Jia Hu

Interests

Teaching

Plant Ecophysiology, Climate Change, Global Change Biology, Ecosystem Ecology

Research

Ecohydrology, Plant Ecophysiology, Biogeochemistry

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Chapters

• Jia, H. u. (2020). How Do Non-Native Plants Influence Soil Nutrients Along a Hydroclimate Gradient on San Cristobal Island?. In Land Cover and Land Use Change on Islands. Social and Ecological Interactions in the Galapagos Islands.
• Jia, H. u. (2020). The Carbon Balance of Tropical Islands: Lessons from Soil Respiration. In Land Cover and Land Use Change on Islands. Social and Ecological Interactions in the Galapagos Islands.

Journals/Publications

• Garcia, M. N., Hu, J., Tomas, D. F., Peter, G., Rafael, O. S., & Costa, F. F. (2021). Local hydrological gradients structure high intra-species variability in plant hydraulic traits in two dominant central Amazonian tree species. Journal of Experimental Biology, 73(3), 939–952. doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erab43
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  Maquelle Garcia was a visiting PhD student from Brazil, who came to work in my lab for 8 months. This publication was a result of her visit to UA.
• Jia, H. u. (2021). Nitrogen acquisition strategies of mature Douglas‐fir: a case study in the northern Rocky Mountains. Ecosphere.
• Qubain, C., Yano, Y., & Hu, J. (2021). Nitrogen acquisition strategies of Douglas fir: A case study in the northern Rocky Mountains. Ecosphere, 121, e03338. doi:doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3338
• Szejner, P., Belmecheri, S., Babst, F., Wright, J. E., Frank, D. C., Hu, J., & Monson, R. K. (2021). Stable isotopes of tree rings reveal seasonal-to-decadal patterns during the emergence of a megadrought in the Southwestern US. Oecologia, 197(4), 16. doi:doi.org/10.1007/s00442-021-04916-9
• Werner, C., Meredith, L. K., Ladd, S. N., Ingrisch, J., Kübert, A., van Haren, J., Bahn, M., Bailey, K., Bamberger, I., Beyer, M., Blomdahl, D., Byron, J., Daber, E., Deleeuw, J., Dippold, M. A., Fudyma, J., Gil-Loaiza, J., Honeker, L. K., Hu, J., , Huang, J., et al. (2021). Ecosystem fluxes during drought and recovery in an experimental forest. Science (New York, N.Y.), 374(6574), 1514-1518.
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• Jia, H. u. (2020). Biophysical Gradients and Performance of Whitebark Pine Plantings in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Forests.
• Jia, H. u. (2020). Hydraulic traits of co-existing conifers do not correlate with local hydroclimate condition: a case study in the northern Rocky Mountains, U.S.A. Oecologia.
• Jia, H. u. (2020). Reduction in lumen area is associated with the δ 18 O exchange between sugars and source water during cellulose synthesis. New Phytologist.
• Dwivedi, R., Eastoe, C., Knowles, J., Wright, W., Hammon, L., Minor, R., Mitra, B., Ferre, P., Castro, C., Nui, G., Barron-Gafford, G. A., Meixner, T., Abramson, N., Papuga, S., Stanley, M., Hu, J., & Chorover, J. (2019). Vegetation source water identification using isotopic and hydrometric observations from a sub-humid mountain Catchment. Ecohydrology, e2167, 17. doi:10.1002/eco.2167
• Hoylman, Z., Jencso, K., Hu, J., Holden, Z., Allred, B., Dobrowski, S., Robinson, N., Martin, J., Affleck, D., & Seielstad, C. (2019). The topographic signature of ecosystem climate sensitivities in the western U.S.. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 14,508–14,520. doi:10.1029/2019GL085546
• Yano, Y., Qubain, C., Hoylman, Z., Jencso, K., & Hu, J. (2019). Climate and topographic controls on seasonal and spatial nitrogen availability in a snow-dominated western US forest. Ecosphere, 10(7), 20. doi:10.1002/ecs2.2794
• Barnard, D. M., Knowles, J. F., Barnard, H. R., Goulden, M. L., Hu, J., Litvak, M. E., & Molotch, N. P. (2018). Reevaluating growing season length controls on net ecosystem production in evergreen conifer forests. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 8.
• Hoylman, Z. H., Jencso, K. G., Hu, J., Martin, J. T., Holden, Z. A., Seielstad, C. A., & Rowell, E. M. (2018). Hillslope Topography Mediates Spatial Patterns of Ecosystem Sensitivity to Climate. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES, 123(2), 353-371.
• Looker, N., Martin, J., Hoylman, Z., Jencso, K., & Hu, J. (2018). Diurnal and seasonal coupling of conifer sap flow and vapour pressure deficit across topoclimatic gradients in a subalpine catchment. ECOHYDROLOGY, 11(7).
• Martin, J., Looker, N., Hoylman, Z., Jencso, K., & Hu, J. (2018). Differential use of winter precipitation by upper and lower elevation Douglas fir in the Northern Rockies. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY, 24(12), 5607-5621.
• Riveros-Iregui, D. A., Lorenzo, T. M., Liang, L. L., & Hu, J. (2018). Summer dry-down modulates the isotopic composition of soil CO2 production in snow-dominated landscapes. PLOS ONE, 13(5).
• Schmitt, S. R., Riveros-Iregui, D. A., & Hu, J. (2018). The role of fog, orography, and seasonality on precipitation in a semiarid, tropical island. HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES, 32(18), 2792-2805.

Presentations

• Hu, J. (2021). Interpreting tree ring records using a plant ecophysiological approach. University of Nevada Reno. Tuson, AZ (virtual): University of Reno Nevada.
• Hu, J. (2021). The Role of Fog on the Galapagos Islands. Invited seminar, University of Arizona. Tuson, AZ (virtual): University of Arizona.
• Hu, J., Yano, Y., Qubain, C., Hoylman, Z., & Jencso, K. (2019, December). Differential use of winter precipitation by upper and lower elevation Douglas fir in the Northern Rockies. American Geophysical Union Meeting. San Francisco, CA: American Geophysical Union.

Poster Presentations

• Bailey, K., Korb, N., & Hu, J. (2019, December). Ecophysiological comparison within a riparian area between two co-occurring woody species: juniper (encroached) and willow (naturally occurring). American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA: American Geophysical Union.
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  This poster presentation was led by my PhD student, Kinzie Bailey.
• Strange, B., Knowles, J., Barron-Gafford, G. A., & Hu, J. (2019, December). Increased spatiotemporal resolution of whole-tree carbon assimilation estimated with stable isotopes from tree-ring cellulose. American Geophysical Union annual meeting. San Francisco, CA: American Geophysical Union.
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  This poster was presented by my PhD student, Brandon Strange at the annual AGU meeting.