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Soil Aggregate Stability and Grassland Productivity Associations in a Northern Mixed-Grass Prairie by Reinhart, Kurt O, Vermeire, Lance T

“…Soil aggregate stability data are often predicted to be positively associated with measures of plant productivity, rangeland health, and ecosystem functioning…”
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Direct effects dominate responses to climate perturbations in grassland plant communities by Chu, Chengjin, Kleinhesselink, Andrew R., Havstad, Kris M., McClaran, Mitchel P., Peters, Debra P., Vermeire, Lance T., Wei, Haiyan, Adler, Peter B.

“…Theory predicts that strong indirect effects of environmental change will impact communities when niche differences between competitors are small and variation…”
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Effects of mowing, spring precipitation, soil nutrients, and enzymes on grassland productivity by Reinhart, Kurt O., Komatsu, Kim J., Vermeire, Lance T.

“…Little research has assessed how the timing and intensity of grazing might affect plant biomass, available nutrients, soil extracellular enzyme activity (EEA),…”
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Do plants respond to multi‐year disturbance rhythms and are we missing the beat? by Vermeire, Lance T., Reinhart, Kurt O., Ott, Jacqueline

“…Disturbance seasonality and return interval can create complex interactions of direct and indirect effects on species and ecosystems. Fire is a key grassland…”
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Integrating experiments and monitoring reveals extreme sensitivity of invasive winter annuals to precipitation by Rinella, Matthew J., Vermeire, Lance T., Angerer, Jay P.

“…Abstract In arid and semiarid systems of western North America, the most damaging invasive plants are winter annuals. These plants are destroying wildlife…”
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Omitted variable bias in studies of plant interactions by Rinella, Matthew J., Strong, Dustin J., Vermeire, Lance T.

“…Models of plant–plant interactions underpin our understanding of species coexistence, invasive plant impacts, and plant community responses to climate change…”
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The effect of fire intensity, nutrients, soil microbes, and spatial distance on grassland productivity by Reinhart, Kurt O., Dangi, Sadikshya R., Vermeire, Lance T.

“…Background and aims Variation in fire intensity within an ecosystem is likely to moderate fire effects on plant and soil properties. We tested the effect of…”
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Fire reduces Russian olive seed germination and seedling survival with increasing fuel load by Muscha, Jennifer M., Vermeire, Lance T., Angerer, Jay P.

“…Elaeagnus angustifolia (Russian olive) is an invasive tree common within riparian areas in the western United States. Control methods can be expensive and…”
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Importance of Phytobiomass and Ungulates to Hydrologic Function in a Temperate Grassland by Reinhart, Kurt O, Vermeire, Lance T

“…Hydrologic dysfunction associated with desertification of grazing lands likely depends on two opposing biophysical drivers, compaction by livestock and…”
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Fall Water Effects on Growing Season Soil Water Content and Plant Productivity by Vermeire, Lance T., Rinella, Matthew J.

“…Understanding fall precipitation effects on rangelands could improve forage production forecasting and inform predictions of potential climate change effects…”
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Grazing History Effects on Rangeland Biomass, Cover and Diversity Responses to Fire and Grazing Utilization by Vermeire, Lance T., Strong, Dustin J., Waterman, Richard C.

“…Exclusion of large grazers from rangelands that evolved with significant grazing pressure can alter natural processes and may have legacy effects by changing…”
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Climatic controls of aboveground net primary production in semi-arid grasslands along a latitudinal gradient portend low sensitivity to warming by Mowll, Whitney, Blumenthal, Dana M, Cherwin, Karie, Smith, Anine, Symstad, Amy J, Vermeire, Lance T, Collins, Scott L, Smith, Melinda D, Knapp, Alan K

“…Although climate models forecast warmer temperatures with a high degree of certainty, precipitation is the primary driver of aboveground net primary production…”
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New applications for point intercept methods: Replacing manual sorting of current-year herbaceous biomass by Anderson, Kaci J., Vermeire, Lance T., Strong, Dustin J., Poland, Woodrow W.

“…•Point intercepts are positively related to standing crop and current-year biomass.•Point intercept method is more efficient than manual sorting, with more…”
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Individual and Combined Effects of Fall Fire and Growth-Regulator Herbicide on Annual Bromes by Vermeire, Lance T., Rinella, Matthew J., Strong, Dustin J.

“…Widespread invasive annual grasses, cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) and Japanese brome (Bromus japonicus Thunb.), fluctuate greatly in abundance and compete…”
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Above-ground plant properties are not leading indicators of grazing-induced soil carbon accrual in the Northern Great Plains by Reinhart, Kurt O., Rinella, Matthew J., Waterman, Richard C., Sanni Worogo, Hilaire S., Vermeire, Lance T.

“…•Grazing-induced shifts in plant biomass and diversity may foretell changes in SOC.•Grazing treatments that boosted SOC did not boost plant biomass and…”
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Prescribed fire and exotic plant responses in phreatophytic Sarcobatus vermiculatus rangelands with contrasting degradation by Wade, Nathan M., Vermeire, Lance T., Scasta, John Derek

“…The effects of fire seasonality and prescribed burning on exotic species invasion are poorly understood in black greasewood (Sarcobatus vermiculatus) plant…”
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Precipitation Manipulation Experiments May Be Confounded by Water Source by Reinhart, Kurt O., Vermeire, Lance T.

“…This study aims to investigate the consequences of performing precipitation manipulation experiments with mineralized water in place of rainwater (i.e.,…”
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Reconsidering rest following fire: Northern mixed-grass prairie is resilient to grazing following spring wildfire by Gates, Emily A., Vermeire, Lance T., Marlow, Clayton B., Waterman, Richard C.

“…•Grazing after spring wildfire did not reduce productivity in northern mixed prairie.•Community composition was minimally impacted by post-fire…”
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Testing rangeland health theory in the Northern Great Plains by Reinhart, Kurt O., Rinella, Matthew J., Waterman, Richard C., Petersen, Mark K., Vermeire, Lance T., Isaac, Marney

“…Correctly assessing whether rangeland ecosystem services are stable, improving, or degrading is of global importance. Soil aggregate stability (SAS) is widely…”
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Influence of Grazing Season, Residual Herbage, and Precipitation on Rumen Extrusa Diet Quality by Waterman, Richard C, Vermeire, Lance T, Reinhart, Kurt O, Rinella, Matthew J

“…While considerable research has quantified effects of grazing management and precipitation on plant communities, less is known about how seasonal effects…”
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