Recent Publications

Machine Learning Biogeographic Processes from Biotic Patterns: A New Trait-Dependent Dispersal and Diversification Model with Model Choice By Simulation-Trained Discriminant Analysis

January 1, 2015 | Systematic Biology
Author(s): Jeet Sukumaran, Evan P. Economo, L. Lacey Knowles

Genetic structure across broad spatial and temporal scales: Rocky mountain tailed frogs (Ascaphus montanus; Anura: Ascaphidae) in the Inland Temperate Rainforest

January 1, 2015 | Journal of Heredity
Author(s): Metzger, G., Espindola, A., Waits, L.P., Sullivan, J.

Revision of the ant genus Proceratium Roger (Hymenoptera, Proceratiinae) in Fiji

January 1, 2015 | ZooKeys
Author(s): Francisco Hita Garcia, Eli M. Sarnat, Evan P. Economo

Decoupled post-glacial history in mutualistic plant-insect interactions: Insights from the yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris) and its associated oil-collecting bees (Macropis europaea and M. fulvipes)

January 1, 2015 | Journal of Biogeography
Author(s): Triponez, Y., Arrigo, N., Espíndola, A., Alvarez, N.

Introduced Pheidole of the world: taxonomy, biology and distribution

January 1, 2015 | ZooKeys
Author(s): Eli М. Sarnat, Georg Fischer, Benoit Guénard, Evan P. Economo

New records of ant species from Yunnan, China

January 1, 2015 | ZooKeys
Author(s): Cong Liu, Benoit Guénard, Francisco Hita Garcia, Seiki Yamane, Benjamin Blanchard, Da-Rong Yang, Evan Economo

Influence of plant defenses and nutrients on trophic control of ecosystems

January 1, 2015 | Trophic Ecology
Author(s): Karin T. Burghardt, Oswald J. Schmitz, Torrance C. Hanley, Kimberly J. La Pierre

Signatures of nutrient limitation and co-limitation: responses of autotroph internal nutrient concentrations to nitrogen and phosphorus additions

January 1, 2015 | Oikos
Author(s): Bracken, M. E. S., Hillebrand, H., Borer, E. T., Seabloom, E. W., Cebrian, J., Cleland, E. E., Elser, J. J., Gruner, D. S., Harpole, W. S., Ngai, J. T., et. al

Plant species' origin predicts dominance and response to nutrient enrichment and herbivores in global grasslands

January 1, 2015 | Nature Communications
Author(s): Seabloom, E. W., Borer, E. T., Buckley, Y. M., Cleland, E. E., Davies, K. F., Firn, J., Harpole, W. S., Hautier, Y., Lind, E. M., MacDougall, A. S., et. al

Biomechanical diversity of mating structures among harvestmen species is consistent with a spectrum of precopulatory strategies

January 1, 2015 | PLOS ONE
Author(s): Burns, M., Shultz, J.W.

A continent-wide study reveals clear relationships between regional abiotic conditions and post-dispersal seed predation

January 1, 2015 | Journal of Biogeography
Author(s): Orrock, J. L., Borer, E. T., Brudvig, L. A., Firn, J., MacDougall, A. S., Melbourne, B. A., Yang, L. H., Baker, D. V., Bar-Massada, A., Crawley, M. J., et. al

The Efficacy of Constructed Stream-Wetland Complexes at Reducing the Flux of Suspended Solids to Chesapeake Bay

January 1, 2015 | Environmental Science and Technology
Author(s): Filoso, S., Williams, M.R., Palmer, M.A., Smith, S.M.C.

Surface Hydrologic Connectivity Between Delmarva Bay Wetlands and Nearby Streams Along a Gradient of Agricultural Alteration

January 1, 2015 | Wetlands
Author(s): McDonough, O.T., Hosen, J.D., Palmer, M.A., Lang, M.W.

Assessment of Chronic Sublethal Effects of Imidacloprid on Honey Bee Colony Health

January 1, 2015 | PLOS ONE

Assessment of Chronic Sublethal Effects of Imidacloprid on Honey Bee Colony Health (vol 10, e0118748, 2015)

January 1, 2015 | PLOS ONE

Grassland productivity limited by multiple nutrients

January 1, 2015 | Nature Plants
Author(s): Fay, P. A., Prober, S. M., Harpole, W. S., Knops, J. M. H., Bakker, J. D., Borer, E. T., Lind, E. M., MacDougall, A. S., Seabloom, E. W., Wragg, P. D., et. al

Aligning restoration science and the law to sustain ecological infrastructure for the future

January 1, 2015 | Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Author(s): Palmer, M.A., Ruhl, J.B.

Committing to ecological restoration: Efforts around the globe need legal and policy clarification

January 1, 2015 | Science
Author(s): Suding, K., Higgs, E., Palmer, M., Callicott, J.B., Anderson, C.B., Baker, M., Gutrich, J.J., Hondula, K.L., LaFevor, M.C., Larson, B.M.H., et. al

Life table evaluation of change in emerald ash borer populations due to biological control

January 1, 2015 | iology and control of emerald ash borer

Manage water in a green way

January 1, 2015 | Science
Author(s): Palmer, M.A., D'Odorico, P., Liu, J., Matthews, J.H., Mumba, M.

Microbial responses to changes in flow status in temporary headwater streams: A cross-system comparison

January 1, 2015 | Frontiers in Microbiology
Author(s): Febria, C.M., Hosen, J.D., Palmer, M.A., Crump, B.C., Williams, D.D.

Operationalizing an ecosystem services-based approach for managing river biodiversity

January 1, 2015 | Water Ecosystem Services A Global Perspective
Author(s): Febria, C.M., Koch, B.J., Palmer, M.A.

Reply to comment on "suburban watershed nitrogen retention: Estimating the effectiveness of stormwater management structures" by Koch et al. (Elem Sci Anth 3:000063, July 2015)Reply to Walsh

January 1, 2015 | Elementa
Author(s): Koch, B.J., Filoso, S., Palmer, M.A., Cooke, R.M., Colson, A.R., Hosen, J.D., Febria, C.M.

Suburban watershed nitrogen retention: Estimating the effectiveness of stormwater management structures

January 1, 2015 | Elementa
Author(s): Koch, B.J., Febria, C.M., Hosen, J.D., Filoso, S., Palmer, M.A., Cooke, R.M., Colson, A.R., Baker, M.E., Hayhoe, K., Stoner, A.M.K., et. al

Arthropod habitat of green façades in the humid temperate climate of eastern North America

January 1, 2015 | Arthropod habitat of green façades in the humid temperate climate of eastern North America
Author(s): University of Maryland, Serena Matt, David Tilley, University of Maryland, Paula Shrewsbury, University of Maryland