Publications from the last several years (total publications number over 125)
Several of Dr. McNaughton's publications can be accessed by clicking here under the Ecology section.

Anderson, T.M. , M.E. Ritchie, and S.J. McNaughton. 2007. Rainfall and soils modify plant community response to grazing in Serengeti National Park. Ecology 88(5) 1191-1201. PDF

Anderson, T.M., M.E. Ritchie, E. Mayemba, S. Eby, J.B. Grace, and S.J. McNaughton. 2007. Forage nutritive quality in the Serengeti ecosystem: the roles of fire and herbivory. The American Naturalist 170:343-357. PDF

Anderson, T.M. , J. Dempewolf, K.L. Metzger, D.N. Reed, and S. Serneels. 2007. Generation and maintenance of heterogeneity in the Serengeti ecosystem. In press, A.R.E. Sinclair, C. Packer, S.A.R. Mduma and J.M. Fryxell (eds) Serengeti III: Human Impacts on Ecosystem Dynamics. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

Anderson, T.M. , K.L. Metzger, and S.J. McNaughton. 2007. Multi-scale analysis of plant species richness in Serengeti grasslands. Journal of Biogeography 34:313-323. PDF

Augustine, D. J., and S. J. McNaughton. 2006. Interactive Effects of Ungulate Herbivores, Soil Fertility, and Variable Rainfall on Ecosystem Processes in a Semi-arid Savanna. Ecosystems 9: 1242-1256. PDF

Anderson, T.M., Y. Dong, and S.J. McNaughton. 2006. Nutrient acquisition and physiological responses of dominant Serengeti grasses to variation in soil texture and grazing. J. Ecology 94:1164-1175. PDF

Augustine, D. J., and S. J. McNaughton. 2004. Temporal asynchrony in soil nutrient dynamics and plant production in a semiarid ecosystem. Ecosystems 7: 829-840. PDF

Augustine, D. J., and S. J. McNaughton. 2004. Regulation of shrub dynamics by native browsing ungulates on East African rangeland. J. Appl. Ecol. 41: 45-58. PDF

Anderson, T. Michael, S. J. McNaughton, and M. E. Ritchie.  2003.  Scale-dependent relationships between the spatial distribution of a limiting resource and plant species diversity in an African ecosystem.  Oecologia 139: 277-287.

Augustine, D. J., S. J. McNaughton and Frank, D.A. 2003. Feedbacks between soil nutrients and large herbivores in a managed savanna ecosystem. Ecol. Appl. 13: 1325-1337.

Sankaran, M., and S. J. McNaughton. 2002. Herbivory and trophic interactions. In. E. van der Maarl, ed. Vegetation Ecology, Blackwell, Oxford, 265-285.

McNaughton, S. J. 2001. Diversity and function in ecosystems. In K. N. Ganeshaia, R. U. Shankar, and K. S. Bawa, eds. Tropical Ecosystems. Structure, Diversity, and Human Welfare. Oxford U. Press, pp. 495-497.

Hamilton, E. W. III, S. J. McNaughton, and J. S. Coleman. 2001. Molecular, physiological and growth responses to sodium stress in C4 grasses from a soil salinity gradient in the Serengeti ecosystem. Am. J. Bot., 130:88: 1258-1265.

McNaughton, S. J. 2001. Herbivory and trophic interactions. In, J. Roy, B. Saugier, and H. A. Mooney, eds. Terrestrial Global Productivity: Past, Present, Future. Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 101-122.

Oesterheld, M., and S. J. McNaughton. 2001. Herbivory in terrestrial ecosystems. In, Sala, O. E., R. B. Jackson, H. A. Mooney, and R. W. Howarth, eds. Methods in Ecosystem Science. Springer-Verlag, New York, pp.151-157.

McNaughton, S. J. 1999. What is good science? Natural Resources & Environment, a journal of the American Bar Association 13: 513-518. [read online]

Heckathorn, S. A., S. J. McNaughton, and J. S. Coleman. 1999. C4 plants and herbivory. In, R. F. Sage and R. K. Monson, eds. C4 Plant Biology. Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 285-31.

Augustine, D. J., and S. J. McNaughton. 1998. Invited paper: Ungulate effects on functional species composition of plant communities: herbivore selectivity and plant tolerance. J. Wildlife Manage 62: 1165-1183. PDF

Hamilton, E. W. III, M. S. Giovannini, S. J. Moses, J. S. Coleman, and S. J. McNaughton. 1998. Biomass and mineral element responses of a Serengeti short grass species to nitrogen supply and defoliation: compensation requires a critical [N]. Oecologia 116: 407-418. PDF

Frank, D. A., S. J. McNaughton, and B. F. Tracy. 1998. Ecology of the earth's grazing ecosystems. BioScience 48: 513-522.

S. J. McNaughton, N. R. H. Stronach, and N. J. Georgiadis. 1998. Combustion in natural fires and global emissions budgets. Ecol. Appl. 8: 464-468.

Williams, K. J., B. J. Wilsey, S. J. McNaughton, and F. F. Banyikwa. 1998. Temporally variable rainfall does not limit yields of Serengeti grasses. Oikos 81: 463-470.

McNaughton, S. J., F.F. Banyikwa, and M.M. McNaughton. 1998. Root biomass and productivity in a grazing ecosystem: the Serengeti. Ecology 79:587-592.

McNaughton, S. J., G. Zuniga, M. M. McNaughton, and F. F. Banyikwa. 1997. Ecosystem catalysis: soil urease activity and grazing in the Serengeti ecosystem. Oikos 80: 467-469.

McNaughton, S. J., F. F. Banyikwa, and M. M. McNaughton. 1997. Promotion of the cycling of diet-enhancing nutrients by African grazers. Science 278: 1798- 1800.

Wilsey, B. J., J. S. Coleman, and S. J. McNaughton 1997. Effects of elevated CO2 and defoliation on grasses: a comparative ecosystem approach. Ecol. Appl. 7: 844-853.

Tracy, B. F., and S. J. McNaughton. 1997. Elk grazing and vegetation responses following a late season fire in Yellowstone National Park. Plant Ecology 130: 111-119.

McNaughton, S. J. 1996. Wildlife policies in the U. S. national parks. J. Wildl. Manage. 60: 685-687.

Sala, O. E., W. K. Lauenroth, S. J. McNaughton, G. Rusch, and X. Zhang. 1996. Biodiversity and functioning in grasslands. In, H. A. Mooney, J. H. Cushman, E. Medina, O. E. Sala, and E.-D. Schulze, eds. Functional Roles of Biodiversity: A Global Perspective, Wiley, New York, pp. 129-150.

Sala, O. E., W. K. Lauenroth, S. J. McNaughton, G. Rusch, and X. Zhang. 1996. Temperate grasslands. In H. A. Mooney, J. Lubchenco, R. Dirzo, and O. Sala, eds. Global Biodiversity Assessment. Cambridge University Press, pp. 361-366.

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

Tracy, B. F. and S. J. McNaughton. 1995. Elemental analysis of mineral lick soils from Serengeti National Park, Konza prairie, and Yellowstone National Park. Ecography 18: 91-94.

Hartvigsen, G., and S. J. McNaughton. 1995. Tradeoff between height and relative growth rate in a dominant grass from the Serengeti ecosystem. Oecologia 102: 273-276.

McNaughton, S. J., and F. F. Banyikwa. 1995. Plant communities and herbivory. In A. R.E. Sinclair and P. Arcese, eds., Serengeti: Research, Management, and Conservation of an Ecosystem, U. Chicago Press, Chicago, pp. 49-70.

Wilsey, B. J., S. J. McNaughton, and J. S. Coleman. 1994. Will increases in atmospheric CO2 affect regrowth following grazing in C4 grasses from tropical grasslands? A test with Sporobolus kentrophyllus. Oecologia: 99:141-144.

McNaughton, S. J. 1994. Conservation goals and the configuration of biodiversity. In P. L. Forey, C. J. Humphries, and R. I. Vane-Wright, Systematics and Conservation Evaluation, Clarendon Press, Oxford, pp..41-62.

McNaughton, S. J. 1994. Grasslands. In R. A. Eblen and W. R. Eblen, eds. The Encyclopedia of the Environment, Houghton Mifflin, Boston.

Four Older Papers Each Cited Over 100 Times:
McNaughton, S. J. 1979. Grazing as an optimization process: grass-ungulate relationships in the Serengeti. Am. Nat. 113: 691-703.

McNaughton, S. J. 1976. Serengeti migratory wildebeest: facilitation of energy flow by grazing. Science 191:92-94.

McNaughton, S. J., and L. L. Wolf. 1970. Dominance and the niche in ecological systems. Science 167: 131-139.

McNaughton, S. J. 1966. Ecotype function in the Typha community-type. Ecol. Monogr. 36: 297-325.

Additional Publications (1965-1993):
103 articles in referred journals (2 reprinted in collections); 7 refereed book chapters; 1 textbook, General Ecology, published by Holt, Rinehart, Winston & Saunders (coauthored with L. L. Wolf, 2 editions, translated into Spanish and Indonesian); various book reviews.

In Sam's opinion, his most important pre-1994 papers are:
McNaughton, S. J. 1993. Biodiversity and stability of grazing ecosystems. In E.-D. Shulze and H. A. Mooney, eds., Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 361-383.

Oesterheld, M., O. E. Sala, and S. J. McNaughton. 1992. The effect of animal husbandry on herbivore carrying capacity at a regional scale. Nature 356: 234- 236. [Scientific correspondence on this paper from H. Fritz and P. Duncan with a reply appeared in Nature 364: 292-293 (1993)].

Oesterheld, M., and S. J. McNaughton. 1991. Effect of stress and time for recovery on the amount of compensatory growth after grazing. Oecologia 85: 305- 313.

Frank, D. A., and S. J. McNaughton. 1991. Stability increases with diversity in plant communities: empirical evidence from the 1988 Yellowstone drought. Oikos 62: 360-362.

McNaughton, S. J. 1990. Mineral nutrition and seasonal movements of African migratory ungulates. Nature 345: 613-615.

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.

McNaughton, S. J. 1989. Ecosystems and conservation in the Twenty-First century. In D. Western and M. Pearl, eds. Conservation for the Twenty-first Century. Oxford U. Press, Oxford, pp. 109-120.

McNaughton, S. J. 1988. Mineral nutrition and spatial concentrations of African ungulates. Nature 334: 343-345.

McNaughton, S. J., and N. J. Georgiadis. 1986. Ecology of African grazing and browsing mammals. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 17: 39-65.

McNaughton, S. J. 1985. Ecology of a grazing ecosystem: the Serengeti. Ecol. Monogr. 55: 259-294.

McNaughton, S. J. 1983. Serengeti grassland ecology: the role of composite environmental factors and contingency in community organization. Ecol. Monogr. 53: 291-320.

McNaughton, S. J. 1974. Developmental control of net productivity in Typha latifolia ecotypes. Ecology 55: 864-869.

McNaughton, S. J. 1965. Differential enzymatic activity in ecological races of Typha latifolia L. Science 150: 1829-1830.