Debra Peters
Ecologist, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Jornada Experimental Range
Jornada Basin Long-Term Ecological Project
New Mexico State University
Box 30003 MSC 3 JER
Las Cruces, NM 88003-0003
Titles
- Ecologist, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Jornada Experimental Range
- Adjunct Faculty, Biology Department, New Mexico State University
Biography
Primary Research Interests: Global change effects on ecosystem dynamics across spatial scales; boundary and ecotone dynamics; spatially-explicit simulation modeling of ecosystem dynamics; nonlinear spatial and temporal dynamics; catastrophic events; cross-scale interactions
Education
- PhD, Range Science, Colorado State University, 1988
- MS, Biology, San Diego State University, 1983
- BS, Biology, Iowa State University, 1981
External Links
Journal Articles
2022
Hudson, A. R., D. P. Peters, J. M. Blair, D. L. Childers, P. T. Doran, K. Geil, M. N. Gooseff, K. Gross, N. M. Haddad, M. A. Pastore, J. A. Rudgers, O. E. Sala, E. W. Seabloom and G. Shaver. 2022. Cross-site comparisons of dryland ecosystem responses to climate change in the US Long-Term Ecological Research network. BioScience 72(9):889-907. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biab134. (link )
2021
Iwaniec, D. M., M. N. Gooseff, K. N. Suding, D. W. Johnson, D. C. Reed, D. P. Peters, B. J. Adams, J. Barrett, B. T. Bestelmeyer, M. Castorani, E. M. Cook, M. J. Davidson, P. M. Groffman, N. P. Hanan, L. F. Huenneke, P. Johnson, R. Miller, G. S. Okin, D. Preston, A. Rassweiler, C. Ray, O. E. Sala, R. L. Schooley, T. R. Seastedt, M. J. Spasojevic and E. R. Vivoni. 2021. Connectivity: Insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network. Ecosphere 12(5):e03432. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3432. (link )
Peters, D. P., H. Savoy, S. Stillman, H. Huang, A. Hudson Weaver, O. E. Sala and E. R. Vivoni. 2021. Plant species richness in multiyear wet and dry periods in the Chihuahuan Desert. Climate 9(8):130. DOI: 10.3390/cli9080130. (link )
Vivoni, E. R., E. R. Perez-Ruiz, Z. T. Keller, E. A. Escoto, R. C. Templeton, N. P. Templeton, C. A. Anderson, A. P. Schreiner-McGraw, . , A. Robles-Morua, R. L. Scott, S. R. Archer and D. P. Peters. 2021. Long-term research catchments to investigate shrub encroachment in the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts: Santa Rita and Jornada experimental ranges. Hydrological Processes 35(2):e14031. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.14031. (link )
2020
Bestelmeyer, B. T., G. Marcillo, S. McCord, S. Mirsky, G. Moglen, L. G. Neven, D. Peters, C. Sohoulande and T. Wakie. 2020. Scaling up agricultural research with artificial intelligence. IT Professional 22(3):33-38. DOI: 10.1109/MITP.2020.2986062. (link )
Gaiser, E. E., D. M. Bell, C. N. Castorani, D. L. Childers, P. M. Groffman, R. Jackson, J. S. Kominoski, D. P. Peters, S. T. Pickett, J. Ripplinger and J. C. Zinnert. 2020. Long-term ecological research and evolving frameworks of disturbance ecology. BioScience 70(2):141-156. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biz162. (link )
Palinski, R., S. Pauszek, N. D. Burruss, H. Savoy, A. Pelzel-McCluskey, J. Arzt, D. P. Peters and L. Rodriguez. 2020. Full genomic sequencing of vesicular stomatitis virus isolates from the 2004-2006 US outbreaks reveals assocations of viral genetics to environmental variables. Proceedings 50(1):76. DOI: 10.3390/proceedings2020050076 . (link )
Peck, D. E., W. K. Reeves, A. M. Pelzel-McCluskey, J. D. Derner, B. Drolet, L. W. Cohnstaedt, D. Swanson, D. S. McVey, L. L. Rodriguez and D. P. Peters. 2020. Management strategies for reducing the risk of equines contracting vesicular stomatis virus (VSV) in the western United States. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science 90(Jul):103026. DOI: 10.1016/j.jevs.2020.103026. (link )
Peters, D. P., D. S. McVey, E. H. Elias, A. M. Pelzel-McCluskey, J. D. Derner, N. D. Burruss, T. S. Schrader, J. Yao, S. J. Pauszek, J. Lombard and L. L. Rodriguez. 2020. Big data–model integration and AI for vector‐borne disease prediction. Ecosphere 11(6):e03157. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3157. (link )
Peters, D. P., G. S. Okin, J. E. Herrick, H. M. Savoy, J. P. Anderson, S. L. Scroggs and J. Zhang. 2020. Modifying connectivity to promote state change reversal: The importance of geomorphic context and plant–soil feedbacks. Ecology 101(9):e03069. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3069. (link )
Peters, D. P., A. Rivers, J. L. Hatfield, D. G. Lemay, S. Liu and B. Basso. 2020. Harnessing AI to transform agriculture and inform agricultural research. IT Professional 22(3):16-21. DOI: 0.1109/MITP.2020.2986124. (link )
Peters, D. P., H. Savoy, G. A. Ramirez and H. Huang. 2020. AI recommender system with ML for agricultural research. IT Professional 22(3):30-32. DOI: 10.1109/MITP.2020.2986125. (link )
Schreiner-McGraw, A. P., E. R. Vivoni, H. Ajami, O. E. Sala, H. L. Throop and D. P. Peters. 2020. Woody plant encroachment has a larger impact than climate change on dryland water budgets. Scientific Reports 10:Art. 8112. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-65094-x. (link )
2018
Bestelmeyer, B. T., D. P. Peters, S. R. Archer, D. M. Browning, G. S. Okin, R. L. Schooley and N. P. Webb. 2018. The grassland–shrubland regime shift in the southwestern United States: Misconceptions and their Implications for management. BioScience 68(9):678-690. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biy065. (link )
Browning, D. M., T. M. Crimmins, D. K. James, S. Spiegal, M. R. Levi, J. P. Anderson and D. P. Peters. 2018. Synchronous species responses reveal phenological guilds: implications for management. Ecosphere 9(9):e02395. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2395. (link )
Duniway, M. C., M. D. Petrie, D. P. Peters, J. P. Anderson, K. Crossland and J. E. Herrick. 2018. Soil water dynamics at 15 locations distributed across a desert landscape: Insights from a 27‐yr dataset. Ecosphere 9(7):e02335. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2335. (link )
Elias, E., D. S. McVey, D. Peters, J. Derner, A. Pelzel-McCluskey, T. S. Schrader and L. Rodriguez. 2018. Contributions of hydrology to vesicular stomatitis virus emergence in the western USA. Ecosystems DOI: 10.1007/s10021-018-0278-5. (link )
Peters, D. P., N. D. Burruss, L. L. Rodriguez, D. S. McVey, E. H. Elias, A. M. Pelzel-McCluskey, J. D. Derner, T. S. Schrader, J. Yao, S. J. Pauszek, J. Lombard, S. R. Archer, B. T. Bestelmeyer, D. M. Browning, C. W. Brungard, J. L. Hatfield, N. Hanan, J. E. Herrick, G. S. Okin, O. E. Sala, H. Savoy and E. R. Vivoni. 2018. An integrated view of complex landscapes: A big data-model integration approach to transdisciplinary science. BioScience 68(9):653-669. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biy069. (link )
Petrie, M. D., D. P. Peters, J. Yao, J. M. Blair, N. D. Burruss, S. L. Collins, J. D. Derner, L. A. Gherardi, J. R. Hendrickson, O. E. Sala, P. J. Starks and J. L. Steiner. 2018. Regional grassland productivity responses to precipitation during multiyear above- and below-average rainfall periods. Global Change Biology 24(5):1935-1951. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14024. (link )
2017
Browning, D. M., J. J. Maynard, J. W. Karl and D. C. Peters. 2017. Breaks in MODIS time series portend vegetation change: Verification using long‐term data in an arid grassland ecosystem. Ecological Applications 27(5):1677-1693. DOI: 10.1002/eap.1561. (link )
2015
Okin, G. S., M. Moreno-de las Heras, P. M. Saco, H. L. Throop, E. R. Vivoni, A. J. Parsons, J. Wainwright and D. P. Peters. 2015. Connectivity in dryland landscapes: Shifting concepts of spatial interactions. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 13(1):20-27. DOI: 10.1890/140163. (link )
Peters, D. P., K. M. Havstad, S. R. Archer and O. E. Sala. 2015. Beyond desertification: New paradigms for dryland landscapes. Frotiers in Ecology and the Environment 13(1):4-12. DOI: 10.1890/140276. (link )
Sala, O. E., L. A. Gherardi and D. P. Peters. 2015. Enhanced precipitation variability effects on water losses and ecosystem functioning: Differential response of arid and mesic regions. Climate Change 131(2):213-227. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1389-z. (link )
2014
Sylvain, Z. A., D. H. Wall, K. L. Cherwin, D. P. Peters, L. G. Reichmann and O. E. Sala. 2014. Soil animal responses to moisture availability are largely scale, not ecosystem dependent: Insight from a cross-site study. Global Change Biology 20(8):2631-2643. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12522. (link )
2013
Reichmann, L. G., O. E. Sala and D. P. Peters. 2013. Precipitation legacies in desert grassland primary production occur through previous-year tiller density. Ecology 94(2):435-443. DOI: 10.1890/12-1237.1 . (link )
Reichmann, L. G., O. E. Sala and D. P. Peters. 2013. Water controls on nitrogen transformations and stocks in an arid ecosystem. Ecosphere 4(1):1-17. DOI: 10.1890/ES12-00263.1 . (link )
2012
Peters, D. P., J. Yao, O. E. Sala and J. P. Anderson. 2012. Directional climate change and potential reversal of desertification in arid and semiarid ecosystems. Global Change Biology 18(1):151-163. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02498.x. (link )
Sala, O. E., L. A. Gherardi, L. G. Reichmann, E. G. Jobbágy and D. P. Peters. 2012. Legacies of precipitation fluctuations on primary production: Theory and data synthesis. Philiosphical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 367(1606):3135-3144. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0347. (link )
2009
Carpenter, S. R., E. V. Armbrust, P. W. Arzberger, F. S. Chapin III, J. J. Elser, E. J. Hackett, P. M. Kareiva, M. A. Leibold, P. Lundberg, M. Mangel, N. Merchant, W. W. Murdoch, M. A. Palmer, D. P. Peters, S. T. Pickett, K. K. Smith, D. H. Wall and A. S. Zimmerman. 2009. Accelerate synthesis in ecology and environmental sciences. BioScience 59(8):699-701. (link )
2008
Grimm, N. B., D. R. Foster, P. M. Groffman, J. M. Grove, C. S. Hopkinson, K. J. Nadelhoffer, D. P. Peters and D. E. Pataki. 2008. The changing landscape: Ecosystem responses to urbanization and pollution across climatic and societal gradients. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 6(5):264-272. (link )
2007
Peters, D. P., O. E. Sala, C. D. Allen, A. P. Covich and M. W. Brunson. 2007. Cascading events in linked ecological and socio-economic systems: Predicting change in an uncertain world. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5(4):221-224. (link )
Book Chapters
2013
Peters, D. P., B. T. Bestelmeyer, K. M. Havstad, A. Rango, S. R. Archer, A. C. Comrie, H. R. Gimblett, L. Lopez-Hoffman, O. E. Sala, E. R. Vivoni, M. L. Brooks, J. Brown, H. C. Monger, J. H. Goldstein, G. S. Okin and C. E. Tweedie. 2013. Desertification of rangelands. Pp. 239-258 Climate Vulnrability: Understanding and Addressing Threads to Essential Resources. Vol 4. Elsevier Inc. Academic Press. ISBN: 9780123847034.
Presentations
2007
Shaver, G., T. Chapin, C. Duke, A. P. Kinzig, D. P. Peters and O. E. Sala. 2007. Ecological foundations of sustainability in a constantly changing world. San Jose McEnery Conference Center. Symposium organized at the August 6-10, 2007 Ecological Restoration in a Changing World at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America held with the Society for Ecological Restoration 18th International Conference, San Jose, CA.
Report Chapters
2013
Yao, J., O. E. Sala and D. P. Peters. 2013. Cross-site studies "by design": Experiments and observations that provide new insights. Pp. 72-80 In: Peters, D. P., C. M. Laney, A. E. Lugo, S. L. Collins, C. T. Driscoll, P. M. Groffman, J. M. Grove, A. K. Knapp, T. K. Kratz, M. D. Ohman, R. B. Waide and J. Yao eds., Long-Term Trends in Ecological Systems: A Basis for Understanding Responses to Global Change. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Technical Bulletin 1931. Washington, D.C. (link )