2020

Winter CO2 efflux from sagebrush shrublands distributed across the rain‐to‐snow transition zone. Fellows, A.W., Flerchinger, G.N., Seyfried, G.N., Biederman, J.A.. and K.A. Lohse (2020): JGR Biogeosciences

2020 (In Review)

Understanding the effect of fire on vegetation composition and gross primary production in a semi-arid shrubland ecosystem using the Ecosystem Demography (EDv22) model. Pandit, K., Dashti, H., Hudak, A.T., Glenn, N.F., Flores, A.N., and D.J. Shinneman (2020): Biogeosciences Discuss.

2019

Ecological and genomic attributes of novel bacterial taxa that thrive in subsurface soil horizons. Brewer, Tess E., Emma L. Aronson, Keshav Arogyaswamy, Sharon A. Billings, Jon K. Botthoff, Ashley N. Campbell, Nicholas C. Dove, Dawson Fairbanks, Rachel E. Gallery, Stephen C. Hart, Jason Kaye, Gary King, Geoffrey Logan, Kathleen A. Lohse, Mia R. Maltz, Emilio Mayorga, Caitlin O’Neill, Sarah M. Owens, Aaron Packman, Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Alain F. Plante, Daniel D. Richter, Whendee L. Silver, Wendy H. Yang, Noah Fierer (2019): mBio Oct 2019, 10 (5) e01318-19 Cross-CZO National

2019

Regional scale dryland vegetation classification with an integrated lidar-hyperspectral approach. Dashti, H., Poley, A., Glenn, N.F., Ilangakoon, N., Spaete, L., Roberts, D., Enterkine, J., Flores, A.N., Ustin, S.L., and J.J. Mitchell (2019): Remote Sensing

2019

Controls on gross production in an aspen-sagebrush vegetation mosaic. Fellows, A., Flerchinger, G., Seyfried, M., Lohse, K.A., Patton, N. R. (2019): Ecohydrology 12:e2046

2019

Water and carbon fluxes along an elevational gradient in a sagebrush ecosystem. Flerchinger, G.N., Fellows, A.W., Seyfried, M.S., Clark, P.E., and K.A. Lohse (2019): Ecosystems

2019

Vegetation and precipitation shifts interact to alter organic and inorganic carbon storage in desert soils. Huber, D.P., Lohse, K.A., Commendador, A., Joy, S., Finney, B., Aho, K., and M. Germino (2019): Ecosphere 10( 3):e02655

2019

Summer-time carbon and water fluxes in sagebrush ecosystems spanning rain-to-snow dominated precipitation regimes. Sharma, H., Reinhardt, K., Lohse, K.A., and K. Aho (2019): Rangeland Ecology and Management

2019

Examining Interactions Between and Among Predictors of Net Ecosystem Exchange: A Machine Learning Approach in a Semi-arid Landscape. Zhou, Q., Fellows, A., Flerchinger, G.N., and A.N. Flores (2019): Scientific Reports 9:2222

2018

Rapid recovery of mesic mountain big sagebrush gross production and respiration following prescribed fire. Fellows, A., Flerchinger, G., Seyfried, M.S., and Lohse, K.A (2018): Ecosystems

2018 (In Review)

Critical zone science informs landscape management through quantification of slow and often elusive (episodic) constraints on ecosystem services. Lohse, K.A., Commendador, A., Stalder, S., Glossner, K., Macek, C., and R. MacNeille (2018): Earth's Future Cross-CZO National

2017

Reviews and syntheses: on the roles trees play in building and plumbing the critical zone. Brantley, Susan L., David M. Eissenstat, Jill A. Marshall, Sarah E. Godsey, Zsuzsanna Balogh-Brunstad, Diana L. Karwan, Shirley A. Papuga, Joshua Roering, Todd E. Dawson, Jaivime Evaristo, Oliver Chadwick, Jeffrey J. McDonnell, Kathleen C. Weathers (2017): Biogeosciences, 14, 5115-5142 Cross-CZO National

2017

Effects of long-term experimental manipulations of precipitation and vegetation on carbon and nitrogen dynamics in a cold desert ecosystem. Huber, D. (2017): Idaho State University

2017

Meteorological, snow, streamflow, topographic, and vegetation height data from four western juniper-dominated experimental catchments in southwestern Idaho, USA. Kormos, P.R., Marks, D.G., Pierson, F.B., Williams, C.J., Hardegree, S.P., Boehm, A.R., Havens, S.C., Hedrick, A., Cram, Z.K., and T.J. Svejcar (2017): Earth System Science Data

2016

Determining Carbon Sequestration in Soil: Canopy and Intercanopy Zones of the Sagebrush Steppe at Reynolds Creek. Butt, J., and A. Schweitzer (2016): Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Conference, Boise, ID.

2016

Postfire grazing management effects on mesic sagebrush-steppe vegetation: spring grazing. Clark, P.E., Williams, C.J., Pierson, F.B., and S.P. Hardegree (2016): Journal of Arid Environments

2016

Temperature impacts on soil organic carbon decomposition across and environmental gradient in a semi-arid ecosystem. Delvinne, H. (2016): Boise State University

2016

Water and Carbon Fluxes Along an Elevation/Precipitation Gradient in a Sagebrush Steppe Environment. Flerchinger, G.N., Fellows, A.W., and M.S. Seyfried (2016): ASA/CSSA/SSSA Annual Meeting

2016

Hydrologic response and recovery to prescribed fire and vegetation removal in a small rangeland catchment. Flerchinger, G.N., Seyfried, M.S., and S.P. Hardegree (2016): Ecohydrology

2016

Temporal Variability in Microclimatic Conditions for Grass Germination and Emergence in the Sagebrush Steppe. Hardegree, S.P., Sheley, R.L., Duke, S.E., James, J.J., Boehm, A.R., and G.N. Flerchinger (2016): Rangeland Ecology & Management

2016

Influences of Climate Change on Water Availability in Complex Terrain: Understanding Earth Processes and their Relation to Social Action. Klos, P.Z. (2016): University of Idaho

2016

Saprolite genesis in complex terrain: hydrologic, lithologic, biologic, and microclimatic controls on aspect asymmetry within the critical zone. Klos, P.Z., Link, T., Seyfried, M., Patton, N., Lohse, K., Holbrook, W.S., Heinse, R., Durrett, W., E. Leonard (2016): Geomorphology

2016

Juniper encroachment impacts on catchment scale water availability in snow dominated sagebrush steppe systems. Kormos, P., Marks, D., Pierson, F., Williams, J., Flerchinger, G., Havens, S., Hendrick, A., Bates, J., Svejcar, A., and A. Winstral (2016): Rangeland Ecology & Management

2016

Ecosystem Water Availability in Juniper versus Sagebrush Snow-Dominated Rangelands. Kormos, P.R., Marks, D., Pierson, F.B., Williams, C.J., Hardegree, S.P., Havens, S., Hedrick, A., Bates, J., and T. Svejar (2016): Rangeland Ecology & Management

2016

Spatiotemporal soil and saprolite moisture dynamics across a semi-arid woody plant gradient. Niemeyer, R.J., Heinse, R., Link, T.E., Seyfried, M.S., Klos, Z.P., Williams, C.J., and T. Nielson (2016): Journal of Hydrology

2016

Surface water input from snowmelt and rain throughfall in western juniper: potential impacts of climate change as shifts in semi-arid vegetation. Niemeyer, R.J., Link, T., Seyfried, M., and G. Flerchinger (2016): Hydrological Processes

2016

Topographic Controls on Total Mobile Regolith and Total Soil Organic Carbon in Complex Terrain. Patton, N.R. (2016): Idaho State University

2016

Simulating maize production, water and surface energy balance, and canopy temperature under full and deficit irrigation. Qi, Z., Ma, L., Bausch, W.C., Trout, T.J., Ahuja, L.R., Flerchinger, G.N., and Q.X. Fang (2016): Transactions of ASABE

2016

Variation in plant water use and environmental drivers of sap flow in sagebrush communities spanning rain-to-snow dominated elevation zones. Sharma, H., Reinhardt, K., and K.A. Lohse (2016): Ecological Society of America

2016

Simulated water budget in a forested watershed within Priest River Experimental Forest, northern Idaho, USA. Wei, L., Link, T.E., Hudak, A.T., Marshall, J.D., Kavanagh, K.L., Abatzoglou, J.T., Zhou, H., Pangle, R.E., G.N. Flerchinger (2016): Hydrological Processes

2016

Ecohydrologic response and recovery of a semi-arid shrubland over a five year period following burning. Williams, C.J., Pierson, F.B., Kormos, P.R., Al-Hamdan, O.Z., Hardegree, S.P., and P.E. Clark (2016): Catena

2015

Hydrological partitioning in the critical zone: Recent advances and opportunities for developing transferable understanding of water cycle dynamics. Brooks P.D., Chorover J., Fan Y., Godsey S.E., Maxwell R.M., McNamara J.P., and Tague C. (2015): Water Resources Research 51 (9): 6973-6987 Cross-CZO

2015

Merging ecosystem services and social processes for a social-ecological impact assessment on US public land. Brymer, B., Holbrook, J., Niemeyer, R., Suazo, A., Wulfhorst, J., Rachlow, J., Vierlring, K., Link, T., and B. Newingham (2015): International Symposium on Society and Natural Resource Management, the Annual Meeting of the International Association for Society and Natural Resources, Charleston, SC

2015

Comparison of linear and non-linear regression models to estimate leaf area index of dryland shrubs. Dashti, H., Glenn, N., Illangakoon, N., Mitchell, J.J., Dakhal, S., and L. Spaete (2015): American Geophysical Union, December, San Francisco, CA

2015

Estimation of sagebrush biochemical and biophysical parameters using hyperspectral imagery and inversion of radiative transfer models. Dashti, H., Glenn, N.F., Jessica, M., and L. Spaete (2015): 57th Idaho Academy of Science and Engineering (IASE) Annual Meeting and Symposium, Boise, ID

2015

Plant root impacts on soil carbon dynamics Critical Zone Science. de Graaff, M. (2015): Sustainability and Services in a Change World, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

2015

Soil Organic Carbon Decomposition across an elevational gradient in a Semi-Arid Ecosystem. Delvinne, H., Feris, K., Flores, A., Benner, S., and M. de Graaff (2015): Proceedings of the Great Basin Consortium Conference, Boise, ID

2015

Differences in the temperature sensitivity of soil organic carbon decomposition in a semi-arid ecosystem across an elevational gradient. Delvinne, H., Feris, K., Flores, A., Benner, S., and M. de Graaff (2015): American Geophysical Union, December, San Francisco, CA

2015

Simulation of long-term soil water dynamics at Reynolds Creek, Idaho: implications for rangeland productivity. Finzel, J.A., Seyfried, M.S., Weltz, M.A., and K. Launchbaugh (2015): Ecohydrology

2015

Modeling Temperature and Humidity Profiles withing Forest Canopies. Flerchinger, G., Reba, M., Link, T., and D. Marks (2015): Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

2015

Laser vision: lidar as a transformative tool to advance critical zone science. Harpold, A. A., Marshall, J. A., Lyon, S. W., Barnhart, T. B., Fisher, B. A., Donovan, M., Brubaker, K. M., Crosby, C. J., Glenn, N. F., Glennie, C. L., Kirchner, P. B., Lam, N., Mankoff, K. D., McCreight, J. L., Molotch, N. P., Musselman, K. N., Pelletier, J., Russo, T., Sangireddy, H., Sjöberg, Y., Swetnam, T., and West, N. (2015): Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 2881-2897 Cross-CZO National

2015

Spatial Patterns of Vegetation Biomass and Soil Organic Carbon Acquired from Airborne Lidar and Hyperspectral Imagery at Reynolds Creek Critical Zone Observatory. Li, A., Will, R., Glenn, N., Benner, S., Spaete< L., and N. Ilangakoon (2015): American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA

2015

Ecohydrologic Dynamics and Social Impacts of Western Juniper in Snow-Dominated Sagebrush Steppe. Niemeyer, R.J. (2015): University of Idaho

2015

Diurnal and seasonal variation in tree stem circumference using automated self-reporting dendrometer bands (TreeHuggers). Sharma, H., and K. Reinhardt (2015): Great Basin Conference, Boise, ID

2015

Diurnal and seasonal variation in sap flow in sagebrush communities spanning rain-to-snow dominated elevation zones. Sharma, H., Reinhardt, K., and K.A. Lohse (2015): Annual Meeting of American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA

2015

Diurnal and seasonal variation in tree stem circumference using automated self-reporting dendrometer bands (TreeHuggers). Sharma, H., Reinhardt, K., Lohse, K., Seyfried, M., DeLucia, E., and T. Mies (2015): Annual Meeting of Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, MD

2015

Climatic, Landscape, and Edaphic Controls on Soil Carbon Fluxes in Seasonally Snow Covered Forest Ecosystems. Stielstra, C., Lohse, K., Chorover, J., McIntosh, J., Barron-Gafford, G., Perdrial, J., Litvak, M., Barnard, H., and P. Brooks (2015): Biogeochemistry

2015

Deriving spatiotemporally distributed net ecosystem exchange estimates combining eddy flux and sensing data. Zhou, Q., Flores, A., Flerchinger, G., and N. Glenn (2015): 4th Annual

2014

Social-ecological impacts of juniper removal in a public lands context: merging deliberative workshops and participatory GIS. Bentley, A., Holbrook, J., Niemeyer, R., Suazo, A., Wulfhorst, J., Newingham, B., Rachlow, J., Vielring, K., and T. Link (2014): Third Annual Meeting UI-CATIE IGERT Project

2014

Spatial patterns of vegetation, soils and microtopography from terrestrial laser scanning on two semi-arid hillslopes of contrasting lithology. Harman C.J., Lohse K.A., Troch P.A., Sivapalan M. (2014): Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 119(2): 163-180 Cross-CZO

2014

Diurnal and seasonal variation in tree stem circumference using automated self-reporting dendrometer bands (TreeHuggers). Sharma, H., and K. Reinhardt (2014): All Hands Meeting, Fish Camp, CA

2014

Bacterial composition of soils in ponderosa pine and mixed conifer forests exposed to different wildfire burn severity. Weber C.F., Lockhart J.S., Charaska E., Aho K., Lohse K.A. (2014): Soil Biology and Biochemistry 69: 242-250 Cross-CZO

2014

Prescribed fire effects on runoff, erosion, and soil water repellency on steeply-sloped sagebrush rangeland over a five year period. Williams, C., Pierson, F., and O. Al-Hamdan (2014): American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA