Wood, S.L.**<\/strong>, D.L. Ward, and R.J. Best<\/strong>. 2025. An ammonia-based tool for chemical control of invasive crayfish.\u00a0Managing Biological Invasions 16: 1053\u20131073. open access link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best, R.J.<\/strong> and M.D. L\u00fcrig. 2025. <\/em>The Ecological Importance of Crustacean Diversity. In<\/em>: M. Thiel and L. Gutow, eds. The Natural History of the Crustacea: Ecology and Conservation. Oxford University Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Corbin, J.P.M.**, R.J. Best, I.J. Garthwaite**<\/strong>, H.F. Cooper***<\/strong>, C.E. Doughty, C.A. Gehring, K.R. Hultine, G.J. Allan, and T.G. Whitham. 2025. Hyperspectral leaf reflectance detects interactive genetic and environmental effects on tree phenotypes, enabling large-scale monitoring and restoration planning under climate change. Plant, Cell & Environment. open access link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Garthwaite, I.J.**, C. Lepp*, Z.S.R. Maldonado*<\/strong>, D. Blasini, K.C. Grady, C.A. Gehring, K.R. Hultine, T.G. Whitham, G.J. Allan, and R.J. Best<\/strong>. 2024. Plasticity in Hydraulic Architecture: Riparian Trees Respond to Increased Temperatures With Genotype\u2010Specific Adjustments to Leaf Traits. Ecology and Evolution 14: e70683. open access link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hansen, L.E<\/strong>.**<\/strong>, C.B. Yackulic, B.G. Dickson, B.R. Deemer, and R.J. Best<\/strong>. 2023. Linking ecosystem processes to consumer growth rates: gross primary productivity as a driver of freshwater fish somatic growth in a resource-limited river. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 80: 1456-1469. link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cooper, H.***, R.J. Best<\/strong>, L. Andrews, J.P.M Corbin**, I.J. Garthwaite**<\/strong>, K.C. Grady, C.A. Gehring, K. Hultine, T.G. Whitham, and G.J. Allan. 2022. Evidence of climate-driven selection on both tree traits and trait plasticity across the climatic range of a riparian foundation species. Molecular Ecology 31: 5024-5040. link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bodine, C.S.**, D. Buscombe, R.J. Best<\/strong>, J.A. Redner, and A.J. Kaeser. 2022. PING\u2010Mapper: Open\u2010source software for automated benthic imaging and mapping using recreation\u2010grade sonar. Earth and Space Science 9: e2022EA002469. open access link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sterner, S.A.**<\/strong>, C.E. Aslan, R.J. Best<\/strong>, and T. Chaudhry. 2022. Forest management effects on vegetation regeneration after a high severity wildfire: A case study in the southern Cascade range. Forest Ecology and Management 520: 120394. link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eisenring, M.***, R.J. Best<\/strong>, M.R. Zierden, H.F. Cooper***, M.A. Norstrem<\/strong>*, T.G. Whitham, K. Grady, G.J. Allan, and R.L. Lindroth. 2022. Genetic divergence along a climate gradient shapes chemical plasticity of a foundation tree species to both changing climate and herbivore damage. Global Change Biology 28: 4684\u20134700. open access link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jeplawy, J.R.**, H.F. Cooper***<\/strong>, J. Marks, R.L. Lindroth, M.I. Andrews*<\/strong>, Z.G. Compson, C. Gehring, K.R. Hultine, K. Grady, T.G. Whitham, G.J. Allan, and R.J. Best<\/strong>. 2021. Plastic responses to hot temperatures homogenize riparian leaf litter, speed decomposition, and reduce detritivores. Ecology 102:e03461. link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eger, A.M.**, R.J. Best<\/strong>, and J.K. Baum. 2021. Dominance determines fish community biomass in a temperate seagrass ecosystem. Ecology and evolution 11:10489-10501. link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapman, K.A.**, R.J. Best<\/strong>, M.E. Smith, E.R. Mueller, P.E. Grams, and R.A. Parnell. 2021. Estimating the contribution of tributary sand inputs to controlled flood deposits for sandbar restoration using elemental tracers, Colorado River, Grand Canyon National Park. GSA Bulletin. link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n L\u00fcrig, M.D.**, R.J. Best<\/strong>, V. Dakos, and B. Matthews. 2020. Submerged macrophytes affect the temporal variability of aquatic ecosystems. Freshwater Biology 66<\/span>: 421<\/span>\u2013 435<\/span>. link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best, R.J.<\/strong>. 2020. The evolution of community assembly in marine foundation species (FE Spotlight). Functional Ecology 34:2012-2014. link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anaya-Rojas, J.M.**, R.J. Best<\/strong>, F. Brunner**, C. Eizaguirre, M.C. Leal, C. Melian, O. Seehausen, and B. Matthews. 2019. An experimental test of how parasites of predators can influence trophic cascades and ecosystem functioning. Ecology 100:<\/span>e02744. link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n L\u00fcrig, M.D.**, R.J. Best<\/strong>, M. Svitok, J. Jokela, and B. Matthews. 2019. The role of plasticity in the evolution of cryptic pigmentation in a freshwater isopod. Journal of Animal Ecology 88:612-623. link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Schmid, D.W.**, M.D. McGee, R.J. Best<\/strong>, O. Seehausen, and B. Matthews. 2019. Rapid trait evolution in recently diverged predator populations impacts predator performance and prey community structure. The American Naturalist 193:331-345. link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cooper, H.F.**, K.C. Grady, J.A. Cowan, R.J. Best<\/strong>, G.J. Allan, and T.G. Whitham. 2019. Genotypic variation in phenological plasticity: reciprocal common gardens reveal adaptive responses to warmer springs but not to fall frost. Global Change Biology 25:187-200. link.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Limberger, R., J. Birtel, H. Peter, N. Catal\u00e1n, D.D. Farias, R.J. Best<\/strong>, J. Brodersen, H. B\u00fcrgmann, and B. Matthews. 2019. Predator\u2010induced changes in dissolved organic carbon dynamics. Oikos 128:430-440. link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rhoades, O.K.**, R.J. Best<\/strong>, and J.J. Stachowicz. 2018. Assessing feeding preference of a consumer guild: partitioning variation among versus within species. The American Naturalist 192<\/span>:287-300. <\/span>link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Matthews, B., R.J. Best<\/strong>, P.G.D. Feulner, A. Narwani, and R. Limberger. 2018. Evolution as an ecosystem process: insights from genomics. Genome 61:298-309. link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n Best, R.J.<\/strong>, J. M. Anaya-Rojas**, M. C. Leal, D. W. Schmid**, O. Seehausen, and B. Matthews. 2017. Transgenerational selection driven by divergent ecological impacts of hybridizing lineages. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1:1757-1765. link<\/a> | read here<\/a>. Featured in Nature piece on eco-evolutionary feedbacks<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Weber, M.G., C.E. Wagner, R.J. Best<\/strong>, L.J. Harmon, and B. Matthews. 2017. Evolution in a community context: on integrating ecological interactions and macroevolution. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 32:291\u2013304. link<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Leal, M.C., R.J. Best<\/strong>, D. Durston, R.W. El-Sabaawi, and B. Matthews. 2017. Stoichiometric traits of stickleback: effects of genetic background, rearing environment, and ontogeny. Ecology and Evolution. 7:2617-2625. link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n Smith. M.E., N.J. Finnegan, E.R. Mueller, and R.J. Best<\/strong>. 2017. Durable terrestrial bedrock predicts submarine canyon formation. Geophysical Research Letters 44:10,332-10,340.<\/p>\n\n\n\n L\u00fcrig, M.D.**, R.J. Best<\/strong> and J.J. Stachowicz. 2016. <\/em>Microhabitat partitioning in seagrass mesograzers is driven by consistent species choices across multiple predator and competitor contexts. Oikos 125:1324-1333. link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Best, R.J.<\/strong>, M.N. Stone*, and J.J. Stachowicz. 2015. Predicting consequences of climate change for ecosystem functioning: variation across trophic levels, species, and individuals. Diversity and Distributions 21:1364-1374. pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Best, R.J.<\/strong>, A.L. Chaudoin, M.E.S. Bracken, M.H. Graham, and J.J. Stachowicz. 2014. Plant-animal diversity relationships in a rocky intertidal system depend on invertebrate body size and algal cover. 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Best, R.J.<\/strong>, and J.J. Stachowicz. 2013. Phylogeny as a proxy for ecology in seagrass amphipods: which traits are most conserved? PLoS ONE 8(3):e57550. link<\/a>.
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Best, R.J.<\/strong>, and J.J. Stachowicz. 2012. Trophic cascades in seagrass meadows depend on mesograzer variation in feeding rates, predation susceptibility, and abundance. Marine Ecology Progress Series 456:29-42. pdf<\/a>
Isaac-Renton, M., J.R. Bennett, R.J. Best<\/strong>, and P. Arcese. 2010. Effects of introduced Canada geese (Branta canadensis) on native plant communities of the Southern Gulf Islands, British Columbia. Ecoscience 17:394-399.
Hughes, A.R., R.J. Best<\/strong>, and J.J. Stachowicz. 2010. Genotypic diversity and grazer identity interactively influence seagrass and grazer biomass. Marine Ecology Progress Series 403:43-51.
Edwards, K.F., K.M. Aquilino, R.J. Best<\/strong>, K.L. Sellheim, and J.J. Stachowicz. 2010. Prey diversity is associated with weaker consumer effects in a meta-analysis of benthic marine experiments. Ecology Letters 13:194-201.
Best, R.J.<\/strong>, and P. Arcese. 2009. Exotic herbivores directly facilitate the exotic grasses they graze: mechanisms for an unexpected positive feedback between invaders. Oecologia 159:139-150. pdf<\/a>
Stachowicz, J.J., R.J. Best<\/strong>, M.E.S. Bracken, and M.H. Graham. 2008. Complementarity in marine biodiversity manipulations: reconciling divergent evidence from field and mesocosm experiments. PNAS 105:18842-18847.
Best, R.J.<\/strong> 2008. Exotic grasses and nutrient deposition by an exotic herbivore combine to reduce the relative abundance of native forbs. Oecologia 158:319-327. pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n