List of works - Scott L. Collins

Ecological science and sustainability for the 21st century

article

Caterpillar Leaf Damage, and the Game of Hide-and-Seek with Birds

scientific article published in 1983

Earth Stewardship: science for action to sustain the human-earth system

article

Changes in plant community composition, not diversity, during a decade of nitrogen and phosphorus additions drive above-ground productivity in a tallgrass prairie

article

Altered Rainfall Patterns, Gas Exchange, and Growth in Grasses and Forbs

article

Bottom-up regulation of plant community structure in an aridland ecosystem

scientific article published in November 2006

Asymmetric responses of primary productivity to precipitation extremes: A synthesis of grassland precipitation manipulation experiments.

scientific article

Fire and grazing in a mesic tallgrass prairie: impacts on plant species and functional traits.

scientific article published in June 2010

Ecosystem response to nutrient enrichment across an urban airshed in the Sonoran Desert

scientific article published on April 2011

Long-term dynamics and hotspots of change in a desert grassland plant community

scientific article published on 22 December 2014

Plant community response to loss of large herbivores: comparing consequences in a South African and a North American grassland

article

Global environmental change and the nature of aboveground net primary productivity responses: insights from long-term experiments

scientific article

Controls of Aboveground Net Primary Production in Mesic Savanna Grasslands: An Inter-Hemispheric Comparison

article

Long-Term Ecological Research in a Human-Dominated World

scientific article published in April 2012

Form and function of grass ring patterns in arid grasslands: the role of abiotic controls

scientific article

codyn: Anrpackage of community dynamics metrics

article

Soil Heterogeneity Effects on Tallgrass Prairie Community Heterogeneity: An Application of Ecological Theory to Restoration Ecology

article

Patterns of trait convergence and divergence among native and exotic species in herbaceous plant communities are not modified by nitrogen enrichment

article

The interactive effects of press/pulse intensity and duration on regime shifts at multiple scales

article published in 2017

Feedbacks between fires and wind erosion in heterogeneous arid lands

scholarly article

SPECIES RESPONSES TO NITROGEN FERTILIZATION IN HERBACEOUS PLANT COMMUNITIES, AND ASSOCIATED SPECIES TRAITSEcological ArchivesE089-070

article

Responses to fire differ between South African and North American grassland communities

article

Influence of grazing and fire frequency on small-scale plant community structure and resource variability in native tallgrass prairie

article

Asynchrony among local communities stabilises ecosystem function of metacommunities.

scientific article published on 24 October 2017

Drought consistently alters the composition of soil fungal and bacterial communities in grasslands from two continents

scientific article published on 5 March 2018

Grassland to shrubland state transitions enhance carbon sequestration in the northern Chihuahuan Desert

scientific article

Altered rainfall patterns increase forb abundance and richness in native tallgrass prairie.

scientific article

Can biological invasions induce desertification?

scientific article published on 01 January 2009

Variation in monsoon precipitation drives spatial and temporal patterns of Larrea tridentata growth in the Sonoran Desert

scientific article published in 2012

Small-scale patch structure in North American and South African grasslands responds differently to fire and grazing

scholarly article by Sally E Koerner & Scott L Collins published 16 March 2013 in Landscape Ecology

Skills and Knowledge for Data-Intensive Environmental Research

scientific article

Precipitation increases the abundance of some groups of root-associated fungal endophytes in a semiarid grassland

scientific article published in 2011

Rapid plant community responses during the summer monsoon to nighttime warming in a northern Chihuahuan Desert grassland

article

Habitat Relationships of Wood Warblers (Parulidae) in Northern Central Minnesota

scientific article published in 1982

Climatic controls of aboveground net primary production in semi-arid grasslands along a latitudinal gradient portend low sensitivity to warming.

scientific article published on 12 February 2015

Exposure to predicted precipitation patterns decreases population size and alters community structure of cyanobacteria in biological soil crusts from the Chihuahuan Desert

scientific article

Climate sensitivity functions and net primary production: A framework for incorporating climate mean and variability

scientific article published on 9 January 2018

Nutrient additions cause divergence of tallgrass prairie plant communities resulting in loss of ecosystem stability

article

Species reordering, not changes in richness, drives long-term dynamics in grassland communities

scientific article

Interactions Between Soil Erosion Processes and Fires: Implications for the Dynamics of Fertility Islands

article

Loss of a large grazer impacts savanna grassland plant communities similarly in North America and South Africa

scientific article published on 20 February 2014

Environmental heterogeneity has a weak effect on diversity during community assembly in tallgrass prairie

scientific article published in 2016

Global change effects on plant communities are magnified by time and the number of global change factors imposed

scientific article published on 19 August 2019

Regional grassland productivity responses to precipitation during multi-year above- and below-average rainfall periods: consequences for responses under climate change.

scientific article published on 19 December 2017

Comment on "Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness"

scientific article published in Science

Rainfall variability has minimal effects on grassland recovery from repeated grazing

article

Responses to chronic N fertilization of ectomycorrhizal piñon but not arbuscular mycorrhizal juniper in a piñon-juniper woodland

article

Effects of monsoon precipitation variability on the physiological response of two dominant C₄ grasses across a semiarid ecotone

scientific article

Resilience and recovery potential of duneland vegetation in the southern Kalahari

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity

article

List of works by Scott L. Collins

Ecological science and sustainability for the 21st century

Caterpillar Leaf Damage, and the Game of Hide-and-Seek with Birds

Earth Stewardship: science for action to sustain the human-earth system

Changes in plant community composition, not diversity, during a decade of nitrogen and phosphorus additions drive above-ground productivity in a tallgrass prairie

Altered Rainfall Patterns, Gas Exchange, and Growth in Grasses and Forbs

Bottom-up regulation of plant community structure in an aridland ecosystem

Asymmetric responses of primary productivity to precipitation extremes: A synthesis of grassland precipitation manipulation experiments.

Fire and grazing in a mesic tallgrass prairie: impacts on plant species and functional traits.

Ecosystem response to nutrient enrichment across an urban airshed in the Sonoran Desert

Long-term dynamics and hotspots of change in a desert grassland plant community

Plant community response to loss of large herbivores: comparing consequences in a South African and a North American grassland

Global environmental change and the nature of aboveground net primary productivity responses: insights from long-term experiments

Controls of Aboveground Net Primary Production in Mesic Savanna Grasslands: An Inter-Hemispheric Comparison

Long-Term Ecological Research in a Human-Dominated World

Form and function of grass ring patterns in arid grasslands: the role of abiotic controls

codyn: Anrpackage of community dynamics metrics

Soil Heterogeneity Effects on Tallgrass Prairie Community Heterogeneity: An Application of Ecological Theory to Restoration Ecology

Patterns of trait convergence and divergence among native and exotic species in herbaceous plant communities are not modified by nitrogen enrichment

The interactive effects of press/pulse intensity and duration on regime shifts at multiple scales

Feedbacks between fires and wind erosion in heterogeneous arid lands

SPECIES RESPONSES TO NITROGEN FERTILIZATION IN HERBACEOUS PLANT COMMUNITIES, AND ASSOCIATED SPECIES TRAITSEcological ArchivesE089-070

Responses to fire differ between South African and North American grassland communities

Influence of grazing and fire frequency on small-scale plant community structure and resource variability in native tallgrass prairie

Asynchrony among local communities stabilises ecosystem function of metacommunities.

Drought consistently alters the composition of soil fungal and bacterial communities in grasslands from two continents

Grassland to shrubland state transitions enhance carbon sequestration in the northern Chihuahuan Desert

Altered rainfall patterns increase forb abundance and richness in native tallgrass prairie.

Can biological invasions induce desertification?

Variation in monsoon precipitation drives spatial and temporal patterns of Larrea tridentata growth in the Sonoran Desert

Small-scale patch structure in North American and South African grasslands responds differently to fire and grazing

Skills and Knowledge for Data-Intensive Environmental Research

Precipitation increases the abundance of some groups of root-associated fungal endophytes in a semiarid grassland

Rapid plant community responses during the summer monsoon to nighttime warming in a northern Chihuahuan Desert grassland

Habitat Relationships of Wood Warblers (Parulidae) in Northern Central Minnesota

Climatic controls of aboveground net primary production in semi-arid grasslands along a latitudinal gradient portend low sensitivity to warming.

Exposure to predicted precipitation patterns decreases population size and alters community structure of cyanobacteria in biological soil crusts from the Chihuahuan Desert

Climate sensitivity functions and net primary production: A framework for incorporating climate mean and variability

Nutrient additions cause divergence of tallgrass prairie plant communities resulting in loss of ecosystem stability

Species reordering, not changes in richness, drives long-term dynamics in grassland communities

Interactions Between Soil Erosion Processes and Fires: Implications for the Dynamics of Fertility Islands

Loss of a large grazer impacts savanna grassland plant communities similarly in North America and South Africa

Environmental heterogeneity has a weak effect on diversity during community assembly in tallgrass prairie

Global change effects on plant communities are magnified by time and the number of global change factors imposed

Regional grassland productivity responses to precipitation during multi-year above- and below-average rainfall periods: consequences for responses under climate change.

Comment on "Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness"

Rainfall variability has minimal effects on grassland recovery from repeated grazing

Responses to chronic N fertilization of ectomycorrhizal piñon but not arbuscular mycorrhizal juniper in a piñon-juniper woodland

Effects of monsoon precipitation variability on the physiological response of two dominant C₄ grasses across a semiarid ecotone

Resilience and recovery potential of duneland vegetation in the southern Kalahari

Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity