Publications

For pdfs of the publications below, see Researchgate. Lab students and post-docs are highlighted with a *

Selected, Pollination

Plant-hummingbird pollination networks exhibit limited rewiring after experimental removal of a locally abundant plant species

Leimberger, K. G., Hadley, A. S., & Betts, M. G. 2023.

Journal of Animal Ecology, 92(9), 1680–1694

Toward conciliation in the habitat fragmentation and biodiversity debate

Valente, J. J., Gannon, D. G., Hightower, J., Kim, H., Leimberger, K. G., Macedo, R., Rousseau, J. S., Weldy, M. J., Zitomer, R. A., Fahrig, L., Fletcher Jr, R. J., Wu, J., & Betts, M. G. 2023.

Landscape Ecology, 38(11), 2717–2730

Think Out Loud (Oregon Public Broadcasting): https://www.opb.org/article/2023/12/13/conservation-land-protection-debate-oregon/ | Sierra magazine

Forest degradation, not loss, drives widespread declines in avian populations in eastern Canada

Betts, M.G., Yang, Z., Hadley, A.S., Smith, A.C., Rousseau, J.S., Northrup, J.M., Nocera, J.J., Gorelick, N. and Gerber, B.D. 2022.

Nature Ecology & Evolution 6: 709–719

Editorial in Nature Ecology & Evolution covering the paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-022-01806-y

The evolution, ecology, and conservation of hummingbirds and their interactions with flowering plants

Leimberger, K., Dalsgaard, B., Tobias, J. and Betts, M.G. 2022.

Biological Reviews 93: 923-959

The macroecology of landscape ecology

Banks-Leite, C., Betts, M.G., Ewers, R.M., Orme, C.D.L., Pigot, A 2022.

Trends in Ecology and Evolution 6: 480-487

Deer‐mediated ecosystem service versus disservice depends on forest management intensity

Stokely, T.S.*, and Betts, M.G. 2020.

Journal of Applied Ecology 57: 31-42

Featured in: KTVZ News

Extinction filters mediate the global effects of habitat fragmentation on animals

Betts, M.G., Wolf, C.* et al. (& 37 co-authors) 2019.

Science 366(6470):1236-1239

Perspective summarizing the article
Full text of article (Science magazine)| PDF of article
Featured in: NY Times, O Globo, Phys.org, International Business Times

Impacts of the Northwest Forest Plan on forest composition and bird populations

Phalan, B.*, Northrup, J.*, Deal, B., Rousseau, J.*, Yang, Z., and Betts, M.G. 2019.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 116:3322-3327

Featured in: OSU Press Release, ScienceDaily, KLCC, The News Guard, OPB

Global forest loss disproportionately erodes biodiversity in intact landscapes

Betts, M.G., Wolf, C., Ripple, W., Phalan, B.*, Butchart, S. and Levi, T. 2017.

Nature 547, 441–444. doi:10.1038/nature23285

Featured in: Nature Ecology and Evolution (blog post by Matt Betts), OPB.org, Mongabay, Science Daily, Phys.org, The Wildlife Society

Corridors restore animal-mediated pollination in fragmented tropical forest landscapes

Kormann, U.*, Scherber, C., Tscharntke, T., Klein, N., Larbig, Valente, J.M., Hadley, A.S.* and Betts, M.G. 2016.

Proceedings of the Royal Society Ser. B. 283: 20152347

Featured in: Science Daily, Phys.org, Conservation Magazine, crhoy.com

Refocusing habitat fragmentation research using lessons from the last decade

Hadley, A.S.* and Betts, M.G. 2016.

Current Landscape Ecology Reports: 1: 1-12

Spatial models reveal the microclimatic buffering capacity of old-growth forests

Frey, S.J.K.*, Hadley, A.S.*, Johnson, S. L., Schulze, M., Jones, J. A. and Betts, M. G. 2016.

Science Advances 2, e1501392

Featured in: OPB.org, Phys.org, Tech Times, Gazette-Times, Science Daily

Pollinator recognition by a keystone tropical plant

Betts, M.G., Hadley, A.S.* and Kress, W.J. 2015.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 112:3433–3438. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1419522112

Featured in New York Times, Nature, AAAS Science Update, CBC Quirks and Quarks, Scientific American

A species-centered approach for uncovering generalities in organism responses to habitat loss and fragmentation

Betts, M.G., Fahrig, L., Hadley, A.S.*, Halstead, K.E.*, Robinson, W.D. Bowman, J., Wiens, J.A., and Lindenmayer, D.B. 2014.

Ecography 37(6):517-527

The effects of landscape fragmentation on pollination dynamics: absence of evidence not evidence of absence

Hadley, A.S.* and Betts, M.G. 2012.

Biological Reviews 87(3): 526-544

Social information trumps vegetation structure in breeding site selection by a migrant songbird

Betts, M.G., Hadley, A.S., Rodenhouse, N.L. and Nocera, J.J. 2008.

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London-Ser. B. 275: 2257-2263

Featured in Conservation Magazine, Washington Post, Science Daily

Thresholds in songbird occurrence in relation to landscape structure

Betts, M.G., Forbes, G.J. and Diamond, A.W. 2007.

Conservation Biology 21: 1046-1058