All Publications
Peer-reviewed publications (journal articles and conference papers) organized by year.
20253 publications
Ecological and hydroclimatic determinants of vegetation water-use strategies.
Bryn E. Morgan, R. Araki, A. Trugman, Kelly K. Caylor
Nature Ecology & Evolution
Nonlinear Soil Moisture Loss Function Reveals Vegetation Responses to Water Availability
R. Araki, Bryn E. Morgan, H. McMillan, Kelly K. Caylor
Geophysical Research Letters
Using hyperspectral and thermal imagery to monitor stress of Southern California plant species during the 2013–2015 drought
Susan K. Meerdink, Dar A. Roberts, Jennifer Y. King, K. Roth, Paul D. Gader, Kelly K. Caylor
Isprs Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
20245 publications
Drivers of Spatiotemporal Patterns of Riparian Forest NDVI Along a Hydroclimatic Gradient
Pierre Lochin, Hervé Piégay, John C. Stella, Kelly K. Caylor, Lise Vaudor, Michael Bliss Singer
Ecohydrology
Groundwater-dependent ecosystem map exposes global dryland protection needs
M. M. Rohde, Christine M. Albano, Xander Huggins, Kirk R Klausmeyer, Charles Morton, Ali Sharman, E. Zaveri, Laurel Saito, Zach Freed, Jeanette K Howard, N. Job, Holly Richter, K. Toderich, A. Rodella, Tom Gleeson, Justin Huntington, H. Chandanpurkar, A. Purdy, James S. Famiglietti, M. Singer, Dar A. Roberts, Kelly K. Caylor, John C. Stella
Nature
A river runs through it: Robust automated mapping of riparian woodlands and land surface phenology across dryland regions
Conor A. McMahon, Dar A. Roberts, John C. Stella, A. Trugman, M. Singer, Kelly Caylor
Remote Sensing of Environment
Establishing ecological thresholds and targets for groundwater management
M. M. Rohde, John C. Stella, M. Singer, Dar A. Roberts, Kelly Caylor, Christine M. Albano
Nature Water
Field-scale crop water consumption estimates reveal potential water savings in California agriculture
Anna S Boser, Kelly K. Caylor, Ashley E. Larsen, M. Pascolini‐Campbell, J. Reager, T. Carleton
Nature Communications
20234 publications
Estimating Fine‐Scale Transpiration From UAV‐Derived Thermal Imagery and Atmospheric Profiles
Bryn E. Morgan, Kelly Caylor
Water Resources Research
Integrating fine root diameter and watershed mapping to characterize rhizosphere hydrology
J. Warren, Keita Decarlo, H. Bilheux, J. Bilheux, Kelly Caylor
Rhizosphere
Evapotranspiration regulates leaf temperature and respiration in dryland vegetation
Christopher L. Kibler, A. Trugman, D. Roberts, C. Still, R. Scott, Kelly Caylor, J. Stella, M. Singer
Agricultural & Forest Meteorology
Modeling seasonal vegetation phenology from hydroclimatic drivers for contrasting plant functional groups within drylands of the Southwestern USA
M. Warter, M. Singer, M. Cuthbert, D. Roberts, Kelly Caylor, R. Sabathier, J. Stella
Environmental Research: Ecology
20222 publications
High resolution spatiotemporal patterns of flow at the landscape scale in montane non‐perennial streams
R. Sabathier, M. Singer, J. Stella, D. Roberts, Kelly Caylor, K. Jaeger, J. Olden
River Research and Applications
Direct partitioning of eddy-covariance water and carbon dioxide fluxes into ground and plant components
E. Zahn, E. Bou‐Zeid, S. Good, G. Katul, Christoph K. Thomas, K. Ghannam, J. Smith, M. Chamecki, N. Dias, J. Fuentes, J. Alfieri, H. Kwon, Kelly Caylor, Zhiqiu Gao, K. Soderberg, N. Bambach, L. Hipps, J. Prueger, W. Kustas
Agricultural & Forest Meteorology
20214 publications
Drought onset and propagation into soil moisture and grassland vegetation responses during the 2012–2019 major drought in Southern California
M. Warter, M. Singer, M. Cuthbert, D. Roberts, Kelly Caylor, R. Sabathier, J. Stella
Hydrology and Earth System Science
Vegetation responses to climatic and geologic controls on water availability in Arizona
R. Sabathier, M. Singer, J. Stella, D. Roberts, Kelly Caylor
Environmental Research Letters
Consequences of dryland maize planting decisions under increased seasonal rainfall variability
N. Krell, B. Morgan, D. Gower, Kelly Caylor
Water Resources Research
Deforestation-induced warming over tropical mountain regions regulated by elevation
Zhenzhong Zeng, Dashan Wang, Long Yang, Jie Wu, A. Ziegler, Maofeng Liu, P. Ciais, T. Searchinger, Zong‐Liang Yang, Deliang Chen, Anping Chen, Laurent Z. X. Li, S. Piao, David Taylor, Xitian Cai, M. Pan, Liqing Peng, P. Lin, Drew Gower, Yu Feng, C. Zheng, K. Guan, Xu Lian, Tao Wang, Lang Wang, Sujong Jeong, Zhongwang Wei, J. Sheffield, Kelly Caylor, E. Wood
Nature Geoscience
20202 publications
Climate sensitivity of water use by riparian woodlands at landscape scales
M. Mayes, Kelly Caylor, M. Singer, M. Singer, J. Stella, D. Roberts, P. Nagler
Hydrological Processes
Field-scale soil moisture bridges the spatial-scale gap between drought monitoring and agricultural yields
N. Vergopolan, S. Xiong, L. Estes, N. Wanders, N. Chaney, E. Wood, M. Konar, Kelly Caylor, H. Beck, N. Gatti, Tom Evans, J. Sheffield
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
20184 publications
Dew deposition suppresses transpiration and carbon uptake in leaves
Cynthia Gerlein Safdi, M. Koohafkan, M. Chung, F. Rockwell, S. Thompson, Kelly Caylor
Agriculture & Forest Meteorology
Simulated sensitivity of African terrestrial ecosystem photosynthesis to rainfall frequency, intensity, and rainy season length
K. Guan, S. Good, Kelly Caylor, D. Medvigy, M. Pan, E. Wood, Hisashi Sato, M. Biasutti, Min Chen, A. Ahlström, A. Ahlström, Xiangtao Xu
Environmental Research Letters
Calibration of a parsimonious distributed ecohydrological daily model in a data-scarce basin by exclusively using the spatio-temporal variation of NDVI
G. Ruiz-Pérez, J. Koch, J. Koch, S. Manfreda, Kelly Caylor, F. Francés
Hydrology and Earth System Science
20177 publications
Leaf water 18O and 2H maps show directional enrichment discrepancy in Colocasia esculenta
Cynthia Gerlein Safdi, P. Gauthier, Craig Sinkler, Kelly Caylor
Plant, Cell, & Environment
Comparision of ET partitioning and crop coefficients between partial plastic mulched and non-mulched maize fields
D. Gong, X. Mei, Weiping Hao, Hanbo Wang, Kelly Caylor
Agricultural Water Management
Triple oxygen isotope composition of leaf waters in Mpala, central Kenya
Shuning Li, Shuning Li, N. Levin, N. Levin, K. Soderberg, K. Dennis, Kelly Caylor
Earth & Planetary Science Letters
Comparison of multi-level water use efficiency between plastic film, partially mulched, and non-mulched croplands at eastern Loess Plateau of China
D. Gong, X. Mei, Weiping Hao, Hanbo Wang, Kelly Caylor
Agricultural Water Management
20161 publication
Modeling ecohydrological dynamics of smallholder strategies for food production in dryland agricultural systems
Drew Gower, J. Dell’Angelo, P. McCord, Kelly Caylor, T. Evans
Environmental Research Letters
20159 publications
Soil organic C and total N pools in the Kalahari: potential impacts of climate change on C sequestration in savannas
K. Dintwe, G. Okin, P. D’Odorico, Tanja Hrast, N. Mladenov, Alina Handorean, A. Bhattachan, Kelly Caylor
Plant and Soil
Soil organic C and total N pools in the Kalahari: potential impacts of climate change on C sequestration in savannas
K. Dintwe, G. Okin, P. D’Odorico, Tanja Hrast, N. Mladenov, Alina Handorean, A. Bhattachan, Kelly Caylor
Plant and Soil
A quantitative description of the interspecies diversity of belowground structure in savanna woody plants
F. O’Donnell, Kelly Caylor, A. Bhattachan, K. Dintwe, P. D’Odorico, G. Okin
Ecosphere
Dynamic interactions of ecohydrological and biogeochemical processes in water-limited systems
Lixin Wang, S. Manzoni, Sujith Ravi, D. Riveros‐Iregui, Kelly Caylor
Ecosphere
Carbon stable isotopes suggest that hippopotamus-vectored nutrients subsidize aquatic consumers in an East African river
D. McCauley, T. Dawson, M. Power, J. Finlay, M. Ogada, Drew Gower, Kelly Caylor, W. Nyingi, J. M. Githaiga, J. Nyunja, Francis H. Joyce, R. Lewison, J. Brashares
Ecosphere
Photosynthetic seasonality of global tropical forests constrained by hydroclimate
K. Guan, M. Pan, Haibin Li, A. Wolf, Jin Wu, D. Medvigy, Kelly Caylor, J. Sheffield, E. Wood, Y. Malhi, Miaoling Liang, J. Kimball, S. Saleska, J. Berry, J. Joiner, A. Lyapustin
Nature Geoscience
Termite mounds can increase the robustness of dryland ecosystems to climatic change
J. A. Bonachela, R. Pringle, Efrat Sheffer, Tyler C. Coverdale, Jennifer A. Guyton, Kelly Caylor, S. Levin, C. Tarnita
Science
Early assessment of SMAP Level 2/3 Soil Moisture Products over Core Validation Sites
A. Colliander, J. Martínez-Fernández, Seungbum Kim, Á. González-Zamora, X. Wu, M. Vreugdenhil, M. Cosh, Njoku, H. Mcnairn, E. López-Baeza, S. Dunbar, M. Moghaddam, L. Dang, M. Temimi, P. O’neill, A. Pacheco, H. K. Jassar, Kelly Caylor, Yijian Zeng, M. Spencer, M. Seyfried, Z. Su, R. Velde, J. Walker, G. Niedrist, W. Dorigo, D. Entekhabi, N. Das, S. Yueh, A. Monerris-Belda, T. Jackson, T. Pellarin, L. Pashaian, C. Notarnicola, J. Ramos, T. Rowlandson, C. Montzka, J. Pulliainen, K. Rautiainen, M. Thibeault, S. Chan, A. Berg, R. Bindlish
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
20148 publications
Continental-scale impacts of intra-seasonal rainfall variability on simulated ecosystem responses in Africa
K. Guan, S. Good, Kelly Caylor, Hisashi Sato, E. Wood, Haibin Li
Biogeosciences
Global synthesis of vegetation control on evapotranspiration partitioning
Lixin Wang, S. Good, Kelly Caylor
Geophysical Research Letters
Deriving Vegetation Phenological Time and Trajectory Information Over Africa Using SEVIRI Daily LAI
K. Guan, D. Medvigy, E. Wood, Kelly Caylor, Shi Li, Sujong Jeong
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
An analysis of structure: biomass structure relationships for characteristic species of the western Kalahari, Botswana
T. Meyer, P. D’Odorico, G. Okin, H. Shugart, Kelly Caylor, F. O’Donnell, A. Bhattachan, K. Dintwe
African Journal of Ecology
δ2H isotopic flux partitioning of evapotranspiration over a grass field following a water pulse and subsequent dry down
S. Good, K. Soderberg, K. Guan, Lizzie King, T. Scanlon, Kelly Caylor
Water Resources Research
Modelling Vegetation Patterns in Semiarid Environments
S. Manfreda, Teresa Pizzolla, Kelly Caylor
Procedia Environmental Sciences
Ecosystem-scale spatial heterogeneity of stable isotopes of soil nitrogen in African savannas
Lixin Wang, G. Okin, P. D’Odorico, Kelly Caylor, S. Macko
Landscape Ecology
20133 publications
The effect of warming on grassland evapotranspiration partitioning using laser- based isotope monitoring techniques
Lixin Wang, S. Niu, S. Good, K. Soderberg, M. Mccabe, R. Sherry, Yiqi Luo, Xuhui Zhou, J. Xia, Kelly Caylor
Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta
Seasonal coupling of canopy structure and function in African tropical forests and its environmental controls
K. Guan, A. Wolf, D. Medvigy, Kelly Caylor, M. Pan, E. Wood
Ecosphere
Using atmospheric trajectories to model the isotopic composition of rainfall in central Kenya
K. Soderberg, S. Good, M. O'Connor, Lixin Wang, K. Ryan, Kelly Caylor
Ecosphere
20129 publications
Reframing hydrology education to solve coupled human and environmental problems
Lizzie King, F. apos, Frances O'Donnell, Kelly Caylor
Hydrology and Earth System Science
Dryland ecohydrology and climate change: critical issues and technical advances
Lixin Wang, P. D’Odorico, J. Evans, D. Eldridge, M. Mccabe, Kelly Caylor, Lizzie King
Hydrology and Earth System Science
Uncertainties in the assessment of the isotopic composition of surface fluxes: A direct comparison of techniques using laser-based water vapor isotope analyzers
S. Good, K. Soderberg, Lixin Wang, Kelly Caylor
Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres
Multi-sensor derivation of regional vegetation fractional cover in Africa
K. Guan, E. Wood, Kelly Caylor
Remote Sensing of Environment
A model-based evaluation of woody plant encroachment effects on coupled carbon and water cycles
F. O’Donnell, Kelly Caylor
Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences
Evaluating ecohydrological theories of woody root distribution in the Kalahari
A. Bhattachan, M. Tatlhego, K. Dintwe, F. O’Donnell, Kelly Caylor, G. Okin, D. Perrot, S. Ringrose, P. D’Odorico
PLoS One
Direct quantification of leaf transpiration isotopic composition
Lixin Wang, S. Good, Kelly Caylor, L. Cernusak
Agriculture & Forest Meteorology
Characterizing ecohydrological and biogeochemical connectivity across multiple scales: a new conceptual framework
Lixin Wang, C. Zou, F. O’Donnell, S. Good, T. Franz, G. Miller, Kelly Caylor, J. Cable, B. Bond
Ecohydrology
An ecohydrological approach to predicting hillslope-scale vegetation patterns in dryland ecosystems
T. Franz, Kelly Caylor, Lizzie King, J. Nordbotten, M. Celia, I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe
Water Resources Research
20114 publications
Understanding the role of ecohydrological feedbacks in ecosystem-state change in drylands
L. Turnbull, B. Wilcox, J. Belnap, S. Ravi, P. D’Odorico, D. Childers, W. Gwenzi, G. Okin, J. Wainwright, Kelly Caylor, Teki Sankey
Ecohydrology
Metabolic principles of river basin organization
I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe, Kelly Caylor, A. Rinaldo
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Climatological determinants of woody cover in Africa
S. Good, Kelly Caylor
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
20102 publications
Partitioning evapotranspiration across gradients of woody plant cover: Assessment of a stable isotope technique
Lixin Wang, Kelly Caylor, J. C. Villegas, G. Barron‐Gafford, D. Breshears, T. Huxman
Geophysical Research Letters
An ecohydrological approach to predicting regional species distribution patterns in dryland ecosystems
T. Franz, Kelly Caylor, J. Nordbotten, I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe, M. Celia
Advances in Water Resources
20095 publications
Nutrient limitation on above-ground grass production in four savanna types along the Kalahari Transect
Lydia R. O’Halloran, H. Shugart, Lixin Wang, Kelly Caylor, S. Ringrose, B. Kgope
Journal of Arid Environments
Ecohydrological optimization of pattern and processes in water-limited ecosystems: A tradeoff-based hypothesis
Kelly Caylor, T. Scanlon, I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe
Water Resources Research
Decoupling structural and environmental determinants of sap velocity: Part II, Observational application
Kelly Caylor, D. Dragoni
Agriculture & Forest Meteorology
20082 publications
Spatial patterns of soil nutrients in two contrasting southern African savannas
G. Okin, N. Mladenov, Lixin Wang, D. Cassel, Kelly Caylor, S. Ringrose, S. Macko
JGR-Biogeosciences
20075 publications
On soil moisture-vegetation feedbacks and their possible effects on the dynamics of dryland plant ecosystems
P. D’Odorico, Kelly Caylor, G. Okin, T. Scanlon
JGR-Biogeosciences
A temporally explicit Production Efficiency Model for fuel load allocation in southern Africa
C. Hély, Kelly Caylor, P. Dowty, S. Alleaume, R. Swap, H. Shugart, C. Justice
Ecosystems
Positive feedbacks promote power-law clustering of Kalahari vegetation
T. Scanlon, Kelly Caylor, S. Levin, I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe
Nature
Spatial variation in vegetation structure coupled to plant available water at landscape scales in a Brazilian savanna
J. Ferreira, M. Bustamante, D. García‐Montiel, Kelly Caylor, E. Davidson
Oecologia
When is breeding for drought tolerance optimal if drought is random?
Julianno B. M. Sambatti, Kelly Caylor
New Phytologist
20054 publications
Determinants of woody cover in African savannnas: A continental scale analysis
M. Sankaran, N. Hanan, R. Scholes, J. Ratnam, D. Augustine, B. Cade, J. Gignoux, S. Higgins, X. Roux, F. Ludwig, J. Ardo, F. Banyikwa, Andries Bronn, G. Bucini, Kelly Caylor, M. Coughenour, A. Diouf, W. Ekaya, C.J.W. Feral, E. February, P. Frost, P. Hiernaux, H. Hrabar, K. Metzger, H. Prins, S. Ringrose, W. Sea, Jörg Tews, J. Worden, N. Zambatis
Nature
Dynamic response of grass cover to rainfall variability: Implications for the function and persistence of savanna ecosystems
T. Scanlon, Kelly Caylor, S. Manfreda, S. Levin, I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe
Advances in Water Resources
Tree canopy effects on simulated water stress in southern African savannas
Kelly Caylor, H. Shugart, I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe
Ecosystems
20044 publications
Relationship between small-scale structural variability and simulated productivity across a regional moi sture gradient in southern Africa
Kelly Caylor, P. Dowty, H. Shugart, S. Ringrose
Global Change Biology
On the coupled geomorphological and ecohydrological organization of river basins
Kelly Caylor, S. Manfreda, I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe
Advances in Water Resources
Feasible optimality of vegetation patterns in river basins
Kelly Caylor, T. Scanlon, I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe
Geophysical Research Letters
A simulation analysis of the detectability of understory burns in miombo woodlands
J. Pereira, B. Mota, J. Privette, Kelly Caylor, João M. N. Silva, A. Sá, W. Ni-Meister
Remote Sensing of Environment
20035 publications
Vegetation structure characteristics and relationships of Kalahari woodlands and savannas
J. Privette, Yuhong Tian, G. Roberts, R. Scholes, Y. Wang, Kelly Caylor, P. Frost, M. Mukelabai
Global Change Biology
Tree spacing along the Kalahari Transect in southern Africa
Kelly Caylor, H. Shugart, P. Dowty, Thomas M. Smith
Journal of Arid Environments
Regional fuel load for two climatically contrasting years in southern Africa
C. Hély, P. Dowty, S. Alleaume, Kelly Caylor, S. Korontzi, R. Swap, H. Shugart, C. Justice
Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres
Soil moisture and plant stress dynamics along the Kalahari precipitation gradient
A. Porporato, F. Laio, L. Ridolfi, Kelly Caylor, I. Rodríguez‐Iturbe
Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres
Release of gaseous and particulate carbonaceous compounds from biomass burning during the SAFARI 2000 dry season field campagin
C. Hély, Kelly Caylor, S. Alleaume, R. Swap, H. Shugart
Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres
20022 publications
Trends in savanna structure and composition on an aridity gradient in the Kalahari
R. Scholes, P. Dowty, Kelly Caylor, D. Parsons, P. Frost, H. Shugart
Journal of Vegetation Science
Determining land surface fractional cover from NDVI and rainfall time series for a savanna ecosystem
T. Scanlon, J. Albertson, Kelly Caylor, C. Williams
Remote Sensing of Environment
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