Community and Ecosystem Ecology Group

Genes to Ecosystems Lab

Leaf morphology



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Pregitzer C.C., J.K. Bailey, S.C. Hart, J.A. Schweitzer. Soils as agents of selection: Feedbacks between plants and soils alter seedling survival and performance. Evolutionary Ecology. (Accepted Pending Revision) Bailey, J.K., J.A. Schweitzer, J. Koricheva, M.D. Madritch, C.J. LeRoy, B.J. Rehill, R.K. Bangert, D.G. Fisher, G. Allen, and Thomas G. Whitham. From Genes to Ecosystems: Synthesizing the Effects of Plant Genetic Factors Across Systems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B (364: 1607-1616 ). Lojewski, N.R., D.G. Fischer, J.K. Bailey, J.A. Schweitzer, T.G. Whitham, and S.C. Hart. Genetics of aboveground productivity in two riparian tree species and their hybrids. Tree Physiology (in press). Whitham, T.G., C.A. Gehring, L.M. Evans, C.J. LeRoy, R.K. Bangert, J.A. Schweitzer, G.J. Allan, R.C. Barbour, D.G. Fischer, B.M. Potts and J.K. Bailey. 2009. A Community and Ecosystem Genetics Approach to Conservation Biology and Management. In Molecular Approaches in Natural Resource Conservation. Cambridge University Press (in press). Schweitzer, J.A., M. D. Madritch, J. K. Bailey, C.J. LeRoy, D.G. Fischer, B.J. Rehill, R.L. Lindroth, T.G. Whitham. Review - Ecological impacts of foliar condensed tannins: a genes-to-ecosystem approach. Ecosystems (in press) Whitham, T.G. S.P. DiFazio, J.A. Schweitzer, S.M. Shuster, G.J. Allen, J.K. Bailey, S.A. Woolbright. 2008. Extending Genomics to Natural Communities and Ecosystems. Science 320: 492-495. Schweitzer, J.A., J.K. Bailey, D.G. Fischer, C.J. LeRoy, E.V. Lonsdorf, T.G. Whitham, and S.C. Hart. Soil Microorganism-Plant Interactions; Heritable relationship between plant genotype and associated microorgansims. Ecology 89:773-781. Bangert, R.K., E.V. Lonsdorf, G.M. Wimp, S.M. Shuster, D. Fischer, J.A. Schweitzer, G.J. Allan, J.K. Bailey, and T.G. Whitham. (2008) Genetic structure of a foundation species: scaling community phenotypes from the individual to the region. Heredity 1-11. Schweitzer, J.A., J.K. Bailey, R.K. Bangert, S.C. Hart and T.G. Whitham. 2007. The role of plant genetic variation in determining above- and belowground microbial communities. In M.J. Bailey, A.K. Lilley, T.M. Timms-Wilson & P.T.N. Spencer-Phillips. Microbial Ecology of aerial plant surfaces. CABI Publishing. Irschick, D., J. K. Bailey, J. A. Schweitzer, J. F. Husak, and J. Meyers. 2007. New directions for studying selection in nature; studies of performance and communities. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (in press). see Cover Photo. Bailey, J.K. and T.G. Whitham. 2006. Biodiversity is related to indirect interactions among species of large effect. In Indirect Interaction Webs: Nontrophic Linkages Through Induced Plant Traits (T. Ohgushi, T. Craig, and P.W. Price, eds.). Cambridge University Press, UK (pdf). Bangert, R.K., R.J. Turek, B. Rehill, G.J. Allan, G.M. Wimp, J.A. Schweitzer, J.K. Bailey, G.D. Martinsen, P. Keim, R.L. Lindroth, and T.G. Whitham. 2006. A genetic similarity rule determines arthropod community structure. Molecular Ecology 15:1379-1392. Gitlin, A.R., Sthultz, C.M., Bowker, M. A. et al. 2006. Mortality gradients within and among dominant plant populations as barometers of ecosystem change during extreme drought. Conservation Biology 20: 1477-1486. Rehill, B., T.G. Whitham, G.D. Martinsen, J.A. Schweitzer, J.K. Bailey, and R.L. Lindroth. Developmental trajectories in cottonwood phytochemistry. Journal Of Chemical Ecology 32:2269-2285. Shuster, S.M., E.V. Lonsdorf, G.M. Wimp, J.K. Bailey, and, T.G. Whitham. 2006. Community heritability measures the evolutionary consequences of indirect genetic effects on community structure. Evolution 60:991-1003. Whitham, T.G., J.K. Bailey, J.A. Schweitzer, S.M. Shuster, R.K. Bangert, C.J. LeRoy, E. Lonsdorf, G.J. Allan, S.P. DiFazio, B.M. Potts, D.G. Fischer, C.A.Gehring, R.L. Lindroth, J. Marks, S.C. Hart, G.M. Wimp and S.C. Wooley. 2006. A framework for community and ecosystem genetics: From genes to ecosystems. Nature Reviews Genetics 7:510-523. Bailey, J. K., Wooley, S. C., Lindroth, R. L. & Whitham, T. G. 2006. Importance of species interactions to community heritability: A genetic basis to trophic-level interactions. Ecology Letters 9:78-85. Bailey, J.K. and T.G. Whitham. 2006. Indirect trait-mediated interactions between cottonwoods and beavers positively affect sawfly abundance. Ecological Entomology 31:294-297. Chapman, S.C., J.A. Schweitzer and T.G. Whitham. 2006. Herbivory differentially alters plant litter dynamics of evergreen and deciduous trees: the importance of “afterlife” effects. Oikos 114:566-574. Schweitzer, J.A., J.K. Bailey, S.C. Hart and T.G. Whitham. 2005. Non-additive effects of mixing cottonwood genotypes on litter decomposition and nutrient dynamics. Ecology 86:2834-2840. Schweitzer, J.A., J.K. Bailey, S.C. Hart, G.M. Wimp, S.C. Chapman and T.G. Whitham. 2005. The interaction of plant genotype and herbivory decelerate leaf litter decomposition and alters nutrient dynamics. Oikos 110:133-145. Whitham, T.G., E. Lonsdorf, J. A. Schweitzer, J. K. Bailey, D. G. Fischer, S. M. Shuster, R. L. Lindroth, S. C. Hart, G. J. Allan, C. A. Gehring, P. Keim, B. M. Potts, J. Marks, B. J. Rehill, S. P. DiFazio, C. J. LeRoy, G. M. Wimp, and S. Woolbright. 2005. “All effects of a gene on the world”: extended phenotypes, feedbacks and multi-level selection. Ecoscience 12:5-7. Forum Bailey, J. K., R. Deckert, J. A. Schweitzer, B. J. Rehill, R. L. Lindroth, C. Gehring, and T. G. Whitham. 2005. Host plant genetics affect hidden ecological players: Links among Populus, condensed tannins and fungal endophyte infection. Canadian Journal of Botany 83, 356-361. Bangert, R.K., R.J. Turek, G.D. Martinsen, G.M. Wimp, J.K. Bailey, and T.G. Whitham. 2005. Benefits of conservation of plant genetic diversity on arthropod diversity. Conservation Biology 19:379-390. Bailey, J.K., R.K. Bangert, J.A. Schweitzer, R.T. Trotter III, S.M. Shuster, and T.G. Whitham. 2004. Fractal geometry is heritable in trees. Evolution 58:2100-2102. Bailey, J.K., J.A. Schweitzer, B.J. Rehill, R.L. Lindroth, G.D. Martinsen, and T.G. Whitham. 2004. Beavers as molecular geneticists: A genetic basis to the foraging of an ecosystem engineer. Ecology 85:603-608. Schweitzer, J.A., J.K. Bailey, B.J. Rehill, S.C. Hart, R.L. Lindroth, P. Keim and T.G. Whitham. Genetically based trait in dominant tree affects ecosystem processes. 2004. Ecology Letters 7:127-134. Whitham, T.G., W.P. Young, G.D. Martinsen, C.A. Gehring, J.A. Schweitzer, S.M. Shuster, G.M. Wimp, D.G. Fischer, J.K. Bailey, R.L. Lindroth, S. Woolbright, and C.R. Kuske. 2003. Community and ecosystem genetics: A consequence of the extended phenotype. Ecology 84:559-573. Bailey, J.K., J.A. Schweitzer, M.M. Howe, D.G. Martinsen, and T.G. Whitham. 2002. Interactions among beaver, exotic tree species, and aquatic macroinvertebrates: Links between terrestrial and aquatic systems. Pages 180-188 in Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species, 25-28 February 2002, Alexandria, VA. The Professional Edge, Pembroke, ON. Whitham, T.G., and J.A. Schweitzer. 2002. Leaves as islands of spatial and temporal variation: consequences for plant herbivores, pathogens, communities and ecosystems. Pages 279-298 in Phyllosphere Microbiology (S.E. Lindow, E.I. Hecht-Poinar, and V.J. Elliott, eds.). APS Press, St. Paul, Minnesota. Schweitzer, J.A., G.D. Martinsen and T.G. Whitham. 2002. Cottonwood hybrids gain fitness traits of both parents: a mechanism for their long-term persistence? Am. Journal of Bot. 89:981-990. Bailey, J.K., J.A. Schweitzer, and T.G. Whitham. 2001. Invasion by salt cedar in the southwestern U.S.A. negatively affects biodiversity of aquatic macroinvertebrate community. Wetlands 21:442-447. Bailey, J.K., J.A. Schweitzer, M.M. Howe, D.G. Martinsen, and T.G. Whitham. 2002. Interactions among beaver, exotic tree species, and aquatic macroinvertebrates: Links between terrestrial and aquatic systems. Pages 180-188 in Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species, 25-28 February 2002, Alexandria, VA. The Professional Edge, Pembroke, ON.

Pregitzer C.C., J.K. Bailey, S.C. Hart, J.A. Schweitzer. Soils as agents of selection: Feedbacks between plants and soils alter seedling survival and performance. Evolutionary Ecology. (Accepted Pending Revision)

Bailey, J.K., J.A. Schweitzer, J. Koricheva, M.D. Madritch, C.J. LeRoy, B.J. Rehill, R.K. Bangert, D.G. Fisher, G. Allen, and Thomas G. Whitham. From Genes to Ecosystems: Synthesizing the Effects of Plant Genetic Factors Across Systems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B (364: 1607-1616 ).

Lojewski, N.R., D.G. Fischer, J.K. Bailey, J.A. Schweitzer, T.G. Whitham, and S.C. Hart. Genetics of aboveground productivity in two riparian tree species and their hybrids. Tree Physiology (in press).

Whitham, T.G., C.A. Gehring, L.M. Evans, C.J. LeRoy, R.K. Bangert, J.A. Schweitzer, G.J. Allan, R.C. Barbour, D.G. Fischer, B.M. Potts and J.K. Bailey. 2009. A Community and Ecosystem Genetics Approach to Conservation Biology and Management. In Molecular Approaches in Natural Resource Conservation. Cambridge University Press (in press).

Schweitzer, J.A., M. D. Madritch, J. K. Bailey, C.J. LeRoy, D.G. Fischer, B.J. Rehill, R.L. Lindroth, T.G. Whitham. Review - Ecological impacts of foliar condensed tannins: a genes-to-ecosystem approach. Ecosystems (in press)

Whitham, T.G. S.P. DiFazio, J.A. Schweitzer, S.M. Shuster, G.J. Allen, J.K. Bailey, S.A. Woolbright. 2008. Extending Genomics to Natural Communities and Ecosystems. Science 320: 492-495.

Schweitzer, J.A., J.K. Bailey, D.G. Fischer, C.J. LeRoy, E.V. Lonsdorf, T.G. Whitham, and S.C. Hart. Soil Microorganism-Plant Interactions; Heritable relationship between plant genotype and associated microorgansims. Ecology 89:773-781.

Bangert, R.K., E.V. Lonsdorf, G.M. Wimp, S.M. Shuster, D. Fischer, J.A. Schweitzer, G.J. Allan, J.K. Bailey, and T.G. Whitham. (2008) Genetic structure of a foundation species: scaling community phenotypes from the individual to the region. Heredity 1-11.

Schweitzer, J.A., J.K. Bailey, R.K. Bangert, S.C. Hart and T.G. Whitham. 2007. The role of plant genetic variation in determining above- and belowground microbial communities. In M.J. Bailey, A.K. Lilley, T.M. Timms-Wilson & P.T.N. Spencer-Phillips. Microbial Ecology of aerial plant surfaces. CABI Publishing.

Irschick, D., J. K. Bailey, J. A. Schweitzer, J. F. Husak, and J. Meyers. 2007. New directions for studying selection in nature; studies of performance and communities. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (in press). see Cover Photo.

Bailey, J.K. and T.G. Whitham. 2006. Biodiversity is related to indirect interactions among species of large effect. In Indirect Interaction Webs: Nontrophic Linkages Through Induced Plant Traits (T. Ohgushi, T. Craig, and P.W. Price, eds.). Cambridge University Press, UK (pdf).

Bangert, R.K., R.J. Turek, B. Rehill, G.J. Allan, G.M. Wimp, J.A. Schweitzer, J.K. Bailey, G.D. Martinsen, P. Keim, R.L. Lindroth, and T.G. Whitham. 2006. A genetic similarity rule determines arthropod community structure. Molecular Ecology 15:1379-1392.

Gitlin, A.R., Sthultz, C.M., Bowker, M. A. et al. 2006. Mortality gradients within and among dominant plant populations as barometers of ecosystem change during extreme drought. Conservation Biology 20: 1477-1486.

Rehill, B., T.G. Whitham, G.D. Martinsen, J.A. Schweitzer, J.K. Bailey, and R.L. Lindroth. Developmental trajectories in cottonwood phytochemistry. Journal Of Chemical Ecology 32:2269-2285.

Shuster, S.M., E.V. Lonsdorf, G.M. Wimp, J.K. Bailey, and, T.G. Whitham. 2006. Community heritability measures the evolutionary consequences of indirect genetic effects on community structure. Evolution 60:991-1003.

Whitham, T.G., J.K. Bailey, J.A. Schweitzer, S.M. Shuster, R.K. Bangert, C.J. LeRoy, E. Lonsdorf, G.J. Allan, S.P. DiFazio, B.M. Potts, D.G. Fischer, C.A.Gehring, R.L. Lindroth, J. Marks, S.C. Hart, G.M. Wimp and S.C. Wooley. 2006. A framework for community and ecosystem genetics: From genes to ecosystems. Nature Reviews Genetics 7:510-523.

Bailey, J. K., Wooley, S. C., Lindroth, R. L. & Whitham, T. G. 2006. Importance of species interactions to community heritability: A genetic basis to trophic-level interactions. Ecology Letters 9:78-85.

Bailey, J.K. and T.G. Whitham. 2006. Indirect trait-mediated interactions between cottonwoods and beavers positively affect sawfly abundance. Ecological Entomology 31:294-297.

Chapman, S.C., J.A. Schweitzer and T.G. Whitham. 2006. Herbivory differentially alters plant litter dynamics of evergreen and deciduous trees: the importance of “afterlife” effects. Oikos 114:566-574.

Schweitzer, J.A., J.K. Bailey, S.C. Hart and T.G. Whitham. 2005. Non-additive effects of mixing cottonwood genotypes on litter decomposition and nutrient dynamics. Ecology 86:2834-2840.

Schweitzer, J.A., J.K. Bailey, S.C. Hart, G.M. Wimp, S.C. Chapman and T.G. Whitham. 2005. The interaction of plant genotype and herbivory decelerate leaf litter decomposition and alters nutrient dynamics. Oikos 110:133-145.

Whitham, T.G., E. Lonsdorf, J. A. Schweitzer, J. K. Bailey, D. G. Fischer, S. M. Shuster, R. L. Lindroth, S. C. Hart, G. J. Allan, C. A. Gehring, P. Keim, B. M. Potts, J. Marks, B. J. Rehill, S. P. DiFazio, C. J. LeRoy, G. M. Wimp, and S. Woolbright. 2005. “All effects of a gene on the world”: extended phenotypes, feedbacks and multi-level selection. Ecoscience 12:5-7. Forum

Bailey, J. K., R. Deckert, J. A. Schweitzer, B. J. Rehill, R. L. Lindroth, C. Gehring, and T. G. Whitham. 2005. Host plant genetics affect hidden ecological players: Links among Populus, condensed tannins and fungal endophyte infection. Canadian Journal of Botany 83, 356-361.

Bangert, R.K., R.J. Turek, G.D. Martinsen, G.M. Wimp, J.K. Bailey, and T.G. Whitham. 2005. Benefits of conservation of plant genetic diversity on arthropod diversity. Conservation Biology 19:379-390.

Bailey, J.K., R.K. Bangert, J.A. Schweitzer, R.T. Trotter III, S.M. Shuster, and T.G. Whitham. 2004. Fractal geometry is heritable in trees. Evolution 58:2100-2102.

Bailey, J.K., J.A. Schweitzer, B.J. Rehill, R.L. Lindroth, G.D. Martinsen, and T.G. Whitham. 2004. Beavers as molecular geneticists: A genetic basis to the foraging of an ecosystem engineer. Ecology 85:603-608.

Schweitzer, J.A., J.K. Bailey, B.J. Rehill, S.C. Hart, R.L. Lindroth, P. Keim and T.G. Whitham. Genetically based trait in dominant tree affects ecosystem processes. 2004. Ecology Letters 7:127-134.

Whitham, T.G., W.P. Young, G.D. Martinsen, C.A. Gehring, J.A. Schweitzer, S.M. Shuster, G.M. Wimp, D.G. Fischer, J.K. Bailey, R.L. Lindroth, S. Woolbright, and C.R. Kuske. 2003. Community and ecosystem genetics: A consequence of the extended phenotype. Ecology 84:559-573.

Bailey, J.K., J.A. Schweitzer, M.M. Howe, D.G. Martinsen, and T.G. Whitham. 2002. Interactions among beaver, exotic tree species, and aquatic macroinvertebrates: Links between terrestrial and aquatic systems. Pages 180-188 in Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species, 25-28 February 2002, Alexandria, VA. The Professional Edge, Pembroke, ON.

Whitham, T.G., and J.A. Schweitzer. 2002. Leaves as islands of spatial and temporal variation: consequences for plant herbivores, pathogens, communities and ecosystems. Pages 279-298 in Phyllosphere Microbiology (S.E. Lindow, E.I. Hecht-Poinar, and V.J. Elliott, eds.). APS Press, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Schweitzer, J.A., G.D. Martinsen and T.G. Whitham. 2002. Cottonwood hybrids gain fitness traits of both parents: a mechanism for their long-term persistence? Am. Journal of Bot. 89:981-990.

Bailey, J.K., J.A. Schweitzer, and T.G. Whitham. 2001. Invasion by salt cedar in the southwestern U.S.A. negatively affects biodiversity of aquatic macroinvertebrate community. Wetlands 21:442-447.