Peer-reviewed publications – Grassland Ecology

2025
Mackin HC, Jackson RD, Kucharik CJ. 2025. Adding pasture and grazing management to the Agro-IBIS agroecosystem simulation model Agricultural Systems in press
Orfanou A, Sanford GR, Jackson RD, Ruark MD, Gratton C, Mourtzinis S, Conley S, Pavlou D, Kucharik CJ. 2025. Adapting an agroecosystem model to account for cover crop management in the Midwest USA Smart Agricultural Technology 11: 100930 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atech.2025.100930
2024
Dietz CL, Jackson RD, Ruark MD, Sanford GR. 2024. Soil carbon maintained by perennial grasslands but lost in field crop systems over 30 years in a temperate Mollisol according to longitudinal, compaction-corrected, full-soil profile analysis Nature Communications: Earth & Environment 5:360 https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01500-w
Jackson RD. 2024. America’s Dairy Grassland – Wisconsin milk production that regenerates people and land. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 48: 898–915 https://doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2024.2344027
Gratton C, Strauser J, Jordan N, Jackson RD. 2024. Agroecological innovation to scale livestock agriculture for positive economic, environmental, and social outcomes Environmental Research: Food Systems 1: 013001 https://doi.org/10.1088/2976-601X/ad382f
Raffeld A, Bradford MA, Jackson RD, Rath D, Sanford GR, Tautges N, Oldfield EE. 2024. The importance of accounting method and sampling depth to estimate changes in soil carbon stocks. Carbon Balance and Management 19: 2 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13021-024-00249-1
Von Haden AC, Sanford GR, Cates AM, Jackson RD. 2024. Paired resampling to detect field-level soil organic carbon change. Comment on “Testing the feasibility of quantifying change in agricultural soil carbon stocks through empirical sampling” by Bradford et al. Geoderma 448: 116959 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2024.116959
2023
Augarten A, Malone L, Richardson G, Jackson RD, Wattiaux M, Conley S, Radatz A, Cooley E, Ruark MD. 2023. Cropping systems with perennial vegetation and livestock integration promote soil health. Agricultural & Environmental Letters 8:20100 https://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.20100 [Top 10 most-cited articles in 2023]
Jackson RD, Stier J. 2023. Soil C change over 14 years in grasslands sown into a highly disturbed soil. Proceedings of the XXV International Grasslands Congress https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/XXV_IGC_2023/Ecology/39/
Rissman A, Fochesatto A, Lowe E, Lu Y, Hirsch R, Jackson RD. 2023. Grasslands and managed grazing policy review: trends and options from the Midwestern United States. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 7:1010441 https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1010441
Jackson RD, Landis GL. 2023. Managed grazing to enhance Wisconsin’s public grasslands. Nelson Issue Brief 4:5-6 https://drive.google.com/file/d/16fx8zijIckGNkDd6L_CtvtqqGegr9D2R/view?pli=1
Young EO, Sherman JF, Bembeneck BR, Jackson RD, Cavadini JS, Akins MS. 2023. Influence of stocking method on surface runoff and nutrient loss in an Upper Midwest grazing system. Nitrogen 4:350–368. https://doi.org/10.3390/nitrogen4040025
2022
Rui Y, Jackson RD, Cotrufo MF, Sanford GR, Spiesman BJ, Deiss L, Culman SW, Liang C, Ruark MD. 2022. Persistent soil carbon enhanced in Mollisols by well-managed grasslands but not annual grain or dairy forage cropping systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119: e2118931119 https://doi-org./10.1073/pnas.2118931119
- Rui Y, Jackson RD, Cotrufo MF, Sanford GR, Spiesman BJ, Deiss L, Culman SW, Liang C, Ruark MD. 2022. Reply to Chen et al.: Soil organic carbon stocks and persistence of surface 30-cm of Mollisols. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119: e2204140119
- Rui Y, Jackson RD, Cotrufo MF, Sanford GR, Spiesman BJ, Deiss L, Culman SW, Liang C, Ruark MD. 2022. Reply to Lajtha: Soil organic carbon stocks and persistence of surface 30-cm of Mollisols. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119: e2204142119
Jackson RD. 2022. Grazed perennial grasslands can match current beef production while contributing to climate mitigation and adaptation. Agricultural & Environmental Letters 7:20059 https://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.20059 [CSA News Outstanding ‘Perspective’ Paper of the Year (2022) and National finalist (1 of 3) Frontiers Planet Prize 2022]
- Jackson RD. 2022. Reply to “Missing the grassland for the cows: scaling grass‐finished beef production entails tradeoffs—Comment on ‘Grazed perennial grasslands can match current beef production while contributing to climate mitigation and adaptation’” Agricultural & Environmental Letters, 00, e20082
Becker A, Ruark MD, Horowitz LS, Jackson RD. 2022. Surface-soil carbon stocks greater under well-managed grazed pasture than row crops. Soil Science Society of America Journal 86:758–768 https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20388 [Top 10 most-downloaded articles in 2023]
Sanford GR, Jackson RD, Rui Y, Kucharik CJ. 2022. Land use-land cover gradient demonstrates the importance of perennial grasslands with intact soils for stabilizing soil carbon in the fertile Mollisols of the North Central US. Geoderma 418: 115854
Campbell TA, Booth EG, Jackson RD, Gratton C, Kucharik CJ. 2022. Agricultural landscape transformation needed to meet water quality goals in the Yahara River watershed of southern Wisconsin. Ecosystems 25: 507–525 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-021-00668-y
Wepking C, Mackin HC, Raff Z, Shrestha D, Orfanou A, Booth EG, Kucharik CJ, Gratton C, Jackson RD. 2022. Perennial grassland agriculture restores critical ecosystem functions in America’s Dairyland. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 6:1010280 https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.1010280
Cates AM, Jilling A, Tfaily M, Jackson RD. 2022. Temperature and moisture effects on organic matter composition differ across aggregate fractions and particle-size classes. Geoderma 409:115628
Campbell T, Booth EG, Jackson RD, Gratton C, Kucharik CJ. 2022. Nitrate contamination in groundwater and drinking water, Nelson Issue Brief 3:5 https://nelson-public-files.s3.amazonaws.com/news/nelson-issue-brief-nutrient-pollution-water-spring-2022.pdf
2021
Reynolds J, Bell MM, Grace J, Gratton C, Jackson RD, Keeley K, Mayerfeld D. 2021. A vision for perennial agriculture. Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems 45: 1470-1479 https://doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2021.1918313
Jordana Rivero M et al. 2021. Taking the steps towards sustainable livestock: our multidisciplinary global farm platform journey. Animal Frontiers 11:52-58. doi.org/10.1093/af/vfab048.
McCary MA, Kasprzak MD, Botsch JC, Jackson RD, Gratton C. 2021. Aquatic insect subsidies influence microbial composition and processing of detritus in near-shore subarctic heathland. Oikos 130: 1523-1534 https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.08032
Cates AM, Wills BD, Kim TN, Gratton C, Landis DA, Jackson RD. 2021. No evidence of top-down control by ants found on decomposition rates in temperate grassland. Ecosphere 12: e03638 doi: 10.1002/ecs2.3638
Sanford GR, Jackson RD, Booth EG, Hedtcke JL, Picasso Risso V. 2021. Perenniality and diversity drive output stability and resilience in a 26-year cropping systems experiment Field Crops Research 108071
McCary M, Jackson RD, Gratton C. 2021. Vegetation structure modulates ecosystem and community responses to insect subsidies in a subarctic grassland. Ecosphere 12: e03483
2020
Xuefeng Z, Jackson RD, DeLucia E, Tiedje J, Liang C. 2020. The soil microbial carbon pump: from conceptual insights to empirical assessments. Global Change Biology 26: 6032–6039 https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15319
Dirks AC, Jackson RD. 2020. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi composition in soils of switchgrass harvested for bioenergy under alternate nitrogen management. Applied & Environmental Microbiology 86: e00880-20. doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00880-20
Jackson RD. 2020. Soil nitrate leaching under grazed cool-season grass pasture in the North Central US. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 100: 5307-5312 https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.10571
Gelfand I, Kravchenko AN, Hamilton SK, Jackson RD, Thelen KD, Robertson GP. 2020. Empirical evidence for the climate benefits of decarbonizing US automotive transport with liquid vs electric bioenergy and carbon capture and storage (BECCS) Environmental Science & Technology 54: 2961−2974
Wang S, Sanford GR, Robertson GP, Jackson RD, Thelen KD. 2020. Perennial bioenergy crop yield and quality response to nitrogen fertilization. Bioenergy Research 13:157–166 doi: 10.1007/s12155-019-10072-z
Jach-Smith LC, Jackson RD. 2020. Inorganic N addition replaces N supplied to switchgrass by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Ecological Applications 30: e02047 doi: 10.1002/eap.2047
2019
von Haden AC, Marín-Spiotta E, Jackson RD, Kucharik CJ. 2019. Soil microclimates influence annual carbon loss via heterotrophic soil respiration in maize and switchgrass bioenergy cropping systems. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 279: 107731
Cates AM, Ruark MD, Grandy AS, Jackson RD. 2019. Small responses of the soil C cycle to three years of cover crops in maize cropping systems. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 286: 106649
Jackson RD, Isidore B, Cates RL. 2019. Are plant-soil dynamics in pastures managed organically different? A review Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 279: 53-57
von Haden AC, Kucharik CJ, Jackson RD, Marín-Spiotta E. 2019. Litter quantity, litter chemistry, and soil texture control changes in soil organic carbon fractions under bioenergy cropping systems of the North Central U.S. Biogeochemistry 143: 313–326
Wattiaux MA, Uddin EM, Letelier P, Jackson RD, Larson RA. 2019. Emission and mitigation of greenhouse gases from dairy farms: the cow, the manure and the field. Applied Animal Science 35: 238-254
Cates AM, Braus MJ, Whitman TL, Jackson RD. 2019. Separate drivers for microbial C mineralization and physical protection of C. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 133:72-82 doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.02.014
Szymanski LM, Sanford GR, Heckman K, Jackson RD, Marín-Spiotta E. 2019. Conversion to bioenergy crops alters the amount and age of microbially-respired soil carbon. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 128: 35-44 doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.08.025
Booth E, Kucharik CJ, Jackson RD. 2019. What drives nitrate leaching into groundwater? Nelson Issue Brief 1:2
Duncan DS, Oates LG, Gelfand I, Millar N, Robertson GP, Jackson RD. 2019. Environmental factors function as constraints on soil nitrous oxide fluxes in bioenergy feedstock cropping systems. Global Change Biology-Bioenergy 11: 416-426 doi: 10.1111/gcbb.12572
2018 and earlier…
Cates AM, Sanford GR, Ward Good L, Jackson RD. 2018. What do we know about cover crop efficacy in the North Central US? Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 73: 153A-157A doi:10.2489/jswc.73.6.153A
Mackelprang R, Grube AM, Lamendella R, da Jesus EC, Copeland A, Liang C, Jackson RD, Rice CW, McClure E, Kapucija S, Parsa B, Tringe SG, Tiedje JM, Jansson JK. 2018. Response of the soil microbiome to cultivation in native tallgrass prairie soils of the Midwestern United States. Frontiers in Microbiology 9: 1775 doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01775
Cates AM, Jackson RD. 2018. Cover crops effects on net ecosystem carbon balance in grain and silage maize. Agronomy Journal 110: 30-38 doi:10.2134/agronj2018.01.0045
Roley SS, Duncan DS, Liang D, Garoutte A, Jackson RD, Tiedje JM, Robertson GP. 2018. Associative nitrogen fixation (ANF) in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) across a nitrogen input gradient. PLoS ONE 13(6): e0197320.
Jach-Smith LC, Jackson RD. 2018. N addition undermines N supplied by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to native perennial grasses. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 116: 148-157
Spiesman B, Kummel H, Jackson RD. 2018. Carbon storage potential increases with increasing ratio of C₄ to C₃ grass cover and soil productivity in restored tallgrass prairies. Oecologia 186: 565-576 doi.org/10.1007/s00442-017-4036-8
Landis DL, Gratton C, Jackson RD, Gross KL, Duncan DS, Liang C, Meehan TD, Robertson BA, Schmidt TM, Stahlheber KA, Tiedje JM, Werling BP. 2018. Biomass and biofuel crop effects on biodiversity and ecosystem services in the North Central US Biomass & Bioenergy 114: 18-29
Jakubowski AR, Casler MD, Jackson RD. 2017. Legume addition to perennial warm-season grass swards increases productivity and producer flexibility. Crop Science 57: 1-9
Sprunger CD, Oates LG, Jackson RD, Robertson GP. 2017. Plant community composition influences fine root production and biomass allocation in perennial bioenergy cropping systems of the upper Midwest, USA. Biomass & Bioenergy 105: 248-258
Krowiak A, Herren CM, Webert KC, Einarsson A, Hoekman D, Jackson RD, Ives AR. 2017. Resource gradients and the distribution and flowering of butterwort, a carnivorous plant. Annales Zoologica Fennici 54: 163-173
Robertson GP, Hamilton SK, Barham BL, Dale BE, Izaurralde RC, Jackson RD, Landis DA, Swinton SM, Thelen KD, Tiedje JM. 2017. Cellulosic biofuel contributions to a sustainable energy future: choices and outcomes. Science 356: eaal2324
Gornish ES, Lennox MR, Lewis DL, Tate KW, Jackson RD. 2017. Comparing herbaceous plant communities in active and passive riparian restoration. PLOS ONE 12(4): e0176338
Oates LG, Read HW, Gutknecht JLM, Duncan DS, Balser TB, Jackson RD. 2017. A lipid extraction and analysis method for characterizing soil microbes in experiments with many samples. Journal of Visualized Experiments 125: e55310
Sanford GR, Oates LG, Roley SS, Duncan DS, Jackson RD, Robertson GP, Thelen KD. 2017. Biomass production a stronger driver of cellulosic ethanol yield than biomass quality. Agronomy Journal 109: 1911-1922
Gratton C, Hoekman D, Dreyer J, Jackson RD. 2017. Increased duration of allochthonous aquatic resource pulses to land alters longterm community and ecosystem responses in a subarctic plant community. Ecology 98: 2860–2872
Jakubowski AR, Jackson RD, Casler MD. 2017. Can biomass yield of switchgrass be increased without increasing nitrogen requirements? Crop Science 57: 2024-2031
Miesel JR, Jach-Smith LC, Renz MJ, Jackson RD. 2017. Distribution of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) aboveground biomass in response to nitrogen addition and across harvest dates Biomass & Bioenergy 100: 74-83
Oates LG, Duncan DS, Sanford GR, Liang C, Jackson RD. 2016. Bioenergy cropping systems that incorporate native grasses stimulate growth of plant-associated soil microbes in the absence of nitrogen fertilization. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 233: 396-403
Liang C, Kao-Kniffin J, Sanford GR, Balser TC, Jackson RD. 2016. Microorganisms and their residues under restored perennial grassland communities of varying diversity. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 103: 192-200
Duran BEL, Duncan DS, Oates LG, Kucharik C, Jackson RD. 2016. Nitrogen fertilization effects on productivity and nitrogen loss in three grass-based perennial bioenergy cropping systems. PLOS ONE 11: e0151919.
Duncan DS, Jewell K, Suen G, Jackson RD. 2016. Detection of short-term cropping system-induced changes to soil bacterial communities differs among four molecular characterization methods. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 96: 160-168
Liang C, da Jesus EC, Duncan DS, Quensen JF, Jackson RD, Balser TC, Tiedje JM. 2016. Switchgrass rhizospheres stimulate microbial biomass but deplete microbial necromass in agricultural soils in the U.S. Upper Midwest. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 94: 173-180
Collier, SM, Dean AP, Oates LG, Ruark MD, Jackson RD. 2016. Does plant biomass manipulation in gas sampling chambers affect nitrous oxide emissions from soils? Journal of Environmental Quality 45: 751-756
Sanford G, Oates LG, Jasrotia P, Thelen KD, Robertson GP, Jackson RD. 2016. Comparative productivity of alternative cellulosic bioenergy cropping systems in the North Central USA. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 216: 344-355
Jesus ED, Liang C, Quensen J, Susilawati E, Jackson RD, Balser T, Tiedje JM. 2015. Influence of corn, switchgrass, and diverse prairie vegetation on soil microbial communities in the upper Midwest of the United States. GCB-Bioenergy 8: 481–494
Oates LG, Duncan DS, Gelfand I, Millar N, Robertson GP, Jackson RD. 2015. Nitrous oxide emissions during establishment of eight alternative cellulosic bioenergy cropping systems in the North Central U.S. GCB-Bioenergy 8: 539-549
Sabatier R, Oates LG, Jackson RD. 2015. Management flexibility of a grassland agroecosystem: a modeling approach based on the viability theory. Agricultural Systems 139:76-81
Jach-Smith LC, Jackson RD. 2015. Switchgrass and prairie response to N fertilizer and harvest time on productive soils of upper Midwest. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 204:62-71
Jackson RD, Oates LG, Schacht WH, Klopfenstein TJ, Undersander DJ, Bell MM, Gratton C. 2015. Effects of pasture management on N₂O fluxes between soils and the atmosphere in Nebraska and Wisconsin. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 101:365-376
Herzberger AJ, Duncan DS, Jackson RD. 2014. Bouncing back: plant-associated soil microbes respond rapidly to prairie establishment. PLOS ONE 9:e115775
Sabatier R, Oates LG, Brink GE, Bleier JS, Jackson RD. 2014. Grazing in an uncertain environment: modeling the trade-off between production and robustness. Agronomy Journal 107:257-264
Brink GE, Casler MD, Jackson RD. 2014. Response of four temperate grasses to defoliation height and interval. Communications in Biometry and Crop Science 9:15–25
Dale BE, Anderson JE, Brown RC, Csonka S, Dale VH, Herwick G, Jackson RD, Johnson K, Jordan N, Kaffka S, Kline KL, Lynd LR, Malmstrom CR, Garlock Ong R, Richard TL, Taylor C, Wang MQ. 2014. Take a closer look: biofuels can support environmental, economic and social goals. Environmental Science & Technology 48:7200-7203
Alber N, Brink GE, JACKSON RD. 2014. Temperate grass response to extent and timing of grazing. Canadian Journal of Plant Science 94:827-833
Oates LG, Undersander DJ, Bell MM, Gratton C, JACKSON RD. 2014. Net ecosystem carbon balance under management-intensive rotational grazing on subhumid cool-season pastures Rangeland Ecology and Management 67:19-29
Jakubowski AR, JACKSON RD, Casler MD. 2014. The history of reed canarygrass in North America: Persistence of natives among invading Eurasian populations. Crop Science 54:210-219
Duncan DS, Krohn A, JACKSON RD, Casler MD. 2013. Conservation implications of the introduction history of meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis Huds.) to the Driftless Area of the Upper Mississippi Valley, USA. Plant Ecology & Diversity 8:91-99
Williams CL, Charland P, Radloff G, Sample D, JACKSON RD. 2013. Grass-shed: Place and process for catalyzing perennial grass bioeconomies and their potential multiple benefits. Journal of Soil & Water Conservation 68:141A-146A
Jordan N, Williams C, Schulte Moore L, Pitt D, Schively-Slotterback C, JACKSON RD, Landis D, Mulla D, Becker D, Rickenbach M, Dale B, Helmers C, Bringi B. 2013. Landlabs: A new approach to creating agricultural enterprises that meet the Triple Bottom Line. Journal of Higher Education Outreach & Engagement 17:175-200
Wood EM, Johnson MD, JACKSON RD, Pidgeon AM, Garrison BA. 2013. Avian community use and occupancy of California oak savanna The Condor 115:712-724.
Meehan TD, Gratton C, Diehl E, Hunt ND, Lian C, Mooney DF, Ventura SJ, Barham BL, JACKSON RD. 2013. Ecosystem service tradeoffs associated with switching from annual to perennial energy crops in riparian zones of the Midwest. PLOS ONE 8(11): e80093 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0080093 (*top 10% most-cited in PLOS ONE 7 July 2017)
Hoagland KC, Ruark M, Renz M, JACKSON RD. 2013. Agricultural management of switchgrass for fuel quality and thermal energy yield on highly erodible land in the Driftless Area of southwest Wisconsin. BioEnergy Research 6:1012-1021
Brink GE, JACKSON RD, Alber NB. 2013. Residual sward height effects on growth and nutritive value of grazed temperate perennial grasses. Crop Science 53:1-11
Lawrence B, JACKSON RD, Kucharik C. 2013. Testing the stability of carbon pools stored in Carex stricta-dominated sedge meadows Applied Soil Ecology 71:48-57
Jakubowski AR, JACKSON RD, Casler MD. 2013. Genetic evidence suggests a widespread distribution of native North American populations of reed canarygrass. Biological Invasions 15:261-268.
Liang C, Duncan DS, Balser TC, Tiedje JT, JACKSON RD. 2012. Soil microbial residue storage linked to soil legacy under biofuel cropping systems in southern Wisconsin, USA. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 57:939-942
Liang C, da Jesus EC, Duncan DS, JACKSON RD, Tiedje JM, Balser TC. 2012. Soil microbial communities under model biofuel cropping systems in southern Wisconsin USA: impact of crop species and soil properties. Applied Soil Ecology 54:24-31
Sanford GR, Posner JL, JACKSON RD, Kucharik CJ, Hedtcke JL. 2012. Soil carbon lost from Mollisols of the North Central U.S.A. with 20 years of agricultural best management practices Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 162:68–76
Chamberlain SC, Paine LK, JACKSON RD. 2012. Tradeoffs in grazing management of native warm-season grass ecotypes and cultivars for wildlife habitat vs. livestock production. Agronomy Journal 104:1383–1391 doi:10.2134/agronj2012.0045.
Oates LG, Balser TC, JACKSON RD. 2012. Pasture management effects on soil microbes. Applied Soil Ecology 59:20-28
Ventura S, Hull S, JACKSON R, Radloff G, Sample D, Walling S, Williams C. 2012. Guidelines for sustainable planting and harvest of nonforest biomass in Wisconsin. Journal of Soil & Water Conservation 67:17A-20A doi:10.2489/jswc.67.1.17A
Miesel JR, Renz MR, Doll JE, JACKSON RD. 2012. Effectiveness of weed management methods in establishment of switchgrass and a native species mixture for biofuels in Wisconsin. Biomass and Bioenergy 36:121-131 doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.10.018
Hoekman D, Dreyer J, Jackson RD, Townsend PA, Gratton C. 2012. Midge additions increase arthropod densities. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 93: 64-67
Jakubowski AR, JACKSON RD, Johnson RC, Hu J, Casler MD. 2011. Genetic diversity and population structure of Eurasian populations of reed canarygrass: cytotypes, cultivars, and interspecific hybrids. Crop and Pasture Science 62:982-991
Lyon A, Bell MM, Gratton C, JACKSON RD. 2011. Farming without a recipe: Wisconsin graziers and new directions for agricultural science. Journal of Rural Studies 27:384-393 doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2011.04.002
Hoekman D, Dreyer JM, JACKSON RD, Townsend PA, Gratton C. 2011. Lake to land subsidies: Experimental addition of aquatic insects increases terrestrial arthropod densities. Ecology 92:2063-2072 doi: 10.1890/11-0160.1
Jakubowski AR, JACKSON RD, Casler MD. 2011. Has selection for improved agronomic traits made reed canarygrass invasive? PLoS One 6(10): e25757. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0025757
Stackpoole S, Kosola KR, Workmaster BA, Guldan NM, Browne BA, JACKSON RD. 2011. Looking beyond fertilizer: assessing the contribution of nitrogen from hydrologic inputs and organic matter to plant growth in the cranberry agroecosystem. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 91:41-54
Liang C, Sanford G, JACKSON RD, Balser TC. 2011. Potential legacy effects of biofuel cropping systems on soil microbial communities in southern Wisconsin. Agricultural Sciences 2:131-137 doi:10.4236/as.2011.22019
Oates LG, Undersander DJ, Bell MM, Gratton C, JACKSON RD. 2011. Management-intensive rotational grazing promotes forage production and quality of subhumid cool-season pastures. Crop Science 51:1-10 doi: 10.2135/cropsci2010.04.0216
Lennox M, Lewis D, JACKSON RD, Harper J, Larson S, Tate KW. 2011. Development of vegetation and aquatic habitat in restored riparian sites of California’s North Coast rangelands. Restoration Ecology 19:225-233 doi: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2009.00558.x.
Doll JE, Bouressa E, Haubensak KA, JACKSON RD. 2011. Testing disturbance, seeding time, and soil amendments for establishing native warm-season grasses in nonnative cool-season pastures. Restoration Ecology 19:1-8 doi: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00687.x
Craine JM, JACKSON RD. 2010. Nitrogen and phosphorus limitation in soils from 98 North American grasslands Plant and Soil 334:73-84 doi: 10.1007/s11104-009-0237-1
Lyon A, Bell MM, Croll N, JACKSON RD, Gratton C. 2010. Maculate conceptions: power, process, and creativity in participatory research. Rural Sociology 75:538-559 DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-0831.2010.00030.x
Jakubowski AR, Casler MD, JACKSON RD. 2010. Landscape context predicts reed canarygrass invasion: implications for management. Wetlands 30: 685-692 doi: 10.1007/s13157-010-0078-y
Jakubowski AR, Casler MD, JACKSON RD. 2010. The benefits of harvesting wetland invaders for cellulosic biofuel: an ecosystem services perspective. Restoration Ecology 18:789-795 doi: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00738.x
Webster CR, Flaspohler DJ, JACKSON RD, Meehan T, Gratton C. 2010. Diversity, productivity and landscape-level effects in North American grasslands managed for biomass production. Biofuels 1:451-461 doi: 10.4155/BFS.10.18
Brink GE, JACKSON RD, Bleier JS, Chamberlain SK, Jakubowski AR. 2010. Success of pasture renovation depends on site conditions and management intensity. Forage and Grazinglands. Published online March 2010. doi:10.1094/FG-2010-0316-01-RS
Bouressa E, Woodis JE, Cates RL, JACKSON RD. 2010. Burning and grazing cool-season grasslands to promote persistence of native, warm-season grasses. Ecological Restoration 28:40-45 (90/50/50/50).
*JACKSON RD, Paine LK, Woodis JE. 2010. Persistence of native C4 grasses under high-intensity, short-duration summer bison grazing in the eastern tallgrass prairie. Restoration Ecology 18:65-78 doi: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00439.x (50/90/100/90).
Doll JE, JACKSON RD. 2009. Why would a farmer consider native grasses for grazed temperate pastures? Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 64:276-285 (50/50/50/50).
Doll JE, Brink GE, Cates RL, JACKSON RD. 2009. Effects of native grass restoration management on above- and belowground pasture production and forage quality. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 33:512-527 (90/50/50/50).
*Woodis JE, JACKSON RD. 2009. Subhumid pasture plant communities entrained by management. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 129:83-90 (75/5/20/25).
Bell MM, Lyon A., Gratton C, JACKSON RD. 2008. The productivity of variability: an agroecological hypothesis. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 6:233-235 (25/25/25/10).
Chou WW, Silver WL, JACKSON RD, Thompson AW, Allen-Diaz B. 2008. The sensitivity of annual grassland carbon cycling to the quantity and timing of rainfall. Global Change Biology 14:1382-1394 (33/20/20/20).
Oates LG, Allen-Diaz B, JACKSON rd. 2008. Grazing removal decreases the magnitude of methane and the variability of nitrous oxide emissions from spring-fed wetlands of a California oak savanna Wetlands Ecology & Management 16:395-404 (95/10/80/80).
Stackpoole S, Workmaster BA, JACKSON RD, Kosola K. 2008. Nitrogen conservation strategies in cranberry agroecosystems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 40:2736-2742 (0/0/25/25)
Woodis JE, JACKSON RD. 2008. Above- and belowground production of smooth brome and big bluestem under clipping frequencies and heights to mimic rotational and continuous grazing. Grass and Forage Science 63:458-466 (75/5/50/50).
Bartolome JW, JACKSON RD, Betts ADK, Connor JM, Nader GA, Tate KW. 2007. Residual dry matter effects on production and plant functional groups in California annual range. Grass and Forage Science 62:1-8 (50/50/90/50).
*Bleier JS, JACKSON RD. 2007. Manipulating the quantity, quality, and manner of C addition to reduce soil inorganic N and increase C4:C3 grass biomass. Restoration Ecology 15:684-691 (90/10/90/100).
*JACKSON RD, Bell MM, Gratton C. 2007. Assessing ecosystem variability at different scales to generalize about pasture management in southern Wisconsin. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 122:471-478 (90/50/90/90).
Jackson rd, Allen-Diaz B. 2006. Grazing disturbance promotes equilibrium plant community dynamics in an inherently nonequilibrium system. Journal of Applied Ecology 43:485-496 (25/75/100/100%).
Jackson rd, Allen-Diaz B, Oates LG, Tate KW. 2006. Grazing removal increases spring-fed wetland nitrate concentrations in a Californian oak savanna. Ecosystems 9:254-267 (100/80/100/100%)
JACKSON RD, Paine LK. 2006. Revisiting Robel’s visual obstruction method for estimating standing crop in grasslands Forage and Grazinglands [published online Dec 2006] (50/100/75/50%).
Wenk RC, Battles JJ, JACKSON RD, Bartolome JW, Allen-Diaz B. 2006. An accurate and efficient method for sorting biomass extracted from soil cores using point-intercept sampling. Soil Science Society of America Journal 70:851-855 (50/10/20/20%).
Luschei EC, JACKSON RD. 2005. Research methodologies and statistical approaches for multitactic systems. Weed Science 53:393-405. (25/NA/30/25%).
Allen-Diaz B, JACKSON RD, Bartolome JW, Tate KW, Oates LG. 2004. Long-term grazing study in spring-fed wetlands reveals management tradeoffs. California Agriculture 58:144-148. (20/80/100/20%).
Bartolome JW, Fehmi JS, Jackson RD, Allen-Diaz B. 2004. Disturbance effects on a native perennial grass stand in Coast Range Grassland of California. Restoration Ecology 12:279-289. (0/0/100/90%).
Jackson rd, Allen-Diaz B, Bartolome JW. 2002. State and transition models-response to ESA symposium: Thresholds and non-linear responses in ecosystems: Understanding, sustaining, and restoring complex rangelands. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 83:194:196 (100/NA/NA/100%)
JACKSON RD, Bartolome JW. 2002. A state-transition approach to understanding nonequilibrium plant community dynamics of Californian grasslands. Plant Ecology 162:49-65. (0/0/100/90%).
Allen-Diaz B, JACKSON RD, Phillips K. 2001. Spring-fed plant communities of California’s East Bay Hills oak woodland. Madroño 48:98-111. (0/0/100/90%).
Allen-Diaz B, JACKSON RD. 2000. Grazing effects on spring ecosystem vegetation of California’s hardwood rangelands. Journal of Range Management 53:215-220. (0/80/100/90%).
Allen-Diaz B, JACKSON RD, Fehmi JS. 1998. Detecting channel morphology change in California’s hardwood rangeland spring ecosystems. Journal of Range Management 51:514-518. (0/0/100/90%).
JACKSON RD, Fulgham KO, Allen-Diaz B. 1998. Quercus garryana Hook. (Fagaceae) stand structure in areas with different grazing histories. Madroño 45:275-282. (100/100/100/100%)