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Mike Duniway

Post-Doctoral Research Soil Scientist, USDA-ARS, Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces, New Mexico  88003-0003
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM

Soil physical properties and the interaction of soil properties and plant community patterns and dynamics in arid ecosystems.  Current areas of research include:

• Soil water dynamics and the effects of soil morphology on the spatial and temporal distribution of plant-available water in arid-land systems
• Road development and off-road vehicle in rangelands with emphasis on resistance and resilience of soils and vegetation to both direct and indirect impacts

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

1. Duniway, M.C., J.E. Herrick, and H.C. Monger.  2007. The high water holding capacity of petrocalcic horizons.  Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 71(3):812-819.

Additional Publications

2. Belnap J., M.C. Duniway, S. Phillips, and D. Gillete.  1998.  Effects of surface disturbance on sediment production in Mojave Desert soils.  GSA Annual Meeting.
3. Belnap J., S. Phillips, M.C. Duniway, and R. Reynolds.  Feb. 2000.  Soil fertility in deserts: the effect of soil surface disturbance on nutrient inputs and loses.  Dubai International Conference on Desertification.
4. Belnap, J., S. Phillips, M.C. Duniway, and R. Reynolds.  2003.  Soil Fertility in Deserts:  A Review on the Influence of Biological Soil Crusts and the Effects of Soil Surface Disturbance on Nutrient Inputs and Losses.  In: A.S. Alsharhan (ed.) Desertification in the Third Millennium.  A.A. Balkema/Swets & Zeitinger, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
5. Duniway, M.C. and J.E. Herrick.  2003.  McKinney Flats Pedon Descriptions. Available from USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range.
6. Duniway, M.C. and J.E. Herrick.  2003.  McKinney Flats Soil Characterization. Available from USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range.
7. Duniway, M.C., J.E. Herrick, H.C. Monger, and H. Brinegar.  2004.  The high water holding capacity of petrocalcic horizons.  SSSA Annual Meeting.
8. Duniway, M.C., J.E. Herrick, and H.C. Monger.  2005.  The functional role of petrocalcic horizons in desert ecosystems: comparisons along a chronosequence of soils.  SSSA Annual Meeting.
9. Duniway, M.C., J.E. Herrick, and H.C. Monger.  2006.  The importance of soil carbonates for available water holding capacity in arid ecosystems of the Americas.  ESA Meeting: Ecology in an Era of Globalization.
10. Duniway, M.C., J.E. Herrick, and H.C. Monger.  2007.  The functional role of petrocalcic horizons in desert ecosystems:  Spatial and temporal dynamics of plant water availability.  ESA Annual Meeting.
11. Duniway, M.C.  In Review.  Soil Carbonates and Soil Water. In: Encyclopedia of Soil Science. Lal, R., Ed.  Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, NY.