2020s
Jones, SA, SR, Archer, KA Hartfield, and SE Marsh. 2023. Topoedaphic constraints on woody plant cover in a semi-arid grassland. Ecological Indicators 151: 110226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110226 2010s
2000s Hatch SL, MA Tomas, and SR Archer. 2009. Bouteloua curtipendula var. tenuis (Poaceae: Cynodonteae) new to Texas and the United States and a key to B. curtipendula varieties. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 3:965-967. 1990s Guenther A, SR Archer, J Greenberg, P Harley, D Helmig, L Klinger, L Vierling, M Wildermuth, P Zimmerman, and S Zitzer. 1999. Biogenic hydrocarbon emissions and landcover/climate change in a subtropical savanna. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (B) 24: 659-667. PDF 1980s Archer SR. 1989. Have Southern Texas savannas been converted to woodlands recent history? American Naturalist 134:545-561. PDF
Ueckert, DN, SR Archer. 2022. In Memoriam: Steven G. Whisenant (1950-2022). Rangelands 44:420-421, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rala.2022.11.003
Rutherford, WA, SR Archer. 2023. Trait responses of a grassland shrub invader to altered moisture regimes. Plant and Soil 482: 141-161. DOI: 10.1007/s11104-022-05678-w
Archer, SR, AT Naito, P Heilman, ER Vivoni, RL Scott. 2023. Prosopis velutina response to an aerial herbicide application. Rangeland Ecology and Management 88: 129-134 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2023.02.014
Briske, DD, SR Archer, E Burchfield, W Burnidge, JD Derner, H Gosnell, J Hatfield, C Kazanski, M Khalil, TJ Lark, P Nagler, O Sala, NF Sayre, KR Stackhouse. 2023. Supplying Ecosystem Services on U.S. Rangelands. Nature – Sustainability: In Press
McBride, SG, Levi, EM, Nelson, JA, Archer, SR, Barnes, PW, Throop, HL, Predick, KI, McCulley, RL. 2023. Soil-Litter Mixing Mediates Drivers of Dryland Decomposition along a Continuum of Biotic and Abiotic Factors. Ecosystems 2023. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-023-00837-1.
Vivoni, ER, Pérez-Ruiz, ER, Scott,RL, Naito, AT, Archer, SR, Biederman, JA, Templeton, NP. 2022. A micrometeorological flux perspective on brush management in a shrub-encroached Sonoran Desert grassland. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 313: 108763. DOI:10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108763.
Archer, SR, Peters, DPC, ND Burruss, J Yao. 2022. Mechanisms and drivers of alternative shrubland states. Ecosphere 13(4): e3987. DOI: 10. 1002/ecs2.3987.
Weber-Grullon, L, Gherardi, L, Rutherford, WA, Archer, SR, Sala, OE. 2022. Woody plant encroachment: precipitation, herbivory and grass-competition interact to affect shrub recruitment. Ecological Applicationse 2536. DOI:10.1002/eap.2536.
DeWeese, GG, Lafon CW, Flatley WT, Aldrich SR, Naito AT. 2022. Historical fire regimes and stand dynamics of xerophytic pine-oak stands in the Appalachian Mountains, Virginia, USA. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 112(2): 387-498. DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2021.1935206
Margolis EQ, Guiterman CH, Chavardès RD, Coop JD, Copes-Gerbitz K, Dawe DA, Falk DA, Johnston JD, Larsen, E, Li H, Marschall JM, Naficy CE, Naito AT, Parisien M, Parks SA, Portier J, Poulos HM, Robertson KM, Speer JH, Stambaugh M, Swetnam T, Tepley AJ, Thapa I, Allen CD, Bergeron Y, Daniels LD, Fulé PZ, Gervais D, Girardin MP, Harley GL, Harvey JE, Hoffman KM, Huffman JM, Hurteau MD, Johnson LB, Lafon CW, Lopez MK, Maxwell RS, Meunier J, North M, Rother MT, Schmidt MR, Sherriff RL, Stachowiak LA, Taylor A, Taylor EJ, Trouet V, Villarreal M, Yocom LL, Arabas KB, Arizpe AH, Arseneault D, Tarancón AA, Baisan C, Bigio E, Biondi F, Cahalan GD, Caprio A, Cerano-Paredes J, Collins BM, Day DC, Drobyshev I, Farris C, Fenwick MA, Flatley W, Floyd ML, Gedalof Z, Holz A, Howard LF, Huffman DW, Iniguez J, Kipfmueller KF, Kitchen SG, Lombard K, McKenzie D, Merschel AG, Metlen KL, Minor J, O’Connor CD, Platt L, Platt WJ, Saladyga T, Stan AB, Stephens S, Sutheimer C, Touchan R, Weisberg PJ. 2022. The North American tree-ring fire-scar network. Ecosphere, 13(7): e4159. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4159
McIntyre, CL, Archer, SR, Predick, KI, Belnap, J. 2021. Biocrusts do not differentially influence emergence and early establishment of native and non-native grasses. Ecosphere 12: e03841 (https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3841).
Yost, CL, Lupien, RL, Beck, C, Feibel, C, Archer, SR, Cohen, AS. 2021. Orbital influence on precipitation, fire, and grass community composition from 1.87 to 1.38 Ma in the Turkana Basin, Kenya. Frontiers in Earth Science - Quaternary Science, Geomorphology and Paleoenvironment 9:568646. DOI: 10.3389/feart.2021.568646 . LINK
Niu, F, Pierce, NA, Archer, SR, Okin, GS. 2021. Germination and early establishment of dryland grasses and shrubs on intact and wind‐eroded soils under greenhouse conditions. Plant and Soil, 465: 245-260. DOI: 10.1007/s11104-021-05005-9. LINK
Johnson, JC, Williams, CJ, Guertin, DP, Archer, SR, Heilman, P, Pierson, FB, Wei, H. 2021. Restoration of a shrub-encroached semiarid grassland: implications for structural, hydrologic, and sediment connectivity. Ecohydrology, 14(4): e2281. DOI: 10.1002/eco.228. LINK
Vivoni, ER, Perez-Ruiz, ER, Keller, ZT, Escoto, EA, Templeton, RC, Templeton, NP, Anderson, CA, Schreiner-McGraw, AP, Mendez-Barroso, LA, Robles-Morua, A, Scott, RL, Archer, SR, Peters, DPC. 2021. Long-term research catchments to investigate shrub encroachment in the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Deserts: Santa Rita and Jornada Experimental Ranges. Hydrological Processes, 35(2): e14031. DOI: doi/10.1002/hyp.14031. LINK
Ojima, DS, Aicher, R, Archer, SR, Bailey, DW, Casby-Horton, SM, Cavallaro, N, Reyes, JJ, Tanaka, JA, Washington-Allen, RA. 2020. Climate change indicators for rangelands and pastures of the United States. Climatic Change, 163:1733-1750. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-020-02915-y. LINK
Hale, SL, Koprowski, JL, Archer, SR. 2020. Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) Reintroduction Can Limit Woody Plant Proliferation in Grasslands. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, section Biogeography and Macroecology, 17:233. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00233. LINK
Throop, HL, Archer, SR, McClaran, MP. 2020. Photo Gallery. Soil organic carbon in drylands: shrub encroachment and vegetation management effects dwarf those of livestock grazing. Bulletin Ecological Soc America, 101(3): eo1727. DOI: 10.1002/bes2.1727. LINK
Throop, HL, Archer, SR, McClaran, MP. 2020. Soil organic carbon in drylands: shrub encroachment and vegetation management effects dwarf those of livestock grazing. Ecological Applications, 30(7): e02150. DOI: 10.1002/eap.2150. LINK
Levi, EM, SR Archer, HL Throop, C Rasmussen. 2020. Soil-litter mixing promotes decomposition and soil aggregate formation on contrasting geomorphic surfaces in a shrub-invaded Sonoran Desert grassland. Plant and Soil, 450:397-415. DOI: 10.1007/s11104-020-04508-1. LINK
Pierce NA, SR Archer, and BT Bestelmeyer. 2019. Competition suppresses shrubs during early, but not late, stages of arid grassland-shrubland state transition. Functional Ecology, 33: 1480-1490. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13336 LINK
Zhou Y, SE Watts, TW Boutton, and SR Archer. 2019. Root density distribution and biomass allocation of co-occurring woody plants on contrasting soils in a subtropical savanna parkland. Plant and Soil. DOI: 10.1007/s11104-019-04018-9. LINK
Ji, W; N Hanan, D Browning, C Monger, D Peters, B Bestelmeyer, S Archer, C Ross, B Lind, J Anchang, S Kumar, L Pridodko. 2019. Constraints on shrub cover and shrub-shrub competition in a U.S. southwest desert. Ecosphere, 10(2): e02590. LINK
Pierce N, SR Archer, BT Bestelmeyer, and DK James. 2019. Grass-shrub competition in arid lands: an overlooked driver in grassland-shrubland state transitions? Ecosystems, 22: 619–628. LINK
Huang C, SR Archer, MP McClaran, and SE Marsh. 2018. Shrub encroachment into grasslands: End of an era? PeerJ, 6:e5474. doi: 10.7717/peerj.5474. LINK
KI Predick, SR Archer, S Aguillon, DA Keller, HL Throop, and PW Barnes. (In Press). UV-B radiation and shrub canopy effects on surface litter decomposition in a shrub-invaded dry grassland. Journal of Arid Environments. LINK
Peters DPC, ND Burruss, DS McVey, EH Elias, SR Archer, et al. 2018. An integrated view of complex landscapes: a big data-model integration approach to trans-disciplinary science. BioScience, 68(9):653-669. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biy069. LINK
Bestelmeyer BT, DPC Peters, SR Archer, D Browning, D, G Okin, R Schooley, and N Webb. 2018. The grassland-shrubland regime shift in the southwestern United States: misconceptions and their implications for management. BioScience, 68(9): 678-690. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biy065 LINK
Harley GL, CH Baisan, PM Brown, HD Grissino-Mayer, DA Falk, WT Flatley, A Hessl, EK Heyerdahl, MW Kaye, CW Lafon, EQ Margolis, RS Maxwell, AT Naito, WJ Platt, MT Rother, T Saladyga, RL Sherriff, LA Stachowiak, MC Stambaugh, EK Sutherland, and AH Taylor. 2018. Advancing dendrochronological studies of fire in the United States. Fire, 1(1):11. LINK
Wilcox BP, A Birt, S Fuhlendorf, and SR Archer. 2018. Emerging frameworks for understanding and mitigating woody plant encroachment in grassy biomes. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 32: 42-52. Abstract
Wilcox BP, A Birt, SR Archer, SD Fuhlendorf, U Krueter, M Sorice, W van Leeuwen, C Zou. 2018. Viewing woody plant encroachment through a social-ecological lens. BioScience, 68(9):691-705. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biy051. LINK
Scholtz R, SD Fuhlendorf, and SR Archer. 2018. Climate-fire interactions constrain potential woody plant cover and stature in North American Great Plains grasslands. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27:936-945. doi 10.1111/geb.12752. LINK
Fulbright TE, KW Davies, and SR Archer. 2018. Wildlife responses to brush management: a contemporary evaluation. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 71: 35-44. doi 10.1016/j.rama.2017.07.001. PDF
Hewins DB, RL Sinsabaugh, SR Archer, and HL Throop. 2017. Soil-litter mixing and microbial activity mediate decomposition and soil aggregation in a sandy Chihuahuan Desert grassland. Plant Ecology, 218: 459-474. doi 10.1007/s11258-017-0703-4. PDF
Peters DPC, KM Havstad, SR Archer, and OE Sala. 2015. Beyond desertification: new paradigms for dryland landscapes. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 13(1): 4-12. DOI: http://dx.DOI.org/10.1890/140276. PDF
Barnes PW, HL Throop, SR Archer, DD Breshears, RL McCulley, and MA Tobler. 2015. Sunlight and soil-litter mixing: drivers of litter decomposition in drylands. Progress in Botany 76: 273-302. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-08807-5_11. PDF
Bestelmeyer BT, GS Okin, MC Duniway, SR Archer, NF Sayre, JC Williamson, and JE Herrick. 2015. Desertification, land use and the transformation of global drylands. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 13(1): 28–36. DOI: 10.1890/140162. PDF
Archer SR and KI Predick. 2014. An ecosystem services perspective on brush management: research priorities for competing land use objectives. Journal of Ecology 102:1394-1407. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12314. PDF
Lee H, J Fitzgerald, DB Hewins, RL McCulley, SR Archer, T Rahn, and HL Throop. 2014. Soil moisture and soil-litter mixing effects on surface litter decomposition: A controlled environment assessment. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 72: 123-132. PDF
Browning DM, J Franklin, SR Archer, JK Gillan, and DP Guertin. 2014. Spatial patterns of grassland-shrubland state transitions: a 74 year record on grazed and protected areas. Ecological Applications 24:1421-1433. PDF
Woods SR, SR Archer, and S Schwinning. 2014. Seedling responses to water pulses in shrubs with contrasting histories of grassland encroachment. PLOS One 9:e87278. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087278. PDF
Liu, F, SR Archer, F Gelwick, E Bai, TW Boutton, and X Wu. 2013. Woody plant encroachment into grasslands: spatial patterns of functional group distribution and community development. PLOS One 8(12): e84364. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084364. PDF
McClaran MP, C McMurtry, and SR Archer. 2013. A tool for estimating impacts of woody encroachment in arid grasslands: allometric equations for biomass, carbon and nitrogen content in Prosopis velutina. Journal of Arid Environments 88: 39-42. PDF
Bai E, T Boutton, F Liu, X Wu, and SR Archer. 2013. 15N isoscapes in a subtropical savanna parkland: spatial-temporal perspectives. Ecosphere 4(1):4. DOI: http://dx.DOI.org/10.1890/ES12-00187.1 PDF
Hewins DB, SR Archer, GS Okin, RL McCulley, and HL Throop. 2013. Soil-litter mixing accelerates decomposition in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland. Ecosystems: 16:183-195. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-012-9604-5. PDF
von Arx G, SR Archer, and MK Hughes. 2012. Long-term functional plasticity in plant hydraulic architecture in response to release from drought stress. Annals of Botany 109(6): 1091-1100. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs030. PDF
Bai E, TW Boutton, F Liu, XB Wu, CT Hallmark, and SR Archer. 2012. Spatial variation of soil δ13C and its relation to carbon input and soil texture in a subtropical lowland woodland. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 44:102-112. DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2010.11.004
Throop HL, LG Reichman, OE Sala, and SR Archer. 2012. Response of dominant grass and shrub species to water manipulation: An ecophysiological basis for shrub invasion in a Chihuahuan Desert Grassland. Oecologia. DOI 10.1007/s00442-011-2217-4. PDF
Throop HL, SR Archer, HC Monger, and S Waltman. 2012. When bulk density methods matter: implications for estimating soil organic carbon pools in coarse soils. Journal of Arid Environments 77:66-71. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.08.020. PDF
Barnes PB, HL Throop, DB Hewins, ML Abbene, and SR Archer. 2012. Soil coverage reduces photodegradation and promotes development of soil-microbial films on dryland leaf litter. Ecosystems 15:311-321. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-011-9511-1. PDF
Barger NN, SR Archer, J Campbell, C Huang, J Morton, and A Knapp. 2012. Woody plant proliferation in North American drylands: a synthesis of impacts on ecosystem carbon balance. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences 116, G00K07, DOI: 10.1029/2010JG001506. PDF
Bai E, TW Boutton, F Liu, XB Wu, and SR Archer. 2012. Spatial patterns of soil δ13C reveal grassland-to-woodland successional processes. Organic Geochemistry 42:1512-1518.
Browning DM and SR Archer. 2011. Protection from livestock fails to deter shrub proliferation in a desert landscape with a history of heavy grazing. Ecological Applications 21:1649-1622. PDF
Bestelmeyer BT, DP Goolsby, and SR Archer. 2011. Spatial perspectives in state-and-transition models: a missing link to land management? Journal of Applied Ecology 48:746-757. PDF
Woods SR, SR Archer, and S Schwinning. 2011. Early taproot development of a xeric shrub (Larrea tridentata) is optimized within a narrow range of soil moisture. Plant Ecology 212:507-517. PDF
Liu, F, XB Wu, E Bai, T Boutton, and SR Archer. 2011. Quantifying soil organic carbon in complex landscapes. Global Change Biology 17:1119-1129. PDF
Parker AL, PR Owens, Z Libohova, XB Wu, SR Archer, and LP Wilding. 2010. Use of Terrain Attributes as a Tool to Explore the Interaction of Vertic Soils and Surface Hydrology in South Texas Playa Wetland Systems. Journal of Arid Environments 74:1487-1493. PDF
Liu, F, XB Wu, E Bai, TW Boutton, and SR Archer. 2010. Spatial scaling of ecosystem C and N in a subtropical savanna landscape. Global Change Biology 16:2213-2223. PDF
Stokes, CJ and SR Archer. 2010. Niche differentiation and neutral theory: an integrated perspective on shrub assemblages in a parkland savanna. Ecology 91(4):1152-1162. PDF
Browning DM, SR Archer, and A Byrne. 2009. Field validation of 1930s aerial photography: What are we missing? Journal of Arid Environments 73: 844-853. PDF
Bai E, TW Boutton, XB Wu, F Liu, and SR Archer. 2009. Landscape-scale vegetation dynamics inferred from spatial patterns of soil δ13C in a subtropical savanna parkland. Journal Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences 114:G01019. PDF
Nafus A, MP Mcclaran, SR Archer, and HL Throop. 2009. Multi-species allometric models predict grass biomass in semi-desert rangeland. Rangeland Ecology Management: 62:68-72. PDF
Okin GS, P D'Odorico, and SR Archer. 2009. Impact of feedbacks on Chihuahuan desert grasslands: transience and metastability driven by grass recruitment. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences 114:G01004. PDF
Bai E, TW Boutton, F Liu, XB Wu, SR Archer, and C Hallmark. 2009. Spatial variation of the stable nitrogen isotope ratio of woody plants along a topoedaphic gradient in a subtropical savanna. Oecologia 159:493-503. PDF
Throop HL and SR Archer. 2009. Resolving the dryland decomposition conundrum: some new perspectives on potential drivers. Progress in Botany 70:171-194. PDF
Archer SR and KI Predick. 2008. Climate change and ecosystems of the Southwestern USA. Rangelands 30:23-28. PDF
Throop HL and SR Archer. 2008. Shrub (Prosopis velutina) encroachment in a semi-desert grassland: spatial-temporal changes in soil organic carbon and nitrogen pools. Global Change Biology 14:2420-2431. PDF
Bai E, TW Boutton, F Liu, XB Wu, and SR Archer. 2008. Variation in woody plant d13C along a topoedaphic gradient in a subtropical savanna parkland. Oecologia 156:479-489. PDF
Browning DM, SR Archer, GP Asner, MP McClaran, and CA Wessman. 2008. Woody plants in grasslands: post-encroachment stand dynamics. Ecological Applications 18:928-944. PDF
Knapp AK, JM Briggs, SL Collins, SR Archer, MS Bret-Harte, BE Ewers, DP Peters, DR Young, GR Shaver, E Pendall and MB Cleary. 2008. Shrub encroachment in North American grasslands: Shifts in growth form dominance rapidly alters control of ecosystem carbon inputs. Global Change Biology 14:615-623. PDF
Orradottir B, SR Archer, O Arnalds, LP Wilding, and TL Thurow. 2008. Infiltration in Icelandic Andisols: the role of vegetation and soil frost. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 40:412-421. PDF
Simmons MT, SR Archer, WR Teague, and RJ Ansley. 2008. Tree (Prosopis glandulosa) effects on grass growth: an experimental assessment of above- and belowground factors. Journal of Arid Environments 72:314-325. PDF
Wheeler CW, SR Archer, GP Asner, and CR McMurtry. 2007. Climate and edaphic controls on soil carbon-nitrogen responses to woody plant encroachment in desert grassland. Ecological Applications 17:1911-1928. PDF
Huang C, SE Marsh, MP McClaran, and SR Archer. 2007. Post-fire stand structure in a semiarid savanna: cross-scale challenges estimating biomass. Ecological Applications 17:1899–1910. PDF
Throop HL and SR Archer. 2007. Interrelationships among shrub encroachment, land management and leaf litter decomposition in a semi-desert grassland. Ecological Applications 17:1809-1823. PDF
McCulley R, TW Boutton, and SR Archer. 2007. Soil respiration in a subtropical savanna parkland: responses to water additions. Soil Science Society of America Journal 71:820-828. PDF
Simmons MT, SR Archer, RJ Ansley, and WR Teague. 2007. Grass effects on tree (Prosopis glandulosa) growth in a subtropical savanna. Journal of Arid Environments 69:212-227. PDF
Hughes RF, SR Archer, GP Asner, CA Wessman, CR McMurtry, J Nelson, and RJ Ansley. 2006. Effects of woody encroachment on C and N pools of a Texas savanna ecosystem. Global Change Biology 12:1733-1747. PDF
Newman BD, BP Wilcox, SR Archer, DD Breshears, CN Dahm, CJ Duffy, NG McDowell, FM Phillips, BR Scanlon, and ER Vivoni. 2006. The ecohydrology of arid and semiarid environments: a scientific vision. Water Resources Research 42:W06302. PDF
Herrick JE, BT Bestelmeyer, SR Archer, AJ Tugel, and JR Brown. 2006. An integrated framework for science-based arid land management. Journal of Arid Environments 65:319-335. PDF
Zou CB, PW Barnes, SR Archer and CR McMurtry. 2005. Soil moisture redistribution as a mechanism of facilitation in savanna tree-shrub clusters. Oecologia:145:32-40. PDF
Wu XB and SR Archer. 2005. Scale-dependent influence of topography-based hydrologic features on vegetation patterns in savanna landscapes. Landscape Ecology 20:733-742. PDF
Fensham RJ, RJ Fairfax and SR Archer. 2005. Rainfall, land use and woody vegetation cover change in semi-arid Australian savanna. Journal of Ecology 93:596-606. PDF
Jurena PN and SR Archer. 2005. Response of two perennial grasses to root barriers and fissures. Journal of Arid Environments 61:185-192. PDF
Northup BK, S Zitzer, SR Archer, CR McMurtry, and TW Boutton. 2005. Aboveground biomass and C and N content of woody species in a subtropical thornscrub parkland. Journal of Arid Environments 62:23-43. PDF
Dale V, SR Archer, M Chang, and D Ojima. 2005. Ecological impacts and mitigation strategies for rural land management. Ecological Applications 15:1879-1892. PDF
McCulley RL, SR Archer, TW Boutton, FM Hons, and DA Zuberer. 2004. Soil respiration and nutrient cycling in wooded communities developing in grassland. Ecology 85:2804-2817. PDF
Asner GP, SR Archer, RF Hughes, RJ Ansley, and CA Wessman. 2003. Net changes in regional woody vegetation cover and carbon storage in Texas drylands, 1937-1999. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 9:1-20. PDF
Jurena PN and SR Archer. 2003. Woody plant establishment and spatial heterogeneity in grasslands. Ecology 84:907-919. PDF
House J, SR Archer, DD Breshears, and RJ Scholes. 2003. Conundrums in mixed woody-herbaceous plant systems. Journal of Biogeography 30:1763-1777. PDF
Hibbard KA, DS Schimel, SR Archer, D Ojima, and W Parton. 2003. Grassland to woodland transitions: integrating changes in landscape structure and biogeochemistry. Ecological Applications 13: 911-926. PDF
Nelson JA, PW Barnes, and SR Archer. 2002. Leaf demography and growth responses to altered resource availability in woody plants of contrasting leaf habit in a subtropical savanna. Plant Ecology 160:193-205. PDF
Miller D, SR Archer, SF Zitzer, and MT Longnecker. 2001. Annual rainfall, topoedaphic hetrogeneity and growth of an arid land tree (Prosopis glandulosa). Journal of Arid Environments 48:23-33. PDF
Hibbard KA, SR Archer, DS Schimel, and DV Valentine. 2001. Biogeochemical changes accompanying woody plant encroachment in a subtropical savanna. Ecology 82:1999-2011. PDF
Stroh JC, SR Archer, JA Doolittle, and LP Welding. 2001. Detection of edaphic discontinuities with ground-penetrating radar and electromagnetic induction. Landscape Ecology 16:377-390. PDF
Barnes PW and SR Archer. 1999. Tree-shrub interactions in a subtropical savanna parkland: competition or facilitation? Journal of Vegetation Science 10:525-536. PDF
Brown JR and SR Archer. 1999. Shrub invasion of grassland: recruitment in continuous and not regulated by herbaceous biomass or density. Ecology 80:2385-2396. PDF
Boutton TW, SR Archer, and AJ Midwood. 1999. Stable isotopes in ecosystem science: structure, function and dynamics of a subtropical savanna. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 13:1263-1277. PDF
Midwood AJ, TW Boutton, SR Archer, and SE Watts. 1998. Water use by woody plants on contrasting soils in a savanna parkland: assessment with δ2H and δ18O. Plant and Soil 205:13-24. PDF
Asner GP, CA Wessman, and SR Archer. 1998. Scale dependence of PAR absorption in in terrestrial ecosystems. Ecological Applications 8:1003-1021. PDF
Weltzin JF, SR Archer, and RK Heitschmidt. 1998. Defoliation and woody plant (Prosopis glandulosa) seedling establishment: potential vs. realized herbivory tolerance. Plant Ecology 138:127-135. PDF
Asner GP, CA Wessman, and SR Archer. 1998. Scale dependence of absorption of photosynthetically active radiation in terrestrial ecosystems. Ecological Applications 8:1003-1021. PDF
Asner GP, CA Wessman, DS Schimel, and SR Archer. 1998. Variability in leaf and litter optical properties: implications for BRDF model inversions using AVHRR, MODIS, and MISR. Remote Sensing of Environment 63:243-257. PDF
Boutton TW, SR Archer, AJ Midwood, SF Zitzer, and R Bol. 1998. δ13C values of soil organic carbon and their use in documenting vegetation change in a subtropical savanna ecosystem. Geoderma 85:5-41. PDF
Scholes RJ and SR Archer. 1997. Tree-grass interactions in savannas. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 28:517-544. PDF
Bai-Lian L and SR Archer. 1997. Weighted mean patch size: a robust index for quantifying landscape structure. Ecological Modelling 102:353-361.
Weltzin JF, SR Archer, and RK Heitschmidt. 1997. Small mammal regulation of vegetation structure in a temperate savanna. Ecology 78:751-763. PDF
Okuda T, SR Archer, and JK Detling. 1996. Floristic diversity of C3 and C4 graminoids in relation to the grazing/landscape level in a short-grass steppe. Hikobia 11:553-560. PDF
Barnes PW and SR Archer. 1996. Influence of an overstory tree (Prosopis glandulosa) on associated shrubs in a savanna parkland: implications for patch dynamics. Oecologia 105:493-500. PDF
Zitzer SF, SR Archer, and TW Boutton. 1996. Spatial variability in symbiotic N2-fixation potential of woody plants in a subtropical savanna ecosystem. Journal of Applied Ecology 33:1125-1336. PDF
Ocumpaugh WR, SR Archer, and JW Stuth. 1996. Switchgrass recruitment from broadcast seed vs seed fed to cattle. Journal of Range Management 49:368-371.
Owens MK, RB Wallace, and SR Archer. 1995. Microsite influences on shrub recruitment in a disturbed semi-arid Quercus-Juniperus woodland. Oikos 74:493-502. PDF
Owens MK, RB Wallace, and SR Archer. 1995. Seed dormancy and persistence of Acacia berlandieri and Leucaena pulverulenta in a semi-arid environment. Journal of Arid Environments 29:15-23. PDF
Archer, SR. 1995. Tree-grass dynamics in a Prosopis-thornscrub savanna parkland: reconstructing the past and predicting the future. Ecoscience 2:83-99. PDF
Archer SR. 1995. The role of herbivores in mediating grass-woody plant interactions. Tropical Grasslands 29:218-235. PDF
Archer SR, DS Schimel, and EA Holland. 1995. Mechanisms of shrubland expansion: land use, climate or CO2? Climatic Change 29:91-99. PDF
Boutton TW, SR Archer, and LC Nordt. 1994. Climate, CO2 and plant abundance. Nature 72:625-626. PDF
Flinn RC, SR Archer, TW Boutton, and T Harlan. 1994. Identification of annual rings in an arid land woody plant, Prosopis glandulosa. Ecology 75:850-853. PDF
Archer SR. 1993. Vegetation dynamics in changing environments. The Rangelands Journal 15:104-116. PDF
Flinn RC, CJ Scifres, and SR Archer. 1992. Variations in basal sprouting in five co-occurring shrubs: implications for stand dynamics. Journal of Vegetation Science 3:125-128. PDF
Scanlan JC and SR Archer. 1991. Simulated dynamics of succession in a North American subtropical Prosopis savanna. Journal of Vegetation Science 2:625-634. PDF
Archer SR and DA Pyke. 1991. Plant-animal interactions affecting plant establishment and persistence on revegetated rangeland. Journal of Range Management 44:558-565. PDF
Pyke DA and SR Archer. 1991. Plant-plant interactions affecting plant establishment and persistence on revegetated rangeland. Journal of Range Management 44:550-557. PDF
Archer SR. 1990. Development and stability of grass/woody mosaics in a subtropical savanna parkland, Texas, USA. Journal of Biogeography 17:453-462. PDF
Brown JR and SR Archer. 1990. Water relations of a perennial grass and seedling versus adult woody plants in a subtropical savanna, Texas. Oikos 57:366-374. PDF
Brown JR and SR Archer. 1989. Woody plant invasion of grasslands: establishment of mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) on sites differing in herbaceous biomass and grazing history. Oecologia 80:19-26. PDF
Tieszen LL, D McElroy, SR Archer, and RW Klukas. 1988. Vegetation units at Wind Cave National park for use in stable isotopic interpretations of diets. South Dakota Academy of Sciences. 67:84-99. PDF
Archer SR, CJ Scifres, C Bassham, and R Maggio. 1988. Autogenic succession in a subtropical savanna: rates, dynamics and processes in the conversion of grassland to thorn woodland. Ecological Monographs 58:111-127.
Brown JR and SR Archer. 1987. Woody plant seed dispersal and gap formation in a North American subtropical savanna woodland: the role of domestic herbivores. Vegetatio 73:73-80. PDF
Archer SR, M Garrett, and JK Detling. 1987. Rates of vegetation change associated with prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) grazing in North American mixed-grass prairie. Vegetatio 72:159-166. PDF
Archer SR and JK Detling. 1986. Evaluation of potential herbivore mediation of plant water status in a North American mixed-grass prairie. Oikos 47:287-291. PDF
Archer SR and JK Detling. 1984. Effects of defoliation and competition on regrowth of tillers of two North American mixed-grass prairie graminoids. Oikos 43:351-357. PDF
Archer SR. 1984. The distribution of photosynthetic pathway types on a mixed-grass prairie hillside. American Midland Naturalist 111:138-142. PDF
Archer SR and LL Tieszen. 1983. Growth and biomass allocation in an Arctic tundra sedge (Eriophorum vaginatum) following defoliation. Oecologia 58:92-102. PDF
Archer SR and A Arnalds. 1983. Spring grazing on Icelandic rangelands: factors to consider. Icelandic Journal of Agricultural Research. 14:55-68. PDF
Archer SR, LJ Zimmerman, and LL Tieszen. 1982. Ecological characterization as a foundation for prediction of plains village tradition site locations in central South Dakota. North American Archaeologist 3:311-332. PDF
Archer SR and LL Tieszen. 1980. Growth and physiological responses of tundra plants to defoliation. Arctic and Alpine Research 12:531-552. PDF