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Yeager, L, Biggs, C, Bolser, D, Bonsell, C, Dichiera, A, Hou, Z, Keyser, S, Khursigara, A, Lu, K, Muth, A, Negrete, B, Erisman, B. In review. Does functional redundancy affect ecological stability and resilience? A review and meta-analysis. Ecology
Patrick, C.J., Yeager, L., Armitage, A.R., Carvallo, F., Congdon, V., Dunton, K., Fisher, M., Hardison, A., Hogan, J., Hosen, J., Hu, X., Kiel Reese, B., Kinard, S., Kominoski, J.S., Lin, X., Liu, Z., Montagna, P.A., Pennings, S. C., Walker, L., Weaver, C.A., Wetz, M. In review. Driving wind and torrential rain: impacts of Hurricane Harvey across ecosystems. Estuaries and Coasts.
2019
[30] Zambrano, J, Garzon-Lopez, CM, Yeager, L, Fortunel, C, Cordeiro, NJ, and Beckman, N. Accepted. The effects of landscape fragmentation on plant functional diversity: what do we know so far? Oecologia.
[29] Yeager, L, Geyer, J., Fodrie, F. In press. Trait sensitivities to seagrass fragmentation across spatial scales shape benthic community structure. Journal of Animal Ecology. link
[28] Keller, D.A., Gittman, R.K., Brodeur, M.C., Kenworthy, M.D., Ridge, J.T., Yeager, L.A., Rodriguez, A.B. and Fodrie, F.J. Early View. Salt marsh shoreline geomorphology influences the success of restored oyster reefs and use by associated fauna. Restoration Ecology. link
2018
[27] Robinson, J, Williams, ID, Yeager, LA, McPherson, JM, Clark, J, Thomas, O. and Baum, JK. 2018. Environmental conditions and herbivore biomass determine coral reef benthic community composition: implications for quantitative baselines. Coral Reefs. 37:1157-1168. link
[26] McPherson, JM, Yeager, LA, and Baum, JK. 2018. A simulation tool to scrutinise the behaviour of functional diversity metrics. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 9:200-206. link
2017
[25] Yeager, LA, Deith, MCM, McPherson, JM. Williams, ID, and Baum, JK. 2017. Scale dependence of environmental controls on the functional diversity of coral reef fish communities. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 26:1177-1189. link
[24] Livernois, MC, Grabowski, JH, Poray, AK, Gouhier, TC, Hughes, AR, O’Brien, KF, Yeager, LA, and Fodrie, JF. 2017. Effects of habitat fragmentation on Zostera marina seed distribution. Aquatic Botany 142:1-9. link
[23] Yeager, LA, Marchand, P, Gill, DA, Baum, JK, and McPherson, JM. 2017. MSEC: Queryable global layers of environmental and anthropogenic variables for marine ecosystem studies. Ecology. 98(7): 1976. link
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[22] Robinson, J, Williams, I, Edwards, A, McPherson, J, Yeager, L, Vigliola, L, Brainard, R, Baum, J. 2017. Fishing degrades size structure of coral reef fish communities. Global Change Biology 23:1009-1022. link
2016
[21] Yeager, LA, Keller, DA, Burns, TR, Pool, AS, and Fodrie, FJ. 2016. Threshold effects of habitat fragmentation on fish diversity at landscapes scales. Ecology. 97:2157-2166 link
[20] Yeager, LA, Stoner, EW, Peters, JR, and Layman, CA. 2016. A terrestrial-aquatic food web subsidy is potentially mediated by multiple predator effects on an arboreal crab. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 475: 73-79 pdf
2015
[19] Chacin, DH, Giery, S, Yeager, LA, Layman, CA,and Langerhans, RB. 2015. Does hydrological fragmentation affect coastal bird communities? A study from Abaco Island, The Bahamas. Wetlands Ecology and Management 23(3): 551-557 link
[18] Fodrie, FJ, Yeager, LA, Layman, CA, Grabowski, JH, and Kenworthy, MD. 2015. Measuring individuality in habitat use across complex landscapes: approaches, constraints, and implications for assessing resource specialization. Oecologia 178(1):75-87 link
[17] Peters, JR, Yeager, LA, and Layman, CA. 2015. Comparison of fish assemblages in restored and natural mangrove habitats along urban shorelines of Biscayne Bay, Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science 91(2): 125-139. link
2014
[16] Zapata, MJ, Yeager, LA, and Layman, CA. 2014. Day-night patterns in natural and artificial patch reef fish assemblages of The Bahamas. Caribbean Naturalist 18:1-15 pdf
[15] Yeager, LA, Stoner, EW, Zapata, MJ, and Layman, CA. 2014. Does landscape context mediate density-dependence in a coral reef fish? Ecological Applications 24(7): 1833-1841 pdf
[14] Stoner, EW, Yeager, LA, Selliban, S, and Layman, CA. 2014. Habitat and community modification facilitated by epibenthic jellyfish blooms. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 461: 785-792 pdf
[13] Yeager, LA, Hammerschlag-Peyer, CM, and Layman, CA. 2014. Diet variation of a generalist fish predator, grey snapper Lutjanus griseus, across an estuarine gradient: trade-offs of quantity for quality? Journal of Fish Biology 85(2): 264-277 link
[12] Stoner, EW, Yeager, LA, and Layman, CA. 2014. Effects of epibenthic jellyfish, Cassiopea spp., on faunal community composition of Bahamian seagrass beds. Caribbean Naturalist 12:1-10 pdf
2013
[11] Layman, CA, Allgeier, JA, Yeager, LA, and Stoner, EW. 2013. Thresholds of ecosystem response to nutrient enrichment from fish aggregations. Ecology 94(2):530-536 pdf
[10] Allgeier, JE, Yeager, LA, and Layman, CA. 2013. Consumers regulate nutrient regimes and primary production in seagrass ecosystems. Ecology 94(2):521-529 pdf
2012
[9] Yeager, LA, Acevedo, CL, and Layman, CA. 2012. Effects of seascape context on condition, abundance, and secondary production of a coral reef fish, Haemulon plumierii. Marine Ecology Progress Series 462: 231-240 link
[8] Layman, CA, Araújo, MS, Boucek, R, Harrison, E, Jud, ZR, Matich, P, Hammerschlag-Peyer, CM, Rosenblatt, A, Vaudo, J, Yeager, LA, Post, DM, and Bearhop, S. 2012. Applying stable isotopes to examine food web structure: an overview of analytical tools. Biological Reviews 87(3): 545-562 link
2011
[7] Hammerschlag-Peyer, CM, Yeager, LA, Araujo, MS, and Layman, CA. 2011. A hypothesis-testing framework for studies investigating ontogenetic niche shifts using stable isotope ratios. PLoS ONE 6(11): e27104 pdf
[6] Yeager, LA, Layman, CA, and Allgeier, JE. 2011. Effects of habitat heterogeneity at multiple spatial scales on fish community assembly. Oecologia 167:157-168 link
[5] Stoner, EW, Layman, CA, Yeager, LA, Hassett, HM. 2011. Effects of anthropogenic disturbance on the abundance and size of epibenthic jellyfish Cassiopea spp. Marine Pollution Bulletin 62: 1109-1114 link
[4] Yeager, LA and Layman, CA. 2011. Energy flow to two abundant consumers in a sub-tropical oyster reef food web. Aquatic Ecology 45:267-277 link
[3] Layman, CA, Allgeier, JE, Rosemond, AD, Dahlgren, CP, and Yeager, LA. 2011. Marine fisheries declines viewed upside down: human impacts on consumer-driven nutrient recycling. Ecological Applications 21:343-349 pdf
2008
[2] Yeager, LA and Arias-Gonzalez, JE. 2008. Preliminary survey of fish community composition in seagrass habitat in two back-reef lagoons of the southern Mexican Caribbean. Gulf and Caribbean Research 20: 41-47.
2007
[1] Yeager, LA, JM Krebs, AB Brame, CC McIvor. 2007. Comparison of juvenile blue crab abundances in three mangrove habitat types in Tampa Bay, Florida USA. Bulletin of Marine Science 83: 555-565 pdf
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