selected publications

• journal article

  • Ecological strategies begin at germination: Traits, plasticity and survival in the first 4 days of plant life.  Functional Ecology. 968-979. 2020
  • Transcriptomic responses to conspecific and congeneric competition in co-occurring Trifolium.  Journal of Ecology. 602-615. 2017
  • Ecological effects of extreme drought on Californian herbaceous plant communities.  Ecological Monographs. 295-311. 2016
  • Soil microbial community variation correlates most strongly with plant species identity, followed by soil chemistry, spatial location and plant genus..  AOB Plants. 2015
  • Phylogenetic conservatism in plant-soil feedback and its implications for plant abundance..  Ecology Letters. 1613-1621. 2014
  • More closely related plants have more distinct mycorrhizal communities..  AOB Plants. 2014
  • The geography and ecology of plant speciation: range overlap and niche divergence in sister species..  Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 20132980. 2014
  • The nature of serpentine endemism..  American Journal of Botany. 219-224. 2014
  • Climate interacts with soil to produce beta diversity in Californian plant communities..  Ecology. 2007-2018. 2013
  • Temporal variability in California grasslands: soil type and species functional traits mediate response to precipitation..  Ecology. 2104-2114. 2012
  • Historical and ecological controls on phylogenetic diversity in Californian plant communities..  The American Naturalist. 257-269. 2012
  • Different evolutionary histories underlie congruent species richness gradients of birds and mammals.  Journal of Biogeography. 825-841. 2012
  • Origins and consequences of serpentine endemism in the California flora..  Evolution. 365-376. 2011
  • Niche conservatism as an emerging principle in ecology and conservation biology.  Ecology Letters. 1310-1324. 2010
  • Phylogeny, niche conservatism and the latitudinal diversity gradient in mammals.  Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 2131-2138. 2010
  • Early detection of emerging forest disease using dispersal estimation and ecological niche modeling..  Ecological Applications. 377-390. 2008
  • Influence of land-cover change on the spread of an invasive forest pathogen..  Ecological Applications. 159-171. 2008
  • Susceptibility to Phytophthora ramorum in a key infectious host: landscape variation in host genotype, host phenotype, and environmental factors..  New Phytologist. 756-766. 2008