- Jones, SA and Archer, SR
“Evaluating Spatiotemporal changes to ecosystem services following shrub encroachment in a semi-arid grassland "
Society of Range Management Annual Conference February 2023
- Rutherford, WA
“Evaluating Shrub Proliferation in the Sonoran Desert"
Lightning Talk Presented at the International Arid Lands Consortium (IALC) Meeting 2021, online
- Rutherford, WA, SR Archer
“An Online toolkit for managing shrub encroachment”
Presented at the International Arid Lands Consortium (IALC) Meeting 2021, online
- Cueva, A, N Hornslein, A Hyatt, A Naito, S Archer, HL Throop
“Differential responses of microbial substrate-use in dryland shrub, grass, and bare ground patches”
Presented at the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting 2021, (Virtual) Long Beach, CA
- Toth, CR, DK James, SR Archer, NP Hanan
“Weather, soil and microbial interactions determine seed germination and seedling demographic bottlenecks in Chihuahuan desert shrubs”
Presented at the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting 2021, (Virtual), Long Beach, CA
- McBride SG, EM Levi, JA Nelson, SR Archer, PW Barnes, HL Throop, RL McCulley
“Soil-litter mixing reduces importance of solar radiation and increases microbial decomposition of litter in drylands”
Presented at the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting 2021, (Virtual), Long Beach, CA
- Johnson, JC CJ Williams, DP Guertin, SR Archer, P Heilman, FB Pierson, H Wei
“Structural, Hydrologic, and Sediment Connectivity in a Shrub-Encroached and Restored Semiarid Grassland”
European Geophysical Union Annual Meetings 2021, (PICO format)
- Jones, S, SR Archer, L Fisher
“Social perceptions of southern Arizona grasslands and the societal benefits they provide”
Presented at Soc. Range Management Annual Meetings, 2021 Albuquerque, NM (StoryMap)
- Rutherford, WA, SR Archer, L Weber-Grullon, OE Sala
“Shrub (Prosopis velutina) recruitment in Sonoran grasslands: precipitation, not herbaceous cover, matters most”
Presented at the Soc. Range Management Annual Meetings, 2021, Albuquerque, NM
- Rutherford, WA, SR Archer, L Weber-Grullon and OE Sala
“Monsoon Season Precipitation Variation, Not Herbaceous Cover, Controls Shrub (Prosopis velutina) Recruitment in Sonoran Grasslands”
Poster Presented at the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting 2020, Salt Lake City, UT
- Rutherford, WA, SR Archer, , L. Weber-Grullon, OE Sala
“Velvet mesquite recruitment in Sonoran grasslands: grass utilization is of little consequence to Monsoon season precipitation variation”
Presented at the 2020 AZ Section-Society for Range Management Winter Meeting, Wickenburg, AZ
- Rutherford, WA, SR Archer
“Evaluating Shrub Proliferation Risk on Sonoran Desert Rangelands”
Talk Presented at the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting 2020, Salt Lake City, UT
- Rutherford, WA, SR Archer,
“The rise of mesquite shrubs in Sonoran Desert grasslands: a story of rain, cows, ants and rats”
Presented at University of Arizona Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Lecture 2020
- Niu F, NA Pierce, SR Archer and GS Okin
“Early Establishment of Dryland Grass and Shrub Growthforms on Intact and Wind-eroded Soils"
Presented at the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting 2020, Salt Lake City, UT
- Johnson, JC, CJ Williams, DP Guertin, SR Archer, and FB Pierson
“Brush Management of a Whitethorn Acacia-Encroached Grassland Enhances Resource-Conserving ‘Shrub Islands’”
Presented at the Society of Range Management Annual Meeting 2020, Denver, CO
- Rutherford WA and SR Archer
"Predicting Woody Plant Encroachment Risk on Sonoran Desert Rangelands"
Presented at the Society for Range Management Annual Meeting 2020, Denver, CO
- Jones SA and SR Archer
"Topo-Edaphic Constraints on Woody Plant Cover Change in a Semi-Arid Grassland"
Presented at the Society for Range Management Annual Meeting 2020, Denver, CO
- Burleson CS, J Johnson, and C Williams
"Longterm Impacts of Pinyon-Juniper Removal on Vegetation and Hydrologic Properties"
Presented at the Society for Range Management Annual Meeting 2020, Denver, CO
- Naito AT, CW Lafon, WT Flatley, SP Horn, and TA Waldrop
"Synthesizing the history of fire and oak development in the Appalachian Region"
Presented at the 6th Eastern Fire in Oak Forests Conference, State College, PA
- Rutherford WA, SR Archer, L Weber-Grullon, OE Sala
"Shrub recruitment in Sonoran Desert grassland: grass utilization is of little consequence to intra-seasonal precipitation variation"
Presented at the Society for Range Management Annual Meeting 2019, Minneapolis, MN
- Naito AT, SR Archer, P Heilman, and KI Predick
"Brush management and grassland conservation: an ecosystem services perspective"
Presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2018, Washington, D.C.
- Naito AT, SR Archer, GA Barron-Gafford, DP Guertin, P Heilman, KI Predick, RL Scott, HL Throop, and ER Vivoni
"Brush management: an ecosystem services perspective"
Presented at the USDA Directors Meeting 2018, Washington, D.C.
"A Decision Support Tool for Predicting Risk of Woody Plant Encroachment on Rangelands"
Presented at 15th Annual RISE Symposium 2018, Tucson, Arizona.
"Shrub (Prosopis velutina) recruitment in a semi-arid grassland: precipitation-herbivory interactions reveal few constraints"
Presented at Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting 2018, New Orleans, Louisiana.
"Grassland-shrubland state transitions in arid rangelands: competition matters"
Presented at 2018 Society for Range Management meeting, Sparks, Nevada.
"Brush management and ecosystem services: a quantification of trade-offs on Western rangelands."
Presented at 2017 USDA-NIFA Bioeconomy and Agroecosystems meeting, Washington, DC.
"Does seed predation limit velvet mesquite (Prosopis velutina) recruitment in grasslands?"
Presented at RISE 2017
"The Walnut Gulch - Santa Rita Wildland Watershed-scale LTAR"
Presented at AGU 2015
"Quantifying rates and patterns of mesquite cover in Las Cienegas National Conservation Area using repeat aerial imagery and land use records from 1936 to 2014"
Presented at RISE 2015
"Shrub dynamics in pre- and post-encroachment phases of grassland-to-shrubland transition"
Presented at RISE 2015
"Short-term leaf litter decomposition on the Santa Rita Experimental Range"
Presented at RISE 2011
"Soil-litter mixing accelerates decomposition and may promote soil aggregate formation in the Chihuahuan Desert"
Presented at AGU 2011
"The K-12 standards conundrum: Teaching math and science through authentic field research data"
Presented at RISE 2011
Soil-litter mixing accelerates decomposition and facilitates soil aggregation in a shrub-invaded Sonoran Desert grassland
Presented at RISE 2011
"A UV dosimeter for estimating the influence of soil deposition and other factors on solar UV exposure of decomposing leaf litter in dryland ecosystems"
Presented as part of 2010 REU Program
"Rates and dynamics of decomposition in drylands"
Presented as part of 2010 REU Program
"Dynamic soil/litter surfaces in shrubland vegetation patches: implications of wind and water erosion for litter decomposition"
Presented as part of 20XX REU Program
"Interactive effects of UV radiation and soil coverage on leaf litter decomposition in velvet mesquite (Prosopis velutina)"
Presented at Ecological Society of American Annual Meeting 2008
"Vegetation, land use history, and patterns of soil organic carbon in the southern Great Plains"
Presented at Soil Science Society of America Meeting 2008
"Shrub expansion in northern Chihuahuan Desert grasslands: spatial patterns and biophysical constraints"
Presented at Ecological Society of American Annual Meeting 2008
"Addressing the dryland decompositoin conundrum by integrating vegetation structure, soil transport, and UV photodegradation"
Presented at Ecological Society of American Annual Meeting 2008
"How much are we missing? Field validation of historic aerial photography"
Presented at RISE 2007
"Taproot elongation in woody plant seedlings: a factor in species encroachment potential"
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"Taproot elongation in woody plant seedlings: a factor in species encroachment potential"
Presented at RISE 2007
"Trends in woody plant (Prosopis velutina) biomass, 1932 to 2006: effects of grazing and herbicide treatments"
Presented at Ecological Society of American Annual Meeting 2006
"Estimating Prosopis velutina aboveground biomass"
Presented at Ecological Society of American Annual Meeting 2006
"Relationships between aboveground woody biomass and soil organic carbon in a semi-desert grassland"
Presented at Ecological Society of American Annual Meeting 2006
"An exploration of soil movement effects on leaf litter decomposition in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland"
Presented at ???
"Stomatal and non-stomatal limitations to carbon assimilation in response to rainfall pulses in woody plan seedlings"
Presented at ???
"Degradation of Icelandic rangelands: processes and properties"
Presented at Society for Range Management 2003 Annual Meeting