Calef, M.P., H.E. Epstein, A.D. McGuire, T.S. Rupp and H.H. Shugart. 2005. Analysis of vegetation distribution in Interior Alaska and sensitivity to climate change using a logistic regression approach. Journal of Biogeography 32:863-878.

Riedel, S.M., H.E. Epstein, D.A. Walker, D.L. Richardson, M.P. Calef, E.J. Edwards, and A. Moody. 2005. Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of LAI, NDVI and aboveground net primary production for four tundra types in northern Alaska. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 37:35-42.

Epstein, H.E., J. Beringer, C. Copass, W. Gould, A. Lloyd, F.S. Chapin III, C.L. Ping, G. Michaelson, S. Rupp and D.A. Walker. 2004. The nature of spatial transitions in arctic ecosystems. Journal of Biogeography 31:1917-1933.

Epstein, H.E., M.P. Calef, M.D. Walker, F.S. Chapin III, A.M. Starfield. 2004. Detecting changes in arctic plant communities in response to warming over decadal time scales. Global Change Biology 10:1325-1334.

Aranibar, J.N, L. Otter, S.A. Macko, C.J.W. Feral, P.Dowty, H.E. Epstein, F. Eckardt, H.H Shugart and R.J. Swap. 2004. Nitrogen cycling along a precipitation gradient in southern Africa. Global Change Biology 10:359-373.

Jia, G.J., H.E. Epstein and D.A. Walker. 2004. Controls over intraseasonal patterns of AVHRR-NDVI for the arctic tundra in northern Alaska. International Journal of Remote Sensing 25:1547-1564.

Kelley, A.M., H.E. Epstein and D.A. Walker. 2004. Role of vegetation and climate in permafrost active layer depth in arctic tundra of northern Alaska and Canada. Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology 26(Suppl.):269-274.

Kruse, J., B. White, H. Epstein, B. Archie, M. Berman, S. Braund, F. Chapin III, J. Charlie Sr., J. Eamer, N. Flanders, B. Griffith, S. Haley, L. Huskey, D. Klein, G. Kofinas, S. Martin, S. Murphy, W. Nebesky, C. Nicolson, K. Peter, D. Russell, A. Starfield, J. Tetlichi, A. Tussing, M. Walker, O. Young. 2004. Sustainability of arctic communities: an interdisciplinary collaboration of researchers and local knowledge holders. Ecosystems 8:815-828.

Lauenroth, W.K, H.E. Epstein, J.M. Paruelo, I.C. Burke, M.R. Aguiar, and O.E. Sala. 2004. Potential effects of climate change on the temperate zones of North and South America. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 77:439-453.

Walker, D.A., H.E. Epstein, W.A. Gould, A. Kade, A. Kelley, J.A. Knudson, W.B. Krantz, R.A. Peterson, C.L. Ping, M.K. Raynolds, V.E. Romanovsky. 2004. Frost-boil ecosystems: Complex interactions between landforms, soils, vegetation and climate. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 15:171-188.

Yu, M., J. E. Ellis, and H. E. Epstein. 2004. Regional analysis of climate, primary production and livestock density in Inner Mongolia. Journal of Environmental Quality 33:1675-1681.

Jia, G.J., H.E. Epstein and D.A. Walker. 2003. Greening of the Alaskan Arctic over the past two decades. Geophysical Research Letters 30(20), 2067, doi:10.1029/2003GL018268.