One third of soil carbon is inorganic (carbonates), and our current paper suggests TIC is an active pool affected by species composition (native vs. exotic species) in grasslands esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

Front porch

Now online in Ecological Applications: Exotic species drive patterns of plant species diversity in 93 restored tallgrass prairies With #opendata in Dryad #tallgrassprairie #ecologicalrestoration #invasivespecies @andrew_kaul Brian Wilsey doi.org/10.1002/eap.22…

Prescribed fire at our new field site, just before the snow storm.

Obituary: Professor J. Philip Grime Simon Pierce (University of Milan) and Jason D. Fridley (Syracuse University) remember a well-loved scientist whose research career spanned six decades. britishecologicalsociety.org/obituary-j-phi…

Preprint sorting out the mess of pairwise (beta)diversity indices, proving the futility of nestedness vs. turnover partitioning, re-defining dependence among indices, and much more! A radical new paradigm based on 8 years of effort led by A. L. Šizling. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Prairie plantain acts as a bird perching site at our new restoration.

Any birders out there? Do you know what this is?

I inherited a Biltmore stick made by Clair Kucera PhD Iowa State. Thanks Tom!

The smallest unplowed prairie remnant? One acre is still looking great!

Good year for blazing star in our restoration project, Liatris pycnostachya

Nice addition to the skyline. #ESA2022

Glacier NP

Ladies trusses orchid, Montana.

If you are interested in establishing early- and late-flowering plant species to extend flowering for pollinators, adding them as transplants is better than seeds. Deeveretal Journal of Appl. Ecology doi.org/10.1111/1365-2…

New paper on conversion of native dominated prairies to exotic species dominance. Seedling establishment is greater in exotic than native species. Plant-Environment interactions journal. doi.org/10.1002/pei3.1…

Reminder: One week from now (Dec. 15th), Iowa State will start to review applications for the Biogeochemist faculty position. Assistant Professor in Biogeochemistry/Ecosystem Ecology

Please see our new paper in Ecology Letters on how non-native species can alter the richness - NPP relationship. doi.org/10.1111/ele.14…

Baptisia bracteata at our site.

Pollinators maintain plant diversity: news.iastate.edu/news/link-betw…