List of works - Karen H. Beard

A combined tracer/evapotranspiration model approach estimates plant water uptake in native and non-native shrub-steppe communities

A depth-controlled tracer technique measures vertical, horizontal and temporal patterns of water use by trees and grasses in a subtropical savanna.

scientific article published on 16 June 2010

A meta-analytic review of corridor effectiveness.

scientific article published on 19 February 2010

A modern two‐layer hypothesis helps resolve the ‘savanna problem’

scientific article published on 14 July 2022

A social–ecological systems approach to non-native species: Habituation and its effect on management of coqui frogs in Hawaii

article

Activated Carbon as a Restoration Tool: Potential for Control of Invasive Plants in Abandoned Agricultural Fields

article

Activated carbon decreases invasive plant growth by mediating plant-microbe interactions ⬇️

scientific article

Aerially applied citric acid reduces the density of an invasive frog in Hawaii, USA

article

Amphibians of Santa Teresa, Brazil: the hotspot further evaluated ⬇️

journal article from 'ZooKeys' published in 2019

An invasive frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui, increases new leaf production and leaf litter decomposition rates through nutrient cycling in Hawaii

article

Are killer bees good for coffee? The contribution of a paper's title and other factors to its future citations

article

Aridity drives the response of soil total and particulate organic carbon to drought in temperate grasslands and shrublands

scientific article published in 2024

Back to the future: conserving functional and phylogenetic diversity in amphibian-climate refuges

scientific article published in 2019

Behavioral reduction of infection risk.

scientific article published on August 1999

Biology and Impacts of Pacific Island Invasive Species. 5. Eleutherodactylus coqui, the Coqui Frog (Anura: Leptodactylidae)

article

Biology and Impacts of Pacific Island Invasive Species. 8. Eleutherodactylus Planirostris, the Greenhouse Frog (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae)

article

Biotic acceptance in introduced amphibians and reptiles in Europe and North America

scientific article published in 2012

Body Size and Life History Traits in Native and Introduced Populations of Coqui Frogs

Breeding Guild Determines Frog Distributions in Response to Edge Effects and Habitat Conversion in the Brazil's Atlantic Forest

scientific article

Bromeliad Selection byPhyllodytes luteolus(Anura, Hylidae): The Influence of Plant Structure and Water Quality Factors

article

Cast adrift on an island: introduced populations experience an altered balance between selection and drift ⬇️

scientific article published on 20 June 2012

Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity ⬇️

article

Chronosequence and direct observation approaches reveal complementary community dynamics in a novel ecosystem

scientific article published on 18 March 2019

Citizen science reveals widespread negative effects of roads on amphibian distributions

Clinal Variation in Calls of Native and Introduced Populations of Eleutherodactylus coqui

Cloud cover and delayed herbivory relative to timing of spring onset interact to dampen climate change impacts on net ecosystem exchange in a coastal Alaskan wetland

Community-level response to habitat structure manipulations: An experimental case study in a tropical ecosystem

scholarly article by Emily A. Kalnicky published in November 2013

Competition and coexistence in plant communities: intraspecific competition is stronger than interspecific competition

scientific article published in 2018

Coqui frog invasions change invertebrate communities in Hawaii

Decoupling plant-growth from land-use legacies in soil microbial communities

article

Delayed herbivory by migratory geese increases summer-long CO uptake in coastal western Alaska

article

Delayed herbivory by migratory geese increases summer‐long CO 2 uptake in coastal western Alaska

article

Detection probabilities of two introduced frogs in Hawaii: implications for assessing non-native species distributions

article

Diet of the Introduced Greenhouse Frog in Hawaii

article by Christina A. Olson & Karen H. Beard published 30 March 2012 in Copeia

Diet of the Invasive Frog, Eleutherodactylus Coqui, in Hawaii

article by Karen H. Beard et al published May 2007 in Copeia

Diet of the Nonnative Greenhouse Frog (Eleutherodactylus planirostris) in Maui, Hawaii

article

Different prey resources suggest little competition between non-native frogs and insectivorous birds despite isotopic niche overlap

Direct effects of warming increase woody plant abundance in a subarctic wetland.

scientific article published on 11 February 2018

Early Goose Arrival Increases Soil Nitrogen Availability More Than an Advancing Spring in Coastal Western Alaska

scientific article published on 2 January 2020

Effectiveness of Predicting Breeding Bird Distributions Using Probabilistic Models

Effects of roads and land use on frog distributions across spatial scales and regions in the Eastern and Central United States

scientific article published in 2016

Establishment of introduced reptiles increases with the presence and richness of native congeners

article

Exotic plant communities shift water-use timing in a shrub-steppe ecosystem

article

Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally

scientific article published on 8 January 2024

Field work ethics in biological research

scientific article (publication date: November 2016)

Fully-sampled phylogenies of squamates reveal evolutionary patterns in threat status

scholarly article by João Filipe Riva Tonini et al published December 2016 in Biological Conservation

Functional traits explain amphibian distribution in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

scientific article published on 17 October 2019

Genetic Basis of a Color Pattern Polymorphism in the Coqui Frog Eleutherodactylus coqui

scientific article published on 19 July 2010

Genetic Variation Within and Among Mats of the Reindeer Lichen, Cladina Subtenuis

article published in 1996

Global assessment of establishment success for amphibian and reptile invaders

Herbivores at the highest risk of extinction among mammals, birds, and reptiles

scientific article published on 05 August 2020

Herbivory changes soil microbial communities and greenhouse gas fluxes in a high-latitude wetland

scientific article published in 2021

Increased Soil Frost Versus Summer Drought as Drivers of Plant Biomass Responses to Reduced Precipitation: Results from a Globally Coordinated Field Experiment

article

Increased abundance of native and non-native spiders with habitat fragmentation

scientific article published in 2008

Indigenous knowledge informing management of tropical forests: the link between rhythms in plant secondary chemistry and lunar cycles.

scientific article published on September 2002

Infection of an invasive frog Eleutherodactylus coqui by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Hawaii

Influence of pocket gopher mounds on nonnative plant establishment in a shrubsteppe ecosystem

article

Introduction effort, climate matching and species traits as predictors of global establishment success in non-native reptiles

article

Invasive Plants in Wildlife Refuges: Coordinated Research with Undergraduate Ecology Courses

scientific article published in August 2013

Invasive coqui frogs are associated with differences in mongoose and rat abundances and diets in Hawaii

scientific article published on 19 March 2019

Invasive coqui frogs are associated with greater abundances of nonnative birds in Hawaii, USA

scientific article published in 2018

Invasive frogs show persistent physiological differences to elevation and acclimate to colder temperatures

scientific article published in 2023

Invasive litter, not an invasive insectivore, determines invertebrate communities in Hawaiian forests

article

Isolation of microsatellite loci from the coqui frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui

scientific article published on January 2008

Live long and prosper: plant-soil feedback, lifespan, and landscape abundance covary

scientific article published on 7 September 2017

Lizard and frog removal increases spider abundance but does not cascade to increase herbivory

scientific article published in 2020

Long-term plant growth legacies overwhelm short-term plant growth effects on soil microbial community structure

article

Long‐term herbivore removal experiments reveal how geese and reindeer shape vegetation and ecosystem <scp>CO<sub>2</sub></scp>‐fluxes in high‐<scp>Arctic</scp> tundra

scientific article published in 2023

Migratory goose arrival time plays a larger role in influencing forage quality than advancing springs in an Arctic coastal wetland

article

Most soil trophic guilds increase plant growth: a meta-analytical review

article

NonnativePhragmites australisInvasion into Utah Wetlands

Passive Acoustic Monitoring and Automatic Detection of Diel Patterns and Acoustic Structure of Howler Monkey Roars

scientific article published in 2021

Phenological mismatch between season advancement and migration timing alters Arctic plant traits

article

Phenological mismatch in coastal western Alaska may increase summer season greenhouse gas uptake

article

Phylogenetic study of Eleutherodactylus coqui (Anura: Leptodactylidae) reveals deep genetic fragmentation in Puerto Rico and pinpoints origins of Hawaiian populations

scientific article published on 21 July 2007

Plant-soil feedbacks provide an additional explanation for diversity-productivity relationships.

scientific article published on 11 April 2012

Plant-soil feedbacks: a meta-analytical review

scientific article

Population Density Estimates and Growth Rates of Eleutherodactylus coqui in Hawaii

article

Potential consequences of the coqui frog invasion in Hawaii

article

Potential predators of an invasive frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui) in Hawaiian forests

article

Precipitation Intensification Increases Shrub Dominance in Arid, Not Mesic, Ecosystems

scientific article published in 2022

Predator–Prey Reunion: Non-native Coquí Frogs Avoid Their Native Predators

scientific article published on 15 September 2021

Predicting the distribution potential of an invasive frog using remotely sensed data in Hawaii

article by Simon A. Bisrat et al published 26 November 2011 in Diversity and Distributions

Predictors of Participation in Invasive Species Control Activities Depend on Prior Experience with the Species

scientific article published on 03 December 2018

Quantifying Ecosystem Controlsand Their Contextual Interactionson Nutrient Export fromDeveloping Forest Mesocosms

Quantitative Assessment of Habitat Preferences for the Puerto Rican Terrestrial Frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui

scientific article published in 2003

Random forests for classification in ecology.

scientific article published in November 2007

Reduced soil compaction enhances establishment of non-native plant species

article

Reducing sampler error in soil research

Rodent-Mediated Interactions Among Seed Species of Differing Quality in a Shrubsteppe Ecosystem

Root niche partitioning among grasses, saplings, and trees measured using a tracer technique ⬇️

scientific article published on July 3, 2012

STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL RESPONSES OF A SUBTROPICAL FOREST TO 10 YEARS OF HURRICANES AND DROUGHTS

article

Sex-related differences in aging rate are associated with sex chromosome system in amphibians

Small differences in root distributions allow resource niche partitioning

scientific article published on 26 August 2020

Soil type more than precipitation determines fine-root abundance in savannas of Kruger National Park, South Africa

article

Strong founder effects and low genetic diversity in introduced populations of Coqui frogs

scientific article

Temporal Foraging Patterns of Nonnative Coqui Frogs (Eleutherodactylus coqui) in Hawaii

scientific article published in 2016

Testing predictions of a three-species plant-soil feedback model

article

The First Bromeligenous Species of Dendropsophus (Anura: Hylidae) from Brazil's Atlantic Forest

scientific article

The Missing Angle: Ecosystem Consequences of Phenological Mismatch

scientific article published on 23 August 2019

The effects of the frog Eleutherodactylus coqui on invertebrates and ecosystem processes at two scales in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico

scientific article published in 2003

Threatened and invasive reptiles are not two sides of the same coin

article published in 2016

Top-down effects of a terrestrial frog on forest nutrient dynamics

article

Uncovering the Natural History of the Bromeligenous Frog Crossodactylodes izecksohni (Leptodactylidae, Paratelmatobiinae)

Using plant-soil feedbacks to predict plant biomass in diverse communities.

scientific article published on August 2016

VEGETATION RESPONSES TO 35 AND 55 YEARS OF NATIVE UNGULATE GRAZING IN SHRUBSTEPPE COMMUNITIES

article

Woody plant encroachment facilitated by increased precipitation intensity

article

Woody plant growth increases with precipitation intensity in a cold semi-arid system

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

List of works by Karen H. Beard

A combined tracer/evapotranspiration model approach estimates plant water uptake in native and non-native shrub-steppe communities

A depth-controlled tracer technique measures vertical, horizontal and temporal patterns of water use by trees and grasses in a subtropical savanna.

A meta-analytic review of corridor effectiveness.

A modern two‐layer hypothesis helps resolve the ‘savanna problem’

A social–ecological systems approach to non-native species: Habituation and its effect on management of coqui frogs in Hawaii

Activated Carbon as a Restoration Tool: Potential for Control of Invasive Plants in Abandoned Agricultural Fields

Activated carbon decreases invasive plant growth by mediating plant-microbe interactions ⬇️

Aerially applied citric acid reduces the density of an invasive frog in Hawaii, USA

Amphibians of Santa Teresa, Brazil: the hotspot further evaluated ⬇️

An invasive frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui, increases new leaf production and leaf litter decomposition rates through nutrient cycling in Hawaii

Are killer bees good for coffee? The contribution of a paper's title and other factors to its future citations

Aridity drives the response of soil total and particulate organic carbon to drought in temperate grasslands and shrublands

Back to the future: conserving functional and phylogenetic diversity in amphibian-climate refuges

Behavioral reduction of infection risk.

Biology and Impacts of Pacific Island Invasive Species. 5. Eleutherodactylus coqui, the Coqui Frog (Anura: Leptodactylidae)

Biology and Impacts of Pacific Island Invasive Species. 8. Eleutherodactylus Planirostris, the Greenhouse Frog (Anura: Eleutherodactylidae)

Biotic acceptance in introduced amphibians and reptiles in Europe and North America

Body Size and Life History Traits in Native and Introduced Populations of Coqui Frogs

Breeding Guild Determines Frog Distributions in Response to Edge Effects and Habitat Conversion in the Brazil's Atlantic Forest

Bromeliad Selection byPhyllodytes luteolus(Anura, Hylidae): The Influence of Plant Structure and Water Quality Factors

Cast adrift on an island: introduced populations experience an altered balance between selection and drift ⬇️

Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity ⬇️

Chronosequence and direct observation approaches reveal complementary community dynamics in a novel ecosystem

Citizen science reveals widespread negative effects of roads on amphibian distributions

Clinal Variation in Calls of Native and Introduced Populations of Eleutherodactylus coqui

Cloud cover and delayed herbivory relative to timing of spring onset interact to dampen climate change impacts on net ecosystem exchange in a coastal Alaskan wetland

Community-level response to habitat structure manipulations: An experimental case study in a tropical ecosystem

Competition and coexistence in plant communities: intraspecific competition is stronger than interspecific competition

Competition and coexistence in plant communities: intraspecific competition is stronger than interspecific competition

Coqui frog invasions change invertebrate communities in Hawaii

Decoupling plant-growth from land-use legacies in soil microbial communities

Delayed herbivory by migratory geese increases summer-long CO uptake in coastal western Alaska

Delayed herbivory by migratory geese increases summer‐long CO 2 uptake in coastal western Alaska

Detection probabilities of two introduced frogs in Hawaii: implications for assessing non-native species distributions

Diet of the Introduced Greenhouse Frog in Hawaii

Diet of the Invasive Frog, Eleutherodactylus Coqui, in Hawaii

Diet of the Nonnative Greenhouse Frog (Eleutherodactylus planirostris) in Maui, Hawaii

Different prey resources suggest little competition between non-native frogs and insectivorous birds despite isotopic niche overlap

Direct effects of warming increase woody plant abundance in a subarctic wetland.

Early Goose Arrival Increases Soil Nitrogen Availability More Than an Advancing Spring in Coastal Western Alaska

Effectiveness of Predicting Breeding Bird Distributions Using Probabilistic Models

Effects of roads and land use on frog distributions across spatial scales and regions in the Eastern and Central United States

Establishment of introduced reptiles increases with the presence and richness of native congeners

Exotic plant communities shift water-use timing in a shrub-steppe ecosystem

Extreme drought impacts have been underestimated in grasslands and shrublands globally

Field work ethics in biological research

Fully-sampled phylogenies of squamates reveal evolutionary patterns in threat status

Functional traits explain amphibian distribution in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Genetic Basis of a Color Pattern Polymorphism in the Coqui Frog Eleutherodactylus coqui

Genetic Variation Within and Among Mats of the Reindeer Lichen, Cladina Subtenuis

Global assessment of establishment success for amphibian and reptile invaders

Herbivores at the highest risk of extinction among mammals, birds, and reptiles

Herbivory changes soil microbial communities and greenhouse gas fluxes in a high-latitude wetland

Increased Soil Frost Versus Summer Drought as Drivers of Plant Biomass Responses to Reduced Precipitation: Results from a Globally Coordinated Field Experiment

Increased abundance of native and non-native spiders with habitat fragmentation

Indigenous knowledge informing management of tropical forests: the link between rhythms in plant secondary chemistry and lunar cycles.

Infection of an invasive frog Eleutherodactylus coqui by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Hawaii

Influence of pocket gopher mounds on nonnative plant establishment in a shrubsteppe ecosystem

Introduction effort, climate matching and species traits as predictors of global establishment success in non-native reptiles

Invasive Plants in Wildlife Refuges: Coordinated Research with Undergraduate Ecology Courses

Invasive coqui frogs are associated with differences in mongoose and rat abundances and diets in Hawaii

Invasive coqui frogs are associated with greater abundances of nonnative birds in Hawaii, USA

Invasive frogs show persistent physiological differences to elevation and acclimate to colder temperatures

Invasive litter, not an invasive insectivore, determines invertebrate communities in Hawaiian forests

Isolation of microsatellite loci from the coqui frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui

Live long and prosper: plant-soil feedback, lifespan, and landscape abundance covary

Lizard and frog removal increases spider abundance but does not cascade to increase herbivory

Long-term plant growth legacies overwhelm short-term plant growth effects on soil microbial community structure

Long‐term herbivore removal experiments reveal how geese and reindeer shape vegetation and ecosystem <scp>CO<sub>2</sub></scp>‐fluxes in high‐<scp>Arctic</scp> tundra

Migratory goose arrival time plays a larger role in influencing forage quality than advancing springs in an Arctic coastal wetland

Most soil trophic guilds increase plant growth: a meta-analytical review

NonnativePhragmites australisInvasion into Utah Wetlands

Passive Acoustic Monitoring and Automatic Detection of Diel Patterns and Acoustic Structure of Howler Monkey Roars

Phenological mismatch between season advancement and migration timing alters Arctic plant traits

Phenological mismatch in coastal western Alaska may increase summer season greenhouse gas uptake

Phylogenetic study of Eleutherodactylus coqui (Anura: Leptodactylidae) reveals deep genetic fragmentation in Puerto Rico and pinpoints origins of Hawaiian populations

Plant-soil feedbacks provide an additional explanation for diversity-productivity relationships.

Plant-soil feedbacks: a meta-analytical review

Population Density Estimates and Growth Rates of Eleutherodactylus coqui in Hawaii