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Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications
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2024
  • Zampieri*, N., S. Pau, and M. Rother (2024). Variation in the strength and stationarity of southern longleaf pine seasonwood climate-growth relationships. Dendrochronologia 85:126209 View
  • Slapikas*, R., S. Pau, R.C. Donnelly, C. Ho, J.B. Nippert, B.R. Helliker, W.J. Riley, C.J. Still, D.M. Griffith. (2024). Can we separate grass lineages using leaf spectroscopy? Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences 129:e2023JG007852. View
2023
  • Merrick*, T., R. Bennartz, M.L.S.P. Jorge, C.G. Merrick, S.A. Bohlman, C.A. Silva, S. Pau. (2023) Comparing phenology of a temperate deciduous forest captured by solar-induced fluorescence and vegetation indices. Remote Sensing 15:5101. View
  • Pau, S., D.M. Griffith, N.E. Zampieri*, J. Costanza. (2023) Longleaf pine savannas reveal biases in current understanding of savanna biogeography. Global Ecology and Biogeography 32:2047-2052. View
  • Still, C.J., Page, G.F.M., Griffith, D.M., Rastogi, B., Aubrecht, D.M., Kim, Y., Burns, S.P., Hanson, C.V., Kwon, H., Hawkins, L., Meinzer, F.C., Sevanto, S., Roberts, D.A., Goulden, M., S. Pau, Detto, M., Helliker, B.R., and Richardson, A.D. (2023) Reply to Garen et al: Within-canopy temperature data also do not support limited homeothermy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 120:e2302515120. View
2022
  • Zampieri*, N.E. and S. Pau (2022) The effects of fire, climate, and species composition on longleaf pine stand structure and growth rates across diverse natural communities in Florida. Forest Ecology and Management 526:120568. View
  • Still, C.J., Page, G.F.M., Griffith, D.M., Rastogi, B., Aubrecht, D.M., Kim, Y., Burns, S.P., Hanson, C.V., Kwon, H., Hawkins, L., Meinzer, F.C., Sevanto, S., Roberts, D.A., Goulden, M., S. Pau, Detto, M., Helliker, B.R., and Richardson, A.D. (2022) No evidence of canopy-scale leaf thermoregulation to cool leaves below air temperature across a range of forest ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 119:e2205682119. View
  • Pau, S., Nippert, J., Slapikas*, R., Griffith, D., Bachle, S., Helliker, B., O’Connor, R., Riley, W., Still, C., Zaricor, M. (2022) Poor relationships between NEON Airborne Observation Platform data and field‐based vegetation traits at a mesic grassland. Ecology 103:e03590. View
  • Madson, A., Dimson, M., Fortini, L.B., Kawelo, K., Ticktin, T., Keri, M., Dong, C., Ma, Z., Beilman, D., Kay, K., Ocon, J., Gallerani, E., Pau, S., Gillespie, T.W. (2022) A near four-decade time series shows the Hawaiian Islands have been browning since the 1980s. Environmental Modeling. View
  • Merrick*, T., Bennartz, R., Jorge, M.L.S.P., Pau, S., Rausch, J. (2022) Evaluation of plant stress monitoring capabilities using a portable spectrometer and blue-red grow light. Sensors 22:3411. View
2021
  • Merrick*, T., Pau, S., Detto, M., Broadbent, E.N, Bohlman, S.A., Still, C.J., Almeyda Zambrano, A.M. (2021) Unveiling spatial and temporal heterogeneity of a tropical forest canopy using high-resolution NIRv, FCVI, and NIRvrad from UAS observations. Biogeosciences 18, 6077–6091. View
  • McHenry, J., Rassweiler, A., Hernan, G., Dubel, A.K., Uejio, C.K., Pau, S., Lester, S.E. (2021) Modeling the biodiversity enhancement value of seagrass beds. Diversity and Distributions 27:2036–2049. View
  • Ocón, J.P., Ibanez, T., Franklin, J., Pau, S., Keppel, G., Rovas-Torres, G., Shin, M., Gillespie, T.W. (2021) Global tropical dry forest extent and cover: A comparative study of bioclimatic definitions using two climatic data sets. PloS ONE 16: e0252063. View
  • Ordway, E.M., Elmore, A.J., Kolstoe, S., Quinn, J.E., Swanwick, R., Cattau, M., Dylan, T., Guinn, S.M., Chadwick, K.D., Atkins, J.W., Blake, R.E., Chapman, M., Cobourn, K., Goulden, T., Helmus, M.R., Hondula, K., Hritz, C., Jensen, J., Julian, J.P., Kuwayama, Y., Lulla, V., O’Leary, D., Nelson, D.R., Ocón, J.P., Pau, S., Ponce-Campos, G.E., Portillo-Quintero, C., Pricope, N.G., Rivero, R.G., Schneider, L., Steele, M., Tulbure, M.G., Williamson, M.A., Wilson, C. (2021) Leveraging the NEON Airborne Observation Platform for socio-environmental systems research. Ecosphere 12:e03640. View
  • Still, C.J., Rastogi, B., Page, G., Griffith, D., Sibley, A., Schulze, M., Hawkins, L., Pau, S., Detto, M., Helliker, B. (2021) Imaging canopy temperature: Shedding (thermal) light on ecosystem processes. New Phytologist 230: 1746–1753. View
2020
  • Griffith, D.M., Osborne, C., Edwards, E.J., Bachle, S., Beerling, D.J., Bond, W.J., Gallaher, T., Helliker, B.R., Lehmann, C.E.R., Leatherman, L., Nippert, J.B., Pau, S., Qiu, F., Riley, W.J., Smith, M.D., Stromberg, C., Taylor, L., Ungerer, M., Still, C.J. (2020). Lineage Functional Types (LFTs): Characterizing functional diversity to enhance the representation of ecological behavior in Earth System Models. New Phytologist, 228:15-23. View
  • Chen, L., Hänninen, H., Rossi, S., Smith, N.G., Pau, S., Liu, Z., Feng, G., Liu, J., Gao, J., Liu, J. (2020). Leaf senescence exhibits stronger climatic responses during warm than during cold autumns. Nature Climate Change, 10:777-780. View
  • Pau, S., Cordell, S., Ostertag, R., Inman-Narahari, F., Sack, L. (2020). Climatic sensitivity of species’ vegetative and reproductive phenology in a Hawaiian montane wet forest. Biotropica, 52:825-835. View
  • Merrick*, T., Jorge, M.L.S.P., Silva, T.S.F., Pau, S., Rausch, J., Gualda, G., Bohlman, S., Broadbent, E.N., Bennartz, R. (2020). Field spectroradiometer characterization for chlorophyll fluorescence, absorbed photosynthetically active radiation, and reflectance-based vegetation index measurements. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 41:1-28. View
  • Zampieri*, N.E., Pau, S., Okamoto, D.K. (2020). The impact of Hurricane Michael on longleaf pine habitats in Florida. Scientific Reports, 10:8483. View
  • Read, Q.D., Zarnetske, P.L., Record, S., Dahlin, K.M., Costanza, J.K., Finley, A.O., Gaddis, K., Grady, J.M., Hobi, M., Latimer, A., Malone, S., Ollinger, S., Pau, S., Wilson, A.M. (2020). Beyond counts and averages: Relating geodiversity to dimensions of biodiversity. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29:696-710. View
2019
  • Merrick*, T., Pau, S., Jorge, M.L.S.P., Silva, T.S., Bennartz, R. (2019). Spatiotemporal patterns of tropical vegetation solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence across Brazilian biomes using satellite observations. Remote Sensing, 11:1746. View
  • Dee, L., Cowles, J., Isbell, F., Pau, S., Gaines, S.D., Reich, P.B. (2019). When do ecosystems services depend on rare species? Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 34:746-758. View
  • Zarnetske, P., Read, Q., Record, S., Gaddis, K., Pau, S., Hobi, M., Malone, S.L., Costanza, J., Dahlin, K., Latimer, A., Wilson, A.M., Grady, J.M., Ollinger, S., Finley, A. (2019). Connecting biodiversity and geodiversity across scales with remote sensing. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28:548-556. View
2018
  • Fox, D., Pau, S., Taylor, L., Stromberg, C., Osborne, C., Bradshaw, C., Conn, S., Beerling, D., Still, C.J. (2018). Climatic controls on C4 grassland distribution during the Neogene: a model-data comparison. Special Issue: Revisiting the Biome Concept with a Functional Lens. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 6: Article 147. View
  • Pau, S., Detto, M., Kim, Y., Still, C.J. (2018). Tropical forest temperature thresholds for gross primary productivity. Ecosphere, 9:e02311. View
  • Pau, S., Okamoto, D.K., Calderón, O., Wright, S.J. (2018). Long-term increases in tropical flower production across growth forms in response to Anthropogenic climate change. Global Change Biology, 24:2105-2116. View
2017
  • Humphreys, J.M., Elsner, J.B., Jagger, T.H., Pau, S. (2017). A Bayesian geostatistical approach to modeling global distributions of Lygodium microphyllum under projected climate warming. Ecological Modelling, 363:192-206. View
  • Angelo, C.L., Pau, S. (2017). Root functional diversity of native and non-native C3 and C4 grasslands in Hawaii. Pacific Science, 71:117-133. View
2016
  • Nelson, M., Zak, K., Davine, T., Pau, S. (2016). Climate change and food systems research: Current trends and future directions. Geography Compass, 10:414-428. View
  • Pau, S., Dee, L.E. (2016). Remote sensing of species dominance and the value for quantifying ecosystem services. Remote Sensing for Biodiversity and Conservation, 2:141-151. View
  • Widen, H.M., Elsner, J.B., Pau, S., Uejio, C. (2016). Examples of graphical inference in Geography. Geographical Analysis, 48:115-131. View
2015
  • Angelo, C.L., Pau, S. (2015). Root biomass and soil δ13C in C3 and C4 grasslands along a precipitation gradient. Plant Ecology, 216:615-627. View
2014
  • Pau, S.P., and C.J. Still (2014) The phenology and productivity of C3 and C4 grasslands in Hawaii. PlosOne, 9:e107396. View
  • Gillespie, T.W., K. O’Neill, G. Keppel, S. Pau, J.Y. Meyer, J.P. Price, J. Tanguy (2014) Prioritizing conservation of tropical dry forests in the Pacific. Oryx, 48:337-344. View
  • Still, C.J., S. Pau, E.J. Edwards (2014) Land surface skin temperature captures thermal environments of C3 and C4 grasses. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 23:286-296. View
2013
  • Pau, S., E.M. Wolkovich, B. I. Cook, C. Nytch, J. Regetz, J. Zimmerman, S.J. Wright (2013) Clouds and temperature drive dynamic changes in tropical flower production. Nature Climate Change, 3:838-842. View
  • Davies, T.J., E.M. Wolkovich, N.J.B. Kraft, N. Salamin, J.M. Allen, T.R. Ault, J.L Betancourt, K. Bolmgren, E.E. Cleland, B.I. Cook, T.M. Crimmins, S.J. Mazer, G.J. McCabe, B.J. McGill, C. Parmesan, S. Pau, J. Regetz, M.D. Schwartz, S. Travers (2013) Phylogenetic conservatism in plant phenology. Journal of Ecology, 101:1520-1530. View
  • Rovzar, C., T.W. Gillespie, K. Kawelo, M. Hirshen, E.C. Riordan, S. Pau (2013) Modelling the potential distribution of endangered, endemic Hibiscus brackenridgei on Oahu to assess the impacts of climate change and prioritize conservation efforts. Pacific Conservation Biology, 19:156-168. View
  • Gillespie, T.W., G. Keppel, S. Pau, J.P. Price, Jaffré Tanguy (2013) Scaling species richness and endemism of tropical dry forests on oceanic islands. Diversity and Distribution, 19:896-906. View
  • Cook, B.I., and S. Pau (2013) Long–term greening and browning trends in global pasture lands using the GIMMS LAI3g dataset. Remote Sensing, 5:2492-2512. View
  • Gillespie, T.W., B. Lipkin, L. Sullivan, D.R. Benowitz, S. Pau, G. Keppel (2013) The rarest and least protected forests in Biodiversity Hotspots. Biodiversity and Conservation, 21:3597–3611. View
  • Pau, S., E.J. Edwards, C.J. Still (2013) Improving our understanding of environmental controls on the distribution of C3 and C4 grasses. Global Change Biology, 19:184-196. View
2012
  • Cook, B.I., E.M. Wolkovich, T.J. Davies, T.R. Ault, J.L. Betancourt, J.M. Allen, K. Bolmgren, E.E. Cleland, T.M. Crimmins, N.J.B. Kraft, L.T. Lancaster, S.J. Mazer, G.J. McCabe, B.J. McGill, C. Parmesan, S. Pau, J. Regetz, N. Salamin, M.D. Schwartz, S.E. Travers (2012) Sensitivity of spring phenology to warming across temporal and spatial climate gradients in two independent databases. Ecosystems, 15:1283-1294. View
  • Wolkovich, E.M., B.I. Cook, J.M. Allen, T.M. Crimmins, J.L. Betancourt, S. Travers, S. Pau, J. Regetz, T.J. Davies, N.J.B. Kraft, T.R. Ault, K. Bolmgren, S.J. Mazer, G.J. McCabe, B.J. McGill, C. Parmesan, N. Salamin, M.D. Schwartz, E.E. Cleland (2012) Warming experiments underpredict plant phenological responses to climate change. Nature, 485:494-497. View
  • Pau, S., T.W. Gillespie, E.M. Wolkovich (2012) Dissecting NDVI-species richness relationships in Hawaiian dry forests. Journal of Biogeography, 39:1678-1686. View
  • Cleland, E.E., J. M. Allen, T.M. Crimmins, J.A. Dunne, S. Pau, S. Travers, E.S. Zavaleta, and E.M. Wolkovich (2012) Phenological tracking enables positive species responses to climate change. Ecology, 93:1765-1771. View
  • Pau, S., G.M. MacDonald, T.W. Gillespie (2012) A dynamic history of climate change and human impact from Kealia Pond, Maui, Hawaiian Islands. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 102:748-762. View
2011
  • Pau, S., E.M. Wolkovich, B.I. Cook, T.J. Davies, N.J.B. Kraft, K. Bolmgren, J.L. Betancourt and E.E. Cleland (2011) Predicting phenology by integrating ecology, evolution, and climate science. Global Change Biology, 17:3633-3643. † authors contributed equally to the work. View
  • Gillespie, T.W., G. Keppel, S. Pau, J.P. Price, Jaffré Tanguy, J.Y. Meyer (2011) Floristic composition of dry forests in the Pacific. Journal of Pacific Science, 65:127-141. View
2010
  • Pau, S., G.S. Okin, T.W. Gillespie (2010) Asynchronous response of tropical forest leaf phenology to seasonal and El Niño-driven drought. PloSONE, 5:e11325. View
2009
  • Pau, S., T.W. Gillespie, J.P. Price (2009) Natural history, biogeography, and endangerment of Hawaiian dry forest trees. Biodiversity and Conservation, 18:3167-3182. View
  • Gillespie, T.W, S. Saatchi, S. Pau, S. Bohlman, M. Shin, A.P. Giorgi (2009) Towards quantifying species richness of tropical forests in biodiversity hotspots. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 30:1629-1634. View
2008
  • Gillespie, T.W., J. Chu, S. Pau (2008) Plant invasions on the Hawaiian Islands. Geography Compass, 3:1241-1265. View
Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters
Record, S., K. Dahlin, P. Zarnetske, Q. Read, S.L. Malone, K. Gaddis, J.M. Grady, J. Costanza, M. Hobi, A. Latimer, S. Pau, A.M. Wilson, S. Ollinger, A. Finley, E. Hestir. Remote sensing of geodiversity and biodiversity. In J. Cavender-Bares, J. Gamon, P. Townsend (Eds.) 2020, Remote Sensing of Plant Biodiversity: Using spectral signals of to understand the biology and biodiversity of plants, communities, ecosystems and the tree of life. Springer Remote


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