Recent Publications

• Harcombe, P.A., C.J. Bill, M. Fulton, J.S. Glitzenstein, P.L. Marks & I.S. Elsik. 2002. Stand dynamics over 18 years in a southern mixed hardwood forest, Texas, USA. Journal of Ecology 89: 947-957.
• Lin, J., P.A. Harcombe, M. Fulton & R.B.W. Hall. 2002. Sapling growth and survivorship as a function of light in a mesic forest of southeast Texas, USA. Oecologia 132/3: 428-435
• Fulton, M.R. & P.A. Harcombe. 2002. Fine-scale predictability of forest community dynamics. Ecology 83: 1204-1208
• Hall, R.W. and P.A. Harcombe. 2001. Fifteen years of sapling dynamics in an east Texas floodplain forest. JVS 12: 427-438.
• Cook, E.R., J.S. Glitzenstein, P.J. Krusic, P.A. Harcombe. 2001. Identifying functional groups of trees in west Gulf Coast forests (USA). Ecological Applications 11: 883Ð903
• Lin, J., P.A. Harcombe & M. Fulton. 2001. Characterizing shade tolerance by the relationship between mortality and growth in tree saplings in a southeastern Texas forest. CJFR 31:345-349.
• Acker, S., P.A. Harcombe, M. Harmon & S. Greene. 2000. Biomass dynamics of a spruce-hemlock forest. JVS . 11:725-738.
• Imhoff, M.L., P. Johnson, W. Holford, J. Hyer, L. May, W. Lawrence, and P.A. Harcombe. 2000. BioSARtm : an inexpensive airborne VHF multi-band SAR system for vegetation biomass measurement. IEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing 38:1458-1462.
• Hall, R.B.W. & P.A. Harcombe. 1998. Chronic understory disturbance and crown disturbance interact to determine spatial and temporal patterns of sapling occurrence and recruitment. Ecology 79:847-855.
• Liu, C., P.A. Harcombe, & R.G. Knox. 1997. Effects of prescribed fire on composition of woody plant communities in southeast Texas, USA. Journal of Vegetation Science 8:495-504.
• Bruce, K. G. Cameron , P.A. Harcombe, & G. Jubinsky. 1997. Introduction, impact on native habitats, and management of the weedy invader, Chinese tallow tree (Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb.). Natural Areas Journal 17:255-260.
• Harcombe, P.A., R.B Allen, J.A. Wardle & K.H. Platt. 1998. Spatial and temporal patterns in stand structure, biomass, growth, and mortality in a monospecific Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortoides (Hook. f.) Poole forest in New Zealand. Journal of Sustainable Forestry 6(3/4):313-345.
• Liu, C., P.A. Harcombe, J.S. Glitzenstein, & R.G. Knox. 1997. Tornado and fire effects on tree species composition in a southeast Texas savanna. Forest Ecology and Management 91:279-290.
• Knox, R.G., P.A. Harcombe, & I.S. Elsik. 1995. Contrasting patterns of resource limitation in tree seedlings across a gradient in soil texture. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 25:1583-1594.
• Bruce, K., G.N. Cameron, and P.A. Harcombe. 1995. Initiation of a new woodland type on the Texas coastal prairie by the Chinese tallow tree (Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb.). Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 122:215-225.
• Harcombe, P.A., J.S. Glitzenstein, R.G. Knox, S.L. Orzell, and E.L. Bridges. 1993. Forest communities of the western Gulf Coastal Plain. In : Proceedings of the Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference 18:83-104
• Harcombe, P.A., G.N. Cameron, and E. Glumac. 1993. Aboveground net primary productivity in adjacent grassland and woodland on the coastal prairie of Texas, USA. Jour. Veg. Sci. 4:521-530.
• Greene, S.E., P.A. Harcombe, M.E. Harmon, & G. Spycher. 1992. Patterns of growth and mortality in a coastal Picea sitchensis -Tsuga heterophylla forest. Jour. Veg. Sci. 3:697-706.
• Sass, R.L., F.M. Fisher, Jr., P.A. Harcombe and F.T. Turner. 1991. Mitigation of methane emissions from rice fields: effects of incorporated rice straw. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 5:275-287.
• Sass, R.L., F.M. Fisher, Jr., P.A. Harcombe and F.T. Turner. 1990. Methane production and emission in a Texas agricultural wetland. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 4:47-68.
• Harcombe, P.A., M.E. Harmon and S.E. Greene. 1990. Changes in biomass and production over 53 years in a coastal Picea sitchensis -Tsuga heterophylla forest approaching maturity. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 20:1602-1610.
• Streng, D.R., J.S. Glitzenstein and P.A. Harcombe. 1989. Woody seedling dynamics in an East Texas floodplain forest. Ecological Monographs. 59:177-204.
• Glitzenstein, J.S. and P.A. Harcombe. 1988. Effects of the December 1983 tornado on forest vegetation of the Big Thicket southeast Texas, U.S.A. Forest Ecology and Management. 25:29-290.
• Harcombe, P.A. 1987. Tree life tables. BioScience. 37:557-568.
• Glitzenstein,, J.S., P.A. Harcombe and D.R. Streng. 1986. Disturbance, succession, and maintenance of species diversity in an east Texas forest. Ecological Monographs. 56:243-258.
• Harcombe, P.A. 1986. Stand development in a 130 yr. old spruce-hemlock forest on the Oregon (USA) coast. Forest Ecology and Management. 14:41-58.
• Borey, R.B., Harcombe, P.A. and F.M. Fisher. 1983. Water and organic carbon fluxes from an irregularly flooded brackish marsh on the upper Texas coast. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 16:379-402.
• Schafale, M.P. and P.A. Harcombe. 1983. Presettlement vegetation of Hardin County, Texas. American Midland Naturalist. 109:355-366.
• Harcombe, P.A. and P.L. Marks. 1983. Five years of tree death in a Fagus-Magnolia forest, southeast Texas (U.S.A.). Oecologia. 57:49-54.
• Streng, D.R. and P.A. Harcombe. 1982. Why don't southeast Texas savannas grow up to forest: a demographic and community approach. American Midland Naturalist. 108:278-294.
• Harcombe, P.A., D. White and J.S. Glitzenstein. 1982. Factors influencing distribution and first-year survivorship of a cohort of beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.). Castanea. 47:148-157.
• Marks, P.L. and P.A. Harcombe. 1981. Forest vegetation of the Big Thicket, southeast Texas. Ecological Monographs. 51:287-305.
• Harcombe, P.A. 1980. Soil nutrient loss as a factor in early tropical secondary succession. Biotropica (supplement to Vol. 12, pp. 8-15).
• Glitzenstein, J. and P.A. Harcombe. 1979. Site-specific changes in the bark texture of Quercus falcata Michx. (southern red oak). Amer. J. Bot. 66(6):668-672.
• Harcombe, P.A. and P.L. Marks. 1978. Tree diameter distributions and replacement processes in southern forests. Forest Science. 24:153-166.
• Harcombe, P.A. 1977. The influence of fertilization on some aspects of succession in a humid tropical forest. Ecology. 58:1375-1383.
• Harcombe, P.A. and J.E. Neaville. 1977. Vegetation types of Chambers County, Texas. Texas Jour. Sci. 29:209-234.
• Harcombe, P.A. and P.L. Marks. 1977. Understory structure of a mesic forest in southeast Texas. Ecology. 58:1144-1151.
• Harcombe, P.A. 1977. Nutrient accumulation by vegetation during the first year of recovery in a tropical forest ecosystem. pp. 347-378. In: J. Cairns, Jr., K.L. Dickson, and E.E. Herricks, eds. Recovery and Restoration of Damaged Ecosystems. Univ. Virginia Press, Charlottesville.
• Marks, P.L. and P.A. Harcombe. 1975. Community diversity of coastal plain vegetation in southern east Texas. Ecology. 56:1004-1008.
• McCormick, J. and P.A. Harcombe. 1968. Phytograph: useful tool or decorative doodle? Ecology. 49:13-20.
• Harcombe, P.A. and J.H. Beaman. 1967. Transfer of two Mexican species from Eupatorium to Brickellia (Compositae). Southwest. Natur. 12:127-133.