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CURRICULUM VITAE
Peter Morrison Vitousek
Academic Background
B.A. cum laude in
Political Science,
Ph.D. in Biology,
Assistant Professor of Zoology and Biology, Indiana University, 1975–1979
Associate Professor of Botany and Biology,
Associate Professor and Professor of Biological Sciences,
Clifford G. Morrison Professor of Population and Resource Studies,
Honors and Awards
Pew Scholar in Conservation and Environment, 1990
W.S. Cooper Award, Ecological Society of America, 1992; R.H. MacArthur Award, Ecological Society of America, 1993;
Time/CNN America’s best ecologist, 2002; Princeton Environmental Prize, 2002; Marsh
Ecology Book Award, British Ecological Society, 2005; Tansley
Lecturer, British Ecological Society, 2005; Award for Scientific Reviewing,
National Academy of Sciences, 2006.
Fellow,
D.Sc.,
Teaching
Ecology (lecture course).
Environmental Biology (non-majors course,
lecture).
Ecosystems of the Tropics. Stanford.
Biology and Global Change. Stanford.
Terrestrial Biogeochemistry. Stanford.
Island Ecology. Stanford.
Publications
1975 Reiners, W.A.,
R.H. Marks, and P.M. Vitousek. Heavy metals in sub-alpine and alpine soils of
Vitousek, P.M., and W.A. Reiners. Ecosystem succession and nutrient retention: a hypothesis. BioScience 25: 376-381. ISI Citation Classic, 1991.
1976 Vitousek, P.M., and W.A. Reiners. Ecosystem development and
the biological control of streamwater chemistry. p. 665-680. In Nriagu, J. (ed.), Environmental Biogeochemistry.
1977 Vitousek, P.M. The regulation of element concentrations in
mountain streams in the northeastern
1979 Gorham, E., P.M. Vitousek, and W.A. Reiners. The regulation of element budgets over the course of terrestrial ecosystem succession. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 10: 53-84.
Vitousek, P.M., J.R. Gosz, C.C. Grier, J.M. Melillo, W.A. Reiners, and R.L. Todd. Nitrate losses from disturbed ecosystems. Science 204: 469-474.
Vitousek,
P.M. and J.M. Melillo. Nitrate losses from disturbed ecosystems: patterns and mechanisms.
1980 Blank, J.L., R.K. Olson, and P.M. Vitousek. Nutrient uptake by a diverse spring ephermeral community. Oecologia 47: 96-98.
Foster, M.M., P.M.
Vitousek, and P.A. Randolph. The effect of Ambrosia artemisiifolia on nutrient cycling in a first-year old
field. American
Rosswall, T.H. and P.M. Vitousek. Research priorities and
future cooperation in West African nitrogen cycling research. In Rosswall, T.H.
and R. Soderlund (eds.), Nitrogen Cycling in West African Ecosystems. SCOPE/UNEP International
Nitrogen Unit,
Vitousek, P.M. Nitrogen losses from
disturbed ecosystems--ecological considerations. In Rosswall, T.H. and R. Soderlund (eds.), Nitrogen
Cycling in West African Ecosystems. SCOPE/UNEP International Nitrogen Unit,
1981 Matson, P.A. and P.M. Vitousek. Nitrification potentials
following clearcutting in the Hoosier National
Forest, Indiana.
Robertson, G.P. and P.M. Vitousek. Nitrification potentials in primary and secondary succession. Ecology 62: 376-386.
Vitousek,
P.M. Clearcutting and the nitrogen cycle. Ecological Bulletin (
Vitousek, P.M., W.A. Reiners, J.M. Melillo, C.C.
Grier, and J.R. Gosz. Nitrogen cycling and loss following forest
perturbation: the components of
response. In Barrett, G.W. and R.
Rosenberg (eds.), Stress Effects on
Natural Ecosystems. Wiley and Sons,
Vitousek,
P.M. and P.S. White. Process
studies in succession. In Shugart, H.H., D.B. Botkin, and
D. West (eds.),
1982 Vitousek, P.M. Nutrient cycling and nutrient use efficiency. American Naturalist 119: 553-572.
Vitousek, P.M., J.R. Gosz, C.C. Grier, J.M. Melillo, and W.A. Reiners. A comparative analysis of potential nitrification and nitrate mobility in forest ecosystems. Ecological Monographs 52: 155-177.
1983 Bolin, B., P.J. Crutzen,
P.M. Vitousek, R.G. Woodmansee, E.D. Goldberg, and
R.B. Cook. Interactions
of biogeochemical cycles. p.
8-40. In Bolin, B. and R.B. Cook (eds.), The Biogeochemical Cycles and Their Interactions. John Wiley and Sons,
Vitousek, P.M. The effects of
deforestation on air, soil, and water.
p. 223-245. In Bolin, B. and
R.B. Cook (eds.), The Biogeochemical Cycles and Their
Interactions. John Wiley and Sons,
Vitousek, P.M. Nitrogen turnover in a
ragweed-dominated first-year old-field in southern
Vitousek, P.M. Mechanisms of ion leaching
in natural and managed ecosystems.
p. 129-144.
In Mooney, H.A. and M. Godron (eds.), Disturbance
and Ecosystems: Components of Response.
Vitousek,
P.M., H.L. Allen, and P.A. Matson.
Impacts of management practices on soil nitrogen
status. p. 25-39. In Maintaining
Vitousek,
P.M., K. Van Cleve, N. Balakrishnan, and D. Mueller-Dombois. Soil development and nitrogen turnover on recent volcanic
substrates in
1984 Mueller-Dombois,
D., P.M. Vitousek, and K.W., Bridges.
Canopy dieback and ecosystem processes in Pacific forests.
Saterson, K.A., and P.M. Vitousek. Fine root biomass and nutrient cycling in Aristida stricta in a
Vitousek, P.M. Litterfall, nutrient cycling, and nutrient limitation in tropical forests. Ecology 65: 285-298.
Vitousek, P.M. Anion fluxes in three
Vitousek, P.M. Terrestrial nitrogen cycles: some unanswered questions. p. 209-218. In
Vitousek, P.M. A general theory of forest
nutrient dynamics. p.
121-135. In Agren, GI (ed.), State and Change of
Forest Ecosystems--Indicators in current research.
Vitousek, P.M., and P.A. Matson. Mechanisms of nitrogen retention in forest ecosystems: a field experiment. Science 225: 51-52.
1985 Pye, J.M., and
P.M. Vitousek. Soil
and nutrient removals by erosion and windrowing at a Southeastern U.S. Piedmont
site.
Vitousek,
P.M. Plant community turnover and ecosystem nutrient flux. p. 325-333. In Pickett, S.T.A. and P.S. White (eds.), The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and Patch Dynamics. Academic Press,
Vitousek, P.M.
Plant and animal invasions: can they
alter ecosystem processes. p.
169-176. In Halvorson, H.O., D. Pramer, and M. Rogul (eds.), Engineered organisms
in the environment: Scientific issues.
Am. Soc. Microbiology,
Vitousek,
P.M., and P.A. Matson. Causes of delayed nitrate production in two
Vitousek, P.M., and P.A. Matson. Intensive harvesting and site preparation decrease soil nitrogen availability in young plantations. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 9: 120-125.
Vitousek, P.M., and P.A. Matson. Disturbance, nitrogen availability, and nitrogen losses in an intensively managed loblolly pine plantation. Ecology 66: 1360-1376.
1986 Birk, E.M., and
P.M. Vitousek. Nitrogen availability and
nitrogen use efficiency in loblolly pine stands on the Savannah River Plant,
Chapin, F.S. III, P.M. Vitousek, and K. Van Cleve. The nature of nutrient limitation in plant communities. American Naturalist 127: 48-58.
Heal,
O.W., and P.M. Vitousek. Environmental
controls over
ecosystem processes. p.
155-159. In Van Cleve, K., F.S. Chapin, P.W. Flanagan, L.A. Viereck, and C.T. Dyrness (eds.),
Forest Ecosystems in the Alaskan
Taiga: A Synthesis of Structure and
Function.
Vitousek, P.M. Biological invasions of ecosystem
properties: can species make a
difference? p. 163-176. In Mooney, H.A., and J. Drake (eds.), Biological Invasions of
Vitousek, P.M., and S.W. Andariese. Microbial transformations of labelled nitrogen in a clearcut pine plantation. Oecologia 68: 601-605.
Vitousek, P.M., and J.S. Denslow. Nitrogen and phosphorus availability in treefall gaps in a lowland tropical rainforest. Journal of Ecology 74: 1167-1178.
Vitousek, P.M., P.R. Ehrlich, A.H. Ehrlich, and P.A. Matson. Human appropriation of the products of photosynthesis. Bioscience 36: 368-373.
Vitousek, P.M., and R.L. Sanford, Jr. Nutrient cycling in moist tropical forest. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 17: 137-167.
Williams, W.E., K. Garbutt, F.A. Bazzaz, and P.M. Vitousek. The effect of elevated CO2 on plants. IV. Two deciduous-forest tree communities. Oecologia 69: 454-459.
1987 Denslow, J.S., P.M. Vitousek, and J.C. Schultz. Bioassays of nutrient limitation in a tropical rainforest soil. Oecologia 74: 370-376.
Matson, P.A., and P.M. Vitousek. Cross-system comparison of soil nitrogen transformations and nitrous oxide fluxes in tropical forests. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 1: 163-170.
Matson, P.A., P.M. Vitousek, J.J. Ewel, M.J. Mazzarino, and G.P. Robertson. Nitrogen transformations following tropical forest felling and burning on a volcanic soil. Ecology 68: 491-502.
Mooney, H.A., P.M. Vitousek, and P.A. Matson. Exchange of materials between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere. Science 238: 926-932.
Robertson,
G.P., P.M. Vitousek, P.A. Matson, and J.M. Tiedje. Denitrification in a clearcut loblolly pine location in the
Turner,
D.R., and P.M. Vitousek. Nodule biomass of the nitrogen-fixing alien Myrica faya Ait.
in
Vitousek,
P.M. and J.S. Denslow. Differences in soil
phosphorus among soils of the La Selva Biological
Station,
Vitousek,
P.M., L.L. Loope, and C.P. Stone. Introduced species in
Vitousek,
P.M. and L.R. Walker. Colonization, succession, and resource availability;
ecosystem-level interactions. p.
207-223. In Gray, A., M. Crawley, and P.J.
Edwards (eds.), Colonization, Succession,
and Stability. Blackwell Scientific,
Vitousek,
P.M., L.R. Walker, L.D. Whiteaker, D. Mueller-Dombois, and P.A. Matson. Biological invasion by Myrica faya alters ecosystem development in
Walbridge, M.R., and P.M. Vitousek. Processes affecting the measurement of phosphorus mineralization by 32PO4 isotope dilution in acid organic soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 19: 709-717.
1988 Andariese, S.W.,
and P.M. Vitousek. Soil nitrogen
turnover is altered by herbicide treatment in a piedmont forest soil.
Livingston,
J., P.M. Vitousek, and P.A. Matson.
Nitrous oxide flux and nitrogen transformations across
a landscape gradient in
Vitousek,
P.M. Diversity and biological invasions of oceanic islands. p. 181–189.
In
Vitousek, P.M., T. Fahey, D.W. Johnson, and M.J. Swift. Element interactions in forest ecosystems: succession, allometry, and input-output budgets. Biogeochemistry 5: 7–34.
Vitousek, P.M. and P.A. Matson. Nitrogen transformations in tropical forest soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 20: 361–367.
Vitousek, P.M., P.A, Matson, and D.R. Turner. Elevational and age gradients in Hawaiian montane rainforest: foliar and soil nutrients. Oecologia 77: 565–570.
1989 Binkley, D., and P.M. Vitousek. Soil nutrient availability. p. 75–96. In
Pearcy, R.W., J.R. Ehleringer,
H.A. Mooney and P.W. Rundel (eds.), Physiological Plant Ecology:
Field Methods and Instrumentation.
Chapman and Hall,
Ehrlich, P.R., G.C. Daily, A.H. Ehrlich, P.A. Matson, and P.M. Vitousek. Global change and carrying capacity: implications for life on Earth. p. 19–27. In DeFries, R.S., T.F. Malone (eds), Global Change and Our Common Future, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.
Gower,
S.T., and P.M. Vitousek. Effects
of nutrient amendments on fine root biomass in a primary successional forest in
Luizão, F.J., P.A. Matson, G.L. Livingston, R. Luizão, and P.M. Vitousek. Nitrous oxide flux following tropical land clearing. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 3: 281–285.
Matson,
P.A., P.M. Vitousek, and D.S. Schimel. Regional extrapolation of
trace gas flux based on soils and ecosystems. p. 97–108. In Andreae,
M.O., and D.S. Schimel (eds.), Exchange of Trace Gases Between Terrestrial Ecosystems and the
Atmosphere. John Wiley and Sons,
Palm,
C., P. Robertson, and P.M. Vitousek.
Nitrogen availability. p. 162–168.
In
Ramakrishnan, P.S., and P.M. Vitousek. Ecosystem-level consequences of biological invasions. p. 281–300.
In Drake, J., F. DiCastri, R.
Vitousek, P.M. Terrestrial Ecosystems. p. 78–83.
In DeFries,
R.S., and T.F. Malone (eds.), Global
Change and Our Common Future.
Vitousek, P.M. What
are the relative roles of biological production, micrometeorology, and
photochemistry in controlling the flux of trace gases between terrestrial
ecosystems and the atmosphere. p. 249–261.
In Andreae,
M.O. and D.S. Schimel (eds.), Exchange of Trace Gases Between Terrestrial Ecosystems and the
Atmosphere. John Wiley and Sons,
Vitousek, P.M., P.A. Matson, and K. Van Cleve. Nitrogen availability and nitrification during succession: primary, secondary, and old-field seres. Plant and Soil 115: 229–239.
Vitousek, P.M., P.A. Matson, C. Volkmann, J.M. Maass, and G. Garcia. Nitrous oxide flux from seasonally-dry tropical forests: a survey. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 3: 375–382.
Vitousek, P.M., G. Shearer, and D.H. Kohl. Foliar 15N natural abundance in Hawaiian rainforest: patterns and possible mechanisms. Oecologia 78: 383–388.
Vitousek,
P.M., and L.R. Walker. Biological
invasion by Myrica faya in
1990 Denslow, J.S., J.C. Schultz, and P.M. Vitousek, and B.R. Strain. Growth responses of tropical shrubs to treefall gap environments. Ecology 71: 165–179.
Huenneke, L.F., S.P. Hamburg, R. Koide, H.A. Mooney, and P.M. Vitousek. Effects of soil resources on plant invasion and community structure in Californian serpentine grassland. Ecology 71: 478–491.
Huenneke, L.F., and P.M. Vitousek. Seedling and clonal recruitment of the invasive tree Psidium cattleianum: implications for management of native Hawaiian forests. Biological Conservation 53: 199–211.
Matson,
P.A., and P.M. Vitousek. Remote
sensing and trace gas flux. p.
157–167. In
Matson, P.A., and P.M. Vitousek. Ecosystem approach to a global nitrous oxide budget. BioScience 40: 667–672.
Matson,
P.A., P.M. Vitousek, G. Livingston, and N. Swanberg. Sources of variation in N2O flux
from forest ecosystems of central
Vitousek, P.M. Biological invasions and ecosystem processes: towards an integration of population biology and ecosystem studies. Oikos 57: 7–13.
Vitousek, P.M., C.B. Field, and P.A. Matson. Variation in foliar d13C in Hawaiian Metrosideros polymorpha: a case of internal resistance? Oecologia 84: 362–370.
1991 Davidson, E.A., P.M. Vitousek, P.A. Matson,
R. Riley, G. Garcia-Méndez, and J.M. Maass. Soil emissions of nitric oxide in a seasonally dry tropical
Garcia-Méndez, G., J.M. Maass, P.A.
Matson, and P.M. Vitousek.
Nitrogen transformations and nitrous oxide flux in a tropical deciduous
forest in
Hughes,
R.F., P.M. Vitousek, and J.T. Tunison. Effects of invasion by
fire-enhancing C4 grasses on native shrubs in
Vitousek, P.M. An analysis of forests as a means for counteracting the build-up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Journal of Environmental Quality 20: 348–354.
Vitousek, P.M., and R.W. Howarth. Nitrogen limitation on land and in the sea: how can it occur? Biogeochemistry 13: 87–115.
Vitousek,
P.M., and P.A. Matson. Gradient analysis of ecosystems. p. 287–298.
In Cole, J.J., G. Lovett, and
Vitousek, P.M., and P.A. Matson. Commentary: Ecological perspectives on tropical deforestation and biosphere-atmosphere interaction. Climatic Change 19: 159–162.
1992 D’Antonio, C.M., and P.M. Vitousek. Biological invasions by exotic grasses, the grass-fire cycle, and global change. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 23: 63–87.
Townsend,
A., P.M. Vitousek, and
Vitousek, P.M. Perspectives on the
nitrogen cycle. p. 151–163. In Moore, B., and D.S. Schimel (eds.), Trace
Gases and the Biosphere. Office of Interdisciplinary Earth Studies, University Corp. for
Atmospheric Research,
Vitousek, P.M. Global environmental change: An introduction. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 23: 1–14.
Vitousek, P.M. Effects of alien plants on
native ecosystems. p. 29–41. In Stone, C.P., C.W. Smith, and J.T. Tunison (eds.), Alien
Plant Invasions in Native Ecosystems of
Vitousek,
P.M., S.W. Andariese, P.A. Matson, L. Morris, and
R.L. Sanford. Effects
of harvest intensity, site preparation, and herbicide use on soil nitrogen
transformations in a young loblolly pine plantation.
Vitousek,
P.M., G. Aplet, D.R. Turner, and J.J. Lockwood. The
Vitousek, P.M., and P.A. Matson. Tropical forests and trace gases: potential interactions between tropical biology and the atmospheric sciences. Biotropica 24: 233–239.
1993 Davidson, E.A., P.A. Matson, P.M. Vitousek, R. Riley, K. Dunkin, G. Garcia-Mendez, and J.M. Maass. Processes regulating soil emissions of NO and N2O in a seasonally dry tropical forest. Ecology 74: 130–139.
Hughes,
F., and P.M. Vitousek. Barriers to shrub reestablishment following fire in seasonal submontane woodland in
Menaut, J.C., L. Abbadie, and P.M. Vitousek. Nutrient and organic matter
dynamics in tropical ecosystems.
p. 215–231. In Crutzen, P., and J. Goldammer (eds),
Fire in the Environment: The Ecological, Atmospheric, and Climatic
Importance of Vegetation Fires. John
Wiley and Sons,
Potter, C.S., J.T. Randerson, C.B. Field, P.A. Matson, P.M. Vitousek, H.A. Mooney, and S.A. Klooster. Terrestrial ecosystem production: a process model based on global satellite and surface data. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 7: 811–842.
Vitousek, P.M.
Global dynamics and ecosystem processes:
Scaling up or scaling down? p. 169–177.
In Ehleringer,
J.R., and C.B. Field (eds), Scaling Physiological Processes: Leaf to Globe. Academic Press,
Vitousek, P.M., and D.U. Hooper. Biological diversity and terrestrial ecosystem biogeochemistry. p. 3–14. In Schulze, D., and H.A. Mooney (eds), Biological Diversity and Ecosystem Function. Springer-Verlag.
Vitousek,
P.M., and P.A. Matson.
Agriculture, the global nitrogen cycle, and trace gas flux. p. 193–208,
In Oremland,
R. (ed), Biogeochemistry
of Global Change: Radiatively
Active Trace Gases. Chapman and
Hall,
Vitousek,
P.M., L.R. Walker, L.D. Whiteaker, and P.A. Matson. Nutrient limitation to
plant growth during primary succession in
1994 Aplet, G.H., and P.M. Vitousek. An age-elevation matrix analysis of Hawaiian rainforest succession. Journal of Ecology 82: 137–147.
Chorover, J., P.M. Vitousek, D.A. Everson, A.M. Esperanza, and D. Turner. Solution chemistry profiles of mixed-conifer forests before and after fire. Biogeochemistry 26: 115–144.
Joel, G., G. Aplet, and P.M. Vitousek. Leaf morphology along environmental gradients in Hawaiian Metrosideros polymorpha. Biotropica 26: 17–22.
Karpa, D.M., and P.M. Vitousek. Successional development of a Hawaiian montane grassland. Biotropica 26: 2–11.
Potter,
C.S., P.A. Matson, and P.M. Vitousek.
Evaluation of soil database attributes in a terrestrial carbon cycle
model: implications for global change
research. p. 281–302. In:
Michener, W.K. (ed), Environmental Information Systems Analysis. Taylor and
Raich, J.W., R.H. Riley, and P.M.
Vitousek. Use
of root-ingrowth cores to assess nutrient limitations
in forest ecosystems. Canadian Journal of
Vitousek, P.M. Factors controlling
ecosystem structure and function.
p. 87–97. In Amundson,
R., J. Harden, and M. Singer (eds.),
Factors of Soil Formation; a 50th Anniversary Symposium. Special Publication of the
Soil Science Society of
Vitousek,
P.M. Potential nitrogen fixation during primary succession in
Vitousek, P.M. Beyond global warming: ecology and global change. Ecology 75: 1861–1876. ISI Citation Classic, 2001.
Vitousek,
P.M., D.R. Turner, W.J. Parton, and R.L. Sanford. Litter decomposition on the
1995 Crews, T.E., K. Kitayama,
J. Fownes, D. Herbert, D. Mueller-Dombois,
R.H. Riley, and P.M. Vitousek. Changes in soil phosphorus and ecosystem dynamics across a long
soil chronosequence in
DeFries, R.S., C.B. Field,
Kitayama, K., D. Mueller-Dombois, and P.M. Vitousek. Primary succession of the Hawaiian montane rainforest on a chronosequence of eight lava flows. Journal of Vegetation Science 6: 211–222.
Koch, G., P.M. Vitousek, W.T. Steffen, and B.H. Walker. Terrestrial transects for global change research. Vegetatio 121: 53–65.
Lohse,
K.A., D. Nullet, and P.M. Vitousek. The effects of an extreme drought on the
vegetation of a single lava flow on
Matson,
P.A., and P.M. Vitousek. Biosphere-atmosphere interactions in a tropical deciduous forest
ecosystem. p. 384–398. In Bullock, S.H., H.A. Mooney, and
Riley, R.H. and P.M. Vitousek. Nutrient dynamics and trace gas flux during ecosystem development in Hawaiian montane rainforest. Ecology 76: 292–304.
Townsend, A.R., P.M. Vitousek, and S.E. Trumbore. Temperature controls over long-term soil organic matter dynamics. Ecology 76: 721–733.
Vitousek, P.M. The
Vitousek,
P.M., H. Adsersen, and L.L. Loope. Introduction:
Why focus on islands? p. 1–4. In
Vitousek, P.M., L.L. Loope, and H. Adsersen (eds.), Biological
Diversity and Ecosystem Function on
Vitousek,
P.M., G.H. Aplet, J.R. Raich,
and J.P. Lockwood.
Vitousek,
P.M., and T.L. Benning. Ecosystem and landscape diversity: islands as model systems. p. 73–84. In Vitousek, P.M., L.L. Loope, and H. Adsersen (eds.), Biological Diversity and Ecosystem
Function on
Vitousek, P.M., G. Gerrish, D.R. Turner, L.R. Walker, and D. Mueller-Dombois. Litterfall and nutrient cycling in four Hawaiian montane rainforests. Journal of Tropical Ecology 11: 189–203.
Vitousek,
P.M., L.L. Loope, and C.M. D’Antonio. Biological invasion as a
global change. p. 216–227. In Elements of Change.
Aspen Global Change Institute,
Vitousek, P.M., and J. Lubchenco. Limits to sustainable use of resources: From local effects to global change. p. 57–64. In Munasinghe, M., and W. Shearer (eds.), Defining and Measuring Sustainability: The Biogeophysical Foundations. UN University Publications.
Vitousek, P.M., D.R. Turner, and K. Kitayama. Foliar nutrients during long-term soil development in Hawaiian montane rain forest. Ecology 76: 712–720.
1996 Potter, C.S., P.A. Matson, P.M. Vitousek, and E.A. Davidson. Process modelling of controls on nitrogen trace gas emissions from soils world-wide. Journal of Geophysical Research 101: 1361–1377.
Raich, J.W., A.E. Russell, T.E. Crews, H. Farrington, and P.M. Vitousek. Both nitrogen and phosphorus limit plant production on young Hawaiian lava flows. Biogeochemistry 32: 1–14.
Vitousek, P.M., C.M. D’Antonio, L.L. Loope, and R. Westbrooks. Biological invasions as global environmental change. American Scientist 84: 468–478.
Vitousek, P.M., L.L. Loope, H. Adsersen, and C.M. D’Antonio. Island ecosystems: do they represent “natural experiments” in biological diversity? p. 245–259. In Mooney, H.A., J.H. Cushman, E. Medina, O.E. Sala, and E.O. Schulze (eds), Functional Roles of Biodiversity: A Global Perspective. Springer-Verlag.
1997 Daily, G.C., P.A. Matson, and P.M.
Vitousek. Ecosystem
services supplied by soil. p.
113–132. In Daily, G.C. (ed.),
Nature's Services: Societal Dependence
on Natural Ecosystems. Island Press,
Fung, I.Y., C.B. Field, J.A. Berry, M.V. Thompson, J.T. Randerson, C.M. Malmstrom, P.M. Vitousek, G.J. Collatz, P.J. Sellers, D.A. Randall, A.S. Denning, F. Badeck, and J. John. Carbon-13 exchange between the atmosphere and biosphere. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 11: 507–533.
Hooper, D.U., and P.M. Vitousek. Plant composition and diversity effects on ecosystem processes. Science 277: 1302–1305.
Raich, J.W., A.E. Russell, and P.M.
Vitousek. Primary
production and ecosystem development along an elevational
gradient in
Russell,
A.E., and P.M. Vitousek. Decomposition and potential nitrogen fixation
in Dicranopteris linearis litter on
Thompson, M.V., and P.M. Vitousek. Asymbiotic nitrogen fixation and decomposition during long-term soil development in Hawaiian montane rain forest. Biotropica 29: 134–144.
Torn, M.S., S.E. Trumbore, O.A. Chadwick, P.M. Vitousek, and D.M. Hendricks. Mineral control of soil carbon storage and turnover. Nature 389: 170–173.
Townsend, A.R., P.M. Vitousek, D.J. Des Marais, and A. Tharpe. Effects of temperature and soil carbon pool structure on CO2 and 13CO2 fluxes from five Hawaiian soils. Biogeochemistry 38: 1–17.
Vitousek, P.M. On regression and residuals: response to Knops et al. Oecologia 110: 557–559.
Vitousek, P.M. Stopping biological invasions before they do lasting damage. Chronicle of Higher Education, January 17 B4–5.
Vitousek, P.M. The ecosystems of Mauna
Vitousek, P.M., and H. Farrington. Nutrient limitation and soil development: experimental test of a biogeochemical theory. Biogeochemistry 37: 63–75
Vitousek, P.M., J.D. Aber, R.W. Howarth, G.E. Likens, P.A. Matson, D.W. Schindler, W.H. Schlesinger, and D. Tilman. Human alteration of the global nitrogen cycle: sources and consequences. Ecological Applications 7: 737–750.
Vitousek,
P.M., O.A. Chadwick, T. Crews, J. Fownes, D.
Hendricks, and D. Herbert. Soil and ecosystem development across the
Vitousek,
P.M., C.M. D’Antonio, L.L. Loope,
M. Rejmanek, and R. Westbrooks. Introduced species: a significant component of human-caused
global change.
Vitousek, P.M., H.A. Mooney, J. Lubchenco, and J.M. Melillo. Human domination of Earth’s ecosystems. Science 277: 494–499
1998 Aplet, G.H., R.F. Hughes, and P.M. Vitousek. Ecosystem development on Hawaiian lava flows: biomass and species composition. Journal of Vegetation Science 9: 17–26.
Aplet, G.H., R.L. Loh, J.T. Tunison and P.M.
Vitousek. Experimental
restoration of a closed Faya tree stand. Technical Report 121,
Cordell, S., G. Goldstein, D. Mueller-Dombois, D. Webb, and P.M. Vitousek. Physiological and morphological variation in Metrosideros polymorpha, a dominant Hawaiian tree species, along an altitudinal gradient: the role of phenotypic plasticity. Oecologia 113: 188–196.
D’Antonio, C.M., R.F. Hughes, M. Mack, D. Hitchcock, and P.M. Vitousek. The response of native species to removal of invasive exotic grasses in a seasonally-dry Hawaiian woodland. Journal of Vegetation Science 9: 699–712.
Freifelder, R., P.M. Vitousek, and C.M. D’Antonio. Microclimate change and effect on fire following forest-grass conversion in a seasonally dry tropical woodland. Biotropica 30: 286–297.
Hooper, D.U., and P.M. Vitousek. Effects of plant composition and diversity on nutrient cycling in serpentine grassland. Ecological Monographs 68: 121–149.
Kennedy,
M.J., O.A. Chadwick, P.M. Vitousek,
Loh, R.K., J.T. Tunison,
L.R. Walker and P.M. Vitousek. Population growth and nitrogen-fixation
of faya tree, 1986–1993. Technical
Report 118,
Russell,
A.E., J.W. Raich, and P.M. Vitousek. The ecology of the climbing
fern, Dicranopteris linearis, on
windward
Tanner, E.V.J., P.M. Vitousek, and E. Cuevas. Experimental investigation of nutrient limitation of forest growth on wet tropical mountains. Ecology 79: 10–22.
Vitousek, P.M. The structure and functioning of montane tropical forests: control by climate, soils, and disturbance. Ecology 79: 1–2.
Vitousek, P.M. Foliar and litter nutrients, nutrient resorption, and decomposition in Hawaiian Metrosideros polymorpha. Ecosystems 1: 401–407.
Vitousek, P.M., L.O. Hedin, P.A. Matson, J.H. Fownes, and J. Neff. Within-system element cycles, input-output budgets, and nutrient limitation. p. 432–451. In Pace, M., and P. Groffman (eds), Successes, Limitations, and Frontiers in Ecosystem Science.
1999 Chadwick, O.A.,
Ewel, J.J., D.J. O’Dowd, J. Bergelson, C.C. Daehler, C.M. D’Antonio, L.D. Gomez, D.R. Gordon, R.J. Hobbs, A. Holt, K.R. Hopper, C.E. Hughes, M. LaHart, R.R.B. Leakey, W.G. Lee, L.L. Loope, D.H. Lorence, S.M. Louda, A.E. Lugo, P.B. McEvoy, D.M. Richardson, and P.M. Vitousek. Deliberate introductions of species: research needs. Bioscience 49: 619–630.
Herbert, D.A., J.H. Fownes, and P.M. Vitousek. Hurricane damage and recovery of a Hawaiian forest: effects of increased nutrient availability on ecosystem resistence and resilience. Ecology 80: 908–920.
Huebert, B., P. Vitousek, J. Sutton, T. Elias, J. Heath, S. Coeppicus, S. Howell, and B. Blomquist. Volcano fixes nitrogen into plant-available forms. Biogeochemistry 47: 111–118.
Kurina, L.M., and P.M. Vitousek. Controls over the accumulation and decline of a nitrogen fixing lichen, Stereocaulon vulcani, on young Hawaiian lava flows. Journal of Ecology 87: 784–799.
Martinelli,
Matson, P.A., W.H. McDowell, A.R. Townsend, and P.M. Vitousek. The globalization of N deposition: ecosystem consequences in tropical environments. Biogeochemistry 46: 67–83.
Vitousek, P.M. Nutrient limitation to nitrogen fixation in young volcanic sites. Ecosystems 2: 505–510.
Vitousek, P.M., and C.B. Field. Ecosystem constraints to symbiotic nitrogen fixers: a simple model and its implications. Biogeochemistry 46: 179–202.
Vitousek,
P.M., M.J. Kennedy,
2000 Austin, A. T. and
P. M. Vitousek. Precipitation, decomposition and
decomposability of Metrosideros polymorpha in native forests on
Blackmore, M., and P.M. Vitousek.
Cattle grazing, forest loss, and fuel loading in a Hawaiian dry forest at Pu'u Wa'aWa'a ranch,
Chapin, F.S. III, E.S. Zavaleta, V.T. Eviner, R.L. Naylor, P.M. Vitousek, S. Lavorel, H.L. Reynolds, D.U. Hooper, O.E. Sala, S.E. Hobbie, M.C. Mack, and S. Diaz. Consequences of changing biodiversity. Nature 405: 234–242.
Crews,
T.E., H. Farrington, and P.M. Vitousek. Changes in asymbiotic,
heterotrophic nitrogen fixation on leaf litter of Metrosideros polymorpha with long-term
ecosystem development in
Hättenschwiler, S., and P.M. Vitousek. The role of polyphenols in terrestrial ecosystem nutrient cycling. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 15: 238–243.
Hobbie, S.E., and P.M. Vitousek. Nutrient regulation of decomposition in Hawaiian forests. Ecology 81: 1867–1877.
Neff, J.C., S.E. Hobbie, and P.M. Vitousek. Nutrient and minerological control on dissolved organic C, N and P fluxes and stoichiometry in Hawaiian soils. Biogeochemistry 51: 283–302.
Olander, L.P., and P.M. Vitousek. Regulation of soil phosphatase and chitinase activity by N and P availability. Biogeochemistry 49: 175–190.
Raich,
J.W., W.J. Parton. A.E. Russell,
R.L. Sanford Jr., and P.M. Vitousek. Analysis of
factors regulating ecosystem development on
Riley, R.H., and P.M. Vitousek. Hurricane effects on nitrogen trace gas emissions in Hawaiian montane rainforest. Biotropica 32: 751–756.
Scowcroft,
P.G., D.R. Turner, and P.M. Vitousek. Decomposition of
Metrosideros polymorpha
leaf litter along elevational gradients in
Vitousek, P.M., and S.E. Hobbie. The control of heterotrophic nitrogen fixation in decomposing litter. Ecology 81: 2366–2376.
Vitousek,
P.M., J.D. Aber, C.L. Goodale,
and G.H. Aplet. Global
change and wilderness science. p. 5–9. In Cole, D.N., S.F. McCool, W. Freimund,
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Cordell, S., G. Goldstein, F.C Meinzer,
and P.M Vitousek. Morphological and physiological
adjustment to N and P fertilization in nutrient-limited Metrosideros polymorpha canopy trees in
Cordell,
S., G. Goldstein, F.C Meinzer, and P.M Vitousek.
Regulation of leaf life-span and nutrient-use efficiency of Metrosideros polymorpha
trees at two extremes of a long chronosequence in
Crews,
T.E., L.M. Kurina, and P.M. Vitousek. Organic matter and nitrogen accumulation and nitrogen fixation
during early ecosystem development in
D’Antonio, C.M., R.F. Hughes, and P.M. Vitousek. Factors influencing dynamics of two invasive C4 grasses in seasonally dry Hawaiian woodlands: Resource limitation and priority effects. Ecology 82: 89–104.
Harrington, R.A., J.H. Fownes, and P.M. Vitousek. Production and resource-use efficiencies in N- and P-limited tropical forest ecosystems. Ecosystems 4: 646–657.
Kurina, L.M., and P.M. Vitousek. Nitrogen fixation rates at Stereocaulon vulcani on young Hawaiian lava flows. Biogeochemistry 55: 179–194.
Pearson, H.L., and P.M. Vitousek. Symbiotic nitrogen fixation in regenerating stands of Acacia koa, a tropical leguminous tree. Ecological Applications 11: 1381–1394.
Rastetter, E.B., P.M. Vitousek, C. Field, G.R. Shaver, D. Herbert, and G.A. Ågren. Resource optimization and symbiotic N fixation. Ecosystems 4: 369–388.
Restrepo, C., and P.M. Vitousek. Landslides, alien species, and the diversity of a Hawaiian montane mesic ecosystem. Biotropica 33: 409–420.
Treseder, K.K., and P.M. Vitousek. Effects of soil nutrient availability on investment in acquisition of N and P in Hawaiian rain forests. Ecology 82: 946–954.
Treseder, K.K., and P.M. Vitousek.
Potential ecosystem-level effects of genetic variation among populations of Metrosideros polymorpha
from a soil fertility gradient in
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P.M., and C.B. Field. Input-output balances and
nitrogen limitation in terrestrial ecosystems. Pp. 217–235 in Schulze E.D., S.P. Harrison, M. Heimann, E.A. Holland, J. Lloyd, I.C. Prentice, and D. Schimel (eds), Global Biogeochemical Cycles in the Climate
System. Academic Press,
Benning, T., D. LaPoint,
C. Atkinson, and P.M. Vitousek. Interactions of climate change with
biological invasions and land use in the
Pearson,
H.L., and P.M. Vitousek. Nitrogen and phosphorus
dynamics and symbiotic nitrogen fixation across a substrate-age gradient in
Vitousek, P.M. Oceanic islands as model systems for ecological studies. Journal of Biogeography 29: 573–582.
Vitousek, P.M., S. Hättenschwiler, S. Allison, and L. Olander. Nitrogen and nature. Ambio 31: 97–101.
Vitousek, P.M., K. Cassman, C. Cleveland, T. Crews, C.B. Field, N.B. Grimm, R.W. Howarth, R. Marino, L. Martinelli, E.B. Rastetter, and J.I. Sprent. Towards an ecological understanding of biological nitrogen fixation. Biogeochemistry 57: 1–45.
Goodale, C.L., J.D. Aber, and P.M. Vitousek. Changes
in streamwater chemistry on
Hättenschwiler, S., A.E. Hagerman, and P.M. Vitousek. Polyphenols in litter from tropical montane forests across a wide range in soil fertility. Biogeochemistry 64: 129–148.
Hedin, L.O., P.M. Vitousek, and P.A. Matson. Pathways and implications of nutrient losses during four million years of tropical forest ecosystem development. Ecology 84: 2231–2255.
Hungate,
B.A., R.J. Naiman, M. Apps, J.J. Cole, B. Moldan, K. Satake, J. Stewart, R.
Victoria, and P.M. Vitousek. p. 47–62. In
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(eds.) Interactions of the Major Element
Cycles: Global Change and Human Impacts. Island Press,
Matzek, V.A., and P.M. Vitousek. Nitrogen fixation in bryophytes, lichens, and decaying wood along a soil age gradient in Hawaiian montane rainforest. Biotropica 35: 12–19.
Neff, J.C., F.S. Chapin III, and P.M. Vitousek. Leaks and short-circuits in the nitrogen cycle: Dissolved organic nitrogen and its role in terrestrial ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and Environmental Science 1: 205–211.
Restrepo, C., P. Vitousek, and P. Neville. Landslides significantly alter land cover and the distribution of biomass: an example from the Ninole Ridges of Hawai‘i. Plant Ecology 166: 131–143.
Vitousek, P.M.
Stoichiometry and flexibility in the Hawaiian model system. p. 117–133. In J.M. Melillo,
C.B. Field, and B. Moldan (eds.) Interactions of the Major Element Cycles: Global Change and Human
Impacts. Island Press,
Vitousek, P.M., O.A. Chadwick, P.A. Matson, S. Allison, L.A. Derry, L. Kettley, A. Luers, E. Mecking, V. Monastra, and S. Porder. Erosion and the rejuvenation of weathering-derived nutrient supply in an old tropical landscape. Ecosystems 6: 762–772.
Kirch, P.V., A.S. Hartshorn, O.A. Chadwick, P.M. Vitousek, D.R. Sherrod, J. Coil, L. Holm, and W.D. Sharp. Environment, agriculture, and settlement patterns in a marginal Polynesian landscape. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101: 9936–9941.
Olander, L.P., and P.M. Vitousek. Biological and geochemical sinks for phosphorus in a wet tropical forest soil. Ecosystems 7: 404–419.
Rothstein, D.E., P.M. Vitousek, and B.L Simmons. An exotic tree accelerates decomposition and nutrient turnover in a Hawaiian montane rainforest. Ecosystems 7: 805–814.
Vitousek, P.M. Nutrient Cycling and Limitation: Hawai‘i as
a Model System.
Vitousek, P.M.,
T.L. Ladefoged, P.V. Kirch,
A.S. Hartshorn, M.W. Graves, S.C. Hotchkiss, S. Tuljapurkar, and O.A. Chadwick. Agriculture, soils, and
society in precontact
Asner, G.P., and P.M. Vitousek. Remote analysis of biological invasion and biogeochemical change. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102: 4383–4386.
Asner, G.P., A.J. Elmore, R.F. Hughes, A.S. Warner, and P.M. Vitousek. 2005.
Ecosystem structure along bioclimatic gradients in
Goodale, C.L., J.D. Aber, P.M. Vitousek, and
W.H. McDowell. Long-term decreases
in stream nitrate: successional causes
unlikely, possible links to DOC? Ecosystems 8: 334-337.
Henry,
H.A.L., E.E. Cleland, C.B. Field, and P.M. Vitousek. Interactive effects
of elevated CO2, N deposition and climate change on plant litter
quality in a
Henry, H.A.L, J.D. Juarez, C.B. Field & P.M. Vitousek. Interactive effects of elevated CO2, N deposition and climate change on extracellular enzyme activity and soil density fractionation in a California annual grassland. Global Change Biology 11: 1808-1815.
Kirch, P.V., J. Coil, A. S. Hartshorn,
M. Jeraj, P. M. Vitousek, and O. A. Chadwick. Intensive Dryland
Farming on the Leeward Slopes of Haleakala,
Ladefoged, T., C. Stevenson, P. Vitousek, and O.A. Chadwick. Soil nutrient depletion and
the collapse of
Olander, L.P., and P.M. Vitousek. Short-term controls over inorganic phosphorus during soil and ecosystem development. Soil Biol. Biochem. 37: 651–659.
Parton, W.J., J. Neff, and P.M. Vitousek.
Modelling
phosphorus, carbon, and nitrogen dynamics in terrestrial ecosystems. Pp. 325–327 in Turner,
B.L., E. Frosserd, and D.S. Baldwin (eds.), Organic Phosphorus in the Environment.
CABI Publishing,
Porder, S.J., P.M. Vitousek, and G. Asner. Ground-based and remotely-sensed nutrient availability across a tropical landscape. PNAS 102: 10909-10912.
Porder, S., A. Paytan,
and P.M. Vitousek. Erosion and landscape development affect plant
nutrient status in the
Torn, M.S., P.M. Vitousek, and S.E. Trumbore. The influence of nutrient availability on soil organic matter turnover estimated by incubating and radiocarbon modeling. Ecosystems 8: 352-372.
Walther, G.-R., L. Hughes, P. Vitousek, and N.C. Stenseth. Consensus on climate change. TREE 20: 648-649.
Wiegand, B.A., O.A. Chadwick, P.M. Vitousek, and J.L. Wooden. Ca cycling and isotopic fluxes in forested ecosystems in
2006
Asner, G.P., R.E. Martin, K.M.
Carlson, U. Rascher, and P.M. Vitousek. Vegetation-climate interactions among native and invasive species
in Hawaiian rainforest. Ecosystems
9:1106-1117.
Goldstein, J.H., G.C. Daily, J.B. Friday, P.A. Matson, R.L. Naylor, and P.M. Vitousek. Business strategies for conservation on private lands: koa forestry as a case study. PNAS 103: 10140-10145.
Hartshorn, A.S.,
O. A. Chadwick, P.M. Vitousek, and P.V. Kirch. Prehistoric agricultural
depletion of soil nutrients in
Henry, H.A.L., N.R. Chiariello, P.M. Vitousek, H.A. Mooney & C.B. Field. Interactive effects of fire, elevated CO2 and N deposition on a California annual grassland. Ecosystems 9: 1066-1075.
Lee, C., S. Tuljapurkar, and P. Vitousek.
Risky business: temporal and spatial variation in pre-industrial dryland
agriculture. Human Ecology 34: 739-763.
Matson, P.A., and P.M. Vitousek. Agricultural intensification: Will land spared from farming be land spared for nature? Conservation Biology 20: 709-710.
Porder, S., D.A. Clark, and P.M. Vitousek. Persistence of rock-derived
nutrients in the wet tropical forests of La
Raich, J.W., A.E. Russell, K. Kitayama, W.J. Parton, and P.M. Vitousek. Temperature influences carbon accumulation in moist tropical forests. Ecology 87: 76-87.
Vitousek, P.M. Ecosystem science and human-environment interactions in the Hawaiian Archipelago. Journal of Ecology 94: 510-521.
2007
Benner, J.W., S. Conroy, C.K. Lunch, N. Toyoda, and P.M. Vitousek. Phosphorus fertilization increases the abundance and nitrogenase activity of the cyanolichen Pseudocyphellaria crocata in Hawaiian montane forests. Biotropica 39: 400-405.
Benner, J., and P.M.
Vitousek. Development
of a diverse epiphyte community in response to phosphorus fertilization. Ecology
Letters.10:628-636.
Chadwick, O.A., E.F.
Funk, J. and P.M. Vitousek. Resource use efficiency and plant invasion in low-resource systems. Nature 446: 1078-1081.
Meyer, M., T. Ladefoged, and P.M. Vitousek. Soil phosphorus and agricultural development in the Leeward Kohala Field System. Pacific Science 61: 347-353.
Kirch PV, Chadwick OA, Tuljapurkar
S,
Porder, S., P.M. Vitousek, O.A. Chadwick, C.P. Chamberlain, and
G.E. Hilley. Uplift, erosion, and phosphorus limitation in
terrestrial ecosystems. Ecosystems 10: 158-170.
Vitousek, P.M. Islands and global
environmental change. p. 99-
Amatangelo, K.L., and P.M. Vitousek. Fern phylogeny and nutrient stoichiometry. Oecologia 157: 619-627
Anderson-Teixeira, K.J., P.M. Vitousek, and J.H. Brown. Positive feedbacks drive exceptional
temperature dependence in ecosystems developing on the lava flows of
Asner, G.P., R.F.
Hughes, P.M. Vitousek, D.E. Knapp, T. Kennedy-Bowdoin,
J. Boardman, R.E. Martin, M. Eastwood, and R.O. Green. Invasive plants transform the 3-D structure
of rainforests. PNAS 105: 4519-4523.
Houlton, B.Z., Y.-P.
Wang, P.M. Vitousek, and C.B. Field. A unifying framework for di-nitrogen (N2) fixation in the land biosphere. Nature 454: 327-330.
Kurten, E.L., C.P. Snyder, T. Iwata, and P.M. Vitousek. Morella cerifera invasion and nitrogen cycling on a lowland Hawaiian lava flow. Biological Invasions 10: 19-24.
2009
Amatangelo,
K.A., and P.M. Vitousek. Contrasting predictors of fern versus angiosperm decomposition in a
common garden. Biotropica 41: 154-161.
Chadwick, O.A.,
Benner,
J., P.M. Vitousek, and R. Ostertag. Nutrient cycling in tropical montane cloud forest. In Bruijnzeel,
Busby, P.E., P. Vitousek,
and R. Dirzo. Prevalence of
tree regeneration by sprouting and seeding along a rainfall gradient in
Matzek, V., and P.M. Vitousek. N:P stoichiometry and protein:RNA ratios in vascular plants: an evaluation of the growth rate hypothesis. Ecology Letters.
Palmer, M.A., M. Graves, T.N. Ladefoged, O.A. Chadwick, T.K. Duarte, S. Porder, and P.M. Vitousek.
Sources of nutrients to windward agricultural systems in
pre-contact
Robertson, G.P., and
P.M. Vitousek. Nitrogen in
Agriculture: Balancing the Cost of an Essential Resource. Annual Review of Environment and Resources.
Vitousek, P.M., and P.A.
Matson. Nutrient
cycling and biogeochemistry. In: Loreau, M. (editor), Ecology.
Vitousek,
P.M., G.P. Asner, O.A. Chadwick, and S.C. Hotchkiss. Landscape-level
variation in forest structure and biogeochemistry across a substrate age
gradient in
Vitousek, P.M.,
R.L. Naylor, T. Crews, M.B. David, L.E. Drinkwater,
E. Holland, P. Johnes, J. Katzenberger,
L.A. Martinelli, P.A. Matson, G. Nziguheba,
D. Ojima, C. A. Palm, G.P. Robertson, P.A. Sanchez,
A.R. Townsend, and F.-S. Zhang. Nutrient
imbalances in agricultural development.
Science.
Vitousek,
P.M., S. Porder, B.Z. Houlton, and O.A. Chadwick. Terrestrial
phosphorus limitation: mechanisms, implications, and nitrogen-phosphorus
interactions. Ecological Applications.
Ladefoged. T.N., P.V. Kirch, S.O. Gon III, O.A.
Chadwick, A.S. Hartshorn, and P.M. Vitousek. Opportunities and constrains for intensive agriculture in the Hawaiian Archipelago prior to European contact. Journal
of Archaeological Science.
Ladefoged, T.N., P.V. Kirch, O.A. Chadwick, S.M. Gon III, A.S. Hartshorn, and P.M.
Vitousek. Hawaiian
agro-ecosystems and their spatial distribution. In P.V. Kirch, Roots of Conflict: Soils, Agriculture, and Sociocultural Complexity in Ancient
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Chadwick, A.S. Hartshorn, and S.C. Hotchkiss. The “model system” approach and its application to understanding
agriculture and intensification in
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