BI 416/516 - Primary Discussion Papers
Papers for 2010
Balshi, M. S., A. D. McGuire, P. Duffy, M. Flannigan,
D. W. Kicklighter, and J. Melillo.
2009. Vulnerability of carbon storage in North American boreal forests to
wildfires during the 21st century. Global Change Biology 15:1491-1510.
Brook,
E. J. 2005. Tiny bubbles tell all. Science 310:1285-1287.
Cardinale, B. J., J. P. Wright, M. W. Cadotte, I. T. Carroll, A. Hector, D. S. Srivastava, M. Loreau, and J. J.
Weis. 2007. Impacts of plant diversity on biomass production increase through
time because of species complementarity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 104:18125-18128.
Finlay, J. C., and V. T. Vredenburg. 2007. Introduced trout sever trophic connections in watersheds: Consequences for a
declining amphibian. Ecology 88:2187-2198.
Finzi, A. C., and W. H.
Schlesinger. 2002. Species control variation in litter decomposition in
a pine forest exposed to elevated CO2. Global Change Biology 8:1217-1229.
Funk, J. L., and P. M. Vitousek. 2007. Resource-use efficiency and plant
invasion in low-resource systems. Nature 446:1079-1081.
Helfield, J.
M., and R. J. Naiman. 2001. Effects of
salmon-derived nitrogen on riparian forest growth and implications for stream
productivity. Ecology 82:2403-2409. <>
Helfield, J.
M., and R. J. Naiman. 2003. Effects of
salmon-derived nitrogen on riparian forest growth and implications for stream
productivity: Reply. Ecology 84:3399-3401.
Kirchhoff,
M. D. 2003. Effects of salmon-derived nitrogen on riparian forest growth and
implications for stream productivity: Comment. Ecology 84:3396-3399.
Kitayama, K. 2005. Comment on "Ecosystem
properties and forest decline in contrasting long-term chronosequences".
Science 308:633b.
Nelson,
E., G. Mendoza, J. Regetz, S. Polasky,
H. Tallis, D. R. Cameron, K. M. A. Chan, G. C. Daily,
J. Goldstein, P. M. Kareiva, E. Lonsdorf,
R. Naidoo, T. H. Ricketts, and M. R. Shaw. 2009.
Modeling multiple ecosystem services, biodiversity conservation, commodity
production, and tradeoffs at landscape scales. Frontiers in Ecology and the
Environment 7:4-11.
Oberbauer, S. F., C. E. Tweedie,
J. M. Welker, J. T. Fahnestock, G. H. R. Henry, P. J.
Webber, R. D. Hollister, M. D. Walker, A. Kuchy, E.
Elmore, and G. Starr. 2007. Tundra CO2 fluxes in response to experimental
warming across latitudinal and moisture gradients. Ecological Monographs 77:221-238.
Thompson,
K., A. P. Askew, J. P. Grime, N. P. Dunnett, and A.
J. Willis. 2005. Biodiversity, ecosystem function and plant traits in mature
and immature plant communities. Functional Ecology 19:355-358.
Vitousek, P. M. 1994. Beyond global warming: ecology
and global change. Ecology 75:1861-1876.
Wardle, D. A., L. R. Walker, and R. D.
Bardgett. 2004. Ecosystem properties and
forest decline in contrasting long-term chronosequences.
Science 305:509-513.
Wardle, D. A., L. R. Walker, and R. D.
Bardgett. 2005. Response to comment on
"Ecosystem properties and forest decline in contrasting long-term chronosequences". Science 308:633c.
Papers for 2006
Bernhardt,
E. S., G. E. Likens, R. O. Hall, D. C. Buso, S. G. Fisher, T. M. Burton, J. L.
Meyer, M. H. McDowell, M. S. Mayer, W. B. Bowden, S. E. G. Findlay, K. H. Macneale,
R. S. Stelzer, and W. H. Lowe. 2005. Can't see the forest for the stream? -
In-stream processing and terrestrial nitrogen exports. Bioscience 55:219-230.
Brook,
E. J. 2005. Tiny bubbles tell all. Science 310:1285-1287.
Dukes,
J. S., N. R. Chiariello, E. E. Cleland, L. A. Moore, M. R. Shaw, S. Thayer, T.
Tobeck, H. A. Mooney, and C. B. Field. 2005. Responses of grassland production
to single and multiple global environmental changes. Plos Biology 3:1829-1837.
Finzi, A. C., and W. H.
Schlesinger. 2002. Species control variation in litter decomposition in a pine
forest exposed to elevated CO2. Global Change Biology 8:1217-1229.
Goodale,
C. L., J. D. Aber, and P. M. Vitousek. 2003. An unexpected nitrate decline in
New Hampshire streams. Ecosystems 6:75-86.
Goodale,
C. L., J. D. Aber, P. M. Vitousek, and W. H. McDowell. 2005. Long-term
decreases in stream nitrate: Successional causes unlikely; Possible links to
DOC? Ecosystems 8:334-337.
Gruner,
D. S. 2004. Attenuation of top-down and bottom-up forces in a complex
terrestrial community. Ecology 85:3010-3022.
Harden, J. W., S.
E. Trumbore, B. J. Stocks, A. Hirsch, S. T. Gower, K. P. O'Neill, and E. S.
Kasischke. 2000. The role of fire in the boreal carbon budget. Global Change
Biology 6:174-184.
Huntington,
T. G. 2005. Can nitrogen sequestration explain the unexpected nitrate decline
in New Hampshire streams? Ecosystems 8:331-333.
Kitayama,
K. 2005. Comment on "Ecosystem properties and forest decline in
contrasting long-term chronosequences". Science 308:633b.
Loreau, M., S. Naeem,
P. Inchausti, J. Bengtsson, J. P. Grime, A. Hector, D. U. Hooper, M. A. Huston,
D. Raffaelli, B. Schmid, D. Tilman, and D. A. Wardle. 2001. Biodiversity and
ecosystem functioning: current knowledge and future challenges. Science 294:804-808.
Thompson,
K., A. P. Askew, J. P. Grime, N. P. Dunnett, and A. J. Willis. 2005.
Biodiversity, ecosystem function and plant traits in mature and immature plant
communities. Functional Ecology 19:355-358.
Totten,
M., S. I. Pandya, and T. Janson-Smith. 2003. Biodiversity, climate, and the
Kyoto Protocol: risks and opportunities. Frontiers in Ecology and the
Environment 1:262-270.
Vitousek, P. M.
1994. Beyond global warming: ecology and global change. Ecology 75:1861-1876.
Wardle,
D. A., L. R. Walker, and R. D. Bardgett. 2004. Ecosystem properties and forest
decline in contrasting long-term chronosequences. Science 305:509-513.
Wardle,
D. A., L. R. Walker, and R. D. Bardgett. 2005. Response to comment on
"Ecosystem properties and forest decline in contrasting long-term
chronosequences". Science 308:633c.
Papers from 2004
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J. E. Newington, J. H. Lawton, and et al. 2002. Impacts of
Soil Faunal Community Composition on Model Grassland Ecosystems. Science
298:615-618.
Carpenter, S. R. 2002. Ecological futures: Building an ecology of the long now. Ecology 83:2069-2083.
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Cole, J. J., S. R. Carpenter, J. F. Kitchell,
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lakes: Results from a whole-lake 13C addition and coupled model.
Limnology and Oceanography 47:1664-1675.
Crews, T. E.,
K. Kitayama, J. H. Fownes,
R. H. Riley, D. A. Herbert, D. Mueller-Dombois, and
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J. A. Andrews, A. Finzi, M. Lavine,
R. Matamala, J. E. Mohan, G. R. Hendrey,
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Gower,
S. T., R. E. McMurtrie, and D. Murty.
1996. Aboveground net primary production decline with stand age: potential
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1999. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: Maintaining Natural Life Support
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Science 164:262-270.
Reed-Andersen, T., S. R. Carpenter, and R. C. Lathrop. 2000.
Phosphorus Flow in a Watershed-Lake Ecosystem. Ecosystems 3:561-573.
Schimel, D., J. Melillo, H. Tian, A. D. McGuire, D. Kicklighter,
T. Kittel, N. Rosenbloom,
S. Running, P. Thornton, D. Ojima, W. Parton, R.
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and climate to carbon storage by ecosystems in the United States. Science 287:2004-2006.
Schindler, D. E., S. R. Carpenter, J. J. Cole, J. F. Kitchell, and M. L. Pace. 1997. Influence of food
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Ecology 76:721-733.
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Ecological Applications 7:737-750.
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A. Huston, J. P. Grime, F. Berendse, E. Garnier, W. K. Laurenroth, H. Setälä, and S. D. Wilson. 2000. Biodiversity and ecosystem
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