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2013
- Bennett, A. B., and C. Gratton. 2013. Floral diversity increases beneficial arthropod richness and decreases variability in arthropod community composition. Ecological Applications 23:86–95. doi: 10.1890/11-2029.1.
- Kennedy, C. M., E. Lonsdorf, M. C. Neel, N. M. Williams, T. H. Ricketts, R. Winfree, R. Bommarco, C. Brittain, A. L. Burley, D. Cariveau, L. G. Carvalheiro, N. P. Chacoff, S. A. Cunningham, B. N. Danforth, J.-H. Dudenhöffer, E. Elle, H. R. Gaines, L. A. Garibaldi, C. Gratton, A. Holzschuh, R. Isaacs, S. K. Javorek, S. Jha, A. M. Klein, K. Krewenka, Y. Mandelik, M. M. Mayfield, L. Morandin, L. A. Neame, M. Otieno, M. Park, S. G. Potts, M. Rundlöf, A. Saez, I. Steffan-Dewenter, H. Taki, B. F. Viana, C. Westphal, J. K. Wilson, S. S. Greenleaf, and C. Kremen. 2013. A global quantitative synthesis of local and landscape effects on wild bee pollinators in agroecosystems. Ecology Letters:n/a–n/a. doi: 10.1111/ele.12082.
2012
- Hoekman, D., M. Bartrons, and C. Gratton. 2012. Ecosystem linkages revealed by experimental lake-derived isotope signal in heathland food webs. Oecologia 170:735–743. doi: 10.1007/s00442-012-2329-5.
- Meehan, T., J. Glassberg, and C. Gratton. 2012. Butterfly community structure and landscape composition in agricultural landscapes of the central United States. Journal of Insect Conservation 1–9. doi: 10.1007/s10841-012-9523-y.
- Wimp, G., S. Murphy, D. Lewis, M. Douglas, R. Ambikapathi, L. Van-Tull, C. Gratton, and R. Denno. 2012. Predator hunting mode influences patterns of prey use from grazing and epigeic food webs. Oecologia 1–11. doi: 10.1007/s00442-012-2435-4.
- Meehan, T. D., B. P. Werling, D. A. Landis, and C. Gratton. 2012. Pest-suppression potential of Midwestern landscapes under contrasting bioenergy scenarios. PLoS ONE 7:e41728. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041728.
- Dreyer, J., D. Hoekman, and C. Gratton. 2012. Lake‐derived midges increase abundance of shoreline terrestrial arthropods via multiple trophic pathways. Oikos 121:252–258. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19588.x.
- Bennett, A. B., and C. Gratton. 2012. Local and landscape scale variables impact parasitoid assemblages across an urbanization gradient. Landscape and Urban Planning 104:26–33. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.09.007.
- Mueller, E. E., R. L. Groves, and C. Gratton. 2012. Crop and non-crop plants as potential reservoir hosts of Alfalfa mosaic virus and Cucumber mosaic virus for spread to commercial snap bean. Plant Disease 96:506–514. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-02-11-0089.
- Werling, B., J. P. Harmon, C. S. Straub, and C. Gratton. 2012. Influence of native North American prairie grasses on predation of an insect herbivore of potato. Biological Control 61:15–25. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2011.11.009.
- Werling, B. P., D. M. Lowenstein, C. S. Straub, and C. Gratton. 2012. Multi–predator effects produced by functionally distinct species vary with prey density. Journal of Insect Science 12:30.
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Schmidt, N. P., M. E. O’Neal, P. F. Anderson, D. Lagos, D. Voegtlin, W. Bailey, P. Caragea, E. Cullen, C. DiFonzo, K. Elliott, C. Gratton, D. Johnson, C. H. Krupke, B. McCornack, R. O’Neil, D. W. Ragsdale, K. J. Tilmon, and J. Whitworth. 2012. Spatial distribution of Aphis glycines (Hemiptera: Aphididae): a summary of the suction trap network. Journal of Economic Entomology 105:259–271. doi: 10.1603/EC11126.
2011
- Forbes, K. J., and C. Gratton. 2011. Stable isotopes reveal different patterns of inter‐crop dispersal in two ladybeetle species. Ecological Entomology 36:396-400. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2011.01268.x.
- Hoekman, D., J. Dreyer, R. Jackson, P. Townsend, and C. Gratton. 2011. Lake to land subsidies: experimental addition of aquatic insects increases terrestrial arthropod densities. Ecology 92:2063-2072. doi: 10.1890/11-0160.1.
- Hong, S. C., A. MacGuidwin, and C. Gratton. 2011. Soybean aphid and soybean cyst nematode interactions in the field and effects on soybean yield. Journal of Economic Entomology 104:1568-1574. doi: 10.1603/EC11084.
- Lyon, A., M. M. Bell, C. Gratton, and R. Jackson. 2011. Farming without a recipe: Wisconsin graziers and new directions for agricultural science. Journal of Rural Studies 27:384-393. doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2011.04.002.
- Mallinger, R. E., D. B. Hogg, and C. Gratton. 2011. Methyl salicylate attracts natural enemies and reduces populations of soybean aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in soybean agroecosystems. Journal of Economic Entomology 104:115-124. doi: 10.1603/EC10253.
- Meehan, T. D., B. P. Werling, D. A. Landis, and C. Gratton. 2011. Agricultural landscape simplification and insecticide use in the Midwestern United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108:11500 -11505. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1100751108.
- Oates, L. G., D. J. Undersander, C. Gratton, M. M. Bell, and R. D. Jackson. 2011. Management-intensive rotational grazing enhances forage production and quality of subhumid cool-season pastures. Crop science 51:892–901.
- Straub, C. S., A. R. Ives, and C. Gratton. 2011. Evidence for a trade-off between host-range breadth and host-use efficiency in aphid parasitoids. American Naturalist 177:389-395.
- Vander Zanden, M. J., and C. Gratton. 2011. Blowin’ in the wind: Reciprocal airborne carbon fluxes between lakes and land. Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences 68:170-182. doi: 10.1139/F10-157.
- Werling, B. P., T. D. Meehan, C. Gratton, and D. A. Landis. 2011a. Influence of habitat and landscape perenniality on insect natural enemies in three candidate biofuel crops. Biological Control 59:304-312. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2011.06.014.
- Werling, B., T. Meehan, B. Robertson, C. Gratton, and D. A. Landis. 2011b. Biocontrol potential varies with changes in biofuel–crop plant communities and landscape perenniality. Global Change Biology Bioenergy. doi: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2011.01092.x.
- Wood, E., A. Pidgeon, C. Gratton, and T. . Wilder. 2011. Effects of oak barrens habitat management for Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides samuelis) on the avian community. Biological Conservation 144:3117-3126. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.10.010.
2010
- Gaines, H. R., and C. Gratton. 2010. Seed predation increases with ground beetle diversity in a Wisconsin (USA) potato agroecosystem. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 137:329-336. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.03.003.
- Gardiner, M. M., D. A. Landis, C. Gratton, N. Schmidt, M. O’Neal, E. Mueller, J. Chacon, and G. E. Heimpel. 2010. Landscape composition influences the activity density of Carabidae and Arachnida in soybean fields. Biological Control 55:11-19. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2010.06.008.
- Hong, S. C., J. Donaldson, and C. Gratton. 2010. Soybean cyst nematode effects on soybean aphid preference and performance in the laboratory. Environmental Entomology 39:1561-1569. doi: 10.1603/EN10091.
- Lyon, A., M. Bell, N. S. Croll, R. Jackson, and C. Gratton. 2010. Maculate conceptions: power, process, and creativity in participatory research. Rural Sociology 75:538-559. doi: 10.1111/j.1549-0831.2010.00030.x.
- Meehan, T. D., A. H. Hurlbert, and C. Gratton. 2010. Bird communities in future bioenergy landscapes of the Upper Midwest. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107:18533 -18538. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1008475107.
- Mueller, E., K. Frost, P. Esker, and C. Gratton. 2010. Seasonal phenology of Aphis glycines (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and other aphid species in cultivated bean and noncrop habitats in Wisconsin. Journal of Economic Entomology 103:1670-1681. doi: 10.1603/EC09411.
- Noma, T., C. Gratton, M. Colunga-Garcia, M. J. Brewer, E. E. Mueller, K. A. G. Wyckhuys, G. E. Heimpel, and M. E. O’Neal. 2010. Relationship of soybean aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) to soybean plant nutrients, landscape structure, and natural enemies. Environmental Entomology 39:31-41. doi: 10.1603/EN09073.
- Webster, C. R., D. J. Flaspohler, R. D. Jackson, T. Meehan, and C. Gratton. 2010. Diversity, productivity and landscape-level effects in North American grasslands managed for biomass production. Biofuels 1:451-461.
- Werling, B. P., and C. Gratton. 2010. Local and broadscale landscape structure differentially impact predation of two potato pests. Ecological Applications 20:1114-1125. doi: 10.1890/09-0597.1.
2009
- Gardiner, M. M., D. A. Landis, C. Gratton, N. Schmidt, M. O’Neal, E. Mueller, J. Chacon, G. E. Heimpel, and C. D. DiFonzo. 2009. Landscape composition influences patterns of native and exotic lady beetle abundance. Diversity and Distributions 15:554–564.
- Gardiner, M., D. Landis, C. Gratton, C. DiFonzo, M. O’Neal, J. Chacon, M. Wayo, N. Schmidt, E. Mueller, and G. Heimpel. 2009. Landscape diversity enhances biological control of an introduced crop pest in the north-central USA. Ecological Applications 19:143-154.
- Gratton, C., and M. J. Vander Zanden. 2009. Flux of aquatic insect productivity to land: comparison of lentic and lotic ecosystems. Ecology 90:2689-2699. doi: 10.1890/08-1546.1.
- Zedler, P., T. Anchor, D. Knuteson, C. Gratton, and J. Barzen. 2009. Using an ecolabel to promote on-farm conservation: the Wisconsin Healthy Grown experience. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 7:61-74. doi: 10.3763/ijas.2009.0394.
2008
- Bell, M. M., A. Lyon, C. Gratton, and R. D. Jackson. 2008. The productivity of variability: an agroecological hypothesis. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 6:233-235. doi: 10.3763/ijas.2008.c5004.
- Gratton, C., J. Donaldson, and M. J. Vander Zanden. 2008. Ecosystem linkages between lakes and the surrounding terrestrial landscape in northeast Iceland. Ecosystems 11:764-774. doi: 10.1007/s10021-008-9158-8.
- Werling, B. P., and C. Gratton. 2008. Influence of field margins and landscape context on ground beetle diversity in Wisconsin (USA) potato fields. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 128:104-108. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2008.05.007.
2007
- Donaldson, J. R., and C. Gratton. 2007. Antagonistic effects of soybean viruses on soybean aphid performance. Environmental Entomology 36:918-25.
- Donaldson, J., S. Myers, and C. Gratton. 2007. Density-dependent responses of soybean aphid (Aphis glycines Matsumura) populations to generalist predators in mid to late season soybean fields. Biological Control 43:111-118.
- Jackson, R., M. Bell, and C. Gratton. 2007. Assessing ecosystem variance at different scales to generalize about pasture management in southern Wisconsin. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 122:471-478. doi: 10.1016/j.agee.2007.03.004.
2006
- Gratton, C. 2006. Interactions between a native Silkmoth Hemileuca sp and an invasive wetland plant, Lythrum salicaria. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99:1182-1190.
- Gratton, C., and R. F. Denno. 2006. Arthropod food web restoration following removal of an invasive wetland plant. Ecological Applications 16:622-631.
- Gratton, C., and A. Forbes. 2006. Changes in δ13C stable isotopes in multiple tissues of insect predators fed isotopically distinct prey. Oecologia 147:615-624. doi: 10.1007/s00442-005-0322-y.
- Myers, S. W., and C. Gratton. 2006. Influence of potassium fertility on soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura (Hemiptera: Aphididae) population dynamics at a field and regional scale. Environmental Entomology 35:219-227.
- Vander Zanden, M. J., J. D. Olden, and C. Gratton. 2006. Food-web approaches in restoration ecology. Pages 165-189 in D. A. Falk, M. Palmer, and J. Zedler, editors. Foundations of Restoration Ecology.
2005
- Denno, R. F., D. Lewis, and C. Gratton. 2005. Spatial variation in the relative strength of top-down and bottom-up forces: causes and consequences for phytophagous insect populations. Annales Zoologici Fennici 42:295-311.
- Gratton, C., and R. F. Denno. 2005. Restoration of arthropod assemblages in a Spartina salt marsh following removal of the invasive plant Phragmites australis. Restoration Ecology 13:358-372.
- Myers, S. W., C. Gratton, R. P. Wolkowski, D. B. Hogg, and J. L. Wedberg. 2005. Effect of soil potassium availability on soybean aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) population dynamics and soybean yield. Journal of Economic Entomology 98:113–120.
2004
- Denno, R., M. Mitter, G. Langellotto, C. Gratton, and D. Finke. 2004. Interactions between a hunting spider and a web-builder: consequences of intraguild predation and cannibalism for prey suppression. Ecological Entomology 29:566-577.
- Matsumura, M., G. Trafelet-Smith, C. Gratton, D. Finke, W. Fagan, and R. Denno. 2004. Does intraguild predation enhance predator performance? A stoichiometric perspective. Ecology 85:2601-2615.
2003
- Denno, R. F., C. Gratton, H. Dobel, and D. L. Finke. 2003. Predation risk affects relative strength of top-down and bottom-up impacts on insect herbivores. Ecology 84:1032-1044.
- Gratton, C., and R. F. Denno. 2003. Inter-year carryover effects of a nutrient pulse on Spartina plants, herbivores, and natural enemies. Ecology 84:2692-2707.
- Gratton, C., and R. F. Denno. 2003. Seasonal shift from bottom-up to top-down impact in phytophagous insect populations. Oecologia 134:487-495.
2002
2001
- Denno, R. F., C. Gratton, and G. A. Langellotto. 2001. Significance of habitat persistence and dimensionality in the evolution of insect dispersal strategies. Pages 235-259 in I. Woiwod, C. Thomas, and D. Reynolds, editors. Insect movement: mechanisms and consequences. CAB International, London, U.K.
- Denno, R., D. Hawthorne, B. Thorne, and C. Gratton. 2001. Reduced flight capability in British Virgin Island populations of a wing-dimorphic insect: the role of habitat isolation, persistence, and structure. Ecological Entomology 26:25-36.
- Gratton, C., and S. Welter. 2001. Parasitism of natural populations of Liriomyza helianthi spencer and Calycomyza platyptera (Thomson) (Diptera : Agromyzidae). Biological Control 22:81-97. doi: 10.1006/bcon.2001.0954.
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