Publications

Nelson, R.A., Dritz, S., Aigner, P.A., & Valdovinos, F. S. Invasive Grass Removal Restores Plant-Pollinator Mutualisms. In prep. 

Dritz S., Nelson, R.A., & Valdovinos, F.S. (2023). The role of intra-guild indirect interactions in assembling plant-pollinator networks. Nature Communications, 14(1), 5797.

Nelson, R. A., MacArthur-Waltz, D. J., & Gordon, D. M. (2023). Critical thermal limits and temperature-dependent walking speed may mediate coexistence between the native winter ant (Prenolepis imparis) and the invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile). Journal of Thermal Biology, 111, 103392.

MacArthur-Waltz, D. J., *Nelson, R. A., Lee, G., & Gordon, D. M. (2021). Tree Preference and Temporal Activity Patterns for a Native Ant Community in an Urbanized California Woodland. Journal of Insect Behavior, 1-12. *co-first author 

Nelson, R. A., Francis, E. J., Berry, J. A., Cornwell, W. K., & Anderegg, L. D. (2020). The role of climate niche, geofloristic history, habitat preference, and allometry on wood density within a California plant community. Forests, 11(1), 105.