Rebecca J. Best - Publications

Affiliations: 
Population Biology Graduate Group University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 
Area:
coexistence, amphipods, seagrass ecology

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Year Citation  Score
2022 Cooper HF, Best RJ, Andrews LV, Corbin JPM, Garthwaite I, Grady KC, Gehring CA, Hultine KR, Whitham TG, Allan GJ. Evidence of climate-driven selection on tree traits and trait plasticity across the climatic range of a riparian foundation species. Molecular Ecology. PMID 35947510 DOI: 10.1111/mec.16645  0.327
2022 Eisenring M, Best RJ, Zierden MR, Cooper HF, Norstrem MA, Whitham TG, Grady K, Allan GJ, Lindroth RL. Genetic divergence along a climate gradient shapes chemical plasticity of a foundation tree species to both changing climate and herbivore damage. Global Change Biology. PMID 35596651 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16275  0.371
2021 Eger AM, Best RJ, Baum JK. Dominance determines fish community biomass in a temperate seagrass ecosystem. Ecology and Evolution. 11: 10489-10501. PMID 34367591 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7854  0.606
2021 Jeplawy JR, Cooper HF, Marks J, Lindroth RL, Andrews MI, Compson ZG, Gehring C, Hultine KR, Grady K, Whitham TG, Allan GJ, Best RJ. Plastic responses to hot temperatures homogenize riparian leaf litter, speed decomposition, and reduce detritivores. Ecology. e03461. PMID 34236702 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3461  0.427
2021 Jeplawy JR, Cooper HF, Marks J, Lindroth RL, Andrews MI, Compson ZG, Gehring C, Hultine KR, Grady K, Whitham TG, Allan GJ, Best RJ. Plastic responses to hot temperatures homogenize riparian leaf litter, speed decomposition, and reduce detritivores. Ecology. e03461. PMID 34236702 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3461  0.427
2020 Best RJ. The evolution of community assembly in marine foundation species Functional Ecology. 34: 2012-2014. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13659  0.533
2019 Anaya-Rojas JM, Best RJ, Brunner FS, Eizaguirre C, Leal MC, Melián CJ, Seehausen O, Matthews B. An experimental test of how parasites of predators can influence trophic cascades and ecosystem functioning. Ecology. e02744. PMID 31135996 DOI: 10.1002/Ecy.2744  0.457
2019 Schmid DW, McGee MD, Best RJ, Seehausen O, Matthews B. Rapid Divergence of Predator Functional Traits Affects Prey Composition in Aquatic Communities. The American Naturalist. 193: 331-345. PMID 30794448 DOI: 10.1086/701784  0.625
2019 Lürig MD, Best RJ, Svitok M, Jokela J, Matthews B. The role of plasticity in the evolution of cryptic pigmentation in a freshwater isopod. The Journal of Animal Ecology. PMID 30666639 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12950  0.479
2018 Cooper HF, Grady KC, Cowan JA, Best RJ, Allan GJ, Whitham TG. Genotypic variation in phenological plasticity: reciprocal common gardens reveal adaptive responses to warmer springs but not to fall frost. Global Change Biology. PMID 30346108 DOI: 10.1111/Gcb.14494  0.457
2018 Rhoades OK, Best RJ, Stachowicz JJ. Assessing Feeding Preferences of a Consumer Guild: Partitioning Variation Among versus Within Species. The American Naturalist. 192: 287-300. PMID 30125236 DOI: 10.1086/698325  0.747
2017 Matthews B, Best RJ, Feulner PGD, Narwani A, Limberger R. Evolution as an ecosystem process: insights from genomics. Genome. PMID 29241022 DOI: 10.1139/Gen-2017-0044  0.362
2017 Best RJ, Anaya-Rojas JM, Leal MC, Schmid DW, Seehausen O, Matthews B. Transgenerational selection driven by divergent ecological impacts of hybridizing lineages. Nature Ecology & Evolution. PMID 28963514 DOI: 10.1038/S41559-017-0308-2  0.396
2017 Leal MC, Best RJ, Durston D, El-Sabaawi RW, Matthews B. Stoichiometric traits of stickleback: Effects of genetic background, rearing environment, and ontogeny. Ecology and Evolution. 7: 2617-2625. PMID 28428852 DOI: 10.1002/Ece3.2802  0.43
2017 Weber MG, Wagner CE, Best RJ, Harmon LJ, Matthews B. Evolution in a Community Context: On Integrating Ecological Interactions and Macroevolution. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. PMID 28215448 DOI: 10.1016/J.Tree.2017.01.003  0.519
2016 Lürig MD, Best RJ, Stachowicz JJ. Microhabitat partitioning in seagrass mesograzers is driven by consistent species choices across multiple predator and competitor contexts Oikos. 125: 1324-1333. DOI: 10.1111/Oik.02932  0.761
2015 Best RJ, Stone MN, Stachowicz JJ. Predicting consequences of climate change for ecosystem functioning: Variation across trophic levels, species and individuals Diversity and Distributions. 21: 1364-1374. DOI: 10.1111/Ddi.12367  0.717
2014 Best RJ, Chaudoin AL, Bracken ME, Graham MH, Stachowicz JJ. Plant-animal diversity relationships in a rocky intertidal system depend on invertebrate body size and algal cover. Ecology. 95: 1308-22. PMID 25000762 DOI: 10.1890/13-1480.1  0.755
2014 Best RJ, Stachowicz JJ. Phenotypic and phylogenetic evidence for the role of food and habitat in the assembly of communities of marine amphipods. Ecology. 95: 775-86. PMID 24804460 DOI: 10.1890/13-0163.1  0.744
2013 Best RJ, Stachowicz JJ. Phylogeny as a proxy for ecology in seagrass amphipods: which traits are most conserved? Plos One. 8: e57550. PMID 23505433 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0057550  0.731
2013 Best RJ, Caulk NC, Stachowicz JJ. Trait vs. phylogenetic diversity as predictors of competition and community composition in herbivorous marine amphipods. Ecology Letters. 16: 72-80. PMID 23066869 DOI: 10.1111/Ele.12016  0.756
2012 Best RJ, Stachowicz JJ. Trophic cascades in seagrass meadows depend on mesograzer variation in feeding rates, predation susceptibility, and abundance Marine Ecology Progress Series. 456: 29-42. DOI: 10.3354/Meps09678  0.726
2010 Edwards KF, Aquilino KM, Best RJ, Sellheim KL, Stachowicz JJ. Prey diversity is associated with weaker consumer effects in a meta-analysis of benthic marine experiments. Ecology Letters. 13: 194-201. PMID 20050865 DOI: 10.1111/J.1461-0248.2009.01417.X  0.672
2010 Hughes AR, Best RJ, Stachowicz JJ. Genotypic diversity and grazer identity interactively influence seagrass and grazer biomass Marine Ecology Progress Series. 403: 43-51. DOI: 10.3354/Meps08506  0.77
2010 Isaac-Renton M, Bennett JR, Best RJ, Arcese P. Effects of introduced Canada geese (Branta canadensis)on native plant communities of the Southern Gulf Islands, British Columbia Ecoscience. 17: 394-399. DOI: 10.2980/17-4-3332  0.559
2009 Best RJ, Arcese P. Exotic herbivores directly facilitate the exotic grasses they graze: mechanisms for an unexpected positive feedback between invaders. Oecologia. 159: 139-50. PMID 18941792 DOI: 10.1007/S00442-008-1172-1  0.65
2008 Stachowicz JJ, Best RJ, Bracken ME, Graham MH. Complementarity in marine biodiversity manipulations: reconciling divergent evidence from field and mesocosm experiments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 105: 18842-7. PMID 19028868 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.0806425105  0.754
2008 Best RJ. Exotic grasses and feces deposition by an exotic herbivore combine to reduce the relative abundance of native forbs. Oecologia. 158: 319-27. PMID 18781332 DOI: 10.1007/S00442-008-1137-4  0.659
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