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Research Plan
Plant community dynamics in a changing environment
Principal Investigator:
Benjamin Blonder
Status:
active
Field:
Ecology and Evolutionary biology
Research Areas:
Climate change; Genetics; Landscape biology; Long-term research; Modeling; Plant biology; Species Interactions
Items:
95 (72 publications, 13 datasets, 10 documents)
Publications (72)
Thesis
Biotic and abiotic drivers of plant-pollinator interaction rewiring
2023
Thesis
Effects of microclimate, dispersal, species interactions, and environmental stochasticity on demography
2023
Article
Climate lags and genetics determine phenology in quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides)
2023
New Phytologist
DOI: 10.1111/nph.18850
Article
Linking microenvironment modification to species interactions and demography in an alpine plant community
2023
Oikos
DOI: 10.1111/oik.09235
Article
Remote sensing of cytotype and its consequences for canopy damage in quaking aspen
2022
Global Change Biology
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16064
Publication
Carrying the moral burden of safe fieldwork
2022
Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America
Article
Cytotype and genotype predict mortality and recruitment in Colorado quaking aspen (<i> Populus tremuloides </i>)
2021
Ecological Applications
DOI: 10.1002/eap.2438
Article
Shifting macroecological patterns and static theory failure in a stressed alpine plant community
2021
Ecosphere
DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3548
Article
Low predictability of energy balance traits and leaf temperature metrics in desert, montane and alpine plant communities
2020
Functional Ecology
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13643
Article
Remote sensing of ploidy level in quaking aspen (<i>Populus tremuloides</i> Michx.)
2020
Journal of Ecology
Article
TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access
2020
Global Change Biology
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14904
Article
Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome
2018
Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0563-7
Article
A model for leaf temperature decoupling from air temperature
2018
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2018.07.012
Article
Microenvironment and functional-trait context dependence predict plant community dynamics
2018
Journal of Ecology
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12973
Article
Spatial patterns and climate relationships of major plant traits in the New World differ between woody and herbaceous species
2018
Journal of Biogeography
Article
Functional trait space and the latitudinal diversity gradient
2014
PNAS
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1317722111
Article
Assessing the causes and scales of the leaf economics spectrum using venation networks in <i>Populus tremuloides</i>
2013
Journal of Ecology
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12102
Article
X-ray imaging of leaf venation networks
2012
New Phytologist
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04355.x
Thesis
Causes and consequences of plant responses to environmental change over physiological, ecological, and evolutionary time.
2015
Student Paper
Change in terrestrial vegetation and the relating consequences for stream communities
1995
Thesis
Organization of a plant-pollinator community in a seasonal environment
1984
Student Paper
Community structural and compositional variability on a microsite basis
1992
Student Paper
Plant community structure as a function of grazing by cattle
1995
Student Paper
The success of transplanted plants in a damaged ecosystem
1992
Student Paper
Effects of altered aquatic ecosystems on the surrounding floral community
1992
Student Paper
Plant and animal succession in an old burn
1950
Publication
Climate-ecosystem interactions in montane meadows
2002
Chapter
Dynamics of Lotic Ecosystems
1983
Student Paper
Plant and insect diversity and abundance: resilience in response to human disturbance
1997
Chapter
Biological Approaches and Evolutionary Trends in Plants
1990
Chapter
Perspectives on plant competition
1990
Student Paper
Reproductive efforts of plants along an altitudinal gradient
1973
Student Paper
A contrast of the vascular vegetation found in an old sagebrush community and a new one
1970
Chapter
Ecological studies: population viability in plants: conservation, management, and modeling of rare plants
2003
Student Paper
Vascular plant species of talus slope and their dispersal patterns
1996
Student Paper
Floral succession in a spruce-fir forest
1971
Student Paper
A biogeophysical study of the plant-soil interface in varied habitats
1983
Thesis
Analysis of temporal change in high-elevation plant community composition, East River Basin, Colorado, USA.
2015
Student Paper
A study of distribution and succession of bryophyta and lichen in a specific microhabitat
1971
Thesis
Climate change impacts on community and ecosystem properties: Integrating manipulations and gradient studies in montane meadows
2000
Student Paper
The species-area relationship and spatial turnover
1996
Student Paper
Natural history of a talus/aspen grove ecotone
1975
Student Paper
Plant succession on a permanet rock slide, compared to that of a more recent one
1940
Student Paper
Integration of disturbed ecosystems in areas of high altitudes
1992
Article
Plant communities of the Gothic area and their successional relations
1941
Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America
Chapter
Effects of Resource Distribution on Animal-Plant Interactions
1992
Student Paper
Plant colonization of talus islands
1983
Student Paper
The variation in tree growth performance relative to a climate change along an elevation gradient
1998
Student Paper
The occurrence of annuals and perennials in a subalpine system
1983
Student Paper
The ecological dynamics of alpine krummholz
1970
Showing 50 of 72 publications
Datasets (13)
Dataset
Plant height and species information
2017
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.772h7/2
Dataset
Data from: Linking microenvironment modification to species interactions and demography in an alpine plant community
2023
DOI: 10.6078/D1342B
Dataset
Data from: Microenvironment and functional-trait context dependence predict alpine plant community dynamics
2018
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.33410
Dataset
natural_populations_individual
2018
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.q0032/1
Dataset
Data from: Aboveground resilience to species loss but belowground resistance to nitrogen addition in a montane plant community
2017
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.4719199.v1
Dataset
Data from: Interaction rewiring and the rapid turnover of plant-pollinator networks
2018
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.s91p4
Dataset
greenhouse_experiment
2018
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.q0032/6
Dataset
Plant census and microenvironment dataset from Mt. Baldy, Colorado, USA, 2014-2017
2020
DOI: 10.5285/d850fcd2-b70a-415e-acf4-fc27b38d59c1
Dataset
Documents (10)
Document
Dynamic Planning for Community Change
Document
Shrubland Ecosystem Genetics And Biodiversity: Proceedings
Document
Revising Desertification of Riparian Zones Along Cold Desert Streams
Document
Community Leadership and Change
Document
Moist Forests
Document
Resource Planning: A Method for Allocating Land Uses in Natural Areas
Document
Application of Monitoring for Producers
Document
Beaver Management in Grazed Riparian Ecosystems
Document
Areawide Conservation Planning Primer
Document
Sudden Aspen Decline in Colorado
Data for Context-dependent biotic interactions control plant abundance across altitudinal environmental gradients, 2014, 2016, Colorado, USA
2020
DOI: 10.6073/pasta/953d0af267ddb6a0ddb970bff3218a61
Dataset
natural_populations_plot
2018
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.q0032/2
Dataset
common_garden
2018
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.q0032/3
Dataset
Data for: Increasing aridity may threaten the maintenance of a plant defense polymorphism
2025
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.18931zd4s
Dataset
bblonder/aspen_neon: Code supporting Blonder et al., "Remote sensing of cytotype and its consequences for canopy damage in quaking aspen"
2021
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5800132