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A framework for contextualizing social‐ecological biases in contributory science data
Carlen, E. & Estien, C. & Caspi, T. & Perkins, D. & Goldstein, B. & Kreling, S. & Hentati, Y. & Williams, T. & Stanton, L. & Des Roches, S. & Johnson, R. & Young, A. & Cooper, C. & Schell, C. (2024). A framework for contextualizing social‐ecological biases in contributory science data. People and Nature. 6. 377-390. doi:10.1002/pan3.10592.
A framework for untangling the consequences of artificial light at night on species interactions
Seymoure BM, Dell AI, Holker F, & Kalinkat G. (2023). A framework for untangling the consequences of artificial light at night on species interactions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 378, 1892. doi:10.1098/rstb.2022.0356
A global examination of ecological niche modeling to predict emerging infectious diseases: a systematic review
Lawrence T.J., Takenaka B.P., Garg A., Tao D., Deem S.L., Fèvre E.M., Gluecks I., Sagan V., Shacham E. (2023). A global examination of ecological niche modeling to predict emerging infectious diseases: a systematic review. Frontiers in Public Health, 11. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1244084
A theory of city biogeography and the origin of urban species
Dunn, R.R., Burger, J.R., Carlen, E.J., Koltz, A.M., Light, J.E., Martin, R.A., Munshi-South, J., Nichols, L.M., Vargo, E.L., Yitbarek, S., Zhao, Y., & Cibrian-Jaramillo, A. (2022). A theory of city biogeography and the origin of urban species. Frontiers in Conservation Science. doi:10.3389/fcosc.2022.761449
An evolutionary innovation for mating facilitates ecological niche expansion and buffers species against climate change
Moore, M.P., Nalley, S.E. & Hamadah, D. (2024). An evolutionary innovation for mating facilitates ecological niche expansion and buffers species against climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2313371121
An expanded scope of biodiversity in urban agriculture, with implications for conservation
Heath, S. K., Fogel, N. S., Mullikin, J. C., & Hull, T. (2020). An expanded scope of biodiversity in urban agriculture, with implications for conservation. In M. Egerer & H. Cohen (Eds.), Urban agroecology—Interdisciplinary research and future directions (pp. 17–50). CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/9780429290992-1
An inquiry-based activity for investigating the effect of climate change on phenology using the R programming language
Austin, Matthew & Miller-Struttmann, Nicole. (2024). An inquiry-based activity for investigating the effect of climate change on phenology using the R programming language. The American Biology Teacher. 86. 233-241. 10.1525/abt.2024.86.4.233
Anthurium caldasii: a new species of Araceae from Colombia and its phylogenetic relationships with other black-spathed Anthurium species
Mendez-Urbano, F.; Sierra-Giraldo, J.A.; Carlsen, M.M.; Rodriguez-Rey, G. and Castano-Rubiano, N. (2022). Anthurium caldasii: a new species of Araceae from Colombia and its phylogenetic relationships with other black-spathed Anthurium species. Brittonia. DOI: 10.1007/s12228-022-09722-y
Applied ecoimmunology: using immunological tools to improve conservation efforts in a changing world
Ohmer, M. E. B., Costantini, D., Czirják, G. Á., Downs, C. J., Ferguson, L. V., Flies, A., Franklin, C.E., Kayigwe, A.N., Knutie, S, & Cramp, R. L. (2021). Applied ecoimmunology: using immunological tools to improve conservation efforts in a changing world. Conservation Physiology 9 (1), coab074. doi: 10.1093/conphys/coab074
Assessing the vulnerabilities of vertebrate species to light and noise pollution: Expert surveys illuminate the impacts on special species
Ditmer M, Francis C, Barber J, Stoner D, Seymoure BM, Fristrup K & Carter N. (2021). Assessing the vulnerabilities of vertebrate species to light and noise pollution: Expert surveys illuminate the impacts on special species. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 61 (3), 1202-1215. doi:10.1093/icb/icab091
Better red than dead: Plasticine moths are attacked less under HPS streetlights than LEDs
Seymoure BM, Parrish T, Egan K, Furr M, Irwin D, Brown C, Crump M, White J, Crooks K, Angeloni L. (2023). Better red than dead: Plasticine moths are attacked less under HPS streetlights than LEDs. Basic and Applied Ecology. 74. doi:10.1016/j.baae.2023.11.008
Beyond the usual climate? Factors determining flowering and fruiting phenology across a genus over 117 years
Bartlett KB, Austin MW, Beck JB, Zanne AE, Smith AB. (2023). Beyond the usual climate? Factors determining flowering and fruiting phenology across a genus over 117 years. American Journal of Botany. 110(7):e16188. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.16188
Bumble bees exhibit body size clines across an urban gradient despite low genetic differentiation
Austin, M.W., A.D. Tripodi, J.P. Strange & A.S. Dunlap. (2022). Bumble bees exhibit body size clines across an urban gradient despite low genetic differentiation. Scientific Reports 12: 4166. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-08093-4
Chemical similarity of co-occurring trees decreases with precipitation and temperature in North American forests
Sedio, B., Marko J. Spasojevic, Jonathan A. Myers, S. Joseph Wright, Maria D. Person, Hamssika Chandrasekaran, Jack H. Dwenger, María Laura Prechi, Christian A. López, David N. Allen, Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira, Jennifer L. Baltzer, Norm Bourg, Buck T. Castillo, Nicola J. Day, Emily DeWald-Wang, Christopher W. Dick, Timothy Y. James, Jordan G. Kueneman, Joseph A. LaManna, James A. Lutz, Ian McGregor, Sean M. McMahon, Geoffrey G. Parker, John D. Parker, and John H. Vandermeer. (2021). Chemical similarity of co-occurring trees decreases with precipitation and temperature in North American forests. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 679638. doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.679638
Climate and vegetation and their impact on C and N isotope ratios in bat guano
Reid, R.E.B., J.T. Waples, D.A. Jensen, C.E. Edwards, and X. Liu. (2022). Climate and vegetation and their impact on C and N isotope ratios in bat guano. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.929220
Climate change increases flowering duration, driving phenological reassembly and elevated co‐flowering richness
Austin MW, Smith AB, Olsen KM, Hoch PC, Krakos KN, Schmocker SP, Miller‐Struttmann NE. (2024). Climate change increases flowering duration, driving phenological reassembly and elevated co‐flowering richness. New Phytologist, 243(6). doi:10.1111/nph.19994
Climate change is associated with increased allocation to potential outcrossing in a common mixed mating species
Austin, M.W., P.O. Cole, K.M. Olsen & A.B. Smith. (2022). Climate change is associated with increased allocation to potential outcrossing in a common mixed mating species. American Journal of Botany 109: 1085–1096. doi:10.1002/ajb2.16021
Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities
Cooper, D.L.M., Lewis, S.L., Sullivan, M.J.P. and 100+ coauthors including Farfan-Rios, W. (2024). Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities. Nature, 625: 728–734. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06820-z
Direct and ambient light pollution alters recruitment for a diurnal plant-pollinator system
Wilson AA, Seymoure BM, Vosbigian R, Jaeger S, Payne H, Peria L, Milstead B & Francis CD. (2021). Direct and ambient light pollution alters recruitment for a diurnal plant-pollinator system. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 61 (3), 1122-1133. doi:10.1093/icb/icab010
Direct estimates of breeding site fidelity and natal philopatry in brood parasitic brown-headed cowbirds Molothrus ater
Hauber ME, Heath SK, Tonra CM. (2020). Direct estimates of breeding site fidelity and natal philopatry in brood parasitic brown-headed cowbirds Molothrus ater. Ardea. 108(2):129–37. doi: 10.5253/arde.v108i2.a6
Disentangling genetic, plastic, and social learning drivers of sex-specific foraging behaviour in Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata)
Earl, S. R., L. E. Johnson, E. Grant, A. Kasubhai, A. López-Sepulcre, S. P. Gordon and Y. Yang. (2024). Disentangling genetic, plastic, and social learning drivers of sex-specific foraging behaviour in Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 291. doi:10.1098/rspb.2023.2950
Does urbanisation lead to parallel demographic shifts across the world in a cosmopolitan plant?
Caizergues, A.E., Santangelo, J.S., Ness, R.W., Angeoletto, F., Anstett, D.N., Anstett, J., Baena-Diaz, F., Carlen, E.J., Chaves, J.A., Comerford, M.S., Dyson, K., Falahati-Anbaran, M., Fellowes, M.D.E., Hood, G.R., Iñiguez-Armijos, C., Kooyers, N.J., Hodgins, K.A., Lázaro-Lobo, A., Moles, A., Munshi-South, J., Paule, J., Porth, I.M. , Santiago-Rosario, L.Y., Stack Whitney, K., Tack, A., Johnson, M.T.J. (2024). Does urbanisation lead to parallel demographic shifts across the world in a cosmopolitan plant? Molecular Ecology, 33(7):e17311 doi:10.1111/mec.17311
Ectotherm ER: frogs under the weather
Gonda, R., Ohmer, M.E.B., Brannelly, L., Kassimer, J., Kubik, S., Legg, A. S., & Richards-Zawacki, C. (2021). Ectotherm ER: Frogs Under the Weather. Science Scope, 44(4), 64-71. doi: 10.1080/08872376.2021.12291401
Effects of low-level artificial light at night on Kentucky bluegrass and an introduced herbivore
Crump M, Brown C, Lemoine N, Griffin-Nolan RJ, Angeloni L & Seymoure BM. (2021). Effects of low-level artificial light at night on Kentucky bluegrass and an introduced herbivore. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9, 732959. doi:10.3389/fevo.2021.732959
Effects of urban-induced mutations on ecology, evolution and health
Johnson, M.T.J., Arif, I., Marchetti, F., Munshi-South, J., Ness, R.W., Szulkin, M., Verrelli, B.C., Yauk, C.L., Anstett, D.N., Booth, W., Caizergues, A.E., Carlen, E.J., Dant, A., González, J., González Lagos, C., Oman, M., Phifer-Rixey, M., Rennison, D., Rosenberg, M.S., Winchell, K.M. (2024). Effects of urban-induced mutations on ecology, evolution and health. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1-13. doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02401-z
Embracing the diversity in diverse warning signals
Gordon S. P., C. J. Axelrod, U. Bansal, H. Gurholt, S. Tran, Y. Yang. (2024). Embracing the diversity in diverse warning signals. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 39(3):225-228. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.01.002
Equivalent learning, but unequal participation: male bumble bees learn comparably to females, but participate in cognitive assessments at lower rates
Manning, T.H., M.W. Austin, K. MuseMorris & A.S. Dunlap. (2021). Equivalent learning, but unequal participation: male bumble bees learn comparably to females, but participate in cognitive assessments at lower rates. Behavioural Processes 193: 104528. doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2021.104528
Evolutionary divergence of developmental plasticity and learning of mating strategies in Trinidadian guppies
Yang, Y., C. J. Axelrod, E. Grant, S. R. Earl, E. M. Urquhart, K. Talbert, L. E. Johnson, Z. Walker, K. Hsiao, I. Stone, B. A. Carlson, A. López-Sepulcre, and S. P. Gordon. (2023). Evolutionary divergence of developmental plasticity and learning of mating strategies in Trinidadian guppies. Journal of Animal Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.14043
Evolutionary divergence of plasticity in brain morphology between ecologically divergent habitats of Trinidadian guppies
Axelrod C. J., Yang Y., Grant E., Fleming J. , Stone I., Carlson B. A., and Gordon S.P. (2024). Evolutionary divergence of plasticity in brain morphology between ecologically divergent habitats of Trinidadian guppies. Evolution 78: 7,1261–1274, doi:10.1093/evolut/qpae055
Evolutionary diversity peaks at mid-elevations along an Amazon-to-Andes elevation gradient
Griffiths, A. R., M. R. Silman, W. Farfan-Rios, K. J. Feeley, K. G. Cabrera, P. Meir, N. Salinas, R. A. Segovia, and K. G. Dexter. (2021). Evolutionary diversity peaks at mid-elevations along an Amazon-to-Andes elevation gradient. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9:680041. doi:10.3389/fevo.2021.680041
Evolutionary heritage shapes tree distributions along an Amazon-to-Andes elevation gradient
Griffiths, A. R., M. R. Silman, W. Farfan Rios, K. J. Feeley, K. García Cabrera, P. Meir, N. Salinas, and K. G. Dexter. (2020). Evolutionary heritage shapes tree distributions along an Amazon-to-Andes elevation gradient. Biotropica. doi:10.1111/btp.12843
Evolutionary interactions between thermal ecology and sexual selection
Leith NT, Fowler-Finn KD, and Moore MP. (2022). Evolutionary interactions between thermal ecology and sexual selection. Ecology Letters 25(9): 1919-1936. doi: 10.1111/ele.14072
Evolutionary novelty in communication between the sexes
Broder D, Elias D, Morris M, Rosenthal G, Seymoure BM & Tinghitella R. (2021). Evolutionary novelty in communication between the sexes. Biology Letters, 16, 20200733. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2020.0733
Examining the influence of sociodemographics, residential segregation, and historical redlining on eBird and iNaturalist data disparities in three U.S. cities
*Estien, C.O., *Carlen, E.J., & Schell, C.J. (2024). Examining the influence of sociodemographics, residential segregation, and historical redlining on eBird and iNaturalist data disparities in three U.S. cities. Ecology and Society. 29(3):16. doi:10.5751/ES-15263-290316 [*Co-first authors]
Fluctuating selection maintains distinct species phenotypes in an ecological community in the wild
Stroud JT, Moore MP, Langerhans RB, and Losos JB. (2023). Fluctuating selection maintains
distinct species phenotypes in an ecological community in the wild. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120(42): e2222071120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2222071120
From a crisis to an opportunity: Eight insights for doing science in the COVID-19 era and beyond
Chacón-Labella, J., M. Boakye, B. J. Enquist, W. Farfan-Rios, R. Gya, A. H. Halbritter, S. L. Middleton, J. von Oppen, S. Pastor-Ploskonka, T. Strydom, V. Vandvik, and S. R. Geange.(2021). From a crisis to an opportunity: Eight insights for doing science in the COVID-19 era and beyond. Ecology and Evolution 11:3588–3596. doi:10.1002/ece3.7026
From plots to policy: How to ensure long-term forest plot data supports environmental management in intact tropical forest landscapes
Baker, T. R., E. Vicuña Miñano, K. Banda‐R, D. Castillo Torres, W. Farfan‐Rios, I. T. Lawson, E. Loja Alemán, N. Pallqui Camacho, M. R. Silman, K. H. Roucoux, O. L. Phillips, E. N. Honorio Coronado, A. Monteagudo Mendoza, and R. Rojas Gonzáles. (2020). From plots to policy: How to ensure long‐term forest plot data supports environmental management in intact tropical forest landscapes. Plants, People, Planet: 3,10154. doi:10.1002/ppp3.10154
FunAndes – A functional trait database of Andean plants
Baez, S., and 40+ coauthors including Farfan-Rios, W., Myers, J., Tello, J.S., (2022). FunAndes – A functional trait database of Andean plants. Scientific Data. 9, 511. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01626-6
Functional susceptibility of tropical forests to climate change
Aguirre‐Gutiérrez J., and 60+ coauthors including Farfan-Rios, W. (2022). Functional susceptibility of tropical forests to climate change. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6:878-889. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01747-6
Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover
Santangelo, J.S., Ness, R.W., Cohan, B., Fitzpatrick, C.R., Innes, S.G., Koch, S., Miles, L.S., Munim, S., Peres-Neto, P.R., Prashad, C., Tong, A.T., [et al., including Carlen, E.J.]. (2022). Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover. Science. doi:10.1126/science.abk0989
Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients
Valentin Journé, R. A., and 100+ coauthors including Farfan-Rios, W., Myers, J. (2022). Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients. Ecology Letters. doi: 10.1111/ele.14012
Guidelines for including bamboos in tropical ecosystem monitoring
Fadrique, B., J. W. Veldman, J. W. Dalling, L. G. Clark, L. Montti, E. Ruiz‐Sanchez, D. C. Rother, F. Ely, W. Farfan‐Rios, P. Gagnon, C. M. Prada, J. C. Camargo García, S. Saha, T. T. Veblen, X. Londoño, K. J. Feeley, and C. A. Rockwell. (2020). Guidelines for including bamboos in tropical ecosystem monitoring. Biotropica 52:427–443. doi:10.1111/btp.12737
HERPETOCULTURE 575 Notes on the ex-situ maintenance and reproduction of the spotted harlequin frog, Atelopus balios (Bufonidae)
Augustine, Lauren & Coloma, Luis & Vargas-Mena, Patricio & Elden, Justin. (2024). HERPETOCULTURE 575 Notes on the Ex-situ Maintenance and Reproduction of the Spotted Harlequin Frog, Atelopus balios (Bufonidae). Herpetological Review. 54. 575-581. PDF
Historical assembly of Andean tree communities
González-Caro, Sebastián, J. Sebastián Tello, Jonathan A. Myers, Kenneth Feeley, Cecilia Blundo, Marco Calderón-Loor, Julieta Carilla, Leslie Cayola, Francisco Cuesta, William Farfán, and et al. (2023). Historical assembly of Andean tree communities. Plants 12, 20: 3546. doi: 10.3390/plants12203546
Human-modified habitats imperil ornamented dragonflies less than their non-ornamented counterparts at local, regional, and continental scales
, , & (2024) Human-modified habitats imperil ornamented dragonflies less than their non-ornamented counterparts at local, regional, and continental scales. Ecology Letters, 27, e14455. doi.org/10.1111/ele.14455
Infectious diseases, livestock, and climate: a vicious cycle?
Ezenwa, V.O., Civitello, D.J., Barton, B.T., Becker, D.J., Brenn-White, M., Classen, A.T., Deem, S.L., Johnson, Z.E., Kutz, S., Malishev, M. Penczykowski, R.M., Preston, D.L., Vannatta, J.T., and Koltz, A.M. (2020). Infectious diseases, livestock, and climate: a vicious cycle? Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 35(11), pp.959-962. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.08.012
Insights into the spatial ecology of severely injured free-living felids: Iberian lynx, bobcat, and snow leopard
Nájera F, Uiterwaal SF, Crespo E, Grande-Gómez R, Sánchez JF, Mata-Huete M, Palmer J, Iturrarte G, Peña J, Munkhtsog B, Munkhtsog B, Poyarkov AD, Hernandez-Blanco JA, Alexandrov DY, Galsandorj N, Deem SL. (2024). Insights into the spatial ecology of severely injured free-living felids: Iberian lynx, bobcat, and snow leopard. Ecology and Evolution 14(2):e11000. doi: 10.1002/ece3.11000
Integrating infection intensity into within- and between-host pathogen dynamics: implications for invasion and virulence evolution
Wilber, M. Q., Pfab, F., Ohmer, M. E. B., & Briggs, C. J. (2021). Integrating infection intensity into within- and between-host pathogen dynamics: implications for invasion and virulence evolution. The American Naturalist, 198(6), 661-677. doi: 10.1086/716914
Is there tree senescence? The fecundity evidence
Qiu, T., and 60+ coauthors including Farfan-Rios, W., Myers, J. (2021). Is there tree senescence? The fecundity evidence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118:34. doi:10.1073/pnas.2106130118
Larval habitats impose trait-dependent limits on the direction and rate of adult evolution in dragonflies
Moore MP.(2021). Larval habitats impose trait-dependent limits on the direction and rate of adult evolution in dragonflies. Biology Letters 17(5): 20210023. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2021.0023