In review or in revision (drafts available upon request)
Rudolph, A., R.S. Snell, and B. McCarthy (in review) Long-term effects of forest mesophication on Carya spp. population dynamics and topographic influences on forest vegetation. Journal of Vegetative Science. Published
Wagenknecht, R.L., J.L. DeForest, M. Linthicum, D. Roberts and R.S. Snell (2023) Tree regeneration response to a shifting soil nutrient economy depends on mycorrhizal association and age. Forest Ecology and Management. 527: 120580. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120580
Sparbanie, T.M. and R.S. Snell (2022) Harvest and dispersal syndromes influence the probability of tree seedling establishment in the eastern United States. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 31:2410 – 2422. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13600
Snell, R.S., A. Peringer, V. Frank and H. Bugmann (2022) Management-based mitigation of the impacts of climate driven woody encroachment in high elevation pasture woodlands. Journal of Applied Ecology. 59:1925 –1936. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14199
Peringer, A., V. Frank and R.S. Snell (2022) Climate change simulations in alpine summering pastures suggest a disruption of current vegetation zonation. Global Ecology and Conservation. 37:e02140. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02140
Smith, S.J., B. McCarthy, T. Hutchinson and R.S. Snell (2022) Individual-level variation in reproductive effort in chestnut oak (Quercus montana Willd.) and black oak (Q. velutina Lam.). Forest Ecology and Management, 508: 120029. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120029
Pile, L.S., R.S. Snell, L.A. Vickers, T. Hutchison, J. Kabrick, M.A. Jenkins, B. Graham and J. Rebbeck (2021) The ‘other’ hardwood: growth, physiology, and dynamics of hickories in the Central Hardwood Region, USA. Forest Ecology and Management, 497: 119513. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119513 Smith, S.J., B. McCarthy, T. Hutchinson and R.S. Snell (2021) Both weather and resources influence masting in chestnut oak (Quercus montana Willd.) and black oak (Q. velutina Lam.) Plant Ecology, 222: 409-420. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-021-01115-7
Goszka, A.R. and R.S. Snell (2020) Seed quality and seed quantity in red maple depends on weather and individual tree characteristics. Ecology and Evolution, 10:13109-13121. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6900
Beckman, N., C. Aslan, H. Rogers, O. Kogan, J. Bronstein, J. Bullock, F. Hartig, J. HilleRisLambers, Y. Zhou, D. Zurell, J. Brodie, E. Bruna, S. Cantrell, R. Decker, E. Effiom, E. Fricke, K. Gurski, A. Hastings, J. Johnson, B. Loiselle, M. Miriti, M. Neubert, L. Pejchar, J. Poulsen, G. Pufal, O. Razafindratsima, M. Sandor, K. Shea, S. Schreiber, E. Schupp, R. S. Snell, C. Strickland, J. Zambrano (2020) Advancing an interdisciplinary framework to study seed dispersal ecology. AoB Plants, 12(2) doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plz048
DeForest, J.L., and R.S. Snell (2020) Tree growth response to shifting soil nutrient-use economy depends on mycorrhizal associations. New Phytologist. 225(6); 2557-2566. doi:10.1111/nph.16299
Schupp E.W., R. Zwolak, L. Jones, R.S. Snell, N. Beckman, C. Aslan, B. Cavazos, E. Effiom, E. Fricke, F. Montaño-Centellas, J. Poulsen, O. Razafindratsima, M. Sandor, K. Shea (2019). Intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of intraspecific variation in seed dispersal are diverse and pervasive. AoB Plants, 11(6) doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plz067
Snell, R.S., N.G. Beckman, E. Fricke, B.A. Loiselle, C.S. Carvalho, L.R. Jones, N.I. Lichti, N. Lustenhouwer, S. Schreiber, C. Strickland, L.L. Sullivan, B.R. Cavazos, I. Giladi, A. Hastings, K. Holbrook, E. Jongejans, O. Kogan, F. Montaño-Centellas, J. Rudolph, H.S. Rogers, R. Zwolak, E. Schupp (2019) Consequences of intraspecific variation in seed dispersal for plant demography, communities, evolution, and global change. AoB Plants. 11(4) doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plz016/5416163
Aslan, C. E., N. Beckman, H. Rogers, J. Bronstein, D. Zurell, F. Hartig, K. Shea, L. Pejchar, M. Neubert, J. Poulsen, J. HilleRisLambers, M. Miriti, B. Loiselle, E. Effiom, J. Zambrano, E. Schupp, G. Pufal, J. Johnson, J. Bullock, J. Brodie, E. Bruna, S. Cantrell, R. Decker, E. Fricke, K. Gurski, A. Hastings, O. Kogan, O. Razafindratsima, M. Sandor, S. Schreiber, R. Snell, C. Strickland, and Y. Zhou. (2019). Employing plant functional groups to advance seed dispersal ecology and conservation. AoB Plants.11(2): doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plz006
Schuler, L., H. Bugmann, G. Petter, and R.S. Snell (2019) How multiple and interacting disturbances shape tree diversity in European mountain landscapes. Landscape Ecology. 34:1279-1294 doi: 10.1007/s10980-019-00838-3
Fronzek, S., T. R. Carter, N. Pirttioja, R. Alkemade, E. Audsley, H. Bugmann, M. Flörke, I. Holman, Y. Honda, A. Ito, V. Janes-Bassett, V. Lafond, R. Leemans, M. Mokrech, S. Nunez, D. Sandars, R. Snell, K. Takahashi, A. Tanaka, F. Wimmer and M. Yoshikawa (2019) Determining sensitivity to climate and socio-economic changes across sectors and European regions using impact response surfaces. Regional Environmental Change.19:679-693 doi: 10.1007/s10113-018-1421-8
Snell, R.S., C. Elkin, S. Kotlarski and H. Bugmann (2018) Importance of climate uncertainty for projections of forest ecosystem services. Regional Environmental Change. 18: 2145-2159. doi: 10.1007/s10113-018-1337-3
Thrippleton, T., H. Bugmann, and R.S. Snell (2018) Herbaceous competition and browsing may induce arrested succession in central European forests. Journal of Ecology. 106:1120-1132. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12889
Thrippleton, T., H. Bugmann, M. Folini and R.S. Snell (2018) Overstorey-understorey interactions intensify after drought-induced forest die-off: long-term effects for forest structure and composition. Ecosystems. 21:723-739. doi:10.1007/s10021-017-0181-5
Huber, R., R. Snell, F. Monin, S. Brunner, D. Schmatz, and R. Finger (2017) Interaction effects of targeted agri-environmental payments on non-marketed goods and services under climate change in a mountain region. Land Use Policy 66:46-60. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.04.029
Snell, R.S., A. Peringer and H. Bugmann (2017) Integrating processes across temporal and spatial scales to simulate landscape patterns and dynamics in mountain pasture-woodlands. Landscape Ecology 32:1079-1096. doi: 10.1007/s10980-017-0511-1
Schuler, L., H. Bugmann and R.S. Snell (2017) From monocultures to mixed-species forests: is tree diversity key for providing ecosystem services at the landscape scale? Landscape Ecology 32:1499–1516. doi: 10.1007/s10980-016-0422-6
Thrippleton, T., H. Bugmann, K. Kramer-Priewasser and R.S. Snell (2016) Herbaceous understorey – an overlooked player in forest landscape dynamics? Ecosystems 19:1240-1254. doi: 10.1007/s10021-016-9999-5
Gutiérrez, A.G., R.S. Snell, and H. Bugmann (2016) Using a dynamic forest model to predict tree species distributions. Global Ecology and Biogeography 25:347-358. doi: 10.1111/geb.12421
Snell, R.S. and S.A. Cowling (2015) Consideration of dispersal processes and northerly refugia can improve our understanding of past plant migration rates. Journal of Biogeography 42:1677-1688. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12544
Snell, R.S., A. Huth, J.E.M.S. Nabel, G. Bocedi, J.M.J. Travis, D. Gravel, H. Bugmann, A.G. Gutiérrez, T. Hickler, S.I. Higgins, M. Scherstjanoi, B. Reineking, N. Zurbriggen, H. Lischke (2014) Using dynamic vegetation models to simulate plant range shifts. Ecography 37:1184-1197. doi: 10.1111/ecog.00580
Huber, R., S. Briner, H. Bugmann, C. Elkin, C. Hirschi, R. Seidl, R.S. Snell, and A. Rigling (2014) Inter- and transdisciplinary perspective on the integration of ecological processes into ecosystem services analysis in mountain regions. Ecological Processes 3:9. doi:10.1186/2192-1709-3-9
Snell, R.S. (2014) Simulating long distance seed dispersal in a dynamic vegetation model. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 23: 89–98. doi: 10.1111/geb.12106
Snell, R.S., S.A. Cowling, and B. Smith (2013) Simulating regional vegetation-climate dynamics for Middle America: tropical versus temperate applications. Biotropica 45:567-577. doi: 10.1111/btp.12054
Snell, R.S. and J.F. Addicott (2008) Direct and indirect effects of ants on seed predation in moth/yucca mutualisms. EcoScience 15:305-314. doi:10.2980/15-3-3116
Snell, R.S. and J.F. Addicott (2008) Limiting the success of stem borers (Prodoxus quinquepunctellus) in yuccas: indirect effects of ants, aphids and fruit position. Ecological Entomology 33:119-126. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00946.x
Snell, R. and L.W. Aarssen (2005) Life history traits in selfing versus outcrossing annuals: exploring the ‘time-limitation' hypothesis for the fitness benefit of self-pollination. BMC Ecology 5:2. doi:10.1186/1472-6785-5-2
Published Data and R code
Snell, R.S., S.J. Smith, B.C. McCarthy, and T.F. Hutchinson. 2022. Data and R code for “Individual-level variation in reproductive effort in chestnut oak (Quercus montana Willd.) and black oak (Q. velutina Lam.)”, Forest Ecology and Management, 2022 ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/a37fc0e58fb3e46aa9566e0c990681de
Snell, R.S., S.J. Smith, B.C. McCarthy, and T.F. Hutchinson (2021) Data and R code for “Both weather and resources influence masting in chestnut oak (Quercus montana Willd.) and black oak (Q. velutina Lam.)”, Plant Ecology, 2021 ver 1. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/2ee69498e7bbd2784267b9f8c6bfa668
Snell, R.S. and G. Abigail (2021), Data from: Seed quality and seed quantity in red maple depends on weather and individual tree characteristics, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.2rbnzs7m3
DeForest J.L., and R.S. Snell (2019) Data and R code for “Tree growth response to shifting soil nutrient economy depends on mycorrhizal associations”, New Phytologist, 2019.. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/ae2425aeca31c2e7e8dd857657b57035.