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Xi, Nianxun, K. M. Crawford, J. De Long. (in press) Drought leads to positive plant-soil feedbacks in abundant tree species rather than rare species. Oikos

Khan, A. L., L. D. Lopes, S. Bilal, A. Asaf, K. M. Crawford, V. Balan, A. Al-Rawahi, A. Al-Harra, and D. P. Schachtman. (in press) Microbiome variation across populations of desert halophyte Zygophyllum qatarensis. Frontiers in Plant Science

 Locke, H**, and K. M. Crawford. (in press) Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi mediate how plant herbivory history influences herbivore performance. Ecological Entomology

Dudenhöffer, J. H.***, N. C. Luecke**, and K. M. Crawford. (2022) Changes in precipitation patterns can destabilize plant species coexistence via plant-soil feedback. Nature Ecology & Evolution DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01700-7Highlighted in a perspective article in the same journal issue (Ke 2022)

Santangelo, J. S., R. W. Ness, B. Cohan, C. R. Fitzpatrick, S. Innes, S. Koch, L. S. Miles, S. Munim, P. R. Peres-Neto, C. Prashad, A. T. Tong, [K. M. Crawford, R. A. Zufall, H. Locke** +275 authors], and M. T. J. Johnson. (2022) Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover. Science 375: 1275-1281

Khan, A. L., M. Numan, S. Bilal, S. Asaf, K. M. Crawford, M. Imran, A. Al-Harrasi, I. Lee, J. Al-Balushi, and N. ur Rehman. (2022) Mangrove’s rhizosphere engineering with bacterial inoculation improve degradation of diesel contamination. Journal of Hazardous Materials 423: 127046

Luecke, N. C.**, K. M. Crawford, S. T. Koike, H. Stanghellini, and A. Burkhardt. (2021) First report of root rot caused by Pythium dissotocum on hydroponically grown collard greens (Brassica oleracea var. acephala). Plant Disease DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-07-21-1584-PDN

Luecke, N. C.**, A. J. Mejia**, and K. M. Crawford. (2021) Native soil amendments combined with commercial arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi increase biomass of Panicum amarum. Scientific Reports 11: 17865

Xi, Nianxun, P. B. Adler, D. Chen, H. Wu, J. Catford, P. van Bodegom, M. Bahn, K. M. Crawford, and C. Chu. (2021) Relationships between plant-soil feedbacks and functional traits. Journal of Ecology 109: 3411-3423

Clark, G. S.**, M. H. Busch*, and K. M. Crawford. (2021) Effect of salt, nutrients, and native microbe additions on common dune restoration grasses. Journal of Coastal Research 37: 1025-1034

Garcia, A. B.* , H. Locke**, and K. M. Crawford. (2021) Aquatic-terrestrial subsidies: Soil microbes weaken the positive effect of lake emergent midge carcasses on the performance of a common dune grass. Journal of Plant Ecology 14: 108-116

Luecke, N. C.**, T. Adams**, and K. M. Crawford. (2021) First report of powdery mildew caused by Podosphaera xanthii on the invasive Verbena brasiliensis in Texas. Plant Disease 105: 507

Crawford, K. M., and C. V. Hawkes. (2020) Soil precipitation legacies influence intraspecific plant-soil feedback. Ecology 101: e03142

Yan, J., Y. Zhang, K. M. Crawford, X. Chen, S. Yu, and J. Wu. (2020) Plant genotypic diversity effects on soil nematodes vary with trophic level. New Phytologist 229: 575-584

Rudgers, J. A., M. E. Afkhami, L. Bell-Dereske, Y. A. Chung, K. M. Crawford, S. N. Kivlin, M. Mann, and M. Nuñez. (2020) Climate disruption of plant-microbe interactions. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 51: 561-586

Crawford, K. M., M. H. Busch*, H. Locke**, N. C. Luecke**. (2020) Native soil microbial amendments generate tradeoffs in plant productivity, diversity, and soil stability in coastal dune restorations. Restoration Ecology 28: 328-336

Luecke N. C.**, and K. M. Crawford. (2019) First report of Coleosporium solidaginis on Liatris pycnostachya (prairie blazing star). New Disease Reports 40:10

Crawford, K. M., J. T. Bauer, L. S. Comita, M. B. Eppinga, D. J. Johnson, S. A. Mangan, S. A. Queenborough, A. E. Strand, K. N. Duding, J. Umbanhowar, and J. D. Bever. (2019) When and where plant-soil feedback may promote plant coexistence: A meta-analysis. Ecology Letters 22: 1274-1284                                                                          Reviewed by Faculty of 1000

Hawkins, A. P.**, and K. M. Crawford. (2018) Interactions between plants and soil microbes may alter the relative importance of infraspecific and interspecific plant competition in a changing climate. AoB Plants 10: ply039                                       Editor’s Choice

Slinn, H. L.*, M. A. Barbour, K. M. Crawford, M. A. Rodriguez-Cabal, and G. M. Crutsinger. (2017) Genetic variation in resistance to leaf fungus indirectly affects spider density. Ecology 98: 875-881

Crawford, K. M., and T. M. Knight. (2017) Competition overwhelms the positive plant-soil feedback generated by an invasive plant. Oecologia 183: 211-220

Wagner, N. K.*, B. M. Ochocki, K. M. Crawford, and T. E. X. Miller. (2016) Genetic mixture promotes invasive range expansion via a catapult effect of heterosis. Journal of Animal Ecology 86: 4-6                                                                                                 Highlighted for In Focus commentary, Journal of Animal Ecology 86: 4-6

Rudgers, J. A., L. Bell-Dereske, K. M. Crawford, and S. M. Emery  (2015)  Fungal symbiont effects on dune plant diversity depend on precipitation. Journal of Ecology 103: 219-230

Ampleman*, M. D., K. M. Crawford, and D. A. Fike (2014) Differential soil organic carbon storage at forb- and grass-dominated plant communities, 33 years after tallgrass prairie restoration. Plant and Soil 374: 899-913

Crutsinger, G. M., A. Gonzalez, K. M. Crawford, and N. J. Sanders (2013) Local and latitudinal variation in abundance: the mechanisms shaping the distribution of an ecosystem engineer. PeerJ 1: e100

Crawford, K. M. and J. A. Rudgers (2013) Genetic diversity within a dominant plant outweighs plant species diversity in structuring an arthropod community. Ecology 94:1025–1035

Crawford, K. M. and J. A. Rudgers (2012) Plant species diversity and genetic diversity within a dominant species interactively affect plant community biomass. Journal of Ecology 100: 1512-1521
Editor’s Choice for issue 100:6; Blog post:
http://jecologyblog.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/editors-choice-1006/

Castro, H. F., A. T. Classen, E. E. Austin, K. M. Crawford, and C. W. Schadt (2012) Development and validation of a citrate synthase directed quantitative PCR marker for soil bacterial communities. Applied Soil Ecology 61: 69-75

Crawford, K. M., J. M. Land*, and J. A. Rudgers (2010) Fungal endophytes of native grasses decrease insect herbivore preference and performance. Oecologia 164: 431-444

Crawford, K. M. and K. D. Whitney (2010) Population genetic diversity influences colonization success. Molecular Ecology 19: 1253-1263                                     Highlighted by a perspective article, Molecular Ecology 19: 1079-1081; Reviewed by Faculty of 1000

Crawford, K. M., G. M. Crutsinger, and N. J. Sanders (2007) Host-plant genotypic diversity mediates the distribution of an ecosystem engineer. Ecology 88: 2114-2120

* Indicates undergraduate co-author                                                                                  

** Indicates graduate student co-author

***Indicates postdoc co-author