Publications by Lab Members

In Review:

JF Cahill, E Lamb, S Kembel, P. Keddy. Does phylogenetic relatedness influence the strength of competition among vascular plants?

JF Cahill, GR Smith, BH Shore, E Elle. Disruption of a belowground mutualism alters plant-pollinator interactions in a fescu grassland.

M Clark, JF Cahill, S Kembel, E Lamb. Nitrogen addition eliminates the spatial pattern of plant competition in a native grassland.

G. McNickle, JF Cahill, M Deyholos. Using molecular methods on mixed-root samples to determine species identity.

 

2007 - in press :

Lamb, E.G., B.H. Shore, and J.F. Cahill. In Press. Water and nitrogen addition differentially impact plant competition in a native rough fescue grassland. Plant Ecology, final acceptance: September 27, 2006.

Cahill, J.F. and E.G. Lamb. In Press. Interactions between root and shoot competition and plant traits. HortScience, final acceptance February 27, 2007.

 

2006

S.W. Kembel and S.P. Hubbell. 2006. The phylogenetic structure of a neotropical forest tree community. Ecology. 87:S86-S99 Suppl .

R Niesenbaum, C Ingersoll and JF Cahill, Jr. 2006 "Light, wind, and touch influence leaf chemistry and rates of herbivory in apocynum cannabinum (Apocynaceae)." International Journal of Plant Sciences. 167:969-978 .

E Lamb, M Dale and JF Cahill, Jr. 2006. "A non-linear regression approach to test for size-dependence of competitive ability." Ecology 87:1452-1457.

EG Lamb and JF Cahill. 2006 "Consequences of differing competitive response abilities between juvenile and adult plants." Oikos 112: 502-512.

 

2005:

MJ Schulz, JF Cahill, Jr. and RS Currah. "In vitro measurements of the competitive interactions between two saprobic basidiomycetes on Typha latifolia." Canadian Journal of Botany 83 (2005): 1523-1527.

SW Kembel and JF Cahill, Jr.. "Plant phenotypic plasticity belowground: A phylogenetic perspective on root foraging trade-offs." The American Naturalist 166 (2005): 216-230.

JF Cahill, Jr., SW Kembel and DJ Gustafson. "Differential genetic influences on competitive effect and response in Arabidopsis thaliana." Journal of Ecology 93 (2005): 958-967.

 

2004:

E Lamb, JJ Haag, and JF Cahill, Jr. "Patchbackground contrast and patch density have limited effects on root proliferation and plant performance in Abutilon theophrasti".  Functional Ecology. (2004) 18:836-843.

JJ Haag, MD Coupe and JF Cahill, Jr.. "Antagonistic interactions between competition and insect herbivory on plant growth." Journal of Ecology 92 (2004): 156-167.

JF Cahill, Jr., BB Casper and DS Hik. "Spatial heterogeneity, not visitation bias, dominates variation in herbivory: Comment." Ecology 85 (2004): 2901-2906.

 

2003:

JF Cahill, Jr. and BB Casper. "Canopy gaps are sites of reduced below-ground plant competition in a productive old field ." Plant Ecology 164 (2003): 29-36.

JF Cahill.Neighborhood-scale diversity, composition and root crowding do not alter competition during drought in a native grassland ." Ecology Letters 6 (2003): 599-603.

JF Cahill.Lack of relationship between below-ground competition and allocation to roots in 10 grassland species ." Journal of Ecology 91 (2003): 532-540.

DS Hik, M Brown, A Dabros, J Weir and JF Cahill, Jr.. "Prevalence and predictability of handling effects on plants in field studies: Results from field experiments and a meta-analysis ." American Journal of Botany 90 (2003): 270-277.

MD Coupe and JF Cahill, Jr.. "Effects of insects on primary production in temperate herbaceous communities: A meta-analysis ." Ecological Entomology 28 (2003): 511-521.

JF Cahill. "Below ground competition does not vary with productivity, cause a shift in relative allocation to roots, or depend on root system size for 10 grassland species." Journal of Ecology 61 (2003): 532-540.

DS Hik, M Brown, A Dabros, J Weir and JF Cahill, Jr.. "How general are visitation effects? A test in alpine, boreal and grassland communities." American Journal of Botany 90 (2003): 270-277.

 

2002:

JF Cahill, Jr., JP Castelli and BB Casper. "Further examination of the herbivory uncertainty principle: Separating the effects of visiting and touching plants ." American Journal of Botany 90 (2002): 1401-1409.

JF Cahill, Jr.. "Interactions between root and shoot competition vary among apecies ." Oikos 99 (2002): 101-112.

JF Cahill, Jr.. "What evidence is necessary in studies measuring root and shoot competition along productivity gradients? " Journal of Ecology 90 (2002): 201-205.

 

2001:

JF Cahill, Jr., JP Castelli and BB Casper. "The herbivory uncertainty principle: Visiting plants can alter herbivory ." Ecology 82 (2001): 307-312.

BB Casper, JF Cahill, Jr. and RB Jackson. "Plant Competition in Spatially Heterogeneous Environments." Ecological Consequences of Habitat Heterogeneity (2001): .

 

2000 and earlier:

JF Cahill, Jr. and BB Casper. "Investigating the relationship between neighbor root biomass and belowground competition: Field evidence for symmetric competition belowground ." Oikos 90 (2000): 311-320.

JF Cahill, Jr.. "Effect of fertilization on the interaction between above- and belowground competition in an old-field community." Ecology 80 (1999): 466-480.

JF Cahill, Jr. and BB Casper. "Above-ground consequences of belowground nutrient distributions for two old-field herbs: Ambrosia artemisiifolia and Phytolacca americana ." Annals of Botany 83 (1999): 471-478.

BB Casper and JF Cahill, Jr.. "Populations of Abutilon theophrasti respond more strongly below-ground than above-ground to spatial heterogeneity in soil nutrients." American Journal of Botany 85 (1998): 1680-1687.

BB Casper, JF Cahill, Jr. and L Hyatt. "Above-ground competition does not alter biomass allocated to roots in Abutilon theophrasti." New Phytologist 140 (1998): 1680-1687.

BB Casper and JF Cahill, Jr.. "Limited effects of soil nutrient heterogeneity on populations of Abutilon theophrasti (Malvaceae)." American Journal of Botany 83(3) (1996): 333-341.

SW Schneider, LA MacDonald, JF Cahill and SW Heminway. "The marine and brackish water species of Vaucheria (Tribophyceae, Chrysophyta) from Connecticut." Rhodora 882 (1993): 97-112.