P. B. Adler

Precipitation seasonality and soil texture interact to shape dryland recovery from severe disturbance

The paper examines how precipitation seasonality and soil texture affect dryland recovery from severe disturbance, finding incomplete NPP recovery and faster shrub cover recovery on fine-textured soils.

The rate of ecological acclimation is the dominant uncertainty in long-term projections of a key ecosystem service

The paper shows that uncertainty in ecosystem acclimation rates dominates projections of forage production under climate change, more than climate models or emissions scenarios.

Multiple resource limitations explain biomass-precipitation relationships in grasslands

This study shows that grassland biomass is co-limited by nutrients and water, with nutrient availability affecting precipitation sensitivity regardless of aridity or herbivory.

Agreement and uncertainty among climate change impact models: A synthesis of sagebrush steppe vegetation projections

This study synthesizes 42 climate change impact models on sagebrush steppe vegetation, finding consistent projections of pinyon-juniper declines and forage increases, but varied predictions for cheatgrass and sagebrush, with management implications.

Size-by-environment interactions: a neglected dimension of species’ responses to environmental variation

The paper examines size-by-environment interactions in semiarid plant communities and finds they are common but do not impact long-term population dynamics.

Environmental responses, not species interactions, determine synchrony of dominant species in semiarid grasslands

The paper investigates factors determining synchrony in semiarid grassland species, finding environmental responses drive synchrony more than interactions or stochasticity.

Do we need demographic data to forecast plant population dynamics?

This study compares individual-level and population-level data models for forecasting plant population dynamics and finds percent cover models can be as accurate as demographic models when climate covariates are included.