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Structure and dynamics of aquatic communities. In: Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie. New York: Oxford University Press; 1998:177 -189.
. Terrestrial nutrient cycling in tallgrass prairie. In: Grassland Dynamics: Long-term Ecological Research. Grassland Dynamics: Long-term Ecological Research. New York: Oxford University Press; 1998:222 -243.
. The core-satellite species hypothesis provides a theoretical basis for Grimes classification of dominant subordinate, and transient species. Journal of Ecology. 1999;87:1064 -1067. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00424.x.
. The keystone role of bison in North American tallgrass prairie. BioScience. 1999;49:39 -50. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/bisi.1999.49.1.39.
Altering rainfall timing and quantity in a mesic grassland ecosystem: Design and performance of rainfall manipulation shelters. Ecosystems. 2000;3:308 -319. doi:10.1007/s100210000028.
. Disturbance frequency and community stability in native tallgrass prairie. The American Naturalist. 2000;155:311 -325. doi:10.1086/303326.
. Ecosystems as functional units in nature. Natural Resources and Environment. 2000;14:150 -155.
. Fertilization effects of species density and primary productivity in herbaceous plant communities. Oikos. 2000;89:428 -439. doi:10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.890302.x.
. Carbon and water relations of juvenile Quercus species in tallgrass prairie. Journal of Vegetation Science. 2001;12:807 -816. doi:10.2307/3236868.
Ecological forecasts: an emerging imperative. Science. 2001;293:657 -660. doi:10.1126/science.293.5530.657.
Feedback loops in ecological hierarchies following urine deposition in tallgrass prairie. Ecology. 2001;82:1319 -1329. doi:10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[1319:FLIEHF]2.0.CO;2.
. Interactions between fire and invasive plants in temperate grasslands of North America. . 2001:40 -65.
. Long-term research and the dynamics of bird populations and communities: an overview. Auk. 2001;118:583 -588. doi:10.1642/0004-8038(2001)118[0583:LTRATD]2.0.CO;2.
. A method to determine rate and pattern of variability in ecological communities. Oikos. 2001;91:285 -293. doi:10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.910209.x.
. Altered rainfall patterns, gas exchange and growth in C3 and C4 grassland species. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 2002;163:549 -557.
Effect of local and regional processes on plant species richness in tallgrass prairie. Oikos. 2002;99:571 -579. doi:10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.12112.x.
. Rainfall variability, carbon cycling and plant species diversity in a mesic grassland. Science. 2002;298:2202 -2205. doi:10.1126/science.1076347.
Disturbance dynamics and ecological response: the contribution of long-term ecological research. BioScience. 2003;53:46 -56. doi: 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0046:DDAERT]2.0.CO;2.
. Productivity responses to altered rainfall patterns in a C4-dominated grassland. Oecologia. 2003;137:245 -251. doi:10.1007/s00442-003-1331-3.
. Soil resources regulate productivity and diversity in newly established tallgrass prairie. Ecology. 2003;84:724 -735. doi:10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[0724:SRRPAD]2.0.CO;2.
. Generality in ecology: testing North American grassland rules in South African savannas. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2004;9:483 -491. doi:10.1890/1540-9295(2004)002[0483:GIETNA]2.0.CO;2.
Needed: A unified infrastructure to support long-term scientific research on public lands. Ecological Applications. 2004;14:18 -21. doi:10.1890/03-5106.
. Plant community responses to resource availability and heterogeneity during restoration. Oecologia. 2004;139:617 -629. doi:10.1007/s00442-004-1541-3.
. Do individual plant speciesshow predictable responses to nitrogen addition across multipleexperiments?. Oikos. 2005;110:547 -555. doi:10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.13792.x.
Functional and abundance based mechanisms explain diversity loss due to nitrogen fertilization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2005;102:4387 -4392. doi:10.1073/pnas.0408648102.
Soil heterogeneity effects on tallgrass prairie community heterogeneity: anapplication of ecological theory to restoration ecology. Restoration Ecology. 2005;13:413 -424. doi:10.1111/j.1526-100X.2005.00051.x.
. Scale-dependent interaction of fire andgrazing on community heterogeneity in tallgrass prairie. Ecology. 2006;87:2058 -2067. doi:10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[2058:SIOFAG]2.0.CO;2.
. Environmental and plant community determinants ofspecies loss following nitrogen enrichment. Ecology Letters. 2007;10:596 -607. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01053.x.
Microbial responses to nitrogen addition in three contrasting grassland ecosystems. Oecologia. 2007;154:349 -359. doi:10.1007/s00442-007-0836-6.
. Stream insect occupancy-frequency patterns and metapopulation structure. Oecologia. 2007;151:313 -321. doi:10.1007/s00442-006-0596-8.
Influence of grazing and fire frequency on small-scale plant community structure and resource variability in native tallgrass prairie. Oikos. 2008;117:859 -866. doi:10.1111/j.0030-1299.2008.16515.x.
. Rank clocks and plant community dynamics. Ecology. 2008;89:3534 -3541. doi:10.1890/07-1646.1.
Shrub encroachment in North American grasslands: Shifts in growth form dominance rapidly alters control of ecosystem carbon inputs. Global Change Biology. 2008;14:615 -623. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01512.x.
Species responses to nitrogen fertilization in herbaceous plant communities, and associated species traits. Ecology. 2008;89:1175 -. doi:10.1890/07-1104.1.
Controls of aboveground net primary production in mesic savanna grasslands: An inter-hemispheric comparison. Ecosystems. 2009;12:982 -995. doi:10.1007/s10021-009-9273-1.
A framework for assessing ecosystem dynamics in response to chronic resource alterations induced by global change. Ecology. 2009;90:3279 -3289. doi:10.1890/08-1815.1.
. Fire and grazing in a mesic tallgrass prairie: impacts on plant species and functional traits. Ecology. 2010;91:1651 -1659. doi:10.1890/09-0431.1.
Abundance of introduced species at home predicts abundance away in herbaceous communities. Ecology Letters. 2011;14:274 -281. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01584.x.
An integrated conceptual framework for long-term social-ecological research. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2011;9:351 -357. doi:10.1890/100068.
Patterns of trait convergence and divergence among native and exotic species in herbaceous plant communities are not modified by nitrogen enrichment. Journal of Ecology. 2011;99:1327 -1338. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01860.x.
Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness. Science. 2011;333:1750 -1753. doi:10.1126/science.1204498.
Effects of fire, grazing and topographic variation on vegetation structure in tallgrass prairie. Journal of Vegetation Science. 2012;23:563 -575. doi:10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01369.x.
. Incorporating clonal growth form clarifies the role of plant height in response to nitrogen addition. Oecologia. 2012;169:1053 -1062. doi:10.1007/s00442-012-2264-5.
Long-term ecological research in a human-dominated world. BioScience. 2012;62:342 -353. doi:10.1525/bio.2012.62.4.6.
Past, present, and future roles of long-term experiments in the LTER Network. Bioscience. 2012;62:377 -389. doi:10.1525/bio.2012.62.4.9.
Stability of tallgrass prairie during a 19-year increase in growing season precipitation. Functional Ecology. 2012;26(6):1450 - 1459. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01995.x.
A test of two mechanisms proposed to optimize grassland aboveground primary productivity in response to grazing. Journal of Plant Ecology. 2012;5:357 -365. doi:10.1093/jpe/rts020.
Woody encroachment decreases diversity across North American grasslands and savannas. Ecology. 2012;93:697 -703. doi:10.1890/11-1199.1.
. Coordinated distributed experiments: an emerging tool for testing global hypotheses in ecology and environmental science. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2013;11:147 -155. doi:10.1890/110279.