Daniel L. Potts
Daniel L. Potts
Assistant Professor
(716) 878-5007
Campus Address: Science Building 302
pottsdl@buffalostate.edu
Research Interests:
I trained as a plant physiological and ecosystem ecologist at the University of Arizona. My current research interests include examining rainfall responses of plants and soils in semi-arid ecosystems, understanding the effects of fire, nitrogen deposition and rainfall on carbon cycling in California grasslands and most recently, exploring the carbon and water cycle consequences of non-native plant invasions. More information about plant ecology research at Buffalo State College is available from my laboratory web site.
Courses Taught:
BIO 212 - Introduction to Organismal Function & Diversity
BIO 213 - Ecology and Evolution
BIO 405W - Organic Evolution
BIO 602 - Foundations of Environmental Physiology
BIO 617 - Research Seminar
Recent Publications:
A.V. Rocha, D.L. Potts and M.L. Goulden. 2008. Standing litter as an intrinsic factor controlling interannual carbon uptake variability. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences. Vol. 113, G04020, doi:10.1029/2008JG000713
D.L. Potts, R.L. Scott, J.M. Cable, T.E. Huxman and D.G. Williams. 2008. Sensitivity of mesquite shrubland carbon exchange to precipitation in contrasting physiographic settings. Ecology 89: 2900-2910
D.L. Potts, W.S. Harpole, K.N. Suding, M.L. Goulden. 2008. The impacts of invasion and subsequent removal of an exotic thistle, Cynara cardunculus (L.) on carbon and water cycling in a coastal California grassland. Biological Invasions 10: 1073-1084
W.S. Harpole, D.L. Potts and K.N. Suding. 2007. Grassland responses to simultaneous changes in water and nitrogen supply. Global Change Biology 13: 1-8
L. Patrick, J. Cable, D. Potts, D. Ignace, G. Barron-Gafford, A. Griffith, H. Alpert, N. Van Gestel, T. Robertson, T. Huxman, J. Zak, M. Loik, D. Tissue. 2007. Effects of an increase in summer precipitation on leaf, soil, and ecosystem CO2 and H2O fluxes in a sotol grassland in Big Bend National Park, Texas. Oecologia 151: 704-718.
D.L. Potts, T.E. Huxman, R.L. Scott, D.G. Williams and D.C. Goodrich. 2006. The sensitivity of ecosystem carbon exchange to seasonal precipitation and woody plant encroachment. Oecologia 150: 453-463.
D.L. Potts, T.E. Huxman, J.M. Cable, N.B. English, D.D. Ignace, J.A. Eilts, M.J. Mason, J.F. Weltzin and D.G. Williams. 2006. Antecedent moisture and seasonal precipitation influence response of canopy-scale carbon and water exchange to rainfall pulses in a semi-arid grassland. New Phytologist 170: 849-860.
D.L. Potts, T.E. Huxman, B. Enquist, J. Weltzin and D.G. Williams. 2006. Resilience and resistance of ecosystem functional response to a precipitation pulse in a semi-arid grassland. Journal of Ecology 94: 23-30.
