Kyle Coblentz

Kyle Coblentz

NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Colby College (assistant professor)

Education

PhD in Zoology
Oregon State University · 2018
BS in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Tulane University · 2013

Publications

Novak, Foust, Hennessey, Tanis, Coblentz, Wolf, Segui, Henderson, Ingeman, Falke, Layden, Gradison, Randell, Harris, Lester, Naito, Nakata, Nichols, Postma, Alves, Jarman, Kalytiak-Davis, Martin, Pajiah, Pinos-Sánchez, Preston (2026). FracFeed: Global database of the fraction of feeding predators. Ecology.

Novak, Coblentz, DeLong (2025). In defense of Type I functional responses: The frequency and population-dynamic effects of feeding on multiple prey at a time. The American Naturalist.

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Coblentz, Novak, DeLong (2025). Simple, universal rules predict trophic interaction strengths. Ecology Letters.

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Coblentz, Novak, DeLong (2023). Predator feeding rates may often be unsaturated under typical prey densities. Ecology Letters.

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Coblentz, Merhoff, Novak (2021). Quantifying the effects of intraspecific variation on predator feeding rates through nonlinear averaging. Functional Ecology.

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Coblentz (2018). Candidate causes, consequences, and estimation of individual diet specialization. Oregon State University (PhD).

Coblentz, Rosenblatt, Novak (2017). The application of Bayesian hierarchical models to quantify individual diet specialization. Ecology.

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Novak, Wolf, Coblentz, Shepard (2017). Quantifying predator dependence in the functional response of generalist predators. Ecology Letters.

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Hughes, Beas-Luna, Barner, Brewitt, Brumbaugh, Cerny-Chipman, Close, Coblentz, Nesnera, Drobnitch, Figurski, Focht, Friedman, Freiwald, Heady, Heady, Hettinger, Johnson, Karr, Mahoney, Moritsch, Osterback, Reimer, Robinson, Rohrer, Rose, Sabal, Segui, Shen, Sullivan, Zuercher, Raimondi, Menge, Grorud-Colvert, Novak, Carr (2017). Long-Term Studies Contribute Disproportionately to Ecology and Policy. BioScience.