Amilcare Porporato

Research interests

Publications

• A theoretical analysis of microbial eco-physiological and diffusion limitations to carbon cycling in drying soils

  Soil Biology and Biochemistry · 2014 · 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.02.008

• Hydraulic limits on maximum plant transpiration and the emergence of the safety–efficiency trade‐off

  New Phytologist · 2013 · 10.1111/nph.12126

• Changes in rainfall seasonality in the tropics

  Nature Climate Change · 2013 · 10.1038/nclimate1907

• Global resorption efficiencies and concentrations of carbon and nutrients in leaves of terrestrial plants

  Ecological Monographs · 2012 · 10.1890/11-0416.1

• Environmental and stoichiometric controls on microbial carbon‐use efficiency in soils

  New Phytologist · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04225.x

• Analytical models of soil and litter decomposition: Solutions for mass loss and time-dependent decay rates

  Soil Biology and Biochemistry · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.02.029

• Responses of soil microbial communities to water stress: results from a meta‐analysis

  Ecology · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1890/11-0026.1

• Optimizing stomatal conductance for maximum carbon gain under water stress: a meta-analysis across plant functional types and climates

  Functional Ecology · 2011 · 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01822.x

• Stoichiometric controls on carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus dynamics in decomposing litter

  Ecological Monographs · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1890/09-0179.1

• Soil carbon and nitrogen mineralization: Theory and models across scales

  Soil Biology and Biochemistry · 2009 · 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.02.031

• The Global Stoichiometry of Litter Nitrogen Mineralization

  Science · 2008 · 10.1126/science.1159792

• Hierarchy of models for meandering rivers and related morphodynamic processes

  Reviews of Geophysics · 2007 · 10.1029/2005rg000185

• Ecohydrology of Water-Controlled Ecosystems

  Cambridge University Press eBooks · 2005 · 10.1017/cbo9780511535727

• Mechanistic Analytical Models for Long‐Distance Seed Dispersal by Wind

  The American Naturalist · 2005 · 10.1086/432589

• A Review of Soil Moisture Dynamics: From Rainfall Infiltration to Ecosystem Response

  Environmental Engineering Science · 2005 · 10.1089/ees.2005.22.9

• Soil Water Balance and Ecosystem Response to Climate Change

  The American Naturalist · 2004 · 10.1086/424970

• Ecohydrology of water controlled ecosystems soil moisture and plant dynamics

  · 2004

• The Effect of Vegetation Density on Canopy Sub-Layer Turbulence

  Boundary-Layer Meteorology · 2004 · 10.1023/b:boun.0000016576.05621.73

• Water pulses and biogeochemical cycles in arid and semiarid ecosystems

  Oecologia · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-004-1519-1

• Ecohydrology of water-controlled ecosystems

  Advances in Water Resources · 2002 · 10.1016/s0309-1708(02)00058-1

• Hydrologic controls on soil carbon and nitrogen cycles. I. Modeling scheme

  Advances in Water Resources · 2002 · 10.1016/s0309-1708(02)00094-5

• Plants in water-controlled ecosystems: active role in hydrologic processes and response to water stress

  Advances in Water Resources · 2001 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0309-1708(01)00005-7

• The ecohydrological role of soil texture in a water‐limited ecosystem

  Water Resources Research · 2001 · 10.1029/2000wr000121

• Probabilistic modelling of water balance at a point: the role of climate, soil and vegetation

  Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences · 1999 · 10.1098/rspa.1999.0477

• On the spatial and temporal links between vegetation, climate, and soil moisture

  Water Resources Research · 1999 · 10.1029/1999wr900255

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