Publications

2022

Miller, T.E.X. and A. Compagnoni. Two-sex demography, sexual niche differentiation, and the geographic range limits of Texas bluegrass (Poa arachnifera). American Naturalist (in press)

Ellner, S.P., Adler, P.B., Childs, D., Hooker, G., Miller, T.E.X., Rees, M. A critical comparison of integral projection and matrix projection models for demographic analysis: Comment. Ecology (in press)

Donald, M.L. and T.E.X. Miller. Strong pairwise ant-plant mutualism has limited spillover effects on an ant community. Ecology and Evolution (in press)

2021

Dong, T., Zhang, R., Liu, J., Fowler, J.C., Miller, T.E.X., Xu, X. Warming alters sex-specific responses in leaf defense against insect herbivory in Populus cathayana.. Environmental and Experimental Botany 104557

Lynn, J., Miller, T.E.X., and J.A. Rudgers. (2021) Mammalian herbivores restrict the altitudinal range limits of alpine plants. Ecology Letters 24:1930-1942

Donald, M.L., Bohner, T.F., Kolis, K., Shadow, A., Rudgers, J.R., and T.E.X. Miller. (2021) Context-dependent variability in the population prevalence and individual fitness effects of plant-fungal symbiosis. Journal of Ecology 109: 847-859

Evers, S.M, Knight, T.M., Inouye, D.W., Miller, T.E.X., Salguero-Gomez, R., Iler, A.M., Compagnoni, A. (2021) Lagged and dormant-season climate better predict plant vital rates than climate during the growing season. Global Change Biology 27: 1927-1941

2020

Miller, T.E.X., Angert, A. L., Brown, C.D., Lee-Yaw, J.A., Lewis, M., Lutscher, F., Marculis, N.G., Melbourne, B.A., Shaw, A.K., Szűcs, M., Tabares, O., Usui, T., Weiss-Lehman, C., Williams, J.L. (2020) Eco-evolutionary dynamics of range expansion. Ecology 101: e03139

Czachura, K. and T.E.X. Miller. (2020) Demographic back-casting reveals that subtle dimensions of climate change have strong effects on population viability. Journal of Ecology 108: 2557-2570

Liu, J., Zhang, R., Xu, X., Fowler, J.C., Miller, T.E.X., Dong, T. (2020) Effect of summer warming on growth, photosynthesis and water status in female and male Populus cathayana: implications for sex-specific drought and heat tolerances. Tree Physiology 40: 1178–1191

Gundel, P., Sun, P., Charlton, N., Young, C.A., Miller, T.E.X., Rudgers, J.A. (2020) Folivory increases vertical transmission of fungal endophytes that deter herbivores and alter plant tolerance of herbivory. Annals of Botany 125:981-991

Compagnoni, A., Bibian, A.J., Ochocki, B.M., Levin, S., Zhu, K. and T.E.X. Miller. (2020) popler: An R package for extraction and synthesis of population time series from the long-term ecological research (LTER) network. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 11:258-264

Ochocki, B.M., Saltz, J.B. and T.E.X. Miller. (2020) Demography-dispersal trait correlations modify the eco-evolutionary dynamics of range expansion. American Naturalist 195:2 231-246

2019

Williams, J., Hufbauer, R., and T.E.X. Miller. (2019) How evolution modifies the variability of range expansion. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 34: 903-913

Iler, A.M., Compagnoni, A.C., Inouye, D.W., Williams, J., CaraDonna, P.J., Anderson, A., and T.E.X. Miller. (2019) Reproductive losses due to climate change-induced earlier flowering are not the primary threat to plant population viability in a perennial herb. Journal of Ecology 107: 1931-1943

Sneck, M.E., Rudgers, J.A., Young, C.A.Y. and T.E.X. Miller. (2019) Does host outcrossing disrupt compatibility with heritable symbionts?. Oikos 128: 892-903

2018

Cavazos, B.R., Sneck, M., Bohner, T., Donald, M.L., Shadow, A., Omacini, M., Rudgers, J.A., and T.E.X. Miller. (2018) Testing the roles of vertical transmission and drought stress in the prevalence of heritable fungal endophytes in annual grass populations. New Phytologist 219:1075-1084

Eberhart-Phillips, L.J., Kupper, C., Carmona-Isunza, M.C., Vincze, O., Zefania, S., Cruz-Lopez, M., Kosztolanyi, A., Miller, T.E.X., Barta, Z., Cuthill, I.C., Burke, T., Szekely, T., Hoffman, J.I. and O. Kruger. (2018) Demographic causes of adult sex ratio variation and their consequences for parental cooperation. Nature Communications 9:1651

2017

Compagnoni, A.C., Steigman, K., and T.E.X. Miller. (2017) Can’t live with them, can’t live without them? Balancing mating and competition in two-sex populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B 284:20171999

Schultz, E.L., Eckberg, J.O., Berg, S.S., Louda, S.M., and T.E.X. Miller. (2017) Native insect herbivory overwhelms context-dependence to limit complex invasion dynamics of exotic weeds. Ecology Letters 20:1374-1384

Eberhart-Phillips, L.J., C. Küpper, T.E.X. Miller, M. Cruz-López, K.H. Maher, N. dos Remedios, M.A. Stoffel, J.I. Hoffman, O. Krüger, and T. Székely. (2017) Sex-specific early survival drives adult sex ratio bias in snowy plovers and impacts mating system and population growth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114: E5474-E5481

Sullivan, L.L., Li, B., Miller, T.E.X., Neubert, M.G., and A.K. Shaw. (2017) Density dependence in demography and dispersal generates fluctuating invasion speeds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114:5053-5058

Sneck, M.E., Rudgers, J.A., Young, C.A. and T.E.X. Miller. (2017) Variation in the prevalence and transmission of heritable symbionts across host populations in heterogeneous environments. Microbial Ecology 74:640-653

Ochocki, B.M. and T.E.X. Miller. (2017) Rapid evolution of dispersal ability increases the speed and variability of biological invasions. Nature Communications 8:14315 (Press coverage: Nature Research Highlights, BBC Science in Action, Rice News Video.)

Wagner, N.K., Ochocki, B.M., Compagnoni, A., Crawford, K.M., and T.E.X. Miller. (2017) Genetic mixture of multiple source populations accelerates invasive range expansion. Journal of Animal Ecology 86:21-34 (In Focus commentary by R. Hufbauer)

2016

Compagnoni, A., Bibian, A.J., Ochocki, B.M., Rogers, H.S., Schultz, E., Sneck, M.E., Elderd, B.D., Iler, A., Inouye, D., Jacquemyn, H. and T.E.X. Miller. (2016) The effect of demographic correlations on the stochastic population dynamics of perennial plants. Ecological Monographs 86:125-144

Petry, W.K., Soule, J.D., Iler, A.M., Chicas-Mosier, A., Inouye, D.W., Miller, T.E.X. and K.A. Mooney. (2016) Sex-specific responses to climate change in plants alter population sex ratio and performance. Science 353:69-71

Bibian, A.J., Rudgers, J.A. and T.E.X. Miller. (2016) The role of host demographic storage in the ecological dynamics of heritable symbionts. American Naturalist 188:446-459

Elderd, B.D. and T.E.X. Miller. (2016) Quantifying demographic uncertainty: Bayesian methods for Integral Projection Models. Ecological Monographs 86:125-144

2015

Downey, M.H., Searle, R., Bullur, S., Geiger, A., Maitner, B.S., Ohm, J., Tuda, M. and T.E.X. Miller. (2015) A comparative approach for testing hypotheses for the evolution of sex-biased dispersal in beetle beetles. Ecology and Evolution 5:4819-4828

Chung, Y.A., Miller, T.E.X., and J.A. Rudgers. (2015) Fungal symbionts maintain rare host plant populations but demographic advantage drives the dominance of common hosts. Journal of Ecology 103:798-808

Williams, J.L., Jacquemyn, H., Ochocki, B., Brys, R. and T.E.X. Miller. (2015) Life history evolution under climate change and its influence on the population dynamics of a long-lived plant. Journal of Ecology 103:798-808

2014

Ohm, J.R. And T.E.X. Miller. (2014) Balancing anti-herbivore benefits and anti-pollinator costs of defensive mutualists. Ecology 95:2924-2935.

Miller, T.E.X. (2014) Plant size and reproductive state affect the quantity and quality of rewards to animal mutualists. Journal of Ecology 102:496-507.

Miller, T.E.X. and J.A. Rudgers. (2014) Niche differentiation in the dynamics of host-symbiont interactions: symbiont prevalence as a coexistence problem. American Naturalist 183 (4):506-518.

Snyder, K.T., Freidenfelds, N., and T.E.X. Miller. (2014) Consequences of sex-selective harvesting and harvest refuges in experimental metapopulations. Oikos. 123:309-314

2013

Yule, KM, Miller, TEX, and JA Rudgers. (2013) Costs, benefits, and loss of vertically transmitted symbionts affect host population dynamics. Oikos 122: 1512-1520.

Miller, T.E.X. and B.D. Inouye. (2013) Sex and stochasticity affect range expansion of experimental invasions. Ecology Letters 16(3):354-361.

2012

Williams, J.L., T.E.X. Miller, and S.P. Ellner. 2012. Avoiding unintentional eviction from integral projection models. Ecology 93:2008-2014.

Miller, T.E.X., J.L. Williams, E. Jongejans, R. Brys, and H. Jacquemyn. 2012. Evolutionary demography of iteroparous plants: incorporating non-lethal costs of reproduction into integral projection models. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B 279:2831-2840.

Rudgers, J.A., Miller, T.E.X., Ziegler, S.M., and K.D. Craven. 2012. There are many ways to be a mutualist: Endophytic fungus reduces plant survival but increases population growth. Ecology 93:565-574

2011

Lee, C.T., Miller, T.E.X., and B.D. Inouye. 2011. Consumer effects on the vital rates of their resource can determine the outcome of competition between consumers. American Naturalist 178:452-463

Miller, T.E.X. and B.D. Inouye. 2011. Confronting two-sex demographic models with data. Ecology 92: 2141-2151.

Miller, T.E.X. and V.H.W Rudolf. 2011. Thinking inside the box: community-level consequences of stage-structured populations. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 26:457-466.

^Miller, T.E.X., ^A.K. Shaw, B.D. Inouye, and M.G. Neubert. 2011. Sex-biased dispersal and the speed of two-sex invasions. American Naturalist 177 (5):549-561. (^Miller and Shaw contributed equally)

Holland, J.N., S.A. Chamberlain, and T.E.X. Miller. 2011. Consequences of ants and extrafloral nectar for a pollinating seed-consuming mutualism: ant satiation, floral distraction, or plant defense? Oikos 120 (3): 381-388.

2010

Miller, T.E.X., J.C. Legaspi, B. Legaspi. 2010. Experimental test of biotic resistance to an invasive herbivore provided by potential plant mutualists. Biological Invasions 12(10):3563-3577.

Miller, T.E.X. and B. Tenhumberg. 2010. Contributions of demography and dispersal parameters to the spatial spread of a stage-structured insect invasion: a comparison of local and global perturbation analyses. Ecological Applications 20 (3):620-633.

2009

Rominger, A.J., Miller, T.E.X., and Collins, S.L. 2009. Relative contributions of neutral and niche-based processes to the structure of a desert grassland grasshopper community. Oecologia 161 (4): 791-800.

Robbins, M. and T.E.X. Miller. 2009. Patterns of ant activity on Opuntia stricta (Cactaceae), a native host-plant of the invasive cactus moth, Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Florida Entomologist 92:391-393.

Miller, T.E.X., S.M. Louda, K.A. Rose, and J. Eckberg. 2009. Impacts of chronic insect herbivory on cactus population dynamics and distribution: experimental demography across an environmental gradient. Ecological Monographs 79:155-172.

Takahashi, M., Louda, S.M., Miller, T.E.X., and C.W. O’Brien. 2009. Occurrence of the biological control weevil, Trichosirocalus horridus (Panzer), on a newly acquired native host plant and on a pre-adapted, targeted exotic thistle. Environmental Entomology 38:731-740.

2008

Miller, T.E.X., B. Tenhumberg, and S.M Louda. 2008. Herbivore-mediated ecological costs of reproduction shape the life-history of an iteroparous plant. American Naturalist 171: 141-149. (Featured article of February 2008 issue) Featured on This Week in Evolution: Feb 18, 2008; Winner of the 2009 American Naturalist best student paper award

Miller, T.E.X. 2008. Bottom-up, top-down, and within-trophic level pressures on a cactus-feeding insect. Ecological Entomology 33: 261-268.

2007

Miller, T.E.X. 2007. Does having multiple partners weaken the benefits of facultative mutualism? A test with cacti and cactus-tending ants. Oikos 116: 500-512.

Miller, T.E.X. 2007. Demographic models reveal the shape of density dependence for a specialist insect herbivore on variable host-plants. Journal of Animal Ecology 76: 722-729.

2006

Miller, T.E.X., A.J. Tyre, and S.M. Louda. 2006. Plant reproductive allocation predicts herbivore dynamics across spatial and temporal scales. American Naturalist 168: 608-616.