This summary includes publications first published online and/or in print during April 2015. If a publication was missed for this period, please contact Amanda Morrison at amanda.j.morrison@colostate.edu.

In Print

Alexander, P., K. Paustian, P. Smith, and D. Moran. 2015. The economics of soil C sequestration and agricultural emissions abatement. SOIL 1:331–339.

Floyd, M. L., W. H. Romme, M. E. Rocca, D. P. Hanna, and D. D. Hanna. 2015. Structural and regenerative changes in old-growth piñon–juniper woodlands following drought-induced mortality. Forest Ecology and Management 341:18–29.

Khishigbayar, J., M. E. Fernández-Giménez, J. P. Angerer, R. S. Reid, J. Chantsallkham, Y. Baasandorj, and D. Zumberelmaa. 2015. Mongolian rangelands at a tipping point? Biomass and cover are stable but composition shifts and richness declines after 20 years of grazing and increasing temperatures. Journal of Arid Environments 115:100–112.

Malone, S. L., C. Keough, C. L. Staudhammer, M. G. Ryan, W. J. Parton, P. Olivas, S. F. Oberbauer, J. Schedlbauer, and G. Starr. 2015. Ecosystem resistance in the face of climate change: a case study from the freshwater marshes of the Florida Everglades. Ecosphere 6:art57.

Necpálová, M., R. P. Anex, M. N. Fienen, S. J. Del Grosso, M. J. Castellano, J. E. Sawyer, J. Iqbal, J. L. Pantoja, and D. W. Barker. 2015. Understanding the DayCent model: Calibration, sensitivity, and identifiability through inverse modeling. Environmental Modelling & Software 66:110–130.

Stephan K., Kavanagh K.L., A. Koyama. 2015. Comparing the Influence of Wildfire and Prescribed Burns on Watershed Nitrogen Biogeochemistry Using ¹⁵N Natural Abundance in Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystem Components. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119560.

Wang, L., Y. Qian, J. E. Brummer, J. Zheng, S. Wilhelm, and W. J. Parton. 2015. Simulated biomass, environmental impacts and best management practices for long-term switchgrass systems in a semi-arid region. Biomass and Bioenergy 75:254–266.

King, S.R.B. and C.M. McCain. 2015. Robust discrimination of Reithrodontomys megalotis and R. montanus (Mammalia: Rodentia) from Colorado, using cranial morphology and external characteristics within age classes. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington: April 2015, Vol. 128, No. 1, pp. 1-10.

Online

Walker, A. P., et al. (2015), Predicting long-term carbon sequestration in response to CO2 enrichment: How and why do current ecosystem models differ?, Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 29, doi:10.1002/2014GB004995.  Shinichi Asao is an author.

Fetcher, N., Agosta, S. J., Moore, J. C., Stratford, J. A. and Steele, M. A. (2015), The food web of a severely contaminated site following reclamation with warm season grasses. Restoration Ecology. doi: 10.1111/rec.12202

Asao, S., and M. G. Ryan. 2015. Carbohydrate regulation of photosynthesis and respiration from branch girdling in four species of wet tropical rain forest trees. Tree Physiology.