List of works - Ethan P. White

A Process-Independent Explanation for the General Form of Taylor's Law.

scientific article published on 4 June 2015

A comparison of the species-time relationship across ecosystems and taxonomic groups

article

A data science challenge for converting airborne remote sensing data into ecological information

scientific article published on 28 February 2019

A strong test of the maximum entropy theory of ecology

scientific article published on March 2015

An empirical evaluation of four variants of a universal species-area relationship

scientific article

An experimental test of the response of macroecological patterns to altered species interactions.

scientific article published in December 2012

An extensive comparison of species-abundance distribution models

scientific article published on 22 December 2016

An extensive comparison of species-abundance distribution models

Automated data-intensive forecasting of plant phenology throughout the United States

scientific article published on 25 November 2019

Best practices for scientific computing ⬇️

scientific article

Challenges in the application of geometric constraint models

article published in 2007

Changes in a tropical forest support metabolic zero-sum dynamics

scientific article

Characterizing species abundance distributions across taxa and ecosystems using a simple maximum entropy model

scientific article

Comparing process-based and constraint-based approaches for modeling macroecological patterns

article published in 2015

Comparison of large-scale citizen science data and long-term study data for phenology modeling

Comparison of large‐scale citizen science data and long‐term study data for phenology modeling

scientific article published on 24 December 2018

Data Carpentry for Biologists: A semester long Data Carpentry course using ecological and other biological examples

scientific article published in 2022

Data Carpentry: Workshops to Increase Data Literacy for Researchers

article by Tracy K. Teal et al published 18 March 2015 in International Journal of Digital Curation

Data Management Plan for Moore Investigator in Data Driven Discovery Grant

DeepForest: A <scp>Python</scp> package for RGB deep learning tree crown delineation

scientific article published in 2020

Developing a modern data workflow for living data

Developing a modern data workflow for regularly updated data

scientific article published on 29 January 2019

Developing an automated iterative near-term forecasting system for an ecological study

article published in 2018

Disparity between range map- and survey-based analyses of species richness: patterns, processes and implications

article

Ecological correlates of geographical range occupancy in North American birds

scientific article published in 2007

Elevating The Status of Code in Ecology

scientific article published on 15 December 2015

Elevating the status of code in ecology

Evaluating scaling models in biology using hierarchical Bayesian approaches

scientific article published on 27 April 2009

Exploring the spatially explicit predictions of the Maximum Entropy Theory of Ecology

FACTORS AFFECTING BAT HOUSE OCCUPANCY IN COLORADO

article by Ethan P. White published September 2004 in Southwestern Naturalist

Forecasting biodiversity in breeding birds using best practices

How species richness and total abundance constrain the distribution of abundance

scientific article

INTRA-GUILD COMPENSATION REGULATES SPECIES RICHNESS IN DESERT RODENTS: REPLY

article

Integrating spatial and temporal approaches to understanding species richness

scientific article (publication date: 27 November 2010)

Long-term insights into the influence of precipitation on community dynamics in desert rodents

article

Measures of journal quality should separate reviews from original research

scientific article published in 2010

Methodological Tools

More individuals or specialized niches? Distinguishing support for hypotheses explaining positive species–energy relationships

scientific article published in 2022

Multimodality in the individual size distributions of bird communities

scientific article published in 2010

Nine simple ways to make it easier to (re)use your data

article in Ideas in Ecology and Evolution

No general relationship between mass and temperature in endothermic species

scientific article published on 9 January 2018

No general relationship between mass and temperature in endothermic species

On estimating the exponent of power-law frequency distributions

scientific article published in April 2008

On the relationship between mass and diameter distributions in tree communities.

scientific article published on 8 September 2008

On the use of log-transformation vs. nonlinear regression for analyzing biological power laws

scientific article published on October 2011

Open Grants

website of examples of grant proposals

Opposing mechanisms drive richness patterns of core and transient bird species

scientific article

Rdataretriever: R Interface to the Data Retriever

scientific article published on 06 January 2021

Relationships between body size and abundance in ecology

scientific article published on 30 March 2007

Retriever: Data Retrieval Tool

Simple structural differences between coding and noncoding DNA.

scientific article

Some thoughts on best publishing practices for scientific software

scholarly article by Ethan P. White published 2015 in Ideas in Ecology and Evolution

Species abundance distributions: moving beyond single prediction theories to integration within an ecological framework

scientific article

Species composition and abundance of mammalian communities

article

Taking species abundance distributions beyond individuals

scientific article

The EcoData retriever: improving access to existing ecological data

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

The case for open preprints in biology

scientific article

The combined influence of the local environment and regional enrichment on bird species richness

scientific article

The proportion of core species in a community varies with spatial scale and environmental heterogeneity

Thermodynamic and metabolic effects on the scaling of production and population energy use

article

Trade-offs in community properties through time in a desert rodent community

scientific article published on 23 September 2004

Two-phase species-time relationships in North American land birds

article

Variation in above-ground forest biomass across broad climatic gradients

scientific article published in 2011

Was a ‘hyperdisease’ responsible for the late Pleistocene megafaunal extinction?

scientific article published in 2004

Zero sum, the niche, and metacommunities: long-term dynamics of community assembly.

scientific article published on December 2008

List of works by Ethan P. White

A Process-Independent Explanation for the General Form of Taylor's Law.

A comparison of the species-time relationship across ecosystems and taxonomic groups

A data science challenge for converting airborne remote sensing data into ecological information

A strong test of the maximum entropy theory of ecology

An empirical evaluation of four variants of a universal species-area relationship

An experimental test of the response of macroecological patterns to altered species interactions.

An extensive comparison of species-abundance distribution models

An extensive comparison of species-abundance distribution models

Automated data-intensive forecasting of plant phenology throughout the United States

Best practices for scientific computing ⬇️

Challenges in the application of geometric constraint models

Changes in a tropical forest support metabolic zero-sum dynamics

Characterizing species abundance distributions across taxa and ecosystems using a simple maximum entropy model

Comparing process-based and constraint-based approaches for modeling macroecological patterns

Comparison of large-scale citizen science data and long-term study data for phenology modeling

Comparison of large‐scale citizen science data and long‐term study data for phenology modeling

Data Carpentry for Biologists: A semester long Data Carpentry course using ecological and other biological examples

Data Carpentry: Workshops to Increase Data Literacy for Researchers

Data Management Plan for Moore Investigator in Data Driven Discovery Grant

DeepForest: A <scp>Python</scp> package for RGB deep learning tree crown delineation

Developing a modern data workflow for living data

Developing a modern data workflow for regularly updated data

Developing an automated iterative near-term forecasting system for an ecological study

Developing an automated iterative near-term forecasting system for an ecological study

Disparity between range map- and survey-based analyses of species richness: patterns, processes and implications

Ecological correlates of geographical range occupancy in North American birds

Elevating The Status of Code in Ecology

Elevating the status of code in ecology

Evaluating scaling models in biology using hierarchical Bayesian approaches

Exploring the spatially explicit predictions of the Maximum Entropy Theory of Ecology

FACTORS AFFECTING BAT HOUSE OCCUPANCY IN COLORADO

Forecasting biodiversity in breeding birds using best practices

How species richness and total abundance constrain the distribution of abundance

INTRA-GUILD COMPENSATION REGULATES SPECIES RICHNESS IN DESERT RODENTS: REPLY

Integrating spatial and temporal approaches to understanding species richness

Long-term insights into the influence of precipitation on community dynamics in desert rodents

Measures of journal quality should separate reviews from original research

Methodological Tools

More individuals or specialized niches? Distinguishing support for hypotheses explaining positive species–energy relationships

Multimodality in the individual size distributions of bird communities

Nine simple ways to make it easier to (re)use your data

No general relationship between mass and temperature in endothermic species

No general relationship between mass and temperature in endothermic species

On estimating the exponent of power-law frequency distributions

On the relationship between mass and diameter distributions in tree communities.

On the use of log-transformation vs. nonlinear regression for analyzing biological power laws

Open Grants

Opposing mechanisms drive richness patterns of core and transient bird species

Rdataretriever: R Interface to the Data Retriever

Relationships between body size and abundance in ecology

Retriever: Data Retrieval Tool

Simple structural differences between coding and noncoding DNA.

Some thoughts on best publishing practices for scientific software

Species abundance distributions: moving beyond single prediction theories to integration within an ecological framework

Species composition and abundance of mammalian communities

Taking species abundance distributions beyond individuals

The EcoData retriever: improving access to existing ecological data

The case for open preprints in biology

The combined influence of the local environment and regional enrichment on bird species richness

The proportion of core species in a community varies with spatial scale and environmental heterogeneity

The proportion of core species in a community varies with spatial scale and environmental heterogeneity

Thermodynamic and metabolic effects on the scaling of production and population energy use

Trade-offs in community properties through time in a desert rodent community

Two-phase species-time relationships in North American land birds

Variation in above-ground forest biomass across broad climatic gradients

Was a ‘hyperdisease’ responsible for the late Pleistocene megafaunal extinction?

Zero sum, the niche, and metacommunities: long-term dynamics of community assembly.

portalr: an R package for summarizing and using the Portal Project Data