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2026

1. Functional Traits Mediate the Interactive Effects of Climate and Human Disturbance on Non-Native Plant Diversity

   Liu Y., Li D.,

   Diversity and Distributions
2. Evolving Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Resilience

   Alberti M., Grimm N. B., Palkovacs E. P., Urban M. C., Verrelli B. C., Anderson P., Carlen E. J., Cocciardi J. M., Cook E. M., Fortin M., Gotanda K. M., Hobbie S. E., Johnson M. T., Li D., Malesis-Dahm A. N., Miles L. S., Munshi-South J., Román-Palacios C., Phifer-Rixey M., Salazar-Valenzuela D., Savage A. M., Snyder R., Winchell K. M., Zhou Y.,

   Science
3. Soil Fungal Influence on the Diversity–invasibility Relationship Depends on Interacting Species Identities

   Zhuge Y., Li H., Meng Y., Ni G., Bai X., Zhu P., Song J., Huang Q., Miao W., Feng R., Hou Y., Li D.,

   Ecological Applications

2025

4. Extreme Weather Events Have Strong but Different Impacts on Plant and Insect Phenology

   Li D., Belitz M., Campbell L., Guralnick R.,

   Nature Climate Change
5. The Effects of Urbanization on Species Interactions

   ^§Moreno-García P., Savage A., Salgado A. L., Tartaglia E. S., Cocciardi J. M., Aronson M. F. J., Jarzyna M. A., Alberti M., Li D.,

   Nature Cities
6. PhenoVision: A Framework for Automating and Delivering Research-Ready Plant Phenology Data From Field Images

   Dinnage R., Grady E., ^§§Neal N., Deck J., Denny E., Walls R., Seltzer C., Guralnick R., Li D.,

   Methods in Ecology and Evolution
7. GUBIC: The Global Urban Biological Invasions Compendium for Plants

   Li D., Potgieter L. J., Aronson M. F. J., Axmanová I., Baiser B., Carboni M., Celesti-Grapow L., Knapp S., Kühn I., Lacerda de Matos A. C., Lososová Z., ^§Montaño-Centellas F. A., Pyšek P., Richardson D. M., Trotta L. B., Zenni R. D., Cilliers S. S., Clarkson B. D., Davis A. J. S., Dolan R. W., Dyderski M. K., Essl F., Gaoue O. G., Gui J., Géron C., Heringer G., Hui C., Khuroo A. A., Klotz S., Kotanen P. M., Kreft H., La Sorte F. A., Lembrechts J. J., Lenzner B., Lepczyk C. A., MacIvor S., Martínez-Garza C., Mori A. S., Nilon C., Pergl J., Siebert S. J., Tretyakova A. S., Tsang T. P. N., Uchida K., Kleunen M., Vilà M., Wang H., Weigelt P., Werner P., Williams N. S. G., Winter M., Cadotte M. W.,

   Ecological Solutions and Evidence
8. Quantifying the Effects of Water Hyacinth (Pontederia Crassipes) on Freshwater Ecosystems: A Meta-Analysis

   ^§§Jha R. R., Li D.,

   Biological Invasions
9. Environmental Change Shapes Understory Plant Diversity and Dominance in Boreal Forests

   Chen X., Reich P. B., Chen X., Hisano M., Taylor A. R., Li D., Chang S. X.,

   Nature Communications
10. Legacy Effects of Religion, Politics and War on Urban Evolutionary Biology

    Carlen E. J., Caizergues A. E., Jagiello Z., Kuzyo H., Munshi-South J., Alberti M., Angeoletto F., Bonilla-Bedoya S., Booth W., Charmantier A., Cocciardi J. M., Cook E. M., Gotanda K. M., Govaert L., Johnson L. E., Li D., Malesis A. N., Martin E., Marzluff J. M., Mazurek M., Miles L. S., Phifer-Rixey M., Salazar-Valenzuela D., Savage A., Snyder R., Stadnicki I., Vergeles Y., Verrelli B. C., Villar D. A., Wilhelm-Solomon M., Willmott M., Winchell K. M., Yates S. S., Zhou Y., Garroway C. J., Szulkin M.,

    Nature Cities
11. Human Contributions to Global Soundscapes Are Less Predictable Than the Acoustic Rhythms of Wildlife

    Somervuo P., Roslin T., Fisher B. L., Hardwick B., Kerdraon D., Raharinjanahary D., Rajoelison E. T., Lauha P., Griem L., Lehikoinen P., Niittynen P., Piirainen E., Lumme M., Riihikoski V., … ., ^§§Jha R., … ., Li D., … ., ^§§Reyes E., … ., Ovaskainen O.,

    Nature Ecology & Evolution
12. Resource Availability and Competition Shape Pollinator Trophic Specialization in Longleaf Pine Savannas

    ^§Moreno-García P., Freeman J. E., Baiser B., Campbell J. W., Li D.,

    Basic and Applied Ecology
13. Here, There and Everywhere: Widespread Non-Native Plants in the World’s Urban Ecosystems

    Richardson D. M., Trotta L. B., Aronson M. F. J., Baiser B., Cadotte M. W., Carboni M., Celesti-Grapow L., Knapp S., Kühn I., Matos A. C. L., Lososová Z., Li D., Montaño-Centellas F. A., Potgieter L. J., Zenni R. D., Pyšek P.,

    Global Ecology and Biogeography
14. Tallow Tree Biological Control and Beekeeping: Assessing the Misconceptions and Possible Resolutions to Protect Native Ecosystems

    Gaffke A. M., Li D., Manrique V., Abbate A. P., Wheeler G. S., Diaz R.,

    Biological Control

2024

15. Cities Shape the Diversity and Spread of Nonnative Species

    Potgieter L. J., Li D., Baiser B., Kühn I., Aronson M. F. J., Carboni M., Celesti-Grapow L., Matos A. C. L., Lososová Z., ^§Montaño-Centellas F. A., Pyšek P., Richardson D. M., Tsang T. P. N., Zenni R. D., Cadotte M. W.,

    Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics
16. Unraveling Microbial Community Structure–function Relationships in the Horizontal and Vertical Spatial Dimensions in Extreme Environments

    Jing X., Classen A. T., Li D., Lin L., Lu M., Sanders N. J., Wang Y., Feng W.,

    Ecography
17. Evaluating Plant Lineage Losses and Gains in Temperate Forest Understories: A Phylogenetic Perspective on Climate Change and Nitrogen Deposition

    Padullés Cubino J., Lenoir J., Li D., ^§Montaño-Centellas F. A., Retana J., Baeten L., Bernhardt-Römermann M., Chudomelová M., Closset D., Decocq G., De Frenne P., Diekmann M., Dirnböck T., Durak T., Hédl R., Heinken T., Jaroszewicz B., Kopecký M., Macek M., Máliš F., Naaf T., Orczewska A., Petřík P., Pielech R., Reczyńska K., Schmidt W., Standovár T., Świerkosz K., Teleki B., Verheyen K., Vild O., Waller D., Wulf M., Chytrý M.,

    New Phytologist
18. Long-Term Nitrogen Deposition Reduces the Diversity of Nitrogen-Fixing Plants

    ^§Moreno-García P., ^§Montaño-Centellas F., ^§Liu Y., ^§§Reyes-Mendez E. Y., ^§§Jha R. R., Guralnick R. P., Folk R., Waller D. M., Verheyen K., Baeten L., Becker-Scarpitta A., Berki I., Bernhardt-Römermann M., Brunet J., Van Calster H., Chudomelová M., Closset D., De Frenne P., Decocq G., Gilliam F. S., Grytnes J., Hédl R., Heinken T., Jaroszewicz B., Kopecký M., Lenoir J., Macek M., Máliš F., Naaf T., Orczewska A., Petřík P., Reczyńska K., Schei F. H., Schmidt W., Stachurska-Swakoń A., Standovár T., Świerkosz K., Teleki B., Vild O., Li D.,

    Science Advances
19. Online Toolkits for Collaborative and Inclusive Global Research in Urban Evolutionary Ecology

    Savage A. M., Willmott M. J., ^§Moreno-García P., Jagiello Z., Li D., Malesis A., Miles L. S., Román-Palacios C., Salazar-Valenzuela D., Verrelli B. C., Winchell K. M., Alberti M., Bonilla-Bedoya S., Carlen E., Falvey C., Johnson L., Martin E., Kuzyo H., Marzluff J., Munshi-South J., Phifer-Rixey M., Stadnicki I., Szulkin M., Zhou Y., Gotanda K. M.,

    Ecology and Evolution

2023

20. Rtrees: An R Package to Assemble Phylogenetic Trees From Megatrees

    Li D.,

    Ecography
21. Global Patterns and Drivers of Raptor Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity

    ^§Montaño-Centellas F., Baiser B., McGrew A., Trotta L., Li D.,

    Global Ecology and Biogeography
22. Playing With Open Biodiversity Datasets: Case Studies Using Data From NEON, EDI, and GoMRI

    Chen X., Li D.,

    Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology
23. Phenological Research Based on Natural History Collections: Practical Guidelines and a Lepidopteran Case Study

    Belitz M. W., Larsen E. A., Shirey V., Li D., Guralnick R. P.,

    Functional Ecology
24. Co-Occurring Bunchgrasses Are Associated With Different Plant Species in Dry Pine Savannas

    Baruzzi C., Li D., Fill J. M., Crandall R. M.,

    Restoration Ecology
25. Phylogenetic Diversity of Eastern Asia–eastern North America Disjunct Plants Is Mainly Associated With Divergence Time

    Lin H., Sun M., Hao Y., Li D., Gitzendanner M. A., Fu C., Soltis D. E., Soltis P. S., Zhao Y.,

    Plant Diversity
26. Effects of Non-Native Species on Phylogenetic Dispersion of Freshwater Fish Communities in North America

    Qian H., Chu C., Li D., Cao Y., Sandel B., Anas M. U. M., Mandrak N. E.,

    Diversity and Distributions
27. Climate Change Filtered Out Resource-Acquisitive Plants in a Temperate Grassland in Inner Mongolia, China

    Jing H., Xiong X., Jiang F., Pu X., Ma W., Li D., Liu Z., Wang Z.,

    Science China Life Sciences

2022

28. Standardized NEON Organismal Data for Biodiversity Research

    Li D., Record S., Sokol E. R., Bitters M. E., Chen M. Y., Chung Y. A., Helmus M. R., Jaimes R., Jansen L., Jarzyna M. A., Just M. G., LaMontagne J. M., Melbourne B. A., Moss W., Norman K. E. A., Parker S. M., Robinson N., Seyednasrollah B., Smith C., Spaulding S., Surasinghe T. D., Thomsen S. K., Zarnetske P. L.,

    Ecosphere
29. Urbanization Delays Plant Leaf Senescence and Extends Growing Season Length in Cold but Not in Warm Areas of the Northern Hemisphere

    Li D., Stucky B. J., Baiser B., Guralnick R.,

    Global Ecology and Biogeography
30. Aridity Drives Phylogenetic Diversity and Species Richness Patterns of Nitrogen-Fixing Plants in North America

    Doby J. R., Li D., Folk R. A., Siniscalchi C. M., Guralnick R. P.,

    Global Ecology and Biogeography
31. Fire, Insect and Disease-Caused Tree Mortalities Increased in Forests of Greater Structural Diversity During Drought

    Zhai L., Coyle D. R., Li D., Jonko A.,

    Journal of Ecology
32. Functional Traits Mediate Individualistic Species-Environment Distributions at Broad Spatial Scales While Fine-Scale Species Associations Remain Unpredictable

    Beck J. J., Li D., Johnson S. E., Rogers D., Cameron K. M., Sytsma K. J., Givnish T. J., Waller D. M.,

    American Journal of Botany
33. Functional Trait Data for Vascular Plant Species From Northeastern North America

    Waller D. M., Paulson A. K., Richards J. H., Alverson W. S., Amatangelo K. L., Bai C., Johnson S. E., Li D., Sonnier G., Toczydlowski R. H.,

    Ecology
34. Community Stability Is Related to Animal Diversity Change

    Jarzyna M. A., Norman K. E. A., LaMontagne J. M., Helmus M. R., Li D., Parker S. M., Perez Rocha M., Record S., Sokol E. R., Zarnetske P. L., Surasinghe T. D.,

    Ecosphere
35. Exploring Discrepancies Between in Situ Phenology and Remotely Derived Phenometrics at NEON Sites

    Donnelly A., Yu R., Jones K., Belitz M., Li B., Duffy K., Zhang X., Wang J., Seyednasrollah B., Gerst K. L., Li D., Kaddoura Y., Zhu K., Morisette J., Ramey C., Smith K.,

    Ecosphere

2021

36. Climate, Urbanization, and Species Traits Interactively Drive Flowering Duration

    Li D., Barve N., Brenskelle L., Earl K., Barve V., Belitz M. W., Doby J., Hantak M. M., Oswald J. A., Stucky B. J., Walters M., Guralnick R. P.,

    Global Change Biology
37. Climate Drivers of Adult Insect Activity Are Conditioned by Life History Traits

    Belitz M. W., Barve V., Doby J. R., Hantak M. M., Larsen E. A., Li D., Oswald J. A., Sewnath N., Walters M., Barve N., Earl K., Gardner N., Guralnick R. P., Stucky B. J.,

    Ecology Letters
38. Harnessing the NEON Data Revolution to Advance Open Environmental Science With a Diverse and Data-Capable Community

    Nagy R. C., Balch J. K., Bissell E. K., Cattau M. E., Glenn N. F., Halpern B. S., Ilangakoon N., Johnson B., Joseph M. B., Marconi S., O’Riordan C., Sanovia J., Swetnam T. L., Travis W. R., Wasser L. A., Woolner E., Zarnetske P., Abdulrahim M., Adler J., Barnes G., Bartowitz K. J., Blake R. E., Bombaci S. P., Brun J., Buchanan J. D., Chadwick K. D., Chapman M. S., Chong S. S., Chung Y. A., Corman J. R., Couret J., Crispo E., Doak T. G., Donnelly A., Duffy K. A., Dunning K. H., Duran S. M., Edmonds J. W., Fairbanks D. E., Felton A. J., Florian C. R., Gann D., Gebhardt M., Gill N. S., Gram W. K., Guo J. S., Harvey B. J., Hayes K. R., Helmus M. R., Hensley R. T., Hondula K. L., Huang T., Hundertmark W. J., Iglesias V., Jacinthe P., Jansen L. S., Jarzyna M. A., Johnson T. M., Jones K. D., Jones M. A., Just M. G., Kaddoura Y. O., Kagawa-Vivani A. K., Kaushik A., Keller A. B., King K. B. S., Kitzes J., Koontz M. J., Kouba P. V., Kwan W., LaMontagne J. M., LaRue E. A., Li D., Li B., Lin Y., Liptzin D., Long W. A., Mahood A. L., Malloy S. S., Malone S. L., McGlinchy J. M., Meier C. L., Melbourne B. A., Mietkiewicz N., Morisette J. T., Moustapha M., Muscarella C., Musinsky J., Muthukrishnan R., Naithani K., Neely M., Norman K., Parker S. M., Perez Rocha M., Petri L., Ramey C. A., Record S., Rossi M. W., SanClements M., Scholl V. M., Schweiger A. K., Seyednasrollah B., Sihi D., Smith K. R., Sokol E. R., Spaulding S. A., Spiers A. I., St. Denis L. A., Staccone A. P., Stack Whitney K., Stanitski D. M., Stricker E., Surasinghe T. D., Thomsen S. K., Vasek P. M., Xiaolu L., Yang D., Yu R., Yule K. M., Zhu K.,

    Ecosphere
39. The Role of Functional Strategies in Global Plant Distribution

    Liao H., Li D., Zhou T., Huang B., Zhang H., Chen B., Peng S.,

    Ecography
40. Mammalian Body Size Is Determined by Interactions Between Climate, Urbanization, and Ecological Traits

    Hantak M. M., McLean B. S., Li D., Guralnick R. P.,

    Communications Biology
41. Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Β-Diversity of Freshwater Fish Assemblages in Relationship to Geographical and Climatic Determinants in North America

    Qian H., Cao Y., Chu C., Li D., Sandel B., Wang X., Jin Y.,

    Global Ecology and Biogeography
42. Analyzing a Phenological Anomaly in Yucca of the Southwestern United States

    Brenskelle L., Barve V., Majure L. C., Guralnick R. P., Li D.,

    Scientific Reports

2020

43. Phyr: An R Package for Phylogenetic Species-Distribution Modelling in Ecological Communities

    Li D., Dinnage R., Nell L. A., Helmus M. R., Ives A. R.,

    Methods in Ecology and Evolution
44. Changes in Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Diversity in the Anthropocene

    Li D., Olden J. D., Lockwood J. L., Record S., McKinney M. L., Baiser B.,

    Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
45. Climate and Plant Community Diversity in Space and Time

    Harrison S., Spasojevic M. J., Li D.,

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
46. Geographic Patterns and Environmental Correlates of Phylogenetic Relatedness and Diversity for Freshwater Fish Assemblages in North America

    Qian H., Cao Y., Li D., Chu C., Sandel B., Wang X.,

    Ecography
47. Methods for Broad-Scale Plant Phenology Assessments Using Citizen Scientists’ Photographs

    Barve V. V., Brenskelle L., Li D., Stucky B. J., Barve N. V., Hantak M. M., McLean B. S., Paluh D. J., Oswald J. A., Belitz M. W., Folk R. A., Guralnick R. P.,

    Applications in Plant Sciences
48. Body Size Trends in Response to Climate and Urbanization in the Widespread North American Deer Mouse, Peromyscus Maniculatus

    Guralnick R., Hantak M. M., Li D., McLean B. S.,

    Scientific Reports

2019

49. Ecogeographical Rules and the Macroecology of Food Webs

    Baiser B., Gravel D., Cirtwill A. R., Dunne J. A., Fahimipour A. K., Gilarranz L. J., Grochow J. A., Li D., Martinez N. D., McGrew A., Poisot T., Romanuk T. N., Stouffer D. B., Trotta L. B., Valdovinos F. S., Williams R. J., Wood S. A., Yeakel J. D.,

    Global Ecology and Biogeography
50. For Common Community Phylogenetic Analyses, Go Ahead and Use Synthesis Phylogenies

    Li D., Trotta L., Marx H. E., Allen J. M., Sun M., Soltis D. E., Soltis P. S., Guralnick R. P., Baiser B.,

    Ecology
51. Functional Diversity Is a Passenger but Not Driver of Drought-Related Plant Diversity Losses in Annual Grasslands

    Miller J. E. D., Li D., LaForgia M., Harrison S.,

    Journal of Ecology
52. Bayesian LDA for Mixed-Membership Clustering Analysis: The Rlda Package

    Albuquerque P. H. M., Valle D. R., Li D.,

    Knowledge-Based Systems
53. Climate Drives Loss of Phylogenetic Diversity in a Grassland Community

    Li D., Miller J. E. D., Harrison S.,

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
54. The Effect of Urbanization on Plant Phenology Depends on Regional Temperature

    Li D., Stucky B. J., Deck J., Baiser B., Guralnick R. P.,

    Nature Ecology & Evolution

2018

55. Homogenization of Species Composition and Species Association Networks Are Decoupled

    Li D., Poisot T., Waller D. M., Baiser B.,

    Global Ecology and Biogeography
56. Species Richness and Phylogenetic Diversity of Native and Non-Native Species Respond Differently to Area and Environmental Factors

    Li D., Monahan W. B., Baiser B.,

    Diversity and Distributions
57. Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Homogenization Across US National Parks: The Role of Non-Native Species

    Li D., Lockwood J. L., Baiser B.,

    From Biocultural Homogenization to Biocultural Conservation
58. Global Environmental Change Effects on Plant Community Composition Trajectories Depend Upon Management Legacies

    Perring M. P., Bernhardt‐Römermann M., Baeten L., Midolo G., Blondeel H., Depauw L., Landuyt D., Maes S. L., Lombaerde E. D., Carón M. M., Vellend M., Brunet J., Chudomelová M., Decocq G., Diekmann M., Dirnböck T., Dörfler I., Durak T., Frenne P. D., Gilliam F. S., Hédl R., Heinken T., Hommel P., Jaroszewicz B., Kirby K. J., Kopecký M., Lenoir J., Li D., Máliš F., Mitchell F. J. G., Naaf T., Newman M., Petřík P., Reczyńska K., Schmidt W., Standovár T., Świerkosz K., Calster H. V., Vild O., Wagner E. R., Wulf M., Verheyen K.,

    Global Change Biology
59. Community Assembly of the Ferns of Florida

    Sessa E. B., Chambers S. M., Li D., Trotta L., Endara L., Burleigh J. G., Baiser B.,

    American Journal of Botany
60. Community Phylogeny of the Globally Critically Imperiled Pine Rockland Ecosystem

    Trotta L. B., Baiser B., Possley J., Li D., Lange J., Martin S., Sessa E. B.,

    American Journal of Botany
61. Soil Microbes Regulate Forest Succession in a Subtropical Ecosystem in China: Evidence From a Mesocosm Experiment

    Liao H., Huang F., Li D., Kang L., Chen B., Zhou T., Peng S.,

    Plant and Soil
62. Rr2: An R Package to Calculate R2s for Regression Models

    Ives A. R., Li D.,

    Journal of Open Source Software
63. Understanding Context Dependency in the Response of Forest Understorey Plant Communities to Nitrogen Deposition

    Perring M. P., Diekmann M., Midolo G., Schellenberger Costa D., Bernhardt-Römermann M., Otto J. C. J., Gilliam F. S., Hedwall P., Nordin A., Dirnböck T., Simkin S. M., Máliš F., Blondeel H., Brunet J., Chudomelová M., Durak T., De Frenne P., Hédl R., Kopecký M., Landuyt D., Li D., Manning P., Petřík P., Reczyńska K., Schmidt W., Standovár T., Świerkosz K., Vild O., Waller D. M., Verheyen K.,

    Environmental Pollution
64. HillR: Taxonomic, Functional, and Phylogenetic Diversity and Similarity Through Hill Numbers

    Li D.,

    Journal of Open Source Software
65. Comparing Species–area Relationships of Native and Exotic Species

    Baiser B., Li D.,

    Biological Invasions

2017

66. Can Functional Traits Account for Phylogenetic Signal in Community Composition?

    Li D., Ives A. R., Waller D. M.,

    New Phytologist
67. Fire Exclusion and Climate Change Interact to Affect Long-Term Changes in the Functional Composition of Plant Communities

    Li D., Waller D. M.,

    Diversity and Distributions
68. The Statistical Need to Include Phylogeny in Trait-Based Analyses of Community Composition

    Li D., Ives A. R.,

    Methods in Ecology and Evolution
69. Combining Biodiversity Resurveys Across Regions to Advance Global Change Research

    Verheyen K., De Frenne P., Baeten L., Waller D. M., Hédl R., Perring M. P., Blondeel H., Brunet J., Chudomelová M., Decocq G., De Lombaerde E., Depauw L., Dirnböck T., Durak T., Eriksson O., Gilliam F. S., Heinken T., Heinrichs S., Hermy M., Jaroszewicz B., Jenkins M. A., Johnson S. E., Kirby K. J., Kopecký M., Landuyt D., Lenoir J., Li D., Macek M., Maes S. L., Máliš F., Mitchell F. J. G., Naaf T., Peterken G., Petřík P., Reczyńska K., Rogers D. A., Schei F. H., Schmidt W., Standovár T., Świerkosz K., Ujházy K., Van Calster H., Vellend M., Vild O., Woods K., Wulf M., Bernhardt-Römermann M.,

    BioScience

2016

70. Long-Term Shifts in the Patterns and Underlying Processes of Plant Associations in Wisconsin Forests

    Li D., Waller D.,

    Global Ecology and Biogeography

2015

71. Drivers of Observed Biotic Homogenization in Pine Barrens of Central Wisconsin

    Li D., Waller D.,

    Ecology

2013

72. The Effects of Leaf Litter Evenness on Decomposition Depend on Which Plant Functional Group Is Dominant

    Li D., Peng S., Chen B.,

    Plant and Soil
73. Non-Additive Effects on Decomposition From Mixing Litter of the Invasive Mikania Micrantha H.B.K. With Native Plants

    Chen B., Peng S., D’Antonio C. M., Li D., Ren W.,

    PLoS ONE

2009