Recent Publications (2000 - 2009)

2009

STARK, L. R., D. N. McLetchie, S. D. Smith, and M. J. Oliver (in press). Responses of a biological crust moss to increased monsoon precipitation and N deposition in the Mojave Desert. In Z. Tuba and N. Slack (eds.), Bryophyte Ecology and Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Brinda, J. C., C. Fernando, and L. R. STARK (in press). Ecology of bryophytes in Mojave Desert biological soil crusts: effects of elevated CO2 on sex expression, stress tolerance, and productivity in the moss Syntrichia caninervis Mitt. In Z. Tuba and N. Slack (eds.), Bryophyte Ecology and Climate Change. Cambridge University Press.

STARK, L. R., D. N. McLetchie, and S. P. Roberts. Gender differences and a new adult eukaryotic record for upper thermotolerance in the desert moss Syntrichia caninervis. Journal of  Thermal Biology: in press.

Cole, D. C., L. R. STARK, M. Bonine, and D. N. McLetchie. Transplant survivorship of bryophyte soil crusts in the Mojave Desert. Restoration Ecology, in press.

2007

STARK, L. R., M. J. Oliver, B. D. Mishler, and D. N. McLetchie. Generational differences in response to desiccation stress in the desert moss Tortula inermis. Annals of Botany 99: 53-60.

Brinda, J. C., L. R. STARK, J. R. Shevock, and J. R. Spence. An annotated checklist of the bryophytes of Nevada, with notes on collecting history in the state. Bryologist 110: 673-705.

Proctor, M. C. F., M. J. Oliver, A. J. Wood, P. Alpert, L. R. STARK, N. L. Cleavitt, and B. D. Mishler. Desiccation-tolerance in bryophytes: a review. Bryologist 110: 595-621.

M. Crosby, C. Delgadillo, T. T. McIntosh, L. R. STARK, D. H. Vitt, and R. H. Zander (editors, FNA Editorial Committee). Flora of North America, Volume 27, Bryophytes: Mosses, part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. 711 pp.

2006

STARK, L. R. and D. N. McLetchie. Gender-specific heat-shock tolerance of hydrated leaves in the desert moss Syntrichia caninervis. Physiologia Plantarum 126: 187-195.

McLetchie, D. N. and L. R. STARK. Sporophyte and gametophyte generations differ in their thermotolerance response in the moss Microbryum. Annals of Botany 97: 505-511.

Spence, J. R., L. R. STARK, and J. R. Shevock. Contributions toward a bryoflora of Nevada: Bryophytes new for the Silver State. Part II. Madroño 53: 400-403.

2005

STARK, L. R. Phenology of patch hydration, patch temperature and sexual reproductive output over a four-year period in the desert moss Crossidium crassinerve. Journal of Bryology 27: 231-240.

Barker, D, L. R. STARK, J. Zimpher, D. N. McLetchie, and S. D. Smith. Evidence of drought-induced stress on biotic crust moss in the Mojave Desert. Plant Cell Environment 28: 939-947.

STARK, L. R., D. N. McLetchie, and B. D. Mishler. Sex expression, plant size, and spatial segregation of the sexes across a stress gradient in the desert moss Syntrichia caninervis. Bryologist 108: 183-193.

Shevock, J. R., J. R. Spence, and L. R. STARK. Contributions toward a bryoflora of Nevada: bryophytes new for the Silver State. Madroño 52: 66-71.

STARK, L. R., L. Nichols II, D. N. McLetchie, and M. L. Bonine. Do the sexes of the desert moss Syntrichia caninervis differ in desiccation tolerance? A leaf regeneration assay. International Journal of Plant Sciences 166: 21-29.

Thompson, D.B., L. R. Walker, F. H. Landau, and L. R. STARK. The influence of elevation, shrub species, and biological soil crust on fertile islands in the Mojave Desert, USA. Journal of Arid Environments 61: 609-629.

2004

STARK, L. R., L. Nichols II, D. N. McLetchie, S. D. Smith, and C. Zundel. Age and sex- specific rates of leaf regeneration in the Mojave Desert moss Syntrichia caninervis. American Journal of Botany 91: 1-9.

2003

STARK, L. R. and C. Delgadillo M. Is Crossidium crassinerve (Pottiaceae) an annual moss? Observations on vegetative allocation and viability from Mojave Desert populations. Lindbergia 28: 3-13.

2002

STARK, L. R. Skipped consecutive reproductive cycles and extensive sporophyte abortion in the desert moss Tortula inermis correspond to unusual rainfall patterns. Canadian Journal of Botany 80: 533-542.

STARK, L. R. New frontiers in bryology: phenology and its repercussions on the reproductive ecology of mosses. Bryologist 105: 204-218.

STARK, L. R., A. T. Whittemore, and B. D. Mishler. Noteworthy bryophyte records from the Mojave Desert. Madroño 49: 49-53.

2001

STARK, L. R. and C. Delgadillo M. Rhizoautoicous Aloina bifrons in the Mojave Desert, a possible adaptation to increase spore production. Bryologist 104: 104-108.

STARK, L., N. McLetchie, and B. Mishler. Sex expression and sex dimorphism in sporophytic populations of the desert moss Syntrichia caninervis. Plant Ecology 157: 183-196.

STARK, L. R. Widespread sporophyte abortion following summer rains in Mojave Desert populations of Grimmia orbicularis. Bryologist 104: 115-125.

STARK, L. R. Spore liberation in Grimmia orbicularis and Tortula inermis: two patterns from the Mojave Desert. Journal of Bryology 23: 83-90.

2000

STARK, L. R., B. D. Mishler, and D. N. McLetchie. The cost of realized sexual reproduction: assessing patterns of reproductive allocation and sporophyte abortion in a desert moss. American Journal of Botany 87: 1599-1608.

STARK, L. R. and A. T. Whittemore. Bryophytes from the northern Mojave Desert. Southwestern Naturalist 45: 226-232.

Bowker, M., L. R. STARK, D. N. McLetchie, and B. D. Mishler. Sex expression, skewed sex ratios, and microhabitat distribution in the dioecious desert moss Syntrichia caninervis (Pottiaceae). American Journal of Botany 87: 517-526.