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JimNelson

Jim A. Nelson

Scientist I

Staff

  • Contact Information
  • Directions to University of Kentucky, Lexington, KYUniversity of Kentucky, PSS
    Campus LocationAg. Science Bldg. North
    1100 Nicholasville Road (Office:N-222P)
    Lexington, KY 40546-0091
    Phone(859) 257-4150
    Fax(859) 257-2185
    Emailjim.nelson@uky.edu

Specialty

Plant Ecology

Web Site

407

Research/Teaching Publications

  • Books and Book Chapters
  • LeCain, D.R., J.A. Morgan, D.G. Milchunas, A.R. Mosier, J.A. Nelson and D.P. Smith. 2006. Root biomass of individual species, and root size characteristics after five years of CO2 enrichment on native shortgrass steppe. Plant and Soil 279:219-228.
    Authors in PSS Dept.: Jim A. Nelson
  • Ferretti D.F., E. Pendall, J.A. Morgan, J.A. Nelson, D.R. LeCain and A.R. Mosier. 2003. Partitioning evapotranspiration fluxes from a Colorado grassland using stable isotopes: seasonal variations and ecosystem implications of elevated atmospheric CO2. Plant and Soil 254:291-303.
    Authors in PSS Dept.: Jim A. Nelson
  • Proceedings Publications
  • Milchunas, D.G., A.R. Mosier, J.A. Morgan, D.R. LeCain, J.Y. King and J.A. Nelson. 2005. Elevated CO2 and defoliation effects on a Shortgrass Steppe: Forage quality versus quantity for ruminants. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment 111:166-184.
    Authors in PSS Dept.: Jim A. Nelson
  • Nelson, J.A., J.A. Morgan, D.R. LeCain, A.R. Mosier, D.G. Milchunas and W.J. Parton. 2004. Elevated CO2 increases soil moisture and enhances plant water relations in a long-term field study in semi-arid shortgrass steppe of Colorado. Plant and Soil 259:169-179.
    Authors in PSS Dept.: Jim A. Nelson
  • Refereed Journal Articles
  • Hughes, R.F., S. Archer, G.P. Asner, C.A. Wessman, C.R. McMurtry, J.A. Nelson and R. J. Ansley. 2006. Changes in aboveground primary production and carbon and nitrogen pools accompanying woody plant encroachment in a temperate savanna. Global Change Biology 12:1733-1747.
    Authors in PSS Dept.: Jim A. Nelson
  • McCulley, R.L., I.C. Burke, J.A. Nelson, W.K. Lauenroth, A.K. Knapp and E.F. Kelly. 2005. Regional patterns in carbon cycling across the Great Plains of North America. Ecosystems 8:106-121.
    Authors in PSS Dept.: Jim A. Nelson, Rebecca L. McCulley
  • Milchunas, D.G., A.R. Mosier, J.A. Morgan, D.R. LeCain, J.Y. King and J.A. Nelson. 2005. Root production and tissue quality in a Shortgrass Steppe exposed to elevated CO2: Using a new ingrowth method. Plant and Soil 268:111-122.
    Authors in PSS Dept.: Jim A. Nelson
  • Morgan, J.A., A.R. Mosier, D.G. Milchunas, D.R. LeCain J.A. Nelson and W.J. Parton. 2004. CO2 enhances productivity, alters species competition and reduces digestibility of Shortgrass Steppe vegetation. Ecological Applications 14:208-219.
    Authors in PSS Dept.: Jim A. Nelson
  • LeCain, D.R., J.A. Morgan, A.R. Mosier and J.A. Nelson. 2003. Soil and plant water relations determine photosynthetic responses of C3 and C4 grasses in a semi-arid ecosystem under elevated CO2. Annals of Botany 92:41-52.
    Authors in PSS Dept.: Jim A. Nelson
  • Nelson, J.A., P.W. Barnes and S. Archer. 2002. Leaf demography and growth responses to altered resource availability in woody plants of contrasting leaf habit in a subtropical savanna. Plant Ecology 160:193-205.
    Authors in PSS Dept.: Jim A. Nelson
  • Ott, J.R., J.A. Nelson and T. Caillouet. 1998. The effect of spider-mediated flower alteration on seed production in golden-eye phlox. The Southwestern Naturalist 43:430-436.
    Authors in PSS Dept.: Jim A. Nelson

 

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