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Changes in grassland canopy structure across a precipitation gradient by Lane, Diana R., Coffin, Debra P., Lauenroth, William K.

“…In temperate grasslands, the relative importance of above‐ground competition for light compared to below‐ground competition for water and nutrients is…”
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Effects of cultivation and abandonment on soil organic matter in northeastern Colorado by Ihori, T. (Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.), Burke, I.C, Lauenroth, W.K, Coffin, D.P

“…The influence of climate and soil texture on soil organic matter losses due to cultivation are rarely addressed due to lack of appropriately paired sites. In…”
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Soil organic matter recovery in semiarid grasslands: implications for the Conservation Reserve Program by Burke, Ingrid C., Lauenroth, William K., Coffin, Debra P.

“…Although the effects of cultivation on soil organic matter and nutrient supply capacity are well understood, relatively little work has been done on the…”
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Geographic patterns of simulated establishment of two Bouteloua species: implications for distributions of dominants and ecotones by Minnick, Tamera J., Coffin, Debra P.

“…Our overall objective was to use a soil water model to predict spatial patterns in germination and establishment of two important perennial C4-bunchgrasses…”
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Regional productivities of plant species in the Great Plains of the United States by Epstein, H.E, Lauenroth, W.K, Burke, I.C, Coffin, D.P

“…Few studies have analyzed the production of plant species at regional scales in grassland ecosystems, due in part to limited availability of data at large…”
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The advantage of long-distance clonal spreading in highly disturbed habitats by Fahrig, Lenore, Coffin, Debra P., Lauenroth, William K., Shugart, Herman H.

“…Classical theory states that cover of annual plants should increase relative to perennials as disturbance frequency increases. However, it has been suggested…”
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Disturbance intensity and above- and belowground herbivory effects on long-term (14y) recovery of a semiarid grassland by Coffin, D.P, Laycock, W.A, Lauenroth, W.K

“…The importance of disturbance intensity and herbivory by cattle and white grubs, or the larvae of June beetles (including Phyllophaga fimbripes), to recovery…”
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Development of microtopography in a semi-arid grassland: effects of disturbance size and soil texture by Martinez-Turanzas, G.A. (Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO (USA). Rangeland Ecosystem Science Dept.), Coffin, D.P, Burke, I.C

“…Our objective was to evaluate effects of disturbance size and soil texture on the development of microtopography for a shortgrass plant community in north…”
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Transient responses of North-American grasslands to changes in climate by Coffin, Debra P, Lauenroth, William K

“…Coffin and Lauenroth evaluated the transient responses of grasslands in the central grassland region of North America to changes in climate. An individual…”
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Disturbances and gap dynamics in a semiarid grassland: A landscape-level approach by Coffin, Debra P., Lauenroth, William K.

“…The authors developed a spatially-explicit gap dynamics simulation model to evaluate the effects of disturbances at the scale of a landscape for a semiarid…”
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Spatial Variability in Seed Production of the Perennial Bunchgrass Bouteloua gracilis (Gramineae) by Coffin, Debra P., Lauenroth, William K.

“…The effects of soil texture and grazing by cattle on the production of seeds of Bouteloua gracilis were evaluated for a semiarid grassland in northeastern…”
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Spatial and temporal variation in the seed bank of a semiarid grassland by Coffin, D.P, Lauenroth, W.K

“…The spatial and temporal variability in the seed bank of a semiarid grassland in Colorado was evaluated using soil cores. Spatial variability in the soil…”
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Effects of soil texture and precipitation on above-ground net primary productivity and vegetation structure across the Central Grassland region of the United States by Lane, Diana R., Coffin, Debra P., Lauenroth, William K.

“…A potentially important organizing principle in arid and semi-arid systems is the inverse-texture hypothesis which predicts that plant communities on…”
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Comparison of root distributions of species in North American grasslands using GIS by Sun, Guowei, Coffin, Debra P., Lauenroth, William K.

“…We quantified the spatial distribution of roots of individual plants using detailed drawings from the literature of species of grasses, forbs, and shrubs in…”
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Burrowing activities of kangaroo rats and patterns in plant species dominance at a shortgrass steppe-desert grassland ecotone by Fields, Mark J., Coffin, Debra P., Gosz, James R.

“…Our objective was to evaluate the effects of burrowing activities by banner-tail kangaroo rats (Dipodomys spectabilis Merriam) on plant community structure and…”
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Recovery of vegetation in a semiarid grassland 53 years after disturbance by Coffin, Debra P., Lauenroth, William K., Burke, Ingrid C.

“…Plowing and subsequent abandonment of semiarid grasslands in the shortgrass steppe region of North America results in both short- and long-term changes in…”
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Spatial and Temporal Variation in the Seed Bank of a Semiarid Grassland by Coffin, Debra P., Lauenroth, William K.

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Spatial Variability in Seed Production of the Perennial Bunchgrass Bouteloua gracilis (Gramineae) by Coffin, Debra P., Lauenroth, William K.

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An individual-based model of alpine plant distributions by Humphries, Hope C., Coffin, Debra P., Lauenroth, William K.

“…Our objective was to evaluate the relationships between alpine plant distributions and environmental conditions in order to predict the spatial distribution of…”
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Successional Dynamics of a Semiarid Grassland: Effects of Soil Texture and Disturbance Size by Coffin, Debra P., Lauenroth, William K.

“…We evaluated effects of soil texture and disturbance size on the successional dynamics of a semiarid grassland dominated by the perennial bunchgrass, Bouteloua…”
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