Kate S. Boersma

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Boersma, K.S., Nickerson, A., Francis, C.D., and A.M., Siepielski. In press. Climate extremes are associated with invertebrate taxonomic and functional composition in mountain lakes. Ecology and Evoution.

Boersma, K.S., Dee, L.E., Miller, S.J., Bogan, M.T., Lytle, D.A., and A.I. Gitelman. 2016. Linking multidimensional functional diversity to quantitative methods: A graphical hypothesis-evaluation framework. Ecology, 97: 583-593. DOWNLOAD PDF »

Siepielski, A. M., E. Fallon, and K.S. Boersma. 2016. Predator olfactory cues generate a foraging-predation trade-off through prey apprehension. Royal Society Open Science, 3:150537. DOWNLOAD PDF »

Kavanaugh, M.T., Boersma, K.S., Close, S., Ganio, L., Hooven, L. and B. Lachenbruch: Advancing Toward Professorship in Biology, Ecology and Earth System Sciences. In FORWARD to Professorship in STEM: Inclusive Strategies That Work. C. Mavriplis, P. Sabila and S. Heller (Eds). Elsevier Press. DOWNLOAD PDF »

Piacenza, S.H., Barner, A., Benkwitt, C., Boersma, K.S., Cerny-Chipman, E., Ingemann, K., Kidinger, T., Lindsley, A., Nelson, J., Reimer, J., Rowe, J., Shen, S., Thompson, K., Thurman, L. and S.S. Heppell. Patterns and variation in benthic biodiversity in a large marine ecosystem. PLOS ONE. DOWNLOAD PDF »

Piacenza, S.H., Thurman, L.L., Barner, A.K., Benkwitt, C.E., Boersma, K.S., Cerny-Chipman, E.B., Ingemann, K.E., Kidinger, T.L., Lindsley, A.J., Nelson, J., Reimer, J.N., Rowe, J.C., Shen, C., Thompson, K.A., and S.S. Heppell. 2015. Evaluating temporal consistency in marine biodiversity hotspots. PLOS ONE. DOWNLOAD PDF »

Schriever T.A., Bogan M.T., Boersma K.S., Cañedo-Argüelles M., Jaeger K.L., Olden J.L. and D.A. Lytle. 2015. Hydrology shapes taxonomic and functional structure of desert stream invertebrate communities. Freshwater Science. DOWNLOAD PDF »

Cañedo-Argüelles M., Boersma, K.S., Bogan M.T., Olden, J.D., Phillipsen I., Schriever, T.A., and D.A. Lytle. 2015. Dispersal strength determines meta-community structure in a dendritic riverine network. Journal of Biogeography. DOWNLOAD PDF »

Boersma, K.S. and D.A. Lytle. 2014. Long distance drought escape behavior in a flightless aquatic insect, Abedus herberti (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae). Southwestern Naturalist. DOWNLOAD PDF »

Bogan, M.T., Boersma, K.S., and D.A. Lytle. 2014. Resistance and resilience of invertebrate communities to seasonal and supraseasonal drought in arid-land headwater streams. Invited contribution to Freshwater Biology Special Issue “Extreme Climatic Events: Impacts on Freshwater Ecosystems” edited by M. Ledger and A. Milner. DOWNLOAD PDF »

Beck, C., Middendorf, G., Tysor, C.S., and K.S. Boersma. 2014. Diversity at 100: Women and under-represented minorities in the ESA. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. DOWNLOAD PDF »

Boersma, K.S., Bogan, M.T., Henrichs, B.A., and D.A. Lytle. 2014. Invertebrate assemblages of pools in arid-land streams have high functional redundancy and are resistant to severe drying. Freshwater Biology, 59: 491-501. DOWNLOAD PDF »

Boersma, K.S., Bogan, M.T., Henrichs, B.A., and D.A. Lytle. 2014. Top predator removals have consistent effects on large species despite high environmental variability. Oikos, 123: 807-815. DOWNLOAD PDF »

Bogan, M.T., Boersma, K.S., and D.A. Lytle. 2013. Flow intermittency alters longitudinal patterns of invertebrate diversity and assemblage composition in an arid-land stream network. Freshwater Biology, 58: 1016-1028. DOWNLOAD PDF »

Bogan, M.T. and K.S. Boersma. 2012. Aquatic invertebrate aerial dispersal traits along and inland from aridland streams. Freshwater Science, 31: 1131-1144. DOWNLOAD PDF »

Ryer, C.H., Boersma, K.S. and T.P. Hurst. 2011. Growth and distributional correlates of behavior in three co-occurring juvenile flatfishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 460: 183-193. DOWNLOAD PDF »

Boersma, K.S., Ryer, C.H., Hurst, T.P., and S.S. Heppell. 2008. Influences of divergent behavioral strategies on risk allocation in three species of north Pacific flatfishes. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62(12): 1959-1968. DOWNLOAD PDF »

Ryer, C.H., Lemke, J.L, Boersma, K.S., and S.J. Levas. 2008. Adaptive coloration, behavior and predation vulnerability in three juvenile north Pacific flatfishes. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 359(1): 62-66. DOWNLOAD PDF »

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