Curriculum Vitae: David G. Williams

Last updated September 7, 2006

 

Department of Renewable Resources                 Tel: 307-766-2494

University of Wyoming                                         Fax: 307-766-6403

Laramie, WY 82071                                               Email: dgw@uwyo.edu

                    

 

Education

 

      BA - 1985              Botany, The University of Texas, Austin

      MS - 1988             Range Science, Texas A&M University, College Station

Thesis title: Extent and ecological significance of physiological integration among ramets within the bunchgrass Schizachyrium scoparium var. frequens. (Advisor � David D. Briske)

      PhD - 1992            Botany, Washington State University, Pullman

Dissertation title: Physiological ecology of the invasive grass Pennisetum setaceum on Hawaii. (Advisors � Richard N. Mack and R. Alan Black)

 

Areas of specialization

 

Stable isotope ecology, applied plant ecology, plant physiological ecology, plant water relations, carbon and water cycles in arid and semi-arid environments, ecology of plant invasions, global change ecology

 

Academic positions

 

      2002-present       Associate Professor, Departments of Renewable Resources and Botany,

                                          University of Wyoming

      2002-present       Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Renewable Resources,

                                          University of Arizona

      2002-present       Director, University of Wyoming Stable Isotope Facility,

                                          University of Wyoming

      2002-2003           Fulbright Research Fellow, Centre d�Etudes Spatiales de la Biosphere,

                                          Toulouse, France

      2001-2002           Associate Professor, School of Renewable Natural Resources,

                                          University of Arizona

      1995-2001           Assistant Professor, School of Renewable Natural Resources,

                                          University of Arizona

1993-1995                 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biology, University of Utah

      1988-1992           Teaching/Research Assistant, Departments of Botany and Biology,

                                          Washington State University

      1985-1988           Teaching/Research Assistant, Departments of Range Science and Biology,

                                          Texas A&M University

 

Honors and Awards

 

      Phi Kappa Phi, 1988

      Sigma Xi Graduate Research Award, 1990

      Biddulph Graduate Student Fellowship in Botany, Washington State University, 1991

      United States Department of Agriculture, National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program, New Investigator Award, 1996

      United States Department of Agriculture, Group Honor Award for Excellence, 2001

      Fulbright Research Scholar Award for France, 2002-2003

 

Professional society memberships

 

      Ecological Society of America

      American Geophysical Union

      Society for Range Management

 

Grants and Contracts Awarded

 

Williams, D.G. Water use along a semi-arid riparian continuum. USDA-NRI, $97,242, 1996-1999.

Williams, D.G. Effect of grass invasion on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics. University of Arizona Faculty Small Grant Program, $5,000, 1996-1997.

Williams, D.G. Alien grass invasion and ecosystem feedbacks in southern Arizona. Agricultural Experiment Station/Hatch. $38,640, 1996-1999.

Goodrich, D., D. Cooper, J.L. Dwyer, L. Hipps, T. Maddock, III, S. Moran., D.E. Myers, E. Njoku, J. Schieldge, D.I. Stannard, and D.G. Williams. Water resources management to sustain growth and riparian biodiversity: In-situ and remote measurements of riparian corridor evapotranspiration. NASA, $154,372, 1996-1998.

McPherson, G., M. McClaran, and D.G. Williams. An interactive computer instructional environment for interrelated courses. University of Arizona Teaching Center, $5,400, 1997-1998.

Leavitt, S., M.J. Ottman, A.D. Matthias, T.L. Thompson, D.G. Williams, and R.L. Roth. Elevated CO2 and limited water supply effects on carbon processes and sequestration in C4 grass. USDA-NRI, $505,700, 1997-2000.

Williams, D.G. Isotopic indicators of CO2 and H2O fluxes in semi-arid ecosystems. University of Arizona Research Development Funds competitive grant; $20,000, 1998-2000.

Leavitt, S. and D.G. Williams. Visiting scholar fund for the Institute for the Study of Planet Earth. University of Arizona, $1,312, 1998.

Goodrich, D. and D.G. Williams. Ephemeral channel deep recharge and evapotranspiration from near-channel vegetation. Cochise County, AZ, $70,163, 1998-2000.

Williams, D.G., K. Hultine, D.G. Goodrich. Isotope biohydrology of an ephemeral drainage. USGS/Water Resources Research Center competitive grant, $13,724, 1999-2000.

Webb, R.H., D. Meko, and D.G. Williams. Surface water/groundwater dependence of riparian trees: A synthetic dendrohydrology and ecophysiology study. USGS-Groundwater Project, $150,000, 1999-2002.

Williams, D.G., D.L. Dettman, S.W. Leavitt, T.A. Markow, C.M. del Rio. An isotope ratio mass spectrometer for the biological sciences at the University of Arizona. NSF, $189,000, 2000-2001. 

Weltzin, J., and D.G. Williams. Climate change, grass invasions, and woody plant dynamics in semi-arid savannas. USDA-NRI, $300,000, 2000-2003.

Williams, D.G. Interactions between mesquite and Lehmann lovegrass: geomorphic controls on plant and soil water balance. Agricultural Experiment Station/Hatch, $18,000, 2000-2003.

Williams, D.G. Integrated measurement and modeling of hydro-ecological resources in Morocco. $4,885, University of Arizona Faculty Small Grant Program, 2001-2002.

Goodrich, D., R. Scott, D.G. Williams, N. Grimm, M. Conklin, and J. Stromberg. San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area Water Needs Study. $823,894, BLM-Upper San Pedro Partnership, 2001-2005.

Williams, D.G., D. Goodrich, R. Scott, and G. Lin. Relationship between hydrologic condition and plant transpiration and carbon exchange. $109,190 (year 1). 2001-2003. NSF-SAHRA Science and Technology Center.

Williams, D.G. Integrated measurement and modeling of hydro-ecological resources in semi-arid regions. $22,000. Fulbright Scholar Program, France. 2002-2003.

Williams, D.G. and S.E. Williams. Collaborative Isotopic Studies in Steppe Ecosystems of Inner Mongolia and Wyoming. $1,500. University of Wyoming, College of Agriculture Global Perspectives Grant. 2004.

Williams, D.G. Net carbon exchange and evapotranspiration in sagebrush steppe: response to extreme summer rainfall events. $8,000. Wyoming NASA Space Grant Consortium. 2004.

Williams, D.G. Collaborative Isotopic Studies in Steppe Ecosystems of Inner Mongolia and Wyoming. $1,035. University of Wyoming International Program Travel Grant. 2004.

Williams, D.G., M. Ben-David, R.O. Hall, C. Martinez del Rio and E. Pendall. Isotope ratio mass spectrometers for biological and environmental research and training at the University of Wyoming. $409,042 total, $270,042 external. NSF (DBI-0400752). 2004-2005.

Williams, D.G. Collaborative Research: Sensitivity of ecosystem processes to precipitation across a grassland to shrubland vegetation transition in the southwestern US. $224,000. NSF (DEB-0414680). 2004-2007.

Williams, D.G. Collaborative Research: Vulnerability of semi-arid grasslands to encroachment by woody plants: the role of grass invasions, seasonal precipitation, and soil type. $109,496. NSF (DEB-0417228). 2004-2007.

Williams, D.G. Travel Grant for BASIN

Williams, D.G. and E. Pendall. How will grassland ecosystems respond to rising CO2 and climate change? $130,000. USDA-ARS subcontract cooperative agreement. 2004-2009.

Sharma, S. and D.G. Williams. Volcanic degassing in Yellowstone National Park: An un-tapped research opportunity for studying effects of elevated CO2 on coniferous forest. $7,500. University of Wyoming Faculty Grant-in-Aid. 2006-2007.

 

 

Publications (*students and postdocs mentored by Williams)

 

Book chapters

 

Ehleringer, J.R., R.D. Evans, and D. Williams. 1998. Assessing sensitivity to change in desert ecosystems - a stable isotope approach. Pages 223-237.  In H. Griffiths (ed.), Stable Isotopes Integration of Biological, Ecological, and Geochemical Processes.  BIOS Scientific Publ., Oxford.

Williams, D.G., G.R. McPherson, and J.F. Weltzin. 1999. Stress in Wildland plants: Implications for ecosystem structure and function. Pages 907-929.  In M. Pessarakli (ed.). Handbook of plant and crop stress: second edition. Marcel Dekkar, Inc., New York.

Williams, D.G. and K.A. Snyder. 2003. Responses of woody plants to heterogeneity of soil water in arid and semiarid environments. Pages 28-46. In J. Weltzin and G. McPherson (eds), Changing precipitation regimes and terrestrial ecosystems. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.

Goodrich, D.C., D.G. Williams, C.L. Unkrich, J.F. Hogan, R.L. Scott, K.R. Hultine, D. Pool, A.L. Coes, and S. Miller. 2004. Comparison of methods to estimate ephemeral channel recharge, Walnut Gulch, San Pedro River Basin, Arizona, In Groundwater Recharge in a Desert Environment: The Southwestern United States, edited by J.F. Hogan, F.M. Phillips, and B.R. Scanlon, Water Science and Applications Series, vol. 9, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., pp. 77-99.

*Yepez E.A. and D.G. Williams. Precipitation pulses and ecosystem carbon and water exchange in arid and semiarid environments. In Biophysical plant ecology: perspectives and trends, ed. E. de la Barrera. UC Press, Berkeley CA. (submitted).

Williams, D.G. and R. Scott. Vegetation-hydrology interactions: Dynamics of riparian plant water use along the San Pedro River, Arizona. In Stromberg, J. and B. Tellman (eds) Riparian area conservation and ecology in a semi-arid region: the San Pedro River example. (in press).

Williams, D.G., R.D. Evans and J.R. Ehleringer. Applications of stable isotope measurements for early-warning detection of ecological change. In T.E. Dawson and R. Siegwolf (eds), Isotopes as tracers of ecological change. Elsevier Academic Press. (in review).

Hemming, D., N. Loader, A. Marca , I. Robertson, D. Williams, L. Wingate, D. Yakir. The future of large-scale isotope networks. In T.E. Dawson and R. Siegwolf (eds), Isotopes as tracers of ecological change. Elsevier Academic Press. (in review).

 

Refereed journal articles

 

Williams, D.G. and D.D. Briske. 1991. Size and ecological significance of the physiological individual in the bunchgrass Schizachyrium scoparium. Oikos 62:41-47.

Williams, D.G. and R.A. Black. 1993. Phenotypic variation in contrasting temperature environments: Growth and photosynthesis in Pennisetum setaceum from different altitudes on Hawaii. Functional Ecology 7:623-633.

Williams, D.G. and R.A. Black. 1994. Response to drought for a native and introduced Hawaiian grass. Oecologia 97:512-519.

Williams, D.G., Mack, R.N. and R.A. Black. 1995. Ecophysiology and growth of introduced Pennisetum setaceum on Hawaii: The role of phenotypic plasticity. Ecology 76:1569-1580.

Williams, D.G. and R.A. Black. 1996. Resource limitations to growth and gas exchange for introduced Pennisetum setaceum on Hawaii. Canadian Journal of Botany 74:268-265.

Williams, D.G. and J.R. Ehleringer. 1996. Carbon isotope discrimination in three semi-arid woodland species along a monsoon gradient. Oecologia 106:455-460.

Linton, M.J., J.S. Sperry, and D.G. Williams. 1998. Xylem cavitation in roots and branches of Juniperus osteosperma and Pinus edulis. Functional Ecology 12:906-911.

Williams, D.G. and J. R. Ehleringer. 2000. Carbon isotope discrimination and water relations of oak hybrid populations in southwestern Utah. Western North American Naturalist 60:121-129.

Cooper, D.I., W.E. Eichinger, L. Hipps, J. Kao, J. Reisner, S. Smith, *S.M. Schaeffer, and D.G. Williams. 2000. Spatial and temporal properties of water vapor and flux over a riparian canopy. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 105:161-183.

Goodrich, D.C., A. Chehbouni, B. Goff, B. MacNish, T. Maddock, S. Moran, W.J. Shuttleworth, D.G. Williams et al. 2000. Preface paper to the Semi-Arid Land-Surface-Atmosphere (SALSA) program special issue. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 105:3-19.

Goodrich, D.C., R. Scott, J. Qi, B. Goff, C.L. Unkrich, M.S. Moran, D.G. Williams, *S. Schaeffer, *K. Snyder, R. MacNish, T. Maddock, D. Pool, A. Chehbouni, D.I. Cooper, W.E. Eichinger, W.J. Shuttleworth, Y. Kerr, R. Marsett, and W. Ni. 2000. Seasonal estimates of riparian evapotranspiration using remote and in-situ measurements.  Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 105:281-309.

*Schaeffer, S.M., D.G. Williams, and D.C. Goodrich. 2000. Transpiration in cottonwood/willow forest patches estimated from sap flux. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 105:257-270.

*Snyder, K. and D.G. Williams. 2000. Water sources used by riparian trees varies among stream types on the San Pedro river, Arizona. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 105:227-240.

Williams, D.G. and J. R. Ehleringer. 2000. Intra- and interspecific variation for summer precipitation use in pinyon-juniper woodlands. Ecological Monographs 70:517-537.

Williams, D.G. and Z. Baruch. 2000. African grass invasion in the Americas: ecosystem consequences and the role of ecophysiology. Biological Invasions. 2:123-140.

Wall, G.W., T.J. Brooks, N.R. Adam, A. Cousins, B.A. Kimball, P.J. Pinter, Jr, R.L. LaMorte, J. Triggs, M.J. Ottman, S.W. Leavitt, A.D. Matthias, D.G. Williams, and A.N. Webber. 2001. Elevated atmospheric CO2 improved sorghum plant water status by ameliorating the adverse effects of drought. New Phytologist 152:231-248.

Weltzin, J.F., *K.A. Snyder, and D.G. Williams. 2001. Changes in precipitation seasonality and oak (Quercus) recruitment: linking physiology and demography. Western North American Naturalist 61:463-472.

Williams, D.G., *V. Gempko, *A. Fravolini, S.W. Leavitt, G.W. Wall, B.A. Kimball, P.J. Pinter Jr., R. LaMorte, and M. Ottman. 2001. Carbon isotope discrimination by Sorghum bicolor under CO2 enrichment and drought. New Phytologist 150:285-293.

*Fravolini, A., D.G. Williams, and T.L. Thompson. 2002. Carbon isotope discrimination and bundle sheath leakiness in three C4 subtypes grown under variable nitrogen, water and atmospheric CO2 supply. Journal of Experimental Botany 53:2261-2269.

Brooks, J.R., N. Buchmann, S. Phillips, B. Ehleringer, R. Evans, L.A. Martinelli, W.T. Pockman, D. Sandquist, J.P. Sparks, L. Sperry, D.G. Williams, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2002. Heavy and light beer: a carbon isotope approach to detecting C4 carbon in beers of different origins, styles and prices. Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry 50:6413-6418.

Scott, R.L., C. Watts, J. Garatuza, E. Edwards, D.C. Goodrich, D.G. Williams, and W.J. Shuttleworth. 2003. The understory and overstory partitioning of energy and water fluxes in a semi-arid woodland ecosystem. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 114:127-139.

*Hultine, K.L., *W.L. Cable, S.S.O. Burgess, and D.G. Williams. 2003. Hydraulic redistribution by deep roots of a Chihuahuan desert phreatophyte. Tree Physiology 23:353-360.

*Hultine, K., D.G. Williams, S.S.O. Burgess, and T.O. Keefer. 2003. Hydraulic redistribution and diurnal storage capacitance in desert phreatophytes. Oecologia 135:167-175.

*Snyder, K.A., and D.G. Williams. 2003. Experimental defoliation differentially alters water uptake by deep and shallow roots of Prosopis velutina (velvet mesquite). Functional Ecology 17:363-374.

*Yepez, E.A., D.G. Williams, R. Scott, and G. Lin. 2003. Partitioning overstory and understory evapotranspiration in a semi-arid savanna ecosystem from the isotopic composition of water vapor. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 119:53-68.

Weltzin, J.F., M.E. Loik, S. Schwinning, D.G. Williams, P. Fay, B. Haddad, J. Harte, T.E. Huxman, A.K. Knapp, G. Lin, W.T. Pockman, M.R. Shaw, E. Small, M.D. Smith, S.D. Smith, D.T. Tissue, and J.C. Zak. 2003. Assessing the response of terrestrial ecosystems to potential changes in precipitation. BioScience 53:941-952.

*Potts, D.L. and D.G. Williams. 2004. Response of tree ring Holocellulose d13C to moisture availability in Populus fremontii at perennial and intermittent stream reaches. Western North American Naturalist 64:27-37.

Huxman T.E., M.D. Smith, P.A. Fay, A.K. Knapp, M.R. Shaw, M.E. Loik, S.D. Smith, D.T. Tissue, J.C. Zak, J.F. Weltzin, W.T. Pockman, O.E. Sala, B. Haddad, J. Harte, G.W. Koch, S. Schwinning, E.E. Small, and D.G. Williams. 2004. Precipitation and production: convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency. Nature 429:651-654.

Guerenstein, P.G., *E.A. Yepez, J. van Haren, D.G. Williams, J.G. Hildebrand. 2004. Floral CO2 emission may indicate food abundance to nectar-feeding moths. Naturwissenschaften 91:329-333.

*Hultine, K.R., R.L. Scott, *W.L. Cable, and D.G. Williams. 2004. Hydraulic redistribution by a dominant, warm-desert phreatophyte: seasonal patterns and response to precipitation pulses. Functional Ecology 18:530-538.

Williams, D.G., *W. Cable, *K. Hultine, J.C.B. Hoedjes, *E. Yepez, V. Simonneaux, S. Er-Raki, G. Boulet, H.A.R. de Bruin, A. Chehbouni, O.K. Hartogensis and F. Timouk. 2004. Components of evapotranspiration determined by stable isotope, sap flow and eddy covariance techniques. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 125:241-258.

Huxman, T.E., J.M. Cable, D.D. Ignace, J.A. Eilts, *N.B. English, J. Weltzin, and D.G. Williams. 2004. Response of net ecosystem gas exchange to a simulated precipitation pulse in a semi-arid grassland: the role of native and non-native grasses and soil texture. Oecologia 141:295-305.

*Salo, L.F., G.R. McPherson, and D.G. Williams. 2005. Sonoran Desert winter annuals affected by density of red brome and soil nitrogen. The American Midland Naturalist 153:95-109.

*English, N.B, J.F. Weltzin, *A. Fravolini, L. Thomas, D.G. Williams. 2005. The influence of soil texture and vegetation on soil moisture under rainout shelters in a semi-desert grassland. Journal of Arid Environments 63:324-343.

Williams, D.G., J. Coltrain, M. Lott, *N. English, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2005. Oxygen isotopes in cellulose identify source water for archeological maize in the American Southwest. Journal of Archaeological Science 32:931-939.

*Fravolini, A., *K. Hultine, E. Brugnoli, *R. Gazal, *N. English and D.G. Williams. 2005. Precipitation pulse use by an invasive woody legume: the role of soil texture and pulse size. Oecologia 144:618-627.

Pendall, E., D.G. Williams and S.W. Leavitt. 2005. Seasonal and diurnal variations in pinon pine leaf water isotopic enrichment across a summer moisture gradient. Oecologia 145:605-618.

Ferrio, J.P., V. Resco, D.G. Williams, L. Serrano, J. Voltas. 2005. Stable isotopes in arid and semi-arid forest systems.  Investigaci�n Agraria. Sistemas y Recursos Forestales Monogr�fico, 1-12.

Potts, D.L., T.E. Huxman, B.J. Enquist, J. Weltzin and D.G. Williams. 2005. Resilience and resistance of ecosystem functional response to a precipitation pulse in a semi-arid grassland. Journal of Ecology 94:23-30.

*Yepez, E.A., T.E. Huxman, D.D. Ignace, *N.B. English, J.F. Weltzin, A.E. Castellanos and D.G. Williams. 2005. Dynamics of transpiration and evaporation following a moisture pulse in semiarid grassland: a chamber-based isotope method for partitioning flux components. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 132:359-376.

*Hultine K.R., *D.F. Koepke, W.T. Pockman , *A. Fravolini, J.S. Sperry and D.G. Williams. 2006. Influence of soil texture on hydraulic properties and water relations of a dominant warm-desert Phreatophyte. Tree Physiology 26:313-323.

Scott, R.L., T.E. Huxman, D.G. Williams, D.C. Goodrich. 2006. Ecohydrological impacts of woody plant encroachment: seasonal patterns of water and carbon dioxide exchange within a semiarid riparian environment. Global Change Biology 12:311�324.

*Gazal, R., R.L. Scott, D.C. Goodrich and D.G. Williams. 2006. Controls on transpiration in a desert riparian cottonwood forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 137:56�67.

Potts, D.L., T.E. Huxman, J.M. Cable, N.B. English, D.D. Ignace, J.A. Eilts, M.J. Mason, J.F. Weltzin and D.G. Williams. 2006. Antecedent moisture and seasonal precipitation influence response of canopy-scale carbon and water exchange to rainfall pulses in semi-arid grassland. New Phytologist doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01732.x.

Williams, D.G., T.E. Huxman, R.L. Scott, D. Goodrich and G. Lin. 2006. Sensitivity of riparian ecosystems in arid and semiarid environments to moisture pulses. Hydrological Processes (in press).

Potts, D.L., R.L. Scott, D.G. Williams, D.C. Goodrich and T.E. Huxman. The sensitivity of ecosystem carbon exchange to seasonal precipitation and woody plant encroachment. Oecologia (in press).

 

Other articles

 

Hipps, L. E., D. Cooper, W. Eichinger, D. Williams, et al. 1998. A summary of processes which are connected to evaporation of riparian and heterogeneous upland vegetation in arid regions. Pages 13-17, In Wood, E.F., Chehbouni, A.G., Goodrich, D.C., Seo, D.J., Zimmerman, J.R., eds., Proceedings from the special symposium on hydrology: Boston, Mass., American Meteorological Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

Maddock III, T., R.D. MacNish, D.C. Goodrich, D.G. Williams, W.J. Shuttleworth, et al. 1998. The overview of atmospheric and surface water coupling to regional groundwater models in semi-arid basins. Pages 38-42, In Wood, E.F., A.G. Chehbouni, D.C. Goodrich, D.J. Seo, and J.R. Zimmerman, technical coordinators. Proceedings from the Special Symposium on Hydrology. American Meteorological Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

Moran, S., D. Williams, D. Goodrich, A. Chehbouni et al. 1998. Overview of remote sensing of semi-arid ecosystem function in the upper San Pedro river basin. Pages 49-54, In Wood, E.F., A.G. Chehbouni, D.C. Goodrich, D.J. Seo, and J.R. Zimmerman, technical coordinators. Proceedings from the Special Symposium on Hydrology. American Meteorological Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

Qi, J., M.S. Moran, D.C. Goodrich, R. Marsett, R. Scott, A. Chehbouni, S. Schaeffer, J. Schieldge, D. Williams, T. Keefer, D. Cooper, L. Hipps, W. Eichinger, and W. Ni. 1998. Estimation of evapotranspiration over the San Pedro riparian area with remote and in situ measurements. Pages 55-60, In Wood, E.F., A.G. Chehbouni, D.C. Goodrich, D.J. Seo, and J.R. Zimmerman, technical coordinators. Proceedings from the Special Symposium on Hydrology. American Meteorological Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

*Schaeffer, S., and D.G. Williams. 1998. Transpiration of desert riparian forest canopies estimated from sap flux. Pages 180-184, In Wood, E.F., A.G. Chehbouni, D.C. Goodrich, D.J. Seo, and J.R. Zimmerman, technical coordinators. Proceedings from the Special Symposium on Hydrology. American Meteorological Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

*Snyder, K.A., D.G. Williams, and V.L. Gempko. 1998. Water source determination for cottonwood, willow and mesquite in riparian forest stands. Pages 185-188, In Wood, E.F., A.G. Chehbouni, D.C. Goodrich, D.J. Seo, and J.R. Zimmerman, technical coordinators. Proceedings from the Special Symposium on Hydrology. American Meteorological Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

Williams, D.G., J.-P. Brunel, S.M. Schaeffer, and K.A. Snyder. 1998. Biotic controls over the functioning of desert riparian ecosystems. Pages 43-48, In Wood, E.F., A.G. Chehbouni, D.C. Goodrich, D.J. Seo, and J.R. Zimmerman, technical coordinators. Proceedings from the Special Symposium on Hydrology. American Meteorological Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

Williams, D.G. 1999. The roots of grass success. BioScience 49:667-670. Book review of Population biology of grasses by G.P. Cheplick (ed.).

Matthias, A.D., S.W. Leavitt, T.L. Thompson, B.A. Kimball, P.J. Pinter Jr, G.W. Wall, R.S. Rauschkolb, M.J. Ottman, R.L. Roth, T.J. Brooks, N.R. Adam, R.L. LaMorte, G. Weschsung, F. Weschung, F.J. Adamsen, D.G. Williams, F.S. Nakayama, D.J. Hunsacker, J. Watson, S.A. White, J.T. Welzmiller. 2001. Free-air CO2 enrichment effects on wheat and sorghum at Maricopa, Arizona, USA. In Carbon dioxide and vegetation: advanced international approaches for absorption of CO2 and responses to CO2 -The 13th Global Environment Tsukuba-, CGER-I046-2001, CGER/NIES.

*Fravolini, A., K.R. Hultine, D.F. Koepke, and D.G. Williams. 2003. The role of soil texture on mesquite water relations and response to summer precipitation. In: Santa Rita Experimental Range: One Hundred Years (1903 to 2003) of accomplishments and contributions; conference proceedings; 2003 October 30 - November 1, Tucson, AZ. Proc. RMRS-P-00. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

*English, N.B., D.G. Williams, and J.F. Weltzin. 2003. Dynamics of soil temperature and moisture following experimental irrigation on the Santa Rita Experimental Range. In: Santa Rita Experimental Range: One Hundred Years (1903 to 2003) of accomplishments and contributions; conference proceedings; 2003 October 30 - November 1, Tucson, AZ. Proc. RMRS-P-00. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

Weltzin, J.F. and D.G. Williams. 2003. Isotopes for Ecosystems. Editorial on �Tracing changes in ecosystem function under elevated CO2� by Pataki et al. BioScience 53:795.

Goodrich, D.C., D.G. Williams, C.L. Unkrich, R.L. Scott, *K.R. Hultine, D. Pool, A. Coes, and J. Hogan. 2003. Ephemeral channel recharge and evapotranspiration from near-channel vegetation. Proceedings of Research in the Watersheds Conference. 50th anniversary of Walnut Gulch, USDA-ARS.

Williams, D.G. 2005. Isotopes reveal sources and sinks of trace gases. Book review of Stable isotopes and biosphere-atmosphere interactions by Larry Flanagan, Jim Ehleringer and Diane Pataki (eds). Ecology 86:3131-3132.

Williams, D.G. 2005. Book review of Ecohydrology of water-controlled ecosystems: soil moisture and plant dynamics by Ignacio Rodr�guez-Iturbe and Amilcare Porporato. Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union 86:344.

Scott, R.L., D. Williams, D. Goodrich, W. Cable, L. Levick, R. McGuire, R. Gazal, E. Yepez, P. Ellsworth and T. Huxman. 2006. Determining the riparian groundwater use within the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area and the Sierra Vista Sub-Basin, Arizona. In Hydrologic Requirements of and Consumptive Ground-Water Use by Riparian Vegetation along the San Pedro River, Arizona. Compiled by J.M. Leenhouts, J.C. Stromberg, and R.L. Scott. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report.

 

Significant reports

 

Scott, R.L., D.C. Goodrich, L. Levick, R. McGuire, W. Cable, D.G. Williams, R. Gazal, E. Yepez, P Ellsworth and T. Huxman. 2004. San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (SPRNCA) water needs study:A research effort funded by the Upper San Pedro Partnership. 79 pp.

Williams, D.G., D. Evans and J. Ehleringer. 2005. On developing a plan for an isotope network within NEON: Report from two BASIN workshops. 30 pp.

 

Presentations

 

Invited seminar and symposium presentations

 

Williams, D.G. 1992. Plasticity of growth and photosynthesis in populations of Fountaingrass (Pennisetum setaceum) from different elevations on Hawaii. Department of Botany, University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Williams, D.G. 1994. Use of summer precipitation in pinyon-juniper woodlands along a summer precipitation gradient. School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff.

Williams, D.G. 1996. Water use by desert plants: monsoons, drought, and response to change.  Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

Williams, D.G. and J.R. Ehleringer. 1996. Use of monsoon precipitation by semi-arid woodland species along a monsoon gradient. American Association for the Advancement of Science, Southwestern Region Annual Meeting, Flagstaff, Arizona.

Ehleringer, J.R., R.D. Evans and D.G. Williams. 1996. Sensitivity to change in aridland ecosystems. Symposium: Stable isotopes and the integration of biological, ecological and geochemical processes. Newcastle, UK.

Williams, D.G. 1996. Water use by desert plants: monsoons, drought, and response to change.  Department of Biology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.

Williams, D.G. 1997. Plant functional attributes in southwestern savannas: Can we generalize? Symposium: Natural and anthropogenic influences on savanna ecosystems of the arid southwest. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Williams, D.G. 1997. Water use by desert plants: monsoons, drought, and response to change. Universidad de Sonora, Hermasillo, Mexico.

Williams, D.G. 1997. Water use by desert plants: monsoons, drought, and response to change.  Department of Biology, Boise State University, Boise, ID.

Williams, D.G., D.R. Sandquist, and Z. Baruch. 1998. Ecophysiological processes related to invasion and ecosystem dominance by African C4 grasses. Symposium: Biotic invasions: a global perspective. VII International Congress of Ecology, Florence, Italy.

Williams, D.G. 1998. Sources of water used by desert riparian trees: The root causes. Department of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

Williams, D.G. 1999. Regulation of the hydrologic cycle by plants: The root causes.  Department of Plant Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Williams, D.G. 2000. Root system dynamics and resource patchiness in semi-arid ecosystems. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.

Williams, D.G. 2002. Precipitation pulse use by plants in arid and semiarid environments: an isotopic perspective. Department of Renewable Resources, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.

Hultine, K.R., W.L. Cable, D.G. Williams, P.Z. Ellsworth, and R.L. Scott. 2002. Transpiration by mesquite on a desert river floodplain. The American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference on Eco-Hydrology of Semiarid Landscapes: Interactions and Processes, Taos, NM.

Williams, D.G. 2002. Precipitation pulse use by plants in arid and semiarid environments. Centre d�Etudes Spatiales de la Biosphere, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Toulouse, France.

Williams, D.G. 2003. Resource pulses in arid and semiarid environments: responses from leaf to catchment scales. Natural Resources Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO.

Williams, D.G. 2004. Plant ecology meets hydrology - examples from the arid Southwest. Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas, Austin, TX.

Williams, D.G. and E.A. Yepez. 2004. Tracing sources of evapotranspiration using stable isotopes: challenges and new opportunities. Invited symposium presentation; Eco-hydrology. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, August 3, 2004, Portland, OR.

Williams, D.G. 2004. Eco-hydrology and hydro-ecology: a synthetic view of vegetation-water interactions in arid regions. School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.

Williams, D.G., R.L. Scott, T.E. Huxman and D.C. Goodrich. 2005. Multi-scale eco-hydrology of riparian ecosystems in the desert Southwest. Invited symposium presentation; Ecohydrology: emerging issues. Society for Range Management annual meeting, February 7, 2005, Fort Worth, TX.

Williams, D.G. 2005. The use of stable isotopes to investigate dynamics of dryland communities and ecosystems. Invited symposium presentation; The biology of dryland plants. Botanical Society of America annual meeting, August 17, 2005, Austin, TX.

Williams, D.G. 2005. Photosynthetic responses of riparian tree taxa to monsoonal moisture in the American Southwest: large-scale patterns across three warm-desert biomes. Invited presentation, organized oral session, Ecological Society of America annual meeting, August 11, 2005, Montreal, Canada.

Williams, D.G. 2005. Integration of ecohydrological processes in space and time: insights from stable isotope measurements in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum. AGU

Williams, D.G., R.D. Evans and J.R. Ehleringer. 2006. Isotope measurement networks for monitoring ecological change at regional to continental scales. Invited conference presentation. Isotopes as tracers of ecological change. SIBAE-BASIN. March 13-15, Tomar, Portugal.

Williams, D.G. 2006. Chinese Graduate School, Beijing

 

Other lectures and seminars

 

Williams, D.G. 2004. On developing a plan for a stable isotope network within NEON. Department of Botany, University of Wyoming, December 10, 2004.

Williams, D.G. 2004. Hidden messages in the environment revealed by stable isotope mass spectrometry. Research Across Disciplines seminar series, Department of Renewable Resources, University of Wyoming, November 5, 2004.

Williams, D.G. 2005. Ecohydrology studies in Morocco. Research Across Disciplines seminar series, Department of Renewable Resources, University of Wyoming, March 4, 2005.

Williams, D.G. 2006. Duolung Grassland Research Station, China

 

Contributed abstracts

 

Williams, D.G. and D. D. Briske. 1987. Physiological integration within the bunchgrass Schizachyrium scoparium: Extent and ecological significance. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Columbus, OH.

Williams, D. G., R. N. Mack and R. A. Black. 1991. Phenotypic correlations among physiological, morphological and reproductive characters in populations of the grass Pennisetum setaceum in Hawaii. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, San Antonio, TX.

Williams, D. G., R. A. Black and R. N. Mack. 1992. Plasticity of growth and photosynthetic characters in the introduced C4 grass Pennisetum setaceum from different elevations on Hawaii. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Honolulu, HI.

Williams, D. G. and R. A. Black. 1993. Response to drought for native and alien Hawaiian grasses. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Madison, WI.

Williams, D.G. and J. R. Ehleringer. 1994. Patterns of water use by aridland trees along a summer precipitation gradient. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Williams, D.G. and J. R. Ehleringer. 1995. Carbon isotope discrimination in three semi-arid woodland species along a monsoon gradient. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Snowbird, Utah.

Williams, D.G. and J.R. Ehleringer. 1996. Water sources and carbon isotope discrimination for three semi-arid woodland species along a monsoon gradient. Conference - Stable isotopes and the integration of biological, ecological and geochemical processes. Newcastle, UK.

Goodrich, D.C., T. Maddock, III, R. MacNish, M.S. Moran, J. Shuttleworth, and D.G. Williams. 1996. Measurements of GW, SW, and ET Fluxes in a Semi-Arid Riparian System as part of the SALSA Program. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.

Snyder, K.A., J.F. Weltzin and D.G. Williams. 1997. Effects of altered precipitation regimes on oak seedling carbon isotope discrimination and gas exchange. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Albuquerque, NM.

Schaeffer, S.M., D.G. Williams and J.R. Ehleringer. 1997. Water source partitioning among plant life forms in pinyon-juniper ecosystems. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Albuquerque, NM.

Linton, M.J., J.S. Sperry, and D.G. Williams. 1997. Xylem cavitation in roots and branches of Juniperus osteosperma and Pinus edulis. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Albuquerque, NM.

Schaeffer, S.M., D.G. Williams. 1998. Transpiration of desert riparian forest canopies estimated from sap flux. Society for Range Management Annual meeting, Guadalajara, Mexico.

Keopke, D. and D.G. Williams. 1998. Comparative gas exchange and water relations in young and old shoots of a desert riparian phreatophyte. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Snyder, KA. And D.G. Williams. 1998. Environmental and physiological controls on water source utilization patterns. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Snyder, K.A. and D.G. Williams. 1999. Tree water sources in riparian ecosystems of the southwestern USA: implications for restoration and conservation. Society for Ecological Restoration Annual Meeting.

Salo, L.F., G.R. McPherson, and D.G. Williams.  1999.  Biogeography of red brome in the Sonoran Desert.  Natural Areas Conference, October 13-16, 1999, Tucson, Arizona.

Leavitt, S.W., L. Cheng, T. Brooks, A.D. Matthias, D.G. Williams, T. Thompson, B. Kimball, and P. Pinter. 1999.  Elevated CO2 and limited water supply effects on carbon processes and sequestration in a C4 grass (Sorghum) ecosystem- Soil carbon.  Agronomy Annual Meeting Abstracts. Salt Lake City, Oct. 31-Nov. 4.

Hultine, K.R. and D.G. Williams. 1999. Evidence of hydraulic lift in riparian trees occurring in southeastern Arizona. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Spokane, WA.

Snyder, K.A. and D.G. Williams. 1999. Defoliation differentially alters function of deep and shallow roots in mesquite (Prosopis velutina). Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Spokane, WA.

Fravolini, A. and D.G. Williams. 2000. Effects of elevated CO2, water supply and nitrogen nutrition on growth and photosynthesis in three C4 grasses. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Snowbird, UT.

Salo, L.F., G.R. McPherson, and D.G. Williams. 2000. Biogeography of red brome (Bromus madritensis subsp. rubens) in the Sonoran Desert. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Snowbird, UT.

Trafton, A., K.R. Hultine, and D.G. Williams. 2000. Trees on the edge: Water relations and leaf carbon isotope discrimination in a Chihuahuan Desert wash. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Snowbird, UT.

Koepke, D.F., D.G. Williams, and A. Fravolini. 2000. Effects of soil moisture substrate characteristics on mesquite water relations and leaf carbon isotope ratios in semi-desert grasslands. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Snowbird, UT.

Williams, D.G., G. Lin, and J-.P. Brunel. 2000. Stable isotope composition of water vapor and CO2 of air in mesquite-C4 grass vegetation. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Snowbird, UT.

Snyder, K.A. and D.G. Williams. 2000. Transpiration, root architecture, and biomass allocation in cottonwood (Populus fremontii) and mesquite (Prosopis velutina): Responses to experimental defoliation. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Snowbird, UT.

Tiller, R.L., K.A. Snyder, D.G. Williams, and J.C. Stromberg. 2000. Water source use of a riparian tallgrass, big sacaton (Sporobolus wrightii), along a gradient of depth to groundwater and rainfall regime in southeastern Arizona USA. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Snowbird, UT.

Potts, D., and D.G. Williams. 2001. Cottonwood tree-ring d13C response to seasonal precipitation and stream flow. American Water Resources Association annual meeting, Albuquerque, NM.

Ellsworth, P. and D.G. Williams. 2001. Water use by mesquite. Poster presentation and abstract to the 2001 Beckman Scholar Symposium, Irvine, CA.

Hultine, K.R., D.G. Williams, S.S. Burgess. 2001. Contrasting seasonal patterns of root and stem sap flow in three tree species in a desert arroyo. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Madison, WI.

Hultine, K.R., D.G. Williams, W.L. Cable, S.S. Burgess. 2001. Downward recharge through root systems: has the decline of walnut trees altered the hydrology of semi-arid riparian systems? American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.

Williams, D.G. R. Scott, G. Lin, D. Martens, C. Watts, D. Goodrich, J. Garatuza, J. Rodriguez, E. Edwards, K. Hultine, E. Yepez, P. Ellsworth, W. Cable, J. van Haren, D. Pierce. 2001. Seasonal dynamics of water, carbon, and energy fluxes in mesquite woodland: project overview and preliminary results. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.

Scott, R.L., C. Watts, J. Garatuza, E. Edwards, D.G. Williams, D. Goodrich. 2001. Measuring the distribution of surface energy and water fluxes in a riparian mesquite savanna-type ecosystem. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.

Yepez, E.A., G. Lin, D.G. Williams, J. van Haren, D. Pierce. 2001. Isotopic partitioning of CO2 and evapotranspiration fluxes in a semi-arid savanna: effects of sampling height and monsoon rains. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.

Williams, D.G. and G. Lin. 2001. Stable isotope composition of water vapor and CO2 of air in mesquite-C4 grass savanna. International symposium � Arid regions monitored by satellites: from observing to modeling for sustainable management. Marrakech, Morocco.

English, N.B., D.G. Williams, J.F. Weltzin, A. Fravolini, L. Thomas, and M. Andregg. 2002. Implementation and monitoring of large-scale precipitation shelters on semi-arid grasslands, Santa Rita Experimental Range, Arizona. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, , Tucson, AZ.

Cable, W.L., K.R. Hultine, D.G. Williams and R.L. Scott. 2002. Transpiration by mesquite on a desert river floodplain. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, , Tucson, AZ.

Yepez-Gonzalez, E.A., P.Z. Ellsworth, W.L. Cable, K.R. Hultine and D.G. Williams. 2002. Partitioning evapotranspiration fluxes and sources in desert floodplain ecosystems. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Tucson, AZ.

Cheng, L., S. Leavitt, T. Brooks, A. Matthias, D. Williams, T. Thompson, B. Kimball, P. Pinter. 2002. Seasonal soil respiration and soil CO2 under elevated CO2 in the sorghum agroecosystem. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Tucson, AZ.

Pierce, D., J. van Haren, G. Lin, E. Yepez, R. Scott, D. Martins and D. Williams. 2002. Partitioning of CO2 fluxes in a semi-arid ecosystem using stable isotopes: Effects of monsoon rains. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Tucson, AZ.

Hultine, K., D. Williams, W. Cable and S. Burgess. 2002. Hydraulic redistribution by deep roots of a Chihuahuan Desert phreatophyte. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Tucson, AZ.

Salo, L., G. McPherson and D. Williams. 2002. Sonoran Desert winter annuals affected by density of red brome and soil nitrogen level. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Tucson, AZ.

Huxman, T E, J M Cable, D D Ignace, A J Eilts, N English, J Weltzin, and D G Williams. 2002. Geomorphic Influence on Ecosystem Precipitation Pulse Response in a Semi-Arid Grassland. The American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference on Eco-Hydrology of Semiarid Landscapes: Interactions and Processes, Taos, NM.

Scott, R L, D C Goodrich, D G Williams, and W J Shuttleworth. 2002. Groundwater - Vegetation - Atmosphere Interactions in Semiarid Riparian Ecosystems: Mesquite Eco-hydrology on the San Pedro River, Arizona. The American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference on Eco-Hydrology of Semiarid Landscapes: Interactions and Processes, Taos, NM.

Williams, D.G., W. Cable, K. Hultine, E. Yepez, S. Er-Raki, J.C.B. Hoedjes, G. Boulet, H.A.R. de Bruin, A. Chehbouni, and F. Timouk. 2003. Suivi de la r�partition de l'evapotranspiration dans une oliveraie (Olea europaea L.) � l'aide des techniques de l'eddy covariance, des flux de s�ve et des isotopes stables. 5th Journ�es d�Ecologie Functionnelle, Nancy, France.

English, N.B., D.G. Williams and J.F. Weltzin. 2003. The influence of pulsed water events on soil temperature, Santa Rita Experimental Range, Southeastern Arizona. Santa Rita Experimental Range: One-hundred years (1903-2003) of accomplishments and contributions, 30 October � 1 November, Tucson, AZ. Poster.

Chen, J., D.L. Potts, T.E. Huxman, J.F. Weltzin, D.G. Williams, N.B. English. 2003. Trace gas fluxes in a semi-arid grassland: the role of C4 bunchgrass species, simulated precipitation and season.  Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 3-8, Savannah, GA. Poster.

Potts, D.L., T.E. Huxman, B.J. Enquist, J.F. Weltzin, and D.G. 2003. Williams. Multivariate analysis of ecosystem response to precipitation pulses. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting,  August 3-8, Savannah, GA. Presented.

Thom C, Guerenstein P, Yepez E, Mechaber W, Vanharen J, Hildebrand J, Williams D. 2003. CO2 emission by Datura flowers and its significance for foraging Manduca sexta moths. The 25th Ann. Meeting of the Assoc. for Chemoreception Sciences (AchemS), Sarasota, FL (USA).

Li Cheng, Dean Martens, Steven W. Leavitt, B.A. Kimball, A. D. Matthias, M. J. Ottman, D. G. Williams,  G.W. Wall, and P. J. Pinter Jr. 2003. Free Air-CO2  Enrichment (FACE) of C4-Sorghum: Biochemical Composition and Decomposition of Sorghum Tissues Grown Under Elevated CO2. ASA-CSSA-SSSA annual meeting.

Salo, L.F., G.R. McPherson, and D.G. Williams. 2004. Red brome and Sonoran Desert winter annuals affected by soil nitrogen level, poster presentation.  Research and Technology of Nitrogen Sequestration for Cheatgrass Control Workshop, Society for Range Management's 57th Annual Meeting, 'Rangelands in Transition', January 24-30, 2004, Salt Lake City,  UT.

Williams, D.G., J. Coltrain, M. Lott, N.B. English and J.R. Ehleringer. 2004. Oxygen isotopes in cellulose identify source water for archeological maize in the American Southwest. The 4th International Conference on Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies. Wellington, New Zealand. April 19-23.

Fravolini, A., K.R. Hultine, E. Brugnoli, R. Gazal, N.B. English, and D.G. Williams. 2004. Precipitation pulse use by an invasive woody legume: the role of soil texture and pulse size. The 4th International Conference on Applications of Stable Isotope Techniques to Ecological Studies. Wellington, New Zealand. April 19-23, 2004.

Yepez, E.A. T.E. Huxman, D. Ignace, N. English, J.F. Weltzin and D.G. Williams. 2004. Short-term dynamics of soil evaporation and transpiration following a moisture pulse in semiarid grassland: a chamber-based method using stable isotope tracers. Contributed poster to RISE Symposium, Tucson, AZ.

Cable, J.M., T.E. Huxman, J.F. Weltzin, D.G. Williams, D.L. Potts, D.D. Ignace, N.B. English and M. Mason. 2004. Controls on respirationin a semi-arid grassland in southeastern Arizona. Abstract � Ecological Society of America annual meeting, August 1-6, Portland, Oregon.

Gazal, R.M., R.S. Scott, D.G. Williams and D.A. Goodrich. 2004. Controls on transpiration in a desert riparian cottonwood forest. Abstract � Ecological Society of America, 89th  Annual Meeting, August 1-6, Portland, Oregon.

Gazal, R.M., R.S. Scott, D.G. Williams and D.A. Goodrich. 2004. Seasonal variation of transpiration in desert riparian cottonwood forest patches. Workshop on �Conservation and management of fragmented forest landscapes� October 25-28, Tsukuba, Japan.

Yepez, E.A, R.S. Scott and D.G. Williams. 2004. Unraveling components of evapotranspiration in semiarid woodland from the isotopic composition of water vapor. Ecological Society of America, 89th  Annual Meeting, August 1-6, Portland, Oregon.

Yepez, E.A, R.S, Scott and D.G. Williams. 2004. Partitioning of evapotranspiration from the isotopic composition of water vapor: a case study from semiarid woodland. SIBAE-BASIN conference, �partitioning fluxes between the biosphere across spatial scales� Interlaken Switzerland, April 2004.

Yepez E.A., T.E. Huxman, D. Ignace, N.B. English, J.F. Weltzin and D.G. Williams. 2004. Short-term dynamics of soil evaporation and transpiration following a moisture pulse in semiarid grassland: a chamber-based method using stable isotope tracers. 1st symposium on Research Insights in Semiarid Ecosystems, November, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ.

Ellsworth, P.Z., D.G. Williams, R.L. Scott and E.A. Yepez. 2004. Contribution of deep unsaturated-zone soil water to transpiration of a facultative phreatophyte. 89th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR, 2004.

Ignace, D.D., T.E. Huxman, D.L. Potts, J.M. Cable, M. Mason, N.B. English, J.F. Weltzin and D.G. Williams. 2004. Functional response of native and nonnative grasses to simulated precipitation in the Sonoran Desert. 89th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR.

Williams, D.G,  W. Cable, K. Hultine, J.C.B. Hoedjes, E.A. Yepez, V. Simonneaux, S. Er-Raki, G. Boulet, H.A.R. de Bruin, A. Chehbouni, O.K. Hartogensis, and F. Timouk. 2004. Components of evapotranspiration determined by eddy covariance, sap flow and stable isotope techniques. SIBAE-BASIN conference, �Partitioning fluxes between the biosphere across spatial scales� Interlaken, Switzerland.

Reeder, J.D., M. Larson, D.G. Williams, J.A. Morgan and A.R. Mosier. 2004. Long-term grazing increases soil inorganic carbon in a short-grass steppe. 89th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR.

Cheng, L., S.W. Leavitt, B.A. Kimball, P.J. Pinter Jr., M.J. Ottman, A. Matthias, G.W. Wall, T. Brooks, D.G. Williams, T.L. Thompson. 2004. Dynamics of labile and recalcitrant soil carbon pools in a sorghum Free-Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE) agroecosystem. Poster presentation at the American Geophysical Union fall meeting, Dec. 13-16, 2004, San Francisco.

English, N.B., D.G. Williams and D.L. Dettman. 2004. Oxygen and Carbon Isotopic Variations in Columnar Cacti: Are Responses to Climate Recorded in Spines?  Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, November 7-10, Denver, Colorado.

English, N.B., D.L. Dettman, D.G. Williams. 2004. Stable isotopic variations in columnar cacti: are responses to climate recorded in spines? American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting Abstracts, December 13-17, San Francisco, California.

Eilts, J.A., T.E. Huxman, D.G. Williams and J.F. Weltzin. 2005. Differences in physiological response to water availability due to dissimilar root characteristics in two co-occurring grass species. 90th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Montreal, Canada.

Ignace, DD., D.L. Potts, E.A. Yepez-Gonzales, T.E. Huxman, D.G. Williams and J.F. Weltzin. 2005. Response of evapotranspiration in a semi-arid ecosystem applied with a simulated precipitation pulse: The role of grass species across geomorphic surfaces. 90th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Montreal, Canada.

Mason, M.J., J.F. Weltzin, D.L. Potts, N.B. English, T.E. Huxman and D.G. Williams. 2005. Survivorship of woody plant seedlings under altered precipitation regimes is facilitated by a non-native, invasive grass. 90th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Montreal, Canada.

Pavo-Zuckerman, M.A., J. Cable, E. Yepez, D.L. Potts, T.E. Huxman and D.G. Williams. 2005. Responses of soil community structure to plant species and precipitation inputs: Linking soil biota to ecosystem carbon cycling. 90th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Montreal, Canada.

Potts, D.L., T.E. Huxman, N.B. English, J.F. Weltzin and D.G. Williams. 2005. Precipitation pulses in a simulated desert grassland: The role of pulse seasonality and bunchgrass species on canopy-scale carbon exchange. 90th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Montreal, Canada.

Scott, R.L., T.E. Huxman, D.G. Williams and D.C. Goodrich. 2005. Ecohydrological impacts of woody phreatophyte invasion within a semiarid riparian environment. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract.

Cable, J.M., T.E. Huxman, W.L. Cable, R.L. Scott, D.G. Williams and D.C. Goodrich. 2005. Responses of soil respiration to precipitation in a savannah ecosystem: fine temporal measurements of soil CO2 efflux. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract.

Pavo-Zuckerman, M.A., J. Cable, E. T.E. Huxman, R.L. Scott and D.G. Williams. 2005. Soil community structure and ecosystem C cycling in arid ecosystems experiencing multiple environmental changes. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract.

Potts, D.L., J.M. Cable, R.L. Scott, D.G. Williams, D.C. Goodrich and T.E. Huxman. 2005. Sensitivity of Prosopis velutina to summer rainfall and consequences for seasonal patterns of ecosystem carbon exchange. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract.

Huxman, T.E., D.G. Williams, R.L. Scott, J.M. Cable, D.L Potts, M.A. Pavo-Zuckerman and D.D. Ignace. 2005. Soil and canopy control over ecosystem carbon and water fluxes in a desert grassland: patterns from a rainfall manipulation experiment. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract.

Scott, R.L., T.E. Huxman, D.G. Williams and D.L Potts. 2006. Ecohydrological Impacts of Woody Phreatophyte Invasion Within a Semiarid Riparian Environment. American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting.

 

Popular press

 

Radio Interviews

�Water in plants� � Science Update, American Association for the Advancement of Science, broadcast nationally on 1/25/02, <http://www.scienceupdate.com>.

 �African grass invasion of Arizona�s rangelands� � University of Arizona News Services, broadcast locally on 1/28/01.

 

Other popular press reports

�Changing grasslands: interactions between native and non-native vegetation� � by Susan McGinley, Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station Research Report, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Arizona, November, 2000.

 

Professional service activities

 

The University of Arizona

 

School of Renewable Natural Resources

Curriculum & Instruction Committee (1995-2002, member).

Core Curriculum Subcommittee (1995-2002, member).

Recruitment and Retention Committee (1996-2002, member).

SRNR Laboratory Committee (1997-2002, Chair).

Faculty search committee (1998, member).

Ad-hoc space committee (2001, member).

SRNR Policy committee (2001, elected member).

 

The University of Arizona

Coordinating Committee on Global Change Interdisciplinary Program (1996-2002, member).

Seminar Committee, Institute for the Study of Planet Earth (2000, member).

 

University of Wyoming

 

Department of Renewable Resources

Advisor to 4 undergad students � Wyoming Range Cup poster contest

Stable Isotope Facility steering committee (Chair, 2003-present)

Space committee (2006-present, member)

 

Department of Botany

Population Biology Faculty Search Committee � Fall, 2003

Forest and Fire Ecology Faculty Search Committee � Fall, 2004

 

Graduate Program in Ecology

Member of faculty

Graduate Affairs Committee � (2005-current, member)

Seminar Committee (2005-current, member)

 

University of Wyoming

Reviewer of proposals for Wyoming NSF EPSCoR Research Fellowships for Undergraduates (Spring 2004)

Hosted University of Wyoming Board of Trustees visit to the UW Stable Isotope Facility (2005)

Proposal reviews for EPSCoR Ecology graduate student research grants (2006)

NSF-EPSCoR Ecology Project, Internal Advisory Committee (2005-current, member)

 

State, National, International

Society for Range Management Plant ID Team Coach for University of Arizona (1995-2002).

Technical Session Moderator: Plant Water Relations. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Snowbird, UT (1995).

National Range Science Education Counsel (1996-2002, member).

National Range Science Education Counsel, Teaching Award Subcommittee (1998-2000, member; 2000, chair).

Symposium co-organizer: Natural and anthropogenic influences on savanna ecosystems of the arid southwest. Ecological Society of America annual meeting in Albuquerque, NM (1997).

Buell/Braun student paper award judge. Ecological Society of America annual meetings (1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005).

Western Regional Coordinating Project on Revegetation and Stabilization of Deteriorated and Altered Lands - WRCC-21 (2001, president; 1996-present, member).

Symposium Session Moderator: Arid regions monitored by satellites: from observing to modeling for sustainable management. Marrakech, Morocco (2001).

USDA-NRI Biology of Weedy and Invasive Plants Program Panel (2001, 2004, 2005 member).

NSF-DBI Multi-user Equipment and Instrumentation Resources for Biological Sciences Program Panel (2005 member)

NEON-BASIN Workshop organizer (September, December 2004, February 2005).

Rocky Mountain Ecological Observatory (ROMEO) Steering Committee member (2005-present)

Reviewer of grant proposals: NSF, NASA, USDA-NRI, International Arid Lands Consortium, USDA-Hatch, Fulbright Scholar Program, WESTGEC (2005: NSF-MUE 11; NSF-ESP 3; USDA-NRI 18; External reviewer for 1 proposal - National Agency for Promotion of Science, Technology and Innovation, Administration of Education, Science and Technology, Argentina), (2006: NSF-Ecology 1)

Reviewer of journal articles and books: Australian Journal of Ecology, Biological Invasions, BioScience, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Ecology, Ecological Applications, Global Change Biology, International Journal of Plant Ecology, Journal of Arid Environments, Journal of Range Management, Journal of Vegetation Science, Oecologia, Plant Ecology, Plant and Soil, Water Resources Research, pre-publication ad hoc book review for Springer, (2005: 2 Plant Ecology, 4 Oecologia, 1 Functional Plant Biology, 1 Plant and Soil, 1 Phyton). (2006: 2 Oecologia, 2 Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 1 Global Change Biology, 1 Restoration Ecology, 1 Journal of Arid Environments, 1 internal peer review for EPA, 1 Plant Ecology, 1 The Southwestern Naturalist)

 

Teaching and training activities

 

Postdoctoral advisees

 

Former: Dr. Rico Gazal (May 2002 through August 2004)

 

Graduate advisees

 

Current: Victor Resco de Dios (PhD, Rangeland Ecology and Watershed Management, Univ. of WY), Wei Sun (PhD, Rangeland Ecology and Watershed Management, Univ. of WY), Jennifer Schomp (MS, Rangeland Ecology and Watershed Management, Univ. of WY), Peter Koenig (PhD, Ecology, Univ. of WY)

 

Completed: Kevin Hultine (MS&PhD, Renewable Natural Resources, Univ. of AZ), Dan Potts (MS, Rangeland Science and Management, Univ. of AZ), Angela Rickaway (MS, Wildlife Management, Univ. of AZ), Sean Schaeffer (MS, Rangeland Science and Management, Univ. of AZ), Keirith Snyder (PhD, Renewable Natural Resources, Univ. of AZ), Cindy Salo (PhD, Renewable Natural Resources, Univ. of AZ), Enrico Yepez (MS&PhD, Rangeland Science and Management, Univ. of AZ), Alessandra Fravolini (PhD, Renewable Resources, Univ. of AZ), Patrick Ellsworth (MS, Rangeland Ecology and Watershed Management, Univ. of WY)

 

Graduate committees

 

Current: Laura Hudson (PhD, Botany, Univ. of WY), Alex Eilts (PhD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Univ. of AZ), Nathan English (PhD, Geosciences, Univ. of AZ), Jonathan Adelman (MS, Botany, Univ. of WY), Jack Fenner (PhD, Anthropology, Univ. of WY), Elizabeth Traver (MS, Botany, Univ. of WY), Cat Campbell (MS, Geology and Geophysics, Univ. of WY), Kusum Naithani (PhD, Botany, Univ. of WY), Sarah Bachman (MS, Botany, Univ. of WY)

 

Completed: Sharon Beidenbender (PhD, Rangeland Science and Management, Univ. of AZ), Angel Bustamante-Gonzales (PhD, Watershed Management, Univ. of AZ), Erika Geiger (MS, Rangeland Science and Management, Univ. of AZ), Heather Germaine (MS, Rangeland Science and Management, Univ. of AZ), Jim Leenhouts (PhD, Hydrology, Univ. of AZ), Elise Pendall (PhD, Geosciences, Univ. of AZ), Lisa Pedicino (MS, Renewable Natural Resources, Univ. of AZ), Pete Van de Water (PhD, Geosciences, Univ. of AZ), Jake Weltzin (PhD, Renewable Natural Resources, Univ. of AZ), Carolyn Watson, (PhD, Rangeland Science and Management, Univ. of AZ), Tom Wilson (PhD, Soil, Water and Environmental Science, Univ. of AZ), Ed Wright (PhD, Geosciences, Univ. of AZ)

 

External PhD thesis examinations

 

Sandra Zencich, Edith Cowan University, School of Natural Sciences, Perth, Australia (2003)

 

Undergraduate students

 

Current: Ayme Ahrens (EPSCoR Undergraduate Research Fellow, Univ. of WY), Rachel Griess (UWSIF technician), Paul Malsom (research technician), Caitlin Borbely (UWSIF technician), Joseph Van Court (UWSIF technician)

 

Completed: Patrick Ellsworth (Beckman Foundation Scholar and Undergraduate Biology Research Program, Univ. of AZ), Rachel Spigler (Honors thesis, Univ. of AZ), Ingrid Balsa (Conservation Ecology Intern, Univ. of AZ), Matt Iles (Undergraduate Biology Research Program, Univ. of AZ), Cheryl Carnes (Honors thesis, Univ. of AZ), Seth Hansen (lab technician, Univ. of WY)

 

Undergraduate advisees

 

University of Wyoming: Mae Peterson (Botany minor, 2005-2007), Chris Pompy (REWM, 2004-2006), Brandon Reynolds (REWM, 2005-2007)

 

High school students

 

Bethany Smith (SRAP Program, University of Wyoming, 2004)

 

Courses taught

 

The University of Arizona:

Taxonomy of Native Plants � RNR 202 / 3 units (fall semesters 1996 through 2001). 100% responsibility.

Natural Resources Ecology � RNR 316 / 3 units (fall semesters 1996 through 2001). 10% responsibility (8 lectures/sem).

Rangeland and Forest Vegetation Management � RAM 446/546 / 4 units (spring semesters 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000). 50% responsibility.

Functional Ecology of Aridland Plants � RAM 570 / 2 units (spring semesters 1997, 2000, 2002). 100% responsibility.

Use of Stable Isotopes in Ecological Research � RAM 696a/GEOS 696a / 1 credit seminar (Spring 1997). 50% responsibility.

Biological Invasions: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives � RNR/RAM 696a / 1 credit seminar (Spring 1999). 40% responsibility.

Plant-water interactions across multiple scales � RAM 696a / 1 credit seminar (Fall 2001). 50% responsibility.

 

The University of Utah:

Stable Isotope Ecology � Biology 5475, intensive 2-week graduate course (summers 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004). I lead a group of 6-8 students in the laboratory portion of this course and present one lecture.

 

University of Wyoming:

Rangeland Plant Ecophysiology � REWM 3500 / 3 units (fall semesters 2003 to present). 100% responsibility.

Stable Isotope Ecology � RNEW 5500 / 3 units (Fall, 2005). 100% responsibility.

Ecological Applications of Stable Isotopes � REWM 5990 / 1 unit (Fall, 2003). 100% responsibility.

RAD �Research across disciplines� seminar � REWM 5985 / 1 unit (Spring, 2004). 50% responsibility.

RAD �Research across disciplines� seminar � REWM 5985 / 1 unit (Fall, 2004). 50% responsibility.

RAD �Research across disciplines� seminar � REWM 5985 / 1 unit (Spring, 2005). 50% responsibility.

 

Professional References

 

Dr. R. Alan Black, Professor

Department of Biological Sciences

Washington State University

PO Box 644236

Pullman, WA 99164-4236

Ph: 509-335-0179

Email: blackra@wsu.edu

 

Dr. David D. Briske, Professor

Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management

Texas A&M University

College Station TX 77843-2126

Ph: 979-845-5581

Email: dbriske@rlem.tamu.edu

 

Dr. James R. Ehleringer, Professor

Department of Biology

University of Utah

257 South 1400 East

Salt Lake City, UT  84112-0840

Ph: 801-581-7623

Email: Ehleringer@bioscience.utah.edu

 

Dr. R. David Evans, Associate Professor

Department of Biological Sciences

University of Arkansas

601 Science Engineering Bldg.

Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701

Ph: 501-575-7093

Email: devans@comp.uark.edu

 

Dr. Richard N. Mack, Professor

Department of Biological Sciences

Washington State University

PO Box 644236

Pullman, WA 99164-4236

Ph: 509-335-3316

Email: rmack@wsu.edu

 

Dr. David Goodrich

Research Hydraulic Engineer

USDA-ARS, Southwest Watershed Research Center

2000 E. Allen Rd.

Tucson, AZ 85719 

Ph: 520-670-6381 ext. 144

Email: goodrich@tucson.ars.ag.gov