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  1. Forest Transition Under Climate Pressure: Land Use Land Cover Change in the Greater Shawnee National Forest

    Article • Remote Sensing, April 2026, MDPI AG

    David Gibson

  2. Adaptive alleles on the prairie

    Article • March 2026, Taylor & Francis

    David Gibson

  3. Grasslands at scale

    Article • March 2026, Taylor & Francis

    David Gibson

  4. Grasslands at the crossroads

    Article • March 2026, Taylor & Francis

    David Gibson

  5. Routledge Handbook of Grasslands

    Article • March 2026, Taylor & Francis

    David Gibson

  6. Saving our shared heritage

    Article • March 2026, Taylor & Francis

    David Gibson

  7. Measuring teachers’ motivation, beliefs, leadership engagement, and networks: validation of instruments for teacher education and professional development programs

    Article • Professional Development in Education, December 2025, Taylor & Francis

    David Gibson

  8. Forest Transition Under Climate Pressure: Land Use Land Cover (LULC) Change in the Greater Shawnee National Forest (GSNF)

    Article • December 2025, MDPI AG

    David Gibson

  9. A mixed training sample-based spectral unmixing analysis for improving fractional abundance estimation of Detroit landscape endmembers using Landsat images

    Article • Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, May 2025, Elsevier

    David Gibson

  10. Accumulation of Trigonelline in the Leaves of <em>Cannabis sativa</em> L. in Response to Water-Deficit Stress

    Article • April 2025, MDPI AG

    David Gibson

  11. Using human, social, structural, and positive psychological capital to explore science and mathematics teacher retention

    Article • International Journal of STEM Education, February 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    David Gibson

  12. Does exposure to PPO-inhibiting herbicides alter the male-to-female sex ratio of Palmer amaranth?

    Article • Weed Technology, January 2025, Cambridge University Press

    David Gibson

  13. Diversity-productivity relationships are dependent upon location and ecotypes of the dominant species growing across a precipitation gradient

    Article • December 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    David Gibson

  14. Looking beyond Popper: how philosophy can be relevant to ecology

    Article • Oikos, December 2024, Wiley

    Gregory P. Dietl, David Gibson

  15. Effects of Manipulated Rainfall and Intraspecific Variation Within Dominant Species on Community Assembly: Insights From a Long‐Term Grassland Restoration Experiment

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, November 2024, Wiley

    David Gibson

  16. Challenges in the establishment of a rare plant species monitoring program using community science volunteers

    Article • Ecological Solutions and Evidence, October 2024, Wiley

    David Gibson

  17. International Biological Flora: Festuca dolichophylla†

    Article • Journal of Ecology, May 2024, Wiley

    David Gibson

  18. Exploring the effect of region on diversity and composition of weed seedbanks in herbicide‐resistant crop systems in the United States

    Article • Pest Management Science, November 2023, Wiley

    David Gibson

  19. The role of dominant prairie species ecotypes on plant diversity patterns of restored grasslands across a rainfall gradient in the US Great Plains

    Article • Applied Vegetation Science, April 2023, Wiley

    David Gibson

  20. Leveraging natural history collections to understand the impacts of global change

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, February 2023, Wiley

    David Gibson

  21. Are metapopulation species drivers of metacommunity structure in sandstone outcrop communities?

    Article • Journal of Vegetation Science, January 2023, Wiley

    David Gibson

  22. Grain Quality as Influenced by the Structural Properties of Weed Communities in Mediterranean Wheat Crops

    Article • Agronomy, December 2022, MDPI AG

    David Gibson

  23. The Relationship between Urban Green Space and Urban Expansion Based on Gravity Methods

    Article • Sustainability, April 2022, MDPI AG

    David Gibson

  24. Reciprocal transplant gardens as gold standard to detect local adaptation in grassland species: New opportunities moving into the 21st century

    Article • Journal of Ecology, July 2021, Wiley

    David Gibson

  25. Taxonomic and phylogenetic composition show biotic resistance to exotic invasion in acid seep springs

    Article • Ecological Processes, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    David Gibson

  26. The Hierarchy-of-Hypotheses Approach: A Synthesis Method for Enhancing Theory Development in Ecology and Evolution

    Article • BioScience, December 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    David Gibson

  27. Disturbance effects on productivity–plant diversity relationships from a 22‐year‐old successional field

    Article • Journal of Vegetation Science, November 2020, Wiley

    David Gibson

  28. Identifying Sustainable Grassland Management Approaches in Response to the Invasive Legume Lespedeza cuneata: A Functional Group Approach

    Article • Sustainability, July 2020, MDPI AG

    David Gibson

  29. Plant community and phylogenetic shifts in acid seep springs over 49 years following Microstegium vimineum invasion

    Article • Plant Ecology, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    David Gibson

  30. Mass ratio effects underlie ecosystem responses to environmental change

    Article • Journal of Ecology, January 2020, Wiley

    David Gibson, Melinda Smith

  31. Do No Harm: Efficacy of a Single Herbicide Application to Control an Invasive Shrub While Minimizing Collateral Damage to Native Species

    Article • Plants, October 2019, MDPI AG

    David Gibson

  32. Functional response of subordinate species to intraspecific trait variability within dominant species

    Article • Journal of Ecology, August 2019, Wiley

    David Gibson

  33. Is phylogenetic and functional trait diversity a driver or a consequence of grassland community assembly?

    Article • Journal of Ecology, August 2019, Wiley

    David Gibson

  34. Effect of PPO-Inhibiting Herbicides on the Growth and Sex Ratio of a Dioecious Weed Species Amaranthus palmeri (Palmer Amaranth)

    Article • Agronomy, May 2019, MDPI AG

    David Gibson

  35. Functional diversity is more sensitive to biotic filters than phylogenetic diversity during community assembly

    Article • Ecosphere, March 2018, Wiley

    David Gibson

  36. Is it OK to leave some weeds in a crop field?

    Article • Journal of Ecology, June 2017, Wiley

    David Gibson, Professor David J Gibson

  37. Plant ecologists contribute to global food security.

    Article • Journal of Ecology, June 2017, Wiley

    David Gibson

  38. Ecotypic variation in forage nutrient value of a dominant prairie grass across a precipitation gradient

    Article • Grassland Science, September 2016, Wiley

    David Gibson, Professor David J Gibson

  39. Life history ofAchyranthes japonica(Amaranthaceae): an invasive species in southern Illinois1

    Article • The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, April 2016, Torrey Botanical Society

    David Gibson

  40. Using integral projection models to compare population dynamics of four closely related species

    Article • Population Ecology, January 2016, Wiley

    David Gibson

  41. Occurrence of an herbicide‐resistant plant trait in agricultural field margins

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, September 2015, Wiley

    David Gibson

  42. Benchmark study on glyphosate-resistant cropping systems in the United States. Part 7: Effects of weed management strategy (grower practices versus academic recommendations) on the weed soil seedbank over 6 years

    Article • Pest Management Science, June 2015, Wiley

    David Gibson

  43. Seedbank and Field Emergence of Weeds in Glyphosate-Resistant Cropping Systems in the United States

    Article • Weed Science, April 2015, Weed Science Society

    David Gibson

  44. Core-satellite species hypothesis and native versus exotic species in secondary succession

    Article • Plant Ecology, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    David Gibson

  45. Methods in Comparative Plant Population Ecology

    Article • October 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David J Gibson, David Gibson

  46. Alteration of Root Growth by Lettuce, Wheat, and Soybean in Response to Wear Debris from Automotive Brake Pads

    Article • Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, June 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    David Gibson

  47. Genetic Sorting of Subordinate Species in Grassland Modulated by Intraspecific Variation in Dominant Species

    Article • PLOS One, March 2014, PLOS

    David Gibson

  48. Intraspecific variation among clones of a naïve rare grass affects competition with a nonnative, invasive forb

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, December 2013, Wiley

    David Gibson, Misty McElyea

  49. Convergent and Contingent Community Responses to Grass Source and Dominance During Prairie Restoration Across a Longitudinal Gradient

    Article • Environmental Management, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    David Gibson, Professor David J Gibson

  50. No effect of seed source on multiple aspects of ecosystem functioning during ecological restoration: cultivars compared to local ecotypes of dominant grasses

    Article • Evolutionary Applications, November 2013, Wiley

    David Gibson, Professor David J Gibson

  51. Fitness among population sources of a dominant species (Andropogon gerardii Vitman) used in prairie restoration 1

    Article • The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, September 2013, Torrey Botanical Society

    David Gibson, Professor David J Gibson

  52. Temporal dynamics of plant community regeneration sources during tallgrass prairie restoration

    Article • Plant Ecology, July 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    David Gibson, Professor David J Gibson

  53. Use of multiple criteria in an ecological assessment of a prairie restoration chronosequence

    Article • Applied Vegetation Science, June 2013, Wiley

    David Gibson

  54. Dissolution of copper and iron from automotive brake pad wear debris enhances growth and accumulation by the invasive macrophyte Salvinia molesta Mitchell

    Article • Chemosphere, June 2013, Elsevier

    David Gibson

  55. The effect of weed management systems and location on arable weed species communities in glyphosate-resistant cropping systems

    Article • Applied Vegetation Science, May 2013, Wiley

    David Gibson

  56. Agricultural Weeds in Glyphosate-Resistant Cropping Systems in the United States

    Article • Weed Science, January 2013, Weed Science Society

    David Gibson

  57. Accelerated succession following an intense wind storm in an oak-dominated forest

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, September 2012, Elsevier

    David Gibson

  58. What determines "suitable habitat" for metapopulation studies? An analysis of environmental gradients and species assemblages in xeric forest openings

    Article • American Journal of Botany, December 2011, Botanical Society of America

    David Gibson

  59. Mowing and fertilizer effects on seedling establishment in a successional old field

    Article • Journal of Plant Ecology, July 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    David Gibson, Professor David J Gibson

  60. Succession of Exotic and Native Species Assemblages within Restored Floodplain Forests: A Test of the Parallel Dynamics Hypothesis

    Article • Restoration Ecology, January 2011, Wiley

    David Gibson

  61. Intraspecific Variation in Ecophysiology of Three Dominant Prairie Grasses Used in Restoration: Cultivar Versus Non-Cultivar Population Sources

    Article • Restoration Ecology, May 2010, Wiley

    David Gibson, Professor David J Gibson

  62. Journal of EcologyNews

    Article • Journal of Ecology, January 2009, Wiley

    Professor David J Gibson, David Gibson

  63. Loss of Cornus florida L. Leads to Significant Changes in The Seedling and Sapling Strata in An Eastern Deciduous Forest 1

    Article • The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, October 2008, Torrey Botanical Society

    David Gibson

  64. Patterns of Invasion: Trends in Abundance of Understory Vegetation, Seed Rain, and Seed Bank from Forest Edge to Interior

    Article • Natural Areas Journal, October 2008, Natural Areas Journal

    David Gibson

  65. Characterizing the microhabitats of exotic species in Illinois shale barrens

    Article • Plant Ecology, July 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    David Gibson

  66. The weed community affects yield and quality of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.)

    Article • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, January 2008, Wiley

    David Gibson

  67. Journal of Ecology News

    Article • Journal of Ecology, November 2007, Wiley

    Professor David J Gibson, David Gibson

  68. Journal of Ecology News

    Article • Journal of Ecology, November 2007, Wiley

    Professor David J Gibson, David Gibson

  69. Editorial

    Article • Journal of Ecology, October 2007, Wiley

    Professor David J Gibson, David Gibson

  70. Journal of Ecology news

    Article • Journal of Ecology, January 2007, Wiley

    Professor David J Gibson, David Gibson

  71. Impact of interspecific competition on seed development and quality of five soybean cultivars

    Article • Animal Production Science, January 2007, CSIRO Publishing

    David Gibson

  72. Stream insect occupancy-frequency patterns and metapopulation structure

    Article • Oecologia, November 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    David Gibson, Professor David J Gibson

  73. Response of Tridens Flavus (l.) A. S. Hitchc. to Soil Nutrients and Disturbance in an Early Successional Old Field 1

    Article • The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, July 2006, Torrey Botanical Society

    David Gibson

  74. Announcement

    Article • Journal of Ecology, April 2006, Wiley

    Professor David J Gibson, David Gibson

  75. Microhabitat factors and the distribution of exotic species across forest edges in temperate deciduous forest of southern Illinois, USA 1

    Article • The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, April 2006, Torrey Botanical Society

    David Gibson

  76. Journal of Ecology news

    Article • Journal of Ecology, January 2006, Wiley

    Professor David J Gibson, David Gibson

  77. Breeding system, branching processes, hybrid swarm theory, and the humped-back diversity relationship as additional explanations for apparent monophyly in the Macaronesian island flora

    Article • Journal of Ecology, June 2005, Wiley

    David Gibson

  78. Using Local Seeds in Prairie Restoration Data Support the Paradigm

    Article • Native Plants Journal, April 2005, University of Wisconsin Press

    David Gibson

  79. Water dispersal of vegetative bulbils of the invasive exotic Dioscorea oppositifolia L. in southern Illinois 1

    Article • The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, April 2005, Torrey Botanical Society

    David Gibson

  80. Species frequency dynamics in an old-field succession: Effects of disturbance, fertilization and scale

    Article • Journal of Vegetation Science, February 2005, Wiley

    David Gibson

  81. Journal of Ecology news

    Article • Journal of Ecology, February 2005, Wiley

    Professor David J Gibson, David Gibson

  82. Festuca longifolia Thuill. (F. glauca auct. non Vill., F. glauca var. caesia (Sm.) Howarth, F. caesia Sm.)

    Article • Journal of Ecology, February 2005, Wiley

    David Gibson, Professor David J Gibson

  83. Using local seeds in prairie restoration--data support the paradigm

    Article • Native Plants Journal, January 2005, University of Wisconsin Press

    David Gibson

  84. Conservation genetics of two co-dominant grass species in an endangered grassland ecosystem

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, April 2004, Wiley

    David Gibson, Professor David J Gibson

  85. Mechanisms for Dominance in An Early Successional Old Field by the Invasive Non-Native Lespedeza Cuneata (Dum. Cours.) G. Don

    Article • Biological Invasions, January 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    David Gibson

  86. How predictable are aphid population responses to elevated CO2 ?

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, July 2003, Wiley

    David Gibson

  87. Effects of elevated CO2, nitrogen and fungal endophyte-infection on tall fescue: growth, photosynthesis, chemical composition and digestibility

    Article • Global Change Biology, March 2003, Wiley

    David Gibson

  88. Genetic Diversity and Competitive Abilities of Dalea purpurea (Fabaceae) from Remnant and Restored Grasslands

    Article • International Journal of Plant Sciences, November 2002, University of Chicago Press

    David Gibson

  89. Life History of Microstegium vimineum (Poaceae), an Invasive Grass in Southern Illinois

    Article • The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, July 2002, JSTOR

    David Gibson

  90. Effects of Endophyte Infection in Tall Fescue ( Festuca arundinacea : Poaceae) on Community Diversity

    Article • International Journal of Plant Sciences, November 2001, University of Chicago Press

    David Gibson, Professor David J Gibson

  91. The effect of seeds of exotic species transported via horse dung on vegetation along trail corridors

    Article • Plant Ecology, November 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    David Gibson

  92. Obituary: Eric Vernon Watson B.Sc., Ph.D. (1914–1999)

    Article • The Bryologist, September 2001, American Bryological and Lichenological Society

    David Gibson

  93. Festuca arundinacea Schreber (F. elatior L. ssp. arundinacea (Schreber) Hackel)

    Article • Journal of Ecology, April 2001, Wiley

    David Gibson, Professor David J Gibson

  94. Endophyte Infection Levels of Native and Naturalized Fescues in Illinois and England

    Article • The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, January 2001, JSTOR

    David Gibson

  95. Eighteen Years of Herbaceous Layer Recovery of a Recreation Area in a Mesic Forest

    Article • The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, July 2000, JSTOR

    David Gibson

  96. forumThe core-satellite species hypothesis provides a theoretical basis for Grime's classification of dominant, subordinate, and transient species

    Article • Journal of Ecology, December 1999, Wiley

    David Gibson

  97. Elevated carbon dioxide results in smaller populations of the bird cherry - oat aphid Rhopalosiphum padi

    Article • Ecological Entomology, November 1999, Wiley

    David Gibson

  98. Random amplified polymorphic DNA variation among remnant big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii Vitman) populations from Arkansas' Grand Prairie

    Article • Molecular Ecology, October 1999, Wiley

    David Gibson

  99. The Regeneration Potential of a Threatened Southern Illinois Shale Barren

    Article • The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, July 1999, JSTOR

    David Gibson

  100. Learning Ecology by Doing Ecology: Long-Term Field Experiments in Succession

    Article • The American Biology Teacher, March 1999, University of California Press

    David Gibson

  101. Designs for greenhouse studies of interactions between plants

    Article • Journal of Ecology, January 1999, Wiley

    David Gibson, Professor David J Gibson

  102. Population Biology of Grasses

    Article • Ecology, December 1998, Wiley

    Professor David J Gibson, David Gibson

  103. Permutation of Two-Term Local Quadrat Variance Analysis: General concepts for interpretation of peaks

    Article • Journal of Vegetation Science, February 1998, Wiley

    David Gibson

  104. Physiological Performance of Andropogon gerardii, Panicum virgatum, and Sorghastrum nutans on Reclaimed Mine Spoil

    Article • Restoration Ecology, December 1996, Wiley

    David Gibson

  105. Textbook Misconceptions: The Climax Concept of Succession

    Article • The American Biology Teacher, March 1996, University of California Press

    Professor David J Gibson, David Gibson

  106. The relationship between the soil seed bank and above-ground vegetation of a coastal barrier island

    Article • Journal of Vegetation Science, December 1995, Wiley

    David Gibson

  107. Experimental Analysis of Intermediate Disturbance and Initial Floristic Composition: Decoupling Cause and Effect

    Article • Ecology, March 1995, Wiley

    Professor David J Gibson, David Gibson

  108. Parallel Analysis: a method for determining significant principal components

    Article • Journal of Vegetation Science, February 1995, Wiley

    David Gibson

  109. Population structure and spatial pattern in the dioecious shrub Ceratiola ericoides

    Article • Journal of Vegetation Science, June 1994, Wiley

    Professor David J Gibson, David Gibson

  110. Mycorrhizal Influence on Intra- and Interspecific Neighbour Interactions among Co-Occurring Prairie Grasses

    Article • Journal of Ecology, December 1993, JSTOR

    David Gibson, Professor David J Gibson

  111. Regeneration of the Shrub Gaylussacia baccata and Associated Species After Low-Intensity Fire in an Atlantic Coastal Plain Forest

    Article • American Journal of Botany, February 1993, Botanical Society of America

    David Gibson

  112. Clonal propagation, local disturbance, and the structure of vegetation: Ericaceous shrubs in the pine barrens of New Jersey

    Article • Biological Conservation, January 1993, Elsevier

    David Gibson

  113. Management Practices in Tallgrass Prairie: Large- and Small-Scale Experimental Effects on Species Composition

    Article • January 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    David Gibson

  114. Management Practices in Tallgrass Prairie: Large- and Small-Scale Experimental Effects on Species Composition

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, January 1993, JSTOR

    David Gibson, Professor David J Gibson

  115. Disturbances in tallgrass prairie: local and regional effects on community heterogeneity

    Article • Landscape Ecology, December 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    David Gibson

  116. Effect of Fire on Tree Spatial Patterns in a Tallgrass Prairie Landscape

    Article • Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, July 1992, JSTOR

    David Gibson

  117. Controls of nitrogen limitation in tallgrass prairie

    Article • Oecologia, June 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    David Gibson, Professor David J Gibson

  118. Fire Temperature Heterogeneity in Contrasting Fire Prone Habitats: Kansas Tallgrass Prairie and Florida Sandhill

    Article • Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, October 1990, JSTOR

    David Gibson

  119. Effects of small mammal and invertebrate herbivory on plant species richness and abundance in tallgrass prairie

    Article • Oecologia, September 1990, Springer Science + Business Media

    David Gibson, Professor David J Gibson

  120. The vegetation colonizing small animal disturbances in tallgrass prairie were surveyed.

    Article • The American Midland Naturalist, January 1989, JSTOR

    Professor David J Gibson, David Gibson

  121. Topographic and Fire Effects on the Composition and Abundance of VA-Mycorrhizal Fungi in Tallgrass Prairie

    Article • Mycologia, July 1988, JSTOR

    David Gibson

  122. The Maintenance of Plant and Soil Heterogeneity in Dune Grassland

    Article • Journal of Ecology, June 1988, JSTOR

    Professor David J Gibson, David Gibson

  123. The Relationship of Sheep Grazing and Soil Heterogeneity to Plant Spatial Patterns in Dune Grassland

    Article • Journal of Ecology, March 1988, JSTOR

    David Gibson

  124. Regeneration and Fluctuation of Tallgrass Prairie Vegetation in Rresponse to Burning Frequency

    Article • Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, January 1988, JSTOR

    David Gibson

  125. The Seedling Habitat of Pinus echinata and Melampyrum lineare in Oak-Pine Forest of the New Jersey Pinelands

    Article • Oikos, May 1987, JSTOR

    David Gibson

  126. Additions to the Vascular Flora of Konza Prairie Research Natural Area, Kansas

    Article • Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, April 1987, JSTOR

    David Gibson

  127. Spatial and temporal heterogeneity in soil nutrient supply measured usingin situ ion-exchange resin bags

    Article • Plant and Soil, October 1986, Springer Science + Business Media

    David Gibson

  128. The Natural Revegetation of Lead/Zinc Mine Spoil in Northeastern Oklahoma

    Article • The Southwestern Naturalist, November 1982, JSTOR

    David Gibson

  129. Revegetation of Unreclaimed Coal Strip-Mines In Oklahoma: I. Vegetation Structure and Soil Properties

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, August 1982, JSTOR

    David Gibson, Professor David J Gibson

  130. Succession

    Article • Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David J Gibson, David Gibson

  131. Ordination Analysis

    Article • Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David J Gibson, David Gibson

  132. Grassland Biome

    Article • Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor David J Gibson, David Gibson