Laci Gerhart-Barley Ph.D.
Lecturer PSOE
2345 Storer Hall
Evolution and Ecology Department
College of Biological Sciences
University of California, Davis
COURSES:
BIS 2B Introduction to Biology: Evolution and Ecology
PUBLICATIONS:
McLauchlan KK†, LM Gerhart†, JJ Battles, JM Craine, AJ Elmore, PE Higuera, MC Mack, BE McNeil, DM Nelson, N Pederson, SS Perakis (2017) Centennial-scale reductions in nitrogen availability in temperate forests of the United States, Scientific Reports, 7:7856 † These authors contributed equally to this work
Li G, LM Gerhart, SP Harrison, JK Ward, JM Harris, IC Prentice (2017) Changes in biomass allocation buffer low CO2 effects on tree growth during the last glaciation. Scientific Reports 7:43087
Carter JM, ME Orive, LM Gerhart, JH Stern*, RM Marchin, J Nagel, JK Ward (2017) Warmest extreme year in U.S. history alters thermal requirements for tree phenology, Oecologia,
183: 1197-2010
Becklin KM, JT Anderson, LM Gerhart, SM Wadhymar, CA Wessinger, JK Ward (2016) Examining plant physiological responses to climate change through an evolutionary lens. Plant Physiology, 172:635-649
Kranabetter JM, KK McLauchlan, SK Enders, JM Fraterrigo, PE Higuera, JL Morris, EB Rastetter, R Barnes, B Buma, D Gavin, LM Gerhart, L Gillson, P Hietz, MC Mack, B McNeil, S. Perakis (2016) A framework to assess biogeochemical responses to ecosystem disturbance using nutrient partitioning ratios. Ecosystems, 19:387-395
Gerhart LM, KK McLauchan (2014) Reconstructing terrestrial nutrient cycling using stable nitrogen isotopes in wood. Biogeochemistry, 120: 1-21
Fuller BT, SM Fahrni, JM Harris, AB Farrell, JB Coltrain, LM Gerhart, JK Ward, RE Taylor, JR Southon (2014) Ultrafiltration for asphalt removal from bone collagen for radiocarbon dating and isotopic analysis of Pleistocene fauna at the tar pits of Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, California. Quaternary Geochronology, 22:85-98.
Barve, N, AJ Bonilla, J Brandes, JC Brown, N Brunsell, FV Cochran, RJ Crosthwait, J Gentry, LM Gerhart, T Jackson, AJ Kern, KS Oberhauser, HL Owens, AT Peterson, AS Reed, J Soberón, AD Sundberg LM Williams (2012) Climate-change and mass mortality events in overwintering monarch butterflies. La Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 83: 817-824.
Gerhart LM, JM Harris, JB Nippert, DR Sandquist, JK Ward (2012) Glacial trees from the La Brea tar pits show physiological constraints of low CO2. New Phytologist, 194:63-69.
Gerhart LM, JK Ward (2010) Plant responses to low CO2 of the past. Invited Tansley Review. New Phytologist, 188:674-695