All Stories

  1. Bark water uptake promotes localized hydraulic recovery in coastal redwood crown

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, November 2015, Wiley

    Dr Lucas Silva

  2. Carbon dioxide level and form of soil nitrogen regulate assimilation of atmospheric ammonia in young trees

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2015, Nature

    Dr Lucas Silva

  3. Iron-mediated stabilization of soil carbon amplifies the benefits of ecological restoration in degraded lands

    Article • Ecological Applications, July 2015, Wiley

    Dr Lucas Silva

  4. From air to land: understanding water resources through plant-based multidisciplinary research

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, July 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Lucas Silva

  5. Characterization of Winery Wastewater for Reuse in California

    Article • American Journal of Enology and Viticulture, June 2015, American Society for Enology and Viticulture

    Dr Lucas Silva

  6. Isotopic and nutritional evidence for species- and site-specific responses to N deposition and elevated CO2in temperate forests

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, June 2015, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr ARMANDO GOMEZ-GUERRERO, Dr Lucas Silva

  7. Productivity-efficiency tradeoffs in tropical gallery forest-savanna transitions: linking plant and soil processes through litter input and composition

    Article • Plant Ecology, March 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lucas Silva

  8. Beyond the cellulose: Oxygen isotope composition of plant lipids as a proxy for terrestrial water balance

    Article • Geochemical Perspectives Letters, January 2015, European Association of Geochemistry

    Dr Lucas Silva

  9. Climate warming alters nitrogen dynamics and total non-structural carbohydrate accumulations of perennial herbs of distinctive functional groups during the plant senescence in autumn in an alpine meadow of the Tibetan Plateau, China

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Lucas Silva

  10. Quantifying the impact of drought on soil-plant interactions: a seasonal analysis of biotic and abiotic controls of carbon and nutrient dynamics in high-altitudinal grasslands

    Article • Plant and Soil, December 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lucas Silva

  11. Seasonal variation in groundwater depth does not explain structure and diversity of tropical savannas

    Article • Journal of Vegetation Science, November 2014, Wiley

    Dr Lucas Silva

  12. Natural history and evolution of the Kwongan – a global biodiversity hotspot

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, November 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Lucas Silva

  13. Understory species regulate litter decomposition and accumulation of C and N in forest soils: A long-term dual-isotope experiment

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, October 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Lucas Silva

  14. Carbon isotopic signatures of soil organic matter correlate with leaf area index across woody biomes

    Article • Journal of Ecology, September 2014, Wiley

    Dr Lucas Silva, brenton ladd, Professor Michael I Bird

  15. Importance of climate-driven forest–savanna biome shifts in anthropological and ecological research

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Lucas Silva

  16. Do woody and herbaceous species compete for soil water across topographic gradients? Evidence for niche partitioning in a Neotropical savanna

    Article • South African Journal of Botany, March 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Lucas Silva

  17. Cerrado vegetation and global change: the role of functional types, resource availability and disturbance in regulating plant community responses to rising CO2 levels and climate warming

    Article • Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Lucas Silva