Publications
2021
Caster, J., Temuulen T.S., J.B. Sankey, M.A. Bowker, D. Buscombe, M.C. Duniway, N.N. Barger, A. Faist, T. Joyal. 2021. Biocrust and the soil surface: Influence of climate, disturbance, and biocrust recovery on soil surface roughness. Geoderma 403 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115369
Karban, C.C., M.E. Miller, J.E. Herrick, N.N. Barger. 2021. Consequences of Piñon-Juniper Woodland Fuel Reduction: Prescribed Fire Increases Soil Erosion While Mastication Does Not.
Ecosystems. oi.org/10.1007/s10021-021-00644-6
2020
Kapović Solomun, M. , C.S.S. Ferreira, N.N. Barger, R. Tošić, S. Eremija. 2020. Understanding the role of policy frameworks in developing land degradation in stakeholders perception from a post‐conflict perspective in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Environmental Science and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3744.
Sims, N.C., N.N. Barger, G.I Metternicht, and J.R. England. 2020. A land degradationinterpretation matrixfor reporting on UNSDG Indicator 15.3.1 and Land Degradation Neutrality. Environmental Science and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.07.015
Kappel, C., N. Illing, C. Huu , N.N. Barger , M.D. Cramer , M. Lenhard, and J. Midgley. 2020. Fairy circles in Namibia are assembled from genetically distinct grasses.Communications Biology3(1):1-8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01431-0
Eldridge, D.J, S.C. Reed, S. Travers, M.A. Bowker, F. Maestre, J. Ding, C. Havrilla, E. Rodriguez-Caballero, N.N Barger, B. Weber, A. Antoninka, J. Belnap, V. Bala Chaudhary, A. Faist, S. Ferrenberg, E. Huber-Sannwald, O.M.Issa, Y. Zhou. 2020. The pervasive and multifaceted influence of biocrusts on water in the world’s drylands. Global Change Biology 10.1111/gcb.15232.
Havrilla, C.A., Villarreal, M. L., J.L. DiBiase, M.C. Duniway, N.N. Barger. 2020. Ultra-high-resolution mapping of biocrusts with unmanned aerial systems. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.180
Velasco Ayuso, S., A. Giraldo-Silva, N.N. Barger and F. Garcia-Pichel. 2020. Microbial inoculum production for biocrust restoration: testing the effects of a common substrate versus native soils on yield and community composition. Restoration Ecology https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13127.
Willemen, L., N.N. Barger, B. ten Brink, M. Cantele, B.F.N. Erasmus, J.L. Fisher, T. Gardner, T. G. Holland, F. Kohler, J.S. Kotiaho, G. Von Maltitz, G. Nangendo, R. Pandit, J.A. Parrotta, M. D. Potts, S. D. Prince, M. Sankaran, A. Brainich, L. Montanarella and R. Scholes. 2020. How to halt the global decline of land. Nature Sustainability https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-0477-x.
Faist, A.M., A.J. Antoninka, J. Belnap, M.A. Bowker, M.C. Duniway, F. Garcia-Pichel, S.C. Reed, A. Giraldo-Silva, S. Velasco-Ayuso, N.N. Barger. 2020. Inoculum and habitat amelioration efforts in biological soil crust recovery vary by desert and soil texture. Restoration Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13087.
2019
Fick, S.E., N. Day, M.C. Duniway, S. Hoy-Skubik, J. Belnap, N.N. Barger. 2019. Microsite enhancements for soil stabilization and rapid biocrust colonization. Restoration Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13071.
Antoninka, A., M.A. Bowker, N.N. Barger, J. Belnap, A. Giraldo-Silva, S. Reed, F. Garcia-Pichel, M. Duniway. 2019. Addressing barriers to improve biocrust colonization and establishment in restoration. Restoration Ecology.https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13052.
Giraldo-Silva A., C. Nelson, C. Penfold, N.N. Barger and F. Garcia-Pichel. 2019. Effect of preconditioning to the soil environment on the performance of 20 cyanobacterial cultured strains used as inoculum for biocrust restoration. Restoration Ecology.https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13048.
Morris, T.L., N.N. Barger, M.D. Cramer. 2019. Ecophysiological traits of invasive alien Acacia cyclops compared to native species in Strandveld vegetation of the Cape Floristic Region. Austral Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/aec.12827
Havrilla, C.A., A. Leslie, and N.N. Barger. 2019. Species-specificity in biocrust facilitation of plant growth is not driven by differences in root-associated fungal colonization among species. Plant and Soil. DOI: 10.1007/s11104-019-04306-4
Fick, S.E, N.N. Barger, J. Tatarko, M. Duniway. 2019. Induced biological soil crust controls on wind erodibility and dust (PM10) emissions. Earth Surface Processes and Land Forms. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4731
Havrilla, C.A., V.B. Chaudhary, A.J. Antoninka, M.A. Bowker, J. Belnap, D. Eldridge, A.M. Faist, S. Ferrenberg, A.D. Leslie, Y. Zhang, N.N. Barger. 2019. A global meta-analysis of vascular plant responses to biological soil crusts. Journal of Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13269
Bethany, J.A. Giraldo-Silva, C. Nelson, N.N. Barger, and F. Garcia-Pichela. 2019. Optimizing production of nursery-based biological soil crusts for restoration of arid land soils. Applied Environmental Microbiology 85:e00735-19. DOI:10.1128/AEM.00735-19
Fick, S.E., N.N. Barger, M.C. Duniway. 2019. Hydrologic function of rapidly induced biocrusts. Ecohydrology. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2089.
Duniway, M.C., A.A. Pfennigwerth, S. Fick, T. Naumann, J. Belnap, N.N. Barger. 2019. Dust from US drylands: A review of causes, consequences and solutions in a changing world. Ecosphere. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2650.
2018
Hagerty, S., N.N. Barger, S. Taylor, J. Carter u, and J. Gruber. 2018. Written Lab Agreements Improve Mentoring. Nature Correspondence. Nature563, 325 https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-07383-0
Giraldo-Silva A., C. Nelson, N.N. Barger and F. Garcia-Pichel. 2018. Nursing biological soil crusts: isolation, biomass production, conditioning and fitness test of indigenous cyanobacteria. Restoration Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12920
Chock, T., A.J. Antoninka, A.M. Faist, M.A. Bowker, J. Belnap, N.N. Barger. 2018. Responses of biological soil crusts to rehabilitation strategies. Journal of Arid Environments.
Kapović Solomun M., N.N. Barger, A. Cerdac, S. Keesstrade, M. Marković. 2018. Assessing land condition as a first step to achieving land degradation neutrality: A case study of the Republic of Srpska. Environmental Science and Policy 90:19-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2018.09.014
Havrilla, C.A.and N.N. Barger. 2018. Biocrust communities mediate bunchgrass recruitment in a hot desert ecosystem. Ecosphere.
Barger, N.N., Gardner, T.A., Sankaran, M., Belnap, J., Broadhurst, L., Brochier, V., Isbell, F., Meyfroidt, P., Moreira, F., Nieminen, T. M., Okuro, T., Rodrgiues, R. R., Saxena, V., and Ross, M.Chapter 3: Direct and indirect drivers of land degradation and restoration. In IPBES (2018): The IPBES assessment report on land degradation and restoration. Montanarella, L., Scholes, R., and Brainich, A. (eds.). Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem services, Bonn, Germany.
Scholes, R., L. Montanarella, A. Brainich, N.N. Barger, B. Brink, M. Cantele et al. Summary for policymakers of the thematic assessment report on land degradation and restoration. In IPBES (2018): The IPBES assessment report on land degradation and restoration. Montanarella, L., Scholes, R., and Brainich, A. (eds.). Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem services, Bonn, Germany
Kelsey, K.C., M.D. Redmond, N.N. Barger and J.C. Neff. 2018. Climate and Landscape Physiography Drive Trends of Growth and Decline in Subalpine Forests. Global Change Biology. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-017-0139-7.
2017
Cramer, M. D., Barger, N. N., & Tschinkel, W. R. (2017). Edaphic properties enable facilitative and competitive interactions resulting in fairy circle formation.Ecography,40(10), 1210-1220. Reprint
Havrilla, C. A., Faist, A. M., & Barger, N. N. (2017). Understory plant community responses to fuel-reduction treatments and seeding in an upland piñon-juniper woodland.Rangeland Ecology & Management,70(5), 609-620. Reprint
Antoninka, A., Bowker, M. A., Chuckran, P., Barger, N. N., Reed, S., & Belnap, J. (2017). Maximizing establishment and survivorship of field-collected and greenhouse-cultivated biocrusts in a semi-cold desert.Plant and Soil, 1-13.Reprint
Kelsey, K. C., Redmond, M. D., Barger, N. N., & Neff, J. C. (2017). Species, Climate and Landscape Physiography Drive Variable Growth Trends in Subalpine Forests.Ecosystems, 1-16.Reprint
Redmond, M. D., Kelsey, K. C., Urza, A. K., & Barger, N. N. (2017). Interacting effects of climate and landscape physiography on piñon pine growth using an individual‐based approach.Ecosphere,8(3).Reprint
Faist, A. M., Herrick, J. E., Belnap, J., Van Zee, J. W., & Barger, N. N. (2017). Biological soil crust and disturbance controls on surface hydrology in a semi‐arid ecosystem.Ecosphere,8(3).Reprint
Ayuso, S. V., Silva, A. G., Nelson, C., Barger, N. N., & Garcia-Pichel, F. (2017). Microbial nursery production of high-quality biological soil crust biomass for restoration of degraded dryland soils.Applied and environmental microbiology,83(3), e02179-16.Reprint
2016
Cramer, M, N.N. Barger, W. Tschinkel. 2016. Edaphic properties enable facilitative and competitive interactions resulting in fairy circle formation. Ecography DOI: 10.1111/ecog.02461
Gillan, J. K., Karl, J. W., Barger, N. N., Elaksher, A., & Duniway, M. C. (2016). Spatially explicit rangeland erosion monitoring using high-resolution digital aerial imagery.Rangeland Ecology & Management,69(2), 95-107.Reprint
Barger, N. N., Weber, B., Garcia-Pichel, F., Zaady, E., & Belnap, J. (2016). Patterns and controls on nitrogen cycling of biological soil crusts. InBiological soil crusts: an organizing principle in drylands(pp. 257-285). Springer, Cham. Reprint
2015
Barger, N. N., & Woodhouse, C. (2015). Piñon pine (Pinus edulis Engelm.) growth responses to climate and substrate in southern Utah, USA.Plant ecology,216(7), 913-923.Reprint
Morris, T. L., Barger, N. N., & Cramer, M. D. (2015). Competitive resistance of a native shrubland to invasion by the alien invasive tree species, Acacia cyclops.Biological invasions,17(12), 3563-3577. Reprint
Redmond, M. D., Cobb, N. S., Clifford, M. J., & Barger, N. N. (2015). Woodland recovery following drought‐induced tree mortality across an environmental stress gradient.Global change biology,21(10), 3685-3695.Reprint
Love Stowell, S. M., Churchill, A. C., Hund, A. K., Kelsey, K. C., Redmond, M. D., Seiter, S. A., & Barger, N. N. (2015). Transforming graduate training in STEM education.The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America,96(2), 317-323.Reprint
2014
Redmond, M. D., Golden, E. S., Cobb, N. S., & Barger, N. N. (2014). Vegetation management across Colorado Plateau BLM lands: 1950–2003.Rangeland Ecology and Management,67(6), 636-640.Reprint
Redmond, M. D., Zelikova, T. J., & Barger, N. N. (2014). Limits to understory plant restoration following fuel-reduction treatments in a piñon–juniper woodland.Environmental management,54(5), 1139-1152.Reprint
Karl, J. W., Gillan, J. K., Barger, N. N., Herrick, J. E., & Duniway, M. C. (2014). Interpretation of high-resolution imagery for detecting vegetation cover composition change after fuels reduction treatments in woodlands.Ecological indicators,45, 570-578.Reprint
Cramer, M. D., & Barger, N. N. (2014). Are mima-like mounds the consequence of long-term stability of vegetation spatial patterning?.Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology,409, 72-83.Reprint
Hoskinson, A. M., Barger, N. N., & Martin, A. P. (2014). Keys to a Successful Student‐Centered Classroom: Three Recommendations.The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America,95(3), 281-292.Reprint
2013
Kasischke, E.S., Amiro, B.D., Barger, N.N., French, N.H., Goetz, S.J., Grosse, G., Harmon, M.E., Hicke, J.A., Liu, S. &Masek, J.G.(2013). Impacts of disturbance on the terrestrial carbon budget of North America.Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences,118(1), 303-316.Reprint
Fernandez, D. P., Neff, J. C., Huang, C. Y., Asner, G. P., & Barger, N. N. (2013). Twentieth century carbon stock changes related to Piñon-Juniper expansion into a black sagebrush community.Carbon balance and management,8(1), 8. Reprint
Redmond, M. D., & Barger, N. N. (2013). Tree regeneration following drought‐and insect‐induced mortality in piñon–juniper woodlands.New Phytologist,200(2), 402-412.Reprint
Redmond, M. D., Cobb, N. S., Miller, M. E., & Barger, N. N. (2013). Long-term effects of chaining treatments on vegetation structure in piñon–juniper woodlands of the Colorado Plateau.Forest Ecology and Management,305, 120-128. Reprint
Cramer, M. D., & Barger, N. N. (2013). Are Namibian “fairy circles” the consequence of self-organizing spatial vegetation patterning?.PloS one,8(8), e70876. Reprint
Beers, A.T., Potter, T.S., Churchill, A.C., Faist, A.M., Golden, E.S., Filkins, H.R., Hicks, J.J. and Barger, N.N.(2013). Advocating for science writing cooperatives in graduate programs.The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America,94(3), 245-246.Reprint
Barger, N. N., Castle, S. C., & Dean, G. N. (2013). Denitrification from nitrogen-fixing biologically crusted soils in a cool desert environment, southeast Utah, USA.Ecological Processes,2(1), 16.Reprint
2012
Redmond, M. D., Forcella, F., & Barger, N. N. (2012). Declines in pinyon pine cone production associated with regional warming.Ecosphere,3(12), 1-14. Reprint
Ross, M. R., Castle, S. C., & Barger, N. N. (2012). Effects of fuels reductions on plant communities and soils in a Piñon-juniper woodland.Journal of arid environments,79, 84-92. Reprint
Huang, C. Y., Asner, G. P., & Barger, N. N. (2012). Modeling regional variation in net primary production of pinyon–juniper ecosystems.Ecological modelling,227, 82-92. Reprint
2011
Morris, T. L., Esler, K. J., Barger, N. N., Jacobs, S. M., & Cramer, M. D. (2011). Ecophysiological traits associated with the competitive ability of invasive Australian acacias.Diversity and Distributions,17(5), 898-910.
Barger, N. N., Archer, S. R., Campbell, J. L., Huang, C. Y., Morton, J. A., & Knapp, A. K. (2011). Woody plant proliferation in North American drylands: a synthesis of impacts on ecosystem carbon balance.Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences,116(4).
Castle, S. C., Morrison, C. D., & Barger, N. N. (2011). Extraction of chlorophyll a from biological soil crusts: a comparison of solvents for spectrophotometric determination.Soil Biology and Biochemistry,43(4), 853-856.
2010
Barger, N., & Grandy, S. (2010). Implementing Active Learning Strategies: Tales from Two New Life Science Professors at Research Universities.Academic Leadership: The Online Journal,8(2), 24.
Huang, C. Y., Asner, G. P., Barger, N. N., Neff, J. C., & Floyd, M. L. (2010). Regional aboveground live carbon losses due to drought-induced tree dieback in piñon–juniper ecosystems.Remote Sensing of Environment,114(7), 1471-1479. Reprint
2009
Barger, N. N., Adams, H. D., Woodhouse, C., Neff, J. C., & Asner, G. P. (2009). Influence of livestock grazing and climate on pinyon pine (Pinus edulis) dynamics.Rangeland ecology & management,62(6), 531-539.
Neff, J. C., Barger, N. N., Baisden, W. T., Fernandez, D. P., & Asner, G. P. (2009). Soil carbon storage responses to expanding pinyon–juniper populations in southern Utah.Ecological Applications,19(6), 1405-1416.
Huang, C. Y., Asner, G. P., Martin, R. E., Barger, N. N., & Neff, J. C. (2009). Multiscale analysis of tree cover and aboveground carbon stocks in pinyon–juniper woodlands.Ecological Applications,19(3), 668-681.
2007
Hartley, A., Barger, N., Belnap, J., & Okin, G. S. (2007). Dryland ecosystems. InNutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems(pp. 271-307). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
2006
Barger, N. N., Herrick, J. E., Van Zee, J., & Belnap, J. (2006). Impacts of biological soil crust disturbance and composition on C and N loss from water erosion.Biogeochemistry,77(2), 247-263.
2005
Barger, N. N., Belnap, J., Ojima, D. S., & Mosier, A. (2005). NO gas loss from biologically crusted soils in Canyonlands National Park, Utah.Biogeochemistry,75(3), 373-391.
Belnap, J., Welter, J. R., Grimm, N. B., Barger, N., & Ludwig, J. A. (2005). Linkages between microbial and hydrologic processes in arid and semiarid watersheds.Ecology,86(2), 298-307.
2004
Barger, N. N., Ojima, D. S., Belnap, J., Shiping, W., Yanfen, W., & Chen, Z. (2004). Changes in plant functional groups, litter quality, and soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization with sheep grazing in an Inner Mongolian grassland.Journal of Range management,57(6), 613-619.
2003
Barger, N. N., D'antonio, C. M., Ghneim, T., & Cuevas, E. (2003). Constraints to colonization and growth of the African grass, Melinis minutiflora, in a Venezuelan savanna.Plant Ecology,167(1), 31-43.
2002
Barger, N. N., D’Antonio, C. M., Ghneim, T., Brink, K., & Cuevas, E. (2002). Nutrient limitation to primary productivity in a secondary savanna in Venezuela.Biotropica,34(4), 493-501.