Each week we share the latest peer-reviewed publications coming from the College of the Environment. Over the past week, fifteen new articles co-authored by members of the College of the Environment were added to the Web of Science database. (Unless otherwise noted, the articles link to abstracts only, as registration is required for full-text access.)

1. Title: Mechanical Properties of the Hyomandibula in Four Shark Species
Authors: Balaban, Jordan P.; Summers, Adam P.; Wilga, Cheryl A.
Source: JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART A-ECOLOGICAL GENETICS AND PHYSIOLOGY

2. Title: Assessing long-term fish responses and short-term solutions to flow regulation in a dryland river basin
Authors: Pool, Thomas K.; Olden, Julian D.
Source: ECOLOGY OF FRESHWATER FISH

3. Title: Plant diversity predicts beta but not alpha diversity of soil microbes across grasslands worldwide
Authors: Prober, Suzanne M.; Leff, Jonathan W.; Bates, Scott T.; Borer, Elizabeth T.; Firn, Jennifer; Harpole, W. Stanley; Lind, Eric M.; Seabloom, Eric W.; Adler, Peter B.; Bakker, Jonathan D.; Cleland, Elsa E.; DeCrappeo, Nicole M.; DeLorenze, Elizabeth; Hagenah, Nicole; Hautier, Yann; Hofmockel, Kirsten S.; Kirkman, Kevin P.; Knops, Johannes M. H.; La Pierre, Kimberly J.; MacDougall, Andrew S.; McCulley, Rebecca L.; Mitchell, Charles E.; Risch, Anita C.; Schuetz, Martin; Stevens, Carly J.; Williams, Ryan J.; Fierer, Noah
Source: ECOLOGY LETTERS

4. Title: In situ decomposition of northern hardwood tree boles: decay rates and nutrient dynamics in wood and bark
Authors: Johnson, Chris E.; Siccama, Thomas G.; Denny, Ellen G.; Koppers, Mary Margaret; Vogt, Daniel J.
Source: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

5. Title: Causes and Implications of Extreme Atmospheric Moisture Demand during the Record-Breaking 2011 Wildfire Season in the Southwestern United States
Authors: Williams, A. Park; Seager, Richard; Berkelhammer, Max; Macalady, Alison K.; Crimmins, Michael A.; Swetnam, Thomas W.; Trugman, Anna T.; Buenning, Nikolaus; Hryniw, Natalia; McDowell, Nate G.; Noone, David; Mora, Claudia I.; Rahn, Thom
Source: JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY

6. Title: Ten-Year Periodic Diameter Model for Uneven-Aged Ponderosa Pine Stands in the Southwest Reduces Long-Term Error Propagation
Authors: Petrova, Maria; Bakker, Jonathan D.; Turnblom, Eric C.
Source: FOREST SCIENCE

7. Title: An economic model for integrated roading, yarding, and hauling operations on two alternative harvest unit landings
Authors: Greulich, Francis E.
Source: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

8. Title: A Middle Paleozoic shear zone in the Sierra de Valle Fertil, Argentina: Records of a continent-arc collision in the Famatinian margin of Gondwana
Authors: Cristofolini, E. A.; Otamendi, J. E.; Walker, B. A., Jr.; Tibaldi, A. M.; Armas, P.; Bergantz, G. W.; Martino, R. D.
SourceJOURNAL OF SOUTH AMERICAN EARTH SCIENCES

9. Title: Six centuries of changing oceanic mercury
Authors: Zhang, Yanxu; Jaegle, Lyatt; Thompson, LuAnne; Streets, David G.
Source: GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

10. Title: Assessing habitat risk from human activities to inform coastal and marine spatial planning: a demonstration in Belize
Authors: Arkema, Katie K.; Verutes, Gregory; Bernhardt, Joanna R.; Clarke, Chantalle; Rosado, Samir; Canto, Maritza; Wood, Spencer A.; Ruckelshaus, Mary; Rosenthal, Amy; McField, Melanie; de Zegher, Joann
Source: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS

(OPEN ACCESS!) 11. Title: Incentivizing the Public to Support Invasive Species Management: Eurasian Milfoil Reduces Lakefront Property Values
Authors: Olden, Julian D.; Tamayo, Mariana
Source: PLOS ONE

12. Title: Demographic history, marker variability and genetic differentiation in sandy beach fauna: What is the meaning of low F-ST’s?
Authors: Bezuidenhout, Karien; Nel, Ronel; Hauser, Lorenz
Source: ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

13. Title: The status of sandy beach science: Past trends, progress, and possible futures
Authors: Nel, Ronel; Campbell, Eileen E.; Harris, Linda; Hauser, Lorenz; Schoeman, David S.; McLachlan, Anton; du Preez, Derek R.; Bezuidenhout, Karien; Schlacher, Thomas A.
SourceESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

14. Title: Black carbon and other light-absorbing particles in snow of central North America
Authors: Doherty, Sarah J.; Dang, Cheng; Hegg, Dean A.; Zhang, Rudong; Warren, Stephen G.
Source: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES

(OPEN ACCESS!) 15. Title: On the origin of the occasional spring nitrate peak in Greenland snow
Authors: Geng, L.; Cole-Dai, J.; Alexander, B.; Erbland, J.; Savarino, J.; Schauer, A. J.; Steig, E. J.; Lin, P.; Fu, Q.; Zatko, M. C.
Source: ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS