Publications

Publications T.M. Anderson

 

Reed, D.N., T.M. Anderson, J. Dempewolf, K.L. Metzger, and S. Serneels. The spatial distribution of vegetation types in the Serengeti ecosystem: the influence of rainfall and topography. Revision invited, The Journal of Biogeography.

Sankaran, M., and T.M. Anderson. Management and Restoration in African Savannas: Interactions and Feedbacks. In press, R. Hobbs and K. Suding (eds) New Models for Ecosystem Dynamics. Island Press, Washington.

Anderson, T.M. 2008. Plant compositional change over time increases with rainfall in Serengeti grasslands.In press, Oikos. Online Early 27 Feb 2008, doi: 10.1111/j.2008.0030-1299.16516.x download pdf [PDF]

Grace, J.G., T.M. Anderson, M. Smith, E. Seabloom, S. Andelman, G. Meche, E. Weiher, L.K. Allain, H. Jutila, M. Sankaran, J. Knops, M. Ritchie, and M. Willig. 2007. Does species diversity limit productivity in natural grassland communities? Ecology Letters 10:680-689. download pdf [PDF]

Anderson, T.M., M.E. Ritchie, E. Mayemba, S. Eby, J.B. Grace, and S.J. McNaughton. 2007. Forage nutritive quality in the Serengeti ecosystem: the roles of fire and herbivory. The American Naturalist 170:343-357. download pdf [PDF]

Anderson, T.M. , M.E. Ritchie, and S.J. McNaughton. 2007. Rainfall and soils modify plant community response to grazing in Serengeti National Park. Ecology 88(5) 1191-1201. download pdf [PDF]

Anderson, T.M. , J. Dempewolf, K.L. Metzger, D.N. Reed, and S. Serneels. 2007. Generation and maintenance of heterogeneity in the Serengeti ecosystem. In press, A.R.E. Sinclair, C. Packer, S.A.R. Mduma and J.M. Fryxell (eds) Serengeti III: Human Impacts on Ecosystem Dynamics. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. download pdf [PDF]

Anderson, T.M. , W.T. Starmer and M. Thorne. 2007. Bimodal root diameter distributions in Serengeti grasses exhibit plasticity in response to defoliation and soil texture: implications for nitrogen uptake. Functional Ecology 21: 50-60. download pdf [PDF]

Anderson, T.M. , K.L. Metzger, and S.J. McNaughton. 2007. Multi-scale analysis of plant species richness in Serengeti grasslands. Journal of Biogeography 34:313-323. download pdf [PDF]

Anderson, T.M. , Y. Dong, and S.J. McNaughton. 2006. Nutrient acquisition and physiological responses of dominant Serengeti grasses to variation in soil texture and grazing. Journal of Ecology 94:1164-1175. download pdf [PDF]

LaChance, M.A., T.M. Anderson, and W.T. Starmer. 2006. A new subclade of haplontic Metschnikowia species associated with insects of morning glory flowers in Africa and description of Metschnikowia aberdeeniae sp. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 56:1141-1145. download pdf [PDF]

Anderson, T.M. , M.A. Lachance, and W.T. Starmer. 2004. The relationship of Phylogeny to community structure: the cactus yeast community. The American Naturalist 164:709-721. download pdf [PDF]

Anderson, T.M. , S.J. McNaughton, and M.E. Ritchie. 2004. Scale-dependent relationships between the spatial distribution of a limiting resource and plant species diversity in an African grassland ecosystem. Oecologia 139:277-287. download pdf [PDF]

Anderson, M.T. , and D.A. Frank. 2003. Defoliation effects on reproductive biomass: importance of scale and timing. Journal of Range Management 56:501-516. download pdf [PDF]

Kiesecker, J.M., D.P. Chivers, M.T. Anderson, and A.R. Blaustein. 2002. Effect of predator diet on life history shifts of red-legged frogs, Rana aurora. Journal of Chemical Ecology 28:1007-1015.

Anderson, M.T. , J.M. Kiesecker, D.P. Chivers, and A.R. Blaustein. 2001. The direct and indirect effects of temperature on a predator-prey relationship. Canadian Journal of Zoology 79:1834-1841.

Chivers, D.P., J.M. Kiesecker, A. Marco, J. Devito, M.T. Anderson, and A.R. Blaustein. 2001. Predator induced life history changes in amphibians: egg predation induces hatching. Oikos 92:135-142.

Anderson, M.T. , and A. Mathis. 1999. Diets of two sympatric neotropical salamanders, Bolitoglossa mexicana and B. rufescens, with notes on reproduction for B. rufescens. Journal of Herpetology 33:601-607.

Kiesecker, J.M., D.P Chivers, A. Marco, C. Quilchano, M.T. Anderson, and A.R. Blaustein. 1999. Identification of a disturbance signal in larval red-legged frogs (Rana aurora). Animal Behaviour 57:1295-1300.

Chivers, D.P., J.M. Kiesecker, E.L. Wildy, M.T. Anderson, and A.R. Blaustein. 1997. Chemical alarm signaling in salamanders: intra- and interspecific responses. Ethology 103:599-613.

Kiesecker, J.M., M.T. Anderson, D.P. Chivers, E.L. Wildy, J. Devito, A. Marco, A.R. Blaustein, J.J. Beatty, and R.M. Storm. 1997. Natural history notes on Plethodon dunni (Dunn’s Salamander) cannibalism. Herpetological Review 27:194.

Chivers, D.P., J.M. Kiesecker, M.T. Anderson, E.L. Wildy, and A.R. Blaustein. 1996. Avoidance response of a terrestrial salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum) to chemical alarm cues. Journal of Chemical Ecology 22:1709-1716.