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Grady, J. M.***, Q. D. Read***, S. Record, N. Rüger, P. L. Zarnetske, A. I. Dell, S. P. Hubbell, S. T. Michaletz, A. Shenkin, and B. J. Enquist. 2020. Life history scaling and the division of energy in forests. bioRxiv:2020.06.22.163659. DOI:10.1101/2020.06.22.163659.

Accepted/Published

43. Charney, N.D., S. Record, B.E. Gerstner**, C. Merow, P.L. Zarnetske, and B.J. Enquist. 2021. A Test of Species Distribution Model Transferability Across Environmental and Geographic Space for 108 Western North American Tree Species. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.689295.

42. Dahlin, K.M., P.L. Zarnetske, Q.D. Read***, L.A. Twardochleb**, A.G. Kamoske, K.S. Cheruvelil, and P.A. Soranno. 2021. “Linking Terrestrial and Aquatic Biodiversity to Ecosystem Function Across Scales, Trophic Levels, and Realms.” Frontiers in Environmental Science 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2021.692401.

41. Zarnetske, P.L., J. Gurevitch, J. Franklin, P.M. Groffman, C.S. Harrison, J.J. Hellmann, F.M. Hoffman, S. Kothari, A. Robock, S. Tilmes, D. Visioni, J. Wu, L. Xia, and C-E. Yang. 2021. Potential Ecological Impacts of Climate Intervention by Reflecting Sunlight to Cool Earth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118, no. 15. doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1921854118.
  • Media Coverage: To intervene or not to intervene? That is the future climate question: MSU NatSci press release, MSU Today ... and more. Click below and on the Altmetric to see more coverage
    • Is blocking out the sun a good solution to the climate crisis? Popular Science
    • ​​​Should We Use Technology to Slow Global Warming? Stony Brook University News
    • Reflecting sunlight could cool the Earth’s ecosystem UMN News 
    • A Sun Reflector for Earth?​ ASRC News: Advanced Science Research Center, CUNY 
    • ​​​Ecological impacts of solar geoengineering are highly uncertain Ars Technica 
    • Understanding geoengineering - why we need to investigate last resort to tackle climate change​ CBC Radio: Quirks & Quarks episode April 24, 2021
40. Record, S., Voelker, N.M., Zarnetske, P.L., Wisnoski, N.I., Tonkin, J.D., Swan, C., Marazzi, L., Lany, N., Lamy, T., Compagnoni, A., Castorani, M.C.N., Andrade, R. & Sokol, E.R. 2021. Novel Insights to Be Gained From Applying Metacommunity Theory to Long-Term, Spatially Replicated Biodiversity Data. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8.
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Twardochleb, L.A. **, E. Hiltner*, M. Pyne, and P.L. Zarnetske. 2021. Freshwater insects CONUS: A database of freshwater insect occurrences and traits for the contiguous United States. Global Ecology and Biogeography, DOI: 10.1111/geb.13257

38. Twardochleb, L.A. **, E. Hiltner*, M. Pyne, P. Bills, and P.L. Zarnetske. 2020. Freshwater insect occurrences and traits for the contiguous United States, 2001 - 2018 ver 5. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/8238ea9bc15840844b3a023b6b6ed158 

37. Twardochleb, L.T.**, T. Treakle*, P.L. Zarnetske. 2020. Foraging strategy mediates ectotherm predator-prey responses to climate warming. Ecology:e03146. DOI:10.1002/ecy.3146.

36. ​Read, Q.D.***, P.L. Zarnetske, S. Record, K.M. Dahlin, A.O. Finley, J.M. Grady***, M. L. Hobi, S.L. Malone, J. Costanza, A.M. Wilson, A.M. Latimer, K.D. Gaddis, S. Pau, and S.V. Ollinger. 2020. Beyond counts and averages: relating geodiversity to dimensions of biodiversity. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29:696–710. DOI:10.1111/geb.13061.​
  • Media Coverage: MSU Today
35. Record, S., K.M. Dahlin, P.L. Zarnetske, Q.D. Read***, S.L. Malone, K. Gaddis, J.M. Grady***, J. Costanza, M. Hobi, A. Latimer, S. Pau, A.M. Wilson, A. Finley, S. Ollinger. (invited). 2020. Remote sensing of geodiversity and biodiversity. Chapter in: Remote Sensing of Biodiversity: Using spectral signals to understand the biology and biodiversity of plants, communities, ecosystems and the tree of life. Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry Series. Editors: Jeannine Cavender-Bares, John Gamon, Phil Townsend. pp. 225-253.

34. Lany, N.***, P.L. Zarnetske, A. Finley, D.G. McCullough. 2019. Complementary strengths of spatially-explicit versus multi-species distribution models. Ecography. doi: 10.1111/ecog.04728.

33. Dahlin, K.M., P.L. Zarnetske, S. Record. 2019. Hear Every Voice - Working Groups that Work. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 17:493-494. doi:10.1002/fee.2115

32. Schrodt, F., J. J. Bailey, W. D. Kissling, K. F. Rijsdijk, A. C. Seijmonsbergen, D. van Ree, J. Hjort, R. S. Lawley, C. N. Williams, M. G. Anderson, P. Beier, P. van Beukering, D. S. Boyd, J. Brilha, L. Carcavilla, K. M. Dahlin, J. C. Gill, J. E. Gordon, M. Gray, M. Grundy, M. L. Hunter, J. J. Lawler, M. Monge-Ganuzas, K. R. Royse, I. Stewart, S. Record, W. Turner, P. L. Zarnetske, and R. Field. 2019. Opinion: To advance sustainable stewardship, we must document not only biodiversity but geodiversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116:16155–16158. doi:10.1073/pnas.1911799116.

31. Zarnetske, P.L., ​Q.D. Read***, S. Record, K.D. Gaddis, S. Pau, M.L. Hobi, S.L. Malone, J. Costanza, K.M. Dahlin, A.M. Latimer, A.M. Wilson, J.M. Grady***, S.V. Ollinger, A.O. Finley. 2019. Towards connecting biodiversity and geodiversity across scales with satellite remote sensing. Global Ecology & Biogeography. doi:10.1111/geb.12887

30. Grady, J.M.***, B.S. Maitner, A.S. Winter, K. Kaschner, D.P. Tittensor, S. Record, F.A. Smith, A.M. Wilson, A.I. Dell, P.L. Zarnetske, H.J. Wearing, B. Alfaro, J.H. Brown. 2019. Metabolic asymmetry and the global diversity of marine predators. Science. 363:eaat4220. doi: 10.1126/science.aat4220
  • Example Media Coverage: EurekaAlert, The Atlantic, Science

29. Grady, J.M.***, Q.D. Read***, S.R. Record, P.L. Zarnetske, B. Baiser, K. Thorne, J. Belmaker. 2018. Size, Niches and the Latitudinal Diversity Gradient. Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology. 14:Set #1       ​

28. Record, S., A. Strecker, M-N. Tuanmu, L. Beaudrot, P.L. Zarnetske, J. Belmaker, and B. Gerstner.**  2018.  Does scale matter? A systematic review of incorporating biological realism when predicting changes in species distributions.  PLoS ONE. 13:4 e0194650. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194650.

27. Welshofer, K.**, P.L. Zarnetske, N.K. Lany***, and Q.D. Read***. 2018. Short-term responses to warming vary between native vs. exotic species and with latitude in an early successional plant community. Oecologia. 187:333-342. doi: 10.1007/s00442-018-4111-9.

26. Lany, N.K.***, P.L. Zarnetske, E. M. Schliep, R. Schaeffer, C.M. Orians, D.A. Orwig, and E.L. Preisser. 2018.  Asymmetric biotic interactions and abiotic niche differences revealed by a dynamic joint species distribution model​.  Ecology. 99:1018-1023. doi: 10.1002/ecy.2190
  • Media coverage: MSU AgBioResearch highlight

25. Read, Q.D.***, J. Grady***, P.L. Zarnetske, S. Record, B. Baiser, J. Belmaker, M-N. Tuanmu, A. Strecker, L. Beaudrot, and K. Thibault. 2018. Among-species overlap in rodent body size distributions predicts species richness along a temperature gradient. Ecography. doi:10.1111/ecog.03641
  • Media coverage: Ecography blog feature

24. Read, Q.D.***, B. Baiser, J. Grady***, P.L. Zarnetske, S. Record, J. Belmaker, and L. Beaudrot. 2018. Tropical bird species have narrower body-size niches. Biology Letters. 14: 20170453.
  • Media coverage: MSU AgBioResearch highlight, Bryn Mawr College News

23. Welshofer, K.**, P.L. Zarnetske, N.K. Lany***, and L. Thompson. 2018. Open-top chambers for temperature manipulation in taller-stature plant communities. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 9:254–259. doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.12863​

22. Schliep, E., N.K. Lany***, P.L. Zarnetske, R. Schaeffer, C. Orians, D. Orwig, and E. Preisser. 2018.  Joint species distribution modeling for spatio-temporal occurrence and ordinal abundance data. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 27:142–155. doi: 10.1111/geb.12666.

21. Ruggiero, P., S.D. Hacker, E.W. Seabloom, and P.L. Zarnetske. 2018. (invited). The role of vegetation in determining dune morphology, exposure to sea level rise, and storm-induced coastal hazards: A U.S. Pacific Northwest perspective. Chapter in: Barrier Dynamics and Response to Changing Climate, L. Moore, B. Murray, eds. Springer International Publishing. pp 337-361.

​20. Urban, M., P.L. Zarnetske, D.K. Skelly. 2017. (invited). Searching for biotic multipliers of climate change. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 57:134–147. doi: 10.1093/icb/icx045.

19. Lany, N.K.***, P.L. Zarnetske, T. Gouhier. T, and B.A. Menge. 2017. (invited). Incorporating the context dependency of species interactions into species distribution models. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 57:159–167. doi: 10.1093/icb/icx057 

18. Zarnetske, P.L., A. Strecker, S. Record, B. Baiser, J. Belmaker, and M-N. Tuanmu. 2017. (invited). The interplay between landscape structure and biotic interactions.  Current Landscape Ecology Reports. 2(1), 12-29. doi:10.1007/s40823-017-0021-5 

17. Zarnetske, P.L., P. Ruggiero, E.W. Seabloom, and S.D. Hacker. 2015. Coastal foredune evolution: the relative influence of vegetation and sand supply in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2015.0017

16. Belmaker, J.+, P.L. Zarnetske+, M-N. Tuanmu, S. Zonneveld, S. Record, S., A. Strecker, and L. Beaudrot. 2015. Empirical evidence for the scale-dependence of biotic interactions. Global Ecology and Biogeography. DOI:10.1111/geb.12311
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​15. Zarnetske, J.P., and P.L. Zarnetske. 2015. Strategies for creating a conspicuous, effective, and memorable poster presentation. GSA Today. 25:66-68. doi: 10.1130/GSATG228GW.1.

14. David, A.S., P.L. Zarnetske, S.D. Hacker, P. Ruggiero, R. Biel, E.W. Seabloom. 2015. Invasive congeners differ in successional impacts across space and time. PLoS ONE. 10, e0117283. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117283. 

13. Blois, J.L., P.L. Zarnetske, M.C. Fitzpatrick, and S. Finnegan. 2013.  Climate change and the past, present, and future of biotic interactions. Science 341:499–504. doi: 10.1126/science.1237184 (invited for special issue: “Natural Systems in Changing Climates”)
  • Media Coverage: Science Podcast, Eurekalert, ScienceDaily, NSF, Yale University, UC Merced, UMD Center for Environmental Science

12. Urban, M.C., P.L. Zarnetske, and D.K. Skelly. 2013.  Moving forward: dispersal and species interactions determine biotic responses to climate change. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences: 1297:440-60. DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12184.

11.  Zarnetske, P.L., T.C. Gouhier, S.D. Hacker, E.W. Seabloom, and V. A. Bokil. 2013. Indirect effects and facilitation among native and non-native species promote invasion success along an environmental stress gradient. Journal of Ecology: 101:905-915 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12093.
  • Highly Commended for Harper Prize Young Investigator Award: Featured in Virtual Issue & Journal of Ecology blog

​10. Seabloom, E.W., P. Ruggiero, S.D. Hacker, J. Mull, and P.L. Zarnetske. 2013.  Invasive grasses, climate change, and exposure to storm-wave overtopping in coastal dune ecosystems. Global Change Biology 19: 824–832.

9.   Zarnetske, P.L., D.K. Skelly, and M.C. Urban. 2012. Biotic multipliers of climate change. Science 336:1516-1518.
  • Media Coverage: Yale Scientific, ClimateWire, ClimateNeeds YaleNews, EurekAlert, ScienceNewsline, ScienceDaily, NSF, redOrbit, bitsofscience.org

8.   Zarnetske, P.L., S.D. Hacker, E.W. Seabloom, P. Ruggiero, J.R. Killian, T.B. Maddux, and D. Cox. 2012. Biophysical feedback mediates effects of invasive grasses on coastal dune shape. Ecology 93:1439-1450.

7.   Hacker, S.D., P.L. Zarnetske, E.W. Seabloom, P. Ruggiero, J. Mull, S. Gerrity, and C. Jones*.  2012. Subtle differences in two non-native congeneric beach grasses significantly affect their colonization, spread, and impact. ​Oikos 121:138-148.       

6.   Zarnetske, P.L., E.W. Seabloom, and S.D. Hacker.  2010. Non-target effects of invasive species management: beachgrass, birds, and bulldozers in coastal dunes. Ecosphere 1(5):art13.
  • Media Coverage: The Seattle Times, Breaking Waves, Oregon Sea Grant

5.   Menge, B.A., F. Chan, S. Dudas, D. Eerkes-Medrano, K. Grorud-Colvert, K. Heiman, M. Hessing-Lewis, A. Iles, R. Milston-Clements, M. Noble, K. Page-Albins, E. Richmond, G. Rilov, J. Rose, J. Tyburczy, L. Vinueza, P.L. Zarnetske. 2009. Terrestrial ecologists ignore aquatic literature: Asymmetry in citation breadth in ecological publications and implications for generality and progress in ecology.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 377:93-100.

4.   Menge, B.A., F. Chan, S. Dudas, D. Eerkes-Medrano, K. Grorud-Colvert, K. Heiman, M. Hessing-Lewis, A. Iles, R. Milston-Clements, M. Noble, K. Page-Albins, E. Richmond, G. Rilov, J. Rose, J. Tyburczy, L. Vinueza, P.L. Zarnetske. 2009. Do terrestrial ecologists ignore aquatic literature? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7:182-183.

3.  Zarnetske, P.L., T.C. Edwards, Jr., and G.G. Moisen. 2007. Habitat classification modeling with incomplete data: pushing the habitat envelope.  Ecological Applications 17:1714–1726.  

2.  Zarnetske, P.L., T.C. Edwards, Jr., and G.G. Moisen. 2006. Modeling forest bird species likelihood of occurrence in Utah with FIA and Landfire map products. Proceedings of the 7th Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium. October 3-6, 2005, Portland, ME. USDA GTR WO-77.

1.  Nyhus, P.J., F.R. Cole, D.H. Firmage, and P.S. Lehmann. 2002. Enhancing education through research in the Environmental Science Laboratory: Integrating GIS and project-based learning at Colby College. Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly​. September: 34-40.

Thesis, Dissertation, and Non-Refereed Publications

7.   Zarnetske, P.L. 2017. (Invited) Supertramps and checkerboards revisited: updating analyses of species co-occurrences and community assembly [Review of the Book Patterns in nature: analysis of species co-occurrences, by James Sanderson, Stuart Pimm]. Ecology, 2169–2170.
6.   Zarnetske, P.L. and A. Wilson. 2013. Sustaining ecological communities and their ecosystem services in an era of rapid global change. Yale Climate & Energy Institute. http://climate.yale.edu/perspectives
5.   Wilson, A. and P.L. Zarnetske. 2013. Forecasting biodiversity: how confident should we be? Yale Climate & Energy Institute. http://climate.yale.edu/perspectives
4.   Zarnetske, P.L. 2011. The influence of biophysical feedbacks and species interactions on grass invasions and coastal dune morphology in the Pacific Northwest, USA. Dissertation. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA. 178 pp.
3.   Ruggiero, P., J. Mull, P.L. Zarnetske, S. Hacker, and E. Seabloom. 2011. Interannual to decadal foredune evolution, Proceedings Coastal Sediments 2011, ASCE, Miami, FL.
2.   Zarnetske, P.L. 2006. Landscape-scale habitat classification modeling with incomplete data: the generation of ecologically-based pseudo-absence points. Thesis. Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA. 168 pp.
1.   Zarnetske, P.L. 2006. Predicting habitat suitability with extant presence points and ecologically-based pseudo-absence points for a lesser-known species: the American Three-Toed Woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis). USFS unpublished report to accompany Zarnetske (2006). 94 pp.
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