Publications:

Ward J.K. , C.J. Springer, and C. Martin. In press. Merging plant physiological ecology and gene expression studies in CO₂ research: Controlled environmental studies take the stage. In: Seeking Ecological Mechanisms: Controlled Environments in Global Change Research, eds: Reynolds J.F. and T.H. Jones. Springer-Verlag.

Marchin R.M., E.L. Sage and J.K. Ward. 2008. Population-level variation of Fraxinus americana L. (white ash) is influenced by precipitation differences across the native range. Tree Physiology 28: 151-159. Click here for a link to this article.

Springer C.J. and J.K. Ward. 2007. Flowering time and elevated CO₂. New Phytologist 176: 243-255.

Ward, J.K., J.M. Harris, T.E. Cerling, A. Wiedenhoeft, M.J. Lott, M.D. Dearing, J.B. Coltrain and J.R. Ehleringer 2005. Carbon starvation in glacial trees recovered from the La Brea tar pits, southern California. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 102:690-694.

Ward JK. 2005. Evolution and growth of plants in a low CO₂ world. In: A History of Atmospheric CO₂ and Its Effects on Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems, eds: Ehleringer J, T Cerling and D Dearing. Springer-Verlag, pp. 232-257

Ward, J.K. and J.K. Kelly 2004. Scaling up evolutionary responses to elevated CO₂: lessons from Arabidopsis. Ecology Letters 7:427-440.

Dawson, T.E., J.K. Ward and J.R. Ehleringer 2004. Temporal scaling of physiological responses from gas exchange to tree rings: a gender-specific study of Acer negundo (Boxelder) growing under different conditions. Functional Ecology 18: 212-222.

Coltrain JB, JM Harris, TE Cerling, JR Ehleringer, M-D Dearing, JK Ward and J Allen. 2004. Rancho La Brea stable isotope biogeochemistry and its implications for the paleoecology of late Pleistocene, coastal southern California. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 205: 199-219. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2003.12.008

Ward, J.K., T.E. Dawson and J.R. Ehleringer 2002. Responses of Acer negundo genders to interannual differences in water availability determined from carbon isotope ratios of tree ring cellulose. Tree Physiology 22:339-346.

Ward, J.K., J. Antonovics, R.B. Thomas and B.R. Strain 2000. Is atmospheric CO₂ a selective agent on model C3 annuals. Oecologia 123:330-341.

Ward, J.K. and B.R. Strain 1999. Elevated CO₂ studies: past, present and future. Tree Physiology 19:211-220.

Ward, J.K., D.T. Tissue, R.B. Thomas and B.R. Strain 1999. Comparative responses of model C3 and C4 plants to drought in low and elevated CO₂. Global Change Biology 5:857-867.

DeLucia, E.H., R.B. Thomas and J.K. Ward 1999. Critical assessment of the response of forest ecosystems to elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide - Preface. Tree Physiology 19:U7-U8.

Ward, J.K. and B.R. Strain 1997. Effects of low and elevated CO₂ partial pressure on growth and reproduction of Arabidopsis thaliana from different elevations. Plant Cell Environment 20:254-260.

Dippery (Ward), J.K., D.T. Tissue, R.B. Thomas and B.R. Strain 1995. Effects Of Low And Elevated CO₂ On C3 And C4 Annuals. 1. Growth And Biomass Allocation. Oecologia 101:13-20.