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ARS Home Plains Area Fort Collins, Colorado Center for Agricultural Resources Research Rangeland Resources & Systems Research People & Locations







Julie  Kray
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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)Coordination of leaf, root, and seed traits shows the importance of whole plant economics in two semiarid grasslands
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Mueller, K.E., Blumenthal, D.M., Kray, J.A. 2024. Coordination of leaf, root, and seed traits shows the importance of whole plant economics in two semiarid grasslands. New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19529.Soil disturbance and invasion magnify CO2 effects on grassland productivity, reducing diversity
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Blumenthal, D.M., Carillo, Y., Kray, J.A., Parsons, M.C., Morgan, J.A., Pendall, E. 2022. Soil disturbance and invasion magnify CO2 effects on grassland productivity, reducing diversity. Global Change Biology. 28:6741-6751. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16383.Trading water for carbon in the future: Effects of elevated CO2 and warming on leaf hydraulic traits in a semiarid grassland
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Mueller, K., Ocheltree, T., Kray, J.A., Bushey, J., Blumenthal, D.M., Williams, D., Pendall, E. 2023. Trading water for carbon in the future: Effects of elevated CO2 and warming on leaf hydraulic traits in a semiarid grassland. Functional Ecology. Article e16314. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16314.Plant availability dictates how plant traits predict demographic rates
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Stears, A., Adler, P.B., Blumenthal, D.M., Kray, J.A., Mueller, K., Ocheltree, T., Wilcox, K., Laughlin, D. 2022. Plant availability dictates how plant traits predict demographic rates. Ecology. Article e3799. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3799.Climate change, plant traits, and invasion in natural and agricultural ecosystems
                                                        

- (Book / Chapter)Blumenthal, D.M., Kray, J.A. 2023. Climate change, plant traits, and invasion in natural and agricultural ecosystems. In: Ziska, L.H., editor. Invasive Species and Global Vlimate Change. 2nd edition. Boston, MA: CABI. p. 74-91. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781800621459.0000Plant traits related to precipitation sensitivity of species and communities in semiarid shortgrass prairie
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Wilcox, K.R., Blumenthal, D.M., Kray, J.A., Mueller, K.E., Derner, J.D., Ocheltree, T.W., Porensky, L.M. 2021. Plant traits related to precipitation sensitivity of species and communities in semiarid shortgrass prairie. New Phytologist. 229(4):2007-2019. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17000.Traits link drought resistance with herbivore defense and plant economics in two semiarid grasslands: The central role of leaf dry matter content
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Blumenthal, D.M., Mueller, K., Kray, J.A., Ocheltree, T.W., Augustine, D.J., Wilcox, K.R. 2020. Traits link drought resistance with herbivore defense and plant economics in two semiarid grasslands: The central role of leaf dry matter content. Journal of Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13454.Identification of suites of traits that explains drought resistance and pheonological patterns of plants in a semi-arid grassland community
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Ocheltree, T.W., Muller, K.M., Chesus, K., Lecain, D.R., Kray, J.A., Blumenthal, D.M. 2020. Identification of suites of traits that explains drought resistance and pheonological patterns of plants in a semi-arid grassland community. Physiological Ecology. 192:55-66. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-019-04567-x.Extending the osmometer method for assessing drought tolerance in herbaceous species
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Griffin-Nolan, R.J., Ocheltree, T.W., Mueller, K.E., Blumenthal, D.M., Kray, J.A., Knapp, A.K. 2019. Extending the osmometer method for assessing drought tolerance in herbaceous species. Oecologia. 189(2):353-363. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-019-04336-w.Warming and elevated CO2 interact to alter seasonality and reduce variability of soil water in a semiarid grassland
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Blumenthal, D.M., Mueller, K., Kray, J.A., Lecain, D.R., Pendall, E., Duke, S.E., Zelikova, T.J., Dijkstra, F., Williams, D.G., Morgan, J.A. 2018. Warming and elevated CO2 interact to alter seasonality and reduce variability of soil water in a semiarid grassland. Ecosystems. 21:1533-1544. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-018-0237-1.Dormant season fire inhibits sixweeks fescue and enhances forage production in shortgrass steppe
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Dufek, N.A., Augustine, D.J., Blumenthal, D.M., Kray, J.A., Derner, J.D. 2018. Dormant season fire inhibits sixweeks fescue and enhances forage production in shortgrass steppe. Fire Ecology. 14(1):33-49. doi:10.4996/fireecology.140132048.Cheatgrass is favored by warming but not CO2 enrichment in a semi-arid grassland

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Blumenthal, D.M., Kray, J.A., Ortmans, W., Ziska, L.H., Pendall, E.P. 2016. Cheatgrass is favored by warming but not CO2 enrichment in a semi-arid grassland. Global Change Biology. 22:3026-3038. doi:10.111/gcb.13278.Increased seed consumption by biological control weevil tempers positive CO2 effect on invasive plant (Centaurea diffusa) fitness

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Reeves, J.L., Blumenthal, D.M., Kray, J.A., Derner, J.D. 2015. Increased seed consumption by biological control weevil tempers positive CO2 effect on invasive plant (Centaurea diffusa) fitness. Biological Control. 84:36-43.Climate change, plant traits, and invasion in natural and agricultural ecosystems

- (Book / Chapter)Blumenthal, D.M., Kray, J.A. 2014. Climate change, plant traits, and invasion in natural and agricultural ecosystems. In: Ziska,L., Dukes, J.L.,editors. Invasive species and global climate change. Wallingford, UK: CABI Press. p.219-231.


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