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A. Joshua Leffler
Researcher at South Dakota State University
Publications - 50
Citations - 2612
A. Joshua Leffler is an academic researcher from South Dakota State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Growing season & Soil water. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 46 publications receiving 2304 citations. Previous affiliations of A. Joshua Leffler include Louisiana Tech University & University of New Mexico.
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Precipitation pulses and carbon fluxes in semiarid and arid ecosystems
Travis E. Huxman,Keirith A. Snyder,David T. Tissue,A. Joshua Leffler,Kiona Ogle,William T. Pockman,Darren R. Sandquist,Daniel Potts,Susan Schwinning +8 more
TL;DR: It is shown that pulse size regulates C balance by determining the temporal duration of activity for different components of the biota, and a greater understanding of the complexities of these eco-hydrologic systems may enhance the ability to describe the ecology of desert ecosystems and their sensitivity to global change.
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Long-term tree ring chronologies from sympatric tropical dry-forest trees: individualistic responses to climatic variation
TL;DR: The influence of local precipitation and temperature on long-term growth dynamics in two species of seasonally dry tropical forest trees were investigated in Costa Rica as discussed by the authors, where growth records were extracted from tree rings in Guanacaste province, Costa Rica.
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Hydraulic redistribution through the root systems of senesced plants
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used soil psychrometry to measure soil water potential and performed 2H-labeling experiments with the annual grass Bromus tectorum in the field and in the greenhouse.
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Functional Differences in Water- Use Patterns of Contrasting Life Forms in Great Basin Steppelands
TL;DR: The temporal patterns of evapotranspiration were monitored for 2 yr for four species of dif fering life form that currently form near monoculture communities in the Great Basin, USA, a region with a growing season spanning early spring to autumn and predictable overwinter water accumulation in the vadose zone as discussed by the authors.
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A new perspective on trait differences between native and invasive exotic plants
TL;DR: Trait differences may be important in certain contexts, but other mechanisms of invasion are likely more important in most cases and it is suggested that using trait values as predictors of invasion will be challenging.