The interplay of resource supply, disturbance and propagule availability in regulating community assembly and diversity-productivity relationships in grassland

Impacts of grassland management on regional patterns of plant biodiversity and ecosystem function

Landscape-scale restoration of Longleaf Pine Savanna

Effects of habitat fragmentation on secondary succession and ecosystem recovery

Small-mammal impacts on grassland community structure and spatial heterogeneity

Grassland productivity, heterogeneity and arthropod community structure

Impacts of fungal symbionts on plant community development and diversity

Biodiversity and conservation of plants

Billings, S.A., C.M. Brewer and B.L. Foster. In Press . Incorporation of plant residues into soil organic matter fractions with grassland management practices in the North American Midwest. Ecosystems.

Ashworth, S. M., B. L. Foster, and K. Kindscher. In Press . Relative contributions of adjacent species set and environmental conditions to plant community richness and composition in a group of created wetlands. Wetlands 26: 214-216

Jog, S, K. Kindscher, E. Questad, B.L. Foster and H. Loring. In Press . Remnant native prairie hay meadows as reservoirs of grassland plant species diversity. Natural Areas Journal.

Murphy, C. A., B. L. Foster, M. E. Ramspott and K. P. Price. In Press . Effects of cultivation history and current grassland management on soil quality in Northeastern Kansas. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation.

Cook ,W. M., J. Yao, B. L. Foster, R. D. Holt  and L. B. Patrick. 2005. Secondary succession in an experimentally fragmented landscape: community patterns across space and time. Ecology 86:1267-1279.

BIOL 602 Plant Ecology
BIOL 607 Field and Laboratory Exercises in Plant Ecology

Ph.D. Michigan State University