LUQ-LTER PUBLICATIONS (80 published or in press)

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Books and Monographs

  1. Walker, L. R., W. L. Silver, M. R. Willig, and J. K. Zimmerman, editors. 1996. Special issue: Long term responses of Caribbean ecosystems to disturbance. Biotropica 28:414-614.
  1. Gannon, M. R., M. R. Duran, A. Kurta, and M. R. Willig. 2005. Bats of Puerto Rico: An Island Focus and Caribbean Perspective. TexasTechUniversity Press, Lubbock, Texas.
  1. Scheiner, S. M., and M. R. Willig, editors. 2011. Theory of Ecology. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
  1. Brokaw, N., T. A. Crowl, A. E. Lugo, W. H. McDowell, F. N. Scatena, R. B. Waide, and M. R. Willig, editors. 2012. A CaribbeanForest Tapestry: The Multidimensional Nature of Disturbance and Response.OxfordUniversity Press, New York, New York.
  1. González, G., R. B. Waide, and M. R.Willig.2012. Ecological Gradient Analyses in Tropical Ecosystems. Ecological Bulletins 53. In Press.

Scientific Journals

  1. Willig, M. R., and A. Bauman. 1984. Notes on bats from the LuquilloMountains of Puerto Rico. Pages 1-12. CEER-T-194.
  1. Willig, M. R., R. W. Garrison, and A. J. Bauman. 1986. Population dynamics and natural history of a Neotropical walking stick, Lamponius portoricensis Rehn (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae). Texas Journal of Science 38:121-137.
  1. Van Den Bussche, R. A., M. R. Willig, R. K. Chesser, and R. B. Waide. 1988. Genetic variation and systematics of four taxa of Neotropical walking sticks (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington90:422-427.
  1. Gannon, M. R., M. R. Willig, K. B. Willis, and M. P. Moulton. 1990. Intraspecific comparisons of diet of Cnemidophorous gularis (Sauria: Teiidae) in Central Texas. Texas Journal of Science 42:263-272.
  1. Willig, M. R., and G. R. Camilo. 1991. The effect of Hurricane Hugo on six invertebrate species in the Luquillo Experimental Forest of Puerto Rico. Biotropica 23:455-461.
  1. Gannon, M. R., and M. R. Willig. 1992. Bat reproduction in the Luquillo Experimental Forest of Puerto Rico. Southwestern Naturalist 37:414-419.
  1. Gannon, M. R., M. R. Willig, and J. K. Jones, Jr. 1992. Morphometric variation, measurement error, and fluctuating asymmetry in the red fig-eating bat (Stenoderma rufum). Texas Journal of Science 44:389-404.
  1. Alvarez, J., and M. R. Willig. 1993. Effects of treefall gaps on the density of land snails in the Luquillo Experimental Forest of Puerto Rico. Biotropica 25:100-110.
  1. Gannon, M. R., K. Pardieck, M. R. Willig, and R. B. Waide. 1993. Movement and home range of the Puerto Rican Screech-Owl (Otus nudipes) in the LuquilloExperimentalForest. Caribbean Journal of Science 29:174-178.
  1. Sandlin, E. A., and M. R. Willig. 1993. Effects of age, sex, prior experience, and intraspecific food variation on diet composition of a tropical folivore (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae). Environmental Entomology 22:625-633.
  1. Willig, M. R., E. A. Sandlin, and M. R. Gannon. 1993. Structural and taxonomic components of habitat selection in the Neotropical folivore Lamponius portoricensis (Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae). Environmental Entomology 22:634-641.
  1. Gannon, M. R., and M. R. Willig. 1994. The effects of Hurricane Hugo on bats of the Luquillo Experimental Forest of Puerto-Rico. Biotropica 26:320-331.
  1. Gannon, M. R., and M. R. Willig. 1994. Records of bat ectoparasites from the Luquillo Experimental Forest of Puerto Rico. Caribbean Journal of Science 30:281-283.
  1. Camilo, G. R., and M. R. Willig. 1995. Dynamics of a food-chain model from an arthropod-dominated lotic community. Ecological Modelling 79:121-129.
  1. Gannon, M. R., and M. R. Willig. 1995. Ecology of ectoparasites from tropical bats. Environmental Entomology 24:1495-1503.
  1. Garrison, R. W., and M. R. Willig. 1996. Arboreal invertebrates. Pages 183-245 in D. P. Reagan and R. B. Waide, editors. The Food Web of a TropicalRain Forest. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
  1. Secrest, M. F., M. R. Willig, and L. L. Peppers. 1996. The legacy of disturbance on habitat associations of terrestrial snails in the LuquilloExperimentalForest, Puerto Rico. Biotropica 28:502-514.
  1. Willig, M. R., and M. R. Gannon. 1996. Mammals. Pages 399-431 in D. P. Reagan and R. B. Waide, editors. The Food Web of a TropicalRain Forest. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
  1. Willig, M. R., D. L. Moorhead, S. B. Cox, and J. C. Zak. 1996. Functional diversity of soil bacterial communities in the tabonuco forest: Interaction of anthropogenic and natural disturbance. Biotropica 28:471-483.
  1. Zimmerman, J. K., M. R. Willig, L. R. Walker, and W. L. Silver. 1996. Introduction: Disturbance and Caribbean ecosystems. Biotropica 28:414-423.
  1. Gannon, M. R., and M. R. Willig. 1997. The effect of lunar illumination on movement and activity of the red fig-eating bat (Stenoderma rufum). Biotropica 29:525-529.
  1. Willig, M. R., and M. R. Gannon. 1997. Gradients of species density and turnover in marsupials: A hemispheric perspective. Journal of Mammalogy 78:756-765.
  1. Gannon, M. R., and M. R. Willig. 1998. Long-term monitoring protocol for bats: Lessons from the Luquillo Experimental Forest of Puerto Rico. Pages 271-291 in F. Dallmeier and J. Comisky, editors. Forest Biodiversity in North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean: Research and Monitoring. The Parthenon Press, Cranforth, Lancashire, UK.
  1. Willig, M. R., E. A. Sandlin, and M. R. Gannon. 1998. Structural and taxonomic correlates of habitat selection by a Puerto Rican land snail. Southwestern Naturalist 43:70-79.
  1. Willig, M. R., M. F. Secrest, S. B. Cox, G. R. Camilo, J. F. Cary, J. Alvarez, and M. R. Gannon. 1998. Long-term monitoring of snails in the Luquillo Experimental Forest of Puerto Rico: Heterogeneity, scale, disturbance, and recovery. Pages 293-322 in F. Dallmeier and J. Comisky, editors. Forest Biodiversity in North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean: Research and Monitoring. The Parthenon Press, Cranforth, Lancashire, UK.
  1. Waide, R. B., M. R. Willig, C. F. Steiner, G. Mittelbach, L. Gough, S. I. Dodson, G. P. Juday, and R. Parmenter. 1999. The relationship between productivity and species richness. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 30:257-300.
  1. Walker, L. R., and M. R. Willig. 1999. An introduction to terrestrial disturbances. Pages 1-15 in L. R. Walker, editor. Ecosystems of Disturbed Ground. Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  1. Willig, M. R., and M. A. McGinley. 1999. The response of animals to disturbance and their roles in patch generation. Pages 633-657 in L. R. Walker, editor. Ecosystems of Disturbed Ground. Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  1. Willig, M. R., and L. R. Walker. 1999. Disturbance in terrestrial ecosystems: Salient themes, synthesis, and future directions. Pages 747-767 in L. R. Walker, editor. Ecosystems of Disturbed Ground. Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  1. Gross, K. L., M. R. Willig, L. Gough, R. Inouye, and S. B. Cox. 2000. Patterns of species density and productivity at different spatial scales in herbaceous plant communities. Oikos 89:417-427.
  1. Parmesan, C., T. L. Root, and M. R. Willig. 2000. Impacts of extreme weather and climate on terrestrial biota. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 81:443-450.
  1. Scheiner, S. M., S. B. Cox, M. R. Willig, G. G. Mittelbach, C. Osenberg, and M. Kaspari. 2000. Species richness, species-area curves and Simpson's paradox. Evolutionary Ecology Research 2:791-802.
  1. Mittelbach, G. G., C. F. Steiner, S. M. Scheiner, K. L. Gross, H. L. Reynolds, R. B. Waide, M. R. Willig, S. I. Dodson, and L. Gough. 2001. What is the observed relationship between species richness and productivity? Ecology 82:2381-2396.
  1. Willig, M. R. 2001. Exploring biodiversity in time and space: Profitable directions for mammalogy in the 21st Century. Mastozoologia Neotropical 8:107-109.
  1. Cox, S. B., M. R. Willig, and F. N. Scatena. 2002. Variation in nutrient characteristics of surface soils from the Luquillo Experimental Forest of Puerto Rico: A multivariate perspective. Plant and Soil 247:189-198.
  1. Willig, M. R. 2003. Challenges to understanding dynamics of biodiversity in time and space. Paleobiology 29:30-33.
  1. Andelman, S. J., C. M. Bowles, M. R. Willig, and R. B. Waide. 2004. Understanding environmental complexity through a distributed knowledge network. Bioscience 54:240-246.
  1. Andelman, S. J., and M. R. Willig. 2004. Networks by design: A revolution in ecology. Science 305:1565-1566.
  1. Chalcraft, D. R., J. W. Williams, M. D. Smith, and M. R. Willig. 2004. Scale dependence in the species-richness-productivity relationship: The role of species turnover. Ecology 85:2701-2708.
  1. Zak, J. C., and M. R. Willig. 2004. Analysis and interpretation of fungal biodiversity patterns. Pages 59-76 in G. M. Mueller, G. F. Bills, and M. S. Foster, editors. Biodiversity of Fungi: Inventory and Monitoring Methods. Elsevier Academic Press, Burlington, Massachusetts.
  1. Scheiner, S. M., and M. R. Willig. 2005. Developing unified theories in ecology as exemplified with diversity gradients. American Naturalist 166:458-469.
  1. Wilsey, B. J., D. R. Chalcraft, C. M. Bowles, and M. R. Willig. 2005. Relationships among indices suggest that richness is an incomplete surrogate for grassland biodiversity. Ecology 86:1178-1184.
  1. Bloch, C. P., and M. R. Willig. 2006. Context-dependence of long-term responses of terrestrial gastropod populations to large-scale disturbance. Journal of Tropical Ecology 22:111-122.
  1. Higgins, C. L., M. R. Willig, and R. E. Strauss. 2006. The role of stochastic processes in producing nested patterns of species distributions. Oikos 114:159-167.
  1. Bloch, C. P., C. L. Higgins, and M. R. Willig. 2007. Effects of large-scale disturbance on metacommunity structure of terrestrial gastropods: Temporal trends in nestedness. Oikos 116:395-406.
  1. Grace, J. B., T. M. Anderson, M. D. Smith, E. Seabloom, S. J. Andelman, G. Meche, E. Weiher, L. K. Allain, H. Jutila, M. Sankaran, J. Knops, M. Ritchie, and M. R. Willig. 2007. Does species diversity limit productivity in natural grassland communities? Ecology Letters 10:680-689.
  1. Willig, M. R., C. P. Bloch, N. Brokaw, C. Higgins, J. Thompson, and C. R. Zimmermann. 2007. Cross-scale responses of biodiversity to hurricane and anthropogenic disturbance in a tropical forest. Ecosystems 10:824-838.
  1. Yee, D. A., and M. R. Willig. 2007. Colonisation of Heliconia caribaea by aquatic invertebrates: Resource and microsite characteristics. Ecological Entomology 32:603-612.
  1. Presley, S. J., and M. R. Willig. 2008. Composition and structure of Caribbean bat (Chiroptera) assemblages: Effects of inter-island distance, area, elevation and hurricane-induced disturbance. Global Ecology and Biogeography 17:747-757.
  1. Scheiner, S. M., and M. R. Willig. 2008. A general theory of ecology. Theoretical Ecology 1:21-28.
  1. Bloch, C. P., and M. R. Willig. 2009. Effects of competition on size and growth rates of Caracolus caracolla (L.) in Puerto Rico. Journal of Molluscan Studies 75:133-138.
  1. Chalcraft, D. R., B. J. Wilsey, C. Bowles, and M. R. Willig. 2009. The relationship between productivity and multiple aspects of biodiversity in six grassland communities. Biodiversity and Conservation 18:91-104.
  1. Gannon, M. R., and M. R. Willig. 2009.Island in the storm: Disturbance ecology of plant-visiting bats in the hurricane-prone island of Puerto Rico. Pages 281-301 in T. H. Fleming and P. A. Racey, editors. Island Bats: Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation.University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
  1. Jones, G., D. S. Jacobs, T. H. Kunz, M. R. Willig, and P. A. Racey. 2009. Carpe noctem: The importance of bats as bioindicators. Endangered Species Research 8:93-115.
  1. Willig, M. R., S. J. Presley, C. P. Bloch, and H. H. Genoways. 2009. Macroecology of Caribbean bats: Effects of area, elevation, latitude, and hurricane-induced disturbance. Pages 216-264 in T. H. Fleming and P. A. Racey, editors. Island Bats: Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
  1. Prates, M. O., D. K. Dey, M. R. Willig, and J. Yan. 2010. Intervention analysis of hurricane effects on snail abundance in a tropical forest using long-term spatio-temporal data. Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics 16:142-156.
  1. Presley, S. J., C. L. Higgins, and M. R. Willig. 2010. A comprehensive framework for the evaluation of metacommunity structure. Oikos 119:908-917.
  1. Presley, S. J., and M. R. Willig. 2010. Bat metacommunity structure on Caribbean islands and the role of endemics. Global Ecology and Biogeography 19:185-199.
  1. Vance-Chalcraft, H. D., M. R. Willig, S. B. Cox, A. E. Lugo, and F. N. Scatena. 2010. Relationship between aboveground biomass and multiple measures of biodiversity in subtropical forest of Puerto Rico. Biotropica 42:290-299.
  1. Presley, S. J., M. R. Willig, C. P. Bloch, I. Castro-Arellano, C. Higgins, and B. T. Klingbeil. 2011. A complex metacommunity structure for gastropods along an elevational gradient. Biotropica 43:480-488.
  1. Willig, M. R., S. J. Presley, and C. P. Bloch. 2011. Long-term dynamics of tropical walking sticks in response to multiple large-scale and intense disturbances. Oecologia165:357-368.
  1. Willig, M. R. 2011. Biodiversity and Productivity. Science 333:1709-1710.
  1. Willig, M. R., S. J. Presley, C. P. Bloch, I. Castro-Arellano, L. M. Cisneros, C. Higgins, and B. T. Klingbeil. 2011. Tropical metacommunities and elevational gradients: Disentangling effects of forest type from other elevational factors. Oikos 120:1497-1508.
  1. Scheiner, S. M., A. Chiarucci, G. A. Fox, M. R. Helmus, D. J. McGlinn, and M. R. Willig. 2011. The underpinnings of the relationship of species richness with space and time. Ecological Monographs 81:195-213.
  1. Fox, G., S. M. Scheiner, and M. R. Willig. 2011. Theory of ecological gradients. Pages 283-307in S. M. Scheiner and M. R. Willig, editors. Theory of Ecology. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
  1. Scheiner, S. M., and M. R. Willig. 2011. A general theory of ecology. Pages 3-18in S. M. Scheiner and M. R. Willig, editors. Theory of Ecology.University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
  1. Willig, M. R., and S. M. Scheiner. 2011. The state of theory in ecology. Pages 333-347in S. M. Scheiner and M. R. Willig, editors. Theory of Ecology.University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
  1. Brokaw, N., J. K. Zimmerman, M. R. Willig, G. R. Camilo, A. P. Covich, T. A. Crowl, N. Fetcher, B. L. Haines, D. J. Lodge, A. E. Lugo, R. W. Myster, C. M. Pringle, J. M. Sharpe, F. N. Scatena, T. D. Schowalter, W. L. Silver, J. Thompson, D. J. Vogt, K. A. Vogt, R. B. Waide, L. R. Walker, L. L. Woolbright, J. M. Wunderle, Jr., and X. Zou. 2012. Response to disturbance. Pages 201-271 in N. Brokaw, T. A. Crowl, A. E. Lugo, W. H. McDowell, F. N. Scatena, R. B. Waide, and M. R. Willig, editors. A CaribbeanForest Tapestry: The Multidimensional Nature of Disturbance and Response. OxfordUniversity Press, New York, New York.
  1. Lugo, A. E., F. N. Scatena, R. B. Waide, E. A. Greathouse, C. M. Pringle, M. R. Willig,K. A. Vogt, L. R. Walker, G. Gonzalez, W. H. McDowell, and J. Thompson. 2012. Management implications and applications of long-term ecological research. Pages 305-360 in N. Brokaw, T. A. Crowl, A. E. Lugo, W. H. McDowell, F. N. Scatena, R. B. Waide, and M. R. Willig, editors. A CaribbeanForest Tapestry: The Multidimensional Nature of Disturbance and Response. OxfordUniversity Press, New York, New York.
  1. Lugo, A. E., R. B. Waide, M. R. Willig, T. A.Crowl, F. N. Scatena, J. Thompson, W. L. Silver, W. H. McDowell, and N. Brokaw. 2012. Ecological paradigms for the Tropics: Old questions and continuing challenges. Pages 3-41 in N. Brokaw, T. A. Crowl, A. E. Lugo, W. H. McDowell, F. N. Scatena, R. B. Waide, and M. R. Willig, editors. A CaribbeanForest Tapestry: The Multidimensional Nature of Disturbance and Response. OxfordUniversity Press, New York, New York.
  1. McDowell, W. H., F. N. Scatena, R. B. Waide, N. Brokaw, G. R. Camilo, A. P. Covich, T. A. Crowl, G. Gonzalez, E. A. Greathouse, P. Klawinski, D. J. Lodge, A. E. Lugo, C. M. Pringle, B. A. Richardson, M. J. Richardson, D. A. Schafer, W. L. Silver, J. Thompson, D. J. Vogt, K. A. Vogt, , M. R. Willig, L. L. Woolbright, X. Zou, and J. K. Zimmerman. 2012. Geographic and ecological setting of the LuquilloMountains. Pages 72-163 in N. Brokaw, T. A. Crowl, A. E. Lugo, W. H. McDowell, F. N. Scatena, R. B. Waide, and M. R. Willig, editors. A CaribbeanForest Tapestry: The Multidimensional Nature of Disturbance and Response. OxfordUniversity Press, New York, New York.
  1. Waide, R. B., and M. R. Willig. 2012. Conceptual overview: Disturbance, gradients, and ecological response. Pages 42-71 in N. Brokaw, T. A. Crowl, A. E. Lugo, W. H. McDowell, F. N. Scatena, R. B. Waide, and M. R. Willig, editors. A CaribbeanForest Tapestry: The Multidimensional Nature of Disturbance and Response. OxfordUniversity Press, New York, New York.
  1. Willig, M. R., C. P. Bloch, A. P. Covich, C. A. S. Hall, D. J. Lodge, A. E. Lugo, W. L. Silver, R. B. Waide, L. R. Walker, and J. K. Zimmerman. 2012. Long-term research in the LuquilloMountains: Synthesis and foundations for the future. Pages 361-441 in N. Brokaw, T. A. Crowl, A. E. Lugo, W. H. McDowell, F. N. Scatena, R. B. Waide, and M. R. Willig, editors. A CaribbeanForest Tapestry: The Multidimensional Nature of Disturbance and Response. OxfordUniversity Press, New York, New York.
  1. Willig, M. R., S. J. Presley, C. P. Bloch, and J. Alvarez. 2012. Population, community, and metacommunity dynamics of terrestrial gastropods in the LuquilloMountains: a gradient perspective. In: González, G., Waide, R. B., and Willig, M. R. (eds), Ecological Gradient Analyses in Tropical Ecosystems. Ecological Bulletins53: 000-000. In Press.
  1. Bloch, C. P., and M. R. Willig. 2012. Density compensation suggests interspecific competition is weak among terrestrial snails in tabonuco forest of Puerto Rico. Caribbean Journal of Science. In Press.

Publications Submitted

  1. Prates, M. O., D. K. Dey, M. R. Willig, and J. Yan. Transformed Gaussian Markov random fields and spatial modeling. Biometrika. In Review.
  1. Presley, S.J., M.R. Willig, and J. K. Zimmerman. Forest metacommunity structure along a tropical environmental gradient. Oecologia. In Review.

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