McCay, T.S., L.J. Anderson, C. Bloch, A.E. Cahill, S. Cooke, B.J. Dolan, K.M. Flinn, and 12 others. In review. Earthworm assemblages in the Eastern and Midwestern United States and the legacy of glaciation.
Melton, S., Z.R. Hughes, S.R. Eysenbach, C.E. Hausman, and K.M. Flinn. 2025. Forest diversity and composition changed over 120 years of post-agricultural succession in Cleveland Metroparks, Ohio, USA. Plant Ecology 226 [link].
Flinn, K.M., Z. Litwinowicz, T.P. Mahany, and J.I. Watling. 2025. Presettlement tree distributions and forest types of northeast Ohio, USA mapped with species distribution models. Journal of Vegetation Science 36: e70007. [link]
Flinn, K.M. and Z.R. Hughes. 2024. How a city shapes its forests: Land use change and forest distribution around Cleveland, Ohio over 220 years. Urban Ecosystems 27: 635-648. [pdf]
Flinn, K.M., M.N. Dolnicek, and A.L. Cox. 2022. Gap dynamics and disease-causing invasive species drive the development of an old-growth forest over 250 years. Forest Ecology and Management 508: 120045. [pdf]
Flinn, K.M., E.R. Bly, and C.S. Dickinson. 2019. Major changes in tree community composition and structure over 86 years in an old-growth forest. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 146: 87-95. [pdf]
Flinn, K.M., T. Mahany, and C.E. Hausman. 2018. From forest to city: Plant community change in northeast Ohio from 1800 to 2014. Journal of Vegetation Science 29: 297-306. [pdf]
Flinn, K.M. 2017. Invasive earthworms ingest and digest garlic mustard seeds at rates equal to native seeds. Northeastern Naturalist 24: 413-420. [pdf]
Flinn, K.M., H.A.D. Kuhns, J.L. Mikes, E.V. Lonsdorf and J.K. Lake. 2017. Invasion and succession change the functional traits of serpentine plant communities. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 144: 109-124. [pdf]
Flinn, K.M., J.L. Mikes, and H.A.D. Kuhns. 2017. Plant diversity and community composition in eastern North American serpentine barrens. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 144: 125-138. [pdf]
Flinn, K.M., M.M. Loiacono, and H.E. Groff. 2014. Low reproductive success of hayscented fern (Dennstaedtia punctilobula) regardless of inbreeding level or time since disturbance. Botany 92: 911-915. [pdf]
Flinn, K.M., J.L. Bechhofer, and M. Malcolm. 2014. Little impact of the invasive shrub Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii DC) on forest understory plant communities. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 141: 217-224. [pdf]
Flinn, K.M. 2014. Agricultural legacies in forest herb communities. Pages 438-444 in F.S. Gilliam, ed. The herbaceous layer in forests of eastern North America. 2nd ed. Oxford, New York, USA.
Flinn, K.M. 2011. Why are acidophilic plants abundant in post-agricultural forests? Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 138:73-76. [pdf]
Flinn, K.M., T.C. Gouhier, M.J. Lechowicz and M.J. Waterway. 2010. The role of dispersal in shaping plant community composition of wetlands in a forested landscape. Journal of Ecology 98: 1292-1299. [pdf]
Flinn, K. M., M. J. Waterway and M. J. Lechowicz. 2010. Disjunct between performance and distribution in the sedge Carex prasina. Oecologia 163:119-126. [pdf]
Goodale, C.L., S.A. Thomas, G. Fredriksen, E.M. Elliott, K.M. Flinn, T.J. Butler and M.T. Walter. 2009. Unusual seasonal patterns and inferred processes of nitrogen retention in forested headwater catchments of the Upper Susquehanna River. Biogeochemistry 93: 197-218. [pdf]
Flinn, K.M., M. J. Lechowicz and M.J Waterway. 2008. Plant species diversity and composition of wetlands within an upland forest. American Journal of Botany 95: 1216-1224 [pdf]
Flinn, K.M. 2007. Microsite-limited recruitment controls fern colonization of post-agricultural forests. Ecology 88: 3103-3114. [pdf]
Vellend, M., K. Verheyen, K.M. Flinn, H. Jacquemyn, A. Kolb, H. Van Calster, G. Peterken, B.J. Graae, J. Bellemare, O. Honnay, J. Brunet, M. Wulf, F. Gerhardt and M. Hermy. 2007. Homogenization of forest plant communities and weakening of species–environment relationships via agricultural land use. Journal of Ecology 95: 565-573. [pdf]
Flinn, K.M. and P.L. Marks. 2007. Agricultural legacies in forest environments: Tree communities, soil properties and light availability. Ecological Applications 17: 452-463. [pdf]
Case, M.A., K.M. Flinn, J.E. Jancaitis, A.E. Alley and A.E. Paxton. 2007. Declining abundance of American ginseng documented by herbarium specimens. Biological Conservation 134: 22-30. [pdf]
Flinn, K.M. 2006. Reproductive biology of three fern species may contribute to differential colonization success in post-agricultural forests. American Journal of Botany 93: 1289-1294. [pdf]
Flinn, K.M. and M. Vellend. 2005. Recovery of forest plant communities in post-agricultural landscapes. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 3: 243-250. [pdf]
Flinn, K.M., M. Vellend and P.L. Marks. 2005. Environmental causes and consequences of forest clearance and agricultural abandonment in central New York. Journal of Biogeography 32: 439-452. [pdf]
Flinn, K.M. and P.L. Marks. 2004. Land-use history and forest herb diversity in Tompkins County, New York, USA. Pages 81-95 in O. Honnay, K. Verheyen, B. Bossuyt, and M. Hermy, eds. Forest Biodiversity: Lessons from History for Conservation. CABI, Wallingford, UK. [pdf]
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