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Osvaldo E. Sala
Researcher at Arizona State University
Publications - 228
Citations - 45686
Osvaldo E. Sala is an academic researcher from Arizona State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ecosystem & Precipitation. The author has an hindex of 87, co-authored 219 publications receiving 41549 citations. Previous affiliations of Osvaldo E. Sala include Brown University & Utah State University.
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Global biodiversity scenarios for the year 2100.
Osvaldo E. Sala,F. S. Chapin,Juan J. Armesto,Eric L. Berlow,Janine Bloomfield,Rodolfo Dirzo,E Huber-Sanwald,Laura Foster Huenneke,Robert B. Jackson,Ann P. Kinzig,Rik Leemans,David M. Lodge,Harold A. Mooney,Martín Oesterheld,N L Poff,Martin T. Sykes,Brian Walker,Marilyn D. Walker,Diana H. Wall +18 more
TL;DR: This study identified a ranking of the importance of drivers of change, aranking of the biomes with respect to expected changes, and the major sources of uncertainties in projections of future biodiversity change.
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Consequences of changing biodiversity
F. Stuart Chapin,Erika S. Zavaleta,Valerie T. Eviner,Rosamond L. Naylor,Peter M. Vitousek,Heather L. Reynolds,David U. Hooper,Sandra Lavorel,Osvaldo E. Sala,Sarah E. Hobbie,Michelle C. Mack,Sandra Díaz +11 more
TL;DR: The large ecological and societal consequences of changing biodiversity should be minimized to preserve options for future solutions to global environmental problems.
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A global analysis of root distributions for terrestrial biomes
Robert B. Jackson,Josep G. Canadell,James R. Ehleringer,Harold A. Mooney,Osvaldo E. Sala,Ernst Detlef Schulze +5 more
TL;DR: Rooting patterns for terrestrial biomes are analyzed and distributions for various plant functional groups are compared and the merits and possible shortcomings of the analysis are discussed in the context of root biomass and root functioning.
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Maximum rooting depth of vegetation types at the global scale.
Josep G. Canadell,Robert B. Jackson,James R. Ehleringer,Harold A. Mooney,Osvaldo E. Sala,Ernst Detlef Schulze +5 more
TL;DR: Deep root habits are quite common in woody and herbaceous species across most of the terrestrial biomes, far deeper than the traditional view has held up to now, and has important implications for a better understanding of ecosystem function and its application in developing ecosystem models.
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A Generalized Model of the Effects of Grazing by Large Herbivores on Grassland Community Structure
TL;DR: It is suggested that feedback mechanisms between plants and grazing animals are well developed in grasslands with long evolutionary histories of grazing, and switching capabilities in semiarid and subhumid grassland situations are manifest in the rapid switching capabilities of plant species and modes of competition.