Graduate Students in bold; Mentors in italics.
2023
Barrio-Amorós CL, Güell BA, (2023) The Central American milk frog Trachycephalus “vermiculatus” (Anura, Hylidae); observations of explosive breeding activity and a novel release call. Reptiles & Amphibians 30(1), e18452. https://journals.ku.edu/reptilesandamphibians/article/view/18452
Gomez EKu, Chaiyasarikul Au, Güell BA, Warkentin KM (2023) Developmental changes in red-eyed treefrog embryo behavior increase escape-hatching success in wasp attacks. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 77, 52. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-023-03324-8
Mee J, Yap E, Wuitchik D (2023) Pelvic spine reduction affects diet but not gill raker morphology in two polymorphic brook stickleback Culaea inconstans populations. Journal of Experimental Biology. 1‑13. DOI:10.1002/ece3.10526
Taylor D, Farr F, Lim E, Fleet J, Wuitchik S, Wuitchik D§ (2023) Thermal stress does not cause wasting symptoms in the giant California sea cucumber (Apostichopus californicus) PeerJ 1‑17 doi:10.7717/peerj.14548
2022
Amon, D.J., Rotjan, R.D., Kennedy, B.R.C., Alleng, G., Anta, R., Aram, E., Edwards, T., Creary-Ford, M., Gjerde, K.M., Gobin, J. and Henderson, L.A., (2022). My Deep Sea, My Backyard: a pilot study to build capacity for global deep-ocean exploration and research. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 377(1854), p.20210121. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.012
Bell, K.L.C., Chow, J.S., Hope, A., Quinzin, M.C., Cantner, K.A., Amon, D.J., Cramp, J.E., Rotjan, R.D., Kamalu, L., de Vos, A., Kennedy, B.R.C., and Talma, S., et. al. (2022) Participatory Design for Low-Cost, Deep-Sea Imaging and Analysis. Frontiers in Marine Science, p.1233 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.873700
Ellwood, E.L., Gallinat, A.S., McDonough MacKenzie, C., Miller, T.K., Miller-Rushing, A.J., Polgar, C., and Primack, R.B. 2022. Plant and bird phenology and plant occurrence and relative abundance from 1851 to 2020 (non-continuous) in Thoreau’s Concord, Massachusetts. Ecology, e3646. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3646
Fifer, J.E., Yasuda, N., Yamakita, T., Bove, C. B., & Davies, S.W. (2022). Genetic divergence and range expansion in a western North Pacific coral. Science of The Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152423
Fifer, J.E., Bui, V., Berg, J. T., Kriefall, N., Klepac, C., Bentlage, B., & Davies, S.W. (2022). Microbiome structuring within a coral colony and along a sedimentation gradient. Frontiers in Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.805202
Francis RK, Catalano KA, Majoris JE, Rueger T, D’Aloia CC, Bogdanowicz S, Buston PM (2022) Characteristics of breeding habitat, genetic mating system, and determinants of mating success in the sponge-dwelling goby Elacatinus lori. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology,76:157
Gougherty, S.W., Cowart, B.E. and Templer, P.H. (2022). Macroscale Variation in Red Maple (Acer rubrum) Foliar Carbon, Nitrogen, and Nitrogen Resorption. Ecosystems, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10021-022-00808-y
Güell BA, Rose Fu, Bordne CM (2022) Facultative parthenogenesis in a captive Tarahumara mountain boa (Boa sigma). Reptiles & Amphibians 29(1), 411-412. https://doi.org/10.17161/randa.v29i1
Güell BA, Jung J, Almanzar Au, Diaz JCu, Warkentin KM (2022) Ontogeny of risk assessment and escape-hatching performance by red-eyed treefrog embryos in two threat contexts. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225(20): jeb244533. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.244533
Kriefall NG, Kanke MR, Aglyamova GV, Davies SW (2022). Reef environments shape microbial partners in a highly connected coral population. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289 (1967), 20212459.
Rotjan, R. D., Ray, N. E., Cole, I., Castro, K. G., Kennedy, B. R. C., Barbasch, T., … & Morey, J. (2022). Shifts in predator behaviour following climate induced disturbance on coral reefs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 289(1989), 20221431. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1431
2021
Aichelman HE, Bove CB, Castillo KD, Boulton JM*, Knowlton AC*, Nieves OC*, Ries JB and SW Davies (2021) Exposure duration modulates the response of Caribbean corals to global change stressors. Limnology and Oceanography
Atherton, K.F., Dambal, V., Miller, T.K., Smith, I., and Wright, J. [all authors contributed equally]. 2021. Reducing Urban Heat Island effects while providing affordable housing in Bunker Hill. Journal of Science Policy & Governance 18(4). https://doi.org/10.38126/JSPG180404
Barbasch T, Branconi R., Francis R, Pacard M, Srinivasan M, Jones GP. Buston P. 2021. Negotiations Over Parental Care: A Test of Alternative Hypotheses in the Clown Anemonefish. Behavioral Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arab092
DelVecchia, A.G., Gougherty, S.W., Taylor, B.W. and Wissinger S.A. (2021) Biogeochemical characteristics and hydroperiod affect carbon dioxide flux rates from exposed high-elevation pond sediments. Limnology and Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11663
Fifer, J.E., Bentlage, B., Lemer, S., Fujimura, A., Sweet, M., & Raymundo, L. (2021). Going with the flow: coral colonies in high flow environments can beat the heat. Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15869
Finnerty, J.R, K. Scavo Lord, T. Barbasch, R. Laman, L. Hakam, R. Perez, H. Jenkins, B.J. Fortunato, C. Lockwood, D. Bianco-Caron, and N.L. Stewart (2021). Multi-year photographic record of herptofauna on Calabash Caye, Belize. First report of Southern Gulf Coast Toad, House Gecko, Schmidt’s Black-Striped Snake, and Cozumel Racerunner on Turneffe Atoll. In Revision in Caribbean Herpetology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31611/ch.81
Gomez EKu, Warkentin KM, Güell BA (2021) Egg-kicking behaviour by male gliding treefrogs (Agalychnis spurrelli Boulenger, 1913) does not dislodge competitors’ eggs. Herpetology Notes, 14, 157-161. https://www.biotaxa.org/hn/article/view/64928/65060
González Ku, Warkentin KM, Güell BA (2021) Dehydration-induced mortality and premature hatching in gliding treefrogs with even small reductions in humidity. Ichthyology and Herpetology, 109(1), 21-30. https://doi.org/10.1643/h2020085
Güell BA, Sánchez M, Gallo S, Garro D, Paniagua D, Barrio-Amorós C (2021) Multiple observations of atypical coloration in Central American Agalychnis treefrogs (Anura: Phyllomedusidae). Herpetology Notes, 14, 151-155. https://www.biotaxa.org/hn/article/view/63926/65038
Kennedy B.R.C., Hakam L, Witting J, Milani R, Taei S, Smith T, Taylor E, Teemari T and Rotjan RD (2021) Historical Trends of Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Distribution in the Phoenix Archipelago. Frontiers in Marine Science 7:583326. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.583326
Miller, T.K., Gallinat, A., Smith, L., and Primack, R. 2021. Comparing Thoreau’s observations and herbarium specimens to determine best practices for fruiting phenology research. Annals of Botany 128(2): 159-170. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab019
Musa, S., Aura, C. M., & Okechi, J. K. (2021). Economic analysis of tilapia cage culture in Lake Victoria using different cage volumes. Journal of Applied Aquaculture, 1–19.
Orina, P., Ogello, E., Kembenya, E., Muthoni, C., Musa, S., Ombwa, V., Okechi, J, … & Karoza, S. (2021). The state of cage culture in Lake Victoria: A focus on sustainability, rural economic empowerment, and food security. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, 24(1), 56–63.
Rivera, H., Aichelman, H., Fifer, J.E., Kriefall, N., K., Wuitchik, D., & Davies, S.W. (2021). A framework for understanding gene expression plasticity and its influence on stress tolerance. Molecular Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15820
Rosbakh, S., Hartig, F., Sandanov, D., Bukharova, E., Miller, T.K., and Primack, R. 2021. Siberian plants shift their phenology in response to climate change. Global Change Biology 27(18): 4435-4448. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15744
Rueger T., Branconi R., Froehlich, CYM , Heatwole, SJ, Wong, MYL , Buston, PM. 2021. The next frontier in understanding the evolution of coral reef fish societies. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8: 665780. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.665780
Scavo Lord, K, H. Aichelman, A. Barcala, C. Brown, N. Kriefall, L. Knasin, R. Sector, C. Tone, L. Tsang, & J.R. Finnerty. Distinct phenotypes associated with mangrove and lagoon habitats in two widespread Caribbean corals, Porites astreoides and Porites divaricata. The Biological Bulletin 240: https://doi.org/10.1086/714047
Scavo Lord, K and J.R. Finnerty (2021). “Bleaching in mangrove corals”. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment: https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2353
Strader M, Aichelman HE, Tramonte CA*, Dickerson HEW*, Benson BE; Howe-Kerr L, Hickerson EL and SW Davies (2021) Expanding coral reproductive knowledge using remotely operated vehicles (ROV): broadcast spawning observations of mesophotic corals at the Flower Garden Banks. Marine Biodiversity
Wuitchik, D et al. (2021) Characterizing environmental stress responses of aposymbiotic Astrangia poculata to divergent thermal challenges. Molecular Ecology 1–16 doi:10.1111/mec.16108.
2020
Aichelman HE and Barshis DJ (2020) Adaptive divergence, neutral panmixia, and algal symbiont population structure in the temperate coral Astrangia poculata along the Mid-Atlantic United States. PeerJ
Amon, D.J., Kennedy, B.R.C, Cantwell, K., Suhre, K., Glickson, D., Shank, T.M. and Rotjan, R.D., (2020) Deep-sea debris in the central and western Pacific Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, p.369. [blank]https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00369
Arganda, S., Hoadley, A. P., Razdan, E. S., Muratore, I. B., & Traniello, J. F. A. (2020). The neuroplasticity of division of labor: worker polymorphism, compound eye structure and brain organization in the leafcutter ant Atta cephalotes. Journal of Comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00359-020-01423-9
Branconi R., Barbasch T, Francis R, Srinivasan M, Jones G & Buston P. 2020. Ecological and social constraints promote group living in the clown anemonefish. Nature Communications Biology, 3, 649 (2020). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01380-8.
Cini A., Branconi R., Patalano S., Cervo R., Sumner S. 2020. Behavioural and neurogenomic responses of host workers to social parasite invasion in a social insect. Insectes Sociaux. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-020-00765-6.
Desrochers L, Branconi R., Schlatter, E., Dent, B.,Buston,P. 2020. Sensory cues underlying competitive growth in the clown anemonefish (Amphiprion percula). Behavioural Processes, Volume 181, 104276, ISSN 0376-6357, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2020.104276.
Hamilton, S. E., Gallo, S. M., Krach, N., Nyamweya, C. S., Okechi, J. K., Aura, C. M., … & Kaufman, L. (2020). The use of unmanned aircraft systems and high-resolution satellite imagery to monitor tilapia fish-cage aquaculture expansion in Lake Victoria, Kenya. Bulletin of Marine Science, 96(1), 71–93.
Harrison JL, Reinmann AB, Socci Maloney A, Phillips N, Juice S, Webster A, Templer PH (2020) Transpiration of dominant tree species varies in response to projected changes in climate: Implications for composition and water balance of temperate forest ecosystems. Ecosystems 23, 1598–1613 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-020-00490-y
McDonough MacKenzie C, Gallinat A, and Zipf L. 2020. Low-cost observations and experiments return a high value in plant phenology research. Applications in Plant Sciences, DOI: doi.org/10.1002/aps3.11338
Miller, T.K., Heegaard, E., Hassel, K. and Kapfer, J. 2020. Environmental variables driving species composition in Subarctic springs for spring generalists and specialists. Journal of Vegetation Science 32(1): e12955. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12955
Muratore, I. B., Traniello, J. F. A. (2020). Fungus-Growing Ants: Models for the Integrative Analysis of Cognition and Brain Evolution. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.599234/full
Rodas AM*, Buie LK, Aichelman HE, Castillo K, Wright RM and SW Davies (2020) Eukaryotic plankton communities across reef environments in Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panamá. Coral Reefs
Scavo Lord, K, K. Lesneski, Z. Bengtsson, K. Kuhn, J. Madin, B. Cheung, R. Ewa, J. Taylor, E. Burmester, J. Morey, L. Kaufman, & J.R. Finnerty. (2020). Multi-year viability of a reef coral population living on mangrove roots suggests an important role for mangroves in the broader habitat mosaic of corals. Frontiers in Marine Science 7:377.
Werbin, Z.R., Heidari, L., Buckley, S., Brochu, P., Butler, L.J., Conolly, C., Bloemendaal, L.H., McCabe, T.D., Miller, T.K., and Hutyra, L.R. 2020. A tree-planting decision support tool for urban heat mitigation. PLoS One 15(10): e022495. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224959
Winbourne JB, Jones TS, Garvery SM, Harrison JL, Wang L, Li D, Templer PH, Hutyra LR. Tree transpiration and urban temperatures: current understanding, implications, and future research directions. BioScience, Volume 70, Issue 7, pp. 576 – 588. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa055
2019
Aichelman HE, Zimmerman RC and DJ Barshis (2019) Adaptive signatures in thermal performance of the temperate coral Astrangia poculata. Journal of Experimental Biology
Ali A, Kriefall NG, Emery LE, Kenkel CD, Matz MV, Davies SW (2019) Recruit symbiosis establishment and Symbiodiniaceae composition influenced by adult corals and reef sediment. Coral Reefs. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/421339
Baumann JH, Ries JB, Rippe JP, Courtney TA, Aichelman HE, Westfield I and KD Castillo (2019) Nearshore coral growth declining on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System. Global Change Biology
Bengtsson Z, Kuhn K, Battaglino AT, Li A, Talbot MN, Wafapoor M, Atta CJ, Kowalski MB, Margolis S, Rar EA, Burmester R, Lesneski K, Scavo Lord K, … et al (2019). Corals of the genus Porites are a locally abundant component of the epibiont community on mangrove prop roots at Calabash Caye, Turneffe Atoll, Belize. Caribbean Naturalist, (67), 1-16
Branconi, R., Garner, J., Buston, P. M. & Wong, M. Y. L. (2019) A new non-invasive technique for temporarily tagging coral reef fishes. Copeia 107: 85-91.
Branconi, R., Wong, M. & Buston, P. (2019) Comparison of efficiency of direct observations by SCUBA diver and indirect observations via video camera for measuring reef fish behavior. Journal of Fish Biology 94: 489-497.
Calhoon, E.A., E.C. Pieterson, and W. Gougherty (2019). Plant Growth and Climate Change: Urban Trees’ Role as a Carbon Sink. Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, 40 (3)
Cohen KL, Piacentino M, Warkentin KM (2019) Two types of hatching gland cells facilitate escape-hatching at different developmental stages in red-eyed treefrogs, Agalychnis callidryas (Anura: Phyllomedusidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
Güell, B. A., González, K. & Pedroso-Santos, F. (2019). Opportunistic predation by two aquatic-feeding predators on an explosive-breeding aggregation of arboreal gliding treefrogs (Agalychnis spurrelli Boulenger, 1913; Anura: Phyllomedusidae) on the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica. Herpetology Notes, 12, 795-798.
Güell, B. A., & González, K. (2019). Mating Mayhem. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 17(2), 128-128. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2011
Hu, Y., Majoris, J. E., Buston, P. M. & Webb, J. F. (2019) Potential roles of smell and taste in the orientation behavior of coral reef fish larvae: insights from morphology. Journal of Fish Biology 95: 311-323.
Jung J, Kim SJ, Pérez Arias SM, McDaniel JG, Warkentin KM. How do red-eyed treefrog embryos sense motion in predator attacks? Assessing the role of vestibular mechanoreception. J Exp Biol. 2019 Oct 4. pii: jeb.206052. doi: 10.1242/jeb.206052. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31586019.
Kennedy, B.R.C., K. Cantwell, M. Malik, C. Kelley, J. Potter, K. Elliot, M. Lobecker, D. Sowers, M. White, S. France, C. Mah, S. Auscavitch, and R.D. Rotjan. The unknown and the unexplored: Quantifying what we now know, and still don’t know, about the Pacific deep-sea following the 3-year NOAA CAPSTONE Expeditions. Frontiers in Marine Science. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00480
K Lesneski, R Rotjan, L Kaufman, K Scavo Lord, J Castellón O Calabrese, R Jiang, M Khayter, M Knox, R Secor, R Russell, E Rochat. “Comparative reef recovery dynamics in 4 types of reef surface communities.” REPORT to Belize Fisheries Department, October 1 2019; Research Permit #0043-18
Lesneski, K. C., D’Aloia, C. C., Fortin, M-J. & Buston, P. M. (2019) Disentangling spatial distributions of a sponge-dwelling fish and its host sponge. Marine Biology 166: 66
McCarthy, GJ, Ray, NE, Fulweiler, RW (2019) Greenhouse gas emissions from native and non-native oysters. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 7:94.
McHugh SM, Cornejo FM, McKibben J, Zarate M, Tello C, Jiménez CF, Schmitt CA. Accepted. First detection of the Peruvian yellow-tailed woolly monkey (Lagothrix flavicauda) in the Región Junín, Peru. Oryx.
Njiru, J. M., Aura, C. M., & Okechi, J. K. (2019). Cage fish culture in Lake Victoria: A boon or a disaster in waiting?. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 26(5), 426–434.
Primack, R.B., Regan, T.J., Devictor, V., Zipf, L., Godet, L., Loyola, R., Maas, B., Pakeman, R.J., Cumming, G.S., Bates, A.E., Pejchar, L., Koh, L.P., 2019. Are scientific editors reliable gatekeepers of the publication process? Biol. Conserv. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108232
Raymundo, L.J., Burdick, D., Hoot, W.C., Miller, R.M., Brown, V. Reynolds, T., Gault, J., Idechong, J., Fifer, J.E., & Williams, A. (2019). Successive bleaching events cause mass coral mortality in Guam, Micronesia. Coral Reefs. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-019-01836-2
Reed, C., Branconi, R., Majoris, J., Johnson, C. & Buston, P. (2019) Competitive growth in a social fish. Royal Society, Biology Letters 15: 20180737.
Rippe JP, Kriefall NG, Davies SW, Castillo, KD (2019) Differential disease incidence and mortality of inner and outer reef corals of the upper Florida Keys in association with a white syndrome outbreak. Bulletin of Marine Science. doi:https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2018.0034
Ray, NE, Henning, MC, Fulweiler, RW (2019) Nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in the digestive system and shell biofilm of the Eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 621, 95-105. doi.org/10.3354/meps13007
Ray, NE, Maguire, TJ, Al-Haj, AN, Henning, MC, Fulweiler, RW (2019). Low greenhouse gas emissions from oyster aquaculture. Environmental Science and Technology, 53(15), 9118-9127. doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b02965
Smith L, Primack RB, Zipf L, Pardo S, Gallinat AS, Panchen ZA. Leaf longevity in temperate evergreen species is related to phylogeny and leaf size. Oecologia. 2019 Aug 27. doi: 10.1007/s00442-019-04492-z. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31456021.
Sweet, M., Burian, A., Fifer, J.E., Bulling M., & Raymundo, L. (2019). Compositional homogeneity in the pathobiome of a new, slow-spreading coral disease. Microbiome. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-019-0759-6
Vivelo S, Bhatnagar JM. An evolutionary signal to fungal succession during plant litter decay. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2019 Oct 1;95(10). pii: fiz145. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiz145. PubMed PMID: 31574146. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiz145
Warkentin KM, Jung J, Rueda Solano LA, McDaniel JG (2019) Ontogeny of escape-hatching decisions: vibrational cue use changes as predicted from costs of sampling and false alarms. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 73: 51. DOI 10.1007/s00265-019-2663-2
Wuitchik D, Wang D, Pells T, Karimi K, Ward S, Vize P. (2019) Seasonal temperature, the lunar cycle and diurnal rhythms interact in a combinatorial manner to modulate genomic responses to the environment in a reef‑building coral. Molecular Ecology, 00, 1‑13
2018
Aura, C. M., Musa, S., Yongo, E., Okechi, J. K., Njiru, J. M., Ogari, Z., … & Oucho, J. A. (2018). Integration of mapping and socio‐economic status of cage culture: Towards balancing lake‐use and culture fisheries in Lake Victoria, Kenya. Aquaculture research, 49(1), 532–545.
Barbasch, T. A. & Buston, P. M. (2018) Plasticity and personality of parental care in the clown anemonefish. Animal Behavior 136: 65-73.
Baumann JH, Davies SW, Aichelman HE and KD Castillo (2018) Coral Symbiodinium community composition across the Belize Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System is influenced by host species and thermal variability. Microbial Ecology
Branconi R., Baracchi D., Turillazzi S., Cervo, R. 2018. Testing the signal value of clypeal black patterning in an Italian population of the paper wasp Polistes dominula. Insectes Sociaux. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00040-017-0598-z
Cohen, KL, Piacentino ML, Warkentin KM. (2018) The hatching process and mechanisms of adaptive hatching acceleration in hourglass treefrogs. J Comp Biochem Physiol A. 217: 63–74 doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2017.10.020
Decina S, PH Templer, L Hutyra. 2018. A surprising source of phosphorus in cities? Medium, June 12, 2018.
Delia, J., J.M. Rivera, M.J. Salazar Nicholls & K.M. Warkentin. 2018. Hatching plasticity and the adaptive benefits of extended embryonic development in glassfrogs. Evolutionary Ecology. DOI: 10.1007/s10682-018-9963-2
Demireva E.Y., Suri D., Morelli E., Mahadevia D., Chuhma N., Teixeira C.M., Ziolkowski A., Hersh M., Fifer J.E., Bagchi S., Chemiakine A., Moore H., Gingrich J., Balsam P., Rayport S., & Ansorge M. (2018). 5-HT2C receptor blockade reverses SSRI-associated basal ganglia dysfunction and potentiates therapeutic efficacy. Molecular Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-018-0227-x
Gordon DG, Zelaya A, Ronk K, Traniello JFA (2018) Interspecific comparison of mushroom body synaptic complexes of dimorphic workers in the ant genus Pheidole. Neuroscience Letters 662: 110-114.
Gougherty, A.V. and W. Gougherty (2018). Sequence of flower and leaf emergence in deciduous trees is linked to ecological traits, phylogenetics, and climate. New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15270
Gougherty, S.W., Bauer, J. E., & Pohlman, J. W. (2018). Exudation rates and δ13C signatures of tree root soluble organic carbon in a riparian forest. Biogeochemistry, 137(1-2), 235-252. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-017-0415-9
Güell BA, Warkentin KM (2018) When and where to hatch? Red-eyed treefrog embryos use light cues in two contexts. PeerJ, 6:e6018. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6018
Hite JL, Hughey MC, Warkentin KM, Vonesh JR (2018) Cross-ecosystem effects of terrestrial predators link treefrogs, zooplankton, and aquatic primary production. Ecosphere 9: e02377.
Karimi K, Oldach M, Wuitchik D, Vize P. (2018) Distinguishing species with SVMs using GC contents in mixed DNA or RNA sequences. Evolutionary Bioinformatics. 126 (3), 464
Kriefall NG, Pechenik JA, Pires A, Davies SW (2018). Resilience of Atlantic slippersnail Crepidula fornicata larvae in the face of severe coastal acidification. Frontiers in Marine Science 312
Kristiansen EB, Finkbeiner SD, Hill RI, Prusa L., and Mullen SP. 2018. Testing the adaptive hypothesis of Batesian mimicry among hybridizing North American admiral butterflies. Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13488
Majoris JE, D’Aloia CC, Francis RK & Buston PM (2018) Differential persistence favors habitat preferences that determine the distribution of a reef fish. Behavioral Ecology 29: 429-439.
Majoris, J. E., Francisco, F. A., Atema, J. & Buston, P. M. (2018) Reproduction, early development, and larval rearing strategies for two sponge-dwelling neon gobies Elacatinus lori and Elacatinus colini. Aquaculture 483: 286-295.
Mwamburi J, Yongo E, Aura MC, Babu MJ, Basweti MG, Gichuru NN, Guya F, Nyaboke H, Nyamweya C, Nyaundi KJ, Odoli CO, Ogwai AC, Okechi J, Ombwa V, Omwega R, Ongore C, Owili M, Owiti H and Wawiye IP.(2018). Balancing Community needs and Resource Protection: The Case of Lake Kanyaboli, Kenya. J. Biodivers Endanger Species 6–2
Ray, NE, O’Meara, T, Williamson, T, Izursa, JL, Kangas, PC (2018) Consideration of carbon dioxide release during shell production in LCA of bivalves. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 23, 1042-1048. doi.org/10.1007/s11367-017-1394-8
Rippe JP, Baumann JH, Aichelman HE, DeLeener D*, Friedlander E and KD Castillo (2018) Corals sustain growth but not skeletal density across the Florida Keys Reef Tract despite ongoing warming. Global Change Biology
Rueger, T., Barbasch, T., Wong, M. Y. L., Srinivasan, M., Jones, G. P. & Buston, P. M. (2018) Reproductive control via the threat of eviction in the clown anemonefish. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 285: 20181295.
Sanders-DeMott R, R McNellis, M Jabouri, and PH Templer. Snow depth, soil temperature, and plant-herbivore interactions mediate plant response to climate change. Journal of Ecology 106:1508-1519.
Sanders-DeMott R, R McNellis, M Jabouri, and PH Templer. Snow depth, soil temperature, and plant-herbivore interactions mediate plant response to climate change. Journal of Ecology 106:1508-1519.
Seymour, J., Barbasch, T. & Buston, P. M. (2018) Lunar cycles of reproduction in the clown anemonefish Amphiprion percula: individual level strategies and population level patterns. Marine Ecology Progress Series 594: 193-201.
Sorensen PO, AC Finzi, M Giasson, AB Reinmann, R Sanders-DeMott, PH Templer. 2018. Winter soil freeze-thaw cycles lead to reductions in soil microbial biomass and activity not compensated for by soil warming. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 116:39-47.
2017
Abramoff RZ, Davidson EA, Finzi AC (2017) A parsimonious modular approach to building a mechanistic belowground carbon and nitrogen model. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences 122(9): 2418-2434.
Arganda-Carreras, I., Gordon, D.G., Arganda, S., Beaudoin, M., Traniello, J.F.A. 2017. Group-wise 3D registration based templates to study the evolution of ant worker neuroanatomy. arXiv: 1701.01433 [q-bio.QM].
Burmester EM, Finnerty JR, Kaufman L, Rotjan RD (2017) Temperature and symbiosis affect lesion recovery in experimentally wounded, facultatively symbiotic temperate corals. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 570:87-99. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12114
D’Aloia, C. C., Bogdanowicz, S. M., Harrison, R. G. & Buston, P. M. (2017) Cryptic genetic diversity and spatial patterns of admixture within Belizean marine reserves. Conservation Genetics 18: 211-223
Delia, J., Bravo-Valencia, L. and Warkentin, K. M. (2017), Patterns of parental care in Neotropical glassfrogs: fieldwork alters hypotheses of sex-role evolution. J. Evol. Biol., 30: 898–914. doi:10.1111/jeb.13059
Delia J, Bravo-Valencia L, McDiarmid R. (2017) Notes on paternal behavior in Hyalinobatrachium glassfrogs (Centrolenidae). Phyllomedusa 16: 101–107. doi: 10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v16i1p101-107
Decina, SM, PH Templer, LR Hutyra, CK Gately, and P Rao, 2017. Variability, drivers, and effects of atmospheric nitrogen inputs across an urban area: emerging patternsamong human activities, the atmosphere, and soils. Science of the Total Environment, 609, 1524-1534.
Gallinat AS, Russo L, Melaas EK, Willis CG, Primack RB. 2017. Investigating fruit ripening times for native and invasive plant species across New England using herbarium specimens. In press, American Journal of Botany.
Gill AL, Giasson MA, Yu RK, Finzi AC (2017) Deep peat warming increases surface methane and carbon dioxide emissions in a black spruce-dominated ombrotrophic bog. Global Change Biology 23(12): 5398-5411.
Gordon DG, Ilieş I, Traniello JFA (2017) Behavior, brain, and morphology in a complex insect society: trait integration and social evolution in the polymorphic ant Pheidole rhea. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 71: 166.
Hughey MC, Delia J, Belden LK. (2017) Diversity and stability of egg bacterial assemblages: the role of paternal care in the glassfrog Hyalinobatrachium colymbiphyllum. Biotropica doi: 10.1111/btp.12461
Maguire TJ and Fulweiler RW (2017). The fate and effect of dissolved silicon within wastewater treatment effluent. Environ. Sci. Technology, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b01276
Maguire TJ, Templer PH, Battles JJ, Fulweiler RW (2017) Winter climate change and fine root biogenic silica in sugar maple trees (Acer saccharum): Implications for silica in the Anthropocene. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 122 (3): 708-715.
Primack RB, Gallinat AS. 2017. Insights into grass phenology from herbarium specimens. New Phytologist, 213: 1567-1568.
Sanders-DeMott R, PH Templer. 2017. What about winter? Integrating the missing season into climate change experiments in seasonally snow covered ecosystems. Methods in Ecology & Evolution 8: 1183-1191.
Schmiege, P., D’Aloia, C. C. & Buston, P. M. (2017) Anemonefish personalities influence the strength of mutualistic interactions with host sea anemones. Marine Biology 164: e24.
Stegman, L, Primack RB, Gallinat AS, Lloyd-Evans TL, Ellwood ER. 2017. Reduced sampling frequency can still detect changes in abundance and phenology of migratory landbirds. Biological Conservation, 210: 107-115.
Stryjewski KF, Sorenson MD (2017) Mosaic genome evolution in an extraordinary avian radiation. Nature Ecology and Evolution 1: 1912-1922.
Templer PH, Reinmann AB, Sanders-DeMott R, Sorensen PO, Bowles F, Sofen LE, Harrison JL, Halm I, Rustad L, Martin ME, and Grant N 2017. Climate Change Across Seasons Experiment (CCASE): A new method for simulating future climate in seasonally snow-covered ecosystems. PloS one, 12(2), p.e0171928.
Warkentin KM, Cuccaro Diaz J, Güell BA, Jung J, Kim SJ, Cohen KL. (2017) Developmental onset of escape-hatching responses in red-eyed treefrogs depends on cue type. Animal Behaviour 129: 103–112. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.05.008
Willis CG, Ellwood ER, Primack RB, Davis CC, Pearson KD, Gallinat AS, Yost JM, Nelson G, Mazer SJ, Rossington NL, Sparks TH, Soltis PS. 2017. Old plants, new tricks: phenological research using herbarium specimens. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 32: 531-546.
Zipf L, Primack RB. Humidity does not appear to trigger leaf out in woody plants. Int J Biometeorol. 2017 Dec;61(12):2213-2216. doi: 10.1007/s00484-017-1428-8. Epub 2017 Aug 21. PubMed PMID: 28828598.
Zipf, L., E. Williams, R. Primack and S. Stichter. 2017. Climate effects on late-season flight times of Massachusetts butterflies. International Journal of Biometeorology, 61: 1667–1673.
2016
Aichelman HE, Townsend J, Courtney T, Baumann J, Davies SW and KD Castillo (2016) Heterotrophy mitigates the response of the temperate coral Oculina arbuscula to temperature stress. Ecology and Evolution
Baumann JH, Townsend JE, Courtney TA, Aichelman HE, Davies SW, Lima FP and KD Castillo (2016) Temperature regimes impact coral assemblages along environmental gradients on lagoonal reefs in Belize. PLoS ONE
Bravo Valencia L & Delia J. 2016. Maternal care in a glassfrog: care function and commitment to offspring in Ikakogi tayrona. Behavioral Ecology and Sociology. 70: 41–48
Carne, L, L. Kaufman, and K. Scavo. (2016). Measuring success for Caribbean acroporid restoration: Results from ten years of work in southern Belize. Proceedings from the 13th Annual International Coral Reef Symposium, Session 42B, Honolulu: 352- 368.
Carr, B., S. Emmert, P. Mustain, and L. Snyder. 2016. TEDs for All Trawls: A Net Positive for Fishermen and Sea Turtles. Oceana Inc., Washington, D.C. DOI:10.13140/RG.2.1.4340.0565
Cohen KL, Seid MA, Warkentin KM. (2016) How embryos escape from danger: the mechanism of rapid, plastic hatching in red-eyed treefrogs. Journal of Experimental Biology. 219: 1875-1883. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.139519.
D’Aloia CC, Bogdanowicz SM, Harrison RG, Buston PM (2016) Cryptic genetic diversity and spatial patterns of admixture within Belizean marine reserves. Conservation Genetics 18: 211-233.
DaCosta JM, Sorenson MD (2016) ddRAD-seq phylogenetics based on nucleotide, indel, and presence-absence polymorphisms: analyses of two avian genera with contrasting histories. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94, 122-135.
Decina S, LR Hutyra, CK Gately, JM Getson, AB Reinmann, AG Short Gianotti, and PH Templer. 2016. Soil respiration contributes significantly to urban carbon fluxes. Environmental Pollution 212: 433–439.
Lukas DeFilippo, Elizabeth M. Burmester, Les Kaufman, Randi D. Rotjan, Patterns of surface lesion recovery in the Northern Star Coral, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Volume 481, 2016, Pages 15-24, ISSN 0022-0981, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2016.03.016.
Fulweiler, R.W., Emery, H. E., Maguire, T. J. (2016) A workflow for reproducing mean benthic gas fluxes. Earth and Space Science: doi: 10.1002/2015EA000158
Holt, L. J., & Fifer, J. E. (2016). Peer mentor characteristics that predict supportive relationships with first-year students implications for peer mentor programming and first-year student retention. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice. https://doi.org/10.1177/1521025116650685
Gill, A.L., and A.C. Finzi. 2016. Belowground carbon flux links biogeochemical cycles and resource‐use efficiency at the global scale. Ecology Letters, 19(12):1419-1428.
Hsieh I-F, Kume T, Lin M-Y, Cheng C-H and Miki T (2016) Characteristics of soil CO2 efflux under an invasive species, Moso bamboo, in forests of central Taiwan. Trees, 30 (5) 1749-1759.
Maguire, T.J., Fulweiler, R.W. (2016) Urban Dissolved Silica: Quantifying the role of groundwater and runoff in wastewater effluent. Environmental Science & Technology 50 (1): 54-61. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03516
McDonough MacKenzie, Caitlin, Georgia Murray, Richard Primack, and Doug Weihrauch. 2016. Lessons from Citizen Science: Assessing volunteer-collected plant phenology data with Mountain Watch. Biological Conservation. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.07.027
Primack, RB, Gallinat AS (2016) Spring budburst in a changing climate. American Scientist 104: 102-109. *This article received the Association Media & Publishing 2017 EXCEL Gold Award for feature articles.
Primack R.B., and L. Zipf. 2016. Acceptance rates and number of papers in Biological Conservation from 2005 to 2014 for Australia, Brazil, China, India, Spain, and the United States: Trends or noise? Biological Conservation, 196:49-51.
Rycroft N, Seliga AM, Lubinski TJ, Stefanik D, Jennings AR, Mills J, LaBonty M, Kamath A, Lohe A, Gallinat AS, Hasan N, Yalonestrakaya A, Reilley-Luther J, Basu RL. 2016. Urban ecology: Inquiry‐based and experiential laboratory exercises for urban ecosystems. Proceedings of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education.
Sanders-DeMott R, NG Smith, PH Templer, JS Dukes. 2016. Towards an integrated understanding of terrestrial ecosystem feedbacks to climate change. New Phytologist 209: 1363-1365.
Sorensen, P.O., Templer, P.H.,and A.C. Finzi. 2016. Contrasting effects of winter snowpack and soil frost on growing season microbial biomass and enzyme activity in two mixed-hardwood forests. Biogeochemistry, 128(1-2):141-154.
Templer PH, L Hutyra, and S Decina. 2016. It’s raining nitrogen. Silva: Fall/Winter 2016-17.
Wong, M. Y. L., Uppaluri, C., Medina, A., Seymour, J. & Buston, P. M. (2016) The four elements of within group conflict in animal societies: an experimental test using the clown anemonefish. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 70: 1467-1475.
2015
Abramoff, R. Z., and A. C. Finzi. 2015. Are above- and below-ground phenology in sync? New Phytologist 205:1054-106
D’Aloia, C. C. D, Bogdanowicz, S. M., Francis, R. K. U, Majoris, J. D, Harrison, R. G. & Buston, P. M. (2015) Patterns, causes and consequences of marine larval dispersal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 112: 13940-13945.
Di Santo V, Lobel PS. How to beat the heat: body size affects thermal tolerance in tropical gobies. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology [ In Press]
Di Santo, V. & P. S. Lobel. Size affects digestive responses to increasing temperature in fishes: physiological implications of being small in climate change. Marine Ecology [In Press]
Ebel, E.R., J.M. DaCosta, M.D. Sorenson, R.I. Hill, A.D. Briscoe, K.R. Willmott & S.P. Mullen (2015). Rapid diversification associated with ecological specialization in Neotropical Adelpha butterflies. Molecular Ecology 24: 2392-2405.
Finzi AC, Abramoff RZ, Brzostek E R, Darby B A, Spiller K S, Kramer M A, Phillips R P. (2015). Rhizosphere Processes are Quantitatively Important Components of Terrestrial Carbon and Nutrient Cycles. Global Change Biology
Fulweiler, R. W., T. J. Maguire, J. C. Carey, and A. C. Finzi. 2015. Does Elevated CO2 Alter Silica Uptake in Trees? Frontiers in Plant Science 5. 10.3389/fpls.2014.00793
Gallinat A, Primack RB, Wagner DL (2015) Autumn, the neglected season: five crucial topics in autumn phenology. Trends in Ecology and Evolutionhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2015.01.004. *This article was the basis for a popular article in New Scientist entitled “The Fall of fall: the mellow season of autumn is changing forever”
Gill, AL., Gallinat, AS, Sanders-DeMott, R., Rigden, AJ., Gianotti, DJS., Mantooth, JA., Templer, PH. (2015) Changes in autumn senescence in northern hemisphere deciduous trees: a meta-analysis of autumn phenology studies. Annals of Botany 116:875-888.
Giraldo, Y.M., Kamhi, J.K., Fourcassie, V., Moreau, M., Rusakov, A., Wimberly, L., Diloreto, A., Kordek, A. and Traniello, J.F.A. 2015. Lifespan behavioral and neural resilience in a social insect. Proc. R. Soc. B, in press.
Hughey MC, Rogge JR, Thomas K, McCoy MW, Warkentin KM. (2015) Escape-hatching responses of individual treefrog embryos vary with threat level in wasp attacks: a mechanistic analysis. Behaviour 152: 1543–1568. doi:10.1163/1568539X-00003291
Ilies, I., Muscedere, M.L., and Traniello, J.F.A. 2015. Neuroanatomical and morphological trait clusters in the ant genus Pheidole: evidence for modularity and integration in brain structure. Brain Behav. Evol. 85:63–76.
Knowlton, A.R., Robbins, J., Landry, S., McKenna, H.A., Kraus, S.D., and Werner, T. 2015. Implications of fishing rope strength on the severity of
large whale entanglements. (2015). Conservation Biology. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12590
Lavretsky P, DaCosta JM, Hernández-Baños BE, Engilis A, Sorenson MD, Peters JL (2015) Speciation genomics and a role for the Z chromosome in the early stages of divergence between Mexican ducks and mallards. Molecular Ecology 24: 5364-5378.
Panchen Z, Primack RB, Gallinat AS, Nordt B, Dieter-Stevens A, Du Y, Fahey R. 2015. Substantial variation in leaf senescence times among 1360 temperate woody plant species: Implications for phenology and ecosystem processes. Annals of Botany, mcv015.
Primack RB, Laube J, Gallinat A, Menzel A (2015) From observations to experiments in phenology research: investigating climate change impacts on trees and shrubs using dormant twigs. Annals of Botany doi: 10.1093/aob/mcv032.
Reinmann AB and Templer PH (2015) Reduced Winter Snowpack and Greater Soil Frost Reduce Live Root Biomass and Stimulate Radial Growth and Stem Respiration of Red Maple (Acer rubrum) Trees in a Mixed-Hardwood Forest. Ecosystems DOI: 10.1007/s10021-015-9923-4
Rickborn, A. J. & Buston, P. M. (2015) Life history transitions of the coral reef fish Elacatinus lori. Journal of Fish Biology 86: 637-650.
Valencia LB and Delia J (2015) Maternal care in a glassfrog: care function and commitment to offspring in Ikayogi tayrona. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology pp 1-8.
Werner, T.B., S. Northridge, K. M. Press, and N. Young.(2015). Mitigating bycatch and depredation of marine mammals in longline fisheries. ICES
Journal of Marine Science 72 (5): 1576-1586. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsv092
2014
Abramoff RZ and Finzi AC (2014) Are above and belowground phenology in sync? New Phytologist. DOI: 10.1111/nph.13111
Campbell JL, Socci AM, Templer PH (2014)Increased nitrogen leaching following soil freezing is due to decreased root uptake in a northern hardwood forest Global Change Biology 20: 2663-2673; doi:10.1111/gch.12532.
Campbell JL., Reinmann AB., Templer PH (2014) Soil Freezing Effects on Sources of Nitrogen and Carbon Leached During Snowmelt. Soil Science Society of America Journal 78 (1): 297-308
D’Aloia CC, Bogdanowicz SM, Harrison RG, Buston PM (2014) Seascape continuity plays an important role in determining patterns of spatial genetic structure in a coral reef ?fish. Molecular Ecology 23: 2902-2913.
DaCosta JM, Sorenson MD (2014) Amplification biases and consistent recovery of loci in a double-digest RAD-seq protocol. PLoS One 9: e106713.
Delia JRJ, Bautista A, & Summers K. 2014. Glassfrog embryos hatch early after parental desertion. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 281: 1471–2954.
Ellwood ER, Gallinat AS, Primack RB, Lloyd-Evans TL. 2014. Autumn migration of North American landbirds. Phenological Synchrony and Bird Migration: Changing Climate and Seasonal Resources in North America, 47:193-208.
Giraldo YM and Traniello JFA (2014) Worker senescence and the sociobiology of aging in ants. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol., 68: 1901-1919.
Finzi AC, PCL Raymer, MA Giasson and DA Orwig. 2014. Net primary production and soil respiration in New England hemlock forests affected by the hemlock woolly adelgid. Ecosphere 5:art98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES14-00102.1
Frey, S. D., S. Ollinger, K. Nadelhoffer, R. Bowden, E. Brzostek, A. Burton, B. A. Caldwell, S. Crow, C. L. Goodale, A. S. Grandy, A. C. Finzi, M. G. Kramer, K. Lajtha, J. LeMoine, M. Martin, W. H. McDowell, R. Minocha, J. J. Sadowsky, P. H. Templer, and K. Wickings. 2014. Chronic nitrogen additions suppress decomposition and sequester soil carbon in temperate forests. Biogeochemistry 121:305-316
Pannkuk, E.L., N.W. Fuller, P. Moore, D.F. Gilmore, B.J. Savary, and T.S. Risch. 2014. Fatty acid methyl ester profiles of bat wing surface lipids. Lipids. DOI: 10.1007/s11745-014-3951-2.
Polgar C, Gallinat AS, Primack RB. 2014. Drivers of leaf out phenology and their implications for species invasions: insights from Thoreau’s Concord. New Phytologist, 202: 106-115.
Reichard, J.D., N.W. Fuller, A.B. Bennett, S.R. Darling, M.S. Moore, K.E. Langwig, E.D. Preston, S. von Oettingen, C.S. Richardson, and D.S. Reynolds. 2014. Interannual Survival of Myotis lucifugus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) near the Epicenter of White-Nose Syndrome. Northeastern Naturalist. In Press.
Rotjan RD, R Jamieson, Benjamin H. C. Carr, L Kaufman, S Mangubhai, D Obura, R Pierce, B Rimon, B Ris, S Sandin, P Shelley, R Sumaila, S Taei, H Tausig, T Teroroko, S Thorrold, B Wikgren, T Toatu, G Stone (2014). Establishment, management, and maintenance of the Phoenix Islands Protected Area. In: Johnson, ML and J Sandell. 2014. Advances in Marine Biology: Marine Managed Areas and Fisheries, vol. 69. Elsevier, Oxford, UK.
Stefanik DJ, Lubinski TJ, Granger BR, Byrd AL, Reitzel AM, DeFilippo L, Lorenc A, Finnerty JR (2014) Production of a reference transcriptome and transcriptomic database (EdwardsiellaBase) for the lined sea anemone, Edwardsiella lineata, a parasitic cnidarian. BMC Genomics. 15:71
Theriault, D.H., N.W. Fuller, B.E. Jackson, E. Bluhm, D. Evangelista, Z. Wu, M. Betke, and T.L. Hedrick. 2014. Multi-camera Field Videography. Journal of Experimental Biology. doi: 10.1242/?jeb.100529.
Twomey E, Delia J, & Castroviejo-Fisher S. 2014. A review of Northern Peruvian glassfrogs (Centrolenidae), with the description of four new remarkable species. Zootaxa. 3851: 1–87