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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.

Wedin, D. A. 1990. Nitrogen cycling and competition among grass species. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Minnesota.   [1203  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]

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]

Wedin, D. A. 1991. Components of nitrogen-use-efficiency in perennial grasses. Bulletin of Ecological Society of America 72:283 (abstract).   [1204  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]

Wedin, D. A. 1992. Biodiversity conservation in Europe and North America: I. Grasslands - a common challenge. Restoration and Management Notes 10(3):137-143. (Madison, WI).    [1205  Full Text  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]

Wedin, D. A.; Pastor, J. 1993. Nitrogen mineralization dynamics in grass monocultures. Oecologia 96:186-192.    [1210  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]

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]

Kephart, K.; West, C.; Wedin, D. A. 1995. Grassland ecosystems and their improvement. Pages 141-153 in R. F. Barnes, D. A. Miller and C. J. Nelson, Eds., Forages: Volume 1: An Introduction to Grassland Agriculture. Iowa State University Press.    [1091  Full Text  LTER]

Wedin, D. A. 1995. Species, nitrogen and grassland dynamics: the constraints of stuff. Pages 253-262 in C. Jones and J. H. Lawton, eds. Linking Species and Ecosystems. Chapman and Hall, New York.    [1206  Abstract  Full Text  E133  LTER]

Wedin, D. A.; Tieszen, L. L.; Dewey, B.; Pastor, J. 1995. Carbon isotope dynamics during grass decomposition and soil organic matter formation. Ecology 76:1383-1392.    [1211  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. 1996. Nutrient cycling in grasslands: an ecologist's perspective. Pages 29-44 in R. E. Joost and C. A. Robers, eds., Nutrient Cycling in Forage Systems. Potash and Phosphate Institute, Manhattan, KS.    [1712  Abstract  Full Text  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]

Johnson, N. C.; Wedin, D. A. 1997. Soil carbon, nutrients, and mycorrhizae during conversion of dry tropical forest to grassland. Ecological Applications 7:171-182.    [1085  Full Text  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.; 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]

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

Wedin, D. A.; Craine, J. M. 1998. Book review of T. M. Smith et al. "Plant Functional Types." Ecoscience 5:427-428.   [1748  LTER]

Craine, J. M.; Wedin, D. A.; Chapin~III, F. S. 1999. Predominance of ecophysiological controls on soil CO2 flux in a Minnesota grassland. Plant and Soil 207:77-86.    [1722  Full Text  LTER]

Jarrell, W. M.; Armstrong, D. E.; Grigal, D. F.; Kelly, E. F.; Monger, H. C.; Wedin, D. A. 1999. Soil water and temperature status. Pages 55-73 in, G. P. Robertson, C. S. Bledsoe, D. C. Coleman and P. Sollins (eds), Standard Soil Methods for Long-Term Ecological Research. Oxford University Press, New York.    [1750  Full Text  LTER]

Li, M.; Wedin, D. A.; Tieszen, L. L. 1999. C3 and C4 photosynthesis in Cyperus (Cyperaceae) in temperate eastern North America. Canadian Journal of Botany 77:209-218.    [1733  Full Text  LTER]

Robertson, G. P.; Wedin, D.; Groffman, P. M.; Blair, J. M.; Holland, E. A.; Nadelhoffer, K. J.; Harris, D. 1999. Soil carbon and nitrogen availability: nitrogen mineralization, nitrification, and soil respiration potentials. Pages 258-288 in, G. P. Robertson, C. S. Bledsoe, D. C. Coleman and P. Sollins (eds), Standard Soil Methods for Long-Term Ecological Research. Oxford University Press, New York.    [1754  Full Text  LTER]

Sage, R. F.; Wedin, D. A.; Li, M. 1999. The biogeography of C4 photosynthesis patterns and controlling factors. Pages 313-373 in, R. F. Sage and R. K. Monson (eds.), The Biology of C4 Photosynthesis. Academic Press.   [1755  LTER]

Wedin, D. A. 1999. Nitrogen availability, plant-soil feedbacks and grassland stability. Pages 193-197 in, D. Eldridge and D. Freudenberger (eds.), People and Rangelands Building the Future. Proceedings of the VI International Rangeland Congress. Townsville, Australia.    [1770  Full Text  LTER]

Gholz, H. L.; Wedin, D. A.; Smitherman, S. M.; Harmon, M. E.; Parton, W. J. 2000. Long-term dynamics of pine and hardwood litter in contrasting environments: toward a global model of decomposition. Global Change Biology 6(7):751-765.    [1768  Abstract  Full Text  CC]

Craine, J. M.; Froehle, J.; Tilman, D. G.; Wedin, D. A.; Chapin~III, F. S. 2001. The relationships among root and leaf traits of 76 grassland species and relative abundance along fertility and disturbance gradients. Oikos 93:274-285.    [1787  Full Text  LTER]

Craine, J. M.; Wedin, D. A.; Reich, P. B. 2001. Grassland species effects on soil CO2 flux track the effects of elevated CO2 and nitrogen. New Phytologist 150:425-434.    [1788  Full Text  E141  LTER]

Craine, J. M.; Wedin, D. A.; Reich, P. B. 2001. The response of soil CO2 flux to changes in atmospheric CO2, nitrogen supply and plant diversity. Global Change Biology 7:947-953.    [1807  Full Text  LTER]

Davis, M. A.; Tilman, D.; Hobbie, S. E.; Lehman, C. L.; Reich, P. B.; Knops, J. M. H.; Naeem, S.; Ritchie, M. E.; Wedin, D. A. 2001. Public access and use of electronically archived data: Ethical considerations. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 82:90-91.    [1803  Full Text  LTER]

Knops, J. M. H.; Wedin, D.; Tilman, D. 2001. Biodiversity and decomposition in experimental grassland ecosystems. Oecologia 126:429-433.    [1808  Full Text  LTER]

Reich, P. B.; Knops, J.; Tilman, D.; Craine, J.; Ellsworth, D.; Tjoelker, M.; Lee, T.; Wedin, D.; Naeem, S.; Bahauddin, D.; Hendrey, G.; Jose, S.; Wrage, K.; Goth, J.; Bengston, W. 2001. Plant diversity enhances ecosystem responses to elevated CO2 and nitrogen deposition. Nature 410:809-812.    [1790  Full Text  E141  LTER]

Reich, P. B.; Knops, J.; Tilman, D.; Craine, J.; Ellsworth, D.; Tjoelker, M.; Lee, T.; Wedin, D.; Naeem, S.; Bahauddin, D.; Hendrey, G.; Jose, S.; Wrage, K.; Goth, J.; Bengston, W. 2001. Plant diversity enhances ecosystem responses to elevated CO2 and nitrogen deposition. Nature 410:809-812.    [1849  Full Text  E141  LTER]

Reich, P. B.; Peterson, D. W.; Wedin, D. A.; Wrage, K. 2001. Fire and vegetation effects on productivity and nitrogen cycling across a forest-grassland continuum. Ecology 82(6):1703-1719.    [1814  Full Text  E133  LTER]

Reich, P. B.; Tilman, D.; Craine, J.; Ellsworth, D.; Tjoelker, M. G.; Knops, J.; Wedin, D.; Naeem, S.; Bahauddin, D.; Goth, J.; Bengtson, W.; Lee, T. D. 2001. Do species and functional groups differ in acquisition and use of C, N and water under varying atmospheric CO2 and N availability regimes? A field test with 16 grassland species. New Phytologist 150:435-448.    [1789  Full Text  E141  LTER]

Tilman, D.; Reich, P. B.; Knops, J.; Wedin, D.; Mielke, T.; Lehman, C. 2001. Diversity and productivity in a long-term grassland experiment. Science 294:843-845.    [1838  Full Text  LTER]

Craine, J. M.; Tilman, D.; Wedin, D.; Reich, P.; Tjoelker, M.; Knops, J. 2002. Functional traits, productivity and effects on nitrogen cycling of 33 grassland species. Functional Ecology 16:563-574.    [1863  Full Text  LTER]

Craine, J. M.; Wedin, D. A. 2002. Determinants of growing season soil CO2 flux in a Minnesota grassland. Biogeochemistry 59:303-313.    [1861  Full Text  LTER]

Craine, J. M.; Wedin, D. A.; Chapin III, F. S.; Reich, P. B. 2002. Relationship between the structure of root systems and resource use for 11 North American grassland plants. Plant Ecology 165: 85-100    [1888  Full Text  LTER]

Knops, J. M. H.; Bradley, K. L.; Wedin, D. A. 2002. Mechanisms of plant species impacts on ecosystem nitrogen cycling. Ecology Letters 5:454-466.    [1824  Full Text  LTER]

Murphy, K.L.; Burke, I. C.; Vinton, M. A.; Lauenroth, W. K.; Aguiar, M. R.; Wedin, D. A.; Virginia, R. A.; Lowe, P. N. 2002. Regional analysis of litter quality in the central grassland region of North America. Journal of Vegetation Science 13:395-402    [1889  Full Text  LTER]

Tilman, D.; Knops, J.; Wedin, D.; Reich, P. 2002. Plant diversity and composition: effects on productivity and nutrient dynamics of experimental grasslands. Pages 21-35 in, Loreau, M., S. Naeem and P. Inchausti, eds., Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: Synthesis and Perspectives. Oxford University Press, Oxford.   [1835  LTER]

Tilman, D.; Knops, J.; Wedin, D.; Reich, P. 2002. Experimental and observational studies of diversity, productivity and stability. Pages 42-70, in, A. P. Kinzig, S. W. Pacala and D. Tilman, Eds., The Functional Consequences of Biodiversity: Empirical Progress and Theoretical Extensions. Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford.   [1836  LTER]

Craine, J. M.; Wedin, D. A.; Chapin III, F. S.; Reich, P. B. 2003. The dependence of root system properties on root system biomass of 10 North American grassland species. Plant and Soil 250:39-47    [1887  Full Text  LTER]

Reich, P. B.; Tilman, D.; Naeem, S.; Ellsworth, D.; Knops, J.; Craine, J.; Wedin, D.; Trost, J. 2004. Species and functional group diversity independently influence biomass accumulation and its response to CO2 and N. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101:10101-10106    [1914  Full Text  E141  LTER]

Wedin, D. A. 2004. C4 grasses: resource use, ecology and global change. Pages 15-50 in, L. E. Moser, B. L. Burson and L. E. Sollenberger, Eds., Warm-season (C4) Grasses. American Society of Agronomy, Inc., Crop Science Society of America, Inc., Soil Science Society of America, Inc., Madison.   [1982  LTER]

Tjoelker, M. G.; Craine, J. M.; Wedin, D.; Reich, P. B.; Tilman, D. 2005. Linking leaf and root trait syndromes among 39 grassland and savannah species. New Phytologist 167:493-508    [1919  Full Text  LTER]


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