This is list of peer reviewed publications from our group.
(Notation: * undergraduate student **graduate student § Post doc)
2024/online
H. Yin** and V.H.W. Rudolf: Time is of the essence: A general framework for uncovering temporal structures of communities. Ecology Letters 27: e14481
H. Zou**, X. Yan** and V.H.W. Rudolf: Time-dependent interaction modification generated from plant-soil feedback. Ecology Letters 27: e14432
2023/online
H. Zou** & V.H.W. Rudolf (2023): Bridging theory and experiments of priority effects. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 12: 1203-1216
Z. Neale** and V.H.W. Rudolf. (2023): Predation and competition drive trait diversity across space and Time. Ecology e4182.
H. Zou**, S. Schreiber, V.H.W. Rudolf: Stage-mediated priority effects and species life history shape long-term competition dynamics. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290, 20231217
C. Carroll*, D. Saenz, V. H. W. Rudolf (2023): Tracking phenological distributions and interaction potential across life stages. Oikos 8: e09773
H. Zou** & V.H.W. Rudolf (2023): Priority effects determine how dispersal affects biodiversity in seasonal communities. The American Naturalist 202, 140-151
2022
V. H. W. Rudolf (2022): Temperature and nutrient conditions modify the effects of phenological shifts in predator-prey communities. Ecology 103: e3704
S. Carter** & V.H.W. Rudolf (2022): Exploring the conditions that strengthen or weaken the ecological consequences of phenological synchrony. The American Naturalist 200: E1890-E296
2021
C-S. Ma, W. Zhang, Y. Peng, F. Zhao, X-Q. Chang, K, Xing, L. Zhu§, V. H.W. Rudolf (2021): Climate warming promotes pesticide resistance through expanding overwintering range of a global pest. Nature Communications 12: 535
M. Boots, D. Childs, J. Crossmore**, H. Tidbury**, V.H.W. Rudolf (2021): Experimental evidence that local interactions select against selfish behavior. Ecology Letters 24:1187-1192
G. Ma, C.-M. Bai, V.H.W. Rudolf, C.-S. Ma (2021): Night warming alters mean warming effects on predator-prey interactions by modifying predator demographics and interaction strengths. Functional Ecology 35 (9): 2094-2107
V. H. W. Rudolf & L. Eveland (2021): Ontogenetic diversity buffers communities against consequences of species loss. Journal of Animal Ecology 90:1492-1504
D.R. Daversa, R.F. Hechinger, E. Madin, A. Fenton, A.I. Dell, E. Ritchie, V.H.W. Rudolf, J. Rohr, K. D. Lafferty: Broadening the ecology of fear: Non-lethal effects arise from diverse responses to predation and parasitism. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288: 20202966
B.J. Toscano§ & V.H.W. Rudolf (2021): Developmental change in predators elicits ecological bistability. The American Naturalist 197:719-731
B.J. Toscano§, S. Figel*, V.H.W. Rudolf (2021): Ontogenetic development underlies population response to mortality. Oikos 130-465-475
2020
P.A. Clay**, M.A. Duffy, V.H.W. Rudolf (2020): Within-host priority effects and epidemic timing determine outbreak severity in coinfected populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological 287: 20200046
V.H.W. Rudolf (2020): A multivariate approach reveals diversity of ontogenetic niche shifts across taxonomic and functional groups. Freshwater Biology 65: 745-756
C.N. Keiser§, V.H.W. Rudolf, M. C. Luksik*, J. B. Saltz (2020): Sex-differences in disease avoidance behavior vary across modes of pathogen exposure. Ethology 126: 304-312
2019
V.H.W. Rudolf (2019): The role of seasonal timing and phenological shifts for species coexistence. Ecology Letters 22: 1324-1338
P.A. Clay** & V.H.W. Rudolf (2019): How parasite interaction strategies alter virulence evolution in multi-parasite communities. Evolution 73: 2189-2203
S.B. Fey, D.A. Vasseur, K. Alujevic, K. J. Kroeker, M. L. Logan, J. P. DeLong, M. I. O’Connor, S. Peacor, V. H.W. Rudolf, R. L. Selden, A. Sih, S. Clusella-Trullas (2019): Opportunities for behavioral rescue under rapid environmental change. Global Change Biology 25: 3100-3120
S. Carter** & V.H.W. Rudolf (2019): Shifts in phenological mean and synchrony interact to shape competitive outcomes. Ecology 100:e02826
C.J. Dibble**, V.H.W. Rudolf (2019): Phenotype-environment matching predicts both positive and negative effects of intraspecific variation in a population. The American Naturalist 194: 47-48
P.A. Clay**, V.H.W. Rudolf, M.A. Duffy (2019): Within-host priority effects systematically alter pathogen coexistence. The American Naturalist 193: 187-199
P.A. Clay**, M. H. Cortez, M.A. Duffy, V.H.W. Rudolf (2019): Priority effects within coinfected hosts can drive unexpected population-scale patterns of parasite prevalence. Oikos 128: 571-583
2018
R. Costa-Pereira**, F. L. Souza, M. S. Araújo, V.H.W. Rudolf (2018): Prey limitation drives variation in allometric scaling of predator-prey interactions. The American Naturalist 192: E139-E149
V. H. W. Rudolf & A. Roman** (2018): Trophic structure alters consequences of environmental warming. Oikos 127:1646-156
V.H.W. Rudolf & S. McCrory* (2018): Resource limitation alters effects of phenological shifts on interspecific competition. Oecologia 188: 515-523
V.H.W. Rudolf (2018): Non-linear effects of phenological shifts link inter-annual variation to species interactions. Journal of Animal Ecology 87: 1395-1406
R. Costa-Pereira**, V.H.W. Rudolf, F. L. Souza, M. S. Araújo (2018): Unraveling the drivers of individual niche variation in coexisting species. Journal of Animal Ecology 87: 1452-1464
S. Carter**, D. Saenz, V.H.W. Rudolf (2018): Shifts in phenological distributions reshape interaction potential in natural communities. Ecology Letters 21:1143-1151
C. Keiser§, V.H.W. Rudolf, S. Elizabeth*, E. Every*, J. Saltz (2018): Social context alters host behavior and infection risk. Behavioral Ecology 29: 869-875
C. Ma, L. Wang, W. Zhang, V.H.W. Rudolf (2018): Resolving biological impacts of multiple heat waves: interaction of hot and recovery days. Oikos 127: 662-633
C. Keiser§, S. Vojvodic; I. Butler*; E. Sartain*, V.H.W. Rudolf, J. Saltz (2018): Queen presence mediates the relationship between collective behavior and disease susceptibility in ant colonies. Journal of Animal Ecology 87: 379-387
2017
B.J. Toscano§, V. Hin, V.H.W. Rudolf (2017): Cannibalism and intraguild predation community dynamics: Coexistence, competitive exclusion, and the loss of alternative stable states. The American Naturalist 190: 617-630
B.G. Van Allen**, F.F. Dillemuth, A.J. Flick, M.F. Faldyn, D.R. Clark, V.H.W. Rudolf, B.D. Elderd (2017): Cannibalism and infectious diseases: friends or foes? The American Naturalist 190: 299-312
B.G. Van Allen**, N. L. Rasmussen**, C.J. Dibble**, P.A. Clay**, V.H.W. Rudolf+ (2017): Top predators determine how biodiversity is partitioned across time and space. Ecology Letters 20: 1004-1013 (+Corresponding author) (in news here)
V.H.W. Rudolf & B.G. Van Allen** (2017): Legacy effects of developmental stages determine the functional role of predators. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1: 0038 (in news here)
K.Takatsu**, V.H.W.Rudolf, O. Kishida (2017): Giant cannibals drive selection for inducible defence in heterospecific prey. Journal of Freshwater Biology 120: 675-684
2016
B.J. Toscano§, B. R. Rombado*, V.H.W. Rudolf (2016): Deadly competition and life-saving predation: the potential for alternative stable states in a stage-structured predator-prey system. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283: 20161546
B.G. Van Allen** and V.H.W. Rudolf (2016): Carry-over effects alter the structure of two species meta-communities. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) 113: 6939-6944 (in the news here)
N.L. Rasmussen** and V.H.W. Rudolf (2016): Individual and combined effects of two types of phenological shifts on predator-prey interactions. Ecology 12: 3414-3421
C.J. Dibble** and V.H.W. Rudolf (2016): Intraspecific trait variation and colonization sequence alter community assembly and disease epidemics. Oikos 125: 229-236
2015
W. Zhang, V.H.W. Rudolf, C. Ma (2015): Stage-specific heat effects: Timing and duration of heat waves alter demographic rates of a global insect pest. Oecologia 179: 947-957
B.G. Van Allen** and V.H.W. Rudolf (2015): Habitat-mediated carry-over effects lead to context dependent outcomes of species interactions. Journal of Animal Ecology 84: 1646-1656
N.L. Rasmussen** and V.H.W. Rudolf (2015): Phenological synchronization drives demographic rates of populations. Ecology 96: 1741-1753 (Featured on the cover)
G. Ma, V.H.W. Rudolf, C. Ma (2015): Extreme temperature events alter demographic rates, relative fitness, and community structure. Global Change Biology 21: 1794-1808
2014
L. Krenek* & V.H.W. Rudolf (2014): Allometric scaling predicts of indirect effects: body size ratios predict non-consumptive effects in multi-predator systems. Journal of Animal Ecology 83: 1461-1468
C. J. Dibble**, S.R. Hall, V.H.W. Rudolf (2014): Intraspecific priority effects and disease interact to alter population growth. Ecology 95: 3354-3363
V.H.W. Rudolf, N. L. Rasmussen**, C.J. Dibble**, B.G. Van Allen** (2014): Resolving the roles of body size and species identity in driving functional diversity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 2813: 20133203 (Featured on the cover)
N. L. Rasmussen**, B. Van Allen**, V.H.W. Rudolf (2014): Linking phenological shifts to species interactions through size-mediated priority effects. Journal of Animal Ecology 83: 1206-1215
2013
V.H.W. Rudolf & N. L. Rasmussen** (2013): Population structure determines functional differences among species and ecosystems processes. Nature Communications 4:2318 (in news here)
V.H.W. Rudolf & M. Singh* (2013): Disentangling climate change effects on species interactions: effects of temperature, phenological shifts, and body size. Oecologia 173: 1043-1052
V.H.W. Rudolf & N. L. Rasmussen** (2013): Ontogenetic functional diversity: Size-structure of a keystone predator alters functioning of a complex ecosystem. Ecology 94: 1046-1056
B.G. Van Allen** & V.H.W. Rudolf (2013): Ghost of habitats past: Environmental carry-over effects drive population dynamics in novel habitat. American Naturalist 181: 596-608
W. Parson*, B. Zhong*, V.H.W. Rudolf+ (2013): Mating status and kin recognition influence the strength of cannibalism. Animal Behaviour 85: 365-369 (+Corresponding author)
2012
V.H.W. Rudolf, A. Pedersen, I. Sorell (2012): Revenge of the host: Cannibalism as a driving force of the evolutionary dynamics in host-parasitoid systems. Evolutionary Ecology Research 14: 31-49
B.G. Van Allen**, A. E. Dunham, C. M. Asquith, V.H.W. Rudolf (2012): Life history predicts risk of species decline in a stochastic world. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279: 2691-2697
V.H.W. Rudolf (2012): Seasonal shifts in predator body size diversity and trophic interactions in size-structured predator-prey systems. Journal of Animal Ecology 81: 524-532 (Featured on cover)
A.T. Tate** & V.H.W. Rudolf (2012): Immune priming across life stages and generations: Implications for infectious disease dynamics in insects. Oikos 121:1083-1092
2011
D.A. Vasseur, P. Amarasekare, V.H.W. Rudolf, J.M. Levine (2011): Eco-evolutionary dynamics enable coexistence via neighbor-dependent selection. American Naturalist 178: E96-E109
T.E.X. Miller & V.H.W Rudolf+ (2011): Thinking inside the box: community-level consequences of stage structured populations. Trends In Ecology and Evolution 26: 457-466 (+Corresponding author)
P. Delclos* & V.H.W. Rudolf+ (2011): Effects of size structure and habitat complexity on predator-prey interactions. Ecological Entomology 36: 744-750 (+Corresponding author)
D.I. Bolnick, P. Amarasekare, M.S. Araújo, R. Bürger, J. Levin, M. Novak, V.H.W. Rudolf, S. Schreiber, M. Urban, D. Vasseur (2011): Why intraspecific variation matters in community ecology. Trends In Ecology and Evolution 26: 183-192
V.H.W. Rudolf, K. D. Lafferty (2011): Stage Structure alters how complexity affects stability. Ecology Letters 14: 75-79 (Faculty of 1000 recommended as a “must read” and featured in the public media in ScienceDaily News)
2010
V.H.W. Rudolf, M. Kamo, M. Boots (2010): Cannibals in space: The co-evolution of cannibalism and dispersal in spatially structured populations. American Naturalist 175: 513-524
A. M. Thomas* & V.H.W. Rudolf+ (2010): Challenges of metamorphosis in invertebrate hosts: Maintaining parasite resistance across life-history stages. Ecological Entomology 35: 200-205 (+Corresponding author)
L. Yang & V.H.W. Rudolf+ (2010): Phenology, ontogeny, and the effects of climate change on the timing of species interactions. Ecology Letters 13: 1-10 (+Corresponding author) (Faculty of 1000 recommended as a “must read” & “hidden jewel”)
2009
A. E. Dunham & V.H.W. Rudolf (2009): Evolution of sexual size monomorphism: The influence of passive mate guarding. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 1376-1386 (featured in German Bild der Wissenschaft news)
2008
V.H.W. Rudolf (2008): The impact of cannibalism in the prey on predator-prey systems. Ecology 89: 3116-3127
V.H.W. Rudolf & J. Armstrong* (2008): Emergent impacts of cannibalism and size-refuges in the prey on intraguild predation systems. Oecologia 157: 675- 686
S. Schreiber+ & V.H.W. Rudolf+ (2008): Crossing habitat boundaries: Coupling the dynamics of ecosystems through complex life cycles. Ecology Letters 11: 576-587 (+Authors contributed equally)
V.H.W. Rudolf (2008): Impact of cannibalism on predator-prey dynamics: Size-structured interactions and apparent mutualism. Ecology 89: 1650-1660
V.H.W. Rudolf (2008): Consequences of size-structure in the prey for predator-prey dynamics: The composite functional response. Journal of Animal Ecology 77: 520-528
2007
V.H.W. Rudolf (2007): Consequences of stage-structured predators: cannibalism, behavioral effects and trophic cascades. Ecology 88: 2991-3003
V.H.W. Rudolf (2007): The interaction of cannibalism and omnivory: Consequences for community dynamics. Ecology 88: 2697-2705
V.H.W. Rudolf & J. Antonovics (2007): Disease transmission by cannibalism: Rare event or common occurrence. Proceedings of the Royal Society London: B Biological Science 274: 1205-1210 (featured in the public media in LifeScience news)
J. Antonovics, J. Abbate, C.H.Baker, D. Daley, M.E. Hood, C.E.Jenkins, L.J.Johnson, J.J. Murray, V.Panjeti, V.H.W. Rudolf, D. Sloan, J. Vondrasek (2007): Evolution by any other name….Antibiotic resistance and avoidance of the e-word. PLOS Biology 5: 137-139
G. Ferris* & V.H.W. Rudolf+ (2007): Detection of conspecific predators in larvae of the dragonfly Plathemis lydia. Ecological Entomology 32: 283-288 (+Corresponding author)
V.H.W. Rudolf & M.-O. Rödel (2007): Phenotypic plasticity and optimal timing of metamorphosis under uncertain time constraints. Evolutionary Ecology 21: 121-142
Pre 2007
H.M. Wilbur+ & V.H.W. Rudolf+ (2006): Life History Evolution in uncertain environments: Bet-hedging in time. American Naturalist 168: 398-411 (+Authors contributed equally)
V.H.W. Rudolf (2006): The influence of size-specific indirect interactions in predator-prey systems. Ecology 87: 362-271
V.H.W. Rudolf & J. Antonovics (2005): Species coexistence and pathogens with frequency-dependent transmission. American Naturalist 166: 112-118.
V.H.W. Rudolf & M.-O. Rödel (2005): Oviposition site selection in a complex and variable environment: The role of habitat quality and conspecific cues. Oecologia 142:316-325
M.-O. Rödel, V.H.W. Rudolf, S. Froschammer and K.E. Linsenmair (2004): Life History of a West African tree-hole breeding frog, Phrynobatrachus guineensis, Guibé and Lamotte, 1961 (Amphibia: Anura: Petropedetidae); Ann Arbor, Special Publications of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: 31-44
Rödel M.-O., T.U. Grafe, V.H.W. Rudolf & R. Ernst (2002): Review of West African spotted Kassina, including a description of Kassina schioetzi sp. nov. (Amphibia: Anura: Hyperoliidae). Copeia 3: 800-814
(Notation: * undergraduate student **graduate student § Post doc)
2024/online
H. Yin** and V.H.W. Rudolf: Time is of the essence: A general framework for uncovering temporal structures of communities. Ecology Letters 27: e14481
H. Zou**, X. Yan** and V.H.W. Rudolf: Time-dependent interaction modification generated from plant-soil feedback. Ecology Letters 27: e14432
2023/online
H. Zou** & V.H.W. Rudolf (2023): Bridging theory and experiments of priority effects. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 12: 1203-1216
Z. Neale** and V.H.W. Rudolf. (2023): Predation and competition drive trait diversity across space and Time. Ecology e4182.
H. Zou**, S. Schreiber, V.H.W. Rudolf: Stage-mediated priority effects and species life history shape long-term competition dynamics. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290, 20231217
C. Carroll*, D. Saenz, V. H. W. Rudolf (2023): Tracking phenological distributions and interaction potential across life stages. Oikos 8: e09773
H. Zou** & V.H.W. Rudolf (2023): Priority effects determine how dispersal affects biodiversity in seasonal communities. The American Naturalist 202, 140-151
2022
V. H. W. Rudolf (2022): Temperature and nutrient conditions modify the effects of phenological shifts in predator-prey communities. Ecology 103: e3704
S. Carter** & V.H.W. Rudolf (2022): Exploring the conditions that strengthen or weaken the ecological consequences of phenological synchrony. The American Naturalist 200: E1890-E296
2021
C-S. Ma, W. Zhang, Y. Peng, F. Zhao, X-Q. Chang, K, Xing, L. Zhu§, V. H.W. Rudolf (2021): Climate warming promotes pesticide resistance through expanding overwintering range of a global pest. Nature Communications 12: 535
M. Boots, D. Childs, J. Crossmore**, H. Tidbury**, V.H.W. Rudolf (2021): Experimental evidence that local interactions select against selfish behavior. Ecology Letters 24:1187-1192
G. Ma, C.-M. Bai, V.H.W. Rudolf, C.-S. Ma (2021): Night warming alters mean warming effects on predator-prey interactions by modifying predator demographics and interaction strengths. Functional Ecology 35 (9): 2094-2107
V. H. W. Rudolf & L. Eveland (2021): Ontogenetic diversity buffers communities against consequences of species loss. Journal of Animal Ecology 90:1492-1504
D.R. Daversa, R.F. Hechinger, E. Madin, A. Fenton, A.I. Dell, E. Ritchie, V.H.W. Rudolf, J. Rohr, K. D. Lafferty: Broadening the ecology of fear: Non-lethal effects arise from diverse responses to predation and parasitism. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288: 20202966
B.J. Toscano§ & V.H.W. Rudolf (2021): Developmental change in predators elicits ecological bistability. The American Naturalist 197:719-731
B.J. Toscano§, S. Figel*, V.H.W. Rudolf (2021): Ontogenetic development underlies population response to mortality. Oikos 130-465-475
2020
P.A. Clay**, M.A. Duffy, V.H.W. Rudolf (2020): Within-host priority effects and epidemic timing determine outbreak severity in coinfected populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological 287: 20200046
V.H.W. Rudolf (2020): A multivariate approach reveals diversity of ontogenetic niche shifts across taxonomic and functional groups. Freshwater Biology 65: 745-756
C.N. Keiser§, V.H.W. Rudolf, M. C. Luksik*, J. B. Saltz (2020): Sex-differences in disease avoidance behavior vary across modes of pathogen exposure. Ethology 126: 304-312
2019
V.H.W. Rudolf (2019): The role of seasonal timing and phenological shifts for species coexistence. Ecology Letters 22: 1324-1338
P.A. Clay** & V.H.W. Rudolf (2019): How parasite interaction strategies alter virulence evolution in multi-parasite communities. Evolution 73: 2189-2203
S.B. Fey, D.A. Vasseur, K. Alujevic, K. J. Kroeker, M. L. Logan, J. P. DeLong, M. I. O’Connor, S. Peacor, V. H.W. Rudolf, R. L. Selden, A. Sih, S. Clusella-Trullas (2019): Opportunities for behavioral rescue under rapid environmental change. Global Change Biology 25: 3100-3120
S. Carter** & V.H.W. Rudolf (2019): Shifts in phenological mean and synchrony interact to shape competitive outcomes. Ecology 100:e02826
C.J. Dibble**, V.H.W. Rudolf (2019): Phenotype-environment matching predicts both positive and negative effects of intraspecific variation in a population. The American Naturalist 194: 47-48
P.A. Clay**, V.H.W. Rudolf, M.A. Duffy (2019): Within-host priority effects systematically alter pathogen coexistence. The American Naturalist 193: 187-199
P.A. Clay**, M. H. Cortez, M.A. Duffy, V.H.W. Rudolf (2019): Priority effects within coinfected hosts can drive unexpected population-scale patterns of parasite prevalence. Oikos 128: 571-583
2018
R. Costa-Pereira**, F. L. Souza, M. S. Araújo, V.H.W. Rudolf (2018): Prey limitation drives variation in allometric scaling of predator-prey interactions. The American Naturalist 192: E139-E149
V. H. W. Rudolf & A. Roman** (2018): Trophic structure alters consequences of environmental warming. Oikos 127:1646-156
V.H.W. Rudolf & S. McCrory* (2018): Resource limitation alters effects of phenological shifts on interspecific competition. Oecologia 188: 515-523
V.H.W. Rudolf (2018): Non-linear effects of phenological shifts link inter-annual variation to species interactions. Journal of Animal Ecology 87: 1395-1406
R. Costa-Pereira**, V.H.W. Rudolf, F. L. Souza, M. S. Araújo (2018): Unraveling the drivers of individual niche variation in coexisting species. Journal of Animal Ecology 87: 1452-1464
S. Carter**, D. Saenz, V.H.W. Rudolf (2018): Shifts in phenological distributions reshape interaction potential in natural communities. Ecology Letters 21:1143-1151
C. Keiser§, V.H.W. Rudolf, S. Elizabeth*, E. Every*, J. Saltz (2018): Social context alters host behavior and infection risk. Behavioral Ecology 29: 869-875
C. Ma, L. Wang, W. Zhang, V.H.W. Rudolf (2018): Resolving biological impacts of multiple heat waves: interaction of hot and recovery days. Oikos 127: 662-633
C. Keiser§, S. Vojvodic; I. Butler*; E. Sartain*, V.H.W. Rudolf, J. Saltz (2018): Queen presence mediates the relationship between collective behavior and disease susceptibility in ant colonies. Journal of Animal Ecology 87: 379-387
2017
B.J. Toscano§, V. Hin, V.H.W. Rudolf (2017): Cannibalism and intraguild predation community dynamics: Coexistence, competitive exclusion, and the loss of alternative stable states. The American Naturalist 190: 617-630
B.G. Van Allen**, F.F. Dillemuth, A.J. Flick, M.F. Faldyn, D.R. Clark, V.H.W. Rudolf, B.D. Elderd (2017): Cannibalism and infectious diseases: friends or foes? The American Naturalist 190: 299-312
B.G. Van Allen**, N. L. Rasmussen**, C.J. Dibble**, P.A. Clay**, V.H.W. Rudolf+ (2017): Top predators determine how biodiversity is partitioned across time and space. Ecology Letters 20: 1004-1013 (+Corresponding author) (in news here)
V.H.W. Rudolf & B.G. Van Allen** (2017): Legacy effects of developmental stages determine the functional role of predators. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1: 0038 (in news here)
K.Takatsu**, V.H.W.Rudolf, O. Kishida (2017): Giant cannibals drive selection for inducible defence in heterospecific prey. Journal of Freshwater Biology 120: 675-684
2016
B.J. Toscano§, B. R. Rombado*, V.H.W. Rudolf (2016): Deadly competition and life-saving predation: the potential for alternative stable states in a stage-structured predator-prey system. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283: 20161546
B.G. Van Allen** and V.H.W. Rudolf (2016): Carry-over effects alter the structure of two species meta-communities. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) 113: 6939-6944 (in the news here)
N.L. Rasmussen** and V.H.W. Rudolf (2016): Individual and combined effects of two types of phenological shifts on predator-prey interactions. Ecology 12: 3414-3421
C.J. Dibble** and V.H.W. Rudolf (2016): Intraspecific trait variation and colonization sequence alter community assembly and disease epidemics. Oikos 125: 229-236
2015
W. Zhang, V.H.W. Rudolf, C. Ma (2015): Stage-specific heat effects: Timing and duration of heat waves alter demographic rates of a global insect pest. Oecologia 179: 947-957
B.G. Van Allen** and V.H.W. Rudolf (2015): Habitat-mediated carry-over effects lead to context dependent outcomes of species interactions. Journal of Animal Ecology 84: 1646-1656
N.L. Rasmussen** and V.H.W. Rudolf (2015): Phenological synchronization drives demographic rates of populations. Ecology 96: 1741-1753 (Featured on the cover)
G. Ma, V.H.W. Rudolf, C. Ma (2015): Extreme temperature events alter demographic rates, relative fitness, and community structure. Global Change Biology 21: 1794-1808
2014
L. Krenek* & V.H.W. Rudolf (2014): Allometric scaling predicts of indirect effects: body size ratios predict non-consumptive effects in multi-predator systems. Journal of Animal Ecology 83: 1461-1468
C. J. Dibble**, S.R. Hall, V.H.W. Rudolf (2014): Intraspecific priority effects and disease interact to alter population growth. Ecology 95: 3354-3363
V.H.W. Rudolf, N. L. Rasmussen**, C.J. Dibble**, B.G. Van Allen** (2014): Resolving the roles of body size and species identity in driving functional diversity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 2813: 20133203 (Featured on the cover)
N. L. Rasmussen**, B. Van Allen**, V.H.W. Rudolf (2014): Linking phenological shifts to species interactions through size-mediated priority effects. Journal of Animal Ecology 83: 1206-1215
2013
V.H.W. Rudolf & N. L. Rasmussen** (2013): Population structure determines functional differences among species and ecosystems processes. Nature Communications 4:2318 (in news here)
V.H.W. Rudolf & M. Singh* (2013): Disentangling climate change effects on species interactions: effects of temperature, phenological shifts, and body size. Oecologia 173: 1043-1052
V.H.W. Rudolf & N. L. Rasmussen** (2013): Ontogenetic functional diversity: Size-structure of a keystone predator alters functioning of a complex ecosystem. Ecology 94: 1046-1056
B.G. Van Allen** & V.H.W. Rudolf (2013): Ghost of habitats past: Environmental carry-over effects drive population dynamics in novel habitat. American Naturalist 181: 596-608
W. Parson*, B. Zhong*, V.H.W. Rudolf+ (2013): Mating status and kin recognition influence the strength of cannibalism. Animal Behaviour 85: 365-369 (+Corresponding author)
2012
V.H.W. Rudolf, A. Pedersen, I. Sorell (2012): Revenge of the host: Cannibalism as a driving force of the evolutionary dynamics in host-parasitoid systems. Evolutionary Ecology Research 14: 31-49
B.G. Van Allen**, A. E. Dunham, C. M. Asquith, V.H.W. Rudolf (2012): Life history predicts risk of species decline in a stochastic world. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279: 2691-2697
V.H.W. Rudolf (2012): Seasonal shifts in predator body size diversity and trophic interactions in size-structured predator-prey systems. Journal of Animal Ecology 81: 524-532 (Featured on cover)
A.T. Tate** & V.H.W. Rudolf (2012): Immune priming across life stages and generations: Implications for infectious disease dynamics in insects. Oikos 121:1083-1092
2011
D.A. Vasseur, P. Amarasekare, V.H.W. Rudolf, J.M. Levine (2011): Eco-evolutionary dynamics enable coexistence via neighbor-dependent selection. American Naturalist 178: E96-E109
T.E.X. Miller & V.H.W Rudolf+ (2011): Thinking inside the box: community-level consequences of stage structured populations. Trends In Ecology and Evolution 26: 457-466 (+Corresponding author)
P. Delclos* & V.H.W. Rudolf+ (2011): Effects of size structure and habitat complexity on predator-prey interactions. Ecological Entomology 36: 744-750 (+Corresponding author)
D.I. Bolnick, P. Amarasekare, M.S. Araújo, R. Bürger, J. Levin, M. Novak, V.H.W. Rudolf, S. Schreiber, M. Urban, D. Vasseur (2011): Why intraspecific variation matters in community ecology. Trends In Ecology and Evolution 26: 183-192
V.H.W. Rudolf, K. D. Lafferty (2011): Stage Structure alters how complexity affects stability. Ecology Letters 14: 75-79 (Faculty of 1000 recommended as a “must read” and featured in the public media in ScienceDaily News)
2010
V.H.W. Rudolf, M. Kamo, M. Boots (2010): Cannibals in space: The co-evolution of cannibalism and dispersal in spatially structured populations. American Naturalist 175: 513-524
A. M. Thomas* & V.H.W. Rudolf+ (2010): Challenges of metamorphosis in invertebrate hosts: Maintaining parasite resistance across life-history stages. Ecological Entomology 35: 200-205 (+Corresponding author)
L. Yang & V.H.W. Rudolf+ (2010): Phenology, ontogeny, and the effects of climate change on the timing of species interactions. Ecology Letters 13: 1-10 (+Corresponding author) (Faculty of 1000 recommended as a “must read” & “hidden jewel”)
2009
A. E. Dunham & V.H.W. Rudolf (2009): Evolution of sexual size monomorphism: The influence of passive mate guarding. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 1376-1386 (featured in German Bild der Wissenschaft news)
2008
V.H.W. Rudolf (2008): The impact of cannibalism in the prey on predator-prey systems. Ecology 89: 3116-3127
V.H.W. Rudolf & J. Armstrong* (2008): Emergent impacts of cannibalism and size-refuges in the prey on intraguild predation systems. Oecologia 157: 675- 686
S. Schreiber+ & V.H.W. Rudolf+ (2008): Crossing habitat boundaries: Coupling the dynamics of ecosystems through complex life cycles. Ecology Letters 11: 576-587 (+Authors contributed equally)
V.H.W. Rudolf (2008): Impact of cannibalism on predator-prey dynamics: Size-structured interactions and apparent mutualism. Ecology 89: 1650-1660
V.H.W. Rudolf (2008): Consequences of size-structure in the prey for predator-prey dynamics: The composite functional response. Journal of Animal Ecology 77: 520-528
2007
V.H.W. Rudolf (2007): Consequences of stage-structured predators: cannibalism, behavioral effects and trophic cascades. Ecology 88: 2991-3003
V.H.W. Rudolf (2007): The interaction of cannibalism and omnivory: Consequences for community dynamics. Ecology 88: 2697-2705
V.H.W. Rudolf & J. Antonovics (2007): Disease transmission by cannibalism: Rare event or common occurrence. Proceedings of the Royal Society London: B Biological Science 274: 1205-1210 (featured in the public media in LifeScience news)
J. Antonovics, J. Abbate, C.H.Baker, D. Daley, M.E. Hood, C.E.Jenkins, L.J.Johnson, J.J. Murray, V.Panjeti, V.H.W. Rudolf, D. Sloan, J. Vondrasek (2007): Evolution by any other name….Antibiotic resistance and avoidance of the e-word. PLOS Biology 5: 137-139
G. Ferris* & V.H.W. Rudolf+ (2007): Detection of conspecific predators in larvae of the dragonfly Plathemis lydia. Ecological Entomology 32: 283-288 (+Corresponding author)
V.H.W. Rudolf & M.-O. Rödel (2007): Phenotypic plasticity and optimal timing of metamorphosis under uncertain time constraints. Evolutionary Ecology 21: 121-142
Pre 2007
H.M. Wilbur+ & V.H.W. Rudolf+ (2006): Life History Evolution in uncertain environments: Bet-hedging in time. American Naturalist 168: 398-411 (+Authors contributed equally)
V.H.W. Rudolf (2006): The influence of size-specific indirect interactions in predator-prey systems. Ecology 87: 362-271
V.H.W. Rudolf & J. Antonovics (2005): Species coexistence and pathogens with frequency-dependent transmission. American Naturalist 166: 112-118.
V.H.W. Rudolf & M.-O. Rödel (2005): Oviposition site selection in a complex and variable environment: The role of habitat quality and conspecific cues. Oecologia 142:316-325
M.-O. Rödel, V.H.W. Rudolf, S. Froschammer and K.E. Linsenmair (2004): Life History of a West African tree-hole breeding frog, Phrynobatrachus guineensis, Guibé and Lamotte, 1961 (Amphibia: Anura: Petropedetidae); Ann Arbor, Special Publications of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: 31-44
Rödel M.-O., T.U. Grafe, V.H.W. Rudolf & R. Ernst (2002): Review of West African spotted Kassina, including a description of Kassina schioetzi sp. nov. (Amphibia: Anura: Hyperoliidae). Copeia 3: 800-814
