Stephen Wilson Pacala

Research output

Research output per year 1982 2021

• 27450 Citations
• 76 h-Index
• 144 Article
• 12 Review article
• 8 Letter
• 5 Chapter
• 7 More
  • 4 Comment/debate
  • 2 Short survey
  • 1 Book

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2021

  Acting rapidly to deploy readily available methane mitigation measures by sector can immediately slow global warming

  Ocko, I. B., Sun, T., Shindell, D., Oppenheimer, M., Hristov, A. N., Pacala, S. W., Mauzerall, D. L., Xu, Y. & Hamburg, S. P., May 2021, In: Environmental Research Letters. 16, 5, 054042.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Global Warming
  • Methane
  • Global warming
  • mitigation measure
  • global warming

• Future paths for the ‘exploitative segregation of plant roots’ model

  Cabal, C., Martinez-Garcia, R., de Castro, A., Valladares, F. & Pacala, S. W., 2021, In: Plant Signaling and Behavior. 16, 5, 1891755.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • foraging
  • soil heterogeneity
  • theoretical models
  • root growth
  • plant response
• 2020

  Allometric constraints and competition enable the simulation of size structure and carbon fluxes in a dynamic vegetation model of tropical forests (LM3PPA-TV)

  Martínez Cano, I., Shevliakova, E., Malyshev, S., Wright, S. J., Detto, M., Pacala, S. W. & Muller-Landau, H. C., Aug 1 2020, In: Global Change Biology. 26, 8, p. 4478-4494 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • size structure
  • vegetation dynamics
  • carbon flux
  • Carbon
  • Fluxes
  3 Scopus citations

• Climate-driven risks to the climate mitigation potential of forests

  Anderegg, W. R. L., Trugman, A. T., Badgley, G., Anderson, C. M., Bartuska, A., Ciais, P., Cullenward, D., Field, C. B., Freeman, J., Goetz, S. J., Hicke, J. A., Huntzinger, D., Jackson, R. B., Nickerson, J., Pacala, S. & Randerson, J. T., Jun 19 2020, In: Science. 368, 6497, eaaz7005.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Forests
  • Climate
  • Carbon Sequestration
  • Wildfires
  • Droughts
  30 Scopus citations

• The exploitative segregation of plant roots

  Cabal, C., Martínez-García, R., De Castro Aguilar, A., Valladares, F. & Pacala, S. W., Dec 4 2020, In: Science. 370, 6521, p. 1197-1199 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Plant Roots
  • Carbon
  • Plant Dispersal
  • Game Theory
  7 Scopus citations

• The importance of Durrett and Levin (1994): “The importance of being discrete (and spatial)”

  Pacala, S. W., Jun 2020, In: Theoretical Population Biology. 133, p. 33-34 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
  1 Scopus citations
• 2019

  Bias in the detection of negative density dependence in plant communities

  Detto, M., Visser, M. D., Wright, S. J. & Pacala, S. W., Nov 1 2019, In: Ecology letters. 22, 11, p. 1923-1939 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • density dependence
  • plant community
  • plant communities
  • detection
  • statistical inference
  30 Scopus citations

• Competition alters predicted forest carbon cycle responses to nitrogen availability and elevated CO2: Simulations using an explicitly competitive, game-theoretic vegetation demographic model

  Weng, E., Dybzinski, R., Farrior, C. E. & Pacala, S. W., Dec 3 2019, In: Biogeosciences. 16, 23, p. 4577-4599 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • carbon cycle
  • demographic statistics
  • allocation
  • vegetation
  • fine roots
  2 Scopus citations

• Embolism recovery strategies and nocturnal water loss across species influenced by biogeographic origin

  Zeppel, M. J. B., Anderegg, W. R. L., Adams, H. D., Hudson, P., Cook, A., Rumman, R., Eamus, D., Tissue, D. T. & Pacala, S. W., May 2019, In: Ecology and Evolution. 9, 9, p. 5348-5361 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • embolism
  • xylem
  • drought
  • stomatal conductance
  • loss
  6 Scopus citations

• Natural climate solutions are not enough

  Anderson, C. M., DeFries, R. S., Litterman, R., Matson, P. A., Nepstad, D. C., Pacala, S. W., Schlesinger, W. H., Rebecca Shaw, M., Smith, P., Weber, C. & Field, C. B., 2019, In: Science. 363, 6430, p. 933-934 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Climate
  26 Scopus citations

• Predicting shifts in the functional composition of tropical forests under increased drought and CO₂ from trade-offs among plant hydraulic traits

  Bartlett, M. K., Detto, M. & Pacala, S. W., Jan 2019, In: Ecology letters. 22, 1, p. 67-77 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • tropical forests
  • fluid mechanics
  • drought
  • hydraulics
  • evolutionarily stable strategy
  13 Scopus citations

• Tropical tree height and crown allometries for the Barro Colorado Nature Monument, Panama: A comparison of alternative hierarchical models incorporating interspecific variation in relation to life history traits

  Cano, I. M., Muller-Landau, H. C., Joseph Wright, S., Bohlman, S. A. & Pacala, S. W., Feb 20 2019, In: Biogeosciences. 16, 4, p. 847-862 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • interspecific variation
  • monuments
  • allometry
  • life history trait
  • tropical plants
  11 Scopus citations
• 2018

  A fire model with distinct crop, pasture, and non-agricultural burning: Use of new data and a model-fitting algorithm for FINAL.1

  Rabin, S. S., Ward, D. S., Malyshev, S. L., Magi, B. I., Shevliakova, E. & Pacala, S. W., Mar 2 2018, In: Geoscientific Model Development. 11, 2, p. 815-842 28 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Model Fitting
  • Data Model
  • Crops
  • pasture
  • Data structures
  15 Scopus citations

• Assessment of methane emissions from the U.S. oil and gas supply chain

  Alvarez, R. A., Zavala-Araiza, D., Lyon, D. R., Allen, D. T., Barkley, Z. R., Brandt, A. R., Davis, K. J., Herndon, S. C., Jacob, D. J., Karion, A., Kort, E. A., Lamb, B. K., Lauvaux, T., Maasakkers, J. D., Marchese, A. J., Omara, M., Pacala, S. W., Peischl, J., Robinson, A. L., Shepson, P. B. & 4 others, Sweeney, C., Townsend-Small, A., Wofsy, S. C. & Hamburg, S. P., Jul 13 2018, In: Science. 361, 6398, p. 186-188 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Natural Gas
  • Methane
  • Oils
  • Gases
  • United States Environmental Protection Agency
  220 Scopus citations

• Differential declines in Alaskan boreal forest vitality related to climate and competition

  Trugman, A. T., Medvigy, D., Anderegg, W. R. L. & Pacala, S. W., Mar 2018, In: Global Change Biology. 24, 3, p. 1097-1107 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • boreal forest
  • Vapor pressure
  • Chemical analysis
  • climate
  • Productivity
  22 Scopus citations

• Divergent drivers of leaf trait variation within species, among species, and among functional groups

  Osnas, J. L. D., Katabuchi, M., Kitajima, K., Joseph Wright, S., Reich, P. B., Van Bael, S. A., Kraft, N. J. B., Samaniego, M. J., Pacala, S. W. & Lichstein, J. W., May 22 2018, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 115, 21, p. 5480-5485 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Longevity
  • Nitrogen
  • Photosynthesis
  • Forests
  • Respiratory Rate
  42 Scopus citations

• Edge fires drive the shape and stability of tropical forests

  Hébert-Dufresne, L., Pellegrini, A. F. A., Bhat, U., Redner, S., Pacala, S. W. & Berdahl, A. M., Jun 2018, In: Ecology letters. 21, 6, p. 794-803 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  • tropical forests
  • edge effects
  • grassland
  • grasslands
  • fire frequency
  7 Scopus citations

• Functional groups, species and light interact with nutrient limitation during tropical rainforest sapling bottleneck

  Chou, C. B., Hedin, L. O. & Pacala, S. W., Jan 2018, In: Journal of Ecology. 106, 1, p. 157-167 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • nutrient limitation
  • sapling
  • tropical rain forests
  • saplings
  • rainforest
  12 Scopus citations

• Hydraulic diversity of forests regulates ecosystem resilience during drought

  Anderegg, W. R. L., Konings, A. G., Trugman, A. T., Yu, K., Bowling, D. R., Gabbitas, R., Karp, D. S., Pacala, S., Sperry, J. S., Sulman, B. N. & Zenes, N., Sep 27 2018, In: Nature. 561, 7724, p. 538-541 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Droughts
  • Forests
  • Ecosystem
  • Water
  • Taiga
  109 Scopus citations

• Stabilization wedges: Solving the climate problem for the next 50 years with current technologies

  Pacala, S. & Socolow, R., Jan 1 2018, Planning for Climate Change: A Reader in Green Infrastructure and Sustainable Design for Resilient Cities. Taylor and Francis, p. 55-61 7 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Stabilization
  • stabilization
  • Climate
  • climate
  2 Scopus citations

• Stabilization wedges: Solving the climate problem for the next 50 years with current technologies

  Pacala, S. W. & Socolow, R., Jan 1 2018, Planning for Climate Change: A Reader in Green Infrastructure and Sustainable Design for Resilient Cities. Taylor and Francis, p. 55-61 7 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Stabilization
  • stabilization
  • Climate
  • climate

• The role of succession in the evolution of flammability

  Uyehara, I. K. & Pacala, S. W., Sep 1 2018, In: Theoretical Ecology. 11, 3, p. 291-303 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • overstory
  • understory
  • ecosystem
  • pine
  • group selection
  1 Scopus citations

• Tree carbon allocation explains forest drought-kill and recovery patterns

  Trugman, A. T., Detto, M., Bartlett, M. K., Medvigy, D., Anderegg, W. R. L., Schwalm, C., Schaffer, B. & Pacala, S. W., Oct 2018, In: Ecology letters. 21, 10, p. 1552-1560 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  • biomass allocation
  • drought
  • carbon
  • xylem
  • mortality
  77 Scopus citations

• Woody plants optimise stomatal behaviour relative to hydraulic risk

  Anderegg, W. R. L., Wolf, A., Arango-Velez, A., Choat, B., Chmura, D. J., Jansen, S., Kolb, T., Li, S., Meinzer, F. C., Pita, P., Resco de Dios, V., Sperry, J. S., Wolfe, B. T. & Pacala, S., Jul 2018, In: Ecology letters. 21, 7, p. 968-977 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  • stomata
  • woody plant
  • woody plants
  • fluid mechanics
  • evolutionary theory
  42 Scopus citations
• 2017

  Convergence of bark investment according to fire and climate structures ecosystem vulnerability to future change

  Pellegrini, A. F. A., Anderegg, W. R. L., Paine, C. E. T., Hoffmann, W. A., Kartzinel, T., Rabin, S. S., Sheil, D., Franco, A. C. & Pacala, S. W., Mar 1 2017, In: Ecology letters. 20, 3, p. 307-316 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  • ecosystem vulnerability
  • bark
  • climate
  • ecosystems
  • savannas
  53 Scopus citations

• Plant water potential improves prediction of empirical stomatal models

  Anderegg, W. R. L., Wolf, A., Arango-Velez, A., Choat, B., Chmura, D. J., Jansen, S., Kolb, T., Li, S., Meinzer, F., Pita, P., Resco de Dios, V., Sperry, J. S., Wolfe, B. T. & Pacala, S. W., Oct 2017, In: PloS one. 12, 10, e0185481.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Droughts
  • Ecosystem
  • water potential
  • Drought
  • ecosystems
  25 Scopus citations

• Predicting vegetation type through physiological and environmental interactions with leaf traits: evergreen and deciduous forests in an earth system modeling framework

  Weng, E., Farrior, C. E., Dybzinski, R. & Pacala, S. W., Jun 2017, In: Global Change Biology. 23, 6, p. 2482-2498 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • evergreen forest
  • deciduous forest
  • vegetation type
  • Nitrogen
  • Earth (planet)
  20 Scopus citations

• Unmask temporal trade-offs in climate policy debates

  Ocko, I. B., Hamburg, S. P., Jacob, D. J., Keith, D. W., Keohane, N. O., Oppenheimer, M., Roy-Mayhew, J. D., Schrag, D. P. & Pacala, S. W., May 5 2017, In: Science. 356, 6337, p. 492-493 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey › peer-review

  • Climate
  44 Scopus citations

• Variations of leaf longevity in tropical moist forests predicted by a trait-driven carbon optimality model

  Xu, X., Medvigy, D., Joseph Wright, S., Kitajima, K., Wu, J., Albert, L. P., Martins, G. A., Saleska, S. R. & Pacala, S. W., Sep 2017, In: Ecology letters. 20, 9, p. 1097-1106 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  • tropical rain forests
  • carbon
  • leaves
  • tropical evergreen forests
  • abiotic environment
  22 Scopus citations

• Why are nitrogen-fixing trees rare at higher compared to lower latitudes?

  Menge, D. N. L., Batterman, S. A., Hedin, L. O., Liao, W., Pacala, S. W. & Taylor, B. N., Dec 2017, In: Ecology. 98, 12, p. 3127-3140 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • nitrogen-fixing trees
  • fixation
  • nitrogen
  • cost
  • biosphere
  17 Scopus citations
• 2016

  Dominance of the suppressed: Power-law size structure in tropical forests

  Farrior, C. E., Bohlman, S. A., Hubbell, S. & Pacala, S. W., Jan 8 2016, In: Science. 351, 6269, p. 155-157 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Forests
  • Crowns
  • Solar System
  • Carbon
  • Data Analysis
  59 Scopus citations

• Optimal stomatal behavior with competition for water and risk of hydraulic impairment

  Wolf, A., Anderegg, W. R. L. & Pacala, S. W., Nov 15 2016, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 113, 46, p. E7222-E7230

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Xylem
  • Water
  • Carbon
  • Photosynthesis
  • Costs and Cost Analysis
  104 Scopus citations
• 2015

  Backbones of evolutionary history test biodiversity theory for microbes

  O'Dwyer, J. P., Kembel, S. W., Sharpton, T. J. & Pacala, S. W., Jul 7 2015, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112, 27, p. 8356-8361 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Biodiversity
  • Ecology
  • History
  • Ecosystem
  • Microbiota
  23 Scopus citations

• Contrasting local versus regional effects of land-use-change-induced heterogeneity on historical climate: Analysis with the GFDL earth system model

  Malyshev, S., Shevliakova, E., Stouffer, R. J. & Pacala, S. W., Jan 1 2015, In: Journal of Climate. 28, 13, p. 5448-5469 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • fluid dynamics
  • land use change
  • land cover
  • land use
  • climate
  39 Scopus citations

• Decreased water limitation under elevated CO₂ amplifies potential for forest carbon sinks

  Farrior, C. E., Rodriguez-Iturbe, I., Dybzinski, R., Levin, S. A. & Pacala, S. W., Jun 9 2015, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112, 23, p. 7213-7218 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Carbon Sequestration
  • Forests
  • Water
  • Carbon
  • Carbon Cycle
  40 Scopus citations

• Density-dependent speciation alters the structure and dynamics of neutral communities

  Wang, S., Chen, A., Pacala, S. W. & Fang, J., May 7 2015, In: Journal of Theoretical Biology. 372, p. 128-134 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Speciation
  • Biodiversity
  • Community
  • Dependent
  • biodiversity
  1 Scopus citations

• Increased forest carbon storage with increased atmospheric CO2 despite nitrogen limitation: A game-theoretic allocation model for trees in competition for nitrogen and light

  Dybzinski, R., Farrior, C. E. & Pacala, S. W., Mar 1 2015, In: Global Change Biology. 21, 3, p. 1182-1196 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • carbon storage
  • Carbon
  • Nitrogen
  • allocation
  • Wood
  23 Scopus citations

• Pervasive drought legacies in forest ecosystems and their implications for carbon cycle models

  Anderegg, W. R. L., Schwalm, C., Biondi, F., Camarero, J. J., Koch, G., Litvak, M., Ogle, K., Shaw, J. D., Shevliakova, E., Williams, A. P., Wolf, A., Ziaco, E. & Pacala, S. W., Jul 31 2015, In: Science. 349, 6247, p. 528-532 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Droughts
  • Carbon Cycle
  • Forests
  • Climate
  • Ecosystem
  419 Scopus citations

• Quantifying regional, time-varying effects of cropland and pasture on vegetation fire

  Rabin, S. S., Magi, B. I., Shevliakova, E. & Pacala, S. W., Jul 10 2015, In: Biogeosciences Discussions. 12, 13, p. 10817-10855 39 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • cropland
  • pasture
  • pastures
  • vegetation
  • agriculture

• Quantifying regional, time-varying effects of cropland and pasture on vegetation fire

  Rabin, S. S., Magi, B. I., Shevliakova, E. & Pacala, S. W., Nov 19 2015, In: Biogeosciences. 12, 22, p. 6591-6604 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • cropland
  • pasture
  • pastures
  • vegetation
  • agriculture
  20 Scopus citations

• Reconciling divergent estimates of oil and gas methane emissions

  Zavala-Araiza, D., Lyon, D. R., Alvarez, R. A., Davis, K. J., Harriss, R., Herndon, S. C., Karion, A., Kort, E. A., Lamb, B. K., Lan, X., Marchese, A. J., Pacala, S. W., Robinson, A. L., Shepson, P. B., Sweeney, C., Talbot, R., Townsend-Small, A., Yacovitc, T. I., Zimmerle, D. J. & Hamburg, S. P., Dec 22 2015, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112, 51, p. 15597-15602 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Methane
  • Oils
  • Natural Gas
  • Gases
  • Climate
  122 Scopus citations

• Tropical nighttime warming as a dominant driver of variability in the terrestrial carbon sink

  Anderegg, W. R. L., Ballantyne, A. P., Smith, W. K., Majkut, J., Rabin, S., Beaulieu, C., Birdsey, R., Dunne, J. P., Houghton, R. A., Myneni, R. B., Pan, Y., Sarmiento, J. L., Serota, N., Shevliakova, E., Tans, P. & Pacala, S. W., Dec 22 2015, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112, 51, p. 15591-15596 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Carbon Sequestration
  • Climate
  • Temperature
  • Respiration
  • Global Warming
  52 Scopus citations
• 2014

  A model-based meta-analysis for estimating species-specific wood density and identifying potential sources of variation

  Ogle, K., Pathikonda, S., Sartor, K., Lichstein, J. W., Osnas, J. L. D. & Pacala, S. W., Jan 1 2014, In: Journal of Ecology. 102, 1, p. 194-208 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • wood density
  • meta-analysis
  • phylogenetics
  • growth models
  • tree growth
  14 Scopus citations

• Confronting terrestrial biosphere models with forest inventory data

  Lichstein, J. W., Golaz, N. Z., Malyshev, S., Shevliakova, E., Zhang, T., Sheffield, J., Birdsey, R. A., Sarmiento, J. L. & Pacala, S. W., Jun 2014, In: Ecological Applications. 24, 4, p. 699-715 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • forest inventory
  • biosphere
  • functional response
  • biomass
  • available water capacity
  18 Scopus citations

• Microbe-driven turnover offsets mineral-mediated storage of soil carbon under elevated CO 2

  Sulman, B. N., Phillips, R. P., Oishi, A. C., Shevliakova, E. & Pacala, S. W., Jan 1 2014, In: Nature Climate Change. 4, 12, p. 1099-1102 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • soil carbon
  • turnover
  • organic carbon
  • mineral
  • soil
  168 Scopus citations

• Species-independent down-regulation of leaf photosynthesis and respiration in response to shading: Evidence from six temperate tree species

  Chen, A., Lichstein, J. W., Osnas, J. L. D. & Pacala, S. W., Apr 11 2014, In: PloS one. 9, 4, e91798.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Photosynthesis
  • Sun
  • Solar System
  • shade
  • Respiration
  10 Scopus citations

• The emergence and promise of functional biogeography

  Violle, C., Reich, P. B., Pacala, S. W., Enquist, B. J. & Kattge, J., Sep 23 2014, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111, 38, p. 13690-13696 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Ecosystem
  • Earth Sciences
  • Biota
  • Direction compound
  296 Scopus citations

• “Stabilization wedges: Solving the climate problem for the next 50 years with current technologies” from science magazine (2004)

  Pacala, S. W. & Socolow, R., Jan 1 2014, The Sustainable Urban Development Reader, Third Edition. Taylor and Francis, p. 93-100 8 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Stabilization
  • stabilization
  • magazine
  • Climate
  • climate
• 2013

  Competition for water and light in closed-canopy forests: A tractable model of carbon allocation with implications for carbon sinks

  Farrior, C. E., Dybzinski, R., Levin, S. A. & Pacala, S. W., 2013, In: American Naturalist. 181, 3, p. 314-330 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • biomass allocation
  • forest canopy
  • carbon sinks
  • carbon sink
  • carbon
  59 Scopus citations

• Global leaf trait relationships: Mass, area, and the leaf economics spectrum

  Osnas, J. L. D., Lichstein, J. W., Reich, P. B. & Pacala, S. W., Jan 1 2013, In: Science. 340, 6133, p. 741-744 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Economics
  • Plant Leaves
  • Climate Change
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Longevity
  227 Scopus citations