Justin Prouty Wright | Scholars@Duke

Justin Prouty Wright
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

Professor of Biology, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2021
Dean of Graduate Education in Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, Duke University 2022
Professor in the Division of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2021
Professor in the Division of Marine Sciences and Convservation, Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment 2021

Contact Information

258 Biological Sciences, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
justin.wright@duke.edu (646) 825-1275
Wright Lab webpage
http://www.biology.duke.edu/wrightlab/

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Cornell University 2002
- B.A., Williams College 1996
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Associate Professor in the Division of Marine Sciences, Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment 2021
- Associate Professor of Biology, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2014 - 2021
- Associate Professor in the Division of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2018 - 2021
- Assistant Professor in the Division of Environmental Sciences and Policy, 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 22, 2022 ABC News
  
  Earth Day: Ghost Forests spreading rapidly in N.C. as Scientists search for answers
- FEB 18, 2022 Trinity College of Arts and Sciences
  
  Justin Wright to Lead Graduate Education for Trinity College
- JAN 27, 2022 Duke Research Blog
  
  As Oceans Rise, Finding the Tipping Point for Coastal Wetlands
- AUG 16, 2021 Weather Channel
  
  Building Solutions: North Carolina Ghost Forests
- APR 5, 2021
  
  Mapping North Carolina’s Ghost Forests From 430 Miles Up
- APR 16, 2018
  
  Warming Climate Could Speed Forest Regrowth in Eastern U.S.
Expertise
Subject Headings
- Muser Mentor
Research
Selected Grants
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Díaz, Sandra, Jens Kattge, Johannes H. C. Cornelissen, Ian J. Wright, Sandra Lavorel, Stéphane Dray, Björn Reu, et al. “The global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset.” Scientific Data 9, no. 1 (December 2022): 755. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01774-9.
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  - Gill, A. L., P. B. Adler, E. T. Borer, C. R. Buyarski, E. E. Cleland, C. M. D’Antonio, K. F. Davies, et al. “Nitrogen increases early-stage and slows late-stage decomposition across diverse grasslands.” Journal of Ecology 110, no. 6 (June 1, 2022): 1376–89. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13878.
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  - Anderson, Steven M., Emily A. Ury, Paul J. Taillie, Eric A. Ungberg, Christopher E. Moorman, Benjamin Poulter, Marcelo Ardón, Emily S. Bernhardt, and Justin P. Wright. “Salinity thresholds for understory plants in coastal wetlands.” Plant Ecology. 223, no. 3 (March 2022): 323–37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-021-01209-2.
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  - Ury, E. A., J. P. Wright, M. Ardón, and E. S. Bernhardt. “Saltwater intrusion in context: soil factors regulate impacts of salinity on soil carbon cycling.” Biogeochemistry 157, no. 2 (January 1, 2022): 215–26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-021-00869-6.
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  - Poulsen, J. R., C. Beirne, C. Rundel, M. Baldino, S. Kim, J. Knorr, T. Minich, et al. “Long Distance Seed Dispersal by Forest Elephants.” Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9 (December 22, 2021). https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.789264.
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  - Ury, Emily A., Xi Yang, Justin P. Wright, and Emily S. Bernhardt. “Rapid deforestation of a coastal landscape driven by sea-level rise and extreme events.” Ecological Applications : A Publication of the Ecological Society of America 31, no. 5 (July 2021): e02339. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2339.
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  - Wright, Justin, David DeLaMater, Anita Simha, Emily Ury, and Cari Ficken. “Changes in Prescribed Fire Frequency Alter Ecosystem Carbon Dynamics.” Ecosystems. 24, no. 3 (April 2021): 640–51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-020-00540-5.
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  - Mitchell, Rachel M., Greg M. Ames, and Justin P. Wright. “Intraspecific trait variability shapes leaf trait response to altered fire regimes.” Annals of Botany 127, no. 4 (March 2021): 543–52. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaa179.
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  - Guerrero-Ramírez, N. R., L. Mommer, G. T. Freschet, C. M. Iversen, M. L. McCormack, J. Kattge, H. Poorter, et al. “Global root traits (GRooT) database.” Global Ecology and Biogeography 30, no. 1 (January 1, 2021): 25–37. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13179.
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  - Anderson, Steven, Emily Ury, Paul Taillie, Eric Ungberg, Christopher Moorman, Benjamin Poulter, Marcelo Ardon, Emily Bernhardt, and Justin Wright. “Salinity Thresholds for Understory Plants in Coastal Wetlands.,” 2021. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-813017/v1.
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  - Koltz, Amanda M., and Justin P. Wright. “Impacts of female body size on cannibalism and juvenile abundance in a dominant arctic spider.” The Journal of Animal Ecology 89, no. 8 (August 2020): 1788–98. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13230.
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  - Firn, Jennifer, James M. McGree, Eric Harvey, Habacuc Flores-Moreno, Martin Schütz, Yvonne M. Buckley, Elizabeth T. Borer, et al. “Author Correction: Leaf nutrients, not specific leaf area, are consistent indicators of elevated nutrient inputs.” Nature Ecology & Evolution 4, no. 6 (June 2020): 886–91. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1213-7.
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  - Ames, Gregory M., Wade A. Wall, Matthew G. Hohmann, and Justin P. Wright. “Functional trait similarity predicts survival in rare plant reintroductions.” Ecological Applications : A Publication of the Ecological Society of America 30, no. 4 (June 2020): e02087. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2087.
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  - Kuppler, J., C. H. Albert, G. M. Ames, W. S. Armbruster, G. Boenisch, F. C. Boucher, D. R. Campbell, et al. “Global gradients in intraspecific variation in vegetative and floral traits are partially associated with climate and species richness.” Global Ecology and Biogeography 29, no. 6 (June 1, 2020): 992–1007. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13077.
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  - Rocca, Jennifer D., Marie Simonin, Emily S. Bernhardt, Alex D. Washburne, and Justin P. Wright. “Rare microbial taxa emerge when communities collide: freshwater and marine microbiome responses to experimental mixing.” Ecology 101, no. 3 (March 2020): e02956. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2956.
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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 125, no. 2 (February 2020): 255–64. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcz039.
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  - Kattge, Jens, Gerhard Bönisch, Sandra Díaz, Sandra Lavorel, Iain Colin Prentice, Paul Leadley, Susanne Tautenhahn, et al. “TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access.” Global Change Biology 26, no. 1 (January 2020): 119–88. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14904.
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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 22, no. 7 (November 1, 2019): 1466–77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00350-4.
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  - 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 21, no. 10 (October 2019): 3653–68. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14694.
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  - Craig, Matthew E., S Luke Flory, Nadia Lovko, Richard P. Phillips, and Justin P. Wright. “Impacts of an invasive grass on soil organic matter pools vary across a tree-mycorrhizal gradient.” Biogeochemistry. 144, no. 2 (July 2019): 149–64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-019-00577-2.
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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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  - Beirne, C., C. L. Nuñez, M. Baldino, S. Kim, J. Knorr, T. Minich, L. Jin, et al. “Estimation of gut passage time of wild, free roaming forest elephants.” Wildlife Biology 2019, no. 1 (January 1, 2019). https://doi.org/10.2981/wlb.00543.
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  - Ficken, Cari D., and Cari D. Justin P. Wright. “Nitrogen uptake and biomass resprouting show contrasting relationships with resource acquisitive and conservative plant traits.” Journal of Vegetation Science : Official Organ of the International Association for Vegetation Science 30, no. 1 (January 2019): 65–74. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12705.
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  - Rocca, Jennifer, Marie Simonin, Justin Wright, Alex Washburne, and Emily Bernhardt. “Rare Microbial Taxa Emerge When Communities Collide: Freshwater and Marine Microbiome Responses to Experimental Seawater Intrusion,” 2019. https://doi.org/10.1101/550756.
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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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  - 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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  - 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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  - 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): 2225. 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): e0186292. 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): 20150272. 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): e0166714. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166714.
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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 (July 2015): 7710. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms8710.
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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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  - 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): e57189. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057189.
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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 (Accepted).” Hydrobiologia, 2013, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-013-1747-7.
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  - Lambe, Andrew T., Timothy B. Onasch, David R. Croasdale, Justin P. Wright, Alexander T. Martin, Jonathan P. Franklin, Paola Massoli, et al. “Transitions from functionalization to fragmentation reactions of laboratory secondary organic aerosol (SOA) generated from the OH oxidation of alkane precursors.” Environmental Science & Technology 46, no. 10 (May 2012): 5430–37. https://doi.org/10.1021/es300274t.
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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 (Submitted).” Plant Ecology, 2012.
  - Wright, J., and A. Sutton Grier. “Variability of plant traits across resource gradients: how robust is the leaf economic spectrum within local plant communities?” Functional Ecology, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12001.
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  - Yin, L., B. Colman, B. McGill, J. P. Wright, and E. S. Bernhardt. “Effects of Silver Nanoparticle Exposure on Germination and Early Growth of Eleven Wetland Plants.” Plos One 7 (2012): e47674.
  - Wang, Edward A., Edward A. S, J. P. Wright, and E. Bernhardt. “Testing links between bacterial community structure and stress resistance (Submitted).” Ecosphere, 2012.
  - 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 2011): e16584. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016584.
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  - Adler, P. B., E. W. Seabloom, E. T. Borer, H. Hillebrand, Y. Hautier, A. Hector, L. R. O’Halloran, et al. “Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness.” Science 333 (2011): 1750–54.
  - 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 (Accepted).” Plant & Soil, 2011.
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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): e22972. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022972.
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  - Warren, M. D., 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 (2011): 471–83.
  - 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 (July 2010): e11618. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011618.
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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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  - 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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  - 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, J. P., and J. Fridley. “Biogeographic synthesis of secondary succession rates in Eastern North America.” Journal of Biogeography 37 (2010): 1584–96.
  - Bartel, R. A., N. M. Haddad, and J. P. Wright. “Ecosystem engineers maintain rare species and increase biodiversity.” Oikos 119 (2010): 883–90.
  - 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.
  - 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): 854.
  - Wright, J. “Biodiversity scenarios resulting from changes in the population dynamics of an ecosystem engineer, the beaver.” Ecology 90 (2009).
  - Cardinale, B., J. P. Wright, M. Cadotte, I. Carroll, A. Hector, D. Srivastiva, M. Loreau, and J. Weis. “Impacts of plant diversity on biomass production increase through time because of species complementarity.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 (2007): 18123–28.
  - 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, 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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  - 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., 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 (2006): 815–24.
  - Wright, J. P., and C. G. Jones. “The concept of organisms as ecosystem engineers ten years on: Progress, limitations, and challenges.” Bioscience 56 (2006): 203–9.
  - 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.
  - 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., 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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  - Wright, J. P., W. S. C. Gurney, and C. G. Jones. “Patch dynamics in an engineered landscape.” Oikos 105 (2004): 336–48.
  - 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, Justin P., Clive G. Jones, and Alexander S. Flecker. “An ecosystem engineer, the beaver, increases species richness at the landscape scale.” Oecologia 132, no. 1 (June 2002): 96–101. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-002-0929-1.
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- Book Sections
  - Wilson, William G., and Justin P. Wright. “COMMUNITY RESPONSES TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: RESULTS OF LOTKA-VOLTERRA COMMUNITY THEORY.” In ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS: PLANTS TO PROTISTS, 211–27, 2007.
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- Conference Papers
  - Anciaux, Sarah K., Benjamin P. Colman, Emily S. Bernhardt, Justin Wright, and Bonny McGill. “Investigation of the bioaccumulation of silver nanoparticles.” In Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 241. AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2011.
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  - Ewing, H. A., K. Hogan, F. Keesing, H. M. Bugmann, A. R. Berkowitz, L. J. Gross, J. T. Oris, and J. P. Wright. “The role of modeling in undergraduate education.” In Models in Ecosystem Science, edited by C. D. Canham, J. J. Cole, and W. K. Lauenroth, 413–27. PRINCETON UNIV PRESS, 2003.
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