Publications
Scientific Publications:
59) Spellman, K.V., and C.P.H. Mulder. 2016. Validating herbarium-based phenology models using citizen science data. BioScience, in press.
58) Spellman, K.V., C.P.H. Mulder, and M.L. Carlson. 2016. Effects of invasive plant patch size and distance on the pollination and reproduction of native boreal plants. Botany, in press.
57) Mulder, C.P.H., D.T. Iles and R.F. Rockwell. 2016. Increased variance in temperature and lag effects alter phenological responses to rapid warming in a subarctic plant community. Global Change Biology, in press. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.1338656)
56) Spellman, K.V., A. Deutsch, C.P.H. Mulder and L.D. Carsten-Conner. Metacognitive learning in the ecology classroom: a tool for preparing problem solvers in a time of rapidchange? Ecosphere, 7(8):e01411. DOI: 10.1002/esc2.1411
55) Spellman, K.V., L.C. Schneller, C.P.H. Mulder and M.L. Carlson. 2015. Effects of non-native Melilotus albus on pollination and reproduction in two boreal shrubs. Oecologia 179 (92): 495-507, DOI 10.1007/s00442-015-3364-9.
54) Mulder, C.P.H., Wardle D.A., Durrett, M.S., and Bellingham P.J. 2015. Leaf damage by herbivores and pathogens on New Zealand islands that differ in seabird densities. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 39(2): 221-230.
53) Christie, K.S., Ruess R.W., Lindberg M.S., and C.P. Mulder, 2014. Herbivores influence the growth, reproduction, and morphology of a widespread Arctic willow. PLoS One, 9(7), e101716.
52) Durrett, M.S., D.A. Wardle, C.P.H. Mulder, and R.P. Barry. 2014. Seabird as agents of spatial heterogeneity on New Zealand’s offshore islands. Plant and Soil, 383:139-153.
51) Spellman, K.V., C.P.H. Mulder, and T.N. Hollingsworth. 2014. Susceptibility of burned black spruce (Picea mariana) forests to non-native plant invasions in interior Alaska. Biological Invasions 16: 1879-1895, DOI 10.1007/s10530-013-0633-6.
50) Roy, B.A., and C.P.H. Mulder. 2014. Pathogens, herbivores, and phenotypic plasticity of boreal Vaccinium vitis-idaea experiencing climate change. Ecosphere, 5(3), art. 30
49) Moles, A.T. , B. Peco, I.R. Wallis, W.J. Foley, A.G.B. Poore, E.W. Seabloom, P.A. Vesk, A. J. Bisigato, L. Cella-Pizarro, C. J. Clark, P.S. Cohen, W. K. Cornwell, W.Edwards, R. Ejrnæs, T. Gonzales-Ojeda, B.J. Graae, G. Hay, F.C. Lumbwe, B. Magaña-Rodríguez, B. D. Moore, P.L. Peri, J.R. Poulsen, J.C. Stegen, R.Veldtman, H. von Zeipel, N.R. Andrew, S.L. Boulter, E. T. Borer, J.H.C. Cornelissen, A.G. Farji-Brener, J. DeGabriel, E. Jurado, L.A. Kyhn, B. Low, C.P.H. Mulder, K. Reardon-Smith, J. Rodríguez-Velázquez, A. De Fortier, Z. Zheng, P.G. Blendinger, B.J. Enquist, J. M. Facelli, T. Knight, J.D. Majer, M. Martínez-Ramos, P. McQuillan, F.K.C. Hui. 2013. Correlations between physical and chemical defences in plants: trade-offs, syndromes, or just many different ways to skin a herbivorous cat? New Phytologist 198: 252-263.
48) Aubry, L.M., R.F. Rockwell, E.G. Cooch, R.W. Brook, C.P.H. Mulder, and D.N Koons. 2013. Climate change, phenology and habitat degradation: drivers of gosling body condition and juvenile survival in lesser snow geese. Global Change Biology 19:149-160.
47) Towns, D.R., P.J. Bellingham, C.P.H. Mulder, and P.O’B. Lyver. 2012. A research strategy for biodiversity conservation on New Zealand’s offshore islands. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 36:1-20.
46) Moles, A.T., I. R. Wallis, W. J. Foley, D. I. Warton, J.C. Stegen, A.J. Bisigato, L. Cella-Pizarro7, C. J. Clark, P. S. Cohen, W. K. Cornwell, W. Edwards, R. Ejrnæs, T. Gonzales-Ojeda, B. J. Graae, G. Hay, F.C. Lumbwe, B. Magaña-Rodríguez2, B.D. Moore, P.L. Peri, J.R. Poulsen, R. Veldtman, H. von Zeipel, N. R. Andrew, S. L. Boulter, E. T. Borer, F.Fernández Campón, M. Coll, A. G. Farji-Brener, J. De Gabriel, E. Jurado, L. A. Kyhn, Bill Low, C. P. H. Mulder, K. Reardon-Smith, J. Rodríguez-Velázquez, E.W. Seabloom, P.A. Vesk, A. van Cauter, M. S. Waldram, Z. Zheng, P.G. Blendinger, B.J. Enquist, J.M. Facelli, T. Knight, J. D. Majer, M. Martínez-Ramos, P. McQuillan, L. D. Prior. 2011. Putting plant defenses on the map: a test of the idea that plants are better defended at lower latitudes. New Phytologist 191: 777-788.
45) Rohrs-Richey, J.K., C.P.H. Mulder, L.M. Winton, and G. Stanosz. 2011. Physiological performance of an Alaskan shrub (Alnus fruticosa) under climate-related stressors: implications from experimental disease (Valsa melanodiscus) and water stress. New Phytologist 189 (1):295-307.
44) Durrett, M.S., and C.P.H. Mulder. 2011. The state of seabird island ecology: current synthesis and global outlook. In: Mulder, C.P.H., W.B. Anderson, D.R. Towns and P.J. Bellingham (eds). Seabird Islands: Ecology, Invasion, and Restoration. Oxford University Press, New York.
43) Mulder, C.P.H., H. Jones, K. Kameda, C. Palmborg, S. Schmidt, J.C. Ellis, J L. Orrock, D.A. Wait, D.A. Wardle, L. Yang, H. Young, D.A. Croll, and E. Vidal. 2011. Impacts of seabirds on plant and soil properties. In: Mulder, C.P.H., W.B. Anderson, D.R. Towns and P.J. Bellingham (eds). Seabird Islands: Ecology, Invasion, and Restoration. Oxford University Press, New York.
42) Smith, J.L., C.P.H. Mulder, and J.C. Ellis. 2011. Seabirds as ecosystem engineers: nutrient inputs and physical disturbance. In: Mulder, C.P.H., W.B. Anderson, D.R. Towns and P.J. Bellingham (eds). Seabird Islands: Ecology, Invasion, and Restoration. Oxford University Press, New York.
41) Anderson, W.B., and C.P.H. Mulder. 2011. An introduction to seabird islands. In: Mulder, C.P.H., W.B. Anderson, D.R. Towns and P.J. Bellingham (eds). Seabird Islands: Ecology, Invasion, and Restoration. Oxford University Press, New York.
40) Mulder, C.P.H. and J.C. Ellis. 2010. Seabird Island Ecology. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences 2010, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester http://www.els.net/ DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0022557
39) Hector, A., Y. Hautier, P. Saner, L. Wacker, R. Bagchi, J. Joshi, M. Scherer-Lorenzen, E.M. Spehn, E. Bazely-White, M. Wilemann, M.C. Caldeira, P.G. Dimitrakopoulos, J.A. Finn, K. Huss-Danell, A. Jumpponen, C.P.H. Mulder, C. Palmborg, J.S. Pereira, A.S.D. Simantsioura, A.C. Terry, A.Y. Troumbis, B. Schmid, and M. Loreau. 2010. General stabilizing effects of plant diversity on grassland productivity through population asynchrony and overyielding. Ecology 91: 2213-2220
38) Grant-Hoffman, M.N., C.P. Mulder, and P. Bellingham. 2010. Invasive rats alter woody seedling composition on seabird-dominated islands in New Zealand. Oecologia 163: 449-460.
37) Grant-Hoffman, M.N., C.P.H. Mulder, and P. Bellingham. 2010. Effects of invasive rats and burrowing seabirds on seeds and seedlings on New Zealand islands. Oecologia 162 : 1005-1016.
36) Bellingham, P.J., D.R. Towns, E.K. Cameron, J. Davis, D.A. Wardle, J.M. Wilmshurst and C.P.H. Mulder. 2010. New Zealand island restoration: seabirds, predators, and the importance of history. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 34: 115-136.
35) Rixen, C., and C.P.H. Mulder. 2009. Species removal and experimental warming in a subarctic tundra community. Oecologia 161: 173-186.
34) Towns, D.R., D.A. Wardle, C.P.H. Mulder, G.W. Yeates, B.M. Fitzgerald, G.R. Parrish, P.J. Bellingham, and K.I. Bonner. 2009. Predation of seabirds by invasive rats: multiple indirect consequences for invertebrate communities. Oikos 118: 420-430.
33) Mulder, C.P.H., M.N. Grant-Hoffman, D. Towns, P. Bellingham, M. Durrett, D. Wardle, and T. Fukami. 2009. Direct and indirect effects of rats: will their eradication restore functioning of New Zealand seabird islands? Biological Invasions 11:1671-1688.
32) Wardle, D.A., Bellingham, P.J., Bonner, K.I., and Mulder, C.P.H. 2009. Indirect effects of invasive predators on plant litter quality, decomposition, and nutrient resorption on seabird-dominated islands. Ecology 90(2): 452-464.
31) Mulder, C.P.H., B. Roy, and S. Güsewell. 2008. Herbivores and pathogens on Alnus viridis subsp. fruticosa in Interior Alaska: I. Effects of leaf, tree, and neighbor characteristics on damage levels. Botany 86: 408-421.
30) Hector, A., J. Joshi, M. Scherer-Lorenzen, B. Schmid, E.M. Spehn, L. Wacker, M. Weilenmann, E. Bazeley-White, C. Beierkuhnlein, M.C. Calderia, P.G. Dimitrakopoulos, J.A. Finn, K. Huss-Danell, A. Jumpponen, P.W. Leadley, M. Loreau, C.P.H. Mulder, C. Neßhöver, C. Palmborg, D.J. Read, A.S.D. Siamantziouras, A.C. Terry, and A.Y. Troumbis. 2007. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: reconciling the results of experimental and observational studies. Functional Ecology 21: 998-1002.
29) Wardle, D.A., Bellingham, P.J., Fukami, T., and Mulder, C.P.H. 2007. Promotion of ecosystem carbon sequestration by invasive predators. Biology Letters 3: 479-482.
28) Rohrs-Richey, J. K., and C.P.H. Mulder. 2007. Effects of local changes in active layer and soil climate on seasonal foliar nitrogen concentrations of three boreal forest shrubs. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37: 383-394.
27) Fukami, T., D. A. Wardle, P. J. Bellingham, C.P.H. Mulder, D.R. Towns, G.W. Yeates, K. I. Bonner, M. S. Durrett, M.N.Grant-Hoffman & Wendy M. Williamson. 2006. Above- and below-ground impacts of introduced predators on seabird-dominated islands. Ecology Letters 9: 1299-1307.
26) Wipf, S, C. Rixen, and C.P.H. Mulder. 2006. Advanced snowmelt causes shift towards positive neighbour interactions in a subarctic tundra community. Global Change Biology 12: 1496-1506.
25) Rixen, C., and C.P.H. Mulder. 2005. Improved water retention links high species richness with increased productivity in arctic tundra moss communities. Oecologia 146: 287-199.
24) Jumpponen, A., C.P.H. Mulder, K. Huss-Danell, and P. Högberg. 2005. Winners and losers in herbaceous plant communities: insights from foliar carbon isotope composition in monocultures and mixtures. Journal of Ecology 96: 1136-1147.
23) Spehn, E.M., A. Hector, J. Joshi, M. Scherer-Lorenzen, B. Schmid, E. Bazeley-White, C. Beierkuhnlein, M. C. Caldeira, M. Diemer, P. G. Dimitrakopoulos, J.A. Finn, H. Freitas, P. S. Giller, J. Good, R. Harris, P. Högberg, K. Huss-Danell, A. Jumpponen, J. Koricheva, P. W. Leadley, M. Loreau, A. Minns, C. P. H. Mulder, G. O'Donovan, S. J. Otway, C. Palmborg, J. S. Pereira, A. B. Pfisterer, A. Prinz, D. J. Read, E-D. Schulze, A-S. D. Siamantziouras, A. C. Terry, A. Y. Troumbis, F. I. Woodward, S. Yachi, J. H. Lawton. 2005. Ecosystem effects of biodiversity manipulations in European grasslands. Ecological Monographs 75: 37-63.
22) Mulder, C.P.H., E. Bazeley-White, P.G. Dimitrakopoulos, A. Hector, M. Scherer-Lorenzen, and B. Schmid. 2004. Species evenness and productivity in experimental plant communities. Oikos 107: 50-63.
21) Armbruster, W.S., C. Pélabon, T.F. Hansen and C.P.H. Mulder. 2004. Floral integration, modularity, and accuracy. In: Pigliucci, M. and Preston, K (eds.), Phenotypic Integration: Studying the Ecology of Complex Phenotypes. Oxford University Press.
20) Mulder, C.P.H., A. Jumpponen, P. Högberg, and K. Huss-Danell. 2002. How species richness and legumes affect nitrogen dynamics in experimental grassland communities. Oecologia 133: 412-421.
19) Armbruster, W.S., C.P.H. Mulder, B. Baldwin, S. Kalisz, B. Wessa, and H. Nute. 2002. Comparative analysis of late floral development and mating-system evolution in tribe Collinsieae (Scrophulariaceae s.l.). American Journal of Botany 89: 37-49.
18) Drake, D.R., C.P.H. Mulder, D.R. Towns, and C.H. Daugherty. 2002. The biology of insularity: an introduction. Journal of Biogeography 29: 563-569.
17) Jumpponen, A., P. Högberg, K. Huss-Danell and C.P.H. Mulder. 2002. Plants in mixed grassland communities express a plastic niche separation in nitrogen acquisition depth. Functional Ecology 16: 454-461.
16) Hector, A., Loreau, M., and Schmid, B., and the BIODEPTH project (Beierkuhnlein, C., Caldeira, M.C., Diemer, M., Dimitrakopoulos, P.G., Finn, J., Freitas, H., Giller, P.S., Good, J., Harris, R., Högberg, P., Huss-Danell, K., Joshi, J., Jumpponen, A., Körner, C., Leadley, P.W., Minns, A., Mulder, C.P.H., O'Donovan, G., Otway, S.J., Pereira, J.S., Prinz, A., Read, D.J., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schulze, E.-D., Siamantziouras, A.-S.D., Spehn, E.M., Terry, A.C., Troumbis, A.Y., Woodward, F.I., Yachi, S. & Lawton, J.H.). 2002. Biodiversity manipulation experiments: studies replicated at multiple sites. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: synthesis and perspectives (eds. M. Loreau, S. Naeem and P. Inchausti), pp. 36-46. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
15) Joshi, J., B. Schmid, M.C. Caldeira, P.G. Dimitrakopoulis, J. Good, R. Harris, A. Hector, K. Huss-Danell, A. Jumpponen, A. Minns, C.P.H. Mulder, J.S. Pereira, A. Prinz, M. Scherer-Lorenzen, A.S.D. Siamantziouras, A.C. Terry, A.Y. Troumbis, and J.H. Lawton. 2001. Local adaptation enhances performance of common plant species. 2001. Ecology Letters 4: 1-9.
14) Hector, A. and the BIODEPTH Project (Schmid, B., Beierkuhnlein, C., Caldeira, M.C., Diemer, M., Dimitrakopoulos, P.G., Finn, J., Freitas, H., Giller, P.S., Good, J., Harris, R., Högberg, P., Huss-Danell, K., Joshi, J., Jumpponen, A., Körner, C., Leadley, P.W., Loreau, M., Minns, A., Mulder, C.P.H., O'Donovan, G., Otway, S.J., Pereira, J.S., Prinz, A., Read, D.J., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schulze, E.-D., Siamantziouras, A.-S.D., Spehn, E.M., Terry, A.C., Troumbis, A.Y., Woodward, F.I., Yachi, S. & Lawton, J.H). 2001. Biodiversity and the functioning of grassland ecosystems: Multisite comparisons. Pp. 71-95 in: Functional Consequences of Biodiversity: Experimental Progress and Theoretical Extensions (eds. A. Kinzig, D. Tilman, & S. Pacala). Princeton University Press, Princeton.
13) Mulder, C.P.H., D.D. Uliassi, and D.F. Doak. 2001. Physical stress and diversity-productivity relationships: the role of positive interactions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98: 6704-6708.
12) Mulder, C.P.H., and R.W. Ruess. 2001. Long-term effects of changes in goose grazing intensity on arrowgrass populations: a spatially explicit model. Journal of Ecology 89: 406-417.
11) Mulder, C.P.H. and S.N. Keall. 2001. Burrowing seabirds and reptiles: impacts on seeds, seedlings and soils in an island forest in New Zealand. Oecologia 127: 350-360.
10) Hector, A., Schmid, B., Beierkuhnlein, C., Caldeira, M.C., Diemer, M., Dimitrakopoulos, P.G., Finn, J., Freitas, H., Giller, P.S., Good, J., Harris, R., Högberg, P., Huss-Danell, K., Joshi, J., Jumpponen, A., Körner, C., Leadley, P.W., Loreau, M., Minns, A., Mulder, C.P.H., O'Donovan, G., Otway, S.J., Pereira, J.S., Prinz, A., Read, D.J., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schulze, E.-D., Siamantziouras, A.-S.D., Spehn, E.M., Terry, A.C., Troumbis, A.Y., Woodward, F.I., Yachi, S. & Lawton, J.H. (2000) No consistent effect of plant diversity on productivity - Response. Science 289: 1255a.
9) Koricheva, J., C.P.H. Mulder, B. Schmid, J. Joshi and K. Huss-Danell. 2000. Numerical responses of different trophic groups of invertebrates to manipulations of plant diversity in grasslands. Oecologia 125:271-282.
8) Hector, A., B. Schmid, C. Beierkuhnlein, M.C. Caldeira, M. Diemer, P.G. Dimitrakopoulos, J. Finn, H. Freitas, P.S. Giller, J. Good, R. Harris, P. Högberg, K. Huss-Danell, J. Joshi, A. Jumpponen, C. Körner, P.W. Leadley, M. Loreau, A. Minns, C.P.H. Mulder, G. O’Donovan, S.J. Otway, J.S. Pereira, A. Prinz, D.J. Read, M. Scherer-Lorenzen, E.-D. Schulze, A-S.D. Siamantziouras, E. Spehn, A.C. Terry, A.Y.Troumbis, F.I. Woodward, S. Yachi, J.H. Lawton. 1999. Plant diversity and productivity in European grasslands. Science 286: 1223-1127.
7) Mulder, C.P.H. 1999. Vertebrate herbivores and plants in the Arctic and subarctic: effects on individuals, communities and ecosystems. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 2: 29-55.
6) Mulder, C.P.H., J. Koricheva, K. Huss-Danell, P. Högberg, and J. Joshi. 1999. Insects affect relationships between plant species richness and ecosystem processes. Ecology Letters 2: 237-246.
5) Mulder, C.P.H., and R.W. Ruess. 1998. Relationships between size, biomass allocation, reproduction and survival in Triglochin palustris: implications for the effects of goose herbivory. Canadian Journal of Botany 76:2164-2176
4) Mulder, C.P.H., and R.W. Ruess. 1998. Effects of herbivory on arrowgrass: interactions between geese, neighboring plants, and abiotic factors. Ecological Monographs 68(2): 275-293.
3) Ruess, R.W., D.D. Uliassi, C.P.H. Mulder, and B.T. Person. 1997. Growth responses of Carex ramenskii to variations in grazing, salinity and nitrogen availability: Implications for geese ecosystem dynamics in western Alaska. EcoScience 4: 170-178.
2) Mulder, C.P.H, R.W. Ruess, and J.S. Sedinger. 1996. Effects of environmental manipulations on Triglochin palustris: implications for the role of goose herbivory in controlling its distribution. Journal of Ecology 84: 267-278.
1) Mulder, C.P.H., and R. Harmsen. 1995. The effect of muskox herbivory on growth and reproduction in an arctic legume. Arctic and Alpine Research 27: 44-53.
Other publications:
- Hueffer, K., P. Armbruster, C. Daehler, M. Ferzli, J. Godwin, C. Mulder, and A. Sherwood. Species Interaction, Advantageous or Not; the Fig-Wasp Relationship. EcoEd Digital Library (Ecological Society of America). http://esa.org/ecoed/index.php?P=FullRecord&ID=318.
Description and outcomes of an instructional exercise in ecology used at several universities.