Peter Adler

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Academic Journal

• Kulmatiski, A., Adler, P., Stark, J.M, Tredennik, A.T, (2017). Water and nitrogen uptake are better associated with resource availability than root biomass. Ecosphere, 8, e01738.
• Byrne, K.M, Lauenroth, W.K, Adler, P., (2017). Contrasting effects of precipitation manipulations on plant community responses at two sites within the Great Plains, USA. Journal of Vegetation Science, 28, 238-249.
• Tredennick, A.T, Adler, P., (2017). Do we need demographic data to forecast plant population dynamics?. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 8, 541-551.
• Yenni, G.M, Adler, P., Ernest, S., (2017). Persistent rare species show disproportionately strong negative frequency-dependence. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 26, 513-523.
• Ellner, S.P, Snyder, R.E, Adler, P., (2016). How to quantify the temporal storage effect using simulations instead of math. Ecology Letters, 19:11, 1333–1342.
• Tredennick, A.T, Hooten, M.B, Aldridge, C.L, Homer, C.G, Kleinhesselink, A.R, Adler, P., (2016). Forecasting climate change impacts on plant populations over large spatial extents. Ecosphere, 7:10, n/a–n/a.
• Harpole, W.S, Sullivan, L.L, Lind, E.M, Firn, J., Adler, P., Borer, E.T, Chase, J., Fay, P.A, Hautier, Y., Hillebrand, H., MacDougall, A.S, Seabloom, E.W, Williams, R., Bakker, J.D, Cadotte, M.W, Chaneton, E.J, Chu, C., Cleland, E.E, D’Antonio, C., Davies, K.F, Gruner, D.S, Hagenah, N., Kirkman, K., Knops, J.M, La Pierre, K.J, McCulley, R.L, Moore, J.L, Morgan, J.W, Prober, S.M, Risch, A.C, Schuetz, M., Stevens, C.J, Wragg, P.D, (2016). Addition of multiple limiting resources reduces grassland diversity. Nature, 537:7618, 93–96.
• Chu, C., Kleinhesselink, A.R, Havstad, K.M, McClaran, M.P, Peters, D.P, Vermeire, L.T, Wei, H., Adler, P., (2016). Direct effects dominate responses to climate perturbations in grassland plant communities. Nature Communications, 7, 11766.
• Iles, D.T, Salguero‐Gómez, R., Adler, P., Koons, D.N, (2016). Linking transient dynamics and life history to biological invasion success. Journal of Ecology, 104:2, 399–408.
• Teller, B.J, Adler, P., Edwards, C.B, Hooker, G., Ellner, S.P, (2016). Linking demography with drivers: climate and competition. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 7:2, 171–183.
• Tredennick, A.T, Adler, P., Grace, J.B, Harpole, W.S, Borer, E.T, Seabloom, E.W, Anderson, T.M, Bakker, J.D, Biederman, L.A, Brown, C.S, Buckley, Y.M, Chu, C., Collins, S.L, Crawley, M.J, Fay, P.A, Firn, J., Gruner, D.S, Hagenah, N., Hautier, Y., Hector, A., Hillebrand, H., Kirkman, K., Knops, J.M, Laungani, R., Lind, E.M, MacDougall, A.S, McCulley, R.L, Mitchell, C.E, Moore, J.L, Morgan, J.W, Orrock, J.L, Peri, P.L, Prober, S.M, Risch, A.C, Schütz, M., Speziale, K.L, Standish, R.J, Sullivan, L.L, Wardle, G.M, Williams, R.J, Yang, L.H, (2016). Comment on “Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness”. Science, 351:6272, 457–457.
• Grace, J.B, Anderson, T.M, Seabloom, E.W, Borer, E.T, Adler, P., Harpole, W.S, Hautier, Y., Hillebrand, H., Lind, E.M, Pärtel, M., Bakker, J.D, Buckley, Y.M, Crawley, M.J, Damschen, E.I, Davies, K.F, Fay, P.A, Firn, J., Gruner, D.S, Hector, A., Knops, J.M, MacDougall, A.S, Melbourne, B.A, Morgan, J.W, Orrock, J.L, Prober, S.M, Smith, M.D, (2016). Integrative modelling reveals mechanisms linking productivity and plant species richness. Nature, 529:7586, 390–393.
• Kraft, N., Adler, P., Godoy, O., James, E., Fuller, S., Levine, J., (2015). Community assembly, coexistence, and the habitat filtering metaphor. Functional Ecology, 29, 592-599.
• Kleinhesselink, A., Adler, P., (2015). Indirect effects of environmental change in resource competition models. The American Naturalist, 186, 766-776.
• Maricle, B.R, Caudle, K.L, Adler, P.B, (2015). Influence of water availability on photosynthesis, water potential, leaf δ13C, and phenology in dominant C4 grasses in Kansas, USA. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 118, 173-193.
• Chu, C., Adler, P., (2015). Large niche differences emerge at the recruitment stage to stabilize grassland coexistence. Ecological Monographs, 85, 373-392.
• Fay, P., al, e., Adler, P., (2015). Grassland productivity limited by multiple nutrients. Nature Plants, 1, 15080.
• Prober, S., al, e., Adler, P., (2015). Plant diversity predicts beta but not alpha diversity of soil microbes. Ecology Letters, 18, 85-95.
• Seabloom, E., al, e., Adler, P., (2015). Plant species’ origin predicts dominance and response to nutrient enrichment and herbivores in global grasslands. Nature Communications, 6
• MacDougall, A., al, e., Adler, P., (2014). Anthropogenic-based regional-scale factors most consistently explain plot-level exotic diversity in grasslands. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 23, 802-810.
• Hsu, J., Adler, P., (2014). Anticipating changes in variability of grassland production due to increases in interannual precipitation variability. Ecosphere, 5, art58.
• E., B., al, e., Adler, P., (2014). Herbivores and nutrients control grassland plant diversity via light limitation. Nature, 508, 517-520.
• Grace, J., Adler, P., al., e., (2014). Causal networks clarify productivity-richness interrelations, bivariate plots do not. Functional Ecology, 28, 787-798.
• Ware, I., Terletzky, P., Adler, P., (2014). Conflicting management objectives on the Colorado Plateau: Understanding the effects of bison and cattle grazing on plant community composition. Journal of Nature Conservation, 22, 293-301.
• Yann, H., al., e., Adler, P., (2014). Eutrophication weakens stabilizing effects of diversity in natural grasslands. Nature, 508, 521-525.
• Borer, E., Harpole, W.S, Adler, P., al., e., (2014). Finding generality in ecology: A model for globally distributed experiments. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5, 65-73.
• Adler, P., Saguero-Gomez, R., Compagnoni, A., Hsu, J., Ray-Mukherjee, J., Mbeau-Ache, C., Franco, M., (2014). Functional traits explain variation in plant life history strategies. Proceedings of the National Academy of the USA, 111, 740-745.
• Chu, C., Havstad, K.M, Kaplan, N., Lauenroth, W.K, Peters, D.P, Vermeire, L.T, Adler, P., (2014). Life form influences survivorship patterns for 109 herbaceous perennials from six semi-arid ecosystems. Journal of Vegetation Science, 25, 947-954.
• Compagnoni, A., Adler, P., (2014). Warming, competition, and Bromus tectorum population growth across an elevation gradient. Ecosphere, 5, 121.
• Compagnoni, A., Adler, P., (2014). Warming, soil moisture, and loss of snow increase Bromus tectorum's population growth rate. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 2, 000020. doi: doi:10.12952/journal.elementa.000020
• Chu, C., Adler, P., (2014). When should plant population models include age structure?. Journal of Ecology, 102, 531-543.
• Chu, C., Norman, J., Flynn, R., Kaplan, N., Lauenroth, W., Adler, P., (2013). Cover, density and demographics of shortgrass steppe plants mapped from 1997-2010 in permanent grazed and ungrazed quadrats. Ecology, 94, 1435.
• Seabloom, E., al,, e., Adler, P., (2013). Predicting invasion in grassland ecosystems: is exotic dominance the real embarrassment of richness?. Global Change Biology, 19, 3677–3687.
• Byrne, K., Lauenroth, W.K, Adler, P., (2013). Contrasting effects of precipitation manipulations on production in two sites within the central grassland region, USA. Ecosystems, 16, 1039-1051.
• Lind, E., et al., , Adler, P., (2013). Life history constraints in grassland plant species: a growth-defense tradeoff is the norm. Ecology Letters, 16, 513-521.
• Adler, P., Byrne, K., Leiker, J., (2013). Can the past predict the future? Experimental tests of historically-based population models. Global Change Biology, 19, 1793-1803.
• Adler, P., Fajardo, A., Kleinhesselink, A., Kraft, N.J, (2013). Trait-based tests of coexistence mechanisms. Ecology Letters, 16, 1294-1306.
• Anderson, J., McLaren, M.P, Adler, P., (2012). Cover and density of semi-desert grassland plants in permanent quadrats mapped from 1915 to 1947. Ecology, 93, 1492.
• Adler, P., Dalgleish, H.J, Ellner, S.P, (2012). Forecasting community impacts of climate variability and change: When do competitive interactions matter?. Journal of Ecology, 100, 478-487.
• Owens, H., LaFantasie, J., Adler, P., (2012). Mycorrhization rates of two grasses following alterations in moisture inputs in a southern mixed grass prairie. Applied Soil Ecology, 60, 56-60.
• Grace, J., Adler, P., al, e., (2012). Response to Comments on “Productivity Is a Poor Predictor of Plant Species Richness”. Science, 335, 1441.
• HilleRisLambers, J., Adler, P., Harpole, W.S, Levine, J.M, Mayfield, M.M, (2012). Rethinking community assembly through the lens of coexistence theory. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 43, 227-248.
• Yenni, G.M, Adler, P., Ernest, S.K, (2012). Strong self-limitation promotes persistence of rare species. Ecology, 93, 456-461.
• Hsu, J., Powell, J.A, Adler, P., (2012). Sensitivity of primary production to precipitation. Global Change Biology, 18, 2246–2255.
• Firn, J., Moore, L.L, MacDougall, A.S, Borer, E.T, Seabloom, E.W, HilleRisLambers, J., Harpole, W.S, Cleland, E.E, Brown, C.S, Knops, J.M, Prober, S.M, Pyke, D.A, Farrell, K.A, Bakker, J.D, O'Halloran, L.R, Adler, P., Collins, S.L, D'Antonio, C.M, Crawley, M.J, Wolkovich, E.M, LaPierre, K.J, Melbourne, B.A, Hautier, Y., Morgan, J.W, Leakey, A.D, Kay, A., McCulley, R., Davies, K.F, Stevens, C.J, Chu, C., Holl, K.D, Klein, J.A, Fay, P.A, Hagenah, N., Kirkham, K.P, Buckley, Y.M, (2011). Abundance of introduced species at home predicts abundance away in herbaceous communities. Ecology Letters14, 274-281.
• Dalgleish, H.J, Koons, D.N, Hooten, M.B, Moffet, C.A, Adler, P., (2011). Climate influences the demography of three dominant sagebrush steppe plants. Ecology92, 75-85.
• Snyder, R., Adler, P., (2011). Coexistence and coevolution in fluctuating environments: Can the storage effect evolve?. American Naturalist, 178, E78-E84.
• Maricle, B.R, Adler, P., (2011). Effects of precipitation on photsynthesis and water potential in Andropogon gerardee and Schizachyrium scoparium in a southern mixed grass prairie. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 72, 223-231.
• Byrne, K.M, Lauenroth, W.K, Adler, P., Byrne, C.M, (2011). Estimating aboveground net primary production in grasslands: a comparison of nondestructive methods. Rangeland Ecology and Management, 64, 498-505.
• Anderson, J., Vermeire, L., Adler, P., (2011). Fourteen years of mapped, permanent quadrats in a northern mixed prairie, USA. Ecology, 92, 1703.
• Onoda, Y., Westoby, M., Adler, P., (2011). Global patterns of leaf mechanical properties. Ecology Letters14, 301-312.
• Ray-Mukherjee, J., Jones, T.A, Adler, P., Monaco, T.A, (2011). Immature seedling growth of two North American native bunchgrasses and the invasive grass Bromus tectorum. Rangeland Ecology and Management, 64, 358-365.
• Ray-Mukherjee, J., Jones, T.A, Adler, P., Monaco, T.A, (2011). Will trade-offs between drought tolerance and growth rate constrain restoration success? A study with two semi-arid, perennial Triticeae bunchgrasses. Plant Ecology, 212, 461-470.
• Adler, P., et al., , (2011). Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness. Science, 333, 1750-1753.
• White, E., Ernest, S.K, Adler, P., Hurlbert, A.H, Lyons, S.K, (2010). Integrating spatial and temporal approaches to understanding species richness. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 365:1558, 3633-3643. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0280
• Zachmann, L., Moffet, C., Adler, P., (2010). Mapped quadrats in sagebrush steppe: long-term data for analyzing demographic rates and plant–plant interactions. Ecology, 91, 3427.
• Adler, P., Ellner, S.P, Levine, J.M, (2010). Coexistence of perennial plants: an embarrassment of niches. Ecology Letters, 13, 1019-1029.
• Dalgleish, H.J, Koons, D.N, Adler, P., (2010). Can life history traits predict the response of forb populations to changes in climate variability?. Journal of Ecology, 98, 209-217.
• Adler, P., HilleRisLambers, J., Levine, J.M, (2009). Weak effects of climate variability on coexistence in a sagebrush steppe community. Ecology, 90, 3303-3312.
• Adler, P., Leiker, J., Levine, J.M, (2009). Direct and indirect effects of climate change on a prairie plant community. PLoSONE, 4, e6887.
• Lauenroth, W.K, Adler, P., (2008). Demography of grassland plants: Survival, life expectancy, and lifespan. Journal of Ecology, 96, 1023-1032.
• Adler, P., Drake, J.M, (2008). Environmental variability, stochastic extinction, and competitive coexistence. The American Naturalist, 172, E186-E195.
• Adler, P., HilleRisLambers, J., (2008). The influence of climate and species composition on the population dynamics of ten prairie forbs. Ecology, 89, 3049-3060.
• Levine, J.M, Adler, P., HilleRisLambers, J., (2008). On testing the role of niche differences in stabilizing coexistence. Functional Ecology, 22, 934-936.
• Adler, P., HilleRisLambers, J., Levine, J.M, (2007). A niche for neutrality. Ecology Letters, 10, 95-104.
• Adler, P., Levine, J.M, (2007). Contrasting relationships between precipitation and species richness in space and time.. Oikos, 116, 221-232.
• Adler, P., Tyburczy, W.R, Lauenroth, W.K, (2007). Long-term mapped quadrats from Kansas prairie: Demographic information for herbaceous plants. Ecology, 88, 2673.
• White, E.P, Adler, P., Lauenroth, W.K, Gill, R.A, Greenberg, D., Kauffman, D.M, Rassweiler, A., Rusak, J.A, Smith, M.D, Steinbeck, J.R, Waide, R.B, Yao, J., (2006). A comparison of the species-time relationship across ecosystems and taxonomic groups. Oikos, 112, 185-195.
• Adler, P., HilleRisLambers, J., Kyriakidis, P., Guan, Q., Levine, J.M, (2006). Climate variability has a stabilizing effect on coexistence of prairie grasses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 103, 12793-1279.
• Adler, P., Garbulsky, M.F, Paruelo, J.M, Lauenroth, W.K, (2006). Do abiotic differences explain contrasting graminoid functional traits in sagebrush steppe, USA and Patagonian steppe, Argentina?. Journal of Arid Environments, 65, 62-82.
• Busby, P.E, Adler, P., Warren, T., Swanson, F., (2006). Fates of live trees retained in forest cutting units, western Cascade Range, Oregon. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 36, 2544-2549.
• Adler, P., White, E.P, Lauenroth, W.K, Kauffman, D.M, Rassweiler, A., Rusak, J.A, (2005). Evidence for a general species-time-area relationship. Ecology, 86, 2032-2039.
• Adler, P., Milchunas, D.G, Sala, O.E, Burke, I.C, Lauenroth, W.K, (2005). Plant traits and ecosystem grazing effects: comparison of US sagebrush steppe and Patagonia steppe. Ecological Applications, 15, 774-792.
• Adler, P., Hall, S.A, (2005). The development of forage production and utilization gradients around livestock watering points. Landscape Ecology, 20, 319-333.
• Levine, J.M, Adler, P., Yelenik, S.G, (2004). A meta-analysis of biotic resistance to exotic plant invasions.. Ecology Letters, 7, 975-989.
• Adler, P., Milchunas, D.G, Lauenroth, W.K, Sala, O.E, Burke, I.C, (2004). Functional traits of graminoids in semi-arid steppes: A test of grazing histories. Journal of Applied Ecology, 41, 653-663.
• Adler, P., (2004). Neutral models fail to reproduce observed species-time and species-area relationships in Kansas grasslands.. Ecology, 85, 1265-1272.
• Adler, P., Lauenroth, W.K, (2003). The power of time: spatiotemporal scaling of species diversity.. Ecology Letters, 6, 749-756.
• Adler, P., Bradford, J.B, (2002). Compensation: An alternative method for analyzing diversity-productivity experiments.. Oikos, 96, 411-420.
• Adler, P., Raff, D.A, Lauenroth, W.K, (2001). The effect of grazing on the spatial heterogeneity of vegetation. Oecologia, 128, 465-479.
• Adler, P., Lauenroth, W.K, (2000). Livestock exclusion increases the spatial heterogeneity of vegetation in Colorado shortgrass steppe.. Applied Vegetation Science, 3, 231-222.
• Adler, P., Morales, J.M, (1999). Influence of environmental factors and sheep grazing on an Andean grassland.. Journal of Range Management, 52, 471-481.
• Adler, P., D'Antonio, C.M, Tunison, J.T, (1998). Understory succession following a dieback of Myrica faya in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. Pacific Science, 52, 69-78.

Professional Journal

• Koons, D.N, Terletzky, P., Adler, P., Wolfe, M., Ranglack, D., Howe, F., Hersey, K., Paskett, W., Du Toit, J.T, (2012). Climate and density-dependent drivers of reproductive success in plains bison.. Journal of Mammalogy, 93:2, 475-481.

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Publications | MultiMedia

Software

• Brice, E., Miller, B.A, Zhang, H., Goldstein, K., Zimmer, S., Grosklos, G., Belmont, P., Flint, C., Givens, J., Brunson, M.W, Adler, P., Smith, J., (2020). Impacts of climate change on the management of multiple uses of BLM land in the IMW. Hydroshare *

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Publications | Other

Other

• Adler, P., (2009). Testing the storage effect with long-term observational data. Temporal Niche Dynamics

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