David C. Housman

2.5k total citations
18 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

David C. Housman is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, David C. Housman has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 7 papers in Plant Science and 6 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in David C. Housman's work include Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (10 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (8 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (6 papers). David C. Housman is often cited by papers focused on Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (10 papers), Lichen and fungal ecology (8 papers) and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (6 papers). David C. Housman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Canada. David C. Housman's co-authors include Jayne Belnap, Edmund E. Grote, Jed P. Sparks, Stanley D. Smith, Travis E. Huxman, Therese N. Charlet, Cheryl R. Kuske, Adam Collins, Heath Powers and Tamara J. Zelikova and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

David C. Housman

18 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Esque, Todd C., et al.. (2020). Using remotely sensed data to map Joshua Tree distributions at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California, 2018. Scientific investigations report. 1 indexed citations
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Munson, Seth M., Robert H. Webb, David C. Housman, et al.. (2015). Long‐term plant responses to climate are moderated by biophysical attributes in a North American desert. Journal of Ecology. 103(3). 657–668. 36 indexed citations
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Zelikova, Tamara J., David C. Housman, Edmund E. Grote, Deborah A. Neher, & Jayne Belnap. (2012). Warming and increased precipitation frequency on the Colorado Plateau: implications for biological soil crusts and soil processes. Plant and Soil. 355(1-2). 265–282. 92 indexed citations
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Reed, Sasha C., Kirsten K. Coe, Jed P. Sparks, et al.. (2012). Changes to dryland rainfall result in rapid moss mortality and altered soil fertility. Nature Climate Change. 2(10). 752–755. 254 indexed citations
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Johnson, Shannon L., et al.. (2012). Increased temperature and altered summer precipitation have differential effects on biological soil crusts in a dryland ecosystem. Global Change Biology. 18(8). 2583–2593. 102 indexed citations
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Housman, David C., Keith T. Killingbeck, R. Evans, Therese N. Charlet, & Stanley D. Smith. (2011). Foliar nutrient resorption in two Mojave Desert shrubs exposed to Free-Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE). Journal of Arid Environments. 78. 26–32. 11 indexed citations
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Darby, Brian J., Deborah A. Neher, David C. Housman, & Jayne Belnap. (2011). Few apparent short-term effects of elevated soil temperature and increased frequency of summer precipitation on the abundance and taxonomic diversity of desert soil micro- and meso-fauna. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 43(7). 1474–1481. 56 indexed citations
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Grote, Edmund E., Jayne Belnap, David C. Housman, & Jed P. Sparks. (2010). Carbon exchange in biological soil crust communities under differential temperatures and soil water contents: implications for global change. Global Change Biology. 16(10). 2763–2774. 166 indexed citations
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Yeager, Chris M., Jennifer L. Kornosky, Ferrán García‐Pichel, et al.. (2007). Three distinct clades of cultured heterocystous cyanobacteria constitute the dominant N2-fixing members of biological soil crusts of the Colorado Plateau, USA. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 60(1). 85–97. 103 indexed citations
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Housman, David C., Chris M. Yeager, Brian J. Darby, et al.. (2007). Heterogeneity of soil nutrients and subsurface biota in a dryland ecosystem. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 39(8). 2138–2149. 69 indexed citations
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Darby, Brian J., et al.. (2006). Effects of Altered Temperature and Precipitation on Desert Protozoa Associated with Biological Soil Crusts. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 53(6). 507–514. 22 indexed citations
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Housman, David C., Heath Powers, Adam Collins, & Jayne Belnap. (2006). Carbon and nitrogen fixation differ between successional stages of biological soil crusts in the Colorado Plateau and Chihuahuan Desert. Journal of Arid Environments. 66(4). 620–634. 262 indexed citations
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Housman, David C., Elke Naumburg, Travis E. Huxman, et al.. (2006). Increases in Desert Shrub Productivity under Elevated Carbon Dioxide Vary with Water Availability. Ecosystems. 9(3). 374–385. 60 indexed citations
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Yeager, Chris M., Jennifer L. Kornosky, David C. Housman, et al.. (2004). Diazotrophic Community Structure and Function in Two Successional Stages of Biological Soil Crusts from the Colorado Plateau and Chihuahuan Desert. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 70(2). 973–983. 189 indexed citations
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Naumburg, Elke, David C. Housman, Travis E. Huxman, et al.. (2003). Photosynthetic responses of Mojave Desert shrubs to free air CO2 enrichment are greatest during wet years. Global Change Biology. 9(2). 276–285. 68 indexed citations
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Housman, David C., Stephen F. Zitzer, Travis E. Huxman, & Stanley D. Smith. (2003). Functional ecology of shrub seedlings after a natural recruitment event at the Nevada Desert FACE Facility. Global Change Biology. 9(5). 718–728. 20 indexed citations
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Housman, David C., Mary V. Price, & Richard A. Redak. (2002). Architecture of coastal and desert Encelia farinosa (Asteraceae): consequences of plastic and heritable variation in leaf characters. American Journal of Botany. 89(8). 1303–1310. 20 indexed citations
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Smith, Stanley D., Travis E. Huxman, Stephen F. Zitzer, et al.. (2000). Elevated CO2 increases productivity and invasive species success in an arid ecosystem. Nature. 408(6808). 79–82. 448 indexed citations

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