Available pdf reprints of some publications:
(for a complete list of publications download my CV)

Baer, S.G., J.M. Blair, S.L. Collins and A.K. Knapp. 2004.   Plant community responses to resource availability and heterogeneity during restoration. Oecologia 139:617-629.  (pdf reprint)

Baer, S.G., J.M. Blair, S.L. Collins and A.K. Knapp.  2005.  Soil heterogeneity effects on tallgrass prairie community heterogeneity: an application of ecological theory to restoration ecology.  Restoration Ecology 13:413-424  (pdf reprint)

Baer, S.G., J.M. Blair, A.K. Knapp and S.L. Collins. 2003. Soil resources regulate productivity and diversity in newly established tallgrass prairie. Ecology 84:724-735.  (pdf reprint)

Bakker, C., J.M. Blair and A.K. Knapp.  2003.  A comparative assessment of potential mechanisms influencing plant species richness in grazed grasslands.  Oecologia 137:385-391.  (pdf reprint)

Blair, J.M., and D.A. Crossley, Jr. 1988. Litter decomposition, nitrogen dynamics and litter micro-arthropods in a southern Appalachian hardwood forest eight years following clearcutting. Journal of Applied Ecology 25:683-698.  (pdf reprint)

Blair, J.M., R.W. Parmelee and M.H. Beare. 1990. Decay rates, nitrogen fluxes and decomposer communities of single- and mixed-species foliar litter. Ecology 71:1976-1985. (pdf reprint)

Blair, J.M. 1997. Fire, N availability, and plant response in grasslands: A test of the transient maxima hypothesis. Ecology 78: 2359-2368. (pdf reprint)

Briggs, J.M., A.K. Knapp, J.M. Blair, J.L. Heisler, G.A. Hoch, M.S. Lett and J.K. McCarron.  2005.  An ecosystem in transition: causes and consequences of the conversion of mesic grassland to shrubland.  BioScience 55:243-254. (pdf reprint)

Callaham, M.A., Jr., J.M. Blair and P.F. Hendrix.  2001.  Different behavioral patterns of the earthworms Octolasion tyrtaeum and Diplocardia spp. in tallgrass prairie soils: potential influences on plant growth.  Biology and Fertility of Soils 34:49-56.  (pdf reprint)

Callaham, M.A., Jr., J.M. Blair, T.C. Todd, D.J. Kitchen, and M.R. Whiles. 2003.  Macroinvertebrates in North American tallgrass prairie soils: Effects of fire, mowing, and fertilization on density and biomass.  Soil Biology and Biochemistry 35:1079-1093.  (pdf reprint)

Callaham, M.A., Jr., M.R. Whiles and J.M. Blair.  2002. Annual fire, mowing and fertilization effects on two cicadas (Homoptera:Cicadidae) in tallgrass prairie.  American Midland Naturalist 148:90-101.  (pdf reprint)

Collins, S.L., A.K. Knapp, J.M. Briggs, J.M. Blair and E.M. Steinauer. 1998. Modulation of diversity by grazing and mowing in native tallgrass prairie. Science 280:745-747. (pdf reprint)

Fay, P.A., J.D. Carlisle, A.K. Knapp, J.M. Blair and S.L. Collins.  2000.  Altering rainfall timing and quantity in a mesic grassland ecosystem: Design and performance of rainfall manipulation shelters.  Ecosystems 3:308-319.  (pdf reprint)

Fay, P.A., J.D. Carlisle, B.T. Danner, M.S. Lett, J.K. McCarron, C. Stewart, A.K. Knapp, J.M. Blair and S.L. Collins.  2002.  Altered rainfall patterns, gas exchange and growth in C₃ and C₄ grassland species.  International Journal of Plant Sciences 163:549-557. (pdf reprint)

Fay, P.A., J.D. Carlisle, A.K. Knapp, J.M. Blair and S.L. Collins.  2003.  Productivity responses to altered rainfall patterns in a C₄-dominated grassland.  Oecologia 137:245-251.  (pdf reprint)

Harper, C.W., J.M. Blair, P.A. Fay, A.K. Knapp and J.D. Carlisle.  2005.  Increased rainfall variability and reduced rainfall amount decreases soil CO₂ flux in a grassland ecosystem. Global Change Biology 11:322-334.  (pdf reprint)

Heisler, J.L., J.M. Briggs, A.K. Knapp, J.M. Blair and A. Seery. 2004. Direct and indirect effects of fire on shrub expansion in a mesic grassland. Ecology 85:2245-2257.   (pdf reprint)

Knapp, A.K., S.L. Conard and J.M. Blair. 1998. Determinants of soil CO₂ flux from a sub-humid grassland: Effect of fire and fire history. 1998. Ecological Applications 8:760-770.  (pdf reprint)

Knapp, A.K., J.M. Blair, J.M. Briggs, S.L. Collins, D.C. Hartnett, L.C. Johnson and E.G. Towne.  1999.  The keystone role of bison in North American tallgrass prairie.  BioScience 49:39-50.  (pdf reprint)

Knapp, A.K., P.A. Fay, J.M. Blair, S.L. Collins, M.D. Smith, J.D. Carlisle, C.W. Harper, B.T. Danner, M.S. Lett and J. K. McCarron.  2002.  Rainfall variability, carbon cycling and plant species diversity in a mesic grassland. Science 268:2202-2205.  (pdf reprint)

Lett, M.S., A.K. Knapp, J.M. Briggs and J.M. Blair. 2004. Influence of shrub encroachment on aboveground net primary productivity and carbon and nitrogen pools in a mesic grassland. Canadian Journal of Botany 82:1363-1370.  (pdf reprint)

McCarron, J.K., A.K. Knapp, and J.M. Blair. 2003. Soil C and N responses to woody plant expansion in a mesic grassland. Plant and Soil 257:183-192.  (pdf reprint)

Norris, M.D., J.M. Blair, L.C. Johnson and R.B. McKane.  2001. Assessing changes in biomass, productivity and C and N stores following Juniperus virginiana forest expansion into tallgrass prairie. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 31:1940-1946.  (pdf reprint)

O’Lear, H.A. and J.M. Blair.  1999.  Responses of soil microarthropods to changes in soil water availability in tallgrass prairie.  Biology and Fertility of Soils 29:207-217.  (pdf reprint)

Silletti, A.M., A.K. Knapp and J.M. Blair. 2004. Competition and coexistence in grassland codominants: responses to neighbor removal and resource availability. Canadian Journal of Botany 82:450-460.  (pdf reprint)

Turner, C.L., J.M. Blair, R.J. Schartz and J.C. Neel.  1997. Soil N and plant responses to fire, topography, and supplemental N in tallgrass prairie.  Ecology 78:1832-1843. (pdf reprint)