LUQ-LTER PUBLICATIONS (>80 published or in press)
Black indicates LTER publications; red indicates LTER-related publications.
Books and Monographs
1. Walker, L. R., W. L. Silver, M. R. Willig, and J. K. Zimmerman, editors. 1996.
Special issue: Long term responses of Caribbean ecosystems to disturbance.
Biotropica 28:414-614.
2. Gannon, M. R., M. R. Duran, A. Kurta, and M. R. Willig. 2005. Bats of Puerto Rico:
An Island Focus and Caribbean Perspective. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock,
Texas.
3. Scheiner, S. M., and M. R. Willig, editors. 2011. Theory of Ecology. University of
Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
4. Brokaw, N., T. A. Crowl, A. E. Lugo, W. H. McDowell, F. N. Scatena, R. B. Waide,
and M. R. Willig, editors. 2012. A Caribbean Forest Tapestry: The Multidimensional
Nature of Disturbance and Response. Oxford University Press, New York, New York.
5. González, G., R. B. Waide, and M. R. Willig. 2012. Ecological Gradient Analyses in
Tropical Ecosystems. Ecological Bulletins 53. In Press.
Scientific Journals
1. Willig, M. R., and A. Bauman. 1984. Notes on bats from the Luquillo Mountains of
Puerto Rico. Pages 1-12. CEER-T-194.
2. Willig, M. R., R. W. Garrison, and A. J. Bauman. 1986. Population dynamics and
natural history of a Neotropical walking stick, Lamponius portoricensis Rehn
(Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae). Texas Journal of Science 38:121-137.
3. Van Den Bussche, R. A., M. R. Willig, R. K. Chesser, and R. B. Waide. 1988.
Genetic variation and systematics of four taxa of Neotropical walking sticks
(Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of
Washington 90:422-427.
4. Gannon, M. R., M. R. Willig, K. B. Willis, and M. P. Moulton. 1990. Intraspecific
comparisons of diet of Cnemidophorous gularis (Sauria: Teiidae) in Central Texas.
Texas Journal of Science 42:263-272.
5. Willig, M. R., and G. R. Camilo. 1991. The effect of Hurricane Hugo on six
invertebrate species in the Luquillo Experimental Forest of Puerto Rico. Biotropica
23:455-461.
6. Gannon, M. R., and M. R. Willig. 1992. Bat reproduction in the Luquillo
Experimental Forest of Puerto Rico. Southwestern Naturalist 37:414-419.
7. Gannon, M. R., M. R. Willig, and J. K. Jones, Jr. 1992. Morphometric variation,
measurement error, and fluctuating asymmetry in the red fig-eating bat (Stenoderma
rufum). Texas Journal of Science 44:389-404.
8. Alvarez, J., and M. R. Willig. 1993. Effects of treefall gaps on the density of land
snails in the Luquillo Experimental Forest of Puerto Rico. Biotropica 25:100-110.
9. Gannon, M. R., K. Pardieck, M. R. Willig, and R. B. Waide. 1993. Movement and
home range of the Puerto Rican Screech-Owl (Otus nudipes) in the Luquillo
Experimental Forest. Caribbean Journal of Science 29:174-178.
10. Sandlin, E. A., and M. R. Willig. 1993. Effects of age, sex, prior experience, and
intraspecific food variation on diet composition of a tropical folivore (Phasmatodea:
Phasmatidae). Environmental Entomology 22:625-633.
11. Willig, M. R., E. A. Sandlin, and M. R. Gannon. 1993. Structural and taxonomic
components of habitat selection in the Neotropical folivore Lamponius portoricensis
(Phasmatodea: Phasmatidae). Environmental Entomology 22:634-641.
12. Gannon, M. R., and M. R. Willig. 1994. The effects of Hurricane Hugo on bats of the
Luquillo Experimental Forest of Puerto-Rico. Biotropica 26:320-331.
13. Gannon, M. R., and M. R. Willig. 1994. Records of bat ectoparasites from the
Luquillo Experimental Forest of Puerto Rico. Caribbean Journal of Science 30:281283.
14. Camilo, G. R., and M. R. Willig. 1995. Dynamics of a food-chain model from an
arthropod-dominated lotic community. Ecological Modelling 79:121-129.
15. Gannon, M. R., and M. R. Willig. 1995. Ecology of ectoparasites from tropical bats.
Environmental Entomology 24:1495-1503.
16. Garrison, R. W., and M. R. Willig. 1996. Arboreal invertebrates. Pages 183-245 in D.
P. Reagan and R. B. Waide, editors. The Food Web of a Tropical Rain Forest.
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
17. Secrest, M. F., M. R. Willig, and L. L. Peppers. 1996. The legacy of disturbance on
habitat associations of terrestrial snails in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto
Rico. Biotropica 28:502-514.
18. Willig, M. R., and M. R. Gannon. 1996. Mammals. Pages 399-431 in D. P. Reagan
and R. B. Waide, editors. The Food Web of a Tropical Rain Forest. University of
Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
19. Willig, M. R., D. L. Moorhead, S. B. Cox, and J. C. Zak. 1996. Functional diversity
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of soil bacterial communities in the tabonuco forest: Interaction of anthropogenic and
natural disturbance. Biotropica 28:471-483.
20. Zimmerman, J. K., M. R. Willig, L. R. Walker, and W. L. Silver. 1996. Introduction:
Disturbance and Caribbean ecosystems. Biotropica 28:414-423.
21. Gannon, M. R., and M. R. Willig. 1997. The effect of lunar illumination on
movement and activity of the red fig-eating bat (Stenoderma rufum). Biotropica
29:525-529.
22. Willig, M. R., and M. R. Gannon. 1997. Gradients of species density and turnover in
marsupials: A hemispheric perspective. Journal of Mammalogy 78:756-765.
23. Gannon, M. R., and M. R. Willig. 1998. Long-term monitoring protocol for bats:
Lessons from the Luquillo Experimental Forest of Puerto Rico. Pages 271-291 in F.
Dallmeier and J. Comisky, editors. Forest Biodiversity in North, Central, and South
America and the Caribbean: Research and Monitoring. The Parthenon Press,
Cranforth, Lancashire, UK.
24. Willig, M. R., E. A. Sandlin, and M. R. Gannon. 1998. Structural and taxonomic
correlates of habitat selection by a Puerto Rican land snail. Southwestern Naturalist
43:70-79.
25. Willig, M. R., M. F. Secrest, S. B. Cox, G. R. Camilo, J. F. Cary, J. Alvarez, and M.
R. Gannon. 1998. Long-term monitoring of snails in the Luquillo Experimental Forest
of Puerto Rico: Heterogeneity, scale, disturbance, and recovery. Pages 293-322 in F.
Dallmeier and J. Comisky, editors. Forest Biodiversity in North, Central, and South
America and the Caribbean: Research and Monitoring. The Parthenon Press,
Cranforth, Lancashire, UK.
26. Waide, R. B., M. R. Willig, C. F. Steiner, G. Mittelbach, L. Gough, S. I. Dodson, G.
P. Juday, and R. Parmenter. 1999. The relationship between productivity and species
richness. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 30:257-300.
27. Walker, L. R., and M. R. Willig. 1999. An introduction to terrestrial disturbances.
Pages 1-15 in L. R. Walker, editor. Ecosystems of Disturbed Ground. Elsevier
Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
28. Willig, M. R., and M. A. McGinley. 1999. The response of animals to disturbance
and their roles in patch generation. Pages 633-657 in L. R. Walker, editor. Ecosystems
of Disturbed Ground. Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
29. Willig, M. R., and L. R. Walker. 1999. Disturbance in terrestrial ecosystems: Salient
themes, synthesis, and future directions. Pages 747-767 in L. R. Walker, editor.
Ecosystems of Disturbed Ground. Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
30. Gross, K. L., M. R. Willig, L. Gough, R. Inouye, and S. B. Cox. 2000. Patterns of
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species density and productivity at different spatial scales in herbaceous plant
communities. Oikos 89:417-427.
31. Parmesan, C., T. L. Root, and M. R. Willig. 2000. Impacts of extreme weather and
climate on terrestrial biota. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 81:443450.
32. Scheiner, S. M., S. B. Cox, M. R. Willig, G. G. Mittelbach, C. Osenberg, and M.
Kaspari. 2000. Species richness, species-area curves and Simpson's paradox.
Evolutionary Ecology Research 2:791-802.
33. Mittelbach, G. G., C. F. Steiner, S. M. Scheiner, K. L. Gross, H. L. Reynolds, R. B.
Waide, M. R. Willig, S. I. Dodson, and L. Gough. 2001. What is the observed
relationship between species richness and productivity? Ecology 82:2381-2396.
34. Willig, M. R. 2001. Exploring biodiversity in time and space: Profitable directions
for mammalogy in the 21st Century. Mastozoologia Neotropical 8:107-109.
35. Cox, S. B., M. R. Willig, and F. N. Scatena. 2002. Variation in nutrient
characteristics of surface soils from the Luquillo Experimental Forest of Puerto Rico:
A multivariate perspective. Plant and Soil 247:189-198.
36. Willig, M. R. 2003. Challenges to understanding dynamics of biodiversity in time
and space. Paleobiology 29:30-33.
37. Andelman, S. J., C. M. Bowles, M. R. Willig, and R. B. Waide. 2004. Understanding
environmental complexity through a distributed knowledge network. Bioscience
54:240-246.
38. Andelman, S. J., and M. R. Willig. 2004. Networks by design: A revolution in
ecology. Science 305:1565-1566.
39. Chalcraft, D. R., J. W. Williams, M. D. Smith, and M. R. Willig. 2004. Scale
dependence in the species-richness-productivity relationship: The role of species
turnover. Ecology 85:2701-2708.
40. Zak, J. C., and M. R. Willig. 2004. Analysis and interpretation of fungal biodiversity
patterns. Pages 59-76 in G. M. Mueller, G. F. Bills, and M. S. Foster, editors.
Biodiversity of Fungi: Inventory and Monitoring Methods. Elsevier Academic Press,
Burlington, Massachusetts.
41. Scheiner, S. M., and M. R. Willig. 2005. Developing unified theories in ecology as
exemplified with diversity gradients. American Naturalist 166:458-469.
42. Wilsey, B. J., D. R. Chalcraft, C. M. Bowles, and M. R. Willig. 2005. Relationships
among indices suggest that richness is an incomplete surrogate for grassland
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biodiversity. Ecology 86:1178-1184.
43. Bloch, C. P., and M. R. Willig. 2006. Context-dependence of long-term responses of
terrestrial gastropod populations to large-scale disturbance. Journal of Tropical
Ecology 22:111-122.
44. Higgins, C. L., M. R. Willig, and R. E. Strauss. 2006. The role of stochastic processes
in producing nested patterns of species distributions. Oikos 114:159-167.
45. Bloch, C. P., C. L. Higgins, and M. R. Willig. 2007. Effects of large-scale
disturbance on metacommunity structure of terrestrial gastropods: Temporal trends in
nestedness. Oikos 116:395-406.
46. Grace, J. B., T. M. Anderson, M. D. Smith, E. Seabloom, S. J. Andelman, G. Meche,
E. Weiher, L. K. Allain, H. Jutila, M. Sankaran, J. Knops, M. Ritchie, and M. R.
Willig. 2007. Does species diversity limit productivity in natural grassland
communities? Ecology Letters 10:680-689.
47. Willig, M. R., C. P. Bloch, N. Brokaw, C. Higgins, J. Thompson, and C. R.
Zimmermann. 2007. Cross-scale responses of biodiversity to hurricane and
anthropogenic disturbance in a tropical forest. Ecosystems 10:824-838.
48. Yee, D. A., and M. R. Willig. 2007. Colonisation of Heliconia caribaea by aquatic
invertebrates: Resource and microsite characteristics. Ecological Entomology 32:603612.
49. Presley, S. J., and M. R. Willig. 2008. Composition and structure of Caribbean bat
(Chiroptera) assemblages: Effects of inter-island distance, area, elevation and
hurricane-induced disturbance. Global Ecology and Biogeography 17:747-757.
50. Scheiner, S. M., and M. R. Willig. 2008. A general theory of ecology. Theoretical
Ecology 1:21-28.
51. Bloch, C. P., and M. R. Willig. 2009. Effects of competition on size and growth rates
of Caracolus caracolla (L.) in Puerto Rico. Journal of Molluscan Studies 75:133-138.
52. Chalcraft, D. R., B. J. Wilsey, C. Bowles, and M. R. Willig. 2009. The relationship
between productivity and multiple aspects of biodiversity in six grassland
communities. Biodiversity and Conservation 18:91-104.
53. Gannon, M. R., and M. R. Willig. 2009. Island in the storm: Disturbance ecology of
plant-visiting bats in the hurricane-prone island of Puerto Rico. Pages 281-301 in T.
H. Fleming and P. A. Racey, editors. Island Bats: Evolution, Ecology, and
Conservation. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
54. Jones, G., D. S. Jacobs, T. H. Kunz, M. R. Willig, and P. A. Racey. 2009. Carpe
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noctem: The importance of bats as bioindicators. Endangered Species Research 8:93115.
55. Willig, M. R., S. J. Presley, C. P. Bloch, and H. H. Genoways. 2009. Macroecology
of Caribbean bats: Effects of area, elevation, latitude, and hurricane-induced
disturbance. Pages 216-264 in T. H. Fleming and P. A. Racey, editors. Island Bats:
Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
56. Prates, M. O., D. K. Dey, M. R. Willig, and J. Yan. 2010. Intervention analysis of
hurricane effects on snail abundance in a tropical forest using long-term spatiotemporal data. Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics
16:142-156.
57. Presley, S. J., C. L. Higgins, and M. R. Willig. 2010. A comprehensive framework
for the evaluation of metacommunity structure. Oikos 119:908-917.
58. Presley, S. J., and M. R. Willig. 2010. Bat metacommunity structure on Caribbean
islands and the role of endemics. Global Ecology and Biogeography 19:185-199.
59. Vance-Chalcraft, H. D., M. R. Willig, S. B. Cox, A. E. Lugo, and F. N. Scatena.
2010. Relationship between aboveground biomass and multiple measures of
biodiversity in subtropical forest of Puerto Rico. Biotropica 42:290-299.
60. Presley, S. J., M. R. Willig, C. P. Bloch, I. Castro-Arellano, C. Higgins, and B. T.
Klingbeil. 2011. A complex metacommunity structure for gastropods along an
elevational gradient. Biotropica 43:480-488.
61. Willig, M. R., S. J. Presley, and C. P. Bloch. 2011. Long-term dynamics of tropical
walking sticks in response to multiple large-scale and intense disturbances. Oecologia
165:357-368.
62. Willig, M. R. 2011. Biodiversity and Productivity. Science 333:1709-1710.
63. Willig, M. R., S. J. Presley, C. P. Bloch, I. Castro-Arellano, L. M. Cisneros, C.
Higgins, and B. T. Klingbeil. 2011. Tropical metacommunities and elevational
gradients: Disentangling effects of forest type from other elevational factors. Oikos
120:1497-1508.
64. Scheiner, S. M., A. Chiarucci, G. A. Fox, M. R. Helmus, D. J. McGlinn, and M. R.
Willig. 2011. The underpinnings of the relationship of species richness with space
and time. Ecological Monographs 81:195-213.
65. Fox, G., S. M. Scheiner, and M. R. Willig. 2011. Theory of ecological gradients.
Pages 283-307 in S. M. Scheiner and M. R. Willig, editors. Theory of Ecology.
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
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66. Scheiner, S. M., and M. R. Willig. 2011. A general theory of ecology. Pages 3-18 in
S. M. Scheiner and M. R. Willig, editors. Theory of Ecology. University of Chicago
Press, Chicago, Illinois.
67. Willig, M. R., and S. M. Scheiner. 2011. The state of theory in ecology. Pages 333347 in S. M. Scheiner and M. R. Willig, editors. Theory of Ecology. University of
Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
68. Brokaw, N., J. K. Zimmerman, M. R. Willig, G. R. Camilo, A. P. Covich, T. A.
Crowl, N. Fetcher, B. L. Haines, D. J. Lodge, A. E. Lugo, R. W. Myster, C. M.
Pringle, J. M. Sharpe, F. N. Scatena, T. D. Schowalter, W. L. Silver, J. Thompson, D.
J. Vogt, K. A. Vogt, R. B. Waide, L. R. Walker, L. L. Woolbright, J. M. Wunderle,
Jr., and X. Zou. 2012. Response to disturbance. Pages 201-271 in N. Brokaw, T. A.
Crowl, A. E. Lugo, W. H. McDowell, F. N. Scatena, R. B. Waide, and M. R. Willig,
editors. A Caribbean Forest Tapestry: The Multidimensional Nature of Disturbance
and Response. Oxford University Press, New York, New York.
69. Lugo, A. E., F. N. Scatena, R. B. Waide, E. A. Greathouse, C. M. Pringle, M. R.
Willig, K. A. Vogt, L. R. Walker, G. Gonzalez, W. H. McDowell, and J. Thompson.
2012. Management implications and applications of long-term ecological research.
Pages 305-360 in N. Brokaw, T. A. Crowl, A. E. Lugo, W. H. McDowell, F. N.
Scatena, R. B. Waide, and M. R. Willig, editors. A Caribbean Forest Tapestry: The
Multidimensional Nature of Disturbance and Response. Oxford University Press,
New York, New York.
70. Lugo, A. E., R. B. Waide, M. R. Willig, T. A. Crowl, F. N. Scatena, J. Thompson, W.
L. Silver, W. H. McDowell, and N. Brokaw. 2012. Ecological paradigms for the
Tropics: Old questions and continuing challenges. Pages 3-41 in N. Brokaw, T. A.
Crowl, A. E. Lugo, W. H. McDowell, F. N. Scatena, R. B. Waide, and M. R. Willig,
editors. A Caribbean Forest Tapestry: The Multidimensional Nature of Disturbance
and Response. Oxford University Press, New York, New York.
71. McDowell, W. H., F. N. Scatena, R. B. Waide, N. Brokaw, G. R. Camilo, A. P.
Covich, T. A. Crowl, G. Gonzalez, E. A. Greathouse, P. Klawinski, D. J. Lodge, A. E.
Lugo, C. M. Pringle, B. A. Richardson, M. J. Richardson, D. A. Schafer, W. L. Silver,
J. Thompson, D. J. Vogt, K. A. Vogt, , M. R. Willig, L. L. Woolbright, X. Zou, and J.
K. Zimmerman. 2012. Geographic and ecological setting of the Luquillo Mountains.
Pages 72-163 in N. Brokaw, T. A. Crowl, A. E. Lugo, W. H. McDowell, F. N.
Scatena, R. B. Waide, and M. R. Willig, editors. A Caribbean Forest Tapestry: The
Multidimensional Nature of Disturbance and Response. Oxford University Press,
New York, New York.
72. Waide, R. B., and M. R. Willig. 2012. Conceptual overview: Disturbance, gradients,
and ecological response. Pages 42-71 in N. Brokaw, T. A. Crowl, A. E. Lugo, W. H.
McDowell, F. N. Scatena, R. B. Waide, and M. R. Willig, editors. A Caribbean
Forest Tapestry: The Multidimensional Nature of Disturbance and Response. Oxford
University Press, New York, New York.
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73. Willig, M. R., C. P. Bloch, A. P. Covich, C. A. S. Hall, D. J. Lodge, A. E. Lugo, W.
L. Silver, R. B. Waide, L. R. Walker, and J. K. Zimmerman. 2012. Long-term
research in the Luquillo Mountains: Synthesis and foundations for the future. Pages
361-441 in N. Brokaw, T. A. Crowl, A. E. Lugo, W. H. McDowell, F. N. Scatena, R.
B. Waide, and M. R. Willig, editors. A Caribbean Forest Tapestry: The
Multidimensional Nature of Disturbance and Response. Oxford University Press,
New York, New York.
74. Willig, M. R., S. J. Presley, C. P. Bloch, and J. Alvarez. 2012. Population,
community, and metacommunity dynamics of terrestrial gastropods in the Luquillo
Mountains: a gradient perspective. In: González, G., Waide, R. B., and Willig, M. R.
(eds), Ecological Gradient Analyses in Tropical Ecosystems. Ecological Bulletins 53:
000-000. In Press.
75. Bloch, C. P., and M. R. Willig. 2012. Density compensation suggests interspecific
competition is weak among terrestrial snails in tabonuco forest of Puerto Rico.
Caribbean Journal of Science. In Press.
Publications Submitted
1. Prates, M. O., D. K. Dey, M. R. Willig, and J. Yan. Transformed Gaussian Markov
random fields and spatial modeling. Biometrika. In Review.
2. Presley, S. J., M. R. Willig, and J. K. Zimmerman. Forest metacommunity structure
along a tropical environmental gradient. Oecologia. In Review.
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