Gratton Lab: Food Web Ecology

Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Publications

Gratton, C. 2006. Interactions Between a Native Silkmoth Hemileuca sp. and an Invasive Wetland Plant, Lythrum salicaria. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99: 1182-1190. PDF version available.

Myers, S.W. and Gratton, C. 2006. Influence of potassium fertility on soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura (Hemiptera: Aphididae) population dynamics at a field and regional scale. Environmental Entomology 35: 219-227. PDF version available.

Gratton, C. and Forbes, A.E. 2006. Changes in d13C stable isotopes in multiple tissues of insect predators fed isotopically distinct prey. Oecologia 147: 615-624. PDF version available.

Vander Zanden, J., Olden, J., Gratton, C. 2006. “Food web approaches in restoration ecology”, In Foundations of Restoration Ecology. D.A. Falk, M.A. Palmer and J.B. Zedler (eds), Island Press. PDF version available.

Gratton, C. and Denno, R.F. 2006. Arthropod food web restoration following removal of an invasive wetland plant Ecological Applications 16: 622-631. PDF version available.

Myers, S.W., C. Gratton, R.P. Wolkowski, D.B. Hogg and J.L. Wedberg. 2005. Observations on the effect of potassium availability on soybean aphid, Aphis glycines (Hemiptera: Aphididae) population dynamics and yield losses. Journal of Economic Entomology 98: 113-120. PDF version available.

Denno, R.F., Lewis, D., and C. Gratton. 2005. Spatial variation in the relative strength of top-down and bottom-up forces: causes and consequences for phytophagous insect populations. Annales Zoologici Fennici 42: 295-311. PDF version available.

Gratton, C. and Denno, R.F. 2005. Restoration of arthropod assemblages in a Spartina salt marsh following removal of the invasive plant Phragmites australis. Restoration Ecology 13: 358-372. PDF version available.

Matsumura, M., G.M. Trafelet-Smith, C. Gratton, D.L. Finke, W.F. Fagan, and R.F. Denno. 2004. Does intraguild predation enhance predator performance? A stoichiometric perspective. Ecology 85:2601-2615. PDF version available.

Denno, R.F., M.S. Mitter, G.A. Langellotto, C. Gratton, and D.L. Finke. 2004. Interactions between a hunting spider and a web-builder: consequences of intraguild predation and cannibalism for prey suppression. Ecological Entomology 29: 566-577. PDF version available.

Gratton, C. and Denno, R.F. 2003 Interseasonal carryover effects of a fertilization pulse on the food web structure of a salt marsh arthropod community. Ecology 84:2692-2707. PDF version available.

Gratton, C. and Denno, R.F. 2003 Temporal shifts in top-down and bottom-up effects on an herbivore population. Oecologia. 134:487-495. PDF version available.

Denno, R.F., C. Gratton, H. Döebel, D. L. Finke. 2003 Risk of predation influences the relative strength of bottom-up and top-down effects in a herbivorous insect community. Ecology 84: 1032-1044. PDF version available.
Denno, R.F., C. Gratton, M.A. Peterson, G.A. Langellotto, D. L. Finke, A. F. Huberty. 2002. Bottom-up forces mediate natural-enemy impact in a phytophagous insect community. Ecology 83: 1443-1458. PDF version available.
Gratton, C. and S. C. Welter. 2001. Parasitism of natural populations of Liriomyza helianthi Spencer and Calycomyza platyptera (Thomson) (Diptera: Agromyzidae). Biological Control 22:81-97. PDF version available.

Denno, R.F., C. Gratton, and G.A. Langellotto. 2001 Significance of habitat persistence and dimensionality in the evolution of insect dispersal strategies. In Insect movement: mechanisms and consequences. I. Woiwod, C. Thomas, and D. Reynolds (eds). CAB International, London. PDF version available.

Denno, R.F., Hawthorne, D.J., Thorne, B.L., and C. Gratton. 2001. Reduced flight capability in British Virgin Island populations of a wing-dimorphic insect: the role of habitat isolation, persistence and structure. Ecological Entomology 26: 25-36. PDF version available.

Denno, R.F., M.A. Peterson, C. Gratton, J. Cheng, G.A. Langellotto, A. F. Huberty, D. L. Finke. 2000. Interspecific competition between sap feeding herbivores mediated through feeding-induced changes in plant quality. Ecology 81:1814-1827. PDF version available.

Gratton, C. and S. C. Welter. 1999. Does enemy-free space exist? Experimental host-shifts of an herbivorous fly. Ecology 80:773-785. PDF version available.

Gratton, C. and S. C. Welter. 1998. Oviposition preference and larval performance of Liriomyza helianthi (Diptera: Agromyzidae) on normal and novel host plants. Environmental Entomology 27: 926-935. PDF version available.