David Gibson

Publications

• The hierarchy-of-hypotheses approach: A synthesis method for enhancing theory development in ecology and evolution.
• Plant ecological solutions to global food security
• Methods in Comparative Plant Population Ecology
• Benchmark study on glyphosate-resistant cropping systems in the United States. Part 7: Effects of weed management strategy (grower practices versus academic recommendations) on the weed soil seedbank over 6 years.
• Alteration of root growth by lettuce, wheat, and soybean in response to wear debris from automotive brake pads.
• Functional diversity is more sensitive to biotic filters than phylogenetic diversity during community assembly
• Plant community and phylogenetic shifts in acid seep springs over 49 years following Microstegium vimineum invasion
• Using integral projection models to compare population dynamics of four closely related species
• Life history of Achyranthes japonica (Amaranthaceae): an invasive species in southern Illinois 1
• Nachusa_seed_mixes
• Nachusa_plant_communities
• Herbaceous Layer Response to Forest Management at Trail of Tears State Forest from 2014-2018
• Herbaceous Layer Response to Forest Management at Trail of Tears State Forest from 2014-2018
• Identifying Sustainable Grassland Management Approaches in Response to the Invasive Legume Lespedeza cuneata: A Functional Group Approach
• Grassland communities of barrens and hill prairies
• Disturbance effects on productivity–plant diversity relationships from a 22‐year‐old successional field
• Taxonomic and phylogenetic composition show biotic resistance to exotic invasion in acid seep springs
• Herbaceous Layer Response to Forest Management at Trail of Tears State Forest from 2014-2018
• Herbaceous Layer Response to Forest Management at Trail of Tears State Forest from 2014-2018
• Reciprocal transplant gardens as gold standard to detect local adaptation in grassland species: New opportunities moving into the 21st century
• Effect of PPO-Inhibiting Herbicides on the Growth and Sex Ratio of a Dioecious Weed Species Amaranthus palmeri (Palmer Amaranth)
• The Relationship between Urban Green Space and Urban Expansion Based on Gravity Methods
• Mass ratio effects underlie ecosystem responses to environmental change
• Methods in Comparative Plant Population Ecology
• Occurrence of an herbicide‐resistant plant trait in agricultural field margins
• Data from: Intraspecific variation among clones of a naïve rare grass affects competition with an invasive forb
• Data from: Genetic sorting of subordinate species in grassland modulated by intraspecific variation in dominant species
• The effect of Andropogon gerardii ecotype on species composition and functional trait variation in a prairie community
• Light quality reduction by four Amaranthaceae species
• Data from: Phylogenetic diversity is maintained despite richness losses over time in restored tallgrass prairie plant communities
• Data from: No effect of seed source on multiple aspects of ecosystem functioning during ecological restoration: cultivars compared to local ecotypes of dominant grasses
• Trigonelline accumulation in leaves of Panicum virgatum seedlings.
• Genetic sorting of subordinate species in grassland modulated by intraspecific variation in dominant species.
• Intraspecific variation among clones of a naive rare grass affects competition with a nonnative, invasive forb.
• Convergent and contingent community responses to grass source and dominance during prairie restoration across a longitudinal gradient.
• No effect of seed source on multiple aspects of ecosystem functioning during ecological restoration: cultivars compared to local ecotypes of dominant grasses.
• Temporal dynamics of plant community regeneration sources during tallgrass prairie restoration
• Dissolution of copper and iron from automotive brake pad wear debris enhances growth and accumulation by the invasive macrophyte Salvinia molesta Mitchell.
• Accelerated succession following an intense wind storm in an oak-dominated forest
• What determines "suitable habitat" for metapopulation studies? An analysis of environmental gradients and species assemblages in xeric forest openings
• Characterizing the microhabitats of exotic species in Illinois shale barrens
• Ecotypic variation in forage nutrient value of a dominant prairie grass across a precipitation gradient
• Data from: Phylogenetic diversity reveals hidden patterns related to population source and species pools during restoration
• Can weeds enhance profitability? Integrating ecological concepts to address crop‐weed competition and yield quality
• Nachusa_site_characteristics
• Species cover data (%) _2006 to 2009_Figs 1-5
• Is phylogenetic and functional trait diversity a driver or a consequence of grassland community assembly?
• Functional response of subordinate species to intraspecific trait variability within dominant species
• Do No Harm: Efficacy of a Single Herbicide Application to Control an Invasive Shrub While Minimizing Collateral Damage to Native Species
• Mass ratio effects underlie ecosystem responses to environmental change
• Journal of Ecology news
• Announcement
• Journal of Ecology News
• Journal of Ecology News
• The relationship between the soil seed bank and above-ground vegetation of a coastal barrier island.
• The effect of seeds of exotic species transported via horse dung on vegetation along trail corridors.
• A new method for measuring nutrient supply rates in soils using ion-exchange resins.
• The natural revegetation of lead/zinc mine spoil in northeastern Oklahoma.
• Stream insect occupancy-frequency patterns and metapopulation structure.
• Species frequency dynamics in an old-field succession: Effects of disturbance, fertilization and scale.
• The Natural Revegetation of Lead/Zinc Mine Spoil in Northeastern Oklahoma
• Ordination Analysis
• Succession
• Journal of Ecology News
• Journal of Ecology news
• Experimental Analysis of Intermediate Disturbance and Initial Floristic Composition: Decoupling Cause and Effect
• Editorial
• The Maintenance of Plant and Soil Heterogeneity in Dune Grassland
• Journal of Ecology news
• Effects of Animal Disturbance on Tallgrass Prairie Vegetation
• Second survey of current research in the New Jersey Pine Barrens
• Festuca arundinacea Schreber (F. elatior L. ssp. arundinacea (Schreber) Hackel).
• Water dispersal of vegetative bulbils of the invasive exotic Dioscorea oppositifolia L. in southern Illinois.
• Breeding system, branching processes, hybrid swarm theory, and the humped-back diversity relationship as additional explanations for apparent monophyly in the Macaronesian island flora.
• Eighteen years of herbaceous layer recovery of a recreation area in a mesic forest.
• Microhabitat factors and the distribution of exotic species across forest edges in temperate deciduous forest of southern Illinois, USA.
• Elevated carbon dioxide results in smaller populations of the bird cherry-oat aphid Rhopalosiphum padi.
• Festuca longifolia Thuill. (F. glauca auct. non Vill., F. glauca var. caesia (Sm.) Howarth, F. caesia Sm.).
• Using local seeds in prairie restoration--data support the paradigm.
• Conservation genetics of two co-dominant grass species in an endangered grassland ecosystem.
• Mechanisms for dominance in an early successional old field by the invasive non-native Lespedeza cuneata (Dum. Cours.) G. Don.
• Genetic diversity and competitive abilities of Dalea purpurea (Fabaceae) from remnant and restored grasslands.
• Life history of Microstegium vimineum (Poaceae), an invasive grass in southern Illinois.
• Endophyte infection levels of native and naturalized fescues in Illinois and England.
• The core-satellite species hypothesis provides a theoretical basis for Grime's classification of dominant, subordinate, and transient species.
• Random amplified polymorphic DNA variation among remnant big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii vitman) populations from Arkansas' grand prairie
• The generation potential of a threatened southern Illinois shale barren.
• Designs for greenhouse studies of interactions between plants.
• Permutation of Two-Term Local Quadrat Variance Analysis: General concepts for interpretation of peaks.
• Parallel analysis: a method for determining significant principal components.
• Population structure and spatial pattern in the dioecious shrub Ceratiola ericoides.
• Clonal propagation, local disturbance, and the structure of vegetation: ericaceous shrubs in the pine barrens of New Jersey.
• Mycorrhizal influence on intra- and interspecific neighbour interactions among co-occurring prairie grasses.
• Vegetation--environment relationships in a southern mixed hardwood forest.
• Effects of animal disturbance on tallgrass prairie vegetation.
• Topographic and fire effects on the composition and abundance of VA-mycorrhizal fungi in tallgrass prairie.
• The relationship of sheep grazing and soil heterogeneity to plant spatial patterns in dune grassland.
• Revegetation of unreclaimed coal strip-mines in Oklahoma. I. Vegetation structure and soil properties.
• Grassland Biome
• Are metapopulation species drivers of metacommunity structure in sandstone outcrop communities?
• Grain Quality as Influenced by the Structural Properties of Weed Communities in Mediterranean Wheat Crops
• Leveraging natural history collections to understand the impacts of global change
• The role of dominant prairie species ecotypes on plant diversity patterns of restored grasslands across a rainfall gradient in the US Great Plains
• Exploring the effect of region on diversity and composition of weed seedbanks in herbicide‐resistant crop systems in the United States
• Planting Clues: Presentation to Southern Chapter of the Sierra Club Feb 8, 2024
• International Biological Flora: Festuca dolichophylla†
• Effects of Manipulated Rainfall and Intraspecific Variation Within Dominant Species on Community Assembly: Insights From a Long‐Term Grassland Restoration Experiment
• Challenges in the establishment of a rare plant species monitoring program using community science volunteers
• Looking beyond Popper: how philosophy can be relevant to ecology
• Diversity-productivity relationships are dependent upon location and ecotypes of the dominant species growing across a precipitation gradient
• Inspired by Nature: From Fossils to Flora to Forensics. Presentation to The Green Center, Saint Louis.
• Does exposure to PPO-inhibiting herbicides alter the male-to-female sex ratio of Palmer amaranth?
• Accumulation of Trigonelline in the Leaves of Cannabis sativa L. in Response to Water-Deficit Stress