Osvaldo Sala
Founding Director, Global Drylands Center, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation
Osvaldo.Sala@asu.edu
Distinguished Global Futures Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
Julie A. Wrigley Chair in Life Sciences and Sustainability
Regents' Professor, Arizona State University
Foundation Professor, Arizona State University
Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation
President, Ecological Society of America
Fellow, American Geophysical Union
Fellow, American Association of for the Advancement of Science
Elected Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Osvaldo Sala is the Julie A. Wrigley, Regents and Foundation Professor, at Arizona State University, where he contributes to both the School of Life Sciences and School of Sustainability. He is also the founding director of the Global Drylands Center and the leader of the Extremes Focal Area, which is part of the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory. He came to ASU in 2010 from Brown University where he was the founding director of the Environmental Change Initiative and the Sloan Lindemann Professor of Biology. His publications are among the most cited in the fields of ecology, sustainability and biology. He has more than 220 publications, 50,000 citations and an H factor of 93. Osvaldo's most well-known 2000 paper in Science entitled "Global Biodiversity Scenarios for the year 2100" (Sala et al., Science 2000; 287) has been cited almost 9,000 times. His work has been truly interdisciplinary, collaborating with geologists, social scientists, mathematicians and humanists and using a variety of tools from experimentation to simulation modeling. Ecologists mostly know Osvaldo for his experimental manipulations of drylands. He has carried out many experiments around the world and published articles from Patagonia (Argentina), Kalahari Desert (South Africa and Namibia), Loess Plateau (China), to the Shortgrass steppe, Chihuahuan Desert, Sonoran Desert, Tallgrass prairie (US). He has established scientific collaborations all over the world from China, Israel and Australia to Europe, North and South America. Osvaldo's level of activity continues to increase on a daily basis. He currently has an active lab at ASU with several graduate students and several ongoing grants from the National Science Foundation, US Department of Agriculture and Department of Defense.
Osvaldo Sala served in numerous international institutions and in different capacities from the Scientific Committee of Problems of the Environment (SCOPE), where he was the president, to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). He is currently serving as President of the Ecological Society of America. He has received several recognitions to his academic work including being an elected Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Academy of Sciences of Argentina, Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Ecological Society of America.
PhD, Ecology, Colorado State University, 1982
MS, Ecology, Colorado State University, 1979
BS, Agriculture, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1973
scenario analysis
climate change and adaptation
socioecology
complex relationships
Franco, A. L., L. A. Gherardi, C. Milano de Tomasel, W. S. Andriuzzi, K. E. Ankrom, E. M. Bach, P. Guan, O. E. Sala and D. H. Wall. Root herbivory controls the effects of water availability on the partitioning between above and belowground grass biomass. Functional Ecology DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13661. (link )
Gherardi, L. A. and O. E. Sala. Global patterns and climatic controls of belowground net carbon fixation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2006715117. (link )
Groffman, P. M., D. M. Iwaniec, M. N. Gooseff, K. N. Suding, D. W. Johnson, D. C. Reed, D. P. Peters, B. J. Adams, J. Barrett, B. T. Bestelmeyer, M. Castorani, E. M. Cook, M. J. Davidson, N. P. Hanan, L. F. Huenneke, P. Johnson, R. Miller, G. S. Okin, D. Preston, A. Rassweiler, C. Ray, O. E. Sala, R. L. Schooley, T. R. Seastedt, M. J. Spasojevic and E. R. Vivoni. Connectivity: Insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network. Ecosphere
Iwaniec, D. M., M. N. Gooseff, K. N. Suding, D. S. Johnson, D. C. Reed, D. P. Peters, B. J. Adams, J. E. Barrett, B. T. Bestelmeyer, M. Castorani, E. M. Cook, M. J. Davidson, P. M. Groffman, N. P. Hanan, L. F. Huenneke, P. T. Johnson, D. M. McKnight, R. J. Miller, G. S. Okin, D. L. Preston, A. Rassweiler, C. Ray, O. E. Sala, R. L. Schooley, T. R. Seastedt, M. J. Spasojevic and E. R. Vivoni. 2021. Connectivity; insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network. Ecosphere 12(5):e03432. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3432. (link )
Andriuzzi, W. S., A. L. Franco, K. E. Ankrom, S. Cui, C. Milano de Tomasel, P. Guan, L. A. Gherardi, O. E. Sala and D. H. Wall. 2020. Body size structure of soil fauna along geographic and temporal gradients of precipitation in grasslands. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 140(Jan):107638. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.107638. (link )
Ankrom, K. E., A. L. Franco, S. J. Fonte, L. A. Gherardi, C. Milano de Tomasel, W. S. Andriuzzi, E. A. Shaw, O. E. Sala and D. H. Wall. 2020. Ecto- and endoparasitic nematodes respond differently across sites to changes in precipitation. Oecologia 193:761-771. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-020-04708-7. (link )
Hoover, D. L., B. Bestelmeyer, N. B. Grimm, T. E. Huxman, S. C. Reed, O. E. Sala, T. R. Seastedt, H. Wilmer and S. Ferrenberg. 2020. Traversing the wasteland: A framework for assessing ecological threats to drylands. BioScience 70(1):35-47. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biz126. (link )
Maurer, G. E., A. Hallmark, R. F. Brown, O. E. Sala and S. L. Collins. 2020. Sensitivity of primary production to precipitation across the United States. Ecology Letters 23(3):. DOI: 10.1111/ele.13455. (link )
Schreiner-McGraw, A. P., E. R. Vivoni, H. Ajami, O. E. Sala, H. L. Throop and D. P. Peters. 2020. Woody plant encroachment has a larger impact than climate change on dryland water budgets. Scientific Reports 10:Art. 8112. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-65094-x. (link )
Apodaca, M., J. McInerney, O. E. Sala, L. Katinas and J. Crisci. 2019. A concept map of evolutionary biology to promote meaningful learning in biology. American Biology Teacher 81(2):79-87. DOI: 10.1525/abt.2019.81.2.79. (link )
Corman, J. R., S. L. Collins, E. M. Cook, X. Dong, L. A. Gherardi, N. B. Grimm, R. L. Hale, T. Liu, J. Ramos, L. G. Reichmann and O. E. Sala. 2019. Foundations and frontiers of ecosystem science: Legacy of a classic paper (Odum 1969). Ecosystems 22(5):1160-1172. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-018-0316-3. (link )
Delgado-Baquerizo, M., R. D. Bardgett, P. M. Vitousek, F. Maestre, M. A. Williams, D. J. Eldridge, H. Lambers, S. Neuhauser, A. Gallardo, L. García-Velázquez, O. E. Sala, S. Abades, F. D. Alfaro, A. A. Berhe, M. A. Bowker, C. M. Currier, N. A. Cutler, S. C. Hart, P. E. Hayes, Z. Hseu, M. Kirchmair, V. M. Pena-Ramirez, C. A. Perez, S. C. Reed, F. Santos, C. Siebe, B. W. Sullivan, L. Weber-Grullon and N. Fierer. 2019. Changes in belowground biodiversity during ecosystem development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116(14):6891-6896. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1818400116. (link )
Franco, A. L., L. A. Gherardi, C. Milano de Tomasel, W. S. Andriuzzi, K. E. Ankrom, E. A. Shaw, E. M. Bach, O. E. Sala and D. H. Wall. 2019. Drought suppresses soil predators and promotes root herbivores in mesic, but not in xeric grasslands. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116(26):12883-12888. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1900572116. (link )
Gherardi, L. A. and O. E. Sala. 2019. Effect of interannual precipitation variability on dryland productivity: A global synthesis. Global Change Biology 25(1):269-276. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14480. (link )
Komatsu, K., M. L. Avolio, N. P. Lemoine, F. Isbell, E. Grman, G. R. Houseman, S. E. Koerner, D. S. Johnson, K. R. Wilcox, J. M. Alatalo, J. P. Anderson, R. Aerts, S. G. Baer, A. H. Baldwin, J. Bates, C. Beierkuhnlein, R. T. Belote, J. Blair, J. M. Bloor, P. J. Bohlen, E. W. Bork, E. H. Boughton, W. D. Bowman, A. J. Britton, J. F. Cahill Jr, E. Chaneton, N. R. Chiariello, J. Cheng, S. L. Collins, J. H. Cornelissen, G. Du, A. Eskelinen, J. Fim, B. Foster, L. Gough, K. Gross, L. M. Hallett, X. Han, H. Harmens, M. J. Hovenden, A. Jagerbrand, A. Jentsch, C. Kern, K. Klanderud, A. K. Knapp, J. Kreyling, W. Li, Y. Luo, R. L. McCulley, J. R. McLaren, J. P. Megonigal, J. W. Morgan, V. G. Onipchenko, S. C. Pennings, J. Prevey, J. N. Price, P. B. Reich, C. H. Robinson, F. L. Russell, O. E. Sala, E. W. Seabloom, M. D. Smith, N. A. Soudzilovskaia, L. Souza, K. N. Suding, K. B. Suttle, T. Svejcar, D. Tilman, P. M. Tognetti, R. Turkington, S. R. White, Z. Xu, L. Yahdjian, Q. Yu, P. Zhang and Y. Zhang. 2019. Global change effects on plant communities are magnified by time and the number of global change factors imposed. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116(36):17867-17873. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1819027116. (link )
Sala, O. E., C. G. Boone, B. L. Turner II and C. M. Currier. 2019. The sustainability publication gap and its implications. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 39(Aug):39-43. DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2019.06.006. (link )
McKenna, O. P. and O. E. Sala. 2018. Groundwater recharge in desert playas: Current rates and future effects of climate change. Environmental Research Letters 13(1):014025. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa9eb6. (link )
McKenna, O. P. and O. E. Sala. 2018. Playa-wetlands effects on dryland biogeochemistry: Space and time interactions. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences 123(6):1879-1887. DOI: 10.1029/2017JG004176. (link )
Munson, S. M., S. C. Reed, J. Penuelas, N. G. McDowell and O. E. Sala. 2018. Ecosystem thresholds, tipping points, and critical transitions. New Phytologist Trust 218(4):1315-1317. DOI: 10.1111/nph.15145. (link )
Okin, G. S., O. E. Sala, E. R. Vivoni, J. Zhang and A. Bhattachan. 2018. The interactive role of wind and water in functioning of drylands: What does the future hold?. BioScience 68(9):670-677. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biy067. (link )
Peters, D. P., N. D. Burruss, L. L. Rodriguez, D. S. McVey, E. H. Elias, A. M. Pelzel-McCluskey, J. D. Derner, T. S. Schrader, J. Yao, S. J. Pauszek, J. Lombard, S. R. Archer, B. T. Bestelmeyer, D. M. Browning, C. W. Brungard, J. L. Hatfield, N. Hanan, J. E. Herrick, G. S. Okin, O. E. Sala, H. Savoy and E. R. Vivoni. 2018. An integrated view of complex landscapes: A big data-model integration approach to transdisciplinary science. BioScience 68(9):653-669. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biy069. (link )
Petrie, M. D., D. P. Peters, J. Yao, J. M. Blair, N. D. Burruss, S. L. Collins, J. D. Derner, L. A. Gherardi, J. R. Hendrickson, O. E. Sala, P. J. Starks and J. L. Steiner. 2018. Regional grassland productivity responses to precipitation during multiyear above- and below-average rainfall periods. Global Change Biology 24(5):1935-1951. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14024. (link )
Flombaum, P., L. Yahdjian and O. E. Sala. 2017. Global-change drivers of ecosystem functioning modulated by natural variability and saturating responses. Global Change Biology 23(2):503-511. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13441. (link )
Franco, A., M. A. Knox, W. S. Andriuzzi, C. M. de Tomasel, O. E. Sala and D. H. Wall. 2017. Nematode exclusion and recovery in experimental soil microcosms. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 108(May):78-83. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.02.001. (link )
Knapp, A. K., M. L. Avolio, C. Beier, C. J. Carroll, S. L. Collins, J. S. Dukes, L. H. Fraser, R. J. Griffin-Nolan, D. L. Hoover, A. Jentsch, M. E. Loik, R. P. Phillips, A. K. Post, O. E. Sala, I. J. Slette, L. Yahdjian and M. D. Smith. 2017. Pushing precipitation to the extremes in distributed experiments: Recommendations for simulating wet and dry years. Global Change Biology 23(51774-1782):. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13504. (link )
Wilcox, K. R., A. T. Tredennick, S. E. Koerner, E. Grman, L. M. Hallett, M. L. Avolio, K. J. La Pierre, G. R. Houseman, F. Isbell, D. S. Johnson, J. M. Alatalo, A. H. Baldwin, E. W. Bork, E. H. Boughton, W. D. Bowman, A. J. Britton, J. F. Cahill Jr, S. L. Collins, G. Du, A. Eskelinen, L. Gough, A. Jentsch, C. Kern, K. Klanderud, A. K. Knapp, J. Kreyling, Y. Luo, J. R. McLaren, P. Megonigal, V. G. Onipchenko, J. Prevey, J. N. Price, C. H. Robinson, O. E. Sala, M. D. Smith, N. A. Soudzilovskaia, L. Souza, D. Tilman, S. R. White, Z. Xu, L. Yahdjian, Q. Yu, P. Zhang and Y. Zhang. 2017. Asynchrony among local communities stabilizes ecosystem function of meta-communities. Ecology Letters 20(12):1534-1545. DOI: 10.1111/ele.12861. (link )
Estiarte, M., S. Vicca, J. Penuelas, M. Bahn, C. Beier, B. A. Emmett, P. A. Fay, P. J. Hanson, R. Hasibeder, J. Kigel, G. Kroel-Dulay, K. Steenberg Larsen, E. Lellei-Kovacs, J. Limousin, R. Ogaya, J. Ourcival, S. Reinsch, O. E. Sala, I. Kappel Schmidt, M. Sternberg, K. Tielborger, A. Tietema and I. A. Janssens. 2016. Few multiyear precipitation-reduction experiments find a shift in the productivity-precipitation relationship. Global Change Biology 22(7):2570–2581. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13269. (link )
McKenna, O. P. and O. E. Sala. 2016. Biophysical controls over concentration and depth distribution of soil organic carbon and nitrogen in desert playas. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 121(12):3019-3029. DOI: 10.1002/2016JG003545. (link )
Sala, O. E. 2016. How scientists can help the land-use conflict. BioScience 66(11):915. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biw145. (link )
Gherardi, L. and O. E. Sala. 2015. Enhanced interannual precipitation variability increases plant functional diversity that in turn ameliorates negative impact on productivity. Ecology Letters 18(12):1293-1300. DOI: 10.1111/ele.12523. (link )
Gherardi, L. A. and O. E. Sala. 2015. Enhanced precipitation variability decreases grass- and increases shrub-productivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112(41):12735-12740. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1506433112. (link )
Knapp, A. K., D. L. Hoover, K. R. Wilcox, M. L. Avolio, S. E. Koerner, K. J. La Pierre, M. E. Loik, O. E. Sala and M. D. Smith. 2015. Characterizing differences in precipitation regimes of extreme wet and dry years: Implications for climate change experiments. Global Change Biology 21(7):2624-2633. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12888. (link )
Monger, C., O. E. Sala, M. C. Duniway, H. Goldfus, I. A. Meir, R. M. Poch, H. L. Throop and E. R. Vivoni. 2015. Legacy effects in linked ecological-soil-geomorphic systems of drylands. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 13(1):13-19. DOI: 10.1890/140269. (link )
Peters, D. P., K. M. Havstad, S. R. Archer and O. E. Sala. 2015. Beyond desertification: New paradigms for dryland landscapes. Frotiers in Ecology and the Environment 13(1):4-12. DOI: 10.1890/140276. (link )
Sala, O. E., L. A. Gherardi and D. P. Peters. 2015. Enhanced precipitation variability effects on water losses and ecosystem functioning: Differential response of arid and mesic regions. Climate Change 131(2):213-227. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1389-z. (link )
Scheffer, M., J. Bascompte, T. K. Bjordam, S. R. Carpenter, L. B. Clarke, C. Folke, P. Marquet, N. Mazzeo, M. Meerhoff, O. E. Sala and F. Westley. 2015. Dual thinking for scientists. Ecology and Society 20(2):Art. 3. DOI: 10.5751/ES-07434-200203. (link )
Vandegehuchte, M. L., Z. A. Sylvain, L. G. Reichmann, C. Milano de Tomasel, U. N. Nelson, D. H. Wall and O. E. Sala. 2015. Responses of a desert nematode community to changes in water availability. Ecosphere 6(3):1-15. DOI: 10.1890/ES14-00319.1. (link )
Yahdjian, L., O. E. Sala and K. M. Havstad. 2015. Rangeland ecosystem services: Shifting focus from supply to reconciling supply and demand. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 13(1):44-51. DOI: 10.1890/140156. (link )
Anadon, J. D., O. E. Sala and F. Maestre. 2014. Climate change will increase savannas at the expense of forests and treeless vegetation in tropical and subtropical Americas. Journal of Ecology 102(6):1363-1373. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12325. (link )
Anadon, J. D., O. E. Sala, B. L. Turner II and E. M. Bennett. 2014. Effect of woody-plant encroachment on livestock production in North and South America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111(35):12948-12953. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1320585111. (link )
Flombaum, P., O. E. Sala and E. B. Rastetter. 2014. Interactions among resource partitioning, sampling effect, and facilitation on the biodiversity effect: A modeling approach. Oecologia 174(2):559-566. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2775-8. (link )
Jobbágy, E. G. and O. E. Sala. 2014. The imprint of crop choice on global nutrient needs. Environmental Research Letters 9(8):084014. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/8/084014. (link )
Reichmann, L. G. and O. E. Sala. 2014. Differential sensitivities of grassland structural components to changes in precipitation mediate productivity response in a desert ecosystem. Functional Ecology 28(5):1292-1298. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12265. (link )
Sala, O. E. and F. T. Maetre. 2014. Grass-woodland transitions: Determinants and consequences for ecosystem functioning and provisioning of services. Journal of Ecology 102(6):1357-1362. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12326 . (link )
Sylvain, Z. A., D. H. Wall, K. L. Cherwin, D. P. Peters, L. G. Reichmann and O. E. Sala. 2014. Soil animal responses to moisture availability are largely scale, not ecosystem dependent: Insight from a cross-site study. Global Change Biology 20(8):2631-2643. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12522. (link )
Yahdjian, L., L. A. Gherardi and O. E. Sala. 2014. Grasses have larger response than shrubs to increased nitrogen availability: A fertilization experiment in the Patagonian steppe. Journal of Arid Environments 102(Mar):17-20. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2013.11.002. (link )
Gherardi, L. A. and O. E. Sala. 2013. Automated rainfall manipulation system: A reliable and inexpensive tool for ecologists. Ecosphere 4(2):1-10. DOI: 10.1890/ES12-00371.1. (link )
Gherardi, L. A., O. E. Sala and L. Yahdjian. 2013. Preference for different inorganic nitrogen forms among plant-functional types and species of the Patagonian steppe. Oecologia 173(3):1075-1081. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2687-7. (link )
Herrick, J. E., O. E. Sala and J. Karl. 2013. Land degradation and climate change: A sin of omission?. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 11(6):283-283. DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295-11.6.283 . (link )
Reichmann, L. G., O. E. Sala and D. P. Peters. 2013. Precipitation legacies in desert grassland primary production occur through previous-year tiller density. Ecology 94(2):435-443. DOI: 10.1890/12-1237.1 . (link )
Reichmann, L. G., O. E. Sala and D. P. Peters. 2013. Water controls on nitrogen transformations and stocks in an arid ecosystem. Ecosphere 4(1):1-17. DOI: 10.1890/ES12-00263.1 . (link )
Flombaum, P. and O. E. Sala. 2012. Effects of plant species traits on ecosystem processes: Experiments in the Patagonian steppe. Ecology 93(2):227-234. DOI: 10.1890/11-0722.1. (link )
Peters, D. P., J. Yao, O. E. Sala and J. P. Anderson. 2012. Directional climate change and potential reversal of desertification in arid and semiarid ecosystems. Global Change Biology 18(1):151-163. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02498.x. (link )
Sala, O. E., L. A. Gherardi, L. G. Reichmann, E. G. Jobbágy and D. P. Peters. 2012. Legacies of precipitation fluctuations on primary production: Theory and data synthesis. Philiosphical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 367(1606):3135-3144. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0347. (link )
Sala, O. E., R. A. Golluscio, W. K. Lauenroth and P. A. Roset. 2012. Contrasting nutrient-capture strategies in shrubs and grasses of a Patagonian arid ecosystem. Journal of Arid Environments 87(Juk):130-135. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2012.02.015. (link )
Schwartz, M. W., J. J. Hellmann, J. M. Mclachlan, D. F. Sax, J. O. Borevitz, J. Brennan, A. E. Camacho, G. Ceballos, J. R. Clark, H. Doremus, R. Early, J. R. Etterson, D. Fielder, J. L. Gill, P. Gonzalez, N. Green, L. Hannah, D. W. Jamieson, D. Javeline, B. A. Minteer, J. Odenbaugh, S. Polasky, D. M. Richardson, T. L. Root, H. D. Safford, O. E. Sala, S. H. Schneider, A. R. Thompson, J. W. Williams, M. Vellend, P. Vitt and S. Zellmer. 2012. Managed relocation: Integrating the scientific, regulatory, and ethical challenges. BioScience 62(8):732-743. DOI: 10.1525/bio.2012.62.8.6 . (link )
Throop, H. L., L. G. Reichmann, O. E. Sala and S. R. Archer. 2012. Response of dominant grass and shrub species to water manipulation: An ecophysiological basis for shrub invasion in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland. Oecologia 169(2):373-383. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2217-4. (link )
Maurer, G. E., A. Hallmark, R. F. Brown, O. E. Sala and S. L. Collins. 2011. Sensitivity of primary production to precipitation across the United States. Ecology Letters 23(3):527-536. DOI: 10.1111/ele.13455. (link )
Montti, L., P. L. Campanello, M. G. Gatti, C. Blundo, A. T. Austin, O. E. Sala and G. Goldstein. 2011. Understory bamboo flowering provides a very narrow light window of opportunity for canopy-tree recruitment in a neotropical forest of Misiones, Argentina. Forest Ecology and Management 262(8):1360-1369. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.06.029. (link )
Yahdjian, L., L. A. Gherardi and O. E. Sala. 2011. Nitrogen limitation in arid-subhumid ecosystems: A meta-analysis of fertilization studies. Journal of Arid Environments 75(8):675-680. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2011.03.003. (link )
Yahdjian, L. and O. E. Sala. 2011. El Futuro de los Pastizales Sudamericanos. Interciencia 36(2):153-159. (link )
Yahdjian, L. and O. E. Sala. 2010. Size of precipitation pulses controls nitrogen transformation and losses in an arid Patagonian ecosystem. Ecosystems 13(4):575-585. DOI: DOI: 10.1007/s10021-010-9341-6. (link )
Flombaum, P. and O. E. Sala. 2009. Cover is a good predictor of aboveground biomass in arid systems. Journal of Arid Environments 71(6-7):597-598. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.01.017. (link )
Golluscio, R. A., A. T. Austin, G. C. Garcia Martinez, M. Gonzalez-Polo, O. E. Sala and R. B. Jackson. 2009. Sheep grazing decreases organic carbon and nitrogen pools in the Patagonian steppe: Combination of direct and indirect effects. Ecosystems 17(4):686-697. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-009-9252-6. (link )
Marchesini, V. A., O. E. Sala and A. T. Austin. 2009. Ecological consequences of a massive flowering event of bamboo (Chusquea culeou) in a temperate forest of Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Vegetation Science 20(3):424-432. DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.05768.x. (link )
Richardson, D. M., J. J. Hellmann, J. M. Mclachlan, D. F. Sax, M. W. Schwartz, P. Gonzalez, E. J. Brennan, A. E. Camacho, T. L. Root, O. E. Sala, S. H. Schneider, D. M. Ashe, J. Rappaport Clark, R. Early, J. R. Etterson, E. D. Fielder, J. L. Gill, B. A. Minteer, S. Polasky, H. D. Safford, A. R. Thompson and M. Vellend. 2009. Multidimensional evaluation of managed relocation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106(24):9721-9724. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0902327106. (link )
Zaller, J. G., M. M. Caldwell, S. D. Flint, C. L. Ballare, A. L. Scopel and O. E. Sala. 2009. Solar UVB and warming affect decomposition and earthworms in a fen ecosystem in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Global Change Biology 15(10):2493-2502. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01970.x. (link )
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Cid, M. S., C. M. Ferri, M. A. Brizuela and O. Sala. 2008. Structural heterogeneity and productivity of a tall fescue pasture grazed rotationally by cattle at four stocking densities. Grassland Science 54(1):9-16. DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-697X.2008.00099.x. (link )
Cipriotti, P. A., P. Flombaum, O. E. Sala and M. R. Aguiar. 2008. Does drought control emergence and survival of grass seedlings in semi-arid rangelands? An example with a Patagonian species.. Journal of Arid Environments 72(3):162-174. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2007.06.012. (link )
Flombaum, P. and O. E. Sala. 2008. Higher effect of plant species diversity on productivity in natural than artificial ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 195(16):6087-6090. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0704801105. (link )
Yahdjian, L. and O. E. Sala. 2008. Climate change impacts on South American rangelands. Rangelands 30(3):34-39. DOI: 10.2111/1551-501X(2008)30[34:CCIOSA]2.0.CO;2. (link )
Yahdjian, L. and O. E. Sala. 2008. Do litter decomposition and nitrogen mineralization show the same trend in the response to dry and wet years in the Patagonian steppe?. Journal of Arid Environments 72(5):687-695. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2007.09.005. (link )
Flombaum, P. and O. E. Sala. 2007. A non-destructive and rapid method to estimate biomass and aboveground net primary production in arid environments. Journal of Arid Environments 69(2):352-358. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.09.008. (link )
Peters, D. P., O. E. Sala, C. D. Allen, A. P. Covich and M. W. Brunson. 2007. Cascading events in linked ecological and socio-economic systems: Predicting change in an uncertain world. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5(4):221-224. (link )
Austin, A. T., O. E. Sala and R. B. Jackson. 2006. Inhibition of nitrification alters carbon turnover in the Patagonian steppe. Ecosystems 9(8):1257-1265. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-005-0039-0. (link )
Chapin III, F. S., G. M. Woodwell, J. T. Randerson, G. M. Lovett, D. Baldocchi, D. A. Clark, M. E. Harmon, D. S. Schimel, R. Valentini, C. Wirth, J. D. Aber, J. J. Cole, M. L. Goulden, J. W. Harden, M. Heimann, R. W. Howarth, P. Matson, A. D. McGuire, J. M. Melillo, H. A. Mooney, J. C. Neff, R. A. Houghton, M. L. Pace, M. G. Ryan, S. W. Running, O. E. Sala, W. H. Schlesinger and E. D. Schulze. 2006. Reconciling carbon-cycle concepts, teminology, and methods. Ecosystems 9(7):1041-1050. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-005-0105-7. (link )
Crisci, J. V., O. E. Sala, L. Katinas and P. Posadas. 2006. Bridging historical and ecological approaches in biogeography. Australian Systematic Botany 19(1):1-10. DOI: 10.1071/SB05006. (link )
Dobson, A. P., D. Lodge, J. Alder, G. S. Cumming, J. Keymer, J. McGlade, H. Mooney, J. A. Rusak, O. Sala, V. Wolters, D. Wall, R. Winfree and M. A. Xenopoulos. 2006. Habitat loss, trophic collapse, and the decline of ecosystem services. Ecology 87(8):1915-1924. DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[1915:HLTCAT]2.0.CO;2. (link )
Sala, O. E. and R. B. Jackson. 2006. Determinants of biodiversity change: Ecological tools for building scenarios. Ecology 87(8):1875-1876. DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[1875:DOBCET]2.0.CO;2. (link )
van Vuuren, D. P., O. E. Sala and H. Pereira dos Santos. 2006. The future of vascular plant diversity under four global scenarios. Ecology and Society 11(2):Art. 25. (link )
Yahdjian, L. and O. E. Sala. 2006. Vegetation structure constrains primary production response to increased water availability in the Patagonian steppe. Ecology 87(4):952-962. DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[952:VSCPPR]2.0.CO;2 Cited by: 110. (link )
Yahdjian, L., O. E. Sala and A. T. Austin. 2006. Differential controls of water input on little decomposition and nitrogen dynamics in the Patagonian steppe. Ecosystems 9(1):128-141. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-004-0118-7. (link )
Adler, P. B., D. G. Milchunas, O. E. Sala, I. C. Burke and W. K. Lauenroth. 2005. Plant traits and ecosystem grazing effects: Comparison of U.S. sagebrush steppe and Patagonian steppe. Ecological Applications 15(2):774-792. DOI: 10.1890/04-0231. (link )
Cumming, G. S., J. Alcamo, O. E. Sala, R. Swart, E. M. Bennett and M. Zurek. 2005. Are existing global scenarios consistent with ecological feebacks?. Ecosystems 8(2):143-152. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-004-0075-1. (link )
Meyerson, L. A., J. Baron, J. M. Melillo, R. J. Naiman, R. I. O'Malley, G. Orians, M. A. Palmer, A. S. Pfaff, S. W. Running and O. E. Sala. 2005. Aggregate measures of ecosystem services: Can we take the pulse of nature?. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 3(1):56-59. DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2005)003[0056:AMOESC]2.0.CO;2. (link )
Pancotto, V. A., O. E. Sala, T. M. Robson, M. M. Caldwell and A. L. Scopel. 2005. Direct and indirect effects of solar ultraviolet‐B radiation on long‐term decomposition. Global Change Biology 11(11):1982-1989. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.1027.x. (link )
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Lopez, N. I., A. T. Austin, O. E. Sala and B. Mendez. 2003. Controls on nitrification in a water-limited ecosystem: Experimental inhibition of ammonia-oxidising bacteria in the Patagonian steppe. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 35(12):1609-1613. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2003.08.005. (link )
Pancotto, V. A., O. E. Sala, M. Cabello, N. I. Lopez, T. M. Robson, C. L. Ballare, M. M. Caldwell and A. L. Scopel. 2003. Solar UV-B decreases decomposition in herbaceous plant litter in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina: Potential role of an altered decomposer communit. Global Change Biology 9(10):1465-1474. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00667.x. (link )
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Austin, A. T. and O. E. Sala. 1999. Foliar δ15N is negatively correlated with rainfall along the IGBP transect in Australia. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 26:293-295. (link )
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Sala, O. E. 1992. Achieving a sustainable biosphere: An international endeavour. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 7(10):324-326. DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(92)90121-Q. (link )
Sala, O. E., W. K. Lauenroth and W. J. Parton. 1992. Long term soil water dynamics of the shortgrass steppe. Ecology 73(4):1175-1181. DOI: 10.2307/1940667. (link )
Biondini, M. E., W. K. Lauenroth and O. E. Sala. 1991. Correcting estimates of net primary production: Are we overestimating plant production in rangelands?. Journal of Range Management 44(3):194-198. DOI: 10.2307/4002939. (link )
Fernandez-A., R. J., O. E. Sala and R. A. Golluscio. 1991. Woody and herbaceous aboveground production of a Patagonian steppe. Journal of Range Management 44(5):434-437. DOI: 10.2307/4002739. (link )
Huntley, B., E. Ezcurra, E. R. Fuentes, K. Fujii, P. J. Grubb, W. Haber, J. R. Harger, M. M. Holland, S. A. Levin, J. Lubchenco, H. A. Mooney, V. Neronov, I. R. Noble, H. R. Pulliam, P. S. Ramakrishnan, P. G. Risser, O. Sala, J. Sarukhan and W. G. Sombroek. 1991. A sustainable biosphere: The global imperative. Ecology International 20:5-15.
Oesterheld, M. and O. E. Sala. 1990. Effects of grazing on seedling establishment: The role of seed and safe-site availability. Journal of Vegetation Science 1(3):353-358. DOI: 10.2307/3235711. (link )
Paruelo, J. M. and O. E. Sala. 1990. Caracterización de las Inundaciones en la Depresión del Salado (Buenos Aires, Argentina): Dinámica de la Capa Freática. Turrialba 1(5-11):. (link )
Sala, O. E., R. A. Golluscio, W. K. Lauenroth and A. Soriano. 1989. Resource partitioning between shrubs and grasses in the Patagonian steppe. Oecologia 81(4):501-505. DOI: 10.1007/BF00378959. (link )
Milchunas, D. G., O. E. Sala and W. K. Lauenroth. 1988. A generalized model of the effects of grazing by large herbivores on grassland community structure. The American Naturalist 132(1):87-106. (link )
Sala, O. E., M. E. Biondini and W. K. Lauenroth. 1988. Bias in estimates of primary production: An analytical solution. Ecological Modelling 44(1-2):43-55. DOI: 10.1016/0304-3800(88)90081-6. (link )
Sala, O. E., W. J. Parton, L. A. Joyce and W. K. Lauenroth. 1988. Primary production of the central grassland region of the United States. Ecology 69(1):40-45. DOI: 10.2307/1943158. (link )
Lauenroth, W. K., O. E. Sala, D. G. Milchunas and R. W. Lathrop. 1987. Root dynamics of Bouteloua gracilis during short-term recovery from drought. Functional Ecology 1(2):117-124. DOI: 10.2307/2389714. (link )
Senft, R. L., M. B. Coughenour, D. W. Bailiey, L. R. Rittenhouse, O. E. Sala and D. M. Swift. 1987. Large herbivore foraging and ecological hierarchies: Landscape ecology can enhance traditional foraging theory. BioScience 37(11):789-799. DOI: 10.2307/1310545. (link )
Sala, O. E. 1986. The energy analysis of food production systems and the role of animal production: A review. Turrialba 36(1):91-97. (link )
Sala, O. E., M. Oesterheld, R. J. Leon and A. Soriano. 1986. Grazing effect upon plant community structure in subhumid grasslands of Argentina. Vegetatio 67(1):27-32. DOI: 10.1007/BF00040315. (link )
Soriano, A. and O. E. Sala. 1986. Emergence and survival of Bromus setifolius seedlings in different microsites of the Patagonian arid steppe. Israel Journal of Botany 35(2):91-100. (link )
Sala, O. E. and W. K. Lauenroth. 1985. Root profiles and the ecological effect of light rainshowers in arid and semiarid regions. The American Midland Naturalist 114(2):406-408. DOI: 10.2307/2425617. (link )
Soriano, A. and O. E. Sala. 1984. Ecological strategies in a Patagonian arid steppe. Vegetatio 56(1):9-15. DOI: 10.1007/BF00036131. (link )
Cauhepe, M., R. J. Leon, O. E. Sala and A. Soriano. 1982. Pastizales naturales y pasturas cultivadas, dos sistemas complementarios y no opuestos. Revisita Facultad de Agronomia 3:1-11. (link )
Sala, O. E. and W. K. Lauenroth. 1982. Small rainfall events: An ecological role in semiarid regions. Oecologia 53(3):301-304. DOI: 10.1007/BF00389004. (link )
Sala, O. E., W. K. Lauenroth and W. J. Parton. 1982. Plant recovery following prolonged drought in a shortgrass steppe. Agricultural Meteorology 27(1-2):49-58. DOI: 10.1016/0002-1571(82)90019-X. (link )
Sala, O. E., W. K. Lauenroth and C. P. Reid. 1982. Water relations: A new dimension for niche separation between Bouteloua gracilis and Agropyron smithii in North American semiarid grasslands. Journal of Applied Ecology 19(2):647-657. DOI: 10.2307/2403496. (link )
Sala, O. E., A. Deregibus, T. Schlichter and H. Alippe. 1981. Productivity dynamics of a native temperate grassland in Argentina. Journal of Range Management 34(1):48-51. DOI: 10.2307/3898453. (link )
Sala, O. E., W. K. Lauenroth, W. J. Parton and M. J. Trlica. 1981. Water status of soil and vegetation in a shortgrass steppe. Oecologia (Berl.) 48:327-331. (link )
Sala, O. E., A. Soriano and S. B. Perelman. 1981. Water relations of the major components of a grassland in the Salado River Basin. Revista Facultad de Agronomia 2(1):1-10. (link )
Soriano, A., O. E. Sala and R. C. Leon. 1980. Actual and potential vegetation of the Coiron Amargo prairie in the SW Chubut. Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 19(1-2):309-314. (link )
Sala, O. E., L. A. Meyerson and C. Parmesan eds. 2009. Biodiversity Change and Human Health: From Ecosystem Services to Spread of Disease. Island Press. ISBN: 978-1597264976.
Chapin III, F. S., O. E. Sala and E. Huber-Sannwald eds. 2001. Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment: Scenarios for the 21st Century. Springer-Verlag. New York, NY. ISBN: 0-387-05340-7.
Sala, O. E., R. B. Jackson, H. A. Mooney and R. W. Howarth eds. 2000. Methods in Ecosystem Science. Springer Verlag. ISBN: 978-0387987347.
Mooney, H. A., J. H. Cushman, E. Medina, O. E. Sala and E. D. Schulze eds. 1996. Functional Role of Biodiversity: A Global Perspective. John Wiley & Sons. Chichester. ISBN: 978-0471956013.
Sala, O. E., L. Vivanco and P. Flombaum. 2017. Grassland communities and ecosystems. Pp. 1-7 Reference Modules in Life Sciences. Elsevier. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-809633-8.02201-9. (link )
Sala, O. E., L. Yahdjian, K. M. Havstad and M. R. Aguiar. 2017. Rangeland ecosystem services: Nature's supply and humans' demands. Pp. 467-489 In: Briske, D. D. ed., Rangeland Systems: Processes, Management and Challenges. Springer. ISBN: 978-3-319-46707-8. (link )
Peters, D. P., B. T. Bestelmeyer, K. M. Havstad, A. Rango, S. R. Archer, A. C. Comrie, H. R. Gimblett, L. Lopez-Hoffman, O. E. Sala, E. R. Vivoni, M. L. Brooks, J. Brown, H. C. Monger, J. H. Goldstein, G. S. Okin and C. E. Tweedie. 2013. Desertification of rangelands. Pp. 239-258 Climate Vulnrability: Understanding and Addressing Threads to Essential Resources. Vol 4. Elsevier Inc. Academic Press. ISBN: 9780123847034.
Sala, O. E., L. Vivanco and P. Flombaum. 2013. Grassland ecosystems. Pp. 1-7 In: Levin, S. A. ed., Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, 2nd Edition. Elsevier. ISBN: 978-0-12-384720-1.
Flombaum, P. and O. E. Sala. 2011. Efectos de la biodiversidad sobre el funcionamiento de los ecosistemas. Pp. 49-62 In: Simonetti, J. and R. Dirzo eds., Conservación Biológica. Perspectivas desde América Latina. Editorial Universitaria, Universidad de Chile. Santiago.
Downs, M. and O. E. Sala. 2009. Grasslands. Pp. 614-618 In: Levin, S. A. ed., The Princeton Guide to Ecology. Princeton University Press. Princeton, NJ.
Howarth, R. W., S. Bringezu, L. A. Martinelli, R. Santoro and O. E. Sala. 2009. Introduction: Biofuels and the environment in the 21st century. Pp. 15-36 In: Howarth, R. W. and S. Bringezu eds., Biofuels: Environmental Consequences and Interactions with Changing Land Use. Cornell University. Ithaca, NY. ISBN: 978-1441488299.
Meyerson, F. A., L. A. Meyerson, C. Parmesan and O. E. Sala. 2009. Human health, biodiversity, and ecosytem services: The intertwined challenging future. Pp. 281-285 In: Sala, O. E., L. A. Meyerson and C. Parmesan eds., Biodiversity Change and Human Health: From Ecosystem Services to Spread of Disease. Island Press. ISBN: 978-1597264976.
Meyerson, L. A., O. E. Sala, A. Froment, C. S. Friedman, K. Hund-Rinke, P. Martens, A. Mazumder, A. N. Purohit, M. B. Thomas and A. Wilby. 2009. Sustainable allocation of biodiversity to imrprove human health and well-being. Pp. 83-98 In: Sala, O. E., L. A. Meyerson and C. Parmesan eds., Biodiversity Change and Human Health: From Ecosystem Services to Spread of Disease. Island Press. ISBN: 978-1597264976.
Ojima, D., C. Field, P. Leadley, O. E. Sala, D. Messem, J. E. Peterson, J. Born, L. Vanwey and M. Wright. 2009. Mitigation strategies: Biofuel development considerations to minimize impacts on the socio-environmental system. Pp. 293-308 In: Howarth, R. W. and S. Bringezu eds., Biofuels: Environmental Consequences and Internactions with Changing Land Use. Cornell University. Ithaca, NY. ISBN: 978-1441488299.
Sala, O. E., L. A. Meyerson and C. Parmesan. 2009. Changes in biodiversity and their consequences for human health. Pp. 1-12 In: Sala, O. E., L. A. Meyerson and C. Parmesan eds., Biodiversity Change and Human Health: From Ecosystem Services to Spread of Disease. Island Press. ISBN: 978-1597264976.
Sala, O. E., D. F. Sax and H. M. Leslie. 2009. Biodiversity consequences of increased biofuel production. Pp. 127-138 In: Howarth, R. W. and S. Bringezu eds., Biofuels: Environmental Consequences and Interactions with Changing Land Use. Cornell University. Ithaca, NY. ISBN: 978-1441488299.
Lauenroth, W. K., D. G. Milchunas, O. E. Sala, I. C. Burke and D. C. Coleman. 2008. Net primary production in the shortgrass steppe. In: Lauenroth, W. K. and I. C. Burke eds., Ecology of the Shortgrass Steppe. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780195135824.
Melillo, J. M. and O. E. Sala. 2008. Ecosystem services. Pp. 75-116 In: Chivian, E. and A. Bernstein eds., Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0195175097.
Knapp, A. K., J. M. Briggs, D. L. Childers and O. E. Sala. 2007. Estimating aboveground net primary production in grassland- and herbaceous-dominated ecosystems. Pp. 27-48 In: Fahey, T. J. and A. K. Knapp eds., Principles and Standards for Measuring Primary Production (Long-Term Ecological Research Network). Oxford University Press.
Alcamo, J., D. P. van Vuuren, C. Ringler, J. Alder, E. M. Bennett, D. Lodge, T. Masui, T. Morita, M. Rosegrant, O. E. Sala, K. Schulze and M. Zurek. 2005. Chapter 6. Methodology for developing the MA scenarios. Pp. 145-172 In: Carpenter, S. R., P. L. Pingali, E. M. Bennett and M. Zurek eds., Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Scenarios. Island Press. ISBN: 978-1559633901.
Kareiva, P. M., B. R. Agard, J. Alder, E. M. Bennett, C. Butler, S. Carpenter, W. Cheung, G. S. Cumming, R. DeFries, B. de Vries, R. E. Dickinson, A. P. Dobson, J. A. Foley, J. Geoghregan, B. Holland, P. Kabat, J. Keymer, A. Kleidon, D. Lodge, S. M. Manson, J. McGlade, H. Mooney, A. M. Parma, M. A. Pascual, H. Pereira dos Santos, M. Rosegrant, C. Ringler, O. E. Sala, B. L. Turner II, D. P. van Vuuren, P. Wilkinson and V. Wolters. 2005. Chapter 4: State of the Art in Simulating Future Changes in Ecosystem Services. Pp. 71-115 In: Carpenter, S. R., P. L. Pingali, E. M. Bennett and M. Zurek eds., Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Scenarios. Island Press. ISBN: 978-1559633901.
Sala, O. E., D. P. van Vuuren, L. Pereira, D. Lodge, J. Alder, G. S. Cumming, A. P. Dobson, V. Wolters and M. A. Xenopoulos. 2005. Chapter 10: Biodiversity across scenarios. Pp. 375-408 In: Carpenter, S. R., P. L. Pingali, E. M. Bennett and M. Zurek eds., Ecosystem and Human Well-Being: Scenarios. Island Press. ISBN: 978-1559633901.
Ollinger, S. V., O. Sala, G. I. Agren, B. Berg, E. Davidson, C. B. Field, M. T. Lerdau, J. Neff, M. Scholes and R. W. Sterner. 2003. New frontiers in the study of element interactions. Pp. 63-93 In: Melillo, J. M., C. B. Field and B. Moldan eds., Interactions of the Major Biogeochemical Cycles: Global Change and Human Impacts. Island Press. Washington, D.C.. ISBN: 978-1559630665.
Loreau, M., A. Downing, M. Emmerson, A. Gonzalez, J. Hughes, P. Inchausti, J. Joshi, J. Norberg and O. Sala. 2002. A new look at the relationship between diversity and stability. Pp. 79-91 In: Loreau, M., S. Naeem and P. Inchausti eds., Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: Synthesis and Perspectives. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0198515715.
Chapin III, F. S., O. E. Sala, E. Huber-Sannwald and R. Leemans. 2001. The future of biodiversity in a changing world. Pp. 1-4 In: Chapin III, F. S., O. E. Sala and E. Huber-Sannwald eds., Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment: Scenarios for the 21st Century. Springer-Verlag. New York, NY. ISBN: 0-387-05340-7.
Sala, O. E. 2001. Productivity of temperate grasslands. Pp. 285-300 In: Roy, J., B. Saugier and H. A. Mooney eds., Terrestrial Global Productivity. Academic Press. San Diego, CA. ISBN: 978-0125052900.
Sala, O. E. 2001. Temperate grasslands. Pp. 121-138 In: Chapin III, F. S., O. E. Sala and E. Huber-Sannwald eds., Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment: Scenarios for the 21st Century. Springer-Verlag. New York, NY. ISBN: 0-387-05340-7.
Sala, O. E., A. T. Austin and L. Vivanco. 2001. Temperate grassland and shrubland ecosystems. Pp. 627-635 In: Levin, S. A. ed., Encyclopedia of Biodiversity. Vol 5. Academic Press.
Sala, O. E., F. S. Chapin III and E. Huber-Sannwald. 2001. Potential biodiversity change: Global patterns and biome comparisons. Pp. 351-368 In: Chapin III, F. S., O. E. Sala and E. Huber-Sannwald eds., Global Biodiversity in a Changing Environment: Scenarios for the 21st Century. Springer-Verlag. New York, NY. ISBN: 0-387-05340-7.
Sala, O. E. and A. T. Austin. 2000. Methods of estimating aboveground net primary production. Pp. 31-43 In: Sala, O. E., R. B. Jackson, H. A. Mooney and R. W. Howarth eds., Methods in Ecosystem Science. Springer Verlag. ISBN: 978-0387987347.
Sala, O. E., R. B. Jackson, H. A. Mooney and R. W. Howarth. 2000. Introduction: Methods in ecosystem science: Progress, tradeoffs, and limitations. Pp. 1-4 In: Sala, O. E., R. B. Jackson, H. A. Mooney and R. W. Howarth eds., Methods in Ecosystem Science. Springer Verlag. ISBN: 978-0387987347.
Sala, O. E., F. S. Chapin III, R. H. Gardner, W. K. Lauenroth, H. A. Mooney and P. S. Ramakrishnan. 1999. Global change, biodiversity and ecological complexity. Pp. 304-328 In: Walker, B., W. Steffen, J. G. Canadell and J. Ingram eds., The Terrestrial Biosphere an Global Change: Implications for Natural and Managed Ecosystem. Vol 4. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-0521624800.
Sala, O. E., W. K. Lauenroth and R. A. Golluscio. 1997. Plant functional types in temperate semi-arid regions. Pp. 217-233 In: Smith, T. M., H. H. Shugart and F. I. Woodward eds., Plant Functional Types: Their relevance to ecosysem propertes and global change. Vol 1. Canbridge University Press. ISBN: 978-0521566438.
Sala, O. E. and J. M. Paruelo. 1997. Ecosystem services in grasslands. Pp. 237-254 In: Daily, G. C. ed., Nature's Services: Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems. Island Press. Washington, D.C.. ISBN: 978-1559634762.
Melillo, J. M., I. C. Prentice, G. D. Farquhar, E. D. Schulze, O. E. Sala and B. A. Callander. 1996. Terrestrial biotic responses to environmental change and feedbacks to climate. In: Houghton, J. T., L. G. Meira Filho, N. Harris, A. Kattenberg and K. Maskells eds., Climate Change 1995: The Science of Climate Change. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. ISBN: 978-0521564335.
Mooney, H. A., J. H. Cushman, E. Medina, O. E. Sala and E. D. Schulze. 1996. Conclusions. Pp. 475-484 In: Mooney, H. A., J. H. Cushman, E. Medina, O. E. Sala and E. D. Schulze eds., Functional Roles of Biodiversity: A Global Perspective. John Wiley & Sons. Chichester. ISBN: 978-0471956013.
Mooney, H. A., J. H. Cushman, E. Medina, O. E. Sala and E. D. Schulze. 1996. Introduction. Pp. 1-6 In: Mooney, H. A., J. H. Cushman, E. Medina, O. E. Sala and E. D. Schulze eds., Functional Roles of Biodiversity: A Global Perspective. John Wiley & Sons. Chichester. ISBN: 978-0471956013.
Sala, O. E. 1996. Global change and ecological complexity. Pp. 341-345 In: Walker, B. H. and W. Steffen eds., Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems. Vol 2. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-0521578103.
Sala, O. E. and M. R. Aguiar. 1996. Origin, maintenance, and ecosystem effect of vegetation patches in arid lands. Pp. 29-32 In: West, N. E. ed., Rangelands in a Sustainable Biosphere. Society of Range Management. Denver, CO. ISBN: 978-1884930034.
Sala, O. E., W. K. Lauenroth and I. C. Burke. 1996. Carbon budgets of temperate grasslands and the effects of global change. Pp. 101-119 In: Breymeyer, A. I., D. O. Hall, J. M. Melillo and G. I. Agren eds., Global Change: Effects on Coniferous Forests and Grasslands. John Wiley & Sons. Chichester, New York. ISBN: 978-0471968375.
Sala, O. E., W. K. Lauenroth, S. J. McNaughton, G. Rusch and X. Zhang. 1996. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in grasslands. Pp. 129-149 In: Mooney, H. A., J. H. Cushman, E. Medina, O. E. Sala and E. D. Schulze eds., Functional Role of Biodiversity: A Global Perspective. John Wiley & Sons. Chichester. ISBN: 978-0471956013.
Cushman, J. H., R. Dirzo, A. Janetos, J. Lubchenco, H. A. Mooney and O. E. Sala. 1995. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: Basic principles: Conclusions. Pp. 323-325 In: Mooney, H. A., J. Lubchenco, R. Dirzo and O. E. Sala eds., Global Biodiversity Assessment. University of Cambridge Press. Cambridge.
Cushman, J. H., R. Dirzo, A. Janetos, J. Lubchenco, H. A. Mooney and O. E. Sala. 1995. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: Basic principles: Introduction. Pp. 281-282 In: Mooney, H. A., J. Lubchenco, R. Dirzo and O. E. Sala eds., Global Biodiversity Assessment. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge.
Cushman, J. H., R. Dirzo, A. Janetos, J. Lubchenco, H. A. Mooney and O. E. Sala. 1995. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: Ecosystem analyses: Conclusions. Pp. 446-452 In: Mooney, H. A., J. Lubchenco, R. Dirzo and O. E. Sala eds., Global Biodiversity Assessment. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge.
Cushman, J. H., R. Dirzo, A. Janetos, J. Lubchenco, H. A. Mooney and O. E. Sala. 1995. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: Ecosystem analyses: Introduction. Pp. 335 In: Mooney, H. A., J. Lubchenco, R. Dirzo and O. E. Sala eds., Global Biodiversity Assessment. University of Cambridge Press. Cambridge.
Mooney, H. A., J. Lubchenco, R. Dirzo and O. E. Sala. 1995. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: Basic principles: Section 5. Pp. 279-325 In: Mooney, H. A., J. Lubchenco, R. Dirzo and O. E. Sala eds., Global Biodiversity Assessment. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge.
Sala, O. E. 1995. Human-induced perturbations, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Pp. 318-323 In: Mooney, H. A., J. Lubchenco, R. Dirzo and O. E. Sala eds., Global Biodiversity Assessment. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge.
Sala, O. E., W. K. Lauenroth, S. J. McNaughton, G. Rusch and X. Zhang. 1995. Temperate grasslands. Pp. 361-366 In: Mooney, H. A., J. Lubchenco, R. Dirzo and O. E. Sala eds., Global Biodiversity Assessment. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge.
McNaughton, S. J., O. E. Sala and M. Oesterheld. 1993. Comparative ecology of African and South American arid to subhumid ecosystems. Pp. 548-567 In: Goldblatt, P. ed., Biological Relationships between Africa and South America. Yale University Press. New Haven, CT. ISBN: 978-0300053753.
Sala, O. E. 1992. Structure and function. Pp. 387-395 In: Coupland, R. T. ed., Ecosystems of the World: Natural Grasslands. Vol 8A. Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company. Amsterdam.
Sala, O. E. 1988. The effect of herbivory on vegetation structure. Pp. 317-330 In: Werger, M. J., P. J. van der Aart, H. J. During and J. T. Verhoeben eds., Plant Form and Vegetation Structure: Adaptation, Plasticity, and Relation to Herbivory. SPB Academic Publishing bv. The Hague, The Netherlands.
Shaver, G., T. Chapin, C. Duke, A. P. Kinzig, D. P. Peters and O. E. Sala. 2007. Ecological foundations of sustainability in a constantly changing world. San Jose McEnery Conference Center. Symposium organized at the August 6-10, 2007 Ecological Restoration in a Changing World at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America held with the Society for Ecological Restoration 18th International Conference, San Jose, CA.
Brouder, S. M., F. A. DeClerck, P. S. Kettlewell, A. M. Latta, E. F. Moran, S. C. Murray, T. L. Rabaey, P. K. Riggs, J. B. Ristaino, D. Rose and O. E. Sala. 2012. IDR Team Summary 5: Design production systems for ecosystem services that improve human outcomes related to food and nutrition. In: Carpenter, S. R., A. V. Diez Roux, G. Hornberger, H. Mooney, M. G. Morgan, R. Morss, S. P. Murphy, S. Polasky, W. Reid, B. E. Rittmann and B. L. Turner II eds., Washington, DC. Interdisciplinary Research Team Summaries from 10-13 November 2011 Conference at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center,. (link )
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