Publications

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• Hirzel, G., W. Mosiman, J. Beck, R. Roy, J. Prasifka, and S. Wagenius. Post-fire pollen availability reflects greater floral abundance, not increases in pollen production per flower, in a widespread prairie perennial. In review.
• Beck, J., A. Salvi, R. Henderson, and D. Waller. Scaling from individuals to communities: Functional and demographic differences predict the ecologically nested distribution of congeneric forest herbs. In review.
• Radhamoni, H., M. Spicer, M. Duguid, L. Comita, E. Bruna, A. Andrade, J. Beck, J. Burton, H. Chuquillanqui, D. Cicuzza, M. Dovciak, F. Gilliam, K. Greig, C. Hale, C. Hulshof, N. Izlar, S. Johnson, J. LaManna, D. Matlaga, D. Melly, A. Menzmer, K. Miller, G. Moulatlet, J. Myers, J. Sah, M. Vaz, A. Wassel, S. Wessel, J. Yin, A. Zuluaga, and S. Queenborough. In press. Herbaceous plants in forest ecosystems: One hundred fundamental and applied questions. Journal of Vegetation Science.
• Beck, J. and S. Wagenius. 2026. Experimental evidence that seed availability and microsite conditions influence post-fire seedling recruitment. Journal of Ecology 114: e70406.
• Maton, D., J. Beck, S. Wagenius, D. Maddox, and M. Ashley. 2025. Persistence in a fragmented habitat: Genetic diversity and pollination patterns in Asclepias viridiflora. Annals of Botany mcaf287.
• Beck, J., A. Peschel, S. Wagenius, and R. Shaw. 2025. Sourcing seed for restorations in an era of climate change: Conceptual frameworks and available evidence. Restoration Ecology 33: e70187.
• Beck, J., G. Kiefer. R. Johnson, R. Dana, B. Winter, and S. Wagenius. 2025. Long-term effects of haying and prescribed fire on the composition and diversity of wet prairie plant communities. Ecological Applications 35:e70080.
• Beck, J. and S. Wagenius. 2025. Herbivory exacerbates pollen limitation by isolating unconsumed plants from prospective mates. American Journal of Botany 112:e70002.
• Beck, J., M. McKone, and S. Wagenius. 2024. Masting, fire-stimulated flowering, and the evolutionary ecology of synchronized reproduction. Ecology 105:e4261.
• Beck, J., A. Waananen, and S. Wagenius. 2023. Habitat fragmentation decouples fire-stimulated flowering from plant reproductive fitness. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120:e2306967120.
• Beck, J. and J. Richards. 2023. Functional traits influence local plant distributions and spatial patterns of diversity within a heterogeneous bedrock glade. Plant Ecology 224:729–740.
• Richardson, L., J. Beck, D. Eck, R. Shaw, and S. Wagenius. 2023. Fire effects on plant reproductive fitness vary among individuals reflecting pollination-dependent mechanisms. American Journal of Botany 110:e16160.
• Beck, J., D. Li, S. Johnson, D. Rogers, K. Cameron, K. Sytsma, T. Givnish, and D. Waller. 2022. Functional traits mediate broad-scale species-environment distributions among temperate forest herbs while fine-scale species’ associations remain unpredictable. American Journal of Botany 109:1991-2005.
• Mckone, M., E. Williams, and J. Beck. 2021. Evidence for community assembly processes from long-term observations of biodiversity in a grassland chronosequence. Journal of Vegetation Science 32:e13065.
• Beck, J. 2021. Variation in plant-soil interactions among temperate forest herbs. Plant Ecology 222:1225-1238.
• Beck, J. and T. Givnish. 2021. Fine-scale environmental heterogeneity and spatial niche partitioning among spring-flowering forest herbs. American Journal of Botany 108:63-73.
• Wagenius, S., J. Beck, and G. Kiefer. 2020. Fire synchronizes flowering and boosts reproduction in a declining prairie species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117:3000-3005.
• Beck, J., B. Larget, and D. Waller. Phantom species: Adjusting colonization and extinction for pseudo-turnover. Oikos 127:1605-1618.
• Beck, J., M. McKone, and O. McMurtrey. 2016. Edge Effects and avian community structure in a restored tallgrass prairie. Natural Areas Journal 36:328-333.
• Beck, J., D. Hernandez, J. Pasari, and E. Zavaleta. 2015. Grazing maintains native plant diversity and promotes community stability in an annual grassland. Ecological Applications 25:1259-1270.

Manuscripts in preparation

• Beck, J., S. Nordstrom, L. Richardson, A. Waananen, R. Shaw, and S. Wagenius. Limited mating opportunities exacerbate extinction risks in fragmented plant populations. In preparation.
• Paulson, A., J. Beck, J. Richards, R. Toczydlowski, D. Li, S. Johnson, D. Rogers, G. Sonnier, K. Cameron, K. Sytsma, T. Givnish, and D. Waller. Taxonomic, function, and phyologenetic diversity metrics provide complementary insights into the multiple dimensions of biodiversity change. In preparation.
• Waananen, A., J. Beck, R. Shaw, and S. Wagenius. Spatial and temporal isolation of individuals underlie mate-finding Allee effects in fragmented populations. In preparation.
• Beck, J. and S. Wagenius. Fire enhances reproductive outcomes in fragmented green milkweed (Asclepias viridiflora) populations. In preparation.
• Ison, J., M. Woldin, J. Beck, J. Davis, W. M. Likins, and S. Wagenius. Post-fire increases in seed set are unrelated to rates of pollinator visitation or floral fidelity. In preparation.
• Roberts, I., J. Beck. Z. Portman, and S. Wagenius. Site history and prescribed fire influence bee nesting in a fragmented prairie landscape. In preparation.
• Kiefer, G., J. Beck, N. Sather, R. Johnson, B. Winter, R. Dana, and S. Wagenius. Long-term effects of haying and prescribed fire on the federally threatened Western Prairie Fringed Orchid (Platanthera praeclara). In preparation.
• Spicer, M., H. Radhamoni, M. Duguid, L. Comita, E. Bruna, A. Andrade, J. Beck, J. Burton, H. Chuquillanqui, D. Cicuzza, M. Dovciak, F. Gilliam, K. Greig, C. Hale, C. Hulshof, N. Izlar, S. Johnson, J. LaManna, D. Matlaga, D. Melly, A. Menzmer, K. Miller, G. Moulatlet, J. Myers, J. Sah, M. Vaz, A. Wassel, S. Wessel, J. Yin, A. Zuluaga, and S. Queenborough. Standardized methods for incorporating herbaceous plant surveys into existing global permanent tree plot networks. In preparation.