Publications

The names of undergraduate students that I mentored during the project are bold and green.

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Ray, C.A., Troy S.R., Xie, E.V., Belfry, G., Jenkins, T.M., de Valpine, P., and Blonder, B.W. 2026. Alpine plant species interact via wind-driven seed dispersal and seed retention. American Journal of Botany. 10.1002/ajb2.70151.

Erkelenz, J., Geange, S.R., Atkinson, J., Anderson, E., Correia, M., Ahler, S.J., Bradler, P., Löwenstein, C.E., Elsy, A., Maré, C., Eshelman, S., Mauki, D., Guclu, C., Eckberg, J., Maitner, B., Gya, R., Töpper, J., Klanderud, K., Enquist, B.J., Michaletz, S.T., Ray, C.A., von Oppen, J., Padullés Cubino, J., Halbritter, A.H., and Vandvik, V. 2025. Intraspecific functional trait responses to experimental warming vary with precipitation and growth form. Journal of Vegetation Science. 10.1111/jvs.70098.

Halbritter, A.H., Atkinson, J., Maré, C., Ahler, S.J., Andersen, E.A.S., Bradler, P.M., Correia, M., Elsy, A., Eshelman, S.E., Geange, S.R., Hayden, M., Mauki, D., Eckberg, J., Erkelenz, J., Guclu, C., Löwenstein, C.E., Maitner, B.S., Baumane, M., Dawson, H.R., Enquist, B., Garen, J.C., Holle, M.J.M., Chacon Labella, J., Lepley, K., Michaletz, S.T., Olivier, B., Ray, C.A., von Oppen, J., Telford, R.J., and Vandvik, V. 2025. Effects of warming, nitrogen and grazing on plant functional traits differ between alpine and sub‐alpine grasslands. Journal of Vegetation Science. 10.1111/jvs.70061.

Vandvik, V., Halbritter, A.H., Macias-Fauria, M., Maitner, B.S., Michaletz, S.T., Telford, R.J., Bison, N., Chacon-Labella, J., Cotner, S., Egelkraut, D., Garen, J., Gaudard, J., Geange, S.R., Rosati, M.A., Andersen, E.A.S., Ahler, S.J., Atkinson, J., Baumane, M., Bradler, P.M., Dawson, H.R., Eckberg, J., Elsy, A.D., Erkelenz, J., Eshelman, S.E., Guclu, C., Gullvåg, R., Gya, R., Hartford, S., Hayden, M.T., Holle, M.J.M., Kullberg, A.T., Lepley, K., Correia, M., Löwenstein, C.E., Maré, C., Mauki, D., Navarro, J., Oberholzer, B., Olivier, B., Olson, A.N., Ray, C.A., von Oppen, J., Vorstenbosch, T., Wang, J.A., and Enquist, B.J. 2025. Plant traits and associated ecological data from global change experiments and climate gradients in Norway. Scientific Data. 10.1038/s41597-025-05509-4.

Davidson, J.L., McKnight, K.R., Szojka, M., Gannon, D., Wisnoski, N.I., Werner, C.M., Liang, M., Seabloom, E.W., Ray, C., DeSiervo, M.H., and Shoemaker, L.G. 2025. Effects of disturbance and fertilization on plant community synchrony, biodiversity, and stability through succession. Ecology Letters. 10.1111/ele.70052.

Vanneste, T., Graae, B.J., Kyrkjeeide, M.O., Lindmo, S., Michelsen, O., Naranjo-Orrico, D.J., Ray, C.A., Vandersteene, M., Verheyen, K., and De Frenne, P. 2024. Two decades of increasing functional and phylogenetic richness in a mountaintop flora in central Norway. Journal of Vegetation Science. 10.1111/jvs.13299.

Lowman, H.E., DeSiervo, M., Hall Jr., R.O., Jahner, J.P., Jimoh, S.O., Laughlin, D.C., Patterson, A.C., Weiss-Lehman, C., Barbosa, C.C., Bell, K.L., Blaszczak, J.R., Buerkle, C.A., Carter, A., Collins, S.M., DeLeo, V., Dunkle, M., Gannon, D., Grames, E.M., Harrison, J.G., McFarlane, S.E., Oleksy, I., Powers, B.F., Ray, C., Stears, A., Summers, B., Torrens, C.L., Trentman, M., Werner, C.M., and Shoemaker, L.G. 2024. Reply to Hu: Postdoctoral consortia remove barriers to retention and effectively prepare participants for career advancement. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121.45/e2418956121.

Blonder, B.W., Brodrick, P., Chadwick, K.D., Carroll, E., Cruz-de Hoyos, R., Exposito Alonso, M., Hateley, S., Moon, M., Ray, C.A., Trang, H., and Walton, J. 2023. Climate legacies interact with cytotype and sex to determine phenology in quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides). New Phytologist. 10.1111/nph.18850.

Blonder, B.W., Gaüzère, P., Iversen, L., Ke, P.J., Petry, W., Ray, C.A., Salguero-Gómez, R., Sharpless, W., and Violle, C. 2023. Predicting and controlling ecological communities via trait-mediated parameterizations of dynamical models. Oikos. 10.1111/oik.09415.

Ray, C.A., Kapás, R.E., Opedal, Ø.H., and Blonder, B.W. 2022. Linking microenvironment modification to species interactions and demography in an alpine plant community. Oikos. 10.1111/oik.09235.

Blonder, B., Brodrick, P.G., Walton, J.A., Chadwick, K.D., Breckheimer, I.K., Marchetti, S., Ray, C.A., and Mock, K. 2022. Remote sensing of cytotype and its consequences for canopy damage in quaking aspen. Global Change Biology. 10.1111/gcb.16064.

Franzman, J., Brush, M., Umemura, K., Ray, C., Blonder, B., and Harte, J. 2021. Shifting macroecological patterns and static theory failure in a stressed alpine plant community. Ecosphere. 12:e03548.

Blonder, B., Ray, C.A., Walton, J., Castaneda, M., Chadwick, K., Clyne, M., Gaüzère, P., Iversen, L., Lusk, M., Strimbeck, R., Troy, S., and Mock, K. 2021. Cytotype and genotype predict mortality and recruitment in Colorado quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides). Ecological Applications. 10.1002/eap.2438.

Gaüzère, P., Morin, X., Violle, C., Capesta, I., Ray, C.A., and Blonder, B. 2020. Vacant yet invasible niches in forest community assembly. Functional Ecology. 10.1111/1365-2435.13614.

Gallagher, R.V.,…, Ray, C.A., et al. 2020. The Open Traits Network: Using Open Science principles to accelerate trait-based science across the Tree of Life. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 10.1038/s41559-020-1109-6.

Kattge, J.,…, Ray, C.A., et al. 2020. TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology. 10.1111/gcb.14904.

Weiss, K.C.B. and Ray, C.A.* 2019. A framework of functional traits for ecological communities: Synthesizing taxonomic divides. Ecography. 10.1111/ecog.04387. *Shared first authorship. E4 award paper.

Ray, C.A., Sherman, J.J., Godinho, A.L., Hanson, N., and Parker, I.M. 2018. Impacts and Best Management Practices for Erect Veldtgrass (Ehrharta erecta). Invasive Plant Science and Management. 10.1017/inp.2018.2.

Thompson, M.E., Ray, C.A., and Donnelly, M.A. 2015. Microhabitat use of recently metamorphosed Mexican Treefrogs in Palo Verde National Park, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica. Herpetological Review. 46:168-170.

Chambers, M., David, G., Ray, C., Leitner, B., and Pyle, P. 2011. Habitats and conservation of molt-migrant birds in southeastern Arizona. Southwestern Naturalist. 56:204-211.

Book Review: CenTREAD Working Group (Cesar, R.G., Cohen, H., Crandall, S.G., Holl, K.D., Ray, C.A., Reid, J.L.). 2013. Restoring Tropical Forests: A Practical Guide by Elliott, S.D., Blakesley, D., and Hardwick, K. International Forestry Review. 15:270.