Seasonal precipitation use by deserts plants on the Colorado Plateau

The Colorado Plateau is a cold desert with about as much precipitation in fall/winter as in spring/summer. Near Moab, Utah, average annual precipitation is 215 mm, but year-to-year variation is high.....more

Predicting the water use syndromes of desert plants

Most people think of deserts as very dry places. In reality, deserts are highly variable and unpredictable...more

Resource Pulse Use in Arid/Semiarid Ecosystems (workshop report)

The stability of grazing systems

Grazing systems can be intrinsically unstable. This means that excessive harvesting can lead to sustained productivity losses...more

Causes and consequences of population size structure

One of the prominent features of natural and managed plant populations is that their members are often highly variable in size. Many physiological and morphological properties of individuals depend on plant size...more