Publications

2013:

Veldman, J.W., W.B. Mattingly, and L.A. Brudvig. Understory plant communities and the functional distinction between savanna trees, forest trees, and pines. Ecology 94:424-434. [pdf]

2012:

Brudvig, L.A., S.A. Wagner, and E.I. Damschen. Corridors promote fire via connectivity and edge effects. Ecological Applications 22:937-946. [pdf]

Damschen, E.I. and L.A. Brudvig. Landscape connectivity strengthens local-regional richness relationships in successional plant communities. Ecology 93:704-710. [pdf]

2011:

Brudvig, L.A.  The restoration of biodiversity: Where has research been and where does it need to go? American Journal of Botany 98:549-558. (invited) [pdf]

Brudvig, L.A., H.M. Blunck, H. Asbjornsen, V.S. Mateos-Remigio, S.A. Wagner, and J.A. Randall. Influences of woody encroachment and restoration thinning on overstory savanna oak tree growth rates. Forest Ecology and Management 262:1409-1416. [pdf]

Brudvig, L.A. and E.I. Damschen. Land-use history, historical connectivity, and land management interact to determine longleaf pine woodland understory richness and composition. Ecography 34:257-266. [pdf]

Brudvig, L.A., C.M. Mabry, and L.M. Mottl. Dispersal, not understory light competition, limits restoration of Iowa woodland understory herbs. Restoration Ecology 19:24-31. [pdf]

Craig, M.T., J.L. Orrock, and L.A. Brudvig. Edge-mediated patterns of seed removal in experimentally connected and fragmented landscapes. Landscape Ecology 26:1373-1381. [pdf]

Sullivan, L.L., B.L. Johnson, L.A. Brudvig, and N.M. Haddad. Can dispersal mode predict corridor effects on plant parasites? Ecology 92:1559-1564. [pdf]

2010:

Brudvig, L.A. Woody encroachment removal from Midwestern oak savannas alters understory diversity across space and time. Restoration Ecology 18:74-84. [pdf] [supplemental info]

Mabry, C.M., L.A. Brudvig, and R.C. Atwell. The confluence of landscape context and site-level management in determining Midwestern savanna and woodland breeding bird communities. Forest Ecology and Management 260:42-51. [pdf]

2009:

Brudvig, L.A., E.I. Damschen, J.J. Tewksbury, N.M. Haddad, and D.J. Levey. Landscape connectivity promotes plant biodiversity spillover into non-target habitats. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106: 9328-9332. [pdf]

Brudvig, L.A. and H. Asbjornsen. The removal of woody encroachment restores biophysical gradients in Midwestern oak savannas. Journal of Applied Ecology 46:231-240. [pdf]

Brudvig, L.A. and H. Asbjornsen. Dynamics and determinants of Quercus alba seedling success following savanna encroachment and restoration. Forest Ecology and Management 257:876-884. [pdf]

2008:

Brudvig, L.A. Large scale experimentation and oak regeneration. Forest Ecology and Management 255:3017-3018. Editor’s Introduction to Special Issue; Featured on journal cover. [pdf]

Brudvig, L.A. and H. Asbjornsen. Patterns of oak regeneration in a Midwestern savanna restoration experiment. Forest Ecology and Management 255:3019-3025. [pdf]

Brudvig, L.A. and C.M. Mabry. Trait-based filtering of the regional species pool to guide understory plant reintroductions in Midwestern oak savannas, USA. Restoration Ecology 16:290-304. [pdf]

Damschen, E.I., L.A. Brudvig, N.M. Haddad, D.J. Levey, J.L. Orrock, and J.J. Tewksbury (contributions equal after first author). The movement ecology and dynamics of plant communities in fragmented landscapes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105:19078-19083. [pdf]

2007:

Brudvig, L.A. and H. Asbjornsen. Stand structure, composition and regeneration dynamics following removal of encroaching woody vegetation from Midwestern oak savannas. Forest Ecology and Management 244:112-121. [pdf]

Brudvig, L.A., C.M. Mabry, J.R. Miller, and T.A. Walker. Evaluation of central North American prairie management based on species diversity, life-form, and individual species metrics. Conservation Biology 21:864-874. [pdf]

Asbjornsen, H., M.D. Tomer, M. Gomez-Cardenas, L.A. Brudvig, C.M. Greenan, and K. Schilling. Tree transpiration in a Midwestern bur oak savanna after elm encroachment and restoration thinning. Forest Ecology and Management 247:209-219. [pdf]

Asbjornsen, H., L.A. Brudvig, and M.D. Tomer. Ecohydrological implications of removing encroaching woody vegetation from a Midwestern bur oak savanna. Ecological Restoration 25:58-59. [pdf]

Prior:

Brudvig, L.A. and C.W. Evans. 2006. Competitive interactions between Quercus alba seedlings and native and exotic shrubs. Northeastern Naturalist 13:259-268. [pdf]

Asbjornsen, H., L.A. Brudvig, C.M. Mabry, C.W. Evans, and H.M. Karnitz. 2005. Defining reference information for restoring ecologically rare tallgrass oak savannas in the Midwestern United States. Journal of Forestry 103:345-350. [pdf]

Brudvig, L.A. and H. Asbjornsen. 2005. Oak regeneration before and after initial restoration efforts in a tallgrass oak savanna. American Midland Naturalist 153:180-186. [pdf]

Brudvig, L. and P. F. Quintana-Ascencio. 2003. Herbivory and postgrazing response in Hypericum cumulicola . Florida Scientist 66:99-108.