Erika Zavaleta

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Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Plants reverse warming effect on ecosystem water balance
    Erika S Zavaleta
    Department of Biological Sciences and Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100:9892-3. 2003
  2. ncbi Realistic species losses disproportionately reduce grassland resistance to biological invaders
    Erika S Zavaleta
    Environmental Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
    Science 306:1175-7. 2004
  3. ncbi Ecosystem responses to community disassembly
    Erika Zavaleta
    Environmental Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1162:311-33. 2009
  4. ncbi Sustaining multiple ecosystem functions in grassland communities requires higher biodiversity
    Erika S Zavaleta
    Environmental Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:1443-6. 2010
  5. ncbi Grassland responses to global environmental changes suppressed by elevated CO2
    M Rebecca Shaw
    Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 260 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Science 298:1987-90. 2002
  6. ncbi Additive effects of simulated climate changes, elevated CO2, and nitrogen deposition on grassland diversity
    Erika S Zavaleta
    Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 5020, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100:7650-4. 2003
  7. ncbi Modeled regional climate change and California endemic oak ranges
    Lara M Kueppers
    Department of Earth Sciences and Environmental Studies Department, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:16281-6. 2005
  8. ncbi Policy strategies to address sustainability of Alaskan boreal forests in response to a directionally changing climate
    F Stuart Chapin
    Institute of Arctic Biology and Department of Political Science, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:16637-43. 2006
  9. ncbi Severity of the effects of invasive rats on seabirds: a global review
    Holly P Jones
    School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, 370 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511 2104, USA
    Conserv Biol 22:16-26. 2008

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Publications9

  1. ncbi Plants reverse warming effect on ecosystem water balance
    Erika S Zavaleta
    Department of Biological Sciences and Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100:9892-3. 2003
    ..Our findings illustrate the potential for organism-environment interactions to modify the direction as well as the magnitude of global change effects on ecosystem functioning...
  2. ncbi Realistic species losses disproportionately reduce grassland resistance to biological invaders
    Erika S Zavaleta
    Environmental Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
    Science 306:1175-7. 2004
    ..Realistic biodiversity losses, even of rare species, can thus affect ecosystem processes far more than indicated by randomized-loss experiments...
  3. ncbi Ecosystem responses to community disassembly
    Erika Zavaleta
    Environmental Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1162:311-33. 2009
    ....
  4. ncbi Sustaining multiple ecosystem functions in grassland communities requires higher biodiversity
    Erika S Zavaleta
    Environmental Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:1443-6. 2010
    ..Sustained multifunctionality, therefore, likely requires both higher species richness than single ecosystem functionality and a diversity of species assemblages across the landscape...
  5. ncbi Grassland responses to global environmental changes suppressed by elevated CO2
    M Rebecca Shaw
    Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 260 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
    Science 298:1987-90. 2002
    ..These findings indicate the importance of a multifactor experimental approach to understanding ecosystem responses to global change...
  6. ncbi Additive effects of simulated climate changes, elevated CO2, and nitrogen deposition on grassland diversity
    Erika S Zavaleta
    Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 5020, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100:7650-4. 2003
    ..Our results show that climate and atmospheric changes can rapidly alter biological diversity, with combined effects that, at least in some settings, are simple, additive combinations of single-factor effects...
  7. ncbi Modeled regional climate change and California endemic oak ranges
    Lara M Kueppers
    Department of Earth Sciences and Environmental Studies Department, University of California, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:16281-6. 2005
    ..Based on the modeled regional climate change, <50% of protected land area currently containing these species is expected to contain them under a future midrange "business-as-usual" path of greenhouse gas emissions...
  8. ncbi Policy strategies to address sustainability of Alaskan boreal forests in response to a directionally changing climate
    F Stuart Chapin
    Institute of Arctic Biology and Department of Political Science, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:16637-43. 2006
    ..Each strategy provides societal benefits, and we suggest that all of them be pursued simultaneously...
  9. ncbi Severity of the effects of invasive rats on seabirds: a global review
    Holly P Jones
    School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, 370 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511 2104, USA
    Conserv Biol 22:16-26. 2008
    ....