S. L. Flory

Clinal variation in drought response is consistent across life stages but not between native and non-native ranges

Abnormal weather drives disease outbreaks in wild and agricultural plants

The paper shows how abnormal weather influences disease outbreaks in both wild and agricultural plants, finding that historical climate affects wild plants while warming increases agricultural disease risks.

Effects of disease emergence on invasive grass impacts

This study examines how an emerging fungal disease affects the invasive grass Microstegium vimineum and its native competitor Elymus virginicus, finding that disease does not reduce invader abundance but may suppress competitor abundance over time.

Invasive grass litter suppresses native species and promotes disease

This study shows invasive grass litter suppresses native plants and promotes disease in a greenhouse experiment with Microstegium vimineum and Elymus virginicus.

Emerging fungal pathogen on an invasive grass differentially affects native species

The paper examines how a fungal pathogen affects three native grass species and how competition with an invasive grass influences their biomass.

Native perennial and non-native annual grasses shape pathogen community composition and disease severity in a California grassland

The paper examines how native perennial and non-native annual grasses influence pathogen community composition and disease severity in a California grassland, finding distinct pathogen communities but no significant density effects.

Root production in a subtropical pasture is mediated by cultivar and defoliation severity

This study examines how cultivar and defoliation severity affect root and shoot production in a pasture grass, finding weak coupling between aboveground and belowground productivity.