Search Results - "Crawley, Michael"

Effects of long-term grassland management on the carbon and nitrogen pools of different soil aggregate fractions by Egan, Gary, Crawley, Michael J., Fornara, Dario A.

“…•Long-term grazing, liming and nutrient fertilization effects on soil aggregates•Liming significantly increased C and N pools of small soil aggregate…”
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Contrasting effects of insect and molluscan herbivores on plant diversity in a long-term field experiment by Allan, Eric, Crawley, Michael J.

“…Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 1246–1253 The importance of invertebrate herbivores in regulating plant communities remains unclear, due to the absence of long‐term…”
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Macroeconomic Consequences of Accounting: The Effect of Accounting Conservatism on Macroeconomic Indicators and the Money Supply by Crawley, Michael J.

“…This study investigates the macroeconomic consequences of firm-level accounting conservatism. Consistent with conditional conservatism extending to the…”
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Integrative modelling reveals mechanisms linking productivity and plant species richness by Grace, James B., Anderson, T. Michael, Seabloom, Eric W., Borer, Elizabeth T., Adler, Peter B., Harpole, W. Stanley, Hautier, Yann, Hillebrand, Helmut, Lind, Eric M., Pärtel, Meelis, Bakker, Jonathan D., Buckley, Yvonne M., Crawley, Michael J., Damschen, Ellen I., Davies, Kendi F., Fay, Philip A., Firn, Jennifer, Gruner, Daniel S., Hector, Andy, Knops, Johannes M. H., MacDougall, Andrew S., Melbourne, Brett A., Morgan, John W., Orrock, John L., Prober, Suzanne M., Smith, Melinda D.

“…Data from grasslands across five continents show clear signals of numerous underlying mechanisms linking ecosystem productivity and species richness…”
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Multi-nutrient vs. nitrogen-only effects on carbon sequestration in grassland soils by Fornara, Dario A., Banin, Lindsay, Crawley, Michael J.

“…Human activities have greatly increased the availability of biologically active forms of nutrients [e.g., nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P), potassium (K),…”
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Temporal variation in effect sizes in a long-term, split-plot field experiment by Leverkus, Alexandro B., Crawley, Michael J.

“…Ecological field experiments initiate successional and evolutionary changes among resident species, yet effect sizes are often reported as if they were…”
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Effects of grassland management on plant C:N:P stoichiometry: implications for soil element cycling and storage by Heyburn, Jemma, McKenzie, Paul, Crawley, Michael J., Fornara, Dario A.

“…The functioning of human‐managed grassland ecosystems strongly depends on how common management practices (e.g., animal grazing and the chronic addition of…”
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Herbivores and nutrients control grassland plant diversity via light limitation by Borer, Elizabeth T., Seabloom, Eric W., Gruner, Daniel S., Harpole, W. Stanley, Hillebrand, Helmut, Lind, Eric M., Adler, Peter B., Alberti, Juan, Anderson, T. Michael, Bakker, Jonathan D., Biederman, Lori, Blumenthal, Dana, Brown, Cynthia S., Brudvig, Lars A., Buckley, Yvonne M., Cadotte, Marc, Chu, Chengjin, Cleland, Elsa E., Crawley, Michael J., Daleo, Pedro, Damschen, Ellen I., Davies, Kendi F., DeCrappeo, Nicole M., Du, Guozhen, Firn, Jennifer, Hautier, Yann, Heckman, Robert W., Hector, Andy, HilleRisLambers, Janneke, Iribarne, Oscar, Klein, Julia A., Knops, Johannes M. H., La Pierre, Kimberly J., Leakey, Andrew D. B., Li, Wei, MacDougall, Andrew S., McCulley, Rebecca L., Melbourne, Brett A., Mitchell, Charles E., Moore, Joslin L., Mortensen, Brent, O'Halloran, Lydia R., Orrock, John L., Pascual, Jesús, Prober, Suzanne M., Pyke, David A., Risch, Anita C., Schuetz, Martin, Smith, Melinda D., Stevens, Carly J., Sullivan, Lauren L., Williams, Ryan J., Wragg, Peter D., Wright, Justin P., Yang, Louie H.

“…Experimental data collected from 40 grasslands on 6 continents show that nutrients and herbivores can serve as counteracting forces to control local plant…”
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Long-term belowground effects of grassland management: the key role of liming by Heyburn, Jemma, McKenzie, Paul, Crawley, Michael J., Fornara, Dario A.

“…The functioning of human-managed grassland ecosystems strongly depends on how common management practices will affect grassland "belowground compartment"…”
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Chronic nitrogen fertilization and carbon sequestration in grassland soils: evidence of a microbial enzyme link by Cenini, Valeria L., Fornara, Dario A., McMullan, Geoffrey, Ternan, Nigel, Lajtha, Kate, Crawley, Michael J.

“…Chronic nitrogen (N) fertilization can greatly affect soil carbon (C) sequestration by altering biochemical interactions between plant detritus and soil…”
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Long-term effects of grassland management on soil microbial abundance: implications for soil carbon and nitrogen storage by Egan, Gary, Zhou, Xue, Wang, Dongmei, Jia, Zhongjun, Crawley, Michael J., Fornara, Dario

“…Grassland management intensification can significantly affect the structure and composition of important soil microbial groups such as bacteria and fungi…”
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Exotic plant invasions and the enemy release hypothesis by Keane, Ryan M., Crawley, Michael J.

“…To curb the future economic and environmental impacts of invasive exotic species, we need to understand the mechanisms behind exotic invasions. One commonly…”
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Sex differences in relationships between habitat use and reproductive performance in Soay sheep (Ovis aries) by Regan, Charlotte. E, Pilkington, Jill. G, Pemberton, Josephine. M, Crawley, Michael. J, Gaillard, Jean‐Michel

“…The role of habitat use in generating individual variation in fitness has rarely been examined empirically in natural populations of long‐lived mammals,…”
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Nitrogen and Phosphorus Additions Alter the Abundance of Phosphorus-Solubilizing Bacteria and Phosphatase Activity in Grassland Soils by Widdig, Meike, Schleuss, Per-M., Weig, Alfons R., Guhr, Alexander, Biederman, Lori A., Borer, Elizabeth T., Crawley, Michael J., Kirkman, Kevin P., Seabloom, Eric W., Wragg, Peter D., Spohn, Marie

“…Microorganisms mobilize phosphorus (P) in soil by solubilizing bound inorganic P from soil minerals and by mineralizing organic P via phosphatase enzymes…”
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Plant species’ origin predicts dominance and response to nutrient enrichment and herbivores in global grasslands by Seabloom, Eric W., Borer, Elizabeth T., Buckley, Yvonne M., Cleland, Elsa E., Davies, Kendi F., Firn, Jennifer, Harpole, W. Stanley, Hautier, Yann, Lind, Eric M., MacDougall, Andrew S., Orrock, John L., Prober, Suzanne M., Adler, Peter B., Anderson, T. Michael, Bakker, Jonathan D., Biederman, Lori A., Blumenthal, Dana M., Brown, Cynthia S., Brudvig, Lars A., Cadotte, Marc, Chu, Chengjin, Cottingham, Kathryn L., Crawley, Michael J., Damschen, Ellen I., Dantonio, Carla M., DeCrappeo, Nicole M., Du, Guozhen, Fay, Philip A., Frater, Paul, Gruner, Daniel S., Hagenah, Nicole, Hector, Andy, Hillebrand, Helmut, Hofmockel, Kirsten S., Humphries, Hope C., Jin, Virginia L., Kay, Adam, Kirkman, Kevin P., Klein, Julia A., Knops, Johannes M. H., La Pierre, Kimberly J., Ladwig, Laura, Lambrinos, John G., Li, Qi, Li, Wei, Marushia, Robin, McCulley, Rebecca L., Melbourne, Brett A., Mitchell, Charles E., Moore, Joslin L., Morgan, John, Mortensen, Brent, O'Halloran, Lydia R., Pyke, David A., Risch, Anita C., Sankaran, Mahesh, Schuetz, Martin, Simonsen, Anna, Smith, Melinda D., Stevens, Carly J., Sullivan, Lauren, Wolkovich, Elizabeth, Wragg, Peter D., Wright, Justin, Yang, Louie

“…Exotic species dominate many communities; however the functional significance of species’ biogeographic origin remains highly contentious. This debate is…”
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Interactions between plant genome size, nutrients and herbivory by rabbits, molluscs and insects on a temperate grassland by Guignard, Maïté S, Crawley, Michael J, Kovalenko, Dasha, Nichols, Richard A, Trimmer, Mark, Leitch, Andrew R, Leitch, Ilia J

“…Angiosperm genome sizes (GS) vary ca 2400-fold. Recent research has shown that GS influences plant abundance, and plant competition. There are also tantalizing…”
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The dynamics of vegetation grazed by a food‐limited population of Soay sheep on St Kilda by Crawley, Michael J., Pakeman, Robin J., Albon, Steve D., Pilkington, Jill G., Stevenson, Ian R., Morrissey, Michael B., Jones, Owen R., Allan, Eric, Bento, Ana I., Hipperson, Helen, Asefa, Gebre, Pemberton, Josephine M.

“…The population of Soay sheep on the island of Hirta in the Outer Hebrides has been the subject of continuous study for more than 35 years. This paper focuses…”
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Foliar fungal pathogens and grassland biodiversity by Allan, Eric, van Ruijven, Jasper, Crawley, Michael J

“…By attacking plants, herbivorous mammals, insects, and belowground pathogens are known to play an important role in maintaining biodiversity in grasslands…”
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Declining home range area predicts reduced late‐life survival in two wild ungulate populations by Froy, Hannah, Börger, Luca, Regan, Charlotte E., Morris, Alison, Morris, Sean, Pilkington, Jill G., Crawley, Michael J., Clutton‐Brock, Tim H., Pemberton, Josephine M., Nussey, Daniel H., Ezenwa, Vanessa

“…Demographic senescence is increasingly recognised as an important force shaping the dynamics of wild vertebrate populations. However, our understanding of the…”
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natural exclusion of red deer from large boulder grazing refugia and the consequences for saxicolous bryophyte and lichen ecology by Moore, Oliver, Crawley, Michael J

“…Large boulder grazing refugia permitted comparison of saxicolous bryophyte and lichen assemblages with those boulder tops accessible to red deer (Cervus…”
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