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Professor Carly Stevens

Professor in Plant Ecology and Soil Biogeochemistry

  1. Published

    Changes in species richness and composition in European acidic grasslands over the past 70 years: the contribution of cumulative atmospheric nitrogen deposition

    Dupre, C., Stevens, C., Ranke, T., Bleeker, A., Peppler-Lisbach, C., Gowing, D. J. G., Dise, N. B., Dorland, E., Bobbink, R. & Diekmann, M., 01/2010, In: Global Change Biology. 16, 1, p. 344-357 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  2. Published

    Grassland productivity limited by multiple nutrients

    Fay, P. A., Prober, S. M., Harpole, W. S., Knops, J. M. H., Bakker, J. D., Borer, E. T., Lind, E. M., Macdougall, A. S., Seabloom, E. W., Wragg, P. D., Adler, P. B., Blumenthal, D. M., Buckley, Y. M., Chu, C., Cleland, E. E., Collins, S. L., Davies, K. F., Du, G., Feng, X., Firn, J., & 19 othersGruner, D. S., Hagenah, N., Hautier, Y., Heckman, R. W., Jin, V. L., Kirkman, K. P., Klein, J., Ladwig, L. M., Li, Q., Mcculley, R. L., Melbourne, B. A., Mitchell, C. E., Moore, J. L., Morgan, J. W., Risch, A. C., Schütz, M., Stevens, C. J., Wedin, D. A. & Yang, L. H., 6/07/2015, In: Nature Plants. 1, 7, 15080.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetterpeer-review

  3. Published

    The role of nitrogen deposition in widespread plant community change across semi-natural habitats

    Field, C. D., Dise, N. B., Payne, R. J., Britton, A. J., Emmett, B. A., Helliwell, R. C., Hughes, S., Jones, L., Lees, S., Leake, J. R., Leith, I. D., Phoenix, G. K., Power, S. A., Sheppard, L. J., Southon, G. E., Stevens, C. J. & Caporn, S. J. M., 08/2014, In: Ecosystems. 17, 5, p. 864-877 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Abundance of introduced species at home predicts abundance away in herbaceous communities

    Firn, J., Moore, J. L., MacDougall, A. S., Borer, E. T., Seabloom, E., HilleRisLambers, J., Harpole, W. S., Cleland, E. E., Brown, C. S., Knops, J. M. H., Prober, S., Pyke, D. A., Farrell, K. A., Bakker, J., O’Halloran, L. R., Adler, P. B., Collins, S. L., D’Antonio, C. M., Crawley, M. J., Wolkovich, E. M., & 16 othersLa Pierre, K. J., Melbourne, B. A., Hautier, Y., Morgan, J. W., Leakey, A. B. D., Kay, A., McCulley, R., Davies, K., Stevens, C., Chu, C. J., Holl, K. D., Klein, J. A., Fay, P. A., Hagenah, N., Kirkham, K. P. & Buckley, Y., 03/2011, In: Ecology Letters. 14, 3, p. 274-281 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Leaf nutrients, not specific leaf area, are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs

    Firn, J., McGree, J. M., Harvey, E., Flores-Moreno, H., Schütz, M., Buckley, Y. M., Borer, E. T., Seabloom, E. W., La Pierre, K. J., MacDougall, A. M., Prober, S. M., Stevens, C. J., Sullivan, L. L., Porter, E., Ladouceur, E., Allen, C., Moromizato, K. H., Morgan, J. W., Harpole, W. S., Hautier, Y., & 23 othersEisenhauer, N., Wright, J. P., Adler, P. B., Arnillas, C. A., Bakker, J. D., Biederman, L., Broadbent, A. A. D., Brown, C. S., Bugalho, M. N., Caldeira, M. C., Cleland, E. E., Ebeling, A., Fay, P. A., Hagenah, N., Kleinhesselink, A. R., Mitchell, R., Moore, J. L., Nogueira, C., Peri, P. L., Roscher, C., Smith, M. D., Wragg, P. D. & Risch, A. C., 4/02/2019, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 3, p. 400-406 7 p.

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  6. Published

    Author Correction: Leaf nutrients, not specific leaf area, are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs (Nature Ecology & Evolution, (2019), 3, 3, (400-406), 10.1038/s41559-018-0790-1)

    Firn, J., McGree, J. M., Harvey, E., Flores-Moreno, H., Schütz, M., Buckley, Y. M., Borer, E. T., Seabloom, E. W., La Pierre, K. J., MacDougall, A. M., Prober, S. M., Stevens, C. J., Sullivan, L. L., Porter, E., Ladouceur, E., Allen, C., Moromizato, K. H., Morgan, J. W., Harpole, W. S., Hautier, Y., & 23 othersEisenhauer, N., Wright, J. P., Adler, P. B., Arnillas, C. A., Bakker, J. D., Biederman, L., Broadbent, A. A. D., Brown, C. S., Bugalho, M. N., Caldeira, M. C., Cleland, E. E., Ebeling, A., Fay, P. A., Hagenah, N., Kleinhesselink, A. R., Mitchell, R., Moore, J. L., Nogueira, C., Peri, P. L., Roscher, C., Smith, M. D., Wragg, P. D. & Risch, A. C., 15/05/2020, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 4, p. 886-891 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  7. Published

    Nitrogen Deposition and Loss of Biological Diversity: Agricultural Land Retirement as a Policy Response

    Fraser, I. M. & Stevens, C., 2007, In: Land Use Policy. 25, 4, p. 455-463 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Soil heterogeneity buffers community response to climate change in species-rich grassland

    Fridley, J. D., Grime, J. P., Askew, A. P., Moser, B. & Stevens, C., 05/2011, In: Global Change Biology. 17, 5, p. 2001-2011 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Perspectives on the scientific legacy of J. Philip Grime

    Fridley, J. D., Liu, X., Pérez‐Harguindeguy, N., Chapin, F. S., Crawley, M., De Deyn, G., Díaz, S., Grace, J. B., Grubb, P., Harrison, S., Lavorel, S., Liu, Z., Pierce, S., Schmid, B., Stevens, C., Wardle, D. A. & Westoby, M., 18/08/2023, In: Journal of Ecology. 111, 9, p. 1814-1831 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Detecting the footprint of changing atmospheric nitrogen deposition loads on acid grasslands in the context of climate change

    Gaudnik, C., Corcket, E., Clement, B., Delmas, C., Gombert, S., Muller, S., Stevens, C. & Alard, D., 2011, In: Global Change Biology. 17, 11, p. 3351-3365 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Using metabolic fingerprinting of plants for evaluating nitrogen deposition impacts on the landscape level

    Gidman, E. A., Stevens, C., Goodacre, R., Broadhurst, D., Emmett, B. A. & Gwynn-Jones, D., 2006, In: Global Change Biology. 12, 8, p. 1460-1465 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Response to Comments on “Productivity Is a Poor Predictor of Plant Species Richness”

    Grace, J. B., Adler, P. B., Seabloom, E., Borer, E. T., Hillebrand, H., Hautier, Y., Hector, A., Harpole, W. S., O’Halloran, L. R., Anderson, T. M., Bakker, J. D., Brown, C. S., Buckley, Y., Collins, S. L., Cottingham, K. L., Crawley, M. J., Damschen, E. I., Davies, K. F., DeCrappeo, N. M., Fay, P. A., & 18 othersFirn, J., Gruner, D., Hagenah, N., Jin, V. L., Kirkham, K. P., Knops, J., La Pierre, K. J., Lambrinos, J., Li, W., Melbourne, B. A., Mitchell, C. E., Moore, J., Morgan, J., Orrock, J., Prober, S., Stevens, C., Wragg, P. & Yang, L. H., 2012, In: Science. 335, 6075, p. 1441-1441 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Testing the influence of topography and material properties on catchment-scale soil moisture patterns using remotely sensed vegetation patterns in a humid temperate catchment, northern Britain

    Graham Milledge, D., Warburton, J., N. Lane, S. & J. Stevens, C., 15/04/2013, In: Hydrological Processes. 27, 8, p. 1223-1237 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Impacts of Nitrogen and Phosphorus: From Genomes to Natural Ecosystems and Agriculture

    Guignard, M. S., Leitch, A. R., Acquisti, C., Eizaguirre, C., Elser, J. J., Hessen, D. O., Jeyasingh, P. D., Neiman, M., Richardson, A. E., Soltis, A. E., Soltis, D. E., Trimmer, M., Weider, L. J., Woodward, G., Stevens, C. J. & Leitch, I. J., 6/07/2017, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 5, 9 p., 70.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Chronic nitrogen addition differentially affects gross nitrogen transformations in alpine and temperate grassland soils

    Hao, T., Zhang, Y., Zhang, J., Müller, C., Li, K., Zhang, K., Chu, H., Stevens, C. & Liu, X., 1/10/2020, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 149, 9 p., 107962.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Addition of multiple limiting resources reduces grassland diversity

    Harpole, W. S. & Stevens, C. J., 1/09/2016, In: Nature. 537, 7618, p. 93-96 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetterpeer-review

  17. Published

    Out of the shadows: multiple nutrient limitations drive relationships among biomass, light and plant diversity

    Harpole, W. S., Sullivan, L. L., Lind, E. M., Firn, J., Adler, P. B., Borer, E. T., Chase, J., Fay, P. A., Hautier, Y., Hillebrand, H., MacDougall, A. S., Seabloom, E. W., Bakker, J. D., Cadotte, M. W., Chaneton, E. J., Chu, C., Hagenah, N., Kirkman, K., La Pierre, K. J., Moore, J. L., & 5 othersMorgan, J. W., Prober, S. M., Risch, A. C., Schuetz, M. & Stevens, C. J., 09/2017, In: Functional Ecology. 31, 9, p. 1839-1846 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorialpeer-review

  18. Published

    Adapting for remote delivery during COVID‐19: Insights from a science engagement project

    Hartley, J., Hobbs, L. & Stevens, C., 30/06/2023, In: Natural Sciences Education. 52, 1, e20108.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Eutrophication weakens stabilizing effects of diversity in natural grasslands

    Hautier, Y., Seabloom, E. W., Borer, E. T., Adler, P. B., Harpole, W. S., Hillebrand, H., Lind, E. M., MacDougall, A. S., Stevens, C. J., Bakker, J. D., Buckley, Y. M., Chu, C., Collins, S. L., Daleo, P., Damschen, E. I., Davies, K. F., Fay, P. A., Firn, J., Gruner, D. S., Jin, V. L., & 13 othersKlein, J. A., Knops, J. M. H., La Pierre, K. J., Li, W., McCulley, R. L., Melbourne, B. A., Moore, J. L., O'Halloran, L. R., Prober, S. M., Risch, A. C., Sankaran, M., Schuetz, M. & Hector, A., 24/04/2014, In: Nature. 508, 7497, p. 521-525 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Local loss and spatial homogenization of plant biodiversity reduce ecosystem multifunctionality

    Hautier, Y., Isbell, F., Borer, E. T., Lind, E. M., MacDougall, A. S., Stevens, C. J., Bakker, J. D., Brudvig, L. A., Buckley, Y., Cadotte, M. W., Caldeira, M., Chaneton, E. J., Chu, C., Daleo, P., Dickman, C. R., Dwyer, J. M., Eskelinen, A., Fay, P. A., Firn, J., Hagenah, N., & 19 othersHillebrand, H., Iribarne, O., Kirkman, K. P., Knops, J. M. H., La Pierre, K. J., McCulley, R. L., Morgan, J. W., Pärtel, M., Pascual, J., Price, N., Prober, S. M., Risch, A. C., Sankaran, M., Schuetz, M., Standish, R. J., Virtanen, R., Wardle, G. M., Yahdjian, L. & Hector, A., 4/12/2017, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2, p. 50-56 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales

    Hautier, Y., Zhang, P., Loreau, M., Wilcox, K., Seabloom, E. W., Borer, E. T., Byrnes, J., Koerner, S., Komatsu, K., Lefcheck, J., Hector, A., Adler, P. B., Alberti, J., Arnillas, C. A., Bakker, J. D., Brudvig, L. A., Bugalho, M. N., Cadotte, M. W., Caldeira, M., Carroll, O., & 28 othersCrawley, M. J., Collins, S., Daleo, P., Dee, L., Eisenhauer, N., Isbell, F., Knops, J. M. H., MacDougall, A. S., McCulley, R. L., Moore, J. L., Morgan, J. W., Mori, A. S., Peri, P. L., Pos, E., Power, S. A., Price, J., Reich, P. B., Risch, A. C., Roscher, C., Sankaran, M., Schütz, M., Smith, M., Stevens, C., Tognetti, P. M., Virtanen, R., Wardle, G. M., Wilfahrt, P. & Wang, S., 23/10/2020, In: Nature Communications. 11, 9 p., 5375.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Increasing soil nutrient loads of European semi-natural grasslands strongly alter plant functional diversity independently of species loss

    Helsen, K., Ceulemans, T., Stevens, C. & Honnay, O., 01/2014, In: Ecosystems. 17, 1, p. 169-181 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Impacts of nitrogen deposition on vascular plants in Britain: an analysis of two national observation networks

    Henrys, P. A., Stevens, C. J., Smart, S. M., Maskell, L. C., Walker, K. J., Preston, C. D., Crowe, A., Rowe, E. C., Gowing, D. J. & Emmett, B. A., 2011, In: Biogeosciences. 8, 12, p. 3501-3518 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Science Hunters: science learning through Minecraft

    Hobbs, L. K., Stevens, C. J. & Hartley, J., 05/2017, Education in Science, 268, p. 20-21 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to specialist publicationFeatured article

  25. Published

    Environmental education and engagement using a construction play computer game

    Hobbs, L. K., Stevens, C. J. & Hartley, J., 1/05/2018, In: Roots Education Review. 15, 1, p. 20-23 4 p.

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