Benjamin R Lee, PhD

Preprints/In Review

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2024

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15. Lee, B.R. and S. Schaffer-Morrison. 2024. Forests of the future: The importance of tree seedling research in understanding forest response to anthropogenic climate change. In press at Tree Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpae039

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14. Lee, B. R., E. F. Alecrim, T. K. Miller, J. R. K. Forrest, J. M. Heberling, R. B. Primack, and R. D. Sargent. 2024. Phenological mismatch between trees and wildflowers: Reconciling divergent findings in two recent analyses. In press at Journal of Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14317.

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13. Yancy, A. J., B. R. Lee, S. E. Kuebbing, H. S. Neufeld, M. E. Spicer, and J. M. Heberling. 2024. Evaluating the definition and distribution of spring ephemeral wildflowers in eastern North America. In press at American Journal of Botany. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16323.

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12. Lee, B. R., A. J. Yancy, and J. M. Heberling. 2024. Phenological escape and its importance for understory plant species in temperate forests. In press at International Journal of Plant Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1086/729439

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2023

 

11. Liu, G., Liu, R.-L., Lee, B.R., Song, X.-J., Zhang, W.-G., Chen, X.-Y., Zhang, Y.-L., Zou, J.-B., Zhu, Z.-H., Shi, Y., An, Y.-X., Wang, J. 2023. Competition between invasive Galinsoga quadriradiata and native competitors is strongly shaped by AMF communities along elevational dispersal routes. Plants. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12183190

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10. Pearse, W.D., Stemkovski, M., Lee, B.R., Primack, R.B., Lee, S.D. 2023. Consistent, linear phenological shifts across a century of observations in South Korea. New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18938

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9. Liu, R.-L., Zhang, W.-G., Lee, B.R., Liu, G., Song, X.-J., Chen, X.-Y., Zou, J.-B., Huang, F., and Zhu, Z.-H. 2023. Rhizosphere and root fungal community of the invasive plant Galinsoga quadriradiata changes along its elevational expansion route. Journal of Plant Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtac055

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2022

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8. Lee, B.R., Miller, T.K., Rosche, C., Yang, Y., Heberling, J.M., Kuebbing, S.E., Primack, R.B. 2022. Wildflower phenological escape differs by continent and spring temperature. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34936-9

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7. Yang, Y., Heberling, J.M., Primack, R.B., Lee, B.R. 2022. Herbarium specimens may provide biased flowering phenology estimates for dioecious species. International Journal of Plant Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1086/722294

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2021

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6. Lee, B.R. and Ibáñez, I. 2021. Improved phenological escape can help temperate tree seedlings maintain demographic performance under climate change conditions. Global Change Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15678

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5. Lee, B.R. and Ibáñez, I. 2021. Spring phenological escape is critical for the survival of temperate tree seedlings. Functional Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13821

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4. Liu, R.-L., Yang, Y.-B., Lee, B.R., Liu, G., Zhang, W.-G., Chen, X.-Y., Song, X.-J., Kang, J.-Q., and Zhu, Z.-H. 2021. The dispersal-related traits of an invasive plant Galinsoga quadriradiata correlate with elevation during range expansion into mountain ranges. AoB PLANTS. https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plab008

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2019

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3. Ibáñez, I., Juno, E., Schaffer-Morrison, S., Tourville, J., Lee, B.R., Karounos, C., McCollum, C., and Acharya, V.K. 2019. Forest resilience under global environmental change: Do we have the information we need? A systematic review. PLoS One 14: e0222207. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222207.

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2017

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2. Ibáñez, I., Katz, D.S.W., Lee, B.R. 2017. The contrasting effects of short-term climate change on the early recruitment of tree species. Oecologia 184: 701-713. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-017-3889-1.

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1. Ettinger, A.K., Lee, B.R., and Montgomery, S. 2017. Seed limitation and lack of downed wood, not invasive species, threaten conifer regeneration in an urban forest. Urban Ecosystems 20: 877-887. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-016-0640-3.