David Gibson

Plant Biology
Southern Illinois University

Publications

Books

Gibson, D.J. 2008. Grasses and Grassland Ecology. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

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Gibson, D.J. 2002. Methods in Comparative Plant Population Ecology. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

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Read reviews of this book:

1) M. Rejmánek, published in the Association of Southeastern Biologists Bulletin, 2003. pdf file.

2) G. Cheplick, published in Journal of Biogeography, 2003. pdf file.

3) J. Kollmann, published in Basic and Applied Ecology, 2003. pdf file.

4) P. Moore, published in Bulletin of the British Ecological Society, August, 2004. (jpeg).

Chapters in Professional Books

1. Gibson, D.J., Colquhoun, I.A., & Greig-Smith, P. 1985. A new method for measuring nutrient supply rates in soils using ion-exchange resins. In: Ecological Interations in Soil: Plants, Microbes and Animals, pp. 73-79 (Ed. by A.H. Fitter, D. Atkinson, D.J. Read & M.B. Usher). Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford.
2. Collins, S.L. & Gibson, D.J. 1990. Effects of fire on plant community structure in tallgrass prairie. In: Effects of Fire on Tallgrass Prairie Ecosystems (Ed. by S.L. Collins & L.L. Wallace). Univ. of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, pp. 81-98.
3. Abrams, M.D. & Gibson, D.J. 1991. Effects of fire exclusion on tallgrass prairie and gallery forest communities in eastern Kansas. In: Fire and the Environment: Ecological and Cultural Perspectives (Ed. by S.C. Nodvin & T.A. Waldrop). Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Asheville, NC. pp. 3-9.
4. Mushinsky, H.R., & Gibson, D.J. 1991. The influence of fire periodicity on habitat structure. In: Habitat Complexity: The Physical Arrangement of Objects in Space (Ed. by S.S. Bell, E.D. McCoy, & H.R. Mushinsky). Chapman & Hall, pp. 237-259.
5. Gibson, D.J., Seastedt, T.R., & Briggs, J.M. 1996. Management practices in tallgrass prairie: large- and small-scale experimental effects on species composition. Journal of Applied Ecology, 30: 247-255. Reprinted In: F.B. Sampson & F. Knopf, Readings in Ecosystem Management. Springer-Verlag. pp106-115.
6. Gibson, D.J., Zampella, R.A., & Windisch, A.G. 1999. New Jersey Pine Plains: The True Barrens of the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Chapter 4 In: R.C. Anderson, J.S. Fralish, & J. Baskin, The Savanna, Barren, and Rock Outcrop Communities of North America. Cambridge University Press. 52-66..

Articles in Professional Journals

1. Gibson, D.J. 1982. The natural revegetation of lead/zinc mine spoil in northeastern Oklahoma. Southwestern Naturalist, 27:425-436.
2. Gibson, D.J. & Risser, P.G. 1982. Evidence for the absence of ecotypic differentiation in Andropogon virginicus L. on metalliferous mine wastes. New Phytologist, 92:589-599.
3. Johnson, F.L., Gibson, D.J., & Risser, P.G. 1982. Revegetation of unreclaimed coal strip mines in Oklahoma. 1: Vegetation structure and soil properties. Journal of Applied Ecology, 19: 453-463.
4. Gibson, D.J., Johnson, F.L., & Risser, P.G. 1985. Revegetation of unrelcaimed coal strip mines in Oklahoma. II. Plant communities. Reclamation and Revegetation Research, 4:31-47.
5. Gibson, D.J. 1986. Spatial and temporal heterogeneity in soil nutrient supply measured using in-situ ion-exchange resin bags. Plant & Soil, 96: 445-450.
6. Gibson, D.J. & Good, R.E. 1986. Population structure and thinning in natural stands of Atlantic White Cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides (L.) BSP). Oecologia, 69:348-353.
7. Gibson, D.J. & Greig-Smith, P. 1986. Community pattern analysis: A method for quantifying community mosaic structure. Vegetatio, 66:41-47.
8. Gibson, D.J., & Good, R.E. 1987. The seedling habitat of Pinus echinata Mill. and Melampyrum lineare Dres. in oak-pine forest of the New Jersey Pinelands. Oikos, 49:91-100.
9. Freeman, C.C. & Gibson, D.J. 1987. Additions to the vascular flora of Konza Prairie Research Natural Area, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 90:81-84.
10. Gibson, D.J. & Hulbert, L.C. 1987. Effects of fire, topography and year-to-year climatic variation on species composition in tallgrass prairie. Vegetatio, 72:175-185.
11. Gibson, D.J. 1988. The relationship of sheep grazing and soil heterogeneity to plant spatial patterns in dune grassland. Journal of Ecology, 76:233-252. (pdf file Copyright British Ecological Society)
12. Gibson, D.J. 1988. The maintenance of plant and soil heterogeneity in dune grassland. Journal of Ecology, 76:497-508. (pdf file Copyright British Ecological Society)
13. Gibson, D.J. 1988. Regeneration and fluctuation of tallgrass prairie vegetation in response to fire frequency. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 115:1-12.
14. Gibson, D.J. & Hetrick, B.A.D. 1988. Topographic and fire effects on endomycorrhizae species composition on tallgrass prairie. Mycologia, 80:433-451.
15. Gibson, D.J., Collins, S.L., & Good, R.E. 1988. Ecosystem fragmentation of oak-pine forest in the New Jersey Pinelands. Forest Ecology and Management, 25:105-122.
16. Gibson, D.J. 1989. Small-scale animal disturbance effects on tallgrass prairie. American Midland Naturalist, 121:144-154.
17. Briggs, J.M., Seastedt, R.T. & Gibson, D.J. 1989. Comparative analysis of temporal and spatial variability in above-ground production in a Kansas forest and prairie. Holartic Ecology, 12:130-136.
18. Evans, E.W., Briggs, J.M., Finck, E.J., Gibson, D.J., Kaufman, D.W., & Seastedt, T.R. 1989. Is fire a disturbance in grasslands? In: Prairie Pioneers: Ecology, History and Culture (Ed. by T.B. Bragg & J. Stubbendieck). Proc. Eleventh North American Prairie Conference, 1988, pp159-161.
19. Gibson, D.J. 1989. Hulbert's study of factors effecting botanical composition of tallgrass prairie. In: Prairie Pioneers: Ecology, History and Culture (Ed. by T.B. Bragg & J. Stubbendieck). Proc. Eleventh North American Prairie Conference, 1988, pp115-133.
20. Gibson, D.J., Freeman, C.C., & Hulbert, L.C. 1990. The effects of small mammal and invertebrate herbivory on plant species richness and abundance in tallgrass prairie. Oecologia, 84:169-175.
21. Gibson, D.J., Hartnett, D.C., & Merrill, G.L.S. 1990. Fire temperature heterogeneity in contrasting fire prone habitats: Kansas tallgrass prairie and Florida sandhill. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 117:349-356.
22. Schaeffer, D.J., Seastedt, T.R., Gibson, D.J., Hartnett, D.C., Hetrick, B.A.D., James, S.W., Kaufman, D.W., Schwab, A.P., Herricks, E.E., & Novak, E.W. 1990. Field bioassessments for selecting test systems to evaluate military training lands in a tallgrass prairie. Ecosystem Health V. Environmental Management, 14:81-93.
23. Seastedt, T.R., Briggs, J.M. & Gibson, D.J. 1991. Controls of nitrogen limitation in tallgrass prairie. Oecologia, 87:72-79.
24. Briggs, J.M. & Gibson, D.J. 1992. Effects of fire on tree spatial patterns in a tallgrass prairie landscape. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 119:300-307.
25. Gibson, D.J. 1992. Vegetation-environment relationships in a Southern mixed hardwood forest. Castanea, 57: 174-189.
26. Gibson, D.J. & Looney, P.B. 1992. Seasonal variation in vegetation classification on Perdido Key, a barrier island off the coast of the Florida panhandle. Journal of Coastal Research, 8:943-956.
27. Glenn, S.M., Collins, S.L., & Gibson, D.J. 1992. Disturbances in tallgrass prairie: local versus regional effects on community heterogeneity. Landscape Ecology, 7:243-252.
28. Gibson, D.J., & Gibson, L.S. 1993. College students' perceptions on adequacy of high school science curriculum as preparation for college-level biology. American Biology Teacher, 55:8-12.
29. Gibson, D.J., Seastedt, T.R., & Briggs, J.M. 1993. Management practices in tallgrass prairie: large- and small-scale experimental effects on species composition. Journal of Applied Ecology, 30: 247-255.
30. Hartnett, D.C., Hetrick, B.A.D., Wilson, G.W.T., & Gibson, D.J. 1993. Mycorrhizal influence on intra- and interspecific neighbor interactions among co-occuring prairie grasses. Journal of Ecology, 81: 787-795. (pdf Copyright British Ecological Society)
31. Looney, P.B., & Gibson, D.J. 1993. Vegetation monitoring of beach nourishment. In: Beach Nourishment Engineering and Management Considerations (Ed. by D.K. Stauble & N.C. Kraus). Coastlines of the World, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, NY. p226-241.
32. Looney, P.B., Gibson, D.J., Blyth, A.M., & Cousens, M.I. 1993. Flora of Gulf Islands National Seashore, Perdido Key. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 120: 327-342.
33. Matlack, G.R., Gibson, D.J., & Good, R.E. 1993. Clonal propagation, local disturbance, and the structure of vegetation: Ericaceous shrubs in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. Biological Conservation, 63:1-8.
34. Matlack, G.R., Gibson, D.J., & Good, R.E. 1993. Regeneration of the shrub Gaylussacia baccata and associated species after a low-intensity ground fire in an Atlantic coastal plain forest. American Journal of Botany, 80: 119-126.
35. Bittner, R.T., Gibson, D.J., McCall, R.K., & A.K. West. 1994. Vegetation analysis of a southern Illinois shale barrens restoration. Proceedings of the North American Conference on Savannas and Barrens. Ed. by J.S. Fralish, R.C. Anderson, J.E. Ebinger, & R. Szafoni. Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes National Program Office. pp 287-294.
36. Gibson, D.J., & Looney, P.B. 1994. Vegetation colonization of dredge spoil on Perdido Key, Florida. Journal of Coastal Research, 10: 133-134.
37. Gibson, D.J., & Menges, E.S. 1994. Population structure and spatial pattern in the dioecious shrub, Ceratiola ericoides. Journal of Vegetation Science, 5: 337-346. pdf file.
38. Hetrick, B.A.D., Hartnett, D.C., Wilson, G.W.T. & Gibson, D.J. 1994. Effects of mycorrhizae, phosphorus availability, and plant density on yield relationships among competing tallgrass prairie grasses. Can. J. Bot., 72:168-76.
39. Collins, S.L., Glenn, S.M., & Gibson, D.J. 1995. Experimental analysis of intermediate disturbance and initial floristic composition: decoupling cause and effect. Ecology, 76:486-492..
40. Franklin, S.B., Gibson, D.J., Robertson, P.A., Pohlmann, J.T. & Fralish, J.S. 1995. Parallel Analysis: a method for determining significant principal components. Journal of Vegetation Science, 6, 99-106. pdf. Click here for SAS code.
41. Gibson, D.J., Ely, J.S., Looney, P.B, & Gibson, P.T. 1995. Effects of inundation from the storm surge of Hurricane Andrew upon primary succession on dredge spoil. Journal of Coastal Research Special Issue 21, 208-216.
42. Gibson, D.J. & Towne, G. 1995. Dynamics of big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) in ungrazed Kansas tallgrass prairie. Proceedings of the 14th North American Prairie Conference, D.C. Hartnett (ed.), p 9 - 15.
43. Looney, P.B., & Gibson, D.J. 1995. The relationship between the soil seed bank and aboveground vegetation of a coastal barrier island. Journal of Vegetation Science, 6: 825-836. (pdf).
44. Gibson, D.J. 1996. Textbook misconceptions: The climax concept of succession. American Biology Teacher, 58, 135-141.
45. Gibson, D.J. 1996. Where do non-majors find environmental science articles? American Biology Teacher, 58, 212-216.
46. Gibson, D.J., & Skeel,V.A. 1996. Effects of competition on photosynthetic rate and stomatal conductance of Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash. Photosynthetica, 32: 503-512.
47. Skeel, V.A., & Gibson, D.J. 1996. Physiological performance of Andropogon gerardii, Panicum virgatum, and Sorghastrum nutans on reclaimed mine spoil. Restoration Ecology, 4: 355-367.
48. Gibson, D.J., Ely, J.S., & Looney, P.B. 1997. A Markovian approach to modeling succession on a coastal barrier island following beach nourishment. Journal of Coastal Research, 13: 831-841.
49. Bittner, R.T., & Gibson, D.J. 1988. Microhabitat relations of the rare reed bent grass, Calamagrostis porteri subsp. insperata (Poaceae), with implications for its conservation. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 85: 65-80
50. Campbell, J.E., Franklin, S.B., Gibson, D.J., & Newman, J.A. 1998. Permutation of two-term local quadrat variance analysis: General concepts for interpretation of peaks. Journal of Vegetation Science, 8: 41-44. (pdf).
51. Rice, M.R., Middleton, B.A., & Gibson, D.J. 1998. Fractal analysis of movement pathways of earthworms in vegetated versus unvegetated areas. Bios, 69: 176-184.
52. Skeel, V.A., & Gibson, D.J. 1998. Photosynthetic rates and vegetative production of Sorghastrum nutans in response to competition at two strip mines and a railroad prairie. Photosynthetica, 35: 139-149
53. Applebee, T.A., Gibson, D.J., & Newman, J.A. 1999. Elevated atmospheric CO2 alters the effects of allelochemicals produced by tall fescue on alfalfa seedlings. Proceedings of the Illinois Academy of Science, 92: 23-31.
54. Gibson, D.J., Connolly, J., Hartnett, D.C., & Weidenhammer, J. 1999. Designs for greenhouse studies of interactions between plants. Journal of Ecology, 87: 1-16. (pdf Copyright British Ecological Society).
55. Gibson, D.J., Middleton, B.A., Saunders, G.W., Mathis, M., Weaver, W.T., Neely, J., Rivera, J., & Oyler, L.M. 1999. Learning ecology by doing ecology: Long-term field experiments in succession. American Biology Teacher, 61: 217-222.
56. Gustafson, D.J., Gibson, D.J., & Nickrent, D.L. 1999. Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) variation among remnant big bluestem [Andropogon gerardii Vitman] populations from Arkansas' Grand Prairie. Molecular Ecology, 8: 1693-1701. (pdf.)
57. McCall, R.K., & Gibson, D.J. 1999. The regeneration potential of a threatened southern Illinois shale barren. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 126: 226-233.
58. Newman, J.A., Gibson, D.J., Hickam, E., Lorenz, M., Adams, E., Bybee, L. & Thompson, R. 1999. Elevated carbon dioxide results in smaller populations of the bird cherry-oat aphid Rhopalosiphum padi. Ecological Entomology, 24: 1-4.
59. Oyler, M., Rivera, J.Roffel, M., Gibson, D.J., Middleton, B.A. & Mathis, M. 1999. The macaroni lab: A directed inquiry project on predator-prey relationships. American Biology Teacher, 61:39-41. (pdf).
60. Gibson, D.J., Ely, J.S., & Collins, S.L. 1999 The core-satellite species hypothesis provides a theoretical basis for Grime's classification of dominant, subordinate, and transient species. Journal of Ecology, 87: 1064-1067. (pdf Copyright British Ecological Society).
61. Gibson, D.J., Adams, E.D., Ely, J.S., Gustafson, D.J., McEwen, D., & Evans, T.R. 2000. Eighteen years of herbaceous layer recovery of a recreation area in a mesic forest. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society,127: 230-239.
62. Campbell, J.E., & Gibson, D.J. 2001. Seed dispersal of exotic species by horses in forests. Plant Ecology, 157: 23-35. (pdf).
63. Gibson, D.J. 2001. Obituary: Eric Vernon Watson B.Sc., Ph.D. (1914-1999). The Bryologist, 104: 471-472. (pdf)
64. Gibson, D.J., & Newman, J.A. 2001. Biological Flora of the British Isles: Festuca arundinacea Schreber (F. elatior subsp. arundinacea (Schreber) Hackel). Journal of Ecology, 89: 304-324. (pdf).
65. Gustafson, D.J., Gibson, D.J., & Nickrent, D.L. 2001. Characterizing three restored Andropogon gerardii Vitman (big bluestem) populations established with Illinois and non-Illinois seed: established plants and their offspring. Proceedings of the 17th North American Prairie Conference. Seeds for the Future; Roots of the Past. Neil P. Bernstein and Laura J. Ostrander (eds.). North Iowa Area Community College, Mason City, Iowa. p.118-127.
66. Pfeiffer, T.L., Cho, Y., Gibson, D.J., Young, B.A., & Wood, AJ. 2001. Utility of trigonelline as a biochemical marker for interspecific competition between soybean and the weed Common Waterhemp. Biologia Plantarum, 44: 619-622
67. Spyreas, G., Gibson, D.J., & Basinger, M. 2001. Endophyte infection levels of native and naturalized Fescues in Illinois and England. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 128: 25-34.
68. Spyreas, G., Gibson, D.J., & Middleton, B.A. 2001. Effects of endophyte infection in tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea; Poaceae) on community development. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 162: 1237-1245. (pdf).
69. Gibson, D.J., Spyreas, G., & Benedict, J. 2002. Life history of Microstegium vimineum (Poaceae), an invasive grass in southern Illinois. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 129, 207-219.
70. Gustafson, D.J., Gibson, D.J., & Nickrent, D.L. 2002. Genetic diversity and competitive abilities of Dalea purpurea (Fabaceae) from remnant and restored grasslands. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 163: 979-990. (pdf).
71. Gibson, D.J., & Taylor, I. 2003. Performance of Festuca arundinacea Schreb. (Poaceae) populations in England. Watsonia, 24: 413-426.
72. Newman, J.A., Abner, M.L., Dado, R.G., Gibson, D.J., Hickman, A., & Parsons, A.J. 2003. Effects of elevated CO2: Nitrogen and fungal endophyte infection on tall fescue: growth, photosynthesis, chemical composition and digestibility. Global Change Biology, 9: 425-437. (pdf)
73. Newman, J.A., Gibson, D.J., Parsons, A.J., Thornley, A.J.M. 2003. How predictable are aphid population responses to elevated CO2? Journal of Animal Ecology, 72: 556-566. (pdf Copyright British Ecological Society).
74. Barko, V.A., Burke, B.A., Gibson, D.J., & Middleton, B.A. 2004. Seedling Growth of Wisconsin Fast Plants (Brassica rapa) in Field Environments. http://tiee.ecoed.net/vol/v1/experiments/fastplants/fastplants.html. Experiments to Teach Ecology, Volume II. ESA EdWeb, Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, MD.
75. Brandon, A.L., Gibson, D.J., & Middleton, B.A. 2004. Mechanisms for dominance in an early successional old field by the invasive non-native Lespedeza cuneata (Dum. Cours.) G. Don. Biological Invasions, 6: 483-493. (pdf)
76. Gustafson, D.J., Gibson, D.J., & Nickrent, D.L 2004. Conservation genetics of two co-dominant species in the endangered tallgrass prairie ecosystem. Journal of Applied Ecology, 41: 389-397. (pdf Copyright British Ecological Society)
77. Gustafson, D.J., Gibson, D.J., & Nickrent, D.L. 2004. Competitive relationships of Andropogon gerardii (big bluestem) from remnant and restored native populations and select cultivated varieties. Functional Ecology, 18: 451-457. (pdf file Copyright British Ecological Society)
78. Gibson, D.J., Middleton, B.A., Foster, K., Honu, Y.A.K., Hoyer, E.W., & M.J. Mathis. 2005. Species frequency dynamics in an old-field succession: effects of disturbance, fertilization and scale. Journal of Vegetation Science, 16: 415-422. (pdf & appendix).
79. Gibson, D.J., & Taylor, I. 2005. Biological Flora of the British Isles: Festuca longifolia Thuill (F. glauca auct. Non Vill., F. glauca var. caesia (Sm.) Howarth, F. caesia Sm). Journal of Ecology, 93: 214-226. (pdf Copyright British Ecological Society).
80. Gustafson, D.J., Gibson, D.J., & Nickrent, D.L. 2005. Using local seed in prairie restoration. Native Plants Journal, Spring, 25-28. (pdf).
81. Saunders, N.E., & Gibson, D.J. 2005. Breeding system, branching processes, hybrid swarm theory, and the humped-back diversity relationship as additional explanations for apparent monophyly in the Macaronesian island flora. Journal of Ecology, 93: 649-652. (pdf Copyright British Ecological Society).
82. Thomas, J.R., Gibson, D.J., & Middleton, B.A. 2005. Water dispersal of vegetative bulbils of the invasive exotic: Dioscorea oppositifolia L. in southern Illinois. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 132: 187-196. (pdf).
83. Alwerdt, J.A., Gibson, D.J., Ebbs, S.D., & Wood, A.J. 2006. Interspecific interactions in Arabidopsis thaliana and the stomatal mutants tmm1-1 and sdd1-2. Biologia Plantarum, 50: 205-209. (pdf).
84. Chandy, S., Gibson, D.J., & Robertson, P.A. 2006. Additive partitioning of diversity across hierarchical spatial scales in a forested landscape in southern Illinois, USA. Journal of Applied Ecology, 43, 792-801. (link to abstract).
85. Honu, Y.A.K., & Gibson, D.J. 2006. Microhabitat factors and the distribution of exotic species across forest edges in temperate deciduous forest of southern Illinois, USA. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 133: 255-266. (pdf)
86. Thomas, J.R., Middleton, B.A.& Gibson, D.J. 2006. A landscape perspective of the stream corridor invasion and habitat characteristics of an exotic (Dioscorea oppositifolia) in a pristine watershed in Illinois. Biological Invasions, 8, 1103-1111. (pdf)
87. Honu, Y.A.K., Gibson, D.J., & B.A. Middeleton. 2006. Effects of soil nutrients and disturbance on the performance of Tridens flavus (L.) A.S. Hitch. (Purpletop) in an early successional old field. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society,133(3): 421-428. (pdf).
88. Pande, A., Williams, C.L., Lant, C.L. & Gibson, D.J. 2007. Using map algebra to determine the mesoscale distribution of invasive plants: the case of Celastrus orbiculatus in southern Illinois, USA. Biological Invasions, 9: 419-431. DOI: 10.1007/s10530-006-9049-x. (pdf)
89. Brophy, C., Gibson, D.J., Wayne, P.M. & Connolly, J. 2007. A modeling framework for analyzing the reproductive output of individual plants grown in monoculture. Ecological Modelling, 207: 99-108. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.04.008 .
90. Heatherly, T., Whiles, M.R., Gibson, D.J., Collins, S.L., Huryn, A.D., Jackson, J.K., & Palmer, M. A. 2007. Stream insect occupancy-frequency patterns and metapopulation structure. Oecologia, 151: 313-321. DOI 10.1007/s00442-006-0596-8. (pdf)
91. Millar, K. Gibson, D.J., Young, B.G., & Wood, A.J. 2007. Impact of interspecific competition on seed development and seed quality of five soybean cultivars. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 47: 1455-1459. (abstract)
92. Gibson, D.J., Millar, K., Delong, M., Connolly, J., Kirwan, L., Wood, A.J., & Young, B.G. 2008. The weed community affects yield and quality of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.). Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 88: 371-381. DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.3047 (abstract).
93. Honu, Y.A.K., & Gibson, D.J. 2008. Patterns of invasion: trends in abundance of understory vegetation, seed rain, and seed bank of exotic and native plant species from forest edge to interior. Natural Areas Journal, 28: 228-239.
94. West, N.M., Gibson, D.J., & P. Minchin. 2008. Characterizing the microhabitats of exotic species in Illinois shale barrens. Plant Ecology, in press. DOI 10.1007/s11258-008-9450-x
95. Sucheki, P. & Gibson, D.J. 2009. Loss of Cornus florida leads to significant changes in the seedling and sapling strata in an eastern deciduous forest. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, accepted.
    
    

Editorials

1. Haddon, L., Davy, A., Gibson, D.J., & Hutchings, M. 2003. Journal of Ecology News. Journal of Ecology, 91: 1-3. (pdf Copyright British Ecological Society)
2. Haddon, L., Davy, A., Gibson, D.J., & Hutchings, M. 2004. Journal of Ecology News. Journal of Ecology, 92: 1-4. (pdf Copyright British Ecological Society)
3. Haddon, L., Gibson, D.J.,, Hutchings, M.J., & Press, M.C. 2005. Journal of Ecology News. Journal of Ecology, 93: 1-4. (pdf Copyright British Ecological Society).
4. Haddon, L., Gibson, D.J., Hutchings, M., & Press, M.C. 2006. Journal of Ecology News. Journal of Ecology, 94: 1-6 (pdf Copyright British Ecological Society).
5. Hutchings, M.J., Gibson, D.J., Bardgett, R., & Owen, M. 2007. Journal of Ecology News. Journal of Ecology, 95: 1-7 (pdf Copyright British Ecological Society).
6. Davies, B., Hutchings, M.J., Gibson, D.J., & Bardgett, R. 2008. Journal of Ecology News. Journal of Ecology, 96: 1-6 (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01331.x).
7. Hutchings, M.J., Gibson, D.J., Bardgett, R., & Davies, B. 2008. Editorial. Journal of Ecology, 96: 7 (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01326.x).
   

Book & Video Reviews

1. Gibson, D.J. 1988. Multivariate Analysis of Ecological Communities, by P.G.N. Digby & R.N. Kempton. Ecology, 69:298-299 (book review).
2. Gibson, D.J. 1988. Methods in Plant Ecology, 2nd ed., Ed. by P.D. Moore & S.B. Chapman. American Biology Teacher, 50:391 (book review).
3. Gibson, D.J. 1990. Perspectives in Coastal Dune Management, Ed. by F. van der Meuler, P. D. Jungerius & J. Vines. Vegetatio, 86:94-95 (book review).
4. Gibson, D. J. 1990. The Greenhouse Effect. Scott Resources, Inc. American Biology Teacher, 52:443-444 (video review).
5. Gibson, D.J. 1994. British Plant Communities, Volume 3: Grasslands and Montane Communities. Ed. by J.S. Rodwell. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 121:379-380 (book review).
6. Gibson, D.J. 1995. From coastal wilderness to fruited plain: A history of environmental change in temperate North America from 1500 to the present. By G.G.Whitney. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 122:156-158 (book review).
7. Gibson, D.J. 1995. British Plant Communities, Volume 4: Aquatic communities, swamps and tall-herb fens. Ed. by J.S. Rodwell. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 122:321-323 (book review).
8. Gibson, D.J.1998. New Flora of the British Isles, 2nd edition. By C. Stace. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 125: 324-325 (book review).
9. Gibson, D.J. 1998. Population Biology of Grasses. Ed. by G.P. Cheplick. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K. Ecology, 79:2968-2969 (book review).
10. Gibson, D.J. 2000. Spatial Pattern Analysis In Plant Ecology. By Mark R. T. Dale. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and New York. Quarterly Review of Biology, 75: 213. (book review).
11. Gibson, D.J. 2000. Life, temperature, and the Earth: The self-organizing biosphere. By D. Schartzman. Columbia University Press, New York. Journal of Vegetation Science, 11: 614-615 (book review).
12. Gibson, D.J. 2001. Orchid Fever: A horticultural tale of love, lust, and lunacy. Eric Hansen. 2000. Methuen, Publishing Ltd., London. Economic Botany, 55: 173-174 (book review).
13. Gibson, D.J. 2006. Review of Grasslands: Toward a North American Conservation Strategy. David A. Gunthier, Alberto Lafon, Theodore P. Toombs, Jügen Hoth, and Ed Wiken. Regina, Saskatchewan: Canadian Plains Research Center, and Montreal, Quebec; Commission for Environmental Cooperation, 2005. Great Plains Research, 16: 97 (book review).
14. Gibson, D.J. 2006. Review of The Tallgrass Restoration Handbook, 2nd edition. Stephen Packard and Cornelia F. Mutel. Island Press, Washington, 2005. Restoration Ecology, 14: 167 (book review).
    
    

Unpublished Theses

1. Gibson, D.J. 1979. Environmental reconstruction based on the identification of plant macrofossils from the Quaternary river gravels at Brook, Isle of Wight. Honours Thesis, University of Reading.
2. Gibson, D.J. 1981. Plant communities and the potential for ecotypic differentiation on lead and zinc mine spoils in NE Oklahoma. Masters Thesis, University of Oklahoma.
3. Gibson, D.J. 1984. Small-scale patterns and soil heterogeneity in grassland. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Wales.

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