Benjamin R Lee, PhD
Climate change plant ecologist
PUBLICATIONS
Preprints
Lee, B. R., E. F. Alecrim, J. R. K. Forrest, J. M. Heberling, R. B. Primack, and R. D. Sargent. In review. Phenological mismatch between trees and wildflowers: Reconciling divergent findings in two recent analyses. Preprint: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.08.01.551551
2023
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
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
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
2022
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
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
2021
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
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
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
2019
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.
2017
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.
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.