Publications
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
photo credit: Kendalll Beals
Beals K.K., Scearce, A.S., Swystun, A.T., Schweitzer, J.A. (2022). Belowground mechanisms for oak regeneration: interactions among fire, soil microbes, and plant community alter oak seedling growth. Forest Ecology and Management. PDF
Kivlin, S.N., Harpe, R.V., Turner, J.H., Moore, J.A.M., Moorhead, L.C., Beals K.K., Hubert, M.M., Papes, M., Schweitzer, J.A. (2021). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal response to fire and urbanization in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. PDF
Dickey, J.R., Swenie, R.A., Turner, S.C., Winfrey, C.C., Yaffar, D., Padukone, A., Beals K.K., Sheldon, K.S., Kivlin, S.N. (2021). The utility of macroecological rules for microbial biogeography. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. PDF
Beals, K.K., Moore, J.A.M., Kivlin, S.N., Bayliss, S.L.J., Lumibao, C.Y., Moorhead, L.C., Patel, M., Summers, J.L., Ware, I.M., Bailey, J.K., Schweitzer, J.A. (2020). Predicting plant-soil feedback in the field: meta-analysis reveals that competition and environmental stress differentially influence PSF. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. PDF
Rosin, C., Beals, K.K., Belovitch, M.W., Harrison, R.E., Pendred, M., Sullivan, M.K., Yao, N., Poulsen, J.R. (2020). Assessing the effects of elephant foraging on the structure and diversity of an Afrotropical forest. Biotropica. PDF
Van Nuland, M.E., Vincent, J.B., Ware, I.M., Mueller, L.O., Bayliss, S.L.J., Beals, K.K., Schweitzer, J.A., Bailey, J.K. (2020). Intraspecific trait variation across elevation predicts a widespread tree species' climate niche and range limits. Ecology and Evolution. PDF
Ware, I.M., Fitzpatrick, C.R., Senthilnathan, A. Bayliss, S.L.J., Beals, K.K., Mueller, L.O., Summers, J.L., Wooliver, R.C., Van Nuland, M.E., Kinninson, M.T., Palkovics, E.P., Schweitzer, J.A., Bailey, J.K. (2018). Feedbacks link ecosystem ecology and evolution across spatial and temporal scales: Empirical evidence and future directions. Functional Ecology. PDF
Kivlin, S.N., Lynn, J.S., Kazenel, M.R., Beals, K.K., JA Rudgers, J.A. (2017). Biogeography of plant-associated fungal symbionts in mountain ecosystems: A meta-analysis. Diversity and Distributions. PDF