Bill Shipley

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Country: Canada

Publications

  1. ncbi Fundamental trade-offs generating the worldwide leaf economics spectrum
    Bill Shipley
    Departement de Biologie, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
    Ecology 87:535-41. 2006
  2. ncbi Quantifying the importance of local niche-based and stochastic processes to tropical tree community assembly
    Bill Shipley
    Departement de Biologie, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1K 2R1, Canada
    Ecology 93:760-9. 2012
  3. ncbi Confirmatory path analysis in a generalized multilevel context
    Bill Shipley
    Departement de Biologie, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec JIK 2R1, Canada
    Ecology 90:363-8. 2009
  4. ncbi Inferential permutation tests for maximum entropy models in ecology
    Bill Shipley
    Departement de Biologie, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1K 2R1, Canada
    Ecology 91:2794-805. 2010
  5. ncbi Comparative plant ecology as a tool for integrating across scales
    Bill Shipley
    Ann Bot (Lond) 99:965-6. 2007
  6. ncbi From plant traits to plant communities: a statistical mechanistic approach to biodiversity
    Bill Shipley
    Departement de Biologie, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1K 2R1, Canada
    Science 314:812-4. 2006
  7. ncbi A strong test of a maximum entropy model of trait-based community assembly
    Bill Shipley
    Department de Biologie, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec JIK2R1 Canada
    Ecology 92:507-17. 2011
  8. ncbi Prediction of in situ root decomposition rates in an interspecific context from chemical and morphological traits
    Maurice Aulen
    Departement de Biologie, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1K2R1, Canada
    Ann Bot 109:287-97. 2012
  9. ncbi Plasticity in relative growth rate after a reduction in nitrogen availability is related to root morphological and physiological responses
    Antonio Useche
    Departement de Biologie, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
    Ann Bot 106:617-25. 2010
  10. ncbi Interspecific correlates of plasticity in relative growth rate following a decrease in nitrogen availability
    Antonio Useche
    Departement de Biologie, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke QC J1K 2R1, Canada
    Ann Bot 105:333-9. 2010

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Publications15

  1. ncbi Fundamental trade-offs generating the worldwide leaf economics spectrum
    Bill Shipley
    Departement de Biologie, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
    Ecology 87:535-41. 2006
    ....
  2. ncbi Quantifying the importance of local niche-based and stochastic processes to tropical tree community assembly
    Bill Shipley
    Departement de Biologie, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1K 2R1, Canada
    Ecology 93:760-9. 2012
    ..Our method allows one to quantify the relative importance of local niche-based and meta-community processes and demographic stochasticity during community assembly across spatial and temporal scales...
  3. ncbi Confirmatory path analysis in a generalized multilevel context
    Bill Shipley
    Departement de Biologie, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec JIK 2R1, Canada
    Ecology 90:363-8. 2009
    ..The test is a generalization of Shipley's d-sep test and can be conducted using standard statistical programs capable of fitting generalized mixed models...
  4. ncbi Inferential permutation tests for maximum entropy models in ecology
    Bill Shipley
    Departement de Biologie, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1K 2R1, Canada
    Ecology 91:2794-805. 2010
    ..The test is illustrated using two empirical data sets to test the community assembly model of B. Shipley, D. Vile, and E. Garnier and the species abundance distribution models of S. Pueyo, F. He, and T. Zillio...
  5. ncbi Comparative plant ecology as a tool for integrating across scales
    Bill Shipley
    Ann Bot (Lond) 99:965-6. 2007
  6. ncbi From plant traits to plant communities: a statistical mechanistic approach to biodiversity
    Bill Shipley
    Departement de Biologie, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1K 2R1, Canada
    Science 314:812-4. 2006
    ....
  7. ncbi A strong test of a maximum entropy model of trait-based community assembly
    Bill Shipley
    Department de Biologie, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec JIK2R1 Canada
    Ecology 92:507-17. 2011
    ..05, and the median predicted relative abundance of species actually absent from a quadrat was 5 x 10(-5)...
  8. ncbi Prediction of in situ root decomposition rates in an interspecific context from chemical and morphological traits
    Maurice Aulen
    Departement de Biologie, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1K2R1, Canada
    Ann Bot 109:287-97. 2012
    ....
  9. ncbi Plasticity in relative growth rate after a reduction in nitrogen availability is related to root morphological and physiological responses
    Antonio Useche
    Departement de Biologie, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
    Ann Bot 106:617-25. 2010
    ....
  10. ncbi Interspecific correlates of plasticity in relative growth rate following a decrease in nitrogen availability
    Antonio Useche
    Departement de Biologie, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke QC J1K 2R1, Canada
    Ann Bot 105:333-9. 2010
    ....
  11. ncbi Forest floor bacterial community composition and catabolic profiles in relation to landscape features in Québec's southern boreal forest
    Josyanne Lamarche
    Laboratoire d écologie des sols, Departement de Biologie, Universite de Sherbrooke, 2500 Boulevard de l Universite, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, J1K 2R1
    Microb Ecol 54:10-20. 2007
    ..In light of our results, we suggest that future research examine whether bacterial community composition or CLCPs can be used to detect latent environmental changes across landscape units...
  12. ncbi Ecosystem productivity can be predicted from potential relative growth rate and species abundance
    Denis Vile
    Centre d Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, UMR 5175 CNRS, 1919, route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
    Ecol Lett 9:1061-7. 2006
    ..Our study shows that scaling-up from the potential properties of individual species is possible, and that information on potential and realized species traits can be integrated to predict ecosystem functioning...
  13. ncbi "Diminishing returns" in the scaling of functional leaf traits across and within species groups
    Karl J Niklas
    Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:8891-6. 2007
    ..We argue that this set reflects a fundamental property of all plants and helps to explain why annual growth fails to keep pace with increases in total body mass across species...
  14. ncbi A structural equation model to integrate changes in functional strategies during old-field succession
    Denis Vile
    Centre d Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive UMR 5175, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Montpellier, France
    Ecology 87:504-17. 2006
    ..Maximum plant height and seed mass were major determinants of reproductive phenology. Our results show that beyond verbal conceptualization, plant ecological strategies can be quantified and modeled...
  15. ncbi Specific leaf area and dry matter content estimate thickness in laminar leaves
    Denis Vile
    Centre d Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CNRS, UMR 5175, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
    Ann Bot 96:1129-36. 2005
    ..SLA and LDMC are two leaf traits that are both more easily measurable and often reported in the literature...