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Each publication is numbered and coded below. Entries marked "LTER" are publications of the Cedar Creek Long Term Ecological Research site. Those marked "CC" are general Cedar Creek publications. Click on any underlined text to see the corresponding material.

Tilman, D. 1982. Resource Competition and Community Structure. Monographs in Population Biology, Princeton University Press. 310 pp.   [1157  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1983. Plant succession and gopher disturbance along an experimental gradient. Oecologia (Berlin) 60:285-292.    [1158  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1984. Plant dominance along an experimental nutrient gradient. Ecology 65(5):1445-1453.    [1159  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D.; Kiesling, R. 1984. Freshwater algal ecology: Taxonomic tradeoffs in the temperature dependence of nutrient competitive abilities. Pages 314-319 in M. J. Klug and C. A. Reddy, Eds., Current Perspectives in Microbial Ecology, Amer. Soc. Microbiol., Washington, D.C.   [1191  LTER]

Tilman, D.; Kilham, S. S.; Kilham, P. 1984. A reply to Sell, Carney, and Fahnenstiel. Ecology 65:328-332.   [1201  LTER]

Tilman, D.; Sterner, R. W. 1984. Invasions of equilibria: Tests of theory of resource competition using two species of algae. Oecologia (Berlin) 61:197-200.   [1192  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1985. The resource-ratio hypothesis of succession. The American Naturalist 125:827-852.    [1160  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1986. A consumer-resource approach to community structure. American Zoologist 26:5-22.    [1161  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1986. Evolution and differentiation in terrestrial plant communities: the importance of the soil resource - light gradient. Pages 359-380 in T. Case and J. Diamond, Eds., Community Ecology, Harper and Row, New York.    [1162  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1986. Nitrogen-limited growth in plants from different successional stages. Ecology 67(2):555-563.    [1163  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1986. Resources, competition and the dynamics of plant communities. Pages 51-75 in Crawley, M. ed., Plant Ecology. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford.    [1164  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D.; Kiesling, R.; Sterner, R.; Kilham, S. S.; Johnson, F. A. 1986. Green, bluegreen and diatom algae: taxonomic differences in competitive ability for phosphorus, silicon and nitrogen. Archiv for Hydrobiologie 106(4):473-485.    [1199  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Inouye, R. S.; Huntly, N. J.; Tilman, D. 1987. Response of Microtus pennsylvanicus to vegetation fertilized with various nutrients, with particular emphasis on sodium and nitrogen concentration in plant tissues. Holarctic Ecology 10:110-113.    [1078  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Inouye, R. S.; Huntly, N. J.; Tilman, D.; Tester, J. R.; Stillwell, M.; Zinnel, K. C. 1987. Old-field succession on a Minnesota sand plain. Ecology 68:12-26.    [1079  Abstract  Full Text  E014,  E054  LTER]

Inouye, R.; Huntly, N.; Tilman, D.; Tester, J. R. 1987. Pocket gophers, (Geomys bursarius), vegetation and soil nitrogen along a successional sere in east central Minnesota. Oecologia 72:178-184.    [1081  Abstract  Full Text  E014  LTER]

Pastor, J.; Stillwell, M. A.; Tilman, D. 1987. Little bluestem litter dynamics in Minnesota old fields. Oecologia 72:327-330.    [1111  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Pastor, J.; Stillwell, M. A.; Tilman, D. 1987. Nitrogen mineralization and nitrification in four Minnesota old fields. Oecologia 71:481-485.    [1112  Abstract  Full Text  E014  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1987. Further thoughts on competition for essential resources. Theoretical Population Biology 32(3):442-446.    [1165  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1987. Secondary succession and the pattern of plant dominance along experimental nitrogen gradients. Ecological Monographs 57:189-214.    [1166  Abstract  Full Text  E001,  E002  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1987. The importance of the mechanisms of interspecific competition. The American Naturalist 129(5):769-774.    [1167  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1987. On the meaning of competition and the mechanisms of competitive superiority. Functional Ecology 1:304-315.    [1168  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Inouye, R. S.; Tilman, D. 1988. Convergence and divergence of old-field plant communities along experimental nitrogen gradients. Ecology 69(4):995-1004.    [1076  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1988. Plant Strategies and the Dynamics and Structure of Plant Communities. Monographs in Population Biology, Princeton University Press. 360 pp. (Includes a 61 page chapter on Cedar Creek LTER, and new theory relevant to Cedar Creek and cross-site comparisons.)   [1169  E001  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1989. Competition, nutrient reduction, and the competitive neighborhood of a bunchgrass. Functional Ecology 3:215-219.    [1170  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1989. Discussion: Population dynamics and species interactions. Pages 89-100 in J. Roughgarden, R. M. May and S. A. Levin, Eds., Perspectives in Ecological Theory. Princeton University Press.    [1171  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1989. Ecological experimentation: strengths and conceptual problems. Pages 136-157 in G. E. Likens, Ed., Long-Term Studies in Ecology. Springer-Verlag, 1989.    [1172  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D.; Cowan, M. L. 1989. Growth of old field herbs on a nitrogen gradient. Functional Ecology 3:425-438.    [1190  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Gleeson, S. K.; Tilman, D. 1990. Allocation and the transient dynamics of competition during succession on poor soils. Ecology 71(3):1144-1155.    [1050  Abstract  Full Text  E014  LTER]

Grace, J.; Tilman, D. 1990. Perspectives on plant competition: some introductory remarks. Pages 2-7 in J. Grace and D. Tilman, Eds., Perspectives on Plant Competition, Academic Press, New York.    [1058  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Grace, J.; Tilman, D.; (Editors). 1990. Perspectives on Plant Competition. Academic Press, Inc., New York, 484 pp.   [1057  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1990. Constraints and tradeoffs: toward a predictive theory of competition and succession. Oikos 58:3-15. (The Per Brink Ecology Lecture).    [1173  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1990. Mechanisms of plant competition for nutrients: the elements of a predictive theory of competition. Pages 117-141 in J. Grace and D. Tilman, Eds., Perspectives on Plant Competition. Academic Press, New York.    [1174  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Wedin, D. A.; Tilman, D. 1990. Species effects on nitrogen cycling: a test with perennial grasses. Oecologia 84:433-441.    [1207  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Zak, D. R.; Grigal, D. F.; Gleeson, S.; Tilman, D. 1990. Carbon and nitrogen cycling during old-field succession: constraints on plant and microbial biomass. Biogeochemistry 11:111-129.    [1220  Abstract  Full Text  E014  LTER]

Johnson, N. C.; Zak, D. R.; Tilman, D.; Pfleger, F. L. 1991. Dynamics of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae during old field succession. Oecologia 86:349-358.    [1087  Abstract  Full Text  E014  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1991. Relative growth rates and plant allocation patterns. The American Naturalist 138:1269-1275.    [1175  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1991. The schism between theory and ardent empiricism: a reply to Shipley and Peters. The American Naturalist 138:1283-1286.    [1176  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D.; Olff, H. 1991. An experimental study of the effects of pH and nitrogen on grassland vegetation. Acta Oecologica 12(3):427-441.    [1188  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D.; Wedin, D. 1991. Dynamics of nitrogen competition between successional grasses. Ecology 72:1038-1049. (Highlighted in Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 1991).    [1185  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D.; Wedin, D. 1991. Oscillations and chaos in the dynamics of a perennial grass. Nature 353:653-655. (Highlighted in The New York Times and other media.)    [1186  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D.; Wedin, D. 1991. Plant traits and resource reduction for five grasses growing on a nitrogen gradient. Ecology 72(2):685-700. (Highlighted in Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 1991.).    [1187  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Wilson, S. D.; Tilman, D. 1991. Components of plant competition along an experimental gradient of nitrogen availability. Ecology 72:1050-1065.    [1214  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Wilson, S. D.; Tilman, D. 1991. Interactive effects of fertilization and disturbance on community structure and resource availability in an old-field plant community. Oecologia 88:61-71.    [1215  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Gleeson, S. K.; Tilman, D. 1992. Plant allocation and the multiple limitation hypothesis. The American Naturalist 139:1322-1343.    [1051  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Johnson, N. C.; Tilman, D.; Wedin, D. 1992. Plant and soil controls on mycorrhizal fungal communities. Ecology 73(6):2034-2042.    [1088  Abstract  Full Text  E001  LTER]

Ritchie, M. E.; Tilman, D. 1992. Interspecific competition among grasshoppers and their effect on plant abundance in experimental field environments. Oecologia 89:524-532.    [1132  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D.; Haddi, A. El. 1992. Drought and biodiversity in grasslands. Oecologia 89:257-264. (Highlighted in Science 256:610, 1 May 1992.)    [1184  Abstract  Full Text  E001  LTER]

Wedin, D. A.; Tilman, D. 1992. Nitrogen cycling, plant competition and the stability of tallgrass prairie. Pages 5-8 in D. D. Smith and C. A. Jacobs, Eds., Proceedings of the Twelfth North American Prairie Conference. University of Northern Iowa Press, Cedar Falls, IA.    [1208  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

McGinley, M. A.; Tilman, D. 1993. Short-term response of old-field plant communities to fire and disturbance. American Midland Naturalist 129:409-413.    [1097  Abstract  Full Text  E133  LTER]

Ritchie, M. E.; Tilman, D. 1993. Predictions of species interactions from consumer resource theory: experimental tests with grasshoppers and plants. Oecologia 94:516-527.    [1133  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1993. Carbon dioxide limitation and potential direct effects of its accumulation on plant communities. Pages 333-346 in Kareiva, P. M., J. G. Kingsolver, and R. B. Juey, Eds., Biotic Interactions and Global Change, Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA.    [1690  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1993. Community diversity and succession: the roles of competition, dispersal and habitat modification. Pages 327-344 in Schulze, E. D. and H. Mooney, Eds., Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.    [1178  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1993. Species richness of experimental productivity gradients: How important is colonization limitation? Ecology 74:2179-2191.    [1179  Abstract  Full Text  E001  LTER]

Tilman, D.; Pacala, S. 1993. The maintenance of species richness in plant communities. Pages 13-25 in Ricklefs, R. and D. Schluter, Eds., Species Diversity in Ecological Communities, University of Chicago Press, Chicago.    [1193  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Wedin, D. A.; Tilman, D. 1993. Competition among grasses along a nitrogen gradient: initial conditions and mechanisms of competition. Ecological Monographs 63:199-229.    [1209  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Wilson, S. D.; Tilman, D. 1993. Plant competition and resource availability in response to disturbance and fertilization. Ecology 74:599-611.    [1216  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Gleeson, S. K.; Tilman, D. 1994. Plant allocation, growth rate, and successional status. Functional Ecology 8:543-550.    [1052  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Holt, R. D.; Grover, J.; Tilman, D. 1994. Simple rules for interspecific dominance in systems with exploitative and apparent competition. The American Naturalist 144:741-771.    [1067  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Pacala, S.; Tilman, D. 1994. Limiting similarity in mechanistic and spatial models of plant competition in heterogeneous environments. The American Naturalist 143:222-257.    [1109  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Reader, R. J.; Wilson, S. D.; Belcher, J. W.; Wisheu, I.; Keddy, P. A.; Tilman, D.; Morris, E. C.; Grace, J. B.; McGraw, J. B.; Olff, H.; Turkington, R.; Klein, E.; Leung, Y.; Shipley, B.; Hulst, R. van; Johansson, M. E.; Nilsson, C.; Gurevitch, J.; Grigulis, K.; Beisner, B. E. 1994. Plant competition in relation to neighbor biomass: an intercontinental study with Poa pratensis. Ecology 75:1753-1760.    [1119  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1994. Competition and biodiversity in spatially structured habitats. Ecology 75:2-16.    [1180  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D.; Dodd, M. E.; Silvertown, J.; Poulton, P. R.; Johnston, A. E.; Crawley, M. J. 1994. The Park Grass Experiment: Insights from the most long-term ecological study. Pages 287-303 in R. A. Leigh and A. E. Johnston, Eds., Long-term Experiments in Agricultural and Ecological Sciences. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, United Kingdom.    [1197  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D.; Downing, J. A. 1994. Biodiversity and stability in grasslands. Nature 367:363-365. (Highlighted in The New York Times 1 Feb. 1994, Science News 5 Feb. 1994, and other media. Reprinted in Readings in Ecosystem Management, F. B. Samson and F. Knopf, Eds., Springer-Verlag.)    [1189  Abstract  Full Text  E001  LTER]

Tilman, D.; Downing, J. A.; Wedin, D. A. 1994. Does diversity beget stability? (scientific correspondence, reply to Givnish). Nature 371:113-114    [1696  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D.; May, R. M.; Lehman, C. L.; Nowak, M. A. 1994. Habitat destruction and the extinction debt. Nature 371:65-66. (Highlighted in The New York Times 27 September 1994, Science 26 August 1994, and other media.)    [1200  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Zak, D. R.; Tilman, D.; Parmenter, R. R.; Rice, C. W.; Fisher, F. M.; Vose, J.; Milchunas, D.; Martin, C. W. 1994. Plant production and soil microorganisms in late-successional ecosystems: a continental-scale study. Ecology 75:2333-2347.    [1221  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Inouye, R. S.; Tilman, D. 1995. Convergence and divergence of old-field vegetation after 11 yr of nitrogen addition. Ecology 76:1872-1887.    [1077  Abstract  Full Text  E002  LTER]

Power, M. E.; Tilman, D.; Carpenter, S. R.; (et al). 1995. Letters to Science: The role of experiments in ecology. Science 270:561.    [1667  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Ritchie, M. E.; Tilman, D. 1995. Responses of legumes to herbivores and nutrients during succession on a nitrogen-poor soil. Ecology 76(8):2648-2655.    [1134  Abstract  Full Text  E001  LTER]

Wilson, S. D.; Tilman, D. 1995. Competitive responses of eight old-field plant species in four environments. Ecology 76:1169-1180.    [1217  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Cohen, J. E.; Tilman, D. 1996. Biosphere 2 and Biodiversity--The Lessons So Far Science 274:1150-1151.    [1589  Abstract  LTER]

Kitajima, K.; Tilman, D. 1996. Seed banks and seedling establishment on an experimental productivity gradient. Oikos 76:381-391.    [1092  Abstract  Full Text  E001  LTER]

Power, M. E.; Tilman, D.; Estes, J.; Menge, B. A.; Bond, W. J.; Mills, L. S.; Daily, G.; Castilla, J. C.; Lubchenco, J.; Paine, R. T. 1996. Challenges in the Quest for Keystones. BioScience 46(8):609-620.    [1117  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Siemann, E.; Tilman, D.; Haarstad, J. 1996. Insect species diversity, abundance and body size relationships. Nature 380:704-706. (Highlighted in News and Views by S. Nee and J. H. Lawton, highlighted in The Sciences, April 1997.)    [1586  Abstract  Full Text  E122  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1996. Biodiversity: Population versus ecosystem stability. Ecology 77(3):350-363. (Highlighted in Science 271:1497 by Anne S. Moffat.)    [1181  Abstract  Full Text  E001  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1996. The benefits of natural disasters. Science 273:1518.    [1594  Abstract  Full Text  E133  LTER]

Tilman, D.; Lehman, C.; May, R.; Nowak, M. 1996. Species fragmentation or area loss? (Reply to Budiansky.) Nature 382:215-216.    [1587  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D.; Wedin, D.; Knops, J. 1996. Productivity and sustainability influenced by biodiversity in grassland ecosystems. Nature 379:718-720. (Highlighted in Nature News and Views 379:673-674 by P. Kareiva; in The New York Times, March 5, 1996.)    [1695  Abstract  Full Text  E120,  E123  LTER]

Wedin, D. A.; Tilman, D. 1996. Influence of nitrogen loading and species composition on the carbon balance of grasslands. Science 274:1720-1723. (Highlighted in Science Environment 274:1610-1611 by J. Kaiser, and The New York Times December 10, 1996.)    [1588  Abstract  Full Text  E001  LTER]

Chapin~III, F. S.; Walker, B. H.; Hobbs, R. J.; Hooper, D. U.; Lawton, J. H.; Sala, O. E.; Tilman, D. 1997. Biotic control over the functioning of ecosystems. Science 277:500-504.    [1614  Full Text  E120  LTER]

Lehman, C. L.; Tilman, D. 1997. Competition in spatial habitats. Pages 185-203 in, D. Tilman and P. Kareiva, eds., Spatial Ecology: The Role of Space in Population Dynamics and Interspecific Interactions. Princeton University Press, New Jersey.    [1592  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Siemann, E.; Haarstad, J.; Tilman, D. 1997. Short-term and long-term effects of burning on oak savanna arthropods. The American Midland Naturalist 137:349-361.    [1682  Abstract  Full Text  E133  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1997. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Pages 93-112 in, G. Daily, ed., Nature's Services: Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems. Island Press, Washington, D.C.    [1183  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1997. Community invasibility, recruitment limitation, and grassland biodiversity. Ecology 78:81-92.    [1590  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1997. Mechanisms of plant competition. Pages 239-261 in M. Crawley, ed., Plant Ecology, Second Edition. Blackwell Science, Oxford, England.    [1182  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1997. Distinguishing between the effects of species diversity and species composition. Oikos 80(1):185.    [1585  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D.; Kareiva, P.; (Editors). 1997. Spatial Ecology: The Role of Space in Population Dynamics and Interspecific Interactions. Princeton University Press, New Jersey.   [1772  LTER]

Tilman, D.; Knops, J.; Wedin, D.; Reich, P.; Ritchie, M.; Siemann, E. 1997. The influence of functional diversity and composition on ecosystem processes. Science 277:1300-1302. (highlighted in Perspectives by Grime)    [1692  Abstract  Full Text  E120  LTER]

Tilman, D.; Lehman, C. L. 1997. Habitat destruction and species extinctions. Pages 233-249 in, D. Tilman and P. Kareiva, eds., Spatial Ecology: The Role of Space in Population Dynamics and Interspecific Interactions. Princeton University Press, New Jersey.    [1593  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D.; Lehman, C. L.; Kareiva, P. 1997. Population dynamics in spatial habitats. Pages 3-20 in, D. Tilman and P. Kareiva, eds., Spatial Ecology: The Role of Space in Population Dynamics and Interspecific Interactions. Princeton University Press, New Jersey.    [1591  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D.; Lehman, C. L.; Thomson, K. T. 1997. Plant diversity and ecosystem productivity: Theoretical considerations. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 94:1857-1861.    [1694  Abstract  Full Text  E123  LTER]

Tilman, D.; Lehman, C.; Yin, C. 1997. Habitat destruction, dispersal, and deterministic extinction in competitive communities. The American Naturalist 149:407-435.    [1194  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D.; Naeem, S.; Knops, J.; Reich, P.; Siemann, E.; Wedin, D.; Ritchie, M.; Lawton, J. 1997. Biodiversity and ecosystem properties. Science 278:1866-1867.    [1698  Full Text  LTER]

Vitousek, P. M.; Aber, J. D.; Howarth, R. W.; Likens, G. E.; Matson, P. A.; Schindler, D. W.; Schlesinger, W. H.; Tilman, D. G. 1997. Human alteration of the global nitrogen cycle: Sources and consequences. Ecological Applications 7:737-750.    [1703  Abstract  Full Text  E001  LTER]

Wedin, D. A.; Tilman, D. 1997. Atmospheric nitrogen deposition: response (letter). Science 275:739-741.    [1853  Full Text  LTER]

Bazzaz, F.; Ceballos, G.; Davis, M.; Dirzo, R.; Ehrlich, P. R.; Eisner, T.; Levin, S.; Lawton, J. H.; Lubchenco, J.; Matson, P. A.; Mooney, H. A.; Raven, P. H.; Roughgarden, J. E.; Sarukhan, J.; Tilman, G. D.; Vitousek, P.; Walker, B.; Wall, D. H.; Wilson, E. O.; Woodwell, G. M. 1998. Ecological science and the human predicament. Science 282:879.   LTER]

Chapin~III, F. S.; Sala, O. E.; Burke, I. C.; Grime, J. P.; Hooper, D. U.; Lauenroth, W. K.; Lombard, A.; Mooney, H. A.; Mosier, A. R.; Naeem, S.; Pacala, S. W.; Roy, J.; Steffen, W. L.; Tilman, D. 1998. Ecosystem consequences of changing biodiversity. BioScience 48:45-52.    [1784  Full Text  E120  LTER]

Ritchie, M. E.; Tilman, D.; Knops, J. M. H. 1998. Herbivore effects on plant and nitrogen dynamics in oak savanna. Ecology 79:165-177.    [1677  Abstract  Full Text  E001  LTER]

Siemann, E.; Tilman, D.; Haarstad, J.; Ritchie, M. 1998. Experimental tests of the dependence of arthropod diversity on plant diversity. American Naturalist 152:738-750.    [1720  Full Text  E120  LTER]

Symstad, A. J.; Tilman, D.; Willson, J.; Knops, J. M. H. 1998. Species loss and ecosystem functioning: effects of species identity and community composition. Oikos 81:389-397.    [1689  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1998. The essence and ethics of ecology and conservation. Ecology 79:1118-1119. [Book Review of P. R. Ehrlich, A World of Wounds: Ecologists and the Human Dilemma, Ecology Institute, Oldendorf/Luhe, Germany, 1997.]    [1691  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1998. The greening of the green revolution. Nature 396:211-212.    [1718  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1998. Species composition, species diversity, and ecosystem processes: understanding the impacts of global change. Pages 452-472 in, M. L. Pace and P. M. Groffman, eds., Successes, Limitations, and Frontiers in Ecosystem Science. Springer-Verlag, New York.    [1756  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D.; Lehman, C. L.; Bristow, C. E. 1998. Diversity-stability relationships: statistical inevitability or ecological consequence? The American Naturalist 151:277-282.    [1693  Abstract  Full Text  E001  LTER]

Craine, J. M.; Berin, D. M.; Reich, P. B.; Tilman, D. G.; Knops, J. M. H. 1999. Measurement of leaf longevity of 14 species of grasses and forbs using a novel approach. New Phytologist 142:475-481.    [1723  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Knops, J. M. H.; Tilman, D.; Haddad, N. M.; Naeem, S.; Mitchell, C. E.; Haarstad, J.; Ritchie, M. E.; Howe, K. M.; Reich, P. B.; Siemann, E.; Groth, J. 1999. Effects of plant species richness on invasion dynamics, disease outbreaks, insect abundances and diversity. Ecological Letters 2:286-293.    [1731  Full Text  E120  LTER]

Naeem, S.; Chapin~III, F. S.; Costanza, R.; Ehrlich, P. R.; Golley, F. B.; Hooper, D. U.; Lawton, J. H.; O'Neill, R. V.; Mooney, H. A.; Sala, O. E.; Symstad, A. J.; Tilman, D. 1999. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: Maintaining natural life support processes. Issues in Ecology, No. 4.    [1845  Full Text  LTER]

Siemann, E.; Haarstad, J.; Tilman, D. 1999. Dynamics of plant and arthropod diversity during old field succession. Ecography, 22:406-414.    [1775  Full Text  LTER]

Siemann, E.; Tilman, D.; Haarstad, J. 1999. Abundance, diversity and body size: patterns from a grassland arthropod community. Journal of Animal Ecology 68:824-835.    [1776  Full Text  E014,  E122  LTER]

Smith, V. H.; Tilman, G. D.; Nekola, J. C. 1999. Eutrophication: impacts of excess nutrient inputs on freshwater, marine, and terrestrial ecosystems. Environmental Pollution 100:179-196.    [1758  Abstract  Full Text  E001  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1999. The ecological consequences of changes in biodiversity: a search for general principles. The Robert H. MacArthur Award Lecture. Ecology 80:1455-1474.    [1743  Abstract  Full Text  E120  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1999. Global environmental impacts of agricultural expansion: The need for sustainable and efficient practices. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96:5995-6000.    [1744  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1999. Diversity by default. Science 283:495-496.    [1745  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1999. Reaping the benefits of cropping experiments. Nature 399:14.    [1746  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D. 1999. Diversity and production in European grasslands. Science 286:1099-1100.    [1763  Abstract  Full Text  LTER]

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