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Mesophication of Oak Landscapes: Evidence, Knowledge Gaps, and Future Research by Alexander, Heather D, Siegert, Courtney, Brewer, J Stephen, Kreye, Jesse, Lashley, Marcus A, McDaniel, Jennifer K, Paulson, Alison K, Renninger, Heidi J, Varner, J Morgan

“…Abstract Pyrophytic oak landscapes across the central and eastern United States are losing dominance as shade-tolerant, fire-sensitive, or opportunistic tree…”
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Growth and tissue nutrient responses of adults of Sarracenia alata to prey exclusion, nutrient addition, and neighbor reduction by Holloway, Jalen C., Stephen Brewer, J.

“…Premise Carnivorous plants are often associated with nutrient‐poor soils and fires. Fire can decrease available soil nitrogen (N) and increase light…”
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Aboveground versus soil‐mediated effects of an invasive grass on fire‐dependent forbs in an oak woodland by Williams, G. L., Stephen Brewer, J.

“…Most work on plant competition intensity in general has focused on how aboveground and belowground competition for resources between plants changes with soil…”
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Impact of invasive slash pine (Pinus elliottii) on groundcover vegetation at home and abroad by Brewer, J. Stephen, Souza, Flaviana Maluf, Callaway, Ragan M., Durigan, Giselda

“…Invasive trees can cause catastrophic reductions in diversity in invaded grasslands and savannas. Such reductions often appear to be particularly severe in the…”
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Disturbance-mediated competition between perennial plants along a resource supply gradient by Brewer, J. Stephen

“…1. Traditional views of ecological disturbance emphasize the role that physical disturbances play in reducing competition between populations and maintaining…”
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Air/Surface Exchange of Gaseous Elemental Mercury at Different Landscapes in Mississippi, USA by Cizdziel, James, Jiang, Yi, Nallamothu, Divya, Brewer, J., Gao, Zhiqiang

“…Mercury (Hg) is a global pollutant with human health and ecological impacts. Gas exchange between terrestrial surfaces and the atmosphere is an important route…”
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Naturally diverse plant communities do not resist invasion by the strong competitor, Microstegium vimineum by Williams, Griffin Lee, Brewer, J. Stephen

“…Premise Theory predicts and empirical studies have shown that ecologically manipulated communities with high species diversity are resistant to invasion, but…”
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Gaseous Elemental Mercury Concentrations along the Northern Gulf of Mexico Using Passive Air Sampling, with a Comparison to Active Sampling by Jeon, Byunggwon, Cizdziel, James V., Brewer, J. Stephen, Luke, Winston T., Cohen, Mark D., Ren, Xinrong, Kelley, Paul

“…Mercury is a toxic element that is dispersed globally through the atmosphere. Accurately measuring airborne mercury concentrations aids understanding of the…”
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Correction: Cizdziel, J., et al. Air/Surface Exchange of Gaseous Elemental Mercury at Different Landscapes in Mississippi, USA. Atmosphere 2019, 10, 538 by Cizdziel, James V., Jiang, Yi, Nallamothu, Divya, Brewer, J. Stephen, Gao, Zhiqiang

“…The authors wish to make the following correction to this paper [...]…”
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Inter‐ and intraspecific competition and shade avoidance in the carnivorous pale pitcher plant in a nutrient‐poor savanna by Brewer, J. Stephen

“…Premise of the Study Ecologists generally agree that weak interspecific competition for light contributes to high plant species diversity in ecosystems with…”
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Mechanisms of fire‐maintained plant species diversity in species‐rich wet pine savannas by Brewer, J. Stephen

“…Temperate savannas and grasslands maintained by frequent, low‐intensity disturbances such as fire contain among the most species‐rich plant communities in the…”
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Plant behavior and coexistence: stem elongation of the carnivorous subshrub Drosophyllum lusitanicum within xerophytic shrub canopies by Brewer, J. Stephen, Paniw, Maria, Ojeda, Fernando

“…For many species, facilitation can result in transient species coexistence, but subsequent competition can limit long-term coexistence. Adaptive phenotypic…”
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A Potential Conflict between Preserving Regional Plant Diversity and Biotic Resistance to an Invasive Grass, Microstegium vimineum by Stephen Brewer, J

“…The relevance of diversity-biotic resistance studies to conservation of biodiversity could be improved by simultaneously examining the drivers of regional…”
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A review and classification of interactions between forest disturbance from wind and fire by Cannon, Jeffery B., Peterson, Chris J., O'Brien, Joseph J., Brewer, J. Stephen

“…[Display omitted] •We review wind and fire disturbance interactions emphasizing amplifying and buffering effects.•The potential for buffering interactions…”
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Prey exclusion combined with simulated fire increases subsequent prey‐capture potential in the pale pitcher plant, Sarracenia alata by Abbott, Matthew J., Brewer, J. Stephen

“…Premise The association of carnivory (an adaptation to nutrient‐poor soils) with fire has been described as a paradox, given increases in nutrient availability…”
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Natural Canopy Damage and the Ecological Restoration of Fire-Indicative Groundcover Vegetation in an Oak-Pine Forest by Brewer, J. Stephen

“…An important goal of restoring fire to upland oak-dominated communities that have experienced fire exclusion is restoring groundcover plant species diversity…”
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Per capita community-level effects of an invasive grass, Microstegium vimineum, on vegetation in mesic forests in northern Mississippi (USA) by Brewer, J. Stephen

“…Quantifying per capita impacts of invasive species on resident communities requires integrating regression analyses with experiments under natural conditions…”
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The Lack of Favorable Responses of an Endangered Pitcher Plant to Habitat Restoration by Stephen Brewer, J.

“…Restoring habitat structure that existed before active and inadvertent fire suppression is thought to be critical to maintaining populations of some rare…”
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The potential role of reproductive interference in the decline of native green treefrogs following Cuban treefrog invasions by Kennedy, Joseph G. C., Johnson, Steve A., Brewer, J. Stephen, Leary, Christopher J.

“…Reproductive interference is increasingly implicated in the decline of native taxa following alien species invasions. We examined reproductive interference in…”
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Competition does not explain the absence of a carnivorous pitcher plant from a nutrient-rich marsh by Abbott, Matthew J., Brewer, J. Stephen

“…Background and Aims Why is the carnivorous pitcher plant, Sarracenia alata Wood largely absent from eutrophic habitats? Two hypotheses are addressed: (1)…”
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