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Manzoni S, JA Trofymow, RB Jackson, A Porporato. 2010. Stoichiometric controls on carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus dynamics in decomposing litter. Ecological Monographs, in press.

Way DA, SL LaDeau, HR McCarthy, JS Clark, R Oren, AC Finzi, RB Jackson. 2010. Greater seed production in elevated CO₂ is not accompanied by reduced seed quality in Pinus taeda L. Global Change Biology, in press. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02007.x

McCarthy HR, R Oren, KH Johnsen, A Gallet-Budynek, SG Pritchard, CW Cook, SL LaDeau, RB Jackson, AC Finzi. 2010. Re-assessment of plant carbon dynamics at the Duke free-air CO₂ enrichment site: interactions of atmospheric [CO₂] with nitrogen and water availability over stand development. New Phytologist 185: 514-528.

Armas C, FM Padilla, FI Pugnaire, RB Jackson. 2010. Hydraulic lift and tolerance to salinity of semiarid species: consequences for species interactions. Oecologia 162: 11–21, DOI 10.1007/s00442-009-1447-1.

Anderson LJ, JD Derner, HW Polley, WS Gordon, DM Eissenstat, RB Jackson. 2010. Root responses along a subambient to elevated CO₂ gradient in a C₃–C₄ grassland. Global Change Biology 16: 454–468, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01975.x

Jackson, RB, CW Cook, JS Pippen, SM Palmer. 2009. Increased belowground biomass and soil CO₂ fluxes after a decade of carbon dioxide enrichment in a warm-temperate forest. Ecology 90: 3352-3366.

Jackson RB, EG Jobbágy, MD Nosetto. 2009. Ecohydrology in a human-dominated landscape. Ecohydrology 2: 383–389.

Eccles, JK, L Pratson, RG Newell, RB Jackson. 2009. Physical and economic potential of geological CO₂ storage in saline aquifers. Environmental Science and Technology 43, 1962-1969, DOI: 10.1021/es801572e.

Piñeiro, G, EG Jobbágy, J Baker, BC Murray, RB Jackson. 2009. Set-asides can be better climate investment than corn-ethanol. Ecological Applications 19:277-282.

Berthrong ST, CW Schadt, G Piñeiro, RB Jackson. 2009. Afforestation alters the composition of functional genes in soil and biogeochemical processes in South American grasslands. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75:6240-6248.

Berthrong, ST, EG Jobbágy, RB Jackson. 2009. A global meta-analysis of soil exchangeable cations, pH, carbon, and nitrogen with afforestation. Ecological Applications 19: 2228-2241.

Nosetto, MD, EG Jobbágy, RB Jackson, GA Sznaider. 2009. Reciprocal influence between crops and shallow ground water in sandy landscapes of the inland Pampas. Field Crops Research 113: 138–148.

Van der Werf, GR, DC Morton, RS DeFries, JGJ Olivier, PS Kasibhatla, RB Jackson, GJ Collatz, JT Randerson. 2009. CO₂ emissions from forest loss. Nature Geoscience 2: 737-738.

Chen J, J Avise, A Guenther, C Wiedinmyer, E Salathe, RB Jackson, B Lamb. 2009. Future land use and land cover influences on regional biogenic emissions and air quality in the United States. Atmospheric Environment 43: 5771–5780.

Piñeiro, G, JM Paruelo, EG Jobbágy, RB Jackson, M Oesterheld. 2009. Grazing effects on belowground C and N stocks along a network of cattle exclosures in temperate and subtropical grasslands of South America. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 23, GB2003, doi:10.1029/2007GB003168.

Wilkinson, MJ, RK Monson, N Trahan, S Lee, E Brown, RB Jackson, HW Polley, PA Fay, R Fall. 2009. Leaf isoprene emission rate as a function of atmospheric CO₂ concentration. Global Change Biology 15:1189–1200.

Fay, PA, AM Kelley, AC Procter, D Hui, VL Jin, RB Jackson, HB Johnson, HW Polley. 2009. Primary productivity and water balance of grassland vegetation on three soils in a continuous CO₂ gradient: initial results from the Lysimeter CO₂ Gradient Experiment. Ecosystems 12: 699–714.

Golluscio, RA, AT Austin, GC García Martínez, M González-Polo, OE Sala, RB Jackson. 2009. Sheep grazing decreases organic carbon and nitrogen pools in the Patagonian steppe: combination of direct and indirect effects. Ecosystems 12: 686–697.

Galik, CS, RB Jackson. 2009. Risks to forest carbon offset projects in a changing climate. Forest Ecology and Management 257: 2209–2216.

Hui D, RB Jackson. 2009. Assessing interactive responses in litter decomposition in mixed species litter.  Plant and Soil 314:263-271, DOI 10.1007/s11104-008-9726-x.

Manzoni, S, RB Jackson, JA Trofymow, A Porporato. 2008. The global stoichiometry of litter nitrogen mineralization. Science 321: 684-686. 

Jackson, RB, JT Randerson, JG Canadell, RG Anderson, R Avissar, DD Baldocchi, GB Bonan, K Caldeira, NS Diffenbaugh, CB Field, BA Hungate, EG Jobbágy, LM Kueppers, MD Nosetto, DE Pataki. 2008. Protecting climate with forests. Environmental Research Letters 3: 044006, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/3/4/044006.

Drake, JE, PC Stoy, RB Jackson, EH DeLucia. 2008. Fine-root respiration in a loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) forest exposed to elevated CO₂ and N fertilization.  Plant, Cell and Environment 31: 1663–1672.

Farley, KA, G Piñeiro, SM Palmer, EG Jobbágy, RB Jackson. 2008. Stream acidification and base cation losses with grassland afforestation. Water Resources Research 44, W00A03, doi:10.1029/2007WR006659.

Bradford, MA, N Fierer, RB Jackson, TR Maddox, JF Reynolds. 2008. Nonlinear root-derived carbon sequestration across a gradient of nitrogen and phosphorous deposition in experimental mesocosms. Global Change Biology 14:1113-1124.

Willson CJ, PS Manos, RB Jackson. 2008. Hydraulic traits are influenced by phylogenetic history in the drought-resistant and invasive genus Juniperus (Cupressaceae). American Journal of Botany 95:299-314.

Nosetto MD, EG Jobbágy, T Tóth, RB Jackson. 2008. Regional patterns and controls of ecosystem salinization with grassland afforestation along a rainfall gradient. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 22, GB2015, doi:10.1029/2007GB003000.

Lichter, J, SA Billings, SE Ziegler, D Gaindh, R Ryals, AC Finzi, RB Jackson, EA Stemmler, WH Schlesinger. 2008. Soil carbon sequestration in a pine forest after 9 years of atmospheric CO₂ enrichment. Global Change Biology 14:2910-2922.

Pritchard, SG, AE Strand, ML McCormack, MA Davis, AC Finzi, RB Jackson, R Matamala, HH Rogers, R Oren. 2008. Fine root dynamics in a loblolly pine forest are influenced by free-air-CO₂-enrichment: a six-year-minirhizotron study. Global Change Biology 14:588-602.

Hui, D, R Biggs, RJ Scholes, RB Jackson. 2008. Measuring uncertainty in estimates of biodiversity loss: the example of biodiversity intactness variance. Biological Conservation 141:1091-1094.

Fierer, N, M Breitbart, J Nulton, P Salamon, C Lozupone, R Jones, M Robeson, RA Edwards, B Felts, S Rayhawk, R Knight, F Rohwer, RB Jackson. 2007. Metagenomic and small-subunit RNA analyses reveal the high genetic diversity of bacteria, archaea, fungi, and viruses in soil. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73:7059-7066.

Hofmockel, KS, WH Schlesinger, RB Jackson. 2007. Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on amino acid and NH₄⁺-N cycling in a temperate pine ecosystem. Global Change Biology 13: 1950–1959, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01411.x.

Tang, RH, S Han, H Zheng, CW Cook, CS Choi, TE Woerner, RB Jackson, Z-M Pei. 2007. Coupling diurnal cytosolic Ca²⁺ oscillations to the CAS-IP₃ pathway in Arabidopsis. Science 315:1423-1426. [full text]

Finzi, AC, RJ Norby, C Calfapietra, A Gallet-Budynek, B Gielen, WE Holmes, MR Hoosbeek, CM Iversen, RB Jackson, ME Kubiske, J Ledford, M Liberloo, R Oren, A Polle, S Pritchard, DR Zak, WH Schlesinger, R Ceulemans. 2007. Increases in nitrogen uptake rather than nitrogen-use efficiency support higher rates of temperate forest productivity under elevated CO2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 104: 14014-14019.

Jackson, RB, N Fierer, JP Schimel. 2007. New directions in microbial ecology. Ecology 88: 1343–1344.

Fierer, N, MA Bradford, RB Jackson. 2007. Toward an ecological classification of soil bacteria. Ecology 88: 1354-1364.

Fierer, N, JL Morse, ST Berthrong, ES Bernhardt, RB Jackson. 2007. Environmental controls on the landscape-scale biogeography of stream bacterial communities. Ecology 88: 2162–2173.

McElrone, AJ, J Bichler, WT Pockman, RN Addington, CR Linder, RB Jackson. 2007. Aquaporin-mediated changes in hydraulic conductivity of deep tree roots accessed via caves.  Plant, Cell and Environment 30: 1411-1421.

Jobbágy EG, RB Jackson. 2007. Groundwater and soil chemical changes under phreatophytic tree plantations. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, 112, G02013, doi:10.1029/2006JG000246.

Hui, D, RB Jackson. 2007. Uncertainty in allometric exponent estimation: a case study in scaling metabolic rate with body mass. Journal of Theoretical Biology 249: 168-177.

Jackson, RB, KA Farley, WA Hoffmann, EG Jobbágy, RL McCulley. 2007. Carbon and water tradeoffs in conversions to forests and shrublands. In: Canadell JG, Pataki DE, Pitelka LF (Eds), Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World. Springer, pp. 237-246.

Fierer, N, RB Jackson. 2006. The diversity and biogeography of soil bacterial communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 103:626-631.

Gill, RA, LJ Anderson, HW Polley, HB Johnson, RB Jackson. 2006. Potential nitrogen constraints on soil carbon sequestration under low and elevated atmospheric CO2. Ecology 87:41-52.

Finzi, AC, DJP Moore, EH DeLucia, J Lichter, KS Hofmockel, RB Jackson, H.-S. Kim, R Matamala, HR McCarthy, R Oren, JS Pippen, WH Schlesinger. 2006. Progressive nitrogen limitation of ecosystem processes under elevated CO2 in a warm-temperate forest. Ecology 87:15-25.

Luo Y, CB Field, RB Jackson. 2006. Does nitrogen constrain carbon cycling, or does carbon input stimulate nitrogen cycling? Ecology 87:3-4.

Maherali, H, CF Moura, MC Caldeira, CJ Willson, RB Jackson. 2006. Functional coordination between leaf gas exchange and vulnerability to xylem cavitation in temperate forest trees. Plant, Cell and Environment 29:571-583.

Willson, CJ, RB Jackson. 2006. Xylem cavitation caused by drought and freezing stress in four co-occurring Juniperus species. Physiologia Plantarum 127:374-382. 

Hui, D, RB Jackson. 2006. Geographic and interannual variability in biomass partitioning in grassland ecosystems: a synthesis of field data. New Phytologist 169: 85-93.

Sala, OE, RB Jackson. 2006. Determinants of biodiversity change: ecological tools for building scenarios. Ecology 87:1875-1876.

Austin, AT, OE Sala, RB Jackson. 2006. Inhibition of nitrification alters carbon turnover in the Patagonian steppe. Ecosystems 9: 1257-1265.

Altesor, A, G Piñeiro, F Lezama, RB Jackson, M Sarasola, JM Paruelo. 2006. Ecosystem changes associated with grazing in subhumid South American grasslands. Journal of Vegetation Science 17: 323-332.

Fierer N, B Colman, JP Schimel, RB Jackson. 2006. Predicting the temperature dependence of microbial respiration in soil: A continental-scale analysis. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 20: GB3026, doi:10.1029/2005GB002644.

Jobbágy EG, M Vasallo, KA Farley, G Piñeiro, MF Garbulsky, MD Nosetto, RB Jackson, JM Paruelo. 2006. Grassland afforestation: towards an integrative perspective of its ecological opportunities and costs. Agrociencia 10:109-124

Jackson, RB, EG Jobbágy, R Avissar, S Baidya Roy, D Barrett, CW Cook, KA Farley, DC le Maitre, BA McCarl, BC Murray. 2005. Trading water for carbon with biological carbon sequestration. Science 310: 1944-1947. [full text]

Fierer, N, JA Jackson, R Vilgalys, RB Jackson. 2005. Assessment of soil microbial community structure by use of taxon-specific quantitative PCR assays. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71: 4117-4120.

Farley, KA, EG Jobbágy, RB Jackson. 2005. Effects of afforestation on water yield: a global synthesis with implications for policy. Global Change Biology 11: 1565-1576.

Jackson, RB, EG Jobbágy. 2005. From icy roads to salty streams. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 102: 14487-14488.

Engel, V, EG Jobbágy, M Stieglitz, M Williams, RB Jackson. 2005. The hydrological consequences of Eucalyptus afforestation in the Argentine Pampas. Water Resources Research 41, W10409, doi:10.1029/2004WR003761.

McElrone, AJ, CD Reid, KA Hoye, E Hart, and RB Jackson. 2005. Elevated CO2 reduces disease incidence and severity of a red maple fungal pathogen via changes in host physiology and leaf chemistry. Global Change Biology 11: 1828-1836.

Baruch, Z, RB Jackson. 2005. Responses of tropical native and invader C4 grasses to clipping, fire and increased atmospheric CO2 concentration. Oecologia 145:522-532.

Caruso, CM, H Maherali, A Mikulyuk, K Carlson, RB Jackson. 2005. Genetic variance and covariance for physiological traits in Lobelia: are there constraints on adaptive evolution? Evolution 59:826-837.

Seyfreid, MS, S Schwinning, MA Walvoord, WT Pockman, BD Newman, RB Jackson, FM Phillips. 2005. Ecohydrological control of deep drainage in semiarid regions. Ecology 86:277-287.

Huxman, TE, BP Wilcox, DD Breshears, RL Scott, KA Snyder, EE Small, K Hultine, WT Pockman, RB Jackson. 2005. Ecohydrological implications of woody plant encroachment. Ecology 86:308-319.

Schenk, HJ, RB Jackson. 2005. Mapping the global distribution of deep roots in relation to climate and soil characteristics. Geoderma 126:129-140.

Jackson RB, WH Schlesinger. 2004. Curbing the U.S. carbon deficit. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 101: 15827-15829. . See also related News @ Nature.com article and press release.

Jackson, RB, ST Berthrong, CW Cook, EG Jobbágy, RL McCulley. 2004. Comment on "A Reservoir of Nitrate Beneath Desert Soils". Science 304: 51, DOI:10.1126/science.109429.

He, Y, RH Tang, Y Hao, RD Stevens, CW Cook, SM Ahn, L Jing, Z Yang, L Chen, F Guo, F Fiorani, RB Jackson, NM Crawford, and ZM Pei. 2004. Nitric oxide represses the Arabidopsis floral transition. Science 305: 1968-1971, DOI:10.1126/science.1098837. .

Maherali, H, WT Pockman, RB Jackson. 2004. Adaptive variation in the vulnerability of woody plants to xylem cavitation. Ecology 85: 2184–2199.

Jackson RB, LO Hedin. 2004. Terrestrial and freshwater biogeochemistry. Ecology 85: 2353-2354.

Jobbágy EG, RB Jackson. 2004. The uplift of soil nutrients by plants: biogeochemical consequences across scales. Ecology 85: 2380-2389.

McCulley, RL, EG Jobbágy, WT Pockman, RB Jackson. 2004. Nutrient uptake as a contributing explanation for deep rooting in arid and semi-arid ecosystems. Oecologia 141: 620-628.

Jobbágy, EG, RB Jackson. 2004. Groundwater use and salinization with grassland afforestation. Global Change Biology 10: 1299-1312.

McElrone, AJ, WT Pockman, J Martinez-Vilalta, RB Jackson. 2004. Variation in xylem structure and function in stems and roots of trees to 20 m depth. New Phytologist 163: 507-517. . See also commentary by Gretchen North (New Phytologist 163: 447-449) and press release.

Johnston, CA, P Groffman, DD Breshears, ZG Cardon, W Currie, W Emanuel, J Gaudinski, RB Jackson, K Lajtha, K Nadelhoffer, D Nelson Jr., WM Post, G Retallack, R Stallard, L Wielopolski. 2004. Carbon cycling in soil. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2: 522-528.

Saterson, KA, NL Christensen, RB Jackson, RA Kramer, SL Pimm, MD Smith, JB Wiener. 2004. Disconnects in evaluating the relative effectiveness of conservation strategies. Conservation Biology 18: 597-599.

Reid, CD, H Maherali, HB Johnson, SD Smith, SD Wullschleger, RB Jackson. 2003. On the relationship between stomatal characters and atmospheric CO₂. Geophysical Research Letters 30:1983, doi:10.1029/2003GL017775, 4 October 2003.

Hoffmann, WA, W Schroeder, RB Jackson. 2003. Regional feedbacks among fire, climate, and tropical deforestation. Journal of Geophysical Research 108(D23):4721. doi:10.1029/2003JD003494.

Jobbágy, EG, RB Jackson. 2003. Patterns and mechanisms of soil acidification in the conversion of grasslands to forests. Biogeochemistry 64:205-229.

Casper, BB, HJ Schenk, RB Jackson. 2003. Defining a plant's belowground zone of influence. Ecology 84:2313-2321.

Maherali, H, HB Johnson, RB Jackson. 2003. Stomatal sensitivity to vapour pressure difference over a subambient to elevated CO₂ gradient in a C₃/C₄ grassland. Plant, Cell and Environment 26:1297-1306.

Caruso, CM, H Maherali, RB Jackson. 2003. Gender-specific floral and physiological traits: implications for the maintenance of females in gynodioecious Lobelia siphilitica. Oecologia 135: 524-531.

Jackson, RB, JL Banner, EG Jobbágy, WT Pockman, DH Wall. 2002. Ecosystem carbon loss with woody plant invasion of grasslands. Nature 418:623-626.   See also related News and Views article (Nature 418:593-594).

Jackson, RB, CR Linder, M Lynch, M Purugganan, S Somerville, SS Thayer. 2002. Linking molecular insight and ecological research. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17:409-414.

Gill, RA, HW Polley, HB Johnson, LJ Anderson, H Maherali, RB Jackson. 2002. Nonlinear grassland responses to past and future atmospheric CO2. Nature 417:279-282.

Hoffmann, WA, W Schroeder, RB Jackson. 2002. Coupled feedbacks of fire, climate, and vegetation and the conversion of tropical savanna. Geophysical Research Letters 29:2052, doi:10.1029/2002GL015424, 20 November 2002.

Schenk, HJ, RB Jackson. 2002. Rooting depths, lateral root spreads, and belowground/aboveground allometries of plants in water limited ecosystems. Journal of Ecology 90:480-494.

Baron, JS, NL Poff, PL Angermeier, CN Dahm, PH Gleick, NG Hairston, Jr., RB Jackson, CA Johnston, BG Richter, and AD Steinman. 2002. Meeting ecological and societal needs for freshwater. Ecological Applications 12: 1247-1260.    See also the Issues in Ecology report based on this paper for the Ecological Society of America.

Maherali, H, CD Reid, HW Polley, HB Johnson, RB Jackson. 2002. Stomatal acclimation over a subambient to elevated CO2 gradient in a C3/C4 grassland. Plant, Cell and Environment 25:557-566.

Schenk HJ, RB Jackson. 2002. The global biogeography of roots. Ecological Monographs 72:311-328.

Dickinson, RE, JA Berry, GB Bonan, GJ Collatz, CB Field, IY Fung, M Goulden, WA Hoffmann, RB Jackson, R Myneni, PJ Sellers, M Shaikh. 2002. Nitrogen controls on climate model evapotranspiration. Journal of Climate 15:278-295.

Higgins, PAT, RB Jackson, JM des Rosiers, and CB Field. 2002. Root production and demography in a California annual grassland under elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide. Global Change Biology 8:841-850.

Gill, RA, RH Kelly, WJ Parton, KA Day, RB Jackson, JA Morgan, JMO Scurlock, LL Tieszen, JV Castle, DS Ojima, XS Zhang. 2002. Using simple environmental variables to estimate belowground productivity in grasslands. Global Ecology and Biogeography 11:79-86.

Jackson, RB, SR Carpenter, CN Dahm, DM McKnight, RJ Naiman, SL Postel, and SW Running. 2001. Water in a changing world. Ecological Applications 11:1027-1045.    See also the Issues in Ecology report based on this paper for the Ecological Society of America.

Jobbágy, EG, RB Jackson. 2001. The distribution of soil nutrients with depth: global patterns and the imprint of plants. Biogeochemistry 53:51-77.

Anderson, LJ, H Maherali, HB Johnson, HW Polley, and RB Jackson. 2001. Gas exchange and photosynthetic acclimation from subambient to elevated CO2 in a C3-C4 grassland. Global Change Biology 7:693-707.

DeLucia, EH, JS Coleman, TE Dawson, RB Jackson. 2001. Plant physiological ecology: linking the organism to scales above and below. New Phytologist 149: 12-16.

Anderson LJ, MS Brumbaugh, RB Jackson. 2001. Water and tree-understory interactions: a natural experiment with oak wilt in a savanna ecosystem. Ecology 82:33-49.

Feddes, RA, H. Hoff, M. Bruen, T. Dawson, P. de Rosnay, P. Dirmeyer, R.B. Jackson, P. Kabat, A. Kleidon, A. Lilly, and A.J. Pitman. 2001. Modelling root water uptake in hydrological and climate models. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 82:2797-2809.

Wullschleger SD, RB Jackson, WS Currie, AD Friend, Y Luo, F Mouillot, Y Pan, and G Shao. 2001. Below-ground processes in gap models for simulating forest response to global change. Climatic Change 51:449-473.

Jackson, RB, MJ Lechowicz, X Li, HA Mooney. 2001. Phenology, growth, and allocation in global terrestrial productivity. In (B Saugier, J Roy, HA Mooney, eds.) Terrestrial Global Productivity: Past, Present, and Future. Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 61-82.

Huber-Sannwald, E & RB Jackson. 2001. Heterogenous soil resource distribution and plant responses - from individual-plant growth to ecosystem functioning. In: K Esser, U Lüttge, JW Kadereit, W Beyschlag (eds). Progress in Botany 62:451-476.

Jackson, RB, JS Sperry, TE Dawson. 2000. Root water uptake and transport: using physiological processes in global predictions. Trends in Plant Science 5:482-488.

Gill R, RB Jackson. 2000. Global patterns of root turnover for terrestrial ecosystems. New Phytologist 147:13-31.

Sala, OE, FS Chapin III, JJ Armesto, R Berlow, J Bloomfield, R Dirzo, E Huber-Sanwald, LF Huenneke, RB Jackson, A Kinzig, R Leemans, D Lodge, HA Mooney, M Oesterheld, NL Poff, MT Sykes, BH Walker, M Walker, DH Wall. 2000. Global biodiversity scenarios for the year 2100. Science 287:1770-1774.

Jackson RB. 2000. Belowground processes and global change. Invited Feature in Ecological Applications 10:397-398.

Jackson RB, HJ Schenk, EG Jobbágy, J Canadell, GD Colello, RE Dickinson, CB Field, P Friedlingstein, M Heimann, K Hibbard, DW Kicklighter, A Kleidon, RP Neilson, WJ Parton, OE Sala, MT Sykes. 2000. Belowground consequences of vegetation change and their treatment in models. Ecological Applications 10:470-483.

Jobbágy EG, Jackson RB. 2000. The vertical distribution of soil organic carbon and its relation to climate and vegetation. Ecological Applications 10:423-436.

Hoffmann WA, Jackson RB. 2000. Vegetation-climate feedbacks in the conversion of tropical savanna to grassland. Journal of Climate 13: 1593-1602.

Linder, CR, LA Moore, and RB Jackson. 2000. A universal molecular method for identifying underground plant parts to species. Molecular Ecology 9:1549-1559.

Hoffmann WA, FA Bazzaz, NJ Chatterton, PA Harrison, RB Jackson. 2000. Elevated CO2 enhances resprouting of a tropical savanna tree. Oecologia 123:312-317.

Canadell, J.G., H.A. Mooney, D.D. Baldocchi, J.A. Berry, J.R. Ehleringer, C.B. Field, S.T. Gower, D.Y. Hollinger, J.E. Hunt, R.B. Jackson, S.W. Running, G.R. Shaver, W. Steffen, S.E. Trumbore, R. Valentini, B.Y. Bond. 2000. Carbon metabolism of the terrestrial biosphere: a multi-technique approach for improved understanding. Ecosystems 3:115-130.

Gordon WS, RB Jackson. 2000. Nutrient concentrations in fine roots. Ecology 81:275-280.

Anderson, LJ, PC Harley, RK Monson, RB Jackson. 2000. Isoprene emissions from live oak (Quercus fusiformis) with oak wilt. Tree Physiology 20:1199-1203.

Norby, RJ, and RB Jackson. 2000. Root dynamics and global change: seeking an ecosystem perspective. New Phytologist 147:3-12.

Jobbágy EG, RB Jackson. 2000. Global controls of forest line elevation in the northern and southern hemispheres. Global Ecology and Biogeography 9:253-268.

Jackson, RB, LJ Anderson, WT Pockman. 2000. Measuring water availability and uptake in ecosystem studies. In (OE Sala, RB Jackson, HA Mooney, RW Howarth, eds.) Methods in Ecosystem Science. Springer, NY, pp. 199-214.

Sala OE, RB Jackson, HA Mooney, RW Howarth, eds. 2000. Methods in Ecosystem Science. Springer, NY.

Sala, OE, RB Jackson, HA Mooney, RW Howarth. 2000. Methods in ecosystem science: progress, tradeoffs, and limitations. In (OE Sala, RB Jackson, HA Mooney, RW Howarth, eds.) Methods in Ecosystem Science. Springer, NY, pp. 1-3.

Casper, BB, JF Cahill Jr., RB Jackson. 2000. Plant competition in spatially heterogeneous environments. In (M Hutchings, E John, A Stewart, eds.) Ecological Consequences of Habitat Heterogeneity, British Ecological Society Symposium Series, pp. 111-130.

Jackson RB, LA Moore, WA Hoffmann, WT Pockman, CR Linder. 1999. Ecosystem rooting depth determined with caves and DNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 96: 11387-11392.

Hsiao, TC & RB Jackson. 1999. Interactive effects of water stress and elevated CO2 on growth, photosynthesis, and water use efficiency. In (Y Luo & HA Mooney, eds.) Carbon Dioxide and Environmental Stress. Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 3-31.

Jackson, RB, WT Pockman, WA Hoffmann. 1999. The structure and function of root systems. In (FI Pugnaire, F Valladares, eds.) Handbook of Functional Plant Ecology. Marcel Dekker, NY, pp. 195-220.

Jackson, RB. 1999. The importance of root distributions for hydrology, biogeochemistry, and ecosystem functioning. In (J Tenhunen, P Kabat, eds., Dahlem Conference) Integrating hydrology, ecosystem dynamics, and biogeochemistry in complex landscapes. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, pp. 219-240.

Menzel L, O Richter, N Caraco, GM Hornberger, RB Jackson, CA Johnston, H Lang, EF Wood. 1999. How is ecosystem functioning affected by hydrological lateral flows in complex landscapes? In (J Tenhunen, P Kabat, eds., Dahlem Conference) Integrating hydrology, ecosystem dynamics, and biogeochemistry in complex landscapes. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, pp. 255-271.

Jackson RB. 1999. Desertification control to sequester C and mitigate the greenhouse effect: a commentary. In (NJ Rosenberg, RC Izaurralde, EL Malone, eds.) Carbon sequestration in soils: science, monitoring, and beyond. Batelle Press, Columbus, OH, pp. 143-146.

Schulze, E-D, MM Caldwell, J Canadell, HA Mooney, RB Jackson, D Parson, R Scholes, OE Sala, & P Trimborn. 1998. Downward flux of water through roots (i.e. inverse hydraulic lift) in dry Kalahari sands. Oecologia 115:460-462

Jackson, RB, OE Sala, JM Paruelo, & HA Mooney. 1998. Ecosystem water fluxes for two grasslands in elevated CO2: a modeling analysis. Oecologia 113:537-546.

Casper, BB & RB Jackson. 1997. Plant competition underground. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 28:545-570.

Hungate, BA, EA Holland, RB Jackson, FS Chapin III, HA Mooney, & CB Field. 1997. On the fate of carbon in grasslands under carbon dioxide enrichment. Nature 388:576-579.

Jackson, RB, HA Mooney, & E-D Schulze. 1997. A global budget for fine root biomass, surface area, and nutrient contents. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 94:7362-7366.

Tsionsky, M, ZG Cardon, AJ Bard, & RB Jackson. 1997. Photosynthetic electron transport in single guard cells as measured by scanning electrochemical microscopy. Plant Physiology 113:895-901.

Canadell, J, RB Jackson, JR Ehleringer, HA Mooney, OE Sala, & E-D Schulze. 1996. Maximum rooting depth of vegetation types at the global scale. Oecologia 108:583-595.

Schulze, ED, HA Mooney, OE Sala, E Jobbágy, N Buchmann, G Bauer, J Canadell, RB Jackson, J Loreti, M Oesterheld, & JR Ehleringer. 1996. Rooting depth, water availability, and vegetation cover along an aridity gradient in Patagonia. Oecologia 108:503-511.

Jackson, RB, J Canadell, JR Ehleringer, HA Mooney, OE Sala, & ED Schulze. 1996. A global analysis of root distributions for terrestrial biomes. Oecologia 108:389-411.

Jackson, RB & MM Caldwell. 1996. Integrating resource heterogeneity and plant plasticity: modeling nitrate and phosphate uptake in a patchy soil environment. Journal of Ecology 84:891-903.

Hungate, BA, RB Jackson, CB Field, & FS Chapin III. 1996. Field CO2-enrichment experiments lack statistical power to detect changes in soil carbon. Plant and Soil 187:135-145.

Luo, Y, RB Jackson, CB Field, & HA Mooney. 1996. Elevated CO2 increases belowground respiration in California grasslands. Oecologia 108:130-137.

Jackson, RB & HL Reynolds. 1996. Nitrate and ammonium uptake for single- and mixed-species communities grown at elevated CO2. Oecologia 105: 74-80.

Anderson JM, E Cuevas, FS Chapin III, RJ Hobbs, LF Pitelka, RB Jackson. 1995. The soil system. In (Heywood VH, Watson RH, eds.) Global Biodiversity Assessment, United Nations Environment Programme, Cambridge University Press, pp. 406-412.

Field, CB, RB Jackson, & HA Mooney. 1995. Stomatal responses to increased CO2: implications from the plant to the global scale. Plant, Cell and Environment 18: 1214-1225.

Jackson, RB, Y Luo, Z Cardon, OE Sala, CB Field, & HA Mooney. 1995. Photosynthesis, growth, and density for the dominant species in a CO2-enriched grassland. Journal of Biogeography 22: 221-225.

Jackson, RB, OE Sala, CB Field, & HA Mooney. 1994. CO2 alters water use, carbon gain, and yield for the dominant species in a natural grassland. Oecologia 98: 257-262.

Duke, SE, RB Jackson, & MM Caldwell. 1994. Local regulation of mycorrhizal arbuscule frequency in enriched soil microsites. Canadian Journal of Botany 72: 998-1001.

Jackson, RB & MM Caldwell. 1993. The scale of nutrient heterogeneity around individual plants and its quantification with geostatistics. Ecology 74:612-614.

Jackson, RB & MM Caldwell. 1993. Geostatistical patterns of soil heterogeneity around individual perennial plants. Journal of Ecology 81:683-692.

Jackson, RB & MM Caldwell. 1992. Shading and the capture of localized soil nutrients: nutrient contents, carbohydrates, and root uptake kinetics of a perennial tussock grass. Oecologia 91:457-462.

Jackson, RB & MM Caldwell. 1991. Kinetic responses of Pseudoroegneria roots to localized soil enrichment. Plant and Soil 138: 231-238.

Jackson, RB, IE Woodrow, & KA Mott. 1991. Nonsteady-state photosynthesis following an increase in photon flux density (PFD): effects of magnitude and duration of initial photon flux density. Plant Physiology 95: 498-503.

Caldwell, MM, JH Manwaring, & RB Jackson. 1991. Exploitation of phosphate from fertile soil microsites by three Great Basin perennials when in competition. Functional Ecology 5:757-764.

Jackson, RB, JH Manwaring, & MM Caldwell. 1990. Rapid physiological adjustment of roots to localized soil enrichment. Nature 344: 58-60.

Jackson, RB & MM Caldwell. 1989. The timing and degree of root proliferation in fertile-soil microsites for three cold-desert perennials. Oecologia 81: 149-153.