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LTAR Network Literature Citedheadline bar Bestelmeyer, B.T., Ellison, A.M., Fraser,W.R., Gorman, K.B., Holbrook, S.J., Laney, C.M., Ohman, M.D., Peters, D.P.C., Pillsbury, F.C., Rassweiler, A., Schmitt, R.J., Sharma, S. 2011. Analysis of abrupt transitions in ecological systems. Ecosphere (In Press). Browning, D.M., Laliberte A.S., Rango A. 2011. Temporal dynamics of shrub proliferation: Linking patches to landscapes. International Journal of Geographical Information Science. 25:913-930. Estell, R.E., Fredrickson, E.L., Peters, D.P.C., editors. 2006. Special Issue - Landscape linkages and cross-scale interactions in arid and semi-arid ecosystems. Journal of Arid Environments. 65:193-335. Gibbens, R.P., McNeely, R.P., Havstad, K.M., Beck, R.F., Nolen, B. 2005. Vegetation changes in the Jornada Basin from 1858 to 1998. Journal of Arid Envionments. 61:651-668. Havstad, K.M., Schlesinger, W.H. 1996. Reflections on a century of rangeland research in the Jornada Basin of New Mexico. p 10-15. IN: Barrow, J., McArtheur, E.D., Sosebee, R.E., Tausch, R.J., compilers. Shrubland Ecosystem Dynamics in a Changing Climate. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report INT-GTR 338. Havstad, K.M., Peters, D.P.C., Skaggs, R., Brown, J., Bestelmeyer, B., Fredrickson, E., Herrick, J., Wright, J. 2007. Ecological Services to and from rangelands of the United States. Ecological Economics. 64:261-268. 2007. Havstad, K.M., Huenneke, L.F., Schlesinger, W.H., editors. 2006. Structure and Function of a Chihuahuan Desert Ecosystem. The Jornada Basin Long-Term Ecological Research Site. Oxford, NY: Oxford University Press. 492 p. Havstad, K.M., Gibbens R.P., Knorr C.A., Murray L.W. 1999. Long-term influences of shrub removal and lagomorph exclusion on Chihuahuan Desert vegetation dynamics. Journal of Arid Environments. 42:155-166. Peters, D.P.C. 2010. Accessible ecology: Synthesis of the long, deep and broad. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 25(10):592-601. Peters, D.P.C., Lugo, A.E., Chapin III, F.S., Pickett, S.T.A., Duniway, M., Rocha, A.V., Swanson, F.J., Laney, C., Jones, J. 2011. Cross-system comparisons elucidate disturbance complexities and generalities. Ecosphere 2:art81. doi:10.1890/ES11-00115.1 Peters, D.P.C., Bestelmeyer, B.T., Turner, M.G. 2007. Cross-scale interactions and changing pattern-process relationships: consequences for system dynamics. Ecosystems. 10:790-796. Peters, D.P.C., Bestelmeyer, B. T., Herrick, J. E., Monger, H.C., Fredrickson, E., Havstad, K. M. 2006. Disentangling complex landscapes: new insights into arid and semiarid system dynamics. BioScience. 56:491-501. Wauer, R.H., Riskind , D.H. 1977. Transactions of the symposium on the biological resources of the Chihuahuan Desert region, United States and Mexico. National Park service Transactions and Proceedings Series No. 3. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. Whitford, W.G., Bestelmeyer, B.T. 2006. Chihuahuan desert fauna: effects of ecosystem properties and processes. P 247-265. IN: Havstad, K.M., Huenneke, L.F., Schlesinger, W.H., editors. 2006. Structure and Function of a Chihuahuan Desert Ecosystem. The Jornada Basin Long-Term Ecological Research Site. Oxford, NY: Oxford University Press. 492 p. Yao, J., Peters D.P.C., Havstad K.M., Gibbens R.P., Herrick J.E. 2006. Multi-scale factors and long-term responses of Chihuahuan Desert grasses to drought. Landscape Ecology. 21:1217-1231.


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