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Tropical forests    (publications in chronological order)

2. Moore, R. T., P. C. Miller, J. Ehleringer and W. Lawrence. 1973. Seasonal trends in gas exchange characteristics of three mangrove species. Photosynthetica 7:387-394. PDF

3.  Miller, P. C., J. Ehleringer, B. Hynum, and W. Stoner. 1974. Digital simulations of potential reforestation problems in the Rung Sat Delta, Viet Nam, p. 100-164. In H. T. Odum (ed.), The Effects of Herbicides in South Viet Nam. National Academy of Sciences, National Research in Council, Washington, D.C.

6. Cooper, C. F., P. Depetris, J. Ehleringer, R. Fisher, S. Hurlbert, S. Schneider, and J. Zieman. 1974. Impact of regional changes on climate and aquatic systems, p. 193-224. In E. Farnworth and F. Golley (eds.), Fragile Ecosystems. Springer-Verlag, New York.

42. Lin, Z. F., and J. Ehleringer. 1982. Studies of photosynthesis in papaya. I. The effects of light, temperature, water vapor pressure deficit and carbon dioxide. Acta Phytophysiologia Sinica 8:363-372. PDF

43. Lin, Z. F., and J. Ehleringer. 1982. Studies of the effects of leaf age on photosynthesis and water use efficiency of papaya. Photosynthetica 16:514-519. PDF

44. Lin, Z. F., and J. Ehleringer. 1982. Changes in spectral properties of leaves as related to chlorophyll and age in papaya. Photosynthetica 16:520-525. PDF

51. Lin, Z. F., and J. Ehleringer. 1983. Photosynthetic characteristics of Amaranthus tricolor, a tropical leafy vegetable. Photosynthetic Research 4:171-178. PDF

79.  Sun, G. C., and J. R. Ehleringer. 1986. Gas exchange in Schima superba, a subtropical monsoonal forest tree. Photosynthetica 20:158-163. PDF

80. Ehleringer, J. R., C. B. Field, Z. F. Lin, and C. Y. Kuo. 1986. Leaf carbon isotope and mineral composition in subtropical plants along an irradiance cline. Oecologia 70:520-526. PDF

87. Ehleringer, J. R., Z. F. Lin, C. B. Field, and C. Y. Kuo. 1987. Leaf carbon isotope ratios of plants from a subtropical monsoon forest. Oecologia 72:109-114. PDF


109. Mooney, H. A., S. Bullock, and J. R. Ehleringer. 1989. Carbon isotope ratios of plants of a tropical dry forest in Mexico. Functional Ecology 3:137-142. PDF

114. Lin, Z.F., S.S. Li, G.C. Sun, J.R. Ehleringer, and C.B. Field. 1989. The mineral elements in leaves of plants in the subtropical area of Ding Hu Shan. Acta Ecologia Sinica 9: 320-324. PDF

122. Zimmerman, J., and J.R. Ehleringer. 1990. Carbon isotope ratios are correlated with irradiance levels in the Panamanian orchid Catasetum viridiflavum. Oecologia 83:247-249. PDF

195. Treseder, K., D.W. Davidson, and J.R. Ehleringer. 1995. Absorption of ant-provided carbon dioxide and nitrogen by Dischidia major (Asclepiadaceae), a tropical epiphyte. Nature 375:137-139. PDF

215. Buchmann, N., J.-M. Guehl, T.Barigah, and J.R. Ehleringer. 1997. Interseasonal comparison of CO2 concentrations, isotopic composition, and carbon cycling in an Amazonian rainforest (French Guiana). Oecologia 110:120-131. PDF

219. Sobrado, M.A., and J.R. Ehleringer. 1997. Leaf carbon isotope ratios from a tropical dry forest in Venezuela. Flora 192:121-124. PDF

287. Ometto, J.P.H.B., L.B. Flanagan, L.A. Martinelli, M.Z. Moreira, N. Higuchi, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2002. Carbon isotope discrimination in forest and pasture ecosystems of the Amazon Basin, Brazil. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 16: No. 4, doi:10.1029/2001GB001462. PDF

320. Buchmann, N., D. Bonal, T.S. Barigah, J.-M. Guehl, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2004. Insights into the carbon dynamics of tropical primary rainforests using stable carbon isotope analyses, p. 95-113. In: S. Gourlet-Fleury, J.-M. Guehl, and O. Laroussinie (eds.), Ecology and management of a neotropical rainforest. Elsevier Press, Paris. PDF

333. Ometto, J.P.H., L.B. Flanagan, L.A. Martinelli, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2005. Oxygen isotope ratios of waters and respired CO2 in Amazonian forest and pasture ecosystems. Ecological Applications 15:58-70. PDF

346. Domingues, T.F., J.A. Berry, L.A. Martinelli, J.P.H.B. Ometto, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2005. Parameterization of canopy structure and leaf-level gas exchange for an eastern Amazonian tropical rain forest Tapajós National Forest, Pará, Brazil). Earth Interactions 9, paper 17. PDF

356. Ometto, J.P.H.B., J.R. Ehleringer , T. F. Domingues, J. A. Berry, F.Y. Ishida, E. Mazzi, N. Higuchi, L. B. Flanagan, G. B. Nardoto, and L. A. Martinelli. 2006. The stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of vegetation in tropical forests of the Amazon Basin, Brazil. Biogeochemistry 79:251-274. PDF

365. Domingues, T.F., L.A. Martinelli, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2007. Ecophysiological traits of plant functional groups in forest and pasture ecosystems from eastern Amazônia, Brazil. Plant Ecology DOI:10.1007/s1158-006-9251-z. PDF

377. Martinelli, L.A., J.P.H.B. Ometto, F.Y. Ishida, T.F. Domingues, G.B. Nardoto, R.S. Oliveira, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2007. The use of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes to track effects of land-use changes in the Brazilian Amazon region. In Dawson, T.E., and R.T.W. Siegwolf (eds.), Stable isotopes as indicators of ecological change. Academic Press, San Diego. PDF
 
383. De Araujo, A.C., J.P.H. B. Ometto, A.J. Dolman, B. Kruijt, M.J. Waterloo, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2007. Implications of CO2 pooling on d13C of ecosystem respiration and leaves in Amazonian forest. Biogeosciences Discussions 4:4459-4506. www.biogeosciences-discuss.net/4/4459/2007. PDF

391. Lai, C.-T., J.P.H.B. Ometto, L.A. Martinelli, J.A. Berry, T.F. Domingues, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2008. Life form-specific variations in leaf water oxygen-18 enrichment in Amazonian vegetation. Oecologia 157:197-210. PDF

392. Nardoto, G., J.P.H.B. Ometto, J.R. Ehleringer, N. Higuchi, M. Bustamante, and L.A. Martinelli. 2008. Understanding the influences of spatial patterns on N availability within the Brazilian Amazon forest. Ecosystems doi:10.1007/s10021-008-9189-1. PDF

443. Domingues, T.F., L.A. Martinelli, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2013. Seasonal patterns of leaf-level photosynthetic gas exchange in an eastern Amazonian rain forest. Plant Ecology & Diversity doi:10.1080/17550874.2012.748849. PDF

480. Mallick, K., I. Trebs, E. Boegh, L. Giustarini, M. Schlerf, D. Drewery, L. Hoffman, C. von Randow, B. Kruijt, A. Arujo, S. Saleska, J.R. Ehleringer, T. Domingues, J.P. Ometto, A. Nobre, O. Morales, M. Hayek, J.W. Munger, and S. Wofsy. 2016. Canopy-scale biophysical controls of transpiration and evaporation in the Amazon Basin. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 20:4237-4264. Doi:10.519/hess-20-4237-2016. PDF

501. Domingues, T.F., J.P.H.B. Ometto, D.C. Nepstad, P.M. Brando, L.A. Martinelli, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2018 Ecophysiological plasticity of Amazonia trees to long-term drought. Oecologia 187:933-940. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-018-4195-2. PDF


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