Publications

Found 29 results
Author Title [ Type(Asc)] Year
Filters: First Letter Of Last Name is T  [Clear All Filters]
Journal Article
Pawlik JR, Burkepile DE, Thurber RVega.  2016.  A Vicious Circle? Altered Carbon and Nutrient Cycling May Explain the Low Resilience of Caribbean Coral Reefs BioScience. :biw047.PDF icon pawlik_et_al_bioscience_2016.pdf (1013.28 KB)
Payet JP, McMinds R, Burkepile D, Thurber RVega.  2014.  Unprecedented evidence for high viral abundance and lytic activity in coral reef waters of the South Pacific Ocean. Frontiers in Microbiology. 5:493.
Ezzat L, Merolla S, Clements CS, Munsterman KS, Landfield K, Stensrud C, Schmeltzer ER, Burkepile DE, Thurber RVega.  2021.  Thermal Stress Interacts With Surgeonfish Feces to Increase Coral Susceptibility to Dysbiosis and Reduce Tissue Regeneration. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12:620458.
Ezzat L, Lamy T, Maher RL, Munsterman KS, Landfield K, Schmeltzer ER, Gaulke CA, Burkepile DE, Thurber RVega.  2019.  Surgeonfish feces increase microbial opportunism in reef-building corals. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 631:81–97.
Burkepile DE, Schmitt MH, Stears K, Donovan MK, Thompson DI.  2020.  Shared Insights across the Ecology of Coral Reefs and African Savannas: Are Parrotfish Wet Wildebeest? BioScience. 70:647–658.
Smith MD, Knapp AK, Collins SL, Burkepile DE, Kirkman KP, Koerner SE, Thompson DI, Blair JM, Burns CE, Eby S et al..  2016.  Shared Drivers but Divergent Ecological Responses: Insights from Long-Term Experiments in Mesic Savanna Grasslands. BioScience. 66:666–682.PDF icon smith_et_al_bioscience_2016.pdf (1.6 MB)
Adam TC, Holbrook SJ, Burkepile DE, Speare KE, Brooks AJ, Ladd MC, Shantz AA, Thurber RVega, Schmitt RJ.  2022.  Priority effects in coral–macroalgae interactions can drive alternate community paths in the absence of top-down control. Ecology. :e3831.
Langille MGI, Zaneveld J, J Caporaso G, McDonald D, Knights D, Reyes JA, Clemente JC, Burkepile DE, Thurber RLVega, Knight R et al..  2013.  Predictive functional profiling of microbial communities using 16S rRNA marker gene sequences. Nature biotechnology. 31:814–821.
Shantz AA, Ladd MC, Ezzat L, Schmitt RJ, Holbrook SJ, Schmeltzer E, Thurber RVega, Burkepile DE.  2023.  Positive interactions between corals and damselfish increase coral resistance to temperature stress. Global Change Biology. 29:417–431.
Koerner SE, Burkepile DE, Fynn RWS, Burns CE, Eby S, Govender N, Hagenah N, Matchett KJ, Thompson DI, Wilcox KR et al..  2014.  Plant community response to loss of large herbivores differs between North American and South African savanna grasslands. Ecology. 95:808–816.PDF icon koerner_etal_2014_ecology.pdf (4.55 MB)
Ezzat L, Lamy T, Maher RL, Munsterman KS, Landfield KM, Schmeltzer ER, Clements CS, Thurber RLVega, Burkepile DE.  2020.  Parrotfish predation drives distinct microbial communities in reef-building corals. Animal Microbiome. 2:5.
Dougan KE, Ladd MC, Fuchs C, Thurber RLisette Ve, Burkepile D, Rodriguez-Lanetty M.  2020.  Nutrient pollution and predation differentially affect innate immune pathways in the coral Porites porites. Frontiers in Marine Science. 7:742.
Maher RL, Rice MM, McMinds R, Burkepile DE, Thurber RVega.  2019.  Multiple stressors interact primarily through antagonism to drive changes in the coral microbiome. Scientific reports. 9:1–12.
Thurber RVega, Burkepile DE, Correa AMS, Thurber AR, Shantz AA, Welsh R, Pritchard C, Rosales S.  2012.  Macroalgae decrease growth and alter microbial community structure of the reef-building coral, Porites astreoides. Plos One. 7:e44246.
Thurber RVega, Burkepile DE, Correa AMS, Thurber AR, Shantz AA, Welsh R, Pritchard C, Rosales S.  2012.  Macroalgae decrease growth and alter microbial community structure of the reef-building coral, Porites astreoides. Plos One. 7:e44246.
Eby S, Burkepile DE, Fynn RWS, Burns CE, Govender N, Hagenah N, Koerner SE, Matchett KJ, Thompson DI, Wilcox KR et al..  2014.  Loss of a large grazer impacts savanna grassland plant communities similarly in North America and South Africa. Oecologia. 175:293–303.PDF icon eby_et_al_oecologia_2014.pdf (428.54 KB)
Burkepile DE, Thurber RVega.  2019.  The Long Arm of Species Loss: How Will Defaunation Disrupt Ecosystems Down to the Microbial Scale? BioScience. 69:443–454.
Adam TC, Burkepile DE, Holbrook SJ, Carpenter RC, Claudet J, Loiseau C, Thiault L, Brooks AJ, Washburn L, Schmitt RJ.  2021.  Landscape-scale patterns of nutrient enrichment in a coral reef ecosystem: implications for coral to algae phase shifts. Ecological Applications. :e2227.
Schmitt MH, Stears K, Donovan MK, Burkepile DE, Thompson DI.  2022.  Integrating herbivore assemblages and woody plant cover in an African savanna to reveal how herbivores respond to ecosystem management. Plos one. 17:e0273917.
Burkepile DE, Fynn RWS, Thompson DI, Lemoine NP, Koerner SE, Eby S, Hagenah N, Wilcox KR, Collins SL, Kirkman KP et al..  2017.  Herbivore size matters for productivity–richness relationships in African savannas. Journal of Ecology. 105:674–686.
Burkepile DE, Burns CE, Tambling CJ, Amendola E, Buis GM, Govender N, Nelson V, Thompson DI, Zinn AD, Smith MD.  2013.  Habitat selection by large herbivores in a southern African savanna: the relative roles of bottom-up and top-down forces. Ecosphere. 4:art139.
Burkepile DE, Burns CE, Tambling CJ, Amendola E, Buis GM, Govender N, Nelson V, Thompson DI, Zinn AD, Smith MD.  2013.  Habitat selection by large herbivores in a southern African savanna: the relative roles of bottom-up and top-down forces. Ecosphere. 4:art139.
Burkepile DE, Thompson DI, Fynn RWS, Koerner SE, Eby S, Govender N, Hagenah N, Lemoine NP, Matchett KJ, Wilcox KR et al..  2016.  Fire frequency drives habitat selection by a diverse herbivore guild impacting top–down control of plant communities in an African savanna. Oikos. PDF icon burkepile_et_al_oikos_2016.pdf (1.78 MB)
Shaver EC, Shantz AA, McMinds R, Burkepile DE, Thurber RLVega, Silliman BR.  2017.  Effects of predation and nutrient enrichment on the success and microbiome of a foundational coral. Ecology. 98:830–839.
Rice MM, Maher RL, Thurber RVega, Burkepile DE.  2019.  Different nitrogen sources speed recovery from corallivory and uniquely alter the microbiome of a reef-building coral. PeerJ. 7:e8056.

Pages