Books, Chapters, and Proceedings

Books

Arnalds O and SR Archer, eds. 2000. Rangeland Desertification. Advances in Vegetation Science Series Vol. 19, Kluwer Publishing Company.

Book Chapters

Archer SR, EM Andersen, KI Predick, S Schwinning, RJ Steidl, SR Woods. 2017. Woody plant encroachment: causes and consequences. pp 25-84. In: Briske DD (ed). Rangeland Systems: Processes, Management and Challenges. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. 661 p. PDF

Peters, DPC, SR Archer, B Bestelmeyer, ML Brooks, et al. 2013. Desertification of rangelands, pp 239-258. In: T.R. Seastedt and K.N. Suding, eds. Ecosystem Functions and Services: Volume 5 in R.A. Pielke, Sr. Editor-in-Chief. Climate Vulnerability: Understanding and Addressing Threats to Essential Resources. Elsevier, Inc. Academic Press. ISBN: 9780123847034 PDF

Liu F, XB Wu, E Bai, TW Boutton, SR Archer. 2012. Impact of woody plant proliferation on soil carbon in a subtropical savanna: spatial distribution, uncertainty and sampling strategy, pp. 80-94. In: Ecological Vision: Challenge, Response and Strategy (X Han X, Y Wu Y, eds). Higher Education Press, Beijing. (in Chinese)

Archer SR., K Davies, T Fulbright, K McDaniel, B Wilcox, and KI Predick. 2011. Brush management as a rangeland conservation tool: a critical evaluation, Pages 105-170. In: Conservation Benefits of Rangeland Practices: Assessment, Recommendations, and Knowledge Gaps (D. Briske, ed.). Lawrence, KS: Allen Press. LINK

Archer, SR. 2010. Rangeland conservation and shrub encroachment: new perspectives on an old problem, pp. 53-97. In: Wild Rangelands: Conserving Wildlife While Maintaining Livestock in Semi-Arid Ecosystems (Johan du Toit, R. Kock, J. Deutsch, eds.). Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford.  PDF

Asner, GP, and SR Archer. 2010. Livestock and the global carbon cycle, pp. 69-82. In: Livestock in a Changing Landscape: Drivers, Consequences and Responses (H Steinfeld, H Mooney, F Schneider, LE Neville, eds.). Island Press, Washington, D.C.  PDF

Boutton,TW, JD Liao, TR. Filley, and SR Archer. 2009. Belowground carbon storage and dynamics following woody plant encroachment in a subtropical savanna, pp. 181-205. In: Soil Carbon Sequestration and the Greenhouse Effect (R. Lal and R. Follett, eds.). Soil Science Society of America, Madison, WI. PDF

Ryan M, Archer SR (lead authors).2008. Land Resources: Forests and Arid Lands. In: The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, Water Resources, and Biodiversity (P Backlund, A Janetos, D Schimel, M Walsh, eds.). Synthesis and Assessment Product 4.3, US Climate Change Science Program, Washington, DC. LINK

Fuhlendorf, SD, SR Archer, FE Smeins, DM Engle, and CA Taylor. 2008. The Combined influence of grazing, fire and herbaceous productivity on tree-grass interactions, pp. 219-238. IN: Western North American Juniperus Communities (OW Van Auken, ed.). Springer, New York. PDF

Wessman, C A, SR Archer, L C Johnson, and G P Asner. 2004. Woodland expansion in US grasslands: assessing land-cover change and biogeochemical impacts, pp. 185-208. In: Land Change Science: Observing, Monitoring and Understanding Trajectories of Change on the Earth’s Surface (G. Guttman, et al. eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers. PDF

Archer, SR, T W Boutton, and C R McMurtry. 2004. Carbon and nitrogen storage in a savanna landscape: field and modeling perspectives, pp. 359-373. In: Global Environmental Change in the Ocean and on Land (H. Kawahata and H. Koizumi, eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishing, Dordrecht, Netherlands. PDF

Archer, SR, and A Bowman. 2002. Understanding and managing rangeland plant communities, pp. 63-80. In: Global rangelands: progress and prospects (A. Grice and K. Hodgkinson, eds.). CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, United Kingdom PDF

Archer, SR, T W Boutton, and K A Hibbard. 2001. Trees in grasslands: biogeochemical consequences of woody plant expansion, pp. 115-1337. In: Global Biogeochemical Cycles in the Climate System (E-D Schulze, SP Harrison, M Heimann, EA Holland, J Lloyd, IC Prentice, D Schimel, eds.). Academic Press, San Diego. PDF

Arnalds, O, and SR Archer. 2000. Introduction, pp. 1-4. In: Rangeland Desertification (O. Arnalds and S. Archer, eds). Advances in Vegetation Science Vol. 19, Kluwer Publishing Company. LINK

Archer, SR, and C J Stokes. 2000. Stress, disturbance and change in rangeland ecosystems, pp. 19-38. In: Rangeland Degradation (O. Arnalds and S. Archer, eds). Advances in Vegetation Science Vol. 19, Kluwer Press, The Netherlands. PDF

Archer, SR, W MacKay, J Mott, S E Nicholson, M P Moreno, M L Rosenzweig, N G Seligman, N E West, and J Williams. 1999. Arid and semi-arid land community dynamics in a management context, pp 48-74. In: Arid lands management: toward ecological sustainablility (TW Hoekstra and M Shachak, eds). University of Illinois Press, Champaign.

Archer, SR. 1995. Assessing and interpreting grass-woody plant dynamics, pp.101-134. In: The Ecology and Management of Grazing Systems (J. Hodgson and A. Illius, eds.). CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, UK. PDF

Archer, SR, M Coughenour, C Dall'Aglio, G W Fernandez, J Hay, W Hoffman, C Klink, J Silva, and T O Solbrig. 1995. Savanna biodiversity and ecosystem properties, pp.207-215. In: Biodiversity and savanna ecosystem processes: a global perspective (OT Solbrig, E Medina, JF Silva, eds.). Ecological Studies vol.121, Springer-Verlag, New York.


Schimel, D S, V B Brown, K A Hibbard, C P Lund, and SR Archer. 1995. Aggregation of species properties for biogeochemical modeling: empirical results, pp. 209-214. In: Linking Species and Ecosystems (CG Jones, JH Lawton, eds.). Chapman   Hall, New York.

Archer, SR. 1994. Woody plant encroachment into southwestern grasslands and savannas: rates, patterns and proximate causes, pp. 13-68. In: Ecological implications of livestock herbivory in the West (M Vavra, WA Laycock, RD Pieper, eds.). Society for Range Management, Denver. PDF

Archer, SR. 1994. Regulation of ecosystem structure and function: climatic versus non-climatic factors, pp. 245- 255. In: Handbook of Agricultural Meteorology (J Griffiths, ed.). Oxford University Press. PDF

Aradottir, A, O Arnalds, and SR Archer. 1992. Degredation of vegetation and soils, pp.73-82. In: Icelandic Yearbook of Agriculture (A Arnalds, ed). Soil Conservation Service, Gunnarsholt, Iceland (in Icelandic).

Archer, SR. 1991. Development and stability of grass/woody mosaics in a subtropical savanna parkland, Texas, USA, pp. 109-118. In: Savanna ecology and management: Australian perspectives and intercontinental comparisons (PA Werner, ed.). Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford.

Archer, SR, and F E Smeins. 1991. Ecosystem-level processes, pp. 109-139. In: Grazing management: an ecological perspective (RK Heitschmidt, JW Stuth, eds.). Timberline Press, Portland, OR.

Tieszen, L L, and SR Archer. 1990. Isotopic assessment of vegetation changes in grassland and woodland systems, pp. 293-321. In: Plant biology of the basin and range (CB Osmond, LF Pitelka, GM Hidy, eds.), Ecological Studies 80, Springer-Verlag, New York.

Archer, SR, and L R Rittenhouse. 1986. Conclusions and recommendations, pp. 349-351. In: Grazing research at northern latitudes (O Gudmundsson, ed.) Plenum Publ. Co., New York.

Archer, SR, and L L Tieszen. 1986. Plant response to defoliation: hierarchial considerations, pp. 45-59. In: Grazing research at northern latitudes (O Gudmundsson, ed.) Plenum Publ. Co., New York.

Tieszen, L L, and SR Archer. 1979. Physiological responses of plants to grazing in tundra systems, pp. 22-42. In: Special management needs of alpine ecosystems (DA Johnson, ed.), Range Science Series No. 5, Society for Range Management, Denver, Colorado.

Symposium Proceedings

Naito AT. 2016. Brush management on the Santa Rita Experimental Range: a pre-treatment assessment of ecosystem services. Research Insights in Semi-Arid Ecosystems (RISE) 13th Annual Symposium. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States.

Archer, S. 2012. Tree-grass interactions: an integration of ecological and management perspectives, pp. 203-211. In: 2nd National Congress on Silvopastoral Systems, May 9-11, 2012, Santiago del Estero, Argentina

Huang C, Archer S, McClaran M, Marsh S. 2011. Long-term cross-scale assessment of woody cover stability in drylands. 34th International Symposium for Remote Sensing of Environment. Sydney, Australia.

Fuhlendorf, SD, SR Archer, FE Smeins, DM Engle, and CA Taylor. 2006. The Combined Influence of Grazing, Fire and Herbaceous Productivity on Tree Grass Interactions. in: Western North American Juniperus Communities (OW Van Auken, ed.). Springer, New York. In Press.

Gardner, RH, Dale, VH and Participants. 2004. Land use and habitat alteration. A NEON Science Theme Workshop Series report commissioned by NSF and AIBS, August 2004; 22 p.

Boutton TW, Archer SR, Liao JD. 2004. Grassland-woodland transitions in subtropical North America and their implications for the carbon cycle, pp. 2-8. In: Proceedings, American Quaternary Association 18th Biennial Meeting, Lawrence, Kansas.

Archer, S, and T W Boutton. 2002. Trees in grasslands: woody plant proliferation and the carbon cycle, pp. 39-46. In: Evaluation of terrestrial carbon storage and dynamics by in-situ and remote sensing measurements (T. Akiyama and H. Koizumi, eds.). River Basin Research Center, Gifu University, Japan.

Archer, S, and A Bowman. 2002. Session preface: understanding and managing rangeland plant communities, pp. 192. In: People and Rangelands: Building the Future (Eldridge, D. and Freudenberger, D., eds.). Proceedings, VI International Rangeland Congress, Vol. 1, Townsville, QLD, Australia.

Archer, S, Bowman, A. 2001. Session preface: understanding and managing rangeland plant communities, pp. 192. In: People and Rangelands: Building the Future (Eldridge, D. & Freudenberger, D., eds.). Proceedings, VI International Rangeland Congress, Vol. 1, Townsville, QLD, Australia.

Kreuter, U P, SR Archer, and C J Scifres. 1999. Bioeconomic basis for woody plant management, pp. 842-843. IN: D Eldridge, and D Freudenberger, eds, Proceedings, VI International Rangeland Congress, Townsville, Australia

Arnalds, O, and S Archer, eds.1999. Case studies of rangeland degradation: international examples and current assessments. Icelandic Agricultural Research Service (RALA) Report 200, Reykjavik, Iceland.

Kreuter, U P, S Archer, and C J Scifres. 1999. Bioeconomic basis for woody plant management, pp. 842-843. IN: D Eldridge and D Freudenberger, eds, Proceedings, VI International Rangeland Congress, Townsville, Australia.

Hanselka, C W, and S Archer. 1998. Rangeland ecosystems of South Texas: the keys to sustainability, pp. 1-11. In:: Proceedings, Mexico-US workshop on "Management of Grazing Land in Northern Mexico and South Texas" (W. Hamilton, M. Lee, A. Molina, eds). Texas A M Agric. Exeriment Station.

Archer, S, and M Stafford Smith. 1996. Rangeland and global change: chairperson's summary and comments, pp.147-151. In: Proceedings, Volume II, 5th International Rangeland Congress (NE West, ed.). Society for Rangeland Management, Denver.

Northup, B K, S Archer, J W Stuth, C D Mc Kown, and R A Crane. 1996. Structure of shrub clusters in a subtropical savanna in south Texas, pp. 147-151. In: Proceedings, Volume1, 5th international Rangeland Congress (NE West, ed.). Society for Rnage management, Denver.

Wessman, C A, D S Schimel, S Archer, B H Braswell, D S Ojima, and W J Parton. 1996. New technologes for remote sensing of ecosystem change in rangelands, pp.139-142. In: Proceedings, Volume II, 5th International Rangeland Congress (NE West, ed.). Society for Range Management, Denver.

Stafford Smith, M, B Campbell, W Steffen, S Archer, and D Ojima (Eds.) 1995. GCTE Focus 3 Pastures and rangelands task: an implementation plan. Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems Report No. 3, GCTE Core Project Office, CSIRO, Division of Wildlife Ecology, PO Box 84, Lyneham ACT 2602, Australia.

Stafford Smith, M, B Campbell, W Steffen, and S Archer (Eds.) 1994. State-of-the-science assessment of the likely impacts of global change on the Australian rangelands. GCTE Working Document No. 14, PO Box 84, Lyneham, ACT 2602, Australia.

Stafford Smith, M, and S Archer. 1994. A work plan for understanding global change in rangelands (GCTE Task 3.1.3). CSIRO National Rangelands Program, PO Box 2111, Alice Springs, NT 0871 Australia.

Midwood, A J, T W Boutton, S Watts, and S Archer. 1993. Natural abundance of 2H and 18O in soil moisture, rainfall and plants in a subtropical thorn woodland ecosystem: implications for plant water use, pp. 419-431. In: Proceedings, International Symposium on Applications of Isotope Techniques in Studying Past and Current Environmental Changes in the Hydrosphere and Atmosphere, Intl. Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria.

Boutton, T W, L C Nordt, S Archer, and I Casar. 1993. Stable carbon isotope ratios of soil organic matter and their potential use as indicators of paleoclimate. International Symposium on Applications of Isotope Techniques in Studying Past and Current Environmental Changes in the Hydrosphere and Atmosphere, Intl. Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria.

Ocumpaugh, W R, J W Stuth, and S Archer. 1993. Recovery and germination of switchgrass seed fed to cattle. Proceedings, 17th International Grassland Congress, New Zealand, pp. 318-319.

Archer, S. 1993. Climate change and grasslands: a life-zone and biota perspective. Proceedings, 17th International Grassland Congress, Palmerston North, New Zealand, pp. 1061-1067.

Hsieh, Y C, D K Loh, and S Archer. 1993. Spatial modeling of succession in a subtropical savanna: integrating conventional modeling techniques, GIS and rule-based reasoning, pp. 353-361. In: Proceedings, 7th Annual Symposium on Geographic Information Systems in Forestry, Environment and Natural Resources Management (P. O'Reilley, ed.). Vancouver, British Columbia.

Ojima, D S, T G F Kittel, D S Schimel, C A Wessman, B Curtiss, S Archer, V B Brown, and W J Parton. 1992. Global arid and semi-arid ecosystems: linkage between process models and remote sensing, pp. 1027-1029. In: International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Vol. II (R. Williamson and T.Stein, eds.). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., New York.

Archer, S. 1992. Vegetation dynamics in changing environments, pp. 25-36. In: Australian rangelands in a changing environment (Proceedings, 7th Biennial Australian Rangeland Conference, Cobar). The Australian Rangelands Society.

Archer, S and F E Smeins. 1992. Non-linear dynamics in grazed ecosystems: thresholds, multiple steady states and positive feedbacks, pp. 4-6. In: Is the range condition and trend concept compatible with ecosystem dynamics? Proceedings, Soc. Range Management Symposium, Spokane, WA.

Schimel, D S, W H Schlesinger, S Archer, M Verstrate, W M Jarrell, and J Eddy. 1991. Arid ecosystems Interactions: recommendations for drylands research in the global change research progarm. Office for Interdisciplinary Earth Studies/UCAR Report OIES-6, UCAR, Box 3000, Boulder, Colorado 80307.

Pyke, D and S Archer. 1990. Biotic interactions affecting plant establishment and persistence on revegetated rangeland, p. 45-91. In: Perspectives and processes in rangeland revegetation (CA Call and BA Roundy, eds.). Dept. Range Science, Utah State Univ., Logan.