Search Results - "Bakker, Jonathan D"
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Successional patterns of terrestrial wildlife following deglaciation
Published in The Journal of animal ecology (01-03-2023)“…Disturbance is a key driver of community assembly and patterns of diversity. Whereas successional changes in vegetation have been well‐studied, postdisturbance…”
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Natural History’s Place in Science and Society
Published in Bioscience (01-04-2014)“…The fundamental properties of organisms—what they are, how and where they live, and the biotic and abiotic interactions that link them to communities and…”
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Intraspecific trait variation driven by plasticity and ontogeny in Hypochaeris radicata
Published in PloS one (21-10-2014)“…The importance of intraspecific variation in plant functional traits for structuring communities and driving ecosystem processes is increasingly recognized,…”
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Relative importance of abiotic, biotic, and disturbance drivers of plant community structure in the sagebrush steppe
Published in Ecological applications (01-04-2017)“…Abiotic conditions, biotic factors, and disturbances can act as filters that control community structure and composition. Understanding the relative importance…”
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Preference, performance, and chemical defense in an endangered butterfly using novel and ancestral host plants
Published in Scientific reports (14-01-2021)“…Adoption of novel host plants by herbivorous insects can require new adaptations and may entail loss of adaptation to ancestral hosts. We examined…”
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Herbivory and nutrients shape grassland soil seed banks
Published in Nature communications (04-07-2023)“…Anthropogenic nutrient enrichment and shifts in herbivory can lead to dramatic changes in the composition and diversity of aboveground plant communities. In…”
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Challenges and opportunities for grassland restoration: A global perspective of best practices in the era of climate change
Published in Global ecology and conservation (01-10-2023)“…Grasslands are ubiquitous globally, and their conservation and restoration are critical to combat both the biodiversity and climate crises. There is increasing…”
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Grazing regime alters plant community structure via patch‐scale diversity in semiarid grasslands
Published in Ecosphere (Washington, D.C) (01-06-2021)“…Selective grazing of livestock creates lightly and heavily grazed vegetation patches, which together contribute to the whole community in grazed grasslands…”
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Opposing community assembly patterns for dominant and nondominant plant species in herbaceous ecosystems globally
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-12-2021)“…Biotic and abiotic factors interact with dominant plants—the locally most frequent or with the largest coverage—and nondominant plants differently, partially…”
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Terrestrial laser scanning for vegetation sampling
Published in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) (28-10-2014)“…We developed new vegetation indices utilizing terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) to quantify the three-dimensional spatial configuration of plant communities…”
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Long-Term Effects of Fuels Treatments, Overstory Structure, and Wildfire on Tree Regeneration in Dry Forests of Central Washington
Published in Forests (01-08-2020)“…The long-term effectiveness of dry-forest fuels treatments (restoration thinning and prescribed burning) depends, in part, on the pace at which trees…”
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Wind and salt spray alter tree shape and dry mass density in Casuarina equisetifolia L
Published in Trees (Berlin, West) (01-02-2017)“…Key message Wind, salt spray, and the proximity to the coastline significantly caused the variation of tree shape and dry mass density of Casuarina…”
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Anthropogenic-based regional-scale factors most consistently explain plot-level exotic diversity in grasslands
Published in Global ecology and biogeography (01-07-2014)“…Aim: Evidence linking the accumulation of exotic species to the suppression of native diversity is equivocal, often relying on data from studies that have used…”
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Drivers of soil microbial and detritivore activity across global grasslands
Published in Communications biology (01-12-2023)“…Covering approximately 40% of land surfaces, grasslands provide critical ecosystem services that rely on soil organisms. However, the global determinants of…”
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Regional contingencies in the relationship between aboveground biomass and litter in the world's grasslands
Published in PloS one (06-02-2013)“…Based on regional-scale studies, aboveground production and litter decomposition are thought to positively covary, because they are driven by shared biotic and…”
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Increasing the utility of Indicator Species Analysis
Published in The Journal of applied ecology (01-12-2008)“…1. The identification of species associated with or indicative of groups of samples is a common aspect of ecological research, including studies of…”
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Planting, seeding, and sediment impact restoration success following dam removal
Published in Restoration ecology (01-03-2022)“…Large dam removals effectively restore geomorphic and hydrologic processes, but little is known about subsequent vegetation recovery and the role of active…”
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Integrative modelling reveals mechanisms linking productivity and plant species richness
Published in Nature (London) (21-01-2016)“…Data from grasslands across five continents show clear signals of numerous underlying mechanisms linking ecosystem productivity and species richness…”
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Plant diversity predicts beta but not alpha diversity of soil microbes across grasslands worldwide
Published in Ecology letters (01-01-2015)“…Aboveground–belowground interactions exert critical controls on the composition and function of terrestrial ecosystems, yet the fundamental relationships…”
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