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20264 publications
Estimating whole-tree sap flow in buttressed and irregular trunks
Michael W. Burnett, Rayna Ruggeri, Kelly Caylor, Hillary S. Young, L. Anderegg
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
Journal article
Shifts in evapotranspiration components during heatwaves alter surface cooling
Han Chen, Stephen Good, E. Zahn, E. Bou-Zeid, Kelly Caylor, R.P. Fiorella, M. Haagsma, Lixin Wang
Earth's Future
Journal article
A hybrid Penman-Monteith and machine learning model for simulation evapotranspiration and its components
Han Chen, Stephen Good, Kelly Caylor, R. Fiorella, Lixin Wang
Journal of Hydrology
Journal article
Co-regulation of water use and canopy temperature in desert trees
Bryn Morgan, A.T. Trugman, Kelly Caylor
Agricultural & Forest Meteorology
Journal article
20254 publications
Plant responses to water stress revealed from soil moisture dynamics
Nature Ecology & Evolution
Journal article
Ecological and hydroclimatic determinants of vegetation water-use strategies.
Bryn Morgan, Ryoko Araki, A. Trugman, Kelly Caylor
Nature Ecology & Evolution
Journal article
Nonlinear Soil Moisture Loss Function Reveals Vegetation Responses to Water Availability
Ryoko Araki, Bryn Morgan, H. McMillan, Kelly Caylor
Geophysical Research Letters
Journal article
Using hyperspectral and thermal imagery to monitor stress of Southern California plant species during the 2013–2015 drought
Susan K. Meerdink, Dar A. Roberts, Jennifer Y. King, K. Roth, Paul D. Gader, Kelly Caylor
Isprs Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
Journal article
20245 publications
Drivers of Spatiotemporal Patterns of Riparian Forest NDVI Along a Hydroclimatic Gradient
Pierre Lochin, Hervé Piégay, John C. Stella, Kelly Caylor, Lise Vaudor, Michael Bliss Singer
Ecohydrology
Journal article
Groundwater-dependent ecosystem map exposes global dryland protection needs
M. M. Rohde, Christine M. Albano, Xander Huggins, Kirk R Klausmeyer, Charles Morton, Ali Sharman, E. Zaveri, Laurel Saito, Zach Freed, Jeanette K Howard, N. Job, Holly Richter, K. Toderich, A. Rodella, Tom Gleeson, Justin Huntington, H. Chandanpurkar, A. Purdy, James S. Famiglietti, M. Singer, Dar A. Roberts, Kelly Caylor, John C. Stella
Nature
Journal article
A river runs through it: Robust automated mapping of riparian woodlands and land surface phenology across dryland regions
Conor A. McMahon, Dar A. Roberts, John C. Stella, A. Trugman, M. Singer, Kelly Caylor
Remote Sensing of Environment
Journal article
Establishing ecological thresholds and targets for groundwater management
M. M. Rohde, John C. Stella, M. Singer, Dar A. Roberts, Kelly Caylor, Christine M. Albano
Nature Water
Journal article
Field-scale crop water consumption estimates reveal potential water savings in California agriculture
Anna Boser, Kelly Caylor, Ashley E. Larsen, M. Pascolini‐Campbell, J. Reager, T. Carleton
Nature Communications
Journal article
20234 publications
Estimating Fine‐Scale Transpiration From UAV‐Derived Thermal Imagery and Atmospheric Profiles
Bryn E. Morgan, Kelly Caylor
Water Resources Research
Journal article
Integrating fine root diameter and watershed mapping to characterize rhizosphere hydrology
J. Warren, Keita Decarlo, H. Bilheux, J. Bilheux, Kelly Caylor
Rhizosphere
Journal article
Evapotranspiration regulates leaf temperature and respiration in dryland vegetation
Christopher L. Kibler, A. Trugman, D. Roberts, C. Still, R. Scott, Kelly Caylor, J. Stella, M. Singer
Agricultural & Forest Meteorology
Journal article
Modeling seasonal vegetation phenology from hydroclimatic drivers for contrasting plant functional groups within drylands of the Southwestern USA
M. Warter, M. Singer, M. Cuthbert, D. Roberts, Kelly Caylor, R. Sabathier, J. Stella
Environmental Research: Ecology
Journal article
20222 publications
High resolution spatiotemporal patterns of flow at the landscape scale in montane non‐perennial streams
R. Sabathier, M. Singer, J. Stella, D. Roberts, Kelly Caylor, K. Jaeger, J. Olden
River Research and Applications
Journal article
Direct partitioning of eddy-covariance water and carbon dioxide fluxes into ground and plant components
E. Zahn, E. Bou‐Zeid, S. Good, G. Katul, Christoph K. Thomas, K. Ghannam, J. Smith, M. Chamecki, N. Dias, J. Fuentes, J. Alfieri, H. Kwon, Kelly Caylor, Zhiqiu Gao, K. Soderberg, N. Bambach, L. Hipps, J. Prueger, W. Kustas
Agricultural & Forest Meteorology
Journal article
20214 publications
Drought onset and propagation into soil moisture and grassland vegetation responses during the 2012–2019 major drought in Southern California
M. Warter, M. Singer, M. Cuthbert, D. Roberts, Kelly Caylor, R. Sabathier, J. Stella
Hydrology and Earth System Science
Journal article
Vegetation responses to climatic and geologic controls on water availability in Arizona
R. Sabathier, M. Singer, J. Stella, D. Roberts, Kelly Caylor
Environmental Research Letters
Journal article
Consequences of dryland maize planting decisions under increased seasonal rainfall variability
N. Krell, B. Morgan, D. Gower, Kelly Caylor
Water Resources Research
Journal article
Deforestation-induced warming over tropical mountain regions regulated by elevation
Zhenzhong Zeng, Dashan Wang, Long Yang, Jie Wu, A. Ziegler, Maofeng Liu, P. Ciais, T. Searchinger, Zong‐Liang Yang, Deliang Chen, Anping Chen, Laurent Z. X. Li, S. Piao, David Taylor, Xitian Cai, M. Pan, Liqing Peng, P. Lin, Drew Gower, Yu Feng, C. Zheng, K. Guan, Xu Lian, Tao Wang, Lang Wang, Sujong Jeong, Zhongwang Wei, J. Sheffield, Kelly Caylor, E. Wood
Nature Geoscience
Journal article
20202 publications
Climate sensitivity of water use by riparian woodlands at landscape scales
M. Mayes, Kelly Caylor, M. Singer, M. Singer, J. Stella, D. Roberts, P. Nagler
Hydrological Processes
Journal article
Field-scale soil moisture bridges the spatial-scale gap between drought monitoring and agricultural yields
N. Vergopolan, S. Xiong, L. Estes, N. Wanders, N. Chaney, E. Wood, M. Konar, Kelly Caylor, H. Beck, N. Gatti, Tom Evans, J. Sheffield
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Journal article
20184 publications
Dew deposition suppresses transpiration and carbon uptake in leaves
Cynthia Gerlein Safdi, M. Koohafkan, M. Chung, F. Rockwell, S. Thompson, Kelly Caylor
Agriculture & Forest Meteorology
Journal article
Simulated sensitivity of African terrestrial ecosystem photosynthesis to rainfall frequency, intensity, and rainy season length
K. Guan, S. Good, Kelly Caylor, D. Medvigy, M. Pan, E. Wood, Hisashi Sato, M. Biasutti, Min Chen, A. Ahlström, A. Ahlström, Xiangtao Xu
Environmental Research Letters
Journal article
Calibration of a parsimonious distributed ecohydrological daily model in a data-scarce basin by exclusively using the spatio-temporal variation of NDVI
G. Ruiz-Pérez, J. Koch, J. Koch, S. Manfreda, Kelly Caylor, F. Francés
Hydrology and Earth System Science
Journal article
20177 publications
Leaf water 18O and 2H maps show directional enrichment discrepancy in Colocasia esculenta
Cynthia Gerlein Safdi, P. Gauthier, Craig Sinkler, Kelly Caylor
Plant, Cell, & Environment
Journal article
Global patterns of the contributions of storm frequency, intensity, and seasonality to interannual variability of precipitation
S. Good, K. Guan, Kelly Caylor
Journal of Climate
Journal article
An ecohydrological framework to explain shifts in vegetation organization across climatological gradients
S. Manfreda, Kelly Caylor, S. Good
Ecohydrology
Journal article
Comparision of ET partitioning and crop coefficients between partial plastic mulched and non-mulched maize fields
D. Gong, X. Mei, Weiping Hao, Hanbo Wang, Kelly Caylor
Agricultural Water Management
Journal article
Triple oxygen isotope composition of leaf waters in Mpala, central Kenya
Shuning Li, Shuning Li, N. Levin, N. Levin, K. Soderberg, K. Dennis, Kelly Caylor
Earth & Planetary Science Letters
Journal article
Comparison of multi-level water use efficiency between plastic film, partially mulched, and non-mulched croplands at eastern Loess Plateau of China
D. Gong, X. Mei, Weiping Hao, Hanbo Wang, Kelly Caylor
Agricultural Water Management
Journal article
20161 publication
Modeling ecohydrological dynamics of smallholder strategies for food production in dryland agricultural systems
Drew Gower, J. Dell’Angelo, P. McCord, Kelly Caylor, T. Evans
Environmental Research Letters
Journal article
20159 publications
Soil organic C and total N pools in the Kalahari: potential impacts of climate change on C sequestration in savannas
K. Dintwe, G. Okin, P. D’Odorico, Tanja Hrast, N. Mladenov, Alina Handorean, A. Bhattachan, Kelly Caylor
Plant and Soil
Journal article
Soil organic C and total N pools in the Kalahari: potential impacts of climate change on C sequestration in savannas
K. Dintwe, G. Okin, P. D’Odorico, Tanja Hrast, N. Mladenov, Alina Handorean, A. Bhattachan, Kelly Caylor
Plant and Soil
Journal article
A quantitative description of the interspecies diversity of belowground structure in savanna woody plants
F. O’Donnell, Kelly Caylor, A. Bhattachan, K. Dintwe, P. D’Odorico, G. Okin
Ecosphere
Journal article
Dynamic interactions of ecohydrological and biogeochemical processes in water-limited systems
Lixin Wang, S. Manzoni, Sujith Ravi, D. Riveros‐Iregui, Kelly Caylor
Ecosphere
Journal article
Warmer and Wetter Soil Stimulates Assimilation More than Respiration in Rainfed Agricultural Ecosystem on the China Loess Plateau: The Role of Partial Plastic Film Mulching Tillage
D. Gong, Weiping Hao, X. Mei, Xiang Gao, Qi Liu, Kelly Caylor
PLoS ONE
Journal article
Carbon stable isotopes suggest that hippopotamus-vectored nutrients subsidize aquatic consumers in an East African river
D. McCauley, T. Dawson, M. Power, J. Finlay, M. Ogada, Drew Gower, Kelly Caylor, W. Nyingi, J. M. Githaiga, J. Nyunja, Francis H. Joyce, R. Lewison, J. Brashares
Ecosphere
Journal article
Photosynthetic seasonality of global tropical forests constrained by hydroclimate
K. Guan, M. Pan, Haibin Li, A. Wolf, Jin Wu, D. Medvigy, Kelly Caylor, J. Sheffield, E. Wood, Y. Malhi, Miaoling Liang, J. Kimball, S. Saleska, J. Berry, J. Joiner, A. Lyapustin
Nature Geoscience
Journal article
Termite mounds can increase the robustness of dryland ecosystems to climatic change
J. A. Bonachela, R. Pringle, Efrat Sheffer, Tyler C. Coverdale, Jennifer A. Guyton, Kelly Caylor, S. Levin, C. Tarnita
Science
Journal article
Early assessment of SMAP Level 2/3 Soil Moisture Products over Core Validation Sites
A. Colliander, J. Martínez-Fernández, Seungbum Kim, Á. González-Zamora, X. Wu, M. Vreugdenhil, M. Cosh, Njoku, H. Mcnairn, E. López-Baeza, S. Dunbar, M. Moghaddam, L. Dang, M. Temimi, P. O’neill, A. Pacheco, H. K. Jassar, Kelly Caylor, Yijian Zeng, M. Spencer, M. Seyfried, Z. Su, R. Velde, J. Walker, G. Niedrist, W. Dorigo, D. Entekhabi, N. Das, S. Yueh, A. Monerris-Belda, T. Jackson, T. Pellarin, L. Pashaian, C. Notarnicola, J. Ramos, T. Rowlandson, C. Montzka, J. Pulliainen, K. Rautiainen, M. Thibeault, S. Chan, A. Berg, R. Bindlish
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Conference paper
20148 publications
Continental-scale impacts of intra-seasonal rainfall variability on simulated ecosystem responses in Africa
K. Guan, S. Good, Kelly Caylor, Hisashi Sato, E. Wood, Haibin Li
Biogeosciences
Journal article
Global synthesis of vegetation control on evapotranspiration partitioning
Lixin Wang, S. Good, Kelly Caylor
Geophysical Research Letters
Journal article
Deriving Vegetation Phenological Time and Trajectory Information Over Africa Using SEVIRI Daily LAI
K. Guan, D. Medvigy, E. Wood, Kelly Caylor, Shi Li, Sujong Jeong
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Journal article
An analysis of structure: biomass structure relationships for characteristic species of the western Kalahari, Botswana
T. Meyer, P. D’Odorico, G. Okin, H. Shugart, Kelly Caylor, F. O’Donnell, A. Bhattachan, K. Dintwe
African Journal of Ecology
Journal article
δ2H isotopic flux partitioning of evapotranspiration over a grass field following a water pulse and subsequent dry down
S. Good, K. Soderberg, K. Guan, Lizzie King, T. Scanlon, Kelly Caylor
Water Resources Research
Journal article
On the Vulnerability of Water Limited Ecosystems to Climate Change
S. Manfreda, Kelly Caylor
Water
Journal article
Modelling Vegetation Patterns in Semiarid Environments
S. Manfreda, Teresa Pizzolla, Kelly Caylor
Procedia Environmental Sciences
Journal article
Ecosystem-scale spatial heterogeneity of stable isotopes of soil nitrogen in African savannas
Lixin Wang, G. Okin, P. D’Odorico, Kelly Caylor, S. Macko
Landscape Ecology
Journal article
20134 publications
Analytical expressions of variability in ecosystem structure and function obtained from three-dimensional stochastic vegetation modelling
S. Good, I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe, Kelly Caylor
Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series A
Journal article
The effect of warming on grassland evapotranspiration partitioning using laser- based isotope monitoring techniques
Lixin Wang, S. Niu, S. Good, K. Soderberg, M. Mccabe, R. Sherry, Yiqi Luo, Xuhui Zhou, J. Xia, Kelly Caylor
Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta
Journal article
Seasonal coupling of canopy structure and function in African tropical forests and its environmental controls
K. Guan, A. Wolf, D. Medvigy, Kelly Caylor, M. Pan, E. Wood
Ecosphere
Journal article
Using atmospheric trajectories to model the isotopic composition of rainfall in central Kenya
K. Soderberg, S. Good, M. O'Connor, Lixin Wang, K. Ryan, Kelly Caylor
Ecosphere
Journal article
20128 publications
Reframing hydrology education to solve coupled human and environmental problems
Lizzie King, F. apos, Frances Odonnell, Kelly Caylor
Hydrology and Earth System Science
Journal article
Dryland ecohydrology and climate change: critical issues and technical advances
Lixin Wang, P. D’Odorico, J. Evans, D. Eldridge, M. Mccabe, Kelly Caylor, Lizzie King
Hydrology and Earth System Science
Journal article
Uncertainties in the assessment of the isotopic composition of surface fluxes: A direct comparison of techniques using laser-based water vapor isotope analyzers
S. Good, K. Soderberg, Lixin Wang, Kelly Caylor
Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres
Journal article
Multi-sensor derivation of regional vegetation fractional cover in Africa
K. Guan, E. Wood, Kelly Caylor
Remote Sensing of Environment
Journal article
A model-based evaluation of woody plant encroachment effects on coupled carbon and water cycles
F. O’Donnell, Kelly Caylor
Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences
Journal article
Direct quantification of leaf transpiration isotopic composition
Lixin Wang, S. Good, Kelly Caylor, L. Cernusak
Agriculture & Forest Meteorology
Journal article
Characterizing ecohydrological and biogeochemical connectivity across multiple scales: a new conceptual framework
Lixin Wang, C. Zou, F. O’Donnell, S. Good, T. Franz, G. Miller, Kelly Caylor, J. Cable, B. Bond
Ecohydrology
Journal article
An ecohydrological approach to predicting hillslope-scale vegetation patterns in dryland ecosystems
T. Franz, Kelly Caylor, Lizzie King, J. Nordbotten, M. Celia, I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe
Water Resources Research
Journal article
20114 publications
Understanding the role of ecohydrological feedbacks in ecosystem-state change in drylands
L. Turnbull, B. Wilcox, J. Belnap, S. Ravi, P. D’Odorico, D. Childers, W. Gwenzi, G. Okin, J. Wainwright, Kelly Caylor, Teki Sankey
Ecohydrology
Journal article
Metabolic principles of river basin organization
I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe, Kelly Caylor, A. Rinaldo
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Journal article
Climatological determinants of woody cover in Africa
S. Good, Kelly Caylor
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Journal article
20102 publications
Partitioning evapotranspiration across gradients of woody plant cover: Assessment of a stable isotope technique
Lixin Wang, Kelly Caylor, J. C. Villegas, G. Barron‐Gafford, D. Breshears, T. Huxman
Geophysical Research Letters
Journal article
An ecohydrological approach to predicting regional species distribution patterns in dryland ecosystems
T. Franz, Kelly Caylor, J. Nordbotten, I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe, M. Celia
Advances in Water Resources
Journal article
20096 publications
On the importance of accurate depiction of infiltration processes on modelled soil moisture and vegetation water stress
S. Manfreda, T. Scanlon, Kelly Caylor
Ecohydrology
Journal article
Nutrient limitation on above-ground grass production in four savanna types along the Kalahari Transect
Lydia R. O’Halloran, H. Shugart, Lixin Wang, Kelly Caylor, S. Ringrose, B. Kgope
Journal of Arid Environments
Journal article
Combined effects of soil moisture and nitrogen availability on grass productivity in African savannas
Lixin Wang, P. D’Odorico, Lydia R. O’Halloran, Kelly Caylor, S. Macko
Plant & Soil
Journal article
Ecohydrological optimization of pattern and processes in water-limited ecosystems: A tradeoff-based hypothesis
Kelly Caylor, T. Scanlon, I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe
Water Resources Research
Journal article
Decoupling structural and environmental determinants of sap velocity: Part II, Observational application
Kelly Caylor, D. Dragoni
Agriculture & Forest Meteorology
Journal article
Decoupling structural and environmental determinants of sap velocity: Part I, Methodological development
D. Dragoni, Kelly Caylor
Acta Horticulture
Journal article
20082 publications
Spatial heterogeneity and sources of soil carbon in southern African savannas
Lixin Wang, G. Okin, Kelly Caylor, S. Macko
Geoderma
Journal article
Spatial patterns of soil nutrients in two contrasting southern African savannas
G. Okin, N. Mladenov, Lixin Wang, D. Cassel, Kelly Caylor, S. Ringrose, S. Macko
JGR-Biogeosciences
Journal article
20075 publications
On soil moisture-vegetation feedbacks and their possible effects on the dynamics of dryland plant ecosystems
P. D’Odorico, Kelly Caylor, G. Okin, T. Scanlon
JGR-Biogeosciences
Journal article
A temporally explicit Production Efficiency Model for fuel load allocation in southern Africa
C. Hély, Kelly Caylor, P. Dowty, S. Alleaume, R. Swap, H. Shugart, C. Justice
Ecosystems
Journal article
Positive feedbacks promote power-law clustering of Kalahari vegetation
T. Scanlon, Kelly Caylor, S. Levin, I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe
Nature
Journal article
Spatial variation in vegetation structure coupled to plant available water at landscape scales in a Brazilian savanna
J. Ferreira, M. Bustamante, D. García‐Montiel, Kelly Caylor, E. Davidson
Oecologia
Journal article
When is breeding for drought tolerance optimal if drought is random?
Julianno B. M. Sambatti, Kelly Caylor
New Phytologist
Journal article
20054 publications
Determinants of woody cover in African savannnas: A continental scale analysis
M. Sankaran, N. Hanan, R. Scholes, J. Ratnam, D. Augustine, B. Cade, J. Gignoux, S. Higgins, X. Roux, F. Ludwig, J. Ardo, F. Banyikwa, Andries Bronn, G. Bucini, Kelly Caylor, M. Coughenour, A. Diouf, W. Ekaya, C.J.W. Feral, E. February, P. Frost, P. Hiernaux, H. Hrabar, K. Metzger, H. Prins, S. Ringrose, W. Sea, Jörg Tews, J. Worden, N. Zambatis
Nature
Journal article
Dynamic response of grass cover to rainfall variability: Implications for the function and persistence of savanna ecosystems
T. Scanlon, Kelly Caylor, S. Manfreda, S. Levin, I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe
Advances in Water Resources
Journal article
Tree canopy effects on simulated water stress in southern African savannas
Kelly Caylor, H. Shugart, I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe
Ecosystems
Journal article
20044 publications
Relationship between small-scale structural variability and simulated productivity across a regional moi sture gradient in southern Africa
Kelly Caylor, P. Dowty, H. Shugart, S. Ringrose
Global Change Biology
Journal article
On the coupled geomorphological and ecohydrological organization of river basins
Kelly Caylor, S. Manfreda, I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe
Advances in Water Resources
Journal article
Feasible optimality of vegetation patterns in river basins
Kelly Caylor, T. Scanlon, I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe
Geophysical Research Letters
Journal article
A simulation analysis of the detectability of understory burns in miombo woodlands
J. Pereira, B. Mota, J. Privette, Kelly Caylor, João M. N. Silva, A. Sá, W. Ni-Meister
Remote Sensing of Environment
Journal article
20035 publications
Vegetation structure characteristics and relationships of Kalahari woodlands and savannas
J. Privette, Yuhong Tian, G. Roberts, R. Scholes, Y. Wang, Kelly Caylor, P. Frost, M. Mukelabai
Global Change Biology
Journal article
Tree spacing along the Kalahari Transect in southern Africa
Kelly Caylor, H. Shugart, P. Dowty, Thomas M. Smith
Journal of Arid Environments
Journal article
Regional fuel load for two climatically contrasting years in southern Africa
C. Hély, P. Dowty, S. Alleaume, Kelly Caylor, S. Korontzi, R. Swap, H. Shugart, C. Justice
Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres
Journal article
Soil moisture and plant stress dynamics along the Kalahari precipitation gradient
A. Porporato, F. Laio, L. Ridolfi, Kelly Caylor, I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe
Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres
Journal article
Release of gaseous and particulate carbonaceous compounds from biomass burning during the SAFARI 2000 dry season field campagin
C. Hély, Kelly Caylor, S. Alleaume, R. Swap, H. Shugart
Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres
Journal article
20023 publications
Trends in savanna structure and composition on an aridity gradient in the Kalahari
R. Scholes, P. Dowty, Kelly Caylor, D. Parsons, P. Frost, H. Shugart
Journal of Vegetation Science
Journal article
Determining land surface fractional cover from NDVI and rainfall time series for a savanna ecosystem
T. Scanlon, J. Albertson, Kelly Caylor, C. Williams
Remote Sensing of Environment
Journal article
The Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000): Wet season campaigns
L. Otter, R. Scholes, P. Dowty, J. Privette, Kelly Caylor, S. Ringrose, M. Mukelabai, P. Frost, N. Hanan, O. Totolo, E. Veenendaal
South African Journal of Science
Journal article
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