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Community assembly on isolated islands: macroecology meets evolution by Rominger, A. J, K. R. Goodman, J. Y. Lim, E. E. Armstrong, L. E. Becking, G. M Bennett, M. S. Brewer, D. D. Cotoras, C. P. Ewing, J. Harte, N. D. Martinez, P. M. O'Grady, D. M. Percy, D. K. Price, G. K. Roderick, K. L. Shaw, F. S. Valdovinos, D. S. Gruner, R. G. Gillespie

“…AIM: Understanding how ecological and evolutionary processes together determine patterns of biodiversity remains a central aim in biology. Guided by ecological…”
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Nutrients cause grassland biomass to outpace herbivory by Borer, E. T., Harpole, W. S., Adler, P. B., Arnillas, C. A., Bugalho, M. N., Cadotte, M. W., Caldeira, M. C., Campana, S., Dickman, C. R., Dickson, T. L., Donohue, I., Eskelinen, A., Firn, J. L., Graff, P., Gruner, D. S., Heckman, R. W., Koltz, A. M., Komatsu, K. J., Lannes, L. S., MacDougall, A. S., Martina, J. P., Moore, J. L., Mortensen, B., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Olde Venterink, H., Power, S. A., Price, J. N., Risch, A. C., Sankaran, M., Schütz, M., Sitters, J., Stevens, C. J., Virtanen, R., Wilfahrt, P. A., Seabloom, E. W.

“…Human activities are transforming grassland biomass via changing climate, elemental nutrients, and herbivory. Theory predicts that food-limited herbivores will…”
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Distribution of Cotesia rubecula (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and Its Displacement of Cotesia glomerata in Eastern North America by Herlihy, M. V, Van Driesche, R. G, Abney, M. R, Brodeur, J, Bryant, A. B, Casagrande, R. A, Delaney, D. A, Elkner, T.E, Fleischer, S. J, Groves, R. L, Gruner, D. S, Harmon, J. P, Heimpel, G. E, Hemady, K, Kuhar, T. P, Maund, C. M, Shelton, A. M, Seaman, A. J, Skinner, M, Weinzierl, R, Yeargan, K. V, Szendrei, Z

“…A survey was conducted from May to Oct of 2011 of the parasitoid community of the imported cabbageworm, Pieris rapae (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), in cole crops in…”
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Author Correction: Nutrients cause grassland biomass to outpace herbivory by Borer, E. T., Harpole, W. S., Adler, P. B., Arnillas, C. A., Bugalho, M. N., Cadotte, M. W., Caldeira, M. C., Campana, S., Dickman, C. R., Dickson, T. L., Donohue, I., Eskelinen, A., Firn, J. L., Graff, P., Gruner, D. S., Heckman, R. W., Koltz, A. M., Komatsu, K. J., Lannes, L. S., MacDougall, A. S., Martina, J. P., Moore, J. L., Mortensen, B., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Venterink, H. Olde, Power, S. A., Price, J. N., Risch, A. C., Sankaran, M., Schütz, M., Sitters, J., Stevens, C. J., Virtanen, R., Wilfahrt, P. A., Seabloom, E. W.

“…A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-20985-z…”
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Attenuation of Top-down and Bottom-up Forces in a Complex Terrestrial Community by Gruner, Daniel S.

“…Carnivore (top-down) and resource (bottom-up) influences in food webs are strong and pervasive, but few studies have investigated their interactive effects in…”
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Foraging and Nesting Ecology of Acromyrmex octospinosus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in a Costa Rican Tropical Dry Forest by Wetterer, James K., Gruner, Daniel S., Lopez, Jorgé E.

“…Leaf-cutting ants (Acromyrmex sp. and Atta sp.) in Costa Rica show many intraand interspecific differences in ecology. Recent taxonomic studies question…”
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Effects of experimental warming on biodiversity depend on ecosystem type and local species composition by Gruner, Daniel S., Bracken, Matthew E. S., Berger, Stella A., Eriksson, Britas Klemens, Gamfeldt, Lars, Matthiessen, Birte, Moorthi, Stefanie, Sommer, Ulrich, Hillebrand, Helmut

“…Climatic warming is a primary driver of change in ecosystems worldwide. Here, we synthesize responses of species richness and evenness from 187 experimental…”
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Birds as Predators in Tropical Agroforestry Systems by Van Bael, S.A, Philpott, S.M, Greenberg, R, Bichier, P, Barber, N.A, Mooney, K.A, Gruner, D.S

“…Insectivorous birds reduce arthropod abundances and their damage to plants in some, but not all, studies where predation by birds has been assessed. The…”
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Attenuation Of Top-Down And Bottom-Up Forces In A Complex Terrestrial Community by Gruner, D S

“…Carnivore (top-down) and resource (bottom-up) influences in food webs are strong and pervasive, but few studies have investigated their interactive effects in…”
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All wet or dried up? Real differences between aquatic and terrestrial food webs by Shurin, Jonathan B, Gruner, Daniel S, Hillebrand, Helmut

“…Ecologists have greatly advanced our understanding of the processes that regulate trophic structure and dynamics in ecosystems. However, the causes of…”
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Metapopulation Dynamics Override Local Limits On Long-Term Parasite Persistence by Ram, Karthik, Preisser, Evan L, Gruner, Daniel S, Strong, Donald R

“…A simple null model, particularly germane to small and vulnerable organisms such as parasites, is that local conditions set a stage upon which larger-scale…”
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Host resistance reverses the outcome of competition between microparasites by Gruner, Daniel S, Kolekar, Arunima, McLaughlin, John P, Strong, Donald R

“…Predators and parasites can control the abundance or biomass of herbivores with indirect effects on producer communities and ecosystems, but the interplay of…”
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Soil mediates the interaction of coexisting entomopathogenic nematodes with an insect host by Gruner, Daniel S., Ram, Karthik, Strong, Donald R.

“…We tested for soil substrate effects on the movement and infectivity of naturally co-occurring entomopathogenic nematodes Steinernema feltiae and…”
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Biotic resistance to an invasive spider conferred by generalist insectivorous birds on Hawai'i Island by Gruner, D.S

“…A central problem for ecology is to understand why some biological invasions succeed while others fail. Species interactions frequently are cited anecdotally…”
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Richness and species composition of arboreal arthropods affected by nutrients and predators: a press experiment by Gruner, D.S, Taylor, A.D

“…A longstanding goal for ecologists is to understand the processes that maintain biological diversity in communities, yet few studies have investigated the…”
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effects of foliar pubescence and nutrient enrichment on arthropod communities of Metrosideros polymorpha (Myrtaceae) by Gruner, D.S, Taylor, A.D, Forkner, R.E

“…1. Nutrient resource availability and host-plant foliar pubescence both influence arthropod food webs, but multifactor studies are needed to understand their…”
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