M. M. Mayfield

Climate change decreases the likelihood of tropical forest community persistence with a strong mediation of plant-plant network structures

The paper assesses how climate change affects tropical forest community persistence by analyzing plant-plant interaction networks and structural stability over 25 years.

Non-destructive spatial mapping of vegetation plots: a re-introduction of the pantograph

The paper introduces a modern pantograph for non-destructive spatial mapping of herbaceous vegetation plots, providing design instructions and guidelines for field use.

Environmental context, parameter sensitivity and structural sensitivity impact predictions of annual-plant coexistence

The paper evaluates how environmental context, parameter sensitivity, and model structure affect predictions of species coexistence in annual plants.

Estimating interaction matrices from performance data for diverse systems

The paper develops a method to estimate interaction matrices from performance data in diverse systems, demonstrating its application in a plant community case study.

Non-additive biotic interactions improve predictions of tropical tree growth and impact community size structure

The paper builds a growth model incorporating non-additive biotic interactions to better predict tropical tree growth and community size structure.

Disentangling key species interactions in diverse and heterogeneous communities: A Bayesian sparse modeling approach

This paper introduces a Bayesian sparse modeling approach to identify key species interactions in diverse communities by reducing parameter complexity and distinguishing environmental effects from competitive interactions.

Aridity drives coordinated trait shifts but not decreased trait variance across the geographic range of eight Australian trees

The paper examines how aridity affects trait means and variances in eight Australian tree species across their geographic range, finding coordinated trait shifts but no consistent decrease in trait variance.

The filtering metaphor revisited: competition and environment jointly structure invasibility and coexistence

The study experimentally tests how competition and environmental conditions interact to affect species persistence and coexistence in plant communities.