Michael E Loik

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Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi A multi-scale perspective of water pulses in dryland ecosystems: climatology and ecohydrology of the western USA
    Michael E Loik
    Department of Environmental Studies, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz 95064, USA
    Oecologia 141:269-81. 2004
  2. ncbi The effect of cactus spines on light interception and Photosystem II for three sympatric species of Opuntia from the Mojave Desert
    Michael E Loik
    Environmental Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
    Physiol Plant 134:87-98. 2008
  3. ncbi Influence of summer marine fog and low cloud stratus on water relations of evergreen woody shrubs (Arctostaphylos: Ericaceae) in the chaparral of central California
    Michael C Vasey
    Department of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
    Oecologia 170:325-37. 2012
  4. ncbi Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency
    Travis E Huxman
    Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
    Nature 429:651-4. 2004
  5. ncbi Thresholds, memory, and seasonality: understanding pulse dynamics in arid/semi-arid ecosystems
    Susan Schwinning
    Oecologia 141:191-3. 2004
  6. ncbi Effects of an increase in summer precipitation on leaf, soil, and ecosystem fluxes of CO2 and H2O in a sotol grassland in Big Bend National Park, Texas
    Lisa Patrick
    Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409 3131, USA
    Oecologia 151:704-18. 2007

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Publications6

  1. ncbi A multi-scale perspective of water pulses in dryland ecosystems: climatology and ecohydrology of the western USA
    Michael E Loik
    Department of Environmental Studies, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz 95064, USA
    Oecologia 141:269-81. 2004
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  2. ncbi The effect of cactus spines on light interception and Photosystem II for three sympatric species of Opuntia from the Mojave Desert
    Michael E Loik
    Environmental Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
    Physiol Plant 134:87-98. 2008
    ....
  3. ncbi Influence of summer marine fog and low cloud stratus on water relations of evergreen woody shrubs (Arctostaphylos: Ericaceae) in the chaparral of central California
    Michael C Vasey
    Department of Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
    Oecologia 170:325-37. 2012
    ..Because rare seeders in maritime chaparral are more vulnerable to xylem cavitation than interior seeders, the potential breakdown of the summer marine layer along the coast is of potential conservation concern...
  4. ncbi Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency
    Travis E Huxman
    Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
    Nature 429:651-4. 2004
    ..Forecasts of future ecosystem behaviour should take into account this convergent feature of terrestrial biomes...
  5. ncbi Thresholds, memory, and seasonality: understanding pulse dynamics in arid/semi-arid ecosystems
    Susan Schwinning
    Oecologia 141:191-3. 2004
  6. ncbi Effects of an increase in summer precipitation on leaf, soil, and ecosystem fluxes of CO2 and H2O in a sotol grassland in Big Bend National Park, Texas
    Lisa Patrick
    Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409 3131, USA
    Oecologia 151:704-18. 2007
    ..In summary, greater amounts of summer precipitation may lead to short-term increased carbon uptake by this sotol grassland ecosystem...