Dr. Sally Koerner

Name:

Dr. Sally Koerner

Role:

Faculty Associate

Address:

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, NC 27402-6170

United States

Email:

sekoerne@uncg.edu

Phone:

ORCID:

0000-0001-6403-7513

Interest:

Ecology (community, ecosystem, and plant ecology); drivers of biodiversity across spatial scales and through time

Publication List:

Bloodworth K. The role of disturbance in Great Plains grassland community dynamics [Internet]. [Greensboro, NC]: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG ); 2024. https://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/listing.aspx?styp=ti&id=47590

Wilcox KR, Chen A, Avolio ML, Butler EE, Collins SL, Fisher R, et al.. Accounting for herbaceous communities in process‐based models will advance our understanding of “grassy” ecosystems. Global Change Biology [Internet]. 2023;29(23):6453 - 6477. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.16950

Wilfahrt PA, Seabloom EW, Bakker JD, Biederman L, Bugalho MN, Cadotte MW, et al.. Nothing lasts forever: Dominant species decline under rapid environmental change in global grasslands. Journal of Ecology [Internet]. 2023;111(11):2472-2482. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.14198

Koerner SE, Avolio ML, Blair JM, Knapp AK, Smith MD. Multiple global change drivers show independent, not interactive effects: a long-term case study in tallgrass prairie. Oecologia [Internet]. 2023;201(1):143–154. https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00442-022-05295-5

Ratajczak Z, Collins SL, Blair JM, Koerner SE, Louthan AM, Smith MD, et al.. Reintroducing bison results in long-running and resilient increases in grassland diversity. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES [Internet]. 2022;119(36):e2210433119. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2210433119

J. Langley A, Grman E, Wilcox KR, Avolio ML, Komatsu KJ, Collins SL, et al.. Do trade‐offs govern plant species’ responses to different global change treatments?. Ecology [Internet]. 2022;103(6):e3626. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.3626

Avolio ML, Komatsu KJ, Koerner SE, Grman E, Isbell F, Johnson DS, et al.. Making sense of multivariate community responses in global change experiments. Ecosphere [Internet]. 2022;13(10):e4249. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.4249

Gora S. Belowground traits lack response to chronic nitrogen additions in the tallgrass prairie [Internet]. Department of Biology. [Greensboro, NC]: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro; 2022. https://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/Gora_uncg_0154M_13625.pdf

Avolio ML, Komatsu KJ, Collins SL, Grman E, Koerner SE, Tredennick AT, et al.. Determinants of community compositional change are equally affected by global change. Anderson M. Ecology Letters [Internet]. 2021;24(9):1892-1904. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ele.13824

Avolio ML, Wilcox KR, La Pierre KJ, Lemoine N, Bowman WD, Collins SL, et al.. Temporal variability in production is not consistently affected by global change drivers across herbaceous-dominated ecosystems. Oecologia [Internet]. 2020;194:735–744. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00442-020-04787-6

Smith MD, Koerner SE, Knapp AK, Avolio ML, Chaves FA, Denton EM, et al.. Mass ratio effects underlie ecosystem responses to environmental change. Journal of Ecology [Internet]. 2020;108(3):855-864. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1365-2745.13330

Avolio ML, Carroll I, Collins SL, Houseman GR, Hallett LM, Isbell FL, et al.. A comprehensive approach to analyzing community dynamics using rank abundance curves. Ecosphere [Internet]. 2019;10(10):e02881. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ecs2.2881

Komatsu KJ, Avolio ML, Lemoine NP, Isbell F, Grman E, Houseman GR, et al.. Global change effects on plant communities are magnified by time and the number of global change factors imposed. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [Internet]. 2019;116(36):17867-17873. https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/08/14/1819027116

Langley A, Chapman SK, La Pierre KJ, Avolio ML, Bowman WD, Johnson D, et al.. Ambient changes exceed treatment effects on plant species abundance in long-term global change experiments. Glob Chang Biol [Internet]. 2018;24(12):5668 - 5679. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/gcb.14442

Koerner SE, Smith MD, Burkepile DE, Hanan NP, Avolio ML, Collins SL, et al.. Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity. Nature Ecology and Evolution [Internet]. 2018;2:1925-1932. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-018-0696-y#article-info

Wilcox KR, Shi Z, Gherardi LA, Lemoine NP, Koerner SE, Hoover DL, et al.. Asymmetric responses of primary productivity to precipitation extremes: A synthesis of grassland precipitation manipulation experiments. Global Change Biology [Internet]. 2017;23(10). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/gcb.13706

Wilcox KR, Tredennick AT, Koerner SE, Grman E, Hallett LM, Avolio ML, et al.. Asynchrony among local communities stabilises ecosystem function of metacommunities. Gurevitch J. Ecology Letters [Internet]. 2017;. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ele.12861/epdf

Smith MD, Knapp AK, Collins SL, Burkepile DE, Kirkman KP, Koerner SE, et al.. Shared drivers but divergent ecological responses: Insights from long-term experiments in mesic savanna grasslands. BioScience [Internet]. 2016;66(8):666 - 682. https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/66/8/666/2464141

Koerner SE, Avolio ML, La Pierre KJ, Wilcox KR, Smith MD, Collins SL. Nutrient additions cause divergence of tallgrass prairie plant communities resulting in loss of ecosystem stability. Journal of Ecology [Internet]. 2016;104:1478-1487. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2745.12610

Knapp AK, Hoover DL, Wilcox KR, Avolio ML, Koerner SE, La Pierre KJ, et al.. Characterizing differences in precipitation regimes of extreme wet and dry years: Implications for climate change experiments. Global Change Biology [Internet]. 2015;21:2624 -2633. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/gcb.12888

Koerner SE, Avolio ML, Chang CC, Grey J, Hoover DL, Smith MD. Invasibility of a mesic grassland depends on the time-scale of fluctuating resources. Journal of Ecology [Internet]. 2015;103(6):1538 - 1546. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2745.12479

Avolio ML, Koerner SE, La Pierre KJ, Wilcox KR, Wilson GT, Smith MD, et al.. Changes in plant community composition, not diversity, during a decade of nitrogen and phosphorus additions drive above-ground productivity in a tallgrass prairie. Journal of Ecology [Internet]. 2014;102:1649 -1660. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2745.12312

Koerner SE, Collins SL, Blair JM, Knapp AK, Smith MD. Rainfall variability has minimal effects on grassland recovery from repeated grazing. Journal of Vegetation Science [Internet]. 2014;25:36 -44. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jvs.12065

Koerner SE, Burkepile DE, Fynn RWS, Burns CE, Eby S, Govender N, et al.. Plant community response to loss of large herbivores differs between North American and South African savanna grasslands. Ecology [Internet]. 2014;95:808 -816. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1890/13-1828.1

Koerner SE, Collins SL. Interactive effects of grazing, drought, and fire on grassland plant communities in North America and South Africa. Ecology [Internet]. 2014;95:98 -109. https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1890/13-0526.1

Kirkman K, Collins SL, Smith MD, Knapp AK, Burkepile DE, Burns CE, et al.. Responses to fire differ between South African and North American grassland communities. Journal of Vegetation Science [Internet]. 2014;25:793 -804. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jvs.12130

Eby S, Burkepile DE, Fynn RWS, Burns CE, Govender N, Hagenah N, et al.. Loss of a large grazer impacts savanna grassland plant communities similarly in North America and South Africa. Oecologia [Internet]. 2014;175:293 -303. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00442-014-2895-9

Koerner SE, Collins SL. Small-scale patch structure in North American and South African grasslands responds differently to grazing and fire. Landscape Ecology [Internet]. 2013;28:1293 -1306. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10980-013-9866-0

Collins SL, Koerner SE, Plaut JA, Okie JG, Brese D, Calabrese LB, et al.. Stability of tallgrass prairie during a 19-year increase in growing season precipitation. Functional Ecology [Internet]. 2012;26(6):1450 - 1459. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.01995.x

Datasets

Datasets for Dr. Sally Koerner

GFE01 Ghost Fire: an experimental manipulation of fire effects on multi-trophic community dynamics in the ungrazed uplands of unburned and annually burned watersheds of Konza Prairie

KKE01 The Konza-Kruger Experiment: A cross-continental fire and grazing experiment at Konza Prairie

CME01 The Consumer Size Manipulation Experiment (ConSME) at Konza Prairie