Search Results - "Houseman, Gregory R"

A comprehensive approach to analyzing community dynamics using rank abundance curves by Avolio, Meghan L., Carroll, Ian T., Collins, Scott L., Houseman, Gregory R., Hallett, Lauren M., Isbell, Forest, Koerner, Sally E., Komatsu, Kimberly J., Smith, Melinda D., Wilcox, Kevin R.

“…Univariate and multivariate methods are commonly used to explore the spatial and temporal dynamics of ecological communities, but each has limitations,…”
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Alternative states and positive feedbacks in restoration ecology by Suding, Katharine N., Gross, Katherine L., Houseman, Gregory R.

“…There is increasing interest in developing better predictive tools and a broader conceptual framework to guide the restoration of degraded land. Traditionally,…”
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Conyza canadensis suppresses plant diversity in its nonnative ranges but not at home: a transcontinental comparison by Shah, Manzoor A., Callaway, Ragan M., Shah, Tabasum, Houseman, Gregory R., Pal, Robert W., Xiao, Sa, Luo, Wenbo, Rosche, Christoph, Reshi, Zafar A., Khasa, Damase P., Chen, Shuyan

“…The impact of invasive species across their native and nonnative ranges is poorly quantified and this impedes a complete understanding of biological invasions…”
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Ground Beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Responses to Cattle Grazing, Grassland Restoration, and Habitat across a Precipitation Gradient by Waite, Evan S., Houseman, Gregory R., Jensen, William E., Reichenborn, Molly M., Jameson, Mary L.

“…Grasslands in North America have declined by over 70% since industrialization of settlements due to the conversion of natural habitats to cropland and urban…”
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Intraspecific seed interactions alter seedling emergence of Lespedeza cuneata under field conditions by Houseman, Gregory R, Mahoney, Aaron K

“…There is growing recognition that seeds influence one another prior to, or shortly after, germination. Both interspecific and intraspecific seed–seed…”
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No effect of varying soil resource heterogeneity on plant species richness in a low fertility grassland by REYNOLDS, HEATHER L, MITTELBACH, GARY G, DARCY-HALL, TARA L, HOUSEMAN, GREGORY R, GROSS, KATHERINE L

“…1 Coexistence theory predicts that greater heterogeneity of resources or other fitness-constraining environmental factors will promote species diversity, yet…”
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Perturbations Alter Community Convergence, Divergence, and Formation of Multiple Community States by Houseman, Gregory R., Mittelbach, Gary G., Reynolds, Heather L., Gross, Katherine L.

“…Environmental perturbations (e.g., disturbance, fertilization) commonly shift communities to a new mean state, but much less is known about their effects on…”
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Precipitation, Not Land Use, Primarily Determines the Composition of Both Plant and Phyllosphere Fungal Communities by Dea, Hannah I., Urban, Abigail, Kazarina, Anna, Houseman, Gregory R., Thomas, Samantha G., Loecke, Terry, Greer, Mitchell J., Platt, Thomas G., Lee, Sonny, Jumpponen, Ari

“…Plant communities and fungi inhabiting their phyllospheres change along precipitation gradients and often respond to changes in land use. Many studies have…”
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Does ecological filtering across a productivity gradient explain variation in species pool-richness relationships? by Houseman, Gregory R., Gross, Katherine L.

“…Concerns about the impact of species diversity loss has heightened the importance of determining what limits local diversity and the relative roles of the…”
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Effect of soil heterogeneity and endogenous processes on plant spatial structure by Schouten, Olivia S., Houseman, Gregory R.

“…Within communities, organisms potentially self-organize through endogenous processes that create nonrandom spatial structure as they interact with one another…”
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Spatial pattern of seed arrival has a greater effect on plant diversity than does soil heterogeneity in a grassland ecosystem by Kjaer, Esben L., Houseman, Gregory R., Luu, Kobe N., Foster, Bryan L., Laanisto, Lauri, Golubski, Antonio J.

“…Background and Aims Species diversity is expected to increase with environmental heterogeneity. For plant communities, this pattern has been confirmed by…”
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An integrated simulation-optimization framework to optimize search and treatment path for controlling a biological invader by Onal, Sevilay, Akhundov, Najmaddin, Büyüktahtakın, İ. Esra, Smith, Jennifer, Houseman, Gregory R.

“…Invasive species cause large economic losses and are difficult to control due to the high cost of locating and treating the continual emergence of new…”
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Asynchrony among local communities stabilises ecosystem function of metacommunities by Wilcox, Kevin R., Tredennick, Andrew T., Koerner, Sally E., Grman, Emily, Hallett, Lauren M., Avolio, Meghan L., La Pierre, Kimberly J., Houseman, Gregory R., Isbell, Forest, Johnson, David Samuel, Alatalo, Juha M., Baldwin, Andrew H., Bork, Edward W., Boughton, Elizabeth H., Bowman, William D., Britton, Andrea J., Cahill, James F., Collins, Scott L., Du, Guozhen, Eskelinen, Anu, Gough, Laura, Jentsch, Anke, Kern, Christel, Klanderud, Kari, Knapp, Alan K., Kreyling, Juergen, Luo, Yiqi, McLaren, Jennie R., Megonigal, Patrick, Onipchenko, Vladimir, Prevéy, Janet, Price, Jodi N., Robinson, Clare H., Sala, Osvaldo E., Smith, Melinda D., Soudzilovskaia, Nadejda A., Souza, Lara, Tilman, David, White, Shannon R., Xu, Zhuwen, Yahdjian, Laura, Yu, Qiang, Zhang, Pengfei, Zhang, Yunhai, Gurevitch, Jessica

“…Temporal stability of ecosystem functioning increases the predictability and reliability of ecosystem services, and understanding the drivers of stability…”
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Plant community recovery following Sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata) removal: testing for a soil legacy effect by Reichenborn, Molly M., Houseman, Gregory R., Foster, Bryan L.

“…Restoration of plant communities can be hindered by the legacy of previously established invaders, despite their physical removal from the community. Current…”
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Plant community responses to grassland restoration efforts across a large-scale precipitation gradient by Watson, D. Fraser, Houseman, Gregory R., Jameson, Mary Liz, Jensen, William E., Reichenborn, Molly M., Morphew, Alex R., Kjaer, Esben L.

“…Identifying how plant species diversity varies across environmental gradients remains a controversial topic in plant community ecology because of complex…”
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Cattle grazing in CRP grasslands during the nesting season: effects on avian reproduction by Kraus, Heather M., Jensen, William E., Houseman, Gregory R., Jameson, Mary Liz, Reichenborn, Molly M., Watson, D. Fraser, Kjaer, Esben L.

“…Bird populations in grasslands have experienced declines coinciding with loss and fragmentation of prairies. The United States Department of Agriculture…”
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Lespedeza cuneata invasion alters soils facilitating its own growth by Coykendall, Katherine E, Houseman, Gregory R

“…Lespedeza cuneata (sericea) is an Asian legume introduced to the US in the 1930s for erosion control and forage, but it can strongly reduce the abundance of…”
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Cattle grazing in CRP grasslands during the nesting season: effects on avian abundance and diversity by Wilson, Benjamin S., Jensen, William E., Houseman, Gregory R., Jameson, Mary Liz, Reichenborn, Molly M., Watson, D. Fraser, Morphew, Alex R., Kjaer, Esben L.

“…The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is a primary tool for restoring grassland in the United States, in part as wildlife habitat, which has benefited…”
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Propagule pressure-invasibility relationships: testing the influence of soil fertility and disturbance with Lespedeza cuneata by Houseman, Gregory R, Foster, Bryan L, Brassil, Chad E

“…Although invasion risk is expected to increase with propagule pressure (PP), it is unclear whether PP-invasibility relationships follow an asymptotic or some…”
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Context dependency of insect and mammalian herbivore effects on tall thistle (Cirsium altissimum) populations by Russell, F Leland, Houseman, Gregory R

“…Abstract Aims Identifying factors that drive variation in herbivore effects on plant populations can provide insight for explaining plant distributions and for…”
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