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Dr. Scott L. Collins
Phone: 505-277-6303 Email: scollins@sevilleta.unm.eduAddress: Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 Interests: Personnel Home Page: Publication
1. Knapp, A.K., J.M. Briggs, S.L. Collins, S.R. Archer, M.S. Bret-Harte, B.E. Ewers, D.P. Peters, D.R. Young, G.R. Shaver, E. Pendall, and M.B. Cleary. 2008. Shrub encroachment in North American grasslands: Shifts in growth form dominance rapidly alters control of ecosystem carbon inputs. Global Change Biology 14: 615- 623.

2. 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.

3. Cleland, E.E., C.M. Clark, S.L. Collins, J.E. Fargione, L. Gough, K.L. Gross, S.C. Pennings, W.D. Bowman, G.P. Robertson, J. Simpson, D. Tilman and K.N. Suding. 2008. Species responses to nitrogen fertilization in North American plant communities, and associated species traits. Ecology 89: 1175- .

4. Collins, S.L., K.N. Suding, E.E. Cleland, M. Batty, S.C. Pennings, K.L. Gross, J.S. Grace, L. Gough, J. E. Fargione and C.M. Clark. 2008. Rank clocks and plant community dynamics. Ecology 89: 3534- 3541.

5. Heatherly, T., Whiles, M.R., Gibson, D.J., Collins, S.L., Huryn, A.D.,Jackson, J.K. and Palmer, M. A. 2007. Stream insect occupancy-frequency patterns and metapopulation structure. Oecologia 151: 313- 321.

6. Clark, C.M., E.E. Cleland, S.L. Collins, J.E. Fargione, L. Gough, S.C. Pennings, K.N. Suding and J.B. Grace.. 2007. Environmental and plant community determinants of species loss following nitrogen enrichment. Ecology Letters 10: 596- 607.

7. Zeglin, L.H., M. Stursova, R.L. Sinsabaugh and S.L. Collins. 2007. Microbial responses to nitrogen addition in three contrasting grassland ecosystems. Oecologia : 349- 359.

8. 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.

9. Suding, K. N., S. L. Collins, L. Gough, C. Clark, E. E. Cleland, K. L. Gross, D. G. Milchunas and S. Pennings. 2005. Functional and abundance based mechanisms explain diversity loss due to nitrogen fertilization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102: 4387- 4392.

10. Pennings, S. C., C. M. Clark, E. E. Cleland, S. L. Collins, L. Gough, K. L. Gross, D. G. Milchunas and K. N. Suding.. 2005. Do individual plant species show predictable responses to nitrogen addition across multiple experiments?. Oikos 110: 547- 555.

11. Baer, S. G., S. L. Collins, J. M. Blair, A. Fiedler and A. K. Knapp. 2005. Soil heterogeneity effects on tallgrass prairie community heterogeneity: an application of ecological theory to restoration ecology. Restoration Ecology 13: 413- 424.

12. Pringle, C. M., and S. L. Collins. 2004. Needed: A unified infrastructure to support long-term scientific research on public lands. Ecological Applications 14: 18- 21.

13. Baer, S. G., J. M. Blair, S. L. Collins, and A. K. Knapp. 2004. Plant community responses to resource availability and heterogeneity during restoration. Oecologia 139: 617- 629.

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. Fay, P. A., J. D. Carlisle, A. K. Knapp, J. M. Blair, and S. L. Collins. 2003. Productivity responses to altered rainfall patterns in a C4-dominated grassland. Oecologia 137: 245- 251.

16. Turner, M. G., S. L. Collins, A. L. Lugo, J. J. Magnuson, T. S. Rupp, and F. J. Swanson. 2003. Disturbance dynamics and ecological response: the contribution of long-term ecological research. BioScience 53: 46- 56.

17. Baer, S. G., J. M. Blair, A. K. Knapp, and S. L. Collins. 2003. Soil resources regulate productivity and diversity in newly established tallgrass prairie. Ecology 84: 724- 735.

18. 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.

19. Fay, P. A., J. D. Carlisle, B. T. Danner, M. S. Lett, J. K. McCarron, C. Stewart, A. K. Knapp, J. M. Blair, and S. L. Collins. 2002. Altered rainfall patterns, gas exchange and growth in C3 and C4 grassland species. International Journal of Plant Sciences 163: 549- 557.

20. Collins, S. L., S. M. Glenn, and J. M. Briggs. 2002. Effect of local and regional processes on plant species richness in tallgrass prairie. Oikos 99: 571- 579.

21. 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.

22. Clark, J. S., S. R. Carpenter, M. Barber, S. L. Collins, A. Dobson, J. Foley, D. M. Lodge, M. Pascual, R. Pielke Jr, W. Pizer, C. Pringle, W. V. Reid, K. A. Rose, O. Sala, W. H. Schlesinger, D. H. Wall, and D. Wear. 2001. Ecological forecasts: an emerging imperative. Science 293: 657- 660.

23. Collins, S. L. 2001. Long-term research and the dynamics of bird populations and communities: an overview. Auk 118: 583- 588.

24. Collins, S. L., F. Michelli, and L. Hartt. 2001. A method to determine rate and pattern of variability in ecological communities. Oikos 91: 285- 293.

25. Steinauer, M., and S. L. Collins. 2001. Feedback loops in ecological hierarchies following urine deposition in tallgrass prairie. Ecology 82: 1319- 1329.

26. Blair, J. M., S. L. Collins, and A. K. Knapp. 2000. Ecosystems as functional units in nature. Natural Resources and Environment 14: 150- 155.

27. Collins, S. L. 2000. Disturbance frequency and community stability in native tallgrass prairie. The American Naturalist 155: 311- 325.

28. Gough, L., C. W. Osenberg, K. L. Gross, and S. L. Collins. 2000. Fertilization effects of species density and primary productivity in herbaceous plant communities. Oikos 89: 428- 439.

29. Fay, P. A., J. D. Carlisle, A. K. Knapp, J. M. Blair, and S. L. Collins. 2000. Altering rainfall timing and quantity in a mesic grassland ecosystem: Design and performance of rainfall manipulation shelters. Ecosystems 3: 308- 319.

30. Gibson, D. J., J. S. Ely, and S. L. Collins. 1999. The core-satellite species hypothesis provides a theoretical basis for Grimes classification of dominant subordinate, and transient species. Journal of Ecology 87: 1064- 1067.

31. Knapp, A. K., J. M. Blair, J. M. Briggs, S. L. Collins, D. C. Hartnett, L. C. Johnson, and E. G. Towne. 1999. The keystone role of bison in North American tallgrass prairie. BioScience 49: 39- 50.

32. Collins, S. L., A. K. Knapp, J. M. Briggs, J. M. Blair, and E. M. Steinauer. 1998. Modulation of diversity by grazing and mowing in native tallgrass prairie. Science 280: 745- 747.

33. Collins, S. L., A. K. Knapp, D. C. Hartnett, and J. M. Briggs. 1998. The dynamic tallgrass prairie: Synthesis and research opportunities. Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie 301- 315.

34. Collins, S. L., and E. M. Steinauer. 1998. Disturbance, diversity and species interactions in tallgrass prairie. Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie 140- 156.

35. Knapp, A. K., J. M. Briggs, D. C. Hartnett and S. L. Collins . 1998. Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie.
36. Hoagland, B. W., and S. L. Collins. 1997. Gradient models, gradient analysis and hierarchical structure in plant communities. Oikos 78: 23- 30.

37. Vinton, M. A., and S. L. Collins. 1997. Landscape gradients and habitat structure in native grasslands of the central great plains. Ecology and Conservation of Great Plains Vertebrates 3- 19.

38. Collins, S. L., and S. M. Glenn. 1997. Effects of organismal and distance scaling on analysis of species distribution and abundance. Ecological Applications 7: 543- 551.

39. Collins, S. L., and S. M. Glenn. 1997. Intermediate disturbance and its relationship to within-and between-patch structure. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 21: 103- 110.

40. Collins, S. L., and T. L. Benning. 1996. Spatial and temporal patterns in functional diversity. Biodiversity: A Biology Of Numbers and Difference 253- 280.

41. Moen, J., and S. L. Collins. 1996. Trophic interactions and plant species richness along a productivity gradient. Oikos 76: 603- 607.

42. Steinauer, E. M., and S. L. Collins. 1996. Prairie ecology-the tallgrass prairie. Prairie Conservation-Preserving North America's Most Endangered Ecosystem 39- 52.

43. Bartha, S., S. L. Collins, S. M. Glenn, and M. Kertesz. 1995. Fine-scale spatial organization of tallgrass prairie vegetation along a topographic gradient. Folia Geobot.Phytotax, Praha 30: 169- 184.

44. Collins, S. L. 1995. The measurement of stability in grasslands. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 10: 95- 96.

45. Collins, S. L., S. M. Glenn, and D. J. Gibson. 1995. Experimental analysis of intermediate disturbance and initial floristic composition: decoupling cause and effect. Ecology 76: 486- 492.

46. Collins, S. L., and S. M. Glenn. 1995. Grassland ecosystem and landscape dynamics. The Changing Prairie 128- 156.

47. Steinauer, E. M., and S. L. Collins. 1995. Effects of urine deposition on small\-scale patch structure in prairie vegetation. Ecology 76: 1195- 1205.

48. Briggs, J. M., and S. L. Collins. 1994. Using remote sensing to determine heterogeneity in tallgrass prairie. Proceedings of the 7th Annual Erdas Users' Group Meeting 113- 119.

49. Gurevitch, J., and S. L. Collins. 1994. Experimental manipulation of natural plant communities. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 9: 94- 98.

50. Agnew, A. D. Q., S. L. Collins, and E. Maarel. 1993. Mechanisms and processes in vegetation dynamics: Introduction. Journal of Vegetation Science 4: 146- 148.

51. Collins, S. L., S. M. Glenn, and D. W. Roberts. 1993. The hierarchical continuum concept. Journal of Vegetation Science 4: 149- 156.

52. Glenn, S. M., and S. L. Collins. 1993. Experimental analysis of patch dynamics in tallgrass prairie plant communities. Journal of Vegetation Science 4: 157- 162.

53. Collins, S. L. 1992. Fire frequency and community heterogeneity in tallgrass prairie vegetation. Ecology 73: 2001- 2006.

54. Glenn, S. M., and S. L. Collins. 1992. Effects of scale and disturbance on rates of immigration and extinction of species in prairies. Oikos 63: 273- 280.

55. Glenn, S. M., S. L. Collins, and D. J. Gibson. 1992. Disturbances in tallgrass prairie: local versus regional effects on community heterogeneity. Landscape Ecology 7: 243- 252.

56. Collins, S. L., and S. M. Glenn. 1991. Importance of spatial and temporal dynamics in species regional abundance and distribution. Ecology 72: 654- 664.

57. Collins, S. L., and S. M. Glenn. 1990. A hierarchical analysis of species abundance patterns in grassland vegetation. The American Midland Naturalist 135: 633- 648.

58. Collins, S. L. 1990. Introduction: Fire as a natural distubance in tallgrass prairie ecosystems. Fire in North America Tallgrass Prairies 3- 7.

59. Collins, S. L., and D. J. Gibson. 1990. Effects of fire on plant community structure in tallgrass prairie. Fire in North America Tallgrass Prairies 81- 98.

60. Collins, S. L., and L. L. Wallace (eds.).. 1990. Fire in North American tallgrass prairie.
61. Glenn, S. M., and S. L. Collins. 1990. Patch structure in tallgrass prairies: dynamics of satellite species. Oikos 57: 229- 236.

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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.