Publications of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Life Sciences faculty
Submissions from 2008
Vegetation of Grassy Remnants in the Las Vegas Valley, Southern Nevada, Scott R. Abella and Jill E. Craig
Plant community response to fire: A chronosequence study, Scott R. Abella and E. Cayenne Engel
Changes in gambel oak densities in southwestern ponderosa pine forests since Euro-American settlement, Scott R. Abella and Peter Z. Fule
Fire effects on gambel oak in southwestern ponderosa pine-oak forests, Scott R. Abella and Peter Z. Fule
Estimating soil seed bank characteristics in Ponderosa Pine Forests using vegetation and forest-floor data, Scott R. Abella and Judith D. Springer
Geomicrobiological Changes in Two Ephemeral Desert Playa Lakes in the Western United States, Kyle C. Costa, Joy Hallmark, Jason B. Navarro, Brian P. Hedlund, Duane P. Moser, Stephanie LaBahn, and Debbie Soukup
A korarchaeal genome reveals insights into the evolution of archaea, J. G. Elkins, V. Kunin, Iain Anderson, K. Barry, E. Goltsman, A. Lapidus, Brian P. Hedlund, P. Hugenholtz, N. Kyrpides, D. Graham, M. Keller, G. Wanner, P. Richardson, and Karl O. Stetter
Viral infection and human disease--insights from minimotifs., Krishna Kadaveru, Jay Vyas, and Martin R. Schiller
Autonomous functions for the Sec14p/spectrin-repeat region of Kalirin, Martin R. Schiller, Francesco Ferraro, Yanping Wang, Xin-ming Ma, Clifton E. McPherson, Jacqueline A. Sobota, Noraisha I. Schiller, Richard E. Mains, and Betty A. Eipper
Consequences of more extreme precipitation regimes for terrestrial ecosystems, S. D. Smith, C. Beier, Aimee T. Classen, Melinda D. Smith, Jana L. Heisler, S. W. Leavitt, Alan K. Knapp, D. Briske, Y. Luo, M. Reichstein, J. E. Bell, Philip A. Fay, R. Sherry, and Benjamin Smith
Global occurrence and biogeography of putative archaeal amoA genes in terrestrial hot springs, Chaunlun L. Zhang, Qi Ye, Zhiyong Huang, W-J. Li, J. Chen, Z. Song, W. Zhao, C. Bagwell, W. P. Inskeep, L. Gao, Juergen Wiegel, C. Romanek, and Brian P. Hedlund
Submissions from 2007
Propagation protocol for vegetative production of container Sphaeralcea ambigua Gray plants (1 gallon container), Scott R. Abella
Forest-floor treatments in Arizona ponderosa pine restoration ecosystems: No short-term effects on plant communities, Scott R. Abella and W. Wallace Covington
Past, present, and future old growth in frequent-fire Conifer Forests of the Western United States, Scott R. Abella, W. Wallace Covington, Peter Z. Fule, Leigh B. Lentile, Andrew J. Sanchez Meador, and Penelope Morgan
Public Land Acquisition and Ecological Restoration: An Example from Northwest Ohio's Oak Openings Region, Scott R. Abella, John F. Jaeger, and Timothy A. Schetter
Plant Succession in the Eastern Mojave Desert: An Example from Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Southern Nevada, Scott R. Abella, Alice C. Newton, and Dianne N. Bangle
Seed Banks of an Arizona Pinus Ponderosa Landscape: Responses to Environmental Gradients and Fire Cues, Scott R. Abella, Judith D. Springer, and W. Wallace Covington
Estimating Organic Carbon from Loss-On-Ignition in Northern Arizona Forest Soils, Scott R. Abella and Brian W. Zimmer
Dynamics of cover, UV-protective pigments, and quantum yield in biological soil crust communities of an undisturbed Mojave Desert shrubland, J. Belnap, S. L. Phillips, and S. D. Smith
Molecular phylogeny of uncultivated Crenarchaeota in Great Basin hot springs of moderately elevated temperature, Zhiyong Huang, Brian P. Hedlund, Juergen Wiegel, Jizhong Zhou, and Chuanlun L. Zhang
Abiotic and Biotic Factors Explain Independent Gradients of Plant Community Composition in Ponderosa Pine Forests, Daniel C. Laughlin and Scott R. Abella
Species richness and soil properties in Pinus ponderosa forests: A structural equation modeling analysis, Daniel C. Laughlin, Scott R. Abella, W. Wallace Covington, and James B. Grace
Mid-spring burning reduces Spotted Knapweed and increases native grasses during a Michigan experimental grassland establishment, Neil W. MacDonald, Brian T. Scull, and Scott R. Abella
High-Throughput Phosphotyrosine Profiling Using SH2 Domains, Kazuya Machida, Christopher M. Thompson, Kevin Dierck, Kar Jablonowski, Satu Karkkainen, Bernard Liu, Haimin Zhang, Piers D. Nash, Debra K. Newman, Peter Nollau, Tony Pawson, G. Herma Renkema, Kalle Saksela, Martin R. Schiller, Dong-Guk Shin, and Bruce J. Mayer
Minimotif Miner: A Computational Tool to Investigate Protein Function, Disease, and Genetic Diversity, Martin R. Schiller
Linking plant invasions to global environmental change, M. Vila, J. D. Corbin, J. S. Dukes, J. Pino, and S. D. Smith
RESP18, a homolog of the luminal domain IA-2, is found in dense core vesicles in pancreatic islet cells and is induced by high glucose, Guofeng Zhang, Hiroki Hirai, Tao Cai, Ping Yu, Hanxia Huang, Martin R. Schiller, William D. Swaim, Richard D. Leapman, and Abner L. Notkins
Submissions from 2006
Effects of smoke and fire-related cues on Panstemon barbatus seeds, Scott R. Abella
Forest Ecosystems of an Arizona Pinus Ponderosa Landscape: Multifactor Classification and Implications for Ecological Restoration, Scott R. Abella and W. Wallace Covington
Vegetation-Environment Relationships and Ecological Species Groups of an Arizona Pinus Ponderosa Landscape, USA, Scott R. Abella and W. Wallace Covington
Diameter Caps for Thinning Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Forests: Viewpoints, Effects, and Tradeoffs, Scott R. Abella, Peter Z. Fule, and W. Wallace Covington
Canopy-tree influences along a soil parent material gradient in Pinus-ponderosa-Quercus gambelii forests, northern Arizona, Scott R. Abella and Judith D. Springer
Minimotif Miner, a tool for investigating protein function, Sudha Balla, Vishal Thapar, Snigdha Verma, ThaiBinh Luong, Tanaz Faghri, Chun-Hsi Huang, Sanguthevar Rajasekaran, Jacob J. del Campo, Jessica H. Shinn, William A. Mohler, Mark W. Maciejewski, Michael R. Gryk, Bryan Piccirillo, Stanley R. Schiller, and Martin R. Schiller
Enhanced monsoon precipitation and nitrogen deposition affect leaf traits and photosynthesis differently in spring and summer in the desert shrub Larrea tridentata, D. H. Barker, Cheryl H. Vanier, Elke Naumburg, Therese N. Charlet, K. M. Nielsen, B. A. Newingham, and S. D. Smith
The genera Simonsiella and Alysiella, Brian P. Hedlund and D. A. Kuhn
Isolation and characterization of Pseudoalteromonas strains with divergent polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon catabolic properties, Brian P. Hedlund and James T. Staley
Increases in desert shrub productivity under elevated carbon dioxide vary with water availability, David C. Housman, Elke Naumburg, Travis E. Huxman, Therese N. Charlet, Robert S. Nowak, and S. D. Smith
Coupling receptor tyrosine kinases to Rho GTPases--GEFs what's the link, Martin R. Schiller
Regulation of RhoGEF activity by intramolecular and intermolecular SH3 interactions, Martin R. Schiller, Kausik Chakrabarti, Glenn F. King, Noraisha I. Schiller, Betty A. Eipper, and Mark W. Maciejewski
Submissions from 2005
Smoke-cued germination of forest understory species, Scott R. Abella
Evidence of drought-induced stress on biotic crust moss in the Mojave Desert, D. H. Barker, Lloyd R. Stark, Jeff F. Zimpfer, Nicholas N. McLetchie, and S. D. Smith
Monitoring temporal change in riparian vegetation of Great Basin National Park, E. A. Beever, D. A. Pyke, J. C. Chambers, F. Landau, S. D. Smith, and K. Murray
A critical role for Kalirin in NGF signaling through TrkA, Kausik Chakrabarti, Rong Lin, Noraisha I. Schiller, Yanping Wang, David Koubi, Ying-Xin Fan, Brian B. Rudkin, Gibbes R. Johnson, and Martin R. Schiller
Genus V. Neptunomonas, Brian P. Hedlund
Genus XI. Simonsiella, Brian P. Hedlund and Tone Tonjum
Net ecosystem CO2 exchange in Mojave Desert shrublands during the eighth year of exposure to elevated CO2, Richard L. Jasoni, S. D. Smith, and John A. Arnone III
High-performance exact algorithms for motif search, Sanguthevar Rajasekaran, Sudha Balla, Chun-Hsi Huang, Vishal Thapar, Michael R. Gryk, Mark W. Maciejewski, and Martin R. Schiller
Induction of lamellipodia by Kalirin does not require its guanine nucleotide exchange factor activity, Martin R. Schiller, Anne Blangy, Jianping Huang, Richard E. Mains, and Betty A. Eipper
A novel kingdom of parasitic archaea, Karl O. Stetter, Michael J. Hohn, Harald Huber, Reinhard Rachel, Eric Mathur, Brian P. Hedlund, and Ulrike Jahn
Submissions from 2004
Researching soil and vegetation gradients in northern Arizona ponderosa pine forests, Scott R. Abella
Tree thinning and prescribed burning effects on ground flora in Arizona ponderosa pine forests: A review, Scott R. Abella
Monitoring an Arizona Ponderosa Pine Restoration: Sampling Efficiency and Multivariate Analysis of Understory Vegetation, Scott R. Abella and W. Wallace Covington
Slope Correction of Plot Dimensions for Vegetation Sampling in Mountainous Terrain, Scott R. Abella, Lawrence R. Gering, and Victor B. Shelburne
Ecology of Eastern prickly pear cactus (Opuntia humifusa) in Oak Openings Preserve, northwestern Ohio, Scott R. Abella and John F. Jaeger
Fifteen years of plant community dynamics during a northwest Ohio oak savanna restoration, Scott R. Abella, John F. Jaeger, and Lawrence G. Brewer
Ecological species groups of South Carolina's Jocassee Gorges, southern Appalachian Mountains, Scott R. Abella and Victor B. shelburne
Photosynthesis, carboxylation and leaf nitrogen responses of 16 species to elevated pCO2 across four free-air CO2 enrichment experiments in forest, grassland and desert, David S. Ellsworth, Peter B. Reich, Elke Naumburg, George W. Koch, Mark E. Kubiske, and S. D. Smith
Analysis and comparison of the microbial community structures of two enrichment cultures capable of reductively dechlorinatint TCE and cis-DCE, April Z. Gu, Brian P. Hedlund, James T. Staley, Stuart E. Strand, and David Stensel
Carbon isotope discrimination and foliar nutrient status of Larrea tridentata (creosote bush) in contrasting Mojave Desert soils, Erik P. Hamerlynck, Travis E. Huxman, Joseph R. McAuliffe, and S. D. Smith
Microbial Endemism and Biogeography, Brian P. Hedlund and James T. Staley
Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency, Travis E. Huxman, Melinda D. Smith, Philip A. Fay, Alan K. Knapp, M. Rebecca Shaw, Michael E. Loik, S. D. Smith, D. T. Tissue, J. C. Zak, J. F. Weltzin, W. T. Pockman, O. E. Sala, B. Haddad, J. Harte, George W. Koch, S. Schwinning, E. A. Small, and D. G. Williams
CO2 enrichment reduces the energetic cost of biomass construction in an invasive desert grass, J. M. Nagel, K. L. Griffin, Travis E. Huxman, and S. D. Smith
Photosynthetic responses of Larrea tridentata to seasonal temperature extremes under elevated CO2, Elke Naumburg, Michael E. Loik, and S. D. Smith
Functional responses of plants to elevated atmospheric CO2– do photosynthetic and productivity data from FACE experiments support early predictions?, Robert S. Nowak, David S. Ellsworth, and S. D. Smith
Elevated atmospheric CO2 does not conserve soil water in the Mojave Desert, Robert S. Nowak, Stephen F. Zitzer, Derek Babcock, Vickie Smith-Longozo, Therese N. Charlet, James S. Coleman, Jeffrey R. Seemann, and S. D. Smith
Diversity and distribution of Frankia strains symbiotic with Ceanothus in California, B. Oakley, M. North, J. F. Franklin, Brian P. Hedlund, and James T. Staley
Changing the way we think about global change research: Scaling up in experimental ecosystem science, B. Osmond, G. Ananyev, J. Berry, C. Langdon, Z. Kolber, G. Lin, R. Monson, C. Nichol, U. Rascher, U. Schurr, S. D. Smith, and D. Yakir
Phylogeography and diversification, Brett R. Riddle and V Funk
Leaf to landscape, S. D. Smith, Elke Naumburg, ULo Niinemets, and Matthew J. Germino
Age and sex-specific rates of leaf regeneration in the Mojave Desert moss Syntrichia caninervis, Lloyd Stark, L. Nichols, Nicholas N. McLetchie, S. D. Smith, and C. Zundel
Submissions from 2003
Ecosystem modeling in Jocassee Gorges will help with future management, Scott R. Abella
Quantifying ecosystem geomorphology of the southern Appalachian Mountains, Scott R. Abella
Eastern White Pine Establishment in the Oak Landscape of the Ellicott Rock Wilderness, Southern Appalachian Mountains, Scott R. Abella and Victor B. Shelburne
Multifactor Classification of Forest Landscape Ecosystems of Jocassee Gorges, Southern Appalachian Mountains, South Carolina, Scott R. Abella, Victor B. Shelburne, and Neil W. MacDonald
Functional ecology of shrub seedlings after a natural recruitment event at the Nevada Desert FACE Facility, David C. Housman, Stephen F. Zitzer, Travis E. Huxman, and S. D. Smith
Photosynthetic responses of Mojave Desert shrubs to free air CO2 enrichment are greatest during wet years, Elke Naumburg, David C. Housman, Travis E. Huxman, Therese N. Charlet, Michael E. Loik, and S. D. Smith
Rapid Induction of Dendritic Spine Morphogenesis by trans-Synaptic EphrinB-EphB Receptor Activation of the Rho-GEF Kalirin, Peter Penzes, Alexander Beeser, Jonathan Chernoff, Martin R. Schiller, Betty A. Eipper, Richard E. Mains, and Richard L. Huganir
On the relationship between stomatal characters and atmospheric CO2, C. D. Reid, H. Maherali, H. B. Johnson, S. D. Smith, S. D. Wullschleger, and R. B. Jackson
Assessing the response of terrestrial ecosystems to potential changes in precipitation, J. Weltzin, Michael E. Loik, S. Schwinning, D. Williams, Philip A. Fay, B. Haddad, J. Harte, Travis E. Huxman, Alan K. Knapp, G. Lin, W. Pockman, R. Shaw, E. Small, Melinda D. Smith, S. D. Smith, D. Tissue, and J. Zak
Submissions from 2002
Jocassee Gorges ecosystem classification project continues, Scott R. Abella
Spatial and temporal patterns of eastern white pine regeneration in the northwestern Ohio oak stand, Scott R. Abella and Neil W. MacDonald
Nocturnally retained zeaxanthin does not remain engaged in a state primed for energy dissipation during the summer in two Yucca species growing in the Mojave Desert, D. H. Barker, William W. Adams III, Barbara Demmig-Adams, Barry A. Logan, Amy S. Verhoeven, and S. D. Smith
Alterations of nitrogen dynamics under elevated carbon dioxide in an intact Mojave Desert ecosystem: Evidence from nitrogen-15 natural abundance, Sharon A. Billings, S. M. Schaeffer, Stephen F. Zitzer, Therese N. Charlet, and S. D. Smith
Root channel macropores enhance downward movement of water in a Mojave Desert ecosystem, Dale A. Devitt and S. D. Smith
Effects of elevated CO2 (FACE) on the functional ecology of the drought-deciduous Mojave Desert shrub, Lycium andersonii, Erik P. Hamerlynck, Travis E. Huxman, Therese N. Charlet, and S. D. Smith
Ecological responses of two Mojave Desert shrubs to soil horizon development and soil water dynamics, Erik P. Hamerlynck, Joseph R. McAuliffe, Eric V. McDonald, and S. D. Smith
Phylogeny of the genus Simonsiella and other members of the Neisseriaceae, Brian P. Hedlund and James T. Staley
Detection of 16S rDNA sequences representing the novel phylum “Nanoarchaeota”: indication for a world-wide distribution in high temperature biotopes, Michael J. Hohn, Brian P. Hedlund, and Harald Huber
Genes for the cytoskeletal protein tubulin in the bacterial genus Prosthecobacter, Cheryl Jenkins, Ram Samudrala, Iain Anderson, Brian P. Hedlund, Giulio Petroni, Natasha Michailova, Nicolas Pinel, Ross Overbeek, Giovanna Rosati, and James T. Staley
Kalirin Dbl-Homology Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor 1 Domain Initiates New Axon Outgrowths via RhoG-Mediated Mechanisms, Victor May, Martin R. Schiller, Betty A. Eipper, and Richard E. Mains
Remarkable morphological diversity of viruses and virus-like particles in hot terrestrial environments, R. Rachel, M. Bettstetter, Brian P. Hedlund, M. Haring, A. Kessler, Karl O. Stetter, and D. Prangishvili
Soil resource heterogeneity in the Mojave Desert, J. H. Titus, Robert S. Nowak, and S. D. Smith
Arbuscular mycorrhizae of Mojave Desert plants, J. H. Titus, P. J. Titus, R. S. Nowak, and S. D. Smith
Submissions from 2001
Effectiveness of Different Management Strategies for Controlling Spotted Knapweed in Remnant and Restored Prairies, Scott R. Abella
Restoring Historic Plant Communities in the Oak Openings Region of Northwest Ohio, Scott R. Abella, John F. Jaeger, Denise H. Gehring, Robert G. Jacksy, Karen S. Menard, and Kim A. High
Marinobacter strain NCE312 has a Pseudomonas-like naphthalene dioxygenase, Brian P. Hedlund, Allison D. Geiselbrecht, and James T. Staley
Vibrio cyclotrophicus sp. nov., a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-degrading marine bacterium, Brian P. Hedlund and James T. Staley
The Effects of parental CO2 and offspring nutrient environment on initial growth and photosynthesis in an annual grass, Travis E. Huxman, Therese N. Charlet, C. Grant, and S. D. Smith
Photosynthesis in an invasive grass and native forb at elevated CO2 during an El Niño year in the Mojave Desert, Travis E. Huxman and S. D. Smith
Differential gene expression in a murine model of cancer cachexia, Constance L. Monitto, Dan Berkowitz, Kyoung Min Lee, Sokhon Pin, Daqing Li, Michael Breslow, Bert O’malley, and Martin R. Schiller