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List of works by Douglas J. Levey

A field test of the directed deterrence hypothesis in two species of wild chili

scientific article published on 08 August 2006

An evaluation of vertebrate seed dispersal syndromes in four species of black nightshade (Solanum sect. Solanum)

scientific article published on 01 September 1996

An experimental test of dietary enzyme modulation in pine warblers Dendroica pinus

scientific article published in September 1999

Animal behaviour: use of dung as a tool by burrowing owls

scientific article

Are plant populations seed limited? A critique and meta-analysis of seed addition experiments

scientific article published on 21 May 2007

Assessing positive and negative ecological effects of corridors

Austral migrants and the evolution of migration in new world birds: diet, habitat, and migration revisited

scientific article

Breeding latitude predicts timing but not rate of spring migration in a widespread migratory bird in South America

scientific article published on 16 April 2019

Cold temperature increases winter fruit removal rate of a bird-dispersed shrub.

scientific article published on 10 January 2004

Connectivity from a different perspective: comparing seed dispersal kernels in connected vs. unfragmented landscapes

scientific article published in May 2016

Conserving migratory land birds in the new world: do we know enough?

scientific article

Conversion of Nitrogen to Protein and Amino Acids in Wild Fruits

Corridors affect plants, animals, and their interactions in fragmented landscapes

scientific article

Corridors increase plant species richness at large scales

scientific article published in September 2006

Costs and benefits of capsaicin-mediated control of gut retention in dispersers of wild chilies

scientific article published in January 2008

Cues, strategies, and outcomes: how migrating vertebrates track environmental change

article

DO FRUGIVORES RESPOND TO FRUIT HARVEST? AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF SHORT-TERM RESPONSES

scientific article

Determinants of partial bird migration in the Amazon Basin

scientific article published on 10 June 2010

Differentiation during fig ontogeny suggests opposing selection by mutualists

scientific article published on 07 January 2020

Digestive modulation in a seasonal frugivore, the American robin (Turdus migratorius).

scientific article published on April 1992

Directed seed dispersal by bellbirds in a tropical cloud forest

scientific article published on May 26, 1998

Disentangling fragmentation effects on herbivory in understory plants of longleaf pine savanna

scientific article published in September 2016

Dispersers shape fruit diversity in Ficus (Moraceae).

scientific article

Effects of dung and seed size on secondary dispersal, seed predation, and seedling establishment of rain forest trees

scientific article

Effects of elemental composition on the incorporation of dietary nitrogen and carbon isotopic signatures in an omnivorous songbird

scientific article published on 28 March 2003

Effects of landscape corridors on seed dispersal by birds

scientific article

Effects of prescribed fire on an ant community in Florida pine savanna

scientific article published in 2003

Effects of temperature and food on incubation behaviour of the northern mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos

Evaluating conceptual models of landscape change

article

Evolutionary ecology of pungency in wild chilies

scientific article (publication date: 19 August 2008)

Experimental evidence does not support the Habitat Amount Hypothesis

article

Facultative ripening in Hamelia patens (Rubiaceae): effects of fruit removal and rotting

scientific article published on 01 December 1987

Fruit Fate, Seed Germination and Growth of an Invasive Vine – an Experimental Test of 'sit and Wait' Strategy

article

Fruit-seed disperser interactions: timely insights from a long-term perspective

scientific article published on 01 February 1999

Gut passage and secondary metabolites alter the source of post-dispersal predation for bird-dispersed chili seeds

scientific article

Habitat corridors alter relative trophic position of fire ants

scientific article published in 2012

Habitat corridors function as both drift fences and movement conduits for dispersing flies

scientific article published on 30 March 2005

Habitat fragmentation alters the distance of abiotic seed dispersal through edge effects and direction of dispersal

scientific article published on 12 November 2021

Habitat fragmentation and its lasting impact on Earth's ecosystems

scientific article

Habitat patch shape, not corridors, determines herbivory and fruit production of an annual plant

scientific article published in May 2012

How fragmentation and corridors affect wind dynamics and seed dispersal in open habitats

scientific article

Landscape connectivity promotes plant biodiversity spillover into non-target habitats

scientific article

Landscape corridors can increase invasion by an exotic species and reduce diversity of native species.

scientific article

Landscape heterogeneity is key to forecasting outcomes of plant reintroduction

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Loss of animal seed dispersal increases extinction risk in a tropical tree species due to pervasive negative density dependence across life stages

scientific article

Modelling long-distance seed dispersal in heterogeneous landscapes

article

Morphological and Genetic Variation Between Migratory and Non-migratory Tropical Kingbirds During Spring Migration in Central South America

Natural History's Place in Science and Society

article

Ongoing accumulation of plant diversity through habitat connectivity in an 18-year experiment

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Plants as reef fish: fitting the functional form of seedling recruitment

scientific article published on 26 June 2007

Potential negative ecological effects of corridors

scientific article

Recent advances in understanding migration systems of New World land birds

scientific article published in 2010

Secondary metabolites as traits of ripe fleshy fruits: a response to Eriksson and Ehrlén

scientific article published on 01 December 1998

Secondary metabolites of fleshy vertebrate-dispersed fruits: adaptive hypotheses and implications for seed dispersal

scientific article published on 01 September 1997

Seed predation, not seed dispersal, explains the landscape-level abundance of an early-successional plant

article

Squeezed at the top: Interspecific aggression may constrain elevational ranges in tropical birds

scientific article

Test, rejection, and reformulation of a chemical reactor-based model of gut function in a fruit-eating bird

scientific article published on 01 May 1999

Testing the relative importance of local resources and landscape connectivity on Bombus impatiens (Hymenoptera, Apidae) colonies

scholarly article by John D. Herrmann et al published 15 February 2017 in Apidologie

The Evolutionary Ecology of Ethanol Production and Alcoholism

scientific article published on August 1, 2004

The importance of long-distance seed dispersal for the demography and distribution of a canopy tree species

scientific article

The influence of habitat fragmentation on multiple plant-animal interactions and plant reproduction

scientific article published in October 2015

The movement ecology and dynamics of plant communities in fragmented landscapes

scientific article

Urban mockingbirds quickly learn to identify individual humans

scientific article

Using historical and experimental data to reveal warming effects on ant assemblages

scientific article

Vertebrate herbivory impacts seedling recruitment more than niche partitioning or density‐dependent mortality

scientific article published on March 1, 2012

When condition trumps location: seed consumption by fruit-eating birds removes pathogens and predator attractants.

scientific article published on 21 June 2013

Where did the chili get its spice? Biogeography of capsaicinoid production in ancestral wild chili species

scientific article

Why are not all chilies hot? A trade-off limits pungency

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Why some fruits are green when they are ripe: carbon balance in fleshy fruits

scientific article published on November 1991