and Y. A. Chung. 2022. Dryland soil mycobiome response to long-term precipitation variability depends on host type. Journal of Ecology 110:2984-2997. PDF |
| 242. | Garcia-Pichel, F., and O. Sala. 2022. Expanding the Pulse-Reserve Paradigm to Microorganisms on the Basis of Differential Reserve Management Strategies. Bioscience 72:638-650. PDF |
| 241. | Currier, C. M., and O. E. Sala. 2022. Precipitation versus temperature as phenology controls in drylands. Ecology 103. PDF |
| 240. | Brown, R. F., O. E. Sala, R. L. Sinsabaugh, and S. L. Collins. 2022. Temporal effects of monsoon rainfall pulses on plant available nitrogen in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 127:1-15. PDF |
| 239. | Pérez-Ruiz, E. R., E. R. Vivoni, and O. E. Sala. 2022. Seasonal carryover of water and effects on carbon dynamics in a dryland ecosystem. Ecosphere 13. PDF |
| 238. | Davis, A. R., K. R. Hultine, O. E. Sala, and H. L. Throop. 2022. Seedling responses to soil moisture amount versus pulse frequency in a successfully encroaching semi-arid shrub. Oecologia 1-11. PDF |
| 237. | Sala, O. 2022. Open access is a misnomer. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 20:71. PDF |
| 236. | Ankrom, K. E., A. L. C. Franco, S. J. Fonte, L. A. Gherardi, C. M. de Tomasel, C. Wepking, P. Guan, S. Cui, O. E. Sala, and D. H. Wall. 2022. Ecological maturity and stability of nematode communities in response to precipitation manipulations in grasslands. Applied Soil Ecology 170. PDF |
| 235. | Weber-Grullon, L., L. Gherardi, W. A. Rutherford, S. R. Archer, and O. E. Sala. 2022. Woody-plant encroachment: Precipitation, herbivory, and grass-competition interact to affect shrub recruitment. Ecological Applications 32. PDF |
| 234. | Franco, A. L. C., P. Guan, S. Cui, C. M. de Tomasel, L. A. Gherardi, O. E. Sala, and D. H. Wall. 2022. Precipitation effects on nematode diversity and carbon footprint across grasslands. Global Change Biology 28:2124-2132. PDF |
| 233. | Hudson, A. R., D. P. C. Peters, J. M. Blair, D. L. Childers, P. T. Doran, K. Geil, M. Gooseff, K. L. Gross, N. M. Haddad, M. A. Pastore, J. A. Rudgers, O. Sala, E. W. Seabloom, and G. Shaver. 2022. Cross-Site Comparisons of Dryland Ecosystem Response to Climate Change in the US Long-Term Ecological Research Network. BioScience 72:889-907. PDF |
| 232. | Peters, D. P. C., H. M. Savoy, S. Stillman, H. Huang, A. R. Hudson, O. E. Sala, and E. R. Vivoni. 2021. Article plant species richness in multiyear wet and dry periods in the Chihuahuan desert. Climate 9. PDF |
| 231. | Weathers, K. C., D. Ojima, S. K. Collinge, and O. Sala. 2021. Leveraging the anthropause. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 19:315. PDF |
| 230. | Iwaniec, D. M., M. Gooseff, K. N. Suding, D. Samuel Johnson, D. C. Reed, D. P. C. Peters, B. Adams, J. E. Barrett, B. T. Bestelmeyer, M. C. N. Castorani, E. M. Cook, M. J. Davidson, P. M. Groffman, N. P. Hanan, L. F. Huenneke, P. T. J. Johnson, D. M. McKnight, R. J. Miller, G. S. Okin, D. L. Preston, A. Rassweiler, C. Ray, O. E. Sala, R. L. Schooley, T. Seastedt, M. J. Spasojevic, and E. R. Vivoni. 2021. Connectivity: insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network. Ecosphere 12. PDF |
| 229. | Yahdjian, L., O. E. Sala, J. M. Piñeiro-Guerra, A. K. Knapp, S. L. Collins, R. P. Phillips, and M. D. Smith. 2021. Why coordinated distributed experiments should go global. BioScience 71:918-927. PDF |
| 228. | Gherardi, L. A., and O. E. Sala. 2020. Global patterns and climatic controls of belowground net carbon fixation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117.33:20038-20043 PDF |
| 227. | Schreiner-McGraw, A. P., E. R. Vivoni, H. Ajami, O. E. Sala, H. L. Throop, and D. P. Peters. 2020. Woody plant encroachment has a larger impact than climate change on Dryland Water Budgets. Scientific Reports 10:1-9. PDF |
| 226. | Ankrom, K. E., A. L. Franco, S. J. Fonte, L. A. Gherardi, C. M. de Tomasel, W. S. Andriuzzi, E. A. Shaw, O. E. Sala, and D. H. Wall. 2020. Ecto-and endoparasitic nematodes respond differently across sites to changes in precipitation. Oecologia 193:761-771. PDF |
| 225. | Franco, A. L., L. A. Gherardi, C. M. de Tomasel, W. S. Andriuzzi, K. E. Ankrom, E. M. Bach, P. Guan, O. E. Sala, and D. H. Wall. 2020. Root herbivory controls the effects of water availability on the partitioning between above and belowground grass biomass. Functional Ecology. 34(11):2403-2410 PDF |
| 224. | Hoover, D. L., B. Bestelmeyer, N. B. Grimm, T. E. Huxman, S. C. Reed, O. Sala, T. R. Seastedt, H. Wilmer, and S. Ferrenberg. 2020. Traversing the Wasteland: A Framework for Assessing Ecological Threats to Drylands. Bioscience 70:35-47. PDF |
| 223. | Maurer, G. E., A. J. Hallmark, R. F. Brown, O. E. Sala, and S. L. Collins. 2020. Sensitivity of primary production to precipitation across the United States. Ecology Letters 23:527-536. PDF |
| 222. | Andriuzzi, W. S., A. L. Franco, K. E. Ankrom, S. Cui, C. M. de Tomasel, P. Guan, L. A. Gherardi, O. E. Sala, and D. H. Wall. 2020. Body size structure of soil fauna along geographic and temporal gradients of precipitation in grasslands. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 140:107638. PDF |
| 221. | Komatsu, K. J., M. L. Avolio, N. P. Lemoine, F. Isbell, E. Grman, G. R. Houseman, S. E. Koerner, D. S. Johnson, K. R. Wilcox, J. M. Alatalo, J. P. Anderson, R. Aerts, S. G. Baer, A. H. Baldwin, J. Bates, C. Beierkuhnlein, R. T. Belote, J. Blair, J. M. G. Bloor, P. J. Bohlen, E. W. Bork, E. H. Boughton, W. D. Bowman, A. J. Britton, J. F. Cahill, E. Chaneton, N. R. Chiariello, J. Cheng, S. L. Collins, J. H. C. Cornelissen, G. Du, A. Eskelinen, J. Firn, B. Foster, L. Gough, K. Gross, L. M. Hallett, X. Han, H. Harmens, M. J. Hovenden, A. Jagerbrand, A. Jentsch, C. Kern, K. Klanderud, A. K. Knapp, J. Kreyling, W. Li, Y. Luo, R. L. McCulley, J. R. McLaren, J. P. Megonigal, J. W. Morgan, V. Onipchenko, S. C. Pennings, J. S. Prevéy, J. N. Price, P. B. Reich, C. H. Robinson, F. L. Russell, O. E. Sala, E. W. Seabloom, M. D. Smith, N. A. Soudzilovskaia, L. Souza, K. Suding, K. B. Suttle, T. Svejcar, D. Tilman, P. Tognetti, R. Turkington, S. White, Z. Xu, L. Yahdjian, Q. Yu, P. Zhang, and Y. Zhang. 2019. Global change effects on plant communities are magnified by time and the number of global change factors imposed. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116:17867-17873PDF |
| 220. | Corman, J. R., S. L. Collins, E. M. Cook, X. Dong, L. A. Gherardi, N. B. Grimm, R. L. Hale, T. Lin, J. Ramos, L. G. Reichmann, and O. E. Sala. 2018. Foundations and Frontiers of Ecosystem Science: Legacy of a Classic Paper (Odum 1969). Ecosystems 22:1160-1172. PDF |
| 219. | Sala, O.E., C.G. Boone, B.L. Turner and C.M. Currier. 2019. The sustainability publication gap and its implications. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 39:39-43 PDF |
| 218. | Franco, A. L., L. A. Gherardi, C. M. de Tomasel, W. S. Andriuzzi, K. E. Ankrom, E. A. Shaw, E. M. Bach, O. E. Sala, and D. H. Wall. 2019. Drought suppresses soil predators and promotes root herbivores in mesic, but not in xeric grasslands. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116:12883-12888. PDF |
| 217. | Delgado-Baquerizo, M., R. D. Bardgett, P. Vitousek, F. Maestre, M. Williams, D. Eldridge, H. Lambers, S. Neuhauser, A. Gallardo, L. García-Velázquez, O. E. Sala, S. Abades, F. Alfaro, A. Berhe, M. Bowker, C. Currier, N. Cutler, S. Hart, P. Hayes, Z. Hseu, M. Kirchmair, V. Peña-Ramírez, C. Pérez, S. Reed, F. Santos, C. Siebe, B. Sullivan, L. Weber-Grullon, and N. Fierer. 2019. Changes in belowground biodiversity during ecosystem development. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences 116(14):6891-6896. PDF |
| 216. | Apodaca, M. J., J. D. McInerney, O. E. Sala, L. Katinas, and J. V. Crisci. 2019. A Concept Map of Evolutionary Biology to Promote Meaningful Learning in Biology. The American Biology Teacher 81(2):79-87. PDF |
| 215. | Gherardi, L. A., and O. E. Sala. 2019. Effect of interannual precipitation variability on dryland productivity: A global synthesis. Global Change Biology 25(1):269-276. PDF |
| 214. | McKenna, O. P., and O. E. Sala. 2018. Playa‐Wetlands Effects on Dryland Biogeochemistry: Space and Time Interactions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 123:1879-1887. PDF |
| 213. | Okin, G. S., O. E. Sala, E. R. Vivoni, J. Zhang, and A. Bhattachan. 2018. The interactive role of wind and water in drylands functioning: what does the future hold? Bioscience68(9):670-677. PDF |
| 212. | Peters, D. P. C., D. N. Burruss, L. Rodriguez, D. S. McVey4, E. H. Elias, A. M. Pelzel-McCluskey, D. J.D., T. S. Schrade, J. Yao, P. S., J. Lombard, S. R. Archer, B. T. Bestelmeyer, D. M. Browning, C. W. Brungard, J. L. Hatfield, N. P. Hanan, J. E. Herrick, G. S. Okin, O. E. Sala, H. Savoy, and E. R. Vivoni. 2018. An integrated view of complex landscapes: a big data-model integration approach to trans-disciplinary science. Bioscience 68(9):653-669. PDF |
| 211. | Munson, S. M., S. C. Reed, J. Peñuelas, N. G. McDowell, and O. E. Sala. 2018. Ecosystem thresholds, tipping points, and critical transitions. New Phytologist218(4):1315-1317. PDF |
| 210. | Petrie, M., D. Peters, J. Yao, J. Blair, N. Burruss, S. Collins, J. Derner, L. Gherardi, J. Hendrickson, and O. Sala. 2018. Regional grassland productivity responses to precipitation during multi‐year above‐and below‐average rainfall periods: consequences for responses under climate change. Global Change Biology 24(5):1935-1951. PDF |
| 209. | McKenna, O.P., and O.E. Sala. 2018. Groundwater recharge in desert playas: current rates and future effects of climate change. Environmental Research Letters. 13(1):014025. PDF |
| 208. | Wilcox, K. R., A. T. Tredennick, S. E. Koerner, E. Grman, L. M. Hallett, M. L. Avolio, K. J. La Pierre, G. R. Houseman, F. Isbell, D. S. Johnson, and others. 2017. Asynchrony among local communities stabilises ecosystem function of metacommunities. Ecology letters 20:1534-1545. PDF |
| 207. | Franco, A., M. A. Knox, W. Andriuzzi, C. Tomasel, O. E. Sala, and D. H. Wall. 2017. Nematode exclusion and recolonization in experimental soil microcosms. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 108:78-83. PDF |
| 206. | Knapp, A. K., M. L. Avolio, C. Beier, C. J. Carroll, S. L. Collins, J. S. Dukes, L. H. Fraser, R. J. Griffin-Nolan, D. L. Hoover, A. Jentsch, and others. 2017. Pushing precipitation to the extremes in distributed experiments: recommendations for simulating wet and dry years. Global change biology 23:1774-1782. PDF |
| 205. | Sala, O. E., L. Yahdjian, K. M. Havstad, and M. R. Aguiar. 2017. Rangeland Ecosystem Services: Nature´s Supply and Humans´ Demand. Pages 467-489. in D. D. Briske, editor. Rangeland Systems: Process, Management and Challenges. Springer Verlag, New York. PDF |
| 204. | Sala, O. E., L. Vivanco, and P. Flombaum. 2017. Grassland Communities and Ecosystems. inReference Module in Life Sciences, Elsevier, New York. PDF |
| 203. | Flombaum, P., L. Yahdjian, and O. E. Sala. 2017. Global‐change drivers of ecosystem functioning modulated by natural variability and saturating responses. Global Change Biology 23(2):503-511. PDF |
| 202. | Sala, O. E. 2016. How Scientists Can Help End the Land-Use Conflict. Bioscience 66(11):915. PDF |
| 201. | McKenna, O. and O. E. Sala. 2016. Biophysical controls over concentration and depth distribution of soil organic carbon and nitrogen in desert playas. Journal of Geophysical Research. Biogeosciences 121(12):3019-3029. PDF |
| 200. | Estiarte, M., S. Vicca, J. Peñuelas, M. Bahn, C. Beier, B. Emmett, P. Fay, P. Hanson, R. Hasibeder, J. Kigel, G. Kröel-Dulay, K. Larsen, E. Lellei-Kovács, J. Limousin, R. Ogaya, J. Ourcival, S. Reinsch, O. E. Sala, I. Schmidt, M. Sternberg, K. Tielbörger, A. Tietema, and I. Janssens. 2016. Few multi-year precipitation-reduction experiments find a shift in the productivity-precipitation relationship. Global Change Biology 22(7):2570-2581. PDF |
| 199. | Gherardi, L. and O. E. Sala. 2015. Enhanced interannual precipitation variability increases plant functional diversity that in turn ameliorates negative impact on productivity. Ecology Letters 18(12):1293-1300. PDF |
| 198. | Gherardi, L. and O. E. Sala. 2015. Enhanced precipitation variability decreases grass- and increases shrub-productivity. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences 112(41):12735-12740. PDF |
| 197. | Knapp, A. K., D. L. Hoover, K. Wilcox, M. Avolio, S. Koerner, K. La Pierre, M. Loik, Y. Luo, O. E. Sala, and M. D. Smith. 2015. Characterizing differences in precipitation regimes of extreme wet and dry years: Implications for climate change experiments. Global Change Biology 21(7):2624-2633. PDF |
| 196. | Sala, O. E., L. Gherardi, and D. P. C. Peters. 2015. Enhanced Precipitation Variability Effects on Water Losses and Ecosystem Functioning: Differential Response of Arid and Mesic Regions. Climatic Change 131(2):213-227. PDF |
| 195. | Scheffer, M., J. Bascompte, T. Bjordam, S. Carpenter, L. B. Clarke, C. Folke, P. Marquet, N.M. Mazzeo, M., O. E. Sala, and F. Westley. 2015. Dual Thinking for Scientists. Ecology and Society 20(2):3. PDF |
| 194. | Vandegehuchte, M. L., Z. A. Sylvain, L. G. Reichmann, C. Milano de Tomasel, U. N. Nielsen, D. H. Wall, and O. E. Sala. 2015. Responses of a desert nematode community to changes in water availability. Ecosphere 6(3):1-15. PDF |
| 193. | Yahdjian, L., O. E. Sala, and K. M. Havstad. 2015. Rangeland ecosystem services: shifting focus from supply to reconciling supply and demand. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 13(1):44-51. PDF |
| 192. | Monger, C., O. E. Sala, M. C. Duniway, H. Goldfus, I. A. Meir, R. M. Poch, H. L. Throop, and E. R. Vivoni. 2015. Legacy effects in linked ecological-soil-geomorphic systems of drylands. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 13(1):13-19. PDF |
| 191. | Peters, D. P., K. M. Havstad, S. R. Archer, and O. E. Sala. 2015. Beyond desertification: new paradigms for dryland landscapes. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 13(1):4-12. PDF |
| 190. | Sala, O. E. and F. T. Maestre. 2014. Grass-woodland transitions: Determinants and consequences for ecosystem functioning and provisioning of services. Journal of Ecology 102(6):1357-1362. PDF |
| 189. | Anadón, J. D., O. E. Sala, and F. T. Maestre. 2014. Climate change will increase savannas at the expense of forests and treeless vegetation in tropical and subtropical Americas. Journal of Ecology 102(6):1363-1373. PDF |
| 188. | Jobbágy, E. and O. E. Sala. 2014. The imprint of crop-choice on global nutrient needs. Environmental Research Letters 9(8):084014. PDF |
| 187. | Anadón, J. D., O. E. Sala, B. L. Turner, and E. M. Bennett. 2014. The effect of woody-plant encroachment on livestock production in North and South America. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences 111(35):12948-12953. PDF |
| 186. | Reichmann, L. G. and O. E. Sala. 2014. Differential sensitivities of grassland structural components to changes in precipitation mediate productivity response in a desert ecosystem. Functional Ecology 28(5):1292-1298. PDF |
| 185. | Sylvain, Z. A., D. H. Wall, K. L. Cherwin, D. P. C. Peter, L. G. Reichmann, and O. E. Sala. 2014. Soil animal responses to moisture availability are largely scale, not ecosystem dependent: Insight from a cross-site study. Global Change Biology 20(8):2631-2643. PDF |
| 184. | Flombaum, P., O. E. Sala, and E. B. Rastetter. 2014. Interactions among resource partitioning, sampling effect, and facilitation on the biodiversity effect: a modeling approach. Oecologia 174(2):559-566. PDF |
| 183. | Yahdjian, L., L. Gherardi, and O. E. Sala. 2014. Grasses have larger response than shrubs to increased nitrogen availability: A fertilization experiment in the Patagonian steppe. Journal of Arid Environments 102:17-20. PDF |
| 182. | Herrick, J. E., O. E. Sala, and J. W. Karl. 2013. Land degradation and climate change: a sin of omission? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 11(6):283-283. PDF |
| 181. | Gherardi, L. A., O. E. Sala, and L. Yahdjian. 2013. Preference for different inorganic- nitrogen forms among plant-functional types and species of the Patagonian steppe. Oecologia 173(3):1075-1081. PDF |
| 180. | Gherardi, L. and O. E. Sala. 2013. Automated rainfall manipulation system: A reliable and inexpensive tool for ecologists. Ecosphere 4(2):1-10. PDF |
| 179. | Sala, O. E., L. Vivanco, and P. Flombaum. Grassland Ecosystems. 2013. Vol 4 Pages 1-7 in S. A. Levin, editor. Encyclopedia of Biodiversity (Second Edition). Academic Press. PDF |
| 178. | Peters, D. P. C., S. A. Archer, B. T. Bestelmeyer, M. L. Brooks, J. R. Brown, A. C. Comrie, H. R. Gimblett, J. H. Goldstein, K. M. Havstad, L. López-Hoffman, H. C. Monger, G. S. Okin, A. Rango, O. E. Sala, C. E. Tweedie, and E. R. Vivoni. 2013. Desertification of Rangelands. Pages 239-258 in T. R. Seastedt and K. N. Suding, editors. Ecosystem Functions and Services. Elsevier. PDF |
| 177. | Reichmann, L. G., O. E. Sala, and D. P. C. Peters. 2013. Water controls on nitrogen transformations and stocks in an arid ecosystem. Ecosphere 4(1):11. PDF |
| 176. | Reichmann, L. G., O. E. Sala, and D. P. C. Peters. 2013 Precipitation legacies in desert- grassland primary production occur through previous-year tiller density. Ecology 94(2):435-443. PDF |
| 175. | Sala, O. E., L. Gherardi, L. Reichmann, E. Jobbágy, and D. Peters. 2012. Legacies of precipitation fluctuations on primary production: Theory and data synthesis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 367(1606):3135-3144. PDF |
| 174. | Schwartz, M. W., J. J. Hellmann, J. M. McLachlan, S. D.F., J. O. Borevitz, J. Brennan, A. E. Camacho, G. Ceballos, J. R. Clark, H. Doremus, R. Early, J. R. Etterson, D. Fielder, J. L. Gill, P. Gonzalez, N. Green, L. Hannah, D. W. Jamieson, J. D., B. A. Minteer, J. Odenbaugh, S. Polasky, D. M. Richardson, T. L. Root, H. D. Safford, O. E. Sala, S. H. Schneider, A. R. Thompson, J. W. Williams, M. Vellend, P. Vitt, and S. Zellmer. 2012. Managed Relocation: integrating the scientific, regulatory and ethical challenges Bioscience 62(8):732-743. PDF |
| 173. | Yao, J., O. E. Sala, and D. Peters. 2013. Cross-site studies "by design": Experiments and observations that provide new insights. in D. P. C. Peters, C. Laney, A. Lugo, S. Collins, C. Driscoll, P. Groffman, J. Grove, A. Knapp, T. Kratz, M. Ohman, R. Waide, and J. Yao, editors. Long-Term Trends in Ecological Systems: A Basis for Understanding Responses to Global Change. USDA Agricultural Research Service, Washington, DC, USA. PDF |
| 172. | Sala, O. E., R. A. Golluscio, W. K. Lauenroth, and P. A. Roset. 2012. Contrasting Nutrient - Capture Strategies in Shrubs and Grasses of a Patagonian Arid Ecosystem. Journal of Arid Environments 82:130-135. PDF |
| 171. | Peters, D. P. C., J. Yao, O. E. Sala, and J. Anderson. 2012. Directional Climate Change and Potential Reversal of Desertification in Arid and Semiarid Ecosystems. Global Change Biology 18(1):151-163. PDF |
| 170. | Flombaum, P. and O. E. Sala. 2012. Effects of plant species traits on ecosystem processes: Experiments in the Patagonian steppe. Ecology 93(2):227-234. PDF |
| 169. | Throop, H., L. Reichmann, O. E. Sala, and S. Archer. 2012. Response of dominant grass and shrub species to water manipulation: An ecophysiological basis for shrub invasion in a Chihuahuan Desert Grassland. Oecologia 169(2):373-383. PDF |
| 168. | Montti, L., P. I. Campanello, M. G. Gatti, C. Blundo, A. T. Austin, O. E. Sala, and G. Goldstein. 2011. Understory bamboo flowering provides a very narrow light window of opportunity for canopy-tree recruitment in a neotropical forest of Misiones, Argentina. Forest Ecology and Management. 262(8):1360-1369. PDF |
| 167. | Yahdjian, L., L. Gherardi, and O. E. Sala. 2011. Nitrogen limitation in arid-subhumid ecosystems: A meta-analysis of fertilization studies. Journal Arid Environments 75(8):675-680. PDF |
| 166. | Yahdjian, L. and O. E. Sala. 2011. El Futuro de los Pastizales Sudamericanos. Interciencia 36(2):153-159. PDF |
| 165. | Flombaum, P. and O. E. Sala. 2011. Efectos de la biodiversidad sobre el funcionamiento de los ecosistemas. Pages 49-62. in J.A. Simonetti and R. Dirzo, editors. Conservación Biológica: Perspectivas desde América Latina. Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Chile, Santiago. PDF |
| 164. | Yahdjian, L. and O. E. Sala. 2010. Size of Precipitation Pulses Controls Nitrogen Transformations and Losses in an Arid Patagonian Steppe. Ecosystems 13(4):575-585. PDF |
| 163. | Richardson, D. M., J. Hellmann, J. McLachlan, D. Sax, M. Schwartz, J. Brennan, P. Gonzalez, T. Root, O. E. Sala, S. Schneider, D. Ashe, A. Camacho, J. Rappaport Clark, R. Early, J. Etterson, D. Fielder, J. Gill, B. Minteer, S. Polasky, H. Safford, A. Thompson, and M. Vellend. 2009. Multidimensional evaluation of managed relocation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106(24):9721-9724. PDF |
| 162. | Downs, M., and O. E. Sala. 2009. Grasslands. Pages 614-618 in S. A. Levin, editor. The Princeton Guide to Ecology. Princeton University Press, Princeton. PDF |
| 161. | Zaller, J. G., Caldwell MM, Flint SD, Ballaré C, Scopel A, and O. E. Sala. 2009. Solar UV-B and warming affect decomposition and earthworms in a fen ecosystem in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Global Change Biology 15(10):2493-2502. PDF |
| 160. | Golluscio, R. A., A. Austin, G. C. García Martínez, M. Gonzalez-Polo, O. E. Sala, and R. B. Jackson. 2009. Sheep grazing decreases organic carbon and nitrogen pools in the Patagonian steppe: combination of direct and indirect effects. Ecosystems 12(4):686-697. PDF |
| 159. | Marchesini, V. A., O. E. Sala, and A. T. Austin. 2009. Ecological consequences of a massive flowering event of bamboo (Chusquea culeou) in a temperate forest of Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Vegetation Science 20(3):424-432. PDF |
| 158. | Sala, O. E., D. Sax, and H. Leslie. 2009. Biodiversity Consequences of Increased Biofuel production. Pages 127-137 in R. W. Howarth and S. Bringezu, editors. Biofuels: Environmental Consequences and Interactions with Changing Land Use. Cornell University Press. PDF |
| 157. | Howarth, R. W., S. Bringezu, L. Martinelli, R. Santoro, D. Messem, and O. E. Sala. 2009. Introduction: Biofuels and the Environment in the 21st Century. Pages 15-36 in R. W. Howarth and S. Bringezu, editors. Biofuels: Environmental Consequences and Interactions with Changing Land Use. Cornell University Press, Ithaca. PDF |
| 156. | Ojima, D., C. Field, P. Leadley, O. E. Sala, D. Messem, J. Petersen, J. Born, L. VanWey, and M. Wright. 2009. Mitigation Strategies: Biofuel Development Considerations to Minimize Impacts on the Socio-Environmental System. Pages 287-302. in R. W. Howarth and S. Bringezu, editors. Biofuels: Environmental Consequences and Interactions with Changing Land Use. Cornell University Press, Ithaca. PDF |
| 155. | Flombaum, P. and O. E. Sala. 2009. Cover is a good predictor of aboveground biomass in arid systems. Journal of Arid Environments 6(73):597-598. PDF |
| 154. | Sala, O. E., L. A. Meyerson, and C. Parmesan, editors. 2009. Biodiversity Change and Human Health: From Ecosystem Services to Spread of Disease. Island Press, Washington, DC. PDF |
| 153. | Sala, O. E., L. A. Meyerson, and C. Parmesan. 2009. Changes in biodiversity and their consequences for human health. Pages 1-12 in O. E. Sala, L. A. Meyerson, and C. Parmesan, editors. Biodiversity Change and Human Health: From Ecosystem Services to Spread of Disease. Island Press, Washington DC. PDF |
| 152. | Meyerson, L. A., O. E. Sala, A. Froment, C. Friedman, K. Hund-Rinke, P. Martens, A. Mazumder, A. Purohit, M. Thomas, and A. Wilby. 2009. Sustainable allocation of biodiversity to improve human health and well-being. Pages 83-98 in O. E. Sala, L. A. Meyerson, and C. Parmesan, editors. Biodiversity Change and Human Health: From Ecosystem Services to Spread of Disease. Island Press, Washington DC. PDF |
| 151. | Meyerson, F. A. B., L. A. Meyerson, C. Parmesan, and O. E. Sala. 2009. Human health, biodiversity and ecosystem services: the intertwined challenging future. Pages 281-285 in O. E. Sala, L. A. Meyerson, and C. Parmesan, editors. Biodiversity Change and Human Health: From Ecosystem Services to Spread of Disease. Island Press, Washington, DC. PDF |
| 150. | Lauenroth, W. K., D. G. Milchunas, O. E. Sala, I. Burke, and J. A. Morgan. 2008. Net Primary Production in the Shortgrass Steppe. Pages 270-305 in W. K. Lauenroth and I. Burke, editors. Ecology of the Shortgrass Steppe. Oxford University Press, Oxford. PDF |
| 149. | Melillo, J. M., and O. E. Sala. 2008. Ecosystem Services. Pages 75-115. in E. Chivian and A. Bernstein, editors. Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity. Oxford University Press, Oxford. PDF |
| 148. | Flombaum, P., and O. E. Sala. 2008. Higher effect of plant species diversity on productivity in natural than artificial ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105(16):6087-6090. PDF |
| 147. | Yahdjian, L., and O. E. Sala. 2008. Climate Change Impacts on South American Rangelands. Rangelands 30(3):34-39. PDF |
| 146. | Armas, C., F. I. Pugnaire, and O. E. Sala. 2008. Patch structure dynamics and mechanisms of cyclical succession in a Patagonian steppe (Argentina). Journal of Arid Environments 72(9):1552-1561. PDF |
| 145. | Cipriotti, P. A., P. Flombaum, O. E. Sala, and M. Aguiar. 2008. Does drought control emergence and survival of grass seedlings in semi-arid rangelands? An example with a Patagonian species. Journal Arid Environments 72(3):162-174. PDF |
| 144. | Cid, M. S., C. M. Ferri, M. A. Brizuela, and O. E. Sala. 2008. Structural heterogeneity and productivity of a tall fescue pasture grazed rotationally by cattle at four stocking densities. Grassland Science 54(1):9-16. PDF |
| 143. | Yahdjian, L., and O. E. Sala. 2008. Do litter decomposition and nitrogen mineralization show the same trend in the response to dry and wet years in the Patagonian steppe? Journal Arid Environments 72(5):687-695. PDF |
| 142. | Flombaum, P., and O. E. Sala. 2007. A non-destructive and rapid method to estimate biomass and aboveground net primary production in arid environments. Journal Arid Environments 69(2):352-358. PDF |
| 141. | Knapp, A. K., J. M. Briggs, D. L. Childers, and O. E. Sala. 2007. Estimating Aboveground Net Primary Production in Grassland and Herbaceous Dominated Ecosystems. Pages 27-48 in T. J. Fahey and A. K. Knapp, editors. Principles and Standards for Measuring Primary Production. Oxford University Press, Oxford. PDF |
| 140. | Peters, D., O. Sala, C. Allen, A. Covich, and M. Brunson. 2007. Cascading events in linked ecological and socio-economic systems: Predicting change in an uncertain world. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5(4):221-224. PDF |
| 139. | Yahdjian, L. and O.E. Sala. 2006. Vegetation structure constrains primary production response to increased water availability in the Patagonian steppe of Argentina. Ecology 87(4):952-962. PDF |
| 138. | Chapin, F. S., G. M. Woodwell, J. T. Randerson, E. B. Rastetter, G. M. Lovett, D. D. Baldocchi, D. A. Clark, M. E. Harmon, D. S. Schimel, R. Valentini, C. Wirth, J. D. Aber, J.J. Cole, M. L. Goulden, J. W. Harden, M. Heimann, R. W. Howarth, P. A. Matson, A. D. McGuire, J. M. Melillo, H. A. Mooney, J. C. Neff, R. A. Houghton, M. L. Pace, M. G. Ryan, S. W. Running, O. E. Sala, W. H. Schlesinger, and E.-D. Schulze. 2006. Reconciling Carbon- cycle Concepts, Terminology, and Methods. Ecosystems 9(7):1041-1050. PDF |
| 137. | Sala, O.E. and R. B. Jackson. 2006. Determinants of biodiversity change: Ecological tools for building scenarios. Ecology: 87(8):1875-1876. PDF |
| 136. | Dobson, A., D. Lodge, J. Alder, G. S. Cumming, J. Keymer, J. McGlade, H. Mooney, J.A. Rusak, O. E. Sala, V. Wolters, D. H. Wall, R. Winfree, and M. Xenopoulos. 2006. Habitat loss, trophic collapse and the decline of ecosystem services. Ecology: 87(8):1915-1924. PDF |
| 135. | Austin, A. T., O.E. Sala, and R. B. Jackson. 2006. Inhibition of nitrification alters carbon turnover in the Patagonian steppe. Ecosystems 9(8):1257-1265. PDF |
| 134. | Crisci, J., O.E. Sala, L. Katinas, P. Posadas. 2006. Bridging historical and ecological approaches in biogeography. Australian Systematic Botany 19(1):1-10. PDF |
| 133. | Van Vuuren, D.P., O.E. Sala and H.M. Pereira. 2006. The future of vascular plant diversity under four global scenarios. Ecology and Society 11(2):25. PDF |
| 132. | Yahdjian, L., O. E. Sala, and A. T. Austin. 2006. Differential controls of water input on litter decomposition and nitrogen dynamics in the Patagonian Steppe. Ecosystems 9(1):128-141. PDF |
| 131. | Sala, O. E., D. van Vuuren, H. Pereira, D. Lodge, J. Alder, G. S. Cumming, A. Dobson, V.Wolters, and M. Xenopoulos. 2005. Biodiversity across Scenarios. Pages 375-408 in S. R. Carpenter, P. L. Pingali, E. M. Bennett, and M. Zurek, editors. Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Scenarios. Island Press, Washington DC. PDF |
| 130. | Kareiva, P., J. B. R. Agard, J. Alder, E. M. Bennett, C. Butler, S. R. Carpenter, W. Cheung, G. S. Cumming, R. Defries, B. de Vries, R. E. Dickinson, A. Dobson, J. Foley, J. Geoghegan, B. Holland, P. Kabat, J. Keymer, A. Kleidon, D. Lodge, S. Manson, J. McGlade, H. Mooney, A. Parma, M. Pascual, H. Pereira, M. Rosegrant, C. Ringler, O. E. Sala, B. L. Turner, D. van Vuuren, D. H. Wall, P. Wilkinson, and V. Wolters. 2005. State of the Art in Simulating Future Changes in Ecosystem Services. Pages 71-115. in S. R. Carpenter, P. Pingali, E. M. Bennett, and M. Zurek, editors. Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Scenarios. Island Press, Washington DC. PDF |
| 129. | Alcamo, J., D. Van Vuuren, C. Ringler, J. Alder, E. Bennett, D. Lodge, T. Masui, T. Morita, M. Rosegrant, O. Sala, and others. 2005. Methodology for developing the MA scenarios. Carpenter, SR et al.(2005), Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Scenarios. Island Press, Washington, DC. PDF |
| 128. | Adler, P. B., D. G. Milchunas, O. E. Sala, I. C. Burke, and W. K. Lauenrot h. 2005. Plant traits and ecosystem grazing effects: Comparison of U.S. sagebrush steppe and Patagonian steppe. Ecological Applications 15(2):774-792. PDF |
| 127. | Pancotto, V. A., O. E. Sala, T. M. Robson, M. M. Caldwell, and A. L. Scopel. 2005. Direct and indirect effects of solar ultraviolet-B radiation on long-term decomposition. Global Change Biology 11(11):1982-1989. PDF |
| 126. | Cumming, G. S., J. Alcamo, O. E. Sala, R. Swart, E. M. Bennett, and M. Zurek. 2005. Are existing global scenarios consistent with ecological feedbacks? Ecosystems 8(2):143-152. PDF |
| 125. | Meyerson, L. A., J. Baron, J. M. Melillo, R. J. Naiman, R. I. O'Malley, G. Orians, M. A. Palmer, A. S. P. Pfaff, S. W. Running, and O. E. Sala. 2005. Aggregate measures of ecosystem services: can we take the pulse of nature? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 3(1):56-59. PDF |
| 124. | Huxman, T. E., M. D. Smith, P. A. Fay, A. K. Knapp, M. R. Shaw, M. E. Loik, S. D. Smith, D. T. Tissue, J. C. Zak, J. F. Weltzin, W. T. Pockman, O. E. Sala, B. Haddad, J. Harte, G. W. Koch, S. Schwinning, E. E. Small, and D. G. Williams. 2004. Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency. Nature 429(6992):651-654. PDF |
| 123. | Lauenroth, W. K., H. E. Epstein, J. M. Paruelo, I. C. Burke, M. R. Aguiar, and O. E. Sala. 2004. Potential effects of climate change on the temperate zones of North and South America. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 77:439-453. PDF |
| 122. | Schwinning, S., and O. E. Sala. 2004. Hierarchy of responses to resource pulses in arid and semi-arid ecosystems. Oecologia 141(2):211-220. PDF |
| 121. | Schwinning, S., O. E. Sala, M. Loik, and J. Ehleringer. 2004. Thresholds, memory, and seasonality: understanding pulse dynamics in arid/semiarid ecosystems. Oecologia 141:191-193. PDF |
| 120. | Robson, T. M., V. A. Pancotto, C. L. Ballaré, O. E. Sala, A. L. Scopel, and M. M. Caldwell. 2004. Reduction of solar UV-B mediates changes in the Sphagnum capitulum microenvironment and the peatland microfungal community. Oecologia 140(3):480-490. PDF |
| 119. | Adler, P. B., D. G. Milchunas, W. K. Lauenroth, O. E. Sala, and I. C. Burke. 2004. Functional traits of graminoids in semi-arid steppes: a test of grazing histories. Journal of Applied Ecology 41(4):653-663. PDF |
| 118. | Zaller, J. G., P. S. Searles, M. M. Caldwell, S. D. Flint, A. L. Scopel, and O. E. Sala. 2004. Growth responses to ultraviolet-B radiation of two Carex species dominating an Argentinean fen ecosystem. Basic and Applied Ecology 5(2):153-162. PDF |
| 117. | Giordano, C. V., T. Mori, O. E. Sala, A. L. Scopel, M. M. Caldwell, and C. L. Ballaré. 2003. Functional acclimation to solar UV-B radiation in Gunnera magellanica, a native plant species of southernmost Patagonia. Plant Cell and Environment 26(12):2027-2036. PDF |
| 116. | López, N. I., A. T. Austin, O. E. Sala, and B. S. Méndez. 2003. Controls on nitrification in a water-limited ecosystem: experimental inhibition of ammonia-oxidising bacteria in the Patagonian steppe. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 35(12):1609-1613. PDF |
| 115. | Zaller, J. G., P. S. Searles, M. C. Rousseaux, S. D. Flint, M. M. Caldwell, O. E. Sala, C. L. Ballaré, and A. L. Scopel. 2003. Solar ultraviolet-B radiation can affect slug-feeding preference for some plant species native to a fen ecosystem in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Plant Ecology 169(1):43-51. PDF |
| 114. | Ollinger, S., O. E. Sala, G. Agren, B. Berg, E. Davidson, C. B. Field, M. Lerdau, J. Neff, M. Scholes, and R. Sterner. 2003. New frontiers in the study of element interactions. Pages 63-91. in J. M. Melillo, C. B. Field, and B. Moldan, editors. Interactions of the major biogeochemical cycles: Global change and human impacts. Island Press, Washington, DC. PDF |
| 113. | Robson, T. M., V. A. Pancotto, S. D. Flint, C. L. Ballaré, O. E. Sala, A. L. Scopel, and M. M. Caldwell. 2003. Six years of solar UV-B manipulations affect growth of Sphagnum and vascular plants in a Tierra del Fuego peatland. New Phytologist 160(2):379-389. PDF |
| 112. | Pancotto, V. A., O. E. Sala, M. Cabello, N. I. López, T. M. Robson, C. L. Ballare, M. M. Caldwell, and A. L. Scopel. 2003. Solar UV-B decreases decomposition in herbaceous plant litter in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina: Potential role of an altered decomposer community. Global Change Biology 9(10):1465-1474. PDF |
| 111. | Sala, O.E. 2003. Almost all about biodiversity. Science 299(5612):1521. PDF |
| 110. | Veron, S. R., J. M. Paruelo, O.E. Sala, and W.K. Lauenroth. 2002. Environmental controls of primary production in agricultural systems of the Argentine Pampas. Ecosystems 5(7):625-635. PDF |
| 109. | Yahdjian, L., and O. E. Sala. 2002. A rainout shelter design for intercepting different amounts of rainfall. Oecologia 133(2):95-101. PDF |
| 108. | Loreau, M., A. Downing, M. Emmerson, A. Gonzalez, J. Hughes, P. Inchausti, J. Joshi, J. Norberg, and O. E. Sala. 2002. A new look at the relationship between diversity and stability. Pages 79-91. in M. Loreau, S. Naeem, and P. Inchausti, editors. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: synthesis and perspectives. Oxford University Press, Oxford. PDF |
| 107. | Zaller, J. G., M. M. Caldwell, S. D. Flint, A. L. Scopel, O. E. Sala, and C. L. Ballaré. 2002. Solar UV-B radiation affects below-ground parameters in a fen ecosystem in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina: implications of stratospheric ozone depletion. Global Change Biology 8(9):867-871. PDF |
| 106. | Folgarait, P. J., and O. E. Sala. 2002. Granivory rates by rodents, insects, and birds at different microsites in the Patagonian steppe. Ecography 25(4):417-427. PDF |
| 105. | Austin, A. T., and O. E. Sala. 2002. Carbon and nitrogen dynamics across a natural precipitation gradient in Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Vegetation Science 13(3):351-360. PDF |
| 104. | Jobbágy, E., O. E. Sala, and J. M. Paruelo. 2002. Patterns and controls of primary production in the Patagonian steppe: a remote sensing approach. Ecology 83(2):307-319. PDF |
| 103. | Loreti, J., M. Oesterheld, and O. E. Sala. 2001. Lack of intraspecific variation in resistance to defoliation in a grass that evolved under light grazing pressure. Plant Ecology 157(2):195-202. PDF |
| 102. | Paruelo, J. M., E. G. Jobbágy, and O. E. Sala. 2001. Current distribution of ecosystem functional types in temperate South America. Ecosystems 4(7):683-698. PDF |
| 101. | Ballaré, C. L., M. C. Rousseaux, P. S. Searles, J. G. Zaller, C. V. Giordano, T. M. Robson, M. M. Caldwell, O. E. Sala, and A. L. Scopel. 2001. Impacts of solar ultraviolet-B radiation on terrestrial ecosystems of Tierra del Fuego (southern Argentina). Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology 62(1-2):67-77. PDF |
| 100. | Sala, O. E., F. S. Chapin, and E. Huber-Sannwald. 2001. Potential biodiversity change: global patterns and biome comparisons. Pages 351-367. in F. S. Chapin, O. E. Sala, and E. Huber-Sannwald, editors. Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment: Scenarios for the 21st Century. Springer Verlag, New York. PDF |
| 99. | Sala, O. E. 2001. Temperate Grasslands. Pages 121-137. in F. S. Chapin, O. E. Sala, and E. Huber-Sannwald, editors. Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment: Scenarios for the 21st Century. Springer Verlag, New York. PDF |
| 98. | Chapin III, F. S., O. E. Sala, and E. Huber-Sannwald. 2001. The future of biodiversity in a changing world. Pages 1-4. in F. S. Chapin, O. E. Sala, and E. Huber Sannwald, editors. Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment: Scenarios for the 21st Century. Springer Verlag, New York. PDF |
| 97. | Chapin III, F. S., O. E. Sala, and E. Huber-Sannwald, editors. 2001. Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment: Scenarios for the 21st Century. Springer-Verlag, New York. PDF |
| 96. | Clark, J. S., S. R. Carpenter, M. Barber, S. Collins, A. Dobson, J. Foley, D. Lodge, M. Pascual, R. Pielke, W. Pizer, C. Pringle, W. V. Reid, K. A. Rose, O. E. Sala, W. Schlesinger, D. H. Wall, and D. Wear. 2001. Ecological Forecasts: an Emerging Imperative. Science 293(5530):657-660. PDF |
| 95. | Sala, O. E. 2001. Productivity of temperate grasslands. Pages 285-300. in J. Roy, B. Saugier, and H. A. Mooney, editors. Terrestrial Global Productivity. Academic Press, San Diego. PDF |
| 94. | Rousseaux, M. C., A. L. Scopel, P. S. Searles, M. M. Caldwell, O. E. Sala, and C. L. Ballaré. 2001. Responses to solar ultraviolet-B radiation in a shrub-dominated natural ecosystem of Tierra del Fuego (southern Argentina). Global Change Biology 7(4):467-478. PDF |
| 93. | Sala, O. E. 2001. Price put on biodiversity. Nature 412(6842):34-36. PDF |
| 92. | Oesterheld, M., J. Loreti, M. Semmartin, and O. E. Sala. 2001. Inter-annual variation in primary production of a semi-arid grassland related to previous-year production. Journal of Vegetation Science 12(1):137-142. PDF |
| 91. | Sala, O. E., A. T. Austin, and L. Vivanco. 2001. Temperate grassland and shrubland ecosystems. Pages 627-635. in S. Levin, editor. Encyclopedia of Biodiversity. Academic Press, San Diego. PDF |
| 90. | Paruelo, J. M., O. E. Sala, and A. B. Beltrán. 2000. Long term dynamics of water and carbon in semi-arid ecosystems: A gradient analysis in the Patagonian Steppe. Plant Ecology 150(1-2):133-143. PDF |
| 89. | Wolters, V., W. L. Silver, D. E. Bignell, D. C. Coleman, P. Lavelle, W. van der Putten, P. de Ruiter, J. Rusek, D. H. Wall, D. A. Wardle, L. Brussaard, J. M. Dangerfield, V. K. Brown, K. Giller, D. U. Hooper, O. E. Sala, J. Tiedje, and J. A. van Veen. 2000. Effects of global changes on above and belowground biodiversity n terrestrial ecosystems: implications for ecosystem functioning. BioScience 50(12):1089-1098. PDF |
| 88. | Sala, O. E., and A. T. Austin. 2000. Methods of estimating aboveground net primary production. Pages 31-43. in O. E. Sala, R. B. Jackson, H. A. Mooney, and R. W. Howarth, editors. Methods in Ecosystem Science. Springer Verlag, New York. PDF |
| 87. | Sala, O. E., R. B. Jackson, H. A. Mooney, and R. W. Howarth. 2000. Methods in ecosystem science: progress, tradeoffs, and limitations. Pages 1-3. in O. E. Sala, R. B. Jackson, H. A. Mooney, and R. W. Howarth, editors. Methods in Ecosystem Science. Springer Verlag, New York. PDF |
| 86. | Sala, O. E., R. B. Jackson, H. A. Mooney, and R. W. Howarth, editors. 2000. Methods in Ecosystem Science. Springer Verlag, New York. PDF |
| 85. | Chapin, F. S., E. S. Zavaleta, V. T. Eviner, R. L. Naylor, P. M. Vitousek, H. L. Reynolds, D.U. Hooper, S. Lavorel, O. E. Sala, S. E. Hobbie, M. C. Mack, and S. Diaz. 2000. Consequences of changing biodiversity. Nature 405(6783):234-242. PDF |
| 84. | Jobbágy, E., and O. E. Sala. 2000. Controls of grass and shrub aboveground production in the Patagonian steppe. Ecological Applications 10(2):541-549. PDF |
| 83. | Jackson, R. B., H. J. Schenk, E. G. Jobbágy, J. Canadell, G. D. Colello, R. E. Dickinson, C. B. Field, P. Friedlingstein, M. Heimann, K. Hibbard, D. W. Kicklighter, A. Kleidon, R. P. Neilson, W. J. Parton, O. E. Sala, and M. T. Sykes. 2000. Belowground consequences of vegetation change and their treatment in models. Ecological Applications 10(2):470-483. PDF |
| 82. | Sala, O. E., F. S. Chapin, J. J. Armesto, E. Berlow, J. Bloomfield, R. Dirzo, E. Huber - Sanwald, L. F. Huenneke, R. B. Jackson, A. Kinzig, R. Leemans, D. M. Lodge, H. A. Mooney, M. Oesterheld, N. L. Poff, M. T. Sykes, B. H. Walker, M. Walker, and D. H. Wall. 2000. Global biodiversity scenarios for the year 2100. Science 287(5459):1770-1774. PDF |
| 81. | Aguiar, M., and O. E. Sala. 1999. Patch structure, dynamics, and implications for the functioning of arid ecosystems. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 14(7):273-277. PDF |
| 80. | Austin, A. T., and O. E. Sala., 1999. Foliar δ15N is negatively correlated with rainfall along the IGBP transect in Australia. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 26(3):293-295. PDF |
| 79. | Paruelo, J., W. K. Lauenroth, I. Burke, and O. E. Sala. 1999. Grassland precipitation-use efficiency varies across a resource gradient. Ecosystems 2(1):64-68. PDF |
| 78. | Sala, O. E., F. S. Chapin III, R. H. Gardner, W. K. Lauenroth, H. A. Mooney, and P. S. Ramakrishnan. 1999. Global change, biodiversity and ecological complexity. Pages 304-328. in B. H. Walker, W. L. Steffen, J. Canadell, and J. S. I. Ingram, editors. The Terrestrial Biosphere and Global Change: Implications for Natural and Managed Ecosystems. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. PDF |
| 77. | Paruelo, J., E. Jobbágy, and O. E. Sala. 1998. Biozones of Patagonia (Argentina). Ecología Austral 8(2):145-153. PDF |
| 76. | Paruelo, J., A. Beltrán, E. Jobbágy, O. E. Sala, and R. Golluscio. 1998. The climate of Patagonia: general patterns and controls on biotic processes. Ecología Austral 8(2):85-101. PDF |
| 75. | Aguiar, M., and O. E. Sala. 1998. Interactions among grasses, shrubs, and herbivores in Patagonian grass-shrub steppes. Ecología Austral 8(2):201-210. PDF |
| 74. | Schulze, E., M. Caldwell, J. Canadell, H. A. Mooney, R. B. Jackson, D. Parson, R. Scholes, O. E. Sala, and P. Trimborn. 1998. Downward flux of water through roots (i.e. inverse hydraulic lift) in dry Kalahari sands. Oecologia 115(4):460-462. PDF |
| 73. | Golluscio, R., O. E. Sala, and W. K. Lauenroth. 1998. Differential use of large summer rainfall events by shrubs and grasses: a manipulative experiment in the Patagonian steppe. Oecologia 115(1-2):17-25. PDF |
| 72. | Paruelo, J., E. Jobbágy, O. E. Sala, W. K. Lauenroth, and I. Burke. 1998. Functional and structural convergence of temperate grassland and shrubland ecosystems. Ecological Applications 8(1):194-206. PDF |
| 71. | Jackson, R. B., O. E. Sala, J. M. Paruelo, and H. A. Mooney. 1998. Ecosystem water fluxes for two grasslands in elevated CO2: a modeling analysis. Oecologia 113(4):537-546. PDF |
| 70. | Chapin, F. S. I., O. E. Sala, I. C. Burke, J. P. Grime, D. U. Hooper, W. K. Lauenroth, A. Lombard, H. A. Mooney, A. R. Mosier, S. Naeem, S. W. Pacala, J. Roy, W. Steffen, and D. Tilman. 1998. Ecosystem consequences of changing biodiversity. BioScience 48(1):45-52. PDF |
| 69. | Chapin, F. S., B. H. Walker, R. J. Hobbs, D. U. Hooper, J. H. Lawton, O. E. Sala, and D. Tilman. 1997. Biotic controls over the functioning of ecosystems. Science 277(5325):500-504. PDF |
| 68. | Sala, O. E., W. K. Lauenroth, and R. A. Golluscio. 1997. Plant functional types in temperate semi-arid regions. Pages 217-233. in T. M. Smith, H. H. Shugart, and F. I. Woodward, editors. Plant Functional Types. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. PDF |
| 67. | Aguiar, M. R., and O. E. Sala. 1997. Seed distribution constrains the dynamics of the Patagonian steppe. Ecology 78(1):93-100. PDF |
| 66. | Sala, O. E., and J. M. Paruelo. 1997. Ecosystem services in grasslands. Pages 237-252. in G.C. Daily, editor. Nature's Services: Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems. Island Press, Washington, D.C. PDF |
| 65. | Schulze, E. D., H. A. Mooney, O. E. Sala, E. Jobbágy, N. Buchmann, G. Bauer, J. Canadell, R. B. Jackson, J. Loreti, M. Oesterheld, and J. R. Ehleringer. 1996. Rooting depth, water availability, and vegetation cover along an aridity gradient in Patagonia. Oecologia 108(3):503-511. PDF |
| 64. | Canadell, J., R. B. Jackson, J. R. Ehleringer, H. A. Mooney, O. E. Sala, and E. D. Schulze.1996. Maximum rooting depth of vegetation types at the global scale. Oecologia 108(4):583-595. PDF |
| 63. | Jackson, R. B., J. Canadell, J. R. Ehleringer, H. A. Mooney, O. E. Sala, and E. D. Schulze.1996. A global analysis of root distributions for terrestrial biomes. Oecologia 108(3):389-411. PDF |
| 62. | Sala, O. E. 1996. Global change and ecological complexity. Pages 341-345. in B. Walker, and W. Steffen, editors. Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. PDF |
| 61. | Sala, O. E., W. K. Lauenroth, and I. C. Burke. 1996. Carbon budgets of temperate grasslands and the effects of global change. Pages 101-119. in A. Breymeyer, D. O. Hall, J. M. Melillo, and G. I. Agren, editors. Global Change: Effects on Coniferous Forests and Grasslands. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, New York. PDF |
| 60. | Sala, O. E., W. K. Lauenroth, S. J. McNaughton, G. Rusch, and X. Zhang. 1996. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in grasslands. Pages 129-149. in H. A. Mooney, J. H. Cushman, E. Medina, O. E. Sala, and E. D. Schulze, editors. Functional Role of Biodiversity: A Global Perspective. J. Wiley and Sons, Chichester. PDF |
| 59. | Mooney, H. A., J. H. Cushman, E. Medina, O. E. Sala, and E. D. Schulze. 1996. Conclusions. Pages 475-484. in H. A. Mooney, J. H. Cushman, E. Medina, O. E. Sala, and E. D. Schulze, editors. Functional Roles of Biodiversity: A Global Perspective. J. Wiley and Sons, Chichester. PDF |
| 58. | Mooney, H. A., J. H. Cushman, E. Medina, O. E. Sala, and E. D. Schulze. 1996. Introduction. Pages 1-6. in H. A. Mooney, J. H. Cushman, E. Medina, O. E. Sala, and E. D. Schulze, editors. Functional Roles of Biodiversity: A Global Perspective. J. Wiley and Sons, Chichester. PDF |
| 57. | Mooney, H. A., J. H. Cushman, E. Medina, O. E. Sala, and E. D. Schulze, Editors. 1996. Functional Roles of Biodiversity: A Global Perspective. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester. PDF |
| 56. | Sala, O. E., and M. R. Aguiar. 1996. Origin, maintenance, and ecosystem effect of vegetation patches in arid lands. Pages 29-32. in N. West, editor. Rangelands in a Sustainable Biosphere. Society for Range Management, Denver. PDF |
| 55. | Aguiar, M. R., J. M. Paruelo, O. E. Sala, and W. K. Lauenroth. 1996. Ecosystem responses to changes in plant functional type composition: an example from the Patagonian steppe. Journal of Vegetation Science 7(3):3381-390. PDF |
| 54. | Melillo, J. M., I. C. Prentice, G. D. Farquhar, E. D. Schulze, and O. E. Sala. 1996. Terrestrial biotic responses to environmental change and feedbacks to climate. Pages 444-481. in J. T. Houghton, L. G. Meira Filho, B. A. Callander, N. Harris, A. Kattenberg, and K. Maskells, editors. Climate Change 1995: The Science of Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. PDF |
| 53. | Parton, W., J. Scurlock, D. Ojima, D. Schimel, D. Hall, M. Coughenour, E. Garcia Moya, T. Gilmanov, A. Kamnalrut, J. Kinyamario, T. Kirchner, T. Kittel, J. Menaut, O. E. Sala, R. Scholes, and J. van Veen. 1995. Impact of climate change on grassland production and soil carbon worldwide. Global Change Biology 1:13-22. PDF |
| 52. | Paruelo, J. M., W. K. Lauenroth, H. E. Epstein, I. C. Burke, M. R. Aguiar, and O. E. Sala. 1995. Regional climatic similarities in the temperate zones of North and South America. Journal of Biogeography 22:915-925. PDF |
| 51. | Jackson, R. B., Y. Luo, Z. G. Cardon, O. E. Sala, C. B. Field, and H. A. Mooney. 1995. Photosynthesis, growth and density for the dominant species in a CO2-enriched grassland. Journal of Biogeography 22:221-225. PDF |
| 50. | Sala, O. E., W. K. Lauenroth, S. J. McNaughton, G. Rusch, and X. Zhang. 1995. Temperate grasslands. Pages 361-366. in H. A. Mooney, J. Lubchenco, R. Dirzo and O. E. Sala, editors. Global Biodiversity Assessment, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. PDF |
| 49. | Sala, O. E. 1995. Human-induced perturbations, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Pages 318-323. in H. A. Mooney, J. Lubchenco, R. Dirzo and O. E. Sala, editors. Global Biodiversity Assessment, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. PDF |
| 48. | Cushman, J., R. Dirzo, A. Janetos, J. Lubchenco, H. A. Mooney, and O. E. Sala. 1995. Conclusions. Pages 446-452. in H. Mooney, J. Lubchenco, R. Dirzo, and O. E. Sala, editors. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: Ecosystem analyses. Global Biodiversity Assessment, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. PDF |
| 47. | Cushman, J., R. Dirzo, A. Janetos, J. Lubchenco, H. A. Mooney, and O. E. Sala. 1995. Introduction. Page 335. in H. A. Mooney, J. Lubchenco, R. Dirzo, and O. E. Sala, editors. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: Ecosystem Analyses. Global Biodiversity Assessment, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. PDF |
| 46. | Cushman, J., R. Dirzo, A. Janetos, J. Lubchenco, H. A. Mooney, and O. E. Sala. 1995. Conclusions. Pages 323-325. in H. A. Mooney, J. Lubchenco, R. Dirzo, and O. E. Sala, editors. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: Basic Principles. Global Biodiversity Assessment, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. PDF |
| 45. | Cushman, J., R. Dirzo, A. Janetos, J. Lubchenco, H. A. Mooney, and O. E. Sala. 1995. Introduction. Pages 281-282. in H. A. Mooney, J. Lubchenco, R. Dirzo, and O. E. Sala, editors. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: Basic Principles. Global Biodiversity Assessment, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. PDF |
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| 43. | Mooney, H. A., J. Lubchenco, R. Dirzo, and O. E. Sala. 1995. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: basic principles, section 5. Global Biodiversity Assessment, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. PDF |
| 42. | Oesterheld, M., and O. E. Sala. 1995. Modelos ecológicos tradicionales y actuales para interpretar la dinámica de la vegetación: el caso del pastizal de la Pampa Deprimida. Revista Argentina de Producción Animal 14:9-14. PDF |
| 41. | Paruelo, J. M., and O. E. Sala. 1995. Water losses in the Patagonian steppe: a modelling approach. Ecology 76(2):510-520. PDF |
| 40. | Golluscio, R. A., P. A. Roset, O. E. Sala, and J. M. Paruelo. 1994. Modelos en ecología. Ecología Austral 4(1):123-132. PDF |
| 39. | Lauenroth, W. K., O. E. Sala, D. P. Coffin, and T. B. Kirchner. 1994. Recruitment of Bouteloua gracilis in the shortgrass steppe: a simulation analysis of the role of soil water. Ecological Applications 4(4):741-749. PDF |
| 38. | Jackson, R. B., O. E. Sala, C. B. Field, and H. A. Mooney. 1994. CO2 alters water use, carbon gain, and yield for the dominant species in a natural grassland. Oecologia 98(3-4):257-262. PDF |
| 37. | Soriano, A., O. E. Sala, and S. B. Perelman. 1994. Patch structure and dynamics of a Patagonian steppe. Vegetatio 111(2):127-135. PDF |
| 36. | Aguiar, M. R., and O. E. Sala. 1994. Competition, facilitation, seed distribution, and the origin of patches in a Patagonian steppe. Oikos 70(1):26-34. PDF |
| 35. | Paruelo, J. M., and O. E. Sala. 1993. The effect of global change on maize production in the Argentinean pampas. Climate Research 3:161-167. PDF |
| 34. | Mooney, H. A., and O. E. Sala. 1993. Science and sustainable use. Ecological Applications 3:564-566. PDF |
| 33. | Golluscio, R. A., and O. E. Sala. 1993. Plant functional types and ecological strategies in Patagonian forbs. Journal of Vegetation Science 4(6):839-846. PDF |
| 32. | McNaughton, S. J., O. E. Sala, and M. Oesterheld. 1993. Comparative ecology of African and South American arid to subhumid ecosystems. Pages 548-567. in P. Goldblatt, editor. Biological Relationships between Africa and South America. Yale University Press, New Haven. PDF |
| 31. | Oesterheld, M., O. E. Sala, and S. J. McNaughton. 1992. The effect of animal husbandry on herbivore-carrying capacity at a regional scale. Nature 356(6366):234-236. PDF |
| 30. | Lauenroth, W. K., and O. E. Sala. 1992. Long term forage production of North American shortgrass steppe. Ecological Applications 2(4):397-403. PDF |
| 29. | Sala, O. E., W. K. Lauenroth and W. J. Parton. 1992. Long term soil water dynamics of the shortgrass steppe. Ecology 73(4):1175-1181. PDF |
| 28. | Aguiar, M. R., A. Soriano, and O. E. Sala. 1992. Competition and facilitation in the recruitment of grass seedlings in Patagonia. Functional Ecology 6(1):66-70. PDF |
| 27. | Sala, O. E. 1992. Achieving a sustainable biosphere: an international endeavour. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 7(10):324-325. PDF |
| 26. | Sala, O. E. 1992. Structure and function. Pages 387-395. in A. Soriano (editors) Río de la Plata Grasslands in R.T. Coupland, editor. Ecosystems of the World, Volume 8A, Natural Grasslands. Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam. PDF |
| 25. | Huntley, B. J., E. Ezcurra, E. R. Fuentes, K. Fujii, P. J. Grubb, W. Haber, J. R. E. Harger, M.M. Holland, S. A. Levin, J. Lubchenco, H. A. Mooney, V. Neronov, I. Noble, H. R. Pulliam, P. S. Ramakrishnan, P. G. Risser, O. E. Sala, J. Sarukhan, and W. G. Sombroek. 1991. A sustainable biosphere: the global imperative. Ecology International 20:1-14. PDF |
| 24. | Fernández, R. J., O. E. Sala, and R. A. Golluscio. 1991. Woody and herbaceous aboveground production of a Patagonian steppe. Journal of Range Management 44(5):434-437. PDF |
| 23. | Biondini, M. E., W. K. Lauenroth, and O. E. Sala. 1991. Correcting estimates of net primary production: are we overestimating plant production in rangelands? Journal of Range Management 44(3):194-198. PDF |
| 22. | Oesterheld, M., and O. E. Sala. 1990. Grazing effect upon seedling establishment: the role of seed and safe-site availability. Journal of Vegetation Science 1(3):353-358. PDF |
| 21. | Paruelo, J. M., and O. E. Sala. 1990. Characterization of the floods in the Flooding Pampa (Buenos Aires, Argentina): water table dynamics. Turrialba 40:5-11. PDF |
| 20. | Sala, O. E., R. A. Golluscio, W. K. Lauenroth and A. Soriano. 1989. Resource partitioning between shrubs and grasses in the Patagonian steppe. Oecologia (Berl) 81(4):501-505. PDF |
| 19. | Sala, O. E., M. E. Biondini, and W. K. Lauenroth. 1989. Bias in estimates of primary production: an analytical solution. Ecological Modelling 44(1):43-55. PDF |
| 18. | Sala, O. E., W. J. Parton, L. A. Joyce, and W. K. Lauenroth. 1988. Primary production of the central grassland region of the United States: spatial pattern and major controls. Ecology 69(1):40-45. PDF |
| 17. | Milchunas, D. G., O. E. Sala, and W. K. Lauenroth. 1988. A generalized model of the effects of grazing by large herbivores on grassland community structure. American Naturalist 132(1):87-106. PDF |
| 16. | Sala, O. E. 1988. The effect of herbivory on vegetation structure. Pages 317-330. in M. J. A.Werger, P. J. M. van der Aart, H. J. During, and J. T. A. Verhoeven, editors. Plant Form and Vegetation Structure: Adaptation, Plasticity, and Relation to Herbivory. SPB Academic Publishing, The Hague, Netherlands. PDF |
| 15. | Senft, R. L., M. B. Coughenour, D. W. Bailey, L. R. Rittenhouse, O. E. Sala, and D. M. Swift. 1987. Large herbivore foraging and ecological hierarchies. BioScience 37(11):789-799. PDF |
| 14. | Lauenroth, W. K., O. E. Sala, D. G. Milchunas, and R. W. Lathrop. 1987. Root dynamics of Bouteloua gracilis during short-term recovery from drought. Functional Ecology 1(2):117-124. PDF |
| 13. | Soriano, A., and O. E. Sala. 1986. Emergence and survival of Bromus setifolius seedlings in different microsites of the Patagonian arid steppe. Israel Journal of Botany 35(2):91-100. PDF |
| 12. | Sala, O. E., M. Oesterheld, R. J. C. León, and A. Soriano. 1986. Grazing effect upon plant community structure in subhumid grasslands of Argentina. Vegetatio 67(1):27-32. PDF |
| 11. | Sala, O. E. 1986. The energy analysis of food production systems and the role of animal production: a review. Turrialba 36(1):91-97. PDF |
| 10. | Sala, O. E., and W. K. Lauenroth. 1985. Root profiles and the ecological effect of light rainshowers in arid and semiarid regions. American Midland Naturalist 114(2):406-408. PDF |
| 9. | Soriano, A., and O. E. Sala. 1983. Ecological strategies in a Patagonian arid steppe. Vegetatio 56(1):9-15. PDF |
| 8. | Cauhépé, M., R. J. C. León, O. E. Sala, and A. Soriano. 1982. Pastizales naturales y pasturas cultivadas, dos sistemas complementarios y no opuestos. Revista Facultad de Agronomía 3(1):1-11. PDF |
| 7. | Sala, O. E., W. K. Lauenroth, and W. J. Parton. 1982. Plant recovery following prolonged drought in a shortgrass steppe. Agricultural Meteorology 27(1-2):49-58. PDF |
| 6. | Sala, O. E., W. K. Lauenroth, and C. P. P. Reid. 1982. Water relations: a new dimension for niche separation between Bouteloua gracilis and Agropyron smithii in North American semiarid grasslands. Journal of Applied Ecology 19(2):647-657. PDF |
| 5. | Sala, O. E., and W. K. Lauenroth. 1982. Small rainfall events: an ecological role in semiarid regions. Oecologia 53(3):301-304. PDF |
| 4. | Sala, O. E., A. Soriano, and S. Perelman. 1981. Water relations of the major components of a grassland in the Salado River Basin. Revista Facultad de Agronomía 2(1):1-10. PDF |
| 3. | Sala, O. E., W. K. Lauenroth, W. J. Parton, and M. J. Trlica. 1981. Water status of soil and vegetation in a shortgrass steppe. Oecologia (Berl.) 48(3):327-331. PDF |
| 2. | Sala, O. E., V. A. Deregibus, T. Schlichter, and H. Alippe. 1981. Productivity dynamics of a native temperate grassland in Argentina. Journal of Range Management 34(1):48-51. PDF |
| 1. | Soriano, A., O. E. Sala, and R. J. C. Leon. 1980. Actual and potential vegetation of the Coiron Amargo prairie in the SW Chubut. Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 19(1-2):309-314. PDF |