Chapter 14 Suggested Readings
Boyles, J. G., P. M. Cryan, G. F. McCracken, and T. H. Kunz. 2011. Economic
importance of bats in agriculture. Science 332:41-42.
Cleveland, C. J., M. Betke, P. Federico, J. D. Frank, T. G. Hallam, J. Horn, J. D. López
Jr, G. F. McCracken, R. A. Medellín, A. Moreno-Valdez, C. G. Sansone, J. K.
Westbrook, and T. H. Kunz. 2006. Economic value of the pest control service
provided by Brazilian free-tailed bats in south-central Texas. Frontiers in Ecology
and Environment 4:238-43.
Horn, J. W. and T. H. Kunz. 2008. Analyzing NEXRAD doppler radar images to assess
nightly dispersal patterns and population trends in Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida
brasiliensis). Integrative and Comparative Biology 48:24-39.
A series of papers focused on studies of bats in agricultural systems, aimed at assessing
their economic importance and methods to make that assessment.
Kalka, M. B., A. R. Smith, and E. K. V. Kalko. 2008. Bats limit arthropods and herbivory
in a tropical forest. Science 320:71.
Williams-Guillén K., I. Perfecto, and J. Vandermeer. 2008. Bats limit insects in a
Neotropical agroforestry system. Science 320:70.
Two groundbreaking papers that demonstrated the effects of foliage gleaning bats on
arthropod populations in tropical forest systems.
Korpimäki, E., K. Norrdahl, O. Huitu, and T. Klemola. 2005. Predator-inducedsynchrony
in population oscillations of coexisting small mammal species. Proceedings of the
Royal Society Biological Sciences Series B 272:193–202.
A meticulous experimental study that reveals some of the details by which predators
contribute to the synchronized cycling of small mammal populations in Finland.
Krebs, C. J., R. Boonstra, S. Boutin, and A. R. E. Sinclair. 2001. What drives the 10-year
cycle of snowshoe hares? BioScience 51:25–36.
In this paper Charles J. Krebs provides an excellent and accessible summary of what is
known about the snowshoe hare population cycle, a topic that he has researched for over
40 years.
Krebs, C. J., S. Boutin, R. Boonstra, A. R. E. Sinclair, J. N. M. Smith, M. R. T. Dale, K.
Martin, R. Turkington. 1995. Impact of food and predation on the snowshoe hare
cycle. Science 269:1112–15.
A concise report of a critical, large-scale experiment designed to test the influences of
food and predation on the snowshoe hare cycle.
Lamberti, G. A. and V. H. Resh. 1983. Stream periphyton and insect herbivores: an
experimental study of grazing by a caddisfly population. Ecology 64:1124–35.
A classic field experiment that reveals the controlling influence of a benthic invertebrate
grazer on a stream community. A model for the design of field experiments.
Lindström, E. R., H. Andrén, P. Angelstam, G. Cederlund, B. Hörnfeldt, L. Jäderberg, P.
A. Lemnell, B. Martinsson, K. Sköld, and J. E. Swenson. 1994. Disease reveals the
predator: sarcoptic mange, red fox predation, and prey populations. Ecology
75:1042–49.
Large-scale, long-term study of interactions between a pathogenic parasite, a predator,
and its prey. An example of how to use natural experiments to extract information from
nature.
Moore, J. 1984. Parasites that change the behavior of their host. Scientific American
250:108–15.
An excellent review of the influences of parasites on prey behavior. Exceptionally well
written and illustrated.
O’Donoghue, M., S. Boutin, C. J. Krebs, and E. J. Hofer. 1997. Numerical responses of
coyotes and lynx to the snowshoe hare cycle. Oikos 80:150–62.
O’Donoghue, M., S. Boutin, C. J. Krebs, G. Zuleta, D. L. Murray, and E. J. Hofer. 1998.
Functional responses of coyotes and lynx to the snowshoe hare cycle. Ecology
79:1193–1208.
A series of papers in which the authors provide detailed information about the
interactions between snowshoe hares and their principal predators, coyotes and lynx.
Prugh, L. R., C. E. Ritland, S. M. Arthur, and C. J. Krebs. 2005. Monitoring coyote
population dynamics by genotyping faeces. Molecular Ecology 14:1585–96.
This study shows how the tools of molecular biology are offering exciting new
possibilities for better understanding of the population dynamics of elusive species.
Rachowicz, L. J., R. A. Knapp, J. A. T. Morgan, M. J. Stice, V. T. Vredenburg, J. M.
Parker, and C. J. Briggs. 2006. Emerging infectious disease as a proximate cause of
amphibian mass mortality. Ecology 87:1671–83.
Study documenting the devastating impact of disease on amphibian populations, which
underscores the often hidden role of pathogens on host populations.
Ripple, W. J. and R. L. Beschta. 2004. Wolves and the ecology of fear: can predation risk
structure ecosystems? BioScience 54:755–66.
Ripple, W. J. and R. L. Beschta. 2007 Restoring Yellowstone’s aspen with wolves.
Biological Conservation 138:514–19.
These two studies outline some of the far-reaching consequences of returning wolves to
the Yellowstone ecosystem, where behavioral responses to predation risk appears to be
restoring foundation species to riparian zones.
Roy, B. A. 1993. Floral mimicry by a plant pathogen. Nature 362:56–58.
Fascinating example of manipulation of a plant and its pollinators by a pathogenic
fungus.
Williams, K. S., K. G. Smith, and F. M. Stephen. 1993. Emergence of 13-yr periodical
cicadas (Cicadidae: Magicicada): phenology, mortality, and predator satiation.
Ecology 74:1143–52.
Beautifully designed field study of a complex problem. Demonstrates predator satiation
by periodical cicadas.