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Rapid evolution of dispersal ability makes biological invasions faster and more variable by Ochocki, Brad M., Miller, Tom E. X.

“…Genetic variation in dispersal ability may result in the spatial sorting of alleles during range expansion. Recent theory suggests that spatial sorting can…”
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Thinking inside the box: community-level consequences of stage-structured populations by Miller, Tom E.X., Rudolf, Volker H.W.

“…Ecologists have historically represented consumer–resource interactions with boxes and arrows. A key assumption of this conceptualization is that all…”
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Sex and stochasticity affect range expansion of experimental invasions by Miller, Tom E.X., Inouye, Brian D.

“…Understanding and predicting range expansion are key objectives in many basic and applied contexts. Among dioecious organisms, there is strong evidence for sex…”
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Effect of summer warming on growth, photosynthesis and water status in female and male Populus cathayana: implications for sex-specific drought and heat tolerances by Liu, Junyan, Zhang, Rong, Xu, Xiao, Fowler, Joshua C, Miller, Tom E X, Dong, Tingfa

“…Abstract Effects of climate warming on tree growth and physiology may be driven by direct thermal effects and/or by changes in soil moisture. Dioecious tree…”
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How Evolution Modifies the Variability of Range Expansion by Williams, Jennifer L., Hufbauer, Ruth A., Miller, Tom E.X.

“…Eco-evolutionary theory suggests that rapid evolution can accelerate range expansion speed. In addition to average speed, recent experimental studies reveal…”
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Sex-specific responses to climate change in plants alter population sex ratio and performance by Petry, William K., Soule, Judith D., Iler, Amy M., Chicas-Mosier, Ana, Inouye, David W., Miller, Tom E. X., Mooney, Kailen A.

“…Males and females are ecologically distinct in many species, but whether responses to climate change are sex-specific is unknown. We document sex-specific…”
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Demographic back‐casting reveals that subtle dimensions of climate change have strong effects on population viability by Czachura, Kevin, Miller, Tom E. X., Salguero‐Gómez, Roberto

“…The effects of climate change on population viability reflect the net influence of potentially diverse responses of individual‐level demographic processes…”
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Reproductive losses due to climate change‐induced earlier flowering are not the primary threat to plant population viability in a perennial herb by Iler, Amy M., Compagnoni, Aldo, Inouye, David W., Williams, Jennifer L., CaraDonna, Paul J., Anderson, Aaron, Miller, Tom E. X., Catford, Jane

“…Despite a global footprint of shifts in flowering phenology in response to climate change, the reproductive consequences of these shifts are poorly understood…”
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Genetic mixture of multiple source populations accelerates invasive range expansion by Wagner, Natalie K., Ochocki, Brad M., Crawford, Kerri M., Compagnoni, Aldo, Miller, Tom E.X.

“…1. A wealth of population genetic studies have documented that many successful biological invasions stem from multiple introductions from genetically distinct…”
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Demography and dispersal at a grass‐shrub ecotone: A spatial integral projection model for woody plant encroachment by Drees, Trevor, Ochocki, Brad M., Collins, Scott L., Miller, Tom E. X.

“…The encroachment of woody plants into grasslands is a global phenomenon with implications for biodiversity and ecosystem function. Understanding and predicting…”
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Eco-evolutionary dynamics of range expansion by Miller, Tom E. X., Angert, Amy L., Brown, Carissa D., Lee-Yaw, Julie A., Lewis, Mark, Lutscher, Frithjof, Marculis, Nathan G., Melbourne, Brett A., Shaw, Allison K., Szűcs, Marianna, Tabares, Olivia, Usui, Takuji, Weiss-Lehman, Christopher, Williams, Jennifer L.

“…Understanding the movement of species’ ranges is a classic ecological problem that takes on urgency in this era of global change. Historically treated as a…”
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Quantifying demographic uncertainty: Bayesian methods for integral projection models by Elderd, Bret D., Miller, Tom E. X.

“…Integral projection models (IPMs) are a powerful and popular approach to modeling population dynamics. Generalized linear models form the statistical backbone…”
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Mammalian herbivores restrict the altitudinal range limits of alpine plants by Lynn, Joshua S., Miller, Tom E. X., Rudgers, Jennifer A., Coulson, Tim

“…Although rarely experimentally tested, biotic interactions have long been hypothesised to limit low‐elevation range boundaries of species. We tested the…”
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The geographic footprint of mutualism: How mutualists influence species' range limits by Fowler, Joshua C., Donald, Marion L., Bronstein, Judith L., Miller, Tom E. X.

“…Understanding mechanisms that generate range limits is central to knowing why species are found where they are and how they will respond to environmental…”
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Balancing anti-herbivore benefits and anti-pollinator costs of defensive mutualists by Ohm, Johanna R, Miller, Tom E. X

“…Quantifying costs and benefits of ostensibly mutualistic interactions is an important step toward understanding their evolutionary trajectories. In…”
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Microbial symbionts buffer hosts from the demographic costs of environmental stochasticity by Fowler, Joshua C., Ziegler, Shaun, Whitney, Kenneth D., Rudgers, Jennifer A., Miller, Tom E. X.

“…Species' persistence in increasingly variable climates will depend on resilience against the fitness costs of environmental stochasticity. Most organisms host…”
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Density dependence in demography and dispersal generates fluctuating invasion speeds by Sullivan, Lauren L., Li, Bingtuan, Miller, Tom E. X., Neubert, Michael G., Shaw, Allison K.

“…Density dependence plays an important role in population regulation and is known to generate temporal fluctuations in population density. However, the ways in…”
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Sex-Biased Dispersal and the Speed of Two-Sex Invasions by Miller, Tom E. X., Shaw, Allison K., Inouye, Brian D., Neubert, Michael G.

“…Population models that combine demography and dispersal are important tools for forecasting the spatial spread of biological invasions. Current models describe…”
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Demographic causes of adult sex ratio variation and their consequences for parental cooperation by Eberhart-Phillips, Luke J., Küpper, Clemens, Carmona-Isunza, María Cristina, Vincze, Orsolya, Zefania, Sama, Cruz-López, Medardo, Kosztolányi, András, Miller, Tom E. X., Barta, Zoltán, Cuthill, Innes C., Burke, Terry, Székely, Tamás, Hoffman, Joseph I., Krüger, Oliver

“…The adult sex ratio (ASR) is a fundamental concept in population biology, sexual selection, and social evolution. However, it remains unclear which demographic…”
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Sex-specific early survival drives adult sex ratio bias in snowy plovers and impacts mating system and population growth by Eberhart-Phillips, Luke J., Küpper, Clemens, Miller, Tom E. X., Cruz-López, Medardo, Maher, Kathryn H., dos Remedios, Natalie, Stoffel, Martin A., Hoffman, Joseph I., Krüger, Oliver, Székely, Tamás

“…Adult sex ratio (ASR) is a central concept in population biology and a key factor in sexual selection, but why do most demographic models ignore sex biases?…”
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