Peer-Reviewed Publications
2021
46. Becknell, R. E., K. G. Showalter, M. A. Albrecht, and S. A. Mangan. 2021. Positive soil mutualisms potentially determine the reintroduction outcomes of an endangered legume. Restoration Ecology, in press.
45. Reinhart, K. O., J. T. Bauer, S. McCarthy-Neumann, A. S. MacDougall, J. L. Hierro, M. C. Chiuffo, S. A. Mangan, J. Heinze, J. Bergmann, J. Joshi, R. P. Duncan, J. M. Diex, P. Karol, G. Rutten, M. Fischer, W. H. van Der Putten, T. M. Bezemer, and J. Klironomos. 2021. Globally, plant-soil feedbacks are weak predictors of plant abundance. Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7167.
44. LaManna, J. A., S. A. Mangan, and J. A. Myers. 2021. Conspecific negative density dependence and why its study should not be abandoned. Ecosphere, e03322. http://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.332
45. Reinhart, K. O., J. T. Bauer, S. McCarthy-Neumann, A. S. MacDougall, J. L. Hierro, M. C. Chiuffo, S. A. Mangan, J. Heinze, J. Bergmann, J. Joshi, R. P. Duncan, J. M. Diex, P. Karol, G. Rutten, M. Fischer, W. H. van Der Putten, T. M. Bezemer, and J. Klironomos. 2021. Globally, plant-soil feedbacks are weak predictors of plant abundance. Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7167.
44. LaManna, J. A., S. A. Mangan, and J. A. Myers. 2021. Conspecific negative density dependence and why its study should not be abandoned. Ecosphere, e03322. http://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.332
2020
43. Stein, C. and S. A. Mangan. 2020. Soil microbes increase the likelihood for coexistence among competing plant species. Ecology 101(11), e03147. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3147
42. Stump, S. M., J. H. Marden, N. Beckman, S. A. Mangan, and L. A. Comita. 2020. Susceptibility to specialist natural enemies may be both the cause and consequence of rarity. The American Naturalist 196(4): https://doi.org/10.1086/710486
41. Adu-Oppong, B., S. A. Mangan, C. Stein, C. P. Catano, J. A. Meyers, and G. Dantas. 2020. Prairie plants harbor distinct and beneficial root-endophytic bacterial communities. Plos One 15(6): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234537
40. Schroeder, J., A. Dobson, S. A. Mangan, and E. A. Herre. 2020. Mutualist and pathogen traits interact to affect plant community structure in a spatially explicit model. Nature Communications 11:2204. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16047-5
39. Schmidt, R., H. Auge, H. B. Deising, I Hensen, S. A. Mangan, M. Schadler, C. Stein, and T. M. Knight. 2020. Host abundance but not origin and phylogenetic structure explain pathogen infection in grassland communities. Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6292
42. Stump, S. M., J. H. Marden, N. Beckman, S. A. Mangan, and L. A. Comita. 2020. Susceptibility to specialist natural enemies may be both the cause and consequence of rarity. The American Naturalist 196(4): https://doi.org/10.1086/710486
41. Adu-Oppong, B., S. A. Mangan, C. Stein, C. P. Catano, J. A. Meyers, and G. Dantas. 2020. Prairie plants harbor distinct and beneficial root-endophytic bacterial communities. Plos One 15(6): https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234537
40. Schroeder, J., A. Dobson, S. A. Mangan, and E. A. Herre. 2020. Mutualist and pathogen traits interact to affect plant community structure in a spatially explicit model. Nature Communications 11:2204. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16047-5
39. Schmidt, R., H. Auge, H. B. Deising, I Hensen, S. A. Mangan, M. Schadler, C. Stein, and T. M. Knight. 2020. Host abundance but not origin and phylogenetic structure explain pathogen infection in grassland communities. Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6292
2019
38. Pizano, M. C., J. H. Graham, K. Kitajima, and S. A. Mangan. 2019. Negative feedback dominates forest fragments and agricultural lands in the tropical Andes. Ecology. DOI:10.1002/ecy.2850.
37. Liang, A., C. Stein, E. Pearson, J. A. Myers, R. Crandall, S. A. Mangan. 2019. Snail herbivory affects seedling establishment in a temperate forest in the Ozarks. Journal of Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13150.
36. Crawford, K. M., J. T. Bauer, L. S. Comita, M. B. Eppinga, D. J. Johnson, S. A. Mangan, S. A. Queenborough, A. E. Strand, K. N. Suding, J. Umbanhowar, and J. D. Bever. 2019. When and where plant-soil feedback may promote coexistence: a meta-analysis. Ecology Letters 22:1274-1284. DOI: 10.1111/ele/13278.
35. Eck, J. L., S. M. Stump, C. S. Delavaux, S. A. Mangan, and L. S. Comita. 2019. Evidence of within-species specialization by soil microbes and the implications for plant community diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 116: 7371-
7376. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1810767116.
34. Spasojevic, M. J., K. Harline, C. Stein, S.A. Mangan, and J. A. Myers. 2019. Landscape context mediates the relationship
between plant functional traits and decomposition. Plant and Soil 438: 377-391. ISSN:1573-5036.
37. Liang, A., C. Stein, E. Pearson, J. A. Myers, R. Crandall, S. A. Mangan. 2019. Snail herbivory affects seedling establishment in a temperate forest in the Ozarks. Journal of Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13150.
36. Crawford, K. M., J. T. Bauer, L. S. Comita, M. B. Eppinga, D. J. Johnson, S. A. Mangan, S. A. Queenborough, A. E. Strand, K. N. Suding, J. Umbanhowar, and J. D. Bever. 2019. When and where plant-soil feedback may promote coexistence: a meta-analysis. Ecology Letters 22:1274-1284. DOI: 10.1111/ele/13278.
35. Eck, J. L., S. M. Stump, C. S. Delavaux, S. A. Mangan, and L. S. Comita. 2019. Evidence of within-species specialization by soil microbes and the implications for plant community diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 116: 7371-
7376. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1810767116.
34. Spasojevic, M. J., K. Harline, C. Stein, S.A. Mangan, and J. A. Myers. 2019. Landscape context mediates the relationship
between plant functional traits and decomposition. Plant and Soil 438: 377-391. ISSN:1573-5036.
2018
33. Sheldrake, M., N. P. Rosenstock, S. A. Mangan, D. Revillini, E. J. Sayer, P A. Olsson, E. V. J. Tanner, B. L. Turner, and S. J. Wright. 2018. Responses of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to long-term inorganic and organic nutrient addition in a lowland tropical forest. The ISME Journal. DOI/10.1038/s41396-018-0189-7.
32. J. A., LaManna, S. A. Mangan, et al., 2018. Response to comment (by Hulsmann and Hartig) on “Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale”. Science 360: 1-4. DOI: 10.1126/science.aar3824.
31. J. A., LaManna, S. A. Mangan, et al., 2018. Response to comment (by Chisholm and Fung) on “Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale”. Science 360: 1-4. DOI: 10.1126/science.aar5245.
32. J. A., LaManna, S. A. Mangan, et al., 2018. Response to comment (by Hulsmann and Hartig) on “Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale”. Science 360: 1-4. DOI: 10.1126/science.aar3824.
31. J. A., LaManna, S. A. Mangan, et al., 2018. Response to comment (by Chisholm and Fung) on “Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence at the global scale”. Science 360: 1-4. DOI: 10.1126/science.aar5245.
2017
29. J. A., LaManna, S. A. Mangan, A. Alonso, N. A. Bourg, W. Y. Brockelman, S. Bunyavejchewin, L. W. Chang, J. M. Chiang, G. B. Chuyong, K. Clay, R. Condit, S. Cordell, S. J. Davies, T. J. Furniss, C. P. Giardina, I. A. U. N. Gunatilleke, C. V. S. Gunatilleke, F. He, R. W. Howe, S. P. Hubbell, C. F. Hsieh, F. M. Inman-Narahari, D. Janík, D. J. Johnson, D. Kenfack, L. Korte, A. J. Larson,
J. A. Lutz, S. M. McMahon, W. J. McShea, H. R. Memiaghe, A. Nathalang, V. Novotny, P. S. Ong, D. A. Orwig, R. Ostertag, G. G.
Parker, R. P. Phillips, L. Sack, I. F. Sun, J. S. Tello, D. W. Thomas, B. L. Turner, D. M. Vela Díaz, T. Vrška, G. Weiblen, A. Wolf,
S. Yap, and J. A. Myers. 2017. Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence. Science 356:1389-
1392. DOI:10.1126/science.aam5678.
28. Marden J. H, S.A. Mangan, M. Peterson, E. Wafula, H.W. Fescemyer, J. Der, C.W. dePamphilis, & L.S. Comita. 2017. Ecological genomics of tropical trees: how local population size and allelic diversity of resistance genes relate to immune responses, co-susceptibility to pathogens, and negative density dependence. Molecular Ecology26: 2498-2513 DOI: 10.1111/mec.1399.
27. Sheldrake, M., N. Rosenstock, D. Revillini, P. A. Olsson, S. A. Mangan, E. Sayer, W. Hakan, B. Turner, and E. Tanner. 2017.
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community composition is altered by long-term litter removal but not litter addition in a
lowland tropical forest. New Phytologist217: 455-467. DOI: 10.1111/nph.14384.
J. A. Lutz, S. M. McMahon, W. J. McShea, H. R. Memiaghe, A. Nathalang, V. Novotny, P. S. Ong, D. A. Orwig, R. Ostertag, G. G.
Parker, R. P. Phillips, L. Sack, I. F. Sun, J. S. Tello, D. W. Thomas, B. L. Turner, D. M. Vela Díaz, T. Vrška, G. Weiblen, A. Wolf,
S. Yap, and J. A. Myers. 2017. Plant diversity increases with the strength of negative density dependence. Science 356:1389-
1392. DOI:10.1126/science.aam5678.
28. Marden J. H, S.A. Mangan, M. Peterson, E. Wafula, H.W. Fescemyer, J. Der, C.W. dePamphilis, & L.S. Comita. 2017. Ecological genomics of tropical trees: how local population size and allelic diversity of resistance genes relate to immune responses, co-susceptibility to pathogens, and negative density dependence. Molecular Ecology26: 2498-2513 DOI: 10.1111/mec.1399.
27. Sheldrake, M., N. Rosenstock, D. Revillini, P. A. Olsson, S. A. Mangan, E. Sayer, W. Hakan, B. Turner, and E. Tanner. 2017.
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community composition is altered by long-term litter removal but not litter addition in a
lowland tropical forest. New Phytologist217: 455-467. DOI: 10.1111/nph.14384.
2016
26. Corrales, A., S. A. Mangan, Turner B., & Dalling J. W. 2016. An ectomycorrhizal nitrogen economy facilitates monodominance in a neotropical forest. Ecology Letters 19: 383-392. DOI: 10.1111/ele.12570
2015
25. Bever, J. D., S. A. Mangan, & H. Alexander. 2015. Maintenance of plant diversity by pathogens. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 46: 305-325. doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-112414-054306.
24. Waring B. G., L. Á. Cansino, K. E. Barry, K. K. Becklund, S. Dale, M. G. Gei, O. R. Lopez, L. Markesteijn, S. A. Mangan,M. E.
Rodriguez-Ronderos, R. M. Segnitz, & S. A. Schnitzer, and J. S. Powers. 2015. Pervasive and strong effects of plants on
soil chemistry: a meta-analysis of individual plant ‘Zinke’ effects. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282:DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.1001
23. Wright A., M. Tobin, S. A. Mangan, & S. A. Schnitzer. 2015. Unique competitive effects of lianas and trees in a tropical forest understory. Oecologia 177: 561-569. doi.org/10.1007/s0044.
24. Waring B. G., L. Á. Cansino, K. E. Barry, K. K. Becklund, S. Dale, M. G. Gei, O. R. Lopez, L. Markesteijn, S. A. Mangan,M. E.
Rodriguez-Ronderos, R. M. Segnitz, & S. A. Schnitzer, and J. S. Powers. 2015. Pervasive and strong effects of plants on
soil chemistry: a meta-analysis of individual plant ‘Zinke’ effects. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 282:DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.1001
23. Wright A., M. Tobin, S. A. Mangan, & S. A. Schnitzer. 2015. Unique competitive effects of lianas and trees in a tropical forest understory. Oecologia 177: 561-569. doi.org/10.1007/s0044.
2014
22. Pizano, M. C., S. A. Mangan, J. H. Graham, and K. Kitajima. 2014. Habitat-specific positive and negative effects of soil biota on seedling growth in a fragmented tropical montane landscape. Oikos 123: 846-856. doi.org/10.1111/oik.01032.
21. Schnitzer, S. A., S. A. Mangan, and S. P. Hubbell. 2014. The Lianas of Barro Colorado Island, Panama. In: The Ecology of
Lianas. Editors: S. A. Schnitzer, F. J. J. M. Bongers, & F. E. Putz. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118392409.ch7
21. Schnitzer, S. A., S. A. Mangan, and S. P. Hubbell. 2014. The Lianas of Barro Colorado Island, Panama. In: The Ecology of
Lianas. Editors: S. A. Schnitzer, F. J. J. M. Bongers, & F. E. Putz. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118392409.ch7
2013
20. Wright, A., S. A. Schnitzer, I. A. Dickie, A. R. Gunderson, G. A. Pinter, S. A. Mangan, and P. B. Reich. 2013. Complex facilitation and competition in a temperate grassland: loss of plant diversity and elevated CO2have divergent and opposite effects on oak establishment. Oecologia171: 449-458.doi: 10.1007/s00442-012-2420-y
2012
19. Schnitzer, S. A., S. A. Mangan, J. W. Dalling, C. A. Baldeck, S. P. Hubbell, A. Ledo, H. Muller-Landau, M. F. Tobin, S. Aquilar, D. Brassfield, A. Hernandez, S. Lao, R. Perez, S. Rutishauser-York. 2012. Liana abundance, diversity, and distribution on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. PloS ONE 7: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052114
.
18. Dalling, J. W., S. A. Schnitzer, C. Baldeck, K. Harms, R. John, S. A. Mangan, E. Lobo, and J. Yavitt. 2012. Resource-based
habitat associations in a neotropical liana community. Journal of Ecology 100: 1174-1182.
doi.org/10.1111/j.136.2745.2012.01989.x
17. Tobin, M. F., A. J. Wright, S. A. Mangan, and S. A. Schnitzer. 2012. Lianas have a greater competitive effect than trees of similar biomass on tropical canopy trees. Ecosphere 3: 1-11.
16. Cayuela, L…. S. A. Mangan (37 out of 51 authors). 2012. The Tree Biodiversity Network (BIOTREE-NET): prospects for
biodiversity research and conservation in the Neotropics. Biodiversity & Ecology 4: 211-224.10.7809/b-e.00078
15. Cayuela, L…. S. A. Mangan(37 out of 51 authors). 2012. La Red internacional de inventarios forestales (BIOTREE-NET) en
Mesoamerica: advances, retos y perspectivas futuras. Ecosistemas 21: 126–135.
.
18. Dalling, J. W., S. A. Schnitzer, C. Baldeck, K. Harms, R. John, S. A. Mangan, E. Lobo, and J. Yavitt. 2012. Resource-based
habitat associations in a neotropical liana community. Journal of Ecology 100: 1174-1182.
doi.org/10.1111/j.136.2745.2012.01989.x
17. Tobin, M. F., A. J. Wright, S. A. Mangan, and S. A. Schnitzer. 2012. Lianas have a greater competitive effect than trees of similar biomass on tropical canopy trees. Ecosphere 3: 1-11.
16. Cayuela, L…. S. A. Mangan (37 out of 51 authors). 2012. The Tree Biodiversity Network (BIOTREE-NET): prospects for
biodiversity research and conservation in the Neotropics. Biodiversity & Ecology 4: 211-224.10.7809/b-e.00078
15. Cayuela, L…. S. A. Mangan(37 out of 51 authors). 2012. La Red internacional de inventarios forestales (BIOTREE-NET) en
Mesoamerica: advances, retos y perspectivas futuras. Ecosistemas 21: 126–135.
2011
14. Pizano, M. C., S. A. Mangan, E. A. Herre, A-H. Eom, and J. W. Dalling. 2011. Above- and belowground interactions drive habitat segregation between two cryptic species of tropical trees. Ecology 92, 47-56.
13. Schnitzer S. A., J. N. Klironomos, J. HilleRisLambers, L. L. Kinkel, P. B. Reich, K. Xiao, M. C. Rillig, B. A. Sikes, R. M. Callaway,
S. A. Mangan, E. van Nes, and M. Scheffer. 2011. Soil microbes contribute to the classic plant diversity–productivity pattern.
Ecology 92, 296-303.
12. Lambert, T. D., Halsey, M. K., Dittel, J. W., Mangan, S. A., Delfosse, E., Adler, G. H., and Schnitzer, S. A. 2011. First record of
Alston’s Woolly Opossum (Micoureus alstoni) from the canal area of Central Panama. Mammalia 75: 107-109.
13. Schnitzer S. A., J. N. Klironomos, J. HilleRisLambers, L. L. Kinkel, P. B. Reich, K. Xiao, M. C. Rillig, B. A. Sikes, R. M. Callaway,
S. A. Mangan, E. van Nes, and M. Scheffer. 2011. Soil microbes contribute to the classic plant diversity–productivity pattern.
Ecology 92, 296-303.
12. Lambert, T. D., Halsey, M. K., Dittel, J. W., Mangan, S. A., Delfosse, E., Adler, G. H., and Schnitzer, S. A. 2011. First record of
Alston’s Woolly Opossum (Micoureus alstoni) from the canal area of Central Panama. Mammalia 75: 107-109.
2010
11. Mangan S. A., S. A. Schnitzer, E. A. Herre, K. M. L. Mack, M. C. Valencia, E. I. Sanchez, and J. D. Bever. 2010. Negative plant-soil feedbacks predict tree relative species abundance in a tropical forest. Nature 466: 752-755.
10. Mangan, S. A., E. A. Herre and J. D. Bever. 2010. Specificity between Neotropical tree seedlings and their fungal mutualists leads to plant-soil feedback. Ecology 91: 2594-2603.
10. Mangan, S. A., E. A. Herre and J. D. Bever. 2010. Specificity between Neotropical tree seedlings and their fungal mutualists leads to plant-soil feedback. Ecology 91: 2594-2603.
2009 and earlier
9. Herre, E. A., D. Kyllo, S. A. Mangan, R. Husband, L. C. Mejia, A. H. Eom. 2006. An overview of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi composition, distribution, and host effects from a tropical moist forest. In: Burslem D. F. R. P., M. A. Pinard, and S. E. Hartley
(eds) Biotic interactions in the tropics.
8. Mangan, S. A., A. H. Eom, G. H. Adler, J. B. Yavitt and E. A. Herre. 2004. Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi across a
fragmented forest in Panama: insular AMF spore communities differ from mainland communities. Oecologia 141: 687-700.
7. Pauw, A., S. A. Van Bael, H. A. Peters, S. D. Allison, J. L. C. Camargo, M. Cifuentes-Jara, A. Conserva, T. G. Restom, T. Heartsill-Scalley, S. A. Mangan, G. Nunez-Iturri, E. Rivera-Ocasio, M. Rountree, S. Vetter, C. Volkmer de Castilho. 2004. Physical damage in relation to carbon allocation strategies of tropical forest tree saplings. Biotropica 36: 410-413.
6. Mangan, S. A.and G. H. Adler. 2002 Seasonal dispersal of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi by spiny rats in a Neotropical forest. Oecologia 131:587-597.
5. Adler, G. H., N. I. Suntsov, V. Suntsov, and S. A. Mangan. 2001. Fleas (Siphonaptera) collected from small mammals in southern Viet Nam in 1997-98. Journal of Medical Entomology 38: 210-213.
4. Mangan, S. A.and G. H. Adler. 2000. Consumption of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi by terrestrial and arboreal small mammals in a Panamanian cloud forest. Journal of Mammalogy 81: 563-570.
3. Mangan, S. A.and G. H. Adler. 1999. Consumption of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi by spiny rats (Proechimys semispinosus) in eight isolated populations. Journal of Tropical Ecology 15: 779-790.
2. Adler, G. H., S. A. Mangan, and V. Suntsov. 1999. Richness, abundance, and habitat relations of rodents in the Lang Bian
Mountains of Southern Viet Nam. Journal of Mammalogy 80: 891-898.
1. Adler, G. H., S. A. Mangan, and T. D. Lambert. 1998. Reproductive phenology of Cryosophila warscewiczii in Central Panama. Principes 42: 185-189.
(eds) Biotic interactions in the tropics.
8. Mangan, S. A., A. H. Eom, G. H. Adler, J. B. Yavitt and E. A. Herre. 2004. Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi across a
fragmented forest in Panama: insular AMF spore communities differ from mainland communities. Oecologia 141: 687-700.
7. Pauw, A., S. A. Van Bael, H. A. Peters, S. D. Allison, J. L. C. Camargo, M. Cifuentes-Jara, A. Conserva, T. G. Restom, T. Heartsill-Scalley, S. A. Mangan, G. Nunez-Iturri, E. Rivera-Ocasio, M. Rountree, S. Vetter, C. Volkmer de Castilho. 2004. Physical damage in relation to carbon allocation strategies of tropical forest tree saplings. Biotropica 36: 410-413.
6. Mangan, S. A.and G. H. Adler. 2002 Seasonal dispersal of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi by spiny rats in a Neotropical forest. Oecologia 131:587-597.
5. Adler, G. H., N. I. Suntsov, V. Suntsov, and S. A. Mangan. 2001. Fleas (Siphonaptera) collected from small mammals in southern Viet Nam in 1997-98. Journal of Medical Entomology 38: 210-213.
4. Mangan, S. A.and G. H. Adler. 2000. Consumption of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi by terrestrial and arboreal small mammals in a Panamanian cloud forest. Journal of Mammalogy 81: 563-570.
3. Mangan, S. A.and G. H. Adler. 1999. Consumption of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi by spiny rats (Proechimys semispinosus) in eight isolated populations. Journal of Tropical Ecology 15: 779-790.
2. Adler, G. H., S. A. Mangan, and V. Suntsov. 1999. Richness, abundance, and habitat relations of rodents in the Lang Bian
Mountains of Southern Viet Nam. Journal of Mammalogy 80: 891-898.
1. Adler, G. H., S. A. Mangan, and T. D. Lambert. 1998. Reproductive phenology of Cryosophila warscewiczii in Central Panama. Principes 42: 185-189.