Most publications are either in an open access journal or deposited in a repository. A link is given. If you need access to one of the other publications feel free to contact me. Middlebury College undergraduate students indicated by *.
G. Mejía, C. Su, D. Allen, V.B. Chaudhary, and T. Ong. 2024. Land-use legacies affect the composition and distribution of tree species and their belowground functions in a succession from old-field to mature temperature forest. Forest Ecosystems 11: 100249. (Open access)
M. Stokowski* and D. Allen. 2024. IxPopDyMod: an R package to write, run, and analyze tick population and infection dynamics models. Parasites and Vectors 17: 90. (Open access)
H. Shamon, …, D. Allen, …., et al. 2024. SNAPSHOT USA 2021: a third coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States. Ecology 105: e4318. (Open access)
C. Delavaux, …, D. Allen, …, et al. 2023. Mycorrhizal feedbacks influence global forest structure and diversity. Communications Biology 6: 1066. (Open access)
A. Snow, P. Pearson, G. Xu, D. Allen, R. Santamaria, and S. Rich. 2023. Tick densities and infection prevalence on costal islands in Massachusetts, USA: establishing a baseline for future monitoring. Insects 14: 628. (Open access)
M. Verdú, …, D. Allen, …, et al. 2023 RecruitNet: A global database of plant recruitment networks. Ecology 104: e3923. (Open access)
C. Piponiot, …, D. Allen, …, et al. 2022. Distribution of biomass dynamics in relation to tree size in forests across the world. New Phytologist 234: 1664–1677. Access to PDF.
H. Baldwin*, B. Borgmann–Winter*, W.J. Landesman, and D. Allen. 2022. A GIS approach to map tick exposure risk at a scale for public health intervention. Journal of Medical Entomology 59: 162-172. PubMed access to PDF.
M. Weemstra, J. Zambrano, D. Allen, and M.N. Umaña. 2021. Tree growth increases through opposing above- and below-ground resource strategies. Journal of Ecology 109: 3502-3512. Access to PDF.
A. Kim, D. Allen, and S. Couch. 2021. The forestecology R package for fitting and assessing neighborhood models of the effect of interspecific competition on the growth of trees. Ecology and Evolution 11: 15556–15572. (Open access)
B. Sedio, …, D. Allen, …, et al. 2021. Chemical similarity of co-occurring trees decreases with precipitation and temperature in North American forests. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 679638. (Open access)
S. Davies, …, D. Allen, …, et al. 2021. ForestGEO: Understanding forest diversity and dynamics through a global observatory network. Biological Conservation 253: 108907. Access to PDF.
D. Allen, C.W. Dick, R.J. Burnham, I. Perfecto, and J. Vandermeer. 2020. The Michigan Big Woods research plot at the Edwin S. George Reserve, Pinckney, MI, USA. Miscellaneous Publications of the Museum of Zoology. University of Michigan. 207. (Open access)
D. Allen and A. Kim. 2020. A permutation and spatial cross-validation approach to assess models of interspecific competition between trees. PLOS One 15: e0229930. (Open access)
C. Merenstein*, J. Ward, and D. Allen. 2020. Diplorickettsia bacteria in an Ixodes scapularis tick, Vermont, USA. Emerging Infectious Diseases 26(5): 1036-1038. (Open access)
B. Borgmann–Winter and D. Allen. 2020. How the distance between drag-cloth checks affects the estimate of adult and nymphal Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) density. Journal of Medical Entomology 57(2): 623–626. PubMed access to PDF.
D.N.L. Menge, …, D. Allen, …, et al. 2019. Patterns of nitrogen fixing tree abundance in forests across Asia and America. Journal of Ecology 107(6): 2598-2610. Access to PDF.
D. Allen, B. Borgmann–Winter*, L. Bashor*, and J. Ward. 2019. The density of the Lyme disease vector, Ixodes scapularis (blacklegged tick), differs between the Champlain Valley and Green Mountains, Vermont. Northeastern Naturalist 26: 545-560. PubMed access to PDF.
D. Allen, C. Dick, E. Strayer*, I. Perfecto, and J. Vandermeer. 2018. Scale and strength of oak-mesophyte interactions in a transitional oak-hickory forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 48: 1366-1372. PubMed access to PDF.
J. Lutz, …, D. Allen, …, et al. 2018. Global importance of large-diameter trees. Global Ecology and Biogeography 27: 849-864. Access to PDF.
T. Ong, D. Allen, and J. Vandermeer. 2018 Huffaker revisited: spatial heterogeneity and the coupling of ineffective agents in biological control. Ecosphere 9: e02299. (Open access)
P. Ryan, D. West, K. Hattori, S. Studwell*, D. Allen, and J. Kim. 2015. The influence of metamorphic grade on arsenic in metasedimentary bedrock aquifers: A case study from Western New England. Science of the Total Environment 505: 1320-133.
Z. Brym, D. Allen, and I. Ibáñez. 2014. Community control on growth and survival of an exotic shrub. Biological Invasions 16: 2529-2541.
D. Jackson, D. Allen, I. Perfecto, and J. Vandermeer. 2014. Self-organization and background habitat determines the nature of population spatial structure. Oikos 123: 751-761.
A. Belasen, E. Burkett, A. Injaian, K. Li, D. Allen, and I. Perfecto. 2013. Effect of sub-canopy on habitat seleciton in the blue-spotted salamander (Ambystoma laterale-jeffersonianum unisexual complex). Copeia 2013: 254-261.
S. Jha, D. Allen, H. Liere, I. Perfecto, and J. Vandermeer. 2012. Mutualisms and population regulation: mechanism matters. PLoS One 7: e43510. (Open access)
Z. Brym, J. Lake, D. Allen, and A. Ostling. 2011. Plant functional traits suggest novel ecological strategy for an invasive shrub in an understorey woody plant community. Journal of Applied Ecology 48: 1098-1106.
S. Yitbarek, J. Vandermeer, and D. Allen. 2011. The combined effects of exogenous and endogenous variability on the spatial distribution of ant communities in a forested ecosystem (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Environmental Entomology 40: 1067-1073.
D. Allen, J. Vandermeer, and I. Perfecto. 2009. When are habitat patches really islands? Forest Ecology and Management 258: 2033-2036.