Below is a listing of publications pertaining to the permanent plots and other field studies, as well as historical accounts and archeological work.
Permanent plots
Bowers, J. E., R. M. Turner, and T. L. Burgess. Submitted to Plant Ecology. Temporal and spatial patterns in emergence and early survival of perennial plants at a Sonoran Desert site.
Bowers, J. E., Q. Guo, R. M. Turner, and J. L. Betancourt. Submitted to Diversity and Distributions. A 95-year record of changes in richness, density, and cover of perennial plants on permanent plots in the Sonoran Desert, U.S.A.
Gibble, W. P. 1950. Nineteen years of vegetational change in a desert habitat. M.S. thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson.
Goldberg, D. E. and R. M. Turner. 1986. Vegetation change and plant demography in permanent plots in the Sonoran Desert. Ecology 67:695-712.
Martin, S. C. and R. M. Turner. 1977. Vegetation change in the Sonoran Desert region: Arizona and Sonora. Journal of the Arizona Academy of Science 12:59-69.
Murray, A. V. 1959. An analysis of changes in Sonoran Desert vegetation for the years 1928-1957. M.S. thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson.
Shreve, F. 1911. Establishment behavior of the palo verde. Plant World 14:289-299.
Shreve, F. 1917. The establishment of desert perennials. Journal of Ecology 5:210-216.
Shreve, F. 1929. Changes in desert vegetation. Ecology 10:364-373.
Shreve, F. and A. L. Hinckley. 1937. Thirty years of change in desert vegetation. Ecology 18:463-478.
Other field studies
Blydenstein, J., C. R. Hungerford, G. I. Day, and R. R. Humphrey. 1957. Effect of domestic livestock exclusion on vegetation in the Sonoran Desert. Ecology 38:522-526.
Bowers, J. E. 1994. Natural conditions for seedling emergence of three woody species in the northern Sonoran Desert. Madroño 41:73-84.
Bowers, J. E. 1996. Growth rate and life span of a prickly pear cactus, Opuntia engelmannii, in the northern Sonoran Desert. Southwestern Naturalist 41:315-334.
Bowers, J. E. 1996. More flowers or new cladodes? Environmental correlates and biological consequences of sexual reproduction in a Sonoran Desert prickly pear cactus, Opuntia engelmannii. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 123:34-40.
Bowers, J. E. 1997. The effect of drought on Engelmann prickly pear (Opuntia engelmannii) fruit and seed production. Southwestern Naturalist 42:240-242.
Bowers, J. E. 1998. Reproductive potential and minimum reproductive size of Ferocactus wislizeni (Cactaceae). Desert Plants 14:3-7.
Bowers, J. E. 2000. Does Ferocactus wislizeni (Cactaceae) have a between-year seed bank? Journal of Arid Environments 45:197-205.
Bowers, J. E. Submitted to Functional Ecology. The function of one- and two-day flowers in Opuntia engelmannii (Cactaceae).
Bowers, J. E. and M. A. Dimmitt. 1994. Flowering phenology of six woody plants in the northern Sonoran Desert. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 121:215-229.
Bowers, J. E. and R. M. Turner. 1985. A revised vascular flora of Tumamoc Hill, Tucson, Arizona. Madroño 32:225-252.
Bowers, J. E. and R. M. Turner. 2001. Dieback and episodic mortality of Cercidium microphyllum (foothill paloverde), a dominant Sonoran Desert tree. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 128:128-140.
Bowers, J. E. and R. M. Turner. 2002. The influence of climatic variability on local population dynamics of Cercidium microphyllum (foothill paloverde). Oecologia 130:105-113.
Bowers, J. E. In press. Regeneration of triangle-leaf bursage (Ambrosia deltoidea: Asteraceae): germination behavior and persistent seed bank. Southwestern Naturalist.
Brown, W. H. 1912. The relation of evaporation to the water content of the soil at the time of wilting. Plant World 15:121-134.
Burgess, T. L., J. E. Bowers, and R. M. Turner 1991. Exotic plants at the Desert Laboratory, Tucson, Arizona. Madroño 38:96-114.
Cannon, W. A. 1905. On the transpiration of Fouquieria splendens. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 32:397-414.
Cannon, W. A. 1906. The biological relations of certain cacti. American Naturalist 40:27-47.
Cannon, W. A. 1911. The root habits of desert plants. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication no. 131.
Cannon, W. A. 1913. Notes on root variation in some desert plants. Plant World 16:323-341.
Cannon, W. A. 1916. On the relation of root growth and development to the temperature and aeration of the soil. American Naturalist 50:435-442.
Cannon, W. A. 1918. The evaluation of the soil temperature factor in root growth. Plant World 21:64-67.
Darrow, R. A. 1943. Vegetative and floral growth of Fouquieria splendens. Ecology 24:310-322.
Hastings, J. R. 1961. Precipitation and saguaro growth. University of Arizona Arid Lands Colloquia 1959-60/1960-61:30-38.
Humphrey, R. R. 1933. A detailed study of desert rainfall. Ecology 14:31-34.
Livingston, B. E. 1906. The relation of desert plants to soil moisture and evaporation. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication no. 50.
Livingston, B. E. 1909. The soils of the Desert Laboratory domain. In: V. M. Spalding, ed., Distribution and movements of desert plants, pp. 83-94. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication no. 113.
Livingston, B. E. 1910. Relation of soil moisture to desert vegetation. Botanical Gazette 50:241-256.
Lloyd, F. E. 1906. The artificial induction of leaf formation in the ocotillo. Plant World 9:56-62.
Lloyd, F. E. 1912. The physiology of stomata. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication no. 82.
Lloyd, F. W. 1912. The relation of transpiration and stomatal movements to the water-content of the leaves in Fouquieria splendens. Plant World 15:1-14.
McAuliffe, J. R. 1990. Paloverdes, pocket mice, and bruchid beetles: interrelationships of seeds, dispersers, and seed predators. Southwestern Naturalist 35:329-337.
McAuliffe, J. R. 1994. Landscape evolution, soil formation, and ecological patterns and processes in Sonoran Desert bajadas. Ecological Monographs 64:111-148.
MacDougal, D. T. 1908. Botanical features of North American deserts. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication no. 99.
MacDougal, D. T. 1908. The course of the vegetative seasons in southern Arizona. Plant World 11:189-201, 217-231, 237-249, 261-270.
MacDougal, D. T. 1920. Hydration and growth. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication no. 297.
MacDougal, D. T. 1936. Studies in tree-growth by the dendrographic method. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication no. 462.
MacDougal, D. T. and E. S. Spalding. 1910. The water balance of succulent plants. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication no. 141.
Moriuchi, K. S.,Venable, D. L., Pake, C. E., and T. Lange. 2000. Direct measurements of seed bank age structure of a Sonoran Desert annual plant. Ecology 81:1133-1138.
Pake, C. E. and D. L. Venable. 1995. Is coexistence in Sonoran Desert annuals mediated by temporal variablility in reproductive success? Ecology 76:246-261.
Pake, C. E. and D. L. Venable 1996. Seed banks in desert annuals: implications for persistence and coexistence in a variable environment. Ecology 77:1427-1435.
Pantastico, M. and D. L. Venable. 1993. Competition in two species of desert annuals along a topographic gradient. Ecology 74: 2192-2203.
Phillips, M. P. 1976. Geology of Tumamoc Hill, Sentinel Peak, and vicinity. M.S. thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson.
Pierson, E. A. and R. M. Turner. 1998. An 85-year study of saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) demography. Ecology 79:2676-2693.
Shreve, E. B. 1914. The daily march of transpiration in a desert perennial. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication no. 194.
Shreve, E. B. 1915. An investigation of the causes of autonomic movements in succulent plants. Plant World 18:297-343.
Shreve, E. B. 1923. Seasonal changes in the water relations of desert plants. Ecology 4:266-292.
Shreve, E. B. 1924. Factors governing seasonal changes in the transpiration of Encelia farinosa. Botanical Gazette 77:432-439.
Shreve, F. 1910. The rate of establishment of the giant cactus. Plant World 13:235-240.
Shreve, F. 1912. Cold air drainage. Plant World 15:110-115.
Shreve, F. 1914. Rainfall as a determinant of soil moisture. Plant World 17:9-26.
Shreve, F. 1914. The role of winter temperatures in determining the distribution of plants. American Journal of Botany 1:194-202.
Shreve, F. 1931. Physical conditions in sun and shade. Ecology 12:96-104.
Shreve, F. 1934. Rainfall, runoff and soil moisture under desert conditions. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 24:131-156.
Shreve, F. and W. V. Turnage. 1936. The establishment of moisture equilibrium in soil. Soil Science 41:351-355.
Spalding, E. S. 1905. Mechanical adjustment of the suaharo (Cereus giganteus) to varying quantities of stored water. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 32:57-68.
Spalding, V. M. 1909. Distribution and movements of desert plants. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication no. 113.
Thornber, J. J. 1909. Vegetation groups of the Desert Laboratory domain. In: V. M. Spalding, ed., Distribution and movements of desert plants, pp. 103-112. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication no. 113.
Tolman, C. F. 1909. The geology of the vicinity of the Tumamoc Hills. In: V. M. Spalding, ed., Distribution and movements of desert plants, pp. 67-82. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication no. 113.
Turnage, W. F. and A. L. Hinckley. 1938. Freezing weather in relation to plant distribution in the Sonoran Desert. Ecological Monographs 8:529-550.
Turner, R. M. 1963. Growth in four species of Sonoran Desert trees. Ecology 44:760-765.
Turner, R. M. and J. E. Bowers. 1988. Long-term changes in populations of Carnegiea gigantea, exotic plant species and Cercidium floridum at the Desert Laboratory, Tumamoc Hill, Tucson, Arizona. In: E. E. Whitehead et al., eds., Arid lands, today and tomorrow: proceedings of the international arid lands research and development conference, October 1985, Tucson, Arizona, pp. 445-455. Westview Press, Boulder, CO.
Venable, D. L. and C. E. Pake. 1999. Population ecology of Sonoran Desert annual plants. In: R.Robichaux, ed., The ecology of Sonoran Desert plants and plant communities, pp. 115-142. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
Venable, D. L., C. E. Pake, and A. C. Caprio. 1993. Diversity and coexistence of Sonoran Desert winter annuals. Plant Species Biology 8:207-216.
Waser, N. M. 1979. Pollinator availability as a determinant of flowering time in ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens). Oecologia 39:107-121.
Historical accounts and archeology
Bowers, J.E., 1983. Jacob Corwin Blumer: Arizona botanist. Brittonia 35:197-203.
Bowers, J. E. 1986. A career of her own: Edith Shreve at the Desert Laboratory. Desert Plants 8:23-29.
Bowers, J. E. 1988. A sense of place: the life and work of Forrest Shreve. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
Bowers, J. E. 1990. A debt to the future: scientific achievements of the Desert Laboratory, Tumamoc Hill, Tucson, Arizona. Desert Plants 10:9-12, 36-47.
Bowers, J.E. 1990. William A. Cannon: the Sonoran Desert's first resident ecologist. Madroño 37:6-27.
Bowers, J. E. 1992. Plant World and its metamorphosis from a popular journal into Ecology. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 119:333-341.
Ferg, A. 1979. The petroglyphs of Tumamoc Hill. Kiva 45:95-118.
Fish, P. R., S. K. Fish, A. Long, and C. Miksicek. 1986. Early corn remains from Tumamoc Hill, southern Arizona. American Antiquity 51:563-572.
Hartmann, G. H. and W. K. Hartmann. 1979. Prehistoric trail systems and related features on the slopes of Tumamoc Hill. Kiva 45:39-70.
Larson, S. M. 1972. The Tumamoc Hill site near Tucson, Arizona. Kiva 35:95-101.
Larson, S. M. 1979. The material culture distribution on the Tumamoc Hill summit. Kiva 45:71-82.
McClean, D. R. and S. M. Larson. 1979. Inferences from the distribution of plainware sherd attributes on Tumamoc Hill. Kiva 45:83-94.
McGinnies, W. G. 1981. Discovering the desert: legacy of the Carnegie Desert Botanical Laboratory. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
Martin, P. S. 1995. Rediscovering the Desert Lab. In: D. W. Steadman and J. I. Mead, eds., Late Quaternary environments and deep history: a tribute to Paul S. Martin, pp. 1-24. The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, South Dakota, Hot Springs, SD.
Masse, W. B. 1979. An intensive survey of prehistoric dry farming systems near Tumamoc Hill in Tucson, Arizona. Kiva 45:141-186.
Nobel, P. S. 1988. Environmental biology of agaves and cacti. Cambridge University Press, New York, NY.
White, J. 1985. The census of plants in vegetation. In: J. White, ed., The population structure of vegetation, p. 33-88. Dr. W. Junk, Dordrecht, Netherlands.
Wilcox, D. R. 1979. Warfare implications of dry-laid masonry walls on Tumamoc Hill. Kiva 45:15-38.
Wilcox, D. R. and S. M. Larson. 1979. Introduction to the Tumamoc Hill Survey. Kiva 45:1-14.
Wilcox, D. R., S. M. Larson, W. B. Masse, G. H. Hartmann, and A. Ferg. 1979. A summary of conclusions and recommendations of the Tumamoc Hill survey. Kiva 45:187-195.
Wilder, J. C. 1967. The years of a desert laboratory. Journal of Arizona History 8:179-199.