Publications

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2026

Hoogshagen, M., DuBose, J. G., Arega, E., Catano, C. P., Villa, S. M., & de Roode, J. C. (2026). The contributions of host diet and genetic background to shaping parasite infection outcomes in monarch butterflies across natural populations. Ecological Entomology, 51(4), 789-798. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.70091

Turner, I. A., Catano, C. P., & Brudvig, L. A. (2026). Seeding density alters the role of soil moisture in structuring plant abundance during prairie restoration. Restoration Ecology, 34(1), e70221. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.70221

2025

Catano, C. P., J. G. DuBose, L. Fuller-Hall, J. Chavez, and J. C. de Roode (2025) Experimental Immigration Mediates Ecological Selection and Drift in Monarch Microbiome Assembly. Ecology Letters. doi:10.1111/ele.70252.

Catano, C.P., Bauer, J., Bassett, T., Behrens, E. and Brudvig, L.A. (2025) Regional Processes Mediate Ecological Selection and the Distribution of Plant Diversity Across Scales. Ecology Letters. doi:10.1111/ele.70095

2024

Henn JJ, Sedio BE, Catano CP, Dewald-Wang E, Vela Díaz D, Lutz JA, McMahon SM, Parker G, Myers JA, Spasojevic MJ (2024) Metabolomic and morphological trait diversity display contrasting patterns in temperate forest tree communities. Ecosphere 15:e70137

Brudvig LA and Catano CP (2024) Prediction and uncertainty in restoration science. Restoration Ecology doi:10.1111/rec.13380

*THE ROYAL SOCIETY MEETING: Restoration Science - Relevant for Action​

2023

Wisnoski NI, Andrade R, Castorani MCN, Catano CP, Compagnoni A, Lamy T, Lany NK, Marazzi L, Record S, Smith AC, Swan CM, Tonkin JD, Voelker NM, Zarnetske PL, Sokol ER (2023) Diversity–stability relationships across organism groups and ecosystem types become decoupled across spatial scales. Ecology doi:10.1002/ecy.4136

Catano CP, Groves AM, Brudvig LA (2023) Community assembly history alters relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functions during restoration. Ecology doi:10.1002/ecy.3910

Atkinson J, Goves AM, Towers IR, Catano CP, Brudvig LA (2023) Trait-mediated community assembly during experimental grassland restoration is altered by planting year rainfall. Journal of Applied Ecology doi:10.1111/1365-2664.14430

Paraskevopoulos A, Catano CP, Brudvig LA (2023) Ant and plant diversity responds differently to seed-based restoration. Restoration Ecology 31:e13853 doi.org/10.1111/rec.13853

2022

Reu JC & Catano CP, Spasojevic MJ, Myers JA (2022) β-diversity as a driver of forest biomass across spatial scales. Ecology doi:10.1002/ecy.3774

*Undergraduate mentee & co-lead authors

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Catano CP, Bassett T, Bauer J, Grman E, Groves AM, Zirbel CR, Brudvig LA (2022) Soil resources mediate the strength of species but not trait convergence across grassland restorations. Journal of Applied Ecology 59:384-393

*SPECIAL FEATURE: UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

2021

Catano CP, Grman E, Behrens E, Brudvig LA. (2021) Species pool size alters species-area relationships during experimental community assembly. Ecology 102:e03231​

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2020

Catano CP, Fristoe TS, LaManna JA, Myers JA (2020) Local species diversity, beta-diversity, and climate influence the regional stability of bird biomass across North America. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287:20192520

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Adu-Oppong B, Mangan SA, Stein C, Catano CP, Myers JA, Dantas G (2020) Prairie plants harbor distinct and beneficial endophytic bacterial communities. PLoS ONE 16:e0234537

2018

Spasojevic MJ, Catano CP, LaManna JA, Myers JA (2018) Integrating species traits into species pools. Ecology 99:1276-1276

2017

Catano CP, Dickson TL, Myers JA (2017) Dispersal and neutral sampling mediate contingent effects of disturbance on plant beta-diversity: A meta-analysis. Ecology Letters 3:347-356

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LaManna JA, Belote RT, Burkle LA, Catano CP, Myers JA (2017) Negative density dependence mediates biodiversity-productivity relationships across scales. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1:1107-1115​

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Beerens JM, Trexler JC & Catano CP (2017) Predicting wading bird and aquatic faunal responses to ecosystem restoration scenarios. Restoration Ecology 25:S86-S98

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Prior to 2017

Catano CP & Stout IJ (2015) Functional relationships reveal keystone effects of the gopher tortoise on vertebrate diversity in a longleaf pine savanna. Biodiversity and Conservation 24:1957-1974

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Catano CP, Romañach SS, Beerens JM, Pearlstine LG, Brandt LA, Hart KM, Mazzotti FJ & Trexler JC (2015) Using scenario planning to evaluate the impacts of climate change on wildlife populations and communities in the Florida Everglades. Environmental Management 55:807-823

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Catano CP, Angelo JJ & Stout IJ (2014) Sample grain influences the functional relationship between canopy cover and gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) burrow abandonment. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 13:166-172