Publications
Mooney, K.A., D.S. Gruner, N.A. Barber, S.A. Van Bael, S.M. Philpott, and R. Greenberg. In review. Interactions among predators and the cascading effects of vertebrate insectivores on arthropod communities and plants.
Karban, R., A. Hodson, D.S. Gruner, E.E. Lewis, J. Karban, M. Joseph, T. Mata, and D.R. Strong. In review . Susceptibility of Platyprepia virginalis caterpillars, a native arctiid, to entomopathogenic nematodes in the lab but not the field.
Hillebrand, H., M.E.S. Bracken, S.A. Berger, B.K. Eriksson, L. Gamfeldt, D.S. Gruner, B. Matthiessen, S. Moorthi, and U. Sommer. In review . Declining richness and shifting dominance with global warming across ecosystems.
24. Borer, E.T. and D.S. Gruner. 2009. Top-down and bottom-up regulation of communities. Pages 296-304 in S. A. Levin, S. R. Carpenter, H. C. J. Godfray, A. P. Kinzig, M. Loreau, J. B. Losos, B. Walker, and D. S. Wilcove, eds. Princeton Guide to Ecology. Princeton University Press
23. Gruner, D.S., A. Kolekar, J.P. McLaughlin, and D.R. Strong. 2009. Host resistance reverses the outcome of competition between microparasites. Ecology 90:1721-1728 (pdf)
22. Hillebrand, H., E.T. Borer, M.E.S. Bracken, B.J. Cardinale, J. Cebrian, E.E. Cleland, J.J. Elser, D.S. Gruner, W.S. Harpole, J.T. Ngai, S. Sandin, E.W. Seabloom, J.B. Shurin, J.E. Smith, and M.D. Smith. 2009. Herbivore metabolism and stoichiometry each constrain herbivory at different organizational scales across ecosystems. Ecology Letters 12:516-527 (pdf)
21. Ram, K, E.L. Preisser, D.S. Gruner, and D.R. Strong. 2008. Metapopulation dynamics override local abiotic limits on long-term parasite persistence. Ecology 89:3290-3297 (pdf)
20. Denno, R.R., D.S. Gruner, and I. Kaplan. 2008. Potential for entomopathogenic nematodes in biological control: insights from trophic cascade theory. Journal of Nematology 40:61-72 (pdf)
19. Ram, K, D.S. Gruner, J.P. McLaughlin, E.L. Preisser, and D.R. Strong. 2008 . Dynamics of a subterranean trophic cascade in space and time. Journal of Nematology 40:85-92 (pdf)
18. Gruner, D.S., J.E. Smith, E.W. Seabloom, S.A. Sandin, J.T. Ngai, H. Hillebrand, W.S. Harpole, J.J. Elser, E.E. Cleland, M.E.S. Bracken, E.T. Borer, and B.M. Bolker. 2008. A cross-system synthesis of consumer and nutrient resource control on producer biomass. Ecology Letters 11(7):740-755 (link)
17. Van Bael, S.A., S.M. Philpott, R. Greenberg, P. Bichier, N.A. Barber, K.A. Mooney, and D.S. Gruner. 2008. Birds as predators in tropical agroforestry systems. Ecology 89(4):928–934 (pdf)
16. Gruner, D.S., N.J. Gotelli, J.P. Price and R.H. Cowie. 2008. Does species diversity drive speciation? A reassessment with the Hawaiian biota. Ecography 31:279-285 (pdf)
15. Elser, J.J., M.E.S. Bracken, E.E. Cleland, D.S. Gruner, W.S. Harpole, H. Hillebrand, J.T. Ngai, E.W. Seabloom, J.B. Shurin, and J.E. Smith. 2007. Global analysis of nitrogen and phosphorus limitation of primary producers in freshwater, marine, and terrestrial ecosystems. Ecology Letters 10(12):1135-1142 (pdf) Nature News & Views 449:1000-1001, 25 Oct 2007
14. Gruner, D.S. 2007. Geological age, ecosystem development, and resource constraints on arthropod community structure in the Hawaiian Islands. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 90:551-570 (pdf)
13. Hillebrand, H., D.S. Gruner, E.T. Borer, M.E.S. Bracken, E.E. Cleland, W.S. Harpole, J.T. Ngai, E.W. Seabloom, J.B. Shurin, and J.E. Smith. 2007. Consumer versus resource control of producer diversity depends on ecosystem type and producer community structure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 104(26):10904-10909 (pdf)
12. Handler, A.T., D.S. Gruner, W.P. Haines, M. Lange, and K.Y. Kaneshiro. 2007. Arthropod surveys on Palmyra Atoll, Line Islands, with insights into the decline of the native tree Pisonia grandis (Nyctaginaceae). Pacific Science 61:485-502 (pdf)
11. Gruner, D.S., K. Ram and D.R. Strong. 2007. Soil mediates the interaction of coexisting entomopathogenic nematodes with an insect host. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 94(1):12-19 (pdf)
10. Gruner, D.S. and A.D. Taylor. 2006. Richness and species composition of arboreal arthropods affected by nutrients and predators: a press experiment. Oecologia 147:714-724 (pdf)
9. Shurin, J.B., D.S. Gruner and H. Hillebrand. 2006. All wet or dried up? Real differences between aquatic and terrestrial food webs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 273(1):1-9 (pdf)
8. Gruner, D.S., A.D. Taylor and R.E. Forkner. 2005. The effects of foliar pubescence and nutrient enrichment on arthropod communities of Metrosideros polymorpha (Myrtaceae). Ecological Entomology 30(4):428-443 (pdf)
7. Gruner, D.S. 2005. Biotic resistance to an invasive spider conferred by generalist insectivorous birds on Hawai‘i Island. Biological Invasions 7:541-546 (pdf)
6. Gruner, D.S. 2004. Attenuation of top-down and bottom-up forces in a complex terrestrial community. Ecology 85(11):3010-3022 (pdf)
5. Gruner, D.S. 2004. Arthropods from ‘ōhi‘a lehua (Myrtaceae: Metrosideros polymorpha), with new records for the Hawaiian Islands. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 78:33-52 (pdf)
4. Gruner, D.S. 2003. Regressions of length and width to predict arthropod biomass in the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Science 57(3):325-336 (pdf)
3. Gruner, D.S. and D. A. Polhemus. 2003. Arthropod communities across a long chronosequence in the Hawaiian Islands. Pages 135-145 in Y. Basset, V. Novotný, S. E. Miller, and R. L. Kitching, eds. Arthropods of Tropical Forests: Spatio-Temporal Dynamics and Resource Use in the Canopy. Cambridge University Press, London
2. Gruner D.S., R.A. Heu and M. Chun. 2003. Two ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) new to the Hawaiian Islands. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 74:35-40 (pdf)
1. Wetterer, J.K., D.S. Gruner and J.E. Lopez. 1998. Foraging and nesting ecology of the leaf-cutting ant, Acromyrmex octospinosus, in Costa Rican tropical dry forest. Florida Entomologist 81(1):61-67 (pdf)
