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Scientific articles and book chapters

Weiner, J. and Freckleton, R. 2010.  Constant final yield.  Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 41, in press. (request preprint)

Weiner, J., Andersen, S.B., Wille, W.K.-M., Griepentrog, H.-W. and Olsen, J.M. 2010.  Evolutionary Agroecology - the potential for cooperative, high density, weed suppressing cereals. Evolutionary Applications 3, in press. (.pdf reprint)

Chu, C.-J., Weiner, J., Maestre, F.T., Wang, Y.-S., Morris, E.C., Xiao, S., Yuan, J.-L. and Wang, G. 2010. Effects of positive interactions, size-symmetry of competititon and abiotic stress on self thinning in simulated plant populations. Annals of Botany, in press.

Weiner, J., Campbell, L.G., Pino, J., and Echarte L. 2009. The allometry of reproduction within plant populations. Journal of Ecology 97, 1220-1233. (.pdf reprint)

Chu, C.-J., Weiner, J., Maestre, F.T., Xiao, S., Wang, Y.-S., Li, Q., Yuan, J.-L., Zhao, L.-Q., Ren, Z.-W. and Wang, G. 2009.  Positive interactions can increase size inequality in plant populations. Journal of Ecology 97, 1401-1407. (.pdf reprint)

Weiner, J., Rosenmeier, L., Massoni, E.S., Vera, J.N., Hernández Plaza, E., and Sebastià, M.T. 2009.  Is reproductive allocation in Senecio vulgaris plastic?  Botany 87, 475-481. (.pdf reprint)

Wyszomirski, T. and Weiner, J. 2009. Variation in local density results in a positive correlation between plant neighbor sizes. American Naturalist 173, 705-708. (.pdf reprint)

Erneberg, M., Strandberg, B., Strandberg, M., Jensen, B.D. and Weiner, J. 2008. Effects of soil disturbance and disease on growth and reproduction of Lolium perenne (Poaceae) introduced to semi-natural grasslands. Polish Journal of Ecology 56, 593-604.  (.pdf reprint)

Chu, C.-J., Maestre, F.T., Xiao, S., Weiner, J., Wang, Y.-S., Duan, Z.-H. and Wang, G. 2008. Biomass-density relationships in plant populations are determined by the balance between facilitation and resource competition. Ecology Letters 11, 1189-1197. (.pdf reprint)

Damgaard, C. and Weiner, J. 2008. Modelling the growth of individuals in crowded plant populations. Journal of Plant Ecology 1, 111-116. (.pdf reprint)

Kristensen, L., Olsen, J. and Weiner, J. 2008. Crop density, sowing pattern and nitrogen fertilization effects on weed suppression and yield in spring wheat. Weed Science 56, 97-102. (.pdf reprint)

Gallandt, E. and Weiner, J. 2007. Crop – weed competititon. In Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Wiley & Sons, Chichester, http://www.els.net/ [10.1002/9780470015902.a0020477]. (request reprint)

Andersen, M.K., Hauggaard-Nielsen, H., Weiner, J. and Jensen, E.S. 2007. Evaluating competitive dynamics in two and three component intercrops. Journal of Applied Ecology 44, 545-551. (.pdf reprint)

Olsen, J. and Weiner, J. 2007. The influence of Triticum aestivum density, sowing pattern and nitrogen fertilization on leaf area index and its spatial variation. Basic and Applied Ecology 8, 252-257. (.pdf reprint)

Weiner, J. and Damgaard, C. 2006. Size-asymmetric competition and size-asymmetric growth in a spatially-explicit zone-of-influence model. Ecological Research 21, 707-712. (.pdf reprint)

Olsen, J., Kristensen, L. and Weiner, J. 2006. Influence of sowing density and spatial pattern of spring wheat (Triticum aestivum) on suppression of different weed species. Weed Biology and Management 6, 165-173. (.pdf reprint)

Thorsted, M.D., Weiner, J. and Olesen, J.E. 2006. Above-and below-ground competition between intercropped winter wheat Triticum aestivum and white clover Trifolium repens. Journal of Applied Ecology 43, 237-245. (.pdf reprint)

Kristensen, L., Olsen, J., Weiner, J., Griepentrog, H.-W. and Nørremark, M. 2006. Describing the spatial pattern of crop plants with special reference to crop-weed competition studies. Field Crops Research 96, 207-215. (.pdf reprint)

Nord-Larsen, T., Damgaard, C. and Weiner, J. 2006. Quantifying size-asymmetric growth among individual beech trees (Fagus sylvatica). Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36, 418-425. (.pdf reprint)

Ramseier, D. and Weiner, J. 2006. Competitive effect is a linear function of neighbour biomass in experimental populations of Kochia scoparia. Journal of Ecology 94, 305-309. (.pdf reprint)

Thorsted, M.D., Olesen, J.E. and Weiner, J. 2006. Width of clover strips and wheat rows influence grain yield in winter wheat/white clover intercropping. Field Crops Research 95, 280-290. (.pdf reprint)

Thorsted, M.D., Olesen, J.E. and Weiner, J. 2006. Mechanical control of clover increases grain yield and nitrogen content in winter wheat/white clover intercropping. European Journal of Agronomy 24, 149-155. (.pdf reprint)

Grimm, V., Berger, U., Jeltsch, F., Mooij, W., Railsback, S.F., Revilla, E., Thulke, H., Weiner, J., Wiegand, T. and DeAngelis, D.L. 2005. Pattern-oriented modeling of agent-based complex systems: Lessons from ecology. Science 310, 987-991. (.pdf reprint)

Olsen, J., Kristensen, L. and Weiner, J. 2005. Effects of density and spatial pattern of winter wheat on suppression of different weed species. Weed Science 53, 690-694. (.pdf reprint)

Olsen, J., Kristensen, L., Weiner, J. and Griepentrog, H.W. 2005. Increased density and spatial uniformity increase weed suppression by spring wheat (Triticum aestivum). Weed Research 45, 316-321. (.pdf reprint)

Weiner, J. 2004. Allocation, plasticity and allometry in plants. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 6, 207-215. (.pdf reprint)

Vilà, M. and Weiner, J. 2004. Are invasive plant species better competitors than native plant species? - Evidence from pairwise experiments. Oikos 105, 229-238. (.pdf reprint)

von Wettberg, E.J. and Weiner, J. 2004. Effects of distance to crop rows and to conspecific neighbours on the size of Brassica napus and Veronica persica weeds. Basic and Applied Ecology 5, 35-41. (.pdf reprint)

Weiner, J. 2004. The use and potential misuse of the concept of ecosystem services. Journal of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry 143 (1), 66-67. (.pdf reprint)

Weiner, J. 2003. Ecology: the science of agriculture in the 21st century. Journal of Agricultural Science 141, 371-377. (.pdf reprint) In Danish: Weiner, J. 2002. Økologi - fremtidens jordbrugsvidenskab. Sider 325-338 i Jensen, E.S., Vejre, H., Bügel, S.H., Emanuelsson, J., red. Visioner for fremtidens jordbrug. Gads Forlag, København. (.pdf reprint)

von Wettberg, E.J. and Weiner, J. 2003. Larger Triticum aestivum plants do not preempt nutrient rich patches in a glasshouse experiment. Plant Ecology 169, 85-92. (.pdf reprint)

Stoll, P., Weiner, J., Muller-Landau, H., Müller, E. and Hara, T. 2002. Size symmetry of competition alters biomass-density relations. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, 296, 2191-2195. (.pdf reprint)

Damgaard, C., Weiner, J. and Nagashima, H. 2002. Modelling individual growth and competition in plant populations: growth curves of Chenopodium album at two densities. Journal of Ecology 90, 666-671. (.pdf reprint)

Weiner, J., Griepentrog, H.-W. and Kristensen, L. 2001. Suppression of weeds by spring wheat (Triticum aestivum) increases with crop density and spatial uniformity. Journal of Applied Ecology 38, 784-790. (.pdf reprint)

Weiner, J., Stoll, P., Muller-Landau, H. and Jasentuliyana, A. 2001. The effects of density, spatial pattern and competitive symmetry on size variation in simulated plant populations. American Naturalist 158, 438-450. (.pdf reprint)

Inderjit and Weiner, J. 2001. Plant allelopathic interference or soil chemical ecology? Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 4, 3-12. (.pdf reprint)

Weiner, J. and Thomas, S.C. 2001. The nature of tree growth and the “age-related decline in forest productivity”. Oikos 94, 374-376. (.pdf reprint)

Damgaard, C. and Weiner, J. 2000. Describing inequality in plant size or fecundity. Ecology 81, 1139-1142. (.pdf reprint)

Müller, I., Schmid, B. and Weiner, J. 2000. The effect of nutrient availability on biomass allocation patterns in 27 species of herbaceous plants. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 3, 115-127. (.pdf reprint)

Stoll, P. and Weiner, J. 2000. A neighborhood view of interactions among individual plants. Pages 11-27 in U. Dieckmann, R. Law, J.A.J. Metz, eds. The Geometry of Ecological Interactions: Simplifying Spatial Complexity, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. (.pdf reprint)

Weiner, J. 1999. On self-criticism in ecology. Oikos 85, 373-375. (.pdf reprint)

Schwinning, S. and Weiner, J. 1998. Mechanisms determining the degree of size-asymmetry in competition among plants. Oecologia 113, 447-455. (.pdf reprint)

Vilà, M., Stoll, P. and Weiner, J. 1998. Effects of Rosmarinus officinalis neighbors on resprouting of Erica multiflora individuals. Plant Ecology 136, 167-173. (.pdf reprint)

Weiner, J., Kinsman, S. and Williams, S. 1998. Modeling the growth of individuals in plant populations: local density variation in a strand population of Xanthium strumarium. American Journal of Botany 85, 1638-1645. (.pdf reprint)

Weiner, J., Martinez, S., Müller-Schärer, H., Stoll, P. and Schmid, B. 1997. How important are environmental maternal effects in plants? A study with Centaurea maculosa. Journal of Ecology 85, 133-142. (.pdf reprint)

Weiner, J., Wright, D.B. and Castro, S. 1997. Symmetry of below-ground competition between Kochia scoparia individuals. Oikos 79, 85-91. (.pdf reprint)

Hendry, R.J., McGlade, J.M. and Weiner, J. 1996. A coupled map lattice model of the growth of plant monocultures. Ecological Modelling 84, 81-90. (.pdf reprint)

Weiner, J. 1996. Problems in predicting the ecological effects of elevated CO2. Pages 431-441 in C. Körner and F.A. Bazzaz, eds. Carbon Dioxide, Populations and Communities. Academic Press, San Diego. (.pdf manuscript)

Weiner, J. 1995. On the practice of ecology. Journal of Ecology 83, 153-158. (.pdf reprint)

Weiner, J. 1995. Following the growth of individuals in crowded plant populations. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 10, 389-390. (.pdf reprint)

Schmid B., Bazzaz, F.A. and Weiner, J. 1995. Size dependency of sexual reproduction and of clonal growth in two perennial plants. Canadian Journal of Botany 73, 1831-1837. (.pdf reprint)

Schmid, B., Polasek, W., Weiner, J., Krause, A., and Stoll, P. 1994. Modeling of discontinuous relationships in biology with censored regression. American Naturalist 143, 494-507. (.pdf reprint)

Weiner, J. and Fishman, L. 1994. Competition and allometry in Kochia scoparia. Annals of Botany 73, 263-271. (.pdf reprint)

Stoll, P., Weiner, J. and Schmid, B. 1994. Growth variability in a naturally-established Pinus sylvestris population. Ecology 75, 660-670. (.pdf reprint)

Vilà, M., Weiner, J. and Terradas, J. 1994. Effects of local competition on resprouting of Arbutus unedo. Journal of Vegetation Science 5, 145-152. (.pdf reprint)

Weiner, J. 1993. Competition, herbivory and plant size variability: Hypochaeris radicata grazed by snails (Helix aspersa). Functional Ecology 7, 47-53. (.pdf reprint)

Schmid, B. and Weiner, J. 1993. Plastic relationships between reproductive and vegetative mass in Solidago altissima. Evolution 47, 61-74. (.pdf reprint)

Weiner, J. 1993. Competition among plants. Treballs de la Societat Catalana de Biologia (Barcelona) 44, 99-109.

Weiner, J. and Thomas, S.C. 1992. Competition and allometry in three species of annual plants. Ecology 73, 648-656. (.pdf reprint)

Klinkhamer, P.G.L., Meelis, E., de Jong, T.J. and Weiner, J. 1992. On the analysis of size-dependent reproductive output in plants. Functional Ecology 6, 308-316. (.pdf reprint)

Berntson, G.M. and Weiner, J. 1991. Size structure of populations within populations: Leaf number and size in crowded and uncrowded Impatiens pallida individuals. Oecologia 85, 327-331. (.pdf reprint)

Pacala, S.A. and Weiner, J. 1991. Effects of including competitive asymmetry in a local density model of plant interference. Journal of Theoretical Biology 149, 165-179.

Thompson, B.K., Weiner, J. and Warwick, S.I. 1991. Size-dependent reproductive output in agricultural weeds. Canadian Journal of Botany 69, 442-446. (.pdf reprint)

Crawley, M.J. and Weiner, J. 1991. Plant size variation and vertebrate herbivory: Winter wheat grazed by rabbits. Journal of Applied Ecology 28, 154-172.

Stoll, P., Weiner, J. and Schmid, B. 1991. Grössenvariabilität in einer Population von Pinus sylvestris. Pages 211-236 in B. Schmid and J. Stöcklin, eds., Populationsbiologie der Pflanzen. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel.

Weiner, J. 1990. Asymmetric competition in plant populations. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 5, 360-364. (.pdf reprint)

Weiner, J., Mallory, E.B. and Kennedy, C. 1990. Growth and variability in crowded and uncrowded populations of dwarf marigolds (Tagetes patula). Annals of Botany 65, 513-524. (.pdf reprint)

Weiner, J., Berntson, G.M. and Thomas, S.C. 1990. Competition and growth form in a woodland annual. Journal of Ecology 78, 459-469. (.pdf reprint)

Weiner, J. 1990. Plant population ecology in agriculture. Pages 235-262 in C.R. Carroll, J.H. Vandermeer and P. Rosset, eds., Agroecology. McGraw-Hill, New York.

Miller, T.E. and Weiner, J. 1989. Local density variation may mimic effects of asymmetric competition on plant size variability. Ecology 70, 1188-1191. (.pdf reprint)

Thomas, S.C. and Weiner, J. 1989. Growth, death and size distribution change in an Impatiens pallida population. Journal of Ecology 77, 524-536. (.pdf reprint)

Thomas, S.C. and Weiner, J. 1989. Including competitive asymmetry in measures of local interference in plant populations. Oecologia 80, 349-355. (.pdf reprint)

Weiner, J. 1988. The influence of competition on plant reproduction. Pages 228-245 in J. Lovett Doust and L. Lovett Doust, eds., Plant Reproductive Ecology: Patterns and Strategies. Oxford University Press, New York.

Weiner, J. 1988. Variation in the performance of individuals in plant populations. Pages 59-81 in A.J. Davy, M.J. Hutchings, and A.R. Watkinson, eds., Plant Population Ecology. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford.

Weiner, J. and Whigham, D. 1988. Size variability and self-thinning in wild-rice (Zizania aquatica). American Journal of Botany 75, 445-448. (.pdf reprint)

Weiner, J. and Corlett, R.T. 1987. Size structure of Livistona endauensis populations at four sites on Gunung Janing Barat, Johore, Malaysia. Malayan Nature Journal 41, 297-302.

Dixon, P.M., Weiner, J., Mitchell-Olds, T. and Woodley, R. 1987. Bootstrapping the Gini coefficient of inequality. Ecology 68, 1548-1551. (.pdf reprint)

Weiner, J. and Thomas, S.C. 1986. Size variability and competition in plant monocultures. Oikos 47, 211-222. (.pdf reprint)

Weiner, J. 1986. How competition for light and nutrients affects size variability in Ipomoea tricolor populations. Ecology 67, 1425-1427. (.pdf reprint)

Weiner, J. 1985. Size hierarchies in experimental populations of annual plants. Ecology 66, 743-752. (.pdf reprint)

Weiner, J. 1984. Neighbourhood interference amongst Pinus rigida individuals. Journal of Ecology 72, 183-195. (.pdf reprint)

Weiner, J. and Solbrig, O.T. 1984. The meaning and measurement of size hierarchies in plant populations. Oecologia 61, 334-336. (.pdf reprint)

Mithen, R., Harper, J.L. and Weiner, J. 1984. Growth and mortality of individual plants as a function of "available area". Oecologia 62, 57-61. (.pdf reprint)

Weiner, J. 1982. A neighborhood model of annual plant interference. Ecology 65, 1237-1241.

Weiner, J. and Conte, P.T. 1981. Dispersal and neighborhood effects in an annual plant competition model. Ecological Modelling 13, 131-147. (.pdf reprint)

Weiner, J. 1980. The effect of plant density, species proportion and potassium-phosphorus fertilization on interference between Trifolium incarnatum and Lolium multiflorum with limited nitrogen supply. Journal of Ecology 68, 969-979. (.pdf reprint)

Popular articles

Weiner, J. and Olsen, J. 2007. Konkurrenceevnen kan udnyttes. moMentum 5 (1), 28-30. (.pdf reprint).

Interview with Jacob Weiner 2002. “Økologi er ikke politik.” MiljøDanmark 16(6) 10-11 (.pdf)

Weiner, J. 1999. Ecology education for forestry students. KVL Mosaik 7 (13), 6-7. (.pdf manuscript)

Weiner, J. 1998. The two meanings of ecology. KVL Mosaik 6 (6), 12-13. (.pdf manuscript)

Weiner, J. 1996. How I came to leave Swarthmore after 18 years on the faculty. Swarthmore College Bulletin 93 (5), 7. (.pdf reprint)