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2013 Publications

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Papers and books that explicitly acknowledge a CZO grant are highlighted in PALE ORANGE.

50 Publications

2013

Nonstructural leaf carbohydrate dynamics of Pinus edulis during drought-induced tree mortality reveal role for carbon metabolism in mortality mechanism. Adams H.A., Germino M.J., Breshears D.D., Barron-Gafford G.A., Guardiola-Claramonte M., Zou C.B., and Huxman T.E. (2013): New Phytologist 197: 1142–1151

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The strength of strategically placed in situ networks: The Critical Zone Observatory Program (Invited). Bales R.C., Brooks P.D., Molotch N.P. (2013): Abstract H53L-02 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec. Cross-CZO

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Sustaining Earth's Critical Zone - Basic Science and Interdisciplinary Solutions for Global Challenges. Banwart, S., Chorover, J., Gaillardet, J., Sparks, D., White, T., et al. (2013): The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, ISBN: 978-0-9576890-0-8 Cross-CZO National

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Precipitation pulse dynamics of carbon sequestration and efflux in highly weatherable soils. Barron-Gafford G., Minor R., Van Haren J.L., Dontsova K., Troch P.A. (2013): Abstract EP13C-0879 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.

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Coupled soil respiration and transpiration dynamics from tree-scale to catchment scale in dry Rocky Mountain pine forests and the role of snowpack. Berryman E., Barnard H.R., Brooks P.D., Adams H., Burns M.A., Wilson W., Stielstra C.M. (2013): Abstract H23C-1279 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec. Cross-CZO

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Compensatory vapor loss and biogeochemical attenuation along flowpaths mute the water resources impacts of insect-induced forest mortality. Biederman J.A., Brooks P.D., Harpold A.A., Gochis J.D., Ewers B.E., Reed D.E., Gutmann E.D. (2013): Abstract H14C-08 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec. Cross-CZO

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Critical Zone Science and Observatories. Brantley, S.L., White, T.S., Anderson, S.P., Bales, R.C., Chorover, J., McDowell, W.H. (2013): Abstract TH15D-01 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec. Cross-CZO National

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Large-scale drought-induced vegetation die-off: expanding the ecohydrological emphasis more explicitly on atmospheric demand (Invited). Breshears D.D., Adams H.D., Eamus D., McDowell N.G., Law D.J., Will R.E., Williams P., Zou C. (2013): Abstract H11N-03 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.

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Consequences in Change in Vegetation Cover for the Critical Zone: Example Implications for Hydropedology (Invited). Breshears D.D., Archer S.R., Bojóquerez Ochoa M., Field J.P., Huxman T.E., Law D.J., Logie C., Reynoso E.D., Villegas J.C., Whicker J.J. (2013): Abstract H32D-01 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.

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A cross-site comparison of factors controlling streamwater carbon flux in western North American catchments (Invited). Brooks P.D., Biederman J.A., Condon K., Chorover J., McIntosh J.C., Meixner T., Perdrial J.N. (2013): Abstract H43B-1445 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.

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Non-linear Feedbacks Between Forest Mortality and Climate Change: Implications for Snow Cover, Water Resources, and Ecosystem Recovery in Western North America (Invited). Brooks P.D., Harpold A.A., Biederman J.A., Gochis D.J., Litvak M.E., Ewers B.E., Broxton P.D., Reed D.E. (2013): Abstract C51D-06 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec. Cross-CZO

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Improving Distributed Hydrologic Modeling and Global Land Cover Data. Broxton P. (2013): Disertation in Hydrology and Water Resources. University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 196 pp.

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Transport and Transformation of Dissolved Organic Matter in Soil Interstitial Water Across Forested, Montane Hillslopes. Burns M.A., McKnight M.D., Gabor R.S., Brooks P.D., Barnard H.R. (2013): Abstract H23F-1340 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec. Cross-CZO

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Soil Response to Global Change: Soil Process Domains and Pedogenic Thresholds (Invited). Chadwick O., Kramer M.G., Chorover J. (2013): Abstract EP11A-01 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.

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Fluid Chemistry Dynamics Before and After Fire in the Jemez River Basin Critical Zone Observatory. Chorover J., Perdrial J.N., Field J.P., Pelletier J.D., Pohlmann M.A., Losleben M.V., Lasharr K., Amistadi M., Brooks P.D., McIntosh J.C., Meixner T., Gallery R., Rich V.I., Rasmussen C., Schaap M.G., Breshears D.D. (2013): Abstract B41F-05 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.

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Precipitation thresholds and drought-induced tree die-off: insights from patterns of Pinus edulis mortality along an environmental stress gradient. Clifford M.J., Royer P.D., Cobb N.S., Breshears D.D., and Ford P.L. (2013): New Phytologist 200(2): 413-421

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Quantifying Catchment-Scale Particulate Organic Matter (POM) Loss Following Fire, Relative to Background POM Fluxes. Condon K.E. (2013): MS Thesis in Hydrology. University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 145 pp

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Role of storage on hydrologic and chemical flux in soil-limited alpine catchments in the Southwestern USA. Driscoll J.M., Meixner T., Steven J., Molotch N., Williams M.W., Sickman J.O. (2013): Abstract presented at AGU Chapman Conference on Soil-mediated Drivers of Coupled Biogeochemical and Hydrological Processes Across Scales, Biosphere 2, Tucson, Arizona, 21-24 October 2013 (Talk) Cross-CZO

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Global change-type drought-induced tree mortality: vapor pressure deficit is more important than temperature per se in causing decline in tree health. Eamus D., Boulain N., Cleverly J., and Breshears D.D. (2013): Ecology and Evolution 3(8): 2711–2729

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Bridging from Soil to Ecosystem Goods and Services Provided by the Critical Zone. Field J.P., Breshears D.D., Law D.J., Brooks P.D., Chorover J., Pelletier J.D., Troch P.A., López-Hoffman L., Rasmussen C., Papuga S., Harpold A., Biederman J.A., Barron-Gafford G.A., McIntosh J.C., Litvak M. (2013): Abstract presented at AGU Chapman Conference on Soil-mediated Drivers of Coupled Biogeochemical and Hydrological Processes Across Scales, Biosphere 2, Tucson, Arizona, 21-24 October 2013 (Poster) Cross-CZO

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Graduate Research Group White Paper: Cross-CZO Research Potential. Harpold, A.A., D. Karwan, J. Perdrial, J.A. Marshall, J. Driscoll, A. Neal, and C. Phillips (2013): Internal CZO publication Cross-CZO National

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Sorptive fractionation of organic matter and formation of organo-hydroxy-alu‐minum complexes during litter biodegradation in the presence of gibbsite. Heckman K., Grandy A.S., Gao X., Keiluweit M., Wickings K., Carpenter K., Chorover J., Rasmussen C. (2013): Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 121: 667–683

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On the Variability of Hydrologic Catchment Response: Inherent and External Controls. Heidbüchel I (2013): Disertation in Hydrology and Water Resources. University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 118 pp.

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Separating physical and meteorological controls of variable transit times in zero-order catchments. Heidbüchel I., Troch P.A., Lyon S.W. (2013): Water Resources Research 49 (11): 7644–7657

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Using Hydrologic Response Functions and Transit Time Distributions to Investigate Dynamic Catchment Behavior (Invited). Heidbuechel I., Troch P.A. (2013): Abstract H44B-02 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.

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Quantifying catchment scale soil variability in Marshall Gulch, Santa Catalina Mountains Critical Zone Observatory. Holleran M.E. (2013): MS Thesis in Soil, Water & Environmental Science. University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 102 pp.

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Fourth Annual Report for NSF EAR-0724958 entitled “Transformative Behavior of Water, Energy and Carbon in the Critical Zone: An Observatory to Quantify Linkages among Ecohydrology, Biogeochemistry, and Landscape Evolution” (Jemez-Santa Catalina CZO). Jon Chorover, Peter Troch, Paul Brooks, Jon Pelletier, Craig Rasmussen, Greg Barron-Gafford, David Breshears, Travis Huxman, Jennifer McIntosh, Thomas Meixner, Shirley Papuga, Marcel Schaap, Enrique Vivoni, Marcy Litvak, Robert Parmenter, Kathleen Lohse (2013): Jemez-Catalina CZO

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Pre- and Post-Fire Infiltration Rates in a Montane Mixed Conifer Ecosystem. Kopp E.S., Pohlmann M.A., Jones C.A., Chorover J., Schaap M.G. (2013): Abstract B33D-0509 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.

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Tradeoffs of modifications of storm water managements systems for nitrogen loss pathways in semi-arid ecosystems. Lohse K.A., Gallo E.L., Brooks P.D., Meixner T., McIntosh J.C. (2013): Abstract B31E-0442 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.

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Key landscape ecology metrics for assessing climate change adaptation options: rate of change and patchiness of impacts. Lopez-Hoffman L., Breshears D.D., Allen C.D., Miller M.L. (2013): ECOSPHERE 4(8): art101

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Climate and landscape position controls on soil carbon cycling in the Santa Catalina Critical Zone Observatory. Lybrand R., Heckman K., Rasmussen C. (2013): Abstract presented at AGU Chapman Conference on Soil-mediated Drivers of Coupled Biogeochemical and Hydrological Processes Across Scales, Biosphere 2, Tucson, Arizona, 21-24 October 2013 (Poster)

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Coevolution of topography, soils, and vegetation in upland landscapes: Using cinder cones to elucidate ecohydrogeomorphic feedback mechanisms . McGuire L., Pelletier J.D., Rasmussen C. (2013): Abstract EP13C-0884 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.

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Insights on Biogeochemistry from the Triple Isotope System of Nitrate (Invited). Meixner T., Michalski G.M., Dejwahk N., Riha K.M., Lohse K.A., Gallo E.L., McIntosh J.C., Brooks P.D. (2013): Abstract H53I-01 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.

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Modeling aeolian transport of soil-bound plutonium: considering infrequent but normal environmental disturbances is critical in estimating future dose. Michelotti E.A., Whicker J.J., Eisele W.F., Breshears D.D., Kirchner T.B. (2013): Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 120: 73-80

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Modeling the “Birch Effect” Using a Microbial Enzyme Based Soil Organic Carbon Decomposition and Gas Transport Model. Niu G., Zhang X., Barron-Gafford G., Pavao-zuckerman M. (2013): Abstract B33C-0496 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.

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Using airborne and terrestrial LiDAR to quantify and monitor post-fire erosion following the Las Conchas fire, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico. Orem C.A. and Pelletier J.D. (2013): Abstract presented at Chapman Conference on Post-wildfire Runoff and Erosion Response, Estes Park, Colorado, 25 - 31 August

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Coevolution of nonlinear trends in vegetation, soils, and topography with elevation and slope aspect: A case study in the sky islands of southern Arizona. Pelletier J.D., Barron-Gafford G.A., Breshears D.D., Brooks P.D., Chorover J., Durcik M., Harman C.J., Huxman T.E., Lohse K.A., Lybrand R., Meixner T., McIntosh J.C., Papuga S.A., Rasmussen C., Schaap M., Swetnam T.L., and Troch P.A. (2013): Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 118(2): 741-758

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Do fire disturbances account for missing C in snow dominated headwater catchments in NM?. Perdrial J.N., Brooks P.D., Swetnam T., Lohse K.A., Rasmussen C., Harpold A.A., Litvak M.E., Broxton P.D., Mitra B., Condon K., Huckle D.M., Vazquez A., Lybrand R.A., Holleran M., Orem C.A., Meixner T., Chorover J. (2013): Abstract B33E-0531 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec. Cross-CZO

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Technical Note: A comparison of model and empirical measures of catchment-scale effective energy and mass transfer. Rasmussen C. and Gallo E.L. (2013): Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 17(9): 3389-3395

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Using statistical methods to quantify and predict catchment scale soil variability. Rasmussen C., Holleran M. (2013): Abstract presented at AGU Chapman Conference on Soil-mediated Drivers of Coupled Biogeochemical and Hydrological Processes Across Scales, Biosphere 2, Tucson, Arizona, 21-24 October 2013 (Talk)

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Employing lidar to detail vegetation canopy architecture for prediction of aeolian transport. Sankey J.B., D.J. Law, D.D. Breshears, S.M. Munson, and R.H. Webb (2013): Geophysical Research Letters 40: 1724–1728

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Cordilleran Forest Scaling Dynamics And Disturbance Regimes Quantified By Aerial LiDAR. Swetnam T.L. (2013): Disertation in Natural Resources and the Environment. University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 277 pp

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Fractionation of yttrium and holmium during basaltic soil weathering. Thompson A., Amistadi M.K., Chadwick O.A., Chorover J. (2013): Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 119: 18–30 Cross-CZO

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Hydrologic discovery through controlled experimentation, data analysis, and numerical and analytical modeling at the Landscape Evolution Observatory (Invited) . Troch P.A., Gevaert A., Smit Y., Niu G., Nakolan L., Kyzivat E. (2013): Abstract H11C-1167 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.

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Climate-vegetation-soil interactions and long-term hydrologic partitioning: signatures of catchment co-evolution. Troch P.A., G. Carrillo, M. Sivapalan, T. Wagener, and K. Sawicz (2013): Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 17: 2209–2217

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Coupled Transport, Fractionation and Stabilization of Dissolved Organic Matter and Rare Earth Elements in the Critical Zone. Vázquez-Ortega A. (2013): Disertation in Soil, Water & Environmental Science. University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 201 pp

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Examining the Physical Drivers of Photosynthetic Temperature Sensitivity Within a Sub-alpine Mixed Conifer Forest. Yang J., Barron-Gafford G., Minor R., Heard M. (2013): Abstract EP13C-0877 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.

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Pedon Scale Soil Moisture and Water Fluxes Dynamics During Extremely Dry Years in a High Elevation Snow Dominated Landscape. Zapata-Rios X., Troch P.A., McIntosh J. (2013): Abstract presented at AGU Chapman Conference on Soil-mediated Drivers of Coupled Biogeochemical and Hydrological Processes Across Scales, Biosphere 2, Tucson, Arizona, 21-24 October 2013 (Poster)