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Short-term water and energy flow in arid ecosystems. Arid Land Ecosystems: Structure, Function and Management. Volume 2:271-299.
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1981. Sensitivity testing of indicators of ecosystem health. Ecosystem Health. 3:44-53.
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1997. Sensitive indicators of desertification: examples of tests in the Chihuahuan Desert. International Symposium and Workshop on Combating Desertification: Connecting Science with Community Action. :1.
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1997. Seed harvester ants (Polonomyrmex rugosus) as "pulse" predators. Journal of Arid Enviornments. 70:549-552.
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2007. Seasonality of some Chihuahuan Desert soil oribatid mites (Acari: Cryptostigmata). Journal of Zoology, London (A). 208:403-416.
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1986. Seasonal and yearly fluctuations in Chihuahuan Desert lizard communities. Herpetologica. 33:54-65.
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1977. Seasonal and diurnal activity patterns in ant communities in a vegetation transition region of southeastern New Mexico (Hymenoptera: formicidae). Sociobiology. 34:477-491.
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1999. Seasonal activity and water loss relationships in four species of Eleodes (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). The Southwestern Entomologist. 1:161-163.
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1976. The role of subterranean termites in the decomposition of above ground creosotebush litter. Sociobiology. 13:235-239.
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1987. The role of nematodes in decomposition in desert ecosystems. Nematodes in Ecosystems. :98-117.
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1982. The role of mites and nematodes in early stages of buried litter decomposition in a desert. Ecology. 62:664-669.
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1981. The role of microarthropods and nematodes in decomposition in a semi-arid ecosystem. Oecologia. 55:303-310.
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1982. The role of heteromyid rodents in establishment and survival of mesquite in Chihuahuan Desert black grama (Bouteloua eriopoda) grasslands. Sixth Symposium on the Natural Resources of the Chihuahuan Desert Region. :21.
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2004. Role of ants and termites in improving soil water infiltration. Society for Range Management. :54.
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1998. The role of animals in desertification: Herbivory patterns in degraded grassland. 89th Annual Meeting, Ecological Society of America. :Abstractp.438.
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2004. Responses of plant assemblages to disturbance gradients in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. Winter Meeting of the British Ecological Society. :71.
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1995. Responses of Chihuahuan Desert herbaceous annuals to rainfall augmentation. Journal of Arid Environments. 12:127-139.
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1987. Responses of Chihuahuan Desert annual plant communities to desertification and exposure to varying grazing stress.. International Symposium and Workshop Combating Desertification: Connecting Science with Community Action. :23.
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1997. Responses of a population of Ambystoma tigrinum to thermal and oxygen gradients. Herpetologica. 26:372-376.
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1989. Resource regulation by a twig-girdling beetle has implications for desertification. Ecological Entomology. 33:161-166.
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2008. The relative contributions of termites and microarthropods to fluff grass litter disappearance in the Chihuahuan Desert. Oecologia. 67:31-34.
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1985. The relationship between abiotic factors and the abundance patterns of soil microarthropods on a desert watershed. Pedobiologia. 33:79-86.
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1989. Relation of body size and surface area to gas exchange in anurans. Physiological Zoology. :65-85.
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1968. Reintroduced prairie dog colonies change arthropod communities and enhance burrowing owl foraging resoruces. Immediate Science Ecology. l:12-23.
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2012. Rangeland research in the Chihuahuan Desert. New Mexico Livestock Research Briefs Cattle Growers' Short Course.
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1998. Rangeland research in the Chihuahuan Desert. New Mexico Livestock Research Briefs Cattle Growers' Short Course.
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1995. Rangeland research in the Chihuahuan Desert. New Mexico Livestock Research Briefs Cattle Growers' Short Course.
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1997. Rangeland improvement. Livestock Research Briefs and Cattle Growers' Short Course.
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1996. Rainfall infiltration and loss on a bajada in the Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico. Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Hydraulics/Hydrology of Arid Lands. :349-355.
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1990. Rainfall and decomposition in the Chihuahuan desert. Oecologia. 68:512-515.
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1986. Rabbit herbivory and its effect on cladode, flower, and fruit production of Opuntia violacea var macrocentra (Cactaceae) in the northern Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist. 38:309-315.
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1993. Productivity of creosotebush foliage and associated canopy arthropods along a desert roadside. American Midland Naturalist. 125:310-322.
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1991. Primary production variability in desert ecosystems. Pattern and Process in Desert Ecosystems. :5-17.
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1986. Presence/absence of a keystone species as an indicator of rangeland health. Journal of Arid Environments. 50:513-519.
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2002. Pre-dispersal seed feeding insects of a desert legume, Astragalus nutallianus. The Southwestern Naturalist. 28:466-469.
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1983. Population dynamics of a playa community in the Chihuahuan Desert. The Southwestern Naturalist. 35:393-402.
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1990. Pollination ecology of Yucca elata: an experimental study of a mutualistic association. Oecologia. 93:512-517.
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1993. Plant water relations and photosynthesis during and after drought in a Chihuahuan Desert arroyo. Journal of Arid Environments. 59:27-39.
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2004. Phytophagous insects enhance nitrogen flux in a desert creosotebush community. Oecologia. 82:18-25.
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1990. Physiological responses to temperature in the patch-nosed snake, Salvadora hexalepis. Herpetologica. 27:289-295.
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1971. Physiological responses to temperature in the horned lizards Phrynosoma cornutum and Phrynosoma douglassi. Copeia. 3:498-504.
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1971. Physiological responses to temperature and desiccation in the endemic New Mexico plethodontids, Plethodon neomexicanus and Aneides hardii. Copeia. 2:247-251.
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1968. Persistence of desertified ecosystems: explanations and implications. International Symposium and Workshop on Desertification in Developed Countries: Why Can't We Control It?. :18-19.
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1994. Persistence of desertified ecosystems: explanations and implications. Environmental Monitoring Assessment. 37:319-332.
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1995. Persistence of desertified ecosystems: Explanations and implications. Desertification in developed countries. Reprinted from Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Volume 37, Nos. 1-3, 1995:319-332.
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1995. Pattern in desert ecosystems: water availability and nutrient interactions. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Environmental Quality and Ecosystem Stability. Vol. 3A/B:109-117.
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1986. Pairwise species associations in the perennial vegetation of the northern Chihuahuan Desert. The Southwestern Naturalist. 49:1-10.
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2004. Pack rats (Neotoma spp.): Keystone ecological engineers? Journal of Arid Environments. 74:1450-1455.
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