Mary F. Willson, Ph.D. - Publications

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University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL 

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2006 Díaz IA, Armesto JJ, Willson MF. Mating success of the endemic Des Murs' Wiretail (Sylviorthorhynchus desmursii, Furnariidae) in fragmented Chilean rainforests Austral Ecology. 31: 13-21. DOI: 10.1111/J.1442-9993.2006.01538.X  0.464
2006 Willson MF, Womble JN. Vertebrate exploitation of pulsed marine prey: A review and the example of spawning herring Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 16: 183-200. DOI: 10.1007/S11160-006-9009-7  0.321
2005 Díaz IA, Armesto JJ, Reid S, Sieving KE, Willson MF. Linking forest structure and composition: Avian diversity in successional forests of Chiloé Island, Chile Biological Conservation. 123: 91-101. DOI: 10.1016/J.Biocon.2004.10.011  0.688
2004 Willson MF, Gende SM. Seed Dispersal by Brown Bears, Ursus arctos, in Southeastern Alaska The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 118: 499. DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v118i4.53  0.424
2004 Willson MF, Gende SM. Seed dispersal by Brown Bears, Ursus arctos, in Southeastern Alaska Canadian Field-Naturalist. 118: 499-503. DOI: 10.22621/Cfn.V118I4.53  0.514
2004 Willson MF. Gulls, Larus spp., foraging at pink salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, spawning runs Canadian Field-Naturalist. 118: 442-443. DOI: 10.22621/Cfn.V118I3.20  0.368
2004 Willson MF. Loss of habitat connectivity hinders pair formation and juvenile dispersal of chucao tapaculos in chilean rainforest Condor. 106: 166-171. DOI: 10.1650/7303  0.367
2004 Reid S, Díaz IA, Armesto JJ, Willson MF. Importance of native bamboo for understory birds in Chilean temperate forests Auk. 121: 515-525. DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2004)121[0515:Ionbfu]2.0.Co;2  0.496
2004 Traveset A, Willson MF, Verdú M. Characteristics of fleshy fruits in southeast Alaska: Phylogenetic comparison with fruits from Illinois Ecography. 27: 41-48. DOI: 10.1111/J.0906-7590.2004.03679.X  0.451
2003 De Santo TL, Willson MF, Bartecchi KM, Weinstein J. Variation in nest sites, nesting success, territory size, and frequency of polygyny in Winter Wrens in northern temperate coniferous forests Wilson Bulletin. 115: 29-37. DOI: 10.1676/01-129  0.422
2003 Willson MF, De Santo TL, Sieving KE. Red squirrels and predation risk to bird nests in northern forests Canadian Journal of Zoology. 81: 1202-1208. DOI: 10.1139/Z03-096  0.633
2002 Marston BH, Willson MF, Gende SM. Predator aggregations during eulachon Thaleichthys pacificus spawning runs Marine Ecology Progress Series. 231: 229-236. DOI: 10.3354/Meps231229  0.415
2002 De Santo TL, Willson MF, Sieving KE, Armesto JJ. Nesting biology of tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae) in fragmented south-temperate rainforests of Chile Condor. 104: 482-495. DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2002)104[0482:Nbotri]2.0.Co;2  0.69
2002 Willson MF, Marston BH. Fishing success of gulls at a southeast Alaska smelt run Journal of Field Ornithology. 73: 91-96. DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-73.1.91  0.345
2002 Gende SM, Edwards RT, Willson MF, Wipfli MS. Pacific salmon in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems Bioscience. 52: 917-928. DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2002)052[0917:Psiaat]2.0.Co;2  0.35
2001 Gende SM, Willson MF. Passerine densities in riparian forests of southeast Alaska: Potential effects of anadromous spawning salmon Condor. 103: 624-629. DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2001)103[0624:Pdirfo]2.0.Co;2  0.433
2001 Armesto JJ, Díaz I, Papic C, Willson MF. Seed rain of fleshy and dry propagules in different habitats in the temperate rainforests of Chiloé Island, Chile Austral Ecology. 26: 311-320. DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2001.01116.x  0.388
2001 Traveset A, Bermejo T, Willson M. Effect of manure composition on seedling emergence and growth of two common shrub species of Southeast Alaska Plant Ecology. 155: 29-34. DOI: 10.1023/A:1013282313035  0.419
2001 De Santo TL, Willson MF. Predator abundance and predation of artificial nests in natural and anthropogenic coniferous forest edges in southeast Alaska | Abundancia de depredadores y depredación de nidos artificiales en bordes de bosques coníferos naturales y antropogénicos en el sureste de Alaska Journal of Field Ornithology. 72: 136-149.  0.325
2000 Willson MF, Gende SM. Nesting success of forest birds in southeast Alaska and adjacent Canada Condor. 102: 314-324. DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2000)102[0314:Nsofbi]2.0.Co;2  0.377
2000 Sieving KE, Willson MF, De Santo TL. Defining corridor functions for endemic birds in fragmented south-temperate rainforest Conservation Biology. 14: 1120-1132. DOI: 10.1046/J.1523-1739.2000.98417.X  0.649
1999 Gervais JA, Noon BR, Willson MF. Avian selection of the color-dimorphic fruits of salmonberry, Rubus spectabilis: A field experiment Oikos. 84: 77-86. DOI: 10.2307/3546868  0.451
1999 Hickey JR, Flynn RW, Buskirk SW, Gerow KG, Willson MF. An evaluation of a mammalian predator, Martes americana, as a disperser of seeds Oikos. 87: 499-508. DOI: 10.2307/3546814  0.426
1999 Sieving KE, Willson MF. A temporal shift in Steller's jay predation on bird eggs Canadian Journal of Zoology. 77: 1829-1834. DOI: 10.1139/Z99-150  0.626
1998 Willson MF, Gende SM, Marston BH. Fishes and the forest Bioscience. 48: 455-462. DOI: 10.2307/1313243  0.388
1998 Sieving KE, Willson MF. Nest predation and avian species diversity in northwestern forest understory Ecology. 79: 2391-2402. DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2391:Npaasd]2.0.Co;2  0.704
1998 Gervais JA, Traveset A, Willson MF. The potential for seed dispersal by the banana slug (Ariolimax columbianus) American Midland Naturalist. 140: 103-110. DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1998)140[0103:Tpfsdb]2.0.Co;2  0.488
1998 Traveset A, Willson MF, Sabag C. Effect of nectar-robbing birds on fruit set of Fuchsia magellanica in Tierra Del Fuego: A disrupted mutualism Functional Ecology. 12: 459-464. DOI: 10.1046/J.1365-2435.1998.00212.X  0.499
1998 Traveset A, Willson MF. Ecology of the fruit-colour polymorphism in Rubus spectabilis Evolutionary Ecology. 12: 331-345. DOI: 10.1023/A:1006504317585  0.439
1998 Holimon WC, Benkman CW, Willson MF. The importance of mature conifers to red crossbills in southeast Alaska Forest Ecology and Management. 102: 167-172. DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00157-6  0.372
1998 Gende SM, Willson MF, Marston BH, Jacobson M, Smith WP. Bald eagle nesting density and success in relation to distance from clearcut logging in southeast Alaska Biological Conservation. 83: 121-126. DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00078-5  0.359
1998 Bermejo T, Traveset A, Willson MF. Post-dispersal seed predation in the temperate rainforest of southeast Alaska Canadian Field-Naturalist. 112: 510-512.  0.338
1997 Traveset A, Willson MF. Effect of birds and bears on seed germination of fleshy-fruited plants in temperate rainforests of southeast Alaska Oikos. 80: 89-95. DOI: 10.2307/3546519  0.475
1997 O'Dowd DJ, Willson MF. Leaf domatia and the distribution and abundance of foliar mites in broadleaf deciduous forest in Wisconsin American Midland Naturalist. 137: 337-348. DOI: 10.2307/2426853  0.505
1997 Willson MF, Hennon PE. The natural history of western skunk cabbage (Lysichiton americanum) in southeast Alaska Canadian Journal of Botany. 75: 1022-1025. DOI: 10.1139/B97-113  0.429
1996 Willson MF, Comet TA. Bird communities of northern forests: Ecological correlates of diversity and abundance in the understory Condor. 98: 350-362. DOI: 10.2307/1369153  0.438
1996 Willson MF, Comet TA. Bird communities of northern forests: Patterns of diversity and abundance Condor. 98: 337-349. DOI: 10.2307/1369152  0.455
1995 Traveset A, Willson MF, Gaither JC. Avoidance by birds of insect-infested fruits of Vaccinium ovalifolium Oikos. 73: 381-386. DOI: 10.2307/3545962  0.542
1994 Whelan CJ, Willson MF. Fruit choice in migrating North American birds: Field and aviary experiments Oikos. 71: 137-151. DOI: 10.2307/3546181  0.703
1994 Agren J, Willson MF. Cost of seed production in the perennial herbs Geranium maculatum and G.sylvaticum - An experimental field study Oikos. 70: 35-42. DOI: 10.2307/3545696  0.426
1994 Willson MF. Fruit choices by captive American robins Condor. 96: 494-502. DOI: 10.2307/1369331  0.41
1994 Willson MF. Sexual selection in plants: perspective and overview American Naturalist. 144: S13-S39. DOI: 10.1086/285651  0.309
1993 Willson MF, Whelan CJ. Variation of dispersal phenology in a bird-dispersed shrub, Cornus drummondi Ecological Monographs. 63: 151-172. DOI: 10.2307/2937178  0.673
1993 Willson MF, Comet TA. Food Choices by Northwestern Crows: Experiments with Captive, Free-Ranging and Hand-Raised Birds The Condor. 95: 596-615. DOI: 10.2307/1369604  0.376
1992 Ågren J, Willson MF. Determinants of seed production in Geranium maculatum. Oecologia. 92: 177-182. PMID 28313048 DOI: 10.1007/Bf00317361  0.441
1991 O'Dowd DJ, Willson MF. Associations between mites and leaf dornatia. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 6: 179-82. PMID 21232451 DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(91)90209-G  0.351
1991 Willson MF. Foliar Shelters for Mites in the Eastern Deciduous Forest American Midland Naturalist. 126: 111. DOI: 10.2307/2426155  0.46
1991 Whelan CJ, Willson MF, Tuma CA, Souza-Pinto I. Spatial and temporal patterns of postdispersal seed predation Canadian Journal of Botany. 69: 428-436. DOI: 10.1139/B91-059  0.708
1991 Agren J, Willson MF. Gender variation and sexual differences in reproductive characters and seed production in gynodioecious Geranium maculatum American Journal of Botany. 78: 470-480. DOI: 10.1002/J.1537-2197.1991.Tb15213.X  0.421
1990 Willson MF. Sexual selection in plants and animals. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 5: 210-4. PMID 21232357 DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(90)90133-X  0.336
1990 Willson MF, Whelan CJ. Variation in postdispersal survival of vertebrate-dispersed seeds: effects of density, habitat, location, season, and species Oikos. 57: 191-198. DOI: 10.2307/3565939  0.672
1990 Willson MF. The relationship of leaf size and shoot length in Prunus americana to leaf-galling by mites American Midland Naturalist. 123: 408-413. DOI: 10.2307/2426571  0.361
1990 Willson MF. Intraspecific variation in seed packaging American Midland Naturalist. 123: 179-185. DOI: 10.2307/2425771  0.477
1990 Willson MF, Graff DA, Whelan CJ. Color Preferences of Frugivorous Birds in Relation to the Colors of Fleshy Fruits The Condor. 92: 545. DOI: 10.2307/1368671  0.575
1990 Willson MF, Whelan CJ. The evolution of fruit color in fleshy-fruited plants American Naturalist. 136: 790-809. DOI: 10.1086/285132  0.655
1989 Willson MF, Agren J. Differential floral rewards and pollination by deceit in unisexual flowers Oikos. 55: 23-29. DOI: 10.2307/3565868  0.363
1989 Willson MF, Whelan CJ. Ultraviolet reflectance of fruits of vertebrate-dispersed plants Oikos. 55: 341-348. DOI: 10.2307/3565593  0.643
1989 O'Dowd DJ, Willson MF. Leaf domatia and mites on Australasian plants: ecological and evolutionary implications Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 37: 191-236. DOI: 10.1111/J.1095-8312.1989.Tb01901.X  0.448
1989 Willson MF, Crome FHJ. Patterns of seed rain at the edge of a tropical Queensland rain forest Journal of Tropical Ecology. 5: 301-308. DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400003680  0.417
1989 Willson MF, O'Dowd DJ. Fruit color polymorphism in a bird-dispersed shrub (Rhagodia parabolica) in Australia Evolutionary Ecology. 3: 40-50. DOI: 10.1007/Bf02147930  0.429
1988 Malmborg PK, Willson MF. Foraging Ecology of Avian Frugivores and Some Consequences for Seed Dispersal in an Illinois Woodlot The Condor. 90: 173-186. DOI: 10.2307/1368446  0.467
1988 Willson MF. Spatial heterogeneity of post-dispersal survivorship of Queensland rainforest seeds Australian Journal of Ecology. 13: 137-145. DOI: 10.1111/J.1442-9993.1988.Tb00963.X  0.47
1988 Willson MF. Phenology of vertebrate removal of Myoporum accuminatum fruits in a Queensland forest Evolutionary Ecology. 2: 283-288. DOI: 10.1007/Bf02207561  0.423
1986 Willson MF. On the costs of reproduction in plants: Acer negundo American Midland Naturalist. 115: 204-207. DOI: 10.2307/2425852  0.305
1986 Goldman DA, Willson MF. Sex allocation in functionally hermaphroditic plants: A review and critique The Botanical Review. 52: 157-194. DOI: 10.1007/Bf02861000  0.345
1985 Webb SL, Willson MF. Spatial heterogeneity in post-dispersal predation on Prunus and Uvularia seeds. Oecologia. 67: 150-153. PMID 28309862 DOI: 10.1007/Bf00378468  0.4
1985 Kephart SR, Willson MF, Burley N. Plant Reproductive Ecology. Systematic Botany. 10: 375. DOI: 10.2307/2418601  0.389
1985 Johnson RA, Willson MF, Thompson JN, Bertin RI. Nutritional values of wild fruits and consumption by migrant frugivorous birds Ecology. 66: 819-827. DOI: 10.2307/1940543  0.492
1984 Willson MF, Ruppel KP. Resource allocation and floral sex ratios in Zizania aquatica Canadian Journal of Botany. 62: 799-805. DOI: 10.1139/B84-116  0.422
1983 Willson MF, Melampy MN. The effect of bicolored fruit displays on fruit removal by avian frugivores Oikos. 41: 27-31. DOI: 10.2307/3544342  0.374
1983 Willson MF. Natural history of Actaea rubra: fruit dimorphism and fruit/seed predation Bulletin - Torrey Botanical Club. 110: 298-303. DOI: 10.2307/2996182  0.371
1983 Willson MF, Anderson PK, Thomas PA. Bracteal Exudates in Two Cirsium Species as Possible Deterrents to Insect Consumers of Seeds American Midland Naturalist. 110: 212. DOI: 10.2307/2425228  0.472
1982 Morden-Moore AL, Willson MF. On the ecological significance of fruit color in Prunus serotina and Rubus occidentalis: field experiments Canadian Journal of Botany. 60: 1554-1560. DOI: 10.1139/B82-198  0.437
1982 Willson MF, Thompson JN. Phenology and ecology of color in bird-dispersed fruits, or why some fruits are red when they are 'green' Canadian Journal of Botany. 60: 701-713. DOI: 10.1139/B82-092  0.508
1982 Moore LA, Willson MF. The effect of microhabitat, spatial distribution, and display size on dispersal of Lindera benzoin by avian frugivores Canadian Journal of Botany. 60: 557-560. DOI: 10.1139/B82-076  0.383
1980 Willson MF, Schemske DW. Pollinator Limitation, Fruit Production, and Floral Display in Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 107: 401. DOI: 10.2307/2484160  0.528
1980 Willson MF, Price PW. Resource limitation of fruit and seed production in some Asclepias species Canadian Journal of Botany. 58: 2229-2233. DOI: 10.1139/B80-257  0.462
1980 Bertin RI, Willson MF. Effectiveness of diurnal and nocturnal pollination of two milkweeds Canadian Journal of Botany. 58: 1744-1746. DOI: 10.1139/B80-202  0.445
1979 Thompson JN, Willson MF. EVOLUTION OF TEMPERATE FRUIT/BIRD INTERACTIONS: PHENOLOGICAL STRATEGIES. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 33: 973-982. PMID 28568428 DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.1979.Tb04751.X  0.385
1979 Willson MF, Bertin RI, Price PW. Nectar Production and Flower Visitors of Asclepias verticillata American Midland Naturalist. 102: 23. DOI: 10.2307/2425063  0.408
1979 Willson MF. Prairie Warbler Ecology Ecology. 60: 237-238. DOI: 10.2307/1936483  0.305
1979 Willson MF. Sexual Selection in Plants The American Naturalist. 113: 777-790. DOI: 10.1086/283437  0.335
1978 Thompson JN, Willson MF. Disturbance and the dispersal of fleshy fruits. Science (New York, N.Y.). 200: 1161-3. PMID 17745107 DOI: 10.1126/Science.200.4346.1161  0.384
1976 Willson MF, Moriarty DJ. Bird species diversity in forest understory: Analysis of mist-net samples. Oecologia. 25: 373-379. PMID 28309202 DOI: 10.1007/BF00345609  0.322
1976 Price PW, Willson MF. Some consequences for a parasitic herbivore, the milkweed longhorn beetle, Tetraopes tetrophthalmus, of a host-plant shift from Asdepias syriaca to A. verticillata. Oecologia. 25: 331-340. PMID 28309199 DOI: 10.1007/Bf00345606  0.338
1976 Willson MF, Moriarty DJ. Bird species diversity in forest understory: Analysis of mist-net samples Oecologia. 25: 373-379. DOI: 10.1007/BF00345609  0.306
1974 Willson MF. Avian Community Organization and Habitat Structure Ecology. 55: 1017-1029. DOI: 10.2307/1940352  0.48
1973 Willson MF, Harmeson JC. Seed Preferences and Digestive Efficiency of Cardinals and Song Sparrows The Condor. 75: 225-234. DOI: 10.2307/1365870  0.436
1971 Willson MF. Ecological Overlap and Bill-Size Differences: A Comment American Midland Naturalist. 86: 215. DOI: 10.2307/2423703  0.312
1971 Willson MF. A Note on Foraging Overlap in Winter Birds of Deciduous Woods The Condor. 73: 480-481. DOI: 10.2307/1366676  0.394
1971 Willson MF. Seed Selection in Some North American Finches The Condor. 73: 415-429. DOI: 10.2307/1366663  0.368
1970 Willson MF. Foraging Behavior of Some Winter Birds of Deciduous Woods The Condor. 72: 169-174. DOI: 10.2307/1366627  0.384
1969 Willson MF. Avian Niche Size and Morphological Variation The American Naturalist. 103: 531-542. DOI: 10.1086/282619  0.383
1966 Willson MF. Polygamy among Swamp Sparrows The Auk. 83: 666-666. DOI: 10.2307/4083161  0.311
1966 Verner J, Willson MF. The Influence of Habitats on Mating Systems of North American Passerine Birds Ecology. 47: 143-147. DOI: 10.2307/1935753  0.385
1964 Orians GH, Willson MF. Interspecific Territories of Birds Ecology. 45: 736-745. DOI: 10.2307/1934921  0.622
1963 Willson MF, Pianka ER. Sexual Selection, Sex Ratio and Mating System The American Naturalist. 97: 405-407. DOI: 10.1086/282292  0.544
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