Justin Prouty Wright | Scholars@Duke

Justin Prouty Wright
Associate Professor of Biology

My research focuses on understanding the causes and consequences of patterns of biological diversity across the planet. I am particularly interested in two broad questions: 1)How does the modification of the environment by organisms affect community structure and ecosystem function? and 2) what aspects of biodiversity matter most in the regulation of ecosystem function? While much of my research has focused on wetland plant communities, I am willing to study any organism and work in any ecosystem to answer the questions that interest me. I have worked in systems ranging from tropical streams to desert shrublands. My research program combines observational and experimental approaches with modeling to develop and test hypotheses and build towards synthetic ecological theory.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor of Biology, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2014
Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2018

Contact Information

258 Biological Sciences, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
justin.wright@duke.edu (919) 613-8096
http://www.biology.duke.edu/wrightlab/

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Cornell University 2002
- B.A., Williams College 1996
Duke Appointment History
- Assistant Professor, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2012 - 2018
- Assistant Professor of Biology, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2007 - 2014
- Assistant Research Professor in the Division of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2008 - 2011
- Assistant Research Professor of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2005 - 2008
- Assistant Research Professor, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2003 - 2007
Recognition
In the News
- APR 16, 2018
  
  Warming Climate Could Speed Forest Regrowth in Eastern U.S.
Research
Selected Grants
- Birds-eye view on canopy stress from saltwater intrusion: integrating drone imagery and satellite remote sensing to aid coastal wetland restoration 2017 - 2020
- Community Coalescence: Disentangling Assembly Processes using Aquatic Microbial Communities awarded by National Science Foundation 2018 - 2020
- Collaborative Research: Salinization of the inland coastal plain through saltwater intrusion: landscapes in transition awarded by National Science Foundation 2015 - 2019
- Modeling the Effects of Saltwater Intrusion on the Forested Wetlands of North Carolinas Coastal Plain awarded by North Carolina State University 2018 - 2019
- Modeling the Effects of Saltwater Intrusion on the Forested Wetlands of North Carolinas Coastal Plain awarded by North Carolina State University 2018 - 2019
- Birds-eye view on canopy stress from saltwater intrusion: integrating drone imagery and satellite remote sensing to aid coastal wetland restoration 2017 - 2019
- DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Scaling Plant Physiology to Ecosystem Ecology: Assessing the Role of the Plant Community in Preventing Nitrogen Losses Following Fire awarded by National Science Foundation 2016 - 2019
- DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Synthesizing the Mass-Ratio and Novel-Traits Hypotheses to Explain Variability in the Impact of awarded by National Science Foundation 2014 - 2018
- Collaborative Research: Testing a conceptually-driven framework to predict variability in the ecosystem awarded by National Science Foundation 2014 - 2018
- Using Functional traits to inform plant conservation efforts 2015 - 2017
- Plant Ecophysiology under Extreme Climate Events awarded by Oak Ridge National Laboratory 2016 - 2017
- Collaborative Research: Will Climate Change Alter Rates of Old Field Succession Across the U.S. Eastern Deciduous Forest awarded by National Science Foundation 2011 - 2016
- Cross-scale Assessment of Ecological Resilience to Altered Fire Regimes 2011 - 2015
- DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Effects of Climate-Induced Changes in Generalist Predators on the Structure and Function of Arcti awarded by National Science Foundation 2012 - 2015
- DISSERTATION RESEARCH:Impact of watershed urbanization and climate change on stream denitrifier community structure and awarded by National Science Foundation 2010 - 2012
- DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Influences of plant species and traits on CH4 and N2O fluxes awarded by National Science Foundation 2008 - 2011
- COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Will climate change alter rates of o awarded by National Science Foundation 2008 - 2011
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Simonin, Marie, Kristofor A. Voss, Brooke A. Hassett, Jennifer D. Rocca, Si-Yi Wang, Raven L. Bier, Christy R. Violin, Justin P. Wright, and Emily S. Bernhardt. “In search of microbial indicator taxa: shifts in stream bacterial communities along an urbanization gradient..” Environmental Microbiology, May 24, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14694.
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  - Ury, Emily A., Steven M. Anderson, Robert K. Peet, Emily S. Bernhardt, and Justin P. Wright. “Succession, regression and loss: does evidence of saltwater exposure explain recent changes in the tree communities of North Carolina's Coastal Plain?.” Annals of Botany, April 6, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcz039.
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  - Firn, Jennifer, James M. McGree, Eric Harvey, Habacuc Flores-Moreno, Martin Schütz, Yvonne M. Buckley, Elizabeth T. Borer, et al. “Leaf nutrients, not specific leaf area, are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs..” Nature Ecology & Evolution 3, no. 3 (March 2019): 400–406. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0790-1.
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  - Cleland, E. E., E. M. Lind, N. M. DeCrappeo, E. DeLorenze, R. A. Wilkins, P. B. Adler, J. D. Bakker, et al. “Belowground Biomass Response to Nutrient Enrichment Depends on Light Limitation Across Globally Distributed Grasslands.” Ecosystems, January 1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00350-4.
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  - Craig, M. E., N. Lovko, S. L. Flory, J. P. Wright, and R. P. Phillips. “Impacts of an invasive grass on soil organic matter pools vary across a tree-mycorrhizal gradient.” Biogeochemistry, January 1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-019-00577-2.
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  - Ficken, C. D., and J. P. Wright. “Nitrogen uptake and biomass resprouting show contrasting relationships with resource acquisitive and conservative plant traits.” Journal of Vegetation Science, January 1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12705.
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  - Reese, Aspen T., Fátima C. Pereira, Arno Schintlmeister, David Berry, Michael Wagner, Laura P. Hale, Anchi Wu, et al. “Microbial nitrogen limitation in the mammalian large intestine..” Nat Microbiol 3, no. 12 (December 2018): 1441–50. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-018-0267-7.
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  - Lee, M. R., S. L. Flory, R. P. Phillips, and J. P. Wright. “Site conditions are more important than abundance for explaining plant invasion impacts on soil nitrogen cycling.” Ecosphere 9, no. 10 (October 1, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2454.
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  - Hassett, B. A., E. B. Sudduth, K. A. Somers, D. L. Urban, C. R. Violin, S. Y. Wang, J. P. Wright, R. M. Cory, and E. S. Bernhardt. “Pulling apart the urbanization axis: patterns of physiochemical degradation and biological response across stream ecosystems.” Freshwater Science 37, no. 3 (September 1, 2018): 653–72. https://doi.org/10.1086/699387.
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  - Hodapp, Dorothee, Elizabeth T. Borer, W Stanley Harpole, Eric M. Lind, Eric W. Seabloom, Peter B. Adler, Juan Alberti, et al. “Spatial heterogeneity in species composition constrains plant community responses to herbivory and fertilisation..” Ecol Lett 21, no. 9 (September 2018): 1364–71. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13102.
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  - Koltz, Amanda M., Aimée T. Classen, and Justin P. Wright. “Warming reverses top-down effects of predators on belowground ecosystem function in Arctic tundra..” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 115, no. 32 (August 2018): E7541–49. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1808754115.
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  - Reese, Aspen T., Eugenia H. Cho, Bruce Klitzman, Scott P. Nichols, Natalie A. Wisniewski, Max M. Villa, Heather K. Durand, et al. “Antibiotic-induced changes in the microbiota disrupt redox dynamics in the gut..” Elife 7 (June 19, 2018). https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35987.
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  - Fridley, Jason D., and Justin P. Wright. “Temperature accelerates the rate fields become forests..” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 115, no. 18 (May 2018): 4702–6. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1716665115.
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  - Mitchell, Rachel M., Justin P. Wright, and Greg M. Ames. “Species' traits do not converge on optimum values in preferred habitats..” Oecologia 186, no. 3 (March 2018): 719–29. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-017-4041-y.
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  - Bhattachan, A., R. E. Emanuel, M. Ardón, E. S. Bernhardt, S. M. Anderson, M. G. Stillwagon, E. A. Ury, T. K. BenDor, and J. P. Wright. “Evaluating the effects of land-use change and future climate change on vulnerability of coastal landscapes to saltwater intrusion.” Elementa 6 (January 1, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.316.
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  - Reese, Aspen T., Kyrstin Lulow, Lawrence A. David, and Justin P. Wright. “Plant community and soil conditions individually affect soil microbial community assembly in experimental mesocosms..” Ecol Evol 8, no. 2 (January 2018): 1196–1205. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3734.
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  - Lind, Eric M., Kimberly J. La Pierre, Eric W. Seabloom, Juan Alberti, Oscar Iribarne, Jennifer Firn, Daniel S. Gruner, et al. “Increased grassland arthropod production with mammalian herbivory and eutrophication: a test of mediation pathways..” Ecology 98, no. 12 (December 2017): 3022–33. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2029.
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  - Strayer, David L., Carla M. D’Antonio, Franz Essl, Mike S. Fowler, Juergen Geist, Sabine Hilt, Ivan Jarić, et al. “Boom-bust dynamics in biological invasions: towards an improved application of the concept..” Ecology Letters 20, no. 10 (October 2017): 1337–50. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12822.
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  - Ames, Gregory M., Steven M. Anderson, Eric A. Ungberg, and Justin P. Wright. “Functional traits of the understory plant community of a pyrogenic longleaf pine forest across environmental gradients..” Ecology 98, no. 8 (August 2017). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1886.
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  - Ames, Gregory M., Wade A. Wall, Matthew G. Hohmann, and Justin P. Wright. “Trait space of rare plants in a fire-dependent ecosystem..” Conservation Biology : The Journal of the Society for Conservation Biology 31, no. 4 (August 2017): 903–11. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12867.
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  - Mitchell, R. M., J. P. Wright, and G. M. Ames. “Intraspecific variability improves environmental matching, but does not increase ecological breadth along a wet-to-dry ecotone.” Oikos 126, no. 7 (July 1, 2017): 988–95. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.04001.
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  - Funk, Jennifer L., Julie E. Larson, Gregory M. Ames, Bradley J. Butterfield, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Jennifer Firn, Daniel C. Laughlin, Ariana E. Sutton-Grier, Laura Williams, and Justin Wright. “Revisiting the Holy Grail: using plant functional traits to understand ecological processes..” Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 92, no. 2 (May 2017): 1156–73. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12275.
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  - Ficken, C. D., and J. P. Wright. “Contributions of microbial activity and ash deposition to post-fire nitrogen availability in a pine savanna.” Biogeosciences 14, no. 1 (January 17, 2017): 241–55. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-241-2017.
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  - Ficken, Cari D., and Justin P. Wright. “Effects of fire frequency on litter decomposition as mediated by changes to litter chemistry and soil environmental conditions..” Plos One 12, no. 10 (January 2017). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0186292.
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  - Lee, Marissa R., Emily S. Bernhardt, Peter M. van Bodegom, J Hans C. Cornelissen, Jens Kattge, Daniel C. Laughlin, Ülo Niinemets, et al. “Invasive species' leaf traits and dissimilarity from natives shape their impact on nitrogen cycling: a meta-analysis..” The New Phytologist 213, no. 1 (January 2017): 128–39. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.14115.
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  - Heckman, Robert W., Justin P. Wright, and Charles E. Mitchell. “Joint effects of nutrient addition and enemy exclusion on exotic plant success..” Ecology 97, no. 12 (December 2016): 3337–45. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1585.
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  - Heinze, Johannes, M. Sitte, A. Schindhelm, J. Wright, and J. Joshi. “Plant-soil feedbacks: a comparative study on the relative importance of soil feedbacks in the greenhouse versus the field..” Oecologia 181, no. 2 (June 2016): 559–69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-016-3591-8.
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  - Ames, G. M., S. M. Anderson, and J. P. Wright. “Multiple environmental drivers structure plant traits at the community level in a pyrogenic ecosystem.” Functional Ecology 30, no. 5 (May 1, 2016): 789–98. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12536.
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  - Wright, Justin P., Gregory M. Ames, and Rachel M. Mitchell. “The more things change, the more they stay the same? When is trait variability important for stability of ecosystem function in a changing environment..” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 371, no. 1694 (May 2016). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0272.
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  - Reese, Aspen T., Gregory M. Ames, and Justin P. Wright. “Variation in Plant Response to Herbivory Underscored by Functional Traits..” Plos One 11, no. 12 (January 2016). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166714.
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  - Ames, G. M., D. L. Vineyard, S. M. Anderson, and J. P. Wright. “Annual growth in longleaf (Pinus palustris) and pond pine (P. serotina) in the Sandhills of North Carolina is driven by interactions between fire and climate.” Forest Ecology and Management 340 (March 5, 2015): 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.12.020.
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  - Seabloom, Eric W., Elizabeth T. Borer, Yvonne M. Buckley, Elsa E. Cleland, Kendi F. Davies, Jennifer Firn, W Stanley Harpole, et al. “Plant species' origin predicts dominance and response to nutrient enrichment and herbivores in global grasslands..” Nature Communications 6 (January 2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8710.
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  - Borer, Elizabeth T., Eric W. Seabloom, Daniel S. Gruner, W Stanley Harpole, Helmut Hillebrand, Eric M. Lind, Peter B. Adler, et al. “Herbivores and nutrients control grassland plant diversity via light limitation..” Nature 508, no. 7497 (April 2014): 517–20. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13144.
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  - Seabloom, Eric W., Elizabeth T. Borer, Yvonne Buckley, Elsa E. Cleland, Kendi Davies, Jennifer Firn, W Stanley Harpole, et al. “Predicting invasion in grassland ecosystems: is exotic dominance the real embarrassment of richness?.” Global Change Biology 19, no. 12 (December 2013): 3677–87. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12370.
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  - Colman, Benjamin P., Christina L. Arnaout, Sarah Anciaux, Claudia K. Gunsch, Michael F. Hochella, Bojeong Kim, Gregory V. Lowry, et al. “Low concentrations of silver nanoparticles in biosolids cause adverse ecosystem responses under realistic field scenario..” Plos One 8, no. 2 (January 2013). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057189.
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  - Sutton-Grier, A. E., J. P. Wright, and C. J. Richardson. “Different plant traits affect two pathways of riparian nitrogen removal in a restored freshwater wetland.” Plant and Soil 365, no. 1–2 (January 1, 2013): 41–57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-011-1113-3.
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  - Wang, S. -. Y., E. S. Bernhardt, and J. P. Wright. “Urban stream denitrifier communities are linked to lower functional resistance to multiple stressors associated with urbanization.” Hydrobiologia, 2013, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-013-1747-7.
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  - Wright, J. P., and A. Sutton-Grier. “Does the leaf economic spectrum hold within local species pools across varying environmental conditions?.” Functional Ecology 26, no. 6 (December 1, 2012): 1390–98. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12001.
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  - Fridley, Jason D., and Justin P. Wright. “Drivers of secondary succession rates across temperate latitudes of the Eastern USA: climate, soils, and species pools..” Oecologia 168, no. 4 (April 2012): 1069–77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-011-2152-4.
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  - Fridley, J., and J. Wright. “Climatic versus edaphic drivers of secondary succession rates across temperate latitudes of the Eastern U.S.” Oecologia 168 (2012): 1069–77.
  - McGill, B., and J. Wright. “Neighborhood-scale plant trait variability within and between species responds to neighbor density and identity.” Plant Ecology, 2012.
  - Wang, W., W. S, J. P. Wright, and E. Bernhardt. “Testing links between bacterial community structure and stress resistance.” Ecosphere, 2012.
  - Yin, Liyan, Benjamin P. Colman, Bonnie M. McGill, Justin P. Wright, and Emily S. Bernhardt. “Effects of silver nanoparticle exposure on germination and early growth of eleven wetland plants..” Plos One 7, no. 10 (January 2012). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047674.
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  - Adler, Peter B., Eric W. Seabloom, Elizabeth T. Borer, Helmut Hillebrand, Yann Hautier, Andy Hector, W Stanley Harpole, et al. “Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness..” Science (New York, N.Y.) 333, no. 6050 (September 2011): 1750–53. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1204498.
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  - Sutton-Grier, Ariana E., Justin P. Wright, Bonnie M. McGill, and Curtis Richardson. “Environmental conditions influence the plant functional diversity effect on potential denitrification..” Plos One 6, no. 2 (February 2, 2011). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016584.
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  - Wang, Si-Yi, Elizabeth B. Sudduth, Matthew D. Wallenstein, Justin P. Wright, and Emily S. Bernhardt. “Watershed urbanization alters the composition and function of stream bacterial communities..” Plos One 6, no. 8 (January 2011). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022972.
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  - Warren, R. J., J. P. Wright, and M. A. Bradford. “The putative niche requirements and landscape dynamics of Microstegium vimineum: An invasive Asian grass.” Biological Invasions 13, no. 2 (January 1, 2011): 471–83. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-010-9842-4.
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  - Wright, J. P., and J. D. Fridley. “Biogeographic synthesis of secondary succession rates in eastern North America.” Journal of Biogeography 37, no. 8 (August 1, 2010): 1584–96. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02298.x.
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  - Bartel, R. A., N. M. Haddad, and J. P. Wright. “Ecosystem engineers maintain a rare species of butterfly and increase plant diversity.” Oikos 119, no. 5 (May 1, 2010): 883–90. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.18080.x.
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  - Bartel, R. A., N. M. Haddad, and J. P. Wright. “Ecosystem engineers maintain rare species and increase biodiversity.” Oikos 119 (2010): 883–90.
  - McGill, B. M., A. E. Sutton-Grier, and J. P. Wright. “Plant trait diversity buffers variability in denitrification potential over changes in season and soil conditions.” Plos One 5, no. 7 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011618.
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  - McGill, Bonnie M., Ariana E. Sutton-Grier, and Justin P. Wright. “Plant trait diversity buffers variability in denitrification potential over changes in season and soil conditions..” Plos One 5, no. 7 (January 2010). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011618.
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  - Reinhardt, L., B. Cardinale, S. Earl, V. Vaneker, and J. Wright. “Dynamic Interactions of Life and its Landscape: a new paradigm to advance contemporary issues.” Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences 35 (2010): 78–101.
  - Reinhardt, L., D. Jerolmack, B. J. Cardinale, V. Vanacker, and J. Wright. “Dynamic interactions of life and its landscape: Feedbacks at the interface of geomorphology and ecology.” Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 35, no. 1 (January 1, 2010): 78–101. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.1912.
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  - Wright, Justin P. “Linking populations to landscapes: richness scenarios resulting from changes in the dynamics of an ecosystem engineer..” Ecology 90, no. 12 (December 2009): 3418–29. https://doi.org/10.1890/08-1885.1.
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  - Jackson, L., T. Rosenstock, M. Thomas, J. Wright, and A. Symstad. “Managed ecosystems: Biodiversity and ecosystem functions in landscapes modified by human use,” July 30, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199547951.003.0013.
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  - Wright, J., A. Symstad, J. M. Bullock, K. Engelhardt, L. Jackson, and E. Bernhardt. “Restoring biodiversity and ecosystem function: Will an integrated approach improve results?,” July 30, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199547951.003.0012.
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  - Srivastava, Diane S., Bradley J. Cardinale, Amy L. Downing, J Emmett Duffy, Claire Jouseau, Mahesh Sankaran, and Justin P. Wright. “Diversity has stronger top-down than bottom-up effects on decomposition..” Ecology 90, no. 4 (April 2009): 1073–83. https://doi.org/10.1890/08-0439.1.
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  - Cardinale, B., D. Srivastava, J. Duffy, J. Wright, A. Downing, M. Sankaran, C. Jouseau, et al. “Effects of biodiversity on the functioning of ecosystems: A summary of 164 experimental manipulations of species richness.” Ecology 90 (2009).
  - Wright, J. “Biodiversity scenarios resulting from changes in the population dynamics of an ecosystem engineer, the beaver.” Ecology 90 (2009).
  - Cardinale, Bradley J., Justin P. Wright, Marc W. Cadotte, Ian T. Carroll, Andy Hector, Diane S. Srivastava, Michel Loreau, and Jerome J. Weis. “Impacts of plant diversity on biomass production increase through time because of species complementarity..” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104, no. 46 (November 8, 2007): 18123–28. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0709069104.
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  - Wilson, W. G., and J. P. Wright. “11 Community responses to environmental change: Results of Lotka-Volterra community theory” 4, no. C (January 1, 2007): 211–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1875-306X(07)80013-X.
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  - I. Badano, E., C. G. Jones, L. A. Cavieres, and J. P. Wright. “Assessing impacts of ecosystem engineers on community organization: A general approach illustrated by effects of a high-Andean cushion plant.” Oikos 115, no. 2 (November 1, 2006): 369–85. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2006.0030-1299.15132.x.
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  - Cardinale, Bradley J., Diane S. Srivastava, J Emmett Duffy, Justin P. Wright, Amy L. Downing, Mahesh Sankaran, and Claire Jouseau. “Effects of biodiversity on the functioning of trophic groups and ecosystems..” Nature 443, no. 7114 (October 2006): 989–92. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05202.
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  - Wright, J. P., C. G. Jones, B. Boeken, and M. Shachak. “Predictability of ecosystem engineering effects on species richness across environmental variability and spatial scales.” Journal of Ecology 94, no. 4 (July 1, 2006): 815–24. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2006.01132.x.
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  - Wright, J. P., and C. G. Jones. “The concept of organisms as ecosystem engineers ten years on: Progress, limitations, and challenges.” Bioscience 56, no. 3 (March 1, 2006): 203–9. https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2006)056[0203:TCOOAE]2.0.CO;2.
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  - Wright, Justin P., Shahid Naeem, Andy Hector, Clarence Lehman, Peter B. Reich, Bernhard Schmid, and David Tilman. “Conventional functional classification schemes underestimate the relationship with ecosystem functioning..” Ecology Letters 9, no. 2 (February 2006): 111–20. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00850.x.
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  - Badano, E. I., C. G. Jones, L. A. Cavieres, and J. P. Wright. “Assessing impacts of ecosystem engineers on community organization: effects of the high-Andean cushion plant Azorella monantha.” Oikos 115 (2006): 369–85.
  - Cardinale, B., D. Srivastiva, E. Duffy, J. Wright, A. Downing, M. Sankaranan, and C. Jouseau. “Consistent effects of biodiversity on the functioning of trophic groups and ecosystems.” Nature 443 (2006): 989–92.
  - Wright, J. P., W. S. C. Gurney, and C. G. Jones. “Patch dynamics in a landscape modified by ecosystem engineers.” Oikos 105, no. 2 (May 1, 2004): 336–48. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.12654.x.
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  - Wright, J. P., W. S. C. Gurney, and C. G. Jones. “Patch dynamics in an engineered landscape.” Oikos 105 (2004): 336–48.
  - Wright, J. P., and A. S. Flecker. “The role of large woody debris in maintaining fish diversity in a Venezuelan piedmont stream.” Biological Conservation 120 (2004): 443–51.
  - Wright, J. P., and A. S. Flecker. “Deforesting the riverscape: The effects of wood on fish diversity in a Venezuelan piedmont stream.” Biological Conservation 120, no. 3 (January 1, 2004): 439–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2004.02.022.
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  - Wright, J. P., and C. G. Jones. “Predicting effects of ecosystem engineers on patch-scale species richness from primary productivity.” Ecology 85, no. 8 (January 1, 2004): 2071–81. https://doi.org/10.1890/02-8018.
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  - Naeem, S., and J. P. Wright. “Disentangling biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning: Deriving solutions to a seemingly insurmountable problem.” Ecology Letters 6, no. 6 (June 1, 2003): 567–79. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00471.x.
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  - Naeem, S., and J. P. Wright. “Disentangling biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning: deriving solutions to a seemingly insurmountable problem.” Ecology Letters 6 (2003): 569–79.
  - Wright, J. P., A. S. Flecker, and C. G. Jones. “Local vs. landscape controls on plant species richness in beaver meadows.” Ecology 84, no. 12 (January 1, 2003): 3162–73. https://doi.org/10.1890/02-0598.
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  - Wright, J. P., C. G. Jones, and A. S. Flecker. “An ecosystem engineer, the beaver, increases species richness at the landscape scale.” Oecologia 132, no. 1 (December 1, 2002): 96–101. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-002-0929-1.
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Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
- BIOLOGY 209D-2: Ecology for a Crowded Planet 2019
- BIOLOGY 361LS: Field Ecology 2019
- ENVIRON 361LS: Field Ecology 2019
- BIOLOGY 293: Research Independent Study 2018
- BIOLOGY 391: Independent Study: Advanced Topics 2018
- BIOLOGY 493: Research Independent Study 2018
- BIOLOGY 791T: Tutorial 2017
- BIOLOGY 792: Research 2017
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- Bass Connections Faculty Team Leader. Mega-gardeners of Tropical Forests: Modeling Seed Dispersal by Forest Elephants. 2018 - 2019 2018 - 2019
- Academic Editor. Editorial Board for PLoS ONE. December 31, 2009 2009
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