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*Holmlund, H.I., V.M. Lekson*, B.M. Gillespie*, N.M. Nakamatsu*, A.M. Burns*, J. Pittermann, and S.D. Davis. 2015. Ferns living on the edge: Differential traits for survival during California's historic drought. 100th Annual Meeting Ecological Society of America. Abstract OOS 75-9.
Venturas, M. E.D. MacKinnon, H.L. Dario*, A.L. Jacobsen, R.B. Pratt, and S.D. Davis. 2015. Differential mortality in chaparral species during California's 2014 historic drought is related to life history and hydraulic traits. 100th Annual Meeting Ecological Society of America. Abstract OOS 75-8.
*Burns, A.M., N.A. Nakamatsu*, V.M. Lekson*, H.I. Holmlund*, and S.D. Davis. 2015. Novel seed germination in response to California's historic drought may deplete soil seed banks. 100th Annual Meeting Ecological Society of America. Abstract PS 77-172.
*Lekson, V.M., H.I. Holmlund*, A.M. Burns*, and S.D. Davis. 2015. Comparative foliar water uptake and leaf hydrophobicity among eight species of California ferns. 100th Annual Meeting Ecological Society of America. Abstract PS 77-186.
*Aquirre, N.M., S.B. Nelson*, A.N. Davis*, and S.D. Davis. 2015. Root hydraulic conductance in Malosma laurina experiencing severe dieback in the Santa Monica Mountains. Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research Abstract OS-1-10:00.
*Sauer, K., H.I. Holmlund*, V. M. Lekson*, N. M. Nakamatsu*, A.M. Burns*, and S.D. Davis. 2015. Seedling mortality of Ceanothus megacarpus in response to drought conditions in the Santa Monica Mountains. Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research. Abstract OS-1-9:45.
*Holmlund, H.I., V.M. Lekson*, B. M. Gillespie*, N. M. Nakamatsu*, A.M. Burns*, and S.D. Davis. 2015. Contrasting water utilization patterns in ferns during California's historic drought. Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research. Abstract OS-1-9:30.
*Lekson, V.M., H.I Holmlund*, G.N. Palmeri*, S.R. Reese*, N.M. Nakamatsu*, A.M. Burns*, and S.D. Davis. 2015. Island versus mainland ferns: fog acquisition during California's historic drought. Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research. Abstract OS-1-10:15.
*Taylor, M.K., A.J. Borgas*, F.J. Morales*, E.R. Pierce*, G.N. Palmeri*, S.R. Reese*, and S.D. Davis. 2015. Recent dieback in a keystone chaparral species is caused by a fungal pathogen (Botryosphaeria dothidea). Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research Abstract PS-1-36.
*Speece, T.M., A.M. Evans*, and S.D. Davis. 2015. Premature seed germination and high mortality in Adenostoma fasciculatum caused by severe drought in California. Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research Abstract PS-2-8.
*Gilderman, G.S, K.E. Sauer*, G.N. Palmeri*, and S.D. Davis. 2015. Extensive dieback in Malosma laurina in coastal exposures of the Santa Monica Mountains associated with unprecedented drought in California. Southern California Conferences for Undergraduate Research. Abstract PS-3-23
*Lekson, V., H. Holmlund*, A. Burns*, and S.D. Davis. 2015. Seasonal comparative foliar water uptake and leaf hydrophobicity among eight species of southern California ferns the 40th Annual West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference Program, April 25th 2015. Abstract S18-34.
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*Holmlund, H.I., V.M. *Lekson, *B.M. Gillespie, *N.A. Nakamatsu, *A.M. Burns, *K.E. Sauer, J. Pittermann, S.D. Davis. 2016. Seasonal changes in tissue water relation for eight species of ferns during historic drought in California. (In review).
Pausas, J, R.B. Pratt, J. Keeley, A. Jacobsen, A. Ramirez, A. Vilagrosa, S. Paula, I. Kanekua-Pia*, S.D. Davis 2016. Towards understanding resprouting at the global scale. New Phytologist 209:945 - 954.
Venturas, M.D., E.D. MacKinnon, *H.L. Dario, A.L. Jacobsen, R.B. Pratt, S.D. Davis. 2016. Chaparral shrub hydraulic traits, size, and life history types related to species mortality during California's historic drought of 2014. (In review).
Pratt, R.B., A.L. Jacobsen, *A.R. Ramirez, *A. M. Helms, *C.A. Traugh, M.F. Tobin, *M. Heffner, S.D. Davis. 2014. Mortality of resprouting chaparral shrubs after a fire and during a record drought: physiological mechanisms and demographic consequences. Global Change Biology, 20: 893-907.
*Ishibashi, C.D., *A.R. Shaver, *D.P. Perrault, S.D. Davis, and R.L. Honeycutt. 2013. Isolation of microsatellite markers in a chaparral species endemic to southern California, Ceanothus megacarpus (Rhamnaceae). Applications in Plant Sciences 1(5):1200393.
*Ramirez, A.R., B.R. Pratt, A.L. Jacobsen, and S.D. Davis. 2012. Exotic deer diminish post-fire resilience of native shrub communities on Santa Catalina Island, southern California. Plant Ecology 213:1037-1047.