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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
31
Citations
8400
World Ranking
8175
National Ranking
2704

Best Publications

  • Nutritional constraints in terrestrial and freshwater food webs

    James J. Elser;William F. Fagan;Robert F. Denno;Dean R. Dobberfuhl;Dean R. Dobberfuhl

  • Environmental and ecological factors that shape the gut bacterial communities of fish: a meta‐analysis

    Karen E. Sullam;Steven D. Essinger;Catherine A. Lozupone;Michael P. O’Connor

  • COMBO: a defined freshwater culture medium for algae and zooplankton

    Susan S. Kilham;Daniel A. Kreeger;Scott G. Lynn;Clyde E. Goulden

  • The effects of amphibian population declines on the structure and function of Neotropical stream ecosystems

    Matt R. Whiles;Karen R. Lips;Cathy M. Pringle;Susan S. Kilham

  • Green, bluegreen and diatom algae: taxonomic differences in competitive ability for phosphorus, silicon and nitrogen

    D Tilman;R Kiesling;R Sterner;S. S Kilham

  • LIMITING RESOURCES AND THE REGULATION OF DIVERSITY IN PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITIES

    Sebastian J. Interlandi;Susan S. Kilham

  • Linking planktonic diatoms and climate change in the large lakes of the Yellowstone ecosystem using resource theory

    Susan S. Kilham;Edward C. Theriot;Sherilyn C. Fritz

  • Effects of nutrient limitation on biochemical constituents of Ankistrodesmus falcatus

    Susan Kilham;Daniel Kreeger;Clyde Goulden;Scott Lynn

  • Disease-Driven Amphibian Declines Alter Ecosystem Processes in a Tropical Stream

    Matt R. Whiles;Robert O. Hall Jr.;Walter K. Dodds;Piet Verburg

  • Responses of phytoplankton to varied resource availability in large lakes of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

    Sebastian J. Interlandi;Susan S. Kilham;Edward C. Theriot

  • Diet quality and prey selectivity correlate with life histories and predation regime in Trinidadian guppies

    Eugenia Zandonà;Sonya K. Auer;Susan S. Kilham;Jason L. Howard

  • Divergence across diet, time and populations rules out parallel evolution in the gut microbiomes of Trinidadian guppies

    Karen E Sullam;Benjamin E R Rubin;Christopher M Dalton;Susan S Kilham

  • Effects of algal food quality on fecundity and population growth rates of Daphnia

    Susan Kilham;Daniel Kreeger;Clyde Goulden;Scott Lynn

  • Energy budget calculations indicate resource limitation in Eastern Pacific leatherback turtles

    Bryan P. Wallace;Susan S. Kilham;Frank V. Paladino;James R. Spotila

  • Leatherback turtles as oceanographic indicators: stable isotope analyses reveal a trophic dichotomy between ocean basins

    Bryan P. Wallace;Jeffrey A. Seminoff;Susan S. Kilham;James R. Spotila

  • Changes in Stream Primary Producer Communities Resulting from Large-Scale Catastrophic Amphibian Declines: Can Small-Scale Experiments Predict Effects of Tadpole Loss?

    Scott Connelly;Catherine M. Pringle;Rebecca J. Bixby;Roberto Brenes

  • ELEVATED δ15N IN STREAM BIOTA IN AREAS WITH SEPTIC TANK SYSTEMS IN AN URBAN WATERSHED

    Luanne Y. Steffy;Susan S. Kilham

  • Seasonal changes in the biochemistry of lake seston

    Daniel Kreeger;Clyde Goulden;Susan Kilham;Scott Lynn

  • A stable isotope study of a neotropical stream food web prior to the extirpation of its large amphibian community

    Piet Verburg;Susan S. Kilham;Catherine M. Pringle;Karen R. Lips

  • Assessing ecological responses to catastrophic amphibian declines: Patterns of macroinvertebrate production and food web structure in upland Panamanian streams

    J. Checo Colón-Gaud;Matt R. Whiles;Susan S. Kilham;Karen R. Lips

  • Assessing the effects of nitrogen deposition on mountain waters: A study of phytoplankton community dynamics

    Sebastian J. Interlandi;Susan S. Kilham

  • Allochthonous litter inputs, organic matter standing stocks, and organic seston dynamics in upland Panamanian streams: potential effects of larval amphibians on organic matter dynamics

    J. Checo Colón-Gaud;Scot Peterson;Matt R. Whiles;Susan S. Kilham

Frequent Co-Authors

Catherine M. Pringle
Catherine M. Pringle University of Georgia
Karen R. Lips
Karen R. Lips University of Maryland, College Park
Matt R. Whiles
Matt R. Whiles University of Florida
John M. Drake
John M. Drake University of Georgia
Alexander D. Huryn
Alexander D. Huryn University of Alabama
Alexander S. Flecker
Alexander S. Flecker Cornell University
David N. Reznick
David N. Reznick University of California, Riverside
James R. Spotila
James R. Spotila Drexel University
Rob Knight
Rob Knight University of California, San Diego
Aaron I. Packman
Aaron I. Packman Northwestern University

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