Munson, S. M., E.  Bunting, J. B.  Bradford, B. J.  Butterfield, and . 2017. IN REVIEW: Plant production responses to precipitation differ along an elevation gradient and are enhanced under extremes.. Oecologia.

Butterfield, B. J., A. L.  Camhi, R. L.  Rubin, and C. R.  Schwalm. 2016. Chapter Five ? Tradeoffs and Compatibilities Among Ecosystem Services : Biological, Physical and Economic Drivers of Multifunctionality. Advances in Ecological Research 54:207 - 243.

Butterfield, B. J., J.  Bradford, C.  Armas, I.  Prieto, and F. I.  Pugnaire. 2016. Does the stress gradient hypothesis hold water? An assessment of vegetation effects on soil moisture and implications for plant-plant interactions.. Functional Ecology 30:10 - 19.

Butterfield, B. J., S. M.  Copeland, S. M.  Munson, C. M.  Roybal, and T. E.  Wood. 2016. Prestoration: Using species in restoration that will persist now and into the future.. Restoration Ecology.

Butterfield, B. J., and S. M.  Munson. 2016. Temperature is better than precipitation as a predictor of plant community assembly across a dryland region.. Journal of Vegetation Science 27:938 - 947.

Butterfield, B. J., and T. E.  Wood. 2015. Local climate and cultivation, but not ploidy, predict functional trait variation in Bouteloua gracilis (Poaceae).. Plant Ecology 216:1341 - 1349.