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A CO2 Concentration Gradient Facility for Testing CO2 Enrichment and Soil Effects on Grassland Ecosystem Function

scientific article

A generalist-specialist trade-off between switchgrass cytotypes impacts climate adaptation and geographic range

scientific article published on 04 April 2022

Abundance of introduced species at home predicts abundance away in herbaceous communities

scientific article published in February 2011

Accelerated development in Johnsongrass seedlings (Sorghum halepense) suppresses the growth of native grasses through size-asymmetric competition

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Addition of multiple limiting resources reduces grassland diversity

scientific article published on 24 August 2016

Altered Rainfall Patterns, Gas Exchange, and Growth in Grasses and Forbs

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Altering Rainfall Timing and Quantity in a Mesic Grassland Ecosystem: Design and Performance of Rainfall Manipulation Shelters

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Anthropogenic-based regional-scale factors most consistently explain plot-level exotic diversity in grasslands

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Assessing the Response of Terrestrial Ecosystems to Potential Changes in Precipitation

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Atmospheric CO2and soil extracellular enzyme activity: a meta-analysis and CO2gradient experiment

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Author Correction: General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales

correction of a scholarly article

Author Correction: Leaf nutrients, not specific leaf area, are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs

scientific article published on 15 May 2020

Bacterial community response to a preindustrial-to-future CO gradient is limited and soil specific in Texas Prairie grassland

Bacterial community response to a preindustrial-to-future CO2 gradient is limited and soil specific in Texas Prairie grassland

Biomass production and temporal stability are similar in switchgrass monoculture and diverse grassland

scientific article published on 18 September 2020

Biotic Regulation of CO2 Uptake–Climate Responses: Links to Vegetation Properties

scientific article published on 23 June 2016

Bloom and Bust: ecological consequences of precipitation variability in aridlands

scholarly article

Branching responses in Silphium integrifolium (Asteraceae) following mechanical or gall damage to apical meristems and neighbor removal

scientific article published on June 1, 2005

CO enrichment and soil type additively regulate grassland productivity

scientific article published in 2018

CO2 and soil water potential as regulators of the growth and N fraction derived from fixation of a legume in tallgrass prairie communities

CO2 enrichment and soil type additively regulate grassland productivity

scientific article published in 2018

CO2 enrichment increases element concentrations in grass mixtures by changing species abundances

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CO2-caused change in plant species composition rivals the shift in vegetation between mid-grass and tallgrass prairies

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Changes in grassland ecosystem function due to extreme rainfall events: implications for responses to climate change

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Climate and local environment structure asynchrony and the stability of primary production in grasslands

scientific article published in April 2020

Climate modifies response of non-native and native species richness to nutrient enrichment.

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Climatic, ecophysiological, and phenological controls on plant ecohydrological strategies in seasonally dry ecosystems

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Comment on "Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness"

scientific article published in Science

Community leaf dry matter content predicts plant production in simple and diverse grassland

scientific article published in 2022

Comparing Biomass Yields of Low-Input High-Diversity Communities with Managed Monocultures Across the Central United States

scholarly article by Mari-Vaughn V. Johnson et al published 24 April 2010 in Bioenergy research

Compositional variation in grassland plant communities

scientific article published in 2023

Consequences of More Extreme Precipitation Regimes for Terrestrial Ecosystems

Constraints on growth and allocation patterns of Silphium integrifolium (Asteraceae) caused by a cynipid gall wasp

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Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency

scientific article published on June 2004

Dominant plant taxa predict plant productivity responses to CO2 enrichment across precipitation and soil gradients

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Ecological genomics: making the leap from model systems in the lab to native populations in the field

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Ecophysiological responses of two dominant grasses to altered temperature and precipitation regimes

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Effects of Compounded Precipitation Pattern Intensification and Drought Occur Belowground in a Mesic Grassland

scientific article published on 20 October 2021

Effects of Fire, Browsers and Gallers on New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus herbaceous) Growth and Reproduction

article by HEATHER L. THROOP & Philip A Fay published January 1999 in American Midland Naturalist

Effects of nitrogen fertilization and bioenergy crop species on central tendency and spatial heterogeneity of soil glycosidase activities

scientific article published on 12 November 2020

Effects of precipitation changes on aboveground net primary production and soil respiration in a switchgrass field

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Effects of precipitation changes on switchgrass photosynthesis, growth, and biomass: A mesocosm experiment

scientific article published on 8 February 2018

Eutrophication weakens stabilizing effects of diversity in natural grasslands

scientific article published on 16 February 2014

Feedback from plant species change amplifies CO2enhancement of grassland productivity

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Few multiyear precipitation-reduction experiments find a shift in the productivity-precipitation relationship

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Flowering in grassland predicted by CO2 and resource effects on species aboveground biomass

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Fungal Community Responses to Past and Future Atmospheric CO2 Differ by Soil Type

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General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales

scientific article published on 23 October 2020

Genomic mechanisms of climate adaptation in polyploid bioenergy switchgrass

scientific article published on 27 January 2021

Genotypic variation in traits linked to climate and aboveground productivity in a widespread C₄ grass: evidence for a functional trait syndrome

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Geographic variation in the genetic basis of resistance to leaf rust between locally adapted ecotypes of the biofuel crop switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)

scientific article published on 23 March 2020

Germination, survival, and growth of grass and forb seedlings: Effects of soil moisture variability

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Global impacts of fertilization and herbivore removal on soil net nitrogen mineralization are modulated by local climate and soil properties

scientific article published on 12 August 2020

Grassland productivity limited by multiple nutrients

scientific article published on 6 July 2015

Impacts of climate change drivers on C4 grassland productivity: scaling driver effects through the plant community

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Increased photosynthesis and water potentials in Silphium integrifolium galled by cynipid wasps

scientific article published on February 1993

Increased rainfall variability and reduced rainfall amount decreases soil CO2 flux in a grassland ecosystem

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Increasing effects of chronic nutrient enrichment on plant diversity loss and ecosystem productivity over time

scientific article published on 15 October 2020

Integrating transcriptional, metabolomic, and physiological responses to drought stress and recovery in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.).

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Integrative modelling reveals mechanisms linking productivity and plant species richness

scientific article published on 13 January 2016

Inter-Annual Precipitation Variability Decreases Switchgrass Productivity from Arid to Mesic Environments

scientific article published on 19 June 2018

Intraspecific variation in precipitation responses of a widespread C<sub>4</sub>grass depends on site water limitation

scientific article published in 2016

Leaf isoprene emission rate as a function of atmospheric CO2concentration

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Leaf nutrients, not specific leaf area, are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs

scientific article published on 04 February 2019

Linking changes in species composition and biomass in a globally distributed grassland experiment

scientific article published on 24 October 2022

Local loss and spatial homogenization of plant diversity reduce ecosystem multifunctionality

scientific article published on 4 December 2017

Long-term N-addition alters the community structure of functionally important N-cycling soil microorganisms across global grasslands

scientific article published in January 2023

MILITARY TRAINING EFFECTS ON TERRESTRIAL AND AQUATIC COMMUNITIES ON A GRASSLAND MILITARY INSTALLATION

scholarly article by Michael C. Quist et al published April 2003 in Ecological Applications

Modeling the vegetation–atmosphere carbon dioxide and water vapor interactions along a controlled CO2 gradient

scientific article published in 2011

Monitoring Climate Impacts on Annual Forage Production across U.S. Semi-Arid Grasslands

scholarly article

Multiple constraints cause positive and negative feedbacks limiting grassland soil CO2 efflux under CO2 enrichment

scientific article published on 21 December 2020

Negative effects of nitrogen override positive effects of phosphorus on grassland legumes worldwide

scientific article published on 06 July 2021

Nitrogen but not phosphorus addition affects symbiotic N2 fixation by legumes in natural and semi-natural grasslands located on four continents

scientific article published in 2022

Nutrient addition drives declines in grassland species richness primarily via enhanced species loss

scientific article published on 30 November 2022

Nutrient addition increases grassland sensitivity to droughts

scientific article published on 21 January 2020

Nutrient addition shifts plant community composition towards earlier flowering species in some prairie ecoregions in the U.S. Central Plains

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Nutrient enrichment alters seasonal <i>β</i>‐diversity in global grasslands

scientific article published in 2023

Nutrient enrichment increases invertebrate herbivory and pathogen damage in grasslands

scientific article published on 31 October 2021

Nutrient identity modifies the destabilising effects of eutrophication in grasslands

scientific article published on 27 December 2021

Nutrients and environment influence arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization both independently and interactively in Schizachyrium scoparium

Optimizing stomatal conductance for maximum carbon gain under water stress: a meta-analysis across plant functional types and climates

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Out of the shadows: multiple nutrient limitations drive relationships among biomass, light and plant diversity

scientific article published in September 2017

Photosynthetic and Stomatal Responses of Avena sativa (Poaceae) to a Variable Light Environment

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Photosynthetic and Stomatal Responses to Variable Light in a Cool-Season and a Warm-Season Prairie Forb

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Photosynthetic traits in C3 and C4 grassland species in mesocosm and field environments

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Plant Tolerance of Gall-Insect Attack and Gall-Insect Performance

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Plant biomass, not plant economics traits, determines responses of soil CO 2 efflux to precipitation in the C 4 grass Panicum virgatum

scientific article published in 2020

Plant community change mediates the response of foliar δ(15)N to CO 2 enrichment in mesic grasslands

scientific article published on 22 January 2015

Plant species' origin predicts dominance and response to nutrient enrichment and herbivores in global grasslands

scientific article published on 15 July 2015

Precipitation variability and primary productivity in water-limited ecosystems: how plants ‘leverage’ precipitation to ‘finance’ growth

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Predicting invasion in grassland ecosystems: is exotic dominance the real embarrassment of richness?

scientific article published on 16 October 2013

Primary Productivity and Water Balance of Grassland Vegetation on Three Soils in a Continuous CO2 Gradient: Initial Results from the Lysimeter CO2 Gradient Experiment

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Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness

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Productivity responses to altered rainfall patterns in a C4-dominated grassland

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Promises and Challenges of Eco-Physiological Genomics in the Field: Tests of Drought Responses in Switchgrass

scientific article published on 31 May 2016

QTL and Drought Effects on Leaf Physiology in Lowland Panicum virgatum

scientific article published on 27 June 2016

QTL × environment interactions underlie adaptive divergence in switchgrass across a large latitudinal gradient

scientific article published on 10 June 2019

Rain use efficiency across a precipitation gradient on the Tibetan Plateau

scholarly article

Rainfall Variability, Carbon Cycling, and Plant Species Diversity in a Mesic Grassland

scientific article published in Science

Responses of switchgrass soil respiration and its components to precipitation gradient in a mesocosm study

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Responses to Short-Term Reductions in Light in Soybean Leaves: Effects of Leaf Position and Drought Stress

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Soil carbon responses to past and future CO 2 in three Texas prairie soils

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Soil carbon stocks in temperate grasslands differ strongly across sites but are insensitive to decade‐long fertilization

scientific article published in 2021

Soil extracellular oxidases mediated nitrogen fertilization effects on soil organic carbon sequestration in bioenergy croplands

scientific article published on 16 May 2021

Soil net nitrogen mineralisation across global grasslands

scientific article published on 31 October 2019

Soil properties as key predictors of global grassland production: Have we overlooked micronutrients?

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Soil type and moisture regime control microbial C and N mineralization in grassland soils more than atmospheric CO2-induced changes in litter quality

Soil-mediated effects of subambient to increased carbon dioxide on grassland productivity

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Spatial heterogeneity in species composition constrains plant community responses to herbivory and fertilisation

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Species losses, gains, and changes in persistent species are associated with distinct effects on ecosystem functioning in global grasslands

Spectral Heterogeneity Predicts Local-Scale Gamma and Beta Diversity of Mesic Grasslands

scientific article published on 25 February 2019

Spectrally derived values of community leaf dry matter content link shifts in grassland composition with change in biomass production

scientific article published on 14 January 2020

Stomatal and photosynthetic responses to shade in sorghum, soybean and eastern gamagrass

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Superstatistics of hydro-climatic fluctuations and interannual ecosystem productivity

scholarly article

Temporal stability of grassland metacommunities is regulated more by community functional traits than species diversity

scientific article published in 2020

The effect of subambient to elevated atmospheric CO₂ concentration on vascular function in Helianthus annuus: implications for plant response to climate change.

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The genetic basis for panicle trait variation in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum)

scientific article published in 2022

Traits of an invasive grass conferring an early growth advantage over native grasses

scientific article published in 2016

Using research networks to create the comprehensive datasets needed to assess nutrient availability as a key determinant of terrestrial carbon cycling

article by Sara Vicca et al published 24 October 2018 in Environmental Research Letters

Variation in gene expression ofAndropogon gerardiiin response to altered environmental conditions associated with climate change

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Widening global variability in grassland biomass since the 1980s

scientific article published on 5 August 2024

Within-plant distribution of a galling adelgid (Homoptera: Adelgidae): the consequences of conflicting survivorship, growth, and reproduction

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