We gratefully acknowledge support of the NDFF from the DOE Terrestrial Carbon Processes program,  the Brookhaven National Laboratory, the DOE National Nuclear Security Administration/Nevada Operations Office, and National Security Technologies (NSTec).

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Presentations: 1996-2002

Nevada Desert FACE Facility

2002

Apple ME, Smith-Longonzo VL, Wells CE, Nowak RS (2002) The influence of elevated carbon dioxide on root growth and respiration in Larrea tridentata.  Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ.

Babcock DH, Zitzer SF, Housman DC, Fenstermaker LK, Nowak RS, Smith SD, Coleman JS (2002) Influence of microsite and elevated CO₂ (FACE) on recruitment, survival and growth of desert shrubs. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ.

DeFalco LA, Nowak RS (2002) Seasonality of simulated rainfall influences the interaction between invasive annual grass Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens and Mojave Desert perennials. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ.

Housman DC, Killenbeck KT, Evans RD, Smith SD (2002) Nutrient resorption of naturally occuring desert shrubs exposed to Free-Air CO₂ enrichment. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ.

Naumburg E (2002) Seasonal variation in the carboxylation efficiency of Larrea tridentata. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ.

Phillips DL, Tingey DT, Johnson MG, Catricala CE, Hoyman TL (2002) Effects of elevated CO₂ on fine root dynamics in a Mojave Desert ecosystem: a FACE study. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ.

Smith-Longozo VL, Apple ME, Cogar CR, Wells CE, Nowak RS (2002) Mycorrhizal colonization varies with season in shrubs of the Mojave Desert. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ.

Weatherly H, Zitzer SF, Arnone JA (2002) Effects of elevated CO₂ on litter quality, decomposition and their relationship in a Mojave Desert ecosystem. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ.

Zitzer SF, Arnone J, Billings SA, Fenstermaker LK, Nowak RS, Smith SD, Weatherly H (2002) Effects of elevated CO₂ on desert shrub litter production at the Nevada Desert FACE Facility. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ.

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2001

Babcock DH, Zitzer SF, Coleman JS,Seeman JR, Smith SD (2001) Canopy and biomass responses of native undisturbed Mojave Desert shrubs to multiple years of exposure to elevated CO₂ using FACE technology. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Madison, WI.

Billings SA, Schaeffer SM, Charlet TN, Zitzer SF, Smith SD, Evans, RD (2001) Perturbations to nitrogen cycling in response to elevated CO₂ in an intact Mojave Desert ecosystem. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Madison, WI.

DeFalco LA, Nowak RS (2001) Biomass and nitrogen allocation in an invasive annual grass and two native Mojave Desert annuals. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Madison, WI.

Evans RD, Billings SA, Schaeffer SM (2001) Elevated carbon dioxide alters soil nitrogen dynamics in an intact Mojave Desert ecosystem. American Geophysical Union.

Evans RD (2001) Nitrogen stable isotopes as integrators of the nitrogen cycle. Special symposium on "Tracing Carbon in Elevated CO₂ Experiments," sponsored by the Department of Energy and the UN Global Change in Terrestrial Ecosystem Program (GCTE).

Evans RD (2001) Integrating ecosystem nitrogen and carbon dynamics in global change studies. Special symposium on "Earth Systems Related Questions in Climate Change Science," sponsored by the University States Department of Energy and the Biosphere 2 Center of the Columbia Earth Institute.

Housman DC, Huxman TE, Smith SD (2001) Three years of shrub productivity under natural wet and dry cycles at the Nevada Desert FACE Facility. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Madison, WI.

Naumburg E, Housman DC, Charlet TN, Stortz-Lintz D, Smith SD (2001) Effect of Free Air CO₂ Enrichment on photosynthesis in Mojave Desert Shrubs: Results from three years with differing precipitation regimes. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Madison, WI.

Nowak RS Zitzer S, Babcock D, Smith S (2001) Elevated CO₂ does not conserve soil moisture in the Mojave Desert. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Madison, WI.

Smith-Longozo VL, DeFalco LA, Nowak RS (2001) Comparison of parental and growth condition effects between the invasive annual grass Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens and two native Mojave Desert annual species. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Madison, WI.

Wells CE, Pataki D, Schorran D, Cheng W, Cogar C, Nowak R (2001) Increased soil respiration under elevated CO₂ at the Nevada Desert FACE Facility. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Madison, WI.

Zitzer S, Charlet T, Huxman T, Smith S, Nowak R (2001) Interaction of rainfall and elevated CO₂ on population and growth dynamics of native Mojave Desert winter annuals and an exotic annual grass. Ecological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Madison, WI.

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2000

Billings SA, Schaeffer SM, Evans RD (2000)  Response of soil nitrogen dynamics to elevated CO₂ in a Mojave Desert ecosystem.  Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Snowbird UT. 

Charlet TN, Zitzer SF, Smith WE, Smith SD (2000)  The effects of elevated CO₂ on insects at the Nevada Desert FACE Facility. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Snowbird UT. 

DeFalco LS, Nowak RS (2000)  Plant-plant interactions in a Mojave Desert plant community exposed to elevated atmospheric CO₂ during a year with above-average precipitation.  Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Snowbird UT. 

DeFalco LA, Nowak RS  (2000)  Plant-plant interactions within an intact community exposed to elevated atmospheric CO2 at the Nevada Desert FACE Facility.  FACE 2000 Conference, Tsukuba, Japan.

Housman DC, Ramos A, Smith SD (2000)  Effects of elevated CO₂ and supplemental nitrogen on photosynthesis and productivity of the Mojave Desert annual, Camissonia claviformis.  Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Snowbird UT.

Huxman TE, Smith SD, Loik ME, Housman DC, Seemann JR (2000)  Photosynthesis and growth in perennial shrubs at elevated CO₂  during contrasting wet and dry years at the Nevada Desert FACE Facility.  Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Snowbird UT.

Loik ME, Huxman TE, Housman DC, Smith SD (2000)  Chlorophyll fluorescence for Mojave Desert plants exposed to elevated CO₂ in wet and dry years.  Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Snowbird UT. 

Nowak RS, Jordan DN, DeFalco LA, Coleman JS, Seemann JR,Smith SD (2000)  Effects of elevated CO₂ on leaf conductance and temperature for three desert perennials at the Nevada Desert FACE Facility.  FACE 2000 Conference, Tsukuba, Japan.

Nowak RS, Seemann JR, Coleman JS, Smith SD  (2000)  Responses of desert vegetation to elevated atmospheric CO2: The Nevada Desert FACE Facility.  FACE 2000 Conference, Tsukuba, Japan. 

Schaeffer SM, Bilings SA, Evans RD (2000)  Nitrogen dynamics in an arid ecosystem in response to carbon and nitrogen addition.  Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Snowbird UT.

Titus JH, Nowak RS, Smith SD (2000)  Soil resource heterogeneity in the Mojave Desert.  Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Snowbird UT.

Wells C, Pataki D, Schorran D, Cheng W, Nowak R (2000)  A system for soil CO2 flux measurements at the Nevada Desert FACE Facility.  FACE 2000 Conference, Tsukuba, Japan.

Zitzer S, Arnone J, Nowak R, Seemann J, Smith S (2000)  Litter accumulation beneath Mojave Desert shrubs exposed to predicted 21st century atmospheric CO₂ levels using Free Air CO₂ Enrichment (FACE). Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Snowbird UT.

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1999

DeFalco LA, Bryla DM, Nowak RS (1999) The effects of nitrogen fertilization and plant density on resource acquisition by non­native and native Mojave Desert ephemerals. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Spokane WA.

Gamon JA, Fenstermaker LK, Sims DA (1999) Optical detection of early CO₂ treatment effects at the Nevada Desert FACE Facility.

Housman D, Zitzer SF, Coleman J, Nowak RS, Seemann J (1999)  Survival and growth characteristics of naturally recruited seedlings of Mojave Desert shrubs Larrea tridentata and Ambrosia dumosa exposed to elevated atmospheric CO₂ (FACE) during a wet year. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Spokane WA.

Huxman TE, Smith SD (1999) Seasonal patterns of photosynthetic enhancement due to increased atmospheric CO₂ in shrubs from the Nevada Desert FACE Facility.  8^th Western Photosynthesis Conference, Asilomar CA.

Huxman TE, Smith SD (1999)  Photosynthesis, water use and growth of a desert annual and ephemeral at the Nevada Desert FACE Facility. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Spokane WA.

Huxman TE, Smith SD, Zitzer SF, Housman DC, Pataki DE, Nowak RS, Coleman JS, Seemann JR (1999)  Influence of increasing CO₂ on primary production in an intact Mojave Desert ecosystem during contrasting wet and dry years. Great Basin Biological Research Conference, Reno NV.

Jordan DN, Biggart C, Zitzer SF, DeFalco LA, Nowak RS (1999) Interaction of leaf conductance and soil water availability of three native Mojave Desert species exposed to Free Air CO₂ Enrichment (FACE). Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Spokane WA.

Loik ME, Huxman TE, Smith SD (1999) Chlorophyll fluorescence for plants exposed to elevated CO₂ in the Mojave Desert.  8^th Western Photosynthesis Conference, Asilomar CA.

Nowak RS, Coleman J, Seemann J, Smith S  (1999)  Global change biology of deserts: Field studies by the Nevada Global Environmental Change Program.  US DOE Joint Science Team Meeting, Indianapolis IN.

Nowak RS, DeFalco L, Vivin P, Yoder C, Biggart C (1999)  Effects of elevated CO₂ on root systems of Mojave Desert vegetation. US-DOE Joint Science Team Meeting, Indianapolis IN.

Pataki DE, Huxman TE, Jordan DN, Smith SD, Nowak RS, Zitzer SF, Coleman JS, Seemann JR (1999)  Plant water relations in a natural Mojave Desert ecosystem during two years of free air CO₂ enrichment. Great Basin Biological Research Conference, Reno NV.

Phillips DL, Johnson MG, Tingey DT, Biggart C (1999) Fine root responses to elevated CO₂ in a Mojave Desert ecosystem. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Spokane WA.

Smith SD, Huxman TE (1999) Constraints on photosynthetic enhancement in Larrea tridentata at elevated carbon dioxide.  8^th Western Photosynthesis Conference, Asilomar  CA.

Smith SD, Huxman TE, Nowak RS, Zitzer SF  (1999)  Responses of a Mojave Desert ecosystem to elevated atmospheric CO₂: Results from the Nevada Desert FACE Facility.  Water in the Desert Symposium, California Academy of Sciences.

Smith SD, Huxman TE, Zitzer S, Charlet T, Grant C (1999) Stimulation of primary productivity in a Mojave Desert ecosystem by elevated CO₂: A comparison of estimation methods at the Nevada Desert FACE Facility. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Spokane WA.

Smith S, Huxman T, Zitzer S, Charlet T, Housman D, Coleman J, Nowak R, Seemann J (1999)  Elevated CO₂ stimulates production of Mojave Desert annuals at the Nevada Desert FACE Facility. Great Basin Biological Research Conference, Reno NV.

Titus JH, Fenstermaker LK, Charlet TN, Nowak RS, Smith SD, Coleman JS (1999)  Long-Term Desert Ecological Research Site.  Great Basin Biological Research Conference, Reno NV.

Zitzer S, Coleman V, Jordan V, Nowak R, Seemann J, Smith S (1999)  Litter accumulation beneath Mojave Desert shrubs exposed to predicted 21^st Century atmospheric CO₂ levels (FACE): Comparison of evergreen Larrea tridentata with various deciduous shrubs.  Mojave Desert Science Symposium, Las Vegas NV.

Zitzer SF, Huxman T, Charlet T, Stortz­Lintz D, Smith S (1999) Influence of exposure to elevated atmospheric CO₂ (FACE) on growth and reproduction by winter annuals in an undisturbed Mojave Desert site during a wet year. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Spokane WA.

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1998

DeFalco LA, Nowak RS, Seemann JR (1998) Photosynthetic down-regulation in three Mojave Desert grasses exposed to elevated atmospheric CO₂. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Nowak RS, DeFalco LA, Biggart C, Jordan DN, Smith SD (1998) Effects of elevated atmospheric CO₂ on leaf conductance and leaf temperature of Larrea tridentata at Desert FACE. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting Baltimore, MD. 

Pataki DE, Jordan DN, Zitzer SR, Huxman TE, Defalco LA, Coleman JS (1998) Transpiration and conductance of two Mojave Desert shrub species at the Nevada Desert FACE Facility.  Annual Meeting, American Geophysical Union.

Phillips D, Johnson M, Tingey D, Biggart C, Nowak R, Newsom J (1998) Minirhizotron installation in rocky, sandy soils minimizing soil disturbance. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Smith SD, Nowak RS, Zitzer SF, Pataki DE, Jordan DN, Biggart C (1998)  Effects of Elevated CO₂ on Site Water Balance at the Nevada Desert FACE Facility: A Preliminary Assessment. Department of Energy Vadose Zone Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

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1997

DeFalco L, Yoder C, Vivin P, Nowak R (1997)  Effects of early- and late-season drought on three Mojave Desert grasses under an elevated atmospheric CO₂ concentration.  3^rd International IGBP-GCTE Workshop, Durham, NC.

Huxman TE, Hamerlynck EP, Jordan DN, Smith SD (1997)  Growth rates and parental CO₂ environment for Bromus rubens seedlings.  Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM.

Huxman TE, Hamerlynck EP , Shaulis L, Jordan DN , Smith SD, Nowak RS , Seemann J (1997)  Gas exchange responses of Larrea tridentata to elevated CO₂: A comparison of field (FACE) and greenhouse results. 3^rd International IGBP-GCTE Workshop, Durham, NC.

Huxman TE, Salsman KJ, Jordan DN, Hamerlynck EP, Smith SD  (1997)  The effects of parental CO₂ environment on photosynthesis and leaf nutrition in seedlings of Bromus rubens.  Plant Biology 1997 Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Jordan DN, Salsman KJ, DeFalco LA, Nowak RS, Smith SD  (1997)  Responses of two Mojave Desert plants to elevated atmospheric CO₂ in a controlled environment glasshouse.  Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Albuquerque NM.

Luo Y, Reynolds JF, Smith SD, Seemann JR, Nowak RS, Coleman JS (1997) Comparative responses of ecosystems to elevated CO₂: A modeling collaboration in the Duke Forest and Mojave Desert FACE (Free-Air Co₂ Enrichment) Programs.  5^th International CO₂ Conference, Sydney, Australia.

Smith SD, RS Nowak, JR Seemann, DN Jordan, and GR Hendrey (1997)  The Nevada Desert FACE Facility (NDFF): Description and early results. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Albuquerque NM.

Zitzer SF, Jordan DN, Nowak RS, Seemann JR, Smith SD (1997)  Biotic, abiotic, and engineering aspects of the Mojave Desert Free-Air CO₂ Enrichment (FACE) Facility. 3^rd International IGBP-GCTE Workshop, Durham, NC.

1996

Jordan DN, K Salsman, EP Hamerlynck, SD Smith, RS Nowak and JR Seemann (1996) Effects of Elevated CO₂ on Mojave Desert Plants: Preliminary Results of the UNLV Controlled Environment Studies. Plant Acclimation to Elevated CO₂. 2^nd International IGBP-GCTE Workshop, Lake Tahoe, CA.