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  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Steven R. Archer 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, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, as well as soil science. Their work frequently intersects with a range of topics related to rangeland and wildlife management, plant water relations, carbon dynamics, biocrusts, microbial ecology, fire effects on ecosystems, forest management and policy, and aeolian processes.

Their scholarly output includes numerous papers published in a variety of scientific journals. Recent publications include:

  • "Woody-plant encroachment: Precipitation, herbivory, and grass-competition interact to affect shrub recruitment," 2022, Ecological Applications
  • "Soil organic carbon in drylands: shrub encroachment and vegetation management effects dwarf those of livestock grazing," 2020, Ecological Applications
  • "A climate change indicator framework for rangelands and pastures of the USA," 2020, Climatic Change
  • "Supplying ecosystem services on US rangelands," 2023, Nature Sustainability
  • "Soil-litter mixing promotes decomposition and soil aggregate formation on contrasting geomorphic surfaces in a shrub-invaded Sonoran Desert grassland," 2020, Plant and Soil

Frequent co-authors include Heather L. Throop, Russell L. Scott, Philip Heilman, Adam T. Naito, and Furong Niu. Steven R. Archer's work has appeared repeatedly in several key publication venues, indicating a consistent contribution to specific academic communities. These venues include:

  • Plant and Soil
  • Rangeland Ecology & Management
  • Ecological Applications
  • Climatic Change
  • Ecosphere

Their research interests are reflected in the diversity of subfields to which they have contributed, including global and planetary change, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, ecology evolution behavior and systematics, and soil science. The depth of their work in rangeland and wildlife management and ecology and vegetation dynamics studies highlights a sustained focus on terrestrial ecosystems and land management.

Steven R. Archer was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009, acknowledging their professional contributions within the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Tree-grass interactions in Savannas

    R. J. Scholes;S. R. Archer

  • Mechanisms of shrubland expansion: land use, climate or CO2?

    Steve Archer;David S. Schimel;Elisabeth A. Holland

  • Autogenic succession in a subtropical savanna: conversion of grassland to thorn woodland

    Steve Archer;Charles Scifres;C. R. Bassham;Robert Maggio

  • Shrub encroachment in North American grasslands: shifts in growth form dominance rapidly alters control of ecosystem carbon inputs

    Alan K. Knapp;John M. Briggs;Scott L. Collins;Steven R. Archer

  • Have southern Texas savannas been converted to woodlands in recent history

    Steve Archer

  • δ13C values of soil organic carbon and their use in documenting vegetation change in a subtropical savanna ecosystem

    Thomas W Boutton;Steven R Archer;Andrew J Midwood;Stephen F Zitzer

  • Ecohydrology of water-limited environments: A scientific vision

    Brent D. Newman;Bradford P. Wilcox;Steven R. Archer;David D. Breshears

  • Woody plant encroachment into southwestern grasslands and savannas: rates, patterns and proximate causes.

    S. Archer;M. Vavra;W. A. Laycock;R. D. Pieper

  • Woody Plant Encroachment: Causes and Consequences

    Steven R. Archer;Erik M. Andersen;Katharine I. Predick;Susanne Schwinning

  • TREES IN GRASSLANDS: BIOGEOCHEMICAL CONSEQUENCES OF WOODY PLANT EXPANSION

    Steve Archer;Thomas W. Boutton

  • Tree-grass dynamics in a Prosopis-thornscrub savanna parkland: Reconstructing the past and predicting the future

    Steve Archer

  • Conundrums in mixed woody-herbaceous plant systems

    Joanna I. House;Steve Archer;David D. Breshears;Robert J. Scholes

  • Net changes in regional woody vegetation cover and carbon storage in Texas Drylands, 1937–1999

    Gregory P. Asner;Steve Archer;R. Flint Hughes;R. James Ansley

  • BIOGEOCHEMICAL CHANGES ACCOMPANYING WOODY PLANT ENCROACHMENT IN A SUBTROPICAL SAVANNA

    K. A. Hibbard;S. Archer;D. S. Schimel;D. W. Valentine

  • Desertification, land use, and the transformation of global drylands

    Brandon T Bestelmeyer;Gregory S Okin;Michael C Duniway;Steven R Archer

  • Shrub invasion of grassland : recruitment is continuous and not regulated by herbaceous biomass or density

    Joel R. Brown;Steve Archer

  • Rainfall, land use and woody vegetation cover change in semi-arid Australian savanna

    R. J. Fensham;R. J. Fairfax;S. R. Archer;S. R. Archer

  • Woody plant proliferation in North American drylands: A synthesis of impacts on ecosystem carbon balance

    Nichole N. Barger;Steven R. Archer;John L. Campbell;Cho Ying Huang

  • Woody plant invasion of grasslands: establishment of honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa var.glandulosa) on sites differing in herbaceous biomass and grazing history

    J. R. Brown;Steve Archer

  • SMALL‐MAMMAL REGULATION OF VEGETATION STRUCTURE IN A TEMPERATE SAVANNA

    Jake F. Weltzin;Steve Archer;Rod K. Heitschmidt

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas W. Boutton
Thomas W. Boutton Texas A&M University
Edith Bai
Edith Bai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gregory S. Okin
Gregory S. Okin University of California, Los Angeles
Brandon T. Bestelmeyer
Brandon T. Bestelmeyer Agricultural Research Service
Mitchel P. McClaran
Mitchel P. McClaran University of Arizona
Debra P. C. Peters
Debra P. C. Peters United States Department of Agriculture
Gregory P. Asner
Gregory P. Asner Arizona State University
Rebecca L. McCulley
Rebecca L. McCulley University of Kentucky
Enrique R. Vivoni
Enrique R. Vivoni Arizona State University
Carol A. Wessman
Carol A. Wessman University of Colorado Boulder

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