Commons Ford-2023

Global change impacts on plant communities and ecosystems

• Johnson, C.E., K.A. Tafoya, P. Beck, A. Concilio, K.E. White, R. Quiros, M.D. Wasserman (2023). Primate richness and abundance is driven by both forest structure and conservation scenario in Costa Rica. PLoS ONE 18(9): e0290742
• Seastedt, T.R., C.T. White, C. Tucker, E. M. Beaury, A.L. Concilio, E.I. Gasarch, V.J. Haggans, and J.G. Smith (2020) Decadal dynamics of dry alpine meadows under nitrogen and phosphorus additions. Plant Ecology. 221: 647-658
• Concilio, A., J. Nippert, S. Ehrenfeucht, K. Cherwin and T. Seastedt (2016) Imposing antecedent global change conditions rapidly alters plant community composition in a mixed-grass prairie. Oecologia. 182 (3): 899-911
• Concilio, A., J. Prevéy, P. Omasta, J. Connor, J. Nippert, and T. Seastedt, (2015). Response of a mixed grass prairie to an extreme precipitation event:  Introduced species, soil nitrogen and previous precipitation patterns influence responses. Ecosphere. 6(10): 172
• Loik, M.E., A.B. Griffith, H. Alpert, A.L. Concilio, C.E. Wade, S.J. Martinson, (2015). Impact of intra- vs. inter-annual snow depth variation on water relations and photosynthesis for two Great Basin Desert shrubs. Oecologia. 178(2): 403-414
• Concilio, A.L. and M.E. Loik (2013). Elevated nitrogen effects on Bromus tectorum dominance and native plant diversity in an arid, montane ecosystem. Applied Vegetation Science. 16(4):598-609
• Concilio, A.L., M.E. Loik, and J. Belnap (2013) Global change effects on Bromus tectorum L. (Poaceae) at its high-elevation range margin. Global Change Biology. 19 (1): 161-172

Invasive species control and ecological restoration

• Concilio, A., Johnson, C.E., Tashjian, L. *, Dedeaux, C. * (2024) Vegetation response to a decade of grassland restoration treatments at an urban preserve in Austin, TX. Ecological Restoration. 42(4): 251-263
• Concilio A.L., Lazo Macik M., Wu X.B. (2024) An interrupted case study on urban prairie restoration. Course Source. https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/coursesource/publications?id=4702&v=1
• Tzankova, Z. and A. Concilio (2014). Controlling an invasive plant at the edge of its range: towards a broader understanding of management feasibility. Biological Invasions. 17(1): 507-527
• Concilio, A.L. (2013). The spread of cheatgrass into the Eastern Sierra. Fremontia. 41(2): 10-13
• Concilio, A.L. (2013). Effectiveness and cost of downy brome (Bromus tectorum) control at high elevation. Invasive Plant Science and Management. 6(4): 502-511

Plant-soil feedbacks and soil chemistry

• Vargas, T.O., Concilio, A., Woyann, L.G., Santos, R.H.S., and Cheng, W. (2020) Rhizosphere priming effect of N mineralization in vegetable and grain crop systems. Plant and Soil. 452: 281-293
• Concilio, A., T. Vargas and W. Cheng (2015). Rhizosphere-mediated effects of the invasive grass Bromus tectorum L. and native Elymus elymoides on nitrogen cycling in Great Basin Desert soils. Plant and Soil. 393: 245-257
• Ongley, L., L. Sherman, A. Armienta, A. Concilio, and C. Ferguson Salinas (2007). Arsenic in the soils of Zimapán, Mexico. Environmental Pollution. 145 (3): 793-799

Forest management and soil carbon sequestration

• Ma, S., A. Concilio, B. Oakley M. North, J. Chen (2010). Spatial variability in microclimate in a mixed-conifer forest before and after thinning and burning treatments. Forest Ecology and Management. 259: 904-915
• Ryu, SR, A. Concilio, J. Chen, M. North, and S. Ma (2009). Prescribed burning and mechanical thinning effects on belowground conditions and soil respiration in a mixed-conifer forest, California. Forest Ecology and Management. 257 (4): 1324-1332
• Concilio, A., J. Chen, S. Ma and M. North (2009). Precipitation patterns drive inter-annual variation in summer soil respiration in a Mediterranean-climate, mixed conifer forest. Climatic Change. 92: 109-122
• Concilio, A., S. Ma, S.R. Ryu, J. Chen, and M. North (2006). Soil respiration response to burning and thinning from one to three years after experimental treatments. Forest Ecology and Management. 228 (1-3): 82-90
• Concilio, A., S. Ma, Q. Li, J. LeMoine, J.Chen, M. North, R. Jensen, and D. Moorhead (2005). Soil respiration response to burning and thinning in mixed conifer and hardwood forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 35 (7): 1581-1591