Osvaldo Sala

Professor

Professor, Sustainability, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of (GIOS)
Sustainability Scientist, Sustainability Initiative
Professor, Sustainability, School of
Professor, Life Sciences, School of (SOLS)
Professor, Global Drylands Center

24257 Citations
66 h-Index

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Education/Academic qualification

PHD, Colorado State University Fort Collins

… → 1982

MS, Colorado State University Fort Collins

… → 1979

BS, University of Buenos Aires

… → 1973

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Research Output 1981 2018

24257 Citations
66 h-Index
145 Article
5 Chapter
3 Review article
1 Editorial
1 More
- 1 Letter

Ecosystem thresholds, tipping points, and critical transitions

Munson, S. M., Reed, S. C., Peñuelas, J., McDowell, N. G. & Sala, O. E., Jun 1 2018, In : New Phytologist. 218, 4, p. 1315-1317 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Ecosystem

ecosystems

ecosystem

2 Citations

Groundwater recharge in desert playas: Current rates and future effects of climate change

McKenna, O. P. & Sala, O. E., Jan 1 2018, In : Environmental Research Letters. 13, 1, 014025

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Hydrogeology

precipitation (climatology)

Groundwater resources

Arid regions

Climate Change

Playa-Wetlands Effects on Dryland Biogeochemistry: Space and Time Interactions

McKenna, O. P. & Sala, O. E., Jun 1 2018, In : Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 123, 6, p. 1879-1887 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

playas

biogeochemistry

wetlands

Nitrobenzene

playa

2 Citations

Regional grassland productivity responses to precipitation during multiyear above- and below-average rainfall periods

Petrie, M. D., Peters, D. P. C., Yao, J., Blair, J. M., Burruss, N. D., Collins, S. L., Derner, J. D., Gherardi, L. A., Hendrickson, J. R., Sala, O. E., Starks, P. J. & Steiner, J. L., May 1 2018, In : Global Change Biology. 24, 5, p. 1935-1951 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

grassland

productivity

rainfall

ecosystem response

climate change

4 Citations

Asynchrony among local communities stabilises ecosystem function of metacommunities

Wilcox, K. R. , Tredennick, A. T. , Koerner, S. E. , Grman, E. , Hallett, L. M. , Avolio, M. L. , La Pierre, K. J. , Houseman, G. R. , Isbell, F. , Johnson, D. S. , Alatalo, J. M. , Baldwin, A. H. , Bork, E. W. , Boughton, E. H. , Bowman, W. D. , Britton, A. J. , Cahill, J. F. , Collins, S. L. , Du, G. , Eskelinen, A. & 24 others Gough, L., Jentsch, A., Kern, C., Klanderud, K., Knapp, A. K., Kreyling, J., Luo, Y., McLaren, J. R., Megonigal, P., Onipchenko, V., Prevéy, J., Price, J. N., Robinson, C. H., Sala, O. E., Smith, M. D., Soudzilovskaia, N. A., Souza, L., Tilman, D., White, S. R., Xu, Z., Yahdjian, L., Yu, Q., Zhang, P. & Zhang, Y., Dec 1 2017, In : Ecology Letters. 20, 12, p. 1534-1545 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter

patchiness

ecosystem function

ecosystem services

primary productivity

plant community