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Colorado State University: Fort Collins, Colorado, US

2016 to present | Professor (Agricultural Biology)
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Cynthia S. Brown

Colorado State University: Fort Collins, CO, US

2017-05 to 2021-07 | Associate Head (Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management)
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Cynthia S. Brown

Colorado State University: Fort Collins, CO, US

2009 to 2016 | Associate Professor (Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management)
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Cynthia S. Brown

Colorado State University: Fort Collins, CO, US

2002 to 2009 | Assistant Professor (Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management)
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University of Minnesota System: Minneapolis, MN, US

1999 to 2002 | Post-doctoral Researcher (Ecology, Evolution and Behavior)
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University of California: CA, CA, US

1993 to 1999 | Principal Researcher (Agronomy and Range Science)
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Education and qualifications (2)

University of California Davis: Davis, CA, US

1990 to 1998 | PhD (Graduate Group in Ecology)
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Stanford University: Stanford, CA, US

1980 to 1986 | BSc, MSc (Biological Sciences)
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Works (29)

Labels that limit: A framework for reducing sales of ornamental invasive plants

Journal of Science Policy & Governance
2024-04-29 | Journal article
Contributors: Nathan Teich; Kellye Eversole; Cynthia S. Brown
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Experimental manipulation of soil-surface albedo alters phenology and growth of Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass)

Plant and Soil
2023-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Toby M. Maxwell; Matthew J. Germino; Seth Romero; Lauren M. Porensky; Dana M. Blumenthal; Cynthia S. Brown; Peter B. Adler
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Evolutionary history of grazing and resources determine herbivore exclusion effects on plant diversity

Nature Ecology & Evolution
2022-07-25 | Journal article
Contributors: Jodi N. Price; Judith Sitters; Timothy Ohlert; Pedro M. Tognetti; Cynthia S. Brown; Eric W. Seabloom; Elizabeth T. Borer; Suzanne M. Prober; Elisabeth S. Bakker; Andrew S. MacDougall et al.
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Cultivars of popular restoration grass developed for drought do not have higher drought resistance and do not differ in drought‐related traits from other accessions

Restoration Ecology
2021-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Magda Garbowski; Danielle B. Johnston; Cynthia S. Brown
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Leaf and root traits, but not relationships among traits, vary with ontogeny in seedlings

Plant and Soil
2021-03-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Magda Garbowski; Danielle B. Johnston; Cynthia S. Brown
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Microbial processing of plant remains is co‐limited by multiple nutrients in global grasslands

Global Change Biology
2020-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Raúl Ochoa‐Hueso; Elizabeth T. Borer; Eric W. Seabloom; Sarah E. Hobbie; Anita C. Risch; Scott L. Collins; Juan Alberti; Héctor A. Bahamonde; Cynthia S. Brown; Maria C. Caldeira et al.
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Slash Pile Burn Scar Restoration: Tradeoffs between Abundance of Non-Native and Native Species

Forests
2020-07 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Ian Sexton; Philip Turk; Lindsay Ringer; Cynthia S. Brown
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Author Correction: Leaf nutrients, not specific leaf area, are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs

Nature Ecology & Evolution
2020-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2397-334X
Contributors: Jennifer Firn; James M. McGree; Eric Harvey; Habacuc Flores-Moreno; Martin Schütz; Yvonne M. Buckley; Elizabeth T. Borer; Eric W. Seabloom; Kimberly J. La Pierre; Andrew M. MacDougall et al.
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Leaf nutrients, not specific leaf area, are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs

Nature Ecology & Evolution
2019-02-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2397-334X
Contributors: Jennifer Firn; James M. McGree; Eric Harvey; Habacuc Flores-Moreno; Martin Schütz; Yvonne M. Buckley; Elizabeth T. Borer; Eric W. Seabloom; Kimberly J. La Pierre; Andrew M. MacDougall et al.
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Downy Brome Control and Impacts on Perennial Grass Abundance: A Systematic Review Spanning 64 Years

Rangeland Ecology & Management
2017-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1550-7424
Contributors: Thomas A. Monaco; Jane M. Mangold; Brian A. Mealor; Rachel D. Mealor; Cynthia S. Brown
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Distributional Changes and Range Predictions of Downy Brome (Bromus tectorum) in Rocky Mountain National Park

Invasive Plant Science and Management
2017-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1939-7291
Contributors: James E. Bromberg; Sunil Kumar; Cynthia S. Brown; Thomas J. Stohlgren
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Exotic Brome-Grasses in Arid and Semiarid Ecosystems of the Western US

Springer Series on Environmental Management
2016 | Book
Part of ISSN: 0172-6161
Contributors: Matthew J. Germino; Jeanne C. Chambers; Cynthia S. Brown
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Exotic Brome-Grasses in Arid and Semiarid Ecosystems of the Western US: Causes, Consequences, and Management Implications

Springer International Publishing, Switzerland
2016 | Book
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Diaspore heteromorphism in the invasive Bromus tectorum L. (Poaceae): Sterile florets increase dispersal propensity and distance

Flora
2016-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0367-2530
Contributors: Arnaud Monty; Laura Maebe; Grégory Mahy; Cynthia S. Brown
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Assessing Restoration and Management Needs for Ecosystems Invaded by Exotic Annual Bromus Species

Springer Series on Environmental Management
2016-01 | Other
Part of ISSN: 0172-6161
Contributors: Thomas A. Monaco; Stuart P. Hardegree; Mike Pellant; Cynthia S. Brown
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Comment on “Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness”

Science
2016-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0036-8075
Contributors: Andrew T. Tredennick; Peter B. Adler; James B. Grace; W. Stanley Harpole; Elizabeth T. Borer; Eric W. Seabloom; T. Michael Anderson; Jonathan D. Bakker; Lori A. Biederman; Cynthia S. Brown et al.
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Exotic Annual Bromus Invasions: Comparisons Among Species and Ecoregions in the Western United States

Springer Series on Environmental Management
2016-01 | Other
Part of ISSN: 0172-6161
Contributors: Matthew L. Brooks; Cynthia S. Brown; Jeanne C. Chambers; Carla M. D’Antonio; Jon E. Keeley; Jayne Belnap
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Introduction: Exotic Annual Bromus in the Western USA

Springer Series on Environmental Management
2016-01 | Other
Part of ISSN: 0172-6161
Contributors: Matthew J. Germino; Jeanne C. Chambers; Cynthia S. Brown
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Plant Community Resistance to Invasion by Bromus Species: The Roles of Community Attributes, Bromus Interactions with Plant Communities, and Bromus Traits

Springer Series on Environmental Management
2016-01 | Other
Part of ISSN: 0172-6161
Contributors: Jeanne C. Chambers; Matthew J. Germino; Jayne Belnap; Cynthia S. Brown; Eugene W. Schupp; Samuel B. St. Clair
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Plant species’ origin predicts dominance and response to nutrient enrichment and herbivores in global grasslands

Nature Communications
2015-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2041-1723
Contributors: Eric W. Seabloom; Elizabeth T. Borer; Yvonne M. Buckley; Elsa E. Cleland; Kendi F. Davies; Jennifer Firn; W. Stanley Harpole; Yann Hautier; Eric M. Lind; Andrew S. MacDougall et al.
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Using High-Resolution Future Climate Scenarios to Forecast Bromus tectorum Invasion in Rocky Mountain National Park

PLOS ONE
2015-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1932-6203
Contributors: Amanda M. West; Sunil Kumar; Tewodros Wakie; Cynthia S. Brown; Thomas J. Stohlgren; Melinda Laituri; Jim Bromberg; Lalit Kumar
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Quantifying the invasiveness of species

NeoBiota
2014-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1314-2488
Contributors: Robert Colautti; Robert Colautti; John D. Parker; Marc W. Cadotte; Petr Pyšek; Cynthia S. Brown; Dov Sax; David Richardson
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Herbivores and nutrients control grassland plant diversity via light limitation

Nature
2014-03-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0028-0836
Contributors: Elizabeth T. Borer; Eric W. Seabloom; Daniel S. Gruner; W. Stanley Harpole; Helmut Hillebrand; Eric M. Lind; Peter B. Adler; Juan Alberti; T. Michael Anderson; Jonathan D. Bakker et al.
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Resilience to Stress and Disturbance, and Resistance to Bromus tectorum L. Invasion in Cold Desert Shrublands of Western North America

Ecosystems
2013-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1432-9840
Contributors: Jeanne C. Chambers; Bethany A. Bradley; Cynthia S. Brown; Carla D’Antonio; Matthew J. Germino; James B. Grace; Stuart P. Hardegree; Richard F. Miller; David A. Pyke
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Predicting invasion in grassland ecosystems: is exotic dominance the real embarrassment of richness?

Global Change Biology
2013-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1354-1013
Contributors: Eric W. Seabloom; Elizabeth T. Borer; Yvonne Buckley; Elsa E. Cleland; Kendi Davies; Jennifer Firn; W. Stanley Harpole; Yann Hautier; Eric Lind; Andrew MacDougall et al.
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Fire promotes downy brome (Bromus tectorum L.) seed dispersal

Biological Invasions
2012-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1387-3547
Contributors: Arnaud Monty; Cynthia S. Brown; Danielle B. Johnston
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Response to Comments on “Productivity Is a Poor Predictor of Plant Species Richness”

Science
2012-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0036-8075
Contributors: James B. Grace; Peter B. Adler; Eric W. Seabloom; Elizabeth T. Borer; Helmut Hillebrand; Yann Hautier; Andy Hector; W. Stanley Harpole; Lydia R. O'Halloran; T. Michael Anderson et al.
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Productivity Is a Poor Predictor of Plant Species Richness

Science
2011-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0036-8075
Contributors: Peter B. Adler; Eric W. Seabloom; Elizabeth T. Borer; Helmut Hillebrand; Yann Hautier; Andy Hector; W. Stanley Harpole; Lydia R. O’Halloran; James B. Grace; T. Michael Anderson et al.
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High Phenotypic and Molecular Variation in Downy Brome (Bromus tectorum)

Invasive Plant Science and Management
2008-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1939-7291
Contributors: Rebecca H. Kao; Cynthia S. Brown; Ruth A. Hufbauer
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