Peer reviewed papers:

2008

Luo YQ, ES Weng, XW Wu, C Gao, XH Zhou, L. Zhang. Parameter Identifiability, Constraint, and Equifinality in Data Assimilation with Ecosystem Models. Ecological Applications. In press

 Zhou T and YQ Luo. 2008. Spatial Patterns of Ecosystem Carbon Residence Time and NPP-Driven Carbon Uptake in the Conterminous USA. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. In press

 Liu M, HL He, GR Yu, YQ Luo, XM Sun and HM Wang (2008) Uncertainty analysis of CO2 flux components in subtropical evergreen coniferous plantation. Science in China Series D: Earth Sciences In press.

 Knapp AK, C Beier, DD Briske, AT Classen, YQ Luo, M Reichstein, MD Smith, SD Smith, JE Bell, PA Fay, JL Heisler, SW Leavitt, R Sherry, B Smith and ES Weng. (200-) Consequences of more extreme precipitation regimes for terrestrial ecosystems. BioSciences In press

 Gerten D, Luo Y, le Maire G, Parton WJ, Keough C, Weng E, Beier C, Ciais P, Cramer W, Dukes JS, Emmett B, Hanson PJ, Knapp A, Linder S, Nepstad D, Rustad L. Modelled Modelled Effects of Precipitation on Ecosystem Carbon and Water Dynamics in Different Climatic Zones. Global Change Biology. In press. PDF

 Luo Y, Gerten D, le Maire G, Parton WJ, Weng E, Zhou X, Keough C, Beier C, Ciais P, Cramer W, Dukes JS, Emmett B, Hanson PJ, Knapp A, Linder S, Nepstad D, Rustad L. Modelled Interactive Effects of Precipitation, Temperature, and CO2 on Ecosystem Carbon and Water Dynamics in Different Climatic Zones. Global Change Biology. In press. PDF

  Zhang, D., D. Hui, Y. Luo and G. Zhou, 2008. Rates of litter decomposition in terrestrial ecosystems: global patterns and controlling factors. Journal of Plant Ecology, doi: 10.1093/jpe/rtn002. PDF

  White L.,  and Y. Luo, 2008. Modeling and inversion of net ecological exchange data using an Ito stochastic differential equation approach. Applied Mathematics and Computation 196: 686–704. PDF

  Chen, JQ, B Zhao, WW Ren, SC Saunders, ZJ Ma, B Li, YQ Luo, JK Chen. 2008. Invasive Spartina and Reduced Sediments: Shanghai’s Dangerous Silver Bullet. Journal of Plant Ecology, 1: 79–84 doi: 10.1093/jpe/rtn007 PDF

  Liao, C., R. Peng, Y. Luo, X. Zhou, X. Wu, C. Fang, J. Chen, and B. Li, 2008. Altered ecosystem carbon and nitrogen cycles by plant invasion: a meta-analysis. New Phytologist, 177: 706–714, PDF  Appendix

  Liao, C., Y. Luo C. Fang, J. Chen, and B. Li, 2008. Litter pool sizes, decomposition, and nitrogen dynamics in Spartina alterniflora-invaded and native coastal marshlands of the Yangtze Estuary. Oecologia, PDF

  Weng, Ensheng, Luo, Yiqi, 2008. Soil hydrological properties regulate grassland ecosystem responses to multifactor global change: a modeling analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences. doi:10.1029/2007JG000539.(in press) PDF

   Zhou, X., E. Weng, Y. Luo,  2008. Modeling Patterns of nonlinearity in ecosystem responses to temperature, CO2, and precipitation changes. Ecological Applications, 18, 453~466. PDF 

2007

Liao, C., Y. Luo, L. Jiang, X. Zhou, X. Wu, C. Fang, J. Chen, and B. Li, 2007. Invasion of Spartina alterniflora Enhanced Ecosystem Carbon and Nitrogen Stocks in the Yangtze Estuary, China. EcosystemsPDF

Quan, W., C. Fu, B. Jin, Y. Luo, B. Li, J. Chen, J. Wu, 2007. Tidal marshes as energy sources for commercially important nektonic organisms: stable isotope analysis. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 352: 89–99. PDF

Luo, Y., 2007. Terrestrial carbon cycle feedback to climate warming. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, & Systematics, 38: 683-712. PDF

Pataki, D.E., T. Xu, Y. Luo, J.R. Ehleringer. 2007. Inferring biogenic and anthropogenic CO2 sources across an urban to rural gradient. Oecologia, 152: 307~322. PDF

Sherry, A., X. Zhou, S. Gu, J. A. Amone III, D. S. Schimel, P. S. Verburg, L. L. Wallace, and Y. Luo. 2007. Divergence of reproductive phenology under climate warming. PNAS, 104: 198-202. PDF

Zhou, X, Liu X, Wallace LL, Luo, Y. 2007. Photosynthetic and respiratory acclimation to experimental warming for four species in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 49: 270-281. PDF

Zhou, X, Wan S, Luo Y. 2007. Source components and interannual variability of soil CO2 efflux under experimental warming and clipping in a grassland ecosystem. Global Change Biology, 13: 761~775. PDF

Cheng, X., R. Peng, J. Chen, Y. Luo, Q. Zhang, S. An, J. Chen, and B. Li. 2007. CH4 and N2O emissions from Spartina alterniflora and Phragmites australis in experimental mesocosms. Chemosphere, 68: 420–427 PDF

Canadell, J.G., D. Pataki, R. Gifford, R. Houghton, Y. Luo, M. Raupach, P. Smith, W. Steffen. 2007. Saturation of the Terrestrial Carbon Sink. Pp. 81-100. In: Canadell JG, Pataki D, Pitelka L (eds) Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World. IGBP Series, Springer, Berlin

2006

Zhou X, Sherry R, An Y, Wallace LL, Luo Y 2006  Main and interactive effects of warming, clipping, and doubled precipitation on soil CO2 efflux in a grassland ecosystem. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 20, GB1003, doi: 10.1029/ 2005GB002526.PDF

White, L., F. White, Y. Luo, and T. Xu. 2006. Estimation of parameters in carbon sequestration models from net carbon exchange data. Applied Mathematics and Computation, 181: 864-879. PDF

Wang, Q., C. H. Wang, B. Zhao, Z. J. Ma, Y. Q. Luo, J. K. Chen, and B. Li. 2006. Effects of growing conditions on the growth of and interactions between salt marsh plants: implications for invasibility of habitats. Biological invasions, 8: 1547-1560. PDF

Xu, T., L. White, D. Hui, and Y. Luo. 2006. Probabilistic inversion of a terrestrial ecosystem model: analysis of uncertainty in parameter estimation and model prediction. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, GB2007. PDF

Reich, P. B., B. A. Hungate, and Y. Luo. 2006. Carbon-Nitrogen interactions in terrestrial ecosystems in response to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 37: 611-636. PDF

Luo Y, and X. Zhou. 2006. Soil Respiration and the Environment. Academic Press. PDF (Chapter 1)

Luo, Y., D. Hui, and D. Zhang. 2006. Elevated CO2 stimulates net accumulations of carbon and nitrogen in land ecosystems: a meta-analysis. Ecology, 87(1): 53-63. PDF

Luo, Y., C. B. Field, and R. B. Jackson. 2006. Does nitrogen constrain carbon cycling, or does carbon input stimulate nitrogen cycling? Ecology, 87(1): PDF

Cheng, X., Y. Luo, J. Chen, G. Lin, J. Chen, and B. Li. 2006. Short-term C4 plant Spartina alterniflora invasions change the soil carbon in C3 plant-dominated tidal wetlands on a growing estuarine Island. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 38: 3380-3386. PDF

Cheng, X., S. An, B. Li, J. Chen, G. Lin, Y. Liu, Y. Luo, and S. Liu. 2006. Summer rain pulse size and rainwater uptake by three dominant desert plants in a desertified grassland ecosystem in northwestern China. Plant Ecology, 184: 1-12. PDF

2005

An, Y., S. Wan, X. Zhuo, A.A. Subedar, L.L. Wallace, and Y. Luo. 2005. Plant Nitrogen Concentration, Use Efficiency, and Contents in a Tallgrass Prairie Ecosystem under Experimental Warming. Global Change Biology. 11: 1733-1744. PDF

White, L. and Y. Luo. 2005. Model-based CO2 data assessment for terrestrial carbon processes: Implications for sampling strategy in FACE experiments. Applied Mathematics and Computation. 167: 419-434. PDF

 Jiang, L., F. Shi, B. Li, Y. Luo, J. Chen, J. Chen. 2005. Separating rhizosphere respiration from total soil respiration in two larch plantations in northeastern China. Tree Physiology. 25:1187-1195.PDF

 Zhang, W., K. Parker, Y. Luo, S. Wan, L.L. Wallace, and S. Hu, 2005. Soil microbial responses to experimental warming and clipping in a tallgrass prairie. Global Change Biology. 11:266-277.PDF

White,L.W., Y. Luo, and T. Xu. 2005. Carbon sequestration: inversion of FACE data and prediction. Applied Mathematics and Computation, 163: 783-800. PDF

Wan, S., D. Hui, L. Wallace, and Y. Luo. 2005. Direct and indirect effects of experimental warming on ecosystem carbon processes in a tallgrass prairie. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 19, GB2014, doi:10.1029/2004GB002315. PDF

2004

Hui, D.,and Y. Luo. 2004.Evaluation of soil CO2 production and transport in Duke Forest using a process-based modeling approach. Global Biogeochemical cycles, 18, GB4029, doi:10.1029/2004GB002297. PDF

Luo, Y, Su B, Currie WS, Dukes JS, Finzi A, Hartwig U, Hungate B, Mcnurtrie RE, Oren R, Parton WJ, Pataki DE, Shaw MR, Zak DR, and Field CB. 2004. Progressive nitrogen limitation of ecosystem responses to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide. BioScience, 54(8): 731-739. PDF

Luo, Y. 2004. Book Reviews: The Wondering-Land of Ecological Modeling. Ecology, 85(10): 2911-2912. PDF

Hanson PJ, Amthor JS, Wullschleger SD,Wilson KB, Grant RF, Hartley A, Hui DF, Hunt ER, Johnson DW, Kimball JS, King AW, Luo Y, McNulty SG, Sun G, Thornton PE, Wang S, Williams M, Baldocchi DD, and Cushman RM. 2004. Oak forest carbon and water simulations: Model intercomparisons and evaluations against independent data. Ecological Monographs, 74(3): 443-489. PDF

Luo Y, White L, Hui DF. 2004. Comment on "Impacts of fine root turnover on forest NPP and soil C sequestration potential". Science, 304 (5678): JUN 18. PDF

Verburg PSJ, Arnone JA, Obrist D, Schorran DE, Evans RD, Leroux-Swarthout D, Johnson DW, Luo Y, Coleman JS. 2004. Net ecosystem carbon exchange in two experimental grassland ecosystems. Global Change Biology, 10 (4): 498-508. PDF

Pendall E, Bridgham S, Hanson PJ, Hungate B, Kicklighter DW, Johnson DW, Law BE, Luo Y, Megonigal JP, Olsrud M, Ryan MG, Wan SQ. 2004. Below-ground process responses to elevated CO2 and temperature: a discussion of observations, measurement methods, and models. New Phytologist, 162 (2): 311-322. PDF

Norby RJ, and Luo Y. 2004. Evaluating ecosystem responses to rising atmospheric CO2 and global warming in a multi-factor world. New Phytologist, 162 (2): 281-293. PDF

Hui DF, Wan SQ, Su B, Katul G, Monson R, and Luo Y. 2004. Gap-filling missing data in eddy covariance measurements using multiple imputation (MI) for annual estimations, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 121 (1-2): 93-111. PDF

2003

Hungate BA, Dukes JS, Shaw MR, Luo Y, Field CB. 2003. Nitrogen and climate change. Science, 302 (5650): 1512-1513. PDF

Luo Y. 2003. Uncertainties in interpretation of isotope signals for estimation of fine root longevity: theoretical considerations. Global Change Biology, 9 (7): 1118-1129. PDF

Wan SQ, Luo Y. 2003. Substrate regulation of soil respiration in a tallgrass prairie: Results of a clipping and shading experiment Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 17 (2): Art. No. 1054. PDF

Luo, Y., L. W. White, J.G. Canadell, E.H. DeLucia, D.S. Ellsworth, A.Finzi, J. Lichter, and W. H. Schlesinger. 2003. Sustainability of terrestrial carbon sequestration: A case study in Duke Forest with inversion approach. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 17 (1): Art. No. 1021. PDF

Hui, D., Y. Luo, and G. Katul. 2003. Partitioning interannual variability in net ecosystem exchange into climatic variability and functional change. Tree Physiology, 23:433-442. PDF

2002

Davidson, E.A., K. Savage, P. Bolstad, D.A. Clark, P.S. Curtis, D.S. Ellsworth, P.J. Hanson, B.E. Law, Y. Luo, K.S. Pregitzer, J.C. Randolph, D. Zak. 2002. Belowground carbon allocation in forests estimated from annual litterfall and IRGA-based soil respiration measurements. Agricultural and Forest Meterology, 113:39-51. PDF

Wan, S., T. Yuan, S. Bowdish, L.L. Wallace, S. Russell, and Y. Luo, 2002. Response of an allergenic species, Ambrosis psilostachya, to experimental warming and clipping: implications for public health under global change. American Journal of Botany. 89:1843-1846. PDF

Wan, S., Y. Luo, and L.L. Wallace. 2002. Changes in microclimate induced by experimental warming and clipping in tallgrass prairie. Global Change Biology. 8: 754-768. PDF

Liu, X, S. Wan, B. Su, D. Hui, Y. Luo. 2002. Response of soil CO2 efflux to water manipulation in a tallgrass prairie ecosystem. Plant and Soil, 240: 213-223. PDF

White, L and Y. Luo. 2002. Inverse analysis for estimating carbon transfer coefficients in Duke Forest. Applied Mathematics and Computation. 130:101-120. PDF

Miao, S., Y. Luo, Y. Liu, D. Hui. 2002. Structure and Functional Response of Plants to Global Climate Change. Pp. 121-143. In Wu, J. and X. Han (eds). Lectures in Modern Ecology: From Basic Science to Environmental Issues. Science Press, Beijing. China. (In Chinese with English abstract).

Hui, D., D.A. Sims, D.W. Johnson, W. Cheng and Y. Luo. 2002. Effects of gradual versus step carbon dioxide increase on Plantago growth at two nitrogen levels. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 47:51-66. PDF

2001

Luo, Y., S. Wan, D. Hui, L. Wallace. 2001. Acclimatization of soil respiration to warming in a tall grass prairie. Nature, 413: 622-625. PDF

Wan, S, D. Hui, and Y. Luo. 2001. Fire Effects on ecosystem nitrogen pools and dynamics: A meta-analysis. Ecological Application 11: 1349-1365. PDF

Luo, Y., L.H. Wu, J.A. Andrews, L. White, R. Matamala, K.V.R. Schafer, W.H. Schelesinger. 2001. Elevated CO2 differentiates ecosystem carbon processes: deconvolution analysis of Duke forest FACE data. Ecological Monographs, 71: 357-376. PDF

Luo, Y.  2001. Transient ecosystem responses to free-air CO2 enrichment: Experimental evidence and methods of analysis.  New Phytologist. 152:3-8.

Wullschleger, S.D., R.B. Jackson, W.S. Currie, A.D. Friend, Y. Luo, F. Mouillot, Y. Pan, and G. Shao. 2001. Below-ground processes in gap models for simulating forest responses to global change. Climate Change 51:449-473.PDF

Hui, D., Y. Luo, D.W. Johnson, W. Cheng, J.S. Coleman and D.A. Sims. 2001. Canopy radiation and water use efficiency as affected by elevated CO2. Global Change Biology 7, 75-91. PDF

Luo, Y., B. Medlyn, D. Hui, D. Ellsworth, J.F. Reynolds, and G. Katul. 2001. Gross primary productivity in the Duke Forest: Modeling synthesis of the free-air CO2 enrichment experiment and eddy-covariance measurements. Ecological Applications, 11: 239-252. PDF

2000

Luo, Y., D. Hui, W. Cheng, J.S. Coleman, D.W. Johnson, and D.A. Sims. 2000. Canopy quantum yield in a mesocosm study. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 100, 35-48. PDF

Cheng, W. D.A. Sims, Y. Luo, J.S. Coleman, D.W. Johnson. Photosynthesis, respiration, and net primary production of sunflower stands in ambient and elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations: An invariant NPP:GPP ratio? Global Change Biology 6,931-942. PDF

 Cheng, W., D.A. Sims, Y. Luo, D. Johnson, T. Ball, and J.S. Coleman. 2000. Carbon budgeting in plant--soil mesocosms under elevated CO2: locally missing carbon? Global Change Biology. 6: 99-110.PDF

1999

Peterson, A.G., J.T. Ball, Y. Luo, C.B. Field, P.S. Curtis, K.L. Griffin, C.A. Gunderson, R.J. Norby, D.T. Tissue, M. Forstreuter, A. Rey, C.S. Vogel, and CMEAL participants. 1999. Quantifying the response of photosynthesis to changes in leaf nitrogen content and leaf mass per area in plants grown atmospheric CO2 enrichment. Plant, Cell and Environment, 22, 1109-1119. PDF

Griffin, K.L. and Y. Luo. 1999. An experimental study on the sensitivity and acclimation of Glycine max (L.) Merr. leaf photosynthesis to CO2 partial pressure, a direct test of the leaf-level function. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 2, 141-. PDF

Cheng, W., D.A. Sims, Y. Luo, D. Johnson, T. Ball, and J.S. Coleman. Demonstration of Complete Carbon Budgeting in Plant-Soil Mesocosms under Elevated CO2: Locally Missing Carbon? 2000 Global Change Biology, 6, 99-109 PDF

Luo, Y. and H.A. Mooney. (Eds.) 1999. Carbon Dioxide and Environmental Stress. Academic Press, San Diego. Pp 418.

Luo, Y. 1999. Scaling against environmental and biological variability: General Principles and A case study. Pp. 309-331. In: Luo, Y. and H.A. Mooney. (Eds.) Carbon Dioxide and Environmental Stress. Academic Press, San Diego. PDF

Luo, Y., Canadell, J. and H.A. Mooney. 1999. Interactive effects of carbon dioxide and environmental stress on plants and ecosystems: A synthesis. Pp.393-408. In: Luo, Y. and H. A. Mooney. (Eds.) Carbon Dioxide and Environmental Stress. Academic Press, San Diego. PDF

Mooney, H. A. and Y. Luo. 1999. Preface. Pp. xiii-xiv. In: Luo, Y. and H.A. Mooney. (Eds.) Carbon Dioxide and Environmental Stress. Academic Press, San Diego.

Luo, Y. and J. F. Reynolds. 1999. Validity of extrapolating field CO2 experiments to predict carbon sequestration in natural ecosystems. Ecology, 80:1568-1583. PDF

Sims, D.A., W. Cheng, Y. Luo, and J. R. Seemann. 1999. Photosynthetic acclimation to elevated CO2 in a sunflower canopy. Journal of Experimental Botany, 50, 645-653. PDF

Luan, J., Y. Luo, and J. F. Reynolds. 1999. Responses of a loblolly pine ecosystem to CO2 enrichment in Duke forest: a modeling analysis. Tree Physiology. 19:279-287. PDF

Peterson, A.G., J. T. Ball, Y. Luo, C.B. Field, P. B. Reich, P.S. Curtis, K.L. Griffin, C.A. Gunderson, R.J. Norby, D. T. Tissue, M. Forstreuter, A. Rey, C. S. Vogel, and CMEAL participants. 1999. The photosynthesis-leaf nitrogen relationship at ambient and elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide: A meta-analysis. Global Change Biology. 5:331-346. PDF

Luo, Y. 1999. Ecological use of natural CO2 springs. Ecology. 80:353-354. PDF

Peterson, A.G. and CMEAL participants. 1999. Reconciling the apparent difference between mass- and area-based expression of photosynthesis-nitrogen relationship. Oecologia. 118:144-150. PDF

Luo, Y., J. F. Reynolds, Y.P. Wang, and D. Wolfe. 1999. A search for predictive understanding of plant responses to elevated CO2. Global Change Biology. 5:143-156. PDF

1998

Sims, D.A., Y. Luo, and J. Seemann. 1998. Importance of leaf vs. whole plant CO2 environment for photosynthetic acclimation. Plant, Cell and Environment. 21:1189-1196. PDF

Wolfe, D.W., R.M. Gifford, D. Hilbert, and Y. Luo. 1998. Integration of photosynthetic acclimation to CO2 at the whole-plant level. Global Change Biology. 4:879-893. PDF

Sims, D.A., Y. Luo, and J. Seemann. 1998. Comparison of photosynthetic acclimation to elevated CO2 and limited nitrogen supply in soybean. Plant, Cell and Environment. 21:945-952. PDF

Sims, D.A., J. Seemann, and Y. Luo. 1998. The significance of differences in the mechanisms of photosynthetic acclimation to light, nitrogen, and CO2 for return on investment in leaves. Functional Ecology. 12:185-194. PDF

Sims, D.A., J. Seemann, and Y. Luo. 1998. Elevated CO2 concentration has independent effects on expansion rates and thickness of soybean leaves across light and nitrogen gradients, Journal of Experimental Botany. 49:583-591. PDF

Luo, Y, D.A. Sims, K.L. Griffin. 1998. Nonlinearity of photosynthetic responses to growth in rising atmospheric CO2: An experimental and modeling study. Global Change Biology. 4:173-183. PDF

1997

Raffiee, K., Y. Luo and S. Song. 1997. The economic cost of species preservation: the Northwestern Nevada Cui-ui. The Review of Regional Studies. 27:277-295. PDF

Luo, Y., J.L. Chen, J.F. Reynolds, C.B. Field, and H.A. Mooney. 1997. Disproportional increases in photosynthesis and plant biomass in a California grassland exposed to elevated CO2: A simulation analysis. Functional Ecology. 11:697-704. PDF

Luo, Y.,C. B. Field, and H. A. Mooney. 1997. Applying GePSi (Generic Plant Simulator) for modeling studies in the Jasper Ridge CO2 project. Ecological Modeling. 94:81-88.PDF

1996

Luo, Y. 1997. Quantifying global terrestrial carbon influx and storage as stimulated by an increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration. pp. 129-140. In C.M. Isaacs and V.L. Tharp (eds.) Proceedings of the Thirteen Annual Pacific Climate (PACLIM) Workshop, April 15-18, 1996. Interagency Ecological Program, Technical Report 53. California Department of Water Resource. PDF

Luo, Y. and H. A. Mooney. 1996. Stimulation of global photosynthetic carbon influx by an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration. pp. 381-397. In G. W. Koch and H. A. Mooney (eds.) Carbon Dioxide and Terrestrial Ecosystems. Academic Press, San Diego.

Griffin, K.L., P.D. Ross, D.A. Sims, Y. Luo, J.R. Seemann, C.A. Fox, and J.T. Ball. 1996. EcoCELLs: Tools for mesocosm scale measurements of gas exchange. Plant, Cell and Environment, 19:1210-1221. PDF

Luo, Y., R.B. Jackson, C.B. Field, and H.A. Mooney. 1996. Elevated CO2 increases belowground respiration in California grasslands. Oecologia. 108:130-137. PDF

Field, C.B., A. Ruimy, Y. Luo, C.M. Malmstrom, J.F. Randerson, M. Thompson. 1996. VEMAP: Model shootout at the sub-continental corral. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 11:313-314. PDF

Griffin, K.L. and Y. Luo. 1996. Biome responses to CO2 and climate change: Review of symposium on Transdisciplinary Evidence for Biome Responses to CO2 x Climate Change Across Glacial/Interglacial Boundaries. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 77:164-166. PDF

Luo, Y., D. Sims, R. Thomas, D. Tissue, and J. T. Ball. 1996. Sensitivity of leaf photosynthesis to CO2 concentration is an invariant function for C3 plants: A test with experimental data and global applications. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 10:209-222. PDF

1995

Luo, Y. and H. A. Mooney. 1995. Long-term studies on carbon influx into global terrestrial ecosystems: Issues and approaches. Journal of Biogeography. 22:797-803. PDF

Jackson, R. B., Y. Luo, Z. G. Cardon, O. E. Sala, C. B. Field, and H. A. Mooney. 1995. Photosynthesis, growth, and density for the dominant species in a CO2-enriched grassland. Journal of Biogeography. 22:221-225. PDF

Luo, Y., P.A. Meyerhoff, and R.S. Loomis. 1995. Seasonal patterns and vertical distribution of fine roots of alfalfa [Medicago sativa, L.]. Field Crops Research. 40:119-127. PDF

1994

Luo, Y., C.B. Field, and H.A. Mooney. 1994. Predicting responses of photosynthesis and root fraction to elevated CO2: Interaction among carbon, nitrogen and growth. Plant, Cell and Environment. 17:1195-1204. PDF

Nobel, P.S., M. Cui, P. Miller, Y. Luo, 1994. Influences of soil volume and an elevated CO2 level on growth and CO2 exchange for the Crassulacean acid metabolism plant Opuntia ficus-indica. Physiologia Plantarum 90: 173-180. PDF

1993 and before

Luo, Y. and P.S. Nobel, 1993. Growth characteristics of newly initiated cladodes of Opuntiaficus-indica as affected by drought, light and elevated CO2. Physiologia Plantarum 87:467-474. PDF

Luo, Y. and P.S. Nobel, 1992. Carbohydrate partitioning and compartmental analysis for a highly productive CAM plant, Opuntia ficus-indica. Annals of Botany 70:551-559. PDF

Luo, Y., R.S. Loomis, and T.C. Hsiao 1992. Simulation of soil temperature in crops. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 61:23-38. PDF

Luo, Y., 1991. Environmental and developmental physiology of alfalfa (Medicago sativa, L.) integrated with the simulation model ALFALFA. Ph.D. Diss., University of California, Davis, 197p.

Loomis, R.S., Y. Luo, and P. Kooman, 1990. Integration of activities in the higher plant. pp. 105-124. In R. Rabbinge, J. Goudriaan, H. van Keulen, F.W.T. Penning de Vries, and H.H. van Laar (eds.). Theoretical Production Ecology: reflections and prospects. Pudoc, Wageningen, The Netherlands. 318p. PDF

Zhu, Q., X. Cao, and Y. Luo, 1988. Growth analysis on process of grain filling in rice. Acta Agronomica Sinica 14:182-191. PDF

Mo, H., C. Jiang,Y. Luo, and D. Yao, 1986. A hereditary disease in common wheat (Triticumaestivum, L.). Hereditas (Beijing) 8:11-14.

Mo H., X. Hu, and Y. Luo, 1986. Genetic analysis on quantitative characters of Corn (Zeamays, L.) II. The characteristics of high-yielding genotype in hybrid populations. Journal of Jiangsu Agriculture College 7:1-8.

Mo, H., J. Chang, Y. Luo, J. Kua. 1984. Translating book Principles of Crop Improvement by N.W. Simmonds from English to Chinese. Jiangsu Science & Technology Press, China.

Mo H., X. Hu, and Y. Luo, 1984. Genetic analysis on quantitative characters of Corn (Zeamays, L.) I. Genetic Potential and its utilization of corn inbreds in China. Acta Genetica Sinica 11:270-275.

Luo, Y. 1983. A Textbook Agricultural Experimentation: Design and Analysis. 137p. Jiangsu Agricultural College, China.

Luo, Y. 1981. A review on mechanisms of male-sterility of rice plant in cool environment. Plant Physiology Communications. 6:18-21.

 

Books:

Luo, Y. and H.A. Mooney. (Eds.) 1999. Carbon Dioxide and Environmental Stress Academic Press, San Diego. Pp 418. at Amazon, at Barnes & Noble, at ecampus

Luo, Y. and Zhou, X., 2006. Soil Respiration and the Environment. Academic Press, San Diego. pp. 316. Amazon