Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Martínez-Berdeja, A., Stitzer, M. C., Taylor, M. A., Okada, M., Ezcurra, E., Runcie, D. Schmitt, J. Functional variants of DOG1 control seed chilling responses and variation in seasonal life-history strategies in Arabidopsis thaliana. PNAS, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1912451117 (PDF)

Martínez-Berdeja, A., Hamilton, J. A., Bontemps, A., Schmitt, J., Wright, J. W. 2019. Evidence for population differentiation among Jeffrey and Ponderosa pines in survival, growth and phenology. Forest Ecology and Management, 434: 40 - 48. (PDF)

Conlisk, E., Swab, R., Martínez-Berdeja, A., Daugherty, M. P. 2016. Post-fire recovery in coastal sage scrub: seed rain and community trajectory. PLoS ONE, 11(9): e0162777. doi:10.1371/ journal.pone.0162777 (PDF)

Martínez-Berdeja, A., Ezcurra, E. and Torres, M. 2015. Morphological variability in propagules of a desert annual as a function of rainfall patterns at different temporal and spatial scales. Functional Ecology, 29: 1260 – 1267. (PDF)

Martínez-Berdeja, A., Ezcurra, E. and Sanders, A. C. 2015. Delayed seed dispersal in North American deserts. Madroño, 62: 21 – 32. (PDF)

Martínez-Berdeja, A., Torres, M., Altshuler, D. L. and Ezcurra, E. 2014. Hydration history and attachment morphology regulate seed release in Chorizanthe rigida (Polygonaceae), a serotinous desert annual. American Journal of Botany, 101 (7): doi 10.3732/ajb.1400120 (PDF)

Martínez-Berdeja, A., Pietrasiak, N., Tamase, A., Ezcurra, E. and Allen, E. B. 2013. Living where others dare not: Microhabitat distribution in Chorizanthe rigida, a serotinous desert annual. Journal of Arid Environments, 97: 120 - 126. (PDF)

Holt, J. S., Welles, S. R., Silvera, K., Heap, I. M., Heredia, S. M., Martínez-Berdeja, A., Palenscar, K. T., Sweet, L. C., and Ellstrand, N. 2013. Taxonomic and life history bias in herbicide resistant weeds: implications for deployment of resistant crops. PLoS ONE 8(9):e71976. (PDF)

Martínez-Berdeja, A. and Valverde, T. 2008. Growth response of three globose cacti to radiation and soil moisture: an experimental test of the mechanism behind the nurse effect. Journal of Arid Environments, 72: 1766 – 1774. (PDF)

Other Publications

Ezcurra, E., Mellin., E., and Martínez-Berdeja, A. Hot Deserts. In: eLS (Citable reviews in the Life Sciences). John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0003178].

Martínez-Berdeja, A. and Ezcurra, E. What can Chorizanthe rigida propagule morphology tell us about rainfall variability and geomorphology in desert ecosystems? Science Newsletter. Mojave National Preserve & Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center, National Park Service. April, 2015. (PDF)