Weltzin, J.F., Loik, M.E., Schwinning, S., Williams, D.G., Fay, P.A., Haddad, B.M., Harte, J., Huxman, T.E., Knapp, A.K., Lin, G.H., Pockman, W.T., Shaw, M.R., Small, E.E., Smith, M.D., Smith, S.D., Tissue, D.T., & Zak, J.C. (2003) Assessing the response of terrestrial ecosystems to potential changes in precipitation. Bioscience, 53, 941-952.
Schwinning, S., Starr, B.I., & Ehleringer, J.R. (2003) Dominant cold desert plants do not partition warm season precipitation by event size. Oecologia, 136, 252-260.
Schwinning, S., Davis, K., Richardson, L., & Ehleringer, J.R. (2002) Deuterium enriched irrigation indicates different forms of rain use in shrub/grass species of the Colorado Plateau. Oecologia, 130, 345-355.
Gebauer, R.L.E., Schwinning, S., & Ehleringer, J.R. (2002) Interspecific competition and resource pulse utilization in a cold desert community. Ecology, 83, 2602-2616.
Schwinning, S. & Ehleringer, J.R. (2001) Water use trade-offs and optimal adaptations to pulse-driven arid ecosystems. Journal of Ecology, 89, 464-480.
Parsons, A.J., Schwinning, S., & Carrere, P. (2001) Plant growth functions and possible spatial and temporal scaling errors in models of herbivory. Grass and Forage Science, 56, 21-34.
Schwinning, S. & Parsons, A.J. (1999) The stability of grazing systems revisited: spatial models and the role of heterogeneity. Functional Ecology, 13, 737-747.
Parsons, A.J., Carrere, P., & Schwinning, S. (1999) Dynamics of heterogeneity in a grazed sward. In International Symposium on Grassland Ecophysiology and Grazing Ecology (eds A. deMoraes, C. Nabinger, P.C. de Faccio, S.J. Alves & S.B. Campos Lustosa), pp. 187-214, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil.
Ehleringer, J.R., Schwinning, S., & Gebauer, R.L.E. (1999). Water use in arid land ecosystems. In Advances in Physiological Ecology, pp. 347-365. Blackwell Science, Oxford.
Schwinning, S. & Weiner, J. (1998) Mechanisms determining the degree of size asymmetry in competition among plants. Oecologia, 113, 447-455.
Schwinning, S. & Parsons, A.J. (1996) Interactions between grasses and legumes: understanding variability in species composition. In Legumes in Sustainable Farming: Proceedings of the Sustainable Farming Systems/ British Grassland Society Joint Conference., pp. 153-163.
Schwinning, S. (1996) Decomposition analysis of competitive symmetry and size structure dynamics. Annals of Botany, 77, 47-57.
Schwinning, S. & Parsons, A.J. (1996) A spatially explicit population model of stoloniferous N-fixing legumes in mixed pasture with grass. Journal of Ecology, 84, 815-826.
Schwinning, S. & Parsons, A.J. (1996) Analysis of the coexistence mechanisms for grasses and legumes in grazing systems. Journal of Ecology, 84, 799-813.
Chapman, D.F., Parsons, A.J., & Schwinning, S. (1996) Management of clover in grazed pastures: expectations, limitations and opportunities. In White Clover: New Zealand's Competitive Edge. Symposium of the New Zealand Grassland Association., pp. 55-64, Lincoln, N.Z.
Schwinning, S. & Fox, G.A. (1995) Population-Dynamic Consequences of Competitive Symmetry in Annual Plants. Oikos, 72, 422-432.
Schwinning, S. (1994) Effects of competitive symmetry on populations of annual plants. Ph.D., University of Arizona, Tucson.
Schwinning, S. & Rosenzweig, M.L. (1990) Periodic Oscillations in an Ideal-Free Predator-Prey Distribution. Oikos, 59, 85-91.
Schwinning, S. (1984) Isolation of phaseic acid and test of its effect on stomata. Diplom, Gearg August University of Goettingen, Goettingen.