Publications


In press

XT Lü, GT Freschet, DFB Flynn, XG Han. Plasticity in leaf and stem nutrient resorption proficiency potentially reinforces plant-soil feedbacks and micro-scale heterogeneity in a semi-arid grassland. Journal of Ecology.
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2011

Flynn, DFB, N Mirotchnick, M Jain, MI Palmer, S Naeem. 2011. Functional and phylogenetic diversity as predictors of biodiversity-ecosystem function relationships. Ecology 92: 1573-1581.
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R Remans, DFB Flynn, F DeClerck, W Diru, J Fanzo, K Gaynor, I Lambrecht, J Mudiope, PK Mutuo, P Nkhoma, D Siriri, C Sullivan, CA Palm. 2011. Assessing nutritional diversity of cropping systems in African villages. PLoS One 6: e21235.
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Goldstein, J, DFB Flynn. 2011. Integrating active learning and quantitative skills into undergraduate introductory biology curricula. American Biology Teacher 73: 454-461.
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Brown KA, DFB Flynn, NK Abram, JC Ingram, SE Johnson, P Wright. 2011. Assessing natural resource use by forest-reliant communities using utilitarian functional diversity and functional redundancy. PLoS One 6: e24107.
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Lin BB, DFB Flynn, DE Bunker, M Uriarte, S Naeem. 2011. The effect of agricultural diversity and crop choice on functional capacity change in Great Plains grassland conversions. Journal of Applied Ecology 48: 609-618.
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2010

Flynn, DFB, M Uriarte, T Crk, JB Pascarella, JK Zimmerman, TM Aide, MAC Ortiz. 2010. Hurricane disturbance alters secondary forest recovery in Puerto Rico. Biotropica 42: 149-157.
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He, J-S, X Wang, B Schmid, DFB Flynn, XF Li, PB Reich, and J Fang. 2010. Taxonomic identity, phylogeny, climate and soil fertility as drivers of leaf traits across Chinese grassland biomes. Journal of Plant Research 123: 551-561.
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2009

Flynn, DFB, M Gogol-Prokurat, T Nogeire, N Molinari, B Trautman Richers, BB Lin, N Simpson, MM Mayfield and F DeClerck. 2009. Loss of functional diversity under land use intensification across multiple taxa. Ecology Letters 12: 22-33. doi>
Brown KA, JC Ingram, DFB Flynn, RJ Razafindrazaka, VH Jeannoda. 2009. Protected areas safeguard tree and shrub communities from degradation and invasion: a case study in eastern Madagascar. Environmental Management 44: 136-148. doi>
Crk T, M Uriarte, F Corsi, DFB Flynn. 2009. Forest recovery in a tropical landscape: What is the relative importance of biophysical, socioeconomic, and landscape variables? Landscape Ecology 24: 629-642.
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Uriarte, M, C Yackulic, T Cooper, DFB Flynn, M Cortes, T Crk, G Cullman, M McGinty, J Sircely. 2009. Expansion of sugarcane production in São Paulo, Brazil: Implications for fire occurrence and respiratory health. Agriculture, Ecosytems, & Environment 132: 48-56.
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Philpott, SM, O Soong, JH Lowenstein, AL Pulido, DT Lopez, DFB Flynn, F DeClerck. 2009. Functional richness and ecosystem services: Bird predation on arthropods in tropical agroecosystems. Ecological Applications 19: 158-1867.
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He JS, X Wang, DFB Flynn, L Wang, B Schmid, J Fang. 2009. Taxonomic, phylogenetic and environmental tradeoffs between leaf productivity and persistence. Ecology 90: 2779-2791.
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Petchey, OL, E O'Gorman, DFB Flynn. 2009. A functional guide to functional diversity measures. In D Bunker, S Naeem, M Loreau, A Hector, Eds. The Consequences of Changing Biodiversity: Solutions and Scenarios.
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Solan, M, JA Godbold, A Symstad, DFB Flynn, D Bunker. 2009. Biodiversity-ecosystem function research and biodiversity futures: early bird catches the worm or a day late and a dollar short? In D Bunker, S Naeem, M Loreau, A Hector, Eds. The Consequences of Changing Biodiversity: Solutions and Scenarios.
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2008

Flynn, DFB, B Schmid, JS He, K Wolfe-Bellin, FA Bazzaz. 2008. Hierarchical reliability in experimental plant assemblages. Journal of Plant Ecology 1: 59:65. doi>
He JS, L Wang, DFB Flynn, W Ma, X Wang, J Fang. 2008. Leaf nitrogen:phosphorus stoichiometry across Chinese grassland biomes. Oecologia 1: 301-310. doi>

2006

Flynn, DFB, EA Sudderth, FA Bazzaz. 2006. Effects of aphid herbivory on biomass and leaf level physiology of Solanum dulcamara under elevated temperature and CO2. Environmental and Experimental Botany 56: 10-18.
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He, JS, JY Fang, ZH Wang, DL Guo, DFB Flynn, Z Geng. 2006. Stoichiometry and large scale patterns of leaf carbon and nitrogen in the grassland biomes of China. Oecologia 149: 115-122. doi>

2005

He, JS, DFB Flynn, K Wolfe-Bellin, JY Fang, FA Bazzaz. 2005. CO2 and nitrogen, but not density, alter size and C/N ratio of Phytolacca americana seeds. Functional Ecology 19: 437-444.
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Zuo, WY, JS He, M Han, CJ Ji, DFB Flynn, JY Fang. 2005. Responses of plant stomata to elevated CO2 and temperature: observations from 10 plant species grown in temperature and CO2 gradients. Acta Ecologica Sinica 25: 565-574. (In Chinese with English abstract)
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