Publications

Read research publications that highlight various studies conducted from users of the NAU greenhouse.

• Balazs KR, Kramer AT, Munson SM, et al (2020) The right trait in the right place at the right time: Matching traits to environment improves restoration outcomes. Ecological Applications 30:e02110 . https://doi.org/ doi: 10.1002/eap.2110
• Balazs KR, Munson SM, Butterfield BJ (2022) Functional composition of plant communities mediates biomass effects on ecosystem service recovery across an experimental dryland restoration network. Functional Ecology 36:2317–2330. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14129
• Butterfield BJ, Munson SM, Farrell HL (2023) Plant water-use strategies predict restoration success across degraded drylands. Journal of Applied Ecology 60:1170–1180. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14393
• Balazs KR, Munson SM, Havrilla CA, Butterfield BJ (2022) Directional selection shifts trait distributions of planted species in dryland restoration. Journal of Ecology 110:540–552. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13816
• Compton, S., Stackpole, C., Dixit, A., Sekhwal, M. K., Kolb, T., & De la Torre, A. R. (2023). Differences in heat tolerance, water use efficiency and growth among Douglas-fir families and varieties evidenced by GWAS and common garden studies. AoB Plants, 15(2), plad008.
• Dixit, A., Kolb, T., & Burney, O. (2022). Trade-off between growth rate and water use efficiency in southwestern ponderosa pine provenances. Forest Ecology and Management, 515, 120239.
• Dixit, A., Kolb, T., Burney, O., Mock, K., & Grady, K. (2021). Provenance variation in early survival, growth, and carbon isotope discrimination of southwestern ponderosa pine growing in three common gardens across an elevational gradient. Forests, 12(11), 1561.
• Dixit, A., & Kolb, T. (2020). Variation in seedling budburst phenology and structural traits among southwestern ponderosa pine provenances. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 50(9), 872-879.
• Havrilla CA, Munson SM, Yackulic EO, Butterfield BJ (2021) Ontogenetic trait shifts: Seedlings display high trait variability during early stages of development. Functional Ecology 35:2409–2423. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13897
• Kolb, T., Dixit, A., & Burney, O. (2019). Challenges and opportunities for maintaining ponderosa pine forests in the southwestern United States. Tree Planters’ Notes, 62(1&2), 104-112.
• Palmquist EC, Ogle K, Whitham TG, et al (2023) Provenance, genotype, and flooding influence growth and resource acquisition characteristics in a clonal, riparian shrub. Am. J. Bot 110: e16115. foi:  https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16115
• Roybal CM, Butterfield BJ (2019) Species-specific trait-environment relationships among populations of widespread grass species. Oecologia 189:1017–1026.