Publications

 

In review:
Bytnerowicz, T.B., J.L. Funk, D.N.L. Menge, S. S. Perakis, A.A.Wolf. In review, Journal of Ecology. Nitrogen-fixing trees are not different than non-fixing trees in how photosynthesis and water use efficiency scale with leaf nitrogen, but they have more nitrogen.
 
MacDougall, A.S., …83 co-authors…, A.A. Wolf, L. Yahdjian. In review following reject/resubmit decision, Science. Widening disparity in biomass between mesic and semi-arid regions of the grassland biome.

Jager, E.A., A.W. Quebbeman, A.A. Wolf, S.S. Perakis, J.L. Funk, D.N.L. Menge. In review following reject/resubmit decision, Oecologia. Symbiotic nitrogen fixation does not stimulate soil phosphatase activity under temperate and tropical trees

Carreras Pereira, K.A., A.A. Wolf, S. Kou-Giesbrech, P.R. Akana, J.L. Funk, D.N.L. Menge. Resubmitted following revise decision, PLOS One.Allometric relationships for eight species of nitrogen-fixing and non-fixing trees.

Accepted or published:
23. Schmidt, C.B., J.L. Funk, A.A. Wolf, P.R. Akana, M.I. Palmer, D.N.L. Menge. Accepted. Nitrogen fixation responds to soil nitrogen at low but not high light in two understory species. Journal of Ecology.
 
22. *D.N. L. Menge, *A.A. Wolf, J.L. Funk, S.S. Perakis, P.R. Akana, R. Arkebauer, #T.A. Bytnerowicz, K.A. Carreras Pereira, A.M. Huddell, S. Kou-Giesbrecht, and ‡S.K. Ortiz. 2023. Tree symbioses sustain nitrogen fixation despite excess nitrogen supply. Ecological Monographs. doi:10.1002/ecm.1562

21. Wells, H.B.M., R.D. Crego, J.M. Alston, S.K. Ndung’u, L.M. Khasoha, C.G. Reed, A.A. Hassan, S. Kurukura, J. Ekadeli, M. Namoni, T.R. Kartzinel, T.M. Palmer, J.R. Goheen, P.S. Stewart, D.M. Kimuyu, A.A. Wolf, T.P. Young, R.M. Pringle. 2023. Wild herbivores enhance resistance to invasion by exotic cacti in an African savanna. Journal of Ecology. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.14010

20. Sperandii, M.G.,… A.A. Wolf, M. Zobel, J. Leps. 2022. LOTVS: A global collection of permanent vegetation plots. Journal of Vegetation Science. doi:10.1111/jvs.13115

19. Wolf, A.A., ‡Ortiz, S.K., ‡Rakowski, C.J. 2022. Ecosystems: An Overview in M. Loreau, A. Hector, and F. Isbell (Eds) The ecological and societal consequences of biodiversity loss. ISTE Publishing Group, London, UK.

18. Wolf, A.A., J.L Funk, P.C. Selmants, D. Hernandez, J. Pasari, C. Morozumi, E.S. Zavaleta. 2021. Trait-based filtering mediates the effects of realistic biodiversity losses on ecosystem functioning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi:10.1073/pnas.2022757118

17. Kou-Giesbrecht, S. J.L. Funk, S.S. Perakis, A.A. Wolf, D.N.L. Menge. 2021. N-fixing trees drive CO2 sequestration at low N but N2O emissions at high N. Ecology. doi:10.1002/ecy.3414

16. *Young, T.P., *D. Kimuyu, *W.O. Odadi, *H.B.M. Wells, *A.A. Wolf. 2021. Naive plant communities and individuals may initially suffer in the face of reintroduced megafauna: an experimental exploration of rewilding from an African savanna rangeland. PLOS One. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248855

15. Lu, X., Y. Hu, A.A. Wolf, X. Han. 2019. Species richness facilitates plant nutrient resorption in grasslands: implications for the biodiversity-productivity relationship. Journal of Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13180

14. Menge, D.N.L., A.C. MacPherson, T.A. Bytnerowicz, A.W. Quebbeman, N.B. Schwartz, B.N. Taylor, A.A. Wolf. 2018. Logarithmic scales in ecological data presentation may cause misinterpretation. Nature Ecology and Evolution. doi:10.1038/s41559-018-0610-7

13. Tang, L., A.A. Wolf, Y. Gao, B. Li. 2018. Photosynthetic tolerance to non-resource stress influences competition importance and intensity in an invaded wetland. Ecology. doi: 10.1002/ecy.2214

12. Wolf, A.A., E.S. Zavaleta, P.C. Selmants. 2017. Flowering phenology shifts in response to biodiversity loss. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1608357114

• Featured by Scientific American’s 60-second Science podcast, Science et Vie, NSF Science360 News, Nature EcoEvo, Climate News Network, Columbia University News

 
11. Wolf, A.A., J.L. Funk, and D.N.L. Menge. 2017. The symbionts made me do it: Legumes are not hardwired for high nitrogen concentrations but incorporate more nitrogen in the presence of bacterial partners. New Phytologist. doi: 10.1111/nph.14303

• see related commentary piece: Reed, S.C. 2017. Disentangling the complexities of how legumes and their symbionts regulate plant nitrogen access and storage. New Phytologist. doi: 10.1111/nph.14390

 
10. Funk, J.L. and A.A. Wolf. 2016. Testing the trait-based community framework: do functional traits predict competitive outcomes in invaded grassland? Ecology. doi: 10.1002/ecy.1484
 
9. Zavaleta, E.S., E. Olimpi, A.A. Wolf, B. Stanford, J. Pasari, S. Skikne, P. Quadri, K. Ennis, F. Stoike. 2016. Biological invasions. in E.S. Zavaleta and H. Mooney (eds.) Ecosystems of California. University of California Press. ISBN: 9780520278806
 
8. Menge, D.N.L., A.A. Wolf, J.L Funk. 2015. Diverse nitrogen fixation strategies and their ecosystem effects in natural systems. Nature Plants. doi:10.1038/nplants.2015.64
 
7. Sistla, S.A., A.P. Appling, A.M. Lewandowska, B.N. Taylor, A.A. Wolf. 2015. Stoichiometric plasticity in response to fertilization along gradients of environmental and organismal nutrient richness. Oikos. doi: 10.1111/oik.02385
 
6. Wolf, A.A. and E.S. Zavaleta. 2015. Species traits outweigh nested structure in driving the effects of realistic biodiversity losses on productivity. Ecology. doi: 10.1890/14-0131.1

• Featured on CGIAR’s Science on the Pulse blog series: https://wle.cgiar.org/thrive/2015/04/15/science-pulse-top-reads-february-and-march-part-ii

 
5. Selmants, P.C., E.S. Zavaleta, A.A. Wolf. 2014. Realistic plant species losses alter community-level plant nitrogen use in a California serpentine grassland. Ecology. doi: 10.1890/13-1192.1
 
4. Keller, J.K., A.A. Wolf, P.B. Weisenhorn, B.G. Drake, J.P. Megonigal. 2009. Elevated CO2 affects porewater chemistry in a brackish marsh. Biogeochemistry. doi: 10.1007/s10533-009-9347-3
 
3. Langley, J.A., D.C. McKinley, A.A. Wolf, B.A. Hungate, B.G. Drake, J.P. Megonigal. 2009. Priming depletes soil carbon and releases nitrogen in a scrub-oak ecosystem exposed to elevated CO2. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.09.016
 
2. Wolf, A.A., B.G. Drake, J.E. Erickson, J.P. Megonigal. 2007. An oxygen-mediated positive feedback between elevated carbon dioxide and soil organic matter decomposition in a simulated anaerobic wetland. Global Change Biology. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01407.x
 
1. Megonigal, J.P., C.D. Vann, A.A. Wolf. 2005. Flooding constraints on tree and herb growth responses to elevated CO2. Wetlands. doi: 10.1672/17