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Lagueux, D., A. Jumpponen, A. Porras-Alfaro, J. Herrera, Y. A. Chung, L. E. Baur, M. D. Smith, A. K. Knapp, S. L. Collins and J. A. Rudgers. 2021. Experimental drought re-ordered assemblages of root-associated fungi across North American grasslands. Journal of Ecology 109(2):775-792. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13505. (link )

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Muraina, T. O., C. Xu, Q. Yu, Y. Yang, M. Jing, X. Jia, M. Shahariar Jaman, Q. Dam, A. K. Knapp, S. L. Collins, Y. Luo, W. Luo, X. Zuo, X. Xin, X. Han and M. D. Smith. 2021. Species asynchrony stabilises productivity under extreme drought across Northern China grasslands. Journal of Ecology 109(4):1665-1675. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13587. (link )

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Firn, J., J. M. McGree, E. Harvey, H. Flores-Moreno, M. Schütz, Y. M. Buckley, E. T. Borer, E. W. Seabloom, K. J. La Pierre, A. MacDougall, S. M. Prober, C. J. Stevens, L. L. Sullivan, E. Porter, E. Ladouceur, C. Allen, K. H. Moromizato, J. W. Morgan, W. S. Harpole, Y. Hautier, N. Eisenhauer, J. P. Wright, P. B. Adler, C. A. Arnillas, J. D. Bakker, L. Biederman, A. A. Broadbent, C. S. Brown, M. N. Bugalho, M. C. Caldeira, E. E. Cleland, A. Ebeling, P. A. Fay, N. Hagenah, A. R. Kleinhesselink, R. Mitchell, J. L. Moore, C. Noguiera, P. Peri, C. Roscher, M. D. Smith, P. D. Wragg and A. C. Risch. 2020. Author Correction: Leaf nutrients, not specific leaf area, are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs. Nature Ecology & Evolution 4:886-891. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-020-1213-7. (link )

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Hoffman, A. M., J. A. Bushey, T. W. Ocheltree and M. D. Smith. 2020. Genetic and functional variation across regional and local scales is associated with climate in a foundational prairie grass. New Phytologist 227(2):352-364. DOI: 10.1111/nph.16547. (link )

Kent, D. R., J. S. Lynn, S. C. Pennings, L. Souza, M. D. Smith and J. A. Rudgers. 2020. Weak latitudinal gradients in insect herbivory for dominant rangeland grasses of North America. Ecology and Evolution 10(13):6385-6394. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6374. (link )

Knapp, A. K., A. Chen, R. J. Griffin-Nolan and M. D. Smith. 2020. Resolving the Dust Bowl paradox of grassland responses to extreme drought. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 117(36):22249-22255. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.192203011. (link )

Mao, W., X. Zhao, T. Zhang, Z. Sun, Y. Li and M. D. Smith. 2020. Divergent interactive impacts on productivity and functional diversity from fluctuated snowfall and continuous nitrogen pollution within Inner Mongolian. Science of The Total Environment 704(Feb):135443. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135443. (link )

Slette, I. J., M. D. Smith, A. K. Knapp, S. M. Vicente-Serrano, J. J. Camarero and S. Begueria. 2020. Standardized metrics are key for assessing drought severity. Global Change Biology 26(2):e1-e3. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14899. (link )

Smith, M. D., S. E. Koerner, A. K. Knapp, M. L. Avolio, F. A. Chaves, E. M. Denton, J. D. Dietrich, D. J. Gibson, J. E. Gray, A. M. Hoffman, D. L. Hoover, K. J. Komatsu, A. Silletti, K. R. Wilcox, Q. Yu and J. M. Blair. 2020. Mass ratio effects underlie ecosystem responses to environmental change. Journal of Ecology 108(3):855-964. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13330. (link )

Wilcox, K. R., S. E. Koerner, D. L. Hoover, A. K. Borkenhagen, S. L. Collins, A. M. Hoffman, K. P. Kirkman, A. K. Knapp, T. Strydom, D. I. Thompson and M. D. Smith. 2020. Rapid recovery of ecosystem function following extreme drought in a South African savanna grassland. Ecology 101(4):e02983. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2983. (link )

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Hoffman, A. M., M. L. Avolio, A. K. Knapp and M. D. Smith. 2018. Codominant grasses differ in gene expression under experimental climate extremes in native tallgrass prairie. Peer J 6:e4394. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4394. (link )

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Luo, W., C. Xu, W. Ma, X. Yue, X. Liang, X. Zuo, A. K. Knapp, M. D. Smith, J. Sardans, F. A. Dijkstra, J. Penuelas, Y. Bai, Z. Wang, Q. Yu and X. Han. 2018. Effects of extreme drought on plant nutrient uptake and resorption in rhizomatous vs bunchgrass-dominated grasslands. Oecologia 188(2):633-643. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-018-4232-1. (link )

Ochoa-Hueso, R., S. L. Collins, M. Delgado-Baquerizo, K. Hamonts, W. T. Pockman, R. L. Sinsabaugh, M. D. Smith, A. K. Knapp and S. A. Power. 2018. Drought consistently alters the composition of soil fungal and bacterial communities in grasslands from two continents. Global Change Biology 24(7):2818-2827. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14113. (link )

Stuart-Haentjens, E., H. J. De Boeck, N. P. Lemoine, P. Mand, G. Kroel-Dulay, I. Kappel Schmidt, A. Jentsch, A. Stampfli, W. R. Anderegg, M. Bahn, J. Kreyling, T. Wohlgemuth, F. Lloret, A. T. Classen, C. M. Gough and M. D. Smith. 2018. Mean annual precipitation predicts primary production resistance and resilience to extreme drought. Science of The Total Environment 836(Sep):360-366. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.290. (link )

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Denton, E. M., J. D. Dietrich, M. D. Smith and A. K. Knapp. 2017. Drought timing differentially affects above- and belowground productivity in a mesic grassland. Plant Ecology 218(3):317-328. DOI: 10.1007/s11258-016-0690-x. (link )

Felton, A. J. and M. D. Smith. 2017. Integrating plant ecological responses to climate extremes from individual to ecosystem levels. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 372(1723):20160142. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0142. (link )

Forrestel, E. J., M. J. Donoghue, E. J. Edwards, W. Jetz, J. C. du Toit and M. D. Smith. 2017. Different clades and traits yield similar grassland functional responses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114(4):705-710. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1612909114. (link )

Hoover, D. L., A. K. Knapp and M. D. Smith. 2017. Photosynthetic responses of a dominant C₄ grass to an experimental heat wave are mediated by soil moisture. Oecologia 183(1):303-313. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-016-3755-6. (link )

Knapp, A. K., M. L. Avolio, C. Beier, C. J. Carroll, S. L. Collins, J. S. Dukes, L. H. Fraser, R. J. Griffin-Nolan, D. L. Hoover, A. Jentsch, M. E. Loik, R. P. Phillips, A. K. Post, O. E. Sala, I. J. Slette, L. Yahdjian and M. D. Smith. 2017. Pushing precipitation to the extremes in distributed experiments: Recommendations for simulating wet and dry years. Global Change Biology 23(51774-1782):. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13504. (link )

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