Peer Reviewed Publications
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– In review or Pre-Print –
Zallek, T.A. and Turcotte, M.M. Evolution in response to management increases invasiveness among experimental populations of duckweed (Lemna minor). Accepted.
Subramanian, S.K. and Turcotte, M.M. Experimentally quantifying impact of herbivory on duckweed communities in natural pond ecosystems. In Review — Pre-print: bioRxiv
Gibbs, T.L., Levine, J.M., and Turcotte, M.M. Competitor-induced plasticity modifies the interactions and predicted competitive outcomes between annual plants. — In Review - Pre-print: bioRxiv
– 2024 –
Tan, J., Wei, N., and Turcotte, M.M. Trophic interactions in microbiomes influence plant host population size and ecosystem function. Proceedings of the Royal Society B; Biological Sciences, 20240612
Assour, H.R., Ashman, T.-L., and Turcotte, M.M. Neopolyploidy‐induced changes in giant duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza) alter herbivore preference and performance and plant population performance. American Journal of Botany, 11:e16301 (Open Access)
Turcotte, M.M., Kaufmann, N., Wagner K.L., Zallek, T.A., Ashman, T.-L. Neopolyploidy increases stress tolerance and reduces fitness plasticity across multiple urban pollutants: support for the ‘general purpose’ genotype hypothesis. Evolution Letters, 8(3): 416-426 (Open Access)
Rzodkiewicz, L. R. and Turcotte, M.M. Two duckweed species exhibit variable tolerance to microcystin-LR exposure across genotypic lineages. Harmful Algae, 131, 102548
– 2023 –
Anneberg, T.J., Turcotte, M.M., and Ashman, T.-L. Plant neopolyploidy and genetic background differentiates the microbiome of duckweed across a variety of natural freshwater sources. Molecular Ecology 32(21), 5849-5863.
Anneberg, T.J., O’Neil, E.M., Ashman, T.-L., and Turcotte, M.M. Polyploidy impacts population growth and competition with diploids: multigenerational experiments reveal key life history tradeoffs. New Phytologist 238: 1294-1304 (Open Access).
Kerstetter, J.E., Reid, A.E, Armstrong, J.T., Zallek, T.A., Hobble, T.T., and Turcotte, M.M. Characterization of microsatellite markers for the duckweed Spirodela polyrhiza and Lemna minor tested on samples from Europe and the United States of America. Genetic Resources, 4:7, 46–55 (Open Access)
– 2022 –
Hess, C., Levine, J.M., Turcotte, M.M., and Hart, S.P. Phenotypic plasticity provides an alternative pathway to species coexistence. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6: 1256–1261 (pdf)
Rudzki, E., Kuebbing, S.R., Clark, D., Gharaibeh, B., Janecka, K., Kramp, R., Kohl, K., Mastalski, T., Ohmer, Turcotte, M.M., & Richards-Zawacki, C. A guide for developing a field research safety manual that explicitly considers risks for marginalized identities in the sciences. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 13 (11): 2318-2330 (pdf)
– 2021 –
Tan, J., Kerstetter, J.E., & Turcotte, M.M. Eco-evolutionary interaction between microbiome presence and rapid biofilm evolution determines plant host fitness. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 5: 670-676 (pdf)
*Ramos, S. E., *Rzodkiewicz, L. D., Turcotte, M.M., & Ashman, T.-L. Damage and recovery from drift of synthetic-auxin herbicide dicamba depends on concentration and varies among floral, vegetative, and lifetime traits in rapid cycling Brassica rapa. Science of the Total Environment, 801: 149732, (pdf)
– 2020 –
Germain, R. M., Hart, S., Turcotte, M. M., Otto, S. P., Sakarchi, J., Rolland, J., Usui, T., Angert, A. L., Schluter, D., Bassar, R., Waters, M. T., Henao Diaz, F., & Siepielski, A. M. On the Origin of Coexisting Species. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 36 (4): P284-293 (pdf)
Subramanian, S. K. & Turcotte, M.M. Preference, performance, and impact of the water-lily aphid on multiple species of duckweed. Ecological Entomology, 45 (6): 1466-1475 (pdf)
– 2019 –
23) *Hart, S. P., *Turcotte, M.M., & Levine, J.M. Effects of rapid evolution on species coexistence. P.N.A.S. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A, 116 (6): 2112-2117. (pdf)
22) Bruijning, M., Jongejans, E., and Turcotte, M.M. Demographic responses underlying eco-evolutionary dynamics as revealed with inverse modelling. Journal of Animal Ecology. 88(15): 768-779 (pdf)
– 2018 –
21) Milla, R., Bastida, J.M., Turcotte, M.M., et al. Phylogenetic patterns and phenotypic profiles of the species of plants and mammals farmed for food. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2: 1808-1817 (pdf)
20) Rudman, S.M., Barbour, M.A., Csillery, K., Gienapp, P., Guillaume, F., Hairston Jr., N.G., Hendry, A.P., Lasky, J.R., Rafajlović, M., Räsänen, M., Schmidt, P.S., Seehausen, O., Therkildsen, N.O., Turcotte, M.M., and Levine, J.M. What genomic data can reveal about eco-evolutionary dynamics. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2: 9-15 (pdf)
– 2017 –
19) Turcotte, M.M., Araki, H., Karp, D.S., Poveda, K., and Whitehead, S.R. The eco-evolutionary impacts of domestication and agricultural practices on wild species. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 372 (1712): 20160033 (pdf)
18) Whitehead, S.R., Turcotte, M.M., and Poveda, K. Domestication impacts on plant-herbivore interactions: a meta-analysis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 372 (1712): 20160034 (pdf)
– 2016 –
17) Turcotte, M.M. and Levine, J.M. Phenotypic plasticity and species coexistence. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 31 (10): 803-813 (pdf)
16) Johnson, M.T.J., Bertrand, J.A., and Turcotte, M.M. Precision and accuracy in quantifying herbivory. Ecological Entomology, 41 (1): 112-121 (pdf)
– 2015 –
15) Turcotte, M.M., Lochab, A.K., Turley, N.E., and Johnson, M.T.J. Plant domestication slows pest evolution. Ecology Letters, 18 (9): 907-915. (pdf)
14) Milla, R., Osborne, C.P., Turcotte, M.M., Violle, C. Plant domestication through an ecological lens. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 30: 463-469. (pdf)
13) Gotanda, K.M., Correa, C., Turcotte, M.M., Rolshausen G., and Hendry, A.P. Linking macro-trends and micro-rates: re-evaluating micro-evolutionary support for Cope’s rule. Evolution, 69: 1345-1354. (pdf)
– 2014 –
12) Turcotte, M.M., Turley, N.E., Johnson, M.T.J. 2014. The impact of domestication on resistance to two generalist herbivores across 29 independent domestication events. New Phytologist. 204(3), 671-681. (pdf)
11) Turcotte, M.M., Davies, T.J., Thomsen, C.J.M., and Johnson, M.T.J. 2014. Macroecological and macroevolutionary patterns of herbivory across vascular plants. Proceedings of the Royal Society: B. Biological Sciences, 281(1787), 20140555. (pdf)
10) Turcotte, M.M., Thomsen, C.J.M., Broadhead, G.T., Fine, P.V.A., Godfrey, R.M., Lamarre, G.P.A., Meyer, S.T., Richards, L.A., and Johnson, M.T.J. 2014. Percentage leaf herbivory across vascular plants species. Ecology, 95(3), 788-788. (pdf) (Metadata and Herbivory Dataset)
– 2013 –
9) Turcotte, M.M., Reznick, D.N. & Hare, J.D. 2013. Experimental Test of an Eco-Evolutionary Dynamic Feedback Loop Between Evolution and Population Density in the Green Peach Aphid. American Naturalist, 181(S1), S46-S57. (pdf)
– 2012 –
8) Turcotte, M.M., Corrin, M.S.C., Johnson, M.T.J. 2012. Adaptive Evolution in Ecological Communities. PLoS Biology, 10(5): e1001332. (pdf)
Selected as Editor’s Pick Please see animations showing how community composition could alter evolutionary outcomes
– 2011 –
7) Turcotte, M. M. -- Ph.D. Thesis: Experimental Tests of Rapid Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics in a Plant-Herbivore System. University of California Riverside. Advisors David. N. Reznick & Daniel J. Hare. (pdf)
6) Turcotte, M.M., Reznick, D.N. & Hare, J.D. 2011. The Impact of Rapid Evolution on Population Dynamics in the Wild: Experimental Test of Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics. Ecology Letters, 14(11), 1084-1092. (pdf)
Selected by Faculty of 1000 -- Press Release
5) Turcotte, M.M., Reznick, D.N. & Hare, J.D. 2011. Experimental Assessment of the Impact of Rapid Evolution on Population Dynamics. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 13, 113-131. (pdf)
4) Sachs, J.L., Essenberg, C.J., and Turcotte, M.M. 2011. New Paradigms for the Evolution of Beneficial Infections. 2011. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 26(4), 202-209. (pdf)
– ≤2010 –
3) Bassar, R.D., Lopez-Sepulcre, A., Walsh, M.R., Turcotte, M.M., Torres-Mejia, M., and Reznick, D.N. 2010. Bridging the Gap Between Ecology and Evolution: Integrating Density Regulation and Life-History Evolution. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1206, 17-34. (pdf)
2) McKellar, A.E., Turcotte, M.M., and Hendry, A.P. 2009. Environmental Factors Influencing Adult Sex Ratio in Trinidadian Guppies. Oecologia, 159 (4), 735-745. (pdf)
1) Turcotte, M.M., Pires, M.N., Vrijenhoek, R.C., and Reznick, D.N. 2008. Pre- and Post-Fertilization Maternal Provisioning in Livebearing Fish Species and their Hybrids (Poeciliidae: Poeciliopsis). Functional Ecology, 22 (6), 1118-1124. (pdf)