Theory

Publications

Novak, Coblentz, DeLong (2024). In defense of the Type I functional response: The frequency and population-dynamic effects of feeding on multiple prey at a time.

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Ingeman, Novak (2022). Effects of predator novelty on intraguild predation communities with adaptive prey defense. Theoretical Ecology.

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Randell, Kenner, Tomoleoni, Yee, Novak (2022). Kelp-forest dynamics controlled by substrate complexity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Koslicki, Gibbon, Novak (2022). PressPurt - Network sensitivity to press perturbations under interaction uncertainty. F1000 Research.

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Randell (2021). Grazer-resource behavior, interactions, and feedbacks control kelp-forest dynamics and stability. Oregon State University (PhD).

Dalziel, Novak, Watson, Ellner (2021). Collective behaviour can stabilize ecosystems. Nature Ecology & Evolution.

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Stouffer, Novak (2021). Hidden layers of density dependence in consumer feeding rates. Ecology Letters.

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Koslicki, Novak (2018). Exact probabilities for the indeterminacy of complex networks as perceived through press perturbations. Journal of Mathematical Biology.

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Samhouri, Stier, Hennessey, Novak, Halpern, Levin (2017). Rapid and direct recoveries of predators and prey through synchronized ecosystem management. Nature Ecology & Evolution.

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Novak, Yeakel, Noble, Doak, Emmerson, Estes, Jacob, Tinker, Wootton (2016). Characterizing species interactions to understand press perturbations: What is the community matrix?. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics.

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Iles, Novak (2016). Complexity increases predictability in allometrically constrained food webs. The American Naturalist.

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Stier, Samhouri, Novak, Marshall, Ward, Holt, Levin (2016). Ecosystem context and historical contingency in apex predator recoveries. Science Advances.

Ingeman (2016). Effects of predator introductions on population and community dynamics. Oregon State University (PhD).

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Borrelli, Allesina, Amarasekare, Arditi, Chase, Damuth, Holt, Logofet, Novak, Rohr, Rossberg, Spencer, Tran, Ginzburg (2015). Selection on stability across ecological scales. Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

Terry, Novak (2015). Where does the time go?: Mixing and the depth-dependent distribution of fossil ages. Geology.

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Yeakel, Guimarães, Novak, Fox-Dobbs, Koch (2012). Probabilistic patterns of interaction: the effects of link-strength variability on food web structure. Journal of the Royal Society Interface.

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Yeakel, Stiefs, Novak, Gross (2011). Generalized modeling of ecological population dynamics. Theoretical Ecology.

Novak, Wootton, Doak, Emmerson, Estes, Tinker (2011). Predicting community responses to perturbations in the face of imperfect knowledge and network complexity. Ecology (Concepts & Synthesis).

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DeAngelis, Wolkowicz, Lou, Jiang, Novak, Svanbäck, Araújo, Jo, Cleary (2011). The Effect of Travel Loss on Evolutionarily Stable Distributions of Populations in Space. The American Naturalist.

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Novak, Wootton (2010). Using experimental indices to quantify the strength of species interactions. Oikos.

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Novak, Wootton (2008). Estimating nonlinear interaction strengths: an observation-based method for species-rich food webs. Ecology (Report).

Novak (2008). Trophic omnivory and the structure, strength, and nonlinear nature of species interactions across a productivity gradient. University of Chicago (PhD).