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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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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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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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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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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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Avoiding unintentional eviction from integral projection models by Williams, Jennifer L., Miller, Tom E. X., Ellner, Stephen P.

“…Integral projection models (IPMs) are increasingly being applied to study size-structured populations. Here we call attention to a potential problem in their…”
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Does ant–plant mutualism have spillover effects on the non‐partner ant community? by Donald, Marion L., Miller, Tom E. X.

“…Mutualism benefits partner species, and theory predicts these partnerships can affect the abundance, diversity, and composition of partner and non‐partner…”
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Life history evolution under climate change and its influence on the population dynamics of a long-lived plant by Williams, Jennifer L., Jacquemyn, Hans, Ochocki, Brad M., Brys, Rein, Miller, Tom E. X.

“…1. One of the key components of an organism's life history is the delay of reproduction until it reaches or returns to an optimal size. While we know climate…”
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There are many ways to be a mutualist: Endophytic fungus reduces plant survival but increases population growth by Rudgers, Jennifer A, Miller, Tom E. X, Ziegler, Shaun M, Craven, Kelly D

“…One of the challenges to quantifying the costs and benefits of symbiosis is that symbionts can influence different components of host fitness. To improve…”
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Relative contributions of neutral and niche-based processes to the structure of a desert grassland grasshopper community by Rominger, Andrew J, Miller, Tom E. X, Collins, Scott L

“…Whether neutral or deterministic factors structure biotic communities remains an open question in community ecology. We studied the spatial structure of a…”
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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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Testing the roles of vertical transmission and drought stress in the prevalence of heritable fungal endophytes in annual grass populations by Cavazos, Brittany R., Bohner, Teresa F., Donald, Marion L., Sneck, Michelle E., Shadow, Alan, Omacini, Marina, Rudgers, Jennifer A., Miller, Tom E. X.

“…Beneficial inherited symbionts are expected to reach high prevalence in host populations, yet many are observed at intermediate prevalence. Theory predicts…”
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Niche Differentiation in the Dynamics of Host-Symbiont Interactions: Symbiont Prevalence as a Coexistence Problem by Miller, Tom E. X., Rudgers, Jennifer A.

“…Heritable symbioses can have important ecological effects and have triggered important evolutionary innovations. Current predictions for long-term symbiont…”
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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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Infrastructure to factorially manipulate the mean and variance of precipitation in the field by Rudgers, Jennifer A., Luketich, Anthony, Bacigalupa, Melissa, Baur, Lauren E., Collins, Scott L., Hall, Kristofer M., Hou, Enqing, Litvak, Marcy E., Luo, Yiqi, Miller, Tom E. X., Newsome, Seth D., Pockman, William T., Richardson, Andrew D., Rinehart, Alex, Villatoro‐Castañeda, Melissa, Wainwright, Brooke E., Watson, Samantha J., Yogi, Purbendra, Zhou, Yu

“…Extensive ecological research has investigated extreme climate events or long‐term changes in average climate variables, but changes in year‐to‐year…”
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Consequences of ants and extrafloral nectar for a pollinating seed-consuming mutualism: ant satiation, floral distraction or plant defense by Holland, J. Nathaniel, Chamberlain, Scott A., Miller, Tom E. X.

“…Non-pollinating consumers of floral resources, especially ants, can disrupt pollination and plant reproductive processes. As an alternative food resource to…”
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Costs, benefits, and loss of vertically transmitted symbionts affect host population dynamics by Yule, Kelsey M., Miller, Tom E. X., Rudgers, Jennifer A.

“…The costs and benefits of symbiotic interactions may vary with host and symbiont ontogeny. Effects of symbionts at different stages of host development or on…”
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A comparative approach to testing hypotheses for the evolution of sex‐biased dispersal in bean beetles by Downey, Michelle H., Searle, Rebecca, Bellur, Sunil, Geiger, Adam, Maitner, Brian S., Ohm, Johanna R., Tuda, Midori, Miller, Tom E. X.

“…Understanding the selective forces that shape dispersal strategies is a fundamental goal of evolutionary ecology and is increasingly important in changing,…”
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Demographic models reveal the shape of density dependence for a specialist insect herbivore on variable host plants by MILLER, TOM E.X

“…1. It is widely accepted that density-dependent processes play an important role in most natural populations. However, persistent challenges in our…”
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