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Increasing Cropping System Diversity Balances Productivity, Profitability and Environmental Health by Davis, Adam S, Hill, Jason D, Chase, Craig A, Johanns, Ann M, Liebman, Matt, Hart, John P

“…Balancing productivity, profitability, and environmental health is a key challenge for agricultural sustainability. Most crop production systems in the United…”
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Soil Water Holding Capacity Mitigates Downside Risk and Volatility in US Rainfed Maize: Time to Invest in Soil Organic Matter? by Williams, Alwyn, Hunter, Mitchell C, Kammerer, Melanie, Kane, Daniel A, Jordan, Nicholas R, Mortensen, David A, Smith, Richard G, Snapp, Sieglinde, Davis, Adam S

“…Yield stability is fundamental to global food security in the face of climate change, and better strategies are needed for buffering crop yields against…”
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Extending Plant Defense Theory to Seeds by Dalling, James W, Davis, Adam S, Arnold, A. Elizabeth, Sarmiento, Carolina, Zalamea, Paul-Camilo

“…Plant defense theory explores how plants invest in defenses against natural enemies but has focused primarily on the traits expressed by juvenile and mature…”
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Evolutionary limits ameliorate the negative impact of an invasive plant [Erratum: 2010 Jan., v. 107, no. 3, p. 1253.] by Lankau, Richard A, Nuzzo, Victoria, Spyreas, Greg, Davis, Adam S

“…Invasive species can quickly transform biological communities due to their high abundance and strong impacts on native species, in part because they can be…”
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Seed survival in soil: interacting effects of predation, dormancy and the soil microbial community by Dalling, James W, Davis, Adam S, Schutte, Brian J, Arnold, A. Elizabeth

“…1. Plant defence theory provides a robust framework for understanding interactions between plants and antagonists, and for interpreting broad patterns in the…”
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Changes in field workability and drought risk from projected climate change drive spatially variable risks in Illinois cropping systems by Tomasek, Bradley J, Williams, 2nd, Martin M, Davis, Adam S

“…As weather patterns become more volatile and extreme, risks introduced by weather variability will become more critical to agricultural production. The…”
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Invasion complexity at large spatial scales is an emergent property of interactions among landscape characteristics and invader traits by Muthukrishnan, Ranjan, Davis, Adam S, Jordan, Nicholas R, Forester, James D

“…Invasion potential should be part of the evaluation of candidate species for any species introduction. However, estimating invasion risks remains a challenging…”
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Soil-mediated eco-evolutionary feedbacks in the invasive plant Alliaria petiolata by Evans, Jeffrey A., Lankau, Richard A., Davis, Adam S., Raghu, S., Landis, Douglas A.

“…Summary Ecological and evolutionary processes historically have been assumed to operate on significantly different time‐scales. We know now from theory and…”
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Investment in seed physical defence is associated with species' light requirement for regeneration and seed persistence: evidence from Macaranga species in Borneo by Tiansawat, Pimonrat, Davis, Adam S, Berhow, Mark A, Zalamea, Paul-Camilo, Dalling, James W

“…The seed stage is often critical in determining the regeneration success of plants. Seeds must survive an array of seed predators and pathogens and germinate…”
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Interspecific variation in persistence of buried weed seeds follows trade‐offs among physiological, chemical, and physical seed defenses by Davis, Adam S., Fu, Xianhui, Schutte, Brian J., Berhow, Mark A., Dalling, James W.

“…Soil seedbanks drive infestations of annual weeds, yet weed management focuses largely on seedling mortality. As weed seedbanks increasingly become reservoirs…”
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Identifying Pathways for Improving Household Food Self-Sufficiency Outcomes in the Hills of Nepal by Karki, Tika B, Sah, Shrawan K, Thapa, Resam B, McDonald, Andrew J, Davis, Adam S

“…Maintaining and improving household food self-sufficiency (FSS) in mountain regions is an ongoing challenge. There are many facets to the issue, including…”
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Early‐season biomass and weather enable robust cereal rye cover crop biomass predictions by Huddell, Alexandra, Needelman, Brian, Law, Eugene P., Ackroyd, Victoria J., Bagavathiannan, Muthukumar V., Bradley, Kevin, Davis, Adam S., Evans, Jeffery A., Everman, Wesley Jay, Flessner, Michael, Jordan, Nicholas, Schwartz‐Lazaro, Lauren M., Leon, Ramon G., Lindquist, John, Norsworthy, Jason K., Shergill, Lovreet S., VanGessel, Mark, Mirsky, Steven B.

“…Farmers need accurate estimates of winter cover crop biomass to make informed decisions on termination timing or to estimate potential release of nitrogen from…”
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Are herbicides a once in a century method of weed control? by Davis, Adam S, Frisvold, George B

“…The efficacy of any pesticide is an exhaustible resource that can be depleted over time. For decades, the dominant paradigm – that weed mobility is low…”
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Soil Functional Zone Management: A Vehicle for Enhancing Production and Soil Ecosystem Services in Row-Crop Agroecosystems by Williams, Alwyn, Kane, Daniel A, Ewing, Patrick M, Atwood, Lesley W, Jilling, Andrea, Li, Meng, Lou, Yi, Davis, Adam S, Grandy, A Stuart, Huerd, Sheri C, Hunter, Mitchell C, Koide, Roger T, Mortensen, David A, Smith, Richard G, Snapp, Sieglinde S, Spokas, Kurt A, Yannarell, Anthony C, Jordan, Nicholas R

“…There is increasing global demand for food, bioenergy feedstocks and a wide variety of bio-based products. In response, agriculture has advanced production,…”
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Correction: Investment in Seed Physical Defence Is Associated with Species' Light Requirement for Regeneration and Seed Persistence: Evidence from Macaranga Species in Borneo by Tiansawat, Pimonrat, Davis, Adam S, Berhow, Mark A, Zalamea, Paul-Camilo, Dalling, James W

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Nitrogen Fertilizer and Crop Residue Effects on Seed Mortality and Germination of Eight Annual Weed Species by Davis, Adam S

“…Weed seed persistence in the soil seedbank is central to weed population dynamics; however, limited knowledge of mechanisms regulating seed survival in soil…”
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An ecological perspective on managing weeds during the great selection for herbicide resistance by Bagavathiannan, Muthukumar V, Davis, Adam S

“…More than 70 years after modern agriculture declared a ‘war on weeds’, they continue to thrive and suppress crop yields. Viewing weeds as an enemy that can be…”
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Cover-Crop Roller–Crimper Contributes to Weed Management in No-Till Soybean by Davis, Adam S.

“…Termination of cover crops prior to no-till planting of soybean is typically accomplished with burndown herbicides. Recent advances in cover-crop…”
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Lack of Impacts during Early Establishment Highlights a Short-Term Management Window for Minimizing Invasions from Perennial Biomass Crops by West, Natalie M, Matlaga, David P, Muthukrishnan, Ranjan, Spyreas, Greg, Jordan, Nicholas R, Forester, James D, Davis, Adam S

“…Managing intentional species introductions requires evaluating potential ecological risks. However, it is difficult to weigh costs and benefits when data about…”
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The critical period for weed seed control: A proposed framework to limit weed seed return by Geddes, Charles M., Davis, Adam S., Haramoto, Erin

“…Proliferation of herbicide‐resistant weeds demands re‐evaluation of fundamental weed control objectives. Yield loss mitigation remains a priority, but limiting…”
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