Leonel da Silveira Lobo O'Reilly Sternberg

Professor 246 Cox Science Center, Dept. of Biology
1301 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33124

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Education and Professional Experience

  • B.S. in Mathematics, California State University of Hayward, Hayward, California
  • M.S. in Biology, University of California, Riverside, California, November 1975 Thesis: Growth Forms of Larrea tridentata.
  • Ph. D. In Biology, University of California, Riverside, California, November 1978 Thesis: Microbody MDH in Opuntia basilaris.
  • Biochemist, Redken Laboratory, Van Nuys, California, December 1978- September 1980
  • Instructor of Agricultural Sciences, Los Angeles School District, Los Angeles, California September 1980 - June 1981
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024, June 1981 - July 1985
  • Assistant Professor, University of Miami, August 1985-June 1990
  • Associate Professor, University of Miami, June 1990-June 1998
  • Professor, University of Miami, June 1998-Present

Grants and Awards

  • Isotopic Relationship Between Different Metabolites in Red, Brown, and Green Algae. American Chemical Society-$18,000.00 Sept 1987-Sept 1988.
  • Trophic Levels in Mangrove Communities. NIH - $4,400.00, Summer 1986.
  • Photosynthesis in Clusia minor. Smithsonian - $750.00, January, 1986
  • Inheritance of the C4 photosynthetic pathway. Summer Award in Natural Sciences and Engineering- $5000.00. Summer 1986.
  • Absolute paleotemperatures. National Science Foundation. CoPI with Cesare Emiliani (Department of Geology, University of Miami). $ 58,327.00. June 1989-June 1990
  • Response of Coastal Plants to Salt Water Intrusion. National Science Foundation. $ 243,335.00.October 15, 1989 - October 15, 1992
  • Metabolic Pathway Responsible For Deuterium Enrichment of CAM Plants. National Science Foundation. $ 141,850.00. September, 1989 - September, 1991
  • I.A.E.A. Fellowship for M. Moreira trainership. National Research Council. $4760.00 February, 1991- February, 1992
  • International Cooperative Research on Biological Hydrogen Photoproduction for Alternative Carbon Energy Sources. Member of an International Joint Research Team coordinated by Dr. Akira Mitsui (RSMAS). NEDO (Japan, Department of Energy). $714,919.00 (88,650,000 Yens). April, 1992 - March, 1995.
  • Carbon Dioxide and Water Cycling in Tropical Forests. National Science Foundation. $298,000.00. May, 1994- May, 1997.
  • Water Relationships of Everglades National Parck Pines and Hardwood: an Isotopic Analysis. National Park Service. $14,022.00.Oct 15, 1995 - Apr 15, 1996.
  • Uptake of Water by Lateral Roots of Tropical Trees. Mellon Grant Foundation November 30, 1999 - October 1, 2001. $29,000.00
  • Natural Nitrogen - 15 Abundance in Toadfish. National Institute of Health. May 1, 2000 - April 30, 2001. $7552.00.
  • Free Air Respiratory Carbon Isotope Enrichment Experiment. National Institute for Global Environmental Change. September 30, 2002 - October 1, 2003. $60,705.
  • An integrative approach to access the interaction between water relations of vegetation and hydrodynamics of coastal sandy beaches. Environmental Protection Agency. August 30, 2002 - September 1, 2005. $102,000.00.
  • Collaborative Research: Environmental fluctuations during the Arctic Eocene growing seasons: stable isotope analysis of plant fossils from Axel Heiberg Islands. National Science Foundation. July 01, 2003 - June 30, 2006. $145,139.00
  • Biocomplexity of Hydrologically-Controlled Vegetation Dynamics: Quantitative Comparative Analysis of Everglades and Cerrado Ecosystems under Contrasting Soil Moisture and Hydrological Regimes. National Science Foundation. P.I. Fernando Miralles-Willhelm. September 01, 2003- August 30, 2007. $1,800,000.
  • Ant Nests and Nutrition of Tropical Trees. Guggenheim Foundation. June 01, 2003- May 30, 2004. $35,000.00.
  • Acquisition of 2 stable isotope mass spectrometers. National Science Foundation. Sept 01, 2004 - Aug. 31, 2007. $370,000.00
  • Collaborative Research: TransArctic Paleoclimate of the Eocene. National Science Foundation. April 1, 2008-March 30, 2011. $260,729.00.
  • Tree island function in relation to marsh hydrology. South Florida Water Management District. January 26, 2009 - September 30, 2009, $49,477.00.
  • WaterScapes: Science of coupled aquatic processes in wetland ecosystems. NASA. March 4, 2009-July31, 2013, $49,678.00.

Areas of Focus

Tropical Biology

Research Interests

I am interested in how natural processes occurring at the organismal level scale up to communities and ecosystems. I use the natural abundances of carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen and oxygen stable isotopes as a scaling tool. These isotopes are used as natural tracers of biochemical, physiological and ecosystem processes. Knowing something about isotopic fractionations during transpiration at the leaf scale, for example, allows us to conclude that vapor generated in an Amazonian tropical forest is mostly derived by transpiration and not evaporation. This phenomenon when scaled up to a regional level allows us to draw certain conclusions about the effect of deforestation on climate.

Teaching Interests

One of the courses I teach is a basic Biology laboratory which is somewhat different from the common "cookbook" format found in beginning laboratory courses. Students are thought a method of measuring a biological parameter such as respiration rates or isotopic abundances of plants and are then encouraged to pursue their own questions using this measuring technique. In the process they learn about the scientific method, how to ask questions, experimental design and statistics. The other course I teach is a graduate level stable isotope ecology course. Here students are introduced to the basic processes causing isotopic heterogeneity in the biosphere and encouraged to think about how stable isotopes can be applied towards their own research project.

Selected Publications

  • Yakir, D., Sternberg L da S.L. The use of stable isotopes to study ecosystem gas exchange. Oecologia 123:297-311. 2000.
  • Moreira M., Sternberg L da SL, Nepstad D. Vertical patterns of soil water uptake by plants in a primary forest and an abandoned pasture in the Eastern Amazon: an isotopic approach. Plant and Soil 222: 95-107. 2000.
  • Sternberg L. da S.L. Savanna-forest hysteresis in the tropics. Global Ecology and Biogeography 10: 369-378. 2001.
  • Sternberg L. da S.L, Moreira M. Z. and Nepstad D. Uptake of water by lateral roots of small trees and saplings in an Amazonian tropical forest. Plant and Soil 238:151-158. 2002.
  • Nepstad D.C., Moutinho P., Dias-Filho M.B., Davidson E., Cardinot G., Markewitz D., Figueiredo R., Vianna N., Lefebvre P., Chambers J., Sternberg L., Moreira M., Guerreiros J.B., Barros L., Ishida F.Y., Belk E. and Schwalbe K. The effects of rainfall exclusion on canopy processes and biogeochemistry of an Amazon forest. Journal of Geophysical Research 107: 1-18. 2002.
  • Jahren, H. and Sternberg, L. da S.L. Eocene Meridional Weather Patterns Reflected in the Oxygen Isotopes of Arctic Fossil Wood. Geophysical Society of America Today 12: 4-9. 2002.
  • Sternberg, L da S.L. and DeAngelis, D. Carbon isotope composition of ambient CO2 and recycling: a matrix simulation model. Ecological Modelling 154: 179-192. 2002.
  • Ewe, S. M. L. and Sternberg L. da S.L. Seasonal water-use by the invasive exotic, Shinus terebinthifolius, in native and disturbed communities. Oecologia 133: 441-448. 2002.
  • Ewe, S. M. L. and Sternberg L. da S. L. Seasonal gas exchange characteristics of Schinus terebinthifolius in a native and disturbed upland community in Everglades National Park, Florida. Forest Ecology and Management:. 2002.
  • M., Sternberg, L. da S.L., Rodicio, L. P. and Walsh, P. Direct effects of ambient ammonia on the nitrogen isotope ratios of fish tissues. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 282: 61-66. 2003.
  • Nassar, J.M., Beck, H., Sternberg, L da S.L. and Fleming, T.H. Dependence on cacti and agaves in nectar-feeding bats from Venezuelan arid Zones. Journal of Mammology 84: 106-116. 2003.
  • Jahren A. H., Sternberg L. da S. L. Humidity estimate for the middle Eocene Arctic rain forest. Geology 31: 463-466. 2003.
  • Bucci S. J., Scholz F. G., Goldstein G., Meinzer F.C., Sternberg L da S. L. Dynamic changes in hydraulic conductivity in petioles of two savanna tree species: factors and mechanisms contributing to the refilling of embolized vessels. Plant Cell and Environment 26: 1633-1645. 2003.
  • Moreira M. Z., Scholz F. G., Bucci S. J., Sternberg L da S. L., Goldstein G., Meinzer F. C., Franco A.C. Hydraulic lift in a neotropical savanna. Functional Ecology 17: 573-581. 2003.
  • Williams K., Macdonald M. and Sternberg L da S. L. Interactions of storm, drought, and sea-level rise on coastal forest: a case study. Journal of Coastal Research 19: 1116-1121. 2003.
  • Sternberg L. da S. L., Anderson W. T., Morrison K. Separating soil and leaf water 18O isotopic signals in plant stem cellulose. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta 67: 2561-2566. 2003.
  • Rodicio L. P., Sternberg L. da S.L. and Walsh P. Metabolic faith of exogenous 15NH4Cl in the gulf toadfish. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C 136: 157-164. 2003.
  • Wilcox W. M., Solo H. M. and Sternberg L. da S. L. Use of stable isotopes to quantify flows between the Everglades and urban areas in Miami-Dade County Florida. Journal of Hydrology 293: 1-19. 2004.
  • Greaver T., Sternberg L da S. L., Schaffer B., Moreno T. An empirical method of measuring CO2 recycling by isotopic enrichment of respired CO2. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 128: 67-79. 2005.
  • Ewe S.M.L. and Sternberg L. da S.L. Water utilization patterns of the invasive exotic Schinus terebinthifolius contrasted against native species in two coastal plant communities. Journal of Coastal Research. In press. 2005.
  • Ewe S.M.L. and Sternberg L. da S.L. Growth and gas exchange patterns of the invasive exotic Schinus terebinthifolius contrasted with native species under controlled saline conditions. Trees 19:119-128. 2005.
  • Medina E., Francisco M., Sternberg L. and Anderson W.T. Isotopic signatures of organic matter in sediments of the continental shelf facing the Orinoco Delta: Possible contribution of organic carbon from savannas. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 63: 527-536. 2005.
  • Romero-Saltos H., Sternberg L da S. L., Moreira M. Z. and Nepstad D. C. Rainfall exclusion in an Eastern Amazonian forest alters soil water movement and depth of water uptake. American Journal of Botany 93: 443-455. 2005.
  • Sternberg L. da S. L., Bucci S., Franco A., Goldstein G., Hoffman W., Meinzer F. C., Moreira M. Z. and Scholz F. Long range lateral root activity by neo-tropical savanna trees. Plant and Soil 270: 169-178. 2005.
  • Anderson WT, Sternberg L da SL, Pinzon MC, Gann-Troxler T, Childers DL, Duever M. Carbon isotopic composition of cypress trees from South Florida and changing hydrological conditions. Dendrochronologia 23: 1-10. 2005.
  • Sternberg L da SL, Pinzon MC, Anderson W, Jahren. Variation in oxygen isotopic fractionation during cellulose synthesis: intramolecular and biosynthetic effects. Plant Cell and Environment 29: 1881-1889. 2006.
  • Greaver TL and Sternberg L da SL. Linking marine resources to ecotonal shifts of water uptake by terrestrial dune vegetation. Ecology 87: 2389-2396. 2006.
  • Lin YM, Liu JW, Xiang P, Lin P, Ye GF and Sternberg L da SL. Tannin dynamics of propagules and leaves of Kandelia candel and Bruguiera gymnorrhiza in the Jiulong River Estuary, Fujian, China. Biogeochemistry 78: 343-359. 2006
  • Sternberg L da SL, Pinzon MC, Moutinho P, Rojas E and Herre A. Plants use macro-nutrients accumulated in leaf-cutting ant nests. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences. In Press.
  • Sternberg L de SL, Pinzon MC, Vendramini PF, Anderson WT, Jahren AH, Beuning K. Oxygen isotope ratios of cellulose derived phenylglucosazone: an improved paleoclimate indicator of environmental ware and relative humidity. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta 71:2463-2473. 2007.
  • Jahren AH, Sternberg L da SL. Annual patterns within tree rings of Arctic Middle Eocene (~45 Ma): Isotopic signatures of precipitation, relative humidity, and deciduousness. Geology 36: 99-102. 2008.
  • The SY, DeAngelis DL, Sternberg L da SL, Miralles-Wilhelm FR, Smith TJ, Koh H-L. A simulation model for projecting changes in salinity concentrations and species dominance in coastal margin habitats of the Everglades. Ecological Modelling 213: 245-256. 2008
  • *Silva LC, Sternberg L, Haridasan M, Hoffmann WA, Miralles-Wilhelm F, Franco AC. Expansion of gallery forests into central Brazilian savannas. Global Change Biology 14: 1-11. (2008).
  • Kosten S, Huszar VLM, Mazzeo N, Scheffer M, Sternberg L da SL, Jeppesen E. Limitation of phytoplankton growth in South America: no evidence for increasing nitrogen limitation towards the tropics. Ecological Applications 19: 1791-1804 (2009).
  • *Saha AK, Sternberg LdaSL, Miralles-Wilhelm F. Linking water sources with foliar nutrient status in upland communities. Ecohydrology 2:42-54 (2009).
  • Sternberg L da SL. Oxygen stable isotope ratios of tree-ring cellulose: the next phase of understanding. New Phytologist 181: 553-562 (2009).
  • Jahren AH, Byrne MC, Graham HV, Sternberg LSL, Summons RE. The environmental water of the middle Eocene Arctic: evidence from dD, d18O and d13C within specific compounds. Palaeo-3 271: 96-103 (2009).
  • *Matlaga, D., L. da S.L. Sternberg. Ephemeral clonal integration in /Calathea marantifolia/ (Marantaceae):  Evidence of diminished integration over time. American Journal of Botany 96: 431-438 (2009).
  • Kosten, Sarian, Roland, Fábio, Da Motta Marques, David M.L., Van Nes, Egbert H., Mazzeo, Néstor, Da S. L. Sternberg, Leonel, Scheffer, Marten, Cole, Jon J. Climate-dependent CO2 emissions from lakes. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 24:GB2007, doi10.1029/2009GB003618 (2010).
  • *Greaver, TL and Sternberg LSL. Decreased precipitation exacerbates the effects of sea level on coastal sand dunes. Global Change Biology 16: 1860-1869, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2468.2010.02168 (2010).
  • *Saha, KS, L da SL Sternberg, MS Ross, F Miralles-Wilhelm. Water source utilization and foliar nutrient status differs between upland and flooded plant communities in wetland tree islands. Wetland Ecology and Management: 18:343-355, doi 10.1007/s11273-010-9175-1 (2010)
  • *Silva LC, L. da S. L. Sternberg, R F Haidar, GD do Vale. Deciphering earth mound origins in central Brazil. Plant and Soil 336: 3-14 (2010).
  • *Silva LC, M Haridasan, L da SL Sternberg, A Franco, WA Hoffmann. Not all forests are expanding over central Brazilian savannas. Plant and Soil 333: 431-442 (2010).
  • Sun J., Oncley P., Burns SP, Stephens BB, Lenschow DH, Campos T, Monson RK, Schimel DS, Sacks WJ, De Wekker SFJ, Lai C-T, Lamb B, Ojima D, Ellsworth PZ, Sternberg LSL, Zhong S, Clements C, Moore DJP, Anderson DE, Watt AS, Hu J, Tschudi M, Aulenbach S, Allwine E, Coons T. A multiscale and multidisciplinary investigation of ecosystem-atmosphere CO2 exchange over the rocky mountains of Colorado. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 91: 209-230. (2010).
  • Wang X., Sternberg L. O., Ross M. S., Engel V. C. Linking water use and nutrient accumulation in tree island upland hammock plant communities in the Everglades National Park, USA. Biogeochemistry: In Press.
  • The SY, DeAngelis DL, Sternberg L da SL, Miralles-Wilhelm FR, Smith TJ, Koh H-L. A simulation model for projecting changes in salinity concentrations and species dominance in coastal margin habitats of the Everglades. Ecological Modelling 213: 245-256. 2008
  • *Silva LC, Sternberg L, Haridasan M, Hoffmann WA, Miralles-Wilhelm F, Franco AC. Expansion of gallery forests into central Brazilian savannas. Global Change Biology 14: 1-11. (2008).
  • Kosten S, Huszar VLM, Mazzeo N, Scheffer M, Sternberg L da SL, Jeppesen E. Limitation of phytoplankton growth in South America: no evidence for increasing nitrogen limitation towards the tropics. Ecological Applications 19: 1791-1804 (2009).
  • *Saha AK, Sternberg LdaSL, Miralles-Wilhelm F. Linking water sources with foliar nutrient status in upland communities. Ecohydrology 2:42-54 (2009).
  • Sternberg L da SL. Oxygen stable isotope ratios of tree-ring cellulose: the next phase of understanding. New Phytologist 181: 553-562 (2009).
  • Jahren AH, Byrne MC, Graham HV, Sternberg LSL, Summons RE. The environmental water of the middle Eocene Arctic: evidence from dD, d18O and d13C within specific compounds. Palaeo-3 271: 96-103 (2009).
  • *Matlaga, D., L. da S.L. Sternberg. Ephemeral clonal integration in /Calathea marantifolia/ (Marantaceae):  Evidence of diminished integration over time. American Journal of Botany 96: 431-438 (2009).
  • Kosten, Sarian, Roland, Fábio, Da Motta Marques, David M.L., Van Nes, Egbert H., Mazzeo, Néstor, Da S. L. Sternberg, Leonel, Scheffer, Marten, Cole, Jon J. Climate-dependent CO2 emissions from lakes. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 24:GB2007, doi10.1029/2009GB003618 (2010).
  • *Greaver, TL and Sternberg LSL. Decreased precipitation exacerbates the effects of sea level on coastal sand dunes. Global Change Biology 16: 1860-1869, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2468.2010.02168 (2010).
  • *Saha, KS, L da SL Sternberg, MS Ross, F Miralles-Wilhelm. Water source utilization and foliar nutrient status differs between upland and flooded plant communities in wetland tree islands. Wetland Ecology and Management: 18:343-355, doi 10.1007/s11273-010-9175-1 (2010)
  • *Silva LC, L. da S. L. Sternberg, R F Haidar, GD do Vale. Deciphering earth mound origins in central Brazil. Plant and Soil 336: 3-14 (2010).
  • *Silva LC, M Haridasan, L da SL Sternberg, A Franco, WA Hoffmann. Not all forests are expanding over central Brazilian savannas. Plant and Soil 333: 431-442 (2010).
  • Sun J., Oncley P., Burns SP, Stephens BB, Lenschow DH, Campos T, Monson RK, Schimel DS, Sacks WJ, De Wekker SFJ, Lai C-T, Lamb B, Ojima D, Ellsworth PZ, Sternberg LSL, Zhong S, Clements C, Moore DJP, Anderson DE, Watt AS, Hu J, Tschudi M, Aulenbach S, Allwine E, Coons T. A multiscale and multidisciplinary investigation of ecosystem-atmosphere CO2 exchange over the rocky mountains of Colorado. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 91: 209-230. (2010).
  • Wang X., Sternberg L. O., Ross M. S., Engel V. C. Linking water use and nutrient accumulation in tree island upland hammock plant communities in the Everglades National Park, USA. Biogeochemistry: In Press.
  • The SY, DeAngelis DL, Sternberg L da SL, Miralles-Wilhelm FR, Smith TJ, Koh H-L. A simulation model for projecting changes in salinity concentrations and species dominance in coastal margin habitats of the Everglades. Ecological Modelling 213: 245-256. 2008
  • *Silva LC, Sternberg L, Haridasan M, Hoffmann WA, Miralles-Wilhelm F, Franco AC. Expansion of gallery forests into central Brazilian savannas. Global Change Biology 14: 1-11. (2008).
  • Kosten S, Huszar VLM, Mazzeo N, Scheffer M, Sternberg L da SL, Jeppesen E. Limitation of phytoplankton growth in South America: no evidence for increasing nitrogen limitation towards the tropics. Ecological Applications 19: 1791-1804 (2009).
  • *Saha AK, Sternberg LdaSL, Miralles-Wilhelm F. Linking water sources with foliar nutrient status in upland communities. Ecohydrology 2:42-54 (2009).
  • Sternberg L da SL. Oxygen stable isotope ratios of tree-ring cellulose: the next phase of understanding. New Phytologist 181: 553-562 (2009).
  • Jahren AH, Byrne MC, Graham HV, Sternberg LSL, Summons RE. The environmental water of the middle Eocene Arctic: evidence from dD, d18O and d13C within specific compounds. Palaeo-3 271: 96-103 (2009).
  • *Matlaga, D., L. da S.L. Sternberg. Ephemeral clonal integration in /Calathea marantifolia/ (Marantaceae):  Evidence of diminished integration over time. American Journal of Botany 96: 431-438 (2009). Kosten, Sarian, Roland, Fábio, Da Motta Marques, David M.L., Van Nes, Egbert H., Mazzeo, Néstor, Da S. L. Sternberg, Leonel, Scheffer, Marten, Cole, Jon J. Climate-dependent CO2 emissions from lakes. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 24:GB2007, doi10.1029/2009GB003618 (2010).
  • *Greaver, TL and Sternberg LSL. Decreased precipitation exacerbates the effects of sea level on coastal sand dunes. Global Change Biology 16: 1860-1869, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2468.2010.02168 (2010).
  • *Saha, KS, L da SL Sternberg, MS Ross, F Miralles-Wilhelm. Water source utilization and foliar nutrient status differs between upland and flooded plant communities in wetland tree islands. Wetland Ecology and Management: 18:343-355, doi 10.1007/s11273-010-9175-1 (2010)
  • *Silva LC, L. da S. L. Sternberg, R F Haidar, GD do Vale. Deciphering earth mound origins in central Brazil. Plant and Soil 336: 3-14 (2010).
  • *Silva LC, M Haridasan, L da SL Sternberg, A Franco, WA Hoffmann. Not all forests are expanding over central Brazilian savannas. Plant and Soil 333: 431-442 (2010).
  • The SY, DeAngelis DL, Sternberg L da SL, Miralles-Wilhelm FR, Smith TJ, Koh H-L. A simulation model for projecting changes in salinity concentrations and species dominance in coastal margin habitats of the Everglades. Ecological Modelling 213: 245-256. 2008
  • *Silva LC, Sternberg L, Haridasan M, Hoffmann WA, Miralles-Wilhelm F, Franco AC. Expansion of gallery forests into central Brazilian savannas. Global Change Biology 14: 1-11. (2008).
  • Kosten S, Huszar VLM, Mazzeo N, Scheffer M, Sternberg L da SL, Jeppesen E. Limitation of phytoplankton growth in South America: no evidence for increasing nitrogen limitation towards the tropics. Ecological Applications 19: 1791-1804 (2009).
  • *Saha AK, Sternberg LdaSL, Miralles-Wilhelm F. Linking water sources with foliar nutrient status in upland communities. Ecohydrology 2:42-54 (2009).
  • Sternberg L da SL. Oxygen stable isotope ratios of tree-ring cellulose: the next phase of understanding. New Phytologist 181: 553-562 (2009).
  • Jahren AH, Byrne MC, Graham HV, Sternberg LSL, Summons RE. The environmental water of the middle Eocene Arctic: evidence from dD, d18O and d13C within specific compounds. Palaeo-3 271: 96-103 (2009).
  • *Matlaga, D., L. da S.L. Sternberg. Ephemeral clonal integration in /Calathea marantifolia/ (Marantaceae):  Evidence of diminished integration over time. American Journal of Botany 96: 431-438 (2009). Kosten, Sarian, Roland, Fábio, Da Motta Marques, David M.L., Van Nes, Egbert H., Mazzeo, Néstor, Da S. L. Sternberg, Leonel, Scheffer, Marten, Cole, Jon J. Climate-dependent CO2 emissions from lakes. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 24:GB2007, doi10.1029/2009GB003618 (2010).
  • *Greaver, TL and Sternberg LSL. Decreased precipitation exacerbates the effects of sea level on coastal sand dunes. Global Change Biology 16: 1860-1869, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2468.2010.02168 (2010).
  • *Saha, KS, L da SL Sternberg, MS Ross, F Miralles-Wilhelm. Water source utilization and foliar nutrient status differs between upland and flooded plant communities in wetland tree islands. Wetland Ecology and Management: 18:343-355, doi 10.1007/s11273-010-9175-1 (2010)
  • *Silva LC, L. da S. L. Sternberg, R F Haidar, GD do Vale. Deciphering earth mound origins in central Brazil. Plant and Soil 336: 3-14 (2010).
  • *Silva LC, M Haridasan, L da SL Sternberg, A Franco, WA Hoffmann. Not all forests are expanding over central Brazilian savannas. Plant and Soil 333: 431-442 (2010).
  • Sun J., Oncley P., Burns SP, Stephens BB, Lenschow DH, Campos T, Monson RK, Schimel DS, Sacks WJ, De Wekker SFJ, Lai C-T, Lamb B, Ojima D, Ellsworth PZ, Sternberg LSL, Zhong S, Clements C, Moore DJP, Anderson DE, Watt AS, Hu J, Tschudi M, Aulenbach S, Allwine E, Coons T. A multiscale and multidisciplinary investigation of ecosystem-atmosphere CO2 exchange over the rocky mountains of Colorado. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 91: 209-230. (2010).
  • Wang X., Sternberg L. O., Ross M. S., Engel V. C. Linking water use and nutrient accumulation in tree island upland hammock plant communities in the Everglades National Park, USA. Biogeochemistry: In Press.
  • Sun J., Oncley P., Burns SP, Stephens BB, Lenschow DH, Campos T, Monson RK, Schimel DS, Sacks WJ, De Wekker SFJ, Lai C-T, Lamb B, Ojima D, Ellsworth PZ, Sternberg LSL, Zhong S, Clements C, Moore DJP, Anderson DE, Watt AS, Hu J, Tschudi M, Aulenbach S, Allwine E, Coons T. A multiscale and multidisciplinary investigation of ecosystem-atmosphere CO2 exchange over the rocky mountains of Colorado. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 91: 209-230. (2010).
  • Wang X., Sternberg L. O., Ross M. S., Engel V. C. Linking water use and nutrient accumulation in tree island upland hammock plant communities in the Everglades National Park, USA. Biogeochemistry: In Press.
  • The SY, DeAngelis DL, Sternberg L da SL, Miralles-Wilhelm FR, Smith TJ, Koh H-L. A simulation model for projecting changes in salinity concentrations and species dominance in coastal margin habitats of the Everglades. Ecological Modelling 213: 245-256. 2008
  • *Silva LC, Sternberg L, Haridasan M, Hoffmann WA, Miralles-Wilhelm F, Franco AC. Expansion of gallery forests into central Brazilian savannas. Global Change Biology 14: 1-11. (2008).
  • Kosten S, Huszar VLM, Mazzeo N, Scheffer M, Sternberg L da SL, Jeppesen E. Limitation of phytoplankton growth in South America: no evidence for increasing nitrogen limitation towards the tropics. Ecological Applications 19: 1791-1804 (2009).
  • *Saha AK, Sternberg LdaSL, Miralles-Wilhelm F. Linking water sources with foliar nutrient status in upland communities. Ecohydrology 2:42-54 (2009).
  • Sternberg L da SL. Oxygen stable isotope ratios of tree-ring cellulose: the next phase of understanding. New Phytologist 181: 553-562 (2009).
  • Jahren AH, Byrne MC, Graham HV, Sternberg LSL, Summons RE. The environmental water of the middle Eocene Arctic: evidence from dD, d18O and d13C within specific compounds. Palaeo-3 271: 96-103 (2009).
  • *Matlaga, D., L. da S.L. Sternberg. Ephemeral clonal integration in /Calathea marantifolia/ (Marantaceae):  Evidence of diminished integration over time. American Journal of Botany 96: 431-438 (2009). Kosten, Sarian, Roland, Fábio, Da Motta Marques, David M.L., Van Nes, Egbert H., Mazzeo, Néstor, Da S. L. Sternberg, Leonel, Scheffer, Marten, Cole, Jon J. Climate-dependent CO2 emissions from lakes. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 24:GB2007, doi10.1029/2009GB003618 (2010).
  • *Greaver, TL and Sternberg LSL. Decreased precipitation exacerbates the effects of sea level on coastal sand dunes. Global Change Biology 16: 1860-1869, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2468.2010.02168 (2010).
  • *Saha, KS, L da SL Sternberg, MS Ross, F Miralles-Wilhelm. Water source utilization and foliar nutrient status differs between upland and flooded plant communities in wetland tree islands. Wetland Ecology and Management: 18:343-355, doi 10.1007/s11273-010-9175-1 (2010)
  • *Silva LC, L. da S. L. Sternberg, R F Haidar, GD do Vale. Deciphering earth mound origins in central Brazil. Plant and Soil 336: 3-14 (2010).
  • *Silva LC, M Haridasan, L da SL Sternberg, A Franco, WA Hoffmann. Not all forests are expanding over central Brazilian savannas. Plant and Soil 333: 431-442 (2010).
  • Sun J., Oncley P., Burns SP, Stephens BB, Lenschow DH, Campos T, Monson RK, Schimel DS, Sacks WJ, De Wekker SFJ, Lai C-T, Lamb B, Ojima D, Ellsworth PZ, Sternberg LSL, Zhong S, Clements C, Moore DJP, Anderson DE, Watt AS, Hu J, Tschudi M, Aulenbach S, Allwine E, Coons T. A multiscale and multidisciplinary investigation of ecosystem-atmosphere CO2 exchange over the rocky mountains of Colorado. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 91: 209-230. (2010).
  • Wang X., Sternberg L. O., Ross M. S., Engel V. C. Linking water use and nutrient accumulation in tree island upland hammock plant communities in the Everglades National Park, USA. Biogeochemistry: In Press.
  • The SY, DeAngelis DL, Sternberg L da SL, Miralles-Wilhelm FR, Smith TJ, Koh H-L. A simulation model for projecting changes in salinity concentrations and species dominance in coastal margin habitats of the Everglades. Ecological Modelling 213: 245-256. 2008
  • *Silva LC, Sternberg L, Haridasan M, Hoffmann WA, Miralles-Wilhelm F, Franco AC. Expansion of gallery forests into central Brazilian savannas. Global Change Biology 14: 1-11. (2008).
  • Kosten S, Huszar VLM, Mazzeo N, Scheffer M, Sternberg L da SL, Jeppesen E. Limitation of phytoplankton growth in South America: no evidence for increasing nitrogen limitation towards the tropics. Ecological Applications 19: 1791-1804 (2009).
  • *Saha AK, Sternberg LdaSL, Miralles-Wilhelm F. Linking water sources with foliar nutrient status in upland communities. Ecohydrology 2:42-54 (2009).
  • Sternberg L da SL. Oxygen stable isotope ratios of tree-ring cellulose: the next phase of understanding. New Phytologist 181: 553-562 (2009).
  • Jahren AH, Byrne MC, Graham HV, Sternberg LSL, Summons RE. The environmental water of the middle Eocene Arctic: evidence from dD, d18O and d13C within specific compounds. Palaeo-3 271: 96-103 (2009).
  • *Matlaga, D., L. da S.L. Sternberg. Ephemeral clonal integration in /Calathea marantifolia/ (Marantaceae):  Evidence of diminished integration over time. American Journal of Botany 96: 431-438 (2009). Kosten, Sarian, Roland, Fábio, Da Motta Marques, David M.L., Van Nes, Egbert H., Mazzeo, Néstor, Da S. L. Sternberg, Leonel, Scheffer, Marten, Cole, Jon J. Climate-dependent CO2 emissions from lakes. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 24:GB2007, doi10.1029/2009GB003618 (2010).
  • *Greaver, TL and Sternberg LSL. Decreased precipitation exacerbates the effects of sea level on coastal sand dunes. Global Change Biology 16: 1860-1869, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2468.2010.02168 (2010).
  • *Saha, KS, L da SL Sternberg, MS Ross, F Miralles-Wilhelm. Water source utilization and foliar nutrient status differs between upland and flooded plant communities in wetland tree islands. Wetland Ecology and Management: 18:343-355, doi 10.1007/s11273-010-9175-1 (2010)
  • *Silva LC, L. da S. L. Sternberg, R F Haidar, GD do Vale. Deciphering earth mound origins in central Brazil. Plant and Soil 336: 3-14 (2010).
  • *Silva LC, M Haridasan, L da SL Sternberg, A Franco, WA Hoffmann. Not all forests are expanding over central Brazilian savannas. Plant and Soil 333: 431-442 (2010).
  • Sun J., Oncley P., Burns SP, Stephens BB, Lenschow DH, Campos T, Monson RK, Schimel DS, Sacks WJ, De Wekker SFJ, Lai C-T, Lamb B, Ojima D, Ellsworth PZ, Sternberg LSL, Zhong S, Clements C, Moore DJP, Anderson DE, Watt AS, Hu J, Tschudi M, Aulenbach S, Allwine E, Coons T. A multiscale and multidisciplinary investigation of ecosystem-atmosphere CO2 exchange over the rocky mountains of Colorado. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 91: 209-230. (2010).
  • Wang X., Sternberg L. O., Ross M. S., Engel V. C. Linking water use and nutrient accumulation in tree island upland hammock plant communities in the Everglades National Park, USA. Biogeochemistry: In Press.
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