Jia Hu

Programs/Projects

• The North American Monsoon
• Water use in conifers across the western U.S.
• Juniper encroachment into riparian areas

Employment Highlights

• Outstanding Scholarly Faculty Achievement - School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Arizona

Selected Publications

• Kübert, A., Dubbert, M., Bamberger, I., Kühnhammer, K, Beyer, M.., Haren, J., Bailey, K., Hu, J.,  Meredith, L., Ladd, S. N., Werner, C. 2022. Tracing plant source water dynamics during drought by continuous transpiration measurements: an in-situ stable isotope approach. Plant Cell and Environment. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14475
• Xu, G., Liu, X., Hu, J., Dorado-Liñán, I., Gagen, M., Szejner, P., Chen, T., and Trouet, V. 2022. Intra-annual tree-ring δ18O and δ13C reveal a trade-off between isotopic source and humidity in moist environments. Tree Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpac076
• Bailey, K., Korb, N., Kruse, C., Harris, S., and Hu, J. 2022. Water use strategies between two co-occurring woody species in a riparian area: naturally occurring willow, Salix exigua, and expanding juniper, Juniperus scopulorum, in central Montana. Ecohydrology https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2402
• Werner, C....Hu, J.... (26 co-authors). 2021. Ecosystem fluxes during drought and recovery in an experimental forest. Science 374: 1514-1518. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abj6789
• Garcia, M.N, Hu, J., Domingues, T.F., Groenendijk, P., Oliveira, R.S., and F.R.C. Costa. 2021. Local hydrological gradients structure high intra-species variability in plant hydraulic traits in two dominant central Amazonian tree species. 2021. Journal of Experimental Biology, https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erab43 
• Szejner, P., Belmecheri, S., Babst, F., Wright, W.E., Frank, D.C., Hu, J., and R.K. Monson. 2021. Stable isotopes of tree rings reveal seasonal-to-decadal patterns during the emergence of a megadrought in the Southwestern US. Oecologia, doi.org/10.1007/s00442-021-04916-9.