Publications

Buis, G.M., J.M. Blair, D.E. Burkepile, C.E. Burns, A.J. Chamberlain, P.L. Chapman, S.L. Collins, R.W.S. Fynn, N. Govender, K.P. Kirkman, M.D. Smith, and A.K. Knapp. Controls of aboveground net primary production in mesic savanna grasslands: an inter-hemispheric comparison. (in press, Ecosystems).

Melzer, S.E., A.K. Knapp, K.P. Kirkman, M.D. Smith, J.M. Blair, and E.F. Kelly. Fire and grazing impacts on silica production and storage in grass dominated ecosystems. (in press, Biogeochemistry).

Smith, M.D., A.K. Knapp, and S.L. Collins. 2009. A framework for assessing ecosystem dynamics in response to chronic resource alterations induced by global change. (in press, Ecology).

Burns, C.E., S.L. Collins, and M.D. Smith. 2009. Plant community response to loss of large herbivores: Comparing consequences in a South African and North American grassland. Biodiversity and Conservation 18:2327-2342.

Hillebrand, H., E.T. Borer, M.E.S. Bracken, B.J. Cardinale, J. Cebrian, E.E. Cleland, J.J. Elser, D.S. Gruner, W.S. Harpole, J.T. Ngai, S. Sandin, E.W. Seabloom, J.B. Shurin, J.E. Smith, and M.D. Smith. 2009. Herbivore metabolism and stoichiometry each constrain herbivory at different organizational scales across ecosystems. Ecology Letters 12:516-527.

Leakey, A., L. Ainsworth, S. Bernard, E. DeLucia, D. Ort, S. Placella, A. Rogers, M. Smith, E. Sudderth, D. Weston, S. Wullschleger, S. Yuan. 2009. Gene expression profiling Ð opening the black box of plant ecosystem responses to global change. Global Change Biology 15:1201-1213.

Nippert, J.B., P.A. Fay, J.D. Carlisle, A.K. Knapp, and M.D. Smith. 2009. Ecophysiological responses of two dominant grasses to altered temperature and precipitation regimes. Acta Oecologia 35:400-408.

Drake, J.M., E.E. Cleland, M.C. Horner-Devine, E. Fleishman, C. Bowles, M.D. Smith, K. Carney, S. Emery, J. Gramling, D.B. Vandermast, and J.B. Grace. 2008. Do non-native plant species affect the shape of productivity-diversity relationships? American Midland Naturalist 159:55-66.

Han, X., S.P. Dendy, K.A. Garrett, L. Fang and M.D. Smith. 2008. Comparison of damage to native and exotic tallgrass prairie plants by natural enemies. Plant Ecology 198:197-210.

Knapp, A.K., C. Beier, D. Briske, A.T. Classen, Y. Luo, M. Reichstein, M.D. Smith, S.D. Smith, J.E. Bell, P.A. Fay, J.L. Heisler, S.W. Leavitt, R. Sherry, B. Smith, and E. Weng. 2008. Consequences of more extreme precipitation regimes for terrestrial ecosystems. BioScience 58: 811-821.

Veen, G.F., J.M. Blair, M.D. Smith, S.L. Collins. 2008. Influence of grazing and fire frequency on small-scale plant community structure and resource variability in native tallgrass prairie. Oikos 117: 859-866.

Fridley, J.D. J.J. Stachowicz, S. Naeem, D.F. Sax, E.W. Seabloom, M.D. Smith, T.J. Stohlgren, D. Tilman, and B. Von Holle. 2007. The invasion paradox: reconciling pattern and process in species invasions. Ecology 89:3-17.

Grace, J.B., T.M. Anderson, M.D. Smith, E. Seabloom, S.J. Andelman, G. Meche, E. Weiher, L.K. Allain, H. Jutila, M. Sankaran, J. Knops, M. Ritchie, and M.R. Willig. 2007. Does species diversity limit productivity in natural grassland communities? Ecology Letters 10:680-689.

Travers, S.E., M.D. Smith, J. Bai, S.H. Hulbert, J.E. Leach, P.S. Schnable, A.K. Knapp, G.A. Milliken, P.A. Fay, K.A. Garrett. 2007. Ecological genomics: making the leap from model systems in the lab to native populations in the field. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5:19-24.

Collins, S.L., and M.D. Smith. 2006. Scale-dependent interaction of fire and grazing on community heterogeneity in tallgrass prairie. Ecology 87:2058-2067.

Knapp, A.K., C.E. Burns, R.W.S. Fynn, K.P. Kirkman, C.D. Morris, and M.D. Smith. 2006. Convergence and contingency in production-precipitation relationships in North American and South African C4 savanna grasslands. Oecologia 149:456-464.

Swemmer, A.M., A.K. Knapp, and M.D. Smith. 2007. Growth responses of the two dominant C4 grass species to altered water availability. International Journal of Plant Sciences167: 1001-1010.

White, E.P., P.B. Adler, W.K. Lauenroth, R.A. Gill, D. Greenberg, D.M. Kaufman, A. Rassweiler, R.A. Rusak, M.D. Smith, J. Steinbeck, R.B. Waide, and J. Yao. 2006. A cross-site, cross-taxonomic comparison of species-time relationship. Oikos 112: 185-195.

Carter, G.A., A.K. Knapp, J.E. Anderson, G.A. Hoch, and M.D. Smith. 2005. Indicators of plant species richness in AVIRIS spectra of a mesic grassland. Remote Sensing of Environment 98: 304-316.

Schaefer, J., K. Gido, M. Smith. 2005. A test for community change using a Monte-Carlo approach. Ecological Applications 15:1761-1771.

Chalcraft, D.R., J.W. Williams, M.D. Smith, and M.R. Willig. 2004. Scale dependence in the relationship between species richness and productivity: the role of species turnover. Ecology 85:2701-2708.

Cleland, E.E., M.D. Smith, S.J. Andelman, C. Bowles, K.M. Carney, M.C. Horner-Devine, J.M. Drake, S.M. Emery, J. Gramling, and D.B. Vandermast. 2004. Invasion in space and time: non-native species richness and relative abundance respond to interannual variation in productivity and diversity. Ecology Letters 7:947-957.

Huxman, T.R.*, M.D. Smith*, P.A. Fay, A.K. Knapp, M.R. Shaw, M.E. Loik, S.D. Smith, D.T. Tissue, J.C. Zak, J.F. Weltzin, W.T. Pockman, O.E. Sala, B. Haddad, J. Harte, G.W. Koch, S. Schwinning, E.E. Small, and D.G. Williams. 2004. Convergence across biomes to a common rain-use efficiency. Nature 429:651-654. *denotes equal contribution

Knapp, A.K., M.D. Smith, S. Collins, N. Zambatis, M. Peel, S. Emery, J. Wojdak, M.C. Horner-Devine, H. Biggs, J. Kruger, S. Andelman. 2004. Searching for generality in ecology: post-hoc synthesis of long-term data from North American grasslands and South African savannas. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2: 483-491.

Smith, M.D., J. Wilcox, T. Kelly, and A.K. Knapp. 2004. Dominance not richness determines invasibility of tallgrass prairie. Oikos 106:253-262.

Smith, M.D. and A.K. Knapp. 2003. Dominant species maintain ecosystem function with non-random species loss. Ecology Letters 6:509-517.

Weltzin, J.F., M.E. Loik, S. Schwinning, D.G. Williams, P. Fay, B. Haddad, J. Harte, T.E. Huxman, A.K. Knapp, G. Lin, W.T. Pockman, M.R. Shaw, E.E. Small, M.D. Smith, S.D. Smith, D.T. Tissue, and J.C. Zak. 2003. Assessing the response of terrestrial ecosystems to potential changes in precipitation. BioScience 53:941-952.

Wilson, W.G., P. Lundberg, D.P. Vasquez, M.D. Smith, W. Langford, K.L. Gross, and G.G. Mittelbach. 2003. Biodiversity and species interactions: extending Lotka-Volterra community theory. Ecology Letters 6:944-952.

Knapp, A.K., P.A. Fay, J.M. Blair, S.L. Collins, M.D. Smith, J.D. Carlisle, C.S. Harper, B.T. Danner, M.S. Lett, and J.K. McCarron. 2002. Rainfall variability, carbon cycling, and plant species diversity in a mesic grassland. Science 298:2202-2205.

Grace, J.B., M.D. Smith, S.L. Grace, S.L. Collins and T.J. Stohlgren. 2001. Interactions between fire and invasive plants in temperate grasslands of North America. Pgs 40-65, In K. Galley and T. Wilson (Eds.), Fire Conference 2000: The First National Congress On Fire, Ecology, Prevention And Management. Invasive Species Workshop: The Role of Fire In The Control And Spread Of Invasive Species. Tallahassee: Tall Timbers Research Station.

Knapp, A.K. and M.D. Smith. 2001. Interannual variability in net primary production and precipitation: Response. Science 293: 1723a.

Knapp, A.K. and M.D. Smith. 2001. Variation among biomes in temporal dynamics of aboveground primary production. Science 291:481-484.

Smith, M.D. and A.K. Knapp. 2001. Physiological and morphological traits of exotic, invasive exotic, and native plant species in tallgrass prairie. International Journal of Plant Sciences162:785-792.

Wilson, G.W.T., D.C. Hartnett, M.D. Smith, and K.L. Kobbeman. 2001. Effects of mycorrhizas on growth and demography of tallgrass prairie forbs. American Journal of Botany 88:1452-1457.

Smith, M.D., and A.K. Knapp. 2001. Size of the local species pool determines invasibility of a C4-dominated grassland. Oikos 92:55-61.

Smith, M.D., C.W. Rice, and D.C. Hartnett. 2000. Effects of long-term fungicide applications on microbial properties in tallgrass prairie soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 32:935-946.

Smith, M.D., D.C. Hartnett, and G.W.T. Wilson. 1999. Interacting influence of mycorrhizal symbiosis and competition on plant diversity in tallgrass prairie.Oecologia 121:574-582.

Smith, M.D. and A.K. Knapp. 1999. Exotic plant species in a C4-dominated grassland: invasibility, disturbance, and community structure. Oecologia 120:605-612.

Book Chapters

Knapp, A.K., J.K. McCarron, A.M. Silleti, G.A. Hoch, J.L. Heisler, M.S. Lett, J.M. Blair, J.M. Briggs, and M.D. Smith. 2007. Ecological consequences of the replacement of native grassland by Juniperus virginiana and other woody plants. In Ecological Studies Series – Ecology and Management of western North American Juniperus communities: a dynamic vegetation type, manuscript accepted. O.W. Van Auken and P.N. Jurena (eds.). Springer-Verlag, NY.

Books

Skelly, D.K., D.M. Post, and M.D. Smith (eds). 2010. The Art of Ecology: Writings of G. Evelyn Hutchinson. Yale University Press, CT.

Other Publications

Grace, J.B., M.D. Smith, S.L. Grace, S.L. Collins and T.J. Stohlgren. 2001. Interactions between fire and invasive plants in temperate grasslands of North America. Pgs 40-65, In K. Galley and T. Wilson (Eds.), Fire Conference 2000: The First National Congress On Fire, Ecology, Prevention And Management. Invasive Species Workshop: The Role of Fire In The Control And Spread Of Invasive Species. Tallahassee: Tall Timbers Research Station.