- 2015. Davis, M, E. Cook, S. Collins, and S.J. Hall. Top-down vs. bottom-up regulation of herbaceous primary production and composition in an arid, urbanizing ecosystem. Journal of Arid Environments, 116; 103-114. doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2015.01.018.
- 2015. Marusenko, Y., F. Garcia-Pichel, and S.J. Hall. Ammonia-oxidizing archaea respond positively to inorganic N addition in desert soils. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 91(2):1-11.
- 2013. Marusenko, Y., D.P. Huber, and S.J. Hall. Fungi mediate nitrous oxide production but not ammonia oxidation in arid and semi-arid soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 63: 24-36.
- 2012. Sponseller, RA., S.J. Hall, D. Huber, N.B. Grimm, J.P. Kaye, C. Clark, and S. Collins. Variation in monsoon precipitation drives spatial and temporal patterns of Larrea tridentata growth in the Sonoran Desert. Functional Ecology , DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01979.x.
- 2011. Hall, S.J., R.A. Sponseller, N.B. Grimm, D. Huber, J.P. Kaye, C. Clark, and S. Collins. Ecosystem response to nutrient enrichment across an urban airshed in the Sonoran Desert. Ecological Applications, 21 (3): 640-660.
- 2011. Marusenko, Y., P. Herckes, and S.J. Hall. Distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soils of urban transportation corridors in an arid ecosystem. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 219 (1): 473-487. DOI 10.1007/s11270-010-0721-5.
- 2011. Kaye, J.P., S.E. Eckert, D.A. Gonzalez, J.O. Allen, S.J. Hall, R.A. Sponseller, and N.B. Grimm. Decomposition of urban atmospheric carbon in Sonoran Desert soils. Urban Ecosystems, DOI 10.1007/s11252-011-0173-8.
- 2009. Hall, S.J., B. Ahmed, P. Ortiz, R. Davies, R. Sponseller, and N.B. Grimm. Urbanization alters soil microbial functioning in the Sonoran Desert. Ecosystems, 12: 654–671, DOI: 10.1007/s10021-009-9249-1.
- 2008. Hall, S.J., D. Huber, and N.B. Grimm. Soil N2O and NOx emissions from an arid urban ecosystem. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, (113), G01016, doi:10.1029/2007JG000523.
- 2008. McCrackin, M.L., T.K. Harms, N.B. Grimm, S.J. Hall, J.P. Kaye. Responses of soil microorganisms to resource availability in urban desert soils, Biogeochemistry, (87) 2, 143-155.
