Scott Collins
Distinguished Professor of Botany, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
Department of Biology
University of New Mexico
MSC03 2020
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Titles
- Senior Global Futures Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
- Distinguished Professor of Botany, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
- Lorren Potter Chair of Plant Ecology, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
- Adjunct Faculty, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Biography
Scott Collins' research focuses on the impact of natural disturbances and global environmental change on mesic and arid grassland ecosystems. He is particularly interested in the interactive effects of fire, grazing and drought in mesic grasslands in North America and South Africa, and how rainfall variability, temperature change, and shrub encroachment affect aridland ecosystems in the southwestern U.S. He is currently working on a) the effects of soil resource available on plant community diversity, b) the effects of increased rainfall variability on Chihuahuan Desert processes including plant community structure, net primary production and soil respiration, c) the effects of nighttime warming, winter rainfall and N deposition on species interactions in Chihuahuan Desert grassland, d) long-term vegetation dynamics in desert grassland, e) environmental genomics of fungi in desert grassland, and f) the interactive effects of fire and grazing on mesic grassland vegetation in Kansas and South Africa.
Education
- PhD, Botany, University of Oklahoma, 1981
- MS, Botany, Miami University, 1977
- BA, Biology, Wittenberg University, 1975
Expertise
Journal Articles
In Press
Seabloom, E. W., P. B. Adler, J. Alberti, L. Biederman, Y. M. Buckley, M. Cadotte, S. L. Collins, L. Dee, P. A. Fay, J. Firn, N. Hagenah, W. S. Harpole, Y. Hautier, A. Hector, S. E. Hobbie, F. Isbell, J. M. Knops, K. Komatsu, R. Laungani, A. MacDougall, R. L. McCulley, J. L. Moore, J. W. Morgan, T. J. Ohlert, S. M. Prober, A. C. Risch, M. Schuetz, C. J. Stevens and E. T. Borer. Increasing effects of chronic nutrient enrichment on plant diversity loss and ecosystem productivity over time. Ecology DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3218. (link )
2023
Shaw, J., S. L. Collins, T. J. Ohlert, H. R. Heavenrich, E. M. Cook, M. M. Wheeler, N. B. Grimm and S. J. Hall. 2023. Seasonal rainfall, shrub cover and soil properties drive production of winter annuals in the nothern Sonoran Desert. Ecosystems DOI: 10.1007/s10021-023-00850-4. (link )
2022
Collins, S. L. 2022. Until we meet again. BioScience 72(2):111. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biac002. (link )
Keller, A. B., E. T. Borer, S. L. Collins, L. C. DeLancey, P. A. Fay, K. S. Hofmockel, A. D. Leakey, M. A. Mayes, E. W. Seabloom, C. A. Walter, Y. Wang, Q. Zhao and S. E. Hobbie. 2022. Soil carbon stocks in temperate grasslands differ strongly across sites but are insensitive to decade-long fertilization. Global Change Biology 28(4):1659-1677. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15988. (link )
Langley, J. A., E. Grman, K. R. Wilcox, M. L. Avolio, K. Komatsu, S. L. Collins, S. E. Koerner, M. D. Smith, A. H. Baldwin, W. D. Bowman, N. R. Chiariello, A. Eskelinen, H. Harmens, M. J. Hovenden, K. Klanderud, R. L. McCulley, V. G. Onipchenko, C. H. Robinson and K. N. Suding. 2022. Do trade-offs govern plant species’ responses to different global change treatments?. Ecology e3626. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3626. (link )
Song, L., W. Luo, R. J. Griffin-Nolan, W. Ma, J. Cai, X. Zuo, Q. Yu, H. Hartmann, M. Li, M. D. Smith, S. L. Collins, A. K. Knapp, Z. Wang and X. Han. 2022. Differential responses of grassland community nonstructural carbohydrate to experimental drought along a natural aridity gradient. Science of The Total Environment 822(May):153589. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153589. (link )
2021
Avolio, M. L., K. J. Komatsu, S. L. Collins, E. Grman, S. E. Koerner, A. T. Tredennick, K. R. Wilcox, S. Baer, E. H. Boughton, A. J. Britton, B. Foster, L. Gough, M. J. Hovenden, F. Isbell, A. Jentsch, D. S. Johnson, A. K. Knapp, J. Kreyling, J. A. Langley, C. Lortie, R. L. McCulley, J. R. McLaren, P. B. Reich, E. W. Seabloom, M. D. Smith, K. N. Suding, K. B. Suttle and P. M. Tognetti. 2021. Determinants of community compositional change are equally affected by global change. Ecology Letters 24(9):1892-1904. DOI: 10.1111/ele.13824. (link )
Baldarelli, L. M., S. L. Collins and D. Ward. 2021. How encroaching shrubs and nutrients affect N2-fixation in the Chihuahuan Desert. Plant and Soil 466:545-556. DOI: 10.1007/s11104-021-05072-y. (link )
Baldarelli, L. M., H. L. Throop, S. L. Collins and D. Ward. 2021. Nutrient additions have direct and indirect effects on biocrust biomass in a long-term Chihuahuan Desert grassland experiment. Journal of Arid Environments 184(Jan):104317. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2020.104317. (link )
Carroll, C. J., I. J. Slette, R. J. Griffin-Nolan, L. E. Baur, A. M. Hoffman, E. M. Denton, J. E. Gray, A. K. Post, M. K. Johnston, Q. Yu, S. L. Collins, Y. Luo, M. D. Smith and A. K. Knapp. 2021. Is a drought a drought in grasslands? Productivity responses to different types of drought. Oecologia 197:1017–1026. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-020-04793-8. (link )
Collins, S. L. 2021. Managing for change. BioScience 72(1):3. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biab141. (link )
Collins, S. L. 2021. Water security in dry times. BioScience 71(10):999. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biab111. (link )
Collins, S. L. 2021. Will anyone listen this time?. BioScience 71(9):891. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biab095. (link )
Collins, S. L., J. B. Nippert, J. M. Blair, J. M. Briggs, P. Blackmore and Z. Ratajczak. 2021. Fire frequency, state change and hysteresis in tallgrass prairie. Ecology Letters 24(4):636-647. DOI: 10.1111/ele.13676. (link )
Harms, T. K., P. M. Groffman, L. Aluwihare, C. Craft, W. R. Wieder, S. E. Hobbie, S. G. Baer, J. M. Blair, S. D. Frey, C. K. Remucal, J. A. Rudgers, S. L. Collins, J. S. Kominoski, B. A. Ball and . LTER OM Working Group. 2021. Patterns and trends of organic matter processing and transport: Insights from the US long-term ecological research network. Climate Change Ecology 2(Dec):100025. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecochg.2021.100025. (link )
Hou, E., M. E. Litvak, J. A. Rudgers, L. Jiang, S. L. Collins, W. T. Pockman, D. Hui, S. Niu and Y. Luo. 2021. Divergent responses of primary production to increasing precipitation variability in global drylands. Global Change Biology 27(20):5225-5237. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15801. (link )
Hou, E., J. A. Rudgers, S. L. Collins, M. E. Litvak, C. S. White, D. I. Moore and Y. Luo. 2021. Sensitivity of soil organic matter to climate and fire in a desert grassland. Biogeochemistry 156:59-74. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-020-00713-3. (link )
Ladwig, L. M., L. Bell-Dereske, K. C. Bell, S. L. Collins, D. O. Natvig and D. L. Taylor. 2021. Soil fungal composition changes with shrub encroachment in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. Fungal Ecology 53(Oct):101096. DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2021.101096. (link )
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 )
Loydi, A. and S. L. Collins. 2021. Extreme drought has limited effects on soil seed bank composition in desert grasslands. Journal of Vegetation Science 32(5):e13089. DOI: 10.1111/jvs.13089. (link )
Luo, W., R. J. Griffin-Nolan, W. Ma, B. Liu, X. Zuo, C. Xu, Q. Yu, Y. Luo, P. Mariotte, M. D. Smith, S. L. Collins, A. K. Knapp, Z. Wang and X. Han. 2021. Plant traits and soil fertility mediate productivity losses under extreme drought in C3 grasslands. Ecology 102(10):e03465. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3465. (link )
Ma, M., S. L. Collins, Z. Ratajczak and G. Du. 2021. Soill seed banks, alternative stable state theory, and ecosystem resilience. BioScience 71(7):697-707. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biab011. (link )
Meng, B., J. Li, G. E. Maurer, S. Zhong, Y. Yao, X. Yang, S. L. Collins and W. Sun. 2021. Nitrogen addition amplifies the nonlinear drought response of grassland productivity to extended growing-season droughts. Ecology 102(11):e03483. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3483. (link )
Meng, B., R. Ochoa-Hueso, J. Li, S. Zhong, Y. Yao, X. Yang, S. L. Collins and W. Sun. 2021. Nonlinear decoupling of autotrophic and heterotrophic soil respiration in response to drought duration and N addition in a meadow steppe. Biology and Fertility of Soils 57:281-291. DOI: 10.1007/s00374-020-01524-2. (link )
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 )
Seabloom, E. W., P. B. Adler, J. Alberti, L. Biederman, Y. M. Buckley, M. W. Cadotte, S. L. Collins, L. Dee, P. A. Fay, J. Firn, N. Hagenah, W. S. Harpole, Y. Hautier, A. Hector, S. E. Hobbie, F. Isbell, J. M. Knops, K. J. Komatsu, R. Laungani, A. MacDougall, R. L. McCulley, J. L. Moore, J. W. Morgan, T. Ohlert, S. M. Prober, A. C. Risch, M. Schuetz, C. J. Stevens and E. T. Borer. 2021. Increasing effects of chronic nutrient enrichment on plant diversity loss and ecosystem productivity over time. Ecology 102(2):e03218. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3218. (link )
Wheeler, M. M., S. L. Collins, N. B. Grimm, E. M. Cook, C. Clark, R. A. Sponseller and S. J. Hall. 2021. Water and nitrogen shape winter annual plant diversity and community composition in near-urban Sonoran Desert preserves. Ecological Monographs 91(3):e01459. DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1450. (link )
Yahdjian, L., O. E. Sala, J. M. Pineiro-Guerra, A. K. Knapp, S. L. Collins, R. P. Phillips and M. D. Smith. 2021. Why coordinated distributed experiments should go global. BioScience 71(9): 918–927. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biab033. (link )
Yang, Z., S. L. Collins, R. J. Bixby, H. Song, D. Wang and R. Xiao. 2021. A meta-analysis of primary productivity and rain use efficiency in terrestrial grassland ecosystems. Land Degradation & Development 32(2):842-850. DOI: 10.1002/ldr.3715. (link )
Zinnert, J. C., J. B. Nippert, J. A. Rudgers, S. C. Pennings, G. Gonzalez, M. Alber, S. G. Baer, J. M. Blair, A. Burd, S. L. Collins, C. Craft, D. Di Iorio, W. K. Dodds, P. M. Groffman, E. Herbert, C. Hladik, F. Li, M. E. Litvak, S. Newsome, J. O'Donnell, W. T. Pockman, J. Schalles and D. R. Young. 2021. State changes: insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network. Ecosphere 12(5):e03433. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3433. (link )
2020
Avolio, M. L., K. R. Wilcox, K. Komatsu, N. P. Lemoine, W. D. Bowman, S. L. Collins, A. K. Knapp, S. E. Koerner, M. D. Smith, S. G. Baer, K. Gross, F. Isbell, J. R. McLaren, P. B. Reich, K. N. Suding, K. B. Suttle, D. Tilman, Z. Xu and Q. Yu. 2020. Temporal variability in production is not consistently affected by global change drivers across herbaceous-dominated ecosystems. Oecologia 194:735-744. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-020-04787-6. (link )
Baer, S. G., T. Adams, D. A. Scott, J. M. Blair and S. L. Collins. 2020. Soil heterogeneity increases plant diversity after 20 years of manipulation during grassland restoration. Ecological Applications 30(1):e02014. DOI: 10.1002/eap.2014. (link )
Collins, S. L. 2020. Changing disturbance regimes: The new normal?. BioScience 70(10):839. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biaa121. (link )
Collins, S. L. 2020. Synthesis in ecology. BioScience 70(12):1041. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biaa149. (link )
Collins, S. L., Y. A. Chung, L. E. Baur, A. Hallmark, T. J. Ohlert and J. A. Rudgers. 2020. Presss-pulse interactions and long-term community dynamics in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland. Journal of Vegetation Science 5:722-732. DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12881. (link )
Collins, S. L., Y. A. Chung, L. E. Baur, A. Hallmark, T. J. Ohlert and J. A. Rudgers. 2020. Press–pulse interactions and long-term community dynamics in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland. Journal of Vegetation Science 31(5):722-732. DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12881. (link )
Collins, S. L. and R. E. Gropp. 2020. Arts and science in BioScience. BioScience 70(9):727. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biaa109. (link )
Hautier, Y., P. Zhang, M. Loreau, K. R. Wilcox, E. W. Seabloom, E. T. Borer, J. E. Byrnes, S. E. Koerner, K. J. Komatsu, J. S. Lefcheck, A. Hector, P. B. Adler, J. Alberti, C. A. Arnillas, J. D. Bakker, L. A. Brudvig, M. N. Bugalho, M. Cadotte, M. C. Caldeira, O. Carroll, M. Crawley, S. L. Collins, P. Daleo, L. Dee, N. Eisenhauer, A. Eskelinen, P. A. Fay, B. Gilbert, A. Hansar, F. Isbell, J. M. Knops, A. MacDougall, R. L. McCulley, J. L. Moore, J. W. Morgan, A. S. Mori, P. Peri, E. T. Pos, S. A. Power, J. N. Price, P. B. Reich, A. C. Risch, C. Roscher, M. Sankaran, M. Schütz, M. D. Smith, C. J. Stevens, P. M. Tognetti, R. Virtanen, G. M. Wardle, P. A. Wilfahrt and S. Wang. 2020. General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales. Nature Communications 11:Art. 5375. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19252-4. (link )
Kwiecinski, J. V., E. Stricker, R. L. Sinsabaugh and S. L. Collins. 2020. Rainfall pulses increased short-term biocrust chlorophyll but not fungal abundance or N availability in a long-term dryland rainfall manipulation experiment. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 142(Mar):107693. DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.107693. (link )
Ma, M., S. L. Collins and G. Du. 2020. Direct and indirect effects of temperature and precipitation on alpine seed banks in the Tibetan Plateau. Ecological Applications 30(5):e020296. DOI: 10.1002/eap.2096. (link )
Maurer, G. E., A. Hallmark, R. F. Brown, O. E. Sala and S. L. Collins. 2020. Sensitivity of primary production to precipitation across the United States. Ecology Letters 23(3):. DOI: 10.1111/ele.13455. (link )
Maurer, G. E., A. Hallmark, R. F. Brown, O. E. Sala and S. L. Collins. 2020. Sensitivity of primary production to precipitation across the United States. Ecology Letters 23(3):527-536. DOI: 10.1111/ele.13455. (link )
Ochoa-Hueso, R., E. T. Borer, E. W. Seabloom, S. E. Hobbie, A. C. Risch, S. L. Collins, J. Alberti, H. A. Bahamonde, C. S. Brown, M. C. Caldeira, P. Daleo, C. R. Dickman, A. Ebeling, N. Eisenhauer, E. H. Esch, A. Eskelinen, V. Fernandez, S. Gusewell, B. Gutierrez-Larruga, K. S. Hofmockel, R. Laungani, E. M. Lind, A. Lopez, R. L. McCulley, J. L. Moore, P. Peri, S. A. Power, J. N. Price, S. M. Prober, C. Roscher, J. M. Sarneel, M. Schütz, J. Siebert, R. J. Standish, S. Velazco-Ayuso, R. Virtanen, G. M. Wardle, G. Wiehl, L. Yahdjian and T. Zamin. 2020. Microbial processing of plant remains is co-limited by multiple nutrients in global grasslands. Global Change Biology 26(8):4572-4582. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15146. (link )
Ochoa-Hueso, R., A. C. Risch, S. L. Collins, N. Eisenhauer and W. H. van der Putten. 2020. Ecosystem and biogeochemical coupling in terrestrial ecosystems under global change: A roadmap for synthesis and call for data. Soil Organisms 92(1):8-12. DOI: 10.25674/so92iss1pp8. (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 )
2019
Avolio, M. L., I. T. Carroll, S. L. Collins, G. R. Houseman, L. M. Hallett, F. Isbell, S. E. Koerner, K. J. Komatsu, M. D. Smith and K. R. Wilcox. 2019. A comprehensive approach to analyzing community dynamics using rank abundance curves. Ecosphere 10(10):e02881. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2881. (link )
Avolio, M. L., I. T. Carroll, S. L. Collins, G. R. Houseman, L. M. Hallett, F. Isbell, S. E. Koerner, K. Komatsu, M. D. Smith and K. R. Wilcox. 2019. A comprehensive approach to analyzing community dynamics using rank abundance curves. Ecosphere 10(10):e02881. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2881. (link )
Chung, Y. A., S. L. Collins and J. A. Rudgers. 2019. Connecting plant–soil feedbacks to long-term stability in a desert grassland. Ecology 100(8):e02756. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2756. (link )
Clark, C. M., S. M. Simkin, E. B. Allen, W. D. Bowman, J. C. Belnap, M. L. Brooks, S. L. Collins, L. H. Geiser, F. S. Gilliam, S. E. Jovan, L. H. Pardo, B. K. Schulz, C. J. Stevens, K. N. Suding, H. L. Throop and D. M. Waller. 2019. Potential vulnerability of 348 herbaceous species to atmospheric deposition of nitrogen and sulfur in the United States. Nature Plants 5:697-705. DOI: 10.1038/s41477-019-0442-8. (link )
Collins, S. L. and A. K. Knapp. 2019. NEON should be run by ecologists for ecologists. BioScience 69(5):319. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biz043. (link )
Corman, J. R., S. L. Collins, E. M. Cook, X. Dong, L. A. Gherardi, N. B. Grimm, R. L. Hale, T. Liu, J. Ramos, L. G. Reichmann and O. E. Sala. 2019. Foundations and frontiers of ecosystem science: Legacy of a classic paper (Odum 1969). Ecosystems 22(5):1160-1172. DOI: 10.1007/s10021-018-0316-3. (link )
Griffin-Nolan, R. J., D. M. Blumenthal, S. L. Collins, T. E. Farkas, A. M. Hoffman, K. E. Mueller, T. W. Ocheltree, M. D. Smith, K. D. Whitney and A. K. Knapp. 2019. Shifts in plant functional composition following long-term drought in grassland. Journal of Ecology 107(5):2133-2148. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13252. (link )
Knapp, A. K. and S. L. Collins. 2019. Reimagining NEON operations: We can do better. BioScience 69(12):956-959. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biz119. (link )
Komatsu, K., M. L. Avolio, N. P. Lemoine, F. Isbell, E. Grman, G. R. Houseman, S. E. Koerner, D. S. Johnson, K. R. Wilcox, J. M. Alatalo, J. P. Anderson, R. Aerts, S. G. Baer, A. H. Baldwin, J. Bates, C. Beierkuhnlein, R. T. Belote, J. Blair, J. M. Bloor, P. J. Bohlen, E. W. Bork, E. H. Boughton, W. D. Bowman, A. J. Britton, J. F. Cahill Jr, E. Chaneton, N. R. Chiariello, J. Cheng, S. L. Collins, J. H. Cornelissen, G. Du, A. Eskelinen, J. Fim, B. Foster, L. Gough, K. Gross, L. M. Hallett, X. Han, H. Harmens, M. J. Hovenden, A. Jagerbrand, A. Jentsch, C. Kern, K. Klanderud, A. K. Knapp, J. Kreyling, W. Li, Y. Luo, R. L. McCulley, J. R. McLaren, J. P. Megonigal, J. W. Morgan, V. G. Onipchenko, S. C. Pennings, J. Prevey, J. N. Price, P. B. Reich, C. H. Robinson, F. L. Russell, O. E. Sala, E. W. Seabloom, M. D. Smith, N. A. Soudzilovskaia, L. Souza, K. N. Suding, K. B. Suttle, T. Svejcar, D. Tilman, P. M. Tognetti, R. Turkington, S. R. White, Z. Xu, L. Yahdjian, Q. Yu, P. Zhang and Y. Zhang. 2019. Global change effects on plant communities are magnified by time and the number of global change factors imposed. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116(36):17867-17873. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1819027116. (link )
Ladwig, L. M., S. L. Collins, D. J. Krofcheck and W. T. Pockman. 2019. Minimal mortality and rapid recovery of the dominant shrub Larrea tridentata following an extreme cold event in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. Journal of Vegetation Science 30(5):963-972. DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12777. (link )
Noble, J. D., S. L. Collins, A. Hallmark, K. Maldonado, B. O. Wolf and S. Newsome. 2019. Foraging strategies of individual silky pocket mice over a boom–bust cycle in a stochastic dryland ecosystem. Oecologia 190:569-578. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-019-04432-x. (link )
Ratajczak, Z., A. C. Churchill, L. M. Ladwig, J. H. Taylor and S. L. Collins. 2019. The combined effects of an extreme heatwave and wildfire on tallgrass prairie vegetation. Journal of Vegetation Science 30(4):687-697. DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12750. (link )
Remy, C. C., D. J. Krofcheck, A. R. Keyser, M. E. Litvak, S. L. Collins and M. D. Hurteau. 2019. Integrating species-specific informatin in models improves regional projections under climate change. Geophysical Research Letters 48(12):6554-6562. DOI: 10.1029/2019GL082762. (link )
Risch, A. C., S. Zimmermann, R. Ochoa-Hueso, M. Schütz, B. Frey, J. Firn, P. A. Fay, F. Hagedorn, E. T. Borer, E. W. Seabloom, W. S. Harpole, J. M. Knops, R. L. McCulley, A. A. Broadbent, C. J. Stevens, M. Silveira, P. B. Adler, S. Baez, L. A. Biederman, J. M. Blair, C. S. Brown, M. C. Caldeira, S. L. Collins, P. Daleo, A. di Virgilio, A. Ebeling, N. Eisenhauer, E. Esch, A. Eskelinen, N. Hagenah, Y. Hautier, K. P. Kirkman, A. S. MacDougall, J. L. Moore, S. A. Power, S. M. Prober, C. Roscher, M. Sankaran, J. Siebert, K. L. Speziale, P. M. Tognetti, R. Virtanen, L. Yahdjian and B. Moser. 2019. Soil net nitrogen mineralisation across global grasslands. Nature Communications 10:Art. 4981. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12948-2. (link )
Whitney, K. D., J. Mudge, D. O. Natvig, A. Sundararajan, W. T. Pockman, J. Bell, S. L. Collins and J. A. Rudgers. 2019. Experimental drought reduces genetic diversity in the grassland foundation species Bouteloua eriopoda. Oecologia 189(4):1107-1120. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-019-04371-7. (link )
Yu, K., P. D'Odorico, S. L. Collins, D. Carr, A. Porporato, W. R. Anderegg, W. P. Gilhooly III, L. Wang, A. Bhattachan, M. Bartlett, S. Hartzell, J. Lin, Y. He, M. Tatlhego and J. D. Fuentes. 2019. The competitive advantage of a constitutive CAM species over a C4 grass species under drought and CO2 enrichment. Ecosphere 10(5):e02721. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2721. (link )
2018
Collins, S. L. 2018. Connectivity and scale in dryland ecosystems. BioScience 68(9):649-652. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biy087. (link )
Collins, S. L. 2018. Making our planet great again. BioScience 68(2):51. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biy004. (link )
Collins, S. L. 2018. The limiting factor: Does the new NSF policy jeopardize research?. BioScience 68(12):931. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biy150. (link )
Collins, S. L., M. L. Avolio, C. Gries, L. M. Hallett, S. E. Koerner, K. J. La Pierre, A. L. Rypel, E. R. Sokol, S. B. Fey, D. F. Flynn, S. K. Jones, L. M. Ladwig, J. Ripplinger and M. B. Jones. 2018. Temporal heterogeneity increases with spatial heterogeneity in ecological communities. Ecology 99(4):858-865. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2154. (link )
Collins, S. L. and J. M. Verdier. 2018. Editorial boards must be internationally representative. BioScience 68(4):235. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biy030. (link )
Ferandes, V. M., N. M. Machado de Lima, D. Roush, J. Rudgers, S. L. Collins and F. Garcia-Pichel. 2018. Exposure to predicted precipitation patterns decreases population size and alters community structure of cyanobacteria in biological soil crusts from the Chihuahuan Desert. Environmental Microbiology 20(1):259-269. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13983. (link )
Griffin-Nolan, R. J., C. J. Carroll, E. M. Denton, M. K. Johnston, S. L. Collins, M. D. Smith and A. K. Knapp. 2018. Legacy effects of a regional drought on aboveground net primary production in six central US grasslands. Plant Ecology 219(5):505-515. DOI: 10.1007/s11258-018-0813-7. (link )
Hodapp, D., E. T. Borer, W. S. Harpole, E. M. Lind, E. W. Seabloom, P. B. Adler, J. Alberti, C. A. Arnillas, J. D. Bakker, L. Biederman, M. Cadotte, E. E. Cleland, S. Collins, P. A. Fay, J. Firn, N. Hagenah, Y. Hautier, O. Iribarne, J. M. Knops, R. L. McCulley, A. MacDougall, J. L. Moore, J. W. Morgan, B. Mortensen, K. J. La Pierre, A. C. Risch, M. Schütz, P. Peri, C. J. Stevens, J. Wright and H. Hillebrand. 2018. Spatial heterogeneity in species composition constrains plant community responses to herbivory and fertilisation. Ecology Letters 21(9):1364-1371. (link )
Koerner, S. E., M. D. Smith, D. E. Burkepile, N. Hanan, M. L. Avolio, S. L. Collins, A. K. Knapp, N. P. Lemoine, E. J. Forrestel, S. Eby, D. I. Thompson, G. A. Aguado-Santacruz, J. P. Anderson, T. M. Anderson, A. Angassa, S. Bagchi, E. S. Bakker, G. Bastin, L. E. Baur, E. A. Beever, P. J. Bohlen, E. H. Boughton, D. Canestro, A. Cesa, E. Chaneton, J. Cheng, C. M. D'Antonio, C. Deleglise, F. Dembélé, J. Dorrough, D. J. Eldridge, B. Fernandez-Going, S. Fernández-Lugo, L. H. Fraser, B. Freedman, G. García-Salgado, J. R. Goheen, L. Guo, S. Husheer, M. Karembé, J. M. Knops, T. Kraaij, A. Kulmatiski, M. Kytöviita, F. Lezama, G. Loucougaray, A. Loydi, D. G. Milchunas, S. J. Milton, J. W. Morgan, C. Moxham, K. C. Nehring, H. Olff, T. M. Palmer, S. Rebollo, C. Riginos, A. C. Risch, M. Rueda, M. Sankaran, T. Sasaki, K. A. Schoenecker, N. L. Schultz, M. Schütz, A. Schwabe, F. Siebert, C. Smit, K. A. Stahlheber, C. Storm, D. J. Strong, J. Su, Y. V. Tiruvaimozhi, C. Tyler, J. Val, M. L. Vandegehuchte, K. E. Veblen, L. T. Vermeire, D. Ward, J. Wu, T. P. Young, Q. Yu and T. J. Zelikova. 2018. Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2(Dec):1925-1932. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-018-0696-y. (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 )
Petrie, M. D., D. P. Peters, J. Yao, J. M. Blair, N. D. Burruss, S. L. Collins, J. D. Derner, L. A. Gherardi, J. R. Hendrickson, O. E. Sala, P. J. Starks and J. L. Steiner. 2018. Regional grassland productivity responses to precipitation during multiyear above- and below-average rainfall periods. Global Change Biology 24(5):1935-1951. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14024. (link )
Rudgers, J. A., Y. A. Chung, G. E. Maurer, D. I. Moore, E. H. Muldavin, M. E. Litvak and S. L. Collins. 2018. Climate sensitivity functions and net primary production: A framework for incorporating climate mean and variability. Ecology 99(3):576-582. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2136. (link )
Suazo, M. M., S. L. Collins, R. R. Parmenter and E. H. Muldavin. 2018. Montane valley grasslands are highly resistant to summer wildfire. Journal of Vegetation Science 29(6):1017-1028. DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12690. (link )
2017
Burkepile, D. E., R. W. Fynn, D. I. Thompson, N. P. Lemoine, S. E. Koerner, S. Eby, N. Hagenah, K. R. Wilcox, S. L. Collins, K. P. Kirkman, A. K. Knapp and M. D. Smith. 2017. Herbivore size matters for productivity–richness relationships in African savannas. Journal of Ecology 105(3):674-686. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12714. (link )
Collins, S. L. 2017. Building the BioScience community. BioScience 67(1):3. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biw178. (link )
Collins, S. L., L. M. Ladwig, M. D. Petrie, S. K. Jones, J. M. Mulhouse, J. R. Thibault and W. T. Pockman. 2017. Press–pulse interactions: Effects of warming, N deposition, altered winter precipitation, and fire on desert grassland community structure and dynamics. Global Change Biology 23(3):1095-1108. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13493. (link )
Collins, S. L. and J. M. Verdier. 2017. The coming era of open data. BioScience 67(3):191-192. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/bix023. (link )
Hampton, S. E., M. B. Jones, L. A. Wasser, M. P. Schildhauer, S. R. Supp, J. Brun, R. R. Hernandez, C. Boettiger, S. L. Collins, L. J. Gross, D. S. Fernandez, A. Budden, E. P. White, T. K. Teal, S. G. Labou and J. E. Aukema. 2017. Skills and knowledge for data-intensive environmental research. BioScience 67(6):546-557. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/bix025. (link )
Jones, S. K., J. Ripplinger and S. L. Collins. 2017. Species reordering, not changes in richness, drives long-term dynamics in grassland communities. Ecology Letters 20(12):1556-1565. DOI: 10.1111/ele.12864. (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 )
Mulhouse, J. M., L. M. Hallett and S. L. Collins. 2017. The influence of seasonal precipitation and grass competition on 20 years of forb dynamics in northern Chihuahuan Desert grassland. Journal of Vegetation Science 28(2):250-259. DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12476. (link )
Ratajczak, Z., P. D'Odorico, S. L. Collins, B. T. Bestelmeyer, F. Isbell and J. B. Nippert. 2017. The interactive effects of press/pulse intensity and duration on regime shifts at multiple scales. Ecological Monographs 87(2):198-218. DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1249. (link )
Ratajczak, Z., P. D'Odorico, J. B. Nippert, S. L. Collins, N. A. Brunsell and S. Ravi. 2017. Changes in spatial variance during a grassland to shrubland state transition. Journal of Ecology 105(3):750-760. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12696. (link )
Ripplinger, J., S. L. Collins, A. M. York and J. Franklin. 2017. Boom-bust economics and vegetation dynamics in a desert city: How strong is the link?. Ecosphere 8(5):e01826. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1826. (link )
Verdier, J. M. and S. L. Collins. 2017. BioScience signs TOP guidelines. BioScience 67(10):871. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/bix123. (link )
Wilcox, K. R., Z. Shi, L. A. Gherardi, N. P. Lemoine, S. E. Koerner, D. L. Hoover, E. W. Bork, K. M. Byrne, J. F. Cahill Jr, S. L. Collins, S. Evans, A. K. Gilgen, P. Holub, L. Jiang, A. K. Knapp, D. LeCain, J. Liang, P. Garcia-Palacios, J. Penuelas, W. T. Pockman, M. D. Smith, S. Sun, S. R. White, L. Yahdjian, K. Zhu and Y. Luo. 2017. Asymmetric responses of primary productivity to precipitation extremes: A synthesis of grassland precipitation manipulation experiments. Global Change Biology 23(10):4376-4385. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13706. (link )
Wilcox, K. R., A. T. Tredennick, S. E. Koerner, E. Grman, L. M. Hallett, M. L. Avolio, K. J. La Pierre, G. R. Houseman, F. Isbell, D. S. Johnson, J. M. Alatalo, A. H. Baldwin, E. W. Bork, E. H. Boughton, W. D. Bowman, A. J. Britton, J. F. Cahill Jr, S. L. Collins, G. Du, A. Eskelinen, L. Gough, A. Jentsch, C. Kern, K. Klanderud, A. K. Knapp, J. Kreyling, Y. Luo, J. R. McLaren, P. Megonigal, V. G. Onipchenko, J. Prevey, J. N. Price, C. H. Robinson, O. E. Sala, M. D. Smith, N. A. Soudzilovskaia, L. Souza, D. Tilman, S. R. White, Z. Xu, L. Yahdjian, Q. Yu, P. Zhang and Y. Zhang. 2017. Asynchrony among local communities stabilizes ecosystem function of meta-communities. Ecology Letters 20(12):1534-1545. DOI: 10.1111/ele.12861. (link )
Yu, K., P. D'Odorico, D. E. Carr, A. Personius and S. L. Collins. 2017. The effect of nitrogen availability and water conditions on competition between a facultative CAM plant and an invasive grass. Ecology and Evolution 7(19):7739-7749. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3296. (link )
2016
Ripplinger, J., J. Franklin and S. L. Collins. 2016. When the economic engine stalls – a multi-scale comparison of vegetation dynamics in pre- and post-recession Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Landscape and Urban Planning 153(Sep):140-148. DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.05.009. (link )
Simkin, S. M., E. B. Allen, W. D. Bowman, C. M. Clark, J. Belnap, M. L. Brooks, B. S. Cade, S. L. Collins, L. H. Geiser, F. S. Gilliam, S. E. Jovan, L. H. Pardo, B. K. Schulz, C. J. Stevens, K. N. Suding, H. L. Throop and D. M. Waller. 2016. Conditional vulnerability of plant diversity to atmospheric nitrogen deposition across the United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113(15):4086-4091. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1515241113. (link )
2015
Davis, M. K., E. M. Cook, S. L. Collins and S. J. Hall. 2015. Top-down vs. bottom-up regulation of herbaceous primary production and composition in an arid, urbanizing ecosystem. Journal of Arid Environments 116:103-114. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2015.01.018. (link )
2014
Collins, S. L., J. Belnap, N. B. Grimm, J. A. Rudgers, C. N. Dahm, P. D'Odorico, M. E. Litvak, D. O. Natvig, D. C. Peters, W. T. Pockman, R. L. Sinsabaugh and B. O. Wolf. 2014. A multiscale, hierarchical model of pulse dynamics in arid-land ecosystems. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 45:397-419. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-120213-091650. (link )
Collins, S. L. and D. L. Childers. 2014. Long-term ecological research and network-level science. EOS Transactions 95(33):293-304. DOI: 10.1002/2014EO330001. (link )
2012
Sponseller, R. A., S. J. Hall, D. P. Huber, N. B. Grimm, J. P. Kaye, C. M. Clark and S. L. Collins. 2012. Variation in monsoon precipitation drives spatial and temporal patterns of Larrea tridentata growth in the Sonoran Desert. Functional Ecology 26(3):750-758. DOI: DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01979.x. (link )
2011
Collins, S. L., S. R. Carpenter, S. M. Swinton, D. E. Orenstein, D. L. Childers, T. L. Gragson, N. B. Grimm, J. M. Grove, S. L. Harlan, J. P. Kaye, A. K. Knapp, G. P. Kofinas, J. J. Magnuson, W. H. McDowell, J. M. Melack, L. A. Ogden, G. P. Robertson, M. D. Smith and A. C. Whitmer. 2011. An integrated conceptual framework for social-ecological research. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9(6):351-357. (link )
Hall, S. J., R. A. Sponseller, N. B. Grimm, D. P. Huber, J. P. Kaye, C. F. Clark and S. L. Collins. 2011. Ecosystem response to nutrient enrichment across an urban airshed in the Sonoran Desert. Ecological Applications 21(3):640-660. (link )
Maurer, G. E., A. Hallmark, R. F. Brown, O. E. Sala and S. L. Collins. 2011. Sensitivity of primary production to precipitation across the United States. Ecology Letters 23(3):527-536. DOI: 10.1111/ele.13455. (link )
2008
Peters, D. P., P. M. Groffman, K. J. Nadelhoffer, N. B. Grimm, S. L. Collins, W. K. Michener and M. A. Huston. 2008. Living in an increasingly connected world: A framework for continental-scale environmental science. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 6(5):229-237. (link )
2004
Cook, W. M., D. G. Casagrande, D. Hope, P. M. Groffman and S. L. Collins. 2004. Learning to roll with the punches: Adaptive experimentation in human-dominated systems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2(9):467-474. DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2004)002[0467:LTRWTP]2.0.CO;2. (link )
2001
Clark, J. S., S. R. Carpenter, M. Barber, S. Collins, A. Dobson, J. A. 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(5530):657-660. DOI: 10.1126/science.293.5530.657.
Books
1998
Knapp, A. K., J. M. Briggs, D. C. Harnett and S. L. Collins. 1998. Grassland dynamics: Long-term ecological research in Tallgrass Prairies. Oxford University Press. Oxford and New York.
Book Chapters
2021
Collins, S. L. 2021. Network level science, social-ecological research and the LTER planning process. Pp. 403–421 In: Wade, R. B. and S. E. Kingsland eds., The Challenges of Long Term Ecological Research: A Historical Analysis. Springer, Cham. ISBN: 978-3-030-66932-4.
Posters
2020
Ohlert, T. J., M. T. Patton and S. L. Collins. 2020. Preliminary findings of drought-induced changes in ecosystem processes across U.S. deserts. Poster presented at the Twenty-second Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, January 17, 2020, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )
2019
Baur, L. E., S. L. Collins, A. K. Knapp and M. D. Smith. 2019. Chronic drought severely alters plant species composition in arid grasslands. Poster presented at the 21st Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, January 11, 2019, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )
Hallmark, A., J. A. Rudgers, S. L. Collins, D. I. Moore and S. Baker. 2019. Optimizing plant size:biomass allometric relationships at the Sevilleta LTER. Poster presented at the 21st Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, Januay 11, 2019, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )
Ohlert, T. J. and S. L. Collins. 2019. A collaborative approach to desert plant community research. Poster presented at the 21st Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposum, January 11, 2019, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )
2018
Wheeler, M. M., S. L. Collins, N. B. Grimm, C. Clark, R. A. Sponseller and S. J. Hall. 2018. Nutrient enrichment alters annual plant diversity in the northern Sonoran Desert. Poster presented at the 20th Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, January 5, 2018, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )
2017
Wheeler, M. M., S. L. Collins, S. J. Hall, N. B. Grimm, C. M. Clark and R. A. Sponseller. 2017. Nutrient enrichment alters annual plant community composition in the northern Sonoran Desert. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting Portland ESA 2017, August 6-11, 2017, Portland, OR. (link )
2014
Jones, S. K., J. Ripplinger, E. R. Sokol, C. Boettiger, E. Christensen, E. E. Cleland, M. Jones, C. Gries and S. L. Collins. 2014. Cross-taxa comparative analysis of long-term community data. Poster presented at the From Oceans to Mountains, 99th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, 10-15 August 2014, Sacramento, California. (link )
2012
Schmoker, M. K., E. M. Cook, S. Amaru, J. K. Learned, S. L. Collins and S. J. Hall. 2012. Bottom-up vs. top-down regulation of desert annual plants in an urban arid ecosystem. Poster presented at 13 January 2012 CAP LTER 14th Annual Poster Symposium and All Scientist Meeting, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link )
2011
Schmoker, M. E., E. M. Cook, S. L. Collins and S. J. Hall. 2011. Impacts of urban soil nitrogen availability and herbivory on primary production of herbaceous annual plants in an arid ecosystem. Poster presented at the 7-12 August 2011 96th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Austin, TX.
2002
Hall, S. J., N. B. Grimm, S. L. Collins, K. Gade, D. Hope, D. Jenerette, A. P. Kinzig, J. D. Schade, R. A. Sponseller, J. R. Welter, W. Wu, T. Johns, M. A. Luck, R. E. Erickson and C. Kochert. 2002. NOx emissions and uptake by urban soils. Poster presented at January 17, 2002, CAP LTER Fourth Annual Poster Symposium, Center for Environmental Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link )
Presentations
2014
Jones, S. K., J. Ripplinger, E. R. Sokol, C. Boettiger, E. Christensen, E. E. Cleland, M. Jones, C. Gries and S. L. Collins. 2014. Cross-taxa comparative analysis of long-term community data. Presentation at the From Oceans to Mountains, 99th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, 10-14 August 2014, Sacramento, California. (link )
Ripplinger, J., J. Franklin and S. L. Collins. 2014. When the economic engine stalls: An examination of plant communities in post-recession urban landscapes. Presentation at the From Oceans to Mountains, 99th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, 10-15 August 2014, Sacramento, California. (link )
2011
Collins, S. L., G. P. Robertson, D. R. Foster and D. L. Childers. 2011. Emergence and future role of long-term socio-ecological research for earth stewardship. Presentation at the SYMP 8 - Thirty Years of Earth Stewardship Research: Long-Term Matters at the 7-12 August 2011 96th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Austin, TX.
2009
Grimm, N. B., J. Cavender-Bares, T. Gragson, S. L. Collins, M. Grove, C. L. Redman and C. G. Boone. 2009. Integrating science, society, and education for sustainability. Estes Park, CO. Working group at 14-16 September 2009 LTER All Scientist Meeting, Integrating Science and Society in a World of Constant Change.
Hall, S. J., R. A. Sponseller, N. B. Grimm, D. P. Huber, C. F. Clark, S. L. Collins, J. P. Kaye and J. O. Allen. 2009. Ecosystem response to the urban atmosphere in the Sonoran Desert. Presentation at the August 2-7, 2009 94th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Albuquerque, NM.
Report Chapters
2013
Yao, J., O. E. Sala and D. P. Peters. 2013. Cross-site studies "by design": Experiments and observations that provide new insights. Pp. 72-80 In: Peters, D. P., C. M. Laney, A. E. Lugo, S. L. Collins, C. T. Driscoll, P. M. Groffman, J. M. Grove, A. K. Knapp, T. K. Kratz, M. D. Ohman, R. B. Waide and J. Yao eds., Long-Term Trends in Ecological Systems: A Basis for Understanding Responses to Global Change. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Technical Bulletin 1931. Washington, D.C. (link )