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Frank, D.A. 2005. Large herbvores in heterogeneous grassland ecosystems. Danell, K., Bergström, R., Duncan, P., and Pastor, J. (Editors). Large Mammalian Herbivores, Ecosystem Dynamics, and Conservation. Cambridge University Press. In press.

Frank, D.A. 2005. The interactive effects of grazing ungulates and aboveground production on grassland diversity. Oecologia 143: 629-634.

Frank, D.A., R. D. Evans, and B. F. Tracy. 2004. Control of natural 15N abundance in a grazing ecosystem. Biogeochemistry, 68: 169-178.

Frank, D.A., C.A. Gehring, L. Machut, and M. Phillips. 2003. Soil community composition and the regulation of a grazed temperate grassland. Oecologia 442: 603-609

Anderson, M.T. and D.A. Frank. Defoliation effects on reproductive biomass: Importance of scale and timing. Journal of Range Management. 56:501-516.

Verchot, L., P.M. Groffman, and D. A. Frank. 2002. Landscape Versus Ungulate Control of Gross Mineralization and Gross Nitrification in Semi-Arid Grasslands of Yellowstone National Park. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 34:1691-1699. [PDF]

Frank, D.A., M.M. Kuns, D.R. Guido. 2002. Consumer control of grassland plant production. Ecology 83: 602-606.

Hamilton, E.W. and D. A. Frank. 2001. Can plants stimulate soil microbes and their own nutrient supply? Evidence from a grazing tolerant grass. Ecology 82: 2397-2402.

Augustine, D.J. and D.A. Frank. 2001. Effects of migratory grazers on spatial heteogeneity of soil nitrogen properties in a grassland ecosystem. Ecology 82: 3149-3162.

Frank, D.A., P.M. Groffman, R.D. Evans, and B.F. Tracy. 2000. Ungulate stimulation of nitrogen cycling and retention in Yellowstone Park grasslands. Oecologia 123: 116-121. [PDF]

Frank, D.A. 1998. Ungulate regulation of ecosystem processes in Yellowstone National Park: direct and feedback effects. Wildlife Society Bulletin 26: 410-418.

Frank, D.A. and P.M. Groffman. 1998. Denitrification in a semi-arid grazing ecosystem. Oecologia 117: 564-569. [PDF]

Tracy, B.F. and D.A. Frank. 1998. Effects of ungulates and topography on soil microbial biomass and activity in Yellowstone National Park. Oecologia 114: 556-562. [PDF]

Frank, D.A. and P. M. Groffman. 1998. Ungulate versus landscape control of soil C and N processes in grasslands of Yellowstone National Park. Ecology 79: 2229-2241. [PDF]

Frank, D. A., S. J. McNaughton, and B. Tracy. 1998. The ecology of the earth's grazing ecosystems. Bioscience 48: 513-521.

Frank, D. A. and R. D. Evans 1997. Effects of native grazers on grassland N cycling in Yellowstone National Park. Ecology 78: 2238-2248. [PDF]

Frank, D. A. and Y. Zhang 1997. Ammonia volatilization from a seasonally and spatially variable grazed grassland: Yellowstone National Park. Biogeochemistry 36: 189-203. [PDF]

McNaughton, S. J., D. Milchunas, and D. A. Frank. 1996. How can net primary productivity be measured in grazing ecosystems? Ecology 77: 974-977. [PDF]

Frank, D. A. and R. S. Inouye. 1994. Temporal variation in actual evapotranspiration of terrestrial ecosystems: patterns and ecological implications. Journal of Biogeography 21: 401-411.

Frank, D. A., Inouye, R. S., Huntly, N., G. W. Minshall, and J. E. Anderson. 1994. The biogeochemistry of a north-temperate grassland with native ungulates: nitrogen dynamics in Yellowstone National Park. Biogeochemistry 26:163-188.

Frank, D. A. and S. J. McNaughton. 1993. Evidence for the promotion of aboveground grassland production by native large herbivores in Yellowstone National Park. Oecologia 96:157-161.

Frank, D. A. and S. J. McNaughton. 1992. The ecology of plants, large mammalian herbivores and drought in Yellowstone National Park. Ecology 73:2043-2058. [PDF]

Frank, D.A. and S.J. McNaughton. 1991. Stability increases with diversity in plant communities: empirical evidence from the Yellowstone drought. Oikos 62:360-362.

McNaughton, S.J., M. Oesterheld, D.A. Frank, and K.J. Williams. 1991. Relationships between primary and secondary production in terrestrial ecosystems. In: J.J. Cole, S. Findlay, and G.M. Lovett (eds.) Comparative analyses of ecosystems: patterns, mechanisms and theories. Springer-Verlag, New York.

Frank, D.A. and S.J. McNaughton. 1990. Aboveground biomass estimation with the canopy intercept method: a plant growth form caveat. Oikos 57:57-60.

McNaughton, S.J., M. Oesterheld, D.A. Frank, and K.J. Williams. 1989. Ecosystem-level patterns of primary productivity and herbivory in terrestrial habitats. Nature 341:142-144.

Wiens, D., C.L. Calvin, C.A. Wilson, D.A. Frank and S.R. Seavey. 1987. Reproductive success, spontaneous embryo abortion, and genetic load in flowering plants. Oecologia 71:501-509.

Frank, D.A. and R. del Moral 1986. Thirty-five years of secondary succession in a Festuca viridula - Lupinus latifolius dominated meadow at Sunrise, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Canadian Journal Botany 64:1232-1236.


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