The Importance of Being First: Exploring Priority and Diversity Effects in a Grassland Field Experiment

Plant and root endophyte assembly history: interactive effects on native and exotic plants

(2016) Benjamin A. Sikes et al.   ECOLOGY

A test of priority effect persistence in semi-natural grasslands through the removal of plant functional groups during community assembly

(2016) Kenny Helsen et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

Historical Contingency in Community Assembly: Integrating Niches, Species Pools, and Priority Effects

(2015) Tadashi Fukami   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

How does biomass distribution change with size and differ among species? An analysis for 1200 plant species from five continents

(2015) Hendrik Poorter et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Initial success of native grasses is contingent on multiple interactions among exotic grass competition, temporal priority, rainfall and site effects

(2015) Truman P. Young et al.   AoB Plants

Soil mutualists modify priority effects on plant productivity, diversity, and composition

(2014) Laura A. Burkle et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Role of propagule pressure and priority effects on seedlings during invasion and restoration of shrub-steppe

(2014) Merilynn C. Schantz et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Exotic grassland species have stronger priority effects than natives regardless of whether they are cultivated or wild genotypes

(2014) Brian J. Wilsey et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Bromus inermis and Elymus canadensis but not Poa pratensis demonstrate strong competitive effects and all benefit from priority

(2014) Emily Ulrich et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Priority Effects of Time of Arrival of Plant Functional Groups Override Sowing Interval or Density Effects: A Grassland Experiment

(2014) Philipp von Gillhaussen et al.   PLoS One

Different Assembly Processes Drive Shifts in Species and Functional Composition in Experimental Grasslands Varying in Sown Diversity and Community History

(2014) Christiane Roscher et al.   PLoS One

Applying competition theory to invasion: resource impacts indicate invasion mechanisms in California shrublands

(2013) Leah J. Goldstein et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Plant functional group identity and diversity determine biotic resistance to invasion by an exotic grass

(2013) Chaeho Byun et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Plant-soil feedbacks: the past, the present and future challenges

(2013) Wim H. van der Putten et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Arrival order among native plant functional groups does not affect invasibility of constructed dune communities

(2013) T. J. Mason et al.   OECOLOGIA

Designing forest biodiversity experiments: general considerations illustrated by a new large experiment in subtropical China

(2013) Helge Bruelheide et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Do priority effects benefit invasive plants more than native plants? An experiment with six grassland species

(2012) Timothy L. Dickson et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Assembly history alters alpha and beta diversity, exotic-native proportions and functioning of restored prairie plant communities

(2012) Leanne M. Martin et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Resource availability mediates the importance of priority effects in plant community assembly and ecosystem function

(2012) Paul Kardol et al.   OIKOS

Nitrogen uptake by grassland communities: contribution of N2 fixation, facilitation, complementarity, and species dominance

(2012) Holger Bessler et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Sowing of low and high diversity seed mixtures in ecological restoration of surface mined-land

(2011) Anita Kirmer et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

Understanding the relative roles of disturbance and species interactions in shaping Mississippi River island plant communities

(2011) J. Moore et al.   COMMUNITY ECOLOGY

Community assembly: alternative stable states or alternative transient states?

(2011) Tadashi Fukami et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Intra- and interspecific plant-soil interactions, soil legacies and priority effects during old-field succession

(2011) Tess F. J. van de Voorde et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

High plant diversity is needed to maintain ecosystem services

(2011) Forest Isbell et al.   NATURE

More diverse plant communities have higher functioning over time due to turnover in complementary dominant species

(2011) E. Allan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Stochastic Community Assembly Causes Higher Biodiversity in More Productive Environments

(2010) J. M. Chase   SCIENCE

Belowground nitrogen partitioning in experimental grassland plant communities of varying species richness

(2009) Stefanie von Felten et al.   ECOLOGY

Plant species richness and functional composition drive overyielding in a six-year grassland experiment

(2009) Elisabeth Marquard et al.   ECOLOGY

Transient patterns in the assembly of vernal pool plant communities

(2009) Sharon K. Collinge et al.   ECOLOGY

Separating the influence of resource ‘availability’ from resource ‘imbalance’ on productivity-diversity relationships

(2009) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Within-Year Soil Legacies Contribute to Strong Priority Effects of Exotics on Native California Grassland Communities

(2009) Emily Grman et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Early Establishment of a Native Grass Reduces the Competitive Effect of a Non-Native Grass

(2009) Jason M. Stevens et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Plant functional composition influences rates of soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation

(2008) D. A. Fornara et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Effects of pre-existing submersed vegetation and propagule pressure on the invasion success ofHydrilla verticillata

(2007) Todd B. Chadwell et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Small differences in arrival time influence composition and productivity of plant communities

(2007) Christian Körner et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST