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Species Interactions Reverse Grassland Responses to Changing Climate by Suttle, K.B, Thomsen, Meredith A, Power, Mary E

“…Predictions of ecological response to climate change are based largely on direct climatic effects on species. We show that, in a California grassland, species…”
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Fungal community responses to precipitation by HAWKES, CHRISTINE V, KIVLIN, STEPHANIE N, ROCCA, JENNIFER D, HUGUET, VALERIE, THOMSEN, MEREDITH A, SUTTLE, KENWYN BLAKE

“…Understanding how fungal communities are affected by precipitation is an essential aspect of predicting soil functional responses to future climate change and…”
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Conceptualizing alternate regimes in a large floodplain-river ecosystem: Water clarity, invasive fish, and floodplain vegetation by Bouska, Kristen L., Houser, Jeffrey N., De Jager, Nathan R., Drake, Deanne C., Collins, Scott F., Gibson-Reinemer, Daniel K., Thomsen, Meredith A.

“…Regime shifts - persistent changes in the structure and function of an ecosystem - are well-documented for some ecosystems and have informed research and…”
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Grassland responses to increased rainfall depend on the timescale of forcing by Sullivan, Martin J. P., A.Thomsen, Meredith, Suttle, K. B.

“…Forecasting impacts of future climate change is an important challenge to biologists, both for understanding the consequences of different emissions…”
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Interactive effects of flooding and deer (Odocoileus virginianus) browsing on floodplain forest recruitment by De Jager, Nathan R., Cogger, Benjamin J., Thomsen, Meredith A.

“…[Display omitted] ► Effects of herbivory and flooding were studied in a floodplain forest. ► Herbivory reduced tree height growth from 60cm/yr to 35cm/yr. ►…”
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Effects of Resident Soil Fungi and Land Use History Outweigh Those of Commercial Mycorrhizal Inocula: Testing a Restoration Strategy in Unsterilized Soil by Paluch, Elisabeth C., Thomsen, Meredith A., Volk, Thomas J.

“…Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) have numerous effects on temperate grassland ecosystems, but prairie restorations are frequently located in sites with…”
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Ecological resistance, seed density and their interactions determine patterns of invasion in a California coastal grassland by Thomsen, Meredith A, D'Antonio, Carla M, Suttle, Kenwyn B, Sousa, Wayne P

“…Relatively little experimental evidence is available regarding how ecological resistance and propagule density interact in their effects on the establishment…”
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Mechanisms of resistance to invasion in a California grassland: the roles of competitor identity, resource availability, and environmental gradients by Thomsen, Meredith A., D'Antonio, Carla M.

“…Resistance to the invasion of exotic plants may sometimes result from the strong effects of a relatively small number of resident species. Understanding the…”
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Summer water use by California coastal prairie grasses: fog, drought, and community composition by Corbin, J.D, Thomsen, M.A, Dawson, T.E, D'Antonio, C.M

“…Plants in the Mediterranean climate region of California typically experience summer drought conditions, but correlations between zones of frequent coastal fog…”
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The Effect of Soil Nitrogen on Competition between Native and Exotic Perennial Grasses from Northern Coastal California by Thomsen, Meredith A., Corbin, Jeffrey D., D'Antonio, Carla M.

“…The invasion of European perennial grasses represents a new threat to the native coastal prairie of northern California. Many coastal prairie sites also…”
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How Does Simulated Gopher Disturbance Affect the Establishment of Holcus lanatus L. (Poaceae) in Calfornia Coastal Prairie? by Thomsen, Meredith A, D'Antonio, Carla M

“…Disturbance often has the net effect of promoting invasive plant establishment, but the precise nature of the relationship between disturbance and invasion can…”
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND GRASSLAND RESTORATION IN CALIFORNIA: LESSONS FROM SIX YEARS OF RAINFALL MANIPULATION IN A NORTH COAST GRASSLAND by Blake Suttle, K., Thomsen, Meredith A.

“…Native perennial bunchgrasses have undergone steep declines across much of California but persist in sizable populations along the northern coast. The longer…”
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Fungal community responses to precipitation: FUNGAL CLIMATE RESPONSE by HAWKES, CHRISTINE V., KIVLIN, STEPHANIE N., ROCCA, JENNIFER D., HUGUET, VALERIE, THOMSEN, MEREDITH A., SUTTLE, KENWYN BLAKE

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LETTER: Ecological resistance, seed density and their interactions determine patterns of invasion in a California coastal grassland by Thomsen, Meredith A, D'Antonio, Carla M, Suttle, Kenwyn B, Sousa, Wayne P

“…Relatively little experimental evidence is available regarding how ecological resistance and propagule density interact in their effects on the establishment…”
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