Michael E. Loik

University of California, Santa Cruz — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

39h-index8.4kcitations123works18.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics(59), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(37), Plant responses to elevated CO2(23), Rangeland and Wildlife Management(15), Plant and animal studies(13)

Publications122 total

Growth form and lifespan of herbaceous species mediate the role of traits in short-term drought response.
Open Access CRIS of the University of Bern·2026Open Access
Growth form and lifespan of herbaceous species mediate the role of traits in short-term drought response
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2026
Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity
Science·2025· 15 cited
Summer precipitation pulse response in western Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia Englm.)
Plant Ecology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Soil biome variation of <i>Lupinus nipomensis</i> in wet‐cool vs. dry‐warm microhabitats and greenhouse
American Journal of Botany·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Rapid shifts in grassland communities driven by climate change
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2024· 43 citedOpen Access
Aspect Differences in Vegetation Type Drive Higher Evapotranspiration on a Pole‐Facing Slope in a California Oak Savanna
Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences·2024· 8 citedOpen Access
Drought and vegetation restoration lead to shifts in soil microbial diversity and co-occurrence networks in California coastal prairie
Plant and Soil·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
Press, pulse, and squeeze: Is climatic equilibrium ever possible on mountains?
Biological Conservation·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Aspect Differences in Vegetation Type Drive Higher Evapotranspiration on a Pole-facing Slope in a California Oak Savanna
2024Open Access
Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2024· 140 citedOpen Access
Accounting for herbaceous communities in process‐based models will advance our understanding of “grassy” ecosystems
Global Change Biology·2023· 9 citedOpen Access
Toward Sustainable Greenhouses Using Battery-Free LiFi-Enabled Internet of Things
IEEE Communications Magazine·2023· 15 citedOpen Access
Form and Function of Cacti
University of Arizona Press eBooks·2023· 3 cited
The Future of Invasion Science Needs Physiology
BioScience·2022· 20 citedOpen Access
Effect of nitrogen addition on leaf photosynthesis and water use efficiency of the dominant species Leymus chinensis (Trin.) Tzvelev in a semi-arid meadow steppe
Plant Growth Regulation·2022· 13 citedOpen Access
Adjustments in physiological and morphological traits suggest drought‐induced competitive release of some California plants
Ecology and Evolution·2022· 20 citedOpen Access
Leaf traits and phylogeny explain plant survival and community dynamics in response to extreme drought in a restored coastal grassland
Journal of Applied Ecology·2021· 28 cited
Water and Light‐Use Efficiency Are Enhanced Under Summer Coastal Fog in a California Agricultural System
Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences·2021· 27 cited
Tropicalization of temperate ecosystems in North America: The northward range expansion of tropical organisms in response to warming winter temperatures
Global Change Biology·2021· 226 citedOpen Access
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Travis E. Huxman(12), Stanley D. Smith(10), David T. Tissue(10), John Harte(8), Melinda D. Smith(5), Alan K. Knapp(5), Osvaldo E. Sala(5), John C. Zak(4), Karen D. Holl(4), Erik P. Hamerlynck(4), Alden B. Griffith(4), Kiona Ogle(3), Greg A. Barron‐Gafford(3), Jessica M. Cable(3), Wei Sun(3), Sean Patrick Redar(3), Philip A. Fay(2), M. Rebecca Shaw(2), Jake F. Weltzin(2), William T. Pockman(2)