Publications

Please see my Google Scholar page for the most updated list of publications. 

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2023

• Jones, M. W., Sebestyen, S. D., Dymond, S. F., Ng, G. C., & Feng, X. (2023). Soil frost controls streamflow generation processes in headwater catchments. Journal of Hydrology, 617, 128801. Link

2022

• Potkay, A., & Feng, X. (2022). Do stomata optimize turgor‐driven growth?: A new framework for integrating stomata response with whole‐plant hydraulics and carbon balance. New Phytologist. In press. 

• Feng, X., Lu, Y., Jiang, M., Katul, G., Manzoni, S., Mrad, A., Vico, G. (2022). Instantaneous stomatal optimization results in suboptimal carbon gain due to legacy effects. Link

• Manzoni, S., Fatichi, S., Feng, X., Katul, G. G., Way, D., & Vico, G. (2022). Consistent responses of vegetation gas exchange to elevated atmospheric CO 2 emerge from heuristic and optimization models. Biogeosciences, 19(17), 4387-4414. Link

• Lu, Y., Sloan, B., Thompson, S. E., Konings, A. G., Bohrer, G., Matheny, A., & Feng, X. (2022). Intra‐Specific Variability in Plant Hydraulic Parameters Inferred From Model Inversion of Sap Flux Data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127(6), e2021JG006777. Link

• Kassuelke, S. R., Dymond, S. F., Feng, X., Savage, J. A., Wagenbrenner, J. W. (2022). Understory Evapotranspiration Rates in a Coast Redwood Forest. Ecohydrology, e2404. Link

2021

• Sloan, B., Thompson, S. E., and X. Feng (2021). Plant hydraulic transport controls transpiration response to soil water stress. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 25 (8), 4259-4274. Link

• Bai, Y., Liu, Y., Kueppers, L. M., Feng, X., Yu, K., Yang, X., Li, X., and J. Huang (2021). The coupled effect of soil and atmospheric constraints on the vulnerability and water use of two desert riparian ecosystems. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 311,108701. Link

• Kannenberg, S. A., Guo, J. S., Novick, K. A., Anderegg, W. R. L., Feng, X., Kennedy, D., Konings, A. G., Martinez-Vilalta, J., and A., M. Matheny (2021). Opportunities, challenges, and pitfalls in characterizing plant water-use strategies. Functional Ecology. (published online). Link

• Wu, G., Guan, K., Li, Y., Novick, K.A., Feng, X., McDowell, N. G., Konings, A.G., Thompson, S. E., Kimball, J. S., De Kauwe, M.G., Ainsworth, E. A. and C. Jiang (2021). Interannual variability of ecosystem iso/anisohydry is regulated by environmental dryness. New Phytologist, 229 (5), 2562-2575. Link

2020

• Feng, X., Deventer, M.J., Lonchar, R., Ng, G.C., Sebestyen, S.D., Roman, D.T., Griffis, T.J., Millet, D.B. and Kolka, R.K. (2020). Climate sensitivity of peatland methane emissions mediated by seasonal hydrologic dynamics. Geophysical Research Letters, p.e2020GL088875. Link

• Schwartz, N.B., Lintner, B.R., Feng, X. and Powers, J.S. (2020). Beyond MAP: A guide to dimensions of rainfall variability for tropical ecology. Biotropica. Link

• Liu, Y., Kumar, M., Katul, G.G., Feng, X. and Konings, A.G. (2020). Plant hydraulics accentuates the effect of atmospheric moisture stress on transpiration. Nature Climate Change, pp.1-5. Link

• Souza, R., Hartzell, S., Feng, X., Antonino, A.C.D., de Souza, E.S., Menezes, R.S.C. and Porporato, A. (2020). Optimal management of cattle grazing in a seasonally dry tropical forest ecosystem under rainfall fluctuations. Journal of Hydrology, p.125102. Link

• McLaughlin, B.C., Blakey, R., Weitz, A.P., Feng, X., Brown, B.J., Ackerly, D.D., Dawson, T.E. and Thompson, S.E. (2020). Weather underground: Subsurface hydrologic processes mediate tree vulnerability to extreme climatic drought. Global Change Biology, 26(5), pp.3091-3107. Link

• Feng, X. (2020). Marching in step: The importance of matching model complexity to data availability in terrestrial biosphere models. Global Change Biology. Link

• Lu, Y., Duursma, R. A., Farrior, C. E., Medlyn, B. E., and X. Feng (2020). Optimal stomatal drought response shaped by competition for water and hydraulic risk can explain plant trait covariation. New Phytologist. 225 (3), 1206-1217 Link

2019

• Feng, X., Thompson, S. E., Woods, R., and A. Porporato (2019). Quantifying asynchronicity of precipitation and potential evapotranspiration in Mediterranean climates. Geophysical Research Letters. 46 (24), 14692-14701 Link

• Slessarev, E. W., Feng, X., Bingham, N. L., and O. A. Chadwick (2019). Landscape Age as a Major Control on the Geography of Soil Weathering. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 33 (12), 1513-1531 Link

• Viola, F., Feng, X. and Caracciolo, D. (2019). Impacts of Hydrological Changes on Annual Runoff Distribution in Seasonally Dry Basins. Water Resources Management, 33(7), pp.2319-2333. Link

• Feng, X., Ackerly, D.D., Dawson, T.E., Manzoni, S., McLaughlin, B., Skelton, R.P., Vico, G., Weitz, A.P. and Thompson, S.E. (2019). Beyond isohydricity: The role of environmental variability in determining plant drought responses. Plant, Cell & Environment, 42(4), 1104-1111. Link

2018

• Powers, J. S., Feng, X., Sanchez-Azofeifa A. and D. Medvigy (2018). Focus on tropical dry forest ecosystems and ecosystem services in the face of global change. Environmental Research Letters, 13(9), p.090201. Link.

• Feng, X., Ackerly, D. D., Dawson, T. E., Manzoni, S., Skelton, R. P., Vico, G. and S. E. Thompson (2018). The ecohydrological context of drought and classification of plant responses. Ecology Letters, 21(11), 1723-1736.  Link.

2017

• Vico, G., Dralle, D., Feng, X., Thompson, S., and S. Manzoni (2017). How competitive is drought deciduousness in tropical forests? A combined eco-hydrological and eco-evolutionary approach. Environmental Research Letters, 12(6),065006, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aa6f1b. 

• Bonetti, S., Feng, X., and A. Porporato (2017). Ecohydrological controls on plant diversity in tropical South America. Ecohydrology, 10(6), e1853. doi:10.1002/eco.1853

• Feng, X., Dawson, T., Ackerly, D., Santiago, L., and S. Thompson (2017). Reconciling seasonal hydraulic risk and plant water use through probabilistic soil-plant dynamics. Global Change Biology, 23 (9), 3758-3769. doi:10.1111/gcb.13640.

2016 

• Souza, R., Feng, X., Antonino, A., Montenegro, S., Souza, E., and A. Porporato (2016). Vegetation response to rainfall seasonality and interannual variability in tropical dry forests. Hydrological Processes, 30, 3583-3595. doi:10.1002/hyp.10953.

• Pascale, S., Lucarini, V., Feng, X., Porporato, A., and S. Hasson (2016). Projected changes of rainfall seasonality and dry spells in a high greenhouse gas emissions scenario. Climate Dynamics. doi:10.1007/s00382-015-2648-4.

2012 - 2015

• Porporato, A., Feng, X., Manzoni, S., Mau, Y., Parolari, A. and G. Vico (2015). Ecohydrological modeling in agroecosystems: Examples and challenges. Water Resources Research, 51(7), 5081-5099. doi:10.1002/2015WR017289.

• Feng, X., Porporato, and I. Rodriguez-Iturbe (2015). Stochastic soil water balance under seasonal climates. Proceedings of the Royal Society A. doi:10.1098/rspa.2014.0623.

• Vico, G. Thompson, S. E., Manzoni, S., Molini, A., Albertson, J. D., Almeida-Cortez, J. S., Fay, P. A., Feng, X., Guswa, A. J., Liu, H., Wilson, T. G., and A. Porporato (2015). On the interplay among climate, ecophysiological traits and leaf phenology in shaping plant ecohydrological strategies in seasonally dry ecosystems. doi: 10.1002/eco.1533.

• Mau, Y., Feng, X., and A. Porporato (2014). Multiplicative jump processes and applications to leaching of salt and contaminants. Physical Review E, 90(5), 052128. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.90.052128.

• Pascale, S., Lucarini, V., Feng, X., Porporato, A., and S. Hasson (2014). Analysis of rainfall seasonality from observations and climate models. Climate Dynamics. doi:10.1007/s00382-014-2278-2.

• Feng, X., Porporato, A., and I. Rodriguez-Iturbe (2013). Changes in rainfall seasonality in the tropics. Nature Climate Change, 3, 811-815. doi:10.1038/nclimate1907.

• Rohr, T., Manzoni, S., Feng, X., Menezes, R., and A. Porporato (2013). Effect of rainfall seasonality on carbon storage in tropical dry ecosystems. Journal of Geophysical Research, 118, 1156-1167. doi:10.1002/jgrg.20091.

• Feng, X., Vico, G., and A. Porporato (2012). On the effects of seasonality on soil water balance and plant growth. Water Resources Research, 48, W05543, doi:10.1029/2011WR011263.

• Konings, A., Feng, X., Molini, A., Manzoni, S., Vico, G., and A. Porporato (2012). Thermodynamics of an idealized hydrologic cycle. Water Resources Research, 48,W05527, doi:10.1029/2011WR011264.