Publications
Comparative analysis of foraging behavior and bite mechanics reveals complex functional diversity among Caribbean parrotfishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 597:207–220.
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2018. Resource partitioning along multiple niche axes drives functional diversity in parrotfishes on Caribbean coral reefs. Oecologia. 179:1173–1185. adam_et_al_oecologia_2015.pdf (2.22 MB)
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2015. Managing herbivores for their impacts on Caribbean coral reef ecosystems: A summary report for managers and practitioners. adam_et_al_noaa_2015.pdf (453.55 KB)
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2015. Herbivory and the resilience of Caribbean coral reefs: knowledge gaps and implications for management. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES. 520:1–20. adam_et_al_meps_2015.pdf (869.35 KB)
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2015. Groups of roving midnight parrotfish (Scarus coelestinus) prey on sergeant major damselfish (Abudefduf saxatilis) nests. Marine Biodiversity. 47:1–2.
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2017. Landscape-scale patterns of nutrient enrichment in a coral reef ecosystem: implications for coral to algae phase shifts. Ecological Applications. :e2227.
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2021. Priority effects in coral–macroalgae interactions can drive alternate community paths in the absence of top-down control. Ecology. :e3831.
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2022. Phylogenetic conservatism drives nutrient dynamics of coral reef fishes. Nature Communications. 12:5432.
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2021. Animal pee in the sea: consumer-mediated nutrient dynamics in the world's changing oceans. Global Change Biology. 23:2166–2178.
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2017. Estimates of fish and coral larvae as nutrient subsidies to coral reef ecosystems. Ecosphere. 9:e02216.
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2017. Chronic low-level nutrient enrichment benefits coral thermal performance in a fore reef habitat. Coral Reefs. 40:1637–1655.
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2021. Controls of aboveground net primary production in mesic savanna grasslands: an inter-hemispheric comparison. Ecosystems. 12:982–995.
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2009. Habitat selection by large herbivores in a southern African savanna: the relative roles of bottom-up and top-down forces. Ecosphere. 4:art139.
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2013. Predator release of the gastropod Cyphoma gibbosum increases predation on gorgonian corals. Oecologia. 154:167–173.
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2007. Impact of herbivore identity on algal succession and coral growth on a Caribbean reef. PloS one. 5:e8963.
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2010. Species-specific patterns in corallivory and spongivory among Caribbean parrotfishes. Coral Reefs. 38:417–423.
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2019. Susceptibility of five nontarget organisms to aqueous diazinon exposure. Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology. 64:114–121.
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2000. Shared Insights across the Ecology of Coral Reefs and African Savannas: Are Parrotfish Wet Wildebeest? BioScience. 70:647–658.
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2020. Fire frequency drives habitat selection by a diverse herbivore guild impacting top–down control of plant communities in an African savanna. Oikos. burkepile_et_al_oikos_2016.pdf (1.78 MB)
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2016. The Long Arm of Species Loss: How Will Defaunation Disrupt Ecosystems Down to the Microbial Scale? BioScience. 69:443–454.
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2019. Herbivore species richness and feeding complementarity affect community structure and function on a coral reef. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105:16201.
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2008. Chemically mediated competition between microbes and animals: microbes as consumers in food webs. Ecology. 87:2821–2831.
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2006. Nitrogen Identity Drives Differential Impacts of Nutrients on Coral Bleaching and Mortality. Ecosystems. 23:798–811.
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2020. Herbivore size matters for productivity–richness relationships in African savannas. Journal of Ecology. 105:674–686.
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