Song, W., Loik, M. E., Cui, H., Fan, M., & Sun, W. (2022). Effect of nitrogen addition on leaf photosynthesis and water use efficiency of the dominant species Leymus chinensis (Trin.) Tzvelev in a semi-arid meadow steppe. Plant Growth Regulation, 1-12.
Luong, J. C., & Loik, M. E. (2022). Adjustments in physiological and morphological traits suggest drought‐induced competitive release of some California plants. Ecology and evolution, 12(4), e8773.
Ross, K. M., & Loik, M. E. (2021). Photosynthetic sensitivity to historic meteorological variability for conifers in the eastern Sierra Nevada. International Journal of Biometeorology, 65(6), 851-863.
Baguskas, S. A., Oliphant, A. J., Clemesha, R. E., & Loik, M. E. (2021) Water and light‐use efficiency are enhanced under summer coastal fog in a California agricultural system. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, e2020JG006193.
Luong, J. C., Holl, K. D., & Loik, M. E. (2021). Leaf traits and phylogeny explain plant survival and community dynamics in response to extreme drought in a restored coastal grassland. Journal of Applied Ecology.
Osland, M. J., Stevens, P. W., Lamont, M. M., Brusca, R. C., Hart, K. M., Waddle, J. H., Loik M.E.... & Seminoff, J. A. (2021). Tropicalization of temperate ecosystems in North America: The northward range expansion of tropical organisms in response to warming winter temperatures. Global Change Biology. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.15563
Ross, K. M., & Loik, M. E. (2021). Photosynthetic sensitivity to historic meteorological variability for conifers in the eastern Sierra Nevada. International Journal of Biometeorology, 1-13.
Luong, J.C., & Loik M.E. (2021). Selecting coastal California prairie species for climate-smart grassland restoration. Grasslands 31 (1), 4-9.
Yang, X., Zhu, K., Loik, M.E. and Sun, W. (2021). Differential responses of soil bacteria and fungi to altered precipitation in a meadow steppe. Geoderma, 384, 114812.
Wilcox, Kevin R., Kimberly J. Komatsu, Meghan L. Avolio, C2E Consortium, William D. Bowman, Ethan Butler, Scott L. Collins, Michael E Loik et al. (2020) Improving collaborations between empiricists and modelers to advance grassland community dynamics in ecosystem models. New Phytologist 1467-1471.
Chavan S.G., C. Maier, Y. Alagoz, J.C. Filipe, C.R. Warren, H. Lin, B. Jia, M.E. Loik, C.I. Cazzonelli. Z.H. Chen, O. Ghannoum, D.T. Tissue (2020) Light‐limited photosynthesis under energy‐saving film decreases eggplant yield. Food & Energy Security 2020; 00: e245. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.245
Yang, X., Zhu, K., Loik, M. E., & Sun, W. (2020) Differential responses of soil bacteria and fungi to altered precipitation in a meadow steppe. Geoderma, 384, 114812.
Loik ME, Lesage JC, Brown TM, Hastings DO (2019) Drought-Net rainfall shelters did not cause nondrought effects on photosynthesis for California central coast plants. Ecohydrology, e2138
Zhong S, Xu Y, Meng B, Loik ME, Ma JY, Sun W. (2019) Nitrogen addition increases the sensitivity of photosynthesis todrought and re-watering differentially in C3 versus C4 grass species. Frontiers in Plant Science 10, 815
Shi B, Xu W, Zhu Y, Wang C, Loik ME, Sun W. (2019) Heterogeneity of grassland soil respiration: Antagonistic effects of grazing and nitrogen addition. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 268: 215-223.
Hilton, T., Loik, M.E., & Campbell J.E. (2019) Simulating International Drought Experiment field observations using the Community Land Model, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 266–267: 173-183.
Snyder, K. A., Evers, L., Chambers, J. C., Dunham, J., Bradford, J. B., & Loik, M. E. (2018) Effects of Changing Climate on the Hydrological Cycle in Cold Desert Ecosystems of the Great Basin and Columbia Plateau. Rangeland Ecology & Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2018.07.007
Aspinwall, M.J., Blackman, C.J., de Dios, V.R., Busch, F.A., Rymer, P.D., Loik, M.E., Drake, J.E., Pfautsch, S., Smith, R.A., Tjoelker, M.G. and Tissue, D.T., (2018) Photosynthesis and carbon allocation are both important predictors of genotype productivity responses to elevated CO2 in Eucalyptus camaldulensis. Tree Physiology. doi:10.1093/treephys/tpy045
Resco de Dios, V., Loik, M., Smith, R., & Tissue, D. (2018) Effects of a Heat Wave on Nocturnal Stomatal Conductance in Eucalyptus camaldulensis. Forests, 9(6), 319.
Baguskas, S.A., Clemesha, R.A. and Loik, M.E. (2017) Coastal low cloudiness and fog enhance crop water use efficiency in a California agricultural system. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 252, 109-120.
Campbell, J. E., M. E. Whelan, J. A. Berry, T. W. Hilton, A. Zumkehr, J. Stinecipher, Y. Lu, Kornfeld, A., Seibt, U., Dawson, T.E., Montzka, S.A., Loik, M.E. (2017) Plant Uptake of Atmospheric Carbonyl Sulfide in Coast Redwood Forests. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 122, no. 12: 3391-3404.
Loik, M. E., Carter, S. A., Alers, G., Wade, C. E., Shugar, D., Corrado, C., Jokerst, D. and Kitayama, C. (2017) Wavelength-Selective Solar Photovoltaic Systems: Powering greenhouses for plant growth at the food-energy-water nexus. Earth's Future. DOI:10.1002/2016EF000531
Wade, Catherine E., and Michael E. Loik (2017) A spring rainfall pulse causes greater in situ photosynthetic upregulation for Bromus tectorum compared to co-occurring native herbaceous species. Environmental and Experimental Botany. DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2017.08.007
Loik, ME, Resco de Dios V, Smith R, Tissue DT (2017) Relationships between climate-of-origin and photosynthetic responses to an episodic heat wave depend on growth [CO2] for Eucalyptus camaldulensis var. camaldulensis. Functional Plant Biology.
DOI: 10.1071/FP17077
Knapp AK, Avolio ML, Beier C, Carroll CJW, Collins SL, Dukes JS, Fraser LH, Griffin-Nolan RJ, Hoover DL, Jentsch A, Loik ME, Phillips RP, Post AK, Sala OE, Slette IJ, Yahdjian L, Smith MD (2016) Pushing precipitation to the extremes in distributed experiments: recommendations for simulating wet and dry years. Global Change Biology DOI:10.1111/gcb.13504
Reed CC, Loik ME (2016) Water relations and photosynthesis along an elevation gradient for Artemisia tridentata during an historic drought. Oecologia. DOI: 10.1007/S00442-015-3528-7
Resco de Dios V, Loik ME, Smith R, Aspinwall MJ, Tissue DT (2015) Genetic variation in circadian regulation of nocturnal stomatal conductance enhances carbon assimilation and growth. Plant Cell & Environment 39(1): 3 - 11.
Knapp A, Hoover D, Wilcox K, Avolio M, Koerner S, La Pierre K, Loik M, Luo Y, Sala O, Smith M (2015) Characterizing differences in precipitation regimes of extreme wet and dry years: Implications for climate change experiments. Global Change Biology 21(7):2624-33 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12888
Loik ME, Griffith AB, Alpert H, Concilio AL, Wade CE, Martinson SJ (2015) Impact of intra- vs. inter-annual snow depth variation on water relations and photosynthesis for two Great Basin Desert shrubs. Oecologia 10.1007/s00442-015-3224-7
Vasey MC, Parker VT, Holl KD, Loik ME, Hiatt SE (2014) Maritime climate influence on chaparral composition and diversity in the coast range of central California. Ecology and Evolution 2014; 4(18): 3662–3674
Ogle K, Barber JT, Barron-Gafford GA, Bentley LP, Young JM, Huxman TE, Loik ME, Tissue DT (2014) Quantifying ecological memory in plant and ecosystem processes. Ecology Letters 10.1111/ele.12399
Aspinwall, M. J., Loik, M. E., Resco De Dios, V., Tjoelker, M. G., Payton, P. R., & Tissue, D. T. (2014). Utilizing intraspecific variation in phenotypic plasticity to bolster agricultural and forest productivity under climate change. Plant, Cell & Environment.
Griffith, A. B., Andonian, K., Weiss, C. P., & Loik, M. E. (2014) Variation in phenotypic plasticity for native and invasive populations of Bromus tectorum. Biological Invasions, 1-12.
Bell, C. W., Tissue, D. T., Loik, M. E., Wallenstein, M. D., Acosta‐Martinez, V., Erickson, R. A., & Zak, J. C. (2014). Soil microbial and nutrient responses to 7 years of seasonally altered precipitation in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland. Global Change Biology, 20(5), 1657-1673.
Concilio, A. L., & Loik, M. E. (2013) Elevated nitrogen effects on Bromus tectorum dominance and native plant diversity in an arid montane ecosystem.Applied Vegetation Science, 16(4), 598-609.
Concilio, A. L., Loik, M. E., & Belnap, J. (2013). Global change effects on Bromus tectorum L.(Poaceae) at its high‐elevation range margin. Global Change Biology, 19(1), 161-172.
Loik ME, Cole RJ, Holl KD, Sady GC. (2013) Nitrogen-fixing trees facilitate photosynthesis of later-successional tropical seedlings planted to restore abandoned pasture in Costa Rica. Revista Biologia Tropicale
Loik ME, Griffith AB, Alpert H. (2013) Impacts of long-term snow climate change on a high-elevation cold desert shrubland, California, USA. Plant Ecology 214(2), 255-266.
Alpert, H., & Loik, M. E. (2013). Pinus jeffreyi establishment along a forest-shrub ecotone in eastern California, USA. Journal of Arid Environments,90, 12-21.
Vasey MC, Loik ME, Parker VT (2012) Influence of summer marine fog and low cloud stratus on water relations of evergreen woody shrubs (Arctostaphylos: Ericaceae) in the chaparral of central California. Oecologia
Ogle K, Lucas RW, Bentley LP, Cable JM, Barron-Gafford GA, Griffith AB, Ignace D, Jenerette DG, Tyler AP, Huxman TE, Loik ME, Smith SD, Tissue DT. (2012) Differential daytime and nighttime stomatal behavior and substantial nighttime water loss in plants from North American deserts. New Phytologist.
Holl KD, Loik ME. 2011. There’s no place like home. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment. 9: 318 – 319.
Jessica M. Cable, Kiona Ogle, Richard W. Lucas, Therese N. Charlet, Meagan Cleary, Brent E. Ewers, Alden Griffith, Travis E. Huxman, Michael E. Loik, Robert S. Nowak, Elise Pendall, Matthew Rogers, Stanley D. Smith, Heidi Steltzer, Patrick F. Sullivan, David T. Tissue, Natasja C. van Gestel, and Jeffrey M. Welker (2010) The temperature response of soil respiration across seven deserts. Biogeochemistry. In press.
Griffith AB, Loik ME (2010) Effects of climate and snow depth on Bromus tectorum population dynamics at high elevation. Oecologia.? In press.
Griffith AB, Alpert H, Loik ME (2010) Predicting shrub ecophysiology in the Great Basin Desert using spectral indices. Journal of Arid Environments 74:315-326.
Loik ME, Alpert H, Griffith AB (2010) Climate Change and Snow Depth Impacts on Vegetation at the Great Basin Desert - Sierra Nevada Ecotone. In: Dalmeier F, Fenech A, MacIvor D. (eds.) Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainability in the Americas.? Smithsonian Scientific Series.? Washington, DC.
Smith SD, Tissue DT, Huxman, TE, Loik ME. (2009) Ecophysiological Responses of Desert Plants To Elevated CO2: Environmental Determinants and Case Studies. In: de La Barrera E. and Smith WK (eds) Perspectives in Biophysical Plant Ecophysiology. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
Lambrecht SC, Shattuck AK, Loik ME (2007) Combined drought and episodic freezing effects on seedlings of low- and high-elevation subspecies of sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) Physiologia Plantarum 130 (2): 207-217 JUN 2007
Lambrecht, SC, Loik ME, Inouye DW, Harte J. (2007) Reproductive and physiological responses to simulated climate warming for four subalpine species. New Phytologist 173 (1): 121-134
Loik, ME (2006) Sensitivity of water relations and photosynthesis to summer precipitation pulses for Artemisia tridentata and Purshia tridentata. Plant Ecology 191 (1): 95-108
Patrick L, Cable J, Potts D, Ignace D, Barron-Gafford G, Griffith A, Alpert H, Van Gestel N, Robertson T, Huxman TE, Zak J, Loik ME, Tissue DT (2006) Effects of an increase in summer precipitation on leaf, soil, and ecosystem fluxes of CO2 and H2O in a sotol grassland in Big Bend National Park, Texas. Oecologia DOI 10.1007/s00442-006-0621-y
Schwinning, S, Sala, OE, Loik, ME, Ehleringer JR. (2004) Thresholds, memory, and seasonality: understanding pulse dynamics in arid/semi-arid ecosystems. Oecologia 141: 191-193
Loik, M.E., Breshears, D.D., Lauenroth, W.K., Belnap, J. (2004) A multi-scale perspective of water pulses in dryland ecosystems: climatology and ecohydrology of the western USA. Oecologia 141: 269-281
Huxman, T.E., Smith, M.D., Fay, P.A., Knapp, A.K., Shaw, M.R., Loik, M.E., Smith, S.D., Tissue, D.T., Zak, J.C., Weltzin, J.F., Pockman, W.T., Sala, O.E., Haddad, B.M., Harte, J., Koch, G.W., Schwinning, S., Small, E.E., Williams, D.G. (2004) Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency. Nature 429: 651-654
Gillespie, I.G., Loik, M.E. (2004) Pulse events in Great Basin Desert shrublands: Responses of Artemisia tridentata and Purshia tridentata seedlings to summer rainfall pulses. Journal of Arid Environments 59: 41-57
Loik, M.E., Still C.J., Huxman, T.E., Harte, J. (2004) In situ photosynthetic freezing tolerance for plants exposed to a global warming manipulation in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, U.S.A. New Phytologist 162: 331-341.
Naumberg, E., Loik, M.E., Smith, S.D. (2004) Stomatal conductance of Larrea tridentata dominates photosynthetic temperature responses under elevated CO2. New Phytologist 162: 323-330.
Weltzin JF, ME Loik, S Schwinning, DG Williams, P Fay, B Haddad, J Harte, TE Huxman, AK Knapp, G Lin, WT Pockman, MR Shaw, EE Small, MD Smith, SD Smith, DT Tissue, JC Zak. (2003). Assessing the response of terrestrial ecosystems to potential changes in precipitation. BioScience. 53:941-952
Loik, ME and SP Redar (2003) Freezing tolerance and cold acclimation for seedlings of Artemisia tridentata along an elevation gradient. Journal of Arid Environments. 54:769-782 Parker, IM, Rodriguez, J and ME Loik (2003) An evolutionary approach to understanding the biology of invasions: local adaptation and general purpose genotype in the weed Verbascum thapsus. Conservation Biology . 17: 59-72.
Dole, KP, Loik, ME and LC Sloan (2003) The relative importance of climate change and the physiological effects of CO2 on freezing tolerance for the distribution of Yucca brevifolia. Global and Planetary Change. 36: 137-146.
Naumburg, E, Housman DC, Huxman TE, Loik ME and SD Smith (2002) Photosynthetic response of Mojave Desert shrubs to Free Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment over four years with differing precipitation regimes. Global Change Biology 9: 276-285
Loik, ME and KD Holl (2001) Photosynthetic responses of tree seedlings in grass and under shrubs in early-successional old fields, Costa Rica. Oecologia 127: 40-50.
Holl, KD, ME Loik, EV Lin, and IA Samuels. (2000) Tropical montane forest restoration in Costa Rica: obstacles and opportunities. Restoration Ecology 8: 339-349.
Loik, ME, TE Huxman, EP Hamerlynck, and SD Smith (2000) Low-temperature tolerance and cold acclimation for three Mojave Desert Yucca species exposed to elevated CO2. Journal of Arid Environments 46: 43-56.
Loik, M.E., St. Onge, C.D. and J. Rodgers (2000) Post-Fire Recruitment of Yucca brevifolia and Yucca schidigera in Joshua Tree National Park, California. In: J. Keeley (ed.) Proceedings of the 2nd Interface Between Ecology and Development in California. USGS Open-File Report 00-62.
Loik, ME, SP Redar and J Harte (2000) Photosynthetic responses to light for Artemisia tridentata and Erigeron speciosus under a climate warming manipulation in the Rocky Mountains. Functional Ecology. 14: 166-175.
Hamerlynck, EP, Huxman, TE, Loik, ME, and SD Smith. (2000) Effects of high temperature, drought and elevated CO2 on photosynthesis of the Mojave Desert evergreen shrub, Larrea tridentata . Plant Ecology 148:183-193.
Hamerlynck, E.P., T.E. Huxman, S.D. Smith, R. Nowak, L.A. Defalco, S. Redar, M.E. Loik, D.N. Jordan, S. Zitzer, and J.R. Seemann. (2000) Initial results of Free Air Carbon Enrichment on a mojave desert ecosystem: photosynthetic responses in contrasting shrub species. Journal of Arid Environments. 44: 425-436.
Shaw M.R., M.E. Loik and J. Harte. (2000) Gas exchange and water relations of two Rocky Mountain shrub species exposed to a climate change manipulation . Plant Ecology. 146:197-206
Loik, M.E. and K.D. Holl. (1999) Photosynthetic responses to light for rain forest seedlings planted in abandoned pasture, Costa Rica. Restoration Ecology. 7:382-391.
Huxman T.E., E.P. Hamerlynck, M.E. Loik, and S.D. Smith. (1998) Gas exchange responses of Yucca species to elevated CO2 and extreme high temperature. Plant, Cell and Environment 21:1275-1283.
Huxman, T.E. and M.E. Loik. (1997) Reproductive patterns of two varieties of Yucca whipplei (Liliaceae) with different life histories. International Journal of Plant Sciences 156:778-784.
Loik, M.E. and J. Harte. (1997) Changes in water relations for leaves exposed to a climate-warming manipulation in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Environmental and Experimental Botany 37:115-123.
Huxman, T. E. and M.E. Loik. (1996) Seeds of Yucca whipplei var. whipplei germinate in the fruit. The Southwestern Naturalist 41:318-320.
Loik, M. E. and J. Harte. (1996) High-temperature tolerance for Artemisia tridentata and Potentilla gracilis under a climate change manipulation. Oecologia 108:224-231.
Nobel, P.S., N. Wang, R.A. Balsamo, M.E. Loik, and M.A. Hawke. (1995) Low-temperature tolerance and acclimation of Opuntia spp. after injecting glucose or methylglucose. International Journal of Plant Sciences 156:496-504.
Loik, M.E. (1995) Book Review: Scaling Physiological Processes. J. Ehleringer and C.B. Field (eds.) Climatic Change 29:463-466.
Nobel, P.S. and M.E. Loik. (1994) Low-temperature tolerance of pricky pear cacti. In: P. Felker and J.R. Moss (eds.) Proceedings, Fourth Annual Texas Prickly Pear Council. Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Kingsville, TX.
Loik, M. E., and P. S. Nobel. (1993) Exogenous abscisic acid mimics cold acclimation for cacti differing in freezing tolerance. Plant Physiology 103:871-876.
Loik, M. E., and P. S. Nobel. (1993) Freezing tolerance and water relations of Opuntia fragilis from Canada and United States. Ecology 74:1722-1732.
Loik, M. E., and P. S. Nobel. (1991) Water relations and mucopolysaccharide increases for a winter hardy cactus during acclimation to subzero temperatures. Oecologia 88:340-346.
Nobel, P.S., M.E. Loik, and R.W. Meyer. (1991) Microhabitat and diel tissue acidity changes for two sympatric cactus species differing in growth habit. Journal of Ecology 79:167-182.
Nobel, P.S. and M.E. Loik. (1990) Thermal analysis, cell viability, and CO2 uptake of a widely distributed North American cactus, Opuntia humifusa, at subzero temperatures. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 28:429-436.
Luong, J. C., & Loik, M. E. (2022). Adjustments in physiological and morphological traits suggest drought‐induced competitive release of some California plants. Ecology and evolution, 12(4), e8773.
Ross, K. M., & Loik, M. E. (2021). Photosynthetic sensitivity to historic meteorological variability for conifers in the eastern Sierra Nevada. International Journal of Biometeorology, 65(6), 851-863.
Baguskas, S. A., Oliphant, A. J., Clemesha, R. E., & Loik, M. E. (2021) Water and light‐use efficiency are enhanced under summer coastal fog in a California agricultural system. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, e2020JG006193.
Luong, J. C., Holl, K. D., & Loik, M. E. (2021). Leaf traits and phylogeny explain plant survival and community dynamics in response to extreme drought in a restored coastal grassland. Journal of Applied Ecology.
Osland, M. J., Stevens, P. W., Lamont, M. M., Brusca, R. C., Hart, K. M., Waddle, J. H., Loik M.E.... & Seminoff, J. A. (2021). Tropicalization of temperate ecosystems in North America: The northward range expansion of tropical organisms in response to warming winter temperatures. Global Change Biology. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.15563
Ross, K. M., & Loik, M. E. (2021). Photosynthetic sensitivity to historic meteorological variability for conifers in the eastern Sierra Nevada. International Journal of Biometeorology, 1-13.
Luong, J.C., & Loik M.E. (2021). Selecting coastal California prairie species for climate-smart grassland restoration. Grasslands 31 (1), 4-9.
Yang, X., Zhu, K., Loik, M.E. and Sun, W. (2021). Differential responses of soil bacteria and fungi to altered precipitation in a meadow steppe. Geoderma, 384, 114812.
Wilcox, Kevin R., Kimberly J. Komatsu, Meghan L. Avolio, C2E Consortium, William D. Bowman, Ethan Butler, Scott L. Collins, Michael E Loik et al. (2020) Improving collaborations between empiricists and modelers to advance grassland community dynamics in ecosystem models. New Phytologist 1467-1471.
Chavan S.G., C. Maier, Y. Alagoz, J.C. Filipe, C.R. Warren, H. Lin, B. Jia, M.E. Loik, C.I. Cazzonelli. Z.H. Chen, O. Ghannoum, D.T. Tissue (2020) Light‐limited photosynthesis under energy‐saving film decreases eggplant yield. Food & Energy Security 2020; 00: e245. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.245
Yang, X., Zhu, K., Loik, M. E., & Sun, W. (2020) Differential responses of soil bacteria and fungi to altered precipitation in a meadow steppe. Geoderma, 384, 114812.
Loik ME, Lesage JC, Brown TM, Hastings DO (2019) Drought-Net rainfall shelters did not cause nondrought effects on photosynthesis for California central coast plants. Ecohydrology, e2138
Zhong S, Xu Y, Meng B, Loik ME, Ma JY, Sun W. (2019) Nitrogen addition increases the sensitivity of photosynthesis todrought and re-watering differentially in C3 versus C4 grass species. Frontiers in Plant Science 10, 815
Shi B, Xu W, Zhu Y, Wang C, Loik ME, Sun W. (2019) Heterogeneity of grassland soil respiration: Antagonistic effects of grazing and nitrogen addition. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 268: 215-223.
Hilton, T., Loik, M.E., & Campbell J.E. (2019) Simulating International Drought Experiment field observations using the Community Land Model, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 266–267: 173-183.
Snyder, K. A., Evers, L., Chambers, J. C., Dunham, J., Bradford, J. B., & Loik, M. E. (2018) Effects of Changing Climate on the Hydrological Cycle in Cold Desert Ecosystems of the Great Basin and Columbia Plateau. Rangeland Ecology & Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2018.07.007
Aspinwall, M.J., Blackman, C.J., de Dios, V.R., Busch, F.A., Rymer, P.D., Loik, M.E., Drake, J.E., Pfautsch, S., Smith, R.A., Tjoelker, M.G. and Tissue, D.T., (2018) Photosynthesis and carbon allocation are both important predictors of genotype productivity responses to elevated CO2 in Eucalyptus camaldulensis. Tree Physiology. doi:10.1093/treephys/tpy045
Resco de Dios, V., Loik, M., Smith, R., & Tissue, D. (2018) Effects of a Heat Wave on Nocturnal Stomatal Conductance in Eucalyptus camaldulensis. Forests, 9(6), 319.
Baguskas, S.A., Clemesha, R.A. and Loik, M.E. (2017) Coastal low cloudiness and fog enhance crop water use efficiency in a California agricultural system. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 252, 109-120.
Campbell, J. E., M. E. Whelan, J. A. Berry, T. W. Hilton, A. Zumkehr, J. Stinecipher, Y. Lu, Kornfeld, A., Seibt, U., Dawson, T.E., Montzka, S.A., Loik, M.E. (2017) Plant Uptake of Atmospheric Carbonyl Sulfide in Coast Redwood Forests. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 122, no. 12: 3391-3404.
Loik, M. E., Carter, S. A., Alers, G., Wade, C. E., Shugar, D., Corrado, C., Jokerst, D. and Kitayama, C. (2017) Wavelength-Selective Solar Photovoltaic Systems: Powering greenhouses for plant growth at the food-energy-water nexus. Earth's Future. DOI:10.1002/2016EF000531
Wade, Catherine E., and Michael E. Loik (2017) A spring rainfall pulse causes greater in situ photosynthetic upregulation for Bromus tectorum compared to co-occurring native herbaceous species. Environmental and Experimental Botany. DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2017.08.007
Loik, ME, Resco de Dios V, Smith R, Tissue DT (2017) Relationships between climate-of-origin and photosynthetic responses to an episodic heat wave depend on growth [CO2] for Eucalyptus camaldulensis var. camaldulensis. Functional Plant Biology.
DOI: 10.1071/FP17077
Knapp AK, Avolio ML, Beier C, Carroll CJW, Collins SL, Dukes JS, Fraser LH, Griffin-Nolan RJ, Hoover DL, Jentsch A, Loik ME, Phillips RP, Post AK, Sala OE, Slette IJ, Yahdjian L, Smith MD (2016) Pushing precipitation to the extremes in distributed experiments: recommendations for simulating wet and dry years. Global Change Biology DOI:10.1111/gcb.13504
Reed CC, Loik ME (2016) Water relations and photosynthesis along an elevation gradient for Artemisia tridentata during an historic drought. Oecologia. DOI: 10.1007/S00442-015-3528-7
Resco de Dios V, Loik ME, Smith R, Aspinwall MJ, Tissue DT (2015) Genetic variation in circadian regulation of nocturnal stomatal conductance enhances carbon assimilation and growth. Plant Cell & Environment 39(1): 3 - 11.
Knapp A, Hoover D, Wilcox K, Avolio M, Koerner S, La Pierre K, Loik M, Luo Y, Sala O, Smith M (2015) Characterizing differences in precipitation regimes of extreme wet and dry years: Implications for climate change experiments. Global Change Biology 21(7):2624-33 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12888
Loik ME, Griffith AB, Alpert H, Concilio AL, Wade CE, Martinson SJ (2015) Impact of intra- vs. inter-annual snow depth variation on water relations and photosynthesis for two Great Basin Desert shrubs. Oecologia 10.1007/s00442-015-3224-7
Vasey MC, Parker VT, Holl KD, Loik ME, Hiatt SE (2014) Maritime climate influence on chaparral composition and diversity in the coast range of central California. Ecology and Evolution 2014; 4(18): 3662–3674
Ogle K, Barber JT, Barron-Gafford GA, Bentley LP, Young JM, Huxman TE, Loik ME, Tissue DT (2014) Quantifying ecological memory in plant and ecosystem processes. Ecology Letters 10.1111/ele.12399
Aspinwall, M. J., Loik, M. E., Resco De Dios, V., Tjoelker, M. G., Payton, P. R., & Tissue, D. T. (2014). Utilizing intraspecific variation in phenotypic plasticity to bolster agricultural and forest productivity under climate change. Plant, Cell & Environment.
Griffith, A. B., Andonian, K., Weiss, C. P., & Loik, M. E. (2014) Variation in phenotypic plasticity for native and invasive populations of Bromus tectorum. Biological Invasions, 1-12.
Bell, C. W., Tissue, D. T., Loik, M. E., Wallenstein, M. D., Acosta‐Martinez, V., Erickson, R. A., & Zak, J. C. (2014). Soil microbial and nutrient responses to 7 years of seasonally altered precipitation in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland. Global Change Biology, 20(5), 1657-1673.
Concilio, A. L., & Loik, M. E. (2013) Elevated nitrogen effects on Bromus tectorum dominance and native plant diversity in an arid montane ecosystem.Applied Vegetation Science, 16(4), 598-609.
Concilio, A. L., Loik, M. E., & Belnap, J. (2013). Global change effects on Bromus tectorum L.(Poaceae) at its high‐elevation range margin. Global Change Biology, 19(1), 161-172.
Loik ME, Cole RJ, Holl KD, Sady GC. (2013) Nitrogen-fixing trees facilitate photosynthesis of later-successional tropical seedlings planted to restore abandoned pasture in Costa Rica. Revista Biologia Tropicale
Loik ME, Griffith AB, Alpert H. (2013) Impacts of long-term snow climate change on a high-elevation cold desert shrubland, California, USA. Plant Ecology 214(2), 255-266.
Alpert, H., & Loik, M. E. (2013). Pinus jeffreyi establishment along a forest-shrub ecotone in eastern California, USA. Journal of Arid Environments,90, 12-21.
Vasey MC, Loik ME, Parker VT (2012) Influence of summer marine fog and low cloud stratus on water relations of evergreen woody shrubs (Arctostaphylos: Ericaceae) in the chaparral of central California. Oecologia
Ogle K, Lucas RW, Bentley LP, Cable JM, Barron-Gafford GA, Griffith AB, Ignace D, Jenerette DG, Tyler AP, Huxman TE, Loik ME, Smith SD, Tissue DT. (2012) Differential daytime and nighttime stomatal behavior and substantial nighttime water loss in plants from North American deserts. New Phytologist.
Holl KD, Loik ME. 2011. There’s no place like home. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment. 9: 318 – 319.
Jessica M. Cable, Kiona Ogle, Richard W. Lucas, Therese N. Charlet, Meagan Cleary, Brent E. Ewers, Alden Griffith, Travis E. Huxman, Michael E. Loik, Robert S. Nowak, Elise Pendall, Matthew Rogers, Stanley D. Smith, Heidi Steltzer, Patrick F. Sullivan, David T. Tissue, Natasja C. van Gestel, and Jeffrey M. Welker (2010) The temperature response of soil respiration across seven deserts. Biogeochemistry. In press.
Griffith AB, Loik ME (2010) Effects of climate and snow depth on Bromus tectorum population dynamics at high elevation. Oecologia.? In press.
Griffith AB, Alpert H, Loik ME (2010) Predicting shrub ecophysiology in the Great Basin Desert using spectral indices. Journal of Arid Environments 74:315-326.
Loik ME, Alpert H, Griffith AB (2010) Climate Change and Snow Depth Impacts on Vegetation at the Great Basin Desert - Sierra Nevada Ecotone. In: Dalmeier F, Fenech A, MacIvor D. (eds.) Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainability in the Americas.? Smithsonian Scientific Series.? Washington, DC.
Smith SD, Tissue DT, Huxman, TE, Loik ME. (2009) Ecophysiological Responses of Desert Plants To Elevated CO2: Environmental Determinants and Case Studies. In: de La Barrera E. and Smith WK (eds) Perspectives in Biophysical Plant Ecophysiology. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
Lambrecht SC, Shattuck AK, Loik ME (2007) Combined drought and episodic freezing effects on seedlings of low- and high-elevation subspecies of sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) Physiologia Plantarum 130 (2): 207-217 JUN 2007
Lambrecht, SC, Loik ME, Inouye DW, Harte J. (2007) Reproductive and physiological responses to simulated climate warming for four subalpine species. New Phytologist 173 (1): 121-134
Loik, ME (2006) Sensitivity of water relations and photosynthesis to summer precipitation pulses for Artemisia tridentata and Purshia tridentata. Plant Ecology 191 (1): 95-108
Patrick L, Cable J, Potts D, Ignace D, Barron-Gafford G, Griffith A, Alpert H, Van Gestel N, Robertson T, Huxman TE, Zak J, Loik ME, Tissue DT (2006) Effects of an increase in summer precipitation on leaf, soil, and ecosystem fluxes of CO2 and H2O in a sotol grassland in Big Bend National Park, Texas. Oecologia DOI 10.1007/s00442-006-0621-y
Schwinning, S, Sala, OE, Loik, ME, Ehleringer JR. (2004) Thresholds, memory, and seasonality: understanding pulse dynamics in arid/semi-arid ecosystems. Oecologia 141: 191-193
Loik, M.E., Breshears, D.D., Lauenroth, W.K., Belnap, J. (2004) A multi-scale perspective of water pulses in dryland ecosystems: climatology and ecohydrology of the western USA. Oecologia 141: 269-281
Huxman, T.E., Smith, M.D., Fay, P.A., Knapp, A.K., Shaw, M.R., Loik, M.E., Smith, S.D., Tissue, D.T., Zak, J.C., Weltzin, J.F., Pockman, W.T., Sala, O.E., Haddad, B.M., Harte, J., Koch, G.W., Schwinning, S., Small, E.E., Williams, D.G. (2004) Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency. Nature 429: 651-654
Gillespie, I.G., Loik, M.E. (2004) Pulse events in Great Basin Desert shrublands: Responses of Artemisia tridentata and Purshia tridentata seedlings to summer rainfall pulses. Journal of Arid Environments 59: 41-57
Loik, M.E., Still C.J., Huxman, T.E., Harte, J. (2004) In situ photosynthetic freezing tolerance for plants exposed to a global warming manipulation in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, U.S.A. New Phytologist 162: 331-341.
Naumberg, E., Loik, M.E., Smith, S.D. (2004) Stomatal conductance of Larrea tridentata dominates photosynthetic temperature responses under elevated CO2. New Phytologist 162: 323-330.
Weltzin JF, ME Loik, S Schwinning, DG Williams, P Fay, B Haddad, J Harte, TE Huxman, AK Knapp, G Lin, WT Pockman, MR Shaw, EE Small, MD Smith, SD Smith, DT Tissue, JC Zak. (2003). Assessing the response of terrestrial ecosystems to potential changes in precipitation. BioScience. 53:941-952
Loik, ME and SP Redar (2003) Freezing tolerance and cold acclimation for seedlings of Artemisia tridentata along an elevation gradient. Journal of Arid Environments. 54:769-782 Parker, IM, Rodriguez, J and ME Loik (2003) An evolutionary approach to understanding the biology of invasions: local adaptation and general purpose genotype in the weed Verbascum thapsus. Conservation Biology . 17: 59-72.
Dole, KP, Loik, ME and LC Sloan (2003) The relative importance of climate change and the physiological effects of CO2 on freezing tolerance for the distribution of Yucca brevifolia. Global and Planetary Change. 36: 137-146.
Naumburg, E, Housman DC, Huxman TE, Loik ME and SD Smith (2002) Photosynthetic response of Mojave Desert shrubs to Free Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment over four years with differing precipitation regimes. Global Change Biology 9: 276-285
Loik, ME and KD Holl (2001) Photosynthetic responses of tree seedlings in grass and under shrubs in early-successional old fields, Costa Rica. Oecologia 127: 40-50.
Holl, KD, ME Loik, EV Lin, and IA Samuels. (2000) Tropical montane forest restoration in Costa Rica: obstacles and opportunities. Restoration Ecology 8: 339-349.
Loik, ME, TE Huxman, EP Hamerlynck, and SD Smith (2000) Low-temperature tolerance and cold acclimation for three Mojave Desert Yucca species exposed to elevated CO2. Journal of Arid Environments 46: 43-56.
Loik, M.E., St. Onge, C.D. and J. Rodgers (2000) Post-Fire Recruitment of Yucca brevifolia and Yucca schidigera in Joshua Tree National Park, California. In: J. Keeley (ed.) Proceedings of the 2nd Interface Between Ecology and Development in California. USGS Open-File Report 00-62.
Loik, ME, SP Redar and J Harte (2000) Photosynthetic responses to light for Artemisia tridentata and Erigeron speciosus under a climate warming manipulation in the Rocky Mountains. Functional Ecology. 14: 166-175.
Hamerlynck, EP, Huxman, TE, Loik, ME, and SD Smith. (2000) Effects of high temperature, drought and elevated CO2 on photosynthesis of the Mojave Desert evergreen shrub, Larrea tridentata . Plant Ecology 148:183-193.
Hamerlynck, E.P., T.E. Huxman, S.D. Smith, R. Nowak, L.A. Defalco, S. Redar, M.E. Loik, D.N. Jordan, S. Zitzer, and J.R. Seemann. (2000) Initial results of Free Air Carbon Enrichment on a mojave desert ecosystem: photosynthetic responses in contrasting shrub species. Journal of Arid Environments. 44: 425-436.
Shaw M.R., M.E. Loik and J. Harte. (2000) Gas exchange and water relations of two Rocky Mountain shrub species exposed to a climate change manipulation . Plant Ecology. 146:197-206
Loik, M.E. and K.D. Holl. (1999) Photosynthetic responses to light for rain forest seedlings planted in abandoned pasture, Costa Rica. Restoration Ecology. 7:382-391.
Huxman T.E., E.P. Hamerlynck, M.E. Loik, and S.D. Smith. (1998) Gas exchange responses of Yucca species to elevated CO2 and extreme high temperature. Plant, Cell and Environment 21:1275-1283.
Huxman, T.E. and M.E. Loik. (1997) Reproductive patterns of two varieties of Yucca whipplei (Liliaceae) with different life histories. International Journal of Plant Sciences 156:778-784.
Loik, M.E. and J. Harte. (1997) Changes in water relations for leaves exposed to a climate-warming manipulation in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Environmental and Experimental Botany 37:115-123.
Huxman, T. E. and M.E. Loik. (1996) Seeds of Yucca whipplei var. whipplei germinate in the fruit. The Southwestern Naturalist 41:318-320.
Loik, M. E. and J. Harte. (1996) High-temperature tolerance for Artemisia tridentata and Potentilla gracilis under a climate change manipulation. Oecologia 108:224-231.
Nobel, P.S., N. Wang, R.A. Balsamo, M.E. Loik, and M.A. Hawke. (1995) Low-temperature tolerance and acclimation of Opuntia spp. after injecting glucose or methylglucose. International Journal of Plant Sciences 156:496-504.
Loik, M.E. (1995) Book Review: Scaling Physiological Processes. J. Ehleringer and C.B. Field (eds.) Climatic Change 29:463-466.
Nobel, P.S. and M.E. Loik. (1994) Low-temperature tolerance of pricky pear cacti. In: P. Felker and J.R. Moss (eds.) Proceedings, Fourth Annual Texas Prickly Pear Council. Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Kingsville, TX.
Loik, M. E., and P. S. Nobel. (1993) Exogenous abscisic acid mimics cold acclimation for cacti differing in freezing tolerance. Plant Physiology 103:871-876.
Loik, M. E., and P. S. Nobel. (1993) Freezing tolerance and water relations of Opuntia fragilis from Canada and United States. Ecology 74:1722-1732.
Loik, M. E., and P. S. Nobel. (1991) Water relations and mucopolysaccharide increases for a winter hardy cactus during acclimation to subzero temperatures. Oecologia 88:340-346.
Nobel, P.S., M.E. Loik, and R.W. Meyer. (1991) Microhabitat and diel tissue acidity changes for two sympatric cactus species differing in growth habit. Journal of Ecology 79:167-182.
Nobel, P.S. and M.E. Loik. (1990) Thermal analysis, cell viability, and CO2 uptake of a widely distributed North American cactus, Opuntia humifusa, at subzero temperatures. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 28:429-436.
