Global meta-analysis of soil-disturbing vertebrates reveals strong effects on ecosystem patterns and processes

A global database and “state of the field” review of research into ecosystem engineering by land animals

(2018) Nicole V. Coggan et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Soil fungal abundance and plant functional traits drive fertile island formation in global drylands

(2017) Raúl Ochoa-Hueso et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Nonindependence and sensitivity analyses in ecological and evolutionary meta-analyses

(2017) Daniel W.A. Noble et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Plateau pika disturbances alter plant productivity and soil nutrients in alpine meadows of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China

(2017) Xiao Pan Pang et al.   RANGELAND JOURNAL

Scratching beneath the surface: Bandicoot bioturbation contributes to ecosystem processes

(2016) Leonie E. Valentine et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Burrowing Through the Literature

(2016) Brian F. Platt et al.   SOIL SCIENCE

Patterns and trends in the fields of bioturbation, faunalturbation, and zoogeomorphology

(2015) Rachel M. Cavin et al.   PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Synthesis of phylogeny and taxonomy into a comprehensive tree of life

(2015) Cody E. Hinchliff et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Accelerated dryland expansion under climate change

(2015) Jianping Huang et al.   Nature Climate Change

Conducting Meta-Analyses inRwith themetaforPackage

(2015) Wolfgang Viechtbauer   Journal of Statistical Software

MCMC Methods for Multi-Response Generalized Linear Mixed Models: TheMCMCglmmRPackage

(2015) Jarrod D. Hadfield   Journal of Statistical Software

Ecosystem engineering effects on species diversity across ecosystems: a meta-analysis

(2014) Gustavo Q. Romero et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Environmental heterogeneity as a universal driver of species richness across taxa, biomes and spatial scales

(2014) Anke Stein et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Is the loss of Australian digging mammals contributing to a deterioration in ecosystem function?

(2013) Patricia A. Fleming et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

Meta-analysis of the effects of small mammal disturbances on species diversity, richness and plant biomass

(2012) MEREDITH ROOT-BERNSTEIN et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Impact of wild boar (Sus scrofa) in its introduced and native range: a review

(2012) M. Noelia Barrios-Garcia et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Methodological issues and advances in biological meta-analysis

(2012) Shinichi Nakagawa et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

NIH Image to ImageJ: 25 years of image analysis

(2012) Caroline A Schneider et al.   NATURE METHODS

A general and simple method for obtainingR2from generalized linear mixed-effects models

(2012) Shinichi Nakagawa et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Animal foraging as a mechanism for sediment movement and soil nutrient development: Evidence from the semi-arid Australian woodlands and the Chihuahuan Desert

(2011) David J. Eldridge et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Evidence for and geomorphologic consequences of a reptilian ecosystem engineer: The burrowing cascade initiated by the Gopher Tortoise

(2011) A. Kinlaw et al.   GEOMORPHOLOGY

Partitioning the effects of an ecosystem engineer: kangaroo rats control community structure via multiple pathways

(2011) Laura R. Prugh et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Plant mineral nutrition in ancient landscapes: high plant species diversity on infertile soils is linked to functional diversity for nutritional strategies

(2011) Hans Lambers et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Vegetation Responses to an Animal-generated Disturbance (Bison Wallows) in Tallgrass Prairie

(2010) Brock R. McMillan et al.   AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST

Formation of nutrient-poor soil patches in a semi-arid woodland by the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.)

(2010) DAVID J. ELDRIDGE et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

General quantitative genetic methods for comparative biology: phylogenies, taxonomies and multi-trait models for continuous and categorical characters

(2010) J. D. HADFIELD et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Simple means to improve the interpretability of regression coefficients

(2010) Holger Schielzeth   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Foraging animals create fertile patches in an Australian desert shrubland

(2009) Alex I. James et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Effects of disturbance by Siberian marmots (Marmota sibirica) on spatial heterogeneity of vegetation at multiple spatial scales

(2009) Yu Yoshihara et al.   GRASSLAND SCIENCE

Soil-disturbance by native animals plays a critical role in maintaining healthy Australian landscapes

(2009) David J. Eldridge et al.   ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT & RESTORATION

Climate change mitigation: A spatial analysis of global land suitability for clean development mechanism afforestation and reforestation

(2008) Robert J. Zomer et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Plant Succession on Gopher Mounds in Western Cascade Meadows: Consequences for Species Diversity and Heterogeneity

(2008) Chad C. Jones et al.   AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST

Engineering rodents create key habitat for lizards

(2008) A.D. Davidson et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Burrowing rodents increase landscape heterogeneity in a desert grassland

(2008) A.D. Davidson et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Influence of pocket gopher mounds on nonnative plant establishment in a shrubsteppe ecosystem

(2008) G. Page Kyle et al.   WESTERN NORTH AMERICAN NATURALIST

Scaling regression inputs by dividing by two standard deviations

(2007) Andrew Gelman   STATISTICS IN MEDICINE