Katherine L. Gross

Michigan State University
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Gross, K.L., G.G. Mittelbach, C.W. Olive, and J. Wilcox. 1976. An optimization model for the timing of sexual reproduction in Daphnid populations. pp. 85-120, (ln) E.D. Goodman and P.H. Crowley (eds.), Interdisciplinary studies in biological systems at Michigan State University. MSU Press.

Werner, P.A., G.G. Mittelbach, J.D. Soule, and K.L. Gross. 1977. A study in plant demography. pp. 33-40, (ln) L.B. Crowder (ed.), Ecological lab experiences: An ideas forum. MSU Press.

Gross, K.L. and P.A. Werner. 1978 The biology of Canadian weeds. 28: Verbascum thapsus and V. blattaria. Can. J. Plant Sci. 58: 401-413.

Gross, K.L. 1980. Colonization of Verbascum thapsus (mullein) in an old-field in Michigan: experiments on the effects of vegetation. J. Ecology 68: 919-928.

Gross, K.L. and J.D. Soule. 1981. Differences in biomass allocation to reproductive and vegetative structures of male and female plants of a dioecious, perennial herb, Silene alba (Miller) Krause. Amer. J. Bot. 68: 801-807.

Gross, K.L. 1981. Predictions of fate from rosette size in four biennial plant species: Verbascum thapsus, Oenothera biennis, Daucus carota, and Tragopogon dubius. Oecologia (Berlin) 48: 209-213.

Gross, K.L. and P.A. Werner. 1982. Colonizing abilities of "biennial" plant species in relation to ground cover: implications for their distributions in a successional sere. Ecology 63: 921-931.

Gross, K.L., T. Berner, E. Marschall, and C. Tomoko. 1983. Patterns of resource allocation among five herbaceous perennials. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 110: 345- 352.

Gross, K.L. 1984. Effects of seed size and growth form on seedling establishment of six monocarpic perennials. J. Ecology 72: 369-387.

Mittelbach, G.G. and K.L. Gross. 1985. Experimental studies of seed predation in old- fields. Oecologia (Berlin) 65: 7-13.

Gross, K.L. 1985. Effects of irradiance and spectral quality on germination of Verbascum thapsus and Oenothera biennis seeds. New Phytol. 101: 531-541.

Gross, K.L. and M.Kromer. 1986. Effects of seed weight and microsite type on growth and reproduction in Oenothera biennis. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 113: 252-258.

Mittelbach, G.G. and K.L. Gross. 1986. Community Ecology: Back on its feet again? Review of Community Ecology, J.Diamond, T.J. Case (eds.). Ecology 67: 1108- 1109.

Gross, K.L. 1987. Mechanisms of colonization and species persistence in plant communities. pp. 173-188, (ln) W.R. Jordan, M. Gilpin, and J. Aber (eds.), Restoration Ecology: Theory and Practice. Cambridge University Press, London.

Kromer, M. and K.L. Gross. 1987. Seed weight and genetic effects on growth and yield in Oenothera biennis. Oecologia 73: 207-212.

Goldberg, D.E. and K.L. Gross. 1988 . Disturbance regimes of mid-successional old- fields. Ecology 69: 1677-1688.

Gross, K.L. 1989. "Succession: Where do we go from here? Review of A.S. Gray, M.J. Crawley, P.J. Edwards (eds.) Colonization, Succession and Stability. Ecology 70: 524-525.

Gross, K.L. and K.A. Renner. 1989. A new method for estimating seed numbers in the soil. Weed Science 37: 836-839.

Gross, K.L. 1990. A comparison of methods for estimating soil seed banks. J. Ecology 78: 1079-1093.

Gross, K. L. and A.D. Smith. 1991. Seed mass and emergence time on performance of Panicum dichotimoflorum Michx. across environments. Oecologia 87: 270-278.

Gross, K.L. 1991. "Perspectives on Plant Competition", J. Grace and D. Tilman (eds.), A book review, Restoration and Management Notes

Gross, K.L., D. Maruca, K.S. Pregitzer. 1992. Comparative root growth and morphology of herbaceous plants with contrasting life histories. New Phytologist 120: 535-542.

Winn, A.A. and K.L. Gross. 1993. Latitudinal variation in seed weight and flower number in Prunella vulgaris. Oecologia 93: 55-62.

Gross, K.L., A. Peters, and K.S. Pregitzer. 1993.Fine root growth and demographic responses to nutrient patches in four old-field successional plant species. Oecologia 95: 61-64.

Robertson, G.P. and K.L.Gross. 1994 . Assessing the Heterogeneity of Below-ground Resources: Quantifying Pattern and Scale, pp. 237-254, (ln) M.M. Caldwell and R.W. Pearcy (eds.), Exploitation of Environmental Heterogeneity by Plants, Academic Press

Gross, K.L., K.S. Pregitzer, and A.J. Burton. 1995. Changing scales of nitrogen availability in early and late successional plant communities. J. Ecology 83: 357- 367.

Gross, K.L. 1995. "Ongoing Ecology", Review of R.A. Leigh and A.E. Johnston (eds.) Long-term Experiments in Ecology, Science 269: 421-422.

Gross, K.L. and C.E. Pake. 1996. Recommendations and Executive Summery of the ESA Committee on the Future of Long-term Ecological Data (FLED). Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 77:192-196.

Foster, B.L. and K.L. Gross. 1997. Partitioning the effects of plant biomass and litter on recruitment of Andropogon gerardi in old-fields. Ecology 78: 2098-2104

Marino, P.L., K.L. Gross, and D. Landis. 1997. Weed seed loss in Michigan maize fields. Agriculture, Ecosystems and the Environment. 66: 189-196

Foster, B. L. and K.L. Gross. 1998. Species richness in a successional grassland: Effects of nitrogen enrichment and plant litter. Ecology 79: 2593-2602

Marino, P.L. and K.L. Gross. 1998. Competitive effects of conspecific and herbaceous (weed) plants on growth and branch architecture of Populus x euamericana v. Eugeneii. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 28: 359-367.

Huberty, L.E. and K.L.Gross, and C.J. Miller. 1998. Effects of nitrogen addition on successional dynamics and diversity in Michigan old-fields J. Ecology 86:794-803.

Kosola, K. and K.L. Gross. 1999 Resource competition and suppression of seedlings in early successional old-fields. Oecologia 118: 69-75.

Foster, B.L. and K.L. Gross. 1999. Temporal and spatial variability of woody plant establishment in Michigan old-fields. American Midland Naturalist 142: 229-243.

Gross, K.L., M.R. Willig, L. Gough, R. Inouye, and S. B. Cox. 2000. Species density and productivity at different spatial scales in herbaceous plant communities. Oikos 89: 417-427.

Gough, L., C. W. Osenberg, K. L. Gross, S. L. Collins. 2000. Fertilization effects on species density, richness and primary productivity in herbaceous plant communities. Oikos 89: 428-439.

Broughton, L.C. and K. L. Gross. 2000. Patterns of diversity in plant and soil microbial communities along a productivity gradient in a Michigan old field. Oecologia 125:420-427.

Gross, K.L. 2000. Ecological interactions in agricultural systems: Evaluating what we know and how to apply it.  Pages 37-47 in P.K. Jha, S.B. Karmacharya, R.R. Baral, and P. Lacoul, Eds. Environment and Agriculture: At the Crossroads of the new Millenium. Ecological Society of Nepal (keynote address).

Mittelbach, G. G., C.Steiner, K.L.Gross, H. Reynolds, S. M. Scheiner, R.B. Waide, M. R. Willig, and S.I. Dodson. 2001. What is the relationship between species richness and productivity? The answer depends on scale. Ecology (in press)

McCormick, M.K., K.L. Gross, and R.A. Smith. 2001. Danthonia spicata (Poaceae) and Atkinsonella hypoxylon (Balansiae): Environmental dependence of a symbiosis.  American Journal of Botany (in press).

Menalled, F., K. L. Gross, and M. Hammond. 2001. Weed aboveground and seedbank community responses to agricultural management systems. Ecological Applications (in press).

Reports

Burbank, D.H., K.S. Pregitzer and K.L.Gross. 1992. Vegetation of the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. MSU, Agric. Expt. Station Research Report 510, 72 pp.

Gross, K.L. and C.E. Pake, (eds) 1995. The Future of Long-term Ecological Data. A report to the Ecological Society of America Volume I: Text of the report (123 pp.); Volume II: Directories to Sources of Long-term Ecological Data (114 pp.)

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