Recent Publications from the Schmitz Lab
Books
![]() Trait-Mediated Indirect Interactions: Ecological Evolutionary Perspectives. (2012) Edited with Ohgushi, T. and R.D. Holt. Cambridge University Press with the British Ecological Society Ecological Reviews Series. |
![]() Resolving Ecosystem Complexity. (2010) Monographs in Population Biology Series: Princeton University Press. |
Journal Articles & Book Chapters
2024
Lienau, J. R., and O. J. Schmitz. 2024. Functional traits of predators and decomposer prey determine context dependency in trophic control over ecosystems. Journal of Animal Ecology.
Orrick, K. D.,* K. M. Ferraro,* and N. R. Sommer. 2024. Individuals in focus: Individuals as the ecological and ethical center of human-wildlife conflict. Biological Conservation
Pan C., Patel V., Gewirtzman J., Richardson I., Dubey R., Caylor K., Dollar A., and Forbes E. 2024/ Fluxbot: The Next Generation - Design and Validation of a Wireless, Open-Source Mechatronic CO2 Flux Sensing Chamber. To be published in COMPASS ACM conference proceedings, July 2024.
Feldmeier, D. E., O. J. Schmitz, N. H. Carter, G. S. Masunga, and K. D. Orrick. 2024. Predictions & perceptions: A social-ecological analysis of human-carnivore conflict in Botswana. Biological Conservation.
Orrick, K., N. Sommer, F. Rowland, and K. Ferraro. 2024. Predator–prey interactions across hunting mode, spatial domain size, and habitat complexities. Ecology
Anderson, C. A., Zuckerwise, R.B. Wallace, G. Ayala, M. Viscarra and O.J. Schmitz. 2024. Small felids coexist in mixed-use landscape in the Bolivian Amazon. Animals [Conservation Strategies for Small Wild Cats special issue].
Burak, M.K., D. Ellis-Soto, K.M. Ferraro, K.D. Orrick, N.R. Sommer, and O.J. Schmitz. 2024. Context matters when rewilding for climate change. People and Nature.
Monk, J.D., E. Donadio, P.B. Gregorio and O.J. Schmitz. 2024. Vicuña antipredator diel movement drives spatial nutrient subsidies in a high Andean ecosystem. Ecology.
Monk, J.D., E. Donadio, J.A. Smith, P.L. Pehrig, A.D. Middleton and O.J. Schmitz. 2024. Predation and biophysical context control long-term carcass nutrient inputs in an Andean ecosystem. Ecosystems.
Orrick, K., M. Dove, and O.J., Schmitz. 2024. Human–nature relationships: An introduction to social–ecological practice theory for human–wildlife interactions. Ambio.
Rizzuto, M., S.L. Leroux and O.J. Schmitz. 2024. Rewiring the carbon cycle: a theoretical framework for animal-driven ecosystem carbon sequestration. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences.
Rizzuto, M., S.L. Leroux, O.J. Schmitz, E. Vander Wal, Y.F. Wiersma, and T.R. Heckford. 2024. Animal-vectored nutrient flows across resource gradients influence the nature of local and meta-ecosystem functioning. Ecological Modeling.
Orrick, K. D.,* K. M. Ferraro,* and N. R. Sommer. 2024. Individuals in focus: Individuals as the ecological and ethical center of human-wildlife conflict. Biological Conservation
Pan C., Patel V., Gewirtzman J., Richardson I., Dubey R., Caylor K., Dollar A., and Forbes E. 2024/ Fluxbot: The Next Generation - Design and Validation of a Wireless, Open-Source Mechatronic CO2 Flux Sensing Chamber. To be published in COMPASS ACM conference proceedings, July 2024.
Feldmeier, D. E., O. J. Schmitz, N. H. Carter, G. S. Masunga, and K. D. Orrick. 2024. Predictions & perceptions: A social-ecological analysis of human-carnivore conflict in Botswana. Biological Conservation.
Orrick, K., N. Sommer, F. Rowland, and K. Ferraro. 2024. Predator–prey interactions across hunting mode, spatial domain size, and habitat complexities. Ecology
Anderson, C. A., Zuckerwise, R.B. Wallace, G. Ayala, M. Viscarra and O.J. Schmitz. 2024. Small felids coexist in mixed-use landscape in the Bolivian Amazon. Animals [Conservation Strategies for Small Wild Cats special issue].
Burak, M.K., D. Ellis-Soto, K.M. Ferraro, K.D. Orrick, N.R. Sommer, and O.J. Schmitz. 2024. Context matters when rewilding for climate change. People and Nature.
Monk, J.D., E. Donadio, P.B. Gregorio and O.J. Schmitz. 2024. Vicuña antipredator diel movement drives spatial nutrient subsidies in a high Andean ecosystem. Ecology.
Monk, J.D., E. Donadio, J.A. Smith, P.L. Pehrig, A.D. Middleton and O.J. Schmitz. 2024. Predation and biophysical context control long-term carcass nutrient inputs in an Andean ecosystem. Ecosystems.
Orrick, K., M. Dove, and O.J., Schmitz. 2024. Human–nature relationships: An introduction to social–ecological practice theory for human–wildlife interactions. Ambio.
Rizzuto, M., S.L. Leroux and O.J. Schmitz. 2024. Rewiring the carbon cycle: a theoretical framework for animal-driven ecosystem carbon sequestration. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences.
Rizzuto, M., S.L. Leroux, O.J. Schmitz, E. Vander Wal, Y.F. Wiersma, and T.R. Heckford. 2024. Animal-vectored nutrient flows across resource gradients influence the nature of local and meta-ecosystem functioning. Ecological Modeling.
2023
Abraham, A., E. Duval, K.M. Ferraro, A Webster, C. Doughty, E. le Roux, D. Ellis-Soto. 2023. Understanding anthropogenic impacts on zoogeochemistry is essential for ecological restoration. Restoration Ecology.
Barbero-Palacios, Laura, K. M. Ferraro, I. C. Barrio, et al. 2023. Faecal nutrient deposition of domestic and wild herbivores in an alpine grassland. Science of The Total Environment.
Bertellotti, F., N.R. Sommer, O.J. Schmitz, and M.A. McCary. 2023. Impacts of habitat connectivity on grassland arthropod metacommunity structure: A field-based experimental test of theory. Ecology and Evolution.
Ferraro, K.M., A.L. Ferraro, A.Z. Andis, and N.R. Sommer. 2023. Revisiting Two Dogmas of Conservation Science. Conservation Biology.
Ferraro, K. M., Welker, L., Ward, E. B., Schmitz, O. J., & Bradford, M. A. 2023. Plant mycorrhizal associations mediate the zoogeochemical effects of calving subsidies by a forest ungulate. Journal of Animal Ecology.
Buchkowski, R.W., K. Benedek, J. Bálint, A. Molnár, T. Felföldi, C. Fazakas, O.J. Schmitz, and A. Balog. 2023. Plant chemical variation mediates soil bacterial community composition. Scientific Reports.
Burak, M. K., F. Broekhuis, A. Dickman, S. Ekwanga, N. Elliot, L. Frank, A. Oriol‐Cotterill, T. M. Williams, C. C. Wilmers, and O.J. Schmitz. 2023. Spatiotemporal patterns of lion (Panthera leo) space use in a human–wildlife system. Ecological Solutions and Evidence.
Lichtenstein, J.L., and O.J. Schmitz. 2023. Incorporating neurological and behavioral mechanisms of sociality into predator-prey models. Frontiers in Behavioural Neuroscience
Schmitz, O.J., M. Sylvén, T.B. Atwood, E.S. Bakker, F. Berzaghi, J.F. Brodie, J.P.G.M. Cromsigt, A.B. Davies, S.J. Leroux, F.J. Schepers, F.A. Smith, S.Stark, J.-C. Svenning, A. Tilker, H. Ylänne. 2023. Trophic rewilding can expand natural climate solutions. Nature Climate Change.
Schmitz, O.J. and M. Sylvén. 2023. Animating the carbon cycle: How wildlife conservation can be key to mitigating climate change. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development.
Sommer, N.R., Y.A. Alshwairikh, A.Z. Andis Arietta, D.S. Skelly, R.W. Buchkowski. 2023. Prey metabolic responses to predators depend on predator hunting mode and prey antipredator defenses. Oikos.
Barbero-Palacios, Laura, K. M. Ferraro, I. C. Barrio, et al. 2023. Faecal nutrient deposition of domestic and wild herbivores in an alpine grassland. Science of The Total Environment.
Bertellotti, F., N.R. Sommer, O.J. Schmitz, and M.A. McCary. 2023. Impacts of habitat connectivity on grassland arthropod metacommunity structure: A field-based experimental test of theory. Ecology and Evolution.
Ferraro, K.M., A.L. Ferraro, A.Z. Andis, and N.R. Sommer. 2023. Revisiting Two Dogmas of Conservation Science. Conservation Biology.
Ferraro, K. M., Welker, L., Ward, E. B., Schmitz, O. J., & Bradford, M. A. 2023. Plant mycorrhizal associations mediate the zoogeochemical effects of calving subsidies by a forest ungulate. Journal of Animal Ecology.
Buchkowski, R.W., K. Benedek, J. Bálint, A. Molnár, T. Felföldi, C. Fazakas, O.J. Schmitz, and A. Balog. 2023. Plant chemical variation mediates soil bacterial community composition. Scientific Reports.
Burak, M. K., F. Broekhuis, A. Dickman, S. Ekwanga, N. Elliot, L. Frank, A. Oriol‐Cotterill, T. M. Williams, C. C. Wilmers, and O.J. Schmitz. 2023. Spatiotemporal patterns of lion (Panthera leo) space use in a human–wildlife system. Ecological Solutions and Evidence.
Lichtenstein, J.L., and O.J. Schmitz. 2023. Incorporating neurological and behavioral mechanisms of sociality into predator-prey models. Frontiers in Behavioural Neuroscience
Schmitz, O.J., M. Sylvén, T.B. Atwood, E.S. Bakker, F. Berzaghi, J.F. Brodie, J.P.G.M. Cromsigt, A.B. Davies, S.J. Leroux, F.J. Schepers, F.A. Smith, S.Stark, J.-C. Svenning, A. Tilker, H. Ylänne. 2023. Trophic rewilding can expand natural climate solutions. Nature Climate Change.
Schmitz, O.J. and M. Sylvén. 2023. Animating the carbon cycle: How wildlife conservation can be key to mitigating climate change. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development.
Sommer, N.R., Y.A. Alshwairikh, A.Z. Andis Arietta, D.S. Skelly, R.W. Buchkowski. 2023. Prey metabolic responses to predators depend on predator hunting mode and prey antipredator defenses. Oikos.
2022
Buchkowski, R.W. and O.J. Schmitz. 2022. Weak interactions between strong interactors in an old-field ecosystem: control of nitrogen cycling by coupled herbivores and detritivores. Functional Ecology.
Ferraro, K.M., O.J. Schmitz, and M.A. McCary. 2022. Effects of ungulate density and sociality on landscape heterogeneity: a mechanistic modeling approach. Ecography.
Ferraro, K.M., A.L. Ferraro, N.R. Sommer. 2022. Challenges facing cross-disciplinary collaboration in conservation ethics. Conservation Science and Practice.
Glass, D. M., P.R. Prentice, A.D. Evans, and O.J. Schmitz. 2022. Local differences in maximum temperature determine water use among desert bighorn sheep populations. The Journal of Wildlife Management.
Monk, J.D. and O.J. Schmitz. 2022. Landscapes shaped from the top down: predicting cascading predator effects on spatial biogeochemistry. Oikos.
Monk, J.D., J.A. Smith, E. Donadio, P.L. Perrig, R.D. Crego, M. Fileni, O.R. Bidder, S.A. Lambertucci, J.N. Pauli, O.J. Schmitz and A.D. Middleton. 2022. Cascading effects of a disease outbreak in a remote protected area. Ecology Letters.
Moore, A.C. and. O.J. Schmitz. 2022. Do predators have a role to play in wetland ecosystem functioning? An experimental study in New England salt marshes. Ecology and Evolution.
Sommer, N.R. and K.M. Ferraro. 2022. An ethical framework for behavioural training in wildlife management. Conservation Science and Practice.
Webber, Q.M.R., K.M. Ferraro, J.G. Hendrix, and E. Vander Wal. 2022. What do caribou eat? A review of the literature on caribou diet. Canadian Journal of Zoology
Zamuda, K. M., Duguid M.C., and O.J. Schmitz. 2022. Human land‐use effects on mammalian mesopredator occupancy of a northeastern Connecticut landscape. Ecology and Evolution.
Ferraro, K.M., O.J. Schmitz, and M.A. McCary. 2022. Effects of ungulate density and sociality on landscape heterogeneity: a mechanistic modeling approach. Ecography.
Ferraro, K.M., A.L. Ferraro, N.R. Sommer. 2022. Challenges facing cross-disciplinary collaboration in conservation ethics. Conservation Science and Practice.
Glass, D. M., P.R. Prentice, A.D. Evans, and O.J. Schmitz. 2022. Local differences in maximum temperature determine water use among desert bighorn sheep populations. The Journal of Wildlife Management.
Monk, J.D. and O.J. Schmitz. 2022. Landscapes shaped from the top down: predicting cascading predator effects on spatial biogeochemistry. Oikos.
Monk, J.D., J.A. Smith, E. Donadio, P.L. Perrig, R.D. Crego, M. Fileni, O.R. Bidder, S.A. Lambertucci, J.N. Pauli, O.J. Schmitz and A.D. Middleton. 2022. Cascading effects of a disease outbreak in a remote protected area. Ecology Letters.
Moore, A.C. and. O.J. Schmitz. 2022. Do predators have a role to play in wetland ecosystem functioning? An experimental study in New England salt marshes. Ecology and Evolution.
Sommer, N.R. and K.M. Ferraro. 2022. An ethical framework for behavioural training in wildlife management. Conservation Science and Practice.
Webber, Q.M.R., K.M. Ferraro, J.G. Hendrix, and E. Vander Wal. 2022. What do caribou eat? A review of the literature on caribou diet. Canadian Journal of Zoology
Zamuda, K. M., Duguid M.C., and O.J. Schmitz. 2022. Human land‐use effects on mammalian mesopredator occupancy of a northeastern Connecticut landscape. Ecology and Evolution.
2021
Zhou, W., K. Orrick, A. Lim, and M. Dove. 2021. Reframing conservation and development perspectives on bushmeat. Environmental Research Letters.
Ellis-Soto D., K.M. Ferraro, M. Rizzuto, E. Briggs, J.D. Monk and O.J. Schmitz. 2021. A methodological roadmap to quantify animal-vectored spatial ecosystem subsidies. Journal of Animal Ecology 90: 1605-1622.
Ferraro, K.M., A.L. Ferraro, and N.R. Sommer. 2021. Challenges facing cross-disciplinary collaboration in conservation ethics. Conservation Science and Practice 3(11): e523.
Kearns, T. and O.J. Schmitz. 2021. Flourishing: Outlines of an Aristotelian natural philosophy of living things. International Philosophical Quarterly 61 (3): 335-351.
McCary, M.A. and O.J. Schmitz. 2021. Invertebrate functional traits and terrestrial nutrient cycling: insights from a global meta-analysis. Journal of Animal Ecology 90: 1714-1726.
Moore, A.C. and O.J. Schmitz. 2021. Do predators have a role to play in wetland ecosystem functioning. An experimental study in a New England salt marsh. Ecology and Evolution 11:10956-10967.
Wirsing, A.J., M.R. Heithaus, J.S. Brown, B.P. Kotler and O.J. Schmitz. 2021. The context dependence of non-consumptive predator effects. Ecology Letters 24: 113-129.
Ellis-Soto D., K.M. Ferraro, M. Rizzuto, E. Briggs, J.D. Monk and O.J. Schmitz. 2021. A methodological roadmap to quantify animal-vectored spatial ecosystem subsidies. Journal of Animal Ecology 90: 1605-1622.
Ferraro, K.M., A.L. Ferraro, and N.R. Sommer. 2021. Challenges facing cross-disciplinary collaboration in conservation ethics. Conservation Science and Practice 3(11): e523.
Kearns, T. and O.J. Schmitz. 2021. Flourishing: Outlines of an Aristotelian natural philosophy of living things. International Philosophical Quarterly 61 (3): 335-351.
McCary, M.A. and O.J. Schmitz. 2021. Invertebrate functional traits and terrestrial nutrient cycling: insights from a global meta-analysis. Journal of Animal Ecology 90: 1714-1726.
Moore, A.C. and O.J. Schmitz. 2021. Do predators have a role to play in wetland ecosystem functioning. An experimental study in a New England salt marsh. Ecology and Evolution 11:10956-10967.
Wirsing, A.J., M.R. Heithaus, J.S. Brown, B.P. Kotler and O.J. Schmitz. 2021. The context dependence of non-consumptive predator effects. Ecology Letters 24: 113-129.
2020
Guiliano, S., C. Karr, N. Sommer, and R.W. Buchkowski. 2020 Woodlice change the habitat use of spiders in a different food chain. Peer J 8:e9184.
Maher, S.M., E.P. Fenichel, O.J. Schmitz and W.L. Adamowicz. 2020. The economics of ‘conservation debt’: A natural capital approach to revealed valuation of ecological dynamics. Ecological Applications 30(6): e02132.
Schmitz, O.J. and S.J. Leroux. 2020. Food webs and ecosystems: Linking species interactions to the carbon cycle. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 51:271-295.
Schmitz, O.J. 2020. Predators and rainfall control spatial biogeochemistry in a landscape of fear. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 117: 24016-24018.
Sommer, N. and O.J. Schmitz. 2020. Differences in prey personality mediate trophic cascades. Ecology and Evolution 10:9538-9551.
Maher, S.M., E.P. Fenichel, O.J. Schmitz and W.L. Adamowicz. 2020. The economics of ‘conservation debt’: A natural capital approach to revealed valuation of ecological dynamics. Ecological Applications 30(6): e02132.
Schmitz, O.J. and S.J. Leroux. 2020. Food webs and ecosystems: Linking species interactions to the carbon cycle. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 51:271-295.
Schmitz, O.J. 2020. Predators and rainfall control spatial biogeochemistry in a landscape of fear. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 117: 24016-24018.
Sommer, N. and O.J. Schmitz. 2020. Differences in prey personality mediate trophic cascades. Ecology and Evolution 10:9538-9551.
2019
Benedek, K., J. Bálint, I. Máthé, G. Mara, T. Felföldi, A. Szabó, C. Fazakas, C. Albert, R.W. Buchkowski, O.J. Schmitz, A. Balog. 2019. Linking intraspecific variation in plant chemical defence with arthropod and soil bacterial community structure and N allocation. Plant and Soil 444:383-397
Buchkowski, R.W., O.J. Schmitz and M.A. Bradford. 2019. Nitrogen recycling in coupled green and brown food webs: weak effects of herbivory and detritivory when nitrogen passes through soil. Journal of Ecology 107:963-976.
Buchkowski, R.W., A.N. Shaw, D. Sihi, G.R. Smith, A.D. Keiser. 2019. Constraining carbon and nutrient flows in soil with ecological stoichiometry. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.
Buchkowski, R.W., S.J. Leroux and O.J. Schmitz. 2019. Microbial and animal nutrient limitation change the distribution of nitrogen within coupled green and brown food chains. Ecology 100(5):e02674
Flecker, A.S., C.W. Twining, O.J. Schmitz, S.J. Cooke, and N. Hammerschlag. 2019. Aquatic predators influence micronutrients: important but understudied. Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Hammerschlag, N., O.J. Schmitz, A.S. Flecker, K.D. Lafferty, A. Sih, T.B. Atwood, A.J. Gallagher, D.J. Irschick, R. Skubel and S.J. Cooke. 2019. Ecosystem function and services of aquatic predators in the Anthropocene. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 34:369-383.
Miller, J.R.B. and O.J. Schmitz. 2019. Landscape of fear and human-predator coexistence: applying spatial predator-prey interaction theory to understand and reduce carnivore-livestock conflict. Biological Conservation 236:464-473.
Moore, A.C. 2019. What is the role of ecosystem engineers in New England salt marshes? A mesocosm study of the Fidler Crab and Purple Marsh Crab. Wetlands 39: 371-379.
Monk, J.D., E. Giglio, A. Kamath, M.R. Lambert and C.E. McDonough. 2019. An alternative hypothesis for the evolution of same-sex sexual behavior in animals. Nature Ecology and Evolution 3: 1622–1631.
Rosenblatt, A.E., K.S. Wyatt and O. J. Schmitz. 2019. Will like replace like? Linking thermal performance to ecological function across predator and herbivore populations. Ecology 100(4): e02643.
Schmitz, O.J. 2019. Fearful effects on ecological competitors. Nature 570: 43-44.
Schmitz, O.J. 2019. Sustaining humans and nature as one: Ecological science and environmental stewardship. Ch. 1 In D. Esty (Ed) A Better Planet: 40 Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future. Yale University Press.
VanAcker, M, M.R. Lambert, O.J. Schmitz, and D.K. Skelly. 2019. Suburbanization increases echinostome infection in green frogs and snails. EcoHealth 16:235-247.
Yona, L., B. Cashore and O.J. Schmitz. 2019. Integrating policy and ecology within a single system to achieve path dependent climate solutions. Environmental Science and Policy 98: 54-60.
Buchkowski, R.W., O.J. Schmitz and M.A. Bradford. 2019. Nitrogen recycling in coupled green and brown food webs: weak effects of herbivory and detritivory when nitrogen passes through soil. Journal of Ecology 107:963-976.
Buchkowski, R.W., A.N. Shaw, D. Sihi, G.R. Smith, A.D. Keiser. 2019. Constraining carbon and nutrient flows in soil with ecological stoichiometry. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.
Buchkowski, R.W., S.J. Leroux and O.J. Schmitz. 2019. Microbial and animal nutrient limitation change the distribution of nitrogen within coupled green and brown food chains. Ecology 100(5):e02674
Flecker, A.S., C.W. Twining, O.J. Schmitz, S.J. Cooke, and N. Hammerschlag. 2019. Aquatic predators influence micronutrients: important but understudied. Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Hammerschlag, N., O.J. Schmitz, A.S. Flecker, K.D. Lafferty, A. Sih, T.B. Atwood, A.J. Gallagher, D.J. Irschick, R. Skubel and S.J. Cooke. 2019. Ecosystem function and services of aquatic predators in the Anthropocene. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 34:369-383.
Miller, J.R.B. and O.J. Schmitz. 2019. Landscape of fear and human-predator coexistence: applying spatial predator-prey interaction theory to understand and reduce carnivore-livestock conflict. Biological Conservation 236:464-473.
Moore, A.C. 2019. What is the role of ecosystem engineers in New England salt marshes? A mesocosm study of the Fidler Crab and Purple Marsh Crab. Wetlands 39: 371-379.
Monk, J.D., E. Giglio, A. Kamath, M.R. Lambert and C.E. McDonough. 2019. An alternative hypothesis for the evolution of same-sex sexual behavior in animals. Nature Ecology and Evolution 3: 1622–1631.
Rosenblatt, A.E., K.S. Wyatt and O. J. Schmitz. 2019. Will like replace like? Linking thermal performance to ecological function across predator and herbivore populations. Ecology 100(4): e02643.
Schmitz, O.J. 2019. Fearful effects on ecological competitors. Nature 570: 43-44.
Schmitz, O.J. 2019. Sustaining humans and nature as one: Ecological science and environmental stewardship. Ch. 1 In D. Esty (Ed) A Better Planet: 40 Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future. Yale University Press.
VanAcker, M, M.R. Lambert, O.J. Schmitz, and D.K. Skelly. 2019. Suburbanization increases echinostome infection in green frogs and snails. EcoHealth 16:235-247.
Yona, L., B. Cashore and O.J. Schmitz. 2019. Integrating policy and ecology within a single system to achieve path dependent climate solutions. Environmental Science and Policy 98: 54-60.
2018
Barton, B.T. and O.J. Schmitz. 2018. Opposite effects of daytime and nighttime warming on top-down control of plant diversity. Ecology 99:13-20.
Burak, M.K., J.D. Monk and O.J. Schmitz. 2018. Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics: The predator-prey adaptive play and the ecological theater. Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 91:481-489.
Burghardt, K.T., M.A. Bradford and O.J. Schmitz. 2018. Acceleration or deceleration of litter decomposition by herbivory depends on nutrient availability through intraspecific differences in induced plant resistance traits. Journal of Ecology 106:2380-2394.
Kofler, N., J.P. Collins, J. Kuzma, E. Marris, K. Esvelt,.M.P. Nelson, A. Newhouse, L.J. Rothschild, V.S. Vigliotti,.M. Semenov, R. Jacobsen, J. E. Dahlman, S. Prince, A. Caccone, T. Brown and O.J. Schmitz. 2018. Editing nature: local roots of global governance. Science 362: 527-529.
Moore, A.C. 2018. Context-dependent consumer control in New England tidal wetlands. PLoS ONE 13(5): e0197170.
Rosenblatt, A.E. 2018. Shifts in plant nutrient content in combined warming and drought scenarios may alter reproductive fitness across trophic levels. Oikos 127: 1853-1862.
Rutenbeck, N.E., B.R. Frey, K.R. Covey, G.P. Berlyn, O.J. Schmitz, B.C. Larson and M.S. Ashton. 2018. Influence of gap position and competition control on the leaf physiology of planted Picea glauca and natural regeneration of Populus tremuloides. Forest Ecology and Management 424:228-235.
Schmitz, O.J. 2018. Defending biodiversity in the age of humans. Ecology 99:2412-2413.
Schmitz, O.J. 2018. Species and ecosystems and all that jazz. PloS Biology 16(7): e2006285.
Schmitz, O.J. and A.E. Rosenblatt. 2018. Editorial overview: Global change, evolutionary ecology and adaptation. Current Opinion in Insect Science 29: iii-v.
Schmitz, O.J., C.C. Wilmers, S.J. Leroux, C.E. Doughty, T.B. Atwood, M. Galetti, A.B. Davies, S. J. Goetz. 2018. Animals and the zoogeochemistry of the carbon cycle. Science 362: eaar3213.
Smith-Ramesh, L.M., Rosenblatt A.E. and Schmitz, O.J. 2018. Multivariate climate change can favor large herbivore body size in food webs. American Naturalist 191:333-342.
van Eeden, L.M., A. Eklund, J.R.B. Miller, J.V. López-Bao, G. Chapron, M.R. Cejtin, M.S. Crowther, C.R. Dickman, J. Frank, M. Krofel, D.W. Macdonald, J. McManus, T.K. Meyer, A.D. Middleton, T.M. Newsome, W.J. Ripple, E.G. Ritchie, O.J. Schmitz, K.J. Stoner, M. Tourani and A. Treves. 2018. Carnivore conservation needs evidence-based livestock protection. PLoS Biology 16(9): e2005577.
Burak, M.K., J.D. Monk and O.J. Schmitz. 2018. Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics: The predator-prey adaptive play and the ecological theater. Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 91:481-489.
Burghardt, K.T., M.A. Bradford and O.J. Schmitz. 2018. Acceleration or deceleration of litter decomposition by herbivory depends on nutrient availability through intraspecific differences in induced plant resistance traits. Journal of Ecology 106:2380-2394.
Kofler, N., J.P. Collins, J. Kuzma, E. Marris, K. Esvelt,.M.P. Nelson, A. Newhouse, L.J. Rothschild, V.S. Vigliotti,.M. Semenov, R. Jacobsen, J. E. Dahlman, S. Prince, A. Caccone, T. Brown and O.J. Schmitz. 2018. Editing nature: local roots of global governance. Science 362: 527-529.
Moore, A.C. 2018. Context-dependent consumer control in New England tidal wetlands. PLoS ONE 13(5): e0197170.
Rosenblatt, A.E. 2018. Shifts in plant nutrient content in combined warming and drought scenarios may alter reproductive fitness across trophic levels. Oikos 127: 1853-1862.
Rutenbeck, N.E., B.R. Frey, K.R. Covey, G.P. Berlyn, O.J. Schmitz, B.C. Larson and M.S. Ashton. 2018. Influence of gap position and competition control on the leaf physiology of planted Picea glauca and natural regeneration of Populus tremuloides. Forest Ecology and Management 424:228-235.
Schmitz, O.J. 2018. Defending biodiversity in the age of humans. Ecology 99:2412-2413.
Schmitz, O.J. 2018. Species and ecosystems and all that jazz. PloS Biology 16(7): e2006285.
Schmitz, O.J. and A.E. Rosenblatt. 2018. Editorial overview: Global change, evolutionary ecology and adaptation. Current Opinion in Insect Science 29: iii-v.
Schmitz, O.J., C.C. Wilmers, S.J. Leroux, C.E. Doughty, T.B. Atwood, M. Galetti, A.B. Davies, S. J. Goetz. 2018. Animals and the zoogeochemistry of the carbon cycle. Science 362: eaar3213.
Smith-Ramesh, L.M., Rosenblatt A.E. and Schmitz, O.J. 2018. Multivariate climate change can favor large herbivore body size in food webs. American Naturalist 191:333-342.
van Eeden, L.M., A. Eklund, J.R.B. Miller, J.V. López-Bao, G. Chapron, M.R. Cejtin, M.S. Crowther, C.R. Dickman, J. Frank, M. Krofel, D.W. Macdonald, J. McManus, T.K. Meyer, A.D. Middleton, T.M. Newsome, W.J. Ripple, E.G. Ritchie, O.J. Schmitz, K.J. Stoner, M. Tourani and A. Treves. 2018. Carnivore conservation needs evidence-based livestock protection. PLoS Biology 16(9): e2005577.
2017
Buchkowski, R.W., M.A. Bradford, A.S. Grandy, O.J. Schmitz, and W.R. Wieder. 2017. Applying population and community ecology theory to advance understanding of belowground biogeochemistry. Ecology Letters 20: 231-245.
Coblentz, K. E., Rosenblatt, A. E. and Novak, M. 2017. The application of Bayesian hierarchical models to quantify individual diet specialization. Ecology, 98: 1535–1547.
Delavaux, C.S, Smith-Ramesh, L.M., and Kuebbing, S.E. 2017. Beyond nutrients: a meta-analysis of the diverse effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on plants and soils. Ecology 98: 2111–2119.
Northfield, T.D., Barton, B.T. and Schmitz, O.J. 2017. A spatial theory for emergent multiple predator-prey interactions in food webs. Ecology and Evolution 7:6935-6948.
Rosenblatt, A.E., L.M. Smith-Ramesh, and O.J. Schmitz. 2017. Interactive effects of multiple climate change variables on food web dynamics: modeling the effects of warming, CO2, and water availability on a tri-trophic food web. Food webs 13:98-108.
Schmitz, O.J. 2017. Predator and prey functional traits: understanding the adaptive machinery driving predator-prey interactions. F1000 Research (F1000 Faculty Rev)6:1767.
Schmitz, O.J. and Rosenblatt, A.E. 2017. The temperature dependence of predation stress and prey nutritional stoichiometry. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 5:73.
Schmitz, O.J., R.W. Buchkowski, J.R. Smith, M. Telthorst, A.E. Rosenblatt. 2017. Predator community composition is linked to soil carbon retention across a human land use gradient. Ecology 98:1256-1265.
Schmitz, O.J., J.R.B. Miller, A.M. Trainor, and B. Abrahms. 2017. Toward a community ecology of landscapes: predicting multiple predator-prey interactions across geographic space. Ecology 98:2281-2292.
Smith-Ramesh, L.M. 2017. Invasive plant alters community and ecosystem dynamics by promoting native predators. Ecology 98:751-761.
Smith-Ramesh, L.M., A.C. Moore and O.J. Schmitz. 2017. Global synthesis suggests that food web connectance correlates to invasion resistance. Global Change Biology 23: 465-473.
Coblentz, K. E., Rosenblatt, A. E. and Novak, M. 2017. The application of Bayesian hierarchical models to quantify individual diet specialization. Ecology, 98: 1535–1547.
Delavaux, C.S, Smith-Ramesh, L.M., and Kuebbing, S.E. 2017. Beyond nutrients: a meta-analysis of the diverse effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on plants and soils. Ecology 98: 2111–2119.
Northfield, T.D., Barton, B.T. and Schmitz, O.J. 2017. A spatial theory for emergent multiple predator-prey interactions in food webs. Ecology and Evolution 7:6935-6948.
Rosenblatt, A.E., L.M. Smith-Ramesh, and O.J. Schmitz. 2017. Interactive effects of multiple climate change variables on food web dynamics: modeling the effects of warming, CO2, and water availability on a tri-trophic food web. Food webs 13:98-108.
Schmitz, O.J. 2017. Predator and prey functional traits: understanding the adaptive machinery driving predator-prey interactions. F1000 Research (F1000 Faculty Rev)6:1767.
Schmitz, O.J. and Rosenblatt, A.E. 2017. The temperature dependence of predation stress and prey nutritional stoichiometry. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 5:73.
Schmitz, O.J., R.W. Buchkowski, J.R. Smith, M. Telthorst, A.E. Rosenblatt. 2017. Predator community composition is linked to soil carbon retention across a human land use gradient. Ecology 98:1256-1265.
Schmitz, O.J., J.R.B. Miller, A.M. Trainor, and B. Abrahms. 2017. Toward a community ecology of landscapes: predicting multiple predator-prey interactions across geographic space. Ecology 98:2281-2292.
Smith-Ramesh, L.M. 2017. Invasive plant alters community and ecosystem dynamics by promoting native predators. Ecology 98:751-761.
Smith-Ramesh, L.M., A.C. Moore and O.J. Schmitz. 2017. Global synthesis suggests that food web connectance correlates to invasion resistance. Global Change Biology 23: 465-473.
2016
Benedek, K., S.E. Zytynska, J. Bálint, R.V. Salomon, M. Mehrparvar, W.W. Weisser, O.J. Schmitz, and A. Balog. 2016. Intraspecific differences in plant chemotype determines the structure of arthropod food webs. Oecologia 180: 797-807
Buchkowski, R.W. 2016. Top-down consumptive and trait-mediated control do affect soil food webs: It's time for a new model. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 102: 29-32.
Donihue, C.M. 2016. Microgeographic variation in locomotor traits among lizards in a human-built environment. PeerJ 4, e1776.
Donihue, C.M. 2016. Aegean wall lizards switch foraging modes, diet, and morphology in a human-built environment. Ecology and Evolution 6: 7433–7442.
Ko, C-Y, O.J. Schmitz, and W. Jetz. 2016. The limits of direct community modeling approaches for broad-scale predictions of ecological assemblage structure. Biological Conservation 201: 396-404.
Mendelsohn, R, I.C. Prentice, O.J. Schmitz, B. Stocker, R.W. Buchkowski, and B. Dawson. 2016. The ecosystem impacts of severe warming. American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings. 106: 612-614.
Miller, J.R.B., Y.V. Jhala and O.J. Schmitz. 2016. Human perceptions mirror realities of carnivore attack risk for livestock: Implications for mitigating human-carnivore conflict. PLoS ONE 11(9): e0162685
Miller, J.R.B., K.J. Stoner, M.R. Cejtin, T.K. Meyer, A.D. Middleton, and O.J. Schmitz. 2016. Effectiveness of contemporary techniques for reducing livestock depredations by large carnivores. Wildlife Society Bulletin 40: 806-815
Ripple, W.J., J.A. Estes, O.J. Schmitz, V. Constant, M.J. Kaylor, A. Lenz, J.L. Motley, K.E. Self, D.S. Taylor, and C. Wolf. 2016. What is a trophic cascade? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31:842-849
Rosenblatt, A.E., and O.J. Schmitz. 2016. Climate change, nutrition, and bottom-up and top-down food web processes. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31:965-975
Rosenblatt, A.E., Crowley, B.T., and Schmitz, O.J. 2016. Linking trophic interactions to plasticity in thermal sensitivity of geographically separated populations of a herbivore. Evolutionary Ecology 30:649-661.
Schmitz, O.J., A.E. Rosenblatt, and M. Smylie. 2016. Temperature dependence of predation stress and the nutritional ecology of a generalist herbivore. Ecology 97: 3119-3130
Schmitz, O.J. and G.C. Trussell. 2016. Multiple stressors, state-dependence and predation risk – foraging trade-offs: toward a modern concept of trait-mediated indirect effects in communities and ecosystems. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 12: 6-11.
Smith, J. and O.J. Schmitz. 2016. Cascading ecological effects of landscape moderated arthropod diversity. Oikos 125: 1261-1271
Wilmers, C.C. and O.J. Schmitz. 2016. Effects of wolf-induced trophic cascades on ecosystem carbon cycling.Ecosphere 7:e01501
Buchkowski, R.W. 2016. Top-down consumptive and trait-mediated control do affect soil food webs: It's time for a new model. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 102: 29-32.
Donihue, C.M. 2016. Microgeographic variation in locomotor traits among lizards in a human-built environment. PeerJ 4, e1776.
Donihue, C.M. 2016. Aegean wall lizards switch foraging modes, diet, and morphology in a human-built environment. Ecology and Evolution 6: 7433–7442.
Ko, C-Y, O.J. Schmitz, and W. Jetz. 2016. The limits of direct community modeling approaches for broad-scale predictions of ecological assemblage structure. Biological Conservation 201: 396-404.
Mendelsohn, R, I.C. Prentice, O.J. Schmitz, B. Stocker, R.W. Buchkowski, and B. Dawson. 2016. The ecosystem impacts of severe warming. American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings. 106: 612-614.
Miller, J.R.B., Y.V. Jhala and O.J. Schmitz. 2016. Human perceptions mirror realities of carnivore attack risk for livestock: Implications for mitigating human-carnivore conflict. PLoS ONE 11(9): e0162685
Miller, J.R.B., K.J. Stoner, M.R. Cejtin, T.K. Meyer, A.D. Middleton, and O.J. Schmitz. 2016. Effectiveness of contemporary techniques for reducing livestock depredations by large carnivores. Wildlife Society Bulletin 40: 806-815
Ripple, W.J., J.A. Estes, O.J. Schmitz, V. Constant, M.J. Kaylor, A. Lenz, J.L. Motley, K.E. Self, D.S. Taylor, and C. Wolf. 2016. What is a trophic cascade? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31:842-849
Rosenblatt, A.E., and O.J. Schmitz. 2016. Climate change, nutrition, and bottom-up and top-down food web processes. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31:965-975
Rosenblatt, A.E., Crowley, B.T., and Schmitz, O.J. 2016. Linking trophic interactions to plasticity in thermal sensitivity of geographically separated populations of a herbivore. Evolutionary Ecology 30:649-661.
Schmitz, O.J., A.E. Rosenblatt, and M. Smylie. 2016. Temperature dependence of predation stress and the nutritional ecology of a generalist herbivore. Ecology 97: 3119-3130
Schmitz, O.J. and G.C. Trussell. 2016. Multiple stressors, state-dependence and predation risk – foraging trade-offs: toward a modern concept of trait-mediated indirect effects in communities and ecosystems. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 12: 6-11.
Smith, J. and O.J. Schmitz. 2016. Cascading ecological effects of landscape moderated arthropod diversity. Oikos 125: 1261-1271
Wilmers, C.C. and O.J. Schmitz. 2016. Effects of wolf-induced trophic cascades on ecosystem carbon cycling.Ecosphere 7:e01501
2015
Buchkowski, R.W., C.J. Williams, J. Kelly, G. Veinot, and M.A. Xenopoulos. 2015. Nanosilver and Nano Zero-Valent Iron Exposure Affects Nutrient Exchange Across the Sediment-Water Interface. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology doi: 10.1007/s00128-015-1697-z
Buchkowski, R.W., and O.J. Schmitz. 2015. Detritivores ameliorate the enhancing affect of plant-based trophic cascades on N cycling in an old-field system. Biology Letters 11(4)
Buchkowski, R.W., O.J. Schmitz, and M.A. Bradford. 2015. Microbial stoichiometry overrides biomass as a regulator of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling. Ecology 96(4): 1139-1149.
Burghardt, K.T. and O.J. Schmitz. 2015. Influence of plant defenses and nutrients on trophic control of ecosystems. Ch. 8 In T. Hanley and K. LaPierre (Eds.) Trophic Ecology: Bottom-Up and Top-Down Interactions across Aquatic and Terrestrial Systems, Cambridge University Press.
Donihue, C.M., K.M. Brock, J. Foufopoulos, A. Herrel. 2015. Feed or fight: What drives bite force differences in the Aegean Wall Lizard, Podarcis erhardii, across the Greek Cyclades? Functional Ecology 30: 556-575.
Fortin, D.,P.-L. Buono, O.J. Schmitz, N. Courbin, C. Losier, M.-H. St. Laurent, P. Drapeau, S. Heppell, C. Dussault, V. Brodeur and J, Mainguy. 2015. A spatial theory for characterizing predator-multiprey interactions in heterogeneous landscapes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 282: 20150973
Fraser, L.H., W.L. Harrower, H.W. Garris, S. Davidson, P.D.N. Hebert, R. Howie, A. Moody, D. Polster, O.J. Schmitz, A.R.E. Sinclair, B.M. Starzomski, T. P. Sullivan, R. Turkington, and D. Wilson. 2015. A call for applying trophic structure to restoration. Restoration Ecology 23:503-507.
Miller, J.R.B. 2015. Mapping attack hotspots to mitigate human-carnivore conflict: approaches and applications of spatial predation risk modeling. Biodiversity and Conservation doi: 10.1007/s10531-015-0993-6
Miller, J.R.B., Y.V. Jhala, J. Jena and O. J. Schmitz. 2015. Landscape-scale accessibility of livestock to tigers: implications of spatial grain for modeling predation risk to mitigate human-carnivore conflict. Ecology and Evolution 5(6):1354–1367
Miller, J.R.B., Y.V. Jhala, and J. Jena. 2015. Livestock losses and hotspots of attack from tigers and leopards in Kanha Tiger Reserve, Central India. Regional Environmental Change DOI 10.1007/s10113-015-0871-5
Schmitz, O.J., J.J. Lawler, P. Beier, C. Groves, G. Knight, D.A. Boyce Jr, J. Bulluck, K.M. Johnston, M.L. Klein, K. Muller, D.J. Pierce, W.R. Singleton, J.R. Strittholt, D.M. Theobald, S.C. Trombulak, A.E. Trainor. 2015. Conserving biodiversity: practical guidance about climate change adaptation approaches in support of land-use planning. Natural Areas Journal 35: 190-203
Schmitz, O.J., R.W. Buchkowski, K.T. Burghardt, and C.M. Donihue. 2015. Functional traits and trait-mediated interactions: connecting community-level interactions with ecosystem functioning. Advances in Ecological Research 52:319-344.
Smith, LM, and O.J. Schmitz. 2015. Invasive plants may promote predator-mediated feedback that inhibits further invasion. Ecology and Evolution 5:2411-2419.
Buchkowski, R.W., and O.J. Schmitz. 2015. Detritivores ameliorate the enhancing affect of plant-based trophic cascades on N cycling in an old-field system. Biology Letters 11(4)
Buchkowski, R.W., O.J. Schmitz, and M.A. Bradford. 2015. Microbial stoichiometry overrides biomass as a regulator of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling. Ecology 96(4): 1139-1149.
Burghardt, K.T. and O.J. Schmitz. 2015. Influence of plant defenses and nutrients on trophic control of ecosystems. Ch. 8 In T. Hanley and K. LaPierre (Eds.) Trophic Ecology: Bottom-Up and Top-Down Interactions across Aquatic and Terrestrial Systems, Cambridge University Press.
Donihue, C.M., K.M. Brock, J. Foufopoulos, A. Herrel. 2015. Feed or fight: What drives bite force differences in the Aegean Wall Lizard, Podarcis erhardii, across the Greek Cyclades? Functional Ecology 30: 556-575.
Fortin, D.,P.-L. Buono, O.J. Schmitz, N. Courbin, C. Losier, M.-H. St. Laurent, P. Drapeau, S. Heppell, C. Dussault, V. Brodeur and J, Mainguy. 2015. A spatial theory for characterizing predator-multiprey interactions in heterogeneous landscapes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 282: 20150973
Fraser, L.H., W.L. Harrower, H.W. Garris, S. Davidson, P.D.N. Hebert, R. Howie, A. Moody, D. Polster, O.J. Schmitz, A.R.E. Sinclair, B.M. Starzomski, T. P. Sullivan, R. Turkington, and D. Wilson. 2015. A call for applying trophic structure to restoration. Restoration Ecology 23:503-507.
Miller, J.R.B. 2015. Mapping attack hotspots to mitigate human-carnivore conflict: approaches and applications of spatial predation risk modeling. Biodiversity and Conservation doi: 10.1007/s10531-015-0993-6
Miller, J.R.B., Y.V. Jhala, J. Jena and O. J. Schmitz. 2015. Landscape-scale accessibility of livestock to tigers: implications of spatial grain for modeling predation risk to mitigate human-carnivore conflict. Ecology and Evolution 5(6):1354–1367
Miller, J.R.B., Y.V. Jhala, and J. Jena. 2015. Livestock losses and hotspots of attack from tigers and leopards in Kanha Tiger Reserve, Central India. Regional Environmental Change DOI 10.1007/s10113-015-0871-5
Schmitz, O.J., J.J. Lawler, P. Beier, C. Groves, G. Knight, D.A. Boyce Jr, J. Bulluck, K.M. Johnston, M.L. Klein, K. Muller, D.J. Pierce, W.R. Singleton, J.R. Strittholt, D.M. Theobald, S.C. Trombulak, A.E. Trainor. 2015. Conserving biodiversity: practical guidance about climate change adaptation approaches in support of land-use planning. Natural Areas Journal 35: 190-203
Schmitz, O.J., R.W. Buchkowski, K.T. Burghardt, and C.M. Donihue. 2015. Functional traits and trait-mediated interactions: connecting community-level interactions with ecosystem functioning. Advances in Ecological Research 52:319-344.
Smith, LM, and O.J. Schmitz. 2015. Invasive plants may promote predator-mediated feedback that inhibits further invasion. Ecology and Evolution 5:2411-2419.
2014
Donihue, C.M., and M.R. Lambert. 2014 Adaptive evolution in urban ecosystems. AMBIO 44:194-203.
Glick, H.B. 2014. Modeling cougar habitat in the Northeastern United States. Ecological Modeling 285: 78-89.
Ko, C-Y., O.J. Schmitz, M. Barbett-Massin, and W. Jetz. 2014. Dietary guild composition and disaggregation of avian assemblages under climate change. Global Change Biology 20: 790-802.
Miller, J.R.B., J.M. Ament, and O.J. Schmitz. 2014. Fear on the move: predator hunting mode predicts variation in prey mortality and plasticity in prey spatial response. Journal of Animal Ecology 83(1): 214-222.
Moore, A.C., Duda, T.F., and Burch, J.B. 2014. Recognition of a highly restricted freshwater snail lineage (Physidae: Physella) in southeastern Oregon: convergent evolution, historical context, and conservation considerations. Conservation Genetics. (doi: 10.1007/s10592-014-0645-5)
Ripple, W.J., J.A. Estes, R.L. Beschta, C.C. Wilmers, E.G. Ritchie, M. Hebblewhite, J. Berger, B. Elmhagen, M. Letnic, M. P. Nelson, O.J. Schmitz, D.W. Smith, A.D. Wallach and A. J. Wirsing. 2014. Status and ecological effects of the world's largest carnivores. Science 243(6167): 1241484.
Rosenblatt, A.E., and O.J. Schmitz. 2014. Interactive effects of multiple climate change variables on trophic interactions: a meta-analysis. Climate Change Responses 1:8.
Schmitz, O.J. and B.T. Barton. 2014. Climate change effects on behavioral and physiological ecology of predator-prey interactions: implications for conservation biological control. Biological Control 75: 87-96.
Schmitz, O.J., P.A. Raymond, J. A. Estes, W.A. Kurz, G.W. Holtgrieve, M.E. Ritchie, D.E. Schindler, A.C. Spivak, R.W. Wilson, M.A. Bradford, V. Christensen, L. Deegan, V. Smetacek, M.J. Vanni, and C.C. Wilmers. 2014. Animating the carbon cycle. Ecosystems 7:344-359.
Sergio, F., O.J. Schmitz, C.J. Krebs, R.D. Holt, M.R. Heithaus, A.J. Wirsing, W.J. Ripple, E. Ritchie, D. Ainley, D. Oro, Y. Jhala, F. Hiraldo and E. Korpimäki. 2014. Towards a cohesive, holistic view of top predation: a definition, synthesis and perspective. Oikos 123: 1234-12143.
Trainor, A.E. and O.J. Schmitz. 2014. Infusing trophic dependencies into analyses of geographic distributions of species. Ecology Letters 12: 1507-1517.
Trainor, A.E., O.J. Schmitz, J. Ivan, and T.M. Shenk. 2014. Enhancing species distribution modeling by characterizing predator-prey interactions. Ecological Applications. 24:204-216.
Glick, H.B. 2014. Modeling cougar habitat in the Northeastern United States. Ecological Modeling 285: 78-89.
Ko, C-Y., O.J. Schmitz, M. Barbett-Massin, and W. Jetz. 2014. Dietary guild composition and disaggregation of avian assemblages under climate change. Global Change Biology 20: 790-802.
Miller, J.R.B., J.M. Ament, and O.J. Schmitz. 2014. Fear on the move: predator hunting mode predicts variation in prey mortality and plasticity in prey spatial response. Journal of Animal Ecology 83(1): 214-222.
Moore, A.C., Duda, T.F., and Burch, J.B. 2014. Recognition of a highly restricted freshwater snail lineage (Physidae: Physella) in southeastern Oregon: convergent evolution, historical context, and conservation considerations. Conservation Genetics. (doi: 10.1007/s10592-014-0645-5)
Ripple, W.J., J.A. Estes, R.L. Beschta, C.C. Wilmers, E.G. Ritchie, M. Hebblewhite, J. Berger, B. Elmhagen, M. Letnic, M. P. Nelson, O.J. Schmitz, D.W. Smith, A.D. Wallach and A. J. Wirsing. 2014. Status and ecological effects of the world's largest carnivores. Science 243(6167): 1241484.
Rosenblatt, A.E., and O.J. Schmitz. 2014. Interactive effects of multiple climate change variables on trophic interactions: a meta-analysis. Climate Change Responses 1:8.
Schmitz, O.J. and B.T. Barton. 2014. Climate change effects on behavioral and physiological ecology of predator-prey interactions: implications for conservation biological control. Biological Control 75: 87-96.
Schmitz, O.J., P.A. Raymond, J. A. Estes, W.A. Kurz, G.W. Holtgrieve, M.E. Ritchie, D.E. Schindler, A.C. Spivak, R.W. Wilson, M.A. Bradford, V. Christensen, L. Deegan, V. Smetacek, M.J. Vanni, and C.C. Wilmers. 2014. Animating the carbon cycle. Ecosystems 7:344-359.
Sergio, F., O.J. Schmitz, C.J. Krebs, R.D. Holt, M.R. Heithaus, A.J. Wirsing, W.J. Ripple, E. Ritchie, D. Ainley, D. Oro, Y. Jhala, F. Hiraldo and E. Korpimäki. 2014. Towards a cohesive, holistic view of top predation: a definition, synthesis and perspective. Oikos 123: 1234-12143.
Trainor, A.E. and O.J. Schmitz. 2014. Infusing trophic dependencies into analyses of geographic distributions of species. Ecology Letters 12: 1507-1517.
Trainor, A.E., O.J. Schmitz, J. Ivan, and T.M. Shenk. 2014. Enhancing species distribution modeling by characterizing predator-prey interactions. Ecological Applications. 24:204-216.
2013
Balog, A. and O.J. Schmitz. 2013. Predation determines different selective pressure on pea aphid host races in a complex agricultural mosaic. PLoS ONE 8(2): e55900.
Balog, A. and O.J. Schmitz. 2013. Predation drives stable coexistence ratios between red and green pea aphid morphs. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26: 545-552.
Barrett, K. J. and O. J. Schmitz. 2013. Effects of deer settling stimulus and deer density on regeneration in a harvested southern New England forest. International Journal of Forestry Research: Article ID 690213.
Schmitz, O.J. 2013. Global climate change and the evolutionary ecology of ecosystem functioning. Annals of the New York Academy of Science 1297: 61-72.
Schmitz, O.J. 2013. Terrestrial food webs and vulnerability of the structure and functioning of ecosystems to climate. In R. Pielke Sr., T. Seastedt and K. Suding (Eds). Climate Vulnerability, Elsevier Publishing.
Schmitz, O.J., M. A. Bradford, M.S. Strickland and D. Hawlena. 2013. Linking predation risk, herbivore physiological stress and microbial decomposition of plant litter. Journal of Visualized Experiments 73: e50061.
Strickland, M.S., D. Hawlena, A. Reese, M.A. Bradford and O.J. Schmitz. 2013. Trophic cascade alters ecosystem carbon exchange. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 110:11035-11038.
Balog, A. and O.J. Schmitz. 2013. Predation drives stable coexistence ratios between red and green pea aphid morphs. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26: 545-552.
Barrett, K. J. and O. J. Schmitz. 2013. Effects of deer settling stimulus and deer density on regeneration in a harvested southern New England forest. International Journal of Forestry Research: Article ID 690213.
Schmitz, O.J. 2013. Global climate change and the evolutionary ecology of ecosystem functioning. Annals of the New York Academy of Science 1297: 61-72.
Schmitz, O.J. 2013. Terrestrial food webs and vulnerability of the structure and functioning of ecosystems to climate. In R. Pielke Sr., T. Seastedt and K. Suding (Eds). Climate Vulnerability, Elsevier Publishing.
Schmitz, O.J., M. A. Bradford, M.S. Strickland and D. Hawlena. 2013. Linking predation risk, herbivore physiological stress and microbial decomposition of plant litter. Journal of Visualized Experiments 73: e50061.
Strickland, M.S., D. Hawlena, A. Reese, M.A. Bradford and O.J. Schmitz. 2013. Trophic cascade alters ecosystem carbon exchange. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 110:11035-11038.