Publications & Outreach

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Agunbiade, G., Sahoo, D., O'Halloran, L.R., Silva, L., and Malcomson, H. 2025. Impact of silvopasture on soil health and water quality int he Southeast USA: A review. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 59: 102448. doi:10.1016/j.erjh.2025.102448  

MacDougall, A., et al. [O’Halloran, L.R.] 2024. Widening global variability in grassland biomass since the 1980s. Nature Ecology & Evolution. doi: 10.1038/s41559-024-02500-x

Seabloom, E.W., et al. [O’Halloran, L.R.] 2015. Plant species’ origin predicts dominance and response to nutrient enrichment and herbivores in global grasslands. Nature Communications, 6: 771. doi: 10.1038/ncomms8710

Hautier, Y., et al. [O’Halloran, L.R.] 2014. Eutrophication weakens stabilizing effects of diversity in natural grasslands.  Nature, 508:521-525. doi:10.1038/nature13014   

Borer, E.T., et al. [O’Halloran, L.R.] 2014. Herbivores and nutrients control grassland plant diversity via light limitation. Nature, 508:517-520. doi:10.1038/nature13144   

Seabloom, E. W., et al. [O’Halloran, L.R.] 2013. Predicting invasion in grassland ecosystems: is exotic dominance the real embarrassment of richness? Global Change Biology, 19: 3677–3687. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12370

O’Halloran L.R., Borer E.T., Seabloom E.W., MacDougall A.S, Cleland E.E., et al. 2013. Regional contingencies in the relationship between aboveground biomass and litter in the world’s grasslands. PLoS ONE, 8(2): e54988. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054988

Grace, J. B., et al. [O’Halloran, L.R.] 2012. Response to comments on “Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness.” Science, 335:1441–1441.

Adler, P., et al. [O’Halloran, L.R.] 2011. Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness. Science, 333: 1750-1753.

Firn, J., et al. [O’Halloran, L.R.] 2011. Abundance of introduced species at home predicts abundance away in herbaceous communities. Ecology Letters, 14(3):274-281. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01584.x

O’Halloran, L.R. and D., Carr, 2010. Phenotypic plasticity and inbreeding depression in Mimulus ringens (Phrymaceae). Evolutionary Ecology Research,12:617-632.

O’Halloran, L.R., H.H. Shugart, L. Wang, K.K. Caylor, S. Ringrose, B.S. Kgope, 2010. Nutrient limitations on aboveground grass production in four savanna types along the Kalahari Transect. Journal of Arid Environments, 74(2):284-290. doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.08.012

Guy F. Midgley, Ian. D. Davies, Cécile H. Albert, Res Altwegg, Lee Hannah, Gregory O. Hughes, Lydia R. O’Halloran, Wilfried Thuiller, 2010. BioMove – an integrated platform simulating the dynamic response of species to environmental change. Ecography, 33(3):612-616. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06000.x

Wang, L., P. D’Odorico, L. Ries and S. Macko. 2010. Patterns and implications of plant-soil δ13C and δ15N values in African savanna ecosystems. Quaternary Research, 73:77–83. doi:10.1016/j.yqres.2008.11.004

Wang, L., P. D’Odorico, L.Ries, K. Caylor and S. Macko, 2009. Combined effect of soil moisture and nitrogen availability variations on grass productivity in African savannas: The case of the Kalahari Transect. Plant and Soil, doi: 10.1007/s11104-009-0085-z

Ries, L.P. and H.H. Shugart, 2008. Nutrient and light limitations on grass productivity in a southern African savanna. Journal of Arid Environments, 72(8):1423-1430.

Therrell, M.D., D.W. Stahle, L. Ries, H.H. Shugart, 2006. Two Centuries of Tree-Ring Reconstructed Rainfall Variability in Zimbabwe. Climate Dynamics, 26:677-685.

Other Publications

Hannah, L., Midgley, G., Davies, I., Davis, F., Ries, L., Thuiller, W., Thorne, J., Seo, C., Stoms, D., Snider, N. 2008. BioMove — Creation of a Complex and Dynamic Model for Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on California Vegetation. California Energy Commission, PIER Energy-Related Environmental Research Program CEC-500-2008-060.

Hannah, L., Costello, C., Guo, C., Ries, L., Kolstad, C., Snider, N. 2009. The Impact of Climate Change on California Timberlands. California Energy Commission, PIER Energy-Related Environmental Research Program CEC-500-2009-045-D.