Refereed Journal Articles
(Chronological Order)

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Archer, SR, Predick, KI. 2008. Climate change and ecosystems of the Southwestern USA. Rangelands: (In Press)

Throop, HL, Archer, SR. 2008. Resolving the dryland decomposition conundrum: some new perspectives on potential drivers. Progress in Botany (In Press)

Throop, H and SR Archer. 2008. Shrub (Prosopis velutina) encroachment in a semi-desert grassland: spatial-temporal changes in soil organic carbon and nitrogen pools. Global Change Biology: 14:1-12.

Bai, E., T. Boutton, F. Liu, X. Wu, and S. Archer. 2008. Variation in woody plant d13C along a topoedaphic gradient in a subtropical savanna parkland. Oecologia 156:479-489.

Browning, DM, SR Archer, GP Asner, MP McClaran, CA Wessman. 2008. Woody plants in grasslands: post-encroachment stand dynamics. Ecological Applications 18:928-944.

Knapp AK, Briggs JM, Collins SL, Archer SR, Bret-Harte MS, Ewers BE, Peters DP, Young DR, Shaver GR, Pendall E, Cleary MB. 2008. Shrub encroachment in North American grasslands: Shifts in growth form dominance rapidly alters control of ecosystem carbon inputs. Global Change Biology 14:615-23 (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01512.x)

Orradottir, B, SR Archer, O Arnalds, LP Wilding, and TL Thurow. 2008. Infiltration in Icelandic Andisols: the role of vegetation and soil frost. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research (In Press).

Simmons, MT, SR Archer, WR Teague, RJ Ansley. 2008. Tree (Prosopis glandulosa) effects on grass growth: an experimental assessment of above- and belowground factors. Journal of Arid Environments 72:314-325 (doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2007.07.008)

Wheeler, CW, SR Archer, GP Asner, CR McMurtry. 2007. Climate and edaphic controls on soil carbon-nitrogen responses to woody plant encroachment in desert grassland. Ecological Applications 17:1911-1928.

Huang, C, SE Marsh, MP McClaran, SR Archer. 2007. Post-fire stand structure in a semiarid savanna: cross-scale challenges estimating biomass. Ecological Applications 17:1899–1910.

Throop, H. L., and S. Archer. 2007. Interrelationships among shrub encroachment, land management and leaf litter decomposition in a semi-desert grassland. Ecological Applications 17:1809-1823.

McCulley, R., TW Boutton, SR Archer. 2007. Soil respiration in a subtropical savanna parkland: responses to water additions. Soil Science Soc. America Journal 71:820-828.

Simmons, MT, SR Archer, RJ Ansley, WR Teague. 2007. Grass effects on tree (Prosopis glandulosa) growth in a subtropical savanna. Journal of Arid Environments 69:212-227.

Hughes, RF, S Archer, GP Asner, CA Wessman, C McMurtry, J. Nelson, RJ Ansley. 2006. Effects of woody encroachment on C and N pools of a Texas savanna ecosystem. Global Change Biology 12:1733-1747 (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01210.x)

Newman, B. D., B. P. Wilcox, S. Archer, D. D. Breshears, C. N. Dahm, C. J. Duffy, N. G. McDowell, F. M. Phillips, B. R. Scanlon, and E. R. Vivoni. 2006. The ecohydrology of arid and semiarid environments: a scientific vision. Water Resources Research 42: W06302 (doi: 10.1029/2005WR004141).

Herrick, JE, BT Bestelmeyer, S Archer, AJ Tugel, JR Brown. 2006. An integrated framework for science-based arid land management. Journal of Arid Environments 65:319-335.

Zou, CB, P W Barnes, S Archer, and C R McMurtry. 2005. Soil moisture redistribution as a mechanism of facilitation in savanna tree-shrub clusters. Oecologia:145:32-40. DOI 10.1007/s00442-00005-00110-00448.

Wu, XB, S Archer. 2005. Scale-dependent influence of topography-based hydrologic features on vegetation patterns in savanna landscapes. Landscape Ecology 20:733-742. DOI 10.1007/s10980-005-0996-x

Fensham, RJ, RJ Fairfax, and S Archer. 2005. Rainfall, land use and woody vegetation cover change in semi-arid Australian savanna. Journal of Ecology 93:596-606.

Jurena, P N, and S Archer. 2005. Response of two perennial grasses to root barriers and fissures. Journal of Arid Environments 61:185-192

Northup, B. K., S. Zitzer, S. Archer, C. R. McMurtry, and T. W. Boutton. 2005. Aboveground biomass and C and N content of woody species in a subtropical thornscrub parkland. Journal of Arid Environments 62:23-43.

Dale, V., S. Archer, M. Chang, and D. Ojima. 2005. Ecological impacts and mitigation strategies for rural land management. Ecological Applications 15:1879-1892.

McCulley, R. L., S. R. Archer, T. W. Boutton, F. M. Hons, and D. A. Zuberer. 2004. Soil respiration and nutrient cycling in wooded communities developing in grassland. Ecology 85: 2804-2817.

Asner, G P, S R Archer, R F Hughes, R J Ansley, and C A Wessman. 2003. Net changes in regional woody vegetation cover and carbon storage in Texas drylands, 1937-1999. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 9:1-20.

Jurena, P N, and S Archer. 2003. Woody plant establlishment and spatial heterogeneity in grasslands. Ecology 84: 907-919.

House, J, S Archer, D Breshears, and R J Scholes. 2003. Conundrums in mixed woody-herbaceous plant systems. Journal of Biogeography 30:1763-1777.

Hibbard, K A, D S Schimel, S Archer, D Ojima, and W Parton. 2003. Grassland to woodland transitions: integrating changes in landscape structure and biogeochemistry. Ecological Applications 13: 911-926.

Nelson, J A, P W Barnes, and S Archer. 2002. Leaf demography and growth responses to altered resource availability in woody plants of contrasting leaf habit in a subtropical savanna. Plant Ecology 160: 193-205.

Miller, D, S R Archer, S F Zitzer, and M T Longnecker. 2001. Annual rainfall, topoedaphic hetrogeneity and growth of an arid land tree (Prosopis glandulosa). Journal of Arid Environments 48: 23-33.

Hibbard, K A, S Archer, D S Schimel, and D V Valentine. 2001. Biogeochemical changes accompanying woody plant encroachment in a subtropical savanna. Ecology 82:1999-2011.

Stroh, J C, S Archer, J A Doolittle, and L P Welding. 2001. Detection of edaphic discontinuities with ground-penetrating radar and electromagnetic induction. Landscape Ecology 16:377-390.

Guenther, A, S Archer, J Greenberg, P Harley, D Helmig, L Klinger, L Vierling, M Wildermuth, P Zimmerman, and S Zitzer. 1999. Biogenic hydrocarbon emissions and landcover/climate change in a subtropical savanna. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (B) 24: 659-667.

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)

Brown, J R, and S Archer. 1999. Shrub invasion of grassland: recruitment in continuous and not regulated by herbaceous biomass or density. Ecology (80:2385-2396)

Boutton, T W, S R Archer, and A J Midwood. 1999. Stable isotopes in ecosystem science: structure, function and dynamics of a subtropical savanna. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 13:1263-1277.

Midwood, A J, T W Boutton, S R Archer, and S E Watts. 1998. Water use by woody plants on contrasting soils in a savanna parkland: assessment with d²H and d¹⁸O. Plant and Soil 205:13-24.

Asner, G P, C A Wessman, and S Archer. 1998. Scale dependence of PAR absorption in in terrestrial ecosystems. Ecological Applications 8:1003-1021.

Weltzin, J F, S Archer, and R K Heitschmidt. 1998. Defoliation and woody plant (Prosopis glandulosa) seedling establishment: potential vs. realized herbivory tolerance. Plant Ecology 138:127-135.

Asner, G P , C A Wessman, and S Archer. 1998. Scale dependence of absorption of photosynthetically active radiation in terrestrial ecosystems. Ecological Applications 8:1003-1021.

Asner, G P, C A Wessman, D S Schimel, and S Archer. 1998. Variability in leaf and litter optical properties: implications for BRDF model inversions using AVHRR, MODIS, and MISR. Remote Sensing of Environment 63:243-257.

Boutton, T W, S Archer, A J Midwood, S F Zitzer, and R Bol. 1998. d¹³C values of soil organic carbon and their use in documenting vegetation change in a subtropical savanna ecosystem. Geoderma 85:5-41.

Scholes, R J, and S Archer. 1997. Tree-grass interactions in savannas. Annaul Review of Ecology and Systematics 28:517-544.

Bai-Lian, Li, and S Archer. 1997. Weighted mean patch size: a robust index for quantifying landscape structure. Ecological Modelling 102:353-361.

Weltzin, J F, S Archer, and R K Heitschmidt. 1997. Small mammal regulation of vegetation structure in a temperate savanna. Ecology 78:751-763.

Okuda, T, S Archer, and J K Detling. 1996. Floristic diversity of C₃ and C₄ graminoids in relation to the grazing/landscape level in a short-grass steppe. Hikobia 11:553-560.

Barnes, P W, and S R Archer. 1996. Influence of an overstory tree (Prosopis glandulosa) on associated shrubs in a savanna parkland: implications for patch dynamics. Oecologia 105:493-500.

Zitzer, S F, S Archer, and T W Boutton. 1996. Spatial variability in symbiotic N₂-fixation potential of woody plants in a subtropical savanna ecosystem. Journal of Applied Ecology 33:1125-1336.

Ocumpaugh, W R, S Archer, and J W Stuth. 1996. Switchgrass recruitment from broadcast seed vs seed fed to cattle. Journal of Range Management 49:368-371.

Wallace, R B, M K Owens, and S Archer. 1995. Microsite influences on shrub recruitment in a disturbed semi-arid Quercus-Juniperus woodland. Oikos74:493-502.

Owens, M K, R B Wallace, and S Archer. 1995. Seed dormancy and persistence of Acacia berlandieri and Leucaena pulverulenta in a semi-arid environment. Journal Arid Environments 29:15-23.

Archer, S. 1995. Tree-grass dynamics in a Prosopis -thornscrub savanna parkland: reconstructing the past and predicting the future. Ecoscience 2: 83-99.

Archer, S. 1995. The role of herbivores in mediating grass-woody plant interactions. Tropical Grasslands 29:218-235.

Archer, S, D S Schimel, and E A Holland. 1995. Mechanisms of shrubland expansion: land use, climate or CO₂? Climatic Change 29:91-99.

Boutton, T W, S R Archer, and L C Nordt. 1994. Climate, CO₂ and plant abundance. Nature 72:625-626.

Flinn, R C, S Archer, T W Boutton, and T Harlan. 1994. Identification of annual rings in an arid land woody plant, Prosopis glandulosa. Ecology 75:850-853.

Archer, S. 1993. Vegetation dynamics in changing environments. The Rangelands Journal 15:104-116.

Flinn, R C, C J Scifres, and S Archer. 1992. Variations in basal sprouting in five co-occurring shrubs: implications for stand dynamics. Journal Vegetation Science 3:125-128.

Scanlan, J C, and S Archer. 1991. Simulated dynamics of succession in a North American subtropical Prosopis savanna. Journal Vegetation Science 2:625-634.

Archer, S, and D A Pyke. 1991. Plant-animal interactions affecting plant establishment and persistence on revegetated rangeland. Journal Range Management 44:558-565.

Pyke, D A, and S Archer. 1991. Plant-plant interactions affecting plant establishment and persistence on revegetated rangeland. Journal Range Management 44:550-557.

Archer, S. 1990. Development and stability of grass/woody mosaics in a subtropical savanna parkland, Texas, USA. Journal Biogeography 17:453-462.

Brown, J R, and S Archer. 1990. Water relations of a perennial grass and seedling versus adult woody plants in a subtropical savanna, Texas. Oikos 57:366-374.

Archer, S. 1989. Have Southern Texas savannas been converted to woodlands recent history? American Naturalist 134:545-561.

Brown, J R, and S Archer. 1989. Woody plant invasion of grasslands: establishment of mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) on sites differing in herbaceous biomass and grazing history. Oecologia 80:19-26.

Tieszen, L L, D McElroy, S Archer, and R W Klukas. 1988. Vegetation units at Wind Cave National park for use in stable isotopic interpretations of diets. South Dakota Acad. Sci. 67:84-99.

Archer, S, C J Scifres, C Bassham, and 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.

Brown, J R, and 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.

Archer, S, M Garrett, and J K Detling. 1987. Rates of vegetation change associated with prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) grazing in North American mixed-grass prairie. Vegetatio 72:159-166.

Archer, S, and J K Detling. 1986. Evaluation of potential herbivore mediation of plant water status in a North American mixed_grass prairie. Oikos 47:287-291.

Archer, S, and J K Detling. 1984. Effects of defoliation and competition on regrowth of tillers of two North American mixed-grass prairie graminoids. Oikos 43:351-357.

Archer, S. 1984. The distribution of photosynthetic pathway types on a mixed-grass prairie hillside. American Midland Naturalist 111:138-142.

Archer, S, and L L Tieszen. 1983. Growth and biomass allocation in an Arctic tundra sedge (Eriophorum vaginatum) following defoliation. Oecologia 58:92-102.

Archer, S, and A Arnalds. 1983. Spring grazing on Icelandic rangelands: factors to consider. Icelandic J. Agric. Res. 14:55-68

Archer, S, L J Zimmerman, and L L Tieszen. 1982. Ecological characterization as a foundation for prediction of plains village tradition site locations in central South Dakota. North American Archaeologist 3:311-332.

Archer, S, and L L Tieszen. 1980. Growth and physiological responses of tundra plants to defoliation. Arctic and Alpine Research 12:531-552.

Blankespoor, G, S Archer, D Ode. 1979. Breeding colonies of double-crested cormorants and great blue herons on Lake Francis Case, South Dakota during summer of 1978. South Dakota Bird Notes 31:4-9.

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