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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# overview
Professor Briske's scholarship and pedagogy focus on the ecological function, management strategies, and policy implications on global rangelands. His teaching program emphasizes preparation of the next generation of leaders to navigate the challenging environmental issues of our time. His scholarship seeks to create translational science to inform natural resource managers and policy makers.

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International Year Of Rangelands And Pastoralists

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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Theory Of Organizational Knowledge Creation

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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30 Agricultural, Veterinary And Food Sciences

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Colorado State University - (Fort Collins, Colorado, United States)

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Carbon import among vegetative tillers within two bunchgrasses: assessment with carbon-11 labelling.

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Herbaceous vegetation change in variable rangeland environments: The relative contribution of grazing and climatic variability

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Uganda's rangeland policy: intentions, consequences and opportunities

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Rangeland stewardship envisioned through a planetary lens.

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Savory's Unsubstantiated Claims Should Not Be Confused With Multipaddock Grazing

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Below-ground carbon and nitrogen accumulation in perennial grasses: A comparison of caespitose and rhizomatous growth forms

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Nonequilibrium Ecology and Resilience Theory

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Climate-change adaptation on rangelands: linking regional exposure with diverse adaptive capacity

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Quantifying long-term plant community dynamics with movement models: implications for ecological resilience

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Can Collaborative Adaptive Management Improve Cattle Production in Multipaddock Grazing Systems?

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DROUGHT EFFECTS ON ADVENTITIOUS ROOT DEVELOPMENT IN BLUE GRAMA SEEDLINGS

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Vulnerability of rangeland beef cattle production to climate-induced NPP fluctuations in the US Great Plains.

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Movement Dynamics and Energy Expenditure of Yearling Steers Under Contrasting Grazing Management in Shortgrass Steppe

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Does resource availability modulate shade avoidance responses to the ratio of red to far-red irradiation? An assessment of radiation quantity and soil volume

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Ecological Sites: Can they be Managed to Promote Livestock Production?

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State-and-Transition Models, Thresholds, and Rangeland Health: A Synthesis of Ecological Concepts and Perspectives

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A unified framework for assessment and application of ecological thresholds

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State-and-transition models, thresholds, and rangeland health: A synthesis of ecological concepts and perspectives

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STOMATAL DISTRIBUTION, DENSITY AND CONDUCTANCE OF 3 PERENNIAL GRASSES NATIVE TO THE SOUTHERN TRUE PRAIRIE OF TEXAS

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Strategies for global rangeland stewardship: Assessment through the lens of the equilibrium-non-equilibrium debate

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DENSITY-DEPENDENT REGULATION OF RAMET POPULATIONS WITHIN THE BUNCHGRASS SCHIZACHYRIUM-SCOPARIUM - INTERCLONAL VERSUS INTRACLONAL INTERFERENCE

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Climate warming and precipitation redistribution modify tree-grass interactions and tree species establishment in a warm-temperate savanna.

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Rangeland CEAP An Assessment of Natural Resources Conservation Service Practices

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Fitness components of grazing-induced population reduction in a dominant annual, Triticum dicoccoides (wild wheat)

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Translational Science Partnerships: Key to Environmental Stewardship

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Contrasting physiological responsiveness of establishing trees and a C-4 grass to rainfall events, intensified summer drought, and warming in oak savanna

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Handbook of Functional Plant Ecology Francisco I. Pugnaire, Fernando Valladares (Eds.); Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1999, 920 pages, illus., hardcover, ISBN 0-8247-1950-6, US$ 250.00

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COEXISTENCE OF A PERENNIAL C-3 BUNCHGRASS IN A C-4 DOMINATED GRASSLAND - AN EVALUATION OF GAS-EXCHANGE CHARACTERISTICS

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Opening learning spaces to create actionable knowledge for conservation

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State-and-Transition Models, Thresholds, and Rangeland Health: A Synthesis of Ecological Concepts and Perspectives

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Does grazing mediate soil carbon and nitrogen accumulation beneath C-4, perennial grasses along an environmental gradient?

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Grazing and ecosystem carbon storage in the North American Great Plains

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Collaborative Adaptive Rangeland Management, Multipaddock Rotational Grazing, and the Story of the Regrazed Grass Plant

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Professional ecological knowledge: an unrecognized knowledge domain within natural resource management

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Root traits associated with nutrient exploitation following defoliation in three coexisting perennial grasses in a semi-arid savanna

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Density-dependent regulation of ramet recruitment by the red:far-red ratio of solar radiation: a field evaluation with the bunchgrass Schizachyrium scoparium.

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Plant traits determining grazing resistance: why have they proved so elusive?

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Potential natural vegetation and NPP responses to future climates in the US Great Plains

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Do caespitose and rhizomatous grass growth farms constitute unique functional groups?

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Adaptive, Multipaddock Rotational Grazing Management: A Ranch-Scale Assessment of Effects on Vegetation and Livestock Performance in Semiarid Rangeland

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POPULATION-STRUCTURE AND TILLER DEMOGRAPHY OF THE BUNCHGRASS SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM IN RESPONSE TO HERBIVORY

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Origin, Persistence, and Resolution of the Rotational Grazing Debate: Integrating Human Dimensions Into Rangeland Research

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PATTERN OF INTERSPECIFIC TILLER DEFOLIATION IN A MIXED-GRASS PRAIRIE GRAZED BY CATTLE

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Rotational grazing on rangelands: Reconciliation of perception and experimental evidence

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Quantifying long-term plant community dynamics with movement models: implications for ecological resilience.

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Response of wild wheat populations to grazing in Mediterranean grasslands: the relative influence of defoliation, competition, mulch and genotype

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Vulnerability of grazing and confined livestock in the Northern Great Plains to projected mid- and late-twenty-first century climate

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Assessing resilience and state-transition models with historical records of cheatgrass Bromus tectorum invasion in North American sagebrush-steppe

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Assessment of USDA-NRCS rangeland conservation programs: recommendation for an evidence-based conservation platform.

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DROUGHT RESISTANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF BLUE GRAMA SEEDLINGS

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Relative herbivory tolerance and competitive ability in two dominant: subordinate pairs of perennial grasses in a native grassland

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Nitrogen-15 partitioning within a three generation tiller sequence of the bunchgrass Schizachyrium scoparium: response to selective defoliation.

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Future climate variability will challenge rangeland beef cattle production in the Great Plains

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Complexity fosters learning in collaborative adaptive management

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Vegetation dynamics on rangelands: a critique of the current paradigms

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HERBIVORE-INDUCED SPECIES REPLACEMENT IN GRASSLANDS - IS IT DRIVEN BY HERBIVORY TOLERANCE OR AVOIDANCE

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Does selective defoliation mediate competitive interactions in a semiarid savanna? A demographic evaluation

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Contribution of flexible allocation priorities to herbivory tolerance in C4 perennial grasses: an evaluation with 13C labeling.

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Isoprene emission from terrestrial ecosystems in response to global change: minding the gap between models and observations.

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SIZE AND ECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL INDIVIDUAL IN THE BUNCHGRASS SCHIZACHYRIUM-SCOPARIUM

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Grand Challenges for Resilience-Based Management of Rangelands

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Does a tradeoff exist between morphological and physiological root plasticity? A comparison of grass growth forms

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Retrospective Assessment of Beef Cow Numbers to Climate Variability Throughout the US Great Plains

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Catastrophic Thresholds: A Synthesis of Concepts, Perspectives, and Applications

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An Assessment of State-and-Transition Models: Perceptions Following Two Decades of Development and Implementation

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TILLER DEFOLIATION IN A MODERATE AND HEAVY GRAZING REGIME

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Grazing Optimization: A Plea for a Balanced Perspective.

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Demographic evaluation of a herbivory-sensitive perennial bunchgrass: does it possess an Achilles heel?

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REM Publishes Its 10th Volume: An Editorial Report

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Rangeland Systems: Foundation for a Conceptual Framework

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Range management and plant functional types

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COMPETITIVE ABILITY OF THE BUNCHGRASS SCHIZACHYRIUM-SCOPARIUM AS AFFECTED BY GRAZING HISTORY AND DEFOLIATION

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Climate Change and North American Rangelands: Trends, Projections, and Implications

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A Unified Framework for Assessment and Application of Ecological Thresholds

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Introduction to Special Feature on Catastrophic Thresholds, Perspectives, Definitions, and Applications

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CLONAL BIOLOGY OF THE TEMPERATE, CAESPITOSE, GRAMINOID SCHIZACHYRIUM-SCOPARIUM - A SYNTHESIS WITH REFERENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE

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Vulnerability of Southern Plains agriculture to climate change

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WATER POTENTIAL EVALUATION OF 3 GERMINATION SUBSTRATES UTILIZING POLYETHYLENE-GLYCOL 20,000

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SEMINAL AND ADVENTITIOUS ROOT-GROWTH OF BLUE GRAMA SEEDLINGS ON THE CENTRAL PLAINS

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NITROGEN-FIXING ACTIVITY OF WATER STRESSED SIRATRO

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INTRACLONAL NITROGEN ALLOCATION IN THE BUNCHGRASS SCHIZACHYRIUM-SCOPARIUM HUBB - AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL INDIVIDUAL

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Empirical assessment of state-and-transition models with a long-term vegetation record from the Sonoran Desert.

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Diverse Management Strategies Produce Similar Ecological Outcomes on Ranches in Western Great Plains: Social-Ecological Assessment

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The Savory Method Can Not Green Deserts or Reverse Climate Change A response to the Allan Savory TED video

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Vulnerability assessment of the multi-sector North American bison Bison bison management system to climate change

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An isotopic (N-15) assessment of intraclonal regulation in C-4 perennial grasses: ramet interdependence, independence or both?

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Morphologic and allozymic variation between long-term grazed and non-grazed populations of the bunchgrass Schizachyrium scoparium var. frequens.

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Intraclonal regulation in a perennial caespitose grass: a field evaluation of above- and below-ground resource availability

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ROOT INITIATION AND ROOT AND LEAF ELONGATION OF DEPENDENT LITTLE BLUESTEM TILLERS FOLLOWING DEFOLIATION

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Consequences of More Extreme Precipitation Regimes for Terrestrial Ecosystems

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Contrasting shade avoidance responses in two perennial grasses: a field investigation in simulated sparse and dense canopies

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Can ecological land classification increase the utility of vegetation monitoring data?

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Rangeland Systems Processes, Management and Challenges Preface

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TILLER DISPERSION IN POPULATIONS OF THE BUNCHGRASS SCHIZACHYRIUM-SCOPARIUM - IMPLICATIONS FOR HERBIVORY TOLERANCE

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Axillary bud banks of two semiarid perennial grasses: occurrence, longevity, and contribution to population persistence.

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State-and-Transition Models, Thresholds, and Rangeland Health: A Synthesis of Ecological Concepts and Perspectives

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Climate Change and North American Rangelands: Assessment of Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies

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Commentary: A critical assessment of the policy endorsement for holistic management

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MOISTURE AND TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENTS FOR ADVENTITIOUS ROOT DEVELOPMENT IN BLUE GRAMA SEEDLINGS

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Tiller organization within the tussock grass Schizachyrium scoparium: a field assessment of competition-cooperation tradeoffs

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TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON ADVENTITIOUS ROOT DEVELOPMENT IN BLUE GRAMA SEEDLINGS

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The Future of REM: Perspectives of the Incoming Editor-in-Chief

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REGULATION OF TILLERING BY APICAL DOMINANCE - CHRONOLOGY, INTERPRETIVE VALUE, AND CURRENT PERSPECTIVES

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Strategies to alleviate poverty and grassland degradation in Inner Mongolia: intensification vs production efficiency of livestock systems.

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Linking Management Decisions With Ecological and Economic Outcomes In Grazed Systems

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United States Department of Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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USDA-National Institute of Food And Agriculture

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Agricultural Research Service - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Vulnerability Assessment of Great Plains Agriculture to Climate Variability and Change

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United States Department of Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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USDA-National Institute of Food And Agriculture

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TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH; Ecosystem Science & Management; 2126 TAMU

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Franco, Jose (2015-05). Evaluating Plant Functional Diversity in an Organic Intercropping System. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Lenoir, Katherine Judith (2013-05). Climate Warming and Drought Effects on Pinus and Juniperus Species: Contrasting Drought Tolerance Traits Limit Function and Growth in Tree Seedlings. Master's Thesis.

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Carman, John Griffit (1982-07). Defoliation responses of little bluestem at the organism and population level. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Murphy, Jeffrey Stephen (1993-07). The red:far-red ratio of solar radiation as an environmental signal regulating tiller recruitmnet in the bunchgrass Schizachyrium scoparium.

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Anderson, Val Jo (1989-07). Species replacement in response to herbivory : influence of grazing history, competitive interactions and population structure.

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Butler, Jack Lee (1986-07). Demography of the bunchgrass Schizachyrium scoparium Michx. in response to intraspecific competition and herbivory.