Stephen Wilson Pacala

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

density dependence

plant community

plant communities

intraspecific competition

interspecific competition

1 Citation (Scopus)

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

Open Access

embolism

xylem

drought

stomatal conductance

water

5 Citations (Scopus)

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., Jan 1 2019, In : Science. 363, 6430, p. 933-934 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

international agreement

reforestation

anthropogenic source

greenhouse gas

mitigation

4 Citations (Scopus)

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

tropical forests

tropical forest

fluid mechanics

drought

hydraulics

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

Pacala, S. W., Jan 1 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Theoretical Population Biology.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

2 Citations (Scopus)

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

Open Access

interspecific variation

allometry

monument

Panama

life history trait

2018

7 Citations (Scopus)

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

Model Fitting

Crops

pasture

Fires

Distinct

81 Citations (Scopus)

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

Natural Gas

Methane

Oils

Gases

United States Environmental Protection Agency

12 Citations (Scopus)

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

boreal forest

Vapor pressure

climate

Productivity

Chemical analysis

14 Citations (Scopus)

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

Nitrogen

Photosynthesis

Respiratory Rate

Phosphorus

Gases

3 Citations (Scopus)

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

tropical forests

tropical forest

edge effects

grassland

grassland fires

9 Citations (Scopus)

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

nutrient limitation

tropical rain forests

sapling

saplings

rainforest

30 Citations (Scopus)

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 › Letter

Droughts

Ecosystem

Water

Carbon Cycle

Climate

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

overstory

understory

ecosystem

group selection

evolutionarily stable strategy

27 Citations (Scopus)

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 1 2018, In : Ecology letters. 21, 10, p. 1552-1560 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter

biomass allocation

drought

carbon

xylem

mortality

21 Citations (Scopus)

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

stomata

woody plant

woody plants

fluid mechanics

evolutionary theory

2017

27 Citations (Scopus)

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

ecosystem structure

bark

vulnerability

climate

ecosystems

12 Citations (Scopus)

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

water potential

Droughts

Ecosystem

Drought

prediction

11 Citations (Scopus)

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 1 2017, In : Global Change Biology. 23, 6, p. 2482-2498 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

evergreen forest

deciduous forest

vegetation type

Nitrogen

Earth (planet)

22 Citations (Scopus)

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

Environmental Policy

Climate Change

Climate

Carbon Dioxide

10 Citations (Scopus)

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

tropical forest

carbon

leaves

carboxylation

evergreen forest

5 Citations (Scopus)

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 1 2017, In : Ecology. 98, 12, p. 3127-3140 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

nitrogen-fixing trees

fixation

nitrogen

cost

biosphere

2016

37 Citations (Scopus)

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

Crowns

Solar System

Carbon

Forests

67 Citations (Scopus)

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

Xylem

Water

Carbon

Costs and Cost Analysis

Photosynthesis

2015

18 Citations (Scopus)

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

Biodiversity

History

Ecology

Ecosystem

Theoretical Models

30 Citations (Scopus)

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

fluid dynamics

land use change

land cover

land use

climate

28 Citations (Scopus)

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

Carbon Sequestration

Water

Carbon

Light

Carbon Cycle

1 Citation (Scopus)

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

Speciation

Biodiversity

Dependent

phylogeny

biodiversity

20 Citations (Scopus)

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

carbon sequestration

Nitrogen

Carbon

Wood

nitrogen

266 Citations (Scopus)

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

Carbon Cycle

Droughts

Climate

Ecosystem

Pinaceae

14 Citations (Scopus)

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

pasture

pastures

vegetation

agriculture

land use

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

pasture

pastures

vegetation

agriculture

land use

90 Citations (Scopus)

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

Methane

Oils

Natural Gas

Gases

Climate

33 Citations (Scopus)

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

Carbon Sequestration

Climate

Temperature

Respiration

Tropical Climate

2014

10 Citations (Scopus)

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

wood density

meta-analysis

phylogenetics

tree growth

phylogeny

16 Citations (Scopus)

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

forest inventory

biosphere

functional response

biomass

timescale

119 Citations (Scopus)

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

soil carbon

turnover

organic carbon

mineral

soil

5 Citations (Scopus)

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

Photosynthesis

Sun

Solar System

shade

Respiration

225 Citations (Scopus)

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

Ecosystem

Earth Sciences

Biota

Direction compound

“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

magazine

Stabilization

climate

science

2013

45 Citations (Scopus)

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., Mar 11 2013, In : American Naturalist. 181, 3, p. 314-330 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

carbon sink

biomass allocation

forest canopy

carbon sinks

carbon

168 Citations (Scopus)

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

Economics

Plant Leaves

Climate Change

Carbon Dioxide

Light

40 Citations (Scopus)

Historical warming reduced due to enhanced land carbon uptake

Shevliakova, E., Stouffer, R. J., Malyshev, S., Krasting, J. P., Hurtt, G. C. & Pacala, S. W., Oct 15 2013, In : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110, 42, p. 16730-16735 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Carbon

Carbon Sequestration

Growth

Carbon Cycle

Hydrodynamics

11 Citations (Scopus)

Interspecific vs intraspecific patterns in leaf nitrogen of forest trees across nitrogen availability gradients

Dybzinski, R., Farrior, C. E., Ollinger, S. & Pacala, S. W., Oct 1 2013, In : New Phytologist. 200, 1, p. 112-121 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Crowns

forest trees

Nitrogen

leaf area index

tree crown

28 Citations (Scopus)

Land use change and nitrogen feedbacks constrain the trajectory of the land carbon sink

Gerber, S., Hedin, L. O., Keel, S. G., Pacala, S. W. & Shevliakova, E., Oct 16 2013, In : Geophysical Research Letters. 40, 19, p. 5218-5222 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

land use

carbon sink

sinks

land use change

trajectory

52 Citations (Scopus)

Resource limitation in a competitive context determines complex plant responses to experimental resource additions

Farrior, C. E., Tilman, D., Dybzinski, R., Reich, P. B., Levin, S. A. & Pacala, S. W., Nov 2013, In : Ecology. 94, 11, p. 2505-2517 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

plant response

nitrogen

resource

fine root

water

12 Citations (Scopus)

Speciation rates decline through time in individual-based models of speciation and extinction

Wang, S., Chen, A., Fang, J. & Pacala, S. W., Sep 1 2013, In : American Naturalist. 182, 3, p. E83-E93

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

individual-based model

extinction

fossils

interspecific variation

death

9 Citations (Scopus)

Why abundant tropical tree species are phylogenetically old

Wang, S., Chen, A., Fang, J. & Pacala, S. W., Oct 1 2013, In : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110, 40, p. 16039-16043 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Demography

Population Density

Forests

2012

23 Citations (Scopus)

A forest structure model that determines crown layers and partitions growth and mortality rates for landscape-scale applications of tropical forests

Bohlman, S. & Pacala, S. W., Mar 1 2012, In : Journal of Ecology. 100, 2, p. 508-518 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

tropical forests

tropical forest

tree crown

mortality

allometry