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Dr. Melinda D. Smith
Phone: 203-432-9422 Email: melinda.smith@yale.eduAddress: Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8106 Interests: Community EcologyPersonnel Home Page: Publication
1. Veen, G.F., J.M. Blair, M.D. Smith, and 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.

2. Knapp A.K., J.K. McCarron, A.M. Silletti, G.A. Hoch, J.L. Heisler, M.S. Lett, J.M. Blair, J.M. Briggs and M.D. Smith.. 2008. Ecological consequences of the replacement of native grassland by Juniperus virginiana and other woody plants. Ecological Studies Vol. 196, Western North American Juniperus communities: A dynamic vegetation type 156- 169.

3. Han, X., S.P. Dend, 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.

4. 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, A. Saleh and 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. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5: 19- 24.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. Swemmer, A.M., A.K. Knapp and M.D. Smith. 2006. Growth responses of two dominant C4 grass species to altered water availability. International Journal of Plant Sciences 167: 1001- 1010.

8. 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 grasslands. Oecologia 149: 456- 464.

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

10. 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.

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

12. Huxman, T. E., 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. M. 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.

13. 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 spatial and temporal turnover. Ecology 85: 2701- 2708.

14. Knapp, A. K., M. D. Smith, S. L. Collins, N. Zambatis, M. Peel, S. Emery, J. Wojdak, M. C. Horner-Devine, H. Biggs, J. Kruger and S. J. Andelman. 2004. Generality in ecology: testing North American grassland rules in South African savannas. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9: 483- 491.

15. 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. M. 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.

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

17. 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. Small, M. 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.

18. Smith, M. D. 2002. Causes and consequences of species invasion and loss: the role of dominant species and diversity in maintaining ecosystem function.
19. Knapp, A. K., P. A. Fay, J. M. Blair, S. L. Collins, M. D. Smith, J. D. Carlisle, C. W. 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.

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

21. 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 Sciences 162: 785- 792.

22. 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.

23. 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. 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 40- 65.

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

25. Smith, M. D., D. C. Hartnett, and C. W. Rice. 2000. Effects of long-term fungicide application on microbial processes in tallgrass prairie soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 32: 935- 946.

26. 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.

27. 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.

28. Smith, M. D. 1998. The role of mycorrhizae and dominant competitors in tallgrass prairie plant community structure and belowground processes.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under the Long Term Ecological Research Program at Konza Prairie Biological Station. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necesarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.