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  • Keith, A.R., J.K. Bailey, T.G. Whitham.  Community Heritability, Repeatability, and Stability of a Foundation Tree Species. Ecology.
  • O’Reilly-Wapstra, J., J.K. Bailey, C. McArthur, B.M. Potts. Variation in selection on the evolution of plant-mammalian herbivore interactions.  Evolutionary Ecology Research.
  • 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.

In Press

  • Genung M.A., J.P. Lessard, C.B. Brown, W.A. Bunn, M.A. Cregger, W.N. Reynolds, E. Felker-Quinn, M.L. Stevenson, A.S. Hartley, G.M. Crutsinger, J.A. Schweitzer and J.K. Bailey. Non-Additive Effects of Genotypic Diversity Increase Pollinator Visitation. PLOSONE.
  • Bailey, J.K. and J.A. Schweitzer. The Role of Plant Resistance and Tolerance to Herbivory in Mediating the Effects of Introduced Herbivores. Biological Invasions (in press)
  • Nunez, M., J.A. Schweitzer, and J.K. Bailey.  A developing synthesis on the effects of introduced herbivores.  Biological Invasions. (in press)
  • Stritar, M.L., J.A. Schweitzer, S.C. Hart and J.K. Bailey. Introduced ungulate herbivore alters soil processes after fire. Biological Invasions. (in press)

2009

  • Bailey, J.K., A. Hendry, M. Kennison, D. Post, E. Palkovacs, F. Pelletier, L. Harmon, J.A. Schweitzer. From Genes to Ecosystems: An Emerging Synthesis of Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics. New Phytologist.
  • 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).
  • Barbour, R.C., D.W. De Little, J.M. O'Reilly-Wapstra, G.J. Jordan, D.A. Steane, J.R. Humphreys, J.K. Bailey, T.G. Whitham, B.M. Potts. 2009. Genetic similarity and hierarchical structure within a foundation tree species drives dependent community variation. Ecology (in press).

2008

  • 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 (11: 1005–1020)
  • 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.
  • Crutsinger, G.M., Habenicht, M.N., Classen, A.T., Schweitzer, J.A., N.J. Sanders. (2008) Galling by Rhopalomyia solidaginis alters Solidago altissima architecture and litter nutrient dynamics in an old-field ecosystem. Plant and Soil. 303:95-103
  • 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.

2007

  • 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 80:567-577. see Cover Photo.
  • Bailey, J.K., D.J. Irschick, J.A. Schweitzer, B.J. Rehill, R.L. Lindroth, and T.G. Whitham. 2007. Selective herbivory by elk results in rapid shifts in the chemical composition of aspen forests. Biological Invasions 9:715-722. see Cover Photo.

2006

  • 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.

2005

  • 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.

2004

  • 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.

2003

  • Bailey, J.K. and T.G. Whitham. 2003. Interactions among fire, elk, aspen, galling sawflies and insectivorous birds. Oikos 101: 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.

2002

  • 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., and T.G. Whitham. 2002. Interactions among fire, aspen and elk affect insect biodiversity: Reversal of a community response Ecology 83:1701-1712.

2001

  • 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.

1999

  • Schweitzer, J.A. and K.C. Larson. 1999. Greater morphological plasticity of exotic honeysuckle species may make them better invaders than native species. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 21: 15-23