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Professor of Biology

-----"My interests in ecology span from the arid ecosystems of Patagonia to global change issues with a focus on ecosystem-level questions including primary production, ecosystem-water dynamics, and most recently, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. I am using a diverse set of tools in pursuing those interests ranging from field manipulations to ecosystem simulation models. I am also interested in coordinating international research projects. For example, I led an international group who developed scenarios for biodiversity change in the next century. I have been a member of the scientific steering committee of International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, the Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems where I led Focus 4 Biodiversity and Global Change, and DIVERSITAS. I also served as president of the Argentinean Society of Ecology. Currently, I am the Secretary General of Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE). I enjoy collaborating with colleagues and have had co-authors from many countries including the US, UK, Germany, France, Australia, China, Japan, India, Canada, Mexico, Chile, and Venezuela."

Selected books of interest:

Selected Publications:

• Sala, O. E. 2001. Price put on biodiversity. Nature 412:34-36. [Full PDF Text] [Abstract]

• Sala, O. E., F. S. Chapin, J. J. Armesto, E. Berlow, J. Bloomfield, R. Dirzo, E. Huber-Sanwald, L. F. Huenneke, R. B. Jackson, A. Kinzig, R. Leemans, D. M. Lodge, H. A. Mooney, M. Oesterheld, N. L. Poff, M. T. Sykes, B. H. Walker, M. Walker, and D. H. Wall. 2000. Global biodiversity scenarios for the year 2100. Science 287:1770-1774. [Full PDF Text] [Abstract]

• Clark, J. S., S. R. Carpenter, M. Barber, S. Collins, A. Dobson, J. Foley, D. Lodge, M. Pascual, R. Pielke, W. Pizer, C. Pringle, W. V. Reid, K. A. Rose, O. E. Sala, W. Schlesinger, D. H. Wall, and D. Wear. 2001. Ecological forecasts: an emerging imperative. Science 293:657-660.[Full PDF Text] [Abstract]

• Jobbágy, E., and O. E. Sala. 2000. Controls of grass and shrub aboveground production in the Patagonian steppe. Ecological Applications 10:541-549.
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• Sala, O. E., F. S. Chapin III, R. H. Gardner, W. K. Lauenroth, H. A. Mooney, and P. S. Ramakrishnan. 1999. Global Change, Biodiversity and Ecological Complexity. Pages 304-328 in B. H. Walker, W. L. Steffen, J. Canadell, and J. S. I. Ingram, editors. The Terrestrial Biosphere and Global Change: Implications for Natural and Managed Ecosystems. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
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• Chapin, F. S., E. S. Zavaleta, V. T. Eviner, R. L. Naylor, P. M. Vitousek, H. L. Reynolds, D. U. Hooper, S. Lavorel, O. E. Sala, S. E. Hobbie, M. C. Mack, and S. Diaz. 2000. Consequences of changing biodiversity. Nature 405:234-242.
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• Chapin, F. S., B. H. Walker, R. J. Hobbs, D. U. Hooper, J. H. Lawton, O. E. Sala, and D. Tilman. 1997. Biotic controls over the functioning of ecosystems. Science 277:500-504. [Full PDF Text]

• Oesterheld, M., O.E. Sala and S.J. McNaughton. 1992. The effect of animal husbandry on herbivore-carrying capacity at a regional scale. Nature 356:234-236.
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• Paruelo, J.M., and O.E. Sala. 1995. Water losses in the Patagonian steppe: a modeling approach. Ecology 76:510-520. [Full PDF Text]

• Sala, O.E., W.J. Parton, L.A. Joyce, and W.K. Lauenroth. 1988. Primary production of the central grassland region of the United States: spatial pattern and major controls. Ecology 69:40-45. [Full PDF Text]

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