Amy J. Symstad, Ph.D.

Symstad, A. J. Lasting effects of Coronilla varia (crownvetch) invasion in sand prairie. In Review for American Midland Naturalist.

Díaz, S., A. J. Symstad, F. S. Chapin, III, D. A. Wardle, and L. F. Huenneke. 2003. Functional diversity revealed by removal experiments. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 18:140-146.

Symstad, A. J., F. S. Chapin III, D. H. Wall, K. L. Gross, L. F. Huenneke, G. G. Mittelbach, D. C. P. Peters, and D. Tilman. 2003. Long-term and large-scale perspectives on the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. BioScience 53:89-98.

Symstad, A. J. 2003. An overview of ecological plant classification systems: Linking functional response and functional effect groups. Pages 13-51 in Ambasht, R. S. and N. K. Ambasht. Modern Trends in Applied Terrestrial Ecology, Kluwer Academic Press.

Symstad, A. J., L. Temmen, and E. A. Anderson. 2002. Mowing does not increase herbicide effectiveness on crown vetch. Ecological Restoration 287-288.

Symstad, A. J., and D. G. Wenny. 2002. Response of grassland birds to prairie restoration at Lost Mound NWR: Baseline data collection. Technical Report 2002(22), Illinois Natural History Survey, Center for Biodiversity, Savanna, IL.

Vandermeer, J., D. Lawrence, A. Symstad, and S. Hobbie. 2002. Effect of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning in managed ecosystems. In Inchausti, P., M. Loreau, and S. Naeem, editors. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: Synthesis and Perspectives, Oxford University Press.

Hooper, D. U., M. Solan, A. Symstad, S. Díaz, M. O. Gessner, N. Buchmann, V. Degrange, P. Grime, F. Hulot, F. Mermillod-Blondin, J. Roy, E. Spehn, L. van Peer. 2002. Species diversity, functional diversity, and ecosystem functioning. In Inchausti, P., M. Loreau, and S. Naeem, eds. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: Synthesis and Perspectives, Oxford University Press.

Symstad, A. J., and D. Tilman. 2001. Diversity loss, recruitment limitation, and ecosystem functioning: lessons learned from a removal experiment. Oikos 92:424-435.

Symstad, A. J. 2000. Baseline data collection for habitat restoration at the Savanna Army Depot: Vegetation structure and composition. Illinois Natural History Survey, Center for Biodiversity, Technical Report 2000(25):1-12.

Symstad, A. J., E. Siemann, and J. Haarstad. 2000. An experimental test of the effect of plant functional group diversity on arthropod diversity. Oikos 89:243-253.

Symstad, A. J. 2000. A test of the effects of functional group richness and composition on grassland invasibility. Ecology 81:99-109.

Naeem, S., F. S. Chapin III, R. Costanza, P. R. Ehrlich, F. B. Golley, D. U. Hooper, J. H. Lawton, R. V. O'Neill, H. A. Mooney, O. E. Sala, A. J. Symstad, and D. Tilman. 1999. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: Maintaining natural life support processes. Issues in Ecology 4.

Symstad, A. J., D. Tilman, J. Willson, and J. M. H. Knops. 1998. Species loss and ecosystem functioning: Effects of species identity and community composition. Oikos 81:389-397.