Disturbance structures canopy and understory productivity along an environmental gradient

Foundation species promote community stability by increasing diversity in a giant kelp forest

(2020) Thomas Lamy et al.   ECOLOGY

Effects of ocean climate on spatiotemporal variation in sea urchin settlement and recruitment

(2020) Daniel K. Okamoto et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Substantial blue carbon in overlooked Australian kelp forests

(2020) Karen Filbee-Dexter et al.   Scientific Reports

Tropical understory herbaceous community responds more strongly to hurricane disturbance than to experimental warming

(2020) Deborah K. Kennard et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Grassland ecosystem recovery after soil disturbance depends on nutrient supply rate

(2020) Eric W. Seabloom et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Living kelp versus plankton as food sources for suspension feeders

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The role of understory phenology and productivity in the carbon dynamics of longleaf pine savannas

(2019) Susanne Wiesner et al.   Ecosphere

Long-Term Ecological Research and Evolving Frameworks of Disturbance Ecology

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Improved estimates of net primary production, growth and standing crop of Macrocystis pyrifera in Southern California

(2018) Andrew Rassweiler et al.   ECOLOGY

Non-linear shift from grassland to shrubland in temperate barrier islands

(2018) Heng Huang et al.   ECOLOGY

21st century tundra shrubification could enhance net carbon uptake of North America Arctic tundra under an RCP8.5 climate trajectory

(2018) Zelalem A Mekonnen et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera , increases faunal diversity through physical engineering

(2018) Robert J. Miller et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Biological responses to the press and pulse of climate trends and extreme events

(2018) R. M. B. Harris et al.   Nature Climate Change

Loss of foundation species: disturbance frequency outweighs severity in structuring kelp forest communities

(2018) Max C. N. Castorani et al.   ECOLOGY

Scale-specific drivers of kelp forest communities

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Extreme weather and climate events with ecological relevance: a review

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Fluctuations in population fecundity drive variation in demographic connectivity and metapopulation dynamics

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Navigating the complexity of ecological stability

(2016) Ian Donohue et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Relationship between photosynthetically active radiation and understory productivity across a forest-savanna continuum

(2016) Raquel Partelli Feltrin et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Substantial role of macroalgae in marine carbon sequestration

(2016) Dorte Krause-Jensen et al.   Nature Geoscience

Connectivity structures local population dynamics: a long-term empirical test in a large metapopulation system

(2015) Max C. N. Castorani et al.   ECOLOGY

Top predators rely on carbon derived from giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera

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Top predators rely on carbon derived from giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera

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Light Limitation within Southern New Zealand Kelp Forest Communities

(2015) Matthew J. Desmond et al.   PLoS One

Effects of sea urchin disease on coastal marine ecosystems

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A review of the roles of forest canopy gaps

(2014) Adele Muscolo et al.   JOURNAL OF FORESTRY RESEARCH

Canopy closure exerts weak controls on understory dynamics: a 30-year study of overstory–understory interactions

(2013) Charles B. Halpern et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Sea urchin barrens as alternative stable states of collapsed kelp ecosystems

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Poleward expansion of mangroves is a threshold response to decreased frequency of extreme cold events

(2013) K. C. Cavanaugh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Past, Present, and Future Roles of Long-Term Experiments in the LTER Network

(2012) Alan K. Knapp et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Patterns and controls of the dynamics of net primary production by understory macroalgal assemblages in giant kelp forests

(2012) Shannon L. Harrer et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

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Wave disturbance overwhelms top-down and bottom-up control of primary production in California kelp forests

(2011) Daniel C. Reed et al.   ECOLOGY

Shrub expansion in tundra ecosystems: dynamics, impacts and research priorities

(2011) Isla H Myers-Smith et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Effects of fire, grazing and topographic variation on vegetation structure in tallgrass prairie

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Addition of species abundance and performance predicts community primary production of macroalgae

(2011) Robert J. Miller et al.   OECOLOGIA

Contributions of woody and herbaceous vegetation to tropical savanna ecosystem productivity: a quasi-global estimate

(2011) J. Lloyd et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

A global forest canopy height map from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer and the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System

(2010) Michael A. Lefsky   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

The use of chronosequences in studies of ecological succession and soil development

(2010) Lawrence R. Walker et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Physical pathways and utilization of nitrate supply to the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera

(2010) Jonathan P. Fram et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Partitioning of primary production among giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera), understory macroalgae, and phytoplankton on a temperate reef

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BIOMASS RATHER THAN GROWTH RATE DETERMINES VARIATION IN NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION BY GIANT KELP

(2008) Daniel C. Reed et al.   ECOLOGY

Testing the assumptions of chronosequences in succession

(2008) Edward A. Johnson et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Shrub encroachment in North American grasslands: shifts in growth form dominance rapidly alters control of ecosystem carbon inputs

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