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William H. Schlesinger
President, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY

  • Aneja, V. P., J. Blunden, K. James, W. H. Schlesinger, R. Knighton, W. Gilliam, G. Jennings, D. Niyogi, and S. Cole.   2008.   Ammonia assessment from agriculture: US status and needs.   J. Environ. Qual.   37(2):515-520.

  • Aneja, V.P., J. Blunden, P.A. Roelle, W.H. Schlesinger, R. Knighton, D. Niyogi, W. Gilliam, G. Jennings, and C.S. Duke.   2008.   Workshop on agricultural air quality: State of the science.   Atmospheric Environment   42 (14): 3195-3208

  • Mohan, J.E, L.H. Ziska, R.B. Thomas, R.C. Sicher, K. George, J.S. Clark, and W.H. Schlesinger.   2008.   Biomass and toxicity responses of poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) to elevated atmospheric CO2: Reply   Ecology   89 (2): 585-587.

  • Brazier, R. E., A. J. Parsons, J. Wainwright, D. M. Powell, and W. H. Schlesinger.   2007.   Upscaling understanding of nitrogen dynamics associated with overland flow in a semi-arid environment.   Biogeochemistry   82:265-278.

  • Finzi, A. C., R. J. Norby, C. Calfapietra, A. Gallet-Budynek, B. Gielen, W. E. Holmes, M. R. Hoosbeek, C. M. Iversen, R.B. Jackson, M.E. Kubiske, J. Ledford, M. Liberloo, R. Oren, A. Polle, S. Pritchard, D. R. Zak, W. H. Schlesinger, and R. Ceulemans.   2007.   Increases in nitrogen uptake rather than nitrogen-use efficiency support higher rates of temperate forest productivity under elevated CO2. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci.   104(35):14014-14019.

  • Hofmockel, K. S., W. H. Schlesinger, and R. B. Jackson.   2007.   Effects of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide on amino acid and NH4+-N cycling in a temperate pine ecosystem.   Global Change Biol.   13(9):1950-1959.

  • Vitousek, P. M., J. Aber, R. W. Howarth, G. E. Likens, P. A. Matson, D. W. Schindler, W. H. Schlesinger, and G. D. Tilman.   1997.   Human alteration of the global nitrogen cycle: causes and consequences.   Issues Ecol.   1:1-15.

  • Vitousek, P. M., J. D. Aber, R. W. Howarth, G. E. Likens, P. A. Matson, D. W. Schindler, W. H. Schlesinger, and D. G. Tilman.   1997.   Human alteration of the global nitrogen cycle: sources and consequences.   Ecol. Appl.   7(3):737-750.

    • Selected Publications 1971 - present:

    Schlesinger, W.H. 2006. Global change science. Trends in Ecology and Evolution (TREE) 21: 348-351.

    Lichter, J., S.H. Barron, C.E. Bevacqua, A.C. Finzi, K.F. Irving, E.A. Stemmler, and W.H. Schlesinger. 2005. Soil carbon sequestration and turnover in a pine forest after six years of atmospheric CO2 enrichment. Ecology 86: 1835-1847.

    Schlesinger, W.H. 2004. Better living through biogeochemistry. Ecology 85: 2402-2407. (Special feature).

    Schlesinger, W.H., J.S. Pippen, M.D. Wallenstein, K.S. Hofmockel, D.M. Klepies, and B.E. Mahall. 2003. Community composition and photosynthesis by photoautotrophs under quartz pebbles, southern Mojave Desert. Ecology 84: 3222-3231.

    Schlesinger, W.H., J.S. Pippen, M.D. Wallenstein, K.S. Hofmockel, D.M. Klepies, and B.E. Mahall. 2003. Community composition and photosynthesis by photoautotrophs under quartz pebbles, southern Mojave Desert. Ecology 84: 3222-3231.

    Park, H. and W.H. Schlesinger. 2002. The global biogeochemical cycle of boron. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 16: DOI.10.1029/2001GB001766.

    Schlesinger, W.H. and J. Lichter. 2001. Limited carbon storage in soil and litter of experimental forest plots under elevated atmospheric CO2. Nature 411: 466-469.

    Andrews, J.A. and W.H. Schlesinger. 2001. Soil CO2 dynamics, acidification, and chemical weathering in a temperate forest with experimental CO2 enrichment. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 15: 149-162.

    Schlesinger, W.H. 2000. Carbon sequestration in soils: Some cautions amidst optimism. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 82: 121-127.

    Schlesinger, W.H. 1997. Biogeochemistry: An analysis of global change. 2nd ed. Academic Press, San Diego. 558 p. (Seventh printing, 2005; Spanish edition, 2000)

    Schlesinger, W.H., J.A. Raikes, A.E. Hartley, and A.F. Cross. 1996. On the spatial pattern of soil nutrients in desert ecosystems. Ecology 77: 364-374.

    Schlesinger, W.H. and A.E. Hartley. 1992. A global budget for atmospheric NH3. Biogeochemistry 15: 191-211.

    Raich, J.W. and W.H. Schlesinger. 1992. The global carbon dioxide flux in soil respiration and its relationship to vegetation and climate. Tellus 44B: 81-99.

    Schlesinger, W.H. 1990. Evidence from chronosequence studies for a low carbon-storage potential of soils. Nature 348: 232-234.

    Schlesinger, W.H., J.F. Reynolds, G.L. Cunningham, L.F. Huenneke, W.M. Jarrell, R.A. Virginia, and W.G. Whitford. 1990. Biological feedbacks in global desertification. Science 247: 1043-1048.

    Schlesinger, W.H. 1985. The formation of caliche in soils of the Mojave Desert, California. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 49: 57-66.

    Schlesinger, W.H. and C.S. Jones. 1984. The comparative importance of overland runoff and mean annual rainfall to shrub communities of the Mojave Desert. Botanical Gazette 145: 116-124.

    Schlesinger, W.H. and J.M. Melack. 1981. Transport of organic carbon in the world's rivers. Tellus 33: 172-187, 415.

    Schlesinger, W.H. 1978. Community structure, dynamics and nutrient cycling in the Okefenokee cypress swamp-forest. Ecological Monographs 48: 43-65.

    Schlesinger, W.H. 1977. Carbon balance in terrestrial detritus. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 8: 51-81.

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