Professor in Evolution and Ecology
Publications
Leger, E.A. and K. J. Rice. 2007. Assessing the speed and predicatability of local adaptation in invasive California poppies (Eschscholzia californica). Journal of Evolutionary Biology. In Press. Leger and Rice 2007 J Evo Bio.pdf
Rice, K.J. and E.E. Knapp. 2007. Effects of competition and life history stage on the expression of local adaptation in two native bunchgrasses. Restoration Ecology. In Press. Rice and Knapp Rest. Ecol 2007.pdf
Rice, K.J. and E.K. Espeland. 2007. Genes on the range: Population genetics. In: Ecology and Conservation of California Grasslands. J. Corbin, C. D’Antonio, M. Stromberg eds. University of California Press, Berkeley CA. In Press. Final version Grassland Book Chapter on Pop Gen.pdf
Lombardo, K., Fehmi, J.S., Rice, K.J., and E.A. Laca. 2006. Nassella pulchra survival and water relations depend more on site productivity than on small-scale disturbance. Restoration Ecology. In Press. Lombardo et al IN PRESS Rest Ecol.pdf
Meimberg, H., Hammond, J.I., Jorgensen, C., Park, T.W., Gerlach, J.D., Rice, K.J., and J.K. McKay. 2006. Molecular evidence for an extreme genetic bottleneck during the introduction of barbed goatgrass, Aegilops triuncialis, to California. Biological Invasions. In Press. Meimberg et al Bio Invasions 2006.pdf
Sambatti, J.B.M. and K.J. Rice. 2006. Local adaptation, patterns of selection, and gene flow in the Californian serpentine sunflower (Helianthus exilis). Evolution. 60: 696-710. Sambatti and Rice 2006 Evolution.pdf
Reever-Morghan, K.J. and K.J. Rice. 2006. Variation in resource availability changes the impact of invasive thistles on native bunchgrasses. Ecological Applications. 16: 528-539. Reever-Morghan and Rice Eco Apps 2006.pdf
Pfeiffer, J.M, Dun, S., Mulawarman, B., and K.J. Rice. Biocultural diversity in traditional rice-based agroecosystems: indigenous research and conservation of mavo (Oryza sativa L.) upland rice landraces of eastern Indonesia. Environment, Development and Sustainability 8: 609-625. Pfeiffer et al Env. Dev. Sustain. 2006.pdf
Marty, J.T., Collinge, S.K., and K.J. Rice. 2005. Responses of a remnant California native bunchgrass population to grazing, burning and climatic variation. Plant Ecology 181:101–112. Marty et al Plant Ecol 2005.pdf
Reever-Morghan, K.J. and K.J. Rice. 2005. Centaurea solstitialis invasion success is influences by Nassella pulchra size. Restoration Ecology 13: 524-528. Reever-Morghan and Rice Rest Ecol 2005.pdf
Davies, K.F., P. Chesson, S. Harrison, B.D. Inouye, B.A. Melbourne, and K.J. Rice. 2005. Spatial heterogeneity explains the scale dependence of the native-exotic diversity relationship. Ecology 86: 1602-1610. Davies et al 2005 Ecology.pdf
McKay, J.K., C. Christian, S. Harrison, and K.J. Rice. 2005. How local is local? – Practical and conceptual issues in the genetics of restoration. Restoration Ecology 13: 432-440. McKay et al Rest ecol 2005.pdf
Rice, K.J., S.L. Matzner, W. Byer, and J.R. Brown. 2004. Patterns of tree dieback in Queensland, Australia: the importance of drought stress and the role of resistance to cavitation. Oecologia 139: 190-198. Rice et al 2004 Oecologia.pdf
Fehmi, J.S., K.J. Rice, and E.A. Laca. 2004. Radial dispersion of neighbors and the small-scale competitive impact of two annual grasses on a native perennial grass. Restoration Ecology 12: 63-69. Fehmi, Laca and Rice Rest Ecol 2004.pdf
Matzner, S.L., K.J. Rice, and J.H. Richards. 2003. Patterns of stomatal conductance among blue oak (Quercus douglasii) size classes and populations: implications for seedling establishment. Tree Physiology 23: 777-784.
Rice, K.J. and N.C. Emery. 2003.Managing microevolution: restoration in the face of global climate change. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 1: 469-478. Rice and Emery 2003 Front Ecol Env 1(9).pdf
Gerlach, J.D. and K.J. Rice. 2003. Testing life history correlates of invasiveness using congeneric plant species. Ecological Applications 13: 167-179. Gerlach and Rice Eco Apps 2003.pdf
Reever-Morghan, K.J., E.A. Leger, and K.J. Rice. 2003. Clopyralid effects on yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis) and nontarget species. Weed Science 596-600. Morghan, Leger and Rice Weed Sci 2003.pdf
Leger, E. A. and K. J. Rice. 2003. Invasive California poppies (Eschscholzia californica Cham.) grow larger than native individuals under reduced competition. Ecology Letters 6: 1-9. Leger and Rice 2003 Eco Letters.pdf
Mack, R.N., and K. J. Rice with 10 other authors listed alphabetically (except for R.N. Mack). 2002. Predicting Invasions of Nonindigenous Plants and Plant Pests. National Research Council. National Academy Press. 194 pages.
Rice, K. J. and A. R. Dyer. 2001. Seed aging, delayed germination and reduced competitive ability in Bromus tectorum. Plant Ecology 155: 237-243. Rice and Dyer Plant Ecol 2001.pdf
Fehmi J.S., E.A. Laca, and K.J. Rice. 2001. The effect of small gaps in California annual grassland on above-ground biomass production. Grass and Forage Science 56: 323-329. Fehmi , Laca and Rice Grass and Forage Sci 2001.pdf
Knapp, E.E., M.A. Goedde, and K.J. Rice. 2001. Pollen-limited reproduction in blue oak: implications for wind pollination in fragmented populations. Oecologia 128:48-55. Knapp, Goedde and Rice Oecologia 2001.pdf
Matzner, S.L., K.J. Rice, and J.H. Richards. 2001. Within population factors affect the relationship between carbon isotope discrimination and transpiration efficiency in blue oak (Quercus douglasii). Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 28: 49-56.
Matzner, S.L., K.J. Rice, and J.H. Richards. 2001. Vulnerability to cavitation in interior live oak (Quercus wislizenii). Journal of Experimental Botany 52: 783-789. Matzner, Rice and Richards J Exp Bot 2001.pdf
Harrison, S., K.J. Rice, and J. Maron. 2001. Habitat patchiness promotes invasion by alien grasses on serpentine soil. Biological Conservation 100: 45-53. Harrison, Rice, Maron Bio Con 2001.pdf
Dyer A.R., A. Fenech, and K.J. Rice. 2000. Accelerated seedling emergence in interspecific competitive neighbourhoods. Ecology Letters 3: 523-529. Dyer, Fenech and Rice Ecol Lett 2000.pdf
Rice, K.J. and E.S. Nagy. 2000. Oak canopy effects on the distribution patterns of two annual grasses: the role of competition and soil nutrients. American Journal of Botany 87: 1699-1706. Rice and Nagy Am J Bot 2000.pdf
Gordon D.R. and K. J. Rice. 2000. Competitive suppression of Quercus douglasii (Fagaceae) seedling emergence and growth. American Journal of Botany 87: 986-994. Gordon and Rice Am J Bot 2000.pdf
Brown, C.S. and K. J. Rice. 2000. The mark of Zorro: effects of the exotic annual grass Vulpia myuros on California native perennial grasses. Restoration Ecology 8: 10-17. Brown and Rice Rest Ecol 2000.pdf