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| David M PostSummaryAffiliation: Yale University Country: USA Publications
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Getting to the fat of the matter: models, methods and assumptions for dealing with lipids in stable isotope analysesDavid M Post
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520 8105, USA
Oecologia 152:179-89. 2007..Both direct lipid extraction and mathematical normalization reduce biases in delta(13)C, but mathematical normalization simplifies sample preparation and better preserves the integrity of samples for delta(15)N analysis...
Eco-evolutionary feedbacks in community and ecosystem ecology: interactions between the ecological theatre and the evolutionary playDavid M Post
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520 8106, USA
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 364:1629-40. 2009..The alewife-zooplankton system provides the most complete evidence for eco-evolutionary feedbacks, but other systems highlight the potential for eco-evolutionary feedbacks in a wide variety of natural systems...
Testing the productive-space hypothesis: rational and powerDavid M Post
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520 8105, USA
Oecologia 153:973-84. 2007....
Intraspecific variation in a predator affects community structure and cascading trophic interactionsDavid M Post
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 8106, USA
Ecology 89:2019-32. 2008..Our results demonstrate that intraspecific phenotypic variation of predators can regulate community structure and ecosystem processes by modifying the form and strength of complex trophic interactions...
A cascade of evolutionary change alters consumer-resource dynamics and ecosystem functionMatthew R Walsh
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Proc Biol Sci 279:3184-92. 2012..These experimental results parallel trends observed in lakes. Such results argue that a cascade of evolutionary change, which has occurred over contemporary timescales, alters community and ecosystem processes...
Experimental evidence that phenotypic divergence in predators drives community divergence in preyEric P Palkovacs
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 8106, USA
Ecology 90:300-5. 2009..This study provides direct evidence that phenotypic divergence in predators, even in its early stages, can play a critical role in determining prey community structure...
Interpopulation variation in a fish predator drives evolutionary divergence in prey in lakesMatthew R Walsh
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Proc Biol Sci 278:2628-37. 2011....
An experimental disturbance alters fish size structure but not food chain length in streamsAnnika W Walters
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, P O Box 208106, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 8106, USA
Ecology 89:3261-7. 2008..The theoretical predictions of disturbance on food chain length are only likely to be seen in homogeneous systems that closely approximate the linear food chains the models are based upon...
Independent evolutionary origins of landlocked alewife populations and rapid parallel evolution of phenotypic traitsEric P Palkovacs
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, 165 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06520 8106, USA
Mol Ecol 17:582-97. 2008..Estimates of evolutionary rates (in haldanes) indicate rapid evolution of foraging traits, possibly in response to changes in available resources...
How low can you go? Impacts of a low-flow disturbance on aquatic insect communitiesAnnika W Walters
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, P O Box 208106, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 8106, USA
Ecol Appl 21:163-74. 2011..The experimental water withdrawal did not increase water temperature or decrease water quality, and some wetted habitat was always maintained, which likely prevented more severe impacts on aquatic insect communities...
Can stable isotope ratios provide for community-wide measures of trophic structure?Craig A Layman
Marine Science Program, Department of Biological Sciences, 3000 NE 151st Street, North Miami, Florida 33181, USA
Ecology 88:42-8. 2007..Building from extensive applications of stable isotope ratios by ecologists, the community-wide metrics may provide a new perspective on food web structure, function, and dynamics...
