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Selected Recent UHCC Publications

Bian, L., Melesse, A. M., Leon, A. S., Verma, V., Yin, Z. (2021). “A deterministic topographic wetland index based on LiDAR-derived DEM for delineating open-water wetlands”. Water 13(18)2487. https://doiorg/10.3309/213182487.

Dudenhoeffer, J. H.P*, N. C. LueckeG, and K. M. Crawford. (2022) Changes in precipitation patterns can destabilize plant species coexistence via plant-soil feedback. Nature Ecology & Evolution DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01700-7.

Ho D, Siemann E. 2023. Fruit provisioning of an invasive tree (Triadica sebifera) varies with environment and among populations. Plant Ecology 224:255-265.

Ismail M, Siemann E, Ding JQ. 2023. Behavior of higher trophic levels associated with an invasive plant varies among populations. Environmental Entomology 52 (5), 870-878.

Jiang F, J Bennett, KM Crawford, J Heinze, X Pu, A Luo, and Z Wang. (2024) Global patterns and drivers of plant-soil microbe interactions. Ecology Letters: doi.org/10.1111/ele.14364.

Joachin JJU, C Kritzell, E LagueuxG, NC LueckeG, KM Crawford. (2023) Climate change and plant-microbe interactions: water availability influences the effective specialization of a fungal pathogen. Fungal Ecology 66:101286.

Lai XQ, Luo LC, Fang HF, Zhang L, Shad N, Bai J, Li AX, Zhang X, Yu YD, Wang H, Siemann E. 2023. Bacterial and fungal inhibitor interacted impacting growth of invasive Triadica sebifera and soil N2O emissions. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 6, 1183336.

Laws, A. N., C. Prather, D. H. Branson, S. C. Pennings. 2018. Effects of grasshoppers on prairies: herbivore composition matters more than richness in three grassland ecosystems. Journal of Animal Ecology 87:1727-1737.

LeBrun, E. G., M. Jones, R. M. Plowes, and L. E. Gilbert. 2022. Pathogen-mediated natural and manipulated population collapse in an invasive social insect. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119:e2114558119.

Leon, A. S., Bian, L. and Tang Y. (2021). Comparison of the genetic algorithm and pattern search optimization methods for forecasting optimal flow releases for flood control in a multi-storage system. Environmental Modelling & Software 145, 105198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.105198.

Liu, Y.; Wang, G.; Yu, X.; Wang, K. (2022). Sentinel-1 InSAR and GPS-Integrated Long-Term and Seasonal Subsidence Monitoring in Houston, Texas, USA. Remote Sens. 14, 6184. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14236184.

Locke, H.G*, and K. M. Crawford. (2022) Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi mediate how plant herbivory history influences herbivore performance. Ecological Entomology 47(4):590-600.

Lucas, Jane M., Jayne Jonas, Angela N. Laws, David H. Branson, Steven C. Pennings, Chelse M. Prather, Michael S. Strickland. 2020. Functional and taxonomic diversity of grasshoppers differentially shape above- and below-ground communities and their function. Functional Ecology 35:167-180. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13682.

Luecke, N. C., T. Adams, and K. M. Crawford. (2021) First report of powdery mildew caused by Podosphaera xanthii on the invasive Verbena brasiliensis in Texas. Plant Disease 105(2) 507.

Lyons KG, P Torok, JM Hermann, K Kiehl, A Kirmer, J Kollmann, GE Overbeck, S Tischew, EB Allen, JD Bakker, C Bringham, E Buisson, KM Crawford, P Dunwiddie, J Firn, D Grobert, K Hickman, S Le Stradic, JW Veldmann, VM Temperton. (2023) Challenges and opportunities for grassland restoration: A global perspective of best practices in the era of climate change. Global Ecology and Conservation: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02612.

Mitchell, N., H. Luu, G. L. Owens, L. H. Rieseberg, and K. D. Whitney. 2022. Hybrid evolution repeats itself across environmental contexts in Texas sunflowers (Helianthus). Evolution 76:1512-1528.

Moyano J, RD Dimarco, J Paritsis, T Peterson, DA Peltzer, KM Crawford, M McCary, KT Davis, A Pauchard, MA Nuñez. (in press). Unintended consequences of planting native and non-native trees in treeless ecosystems to fight climate change. Journal of Ecology.

Osburn, E.D., Hoch, P.J., Prather, C.M. and Strickland, M.S., 2023. Effects of micronutrient fertilization on soil carbon pools and microbial community functioning. Applied Soil Ecology, 181, p.104664.

Prather, C. M., A. Huynh*, S. C. Pennings. 2017. Woody structure facilitates invasion of woody plants by providing perches for birds. Ecology and Evolution. DOI 10.1002/ece3.3314.

Prather, C. M., A. N. Laws, J. F. Cuellar, R. W. Reihart, K. W. Gawkins, S. C. Pennings. 2018. Seeking salt: herbivorous prairie insects can be co-limited by macronutrients and salt. Ecology Letters 21:1467-1476.

Reihart RW, KP Angelos, KM Gawkins, SE Hurst, DC Montelongo, AN Laws, SC Pennings, CM Prather. 2021. Crazy ants craving calcium: Macronutrients and micronutrients can limit and stress an invaded grassland brown food web. Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3263.

Shad, N, Liu Q, Fang HF, Wang BH, Gao Y, Liu XJ, Liu LY, Zhang WY, Siemann E, Zhang L. 2022. Soil sterilization interacted with Chinese tallow tree (Triadica sebifera) origins impacting both urease and belowground mass specific phosphatase activity. Plant Ecology 223: 397-406.

Tian BL, Pei YC, Huang W, Ding JQ, Siemann E. Increasing flavonoids in root exudates in root exudates enhance associations between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and an invasive plant. The ISME Journal 15:1919-1930.

Tian BL, Pei YC, Li WQ, Zhang JL, Ding JQ, Zhang XB, Siemann E. 2023. Molecular profiling of chemical signals enhancing plant invasion by shaping mutualistic associations. Authorea.

Tian BL, 1, Pei YC, Li WQ, Zhang JL1, Zhang SL, Ding JQ, Zhang XB, Siemann E. 2024. Gene expression controlling signaling molecules within mutualistic associations of an invasive plant: An evolutionary perspective. Journal of Ecology.

Wang, G. (2023). New Preconsolidation Heads Following the Long-Term Hydraulic-Head Decline and Recovery in Houston, Texas. Groundwater 61(5):674-691.

Wang, G. Seasonal Subsidence and Heave Recorded by Borehole Extensometers in Houston. J. Surv. Eng. 2022, 149, 1. http://doi.org/10.1061/JSUED2.SUENG-1369.

Wang G. The 95% Confidence Interval for GNSS-Derived Site Velocities. J. Surv. Eng. 2022, 148, 04021030, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)SU.1943-5428.0000390.

Wang, K., G. Wang, B. Cornelison, H. Liu, and Y. Bao (2021). Land subsidence and aquifer compaction in Montgomery County, Texas, U.S.: 2000–2020. Geoenviron. Disasters 8, 28 (2021).

Wang, G.; Greuter, A.; Petersen, C.M.; Turco, M.J. Houston GNSS Network for Subsidence and Faulting Monitoring: Data Analysis Methods and Products. J. Surv. Eng. 2022, 148, doi:10.1061/(asce)su.1943-5428.0000399.

Welch, J., Wang, G., Bao, Y., Zhang, S., Huang, G., & Hu, X. (2024). Unveiling the hidden threat: Drought-induced inelastic subsidence in expansive soils. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2023GL107549. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL107549.

Xi N, KM Crawford, and JR De Long. (2022) Plant landscape abundance and soil fungi modulate drought effects on plant-soil feedbacks. Oikos 8: e08836.

Xi, Nianxun, G, P. B. Adler, D. Chen, H. Wu, J. Catford, P. van Bodegom, M. Bahn, K. M. Crawford, C. Chu. (2021) Relationships between plant-soil feedbacks and functional traits. Journal of Ecology https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13731.

Yang Q, Siemann E, Harvey JA, Ding JQ, Biere A. 2021. Effects of soil biota on growth, resistance and tolerance to herbivory in Triadica sebifera plants. Geoderma 402: 115191.

Yang Q, Yang MM, Fu KY, Zhao JR, Koorem K, Li B, Siemann E. 2021. The effects of light availability on plant-soil interactions and salinity tolerance of invasive tree species, Triadica sebifera. Forest Ecology & Management 506: 119964.

Verma, V. L. Bian, A. Leon. 2022. A remotely operated software defined radio based framework to release water from a network of storage units. World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2022: 8-15.

Verma, V., L. Bian, A. Leon. 2022. A remotely operated framework based on internet of things (IoT) technology to release water from ponded systems. World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2022: 1-7.

Zhou X., G. Wang, K. Wang, H. Liu, H. Lyu, and M. J. Turco (2021). Rates of Natural Subsidence and Submergence Along the Texas Coast Derived from GPS and Tide Gauge Measurements (1904-2020). J. Surv. Eng. 147 (4): 04021020. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)SU.1943-5428.0000371.