Publications

Bailey, J.K., and T.G. Whitham. 2007. Biodiversity is related to indirect interactions among species of large effect. Pages 306-328 in Ecological Communities: Plant Mediation in Indirect Interaction Webs (T. Ohgushi, T. Craig, and P.W. Price, eds.). Cambridge University Press, UK.

Classen, A.T., J. DeMarco, S.C. Hart, T.G. Whitham, N.S. Cobb, and G.W. Koch. 2006. Impacts of herbivorous insects on decomposer communities during the early stages of primary succession in a semi-arid woodland. SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY (38):972-982.

Gitlin, A., C.M. Stultz, M.A. Bowker, S. Stumpf, K. Ecton, K. Kennedy, A. Munoz, J.K. Bailey, and T.G. Whitham. 2006. Mortality gradients within and among dominant plant populations as barometers of ecosystem change during extreme drought. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY (20):1477-1486.

Mueller, R.C., and C.A. Gehring. 2006. Interactions between dwarf mistletoe infection and ectomycorrhizas of pinyon pine. JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY (94):276-284

Classen, A.T., S.C. Hart, T.G. Whitham, N.S. Cobb, and G.W. Koch. 2005. Insect infestations linked to shifts in microclimate: important climate change implications. SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOUNAL (69):2049-2057.

Mueller, R.C., C.M. Scudder, M.E. Porter, R.T. Trotter, C.A. Gehring, and T.G. Whitham. 2005. Differential tree mortality in response to severe drought: evidence for long-term vegetation shifts. JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY (93):1085-1093.

Mueller, R.C., B.D. Wade, C.A. Gehring, and T.G. Whitham. 2005. Chronic herbivory negatively impacts cone and seed production, seed quality and seedling growth of susceptible pinyons. OECOLOGIA (143):558-565.

Schuster, T.D, N.S. Cobb, T.G. Whitham, and S.C. Hart. 2005. Relative importance of environmental stress and herbivory in reducing litter fall in an arid woodland. ECOSYSTEMS (8):62-72.

Whitham, T.G., E. Lonsdorf, J.A. Schweitzer, J.K. Bailey, D.G. Fischer, S.M. Shuster, R.L. Lindroth, S.C. Hart, G.J. Allan, C.A. Gehring, P. Keim, B.M. Potts, J. Marks, B.J. Rehill, S.P. DiFazio, C.J. LeRoy, G.M. Wimp, and S. Woolbright. 2005. “All effects of a gene on the world”: Extended phenotypes, feedbacks and multi-level selection. ECOSCIENCE (12):5-7.

Swaty, R.L., R.J. Deckert, T.G. Whitham, and C.A. Gehring. 2004. Ectomycorrhizal abundance and community composition shifts with drought: Predictions from tree rings. ECOLOGY (85):1072-1084.

Chapman, S.K., S.C. Hart, N.S. Cobb, T.G. Whitham, and G.W. Koch. 2003. Insect herbivory increases litter quality and decomposition: An extension of the acceleration hypothesis. ECOLOGY (84):2867-2876.

Kuske, C.R., J.D. Busch, L.O. Ticknor, C.A. Gehring, and T.G. Whitham. 2003. The pinyon rhizosphere, plant stress, and herbivory affect the abundance of microbial decomposers in soils. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY (45):340-352.

Whitham, T.G., W.P. Young, G.D. Martinsen, C.A. Gehring, J.A. Schweitzer, S.M. Shuster, G.M. Wimp, D.G. Fischer, J.K. Bailey, R.L. Lindroth, S. Woolbright, and C.R. Kuske. 2003. Community and ecosystem genetics: A consequence of the extended phenotype. ECOLOGY (84):559-573.

Cobb , N.S. , R.T. Trotter III, and T.G. Whitham. 2002. Long-term sexual allocation in herbivore resistant and susceptible pinyon pine (Pinus edulis). OECOLOGIA (130):78-87.

Gehring , C.A. , and T.G. Whitham. 2002. Mycorrhiza-herbivore interactions: Population and community consequences. In M.G.A van der Heijden and I.R. Sanders, eds. Mycorrhizal Ecology, ECOLOGICAL STUDIES (157):295-320.

Ruel, J., and T.G. Whitham. 2002. Fast-growing juvenile pinyons suffer greater herbivory when mature. ECOLOGY (83):2691-2699.

Trotter, R.T., III, N.S. Cobb, and T.G. Whitham. 2002. Herbivory, plant resistance, and climate in the tree ring record: Interactions distort climatic reconstructions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (99):10197-10202.

Van Ommeren, R.J., and T.G. Whitham. 2002. Changes in interactions between juniper and mistletoe mediated by shared avian frugivores: Parasitism to potential mutualism. OECOLOGIA (130):281-288.

Brown, J.H., T.G. Whitham, S.K. Morgan Ernest, and C.A. Gehring. 2001. Complex species interactions and the dynamics of ecological systems: long-term experiments. SCIENCE (293):643-650.

Wimp, GM. & TG Whitham. 2001. Biodiversity consequences of predation and host plant hybridization on an aphid-ant mutualism. ECOLOGY (82):440-452.

Ogle, K., T.G. Whitham, and N.S. Cobb. 2000. Tree-ring variation in pinyon predicts likelihood of death following severe drought. ECOLOGY (81):3237-3243.

Whitham, TG 1999. Beavers as valued ecosystem engineers in their native habitat. In Conservacion Biologica (R. Primack, et al. eds.). Fondo de Cultura Economica, Mexico City, Mexico (in press).

Whitham, TG, GD Martinsen, KD Floate, HS Dungey, BM Potts & P Keim. 1999. Plant hybrid zones affect biodiversity: tools for a genetic-based understanding of community structure. ECOLOGY (80):416-428.

Cobb, NS & TG Whitham. 1998. Prevention of Deme Formation by the Pinyon Needle Scale: Problems of Specializing in a Dynamic System. Pages 37-63 in Genetic Structure and Local Adaptation in Natural Insect Populations: Effects of Ecology, Life History, and Behavior (S. Mopper & S. Strauss, eds.). Chapman & Hall, New York.

Gehring, CA, TC Theimer, TG Whitham & P Keim. 1998. Ectomycorrhizal fungal community structure of pinyon pines growing in two environmental extremes. ECOLOGY (79):1562-1572.

Martinsen, GD, EM Driebe & TG Whitham. 1998. Indirect interactions mediated by changing plant chemistry: beaver browsing benefits beetles. ECOLOGY (79):192-200.

Swaty, RL, CA Gehring, M van Ert, TC Theimer, P Keim & TG Whitham. 1998. Temporal variation in temperature and rainfall predicts ectomycorrhizal colonization. NEW PHYTOLOGIST (139):733-739.

Cobb, NS, S Mopper, CA Gehring, M Caouette, KM Christensen & TG Whitham. 1997. Increased moth herbivory associated with environmental stress of pinyon pine at local and regional levels. OECOLOGIA (109):389-397.

Gehring, CA, NS Cobb & TG Whitham. 1997. Three-way interactions among ectomycorrhizal mutualists, scale insects and resistant and susceptible pinyon pines. AMERICAN NATURALIST (149):824-841.

Larson, KC & TG Whitham. 1997. Competition between gall aphids and natural plant sinks: plant architecture affects resistance to galling. OECOLOGIA (109):575-582.

Waltz, AM & TG Whitham. 1997. Plant development affects arthropod communities: opposing impacts of species removal. ECOLOGY (78):2133-2144.

Cobb, NS, DF Gori & TG Whitham. 1996. The effects of prescribed burning on the rare plant Chrysothamnus molestus. Pages 193-202 in Southwestern Rare and Endangered Plants (J. Maschinski, D.H. Hammond & L. Holter, tech. eds.). USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Expt. Station, Ft. Collins, CO. RM- GTR-283.

Dickson, LL & TG Whitham. 1996. Genetically-based plant resistance traits affect arthropods, fungi, and birds. OECOLOGIA (106):400-406.

Fay, PA, RW Preszler & TG Whitham. 1996. The functional resource of a gall-forming adelgid. OECOLOGIA (105):199-204.

Christensen, KM, TG Whitham & P Keim. 1995. Herbivory and tree mortality across a pinyon pine hybrid zone. OECOLOGIA (101):29-36.

Whitham, TG, KD Floate, GD Martinsen, EM Driebe & P Keim. 1996. Ecological and evolutionary implications of hybridization: Populus-herbivore interactions. Pages 247-275 in Biology of Populus and its Implications for Conservation (R.F. Stettler, H.D. Bradshaw, Jr., P.E. Heilman & T. M. Hinckley, eds.). NRC Press, Ottawa, ON.

Whitham, TG & J Maschinski. 1996. Current hybrid policy and the importance of hybrid plants in conservation. Pages 103-112 in Southwestern Rare and Endangered Plants (J. Maschinski, D.H. Hammond & L. Holter, tech. eds.). USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Expt. Station, Ft. Collins, CO. RM- GTR-283.

Gehring, CA & TG Whitham. 1995. Duration of herbivore removal and environmental stress affect the ectomycorrhizae of pinyon pines. ECOLOGY (76):2118-2123.

Gehring, CA & TG Whitham. 1995. Environmental stress influences aboveground pest attack and mycorrhizal mutualism in pinyon-juniper: implications for management in the event of global warming. Pages 30-37 in: Desired future conditions for piñon-juniper ecosystems (D.W. Shaw, E.F. Aldon & C. LoSapio, eds.). USDA, GTR RM-258.

Cobb, NS, JB Mitton & TG Whitham. 1994. Genetic variation associated with chronic water and nutrient stress in pinyon pine. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY (81):936-940.

Floate, KD & TG Whitham. 1994. Aphid-ant interaction reduces chrysomelid herbivory in a cottonwood hybrid zone. OECOLOGIA (97):215-221.

Floate, KD, TG Whitham & P Keim. 1994. Morphological versus genetic markers in classifying hybrid plants. EVOLUTION (48):929-930.

Gehring, CA & TG Whitham. 1994. Comparisons of ectomycorrhizae on pinyon pine (Pinus edulis; Pinaceae) across extremes of soil type and herbivory. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY (81):1509-1516.

Gehring, CA & TG Whitham. 1994. Interactions between aboveground herbivores and the mycorrhizal mutualists of plants. TREE (9):251-255.

Whitham, TG, PA Morrow & BM Potts. 1994. Plant hybrid zones as centers of biodiversity: the herbivore community of two endemic Tasmanian eucalypts. OECOLOGIA (97):481-490.