Publications
Ross M., Castle S. C. and BARGER N. N. In Review. Fuels reduction effects on plant communities and soils in a Pinyon‐Juniper woodland. Journal of Arid Environments. Abstract
Huang C., Asner G. P., and BARGER N. N.. In review. Regional variation in net primary production of piñon‐juniper ecosystems. Journal of Geophysical Research–Biogeosciences. Abstract
BARGER N. N., Archer S. R., Campbell J. L., Huang C., Morton J. A. and Knapp A. K.. Woody plant proliferation in North American drylands: A synthesis of impacts on ecosystem carbon balance. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, vol. 116, G00K07 (2011). Reprint
Castle S. C., Morrison C. D. and BARGER N. N.. Extraction of chlorophyll from biological soil crusts: A Comparison of solvents for spectrophotometric determination. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 43 (2011) 853-856. Reprint
Grandy S. and BARGER N. N. 2010. Implementing Active Learning Strategies: Tales from Two New Life Science Professors at Research Universities. Academic Leadership: The Online Journal. Volume 8 - Issue 2. Reprint *Authors contributed equally to this work.
Huang C., Asner G. P., BARGER N. N., Neff J. C. and Floyd M. L.. Regional aboveground live carbon losses due to drought-induced tree dieback in piñon–juniper ecosystems. Remote Sensing of Environment 114 (2010) 1471–1479. Reprint
BARGER N. N., Adams H. D., Woodhouse C., Neff J. C., Asner G. P. (2009) Influence of Livestock Grazing and Climate on Pinyon Pine (Pinus edulis) Dynamics. Rangeland Ecology & Management: Vol. 62, No. 6, pp. 531-539. Reprint
Neff J. C., BARGER N. N., Baisden W. T., Fernandez D. P., and Asner G. P.. 2009. Soil Carbon Storage Responses to Expanding Pinyon-Juniper Populations in Southern Utah. Ecological Applications, 19:1405–1416. Reprint
Huang C., Asner G. P., Martin R. E., BARGER N. N., and Neff J. C.. 2009. Multiscale analysis of tree cover and aboveground carbon stocks in pinyon-juniper woodlands. Ecological Applications 19:668–681.Reprint
Hartley A., BARGER N. N., Belnap J., Okin G. S.. 2007. Nutrient Cycling in Dryland Ecosystems. In: Marschner P, Rengel Z (eds) Nutrient Cycling in Terrestrial Ecosystems. Series: Soil Biology, Volume 10, pp. 271-299 Springer Verlag.Reprint
BARGER N. N., Herrick J.E., Van Zee J.W., and Belnap J.. 2006. Impacts of biological soil crust disturbance and composition on C and N loss from water erosion. Biogeochemistry 77:247-263.Reprint
BARGER N. N., Belnap J., Ojima D. S., and Mosier A.. 2005. NO gas loss from biologically crusted soils in Canyonlands National Park, Utah. Biogeochemistry 75:373-391.Reprint
Belnap J., Welter J. R., Grimm N. B., BARGER N. N., and Ludwig J. A.. 2005. Linkages between microbial and hydrologic processes in arid and semi-arid watersheds. Ecology 86: 298-307. Reprint
BARGER, N. N., Ojima D. S., Belnap J., Shiping W., Yanfen W., Chen Z. 2004. Changes in plant functional groups, litter quality, and soil Carbon and Nitrogen mineralization with sheep grazing in an inner Mongolian grassland. Journal of Range Management 57:613-619. Reprint
BARGER, N. N., Antonio C. M. D', Ghneim T. and Cuevas E.. 2003. Constraints to colonization and growth of an African grass (Melinis minutiflora) in a Venezuelan savanna. Plant Ecology 167:31-43. Reprint
BARGER, N. N., C. M. D'Antonio, T. Ghneim, Brink K., and Cuevas E.. 2002. Nutrient limitation to primary productivity in a secondary savanna in Venezuela. Biotropica 34:493-501. Reprint