For full listing see Jason's Google Scholar profile
I have grouped our more recent publications under five broad research categories:
Biogeography / Biodiversity / Landscape Ecology
Carturan, B.S., Parrott, L. & Pither, J. (2022). Functional Richness and Resilience in Coral Reef Communities. Front. Ecol. Evol., 10, 780406. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.780406 . Associated scripts and data on OSF.
Manning, F.S., Curtis, P.J., Walker, I.R. & Pither, J. 2021. Potential long-distance dispersal of freshwater diatoms adhering to waterfowl plumage. Freshwater Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13706. All scripts and data available on OSF.
Carturan B.S., Pither J., Maréchal J.-P., Bradshaw C.J. & Parrott L. (2020). Combining agent-based, trait-based and demographic approaches to model coral-community dynamics. Elife 9, e55993. link.
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.
Pickles, B.J. & Pither, J. (2014). Still scratching the surface: how much of the ‘black box’ of soil ectomycorrhizal communities remains in the dark? New Phytologist, 201, 1101–1105.
Invasive species ecology
Stotz, G.C., Cahill Jr, J.F., Bennett, J.A., Carlyle, C.N., Bork, E.W., Askarizadeh, D., ... Pither, J. 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.
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.
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., Lalonde, R.G., Ensing, D.J., De Clerck-Floate, R.A., Grosskopf-Lachat, G. & Pither, J. (2013). Frequency-dependent host species use by a candidate biological control insect within its native European range. Biological Control, 67, 498–508.
Ensing, D. J., Moffat, C. E. & Pither, J. Taxonomic identification errors generate misleading ecological niche model predictions of an invasive hawkweed. Botany (2012) doi:10.1139/cjb-2012-0205.
Symonds, J. E., and J. Pither. 2012. Multi-scale analyses of exotic and native plant species diversity within Canada’s endangered antelope-brush ecosystem. Plant Ecology 213:1263–1275. link.
Microbiome ecology / human health
Estaki M., Morck D.W., Quin C., Pither J., Barnett J.A., Gill S.K., et al. (2020). Physical Activity Shapes the Intestinal Microbiome and Immunity of Healthy Mice but Has No Protective Effects against Colitis in MUC2−/− Mice. mSystems 5. https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00515-20
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
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.
Open Science
Bledsoe, E.K., Burant, J.B., Higino, G.T., Roche, D.G., Binning, S.A., Finlay, K., et al. (2022). Data rescue: saving environmental data from extinction. Proc. R. Soc. B., 289, 20220938. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0938
Hanna S., Pither J. & Vis-Dunbar M. (2021). Implementation of an Open Science Instruction Program for Undergraduates. Data Intelligence 3, 150–161. https://doi.org/10.1162/dint_a_00086.
I have grouped our more recent publications under five broad research categories:
Biogeography / Biodiversity / Landscape Ecology
Carturan, B.S., Parrott, L. & Pither, J. (2022). Functional Richness and Resilience in Coral Reef Communities. Front. Ecol. Evol., 10, 780406. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.780406 . Associated scripts and data on OSF.
Manning, F.S., Curtis, P.J., Walker, I.R. & Pither, J. 2021. Potential long-distance dispersal of freshwater diatoms adhering to waterfowl plumage. Freshwater Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13706. All scripts and data available on OSF.
Carturan B.S., Pither J., Maréchal J.-P., Bradshaw C.J. & Parrott L. (2020). Combining agent-based, trait-based and demographic approaches to model coral-community dynamics. Elife 9, e55993. link.
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.
Pickles, B.J. & Pither, J. (2014). Still scratching the surface: how much of the ‘black box’ of soil ectomycorrhizal communities remains in the dark? New Phytologist, 201, 1101–1105.
Invasive species ecology
Stotz, G.C., Cahill Jr, J.F., Bennett, J.A., Carlyle, C.N., Bork, E.W., Askarizadeh, D., ... Pither, J. 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.
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.
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., Lalonde, R.G., Ensing, D.J., De Clerck-Floate, R.A., Grosskopf-Lachat, G. & Pither, J. (2013). Frequency-dependent host species use by a candidate biological control insect within its native European range. Biological Control, 67, 498–508.
Ensing, D. J., Moffat, C. E. & Pither, J. Taxonomic identification errors generate misleading ecological niche model predictions of an invasive hawkweed. Botany (2012) doi:10.1139/cjb-2012-0205.
Symonds, J. E., and J. Pither. 2012. Multi-scale analyses of exotic and native plant species diversity within Canada’s endangered antelope-brush ecosystem. Plant Ecology 213:1263–1275. link.
Microbiome ecology / human health
Estaki M., Morck D.W., Quin C., Pither J., Barnett J.A., Gill S.K., et al. (2020). Physical Activity Shapes the Intestinal Microbiome and Immunity of Healthy Mice but Has No Protective Effects against Colitis in MUC2−/− Mice. mSystems 5. https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00515-20
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
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.
Open Science
Bledsoe, E.K., Burant, J.B., Higino, G.T., Roche, D.G., Binning, S.A., Finlay, K., et al. (2022). Data rescue: saving environmental data from extinction. Proc. R. Soc. B., 289, 20220938. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0938
Hanna S., Pither J. & Vis-Dunbar M. (2021). Implementation of an Open Science Instruction Program for Undergraduates. Data Intelligence 3, 150–161. https://doi.org/10.1162/dint_a_00086.
