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Global variation in ecological structure of mammalian faunas and paleoenvironmental inference

Within-habitat mammal diversity and productivity and their recent patterns across latitude

Reconstructing mean annual precipitation, based on mammalian dental morphology and local species richness

Seed dispersal in a tropical forest: Empirical patterns, their origins, and their consequences for forest dynamics, 7 February 2002

The breeding biology of lemon sharks at a tropical nursery lagoon

Surprisingly little is known about the reproductive behaviour and breeding biology of most shark species, especially in natural populations. Here, we characterize reproductive patterns and use of a natal nursery at Bimini, Bahamas by lemon sharks, Negaprion brevirostris. We systematically and exhaustively sampled young lemon sharks at Bimini annually from 1995 to 2000 and opportunistically sampled adults over the same period. Out of the 897 young sharks sampled, 119 could be assigned to ¿ ve sampled mothers using microsatellite genotyping.

Limited hybridization between Quercus lobata and Quercus douglasii (Fagaceae) in a mixed stand in central coastal California

Many oak species are interfertile, and morphological and genetic evidence for hybridization is widespread. Here we use DNA microsatellite markers to characterize hybridization between two closely related oak species in a mixed stand in central coastal California, Quercus lobata (valley oak) and Q. douglasii (blue oak) (Fagaceae). Genotypes from four microsatellite loci indicate that many alleles are shared between the two species. However, each species harbors unique alleles, and allele frequencies differ significantly.

Connecting theoretical and empirical studies of trait-mediated interactions

Trait‐mediated interactions (TMIs), in which trophic and competitive interactions depend on individual traits as well as on overall population densities, have inspired large amounts of research, but theoretical and empirical studies have not been well connected. To help mitigate this problem, we review and synthesize the theoretical literature on TMIs and, in particular, on trait‐mediated indirect interactions, TMIIs, in which the presence of one species mediates the interaction between a second and third species.

A review of trait-mediated indirect interactions in ecological communities

Prey state and experimental design affect relative size of trait- and density-mediated indirect effects

Phenotypic plasticity and interactions among plants