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Dana M Blumenthal    Research Ecologist **Dana Blumenthal**Ecologist     CONTACT INFORMATION     ADDRESS: USDA - ARS         1701 Center Ave.         Fort Collins, CO 80526     PHONE: 970-492-7122 FAX:   970-492-7160     E-MAIL: Dana.Blumenthal@usda.gov

Degrees    Research   Publications   DEGREES: B.A.
Reed College
1992M.S.
University of Minnesota
1999Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
2001    Research Interests: Current research within Dr. Blumenthal's lab has three primary objectives: (1) Predict how global change will influence semi-arid rangeland ecosystems. Much of this work focuses on the Prairie Heating and CO2 Enrichment (PHACE) experiment. (2) Develop durable weed control strategies for rangeland ecosystems. To this end, research is designed to identify mechanisms that drive weed invasion, with particular attention to the simple and interactive effects of increases in resource availability and release from natural enemies. A current example is the study of targeted spring grazing to control cheatgrass in mixed-grass prairie. (3) Predict plant community responses to both rangeland management and global change using detailed measurements of plant traits. Growing databases of plant traits for mixed-grass prairie and shortgrass steppe include leaf economic, water-relations, and herbivore defense traits. Top of Page   PUBLICATIONS: Maxwell, T.M., Germino, M.J., Romero, S., Porensky, L.M.,**Blumenthal, D.M.**, Brown, C.S. and Adler, P.B. 2023.Experimental manipulation of soil-surface albedo alters phenology and growth of*Bromus tectorum*(cheatgrass).*Plant and Soil*487: 325–339.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-023-05929-4 Ibáñez, I., Petri, L., Barnett, D.T., Beaury, E.M., **Blumenthal, D.M.**, Corbin, J.D., Diez, J., Dukes, J.S., Early, R., Pearse, I.S., Sorte, C.J., Vilà, M. and Bradley, B. 2023.Combining local, landscape, and regional geographies to assess plant community vulnerability to invasion impact.*Ecological Applications*33(4): e2821.https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2821 Stears, A.E., Adler, P.B., **Blumenthal, D.M.**, Kray, J.A., Mueller, K.E., Ocheltree, T.W., Wilcox, K.R. and Laughlin, D.C., 2022. Water availability dictates how plant traits predict demographic rates. *Ecology*, p.e3799. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3799 Price, J.N., Sitters, J., Ohlert, T., Tognetti, P.M., Brown, C.S., Seabloom, E.W., Borer, E.T., Prober, S.M., Bakker, E.S., MacDougall, A.S., Yahdjian, L., Gruner, D.S., Venterink, H.O., Barrio, I.C., Graff, P., Bagchi, S., Arnillas, C.A., Bakker, J.D.,**Blumenthal, D.M.**, ... Wardle, G.M. 2022.Evolutionary history of grazing and resources determine herbivore exclusion effects on plant diversity.*Nature Ecology & Evolution*.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01809-9 Lopez, B.E., Allen, J.M., Dukes, J.S., Lenoir, J., Vilà, M.,**Blumenthal, D.M.**, Beaury, E.M., Fusco, E.J., Laginhas, B.B., Morelli, T.L. and O’Neill, M.W., 2022.Global environmental changes more frequently offset than intensify detrimental effects of biological invasions. *Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences*,119(22).https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2117389119 Vilà, M., E. M. Beaury, **D. M. Blumenthal**, B. A. Bradley, R. Early, B. B Laginhas, A. Trillo, J. S. Dukes, C. J. B. Sorte, and I. Ibáñez. 2021. Understanding the combined impacts of weeds and climate change on crops. *Environmental Research Letters,*16:  034043 https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abe14b **Blumenthal, D.M.**, D. LeCain,L.M. Porensky, E.A. Leger, R. Gaffney, T. Ocheltree, and A. Pilmanis. 2021.Local adaptation to precipitation in the perennial grass*Elymus elymoides*: tradeoffs between growth and drought resistance traits.*Evolutionary Applications*14:524– 535. Wilcox, K. R., **D. M. Blumenthal,** J. A. Kray, K.E. Mueller, J. D. Derner, T. Ocheltree and L. M. Porensky. 2020. Plant traits related to precipitation sensitivity of species and communities in semiarid shortgrass prairie. *New Phytologist*229:2007-2019. doi: 10.1111/nph.17000 Bharath, S., E. T. Borer, L. A. Biederman, **D. M. Blumenthal**, P. A. Fay, L. A. Gherardi, J. M. H. Knops, A. D. B. Leakey, L. Yahdjian, and E. W. Seabloom. 2020. Nutrient addition increases grassland sensitivity to droughts. *Ecology* 101(5):e02981. 10.1002/ecy.2981 Wallingford, P. D., T. L. Morelli, J.M. Allen, E. M. Beaury, **D. M. Blumenthal**, B. A. Bradley, J. S. Dukes, R. Early, E. J. Fusco, D. E. Goldberg, I. Ibáñez, B.B. Laginhas, M. Vilà and C. J. B. Sorte. 2020. Adjusting the lens of invasion biology to focus on the impacts of climate-driven range shifts. *Nature Climate Change*, doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0768-2 Griffin‐Nolan, R. J., T. W. Ocheltree, K. E. Mueller, **D. M. Blumentha**l, J. A. Kray, A. K. Knapp. 2018. Extending the osmometer method for assessing drought tolerance in herbaceous species. *Oecologia*; doi.org/10.1007/s00442-019-04336-w Li, J., Ren, L., Bai, Y., Lecain, D., **Blumenthal, D.**, Morgan, J.  2018. Seed traits and germination of native grasses and invasive forbs are largely insensitive to parental temperature and CO2 concentration. *Seed Science Research* 1–9. Dufek, N. A., D. J. Augustine, **D. M. Blumenthal**, J. A. Kray, and J D. Derner.  2018. Dormant-season fire inhibits sixweeks fescue and enhances forage production in shortgrass steppe. *Fire Ecology 14:33-49 doi: 10.4996/fireecology.140132048* Derner, J. , D. Briske,  M.  Reeves, T. Brown-Brandl, M.  Meehan, **D. Blumenthal**, W. Travi ,D. Augustine,  H.  Wilmer, D. Scasta, J. Hendrickson,  J. Volesky, L. Edwards, D. Peck. 2018. Vulnerability of grazing and confined livestock in the Northern Great Plains to projected mid and late-twenty-first century climate. *Climatic Change* 146:19–32 DOI 10.1007/s10584-017-2029-6 Augustine D.J., **DM Blumenthal**, T.L. Springer, D.R. LeCain, S.A. Gunter, J.D. Derner. 2018. Elevated CO2 induces substantial and persistent declines in forage digestibility and protein content irrespective of warming in mixed-grass prairie. *Ecological Applications* 28:721-735. Zhang Z, X. Pan, **D. Blumenthal**, M. van Kleunen, M .Liu, B. Li. 2018. Contrasting effects of specialist and generalist herbivores on resistance evolution in invasive plants. *Ecology* 99:866-875. **Blumenthal D.M.**, K.E. Mueller, J.A. Kray, D.R. LeCain, E .Pendall, S. Duke, T.J .Zelikova, F.A. Dijkstra, D.G. Williams, J.A. Morgan. 2018. Warming and elevated CO2 interact to alter seasonality and reduce variability of soil water in a semi-arid grassland. *Ecosystems*: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-018-0237-1 Anderson, T.M,. D.M. Griffith, J.B. Grace, E.M .Lind, P.B. Adler, L.A. Biederman, **D.M. Blumenthal**, P .Daleo, J. Firn, N. Hagenah, W.S. Harpole, A.S. MacDougall, R.L. McCulley, S.M. Prober, A.C. Risch, M. Sankaran, M. Schutz, E. Seabloom, C.J. Stevens, L. Sullivan, P. Wragg, E.T. Borer. 2018. Herbivory and eutrophication mediate grassland plant nutrient responses across a global climatic gradient. *Ecology* 99:822-831. Sorokin, Y., T.J. Zelikova, **D. Blumenthal**, D.G. Williams, E. Pendall.  2017. Seasonally contrasting responses of evapotranspiration to warming and elevated CO2 in a semi-arid grassland. *Ecohydrology* DOI**:**10.1002/eco.1880. Nelson, L., **D.M. Blumenthal**, D.G. Williams, E. Pendall. 2017. Digging into the roots of belowground carbon cycling following seven years of Prairie Heating and CO2 Enrichment (PHACE), Wyoming, USA. *Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry* 115:169-177. Hines, J, S Pabst, K.E .Mueller, **D.M. Blumenthal**, S Cesarz, N Eisenhauer. 2017.Soil-mediated effects of global change on plants communities depend on plant growth form. *Ecosphere*8(11):e01996. 10.1002/ecs2.1996 Blumenthal, D. M., D. R. LeCain, and D. J. Augustine. 2017. Composted manure application promotes longterm invasion of semi-arid rangeland by *Bromus tectorum*. *Ecosphere* 8:e01960. 10.1002/ecs2.1960 Augustine, D.J. J. D. Derner, D. Milchunas,**D. Blumenthal** & L. M. Porensky. 2017. Grazing moderates increases in C3 grass abundance over seven decades across a soil texture gradient in shortgrass steppe. *Journal of Vegetation Science*, Doi: 10.1111/jvs.12508 Early, R.E., B.A. Bradley, J.S. Dukes, J.J. Lawler, J.D. Olden, **D.M. Blumenthal**, C.M. D’Antonio, P. Gonzalez, E.D. Grosholz, I. Ibanez, L.P. Miller, C.J.B. Sorte, A.J. Tatem. 2016. Global threats from invasive alien species in the 21st Century and national response capacities. ***Nature Communications*** 7:12485. Mueller, K.E., **Blumenthal, D.M**., Pendall, E., Carrillo, Y., Dijkstra, F., Williams, D., Follett, R., Morgan, J. 2016. Impacts of warming and elevated CO2 on a semi-arid grassland are non-additive, shift with precipitation, and reverse over time. *Ecology Letters*. 19:956-966. doi:10.1111/ele.12634. Porensky, L.M., **D. M. Blumenthal**. 2016. Historical wildfires do not promote cheatgrass invasion in a western Great Plains steppe. *Biol Invasions* 18:3333–3349 Mueller, K. E., **D. M. Blumenthal**, Y. Carrillo, S. Cesarz, M. Ciobanu, J. Hines, S. Pabst, E. Pendall, C. M. de Tomasel , D. H. Wall, N. Eisenhauer. 2016. Elevated CO2 and warming shift the functional composition of soil nematode communities in a semiarid grassland. *Soil Biology & Biochemistry* 103:46-51 La Pierre, K.J., **D.M. Blumenthal**, C.S. Brown, J.A. Klein, M.D. Smith. 2016. Drivers of variation in aboveground net primary productivity and plant community composition differ across a broad precipitation gradient. Ecosy*stems* DOI: 10.1007/s10021-015-9949-7. **Blumenthal, D.M**., J.A. Kray, W. Ortmans, L.H. Ziska, E. Pendall. 2016. Cheatgrass is favored by warming but not CO2 enrichment in a semi-arid grassland. In press, Global Change Biology. Mowll W., **D.M. Blumenthal**, K. Cherwin, A. Smith, A.J. Symstad, L.T. Vermeire, S.L. Collins, M.D. Smith, A.K. Knapp. 2015. Climatic controls of aboveground net primary production in semi-arid grasslands along a latitudinal gradient portend low sensitivity to warming.  *Oecologia* 177:959-969. Fay, P.L., S.M. Prober, W.S. Harpole, J.M.H. Knops, J.D. Bakker, E.T. Borer, E.M. Lind, A.S. MacDougall, E.W. Seabloom, P.D. Wragg, P.B .Adler, **D.M. Blumenthal**, Y.M. Buckley, C. Chu, E.E. Cleland, S.L. Collins, K.F. Davies, G. Du, X. Feng, J. Firn, D.S. Gruner, N. Hagenah, Y. Hautier, R.W. Heckman, V.L. Jin, K.P. Kirkman, J. Klein, L.M. Ladwig, Q. Li, R.L . McCulley, B.A. Melbourne, C.E. Mitchell, J.L. Moore, J.W. Morgan, A.C. Risch, M. Sch?tz, C.J. Stevens, D.A. Wedin and L.H. Yang. 2015. Grassland productivity limited by multiple nutrients. Nature Plants, NutNet NPK limitation, *Nature Plants* DOI: 10.1038/NPLANTS.2015.80 Zelikova T.J., DG Williams, R. Hoenigman, **D.M. Blumenthal**, J.A. Morgan, and E. Pendall. 2015. Seasonality of soil moisture mediates responses of ecosystem phenology to elevated CO2 and warming in a semi-arid grassland. 2015. Journal of Ecology 103:1119-1130. Seabloom, E. W. E. T. Borer, Y. M. Buckley, E. E. Cleland, K. F. Davies, J. Firn, W. S. Harpole, Y. Hautier, E. M. Lind, A. S. MacDougall, J. L. Orrock, S. M. Prober, P. B. Adler, T. M. Anderson, J. D. Bakker, L. A. Biederman, **D. M. Blumenthal,** C. S. Brown, L. A. Brudvig, M. Cadotte, C. Chu, K. L. Cottingham, M. J. Crawley, E. I. Damschen, C. M. Dantonio, N. M. DeCrappeo, G. Du, P. A. Fay, P. Frater, D. S. Gruner, N. Hagenah, A. Hector, H. Hillebrand, K. S. Hofmockel, H. C. Humphries, V. L. Jin, A. Kay, K. P. Kirkman, J. A. Klein, J. M. H. Knops, K. J. La Pierre, L. Ladwig, J. G. Lambrinos, Q. Li, W. Li, R. Marushia, R. L. McCulley, B. A. Melbourne, C. E. Mitchell, J. L. Moore, J Morgan, B. Mortensen, L. R. O'Halloran, D. A. Pyke, A. C. Risch, M. Sankaran, M. Schuetz, A. Simonsen, M. D. Smith, C. J. Stevens, L. Sullivan, E. Wolkovich, P. D. Wragg, J. Wright & L Yang. 2015 Plant species' origin predicts dominance and response to nutrient enrichment and herbivores in global grasslands.*Nature Communications*, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8710 Reeves, J. L., **D. M. Blumenthal**, J. A. Kray, J. D. Derner. 2015. Increased seed consumption by biological control weevil tempers positive CO2 effect on invasive plant (Centaurea diffusa) fitness.*Biological Control* 84:36-43 Ibanez I, J.M. Diez, L.P. Miller, J.D. Olden, C.J.B. Sorte, **D.M. Blumenthal**, B.A. Bradley, C.M. D'Antonio, J.S. Dukes, R.I. Early, E.D. Grosholz, J.J .Lawler. 2014. Integrated assessment of biological invasions.*Ecological Applications* 24:25-37. Augustine D.J., P. Brewer, D.M. Blumenthal, J.D. Derner, J.C. von Fischer. 2014. Prescribed fire, soil inorganic nitrogen dynamics, and plant responses in semiarid grassland.*Journal Arid Environment*  104:59-66. Borer E.T., et al.(>50 authors). 2014. Herbivores and nutrients control grassland plant diversity via light limitation.  *Nature* 508:517-520. Carillo Y., E. Pendall, F.A. Dijkstra, D.R. LeCain, J.A. Morgan, D.M. Blumenthal, S. Waldron. 2014. Disentangling root responses to climate change in a semiarid grassland.  *Oecologia* 175:699-711. **Blumenthal D.M.** and J.A. Kray. 2014. Climate change, plant traits, and invasion in natural and agricultural ecosystems.  In L Ziska and JS Dukes, Eds., Invasive species and global climate change. CABI Press, Wallingford, UK.   Published 9/3/14. (Peer-reviewed invited book chapter). Alba C., M.D. Bowers, **D.M. Blumenthal**, R.A. Hufbauer. 2014. Chemical and mechanical defenses vary among maternal lines and leaf ages in Verbascum thapsus L. (Scrophulariaceae) and reduce palatability to a generalist insect.*PLoS One* 9:e104889. Zelikova, T. J., **D. M. Blumenthal**, D. G. Williams, L.Souza, D. R. LeCain, J. Morgan, and E. Pendall.  2014. Long-term exposure to elevated CO2 enhances plant community stability by suppressing dominant plant species in a mixed-grass prairie. PNAS, doi:10.1073 Seabloom E. et al.(>50 authors). 2013. Predicting invasion in grassland ecosystems: is exotic dominance the real embarrassment of richness?*Global Change Biology* 19:3677-3687. **Blumenthal, D. M.,** V. Resco, J. A. Morgan, D. G. Williams, D. R. LeCain, E. M. Hardy, E. Pendall, and E. Bladyka. 2013. Invasive forb benefits from water savings by native plants and carbon fertilization under elevated CO2 and warming. New Phytologist, doi: 10.1111/nph.12459. Jamieson, M. A., C Quintero, and**D. M. Blumenthal**. 2013. Interactive effects of simulated nitrogen deposition and altered precipitation patterns on plant allelochemical concentrations. Journal Chemical EcologyDOI 10.1007/s10886-013-0340-x Walthall, C. L., J. Hatfield, P. Backlund, L. Lengnick, E. Marshall, M. Walsh, S. Adkins, M. Aillery, E. A. Ainsworth, C. Ammann, C. J. Anderson, I. Bartomeus, L. H. Baumgard, F. Booker, B. Bradley, **D. M. Blumenthal**, J. Bunce, K. Burkey, S. M. Dabney, J. A. Delgado, J. Dukes, A. Funk, K. Garrett, M. Glenn, D. A. Grantz, D. Goodrich, S. Hu, R. C. Izaurralde, R. A. C. Jones, S. H. Kim, A. D. B. Leaky, K. Lewers, T. L. Mader, A. McClung, J. Morgan, D. J. Muth, M. Nearing, D. M. Oosterhuis, D. Ort, C. Parmesan, W. T. Pettigrew, W. Polley, R. Rader, C. Rice, M. Rivington, E. Rosskopf, W. A. Salas, L. E. Sollenberger, R. Srygley, C. Stockle, E. S. Takle, D. Timlin, J. W. White, R. Winfree, L. Wright-Morton, and L. H. Ziska. 2013. *Climate change and agriculture in the United States: effects and adaptation.* USDA Technical Bulletin 1935. Washington, DC. 186 pages. Kumschick, S., C. Alba, R. Hufbauer, and **D.M. Blumenthal**. 2013. Evolution of fast-growing but more resistant phenotypes in introduced common mullein (*Verbascum thapsus*). Journal of Ecology, 101:378-387. Sorte, C. J. B., I. Ibanez, **D. M. Blumenthal**, N. A. Molinari, L. P. Miller, E. D. Grosholz, J. M. Diez, C. M. D'Antonio, J. D. Olden, S. J. Jones, and J. S. Dukes. Poised to prosper? A cross-system comparison of climate change effects on native and non-native species performance. Ecology Letters, 16:261-270, doi: 10.1111/ele.12017 Lind, E., E. Borer, E. Seabloom, P. Adler, J. Bakker, **D. Blumenthal**, M. Crawley, K. Davies, J. Firn, D. Gruner, W. Harpole, Y. Hautier, H. Hillebrand, J. Knops, B. Melbourne, A. Risch, M. Schuetz, C. Stevens, and P. Wragg.  Life history constraints in grassland plant species: a growth-defense tradeoff is the norm.  Ecology Letters, 16:513-521, doi: 10.1111/ele.12078. Parker J. D., M. E. Torchin, R. A. Hufbauer, N. P. Lemoine, C. Alba, **D. M. Blumenthal**, O. Bossdorf, J. E. Byers, A. M. Dunn, R. W. Heckman, M. Hejda, V. Jarosik, A. R. Kanarek, L. B. Martin, S. E. Perkins, P. Pysek, K. Shierenbeck, C. Schloder, R. van Klinken, K. J. Vaughn, W. Williams, and L. M. Wolfe.  Do invasive species perform better in their new ranges? Ecology, 94:985-994. Perry, L. G., P. B. Shafroth, **D. M. Blumenthal**, J. A. Morgan, and D. R. LeCain.  2013. Elevated CO2 does not offset greater water stress predicted under climate change for native and exotic riparian plants. *New Phytologist* 19:532-543. Dunn, A. M., M. E. Torchin, M. J. Hatcher, P. M. Kotanen, **D. M. Blumenthal**, J. E. Byers, C. A. C. Coon, V. M. Frankel, R. D. Holt, R. A. Hufbauer, A. R. Kanarek, K. A. Schierenbeck, L. M. Wolfe, and S. E. Perkins. 2012.  Indirect effects of parasites in invasions.  *Functional Ecology* 26:1262-1274. Dijkstra, F. A., E. Pendall, J. A. Morgan, **D. M. Blumenthal**, Y. Carrillo, D. R. LeCain,R. F. Follett, and D. G. Williams. 2012. Climate change alters stoichiometry of phosphorus and nitrogen in a semiarid grassland. *New Phytologist*196:807-815. Bradley, B. A., **D. M. Blumenthal**, R. Early, E. D. Grosholz, J. J. Lawler, L. P. Miller, C. J. B. Sorte, C. M. D'Antonio, J. M Diez, J. S. Dukes, I. Ibanez, and J. D. Olden.  2012.  Global change, global trade, and the next wave of plant invasions.  *Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment* 10:20-28. Diez, J. M., C. M. D'Antonio, J. S. Dukes, E. D. Grosholz, J. D. Olden, C. J. B. Sorte, **D. M. Blumenthal**, B. A. Bradley, R. Early, I. Ibanez, S. Jones, J. Lawler, and L. P. Miller. 2012 Will extreme climatic events facilitate biological invasions?   *Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment*10:249-257. Carrillo, Y., F. A. Dijkstra, E. Pendall, J. A. Morgan,and **D. M. Blumenthal**. 2012. Controls over soil nitrogen pools in a semiarid grassland under elevated CO2 and warming. *Ecosystems* 15:761-774. **Blumenthal, D. M.,** A. P. Norton, S. E. Cox, E. M. Hardy, G. E. Liston, L. Kennaway, D. T. Booth, and J. D. Derner. 2012. Linaria dalmatica invades south-facing slopes and less grazed areas in grazing-tolerant mixed-grass prairie.*Biological Invasions* 14:395-404. Blair, A. C., **D. Blumenthal**, and R. A. Hufbauer. 2011. Hybridization and invasion: an experimental test with diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa Lam.). *Evolutionary Applications* p.p. 17-28. Alba, C., M. D. Bowers, **D. Blumenthal**, and R. Hufbauer. 2011. Evolution of growth but not structural or chemical defense in Verbascum thapsus (common mullein) following introduction to North America. *Biological Invasion* 13:2379-2389. Morgan, J. A., D. R. LeCain, E. Pendall, **D. M. Blumenthal**, B. A. Kimball, Y. Carrillo, D. G. Williams, J. Heisler-White, F. A. Dijkstra, and M. West. 2011. C4 grasses propser as carbon dioxide eliminates desiccation in warmed semi-arid grassland. *Nature* 476:202-206. Ziska, L. H., **D. M. Blumenthal**, G. B. Runion, E. R. Hunt, Jr., and H. Diaz-Soltero. 2011. Invasive species and climate change: an agronomic perspective. *Climatic Change* 105:13-42. Mitchell, C. E., **D. Blumenthal**, V. Jaro??k, E. E. Puckett, and P. Py?ek.  2010.  Controls on pathogen species richness in plants introduced and native ranges: roles of residence time, range size and host traits.  *Ecology Letters* Online Early 13:1525-1535. Dijkstra, F. A., **D. Blumenthal**, J. A. Morgan, D. R. LeCain, and R. F. Follett.2010. Elevated CO2 effects on semi-arid grassland plants in relation to water availability and competition. *Functional Ecology*24:1152-1161. Perry, L. G., **D. Blumenthal**, T. A. Monaco, M. W. Paschke, and E. F. Redente.  2010. Immobilizing nitrogen to control plant invasion.  *Oecologia* 163:13-24. Dijkstra, F. A., J. A. Morgan, **D. Blumenthal**, and R. F. Follett. 2010. Water limitation and plant inter-specific competition reduce rhizosphere-induced C decomposition and plant N uptake. *Soil Biology and Biochemistry* 42:1073-1082. Dijkstra, F. A., **D. Blumenthal**, J. A. Morgan, E. Pendall, Y. Carrillo, and R.F. Follett. 2010. Contrasting effects of elevated CO2 and warming on nitrogen cycling in a semiarid grassland. *New Phytologist* 187:426-437. Bradley B. A., **D. M. Blumenthal**, D. S. Wilcove, and L. H. Ziska. 2010. Predicting plant invasion in an era of global change.  *Trends in Ecology and Evolution* 25:310-318.**** **Blumenthal D. M**., A. P. Norton, and T. R. Seastedt. 2010. Restoring competitors and natural enemies for long-term control of plant invaders.*Rangelands* 32:16-20. **Blumenthal, D**.  2009. Carbon addition interacts with water availability to reduce invasive forb establishment in a semi-arid grassland.*Biological Invasions* 11:1281-1290. Wilby, A., C. Mitchell, **D. Blumenthal**, P. Daszak, M.L. Deprez-Loustau, C.S. Friedman, P. Jutro, A. Mazumder, A.H. Prieur-Richard, M.B. Thomas, and C. Mitchell.  2009.  Biodiversity, food provision and human health.  *In:* O. Sala, L. Meyerson, and C. Parmesan, eds., Biodiversity Change and Human Health: From Ecosystem Services to Spread of Disease.  Island Press, Washington D.C. **Blumenthal, D.,** and D. Augustine. 2009. Plant Interactions with Herbivores. *In*: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester http://www.els.net/ [Doi: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0003203.pub2] **Blumenthal, D**., C. E. Mitchell, P. Py?ek, and V. Jaro??k.  2009.  Synergy between resource availability and pathogen release in plant invasion.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106:7899-7904. Hardy, E. M., and **D. Blumenthal**.  2008.  An efficient and inexpensive system for greenhouse pot rotation.*Horticultural Science* 43:965-966. **Blumenthal, D,** R. A. Chimner, J. M. Welker, and J. A. Morgan. 2008. Increased snow facilitates plant invasion in mixedgrass prairie. *New Phytologist* 179: 440-448. **Blumenthal, D.,** and R. A. Hufbauer. 2007. Increased plant size in exotic populations: a common garden test with 14 invasive species.   *Ecology* 88:2758-2768. **Blumenthal, D.,** T. Booth, S. Cox, and C. Ferrier. 2007. Large-scale aerial images capture details of invasive plant populations.  *Rangeland Ecology & Management* 60:523-528 Ziska, L., and **D. Blumenthal**.  2007.  Comparing 20th century populations of cultivated oat: has empirical selection maximized the vegetative & growth response to carbon dioxide?  *Crop Science* 47:1547-1552. Ziska, L., and **D. Blumenthal**.  2007.  Empirical selection of cultivated oat in response to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide?  *Crop Science* 47:1547-1552. **Blumenthal, D**.  2006.  Interactions between resource availability and enemy release in plant invasion.  *Ecology Letters* 9:887-895. **Blumenthal, D**, U. Norton, J. D. Derner, and J. D. Reeder.  2006.  Long-term effects of tebuthiuron on Bromus tectorum.*Western North American Naturalist* 66:420-425. **Blumenthal, D.**  2005.  Interrelated causes of plant invasion.  *Science* 310:243-244. **Blumenthal, D. M.,** N. R. Jordan, and E. L. Svenson.  2005.  Effects of prairie restoration on weed invasions.  *Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment* 107:221-230. **Blumenthal, D. M.,** N. R. Jordan, and E. L. Svenson.  2003.  Weed control as a rationale for restoration: the example of tallgrass prairie.  *Conservation Ecology* 7:1:6 [online] **Blumenthal, D. M.,** N. R. Jordan, and M. P. Russelle.  2003.  Soil carbon addition controls weeds and facilitates prairie restoration.  *Ecological Applications* 13:605-613. **Blumenthal, D. M.,** and N. R. Jordan.  2001.  Weeds in field margins: a spatially explicit simulation analysis of Cirsium arvense population dynamics.*Weed Science* 49: 509-519. **Blumenthal, D. M.,** and J. L. Jannink.  2000. A classification of collaborative management methods.**Conservation Ecology** 4:13.  [online]. Belsky, A. J., and **D. M. Blumenthal**.  1997.  Effects of livestock grazing on stand dynamics and soils in upland forests of the Interior West.  *Conservation Biology* 11:315-327. Top of Page


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