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| Benjamin M BolkerSummaryAffiliation: University of Florida Country: USA Publications
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Generalized linear mixed models: a practical guide for ecology and evolutionBenjamin M Bolker
Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 8525, USA
Trends Ecol Evol 24:127-35. 2009..We review the use (and misuse) of GLMMs in ecology and evolution, discuss estimation and inference and summarize 'best-practice' data analysis procedures for scientists facing this challenge...
Transient virulence of emerging pathogensBenjamin M Bolker
Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
J R Soc Interface 7:811-22. 2010..We discuss the need for better data on tradeoff curves and genetic variance in order to evaluate the plausibility of various scenarios of virulence evolution...- Predicting predation through prey ontogeny using size-dependent functional response modelsMichael W McCoy
Department of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA
Am Nat 177:752-66. 2011..Our results highlight the importance of incorporating prey size when modeling consumer-prey dynamics in size-structured, growing prey populations... - A disease-mediated trophic cascade in the Serengeti and its implications for ecosystem CRicardo M Holdo
Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
PLoS Biol 7:e1000210. 2009..We propose that the long-term status of the Serengeti and other intensely grazed savannas as sources or sinks for C may be fundamentally linked to the control of disease outbreaks and poaching... - Stem responses to damage: the evolutionary ecology of Quercus species in contrasting fire regimesClaudia Romero
Department of Botany and Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 8525, USA
New Phytol 182:261-71. 2009..The fact that some wound response traits are phylogenetically constrained while others respond to ecological pressures suggests that damage responses integrate mechanisms operating at several levels within plants... - Benefits for plants in ant-plant protective mutualisms: a meta-analysisMatthew D Trager
Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
PLoS ONE 5:e14308. 2010..These results contrast with other quantitative reviews of these relationships that did not include plant life history as an explanatory factor and raise several questions to guide future research on ant-plant protection mutualisms... 
The impact of the allee effect in dispersal and patch-occupancy age on the dynamics of metapopulationsMaia Martcheva
Department of Mathematics, University of Florida, 358 Little Hall, PO Box 118105, Gainesville, FL 32611 8105, USA
Bull Math Biol 69:135-56. 2007..We show that the metapopulation will persist independently of its initial status if R > 1...- Size correction: comparing morphological traits among populations and environmentsMichael W McCoy
Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 8525, USA
Oecologia 148:547-54. 2006.... - Effects of landscape corridors on seed dispersal by birdsDouglas J Levey
Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Post Office Box 118525, Gainesville, FL 32611 8525, USA
Science 309:146-8. 2005..Our study shows how models based on easily observed behaviors can be scaled up to predict landscape-level processes... - Combining endogenous and exogenous spatial variability in analytical population modelsBenjamin M Bolker
Zoology Department, University of Florida, Box 118525, 318 Carr Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611 8525, USA
Theor Popul Biol 64:255-70. 2003..This result is contrary to some (but not all) conclusions in the literature, which usually focus on the effects of fragmentation rather than the benefits of refuges to short-dispersing individuals... - Spatial dynamics in model plant communities: what do we really know?Benjamin M Bolker
Zoology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
Am Nat 162:135-48. 2003..When interspecific competition is strong, spatial dynamics reduce founder control at large scales and short dispersal becomes advantageous. We describe a series of empirical tests to detect and distinguish among the suggested scenarios... - Does genetic introgression improve female reproductive performance? A test on the endangered Florida pantherJeffrey A Hostetler
Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 0430, USA
Oecologia 168:289-300. 2012.... - Upper respiratory tract disease, force of infection, and effects on survival of gopher tortoisesArpat Ozgul
Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, 110 Newins Ziegler Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA
Ecol Appl 19:786-98. 2009..If (as our results suggest) URTD in fact reduces adult survival, it could adversely influence the population dynamics and persistence of this late- maturing, long-lived species... - Trait-mediated interactions: influence of prey size, density and experienceMichael W McCoy
Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 8525, USA
J Anim Ecol 77:478-86. 2008..However, different mechanisms led to increased survival for induced tadpoles. Attack rate for the small predators, whereas handling time increased for the large predators... - Dispersers shape fruit diversity in Ficus (Moraceae)Silvia B Lomáscolo
Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:14668-72. 2010..Taken together, these results demonstrate that differences among frugivores have shaped the evolution of fruit traits. More broadly, our results underscore the importance of mutualisms in both generating and maintaining biodiversity... - On quantitative measures of indirect interactionsToshinori Okuyama
Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 8525, USA
Ecol Lett 10:264-71. 2007.... - Effects of sample size on estimates of population growth rates calculated with matrix modelsIan J Fiske
Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
PLoS ONE 3:e3080. 2008..We investigated if sampling variability and the distribution of sampling effort among size classes lead to biases in estimates of lambda... - Incorporating multiple mixed stocks in mixed stock analysis: 'many-to-many' analysesBenjamin M Bolker
Department of Zoology and Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research, University of Florida, PO Box 118525, Gainesville, FL 32611 8525, USA
Mol Ecol 16:685-95. 2007.... - Vaccine-induced pathogen strain replacement: what are the mechanisms?Maia Martcheva
Department of Mathematics, University of Florida, 358 Little Hall, PO Box 118105, Gainesville, FL 32611 8105, USA
J R Soc Interface 5:3-13. 2008..We draw an analogy with ecological and evolutionary explanations for competitive dominance and coexistence that allow for tradeoffs between different competitive and life-history traits...