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Greg A. Barron-Gafford

Greg A. Barron-Gafford

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
51
Citations
10220
World Ranking
3636
National Ranking
1269

Overview

Greg A. Barron-Gafford is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with an emphasis on global and planetary change, environmental engineering, pollution, ecology, and plant science.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as plant water relations and carbon dynamics, photovoltaic systems and sustainability, energy and environment impacts, hydrology and watershed management studies, tree-ring climate responses, solar cell performance optimization, and photovoltaic system optimization techniques.

Frequent collaborators include John F. Knowles, Russell L. Scott, Andrea K. Gerlak, R. L. Minor, and Jordan Macknick.

Greg A. Barron-Gafford has published multiple papers in prominent scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Energy Policy, Global Change Biology, Tree Physiology, and the Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences.

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Satellite solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence and near-infrared reflectance capture complementary aspects of dryland vegetation productivity dynamics" (2021, Remote Sensing of Environment)
  • "Water Availability Impacts on Evapotranspiration Partitioning" (2020, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology)
  • "High productivity in hybrid-poplar plantations without isoprene emission to the atmosphere" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Knowns, uncertainties, and challenges in agrivoltaics to sustainably intensify energy and food production" (2023, Cell Reports Physical Science)
  • "Biological invasions and climate change amplify each other's effects on dryland degradation" (2021, Global Change Biology)

Best Publications

  • Temperature sensitivity of drought-induced tree mortality portends increased regional die-off under global-change-type drought

    Henry D. Adams;Maite Guardiola-Claramonte;Greg A. Barron-Gafford;Juan Camilo Villegas;Juan Camilo Villegas

  • A multi-species synthesis of physiological mechanisms in drought-induced tree mortality

    Henry D. Adams;Melanie J.B. Zeppel;Melanie J.B. Zeppel;William R.L. Anderegg;Henrik Hartmann

  • Agrivoltaics provide mutual benefits across the food–energy–water nexus in drylands

    Greg A. Barron-Gafford;Mitchell A. Pavao-Zuckerman;Rebecca L. Minor;Leland F. Sutter

  • Quantifying ecological memory in plant and ecosystem processes

    Kiona Ogle;Jarrett J. Barber;Greg A. Barron-Gafford;Lisa Patrick Bentley

  • Remote sensing of dryland ecosystem structure and function: Progress, challenges, and opportunities

    William K. Smith;Matthew P. Dannenberg;Matthew P. Dannenberg;Dong Yan;Stephanie Herrmann

  • Nonstructural leaf carbohydrate dynamics of Pinus edulis during drought-induced tree mortality reveal role for carbon metabolism in mortality mechanism

    Henry D. Adams;Henry D. Adams;Matthew J. Germino;Matthew J. Germino;David D. Breshears;Greg A. Barron‐Gafford

  • The Photovoltaic Heat Island Effect: Larger Solar Power Plants Increase Local Temperatures

    Greg A. Barron-Gafford;Rebecca L. Minor;Nathan A. Allen;Alex D. Cronin

  • Partitioning evapotranspiration across gradients of woody plant cover: Assessment of a stable isotope technique

    Lixin Wang;Kelly K. Caylor;Juan Camilo Villegas;Juan Camilo Villegas;Greg A. Barron-Gafford

  • Carbon dioxide exchange in a semidesert grassland through drought‐induced vegetation change

    Russell L. Scott;Erik P. Hamerlynck;G. Darrel Jenerette;M. Susan Moran

  • The carbon balance pivot point of southwestern U.S. semiarid ecosystems: Insights from the 21st century drought

    Russell L. Scott;Joel A. Biederman;Erik P. Hamerlynck;Greg A. Barron-Gafford

  • Comparing ecosystem and soil respiration: Review and key challenges of tower-based and soil measurements

    Josep Barba;Alejandro Cueva;Michael Bahn;Greg A. Barron-Gafford

  • Biomass Partitioning and Growth Efficiency of Intensively Managed Pinus taeda and Pinus elliottii Stands of Different Planting Densities

    E. Colter Burkes;Rodney E. Will;Greg A. Barron-Gafford;Robert O. Teskey

  • Linking growth strategies to long-term population dynamics in a guild of desert annuals

    A. L. Angert;T. E. Huxman;G. A. Barron‐Gafford;K. L. Gerst

  • The relative controls of temperature, soil moisture, and plant functional group on soil CO2 efflux at diel, seasonal, and annual scales

    Greg A. Barron-Gafford;Russell L. Scott;G. Darrel Jenerette;Travis E. Huxman

  • Effect of elevated CO2 concentration and vapour pressure deficit on isoprene emission from leaves of Populus deltoides during drought

    Emiliano Pegoraro;Ana Rey;Edward G. Bobich;Greg Barron-Gafford

  • Differential daytime and night-time stomatal behavior in plants from North American deserts

    Kiona Ogle;Richard W. Lucas;Lisa Patrick Bentley;Jessica M. Cable

  • Satellite solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence and near-infrared reflectance capture complementary aspects of dryland vegetation productivity dynamics

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  • The dependence of respiration on photosynthetic substrate supply and temperature: integrating leaf, soil and ecosystem measurements

    Iain P. Hartley;Anna F. Armstrong;Ramesh Murthy;Greg Barron-Gafford

  • Seed dispersal of desert annuals.

    D. Lawrence Venable;Arturo Flores-Martinez;Helene C. Muller-Landau;Greg Barron-Gafford

  • Temperature response surfaces for mortality risk of tree species with future drought

    Henry D Adams;Greg A Barron-Gafford;Rebecca L Minor;Alfonso A Gardea

  • When vegetation change alters ecosystem water availability

    Russell L. Scott;Travis E. Huxman;Greg A. Barron-Gafford;G. Darrel Jenerette

  • The Carbon Balance Pivot Point of Southwestern U.S. Semiarid Ecosystems: Insights From the 21st Century Drought

    R. L. Scott;J. Biederman;G. Barron-Gafford;E. P. Hamerlynck

Frequent Co-Authors

Russell L. Scott
Russell L. Scott Agricultural Research Service
Travis E. Huxman
Travis E. Huxman University of California, Irvine
Peter Troch
Peter Troch University of Arizona
David D. Breshears
David D. Breshears University of Arizona
Jon Chorover
Jon Chorover University of Arizona
Guo-Yue Niu
Guo-Yue Niu University of Arizona
Daniel Potts
Daniel Potts Chemnitz University of Technology
Thomas Meixner
Thomas Meixner University of Arizona
Régis Ferrière
Régis Ferrière École Normale Supérieure
Jon D. Pelletier
Jon D. Pelletier University of Arizona

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