Loik Lab
Plant and ecosystem responses to climate change

Publications

Loik ME, Griffith AB, Alpert H (in review) Ecological consequences of long-term snow climate change in the Sierra Nevada, California, USA. Ecology

Martinson SJ, Loik ME (in review) Indirect effects of climate change on plant-insect interactions on Artemisia tridentata. Ecology.

Alpert H, Loik ME (in review) Climate and microhabitat impacts on Pinus jeffreyi establishment at a conifer forest-sagebrush steppe ecotone in eastern California, USA. Plant Ecology.

Jessica M. Cable, Kiona Ogle, Richard W. Lucas, Therese N. Charlet, Meagan Cleary, Brent E. Ewers, Alden Griffith, Travis E. Huxman, Michael E. Loik, Robert S. Nowak, Elise Pendall, ?Matthew Rogers, Stanley D. Smith, Heidi Steltzer, Patrick F. Sullivan, David T. Tissue, Natasja C. van Gestel, and Jeffrey M. Welker (2010) The temperature response of soil respiration across seven deserts. Biogeochemistry. In press.

Griffith AB, Loik ME (2010) Effects of climate and snow depth on Bromus tectorum population dynamics at high elevation. Oecologia.? In press.

Griffith AB, Alpert H, Loik ME (2010) Predicting shrub ecophysiology in the Great Basin Desert using spectral indices. Journal of Arid Environments 74:315-326.

Loik ME, Alpert H, Griffith AB (2010) Climate Change and Snow Depth Impacts on Vegetation at the Great Basin Desert - Sierra Nevada Ecotone. In: Dalmeier F, Fenech A, MacIvor D. (eds.) Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainability in the Americas.? Smithsonian Scientific Series.? Washington, DC.

Smith SD, Tissue DT, Huxman, TE, Loik ME. (2009) Ecophysiological Responses of Desert Plants To Elevated CO₂: Environmental Determinants and Case Studies. In: de La Barrera E. and Smith WK (eds) Perspectives in Biophysical Plant Ecophysiology. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.

Lambrecht SC, Shattuck AK, Loik ME (2007) Combined drought and episodic freezing effects on seedlings of low- and high-elevation subspecies of sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) Physiologia Plantarum 130 (2): 207-217 JUN 2007

Lambrecht, SC, Loik ME, Inouye DW, Harte J. (2007) Reproductive and physiological responses to simulated climate warming for four subalpine species. New Phytologist 173 (1): 121-134

Loik, ME (2006) Sensitivity of water relations and photosynthesis to summer precipitation pulses for Artemisia tridentata and Purshia tridentata. Plant Ecology 191 (1): 95-108

Patrick L, Cable J, Potts D, Ignace D, Barron-Gafford G, Griffith A, Alpert H, Van Gestel N, Robertson T, Huxman TE, Zak J, Loik ME, Tissue DT (2006) 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. Oecologia DOI 10.1007/s00442-006-0621-y

Schwinning, S, Sala, OE, Loik, ME, Ehleringer JR. (2004) Thresholds, memory, and seasonality: understanding pulse dynamics in arid/semi-arid ecosystems. Oecologia 141: 191-193

Loik, M.E., Breshears, D.D., Lauenroth, W.K., Belnap, J. (2004) A multi-scale perspective of water pulses in dryland ecosystems: climatology and ecohydrology of the western USA. Oecologia 141: 269-281

Huxman, T.E., Smith, M.D., Fay, P.A., Knapp, A.K., Shaw, M.R., Loik, M.E., Smith, S.D., Tissue, D.T., Zak, J.C., Weltzin, J.F., Pockman, W.T., Sala, O.E., Haddad, B.M., Harte, J., Koch, G.W., Schwinning, S., Small, E.E., Williams, D.G. (2004) Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency. Nature 429: 651-654

Gillespie, I.G., Loik, M.E. (2004) Pulse events in Great Basin Desert shrublands: Responses of Artemisia tridentata and Purshia tridentata seedlings to summer rainfall pulses. Journal of Arid Environments 59: 41-57

Loik, M.E., Still C.J., Huxman, T.E., Harte, J. (2004) In situ photosynthetic freezing tolerance for plants exposed to a global warming manipulation in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, U.S.A. New Phytologist 162: 331-341.

Naumberg, E., Loik, M.E., Smith, S.D. (2004) Stomatal conductance of Larrea tridentata dominates photosynthetic temperature responses under elevated CO₂. New Phytologist 162: 323-330.

Weltzin JF, ME Loik, S Schwinning, DG Williams, P Fay, B Haddad, J Harte, TE Huxman, AK Knapp, G Lin, WT Pockman, MR Shaw, EE Small, MD Smith, SD Smith, DT Tissue, JC Zak. (2003). Assessing the response of terrestrial ecosystems to potential changes in precipitation. BioScience. 53:941-952

Loik, ME and SP Redar (2003) Freezing tolerance and cold acclimation for seedlings of Artemisia tridentata along an elevation gradient. Journal of Arid Environments. 54:769-782 Parker, IM, Rodriguez, J and ME Loik (2003) An evolutionary approach to understanding the biology of invasions: local adaptation and general purpose genotype in the weed Verbascum thapsus. Conservation Biology . 17: 59-72.

Dole, KP, Loik, ME and LC Sloan (2003) The relative importance of climate change and the physiological effects of CO₂ on freezing tolerance for the distribution of Yucca brevifolia. Global and Planetary Change. 36: 137-146.

Naumburg, E, Housman DC, Huxman TE, Loik ME and SD Smith (2002) Photosynthetic response of Mojave Desert shrubs to Free Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment over four years with differing precipitation regimes. Global Change Biology 9: 276-285

Loik, ME and KD Holl (2001) Photosynthetic responses of tree seedlings in grass and under shrubs in early-successional old fields, Costa Rica. Oecologia 127: 40-50.

Holl, KD, ME Loik, EV Lin, and IA Samuels. (2000) Tropical montane forest restoration in Costa Rica: obstacles and opportunities. Restoration Ecology 8: 339-349.

Loik, ME, TE Huxman, EP Hamerlynck, and SD Smith (2000) Low-temperature tolerance and cold acclimation for three Mojave Desert Yucca species exposed to elevated CO2. Journal of Arid Environments 46: 43-56.

Loik, M.E., St. Onge, C.D. and J. Rodgers (2000) Post-Fire Recruitment of Yucca brevifolia and Yucca schidigera in Joshua Tree National Park, California. In: J. Keeley (ed.) Proceedings of the 2nd Interface Between Ecology and Development in California. USGS Open-File Report 00-62.

Loik, ME, SP Redar and J Harte (2000) Photosynthetic responses to light for Artemisia tridentata and Erigeron speciosus under a climate warming manipulation in the Rocky Mountains. Functional Ecology. 14: 166-175.

Hamerlynck, EP, Huxman, TE, Loik, ME, and SD Smith. (2000) Effects of high temperature, drought and elevated CO₂ on photosynthesis of the Mojave Desert evergreen shrub, Larrea tridentata . Plant Ecology 148:183-193.

Hamerlynck, E.P., T.E. Huxman, S.D. Smith, R. Nowak, L.A. Defalco, S. Redar, M.E. Loik, D.N. Jordan, S. Zitzer, and J.R. Seemann. (2000) Initial results of Free Air Carbon Enrichment on a mojave desert ecosystem: photosynthetic responses in contrasting shrub species. Journal of Arid Environments. 44: 425-436.

Shaw M.R., M.E. Loik and J. Harte. (2000) Gas exchange and water relations of two Rocky Mountain shrub species exposed to a climate change manipulation . Plant Ecology. 146:197-206

Loik, M.E. and K.D. Holl. (1999) Photosynthetic responses to light for rain forest seedlings planted in abandoned pasture, Costa Rica. Restoration Ecology. 7:382-391.

Huxman T.E., E.P. Hamerlynck, M.E. Loik, and S.D. Smith. (1998) Gas exchange responses of Yucca species to elevated CO₂ and extreme high temperature. Plant, Cell and Environment 21:1275-1283.

Huxman, T.E. and M.E. Loik. (1997) Reproductive patterns of two varieties of Yucca whipplei (Liliaceae) with different life histories. International Journal of Plant Sciences 156:778-784.

Loik, M.E. and J. Harte. (1997) Changes in water relations for leaves exposed to a climate-warming manipulation in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Environmental and Experimental Botany 37:115-123.

Huxman, T. E. and M.E. Loik. (1996) Seeds of Yucca whipplei var. whipplei germinate in the fruit. The Southwestern Naturalist 41:318-320.

Loik, M. E. and J. Harte. (1996) High-temperature tolerance for Artemisia tridentata and Potentilla gracilis under a climate change manipulation. Oecologia 108:224-231.

Nobel, P.S., N. Wang, R.A. Balsamo, M.E. Loik, and M.A. Hawke. (1995) Low-temperature tolerance and acclimation of Opuntia spp. after injecting glucose or methylglucose. International Journal of Plant Sciences 156:496-504.

Loik, M.E. (1995) Book Review: Scaling Physiological Processes. J. Ehleringer and C.B. Field (eds.) Climatic Change 29:463-466.

Nobel, P.S. and M.E. Loik. (1994) Low-temperature tolerance of pricky pear cacti. In: P. Felker and J.R. Moss (eds.) Proceedings, Fourth Annual Texas Prickly Pear Council. Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Kingsville, TX.

Loik, M. E., and P. S. Nobel. (1993) Exogenous abscisic acid mimics cold acclimation for cacti differing in freezing tolerance. Plant Physiology 103:871-876.

Loik, M. E., and P. S. Nobel. (1993) Freezing tolerance and water relations of Opuntia fragilis from Canada and United States. Ecology 74:1722-1732.

Loik, M. E., and P. S. Nobel. (1991) Water relations and mucopolysaccharide increases for a winter hardy cactus during acclimation to subzero temperatures. Oecologia 88:340-346.

Nobel, P.S., M.E. Loik, and R.W. Meyer. (1991) Microhabitat and diel tissue acidity changes for two sympatric cactus species differing in growth habit. Journal of Ecology 79:167-182.

Nobel, P.S. and M.E. Loik. (1990) Thermal analysis, cell viability, and CO₂ uptake of a widely distributed North American cactus, Opuntia humifusa, at subzero temperatures. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 28:429-436.