For full listing see Jason's Google Scholar profile
Landscape Ecology / Biogeography / Biodiversity
MR Snook, J Magerøy, J Pither, J Curtis, L Nield, IR Walker. 2019. Modeling Habitat Suitability for the Western Ridged Mussel (Gonidea angulata Lea) in Okanagan Lake, British Columbia, Canada. Northwest Science 92 (sp5), 375-387. link.
Carturan, B., Parrott, L., and Pither, J. 2018. A modified trait-based framework for assessing the resilience of ecosystem services provided by coral reef communities. Ecosphere. Link. Supporting materials housed on the Open Science Framework.
Vanbianchi, C., Gaines, W.L., Murphy, M.A., Pither, J. and Hodges, K.E. 2017. Habitat selection by Canada lynx: making do in heavily fragmented landscapes. Biodiversity and Conservation. 26(14):3343-3361. Link.
J. Pither, Fraser, L.H., A. Jentsch, M. Sternberg, M. Zobel. 2016. Response to technical comment by Tredennick et al. Science. Vol 351, Issue 6272. link.
Fraser, L. H., Pärtel, M., J. Pither, A. Jentsch, M. Sternberg, M. Zobel. 2015. Response to technical comment by Laanisto & Hutchings. DOI: 10.1126/science.aad4874 . Science. link.
Fraser, L. H., J. Pither, A. Jentsch, M. Sternberg, M. Zobel, and members of the HerbDivNet network. 2015. Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness. Science 349 :302–305. link.
Ensing, D.J. and Pither, J. 2015. A novel multiple-site extension to pairwise partitioned taxonomic beta diversity. Ecological Complexity, 21:62-69. link.
Plant-mycorrhizal fungi symbioses
Pither, J., Pickles, B.J., Simard, S., Ordonez, A., and Williams, J.W. 2018. Belowground biotic interactions moderated the post-glacial range dynamics of trees. New Phytologist, 220 (4), 1148-1160. link. And for related materials hosted on the Open Science Framework.
van der Heyde M, Bennett JA, Pither J, Hart M. 2017. Longterm effects of grazing on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Agric Ecosyst Environ 243:27–33. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2017.04.003. Link.
Egan CP, Callaway RM, Hart MM, Pither J, Klironomos J. 2017. Phylogenetic structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities along an elevation gradient. Mycorrhiza 27:273–282. doi: 10.1007/s00572-016-0752-x. Link.
Pither, J. and Pickles, BJ. 2017. The paleosymbiosis hypothesis: host plants can be colonized by root symbionts that have been inactive for centuries to millenia. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 93(6) Link.
Hart, M.M., Zaitsoff, D., van der Heyde, M., and J. Pither. 2016. Testing life history and trait-based predictions of AMF community assembly. accepted. Pedobiologia - Journal of Soil Ecology. 59(4):203-213. link.
Invasive species ecology
Stotz, G.C., Cahill Jr, J.F., Bennett, J.A., Carlyle, C.N., Bork, E.W., Askarizadeh, D., et al. 2020. Not a melting pot: Plant species aggregate in their non-native range. Global Ecology and Biogeography. link.
Collette, L., and J. Pither. 2016. Insect assemblages associated with the exotic riparian shrub, Russian olive, and co-occurring native shrubs. The Canadian Entomologist. 148: 316–328.
Collette, L., and J. Pither. 2015. Modeling the potential North American distribution of Russian olive, an invader of riparian ecosystems. Plant Ecology. 216:1371–1383. link
Moffat, C. E., D. J. Ensing, J. F. Gaskin, R. A. De Clerck-Floate, and J. Pither. 2015. Morphology delimits more species than molecular genetic clusters of invasive Pilosella. American Journal of Botany. 102:1145-1159. link.
Collette, L., and J. Pither. 2015. Russian-olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) biology and ecology and its potential to invade northern North American riparian ecosystems. Invasive Plant Science and Management 8:1–14. link.
Microbiome ecology / human health
Quin, C., D. M. Vollman, S. Ghosh, N. Haskey, M. Estaki, J. Pither, J. A. Barnett, M. N. Jay, B. W. Birnie, and D. L. Gibson. 2020. Fish oil supplementation reduces maternal defensive inflammation and predicts a gut bacteriome with reduced immune priming capacity in infants. The ISME Journal:1–15. link.
Tasmin, N., Abulizi, N., Pither, J., Hart, M.M., and D.L. Gibson. 2017. Linking the gut microbial ecosystem with the environment: does gut health depend on where we live. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8:1935. Link.
Mehrbod Estaki, Jason Pither, Peter Baumeister, Jonathan P Little, Sandeep K Gill, Sanjoy Ghosh, Zahra Ahmadi-Vand, Katelyn R Marsden, and Deanna L Gibson. 2016. Cardiorespiratory fitness as a predictor of intestinal microbial diversity and distinct metagenomic functions. Microbiome. 4:42. DOI: 10.1186/s40168-016-0189-7
Pither J, Botta A, Maity C, Ghosh S. 2017. Analysis using national databases reveals a positive association between dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids with TV watching and diabetes in European females. PLoS One 12:1–16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173084. Link.
Wong, C. K., A. Botta, J. Pither, C. Dai, W. T. Gibson, and S. Ghosh. 2015. A high-fat diet rich in corn oil reduces spontaneous locomotor activity and induces insulin resistance in mice. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry 26:319–326. link.
Landscape Ecology / Biogeography / Biodiversity
MR Snook, J Magerøy, J Pither, J Curtis, L Nield, IR Walker. 2019. Modeling Habitat Suitability for the Western Ridged Mussel (Gonidea angulata Lea) in Okanagan Lake, British Columbia, Canada. Northwest Science 92 (sp5), 375-387. link.
Carturan, B., Parrott, L., and Pither, J. 2018. A modified trait-based framework for assessing the resilience of ecosystem services provided by coral reef communities. Ecosphere. Link. Supporting materials housed on the Open Science Framework.
Vanbianchi, C., Gaines, W.L., Murphy, M.A., Pither, J. and Hodges, K.E. 2017. Habitat selection by Canada lynx: making do in heavily fragmented landscapes. Biodiversity and Conservation. 26(14):3343-3361. Link.
J. Pither, Fraser, L.H., A. Jentsch, M. Sternberg, M. Zobel. 2016. Response to technical comment by Tredennick et al. Science. Vol 351, Issue 6272. link.
Fraser, L. H., Pärtel, M., J. Pither, A. Jentsch, M. Sternberg, M. Zobel. 2015. Response to technical comment by Laanisto & Hutchings. DOI: 10.1126/science.aad4874 . Science. link.
Fraser, L. H., J. Pither, A. Jentsch, M. Sternberg, M. Zobel, and members of the HerbDivNet network. 2015. Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness. Science 349 :302–305. link.
Ensing, D.J. and Pither, J. 2015. A novel multiple-site extension to pairwise partitioned taxonomic beta diversity. Ecological Complexity, 21:62-69. link.
Plant-mycorrhizal fungi symbioses
Pither, J., Pickles, B.J., Simard, S., Ordonez, A., and Williams, J.W. 2018. Belowground biotic interactions moderated the post-glacial range dynamics of trees. New Phytologist, 220 (4), 1148-1160. link. And for related materials hosted on the Open Science Framework.
van der Heyde M, Bennett JA, Pither J, Hart M. 2017. Longterm effects of grazing on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Agric Ecosyst Environ 243:27–33. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2017.04.003. Link.
Egan CP, Callaway RM, Hart MM, Pither J, Klironomos J. 2017. Phylogenetic structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities along an elevation gradient. Mycorrhiza 27:273–282. doi: 10.1007/s00572-016-0752-x. Link.
Pither, J. and Pickles, BJ. 2017. The paleosymbiosis hypothesis: host plants can be colonized by root symbionts that have been inactive for centuries to millenia. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 93(6) Link.
Hart, M.M., Zaitsoff, D., van der Heyde, M., and J. Pither. 2016. Testing life history and trait-based predictions of AMF community assembly. accepted. Pedobiologia - Journal of Soil Ecology. 59(4):203-213. link.
Invasive species ecology
Stotz, G.C., Cahill Jr, J.F., Bennett, J.A., Carlyle, C.N., Bork, E.W., Askarizadeh, D., et al. 2020. Not a melting pot: Plant species aggregate in their non-native range. Global Ecology and Biogeography. link.
Collette, L., and J. Pither. 2016. Insect assemblages associated with the exotic riparian shrub, Russian olive, and co-occurring native shrubs. The Canadian Entomologist. 148: 316–328.
Collette, L., and J. Pither. 2015. Modeling the potential North American distribution of Russian olive, an invader of riparian ecosystems. Plant Ecology. 216:1371–1383. link
Moffat, C. E., D. J. Ensing, J. F. Gaskin, R. A. De Clerck-Floate, and J. Pither. 2015. Morphology delimits more species than molecular genetic clusters of invasive Pilosella. American Journal of Botany. 102:1145-1159. link.
Collette, L., and J. Pither. 2015. Russian-olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) biology and ecology and its potential to invade northern North American riparian ecosystems. Invasive Plant Science and Management 8:1–14. link.
Microbiome ecology / human health
Quin, C., D. M. Vollman, S. Ghosh, N. Haskey, M. Estaki, J. Pither, J. A. Barnett, M. N. Jay, B. W. Birnie, and D. L. Gibson. 2020. Fish oil supplementation reduces maternal defensive inflammation and predicts a gut bacteriome with reduced immune priming capacity in infants. The ISME Journal:1–15. link.
Tasmin, N., Abulizi, N., Pither, J., Hart, M.M., and D.L. Gibson. 2017. Linking the gut microbial ecosystem with the environment: does gut health depend on where we live. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8:1935. Link.
Mehrbod Estaki, Jason Pither, Peter Baumeister, Jonathan P Little, Sandeep K Gill, Sanjoy Ghosh, Zahra Ahmadi-Vand, Katelyn R Marsden, and Deanna L Gibson. 2016. Cardiorespiratory fitness as a predictor of intestinal microbial diversity and distinct metagenomic functions. Microbiome. 4:42. DOI: 10.1186/s40168-016-0189-7
Pither J, Botta A, Maity C, Ghosh S. 2017. Analysis using national databases reveals a positive association between dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids with TV watching and diabetes in European females. PLoS One 12:1–16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173084. Link.
Wong, C. K., A. Botta, J. Pither, C. Dai, W. T. Gibson, and S. Ghosh. 2015. A high-fat diet rich in corn oil reduces spontaneous locomotor activity and induces insulin resistance in mice. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry 26:319–326. link.
