Laura W. Ploughe

Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally

Melinda D. Smith, Kate Wilkins, Martin C. Holdrege et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2024 · 138 citations · Full text

Revegetation of degraded ecosystems into grasslands using biosolids as an organic amendment: A meta‐analysis

Laura W. Ploughe, Morodoluwa Akin‐Fajiye, Alyson Gagnon et al. · Applied Vegetation Science · 2020 · 23 citations

Biogeochemistry, Terrestrial Ecosystem, Shannon Diversity +10

Priority effects: How the order of arrival of an invasive grass, <i>Bromus tectorum</i>, alters productivity and plant community structure when grown with native grass species

Laura W. Ploughe, Cameron N. Carlyle, Lauchlan H. Fraser · Ecology and Evolution · 2020 · 18 citations · Full text

Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity

Timothy Ohlert, Melinda D. Smith, Scott L. Collins et al. · Science · 2025 · 14 citations

Understory plant composition and nitrogen transformations resistant to changes in seasonal precipitation

Laura W. Ploughe, Jeffrey S. Dukes · Ecosphere · 2019 · 12 citations · Full text

Engineering, Botany, Forest Hydrology +19