List of works by Bradley J. Butterfield

A functional comparative approach to facilitation and its context dependence

scientific article published on 30 November 2012

A global analysis of bidirectional interactions in alpine plant communities shows facilitators experiencing strong reciprocal fitness costs

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A systematic review of arthropod community diversity in association with invasive plants

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Anticipatory natural resource science and management for a changing future

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Arid Ecosystem Vegetation Canopy-Gap Dichotomy: Influence on Soil Microbial Composition and Nutrient Cycling Functional Potential

scientific article published on 11 December 2020

Aridity increases below-ground niche breadth in grass communities

article by Bradley J. Butterfield et al published 6 January 2017 in Plant Ecology

Assessing the accuracy of paired and random sampling for quantifying plant–plant interactions in natural communities

scientific article published on 11 August 2022

Associations between riparian plant morphological guilds and fluvial sediment dynamics along the regulated Colorado River in Grand Canyon

scientific article published on 29 January 2020

Beyond traditional ecological restoration on the Colorado Plateau

scientific article published in 2018

Directional selection shifts trait distributions of planted species in dryland restoration

scientific article published in 2021

Does restoration of plant diversity trigger concomitant soil microbiome changes in dryland ecosystems?

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Does the stress-gradient hypothesis hold water? Disentangling spatial and temporal variation in plant effects on soil moisture in dryland systems

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Effects of facilitation on community stability and dynamics: synthesis and future directions

scientific article published on 13 October 2009

Environmental filtering increases in intensity at both ends of climatic gradients, though driven by different factors, across woody vegetation types of the southwest USA

scientific article published on 13 March 2015

Environmental filtering of body size and darker coloration in pollinator communities indicate thermal restrictions on bees, but not flies, at high elevations

scientific article published on 14 October 2019

Extinction debt and delayed colonization have had comparable but unique effects on plant community–climate lags since the Last Glacial Maximum

scientific article published on 6 June 2019

Facilitation drives 65 years of vegetation change in the Sonoran Desert

scientific article published on April 2010

Facilitative plant interactions and climate simultaneously drive alpine plant diversity

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Foundation species influence trait-based community assembly.

scientific article published on 14 September 2012

Functional composition of plant communities mediates biomass effects on ecosystem service recovery across an experimental dryland restoration network

scientific article published on 01 July 2022

Functional trait heritability and local climatic adaptation among grasses: a meta-analysis

scientific article published on 30 January 2018

Future regulated flows of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon foretell decreased areal extent of sediment and increases in riparian vegetation

scientific article published on 28 January 2021

Gaps and hotspots in the state of knowledge of pinyon-juniper communities

scientific article published in January 2020

Global Root Traits (GRooT) Database

scientific article published on 19 May 2020

Global root traits (GRooT) database

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Hydrologic and geomorphic effects on riparian plant species occurrence and encroachment: Remote sensing of 360 km of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon

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Hydrological regime and climate interactively shape riparian vegetation composition along the Colorado River, Grand Canyon

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Influence of climate, post-treatment weather extremes, and soil factors on vegetation recovery after restoration treatments in the southwestern US

Life history characteristics may be as important as climate projections for defining range shifts: An example for common tree species in the intermountain western US

scientific article published in 2018

Life history traits predict colonization and extinction lags of desert plant species since the Last Glacial Maximum

scientific article published on 20 August 2019

Local climate and cultivation, but not ploidy, predict functional trait variation in Bouteloua gracilis (Poaceae)

scientific article published on 11 September 2015

Long-term plant community trajectories suggest divergent responses of native and non-native perennials and annuals to vegetation removal and seeding treatments

scientific article published on 12 March 2019

Long-term trends in restoration and associated land treatments in the southwestern United States

scientific article published in 2017

Matching seed to site by climate similarity: Techniques to prioritize plant materials development and use in restoration

scientific article published on 23 January 2017

Ontogenetic trait shifts: Seedlings display high trait variability during early stages of development

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Plant Production Responses to Precipitation Differ Along an Elevation Gradient and Are Enhanced Under Extremes

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Prestoration: using species in restoration that will persist now and into the future

scientific article published on 17 May 2016

Regeneration niche differentiates functional strategies of desert woody plant species

scientific article published on August 5, 2010

Regional coordination between riparian dependence and atmospheric demand in willows ( Salix L.) of western North America

scientific article published on 6 November 2020

RestoreNet: An emerging restoration network reveals controls on seeding success across dryland ecosystems

scientific article published on 9 August 2020

Revisiting the Holy Grail: using plant functional traits to understand ecological processes

scientific article published on 22 April 2016

Riverine complexity and life history inform restoration in riparian environments in the southwestern United States

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Scaling up the diversity-resilience relationship with trait databases and remote sensing data: the recovery of productivity after wildfire

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Single-trait functional indices outperform multi-trait indices in linking environmental gradients and ecosystem services in a complex landscape

scholarly article by Bradley J. Butterfield & Katharine N. Suding published 21 December 2012 in Journal of Ecology

Soil surface treatments and precipitation timing determine seedling development across southwestern US restoration sites

scientific article published in 2023

Species-specific trait-environment relationships among populations of widespread grass species

scientific article published on 08 March 2019

Stable isotope physiology of stem succulents across a broad range of volume-to-surface area ratio

scientific article published on 6 July 2016

TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access

scientific article published on 31 December 2019

Temperature is better than precipitation as a predictor of plant community assembly across a dryland region

scientific article published on 04 August 2016

Testing the link between functional diversity and ecosystem functioning in a Minnesota grassland experiment.

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The context dependence of beneficiary feedback effects on benefactors in plant facilitation

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The economic value of grassland species for carbon storage.

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The effects of foundation species on community assembly: a global study on alpine cushion plant communities

scientific article published on August 2015

The hydroclimate niche: A tool for predicting and managing riparian plant community responses to streamflow seasonality

scientific article published on 3 November 2022

The right trait in the right place at the right time: Matching traits to environment improves restoration outcomes

scientific article published on 01 March 2020