Plant Community Assembly Projects

Peer-Reviewed Papers

Carter TA et al. 2025. Fine-Root Traits Coordinate with Aboveground Strategies yet Poorly Predict Species’ Response to Spruce Mortality. Plant and Soil.

Carter TA and Buma B. 2024. Understory Plant Biodiversity is Inversely Related to Carbon Storage in a Carbon Dense Ecosystem. Ecology and Evolution.

Carter TA et al. 2022. Understory Plant Community Responses to Widespread Spruce Mortality in a Subalpine Forest. Journal of Vegetation Science.

Carter TA, Agneray AC, and Leger EA. 2020. Variability of Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis Engelm.) Leaf Traits in the Great Basin. Nevada State Undergraduate Research Journal.

In-Process or In-Prep Papers (available upon request)

Carter TA§, Hayes KR§, and Buma B. In-Revision. Boreal Forest Understory Plant Communities Transform After One Fire but Demonstrate Resilience to Continued Reburning. American Journal of Botany. § indicates equal contribution

Carter TA and Buma B. In-Prep. Conifers Appear Dispersal Limited Decades After Glacial Retreat. Target Journal: Forest Science.

Tharp H and Carter TA. In-Prep. Variation in Understory Plant Strategies in a Wind Exposed Tree Line Ecosystem. Target Journal: Journal of Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Excellence.