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104. Perkowski, EA*, K Carroll*, J Mutz, S Chatterjee*, X Yang, L Bialic-Murphy, S Kivlin, S Kalisz, and NG Smith* (In Press). The negative effects of an allelopathic invader on native plant photosynthesis are amplified after tree canopy closure. Functional Ecology. link.

103. Xu, W, A Gessler, J Peñuelas, CM Zohner, MC Dietze, J Sardans, H Hartmann, M Detto, J Wu, AR Martin, T Crowther, L Mo, C Signori-Müller, AH Schweiger, P Zhang, F Wu, N Yang, Y-P Luo, S Ma, X Ni, C Ji, G Chen, H Vallicrosa, NG Smith*, Y-Q Luo, OK Atkin, NG Swenson, J Kattge, PB Reich, and Z Yan (In Press). Evolutionary history drives organ-specific variability in plant non-structural carbohydrates worldwide. Nature Ecology & Evolution. link.

2026

102. Drake, PL, EJ Veneklaas, NG Smith*, SM Driever, and HJ de Boer (2026). Temperature acclimation of chlorophyll fluorescence and carboxylation capacity from near-instantaneous to weekly time scales. Plant, Cell & Environment 49(8): 5497-5510. link.

101. Yahdjian, L, S Campana, P Tognetti, J Alberti, P Graff, C Molina, E Borer, E Seabloom, SM Prober, AS MacDougall, AC Risch, J Price, SA Power, IC Barrio, E Hersch-Green, PA Fay, S Bagchi, JD Bakker, D Blumenthal, E Boughton, CS Brown, M Bugalho, M Cadotte, M Caldeira, J Catford, C Carbutt, Q Chen, S Collins, T Crowther, C D´Antonio, CR Dickman, ME DuPre, KJ Elgersma, A Eskelinen, N Hagenah, Y Hautier, A Jentsch-Beierkuhnlein, JMH Knops, JP Martina, R McCulley, C Stevens, L Laanisto, L O’Halloran, P Peri, P Macek, NG Smith*, G Sonnier, CGF Veen, R Virtanen (2026). Insights on global rangeland ecosystem services shaped by grazing and fertilization. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 24(3): e70022. link.

100. MacDougall, A and the Global Grassland Mapping contributors (including NG Smith*) (2026). The global extent of the grassland biome and implications for the terrestrial carbon sink. Nature Ecology & Evolution 10: 246-257. link.

99. Licht, JL and NG Smith* (2026). Topography and marine deposition influence sustainable levels of pitch pine recruitment in place of fire after long-term absence on Mt. Desert Island Maine. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 153(2): 140-153. link.

98. Spohn, M, CA Arnillas, JD Bakker, ET Borer, KA Bråthen, MW Cadotte, C Carbutt, JA Catford, ME DuPre, C Dwyer, N Eisenhauer, C Estrada, N Hagenah, S Haider, KE Harms, Y Hautier, E Hersch-Green, J Knopps, L Laanisto, R Laugani, P Macek, HM Martinson, J Millett, M Pärtel, S Pennings, PL Peri, SA Power, AC Risch, C Roscher, EW Seabloom, NG Smith*, CJ Stevens, R Virtanen, GM Wardle, and P Zhang (2026). Intense solar radiation constrains plant species richness in global grasslands. Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences of the United States of America 123(6): e2527128123. link.

97. Yang, N, F Wu, L Sack, J Ignacio Querejeta, LA Cernusak, T Dong, W Xu, PA Townsend, M Detto, J Peñuelas, X Song, X Wang, KY Crous, X Gong, J Lamour, R Guerrieri, NG Smith*, L Liu, J Wu, and Z Yan (2026). Leaf elementomes reveal close links with leaf water-use strategies across diverse forest ecosystems: insights from trait coordination and reflectance spectroscopy. Plant, Cell & Environment 49(3): 1566-1582. link.

2025

96. Perkowski, EA*, DW Frey, CL Goodale, and NG Smith* (2025). Increasing nitrogen availability increases water use efficiency and decreases nitrogen use efficiency in Acer saccharum. Tree Physiology 45(12): tpaf119. link.

95. Wang, S, P Ciais, PB Reich, A Cescatti, DS Ellsworth, IA Janssens, J Sardans, Y Luo, NG Smith*, E Du, D Tian, Y Ding, and J Peñuelas (2025). Phosphorus constrains global photosynthesis more than nitrogen does. Nature Ecology & Evolution 9: 2025-2035. link.

94. Fan, Y, D Noble, BE Medlyn, R Monson, RF Sage, NG Smith*, L Ainsworth, F Busch, F Danila, M Ermakova, P Friesen, R Furbank, SH Gan, O Ghannoum, D Griffith, L Gu, V Jacob, J Knauer, A Leakey, S Li, DL Lombardozzi, M Ludwig, V Pathare, M Peixoto, K Prado, B Sonawane, C Still, S von Caemmerer, R Woodford, and DA Way (2025). Environmental factors have a greater influence on photosynthetic capacity in C4 plants than biochemical subtypes or growth forms. New Phytologist 248(2): 1205-1224. link.

93. Kong, RS*, HAL Henry, and NG Smith* (2025). No drought memory in cotton despite evidence of drought acclimation. Oecologia 207(10):156. link.

92. Odé, A, NG Smith*, KT Rebel, and HJ de Boer (2025). Temporal constraints on leaf-level trait plasticity for next-generation land surface models. Annals of Botany 36(2): 263-274. link.

91. Hu, Z, C Jin, S Peng, Y Yand, G Yang, and NG Smith* (2025). Simulating climatic responses of vegetation production with ecological optimality theories. The Innovation Geoscience 3: 100153. link.

90. Bassiouni, M, NG Smith*, JC Reu, J Peñuelas, and TF Keenan (2025). Observed declines in leaf nitrogen explained by photosynthetic acclimation to CO2. Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences of the United States of America 122(33): e250198122. link.

89. Zhang, P, EW Seabloom, J Foo, A MacDougall, SW Harpole, P Adler, Y Hautier, N Eisenhauer, M Spohn, J Bakker, Y Lekberg, A Young, C Carbutt, A Risch, P Peri, NG Smith*, C Stevens, S Prober, J Knops, G Wardle, CR Dickman, A Ebeling, C Roscher, H Martinson, JP Martina, SA Power, Y Niu, Z Ren, G Du, R Virtanen, P Tognetti, M Tedder, A Jentsch, J Catford, and EA Borer (2025). Dominant species predict plant richness and biomass in global grasslands. Nature Ecology & Evolution 9: 924-936. link.

88. Perkowski, EA*, E Ezekannagha*, and NG Smith* (2025). Nitrogen demand, availability, and acquisition strategy control plant responses to elevated CO2. Journal of Experimental Botany 76(1): 2908-2923. link.

87. Dong, T, F Wu, Y Tsujii, P Townsend, N Yang, W Xu, S Liu, N Swenson, J Lamour, W Han, NG Smith*, Y Shi, L Yan, D Tian, M Jiang, Z Wang, X Liu, G Dai, J Dong, J Sardans, PB Reich, H Lambers, SP Serbin, J Peñuelas, J Wu, and Z Yan (2025). Deciphering the variability of leaf phosphorus-allocation strategies using leaf economic traits and reflectance spectroscopy across diverse forest types. New Phytologist 247(3): 1129-1144. link.

86. Han, Z, H Wang, IJ Wright, IC Prenctice, SP Harrison, NG Smith*, A Westerband, L Rowland, L Plavcova, H Morris, PB Reich, S Jansen, and TF Keenan (2025). Thermal acclimation of stem respiration implies a weaker carbon-climate feedback. Science 388(6750): 984-988. link.

85. Wang, J, H Hua, J Guo, H Qiu, X Huang, X Zhang, Y Yang, D Wang, X Guo, NG Smith*, S Rossi, J Penuelas, P Ciais, C Wu, and L Chen (2025). Late spring frost delays tree spring phenology by reducing photosynthetic productivity. Nature Climate Change 15:201-209. link.

84. Cheaib, A*, J Chieppa*, EA Perkowski*, and NG Smith* (2025). Soil resource acquisition strategy modulates global plant nutrient and water economics. New Phytologist 246(4): 1536-1553. link.

83. Monson, R, S Li, L Ainsworth, Y Fan, J Hodge, A Knapp, A Leakey, D Lombardozzi, S Reed, R Sage, M Smith, NG Smith*, C Still, and D Way (2025). C4 photosynthesis, trait spectra and the fast-efficient phenotype. New Phytologist 246(3): 879-893. link.

82. Yan, Z, M Detto, Z Guo, NG Smith*, H Wang, LP Albert, X Xu, Z Lin, S Liu, Y Zhao, S Chen, TC Bonebrake, and J Wu (2025). Global photosynthetic capacity jointly determined by enzyme kinetics and eco-evo-environmental drivers. Fundamental Research 5(5): 2062-2072. link.

81. Wu, F, S Liu, J Lamour, O Atkin, N Yang, T Dong, W Xu, NG Smith*, Z Wang, H Wang, Y Su, X Liu, Y Shi, A Xing, G Dai, J Dong, N Swenson, J Kattge, PB Reich, S Serbin, A Rogers, J Wu, and Z Yan (In Press). Linking leaf dark respiration to leaf traits and reflectance spectroscopy across diverse forest types. New Phytologist 246(2): 481-497. link.

80. Nelson, RA, LL Sullivan, EI Hersch-Green, EW Seabloom, ET Borer, PM Tognetti, PB Alder, L Biederman, MN Bugalho, MC Caldeira, JP Cancela, LG Carvalheiro, JA Catford, CR Dickman, AJ Dolezal, I Donohue, A Ebeling, N Eisenhauer, KJ Elgersma, A Eskelinen, C Estrada, M Garbowski, P Graff, DS Gruner, N Hagenah, S Haider, WS Harpole, Y Hautier, A Jentsch, N Johanson, SE Koerner, LS Lannes, AS MacDougall, H Martinson, JW Morgan, HO Venterink, D Orr, BB Osborne, PL Peri, SA Power, X Raynaud, AC Risch, M Shrestha, NG Smith*, CJ Stevens, GFC Veen, R Virtanen, GM Wardle, AA Wolf, AL Young, and SP Harrison (2025). Forb diversity globally is harmed by nutrient enrichment but can be rescued by large mammalian herbivory. Communications Biology (8): 444. link.

79. Hersch-Green, E, P Fay, H Haas, and NG Smith* (2025). Mechanistic insights into plant community responses to environmental variables: genome size, cellular nutrient investments, and metabolic trade-offs. New Phytologist 245(5): 2336-2349. link.

78. Cheaib, AC*, EF Waring*, RM McNellis*, EA Perkowski*, JP Martina, EW Seabloom, ET Borer, PA Wilfahrt, N Dong, IC Prentice, IJ Wright, SA Power, EK Hersch-Green, AC Risch, M Caldeira, C Nogueira, QQ Chen, and NG Smith (2025). Soil nitrogen supply exerts largest influence on leaf nitrogen in environments with the greatest leaf nitrogen demand. Ecology Letters 28(1): e70015. link.

77. Spohn, M, S Bagchi, JD Bakker, ET Borer, C Carbutt, JA Catford, CR Dickman, N Eisenhauer, A Eskelinen, N Hagenah, Y Hautier, SE Koerner, KJ Komatsu, L Laanisto, Y Lekberg, JP Martina, H Martinson, M Pärtel, PL Peri, AC Risch, NG Smith*, C Stevens, GF Veen, R Virtanen, L Yahdjian, AL Young, HS Young, and EW Seabloom (2025). Interactive and unimodal relationships between plant biomass, abiotic factors, and plant diversity in global grasslands. Communications Biology 8: 97. link.

76. Stocker, BD, N Dong, EA Perkowski*, PD Schneider, H Xu, H de Boer, KT Rebel, NG Smith*, K Van Sundert, H Wang, SE Jones, IC Prentice, and SP Harrison (2025). Empirical evidence and theoretical understanding of ecosystem carbon and nitrogen cycle interactions. New Phytologist. 245(1): 49-68. link.

2024

75. Smith, NG*, Q Zhu, WJ Riley, and TF Keenan (2024). Acclimation of photosynthesis to CO2 increases ecosystem carbon storage due to leaf nitrogen savings. Global Change Biology 30(11): e17558. link.

74. Guo, J, J Wang, Y Qiao, X Huang, NG Smith*, Z Liu, R Zhang, X Chen, C Wu, J Peñuelas, and L Chen (2024). Greening-induced biophysical impacts lead to earlier spring and autumn phenology in temperate and boreal forests. Earth's Future 12(11): e2024EF004618. link.

73. Perskowsi, EA*, J Terrones*, HG German*, and NG Smith* (2024). Symbiotic nitrogen fixation reduces carbon costs of nitrogen acquisition under low, but not high, nitrogen availability. Annals of Botany – Plants 16(5): plae051. link.

72. Liu, Y, JM Chen, M Xu, R Wang, W Fan, W Li, L Kammer, IC Prentice, TF Keenan, and NG Smith* (2024). Improved global estimation of seasonal variations in C3 photosynthetic capacity based on eco-evolutionary optimality hypotheses and remote sensing. Remote Sensing of Environment 313:114338. link.

71. MacDougall, A, E Esch, Q Chen, T Ohlert, O Carroll, C Bonner, M Siewart, A Schweiger, J Sulik, E Borer, D Naidu, S Bagchi, Y Hautier, P Wilfahrt, K Larson, J Olofsson, E Cleland, R Muthukrishnan, L O’Halloran, J Alberti, T Anderson, C Arnillas, J Bakker, I Barrio, L Bierderman,, E Boughton, L Brudvig, M Bruschetti, YM Buckley, M Bugalho, M Cadotte, M Caldeira, J Catford, C D’Antonio, K Davies, P Daleo, CR Dickman, I Donohue, K Elgersma, N Eisenhauer, A Eskelinen, C Estrada, PA Fay, Y Feng, D Gruner, N Hagenah, S Haider, W Harpole, E Hersch-Green, A Jentsch, K Kirkman, J Knops, L Laanisto, L Lannes, R Laungani, A Lkhagva, P Macek, JP Martina, R McCulley, B Melbourne, R Mitchell, J Moore, J Morgan, T Muraina, Y Niu, M Pärtel, P Peri, S Power, J Price, S Prober, Z Ren, A Risch, NG Smith*, G Sonnier, R Standish, C Stevens, M Tedder, P Tognetti, GF Veen, R Virtanen, G Wardle, EF Waring, A Wolf, L Yahdjian, E Seabloom, and MED Pre (2024). Widening global variability in grassland biomass since the 1980s. NAture Ecology & Evolution. link.

70. Devkota, P*, RK Singh, NG Smith, LC Slaughter, and NC van Gestel (2024). Residue addition can mitigate soil health challenges with climate change in drylands: Insights from a field warming experiment in semi-arid Texas. Soil Systems 8(102). link.

69. NG Smith* (2024). Opportunities to improve our understanding of the impact of photosynthetic acclimation on terrestrial ecosystem processes under global change. American Journal of Botany 11(4): e16313. link.

68. McNellis, RE*, N van Gestel, RQ Thomas, and NG Smith* (2024). Winter cover cropping increases albedo and latent heat flux in a Texas High Plains agroecosystem. Ecosphere 15(2): e4753. link.

67. Parks, AJ, ST Godfrey, BA Gross, SA Balaguera-Reina, NG Smith*, FJ Mazzotti, and LD Densmore III (2024). Not one but two: Examining the genetic origin and characterization of the non-native spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) in Florida. Biological Invasions 26: 779-795. link.

66. Luo, X, H Zhou, TW Satriawan, J Tian, R Zhao, TF Keenan, DM Griffith, S Stitch, NG Smith*, and CJ Still (2024). Mapping the global distribution of C4 vegetation using observations and optimality theory. Nature Communications 15: 1219. link.

2023

65. Ren, Y, H Wang, SP Harrison, IC Prentice, OA Atkin, NG Smith*, G Mengoli, A Stefanski, and PB Reich (2023). Reduced global plant respiration due to the acclimation of leaf dark respiration coupled to photosynthesis. New Phytologist 24(2): 578-591. link.

64. Keenan, TF, X Luo, BD Stocker, MG DeKauwe, BE Medlyn, IC Prentice, NG Smith*, C Terrer, H Wang, Y Zhang, and S Zhou (2023). A constraint on historic growth in global photosynthesis due to rising CO2. Nature Climate Change 13: 1376-1381. link.

63. McPherson, RA, PA Fay, SG Alvarez, D Bertrand, TL Broadbent, T Bruno, A Fares, B McCullough, GW Moore, B Moorhead, L Patiño, A Petersen, NG Smith*, JL Steiner, A Taylor, and T Warziniack (2023). Ch. 26. Southern Great Plains. In: Fifth National Climate Assessment. Crimmins, AR, CW Avery, DR Easterling, KE Kunkel, BC Stewart, and TK Maycock, Eds. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA. link.

62. Wilfahrt, P, E Seabloom, J Bakker, L Biederman, M Bugalho, M Cadotte, MC Caldeira, J Catford, Q Chen, I Donohue, A Ebeling, N Eisenhauer, S Haider, R Heckman, A Jentsch, S Koerner, K Komatsu, R Laungani, A MacDougall, J Martina, H Martinson, J Moore, Y Niu, T Ohlert, H olde Venterink, D Orr, P Peri, E Pos, J Price, X Raynaud, Z Ren, C Roscher, NG Smith*, C Stevens, L Sullivan, M Tedder, P Tognetti, C Veen, G Wheeler, A Young, H Young, and E Borer (2023). Nothing lasts forever: dominant species decline under rapid environmental change in global grasslands. Journal of Ecology 111(11): 2472-2482. link.

61. Wang, X, H Xu, Q Ma, Y Luo, D He, NG Smith*, S Rossi, and L Chen (2023). Chilling and forcing proceed in parallel to regulate spring leaf unfolding in temperate trees. Global Ecology and Biogeography 32(11): 1914-1927. link.

60. Yang, H, W Tao, Q Ma, L Chen, H Dong, Y Yang, NG Smith (PE: 5), and L Chen (2023). Compound hot extremes exacerbate forest growth decline in dry areas but not humid areas in the Northen Hemisphere. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 341: 109663. link.

59. Qiao, Y, H Gu, H Xu, Q Ma, X Zhang, Q Yan, J Gao, Y Yang, S Rossi, NG Smith*, J Liu, and L Chen (2023). Accelerating effects of growing-season warming on tree seasonal activities are progressively disappearing. Current Biology 33(17): 3625-3633. link.

58. Waring, EF*, EA Perkowski*, and NG Smith* (2023). Soil nitrogen fertilization reduces relative leaf nitrogen allocation to photosynthesis. Journal of Experimental Botany 74(23): 5166-5180. link.

57. Daleo, P, J Alberti, E Chaneton, O Iribarne, P Tognetti, J Bakker, E Borer, M Bruschetti, A MacDougall, J Pascual, M Sankaran, E Seabloom, S Wang, S Bagchi, L Brudvig, J Catford, C Dickman, TL Dickson, I Donohue, N Eisenhauer, D Gruner, S Haider, A Jentsch, J Knops, Y Lekberg, R McCulley, J Moore, B Mortensen, T Ohlert, M Pärtel, P Peri, S Power, A Risch, C Rocca, NG Smith*, C Stevens, R Tamme, C Veen, P Wilfahrt, and Y Hautier (2023). Environmental heterogeneity modulates the effect of plant diversity on the spatial variability of grassland biomass. Nature Communications 14: 1809. link.

56. Yan, Z, J Sardans, J Peñuelas, M Detto, NG Smith*, H Wang, L Guo, AC Hughes, Z Guo, CKF Lee, L Liu, and J Wu (2023). Global patterns and drivers of leaf photosynthetic capacity: the relative importance of environmental factors and evolutionary history. Global Ecology and Biogeography 32(5): 668-682. link.

55. Ansley, JR, V Rivera-Monroy, K Griffiths-Kyle, B Hoagland, A Emert, T Fagin, SR Loss, HR McCarthy, NG Smith*, and EF Waring* (2023). Assessing impacts of climate change on selected foundation species and ecosystem services in the South-Central USA. Ecosphere 14(2): e4412. link.

54. Liu, Y, JM Chen, L He, R Wang, NG Smith*, TF Keenan, C Rogers, W Li, J Leng (2023). Global photosynthetic capacity of C3 biomes retrieved from solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence and leaf chlorophyll content. Remote Sensing of Environment 287: 113457. link.

2022

53. Dong, N, IC Prentice, IJ Wright, H Wang, OA Atkin, KJ Bloomfield, TF Domingues, S Gleason, V Maire, Y Onoda, H Poorter, and NG Smith* (2022). Leaf nitrogen from the perspective of optimal plant function. Journal of Ecology 110(11): 2585-2602. link.

52. Dong, N, IJ Wright, JM Chen, X Luo, H Wang, TF Keenan, NG Smith*, and IC Prentice (2022). Rising CO2 and warming reduce global canopy demand for nitrogen. New Phytologist 235(5): 1692-1700. link.

51. Chen, JM, R Wang, Y Liu, L He, H Croft, X Luo, H Wang, NG Smith*, IC Prentice, Y Zhang, W Ju, and N Dong (2022). Global datasets of lea photosynthetic capacity for ecological and Earth system research. Earth System Science Data 14: 4077-4093. link.

50. Gu, H, Y Qiao, S Xi, S Rossi, NG Smith*, J Liu, and L Chen (2022). Warming-induced increase in carbon uptake is linked to earlier spring phenology in temperate and boreal forests. Nature Communications 13: 3698. link.

49. Kong, RS*, DA Way, HAL Henry, and NG Smith* (2022). Stomatal conductance, not biochemistry, drives low temperature acclimation of photosynthesis in Populus balsamifera regardless of nitrogen availability. Plant Biology 24(5): 766-779. link.

48. Tao W, K Mao, J He, NG Smith*, Y Qiao, J Guo, H Yang, W Wang, J Liu, and L Chen (2022). Daytime warming triggers tree growth decline in the Northern Hemisphere. Global Change Biology 28(16): 4832-4844. link.

47. Scott, HG* and NG Smith* (2022). A model of C4 photosynthetic acclimation based on least-cost optimality theory suitable for Earth System Model incorporation. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (JAMES) 14(3): e2021MS002470. link.

46. Kyker-Snowman, E, DL Lombardozzi, GB Bonan, SJ Cheng, JS Dukes, SD Frey, EM Jacobs, R McNellis*, JM Rady, NG Smith*, RQ Thomas, WW Wieder, AS Grandy (2022). Increasing the spatial and temporal impact of ecological research: A roadmap for integrating a novel terrestrial process into an Earth system model. Global Change Biology 28(2): 665-684. link.

2021

45. Wang, J, Z Xi, X He, S Chen, S Rossi, NG Smith*, J Liu, and L Chen (2021). Contrasting temporal variations in responses of leaf unfolding to daytime and nighttime warming. Global Change Biology 27(20): 5084-5093. link.

44. He, X, C Shanshan, J Wang, NG Smith*, S Rossi, H Yang, J Liu, and L Chen (2021). Delaying effect of humidity on leaf unfolding in Europe. Science of the Total Environment 800: 149563. link.

43. Luo, X, TF Keenan, JM Chen, H Croft, IC Prentice, NG Smith*, AP Walker, H Wang, C Xu, Y Zhang (2021). Global variation in the fraction of leaf nitrogen allocated to photosynthesis. Nature Communications 12: 4866. link.

42. Harrison, SP, W Cramer, O Franklin, IC Prentice, H Wang, Å Brännström, H de Boer, U Dieckmann, J Joshi, TF Keenan, A Lavergne, S Manzoni, G Mengoli, C Morfopoulos, J Peñuelas, S Pietsch, K Rebel, Y Ryu, NG Smith*, B Stocker, and IJ Wright (2021). Eco-evolutionary optimality as a means to improve vegetation and land-surface models. New Phytologist 23(6): 2125-2141. link.

41. Perkowski, EA*, EF Waring*, and NG Smith* (2021). Root mass carbon costs to acquire nitrogen are determined by nitrogen and light availability in two species with different nitrogen acquisition strategies. Journal of Experimental Botany 72(15): 5766-5776. link.

40. Bialic‐Murphy, L, NG Smith*, P Voothuluru, RM McElderry, MD Roche, ST Cassidy, SN Kivlin, S and Kalisz (2021). Invasion‐induced root–fungal disruptions alter plant water and nitrogen economies. Ecology Letters 24(6): 1145-1156. link.

39. Bell, A* and NG Smith* (2021). Soil salinity has species-specific effects on the growth and nutrient quality of four Texas grasses. Rangeland Ecology & Management 77: 39-45. link.

38. Liang, M, NG Smith*, J Chen, Y Wu, Z Guo, E Gornish, and C Liang (2021). Shifts in plant composition mediate grazing effects on carbon cycling in grasslands. Journal of Applied Ecology 58(3): 518-527. link.

37. Ely, KS, A Rogers, DA Agarwal, EA Ainsworth, L Albert, A Ali, J Anderson, MJ Aspinwall, C Bellasio, C Bernacchi, S Bonnage, TN Buckley, J Bunce, AC Burnett, FA Busch, A Cavanagh, LA Cernusak, R Crystal-Ornelas, J Damerow, KJ Davidson, MG De Kauwe, MC Dietze, TF Domingues, ME Dusenge, DS Ellsworth, JR Evans, PPG Gauthier, BO Gimenez, EP Gordon, CM Gough, AH Halbritter, DT Hanson, Mary Heskel, JA Hogan, JR Hupp, K Jardine, J Kattge, T Keenan, J Kromdijk, DP Kumarathunge, J Lamour, ADB Leakey, DS LeBauer, Q Li, MR Lundgren, N McDowell, K Meacham- Hensold, BE Medlyn, DJP Moore, R Negrón-Juárez, Ü Niinemets, CP Osborne, AL Pivovaroff, H Poorter, SC Reed, Y Ryu, A Sanz-Saez, SC Schmiege, SP Serbin, TD Sharkey, M Slot, NG Smith*, BV Sonawane, PF South, DC Souza, JR Stinziano, E Stuart-Haëntjens, SH Taylor, MD Tejera, J Uddling, V Vandvik, C Varadharajan, AP Walker, BJ Walker, JM Warren, DA Way, BT Wolfe, J Wu, SD Wullschleger, C Xu, Z Yan, and D Yang (2021). A reporting format for leaf-level gas exchange data and metadata. Ecological Informatics 61: 101232. link.

36. Ploughe, LW, NG Smith*, MJ Schuster, and JS Dukes (2021). Increased rainfall variability and nitrogen deposition accelerate succession along a common sere. Ecosphere 12(1): e03313. link.

35. Licht, J and NG Smith* (2021). Pyrogenic carbon improves the physiological performance of a C3 species planted on a green roof. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution 67(1): 1-8. link.

2020

34. Smith, NG* and TF Keenan (2020). Mechanisms underlying leaf photosynthetic acclimation to warming and elevated CO2 as inferred from least-cost optimality theory. Global Change Biology 26(9): 5202-5216. link.

33. Chen, L, H Hänninen, S Rossi, NG Smith*, S Pau, Z Liu, G Feng, J Gao, and J Liu (2020). Leaf senescence exhibits stronger climatic responses during warm than during cold autumns. Nature Climate Change 10: 777-780. link.

32. Smith, NG*, RE McNellis*, and JS Dukes (2020). No acclimation: Instantaneous responses to temperature maintain homeostatic photosynthetic rates under experimental warming across a precipitation gradient in Ulmus americana. Annals of Botany – Plants 12(4): plaa027. link.

31. Paillassa, J, IJ Wright, IC Prentice, S Pepin, NG Smith*, G Ethier, A Westerband, LJ Lamarque, H Wang, WK Cornwell, and V Maire (2020). When and where soil is important to modify the carbon and water economy of leaves. New Phytologist 228(1): 121-135. link.

30. Wang, H, OA Atkin, TF Keenan, NG Smith*, IJ Wright, K Bloomfield, J Kattge, PB Reich, and IC Prentice (2020). Acclimation of leaf respiration consistent with optimal photosynthetic capacity. Global Change Biology 26(4): 2573-2583. link.

29. Stocker, BD, H Wang, NG Smith*, SP Harrison, TF Keenan, D Sandoval, T Davis, and IC Prentice (2020). P-model v1.0: An optimality-based light use efficiency model for simulating ecosystem gross primary production . Geoscientific Model Development 13: 1545- 1581. link.

28. Kattge, J and the TRY database team (including NG Smith*) (2020). TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology 26(1): 119-188. link.

27. Licht, J and NG Smith* (2020). Pyrogenic carbon increases pitch pine seedling growth, soil moisture retention and photosynthetic water use efficiency in the field . Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. link.

2019

26. Liu, Z, L Chen, NG Smith*, W Yuan, X Chen, G Zhou, SA Alam, K Lin, T Zhao, P Zhou, C Chu, H Ma, and J Liu (2019). Global divergent responses of primary productivity to water, energy, and CO2 Environmental Research Letters 14(12): 124044. link.

25. Smith, NG*, G Li, and JS Dukes (2019). Short-term thermal acclimation of dark respiration is greater in non-photosynthetic than in photosynthetic tissues Annals of Botany - Plants 11(6): plz064. link.

24. Smith, NG*, TF Keenan, IC Prentice, H Wang, IJ Wright, Ü Niinemets, KY Crous, TF Domingues, R Guerrieri, FY Ishida, J Kattge, EL Kruger, V Maire, A Rogers, SP Serbin, L Tarvainnen, HF Togashi, PA Townsend, M Wang, LK Weerasinghe, S-X Zhou (2019). Global photosynthetic capacity is optimized to the environment. Ecology Letters 22(3): 506-517. doi: 10.1111/ele.13210. link.

23. Kumarathunge, DP, BE Medlyn, JE Drake, MG Tjoelker, MJ Aspinwall, M Battaglia, FJ Cano, KR CArter, MA Cavaleri, LA Cernusak, JQ Chambers, KY Crous, MG De Kauwe, DN Dillaway, E Dreyer, DS Ellsworth, O Ghounnoum, Q Han, K Hikosaka, AM Jensen, JWG Kelly, EL Kruger, LM Mercado, Y Onoda, PB Reich, A Rogers, M Slot, NG Smith*, L Tarvainnen, DT Tissue, HF Togashi, ES Tribuzy, J Uddling, A Varhammar, G Wallin, JM Warren, and DA Way. (2019). Acclimation and adaptation components of the temperature dependence of plant photosynthesis at the global scale. New Phytologist 222(2): 768-784. link.

22. Liang, M, J Chen, NG Smith*, X Bai, C Jia, Z Li, and C Liang (2019). Changes and regulations of net ecosystem CO2 exchange across temporal scales in the Alxa Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 164: 68-74. link.

2018

21. Smith, NG*, and JS Dukes (2018). Drivers of leaf carbon exchange capacity across biomes at the continental scale. Ecology 9(7): 1610-1620. link.

20. Lombardozzi, DL, NG Smith*, SJ Cheng, JS Dukes, T Sharkey, A Rogers, RA Fisher, and GB Bonan (2018). Triose phosphate limitation in photosynthesis models reduces leaf photosynthesis and global terrestrial carbon storage. Environmental Research Letters 13(7). link.

19. Rodgers, VL, NG Smith*, SS Hoeppner, and JS Dukes (2018). Warming increases the sensitivity of seedling growth capacity to rainfall in six temperate deciduous species. Annals of Botany – Plants 10(1): ply003. link.

18. Licht, J, NG Smith* (2018). The influence of lignocellulosic and hemicellulosic biochar on photosynthesis and water use efficiency in seedlings from a Northeastern U.S. pine-oak ecosystem. Journal of Sustainable Forestry 37(1): 25-37. link.

17. Cheng, SJ, NG Smith*, and A Marklein (2018). Modeling global change ecology in a 400+ ppm world. Eos, 99. link.

2017

16. Smith, NG* and JS Dukes (2017). LCE: Leaf carbon exchange dataset for tropical, temperate, and boreal species of North and Central America. Ecology 98(11): 2978. link.

15. Smith, NG* and JS Dukes (2017). Short-term acclimation to warmer temperatures increases leaf carbon exchange processes across plant types. Global Change Biology 23(11): 4840-4853. link.

14. Smith, NG* (2017). Plant respiration responses to elevated CO2: an overview from cellular processes to global impacts. In Plant Respiration: Metabolic Fluxes and Carbon Balance (Eds: G. Tcherkez and J. Ghashghaie. Pp. 69-87. New York: Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. link.

13. Smith, NG*, DL Lombardozzi, A Tawfik, GB Bonan, and JS Dukes (2017). Biophysical consequences of photosynthetic temperature acclimation for climate. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (JAMES) 9(1): 536-547. link.

12. Li, G, Y Mu, Y Liu, NG Smith*, and S Sun (2017). Effect of microtopography on soil respiration in an alpine meadow of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau. Plant and Soil 421(1): 147-155. link.

11. Licht, J, NG Smith*, P Mitchell, and F Shields (2017). Impact of lignocellulosic and hemicellulosic biochar on soil moisture in low clay soils. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 180(5): 576-584. link.

2016

10. Smith, NG*, SL Malyshev, EN Shevliakova, J Kattge, and JS Dukes (2016). Foliar temperature acclimation reduces simulated carbon sensitivity to climate. Nature Climate Change 6(4): 407- 411. link.

9. Smith, NG*, MJ Schuster, and JS Dukes (2016). Rainfall variability and nitrogen addition synergistically reduce plant diversity in a restored tallgrass prairie. Journal of Applied Ecology 53(2): 579-586. link.

8. Smith, NG*, GP Pold, CE Goranson, and JS Dukes (2016). Characterizing the drivers of seedling leaf gas exchange responses to warming and altered precipitation: indirect and direct effects. AoB Plants 8: plw066. link.

7. Sanders-Demott, R, NG Smith*, PH Templer, and JS Dukes (2016). Towards an integrated understanding of terrestrial ecosystem feedbacks to climate change. New Phytologist, 209(4): 1363-1365. link.

6. Schuster, MJ, NG Smith*, and JS Dukes (2016). Responses of aboveground C and N pools to rainfall variability and nitrogen deposition are mediated by seasonal precipitation and plant community dynamics. Biogeochemistry 129(3): 389-400. link.

2015

5. Lobardozzi, D, GB Bonan, NG Smith*, JS Dukes, and RA Fisher (2015). Temperature acclimation of photosynthesis and respiration: a key uncertainty in the carbon cycle-climate feedback. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(20): 8624-8631. link.

4. Atkin, OA and 62 others (including NG Smith*) (2015). Global variability in leaf respiration among plant functional types in relation to climate and leaf traits. New Phytologist, 206(2), 614- 636. link.

2014

3. Smith, NG*, VL Rodgers, ER Brzostek, A Kulmatiski, ML Avolio, DL Hoover, SE Koerner, K Grant, A Jentsch, S Fatichi, and D Niyogi (2014). Towards a better integration of biological data from precipitation manipulation experiments into land surface models. Reviews of Geophysics, 52(3): 412-434. link.

2. Smith, NG* (2014). Testing for temperature acclimation of plant carbon exchange: a comment on “Global patterns of the responses of leaf-level photosynthesis and respiration in terrestrial plants to experimental warming”. Journal of Plant Ecology, 8(3): 333-334. link.

2013

1. Smith, NG*, and JS Dukes (2013). Plant respiration and photosynthesis in global scale models: incorporating acclimation to temperature and CO2. Global Change Biology, 19(1), 45-63. link.