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2023 
87.Smith, W.K.*, Javadian, M.Δ, Yan, D.Δ, Herrmann, S.Δ, Reed, S., Villarreal, M., Poulter, B. Hyperspectral imaging predicts climate-driven shifts in biocrust functional groups of the Colorado Plateau (in prep).  
86.Meng F., Felton, A.J., Mao, J., Smith, W.K., Hu, Z., Cong, N., Knott, J., Leisz, S., Chen, A. Little change in the temporal allocation to leaf buildup versus senescence across northern ecosystems under recent climate change (in prep).  
85.Yan, D.Δ, Reed, S.C., Rutherford, W.A.δ, Javadian, M.Δ, Reibold, R.H., Vallarreal, M., Poulter, B., Song, S., Smith, W.K.* Hyperspectral imaging predicts differences in carbon and nitrogen status among representative biocrust functional groups of the Colorado Plateau (in prep).  
84.Sun, M., Wang, L., Kannenberg, S., Liu, H., Schwalm, C., Ciais, P., Gentine, P., Smith, W.K., Yu, K., Zhang, W., Li, Y., Yang, Y., Li, X., Chen, X., Chen, D., Zhang P. Hydraulic traits control seasonal wood growth variability in northern forests (submitted).  
83.Javadian, M.Δ, Scott, R.L., Woodgate, W., Richardson, A.D., Dannenberg, M.P., Smith, W.K.* Canopy temperature dynamics are closely aligned with ecosystem water availability across a water- to energy-limited gradient (in review).  
82.Fu, Z.Δ, Ciais, P., Wigneron, J., Prentice, C., Gentine, P., Feldman, A.F., Yakir, D., Makowski, D., Kemanian, A., Liu, L., Viovy, N., Stoy, P., Ma, H., Li, X., Huang, Y., Yu, K., Zhu, P., Li X., Zhu, Z., Lian, J., Smith, W.K. Global critical soil moisture thresholds of plant water stress (in review).  
81.  Dashti, H.Δ, Chen, M., Smith, W.K., Zhao, K., Moore, D.J.P. Disturbance recovery under climate change: what is was or what it could have been? (in review).  
80.Feldman, A.F., Konings, A.G., Gentine, P., Asadollahi, M., Wang, L., Smith, W.K., Biederman, J.A., Chatterjee, A., Jointer, J., Poulter, B. Less frequent but more intense rainfall events as a driver of major shifts in global vegetation (in review).  
79.Biederman J.A., Smith, W.K., Zhang, F.Δ, Dannenberg, M.P., Reed, S.C., Yan, D.Δ Reply to Comment on `Five Decades of Observed Daily Precipitation Reveal Longer and More Variable Drought Events Across Much of the Western United States’ (in revision).  
78.Guo, J.S.Δ, Anderegg, W.R.L., Barnes, M.L., Smith, W.K., Kannenberg, S.A. Temporally-varying water use strategies in Juniperus osteosperma mediate ecosystem carbon fluxes (in revision).  
77.Wang, X.δ, Yan, D.Δ, Scott, R.L., Dannenberg, M.P., Zhang, Y., Yang, X., Magney, T., Smith, W.K.* Integrated measurements of SIF, NIRvP, and PRI provide mechanistic insights into the drought response of a semiarid grassland ecosystem (in revision).  
76.Jordan, S.δ, Smith, W.K., Sala, O. Ecosystem services of military-managed drylands in the western United States (in revision).  
75.Javadian, M.Δ, Scott, R.L., Biederman, J.A., Zhang, F.Δ, Fisher, J., Reed, S., Potts, D., Villarreal, M., Feldman, A.Δ, Smith, W.K.* 2023. Thermography captures the differential sensitivity of dryland functional types to changes in rainfall event timing and magnitude. New Phytologist DOI: 10.1111/nph.19127.  
74.Zhang, F.Δ, Biederman, J.A., Devine, C.J.δ, Pierce, N.A., Yan, D.Δ, Javadian, M.Δ, Potts, D.L., Smith, W.K.* 2023. Using high frequency digital repeat photography to quantify the sensitivity of a semi-arid grassland ecosystem to the temporal repackaging of precipitation. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 338 109539.  
73.Zhang, Y., Fang, J., Smith, W.K., Wang, X.δ, Gentine, P., Scott, R., Migliavacca, M., Jeong, S., Litvak, M., Piao, S., Zhou, S. 2023. Satellite solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence tracks physiological drought stress development during 2020 southwest US drought. Global Change Biology DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16683.  
72.Poulter, B. Currey, B., Calle, L., Shiklomanov, A.N., Amaral, C.H., Brookshire, J., Campbell, P., Chlus, A., Cawse-Nicholson, K., Huemmrich, F., Miller, C.E., Miner, K., Pierrat, Z., Raiho, A.M., Schimel, D., Serbin, S., Smith, W.K.,Stavros, N., Stutz, J., Townsend, P., Thompson, D.R., Zhang, Z. 2023. Simulating global dynamic surface reflectances for imaging spectroscopy spaceborne missions ‐ LPJ‐PROSAIL. Journal of Geophysical Research–Biogeosciences DOI: 10.1029/2022JG006935. Special Issue: The Earth in Living Color: Spectroscopic and Thermal Imaging of the Earth: NASA’s Decadal Survey Surface.  
71.Dannenberg, M.P., Barnes, M.L., Smith, W.K., Johnston, M.R.Δ, Meerdink, S.K., Wang, X.δ, Scott, R.L., Biederman, J.A., Litvak, M.E., Kimball, J.S. 2023. Upscaling dryland carbon and water fluxes with artificial neural networks of optical, thermal, and microwave satellite remote sensing. Biogeosciences DOI: 10.5194/bg-20-383-2023.  
70.Yang, L., Zhang, W.δ, Schwalm, C.R., Gentine, P., Smith, W.K., Ciais, P., Kimball, J.S., Gazol, A., Kannenberg, S.A., Chen, A., Piao, S., Liu, H. Chen, D., Wu, X. 2023. Widespread vegetation phenology effects on drought recovery. Nature Climate Change DOI: 10.1038/s41558-022-01584-2. Research Highlight.  
2022 
70.Dannenberg, M.P., Barnes, M.L., Smith, W.K., Johnston, M.R.Δ, Meerdink, S.K., Wang, X.δ, Scott, R.L., Biederman, J.A., Litvak, M.E., Kimball, J.S. 2022. Upscaling dryland carbon and water fluxes with artificial neural networks of optical, thermal, and microwave satellite remote sensing. Biogeosciences Discussions DOI: 105194/bg-2022-186.  
69.Roby, M.C.δ, Scott, R.L., Biederman, J.A., Smith, W.K., Moore, D.J.P. 2022. Response of soil carbon dioxide efflux in a semiarid grassland under temporal repackaging of rainfall into fewer, larger events. Frontiers in Environmental Science DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.940943.  
68.Dashti, H.Δ, Smith, W.K.*, Huo, Xueli, Fox, A.M., Javadian, M.δ, Devine, C.J.δ, Behrangi, A., Moore, D.J.P. 2022. Underestimation of the impact of land cover change on the biophysical environment of the Arctic and Boreal Region of North America Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac8da7.  
67.Fox, A.M., Huo, X.Δ, Hoar, T.J., Dashti, H.Δ, Smith, W.K., MacBean, N., Anderson, J.L., Roby, M., Moore, D.J.P. 2022. Assimilation of global satellite leaf area estimates reduces global carbon uptake and energy loss by terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of Geophysical Research–Biogeosciences DOI: 10.1029/2022JG006830.  
66.Dannenberg, M.P., Yan, D., Barnes, M.L., Smith, W.K., Johnston, M.R.Δ, Scott, R.L., Biederman, J.A., Knowles, J.F., Wang, X.δ, Durnan, T., Litvak, M.E., Kimball, J.S., Williams, A.P., Zhang, Y. 2022. Exceptional heat and atmospheric dryness amplified losses of primary production during the 2020 U.S. Southwest hot drought. Global Change Biology DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16214.  
65.Javadian, M.δ, Smith, W.K.*, Kangsan, L.δ, Knowles, J.F., Scott, R.L., Fisher, J.B. Moore, D.J.P., van Leeuwen, W.J.D., Behrangi, A. 2022. Canopy temperature is regulated by ecosystem structural traits and captures the ecohydrologic dynamics of a semiarid mixed conifer forest site. Journal of Geophysical Research–Biogeosciences DOI: 10.1029/2021JG006617. Special Issue: The Earth in Living Color: Spectroscopic and Thermal Imaging of the Earth: NASA’s Decadal Survey Surface.  
64.Hudson, A.δ, Smith, W.K., Moore, D.J.P., Trouet, V. 2022. Length of growing season is modulated by Northern Hemisphere jet stream variability. International Journal of Climatology DOI: 10.1002/joc.7553.  
63.Wang, X.δ, Biederman, J.A., Knowles, J.F., Scott, R.L., Turner, A.J., Koehler, P., Frankenberg, C., Litvak, M.E., Flerchinger, G.N., Law, B.E., Kwon, H., Reed, S.C., Parton, W.J., Barron-Gafford G.A., Smith, W.K.* 2022. Satellite solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence and near-infrared reflectance capture complementary aspects of dryland vegetation dynamics. Remote Sensing of Environment DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2021.112858.  
62.Bastos, A., Naipal, V., Ahlstrom, A., MacBean, N., Smith, W.K., Poulter, B. 2022. Semi-arid Ecosystems. In Poulter, B., Canadell, J., Hayes, D., Thompson, R. (Eds.). Balancing Greenhouse Gas Budgets: Accounting for Natural and Anthropogenic Flows of CO2 and other Trace Gases. Elsevier. ISBN: 9780128149522.  
2021
61.Zhang, F.Δ, Biederman, J.A,Pierce, N., Potts, D., Devine, C.δ, Yanbin, H., Smith, W.K.*2021. Precipitation temporal repackaging into fewer, larger storms delayed seasonal timing of peak photosynthesis in a semi-arid grassland. Functional Ecology DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13980.  
60.Wang, S., Zhang, Y., Ju, W., Chen, J.M., Ciais, P., Cescatti, A., Sardans, J., Janssens, I.A., Wu, M., Berry, J.A., Campbell, E., Fernandez-Martinez, M., Alkama, R., Sitch, S., Friedlingstein, P., Smith, W.K., Yuan, W., He, W., Lombardozzi, D., Kautz, M., Zhu, D., Lienert, S., Kato, E., Poulter, B., Sanders, T.G.M., Krüger, I., Wang, R., Zeng, N., Tian, H., Vuichard, N., Jain, A.K., Wiltshire, A., Haverd, V., Goll, D.S., Peñuelas J. 2021. Response to Comments on “Recent global decline of CO2 fertilization effects on vegetation photosynthesis.” Science DOI: 10.1126/science.abg7484.  
59.Gampe, D., Zscheischler, J., Reichstein, M., O’Sullivan, M., Smith, W.K., Sitch, S., Buermann, W. 2021. Increasing impact of extreme droughts on northern ecosystem productivity during recent decades. Nature Climate Change DOI: 10.1038/s41558-021-01112-8.  
58.Jiao, W., Wang, L., Smith, W.K., Chang, Q., Wang, H. 2021. Observed increasing water constraint on vegetation growth over the last three decades. Nature Communications DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24016-9.  
57.Norton, C.σ, Dannenberg, M.P.Δ, Yan, D.Δ, Van Leeuwen, W.J.D., Wallace, C.S.A., Smith, W.K.* 2021. Drought and socioeconomic factors mediate irrigation dynamics in the Colorado River Basin. Remote Sensing DOI: 10.3390/rs13091659.  
56.Zhang, F.Δ, Biederman, J.A, Dannenberg, M.P. Δ, Yan, D. Δ, Reed, S.C., Smith, W.K.* 2021. Five Decades of Observed Daily Precipitation Reveal Longer and More Variable Drought Events Across Much of the Western United States. Geophysical Research Letters DOI: 10.1029/2020GL092293.  
55.Dannenberg, M.P.Δ, Smith, W.K.*, Zhang, Y., Song, C., Huntzinger, D., Moore, D.J.P. 2021. Different responses of the global terrestrial carbon cycle to central vs. eastern Pacific ENSO events. Geophysical Research LettersDOI: 10.1029/2020GL092367.  
54.Walker, A.P., De Kauwe, M.G., Bastos, A., Belmecheri, S., Georgiou, K., Keeling, R., McMahon, S., Medlyn, B.E., Moore, D.J.P., Norby R.J., Zaehle, S., …, Smith, W.K., … 2021. Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO2. New Phytologist DOI: 10.1111/nph.16866 (Faculty of 1000 Ecology).  
2020
53.Wang, S., Zhang, Y., Ju, W., Chen, J.M., Ciais, P., Cescatti, A., Sardans, J., Janssens, I.A., Wu, M., Berry, J.A., Campbell, E., Fernandez-Martinez, M., Alkama, R., Sitch, S., Friedlingstein, P., Smith, W.K., Yuan, W., He, W., Lombardozzi, D., Kautz, M., Zhu, D., Lienert, S., Kato, E., Poulter, B., Sanders, T.G.M., Krüger, I., Wang, R., Zeng, N., Tian, H., Vuichard, N., Jain, A.K., Wiltshire, A., Haverd, V., Goll, D.S., Peñuelas J. 2020. Recent global decline of CO2 fertilization effects on vegetation photosynthesis. Science 370, 1295-1300 (Faculty of 1000 Ecology).  
52.O’Sullivan, M., Smith, W.K., Sitch, S., Friedlingstein, P., Arora, V.K., Haverd, V., Jain, A., Kato, E., Kautz, M., Lombardozzi, D., Nabel, J., Tian, H., Vuichard, N., Wiltshire, A., Zhu, D., Buermann W. 2020. Climate-driven variability and trends in plant productivity over recent decades based on three global products. Global Biogeochemical Cycles DOI: 10.1029/2020GB006613.  
51.Yang, J.σ, Magney, T.,Yan, D.Δ, Knowles, J., Smith, W.K., Scott, R., Barron-Gafford, G. 2020. The photochemical reflectance index (PRI) captures the ecohydrologic sensitivity of a semi-arid mixed conifer forest. Journal of Geophysical Research–Biogeosciences DOI: 10.1029/2019JG005624.  
50.Hartman, M.D., Parton, W.J., Peck, D., Derner , J.D., Fuchs, B., Schulte, D., Smith, W.K., Chen, M., Day, K.A., Del Grosso, S.J., Lutz, S., Gao, W. 2020. Seasonal Grassland Productivity Forecast for the U.S. Great Plains using Grass-Cast. Ecosphere DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3280.  
49.Wang, X.δ, Dannenberg, M.P.Δ, Yan, D.Δ, Jones, M.O., Kimball, J.S., Moore, D.J.P., van Leeuwen, W.J.D., Didan, K., Smith, W.K.* 2020. Globally consistent patterns of asynchrony in the phenology of optical, microwave, and fluorescence satellite data. Journal of Geophysical Research–Biogeosciences DOI: 10.1029/2020JG005732.  
48.Javadian, M.σ, Behrangi, A., Smith, W.K., Fisher, J.B. 2020. Global Trends in Evapotranspiration Dominated by Increases across Large Cropland Regions. Remote Sensing DOI: 10.3390/rs12071221.  
47.Dannenberg, M.P.Δ, Wang, X.δ, Yan, D.Δ, Smith, W.K.* 2020. Phenological characteristics of global ecosystems based on optical, fluorescence, and microwave remote sensing. Remote Sensing DOI: 10.3390/rs12040671.  
46.Smith, W.K.*, Fox, A.M., MacBean, N.L., Moore, D.J.P., Parazoo, N.C. 2020. [Invited] Tansley Insight: Constraining estimates of terrestrial carbon uptake: New opportunities using long-term satellite observations and data assimilation. New Phytologist DOI: 10.1111/nph.16055.Special Issue: Innovations in plant science from integrative remote sensing research.  
2019
45.Yu, K., Smith, W.K., Trugman, A.T., Condit, R., Hubbell, S.P., Sardans, J., Peng, C., Penuelas, J., Anderegg, W.R.L. 2019. Pervasive decreases in living vegetation carbon turnover time across forest climate zones. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1821387116.  
44.Chen, M., Parton, W.J., Hartman, M.D., Del Grosso, S.J., Smith, W.K., Knapp, A.K., Lutz, S., Derner, J.D., Tucker, C.J., Ojima, D.S., Volesky, J.D., Stephenson, M.B., Gao, W. 2019. Assessing Precipitation, Evapotranspiration, and NDVI as Controls of U.S. Great Plains Plant Production. Ecosphere 10, e02889.  
43.Dannenberg, M.P.Δ, Wise, E.K., Smith, W.K.* 2019. Reduced forest growth due to asymmetric responses to intensifying precipitation extremes. Science Advances 5, eaaw0667.  
42.Smith, W.K.*, Dannenberg, M.P.Δ, Yan, D.Δ, Herrmann, S., Barnes, M.L., Barron-Gafford, G.A., Biederman, J.A., Ferrenberg, S., Fox, A.M., Hudson, A., Knowles, J.F., MacBean, N., Moore, D.J.P., Nagler, P.L., Reed, S.C., Rutherford, W.A., Scott, R.L., Wang, X.δ, Yang, J. 2019. Remote sensing of dryland ecosystem structure and function: Progress, challenges, and opportunities. Remote Sensing of Environment 233, 111401. Special Issue: 50 Years of Environmental Remote Sensing Research.    
41.Yuan, W., Zheng, Y., Piao, S., Ciais, P., Lombardozzi, D., Wang, Y., Ryu, Y., Chen, G., Cox, P., Dong, W., Hu, Z., Jain, A.K., Jiang, C., Kato, E., Li, S., Lienert, S., Liu, S., Nabel, J., Qin, Z., Quine, T., Sitch, S., Smith, W.K., Wang, F., Wu, C., Xiao, Z., Yang, S. 2019. Increased atmospheric vapor pressure deficit reduces global vegetation growth. Science Advances 5, eaax1396 (Faculty of 1000 Ecology).  
40.Renwick, K.M., Fellows, A., Flerchinger, G.N., Lohse, K.A., Clark, P.E., Smith, W.K., Emmett, K., Poulter, B. 2019. Modeling phenological controls on carbon dynamics in dryland sagebrush ecosystems. Agriculture & Forest Meteorology 274, 85-94.  
39.Bastos, A., Ciais, P., Chevallier, F., Rödenbeck, C., Ballantyne, A.P., Maignan, F., Yin, Y., Fernandez-Martinez, M., Friedlinstein, P., Peñuelas, J., Piao, S.L., Sitch, S., Smith W.K., Wang, X., Zhu, Z. et al. 2019. Contrasting effects of CO2 fertilisation, land-use change and warming on seasonal amplitude of northern hemisphere CO2 exchange. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics DOI: 10.5194/acp-2019-252.  
38.Shiklomanov, A.N., Bradley, B.A., Dahlin, K., Fox, A., Gough, C., Hoffman, F.M., Middleton, E., Serbin, S., Smallman, L., Smith, W.K. 2019. Enhancing global change experiments through integration of remote sensing techniques. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment DOI: 10.1002/fee.2031.  
37.Levesque, M.,Andreu-Hayles, L., Smith, W.K., Williams, A.P., Hobi, M.L., Pederson, N. 2019. Tree-ring isotopes capture interannual vegetation productivity dynamics at the biome scale. Nature Communications 10, 742.  
36.Smith, W.K.*, Pennington, D.N., Johnson, J.A., Nelson, E., Polasky, S., Milder, J.C., Gerber, J.S., West, P.C., Siebert, S., Brauman, K.A., Carlson, K.M., Arbuthnot, M. 2019. Voluntary sustainability standards could significantly reduce detrimental impacts of global agriculture. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1707812116.  
35.Yan, D.Δ, Scott, R.L., Moore, D.J.P.,Biederman, J.A., Smith, W.K.* 2019. Understanding the relationship between vegetation greenness and productivity across dryland ecosystems through the integration of PhenoCam, satellite, and eddy covariance data. Remote Sensing of Environment DOI:  10.1016/j.rse.2018.12.029.  
2018
34.Fox, A.M., Hoar, T.J., Anderson, J.L., Arellano, A.F., Smith, W.K., Litvak, M.E., MacBean, N., Schimel, D.S., Moore, D.J.P. 2018. Evaluation of a Data Assimilation System for Land Surface Models using CLM4.5. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems DOI: 10.1029/2018MS001362.  
33.Buermann, W., Forkel, M., O’Sullivan, M., Sitch, S.S., Friedlingstein, P., Haverd, V., Jain, A.K., Kato, E., Kautz, M., Lienert, S., Lombardozzi, D., Nabel, J.E.M.S, Tian, H., Wiltshire, A.J., Zhu, D., Smith, W.K., Richardson, A.D. 2018. Widespread seasonal compensation effects of spring warming on northern plant productivity. Nature 562, 110-114.  
32.Tucker, C., Yan, D.Δ, Dannenberg, M.P.Δ, Reed, S.C., Smith, W.K.* 2018. Science at the Frontier: Multi-method research to evaluate ecosystem change across multiple scales. New Phytologist DOI: 10.1111/nph.15195.  
31.Robinson, N.P., Allred, B.W., Smith, W.K., Jones, M.O., Moreno, A.,Erickson, T.A., Naugle, D.E., Running, S.W.. Landsat 30 m and MODIS 250 m derived terrestrial primary production for the conterminous United States. 2018. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation DOI: 10.1002/rse2.74.  
30.Sloat, L.L., Gerber, J.S., Samberg, L.H., Smith, W.K., Herrero, M., Ferreira, L.G., Godde, C.M., Power, B., Waha, K., West, P.C. 2018. Increasing importance of precipitation variability on global livestock grazing lands. Nature Climate Change 8, 214-218.  
29.Dannenberg, M.P.Δ, Wise, E.K., Janko, M., Hwang, T., Smith.W.K.* Atmospheric influence on North American land surface phenology and productivity. 2018. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aaa85a.  
28.Smith, W.K.*, Biederman, J.A., Scott, R.L., Moore, D.J.P., He, M., Kimball, J.S., Yan, D.Δ, Hudson, A., Barnes, M.L., MacBean, N., Fox, A., Litvak, M.E. Chlorophyll Fluorescence Better Captures Seasonal and Interannual Gross Primary Productivity Dynamics Across Dryland Ecosystems of Southwestern North America. 2018. Geophysical Research Letters DOI: 10.1002/2017GL075922.  
27.Wood, S.L., Jones, S.K., Johnson J.A, Brauman, K., Chaplin-Kramer, B., Smith, W.K., Fremier, A., Mulligan, M., Naeem, S., O’Farrel, P., Willemen, L., Zheng, W., DeClerck F.A. 2018. Distilling the role of ecosystem services in the Sustainable Development Goals. Ecological Services 29, 70-82.
2017 
26.Chen, M., Parton, W.J., Del Grosso S.J., Hartman, M.D., Day, K., Tucker, C.J., Derner, J.D., Knapp, A.K., Smith, W.K., Ojima, D.S., Gao, W. 2017. The signature of sea surface temperature anomalies on the dynamics of semiarid grassland productivity. Ecosphere DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2069.   
25.Liu, Y., Piao, S., Xu, L., Ciais, P., Smith, W.K. Seasonal responses of terrestrial carbon cycle to climate variation in the CMIP5 models: evaluation and projection. 2017. Journal of Climate DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0555.1.   
24.Biederman, J.A., Scott, R.L., Bell, T.W., Bowling, D.R., Dore, S., Garatuza-Payan, J., Kolb, T.E., Krishnan, P., Krofcheck, D.J., Litvak, M.E., Maurer, G.E., Meyers, T.P., Oechel, W.C., Papuga, S.A., Ponce-Campos, G.E., Rodriguez, J.C., Smith, W.K., Vargas, R., Watts, C.J., Yepez, E.A., Goulden, M.L. Carbon and water exchange across dryland ecosystems of southwestern North America. 2017. Global Change Biology DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13686.   
23.Wang, J., Dong, J., Yu, G., Wang, S., Li, G., Yi, Y., Lu, G., Li, Y., Zhang, F., Oyler, J., Smith, W.K., Zhao, M., Liu, J., Running, S.W. 2017. Decreasing net primary production due to drought and slight decreases in solar radiation in China from 2000 to 2012. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences DOI: 10.1002/2016JG003417.   
22.Ballantyne, A.P., Smith, W.K., Anderegg, W.R.L., Kauppi, P., Sarmiento, J., Tans, P., Shevliakova, E., Pan, Y., Poulter, B., Anav, A., Friedlingstein, P., Houghton, R., Running, S.W. 2017. Accelerating net terrestrial carbon uptake during the warming hiatus due to reduced respiration. Nature Climate Change 7, 148-52.   
2016 
21.Ahrestani, F.S., Smith, W.K., Hebblewhite, M., Running, S.W., Post, E. 2016. Variation in stability of elk and red deer populations with abiotic and biotic factors at the species-distribution scale. Ecology 97, 3184-94.   
20.Smith, W.K.*, Reed, S.C., Ballantyne A.P., Cleveland, C.C., Anderegg, W.R.L., Wieder W.R., Running, S.W. 2016. Large divergence of satellite and Earth system model estimates of global terrestrial CO2 fertilization. Nature Climate Change 6, 306–310 (Faculty of 1000 Ecology).   
2015 
19.Anderegg, W.R.L., Ballantyne, A.P., Smith, W.K., Majkut, J., Rabin, S., Kauppi, P., Beauleau, C., Birdsey, R., Dunne, J, Houghton, R, Myneni, R., Pan, Y., Sarmiento, J., Serota, N., Shevliakova, E., Tans, P., Pacala, S. 2015. Sensitivity of respiration to tropical nighttime warming drives increasing variability in the terrestrial carbon sink. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 112, 15591–6.   
18.Wieder, W.R., Cleveland, C.C., Smith, W.K., Todd-Brown, K. 2015. Land unlikely to become large carbon source-Response. Nature Geoscience 8, 893–894.   
17.Cleveland, C.C., Taylor, P., Chadwick, D.K., Dahlin, K., Doughty, C.E., Malhi, Y., Smith, W.K., Sullivan, B.W., Wieder, W.R., Townsend, A.R. 2015. An inter-comparison of plot-scale, satellite and earth system model estimates of tropical net primary production. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 29, 626-644.   
16.Allred, B.W., Smith, W.K., Twidwell, D., Haggerty, J.H., Running, S.W., Naugle, D.E., Fuhlenforf, S.D. 2015. Ecosystem services lost to oil and gas in North America. Science, 328, 401-403.   
15.Wieder, W.R., Cleveland, C.C., Smith, W.K., Todd-Brown, K. 2015. Nutrient availability strongly constrains future terrestrial productivity and carbon storage. Nature Geoscience 8, 441-444.   
14.Cavaleri, M.A., Reed, S.C., Smith, W.K., Wood, T.E. 2015. Urgent need for warming experiments in tropical forests. Global Change Biology, DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12860.   
2014 
13.Small, E.E., Larson K.M, Smith, W.K. 2014. Normalized Microwave Reflectance Index: Validation of Water Content Estimates from Montana Grasslands. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2014.2320597.   
12.Sullivan, B.W., Smith, W.K., Nasto, M.K., Reed, S.C., Townsend, A.R., Chazdon, R., Cleveland, C.C. 2014. Spatially robust estimates of biological nitrogen (N) fixation imply substantial human alteration of the tropical N cycle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 111, 8101-8106.   
11.Hurley, M.A., Hebblewhite, M., Gaillard, J., Dray, S., Taylor, K.A., Smith, W.K., Zager, P., Bonenfant, C. 2014. Functional analysis of NDVI curves reveals overwinter mule deer survival is driven by both spring and fall phenology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 369, 20130196.   
10.Wang, J., Dong, J., Liu, J., Huang, M., Li, G., Running, S.W., Smith, W.K., Harris, W., Fujinuma, Y., Kondo, H., Lui, Y., Hirano, T., Gamo, M., Xiao, X. 2014. Comparison of Gross Primary Productivity Estimates derived from GIMMS NDVI3g, GIMMS, and MODIS in Southeast Asia. Remote Sensing 6, 2108-2133.   
9.Smith, W.K., Cleveland, C.C., Reed, S.C., Running, S.W. 2014. Agricultural conversion without external water and nutrient inputs reduces terrestrial vegetation productivity. Geophysical Research Letters 41, 449-455.   
2013 
8.Haberl, H., Erb, K.H., Krausmann, F., Running, S.W., Searchinger, T.D., Smith, W.K. 2013. Bioenergy: how much can we expect for 2050? Environmental Research Letters 8, 031004.   
7.Cleveland, C.C., Houlton, B.Z., Smith, W.K., Marklein, A.R., Reed, S.C., Parton, W.J., Del Grosso, S.J., Running, S.W. 2013. Patterns of new versus recycled primary production in the terrestrial biosphere. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 110, 12733-12737.   
2012 
6.Running, S.W., Smith, W.K. 2012. Pushing the Planetary Boundaries-Response. Science 338, 1420-1420.   
5.Smith, W.K., Zhao, M., Running, S.W. 2012. Global bioenergy capacity as constrained by observed biospheric productivity rates. BioScience 62, 911-922.   
4.Smith, W.K., Cleveland, C.C., Reed, S.C., Miller, N.L., Running, S.W. 2012. Bioenergy potential of the United States constrained by satellite observations of existing productivity. Environmental Science & Technology 46, 3536-3544.   
3.Rout, M.E., Chrzanowski, T.H., Smith, W.K.,Gough L. 2012. Ecological impacts of the invasive grass Sorghum halepense on native tallgrass prairie. Biological Invasions 15, 327-339.   
2009-2011 
2.Smith, W.K., Gao, W., Steltzer, H., Wallenstein, M.D., Tree, R. 2010. Moisture availability influences the effect of ultraviolet-B radiation on leaf litter decomposition. Global Change Biology 16, 484-495.   
1.Smith, W.K., Gao, W., Steltzer, H. 2009. Current and future impacts of ultraviolet radiation on the terrestrial carbon balance. Frontiers of Earth Science 3, 34-41.