Recent Publications

Chalcraft, D.R., J.W. Williams, M.D. Smith, and M.R. Willig. Scale dependence in the relationship between species richness and productivity: the role of species turnover. Ecology 85:2701-2708. [PDF]

Cleland, E.E., M.D. Smith, S.J. Andelman, C. Bowles, K.M. Carney, M.C. Horner-Devine, J.M. Drake, S.M. Emery, J. Gramling, and D.B. Vandermast. Invasion in space and time: non-native species richness and relative abundance respond to interannual variation in productivity and diversity. Ecology Letters 7:947-957. [PDF]

Huxman, T.R.*, M.D. Smith*, P.A. Fay, A.K. Knapp, M.R. Shaw, M.E. Loik, S.D. Smith, D.T. Tissue, J.C. Zak, J.F. Weltzin, W.T. Pockman, O.E. Sala, B. Haddad, J. Harte, G.W. Koch, S. Schwinning, E.E. Small, and D.G. Williams. Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency. Nature 429:651-654. *denotes equal contribution [PDF]

Knapp, A.K., M.D. Smith, S. Collins, N. Zambatis, M. Peel, S. Emery, J. Wojdak, M.C. Horner-Devine, H. Biggs, J. Kruger, S. Andelman. Searching for generality in ecology: post-hoc synthesis of long-term data from North American grasslands and South African savannas. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2: 483-491. [PDF]

Smith, M.D., J. Wilcox, T. Kelly, and A.K. Knapp. 2004. Dominance not diversity determines invasibility of tallgrass prairie. Oikos 106:253-262. [PDF]

2003 Smith, M.D. and A.K. Knapp. Dominant species maintain ecosystem function with non-random species loss. Ecology Letters 6:509-517. [PDF]

Weltzin, J.F., M.E. Loik, S. Schwinning, D.G. Williams, P. Fay, B. Haddad, J. Harte, T.E. Huxman, A.K. Knapp, G. Lin, W.T. Pockman, M.R. Shaw, E.E. Small, M.D. Smith, S.D. Smith, D.T. Tissue, and J.C. Zak. Assessing the response of terrestrial ecosystems to potential changes in precipitation. BioScience 53:941-952. [PDF]

Wilson, W.G., P. Lundberg, D.P. Vasquez, M.D. Smith, W. Langford, K.L. Gross, and G.G. Mittelbach. Biodiversity and species interactions: extending Lotka-Volterra community theory. Ecology Letters 6:944-952. [PDF]

2002 Knapp, A.K., P.A. Fay, J.M. Blair, S.L. Collins, M.D. Smith, J.D. Carlisle, C.S. Harper, B.T. Danner, M.S. Lett, and J.K. McCarron. 2002. Rainfall variability, carbon cycling, and plant species diversity in a mesic grassland. Science 298:2202-2205. [PDF]

2001 Grace, J.B., M.D. Smith, S.L. Grace, S.L. Collins and T.J. Stohlgren. Interactions between fire and invasive plants in temperate grasslands of North America. Pgs 40-65, In K. Galley and T. Wilson (Eds.), Fire Conference 2000: The First National Congress On Fire, Ecology, Prevention And Management. Invasive Species Workshop: The Role of Fire In The Control And Spread Of Invasive Species. Tallahassee: Tall Timbers Research Station.

Knapp, A.K. and M.D. Smith. Interannual variability in net primary production and precipitation: Response. Science 293: 1723a.

Knapp, A.K. and M.D. Smith. Variation among biomes in temporal dynamics of aboveground primary production. Science 291: 481-484. [PDF]

Smith, M.D. and A.K. Knapp. Physiological and morphological traits of exotic, invasive exotic, and native plant species in tallgrass prairie. International Journal of Plant Sciences 162:785-792. [PDF]

Wilson, G.W.T., D.C. Hartnett, M.D. Smith, and K.L. Kobbeman. Effects of mycorrhizas on growth and demography of tallgrass prairie forbs. American Journal of Botany 88:1452-1457. [PDF]

Smith, M.D., and A.K. Knapp. Size of the local species pool determines invasibility of a C 4-dominated grassland. Oikos 92:55-61. [PDF]

2000 Smith, M.D., C.W. Rice, and D.C. Hartnett. Effects of long-term fungicide applications on microbial properties in tallgrass prairie soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 32:935-946. [PDF]

1999 Smith, M.D., D.C. Hartnett, and G.W.T. Wilson. Interacting influence of mycorrhizal symbiosis and competition on plant diversity in tallgrass prairie. Oecologia 121:574-582. [PDF]

Smith, M.D. and A.K. Knapp. Exotic plant species in a C 4-dominated grassland: invasibility, disturbance, and community structure. Oecologia 120:605-612. [PDF]

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