Oberbauer, Steven
- Professor, Biological Sciences , College of Arts, Sciences & Education
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- Dr. Steven Oberbauer is a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, and the International Center for Tropical Botany.
Scholarly & Creative Works
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2021Integrating Aquatic Metabolism and Net Ecosystem CO2 Balance in Short- and Long-Hydroperiod Subtropical Freshwater WetlandsFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10021-021-00672-2 Web of Science: 000679323500001
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2021Species--specific trends and variability in plant functional traits across a latitudinal gradient in northern AlaskaFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/jvs.13040 Web of Science: 000666878600001
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2020NDVI Changes Show Warming Increases the Length of the Green Season at Tundra Communities in Northern Alaska: A Fine-Scale Analysis. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE. 11.Full Text via DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.01174 Web of Science: 000561564400001
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2020Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 11.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15014-4 Web of Science: 000563528100001
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2019Intensified inundation shifts a freshwater wetland from a CO2 sink to a source. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY. 25:3319-3333.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14718 Web of Science: 000486150200011
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2019ENSO-Influenced Drought Drives Methane Flux Dynamics in a Tropical Wet Forest Soil. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES. 124:2267-2276.Full Text via DOI: 10.1029/2018JG004832 Web of Science: 000481443800031
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2019Traditional plant functional groups explain variation in economic but not size-related traits across the tundra biome. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY. 28.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/geb.12783 Web of Science: 000457789900002
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2019Warming shortens flowering seasons of tundra plant communities. NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION. 3.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41559-018-0745-6 Web of Science: 000453767000013
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2018Tundra Trait Team: A database of plant traits spanning the tundra biome. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY. 27.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/geb.12821 Web of Science: 000451024700001
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2018Contrasting Photosynthetic Responses of Two Dominant Macrophyte Species to Seasonal Inundation in an Everglades Freshwater Prairie. WETLANDS. 38.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s13157-018-1038-1 Web of Science: 000450305300004
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2018Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome. NATURE. 562.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0563-7 Web of Science: 000446187900037
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2018Comparison of sensible heat flux measured by large aperture scintillometer and eddy covariance in a seasonally-inundated wetland. AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY. 259.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2018.05.026 Web of Science: 000437064400031
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2018Arctic plant ecophysiology and water source utilization in response to altered snow: isotopic (delta O-18 and delta H-2) evidence for meltwater subsidies to deciduous shrubs. OECOLOGIA. 187.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00442-018-4196-1 Web of Science: 000438271200011
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2018Short term changes in moisture content drive strong changes in Normalized Difference Vegetation Index and gross primary productivity in four Arctic moss communities. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT. 212.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2018.04.041 Web of Science: 000435053200010
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2018Regional Groundwater and Storms Are Hydrologic Controls on the Quality and Export of Dissolved Organic Matter in Two Tropical Rainforest Streams, Costa Rica. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES. 123:850-866.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/2017JG003960 Web of Science: 000430181200007
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2017Greater temperature sensitivity of plant phenology at colder sites: implications for convergence across northern latitudes. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY. 23:2660-2671.
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2017Short-Term Impacts of the Air Temperature on Greening and Senescence in Alaskan Arctic Plant Tundra Habitats. REMOTE SENSING. 9.Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/rs9121338 Web of Science: 000419235700132
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2017Tropical rainforest carbon sink declines during EI Nino as a result of reduced photosynthesis and increased respiration rates. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 216:136-149.
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2016Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire: an expert assessment. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS. 11.Full Text via DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/3/034014 Web of Science: 000373401400017
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2016Chamber measurements of high CO2 emissions from a rainforest stream receiving old C-rich regional groundwater. BIOGEOCHEMISTRY. 130:69-83.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10533-016-0243-3 Web of Science: 000387274300006
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2016Climate seasonality limits leaf carbon assimilation and wood productivity in tropical forests. BIOGEOSCIENCES. 13:2537-2562.Full Text via DOI: 10.5194/bg-13-2537-2016 Web of Science: 000377276700021
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2016Examination of Surface Temperature Modification by Open-Top Chambers along Moisture and Latitudinal Gradients in Arctic Alaska Using Thermal Infrared Photography. REMOTE SENSING. 8.Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/rs8010054 Web of Science: 000369494500039
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2016Sensitivity to Low-Temperature Events: Implications for CO2 Dynamics in Subtropical Coastal Ecosystems. WETLANDS. 36:957-967.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s13157-016-0810-3 Web of Science: 000385162100016
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2016Water uptake of Alaskan tundra evergreens during the winter-spring transition. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY. 103:298-306.
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2015Arctic plant responses to changing abiotic factors in northern Alaska. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY. 102:2020-2031.
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2015Ecosystem resistance in the face of climate change: a case study from the freshwater marshes of the Florida Everglades. ECOSPHERE. 6.Full Text via DOI: 10.1890/ES14-00404.1 Web of Science: 000354777300012
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2015Experiment, monitoring, and gradient methods used to infer climate change effects on plant communities yield consistent patterns. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 112:448-452.
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2015Low-cost soil CO2 efflux and point concentration sensing systems for terrestrial ecology applications. METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 6:1358-1362.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12426 Web of Science: 000367743700013
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2015Plant phenological responses to a long-term experimental extension of growing season and soil warming in the tussock tundra of Alaska. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY. 21:4520-4532.
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2015Spatial and temporal variability in spectral-based surface energy evapotranspiration measured from Landsat 5TM across two mangrove ecotones. AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY. 213:304-316.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.11.017 Web of Science: 000361255400029
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2015The effect of regional groundwater on carbon dioxide and methane emissions from a lowland rainforest stream in Costa Rica. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES. 120:2579-2595.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/2015JG003009 Web of Science: 000368938500007
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2015Warming experiments elucidate the drivers of observed directional changes in tundra vegetation. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 5:1881-1895.
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2014Are fern stomatal responses to different stimuli coordinated? Testing responses to light, vapor pressure deficit, and CO2 for diverse species grown under contrasting irradiances. NEW PHYTOLOGIST. 204.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/nph.12922 Web of Science: 000341193500012
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2014A Mobile Instrumented Sensor Platform for Long-Term Terrestrial Ecosystem Analysis: An Example Application in an Arctic Tundra Ecosystem. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATICS. 24:1-10.Full Text via DOI: 10.3808/jei.201400278 Web of Science: 000343189400001
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2014Seasonal patterns in energy partitioning of two freshwater marsh ecosystems in the Florida Everglades. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES. 119:1487-1505.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/2014JG002700 Web of Science: 000342993200002
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2014Stomatal conductance patterns of Equisetum giganteum stems in response to environmental factors in South America. BOTANY. 92:701-712.Full Text via DOI: 10.1139/cjb-2013-0312 Web of Science: 000343100500002
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2014Use of a watershed hydrologic model to estimate interbasin groundwater flow in a Costa Rican rainforest. HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES. 28:3670-3680.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9917 Web of Science: 000335663700011
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2013A connection to deep groundwater alters ecosystem carbon fluxes and budgets: Example from a Costa Rican rainforest. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS. 40:2066-2070.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/grl.50423 Web of Science: 000328840200032
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2013Comparison of direct and indirect methods for assessing leaf area index across a tropical rain forest landscape. AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY. 177:110-116.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2013.04.010 Web of Science: 000321087700011
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2013Diurnal patterns of gas-exchange and metabolic pools in tundra plants during three phases of the arctic growing season. ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 3:375-388.
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2013Field-quantified responses of tropical rainforest aboveground productivity to increasing CO2 and climatic stress, 1997-2009. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES. 118:783-794.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/jgrg.20067 Web of Science: 000324913100030
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2013Growth responses of Sphagnum hollows to a growing season lengthening manipulation in Alaskan Arctic tundra. POLAR BIOLOGY. 36:41-50.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00300-012-1236-x Web of Science: 000312729700004
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2013INTEGRATED CARBON BUDGET MODELS FOR THE EVERGLADES TERRESTRIAL-COASTAL-OCEANIC GRADIENT Current Status and Needs for Inter-Site Comparisons. OCEANOGRAPHY. 26:98-107.Full Text via DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2013.51 Web of Science: 000323808600015
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2013Phenological response of tundra plants to background climate variation tested using the International Tundra Experiment. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 368.
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2013The Effects of Mite Galling on the Ecophysiology of Two Arctic Willows. ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH. 45:99-106.Full Text via DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-45.1.99 Web of Science: 000329533000010
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2012Carbon dioxide exchange rates from short- and long-hydroperiod Everglades freshwater marsh. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES. 117.Full Text via DOI: 10.1029/2012JG002117 Web of Science: 000311563700001
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2012Controls on Ecosystem Carbon Dioxide Exchange in Short- and Long-Hydroperiod Florida Everglades Freshwater Marshes. WETLANDS. 32:801-812.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s13157-012-0311-y Web of Science: 000310085100002
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2012Increased CO2 loss from vegetated drained lake tundra ecosystems due to flooding. GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES. 26.Full Text via DOI: 10.1029/2011GB004037 Web of Science: 000303123500001
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2012Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent summer warming. NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE. 2:453-457.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/NCLIMATE1465 Web of Science: 000305051600028
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2012The delta N-15 signature of the detrital food web tracks a landscape-scale soil phosphorus gradient in a Costa Rican lowland tropical rain forest. JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY. 28:395-403.Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/S0266467412000284 Web of Science: 000304828600008
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2011A new low-power, open-path instrument for measuring methane flux by eddy covariance. APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS. 102.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00340-010-4307-0 Web of Science: 000287200800014
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2011Controls on sensible heat and latent energy fluxes from a short-hydroperiod Florida Everglades marsh. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY. 411:331-341.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.10.014 Web of Science: 000298200200014
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2011Effects of Fine-Scale Topography on CO2 Flux Components of Alaskan Coastal Plain Tundra: Response to Contrasting Growing Seasons. ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH. 43:256-266.Full Text via DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-43.2.256 Web of Science: 000291118700011
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2011Light-stress avoidance mechanisms in a Sphagnum-dominated wet coastal Arctic tundra ecosystem in Alaska. ECOLOGY. 92:633-644.
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2011Microtopographic controls on ecosystem functioning in the Arctic Coastal Plain. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES. 116.Full Text via DOI: 10.1029/2009JG001241 Web of Science: 000293375700001
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2011Tree-Grass Coexistence in the Everglades Freshwater System. ECOSYSTEMS. 14:298-310.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10021-011-9412-3 Web of Science: 000288172300010
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2010Remote sensing of tundra gross ecosystem productivity and light use efficiency under varying temperature and moisture conditions. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT. 114.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2009.10.003 Web of Science: 000274820700002
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2010Annual wood production in a tropical rain forest in NE Costa Rica linked to climatic variation but not to increasing CO2. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY. 16:747-759.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02004.x Web of Science: 000274419400020
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2010Height is more important than light in determining leaf morphology in a tropical forest. ECOLOGY. 91:1730-1739.
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2010Responses of CO2 flux components of Alaskan Coastal Plain tundra to shifts in water table. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES. 115.Full Text via DOI: 10.1029/2009JG001254 Web of Science: 000285258300002
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2010Seasonal differences in the CO2 exchange of a short-hydroperiod Florida Everglades marsh. AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY. 150:994-1006.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.03.005 Web of Science: 000280077500012
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2009Biotic and abiotic controls on diurnal fluctuations in labile soil phosphorus of a wet tropical forest. ECOLOGY. 90:2547-2555.
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2009Methane fluxes during the initiation of a large-scale water table manipulation experiment in the Alaskan Arctic tundra. GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES. 23.Full Text via DOI: 10.1029/2009GB003487 Web of Science: 000266100000001
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2009Soil type affects seedling shade response at low light for two Inga species from Costa Rica. PLANT AND SOIL. 319:25-35.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11104-008-9846-3 Web of Science: 000266143400003
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2009The land-atmosphere water flux in the tropics. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY. 15:2694-2714.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01813.x Web of Science: 000270662000011
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2008First direct landscape-scale measurement of tropical rain forest Leaf Area Index, a key driver of global primary productivity. ECOLOGY LETTERS. 11:163-172.
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2008Foliar and ecosystem respiration in an old-growth tropical rain forest. PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT. 31:473-483.
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2008Phenology and stem diameter increment seasonality in a Costa Rican wet tropical forest. BIOTROPICA. 40:151-159.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00354.x Web of Science: 000254195100003
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2008Rainfall and cloud-water interception in tropical montane forests in the eastern Andes of Central Peru. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT. 255:1315-1325.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.10.058 Web of Science: 000254072700096
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2008The photosynthetic response of Alaskan tundra plants to increased season length and soil warming. ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH. 40:181-191.Full Text via DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(06-015)[STARR]2.0.CO;2 Web of Science: 000252869000020
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2007Relating NDVI to ecosystem CO2 exchange patterns in response to season length and soil warming manipulations in arctic Alaska. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT. 109:225-236.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.01.001 Web of Science: 000247573500009
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2007Tundra CO2 fluxes in response to experimental warming across latitudinal and moisture gradients. ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS. 77:221-238.Full Text via DOI: 10.1890/06-0649 Web of Science: 000246181800005
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2006Plant community responses to experimental warming across the tundra biome. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 103.Full Text via DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0503198103 Web of Science: 000235094300035
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2006Responses of twelve tree species common in Everglades tree islands to simulated hydrologic regimes. WETLANDS. 26:830-844.Full Text via DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2006)26[830:ROTTSC]2.0.CO;2 Web of Science: 000241150000015
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2006Wood CO2 efflux in a primary tropical rain forest. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY. 12:2442-2458.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01269.x Web of Science: 000242659400016
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2005Energy dynamics and modeled evapotranspiration from a wet tropical forest in Costa Rica. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY. 315:274-294.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.03.040 Web of Science: 000233981000016
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2005Winter biological processes could help convert arctic tundra to shrubland. BIOSCIENCE. 55.Full Text via DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2005)055[0017:WBPCHC]2.0.CO;2 Web of Science: 000226343000009
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2004Whole tree xylem sap flow responses to multiple environmental variables in a wet tropical forest. PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT. 27.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2003.01160.x Web of Science: 000221231600002
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2004Ecophysiological analysis of two arctic sedges under reduced root temperatures. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM. 120.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-9317.2004.00260.x Web of Science: 000189142600012
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2004Characterization and dry deposition of carbonaceous aerosols in a wet tropical forest canopy. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES. 109.Full Text via DOI: 10.1029/2002JD003353 Web of Science: 000188866900001
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2003Photosynthesis of arctic evergreens under snow: Implications for tundra ecosystem carbon balance. ECOLOGY. 84.Full Text via DOI: 10.1890/02-3154 Web of Science: 000184451900009
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2003Environmental controls on net ecosystem-level carbon exchange and productivity in a Central American tropical wet forest. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY. 9.Full Text via DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00599.x Web of Science: 000181397100008
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2002Herbivore-free time? Damage to new leaves of woody plants after Hurricane Andrew. BIOTROPICA. 34.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2002.tb00573.x Web of Science: 000180539800007
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2002Effects of mid-season frost and elevated growing season temperature on stomatal conductance and specific xylem conductivity of the arctic shrub, Salix pulchra. TREE PHYSIOLOGY. 22.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/treephys/22.14.1027 Web of Science: 000178638500008
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2002Stocks and flows of coarse woody debris across a tropical rain forest nutrient and topography gradient. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT. 164.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00597-7 Web of Science: 000176604900018
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2002Spatial variation of throughfall volume in an old-growth tropical wet forest, Costa Rica. JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY. 18.Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/S0266467402002274 Web of Science: 000174907100005
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2001Comparative vessel anatomy of arctic deciduous and evergreen dicots. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY. 88.Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/3558409 Web of Science: 000171069600014
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2001An inexpensive, portable meter for measuring soil moisture. SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL. 65.Full Text via DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2001.6541081x Web of Science: 000172918400007
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2000Predicting vegetative bud break in two arctic deciduous shrub species, Salix pulchra and Betula nana. OECOLOGIA. 124.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s004420050005 Web of Science: 000088824100005
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2000Effects of irradiance and spectral quality on leaf structure and function in seedlings of two Southeast Asian Hopea (dipterocarpaceae) species. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY. 87.Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/2656588 Web of Science: 000086527000001
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2000Effects of lengthened growing season and soil warming on the phenology and physiology of Polygonum bistorta. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY. 6.Full Text via DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2000.00316.x Web of Science: 000086198100010
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1998Effects of extended growing season and soil warming on carbon dioxide and methane exchange of tussock tundra in Alaska. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES. 103.Full Text via DOI: 10.1029/98JD00522 Web of Science: 000077196200040
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1998Potential carbon gain of shingle leaves in juveniles of the vine Monstera tenuis (Araceae) in Costa Rica. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY. 85.Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/2446420 Web of Science: 000074414100013
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1998Soil nitrogen, microbial biomass, and respiration along an arctic toposequence. SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL. 62.Full Text via DOI: 10.2136/sssaj1998.03615995006200030016x Web of Science: 000074698500016
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1997Effects of irradiance and spectral quality on seedling development of two Southeast Asian Hopea species. OECOLOGIA. 110.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s004420050126 Web of Science: A1997WP45200001
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1996Diurnal and seasonal patterns of ecosystem CO2 efflux from upland tundra in the foothills of the Brooks Range, Alaska, USA. ARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH. 28.Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/1552112 Web of Science: A1996VE60500010
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1996Landscape scale evaluation of understory light and canopy structure: Methods and application in a neotropical lowland rain forest. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH-REVUE CANADIENNE DE RECHERCHE FORESTIERE. 26.Full Text via DOI: 10.1139/x26-084 Web of Science: A1996UL40500004
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1996Effects of Hurricane Andrew on epiphyte communities within cypress domes of Everglades National Park. ECOLOGY. 77.Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/2265516 Web of Science: A1996UC98500030
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1995LEAF OPTICAL-PROPERTIES ALONG A VERTICAL GRADIENT IN A TROPICAL RAIN-FOREST CANOPY IN COSTA-RICA. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY. 82.Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/2446248 Web of Science: A1995TA45600008
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1995CLIMATE EFFECTS ON THE CARBON BALANCE OF TUSSOCK TUNDRA IN THE PHILIP-SMITH-MOUNTAINS, ALASKA. FLORA. 190.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0367-2530(17)30664-3 Web of Science: A1995RP52100009
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1993LIGHT ENVIRONMENT, GAS-EXCHANGE, AND ANNUAL GROWTH OF SAPLINGS OF 3 SPECIES OF RAIN-FOREST TREES IN COSTA-RICA. JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY. 9.Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400007586 Web of Science: A1993MM52300008
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1993PHOTOSYNTHETIC INDUCTION RESPONSES OF 2 RAIN-FOREST TREE SPECIES IN RELATION TO LIGHT ENVIRONMENT. OECOLOGIA. 96.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/BF00317732 Web of Science: A1993MH78700007
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1993LONG-TERM STUDY OF SOLAR-RADIATION REGIMES IN A TROPICAL WET FOREST USING QUANTUM SENSORS AND HEMISPHERICAL PHOTOGRAPHY. AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY. 65.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0168-1923(93)90040-O Web of Science: A1993LK27900006
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1992ENVIRONMENTAL-EFFECTS ON CO2 EFFLUX FROM RIPARIAN TUNDRA IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF THE BROOKS RANGE, ALASKA, USA. OECOLOGIA. 92.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/BF00317851 Web of Science: A1992KH02400016
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1991ENVIRONMENTAL-EFFECTS ON CO-2 EFFLUX FROM WATER TRACK AND TUSSOCK TUNDRA IN ARCTIC ALASKA, USA. ARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH. 23.Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/1551380 Web of Science: A1991FN22100003
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1989COMPARATIVE EFFECTS OF DOWNSLOPE WATER AND NUTRIENT MOVEMENT ON PLANT NUTRITION, PHOTOSYNTHESIS, AND GROWTH IN ALASKAN TUNDRA. HOLARCTIC ECOLOGY. 12.Web of Science: A1989AW81500016
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1989MAXIMUM CO-2-ASSIMILATION RATES OF VASCULAR PLANTS ON AN ALASKAN ARCTIC TUNDRA SLOPE. HOLARCTIC ECOLOGY. 12.Web of Science: A1989AW81500014
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1989COMPARATIVE-ANALYSIS OF PHOTOSYNTHETIC LIGHT ENVIRONMENTS WITHIN THE CROWNS OF JUVENILE RAIN-FOREST TREES. TREE PHYSIOLOGY. 5.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/treephys/5.1.13 Web of Science: A1989U509900002
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1988Crown light environments of saplings of two species of rain forest emergent treesFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/BF00378599
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1985Vegetation effects on microclimate in lowland tropical forest in Costa RicaFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/BF02189035
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1984Photosynthesis and successional status of Costa Rican rain forest treesFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/BF00030022
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1981Drought tolerance and water use by plants along an alpine topographic gradientFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/BF00344971
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1995WHY LEAVES ARE SOMETIMES RED. NATURE.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/378241b0 Web of Science: A1995TE85800034
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1990SEED WEIGHT AND ROOTING DEPTH OF SEEDLINGS OF COSTA-RICAN WET FOREST TREES. REVISTA DE BIOLOGIA TROPICAL.Web of Science: A1990GB24700018
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Other Scholarly Work
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Proceedings Paper
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2012Small-scale albedo-temperature relationship contrast with large-scale relations in Alaskan acidic tussock tundra. ADVANCED BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS VII.Full Text via DOI: 10.1117/12.974381 Web of Science: 000313661400032
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Review
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2019Welcome to the Atta world: A framework for understanding the effects of leaf-cutter ants on ecosystem functions. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY. 1386-1399.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13319 Web of Science: 000479317100002
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2012Global assessment of experimental climate warming on tundra vegetation: heterogeneity over space and time. ECOLOGY LETTERS. 164-175.
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2002The role of anthocyanins for photosynthesis of Alaskan arctic evergreens during snowmelt. ADVANCES IN BOTANICAL RESEARCH, VOL 37.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2296(02)37047-2 Web of Science: 000180266200008
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chaired theses and dissertations
- Levine, Alexander V, The Real Snowbirds of South Florida: Using Citizen Science to Assess the Ranges of South Florida's Overwintering Birdsh 2018
- May, Jeremy L, Responses of Four Non-tidal Forest Communities of the Florida Everglades to Hurricane Impact over 21 Years 2016
- Moser, Jonathan G, Cold Season Physiology of Arctic Plants 2012
- Olivas, Paulo C., Arctic Ecosystem Responses to Changes in Water Availability and Warming: Short and Long-Term Responses 2010
- Husby, Chad Eric, Ecophysiology and Biomechanics of Equisetum Giganteum in South America 2009
- Colby, Jane Sarah, Effects of a short-term freeze on Sphagnum girgensohnii grown under different light-temperature regimes 2007
- Brinez, Carolina, Dynamics of canopy cover in a wet forest in Costa Rica 2005
- Ahlquist, Lorraine E., Nutrient cycling in Alaskan tundra in response to experimental manipulation of growing season length and soil temperature : a climate change scenario 2003
- Baldwin, Tracy A., Effects of resource limitation on the essential oil production in Ledum palustre ssp decumbens (Ait.) Hultén 2003
- Burch, James N., Interaction of the parasitic angiosperm cassytha filiformis L. (Lauraceae) with the exotic schinus terebinthifolius RADDI (Anacardiaceae) in southern Florida 1997
Research
research interests
- Plant and ecosystem physiology, energy balance, plant phenology and productivity of vascular plants and bryophytes, particularly in response to climate change
principal investigator on
- Collaborative Research: Using the ITEX-AON network to document and understand terrestrial ecosystem change in the Arctic. awarded by National Science Foundation 2019 - 2024
- Arctic Observing Networks: Collaborative Research: ITEX AON - understanding the relationships between vegetation change, plant phenology, and ecosystem function in a warming Arctic awarded by National Science Foundation 2016 - 2020
- Collaborative Research: Understanding the effects of increased freshwater inputs and salt water intrusion on the current and future greenhouse carbon balance of Everglade wetlands awarded by National Science Foundation 2016 - 2019
- Collaborative Proposal: Quantifying the footprint of a dominant organism: Biogeochemical impacts of leaf cutter ants in a lowland tropical forest ecosystem awarded by National Science Foundation 2014 - 2018
- Arctic Observing Networks: Collaborative Research: Sustaining and amplifying the ITEX AON through automation and increased interdisciplinarity of observations. awarded by National Science Foundation 2014 - 2017
- Water-carbon Links in a Tropical Forest: How Interbasin Groundwater Flow Effects Carbon Fluxes and Ecosystems Carbon Budgets awarded by U.S. Department of Energy 2011 - 2016
- Collaborative Research: Dynamics of ecosystem carbon dioxide and methane fluxes from the Florida Everglades: Effects of Hydrology and Vegetation on the Net Radiative Forcing awarded by National Science Foundation 2013 - 2016
- Collaborative Research: Sustaining and amplifying the ITEX AON through automation and increased interdisciplinarity of observations awarded by National Science Foundation 2009 - 2015
- Causes and implications of dry season control of tropical wet forest tree growth at very high water levels: direct vs indirect limitations awarded by National Science Foundation 2009 - 2014
- Collaborative Research: Cold-season gas exchange of arctic plans - resolving winter carbon and water balances of Alaskan arctic tundra. awarded by National Science Foundation 2008 - 2013
- Bridge Funding for Dr. Steven Oberbauer awarded by FIU Division of Research 2011 - 2013
- Response of carbon dioxide, water, and energy exchange of peat and marl wetlands in the Florida Everglades to changes in hydroperiod. awarded by U.S. Department of Energy 2007 - 2012
- Collaborative Research: Study of arctic ecosystem changes in the IPY using the International Tundra Experiment. awarded by National Science Foundation 2007 - 2012
- BE/CBC: Complex interactions among water nutrients and carbon stocks and fluxes across a natural fertility gradient in tropical rain forest. awarded by National Science Foundation 2008 - 2010
- Biocomplexity Associated with the Response of Arctic Tundra Carbon Balkance to Warming and Drying Across Multiple Spatial and Temporal Scales. awarded by National Science Foundation 2004 - 2010
- Processing and analysis of carbon, water, and energy measurements in the Camp Parks Training Area. awarded by U.S. Army 2004 - 2009
co-principal investigator on
- Monitoring of Tree Island Condition in South Everglades awarded by U.S. Army 2009 - 2014
Teaching
teaching activities
- BSC3941-U42: Biological Sciences Research Internship Fall Term 2019
- BSC6913-U11: Student Research Lab Fall Term 2019
Videos
videos
Contact
full name
- Steven Oberbauer
Identifiers
ORCID iD
- https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5404-1658 (confirmed)
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publication subject areas
- Agriculture
- Biodiversity & Conservation
- Engineering
- Environmental Sciences & Ecology
- Evolutionary Biology
- Forestry
- Geology
- Imaging Science & Photographic Technology
- Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics
- Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
- Optics
- Physical Geography
- Physics
- Plant Sciences
- Remote Sensing
- Science & Technology - Other Topics
- Water Resources