Publications
A * indicates an undergraduate co-author, a ** indicates a graduate student co-author, and an † indicates a postdoctoral mentored by Sydne.
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In review/revision
Atkins, J., K. Aho, X. Chen, A. Elmore, R. Fiorella, W. Luo, D. Lombardozzi, C. Lunch, L. Manak, A. Myers-Pigg, S. Record, T. Qiu, S. Reed, B. Ruddell, B. Strange, C. Torrens, K. Yule, and A. Richardson. In revision. Recommendations for developing, documenting, and distributing data products derived from NEON data. Ecosphere.
Cagle, G., A. McGrew, B. Baiser, S. Record, N.J. Gotelli, D. Gravel, L. Bittlestone, S. Gray, E. Young, and Z. Freedman. In major revision. Bacterial community assembly at the continental scale: Insights from the northern pitcher plant (Saracennia purpurea) model system. Global Ecology and Biogeography.
Fluck Essig, I., S. Record, A. Strecker, P.L. Zarnetske, and B. Baiser. In preparation. How many individuals do you need to quantify Intraspecific Trait Variation (ITV)? Functional Ecology.
McGrew, A., A. Strecker, C. Gantz, B. Wills, B. Baiser, S. Record, and P.L. Zarnetske. In major revision. Climate, productivity, and intraspecific trait variation drive fish species richness across the continental United States. Journal of Animal Ecology.
Weinstein, B.G., S. Marconi, A. Zare, S.A. Bohlman, J. Graves, L. Magee, D.J. Johnson, S. Record, V.E. Rubio, N.G. Swenson, P. Townsend, T. T. Veblen, R.A. Andrus, and E.P. White. In revision. Individual canopy tree species maps for the National Ecological Observatory Network. PLoS Biology.
Published
66) Park, I.W., T.H. Ramirez Parada, S. Record, C.C. Davis, A.M. Ellison, and S.J. Mazer. 2024. Herbarium data accurately predict the timing and duration of population-level flowering displays. Ecography, e06961
65) Peng, S., T.R. Parada, S. Mazer, S. Record, I. Park, A.M. Ellison, and C.C. Davis. 2024. Phenologically-informed species distribution models (SDMs) forecast less species loss and turnover versus standard SDMs. New Phytologist 242(5): 2338-2352.
64) Grady, J.M.*, Q.D. Read*, S. Record, N. Rüger, P.L. Zarnetske, A.I. Dell, S.P. Hubbell, S.T. Michaeletz, A. Shenkin, and B.J. Enquist. 2024. Life history scaling in a tropical forest. Journal of Ecology 112(3): 487-500.
63) Ramirez-Parada, T.H., I.W. Park, S. Record, C.C. Davis, A.M. Ellison, and S.J. Mazer. 2024. Plasticity and not adaptation is the primary driver of temperature-mediated variation in flowering phenology in North America. Pre-print at Research Square. Nature Ecolology and Evolution 8:467-476.
62) Wisnoski, N.I., E.R. Sokol, R. Andrade, M.C.N. Castorani, C.P Catano, A. Compagnoni, T. Lamy, N.K. Lany, L. Marazzi, S. Record, A.C. Smith, C.M. Swan, J.D. Tonkin, N.M. Voelker, and P.L. Zarnetske. 2023. Diversity-stability relationships become decouple across spatial scales: a synthesis of organism and ecosystem types. Ecology, e4136.
61) Record, S., C. Boettiger, and C.R. Rollinson. 2023. Synthesizing forecasts to inform decision-making and advance ecological theory. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 14(3): 728-731.
60) Halpern, B.S., et al. 2023. Priorities for synthesis in ecology and environmental science. Ecosphere 14(1): e4342.
59) SanClements, M., S. Record, K. Rose, A. Donnelly, S. Chong, K. Duffy, A. Hallmark, J. Heffernan, J. Liu, J. Mitchell, D. Moore, K. Naithani, C. O’Reilly, E. Sokol, K. Stack Whitney, and D. Yang. 2022. People, infrastructure, and data: A pathway to an inclusive and diverse ecological Network of Networks. Ecosphere 13(11): e4262.
58) Liang, M., B. Baiser, L.M. Hallett, Y. Hautier, L. Jiang, M. Loreau, S. Record, E.R. Sokol, P.L. Zarnetske, and S. Wang. Consistent stabilizing effects of plant diversity across spatial scales and climatic gradients. Nature Ecology and Evolution 6(11): 1669-1675.
57) Jevon, F., D. de la Cruz*, A. Lang, J. LaManna, D. Orwig, S. Record, P. Kouba, M. Ayres, and J. Matthes. 2022. Experimental and observational evidence of negative conspecific density dependence in temperate ectomycorrhizal trees. Ecology 103(11): e3808.
56) Kamoski, A.G., K.M. Dahlin, Q.D. Read, S. Record, S.P. Serbin, S.C. Stark, and P.L. Zarnetske. 2022. Mapping multiple dimensions of forest biodiversity with airborne hyperspectral and lidar remote sensing. Global Ecology and Biogeography 31(7): 1440-1460.
55) Li, D., S. Record, E. Sokol, M.E. Bitters, M.Y. Chen, A. Chung, M. Helmus, R. Jaimes, L. Jansen, M.A. Jarzyna, M.G. Just, J.M. LaMontagne, B. Melbourne, W. Moss, K. Norman, S. Parker, N. Robinson, B. Seyednasrollah, C. Smith, S. Spaulding, T. Surasinghe, S. Thomsen, and P. Zarnetske. 2022. Standardized NEON organismal data for biodiversity research. Special issue on NEON Science Summit in Ecosphere 13(7): e4141.
54) Gaiser, E.E., M.R. Downs, J.S. Kominoski, D.M. McKnight, C.A. Bahlai, C. Cheng, S. Record, W. Wollheim, K.R Christianson, P.A. Hawman, S.J. Holbrook, A. Kumar, D. Mishra, N.P Molotch, R.B. Primack, A. Rassweiler, R.J. Schmitt, and L. Sutter. 2022. Long term ecological research and the pandemic-driven anthropause: A window to understanding the role of human disturbance in ecosystem dynamics. Ecosphere 13(4): e4019.
53) Jarzyna, M., K. Norman, J. LaMontagne, M. Helmus, D. Li, S. Parker, M. Perez Rocha, S. Record, E. Sokol, P.L. Zarnetske, and T. Surasinghe. 2022. Community stability is related to animal diversity change. Special issue on NEON Science Summit in Ecosphere 13(4): e3970.
52) Record, S., M. Jarzyna, B. Hardiman, and A. Richardson. 2022. Interdisciplinarity and open data contribute to resilient innovation during pandemic. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. doi:10.1002/fee.2468.
51) Schultz, E.L., L. Hulsmann, M.D. Pillet, F. Hartig, D.B. Breshears, S. Record, J.D. Shaw, R.J. DeRose, P.A. Zuidema, and M.E.K. Evans. 2022. Climate-driven, but dynamic and complex? A reconciliation of competing hypotheses for species’ distributions. Ecology Letters 25(1):38-51.
50) Nagy, R.C. et al. 2021. Harnessing the NEON data revolution to advance open environmental science with a diverse and data-capable community. Special issue on NEON Science Summit in Ecosphere 12(12):e03833.
49) Lamy, T., N. Wisonowski, A. Riley, M.C.N. Castorani, A. Compagnoni, N. Lany, L. Marazzi, S. Record, C. Swan, J. Tonkin, S. Wang, N. Voelker, P.L. Zarnetske, and E. Sokol. 2021. The dual nature of metacommunity variability. Oikos 00:1-15. doi: 10.1111/oik.08517.
48) O’Brien, M., C.A. Smith, E.R. Sokol, C. Gries, N. Lany, S. Record, and M.C.N. Castorani. 2021. ecocomDP: A flexible data design pattern for ecological community survey data. Ecological Informatics, 64:101374.
47) Bittleston, L., Z. Freedman, J. Bernardin, J. Grothjan, E. Young, S. Record, Benjamin B., and S. Gray. 2021. Exploring microbiome functional dynamics through space and time with trait-based theory. mSystems 6(4):e00530-21.
46) Smith, A.C., K.M. Dahlin, J.K. Costanza, S. Record, A.M. Wilson, and P.L. Zarnetske. 2021. The geodiv R package: tools for calculating gradient surface metrics. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 12(11): 2094.
45) Charney, N.D., S. Record, B. Gerstner, C. Merow, P.L. Zarnetske, and B.J. Enquist. 2021. A test of species distribution model transferability across environmental and geographic space for 108 western North American tree species. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9:393.
44) Malone, S.L. and S. Record. 2021. Addressing bias in faculty retention. Ecological Applications, 31(6):e02346.
43) Ellison, A.M., A.Barker-Plotkin, M.V. Patel, and S. Record. 2021. Broadening the ecological mindset. Ecological Applications, 31(6):e02347.
42) Welti, E., A. Joern, A.M. Ellison, D. Lightfoot, S. Record, N. Rodenhouse, E. Stanley, and M. Kaspari. 2021. Studies of insect temporal trends must account for the complex sampling histories inherent to many long-term monitoring efforts. Nature Ecology and Evolution. doi: 10.1038/s41559-021-01424-0
41) Freedman, Z., A. McGrew, B. Baiser, M. Besson, D. Gravel, T. Poisot, S. Record, L. Trotta, and N. Gotelli. 2021. Environment-host microbial interactions shape the S. purpurea microbiome at the continental scale. Ecology 102(5): e03308.
40) Record, S., N.M. Voelker, P.L. Zarnetske, N.I. Wisnoski, J.D. Tonkin, C. Swan, L. Marazzi, N. Lany, T. Lamy, A. Compagnoni, M.C.N. Castorani, R. Andrade, and E.R. Sokol. 2021. Novel insights to be gained from applying metacommunity theory to long-term, spatially replicated biodiversity data. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8:479-489.
39) Jones, J., P. Groffman, J. Blair, F. Davis, H. Dugan, E. Euskirchen, S. Frey, T. Harms, E. Hinckley, M. Kosmala, S. Loberg, S. Malone, K. Novick, S. Record, A. Rocha, B. Ruddell, E. Stanley, C. Sturtevant, A. Thorpe, T. White, W. Wieder, L. Zhai, and K. Zhu. 2020. Synergies among environmental science research and monitoring networks: A research agenda. Earth’s Future. DOI: 10.1029/2020EF001631
38) Jevon, F.V., S. Record, J.M. Grady*, A.K. Lang, D.A. Orwig, M.P. Ayres, and J. Hatala Matthes. 2020. Seedling survival declines with increasing conspecific density in a common temperate tree. Ecosphere 11(11):e03292.
37) Record, S. K. Dahlin, P.L. Zarnetske, Q. Read†, S.L. Malone, K. Gaddis, J.M. Grady†, J. Costanza, M. Hobi, A. Latimer, S. Pau, A.M. Wilson, A. Finley, S. Ollinger. 2020. Remote sensing of geodiversity and biodiversity. Chapter in: Remote Sensing of Biodiversity: Using spectral signals of to understand the biology and biodiversity of plants, communities, ecosystems and the tree of life. Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry Series. Editors: Jeannine Cavender-Bares, John Gamon, Phil Townsend. pp. 225-253.
36) Li, D., J.D. Olden, J.L. Lockwood, S. Record, M.L. McKinney, and B. Baiser. 2020. Changes in taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity in the Anthropocene. Proccedings of the Royal Society B 287(1929):20200777.
35) Read, Q.†, P.L. Zarnetske, S. Record, K.M. Dahlin, J.K. Costanza, A.O. Finley, K.D. Gaddis, J.M. Grady†, M.L. Hobi, A.M. Latimer, S.L. Malone, S.V. Ollinger, S. Pau, and A.M. Wilson. 2020. Beyond counts and averages: Relating geodiversity to dimensions of biodiversity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 29(4):696-710.
34) Degrassi, A.L., S. Brantley, C.R. Levine, J. Mohan, S. Record, D.F. Tomback, and A.M. Ellison. 2019. Loss of foundation species revisited: Conceptual framework with lessons learned from eastern hemlock and whitebark pine. Ecosphere 10:e11.
33) Dahlin, K., P. Zarnetske, and S. Record. 2019. Hearing every voice – Working groups that work. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 17(9):493-494.
32) Schrodt, S., J.J. Bailey, W.D. Kissling, K.F. Rijsdijk, A.C. Seijmonsbergen, D. van Ree, J. Hjort, R.S. Lawley, C.N. Williams, M. Anderson, P. Beier, P. van Beukering, D.S. Boyd, J. Brilha, L. Carcavilla, K.M. Dahlin, J.C. Gill, J.E. Gordon, M. Gray, M. Grundy, M.L. Hunter, J.J. Lawler, M. Monge-Ganuzas, K.R. Royse, I. Stewart, S. Record, W. Turner, P.L. Zarnetske, and R. Field. 2019. To advance sustainable stewardship, we must document not only biodiversity but geodiversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116(33):16155-16158.
31) Zarnetske, P., Q. Read†, S. Record, K. Gaddis, S. Pau, M Hobi, S. Malone, J. Costanza, K. Dahlin, A. Latimer, A. Wilson, J. Grady†, S. Ollinger, and A. Finley. 2019. Connecting biodiversity and geodiversity across scales with satellite remote sensing. Global Ecology and Biogeography 00:1-9. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12887.
30) Grady, J.M. †, B.S. Maitner, A.S. Winter, K. Kaschner, D.P. Tittensor, S. Record, F.A. Smith, A.M. Wilson, A.I. Dell, P.L. Zarnetske, H.J. Wearing, B. Alfaro, and J.H. Brown. 2019. Metabolic asymmetry and the global diversity of marine predators. Science 363(6425):eaat4220.
29) Grady, J.M.†, Q. Read†, S. Record, P. Zarnetske, B. Baiser, K. Thorne*, and J. Belmaker. 2018. Size, niches, and the latitudinal diversity gradient. Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology 14.
28) Record, S., A. Strecker, M. Tuanmu, L. Beaudrot, P.L. Zarnetske, and J. Belmaker. 2018. Does scale matter? Incorporating biological realism when predicting changes in species distributions. PLOS One13(4): e0194650.
27) Record, S., T.D. McCabe*, B. Baiser, and A.M. Ellison. 2018. Are foundation tree species effects different from those of dominant species? A case study with North American ant assemblages. Ecosphere 9(3):e01239. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2139.
26) Read, Q.D. †, J.M. Grady†, P.L. Zarnetske, S. Record, B. Baiser, J. Belmaker, M.-N. Tuanmu, A. Strecker, and L. Beaudrot. 2018. A thermal gradient of trait similarity across North America. Ecography. doi: 10.1111/ecog.03641
25) Read, Q.D. †, B. Baiser, J.M. Grady†, P.L. Zarnetske, S. Record, and J. Belmaker. 2018. Tropical bird species have narrower body-size niches. Biology Letters 14:20170453.
24) Babst F., P. Bodesheim, N. Charney, A. Friend, M. Girardin, S. Klesse, D. Moore, K. Seftigen, J. Björklund, O. Bouriaud, A. Dawson, R. DeRose, M. Dietze, A. Eckes, B. Enquist, D.C. Frank, M.D. Mahecha, B. Poulter, S. Record, V. Trouet, R. Turton, Z. Zhang, M.E.K. Evans. 2018. When tree rings go global: challenges and opportunities for retro- and prospective insight. Quaternary Science Reviews 197:1-20.
23) Stinson, K.A., J. Wheeler, S. Record, and L. Jennings. 2018. Regional variation in timing, duration, and production of flowers by allergenic ragweed. Plant Ecology 219(9):1081-1092.
22) Zarnetske, P.L., B. Baiser, A. Strecker, S. Record, J. Belmaker, and M.N. Tuanmu. 2017. The interplay between landscape structure and biotic interactions. Current Landscape Ecology Reports 2(1):12-29.
21) Goring, S.J., D.J. Mladenoff, C.V. Cogbill, S. Record, C.J. Paciorek, S.T. Jackson, M.C. Dietze, A. Dawson, J. Hatala Matthes, J.S. McLachlan and J.W. Williams. 2016. Novel and lost forests in the Upper Midwestern United States, from new estimates of settlement-era composition, stem density, and biomass. PLoS One 11(12):e0151935.
20) Record, S., R.K. Kobe, C.F. Vriesendorp and A.O Finley. 2016. Seedling survival responses to conspecific density, soil nutrients, and irradiance vary with age in a tropical forest. Ecology 97:2406-2415.
19) Record, S. and N.D. Charney. 2016. Modeling species ranges. Chance 29(2):31-37.
18) Record, S., P.F.B. Ferguson, E. Benveniste, R.A. Graves, V.W. Pfeiffer, M. Romolini, C.E. Yorke, and B. Beardmore. 2016. Graduate students navigating social-ecological research: Insights from the Long-Term Ecological Research Network. Ecology and Society, 21(1):7.
17) Charney, N.D., F. Babst, B. Poulter, S. Record, V.M. Trouet, D. Frank, B.J. Enquist, and M.E.K. Evans. 2016. Observed forest sensitivity to climate change implies large changes in 21st century North American forest growth. Ecology Letters 19(9):1119-1128.
16) Charney, N.D. and S. Record. 2016. Combining incidence and demographic modeling approaches to evaluate metapopulation parameters for an endangered riparian plant. AoB Plants 8:plw044.
15) Evans, M.E.K., C. Merow, S. Record, S. McMahon, and B.J. Enquist. 2016. Towards process based range modeling of many species. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31(11):860-871.
14) Belmaker, J., P. Zarnetske, M.N. Tuanmu, S. Zonneveld, S. Record, A Strecker, and L. Beaudrot. 2015. Empirical evidence for the scale dependence of biotic interactions. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24(7):750-761.
13) Smith, D.R., C.S. Eiseman, N.D. Charney, and S. Record. 2015. A new Nearctic Scolioneura (Hymenoptera Tenthredinidae) mining leaves of Vaccinium (Ericaceae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 43:1-8.
12) Visser, M.D., S.M. McMahon, P. Dixon, C. Merow, S. Record, and E. Jongejans. 2015. Speeding up ecological and evolutionary computations in R. PLoS Computational Biology, 11(3):e1004140.
11) Lee, S.Y., J.H. Primavera, F. Dahdouh-Guebas, K. McKee, J.O. Bosire, S. Cannicci, K. Diele, F. Fromard, N. Koedam, C. Marchand, I. Mendelssohn, N. Mukherjee, and S. Record. 2014. Redefining the ecological roles and services of tropical mangrove ecosystems. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 23(7):726-743.
10) Merow, C., J.P. Dahlgren, C.J.E. Metcalf, D. Childs, M.E.K. Evans, E. Jongejans, S. Record, M. Rees, R. Salguero-Gomez, and S.M. McMahon. 2014. Advancing population ecology with Integral Projection Models: a practical guide. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5:99-110.
9) Charney, N.D. and S. Record. 2013. Performing a population viability analysis from data students collect on a local plant. Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology, 9(2).
8) Romolini, M., S. Record, R. Garvoille, R.S. Geiger, and Y. Marusenko. 2013. The next generation of scientists: Examining the experiences of graduate students in network-level science. Ecology and Society, 18(3):42.
7) Labich, W.G., E. Hamin, and S. Record. 2013. Regional conservation partnerships in New England. Journal of Forestry, 111(5):326-334.
6) Record, S., N.D. Charney, R.M. Zakaria, and A.M. Ellison. 2013. Projecting global mangrove species and community distributions. Ecosphere, 4(3):34.
5) Record, S., M.C. Fitzpatrick, A.O. Finley, S.D. Veloz, and A.M. Ellison. 2013. Should species distribution models account for spatial autocorrelation? A test across eight millennia of climate change. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 22:760-771.
4) Baiser, B., J. Olden, S. Record, J. Lockwood, and M. McKinney. 2012. Pattern and process of biotic homogenization in the New Pangaea. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279:4772-4777.
3) Record, S. 2011. Plant species associated with a regionally rare hemiparasitic plant, Pedicularis lanceolata (Orobanchaceae), throughout its geographic range. Rhodora 113:125-159.
2) Sackett, T.E, S. Record, S. Bewick, B. Baiser, N.J. Sanders, and A.M. Ellison. 2011. Response of macroarthropod communities to the loss of hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), a foundational species. Ecosphere 2:1-16.
1) Ellison, A.M., S. Record, A. Arguello* and N.J. Gotelli. 2007. Rapid inventory of the ant assemblages in a temperate hardwood forest: Species composition and sampling methods. Environmental Entomology 36:766-775.