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2011

·         Towns, D.R., P.J. Bellingham, C.P.H. Mulder, and P.O’B. Lyver. A research strategy for biodiversity conservation on New Zealand’s offshore islands. New Zealand Journal of Ecology, in press.

·         Moles, A.T., I. R. Wallis, W. J. Foley, D. I. Warton, J.C. Stegen, A.J. Bisigato, L. Cella-Pizarro7, C. J. Clark, P. S. Cohen, W. K. Cornwell, W. Edwards, R. Ejrnæs, T. Gonzales-Ojeda, B. J. Graae, G. Hay, F.C. Lumbwe, B. Magaña-Rodríguez2, B.D. Moore, P.L. Peri, J.R. Poulsen, R. Veldtman, H. von Zeipel, N. R. Andrew, S. L. Boulter, E. T. Borer, F.Fernández Campón, M. Coll, A. G. Farji-Brener, J. De Gabriel, E. Jurado, L. A. Kyhn, Bill Low, C. P. H. Mulder, K. Reardon-Smith, J. Rodríguez-Velázquez, E.W. Seabloom, P.A. Vesk, A. van Cauter, M. S. Waldram, Z. Zheng, P.G. Blendinger, B.J. Enquist, J.M. Facelli, T. Knight, J. D. Majer, M. Martínez-Ramos, P. McQuillan, L. D. Prior.  2011. Putting plant defenses on the map: a test of the idea that plants are better defended at lower latitudes. New Phytologist 191: 777-788. pdf

·         Rohrs-Richey, J.K., C.P.H. Mulder, L.M. Winton, and G. Stanosz.  Physiological performance of an Alaskan shrub (Alnus fruticosa) under climate-related stressors: implications from experimental disease (Valsa melanodiscus) and water stress.  New Phytologist 189: 295-307. pdf.

·         Anderson, W.B., and C.P.H. Mulder.  2011.  An introduction to seabird islands. In: Mulder, C.P.H., W.B. Anderson, D.R. Towns and P.J. Bellingham (eds). Seabird Islands: Ecology, Invasion, and Restoration.  Oxford University Press, New York.

·         Smith, J.L., C.P.H. Mulder, and J.C. Ellis.  2011.  Seabirds as ecosystem engineers: nutrient inputs and physical disturbance. In: Mulder, C.P.H., W.B. Anderson, D.R. Towns and P.J. Bellingham (eds). Seabird Islands: Ecology, Invasion, and Restoration.  Oxford University Press, New York.

·         Mulder, C.P.H., H. Jones, K. Kameda, C. Palmborg, S. Schmidt, J.C. Ellis, J L. Orrock, D.A. Wait, D.A. Wardle, L. Yang, H. Young,  D.A. Croll, and E. Vidal. 2011.  Impacts of seabirds on plant and soil properties. In: Mulder, C.P.H., W.B. Anderson, D.R. Towns and P.J. Bellingham (eds). Seabird Islands: Ecology, Invasion, and Restoration.  Oxford University Press, New York.

·         Durrett, M.S., and C.P.H. Mulder. 2011. The state of seabird island ecology: current synthesis and global outlook. In: Mulder, C.P.H., W.B. Anderson, D.R. Towns and P.J. Bellingham (eds). Seabird Islands: Ecology, Invasion, and Restoration.  Oxford University Press, New York.

2010

·         Hector, A., Y. Hautier, P. Saner, L. Wacker, R. Bagchi, J. Joshi, M. Scherer-Lorenzen, E.M. Spehn, E. Bazely-White, M. Wilemann, M.C. Caldeira, P.G. Dimitrakopoulos, J.A. Finn, K. Huss-Danell, A. Jumpponen, C.P.H. Mulder, C. Palmborg, J.S. Pereira, A.S.D. Simantsioura, A.C. Terry, A.Y. Troumbis, B. Schmid, and M. Loreau.  Diversity and stability: a multisite test of the insurance hypothesis using experimental grassland communities. Ecology 92: 2213-2220. pdf.       

·         Mulder, C.P.H., and J.C. Ellis. Seabird Island Ecology.  Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, Wiley & Sons.

·         Grant-Hoffman, M.N., C.P. Mulder, and P. Bellingham. 2010. Invasive rats alter woody seedling composition on seabird-dominated islands in New Zealand. Oecologia 163: 449-460. pdf.

·         Grant-Hoffman, M.N., C.P.H. Mulder, and P. Bellingham. 2010. Effects of invasive rats and burrowing seabirds on seeds and seedlings on New Zealand islands. Oecologia 162: 1005-1016. pdf.

·         Bellingham, P.J., D.R. Towns, E.K. Cameron, J. Davis, D.A. Wardle, J.M. Wilmshurst and C.P.H. Mulder. 2010. New Zealand island restoration: seabirds, predators, and the importance of history. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 3: 115-136. pdf.

2009

·         Rixen, C., and C.P.H. Mulder. 2009. Interactive effects of species removal and experimental warming on a subarctic tundra plant community. Oecologia 161: 173-186. pdf.

·         Towns, D.R., D.A. Wardle, C.P.H. Mulder, G.W. Yeates, B.M. Fitzgerald, G.R. Parrish, P.J. Bellingham, and K.I. Bonner.  2009.  Predation of seabirds by invasive rats: multiple indirect consequences for invertebrate communities. Oikos 118: 420-430. pdf.

·         Mulder, C.P.H., M.N. Grant-Hoffman, D. Towns, P. Bellingham, M. Durrett, D. Wardle, and T. Fukami. 2009. Direct and indirect effects of rats: will their eradication restore functioning of New Zealand seabird islands? Biological Invasions 11: 1671-1688. pdf.

·         Wardle, D.A., Bellingham, P.J., Bonner, K.I., and Mulder, C.P.H.  2009. Indirect effects of invasive predators on plant litter quality, decomposition, and nutrient resorption on seabird-dominated islands.  Ecology  90(2): 452-464. pdf.

2008

·         Mulder, C.P.H., B. Roy, and S. Güsewell.  2008. Herbivores and pathogens on Alnus viridis subsp. fruticosa  in Interior Alaska: I. Effects of leaf, tree, and neighbor characteristics on damage levels.  Botany (formerly Canadian Journal of Botany) 86: 408-421. pdf.

2007

·         Hector, A., J. Joshi, M. Scherer-Lorenzen, B. Schmid, E.M. Spehn, L. Wacker, M. Weilenmann, E. Bazeley-White, C. Beierkuhnleinen, M.C. Calderia, P.G. Dimitrakopoulos, J.A. Finn, K. Huss-Danell, A. Jumpponen, P.W. Leadley, M. Loreau, C.P.H. Mulder, C. Neßhöver, C. Palmborg, D.J. Read, A.S.D. Siamantziouras, A.C. Terry, and A.Y. Troumbis.  2007.  Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: reconciling the results of experimental and observational studies.  Functional Ecology 21: 998-1002. pdf.

·         Wardle, D.A., Bellingham, P.J., Fukami, T., and Mulder, C.P.H.  2007.  Promotion of ecosystem carbon sequestration by invasive predators.  Biology Letters 3: 479-482. pdf.

·         Rohrs-Richey, J. K., and C.P.H. Mulder. 2007.  Effects of local changes in active layer and soil climate on seasonal foliar nitrogen concentrations of three boreal forest shrubs.  Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37: 383-394. pdf.

2006

·         Fukami,  T., D. A. Wardle, P. J. Bellingham, C.P.H. Mulder, D.R. Towns,  G.W. Yeates, K. I. Bonner, M.S. Durrett, M.N.Grant-Hoffman and  W.M. Williamson.  2006. Above- and below-ground impacts of introduced predators on seabird-dominated islands.  Ecology Letters 9: 1299-1307. pdf.

·         Wipf, S, C. Rixen, and C.P.H. Mulder. 2006  Advanced snowmelt causes shift towards positive neighbour interactions in a subarctic tundra community . Global Change Biology 12: 1496-1506. pdf.

            2005

·         Rixen, C., and C.P.H. Mulder.  2005.  Improved water retention links high species richness with increased productivity in arctic tundra moss communities. Oecologia 146 (2): 287-199. pdf.

·         Jumpponen, A., C.P.H. Mulder, K. Huss-Danell, and P. Högberg. 2005.  Winners and losers in herbaceous plant communities: insights from foliar carbon isotope composition in monocultures and mixtures.  Journal of Ecology 96(3): 1136-1147. pdf.

·         E. M. Spehn, A. Hector, J. Joshi, M. Scherer-Lorenzen, B. Schmid, E. Bazeley-White, C. Beierkuhnlein, M. C. Caldeira, M. Diemer, P. G. Dimitrakopoulos, J.A. Finn, H. Freitas, P. S. Giller, J. Good, R. Harris, P. Högberg, K. Huss-Danell, A. Jumpponen, J. Koricheva, P. W. Leadley, M. Loreau, A. Minns, C. P. H. Mulder, G. O'Donovan, S. J. Otway, C. Palmborg, J. S. Pereira, A. B. Pfisterer, A. Prinz, D. J. Read, E-D. Schulze, A-S. D. Siamantziouras, A. C. Terry, A. Y. Troumbis, F. I. Woodward, S. Yachi, J. H. Lawton.  2005.  Ecosystem effects of biodiversity manipulations in European grasslands.  Ecological Monographs 75(1): 37-63. pdf.

2004

·         Mulder, CPH.,  E. Bazeley-White, P.G. Dimitrakopoulos, A. Hector, M. Scherer-Lorenzen, B. Schmid.  2004.  Species evenness and productivity in experimental plant communities. Oikos 107:50-63. pdf.

·         Armbruster, W.S., C. Pélabon, T.F. Hansen and C.P.H. Mulder.  2004.  Floral integration, modularity, and accuracy.  In: Pigliucci, M. and Preston, K (eds.), Phenotypic Integration: Studying the Ecology of Complex Phenotypes.  Oxford University Press.

            2002

·         Mulder, C.P.H., A. Jumpponen, P. Högberg, and K. Huss-Danell.  2002.  How species richness and legumes affect nitrogen dynamics in experimental grassland communities. Oecologia 133: 412-421. pdf.

·         Jumpponen, A., P. Högberg, K. Huss-Danell and C.P.H. Mulder. 2002.   Plants in mixed grassland communities express a plastic niche separation in nitrogen acquisition depth.  Functional Ecology, 16: 454-461. pdf.

·         Drake, D.R., C.P.H. Mulder, D.R. Towns, and C.H. Daugherty.  2002.  The biology of insularity: an introduction.  Journal of Biogeography 29: 563-569.

·         Armbruster, W.S., C.P.H. Mulder, B.G. Baldwin, S. Kalisz, B. Wessa, and H. Nute.   2002.  Comparative analysis of late floral development and mating-system evolution in tribe Collinsieae (Scrophylariaceae s.l.).  American Journal of Botany 89(1): 37-49.

      2001

·         Mulder, C.P.H., D.D. Uliassi, and D.F. Doak.  2001.  Physical stress and diversity-productivity relationships: the role of positive interactions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98(12): 6704-6708. pdf.

·         Mulder, C.P.H., and R.W. Ruess.  2001.  Long-term effects of changes in goose grazing intensity on arrowgrass populations: a spatially explicit model. Journal of Ecology 89: 406-417. Pdf.

·         Mulder, C.P.H. and S.N. Keall.  2001.  Burrowing seabirds and reptiles: impacts on seeds, seedlings and soils in an island forest in New Zealand.  Oecologia 127: 350-360. pdf.

·         Joshi, J., B. Schmid, M.C. Caldeira, P.G. Dimitrakopoulis, J. Good, R. Harris, A. Hector, K. Huss-Danell, A. Jumpponen, A. Minns, C.P.H. Mulder, J.S. Pereira, A. Prinz, M. Scherer-Lorenzen, A.S.D. Siamantziouras, A.C. Terry, A.Y. Troumbis, and J.H. Lawton.  2001.  Local adaptation enhances performance of common plant species.   Ecology Letters 4: 1-9.

·         Hector, A., Schmid, B., Beierkuhnlein, C., Caldeira, M.C., Diemer, M., Dimitrakopoulos, P.G., Finn, J., Freitas, H., Giller, P.S., Good, J., Harris, R., Högberg, P., Huss-Danell, K., Joshi, J., Jumpponen, A., Körner, C., Leadley, P.W., Loreau, M., Minns, A., Mulder, C.P.H., O'Donovan, G., Otway, S.J., Pereira, J.S., Prinz, A., Read, D.J., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schulze, E.-D., Siamantziouras, A.-S.D., Spehn, E.M., Terry, A.C., Troumbis, A.Y., Woodward, F.I., Yachi, S. & Lawton, J.H. (2001).  Biodiversity and the functioning of grassland ecosystems: Multisite studies.  In: Functional Consequences of Biodiversity: Experimental Progress and Theoretical Extensions (eds. A. Kinzig, D. Tilman, & S. Pacala).  Princeton University Press, Princeton.

2000


·         Hector, A., Schmid, B., Beierkuhnlein, C., Caldeira, M.C., Diemer, M., Dimitrakopoulos, P.G., Finn, J., Freitas, H., Giller, P.S., Good, J., Harris, R., Högberg, P., Huss-Danell, K., Joshi, J., Jumpponen, A., Körner, C., Leadley, P.W., Loreau, M., Minns, A., Mulder, C.P.H., O'Donovan, G., Otway, S.J., Pereira, J.S., Prinz, A., Read, D.J., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schulze, E.-D., Siamantziouras, A.-S.D., Spehn, E.M., Terry, A.C., Troumbis, A.Y., Woodward, F.I., Yachi, S. & Lawton, J.H. 2000. No consistent effect of plant diversity on productivity - Response.  Science, 289, 1255a.

·         Koricheva, J., C.P.H. Mulder, B. Schmid, J. Joshi and K. Huss-Danell.  2000.  Numerical responses of different trophic groups of invertebrates to manipulations of plant diversity in grasslands. Oecologia 125:271-282.  pdf.

1999

·         Hector, A., B. Schmid,  C. Beierkuhnlein, M.C. Caldeira, M. Diemer, P.G. Dimitrakopoulos, J. Finn, H. Freitas, P.S. Giller, J. Good, R. Harris, P. Högberg, K. Huss-Danell, J. Joshi, A. Jumpponen, C. Körner, P.W. Leadley, M. Loreau, A. Minns, C.P.H. Mulder, G. O’Donovan,  S.J. Otway, J.S. Pereira, A. Prinz, D.J. Read, M. Scherer-Lorenzen, E.-D. Schulze, A-S.D. Siamantziouras, E. Spehn, A.C. Terry, A.Y.Troumbis, F.I. Woodward, S. Yachi, J.H. Lawton. 1999. Plant diversity and productivity in European grasslands.  Science 286: 1223-1127.

·         Mulder, C.P.H.  1999.  Vertebrate herbivores and plants in the Arctic and subarctic: effects on individuals, communities and ecosystems.  Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 2(1): 29-55.

·         Mulder, C.P.H., J. Koricheva, K. Huss-Danell, P. Högberg, and J. Joshi.  1999.  Insects affect relationships between plant species richness and ecosystem processes.  Ecology Letters 2: 237-246. pdf.

      1998

·         Mulder, C.P.H., and R.W. Ruess.  1998b.  Relationships between size, biomass allocation, reproduction and survival in Triglochin palustris: implications for the effects of goose herbivory.  Canadian Journal of Botany 76:2164-2176. pdf.

·         Mulder, C.P.H., and R.W. Ruess. 1998a.  Effects of herbivory on arrowgrass: interactions between geese, neighboring plants, and abiotic factors.  Ecological Monographs 68(2): 275-293. pdf.

1997

·         Ruess, R.W., D.D. Uliassi, C.P.H. Mulder, and B.T. Person.  1997.  Growth responses of Carex ramenskii to variations in grazing, salinity and nitrogen availability: Implications for geese ecosystem dynamics in western Alaska.  EcoScience 4 (2): 170-178.

1996

·         Mulder, C.P.H, R.W. Ruess, and J.S. Sedinger.  1996.  Effects of environmental manipulations on Triglochin palustris: implications for the role of goose herbivory in controlling its distribution. Journal of Ecology 84(2): 267-278. pdf.

            1995

·         Mulder, C.P.H., and R. Harmsen.  1995.  The effect of muskox herbivory on growth and reproduction in an arctic legume.  Arctic and Alpine Research 27: 44-53.