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Preprints
Simpson, D.T., Petry, W.K., CaraDonna, P.J., Iler, A.M. (preprint). Changing pollination rates affect plant life history strategies. bioRxiv [preprint]
Smith, J., Petry, W.K., Beaury, E., Richardson, P., Stouter, H., Michaels, R., MacArthur-Waltz, D., Mi, C., Levine, J.M. (preprint) Local biodiversity impacts of land-based climate change mitigation strategies: A meta-analysis. Research Square [doi]
Buckley, Y., Finn, A., Molloy, A., Csergő, A. Crone, E., Smith, A., Elderd, B., McKeon, C., Roach, D., Childs, D., Wardle, G., Garcia, M., Baudraz, M., Penczykowski, R., Salguero-Gómez, R., Kelly, R., Ramula, S., Laine, A-L., Blomberg, S., Ehrlen, J., Villellas, J., Helm, A., Roscher, C., Raveala, K., Hamre, L., Korell, L., Brearley, F., Olsen, S., Wingler, A., Moore, J., Tack, A., Bucharova, A., Skarpaas, O., Bodis, J., Compagnoni, A., Munné-Bosch, S., Münzbergová, Z., Töpper, J., Vesk, P., Morales, M., Wandrag, E., Saastamoinen, M., Andrzejak, M., Rasmussen, P., Caruso, C., Duncan, R., Dwyer, J., Coghill, M., Groenteman, R., Partel, M., Petry, W.K., Lonati, M., Puy, J., Catford, J., Drees, T., Rosche, C., Shea, K., Ravetto Enri, S., Gremer, J., Deák, B., Fraser, L., Laanisto, L., Valkó, O., Sieg, R.D., Bachelot, B., Firn, J. (preprint) Quality Assurance framework for the design, collection and curation of Standard Data Products from a distributed ecology network. Authorea [preprint]
Peer-reviewed publications
Schopler, M., Simha, A., Dalton, R.M., Wilson, E.M., Redick, E., Youngsteadt, E., Petry, W.K. (2026). Spring ephemeral Erythronium umbilicatum may not be vulnerable to phenological mismatch with overstory trees. American Journal of Botany, e70172 [doi] [pdf] [preprint] [data]
Hiscott, H., Ghasemi, P., Montoya, B.M., Castro-Bolinaga, C., Petry, W.K., Grunden, A.M., Breland, B., Scates, A. (2026) Plant species influence on microbially induced carbonate precipitation: X-ray diffraction analysis of mineral formation and composition. Geo-Congress 2026, GSP 376, 511-521. [doi] [pdf]
Williams, J., Angert, A., Campbell, A., Compagnoni, A., DeMarche, M., Evans, M., Fowler, J., González, E., Iler, A.M., Loesberg, J., Louthan, A., Martin, A., Moutouama, J., Nordstrom, S., Petry, W.K., Sęn, B., Sheth, S.N., Miller, T.E.X. (2025) Linking climate and demography to predict population dynamics and persistence under global change. Ecology Letters, 28, e70238 [doi] [pdf] [preprint]
Bain, J.A., Ogilvie, J.E., Petry, W.K. & CaraDonna, P.J. (2025) Nutrient niche dynamics among wild pollinators. Proceedings of the Royal Society - B, 292, 20250643. [doi] [pdf] [data]
Ghasemi, P., Hiscott, H., Sears, A., Montoya, B.M., Castro-Bolinaga, C., Petry, W.K., Grunden, A.M., Breland, B., Scates, A. (2025) Integration of plants and microbially induced soil stabilization for sustainable infrastructure design. International Conference on Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics (ICBBG2025), 1-10. [doi] [pdf]
Levine, J.M., HilleRisLambers, J., Petry, W.K., Usinowicz, J., Crowther, T.W. (2024) Demographic but not competitive time lags can transiently amplify climate-induced changes in vegetation carbon storage. Global Change Biology, 30, e17432. [doi] [pdf]
Baudraz, M.E.A., Childs, D.Z., Kelly, R., Smith, A.L., Villellas, J., [PlantPop Net, including W.K. Petry], Buckley, Y.M. (2025) Several candidate size metrics explain vital rates across multiple populations throughout a widespread species’ range. Journal of Ecology. [doi] [pdf] [data]
Conlin, M.R., Krings, A., Petry, W., Forrester, J. & Crawford, J. (2024) Range-Wide Quantitative Habitat Characterization of Critically Imperiled Ludwigia ravenii (Onagraceae). Castanea, 89, 63–95. [doi] [pdf]
Blonder, B.W., Gaüzère, P., Iversen, L.L., Ke, P.-J., Petry, W.K., Ray, C.A., Salguero-Gómez, R., Sharpless, W., Violle, C. (2023) Predicting and controlling ecological communities via trait and environment mediated parameterizations of dynamical models. Oikos, e09415. [doi] [pdf] [data]
Jones, O.R., Barks, P., Stott, I., James, T.D., Levin, S., Petry, W.K., Capdevila, P., Che-Castaldo, J., Jackson, J., Römer, G., Schuette, C., Salguero-Gómez, R. (2022) Rcompadre and Rage—Two R packages to facilitate the use of the COMPADRE and COMADRE databases and calculation of life-history traits from matrix population models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 13, 770–781. [doi] [pdf] [CRAN Rcompadre] [CRAN Rage]
Gamelon, M., Firth, J.A., Moullec, M.L., Petry, W.K. & Salguero-Gomez, R. (2021) Longitudinal demographic data collection. In: Demographic Methods Across the Tree of Life (eds. Salguero-Gómez, R. & Gamelon, M.). Oxford University Press. [doi] [pdf]
Villellas, J., Ehrlén, J., Crone, E.E., Csergő, A.M., Garcia, M.B., Laine, A.-L., Roach, D.A., Salguero-Gómez, R., Wardle, G.M., [PlantPop Net, including W.K. Petry], Buckley, Y.M. (2021) Phenotypic plasticity masks range-wide genetic differentiation for vegetative but not reproductive traits in a short-lived plant. Ecology Letters, 24, 2378–2393. [doi] [pdf] [data]
Jerome, D.K., Petry, W.K., Mooney, K.A. & Iler, A.M. (2021) Snow melt timing acts independently and in conjunction with temperature accumulation to drive subalpine plant phenology. Global Change Biololgy, 27, 5054–5069. [doi] [pdf] [data]
Smith, A.L., Hodkinson, T.R., Villellas, J., Catford, J.A., Csergő, A.M., Blomberg, S.P., [PlantPop Net, including W.K. Petry], Buckley, Y.M. (2020) Global gene flow releases invasive plants from environmental constraints on genetic diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117, 4218-4227. [doi] [pdf] [data]
Galmán, A., Petry, W.K., Abdala-Roberts, L., Butrón, A., de la Fuente, M., Francisco, M., Kergunteuil, A., Rasmann, S. (2018) Inducibility of chemical defences in young oak trees is stronger in species with high elevational ranges. Tree Physiology, 39, 606-614. [doi] [pdf]
Romero, G.Q., Gonçalves-Souza, T., Kratina, P., Marino, N.A.C., Petry, W.K., Sobral-Souza, T., Roslin, T. (2018) Global predation pressure redistribution under future climate change. Nature Climate Change, 8, 1087. [doi] [pdf] [data]
Petry, W.K., Kandlikar, G.S., Kraft, N.J.B., Godoy, O. & Levine, J.M. (2018) A competition-defence trade-off both promotes and weakens coexistence in an annual plant community. Journal of Ecology, 106, 1806–1818. [doi] [pdf] [data]
Moreira, X., Petry, W.K., Mooney, K.A., Rasmann, S. & Abdala-Roberts, L. (2018) Elevational gradients in plant defences and insect herbivory: recent advances in the field and prospects for future research. Ecography, 41, 1485–1496. [doi] [pdf]
Abdala-Roberts, L., Galmán, A., Petry, W.K., Covelo, F., Fuente, M. de la, Glauser, G., Moreira, X. (2018) Interspecific variation in leaf functional and defensive traits in oak species and its underlying climatic drivers. PLOS ONE, 13, e0202548. [doi] [pdf]
Roslin, T., Hardwick, B., Novotny, V., Petry, W.K., [Dummy Caterpillar Project], Slade, E.M. (2017) Higher predation risk for insect prey at low latitudes and elevations. Science, 356, 742–744. [doi] [pdf] [data]
CaraDonna, P.J., Petry, W.K., Brennan, R.M., Cunningham, J.L., Bronstein, J.L., Waser, N.M., Sanders, N.J. (2017) Interaction rewiring and the rapid turnover of plant-pollinator networks. Ecology Letters, 20, 385–394. [doi] [pdf] [data]
Petry, W.K., Soule, J.D., Iler, A.M., Chicas-Mosier, A., Inouye, D.W., Miller, T.E.X., Mooney, K.A. (2016) Sex-specific responses to climate change in plants alter population sex ratio and performance. Science, 353, 69–71. [doi] [pdf] [data]
Moreira, X., Petry, W.K., Hernández-Cumplido, J., Morelon, S. & Benrey, B. (2016) Plant defence responses to volatile alert signals are population-specific. Oikos, 125, 950–956. [doi] [pdf] [data]
Moreira, X., Mooney, K.A., Rasmann, S., Petry, W.K., Carrillo-Gavilán, A., Zas, R., Sampedro, L. (2014) Trade-offs between constitutive and induced defences drive geographical and climatic clines in pine chemical defences. Ecology Letters, 17, 537–546. [doi] [pdf]
Petry, W.K., Perry, K.I., Fremgen, A., Rudeen, S.K., Lopez, M., Dryburgh, J., Mooney, K.A. (2013) Mechanisms underlying plant sexual dimorphism in multi-trophic arthropod communities. Ecology, 94, 2055–2065. [doi] [pdf]
Petry, W.K., Perry, K.I. & Mooney, K.A. (2012) Influence of macronutrient imbalance on native ant foraging and interspecific interactions in the field. Ecological Entomology, 37, 175–183. [doi] [pdf]
Mooney, K.A., Fremgen, A. & Petry, W.K. (2012) Plant sex and induced responses independently influence herbivore performance, natural enemies and aphid-tending ants. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 6, 553–560. [doi] [pdf]
Petry, W.K., Foré, S.A., Fielden, L.J. & Kim, H.-J. (2010) A quantitative comparison of two sample methods for collecting Amblyomma americanum and Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Missouri. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 52, 427–438. [doi] [pdf]