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

Selected, Habitat Fragmentation and Loss, Climate, Microclimate and Global Change

Climate-driven variation in dispersal ability predicts responses to forest fragmentation in birds
Weeks, T.L., Betts, M.G., Pfeifer, M., Wolf, C., Banks-Leite, C., Barbaro, L., Barlow, J., Cerezo, A., Kennedy, C.M., Kormann, U.G., Marsh, C.J., Olivier, P.I., Phalan, B.T., Possingham, H., Wood, E.M., Tobias, J.A. 2023.
Nature Ecology & Evolution; DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02077-x
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

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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