Joy K. Ward

Joy K. Ward is a notable evolutionary biologist and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.Previously, Dr. Ward worked as a Dean's Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Kansas. She received her PhD from Duke University in 1997. In 2009, she was presented with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers by U.S. President Barack Obama.

• McLean BS, JK Ward, MJ Polito, SD Emslie. In press. Responses of alpine herbaceous plant assemblages to low glacial [CO2] revealed by fossil marmot Marmota) teeth. Oecologia
• Fuller BT, SM Fahrni, JM Harris, A Farrell, JB Coltrain, LM Gerhart, JK Ward, RE Taylor, JR Southon. In press. Ultrafiltration for asphalt removal from bone collagen for radiocarbon dating and isotopic analysis of Pleistocene fauna at the tar pits of Rancho La Brea. Quaternary Geochronology
• Voelker, S.L., R. Brooks, F.C. Meinzer, R. Andeson, M. K-F Bader, G. Battipaglia, K.M. Becklin, D. Beerling, D. Bert, J.L. Beltancourt, T.E. Dawson, J. -C Domec, R.P. Guyette, C. Koerner, S.W. Leavitt, S. Linder, J.D. Marshall, M. Mildner, I. Panyushkina, H.J. Plumpton, K.S. Pregitzer, M. Saurer, A.R Smith, R.T.W. Siegwolf, M.C. Stambaugh, A.F. Talhelm, J.C. Tardif, P.K. Van de Water, J.K. Ward, and L. Wingate. 2015. A dynamic leaf gas-exchange strategy is conserved in woody plats under changing [C0₂] enrichment studies.Global Change Biology 22(2): 889-902.
• Becklin KM, JS Medeiros, K Sale, *JK Ward. 2014. Evolutionary history underlies plant physiological responses to global change since the Last Glacial Maximum. Ecology Letters: 17: 691-699
• Basheer-salimia R, JK Ward. 2014. Climate change and its effects on olive tree physiology in Palestine. Review Of Research: 3: 1-7
• Medeiros JS, JK Ward. 2013. Increasing atmospheric [CO₂] from glacial to future concentrations affects drought tolerance via impacts on leaves, xylem and their integrated function. New Phytologist: 199: 738-748.
• Ward, J. K., D. S. Roy, I. Chatterjee, C. R. Bone, C. J. Springer, and J. K. Kelly. 2012. "Identification of a major QTL that alters flowering time at elevated [CO₂] in Arabidopsis thaliana" PLoS ONE. 7. e49028.
• Gerhart, L. M., J. M. Harris, J. B. Nippert, D. R. Sandquist, and J. K. Ward. 2012. "Glacial trees from the La Brea tar pits show physiological constraints of low CO₂" New Phytologist. 194. 63-69.
• Gerhart, L. M. and J. K. Ward. 2010. "Plant Responses to low [CO₂] of the past. Tansley Review" New Phytologist. 188. 674-695.
• Nippert, J. B., J. J. Butler, G. J. Kluitenberg, D. O. Whittemore, D. Arnold, S. E. Spal, and J. K. Ward. 2010. "Patterns of Tamarix water use during a record drought" Oecologia. 162. 283-292.
• Nippert, J. B., M. B. Hooten, D. R. Sandquist, and J. K. Ward. 2010. "A Bayesian model for predicting El Niño events using tree-ring widths and cellulose δO" Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 115. G01011.
• Gonzalez-Meler, M. A., E. Blanc-Betes, C. E. Flower, J. K. Ward, and N. Gomez-Casanovas. 2009. "Plastic and adaptive responses of plant respiration to changes in atmospheric CO₂ concentration" Physiologia Plantarum. 137. 473-484.
• Ward, J. K., D. A. Myers, and R. B. Thomas. 2008. "Physiological and growth responses of C₃ and C₄ plants to reduced temperature when grown at low CO₂ of the last ice age" Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 50. 1388-1395.
• Marchin RM, EL Sage, JK Ward. 2008. Population-level variation of Fraxinus americana L. (white ash) is influenced by precipitation differences across the native range. Tree Physiology 28: 151-159
• Springer CJ, JK Ward. 2007. Flowering time and elevated CO₂. Tansley Review. New Phytologist 176: 243-255
• Ward, J. K.. 2005. "Evolution and growth of plants in a low CO₂ world" A History of Atmospheric CO₂ and Its Effects on Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems. edited by Ehleringer, J. R., T. E. Cerling, and D. Dearing. 232-257.
• Ward, J. K., J. M. Harris, T. E. Cerling, A. Wiedenhoeft, M. J. Lott, M. Dearing, J. B. Coltrain, and J. R. Ehleringer. 2005. "Carbon starvation in glacial trees recovered from the La Brea tar pits" Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 102. 690-694.
• Ward, J. K. and J. K. Kelly. 2004. "Scaling up evolutionary responses to elevated CO₂: lessons from Arabidopsis" Ecology Letters. 7. 427-440.