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92

Overview

Adam G. West is affiliated with the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, contributing extensively to studies related to global and planetary change.

The scientist's work spans several subfields, including:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecology
  • Atmospheric Science

West's main research topics encompass:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Their recent publications include:

  • "Biome boundary maintained by intense belowground resource competition in world's thinnest-rooted plant community," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Seasonal variation in tap water δ2H and δ18O isotopes reveals two tap water worlds," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "UAVs improve detection of seasonal growth responses during post-fire shrubland recovery," 2022, Landscape Ecology
  • "Post-fire summer rainfall differentially affects reseeder and resprouter population recovery in fire-prone shrublands of South Africa," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Desiccation tolerance implies costs to productivity but allows survival under extreme drought conditions in Velloziaceae species in campos rupestres," 2021, Environmental and Experimental Botany

West has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Justin J. van Blerk
  • Robert P. Skelton
  • Res Altwegg
  • M. Timm Hoffman
  • Todd E. Dawson

The scientist's publications have appeared consistently in these venues:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Scientific Reports
  • Landscape Ecology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental and Experimental Botany

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms of plant survival and mortality during drought: why do some plants survive while others succumb to drought?

    Nate G. McDowell;William T. Pockman;Craig D. Allen;David D. Breshears

  • Water extraction times for plant and soil materials used in stable isotope analysis

    Adam G. West;Shela J. Patrickson;James R. Ehleringer

  • Nitrogen isotopes in mammalian herbivores: hair δ15N values from a controlled feeding study

    M. Sponheimer;T. Robinson;L. Ayliffe;B. Roeder

  • Hydrogen and oxygen isotope ratios in human hair are related to geography

    James R. Ehleringer;Gabriel J. Bowen;Lesley A. Chesson;Adam G. West

  • Predicting plant vulnerability to drought in biodiverse regions using functional traits

    Robert Paul Skelton;Adam G. West;Todd E. Dawson

  • Turnover of carbon isotopes in tail hair and breath CO2 of horses fed an isotopically varied diet.

    L. K. Ayliffe;T. E. Cerling;T. Robinson;A. G. West

  • Diverse functional responses to drought in a Mediterranean-type shrubland in South Africa

    A. G. West;A. G. West;T. E. Dawson;E. C. February;G. F. Midgley

  • Discrepancies between isotope ratio infrared spectroscopy and isotope ratio mass spectrometry for the stable isotope analysis of plant and soil waters

    Adam G. West;Adam G. West;Gregory R. Goldsmith;Paul D. Brooks;Todd E. Dawson

  • Determining biological tissue turnover using stable isotopes: the reaction progress variable.

    Thure E. Cerling;Linda K. Ayliffe;M. Denise Dearing;James R. Ehleringer

  • Drought and resprouting plants

    Melanie J. B. Zeppel;Sandy P. Harrison;Sandy P. Harrison;Henry D. Adams;Douglas I. Kelley

  • Seasonal variations in moisture use in a piñon–juniper woodland

    A. G. West;A. G. West;K. R. Hultine;K. G. Burtch;J. R. Ehleringer

  • TRANSPIRATION AND HYDRAULIC STRATEGIES IN A PINON-JUNIPER WOODLAND

    A. G. West;K. R. Hultine;J. S. Sperry;S. E. Bush

  • Wood anatomy constrains stomatal responses to atmospheric vapor pressure deficit in irrigated, urban trees

    Susan E. Bush;Diane E. Pataki;Kevin R. Hultine;Adam G. West;Adam G. West

  • Spatial analysis of hydrogen and oxygen stable isotopes (“isoscapes”) in ground water and tap water across South Africa

    A.G. West;E.C. February;G.J. Bowen;G.J. Bowen

  • The Nebulous Ecology of Native Invasions

    Lloyd L. Nackley;Lloyd L. Nackley;Adam G. West;Andrew L. Skowno;William J. Bond

  • Drought, Climate change and Vegetation response in the succulent karoo, South Africa

    M.T. Hoffman;P.J. Carrick;L. Gillson;A.G. West;A.G. West

  • Woodland expansion in South African grassy biomes based on satellite observations (1990-2013): general patterns and potential drivers

    Andrew L. Skowno;Mark W. Thompson;Jens Hiestermann;Brad Ripley

  • Projecting climate change impacts on species distributions in megadiverse South African Cape and Southwest Australian Floristic Regions: Opportunities and challenges

    Colin J. Yates;Jane Elith;Andrew M. Latimer;David Le Maitre

  • Differential summer water use by Pinus edulis and Juniperus osteosperma reflects contrasting hydraulic characteristics

    A. G. West;K. R. Hultine;T. L. Jackson;J. R. Ehleringer

  • Short-term diet changes revealed using stable carbon isotopes in horse tail-hair

    A. G. West;L. K. Ayliffe;T. E. Cerling;T. F. Robinson

Frequent Co-Authors

James R. Ehleringer
James R. Ehleringer University of Utah
William J. Bond
William J. Bond University of Cape Town
Jeremy J. Midgley
Jeremy J. Midgley University of Cape Town
Kevin R. Hultine
Kevin R. Hultine Desert Botanical Garden
Thure E. Cerling
Thure E. Cerling University of Utah
Todd E. Dawson
Todd E. Dawson University of California, Berkeley
Guy F. Midgley
Guy F. Midgley Stellenbosch University
Gabriel J. Bowen
Gabriel J. Bowen University of Utah
Linda K. Ayliffe
Linda K. Ayliffe Australian National University
Michael D. Cramer
Michael D. Cramer University of Cape Town

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