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   Michael Barfield's Biology Publications


Predator shadows: Complex life histories as generators of spatially patterned indirect interactions across ecosystems.
M.W. McCoy, M. Barfield and R.D. Holt. In press.
Oikos.

Habitat selection and niche conservatism.
R.D. Holt and M. Barfield. In press.
Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution.

Evolutionary dynamics as a component of stage-structured matrix models: An example using Trillium grandiflorum.
T.M. Knight, M. Barfield and R.D. Holt. 2008. 
American Naturalist, electronically published, DOI: 10.1086/589898.

The relation of density regulation to habitat specialization, evolution of a species' range, and the dynamics of biological invasions. 
I. Filin, R.D. Holt and M. Barfield. 2008. American Naturalist 172: 233-247.
Appendix

Within-host pathogen dynamics: Some ecological and evolutionary consequences of transients, dispersal mode, and within-host spatial heterogeneity.
R.D. Holt and M. Barfield. 2006.
In Z. Feng, U. Dieckmann and S. Levin, eds. Disease Evolution: Models, Concepts, and Data Analyses. American Mathematical Society.

Temporal autocorrelation can enhance the persistence and abundance of metapopulations comprised of coupled sinks.
M. Roy, R.D. Holt and M. Barfield. 2005.
American Naturalist 166: 246-261.
Appendix

Theories of niche conservatism and evolution: Could exotic species be potential tests?
R.D. Holt, M. Barfield, and R. Gomulkiewicz. 2005.
In D.F. Sax, S.D. Gaines and J.J. Stachowicz, eds. Species Invasions: Insights to ecology, evolution and biogeography.  Sinauer Associates, Sunderland.

Long-term response and recovery of a partitioned arctic lake to nutrient addition.
W.J. O’Brien, M. Barfield, N. Bettez, A.E. Hershey, J.E. Hobbie, G. Kipphut, G. Kling and M.C. Miller. 2005.
Freshwater Biology 50: 731-741.

Viral infection in internally-structured hosts. I. Conditions for persistent infection.
M.E. Orive, M.N. Stearns, J.K. Kelly, M. Barfield, M.S. Smith and R.D. Holt. 2005.
Journal of Theoretical Biology 232: 453-466.
Appendices

Temporal variation can facilitate niche evolution in harsh sink environments.
R.D. Holt, M. Barfield and R. Gomulkiewicz. 2004.
American Naturalist 164: 187-200. 
Appendix

Physical, chemical, and biotic impacts on arctic zooplankton communities and diversity.
W.J. O'Brien, M. Barfield, N.D. Bettez, G.M. Gettel, A.E. Hershey, M.E. McDonald, M.C. Miller, H. Mooers, J. Pastor, C. Richards and J. Schuldt. 2004. 
Limnology and Oceanography 49: 1250-1261.

Allee effects, immigration, and the evolution of species’ niches.
R.D. Holt, T. Knight and M. Barfield. 2004.
American Naturalist 163: 253-262.

Impacts of environmental variability in open populations and communities: “Inflation” in sink environments.
R.D. Holt, M. Barfield and A. Gonzalez. 2003.
Theoretical Population Biology 64: 315-330.

Impacts of temporal variation on apparent competition and coexistence in open ecosystems.
R.D. Holt and M. Barfield. 2003.
Oikos 101: 49-58.

The phenomenology of niche evolution via quantitative traits in a 'black-hole' sink.
R.D. Holt, R. Gomulkiewicz and M. Barfield. 2003.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 270: 215-224.

The functional response of drift-feeding arctic grayling: The effects of prey density, water velocity and location efficiency.
W.J. O'Brien, M. Barfield and K. Sigler. 2001.
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 58: 1957-1963.

On the relationship between the ideal free distribution and the evolution of dispersal.
R.D. Holt and M. Barfield. 2001.
In J. Clobert, E. Danchin, A.A. Dhondt and J.D. Nichols, eds. Dispersal. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

The effects of density dependence and immigration on local adaptation and niche evolution in a black-hole sink environment.
R. Gomulkiewicz, R.D. Holt and M. Barfield. 1999.
Theoretical Population Biology 55: 283-296.

Population dynamics and the evolutionary stability of biological control.
R.D. Holt, M.E. Hochberg and M. Barfield. 1999.
In B. Hawkins and H. Cornell, eds. Theoretical Approaches to Biological Control. Academic Press, New York.