Publications

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2008

Berlow, E.L., U. Brose, and N.D. Martinez.  2008.
The "Goldilocks factor" in food webs.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105:4079-4080.

Darrouzet-Nardi, A., C.M. D'Antonio, and E.L. Berlow.  2008.
Effects of yound invading Artemesia rothrockii shrubs on soil water, soil nitrogen cycling, and resident herbs.
Journal of Vegetation Science 19:23-30.

Otto, S.B., E.L. Berlow, N.E. Rank, J. Smiley, and U. Brose. 2008.
The diversity and identity of predators drive interaction strengths and trophic cascades in a montane food web.
Ecology 89 134-144.

2006
Brose, U., T. Jonsson, E.L. Berlow, P. Warren, C. Banasek-Richter, L.-F. Bersier, J.L. Blancahrd, T. Prey, S.R. Carpenter, M.-F Cattin Blandenier, L. Cushing, H.A. Dawah, T. Dell, F. Edwards, S. Harper-Smith, U. Jacob, M.E. Ledger, N.D. Martinez, J. Memmott, K. Mintenbeck, J.K. Pinnegar, B.C. Rall, T.S. Rayner, D.C. Reuman, L. Ruess, W., Ulrich, R.J. Williams, G. Woodward, and J.E. Cohen.  2006.
Consumer-resource body-zie relationships in natural food webs.
Ecology 87: 2411-2417.

Navarrete, S.A., and E.L. Berlow.  2006.
Variable interaction strengths stabilize marine community pattern.
Ecology Letters 9:526-536.

2005

Brose, U., E.L. Berlow, T. Josson, C. Banasek-Richter, L.-F. Bersier, J.L. Blanchard, T. Brey, S.R. Carpenter, M.-F. Cattin Blandenier, J.E. Cohen, L. Cushing, H.A. Dawah, T. Dell, F. Edwards, S. Harper-Smith, U. Jacob, R.A. Jnapp, M.E. Ledger, J. Memmott, K. Tintenbeck, J.K. Pinnegar, B.C. Rall, T. Rayner, L. Ruess, W. Ulrich, P. Warren, R.J. Williams, G. Woodward, P. Yodzis, and N.D. Martinez.  2005. 
Body sizes of consumers and their resources.
Ecology 86:2545, Ecological Archives EO86-135.

Brose, U., E.L. Berlow, and N.D. Martinez.  2005.
Scaling up keystone effects from simple to complex ecological networks.
Ecology Letters 8:1317-1325.

Brose, U., E.L. Berlow, and N.D. Martinez.  2005.
From food webs to ecological networks: linking non-linear trophic interactions with nutrient competition.
Pages 27-36 in Dynamic Food Webs: Multispecies Assemblages, Ecosystem Development and Environmental Change.
P.C. de Ruiter, V. Wolters, and J.C. Moore, eds.  Academic Press.

Harper-Smith, S., E.L. Berlow, R.A. Knapp, R.J. Williams, and N.D. Martinez.  2005.
Communicating ecology through food webs: visualizing and quantifying the effects of stocking alpine lakes with trout.
Pages 407-423 in Dynamic Food Webs: Multispecies Assemblages, Ecosystem Development and Environmental Change.
P.C. de Ruiter, V. Wolters, and J.C. Moore, eds.  Academic Press.

Sabo, J.L., B.E. Beisner, E.L. Berlow, K. Cuddington, A. Hastings, M. Koen-Alonso, K. McCann, C. Melian, and J. Moore.  2005.
Population dynamics of food web properties with minimal detail and resolution.
Pages 437-450 in Dynamic Food Webs: Multispecies Assemblages, Ecosystem Development and Environmental Change.
P.C. de Ruiter, V. Wolters, and J.C. Moore, eds.  Academic Press.

2004

Berlow, E.L., A.-M. Neutel, J. E. Cohen, P. De Ruiter, B. Ebenman, M. Emmerson, J. W. Fox, V. A. A. Jansen, J. I. Jones, G. D. Kokkoris, D. O. Logofet, A. J. McKane, J. Montoya, and O. L. Petchey. 2004.
Interaction strengths in food webs: issues and opportunities.
Journal of Animal Ecology 73:585-598.

Moore, J.C., E.L. Berlow, D.C. Coleman, P.C. de Ruiter, Q. Dong, A. Hastings, N. Collins Johnson, K.S. McCann, K. Melville, P.J. Morin, K. Nadelhoffer, A.D. Rosemond, D.M. Post, J.L. Sabo, K.M. Scow, M.J. Vanni, and D.H. Wall. 2004.
Detritus, trophic dynamics, and biodiversity.
Ecology Letters 7:584-600.

D'Antonio, C.M., E.L. Berlow, and K.A. Haubensak.  2004.
Invasive exotic plant species in Sierra Nevada ecosystems.
In Proceedings from the Sierra Science Conference 2002: Science for Management and Conservation.
USDA Forest Service General Technical Report, PSW Station Albany, OR.

Reynolds, S.A., and E.L. Berlow. 2004.
Artemisia rothrockii G. rothrock sagebrush.
In: J.K. Francis (ed.). Wildland shrubs of the United States and its territories. Gen. Tech. Rep. IITF-WB-1. US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry, Río Piedras, PR.  www.fs.fed.us/glogal/iitf/wildland_shrubs.htm.

2003

Berlow, E.L., C.M. D'Antonio, and H. Swartz. 2003
Response of herbs to shrub removal across natural and experimental variation in soil moisture.
Ecological Applications 13:1375-1387.

2002

Williams R.J., N.D. Martinez, E.L. Berlow, J.A. Dunne, and A.-L. Barabási. 2002.
Two degrees of separation in complex food webs.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 99:12913-12916.
(previously, Santa Fe Institute Working Paper 01-07-037)

Bauer, K., E.L. Berlow, and C.M. D'Antonio. 2002.
Shrub expansion into montane meadows: The relationship between climate and Rothrock sagebrush colonization patterns.
Journal of Range Management 55:620-625.

Berlow, E.L., C.M. D'Antonio, and S.A. Reynolds. 2002.
Shrub expansion in montane meadows: the interaction of local-scale disturbance and site aridity. 
Ecological Applications 12:1103-1118.

2001

Sala, O.E., F.S. Chapin III, J.J. Armesto, E. Berlow, J. Bloomfield, R. Dirzo, E. Huber-Sanwald, L.F. Huenneke, R.B. Jackson, A. Kinzig, R. Leemans, D.M. Lodge, H.A. Mooney, M. Oesterheld, N.L. Poff, M.T. Sykes, B.H. Walker, M. Walker, and D.H. Wall.  2000. 
Global biodiversity scenarios for the year 2100.
Science 287:1771-1774.

1999

Berlow, E.L., S.A. Navarrete, C.J. Briggs, M.E. Power, and B.A. Menge. 1999.
Quantifying variation in the strengths of species interactions.
Ecology 80:2206-2224

Berlow, E.L.  1999.
Strong effects of weak interactions in ecological communities.
Nature 398:300-334.

1997

Berlow, E.L. 1997.
From canalization to contingency: historical effects in a successional rocky intertidal community.
Ecological Monographs 67:435-460.

Berlow, E.L., and S.A. Navarrete. 1997.
Spatial and temporal variation in rocky intertidal community organization: lessons from repeating field experiments.
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 214:195-229.

1995

Berlow, E.L. 1995.
Patterns and Dynamics of Context-Dependency in the Marine Rocky Intertidal.
Ph.D. Dissertation, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.

1994

Menge, B.A., E.L. Berlow, C.A. Blanchette, S.A. Navarrete, and S.B. Yamada. 1994.
The keystone species concept:  Variation in interaction strength in a rocky intertidal habitat.
Ecological Monographs 64: 249-286.