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Present	Professor, Iowa State University ‐ Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
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Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology

Ecology and Restoration of Grasslands

253 Bessey

2200 Osborn Dr

Ames, IA 50011-4009

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Peer-Reviewed Articles (55)

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The effect of long-term CO2 enrichment on carbon and nitrogen ...

Folia Oecologica (2021)

Manal Al-Traboulsi, Brian Wilsey and Catherine Potvin

Increasing levels of atmospheric CO2 may change C and N dynamics in pasture ecosystems. The present study was conducted to ...

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Long‐term, amplified responses of soil organic carbon to nitrogen ...

Global Change Biology (2020)

Chonghua Xu, Xia Xu, Chenghui Ju, Han Y. H. Chen, et al.

Soil organic carbon (SOC) is the largest carbon sink in terrestrial ecosystems and plays a critical role in mitigating climate ...

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Temporal stability of grassland metacommunities is regulated more by community ...

Ecosphere (2020)

H. Wayne Polley, Chenghai Yang, Brian J. Wilsey and Philip A. Fay

Temporal stability in aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) is influenced by several attributes of plant communities. Identifying the primary regulators ...

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Ragweed and sagebrush pollen can distinguish between vegetation types at ...

Ecosphere (2020)

Hannah M. Carroll, Alan D. Wanamaker, Lynn G. Clark and Brian J. Wilsey

Patterns of vegetation distribution at regional to subcontinental scales can inform understanding of climate. Delineating ecoregion boundaries over geologic time ...

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Restoration in the face of changing climate: importance of persistence ...

Restoration Ecology (2020)

Brian J. Wilsey

Grasslands are extensive, surprisingly biodiverse, highly altered by humans, and not as well protected as other biomes. Restoration provides an ...

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Exotic species drive patterns of plant species diversity in 93 ...

Ecological Applications (2020)

Andrew D. Kaul and Brian J. Wilsey

A primary goal of restoration ecology is to understand the factors that generate variability in species diversity and composition among ...

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Lower soil carbon stocks in exotic vs. native grasslands are ...

Ecology (2020)

Brian Wilsey, Xia Xu, H. Wayne Polley, Kirsten Hofmockel, et al.

Global change includes invasion by exotic (nonnative) plant species and altered precipitation patterns, and these factors may affect terrestrial carbon ...

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Soil depth and grassland origin cooperatively shape microbial community co ...

Ecosphere (2020)

Racheal N. Upton, Aleksandra Checinska Sielaff, Kirsten S. Hofmockel, Xia Xu, et al.

Many soils are deep, yet soil below 20 cm remains largely unexplored. Exotic plants can have shallower roots than native ...

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Spectrally derived values of community leaf dry matter content link ...

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation (2020)

H. Wayne Polley, Chenghai Yang, Brian J. Wilsey and Philip A. Fay

Leaf traits link environmental effects on plant species abundances to changes in ecosystem processes but are a challenge to measure ...

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Monarch butterfly host plant (milkweed Asclepias spp.) abundance varies by ...

Restoration Ecology (2019)

Andrew D. Kaul and Brian J. Wilsey

The decline in migratory monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) over the past 20 years has been attributed to several drivers, including ...

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Mycorrhizal colonization and its relationship with plant performance differs between ...

Biological Invasions (2019)

Aleksandra Checinska Sielaff, H. Wayne Polley, Andres Fuentes-Ramirez, Kirsten Hofmockel, et al.

Many grasslands have been transformed by exotic species with potentially novel ecological interactions. We hypothesized that exotic and native plant ...

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Spectral Heterogeneity Predicts Local-Scale Gamma and Beta Diversity of Mesic ...

Remote Sensing (2019)

H. Wayne Polley, Chenghai Yang, Brian J. Wilsey and Philip A. Fay

Plant species diversity is an important metric of ecosystem functioning, but field assessments of diversity are constrained in number and ...

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Microbial community structure and functions differ between native and novel ...

Plant and Soil (2018)

Aleksandra Checinska Sielaff, Racheal N. Upton, Kirsten S. Hofmockel, Xia Xu, et al.

A Grasslands dominated by non-native (exotic) spe- cies have replaced purely native-dominated areas in many parts of the world forming ...

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Multiple facets of biodiversity drive the diversity–stability relationship

Nature Ecology & Evolution (2018)

Dylan Craven, H. Wayne Polley, Brian Wilsey and et al.

A substantial body of evidence has demonstrated that biodiversity stabilizes ecosystem functioning over time in grassland ecosystems. However, the relative ...

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Variability in community productivity—mediating effects of vegetation attributes

Functional Ecology (2018)

H. Wayne Polley and Brian J. Wilsey

Plant productivity varies through time in response to environmental fluctuations. Reducing variability in productivity requires an improved understanding of how ...

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Priority effects are affected by precipitation variability and are stronger ...

Plant Ecology (2018)

Kaitlin M. Goodale and Brian J. Wilsey

Exotic perennial grassland species often green up earlier than their native counterparts, allowing them to gain an advantage by dominating ...

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Phenology differences between native and novel exotic‐dominated grasslands rival ...

Journal of Applied Ecology (2018)

Brian J. Wilsey, Leanne M. Martin and Andrew D. Kaul

1. Novel ecosystems can differ from the native systems they replaced. We used phenology measures to compare ecosystem functioning between ...

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Diversity-dependent temporal divergence of ecosystem functioning in experimental ecosystems

Nature Ecology & Evolution (2017)

Nathaly R. Guerrero-Ramírez, Dylan Craven, Peter B. Reich, John J. Ewel, et al.

The effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning generally increase over time, but the underlying processes remain unclear. Using 26 long-term ...

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Species composition but not diversity explains recovery from the 2011 ...

Ecosphere (2017)

Xia Xu, H. Wayne Polley, Kirsten S. Hofmockel and Brian J. Wilsey

Extreme droughts can have profound direct consequences for grassland ecosystems, but it is poorly known how ecosystems recover from drought ...

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Biotic Regulation of CO2 Uptake–Climate Responses: Links to Vegetation ...

Ecosystems (2016)

H. Wayne Polley, Anne E. Gibson, Philip A. Fay and Brian J. Wilsey

Identifying the plant traits and patterns of trait distribution in communities that are responsible for biotic regulation of CO2 uptake–climate ...

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Plant diversity effects on grassland productivity are robust to both ...

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B (2016)

Dylan Craven, Forest Isbell, Pete Manning, John Connolly, et al.

Global change drivers are rapidly altering resource availability and biodiversity. While there is consensus that greater biodiversity increases the functioning ...

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Plant invasions differentially affected by diversity and dominant species in ...

Ecology and evolution (2015)

Xia Xu, H. Wayne Polley, Kirsten S. Hofmockel, Pedran P. Daneshgar, et al.

Plant invasions are an increasingly serious global concern, especially as the climate changes. Here, we explored how plant invasions differed ...

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Biodiversity Increases the Resistance of Ecosystem Productivity to Climate Extremes

Nature (2015)

Forest Isbell, Dylan Craven, John Connolly, Michael Loreau, et al.

It remains unclear whether biodiversity buffers ecosystems against climate extremes, which are becoming increasingly frequent worldwide1. Early results suggested that ...

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Differences in Beta Diversity Between Exotic and Native Grasslands Vary ...

Ecology (2015)

Leanne M. Martin and Brian J. Wilsey

Biodiversity can be partitioned into alpha, beta, and gamma components, and beta diversity is not as clearly understood. Biotic homogenization ...

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Biodiversity, Photosynthetic Mode, and Ecosystem Services Differ between Native and ...

Oecologia (2014)

Leanne M. Martin, H. Wayne Polley, Pedram P. Daneshgar, Mary A. Harris, et al.

Human activities have caused non-native plant species with novel ecological interactions to persist on landscapes, and it remains controversial whether ...

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Peer-Reviewed Articles (55)