WOODY PLANT ECOLOGY PAPERS - R.J. Ansley

Ansley, R.J., T.W. Boutton and P.W. Jacoby.  2007.  Mesquite root distribution and water use efficiency in response to long-term soil moisture manipulations.  Pages 96-103, In: R.Sosebee et al. (compilers), Proceedings 13th Wildland Shrub Symposium - Shrubland Dynamics: Fire and Water, USDA For. Serv. Rocky Mtn. Res. Sta. Pub. RMRS-P-47, 173 p.

Simmons, M.T., S.R. Archer, R.J. Ansley and W.R. Teague.  2007.  Grass effects on tree growth in a temperate savanna.   Journal of Arid Environments 69: 212-227.

Hughes, R. F., S. R. Archer, G. P. Asner, C.A. Wessman, C. McMurtry, J. Nelson and R. J. Ansley. 2006.  Changes in aboveground primary production and carbon and nitrogen pools accompanying woody plant encroachment in a temperate savanna.  Global Change Biology 12: 1733-1747.  

Ansley, R.J. 2005.  How much of a water thief is mesquite?  The Cattleman (June Issue, Pages 20-32). 

Dai, X., T.W. Boutton, B. Glaser, R.J. Ansley, and W. Zech.  2005.  Black carbon in a temperate mixed grass savanna.  Soil Biology and Biochemistry 37: 1879-1881.

Ansley, R.J., W.E. Pinchak, W.R. Teague, B.A. Kramp, D.L. Jones, and P.W. Jacoby. 2004.  Long-term grass yields following chemical control of honey mesquite.  Journal of Range Management 57: 49-57.

Asner, G.P., S.R. Archer, R.F. Hughes, R.J. Ansley, and C.A. Wessman. 2003.  Net changes in regional woody vegetation cover and carbon storage in Texas drylands.  Global Change Biology 9: 316-335.  

Martin, R.E., G.P. Asner, R.J. Ansley, and A.R. Mosier. 2003.  Effects of woody vegetation encroachment on soil nitrogen oxide emissions in a temperate savanna.  Ecological Applications 13: 897-910.  

Heaton, C.B., X.B. Wu and R.J. Ansley.  2003.  Herbicide effects on vegetation spatial patterns in a mesquite savanna.  Journal of Range Management 56: 627-633.

Ansley, R.J., W.A. Dugas, M.L. Heuer and B.A. Kramp.  2002. Bowen ratio/energy balance and scaled leaf measurements of CO₂ flux over burned Prosopis savanna.  Ecological Applications 12: 948-961.  

Ansley, R.J., X.B. Wu and B.A. Kramp.  2001.  Observation: Long-term increases in mesquite canopy cover in a north Texas savanna.  Journal of Range Management 54: 171-176.

Dowhower, S.L., W.R. Teague, R.J. Ansley, and W.E. Pinchak.  2001.  Dry-weight-rank method assessment in heterogenous communities.  Journal of Range Management 54: 71-76.  

Ansley, R.J., B.A. Trevino and P.W. Jacoby.  1998.  Intraspecific competition in honey mesquite: leaf and whole plant responses. Journal of Range Management 51: 345-352.  

Kramp, B.A., R.J. Ansley and T.R. Tunnell. 1998.  Survival of mesquite seedlings emerging from cattle and wildlife feces in a semi-arid grassland. The Southwestern Naturalist 43: 300-312.

Ansley, R.J., J.A. Huddle and B.A. Kramp.  1997.  Mesquite ecology.  Pages 21-25 In: D. Rollins, D.N. Ueckert and C.G. Brown (eds). Proceedings: Brush Sculptors Symposium, Uvalde, August 21-22 and Abilene, Sept. 17-18, 1997,  TAEX Misc. Pub., TAES-San Angelo. 150 pp.  

Owens, M. K., and R.J. Ansley.  1997.  Ecophysiology and growth of Ashe and redberry juniper.  pp. 19-31 In: Proceedings: Juniper Symposium 1997, San Angelo, January 1997, TAES Misc. Pub., San Angelo.  

Ansley, R.J., W.E. Pinchak, and D.N. Ueckert. 1995.  Changes in redberry juniper distribution in northwest Texas (1948 to 1982).  Rangelands 17: 49-53.  

Ansley, R.J., W.A. Dugas, M.L. Heuer, and B.A. Trevino.  1994.  Stem flow and porometer measurements of transpiration from honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr.) trees.  Journal of Experimental Botany 45: 847-856.  

Ueckert, D.N., S.G. Whisenant, and R.J. Ansley. 1994. Biology and ecology of redberry juniper. Chap. 3, pages 25-29, In: C.A. Taylor (ed.),  Proceedings: Juniper Symposium 1994, 14 April, TAES-Sonora Res. Sta. Tech. Rep. 94-2, 80 p.  

Ansley, R.J., P.W. Jacoby, C.H. Meadors and B.K. Lawrence.  1992.  Soil and leaf water relations of differentially moisture-stressed honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr).  Journal of Arid Environments 22: 147-159.

Ansley, R.J., D.L. Price, S.L. Dowhower and D. Carlson.  1992.  Seasonal trends in leaf area of honey mesquite trees: determination using image analysis. Journal of Range Management 45: 339-344.

Cuomo, G.J., R.J. Ansley, P.W. Jacoby and R.E. Sosebee.  1992.  Honey mesquite transpiration along a vertical site gradient. Journal of Range Management 45: 334-338.  

Ansley, R.J., P.W. Jacoby and R. Hicks.  1991.  Leaf and whole plant transpiration in honey mesquite following severing of lateral roots.  Journal of Range Management 44: 577-583.

Jacoby, P.W., and R. J. Ansley.  1991.  Mesquite: classification, distribution, ecology, and control. Chap. 36, pp. 364-376 In: L.F. James, J.O. Evans, M.H. Ralphs, D.R. Child (eds):  Noxious Range Weeds.  Westview Press, Boulder, CO. 466 pp.  

Ansley, R.J., P.W. Jacoby and G.J. Cuomo.  1990.  Water relations of honey mesquite following severing of lateral roots: influence of location and amount of subsurface water.  Journal of Range Management 43: 436-442.

Ansley, R.J., C.H. Meadors and P.W. Jacoby.  1990.  Preferential attraction of the twig girdler, Oncideres cingulata texana Horn, to moisture-stressed mesquite.  Southwestern Entomologist 15: 469-474.  

Hicks, R.A., D.D. Briske, C.A. Call and R.J. Ansley.  1990.  Co-existence of a perennial C₃ bunchgrass in a C₄ dominated grassland: an evaluation of gas exchange characteristics.  Photosynthetica 24: 63-74.

Jacoby, P.W., R.J. Ansley, C.H. Meadors and A.H. Huffman.  1990.  Epicuticular wax in honey mesquite: seasonal accumulation and intraspecific variation.  Journal of Range Management 43: 347-350.  

Ansley, R.J., P.W. Jacoby and B.K. Lawrence.  1989.  Influence of stress history on water use patterns of honey mesquite.  pp. 75-82.  In:  Wallace, A., McArthur, E. D., Haferkamp, M.R. (compilers). Proceedings: Symposium on Shrub Ecophysiology and Biotechnology, Logan, UT, 30 June-2 July, 1987.  Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-256; USDA Intermtn. Res. Sta., Ogden, UT, 183 p.

Ansley, R.J., P.W. Jacoby and B.K. Lawrence.  1988.  Root containerization for physiological studies of shrubs and trees on rangeland.  Journal of Range Management 41: 90-91.  

Ansley, R.J., D.L. Price, B.K. Lawrence and P.W. Jacoby. 1988. A truck-mounted mobile screen for photodigital estimation of whole plant leaf area.  Journal of Range Management 41: 355-358.

Heitschmidt, R.K., R.J. Ansley, S.L. Dowhower, P.W. Jacoby and D.L. Price.  1988.  Some observations from the excavation of honey mesquite root systems.  Journal of Range Management  41: 227-231.

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