Scientific Publications
2024
Monk, J.D., K.J. Barker, S.M.L. Maher, M.W. Serota, A.L. Shawler, G. Verta, W. Xu, A.D. Middleton and L.A. Gherardi. 2024. Wild vs. domestic ungulate ecosystem impacts: understanding functional differences requires greater focus on mechanisms. EcoEvoRxiv [Pre-Print PDF]
Simha, A.*, A. James*, J.D. Monk, H.X. Zou, P.J. Ke, A. Wright, M.D. Bimler, C.M. Moore, S. Pierre, L.N. Carley and G. Kandlikar. 2024. When the window is a mirror: how do dominant theories limit our understanding of nature? (ESA 2023 INS23). Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 105(3):e02145. doi:10.1002/bes2.2145 [PDF] *Shared First Authorship
Monk, J.D., E. Donadio, P.F. Gregorio, and O.J. Schmitz. 2024. Vicuña antipredator diel movement drives spatial nutrient subsidies in a high Andean ecosystem. Ecology 105(3):e4262. doi:10.1002/ecy.4262 [Pre-Print PDF]
Monk, J.D. 2024. Diverse impacts of large herbivores. Nature Ecology and Evolution 8:602-603. doi:10.1038/s41559-023-02317-0 [News & Views PDF]
Monk, J.D., E. Donadio, J.A. Smith, P.L. Perrig, A.D. Middleton, and O.J. Schmitz. 2024. Predation and biophysical context control long-term carcass nutrient inputs in an Andean ecosystem. Ecosystems 27:346-359. doi:10.1007/s10021-023-00893-7 [PDF]
2022
Santangelo, J.S., R.W. Ness, B. Cohan….J.D. Monk, et al. 2022. Global urbanization drives parallel environmental and evolutionary change. Science 375(6586):1275-1281. doi:10.1126/science.abk0989 [Pre-Print PDF]
Monk, J.D.*, J.A. Smith*, E. Donadio, P.L. Perrig, R.D. Crego, M. Fileni, O.R. Bidder, S.A. Lambertucci, J.N. Pauli, O.J. Schmitz and A.D. Middleton. 2022. Cascading effects of a disease outbreak in a remote protected area. Ecology Letters 25(5):1152-1163. doi:10.1111/ele.13983 [Pre-Print PDF] *Shared First Authorship
Little, C.J.*, M. Rizzuto*, T.M. Luhring, J.D. Monk, R.J. Nowicki, R.E. Paseka, J. Stegen, C.C. Symons, F.B. Taub, and J. Yen. 2022. Movement with meaning: integrating information into meta-ecology. Oikos 2022(8):e08892. doi:10.1111/oik.08892 [Pre-Print PDF] *Shared First Authorship
Monk, J.D. and O.J. Schmitz. 2022. Landscapes shaped from the top down: predicting cascading predator effects on spatial biogeochemistry. Oikos 2022(5):e08554. doi:10.1111/oik.08554 [Pre-Print PDF]
2021
Ellis-Soto, D.*, K.M. Ferraro*, M. Rizzuto, E. Briggs, J.D. Monk, and O.J. Schmitz. 2021. A methodological roadmap to quantify animal-vectored spatial ecosystem subsidies. Journal of Animal Ecology 90(7):1605-1622. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.13538 [Pre-Print PDF] *Shared First Authorship
before 2020
Monk, J.D.*, E. Kwon*, A. DeRose-Wilson, S.G. Robinson, H.A. Bellman, S.M. Karpanty, D.H. Catlin, and J.D. Fraser. 2020. Extensive use of intertidal habitat by shorebirds outside protected nesting areas. Journal of Wildlife Management 84(7):1338-1347. doi:10.1002/jwmg.21908 [Pre-Print PDF] *Shared First Authorship
Kamath, A., C.E. McDonough, J.D. Monk, M.R. Lambert, and E. Giglio. 2020. Reply to ‘Understanding same-sex sexual behaviour requires thorough testing rather than reinvention of theory’ and ‘Ancestral primacy of same-sex sexual behaviour does not explain its stable prevalence in modern populations’. Nature Ecology and Evolution 4:786-787. doi:10.1038/s41559-020-1188-4 [PDF]
Monk, J.D.*, E. Giglio*, A. Kamath*, M.R. Lambert*, and C.E. McDonough*. 2019. An alternative hypothesis for the evolution of same-sex sexual behaviour in animals. Nature Ecology and Evolution 3:1622-1631. doi:10.1038/s41559-019-1019-7 [ResearchGate PDF] *Shared First Authorship
Burak, M.K., J.D. Monk, and O.J. Schmitz. 2018. Eco-evolutionary dynamics: the predator-prey adaptive play and the ecological theater. Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 91(4):481-489. [PDF]
DeRose-Wilson, A., K.L. Hunt, J.D. Monk, D.H. Catlin, S.M. Karpanty, and J.D. Fraser. 2018. Piping plover chick survival negatively correlated with beach recreation. Journal of Wildlife Management 82(8):1608-1616. doi:10.1002/jwmg.21552 [PDF]
Monk, J.D., A. DeRose-Wilson, J.D. Fraser, D.H. Catlin, and S.M. Karpanty. 2016. Observation of fish consumption by piping plovers. Northeastern Naturalist 23:N22-N25. doi:10.1656/045.023.0311 [PDF]
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