Works (58)

Updated: September 4th, 2024 05:00

2024 journal article

Rationalizing risk aversion in science: Why incentives to work hard clash with incentives to take risks

PLOS BIOLOGY, 22(8).

By: K. Gross n & C. Bergstrom*

UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
8. Decent Work and Economic Growth (OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 26, 2024

2022 journal article

Beached Sargassum alters sand thermal environments: Implications for incubating sea turtle eggs

JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY, 546.

By: A. Maurer n, K. Gross n & S. Stapleton*

author keywords: Marine turtle; Thermal tolerance; Temperature-dependent sex determination; Hawksbill; Climate change; Macroalgae
TL;DR: Impacts on sea turtle nesting ecology are described, with a focus on the below-ground thermal environment for incubating eggs of Sargassum spp, where these thermal changes can significantly impact developmental outcomes for sea turtle embryos. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
14. Life Below Water (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: November 8, 2021

2021 journal article

Resonance in Physiologically Structured Population Models

BULLETIN OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY, 83(8).

By: K. Gross n & A. Roos*

author keywords: Benthic invertebrates; Environmental stochasticity; Intraspecific competition; Mathematical model; Population dynamics; Spectral analysis
MeSH headings : Animals; Anthozoa; Coral Reefs; Mathematical Concepts; Population Density; Population Dynamics
TL;DR: This analysis identifies a sharp multi-decade resonance driven by space competition between existing coral colonies and incoming recruits in a size-structured population model of stony corals with open recruitment, parameterized for a common Indo-Pacific coral species complex. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
14. Life Below Water (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: July 6, 2021

2021 article

Resonance in Physiologically Structured Population Models (vol 83, 86, 2021)

Gross, K., & Roos, A. M. (2021, October). BULLETIN OF MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY, Vol. 83.

By: K. Gross n & A. Roos*

Source: Web Of Science
Added: September 13, 2021

2021 review

Why ex post peer review encourages high-risk research while ex ante review discourages it

[Review of ]. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 118(52).

By: K. Gross n & C. Bergstrom*

author keywords: Bayesian reasoning; decision theory; information theory; peer review; philosophy of science
TL;DR: Ex ante and ex post peer review push investigators toward distinct sets of scientific questions because the tension arises because ex post review allows investigators to leverage their own scientific beliefs to generate results that others will find surprising, whereas ex ante review does not. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: January 18, 2022

2020 journal article

Disturbances drive changes in coral community assemblages and coral calcification capacity

ECOSPHERE, 11(4).

By: T. Courtney*, B. Barnes*, I. Chollett, R. Elahi*, K. Gross n, J. Guest*, I. Kuffner*, E. Lenz* ...

author keywords: carbonate budgets; climate change; coral bleaching; coral disease; ecological traits; environmental monitoring; resilience; scleractinians
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
14. Life Below Water (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: June 15, 2020

2019 journal article

Contest models highlight inherent inefficiencies of scientific funding competitions

PLOS BIOLOGY, 17(1).

By: K. Gross n & C. Bergstrom*

MeSH headings : Awards and Prizes; Efficiency; Humans; Research Personnel; Research Support as Topic / economics; Research Support as Topic / methods; Research Support as Topic / trends; Writing
TL;DR: It is found that the effort researchers waste in writing proposals may be comparable to the total scientific value of the research that the funding supports, especially when only a few proposals can be funded. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: February 18, 2019

2019 journal article

Drivers of Elevational Richness Peaks, Evaluated for Trees in the East Himalaya

The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 100(1), e01499.

By: S. Rana, K. Gross* & T. Price

Source: Crossref
Added: February 24, 2020

2019 journal article

Drivers of elevational richness peaks, evaluated for trees in the east Himalaya

ECOLOGY, 100(1).

By: S. Rana*, K. Gross n & T. Price*

author keywords: beta diversity; diversification rate; elevational gradient; geometric constraints; Himalaya; mid-elevational peak; species richness; trees
MeSH headings : Altitude; Biodiversity; India; Species Specificity; Trees
TL;DR: It is considered that AET declines with elevation, but an abrupt change in the association of AET with geographical distance into the plains means that the location of highest AET, at the base of the mountain, receives range overlaps from fewer species than the location just above the base. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: January 21, 2019

2019 journal article

MIMIX: A Bayesian Mixed-Effects Model for Microbiome Data From Designed Experiments

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION, 115(530), 599–609.

By: N. Grantham n, Y. Guan n, B. Reich n, E. Borer* & K. Gross n

author keywords: Continuous shrinkage prior; Factor analysis; Microbiome; Mixed model; Nutrient Network; OTU abundance data
TL;DR: A novel Bayesian mixed-effects model that exploits cross-taxa correlations within the microbiome, a model the authors call microbiome mixed model (MIMIX), tailored to large microbiome experiments using a combination of Bayesian factor analysis to efficiently represent dependence between taxa and Bayesian variable selection methods to achieve sparsity. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: July 22, 2019

2018 journal article

A framework for identifying and characterising coral reef "oases" against a backdrop of degradation

JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY, 55(6), 2865–2875.

author keywords: climate change; coral reef; decline; disturbance; oases; recovery; resilience; spatial variability
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
14. Life Below Water (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: October 29, 2018

2018 journal article

Evolution of host preference in anthropophilic mosquitoes

Malaria Journal, 17.

By: C. Stone & K. Gross

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

A General, Synthetic Model for Predicting Biodiversity Gradients from Environmental Geometry

AMERICAN NATURALIST, 188(4), E85–E97.

By: K. Gross n & A. Snyder-Beattie n

author keywords: biological diversity; environmental geometry; mathematical model; niche; species range; species richness
MeSH headings : Biodiversity; Climate; Food Chain; Models, Theoretical; Phenotype
TL;DR: A mathematical model is presented that synthesizes multiple pathways by which environmental geometry can drive diversity gradients and suggests that previous assessments of geometric hypotheses should be reconsidered and that environmental geometry may play a deeper role in driving biodiversity gradients than is currently appreciated. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 article

Biodiversity and productivity entwined

Gross, K. (2016, January 21). NATURE, Vol. 529, pp. 293–294.

By: K. Gross n

MeSH headings : Biodiversity; Grassland; Models, Biological; Plants / classification; Plants / metabolism
TL;DR: These authors use data from grassland experiments across five continents to compare the different mechanistic explanations in an integrative framework and show how important components of different mechanisms are operating together, and increase considerably the power to explain the results. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Environmental influences on mosquito foraging and integrated vector management can delay the evolution ofbehavioral resistance

EVOLUTIONARY APPLICATIONS, 9(3), 502–517.

By: C. Stone n, N. Chitnis* & K. Gross n

author keywords: Anopheles; attractive toxic sugar baits; behavioral resistance; foraging behavior; integrated vector management; long-lasting insecticidal bed nets; malaria; model; mosquito
TL;DR: A foraging model was developed to explore whether environmental conditions affect the evolution of behavioral resistance and the role of the abundance of blood hosts and nectar sources and the potential of attractive toxic sugar baits for integrated control. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Genetic engineering to eradicate invasive mice on islands: modeling the efficiency and ecological impacts

Ecosphere, 7(12).

By: G. Backus n & K. Gross n

author keywords: eradication; gene drive; genetic engineering; invasive species; mathematical modeling; Mus; rodents
TL;DR: A mathematical model was constructed to analyze the population dynamics of eradication with this genetically engineered mouse and found that there is a trade-off between the speed of an eradication and the intensity of increased disruptive ecological interactions. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Integrating the Effects of Ocean Acidification across Functional Scales on Tropical Coral Reefs

BIOSCIENCE, 66(5), 350–362.

By: P. Edmunds*, S. Comeau*, C. Lantz*, A. Andersson*, C. Briggs*, A. Cohen*, J. Gattuso*, J. Grady* ...

author keywords: ecosystem; theoretical models; coral reefs; scleractinians; ocean acidification; scaling
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
14. Life Below Water (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Publication bias and the canonization of false facts

Elife, 5.

By: S. Nissen, T. Magidson, K. Gross & C. Bergstrom

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2016 journal article

Within-Host Niche Differences and Fitness Trade-offs Promote Coexistence of Plant Viruses

AMERICAN NATURALIST, 187(1), E13–E26.

By: E. Mordecai*, K. Gross n & C. Mitchell*

author keywords: coexistence; competition; pathogen; plant; barley yellow dwarf viruses (BYDVs)
MeSH headings : Animals; Aphids / virology; Biodiversity; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Insect Vectors / virology; Luteovirus / physiology; Models, Biological; Plant Diseases / virology; Poaceae / virology; Population Density
TL;DR: How competition within individual hosts and vectors may lead to unexpected population-level outcomes between pathogens, including coexistence, competitive exclusion, and priority effects, are shown and how contemporary coexistence theory can help to predict these outcomes are shown. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger (Web of Science)
10. Reduced Inequalities (OpenAlex)
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Controls over native perennial grass exclusion and persistence in California grasslands invaded by annuals

Ecology, 96(10), 2643–2652.

MeSH headings : California; Computer Simulation; Grassland; Introduced Species; Models, Biological; Poaceae / physiology; Species Specificity; Uncertainty
TL;DR: This work used a two-species discrete time population growth model to predict the outcome of competition between exotic annual and native perennial grasses in California, and to determine the demographic traits responsible for the outcome. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Do growing degree days predict phenology across butterfly species?

ECOLOGY, 96(6), 1473–1479.

author keywords: climate change; first emergence; growing degree days; Lepidoptera; Ohio, USA; ordinal date; peak abundance; phenology; temperature
TL;DR: It is shown that GDD acts as a better predictor than date for first emergence in nearly all species, and for peak abundance in more than half of all Species with less ecological flexibility, especially univoltine species, had greater predictability with GDD. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Evaluating Deer Hunters’ Support for Hunting Deer with Dogs

Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 20(2), 174–181.

author keywords: deer hunting; dog hunting; hunting; hunting tradition; North Carolina
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Sources: Crossref, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 28, 2020

2015 article

Further re-analyses looking for effects of phylogenetic diversity on community biomass and stability

Cardinale, B. J., Venail, P., Gross, K., Oakley, T. H., Narwani, A., Allan, E., … Ruijven, J. (2015, December). FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, Vol. 29, pp. 1607–1610.

TL;DR: All analyses strongly support previous literature claims about the value of PD and it is found that SR tends to increase the biomass production of plant communities after controlling for PD, and Cadotte concludes that PD provides a more powerful explanation of variation in biomass production than species richness. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Species richness, but not phylogenetic diversity, influences community biomass production and temporal stability in a re-examination of 16 grassland biodiversity studies

FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, 29(5), 615–626.

author keywords: biodiversity; community biomass; data synthesis; ecosystem functioning; grasslands; phylogenetic diversity; relatedness; stability
TL;DR: It is shown that, after statistically controlling for variation in SR, PD (the sum of branches in a molecular phylogenetic tree connecting all species in a community) is neither related to mean community biomass nor to the temporal stability of biomass, run counter to past claims. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

Stability of Caribbean coral communities quantified by long-term monitoring and autoregression models

ECOLOGY, 96(7), 1812–1822.

By: K. Gross n & P. Edmunds*

author keywords: autoregression; coral reefs; global climate change; hurricanes; monitoring; seawater temperature; time-series model; U; S; Virgin Islands
MeSH headings : Animals; Anthozoa / physiology; Caribbean Region; Coral Reefs; Environmental Monitoring / methods; Models, Biological; Time Factors
TL;DR: Analyzing the stability of coral reefs at three habitats at different depths along the south shore of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, using multivariate autoregression (MAR) models and two decades of monitoring data sharpen understanding of recent changes, provide a more detailed understanding of how these habitats may change in future environments, and illustrate how MAR models can be used to assess stability of communities founded upon long-lived species. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
14. Life Below Water (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 review

The community ecology of pathogens: coinfection, coexistence and community composition

[Review of ]. ECOLOGY LETTERS, 18(4), 401–415.

author keywords: Coinfection; community ecology; disease ecology; dispersal; drift; metacommunity; metapopulation; pathogen; selection; speciation
MeSH headings : Biological Evolution; Coinfection; Ecology / methods; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Models, Biological; Stochastic Processes
TL;DR: This synthesis examines pathogen (microparasite) communities using a stochastic metacommunity model as a starting point to bridge community and disease ecology perspectives and demonstrates that a deeper understanding of pathogen community dynamics will emerge from approaches working at the interface of disease and community ecology. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2015 journal article

The differential effects of increasing frequency and magnitude of extreme events on coral populations

ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, 25(6), 1534–1545.

By: N. Fabina*, M. Baskett & K. Gross n

author keywords: alternative stable states; climate change; coral bleaching; ecological projection; global sensitivity analysis; population dynamics; random forests; species distribution model; Symbiodinium
MeSH headings : Animal Distribution; Animals; Anthozoa / physiology; Climate Change; Coral Reefs; Environmental Monitoring; Models, Biological; Stochastic Processes
TL;DR: It is predicted that future reef projections and conservation targets depend on both local bleaching regimes and biodiversity, and management efforts may need to prioritize protection of "weaker" corals with high adult mortality when bleaching is mild, and protection of 'stronger' coralsWith high bleaching resistance whenBleaching is severe. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
14. Life Below Water (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 journal article

Overcompensation of circulating and local insulin-like growth factor-1 during catch-up growth in hybrid striped bass (Morone chrysops Chi Morone saxatilis) following temperature and feeding manipulations

AQUACULTURE, 428, 174–183.

By: M. Picha n, P. Biga*, N. Galt*, A. McGinty n, K. Gross n, V. Hedgpeth n, T. Siopes n, R. Borski n

author keywords: Hybrid striped bass; Compensatory growth; Catch-up growth; Insulin-like growth factor; Growth hormone receptor; Myostatin
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that a previous period of feed restriction and cold-acclimation followed by realimentation at more favorable water temperatures produces a strong CG response and catch-up growth in fish. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 journal article

Persistence and change in community composition of reef corals through present, past, and future climates

PLoS One, 9(10).

By: P. Edmunds, M. Adjeroud, M. Baskett, I. Baums, A. Budd, R. Carpenter, N. Fabina, T. Fan ...

Source: NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 journal article

Proportional Accumulation of Yolk Proteins Derived From Multiple Vitellogenins is Precisely Regulated During Vitellogenesis in Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis)

JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART A-ECOLOGICAL AND INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, 321(6), 301–315.

By: V. Williams n, B. Reading n, H. Amano*, N. Hiramatsu*, J. Schilling n, S. Salger n, T. Williams n, K. Gross n, C. Sullivan n

Contributors: V. Williams n, B. Reading n, H. Amano*, N. Hiramatsu*, J. Schilling n, S. Salger n, T. Islam Williams n, K. Gross n, C. Sullivan n

MeSH headings : Animals; Bass / metabolism; Blotting, Western; Egg Proteins / analysis; Egg Proteins / biosynthesis; Egg Proteins / metabolism; Egg Proteins / physiology; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; Female; Liver / chemistry; Mass Spectrometry; Ovary / chemistry; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; Vitellogenesis / physiology; Vitellogenins / analysis; Vitellogenins / biosynthesis; Vitellogenins / metabolism; Vitellogenins / physiology
TL;DR: The results indicate that proportional accumulation of multiple Vtgs in the yolk may depend both on the precise rates of their hepatic secretion and specific uptake by oocytes, and composition of the Vtg-derived yolk May vary among Acanthomorph fishes, perhaps reflecting their different early life histories and reproductive strategies. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries, ORCID
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 journal article

Response Diversity Can Increase Ecological Resilience to Disturbance in Coral Reefs

AMERICAN NATURALIST, 184(2), E16–E31.

By: M. Baskett*, N. Fabina & K. Gross*

author keywords: alternative stable states; coral bleaching; coral reefs; dynamical model; resilience; response diversity
MeSH headings : Animals; Anthozoa / growth & development; Coral Reefs; Ecosystem; Environment; Herbivory; Models, Theoretical; Seaweed / growth & development
TL;DR: This work modeled coral-macroalgae interactions given either a resistant coral, a resilient coral, or both together and found that both corals benefit from the presence of each other in terms of total cover and resilience. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
14. Life Below Water (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2014 journal article

Species Richness and the Temporal Stability of Biomass Production: A New Analysis of Recent Biodiversity Experiments

AMERICAN NATURALIST, 183(1), 1–12.

author keywords: biodiversity; competition; species richness; primary productivity; stability
MeSH headings : Biodiversity; Biomass; Microalgae; Plants
TL;DR: It is found that for both grasslands and algae, temporal correlations in species biomass are lower when species are grown together in polyculture than when grown alone in monoculture, suggesting that interspecific interactions tend to stabilize community biomass in diverse communities. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2013 journal article

Biodiversity simultaneously enhances the production and stability of community biomass, but the effects are independent

ECOLOGY, 94(8), 1697–1707.

author keywords: biodiversity; community biomass; ecosystem functioning; ecosystem stability; productivity; species richness
MeSH headings : Biodiversity; Biomass; Models, Biological
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2013 journal article

Inference for finite-sample trajectories in dynamic multi-state site-occupancy models using hidden Markov model smoothing

ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL STATISTICS, 21(2), 313–328.

By: I. Fiske n, J. Royle & K. Gross n

author keywords: Amphibians; Finite-sample trajectory; Hidden Markov model; Occupancy; Trend estimation; Wildlife
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2012 journal article

Redispersal of seeds by a keystone ant augments the spread of common wildflowers

ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY, 40, 31–39.

By: J. Canner n, R. Dunn n, I. Giladi* & K. Gross n

Contributors: J. Canner n, R. Dunn n, I. Giladi* & K. Gross n

author keywords: Redispersal; Myrmecochory; Aphaenogaster rudis; Population spread rate; Plant benefits; Temperate forest
TL;DR: A novel seed-tracking technique is used to quantify secondary dispersal of seeds from the nest into the surrounding leaf litter by the keystone seed-dispersing ant, Aphaenogaster rudis, and suggests myrmecochory benefits plants in eastern North American forests by increasing the distance between the seed and parent plant and reducing competition among siblings. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2012 journal article

Short-term response of small mammals following oak regeneration silviculture treatments

FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, 274, 10–16.

By: A. Raybuck n, C. Moorman n, C. Greenberg*, C. DePerno n, K. Gross n, D. Simon*, G. Warburton*

author keywords: Herbicide; Mice; Prescribed fire; Shelterwood harvest; Shrew; Southern Appalachians
TL;DR: This research indicates that, in the short-term, small mammals can tolerate a wide range of forest disturbance following oak regeneration treatments, but delayed treatment effects or additive changes following future treatments may compound effects on small mammal populations. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Ecoinformatics for Integrated Pest Management: Expanding the Applied Insect Ecologist's Tool-Kit

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, 104(2), 331–342.

By: J. Rosenheim*, S. Parsa, A. Forbes, W. Krimmel, Y. Law, M. Segoli, M. Segoli, F. Sivakoff, T. Zaviezo, K. Gross*

author keywords: ecoinformatics; observational studies; statistical power; economic injury level; causal inference
MeSH headings : Animals; Biomass; Ecology / methods; Informatics; Insecta; Pest Control
TL;DR: The use of observational studies, and in particular the use of data from farmers or private pest management consultants in “ecoinformatics” studies, as tools that might complement traditional, experimental research are addressed. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger (Web of Science)
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2011 journal article

Quantifying secondary pest outbreaks in cotton and their monetary cost with causal-inference statistics

ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, 21(7), 2770–2780.

By: K. Gross n & J. Rosenheim

author keywords: causal inference; cotton; ecosystem services; indirect effects; integrated pest management; Lygus spp.; potential outcomes; San Joaquin Valley, California, USA; secondary pest outbreak
MeSH headings : Agriculture / economics; Animals; Environmental Monitoring; Gossypium / parasitology; Insect Control / economics; Insecta / drug effects; Insecta / physiology; Insecticides / pharmacology; Models, Biological; Models, Statistical; Population Growth
TL;DR: To the extent that secondary pest outbreaks may be driven by eliminating pests' natural enemies, these figures place a lower bound on the monetary value of ecosystem services provided by native communities of arthropod predators and parasitoids in this agricultural system. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger (Web of Science)
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 journal article

An optimal and near-optimal strategy to selecting individuals for transfer in captive breeding programs

BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION, 143(11), 2858–2863.

By: S. Allen n, Y. Fathi n, K. Gross n & M. Mace*

author keywords: Minimum kinship; Maximum genetic diversity; Relocation; Reintroductions
TL;DR: A quadratic integer programming (IP) model is proposed to identify a group of individuals to transfer that maximizes genetic diversity within two subpopulations and a local improvement algorithm (LIA) is developed to efficiently provide near-optimal solutions when the number of transferred individuals increases. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 journal article

Canopy and litter ant assemblages share similar climate-species density relationships

BIOLOGY LETTERS, 6(6), 769–772.

author keywords: Formicidae; species richness; global diversity gradients
MeSH headings : Animals; Ants / physiology; Ecosystem; Linear Models; Models, Biological; Population Density; Species Specificity; Trees; Tropical Climate; Weather
TL;DR: It appears that canopy and litter ant assemblages share a common abundance–diversity relationship influenced by similar but not identical climatic drivers. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 journal article

Cover Preference of the Carolina Madtom (Noturus furiosus), an Imperiled, Endemic Southeastern Stream Fish

Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 25(1), 151–154.

By: S. Midway, D. Aday n, T. Kwak n & K. Gross n

TL;DR: The Carolina madtom (Noturus furiosus), an imperiled, endemic southeastern USA stream fish, preferred the artificial cover unit, selecting it 63% of the time. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water (OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Sources: Crossref, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: August 6, 2018

2010 journal article

Plant diversity and the stability of foodwebs

ECOLOGY LETTERS, 14(1), 42–46.

By: N. Haddad n, G. Crutsinger*, K. Gross n, J. Haarstad* & D. Tilman*

author keywords: Arthropods; biodiversity; consumers; herbivores; insects; long term; plant diversity; predators; stability; trophic structure
MeSH headings : Animals; Arthropods / physiology; Biodiversity; Food Chain; Minnesota; Plant Physiological Phenomena
TL;DR: Results show that higher plant diversity provides more temporally consistent food and habitat resources to arthropod foodwebs, and actively managing for high plant diversity may have stronger than expected benefits for increasing animal diversity and controlling pest outbreaks. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger (OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2009 journal article

Camp Golden Treasures: A multidisciplinary weight-loss and a healthy lifestyle camp for adolescent girls.

Families, Systems, & Health, 27(1), 116–124.

By: K. Pratt*, A. Lamson, D. Collier, Y. Crawford, N. Harris, K. Gross*, S. Ballard, S. Sarvey, M. Saporito

author keywords: multidisciplinary; childhood obesity; residential camp
MeSH headings : Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior; Child; Diet; Exercise; Family Relations; Female; Health Behavior; Humans; Obesity / therapy; Parents; Patient Education as Topic / organization & administration; Psychotherapy, Group; Weight Loss
TL;DR: Camp Golden Treasures, the first non-profit weight loss camp for overweight adolescent girls in the nation, was held for six weeks from June 24 to August 3, 2007 at the East Carolina University campus in Greenville, NC. (via Semantic Scholar)
Source: Crossref
Added: February 24, 2020

2009 journal article

Does productivity drive diversity or vice versa? A test of the multivariate productivity-diversity hypothesis in streams

ECOLOGY, 90(5), 1227–1241.

By: B. Cardinale*, D. Bennett*, C. Nelson* & K. Gross n

author keywords: biodiversity; ecosystem production and function; freshwater algae; species richness
MeSH headings : Animals; Bacteria; Biodiversity; Biomass; California; Diatoms; Eukaryota; Fertilizers; Models, Biological; Multivariate Analysis; Nitrates; Phosphates; Population Dynamics; Rivers
TL;DR: The results suggest that the MPD hypothesis is a viable explanation of patterns of diversity and productivity in natural stream ecosystems, and that it has potential to merge the historical view that productivity drives diversity with a parallel view that diversity drives productivity. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2009 journal article

Plant species loss decreases arthropod diversity and shifts trophic structure

ECOLOGY LETTERS, 12(10), 1029–1039.

By: N. Haddad n, G. Crutsinger*, K. Gross n, J. Haarstad*, J. Knops* & D. Tilman*

author keywords: Arthropods; biodiversity; consumers; ecosystem function; herbivores; insects; long-term; plant diversity; predators; trophic structure
MeSH headings : Animals; Arthropods / physiology; Biodiversity; Extinction, Biological; Food Chain; Plant Development; Plants; Population Density
TL;DR: The results demonstrate that, over the long term, the loss of plant species propagates through food webs, greatly decreasing arthropod species richness, shifting a predator-dominated trophic structure to being herbivore dominated, and likely impacting ecosystem functioning and services. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2009 journal article

Separating the influence of resource 'availability' from resource 'imbalance' on productivity-diversity relationships

ECOLOGY LETTERS, 12(6), 475–487.

author keywords: Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning; resource ratio theory; species energy theory
MeSH headings : Animals; Biodiversity; Biomass; Chlorophyll / analysis; Chlorophyll A; Ecology / trends; Eukaryota / growth & development; Eukaryota / metabolism; Food Chain; Fresh Water / chemistry; Models, Biological; Nitrogen / analysis; Phosphorus / analysis; Photosynthesis
TL;DR: It is shown how the predictions of this model can be fit to patterns of covariation relating the richness and biomass of lake phytoplankton to three biologically essential resources in a large number of Norwegian lakes. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2008 journal article

Determining optimal population monitoring for rare butterflies

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY, 22(4), 929–940.

By: N. Haddad n, B. Hudgens*, C. Damiani*, K. Gross n, D. Kuefler n & K. Pollock n

author keywords: butterflies; distance sampling; endangered butterflies; insects; mark-recapture; rare species; species monitoring; threatened species; transect counts
MeSH headings : Animals; Butterflies / physiology; Conservation of Natural Resources; Ecosystem; Environmental Monitoring / methods; Population Density; Time Factors
TL;DR: Mark–recapture analysis provided by far the greatest amount of demographic information, including estimates of population size, detection, survival, and recruitment probabilities, and Pollard–Yates population indices derived from transect counts did not provide estimates of demographic parameters. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2008 journal article

Positive interactions among competitors can produce species-rich communities

ECOLOGY LETTERS, 11(9), 929–936.

By: K. Gross n

author keywords: facilitation; interaction component; resource competition; species coexistence; theoretical ecology
MeSH headings : Animals; Biodiversity; Competitive Behavior; Ecology; Models, Biological; Population Dynamics
TL;DR: It is shown that positive interactions among resource competitors can produce species-rich model communities supported by a single limiting resource and that focusing on the net interaction between species may conceal important coexistence mechanisms when species simultaneously engage in both antagonistic and positive interactions. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2008 journal article

Simultaneous effects of food limitation and inducible resistance on herbivore population dynamics

Theoretical Population Biology, 73(1), 63–78.

By: K. Abbott*, W. Morris* & K. Gross n

author keywords: population cycles; insect outbreak; plant-herbivore model; inducible resistance; food limitation; difference equation model
MeSH headings : Animals; Ecosystem; Feeding Behavior; Food Supply; Insecta; Models, Statistical; Plants, Edible / growth & development; Plants, Edible / metabolism; Population Dynamics; United States
TL;DR: The results identify some biological properties of plant-herbivore systems that might determine whether or not cycles occur, and suggest that future empirical and theoretical population dynamics studies should account for the effects of both food limitation and inducible resistance. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Crossref
Added: February 24, 2020

2008 journal article

Trophic and fishery interactions between Pacific hake and rockfish: effect on rockfish population rebuilding times

MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES, 365, 165–176.

By: C. Harvey*, K. Gross*, V. Simon & J. Hastie

author keywords: predator-prey interactions; bycatch; recovery plans; ecosystem-based fisheries management; climate variability; mortality
TL;DR: It appears that overfished rockfish rebuilding times can be significantly affected by the dynamics of a key predator, but also that the predatory effect can be mitigated by effective bycatch control. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
14. Life Below Water (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2007 journal article

Does species richness drive community production or vice versa? Reconciling historical and contemporary paradigms in competitive communities

AMERICAN NATURALIST, 170(2), 207–220.

By: K. Gross n & B. Cardinale*

author keywords: biodiversity community productivity; ecological theory; metacommunity; resource competition
MeSH headings : Biodiversity; Biomass; Ecosystem; Models, Biological; Plant Development
TL;DR: By detailing the pathways by which resource supply, species richness, biomass production, and resource use are connected, the models move closer to resolving the nature of causality in diversity‐productivity relationships. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2007 journal article

Fusing spatial resource heterogeneity with a competition-colonization trade-off in model communities

THEORETICAL ECOLOGY, 1(2), 65–75.

By: K. Gross n

author keywords: Biodiversity; Dispersal; Resource competition; Spatial dynamics
TL;DR: A model that fuses spatial heterogeneity in competitive abilities caused by variation in resources and a competition–colonization trade-off is presented and analyzed and shows how resource supply can control the competitive balance between species that are weak competitors but superior colonizers and strong competitors/inferior colonizers. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2007 journal article

Robustness and uncertainty in estimates of butterfly abundance from transect counts

POPULATION ECOLOGY, 49(3), 191–200.

By: K. Gross n, E. Kalendra n, B. Hudgens n & N. Haddad n

author keywords: abundance; Bayesian statistics; estimation; parametric bootstrap; population monitoring
TL;DR: It is found that estimates of population size are robust to departures from underlying model assumptions, but that the uncertainty in these estimates (i.e., confidence intervals) is substantially underestimated. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2006 journal article

Effects of chronic avian malaria (Plasmodium relictum) infection on reproductive success of Hawaii Amakihi (Hemignathus virens)

AUK, 123(3), 764–774.

By: A. Kilpatrick*, D. LaPointe*, C. Atkinson*, B. Woodworth*, J. Lease*, M. Reiter*, K. Gross n

author keywords: disease; Drepanidini; evolution; fitness; fledgling survival; Hawaii Amakihi; Hemignathus virens; Plasmodium relictum
TL;DR: The reproduction and survival of infected birds were sufficient for a per-capita population growth rate >1, which suggests that chronically infected Hawaii Amakihi could support a growing population. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2005 journal article

Estimating fluctuating vital rates from time-series data: a case study of aphid biocontrol

ECOLOGY, 86(3), 740–752.

By: K. Gross*, A. Ives* & E. Nordheim*

author keywords: Bayesian statistics; biological control; host-parasitoid dynamics; Markov chain; Monte Carlo; pea aphid; state-space models; time-series data
TL;DR: It is found that, while parasitism depresses aphid population growth rate substantially, declines in aphidpopulation growth rates do not coincide with increases in parasitism, therefore, parasitism cannot be responsible for the density-dependent regulation of aphid populations observed in the field. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
2. Zero Hunger (Web of Science)
3. Good Health and Well-being (OpenAlex)
13. Climate Action (Web of Science)
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2005 journal article

Modeling vital rates improves estimation of population projection matrices

POPULATION ECOLOGY, 48(1), 79–89.

author keywords: information criteria; model selection; multimodel averaging; vital rates
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2005 journal article

The functional consequences of random vs. ordered species extinctions

ECOLOGY LETTERS, 8(4), 409–418.

By: K. Gross n & B. Cardinale*

author keywords: biodiversity; competition; ecosystem function; extinction order; facilitation; productivity; random assembly experiments; sampling effect; theory
TL;DR: This work uses a simple model of community dynamics to predict how the functional consequences of random and non-random extinction may differ, and shows how random assembly experiments can be combined with information about species traits to make qualitative predictions about thefunctional consequences of various extinction scenarios. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science; OpenAlex)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

2005 journal article

Understanding and predicting the effects of sparse data on demographic analyses

ECOLOGY, 86(5), 1154–1163.

By: D. Doak*, K. Gross n & W. Morris*

author keywords: covariance; demography; matrix; rarity; stochasticity; variability; viability
TL;DR: This work discusses how data limitations create sampling uncertainty and bias in the estimated parameters for a stochastic demography model, and introduces a procedure to estimate the sampling variation around population growth rate estimates made from demographic models that are based on specified sampling durations and intensities. (via Semantic Scholar)
UN Sustainable Development Goal Categories
15. Life on Land (Web of Science)
Source: Web Of Science
Added: August 6, 2018

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