Publications

Gathany, M. A. , and I. C. Burke. 2011. Post-fire soil fluxes of CO2, CH4 and N2O along the Colorado Front Range. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE 20:838-846.

Currie, W. S. , M. E. Harmon, I. C. Burke, S. C. Hart, W. J. Parton, and W. Silver. 2010. Cross-biome transplants of plant litter show decomposition models extend to a broader climatic range but lose predictability at the decadal time scale. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 16:1744-1761.

Adair, E. Carol, and I. C. Burke. 2010. Plant phenology and life span influence soil pool dynamics: Bromus tectorum invasion of perennial C-3-C-4 grass communities. PLANT AND SOIL 335:255-269.

Munson, S. M. , T. J. Benton, W. K. Lauenroth, and I. C. Burke. 2010. Soil carbon flux following pulse precipitation events in the shortgrass steppe. ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH 25:205-211.

Burke, I. C. . 2010. Travel Trade-Offs for Scientists. SCIENCE 330:1476.

McCulley, R. L. , I. C. Burke, and W. K. Lauenroth. 2009. Conservation of nitrogen increases with precipitation across a major grassland gradient in the Central Great Plains of North America. OECOLOGIA 159:571-581.

Burke, I. , and B. Lauenroth. 2009. ``Environmentalist'' label not in our best interests. FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT 7:240.

Bontti, E. E. , J. P. Decant, S. M. Munson, M. A. Gathany, A. Przeszlowska, M. L. Haddix, S. Owens, I. C. Burke, W. J. Parton, and M. E. Harmon. 2009. Litter decomposition in grasslands of Central North America (US Great Plains). GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 15:1356-1363.

Harmon, M. E. , W. L. Silver, B. Fasth, H. Chen, I. C. Burke, W. J. Parton, S. C. Hart, W. S. Currie, and LIDET. 2009. Long-term patterns of mass loss during the decomposition of leaf and fine root litter: an intersite comparison. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 15:1320-1338.

E. Adair, C. , I. C. Burke, and W. K. Lauenroth. 2008. Contrasting effects of resource availability and plant mortality on plant community invasion by Bromus tectorum L.. PLANT AND SOIL 304:103-115.

E. Adair, C. , W. J. Parton, S. J. Del Grosso, W. L. Silver, M. E. Harmon, S. A. Hall, I. C. Burke, and S. C. Hart. 2008. Simple three-pool model accurately describes patterns of long-term litter decomposition in diverse climates. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 14:2636-2660.

Hamman, S. T. , I. C. Burke, and E. E. Knapp. 2008. Soil nutrients and microbial activity after early and late season prescribed burns in a Sierra Nevada mixed conifer forest. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 256:367-374.

Parton, W. , W. L. Silver, I. C. Burke, L. Grassens, M. E. Harmon, W. S. Currie, J. Y. King, C. E. Adair, L. A. Brandt, S. C. Hart, and B. Fasth. 2007. Global-scale similarities in nitrogen release patterns during long-term decomposition. SCIENCE 315:361-364.

Hamman, S. T. , I. C. Burke, and M. E. Stromberger. 2007. Relationships between microbial community structure and soil environmental conditions in a recently burned system. SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY 39:1703-1711.

Jia, G. J. , I. C. Burke, A. F. H. Goetz, M. R. Kaufmann, and B. C. Kindel. 2006. Assessing spatial patterns of forest fuel using AVIRIS data. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT 102:318-327.

Hall, S. A. , and I. C. Burke. 2006. Considerations for characterizing fuels as inputs for fire behavior models. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 227:102-114.

Ha, G. J. , I. C. Burke, M. R. Kaufmann, A. F. H. Goetz, B. C. Kindel, and Y. Pu. 2006. Estimates of forest canopy fuel attributes using hyperspectral data. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 229:27-38.

Bradford, J. B. , W. K. Lauenroth, I. C. Burke, and J. M. Paruelo. 2006. The influence of climate, soils, weather, and land use on primary production and biomass seasonality in the US Great Plains. ECOSYSTEMS 9:934-950.

Hall, S. A. , I. C. Burke, and N. T. Hobbs. 2006. Litter and dead wood dynamics in ponderosa pine forests along a 160-year chronosequence. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 16:2344-2355.

Kaye, J. P. , R. L. McCulley, and I. C. Burke. 2005. Carbon fluxes, nitrogen cycling, and soil microbial communities in adjacent urban, native and agricultural ecosystems. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 11:575-587.

Hall, S. A. , I. C. Burke, D. O. Box, M. R. Kaufmann, and J. M. Stoker. 2005. Estimating stand structure using discrete-return lidar: an example from low density, fire prone ponderosa pine forests. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 208:189-209.

Bradford, J. B. , W. K. Lauenroth, and I. C. Burke. 2005. The impact of cropping on primary production in the US great plains. ECOLOGY 86:1863-1872.

Adler, P. B. , D. G. Milchunas, O. E. Sala, I. C. Burke, and W. K. Lauenroth. 2005. Plant traits and ecosystem grazing effects: Comparison of US sagebrush steppe and Patagonian steppe. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 15:774-792.

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.

Miller, A. J. , R. Amundson, I. C. Burke, and C. Yonker. 2004. The effect of climate and cultivation on soil organic C and N. BIOGEOCHEMISTRY 67:57-72.