Publications
In Review
Reed, C.G., ML. B.udny, J.T. du Toit, R. Helcoski, J.P. Schimel, I.P.J. Smit, T. Strydom, A. Tallian, D.I. Thompson, H. van Coller, N.P. Lemoine, D.E. Burkepile. Elephant megacarcasses increase local nutrient pools in African savanna soils and plants. Biogeochemistry
Lucas J.L., M.L. Budny, N.P. Lemoine. Insect herbivores stabilize grassland ecosystem functions by destabilizing belowground communities under abiotic stress. Ecology Letters
In Press
Dias T., N.P. Lemoine, S. Yanco, M. Zimova, R. Bay, B. Weeks. Long-term increases in wing length occur independently of changes in climate and climate-driven shifts in body size. Proceedings of the Royal Society B
2024
Dekirmenjian A., D. Montano, M.L. Budny, N.P. Lemoine. Shizachyrium scoparium (C4) better tolerates drought than Andropogon gerardii (C4) via constant CO2 supply for photosynthesis during water stress. AOB Plants 16:plae012
2023
Lemoine N.P., B.J. Adams, M. Diaz, N.B. Dragone, A.L.C. Franco, N. Fierer, W.B. Lyons, I.D. Hogg, D.H. Wall. Strong dispersal limitation of microbial communities at Shackleton Glacier, Antarctica. mSystems 8:e01254-22
Lemoine N.P., M.L. Budny, E. Rose, J. Lucas, C.W. Marshall. Seasonal soil moisture thresholds inhibit bacterial activity and decomposition during drought. Oikos 2:e10201
2022
Lemoine N.P. and Budny, M.L. Seasonal soil moisture variability, not drought, drives differences in photosynthetic physiology of two C4 grass species. Plant Ecology 223:627-642
Lemoine N.P. and Budny, M.L. Impacts of herbivory on photosynthesis of four common Wisconsin plant species. The American Midland Naturalist 187:14-28
Carston G.B., N.P. Lemoine, C. Cook, A.M.S. Correa. Thank you for biting: dispersal of beneficial microbiota through ‘antagonistic’ interactions. Trends in Microbiology 30:10
Dorweiler, J.E., D.R. Lyke, N.P. Lemoine, S. Guereca, H.E. Bucholz, E.R. Legan, C.M. Radtke, A.L. Manogaran. Implications of the actin cytoskeleton on the multi-step process of [PSI+] protein formation. Viruses 14:1481
Franco A.L.C., B.J. Adams, M. Diaz, N.P. Lemoine, N. Dragone, N. Fierer, W.B, Lyons, I.D. Hogg, D.H. Wall. Responses of Antarctic soil fauna to climate-driven changes since the Last Glacial Maximum. Global Change Biology 28:644-653
2021
Lemoine N.P. Unifying ecosystem responses to disturbance into a single statistical framework. Oikos 130:408-421
Lemoine N.P. Phenology dictates the importance of climate change on geographic distributions of six North American grasshoppers. Ecology and Evolution 11:18575-18590
Crump, M., C. Brown, R.J. Griffin-Nolan, L. Angeloni, N.P. Lemoine, B. Seymoure. Effects of low-level artificial light at night (ALAN) on interactions and related biology of the house cricket (Acheta domesticus) and Kentucky bluegrass. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9:832959
Xu, C., Y. Ke, L. Li, M.D. Smith, N.P. Lemoine, W. Zhang, Q. Yu. Herbivores alleviate the negative effects of extreme drought on plant communities by enhancing dominant species in an Inner Mongolian grassland. Journal of Plant Ecology 14:1030-1036
2020
Avolio, M.L., K.R. Wilcox, K.J. Komatsu, N.P. Lemoine, W.D. Bowman, S.L. Collins, A.K. Knapp, S.E. Koerner, M.D. Smith, S. Baer, K.L. Gross, F. Isbell, J. McLaren, P. Reich, K.N. Suding, K.B. Suttle, D. Tilman, Z. Xu, W. Yu. Temporal variability in production is not consistently affected by global change drivers across herbaceous-dominated systems. Oecologia 194:735-744
Parker, J.D., J.L. Devaney, N.P. Lemoine. Biotic resistance to plant invasions. In: A. Travaset, D.M. Richardson (eds) Plant Invasions: The Role of Biotic Interactions. CABI, Oxfordshire, UK. pp: 177-191
Rice, M.M., R.L. Maher, A.M.S. Correa, H.V. Moeller, N.P. Lemoine, A.A. Shantz, D.E. Burkepile, N.J. Silbiger (2020) Macroborer presence on corals increases with nutrient input and promotes parrotfish bioerosion. Coral Reefs 39:409-418
Wilcox, K.R., K.J. Komatsu, M.L. Avolio, W.D. Bowman, E. Butler, S.L. Collins, J.S. Dukes, R. Fisher, T.F. Keenan, N.Y. Kiang, A.K. Knapp, S.E. Koerner, L.M. Kueppers, N.P. Lemoine, G. Kiang, M.E. Loik, Y. Luo, B. Poulter, P.B. Reich, K. Renwick, M.D. Smith, A. Tredennick. Improving collaborations between empiricists and modelers to advance grassland community dynamics in ecosystem models. New Phytologist 228:1467-1471
Zaspel, J.M., J.M. Allen, C.D. Tyrrell, N.P. Lemoine, L.M. Jacobus, C. Klem, J. Goodwin, J.M. Bates (2020) Human health, interagency coordination, and the need for biosiversity data. BioScience 70:527
2019
Lemoine, N.P. (2019) Moving beyond noninformative priors: why and how to choose weakly informative priors in Bayesian analyses. Oikos 128:912-928
Lemoine, N.P. (2019) Considering the effects of temperature x nutrient interactions on the thermal response curve of carrying capacity. Ecology 100:e02599
Lemoine, N.P. and M.D. Smith (2019) Drought and herbivores modify nutrient cycling in the semi-arid shortgrass steppe. Plant Ecology 220:227-239
Hoffman, A.M., H. Perretta, N.P. Lemoine, M.D. Smith (2019) Blue grama grass genotype affects palatability and preference by semi-arid steppe grasshoppers. Acta Oecologia 96:43-48
Komatsu, K.J., M.L. Avolio, N.P. Lemoine, and 73 others (2019) Global change effects on plant communities are magnified by time and the number of global change factors imposed. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116:17867-17873
2018
Lemoine, N.P., R.J. Griffin-Nolan, A.D. Lock, A.K. Knapp (2018) Drought timing, not previous exposure to drought, determines sensitivity of two shortgrass species to water stress. Oecologia 188:965-975
Craven, D., N. Eisenhaur, W. Pearse, Y. Hautier, C. Roscher, F. Isbell, M. Bahn, C. Beierkuhnlein, G. Boehnisch, N. Buchmann, C. Byun, J. Catford, B. Cerabolini, H. Cornelissen, J. Craine, E. de Luca, A. Ebeling, J. Griin, A. Hector, J. Hines, A. Jentsch, J. Kreyling, V. Lanta, N.P. Lemoine, S. Meyer, V. Minden, V. Onipchenko, H. Polley, P. Reich, J. van Ruijven, B. Schamp, M.D. Smith, N. Soudzilovkaia, D. Tilman, A. Weigelt, B. Wilsey, P. Manning (2018) Multiple facets of biodiversity drive the diversity-stability relationship. Nature Ecology and Evolution 2:1579-1587
Koerner, S.E., M.D. Smith, D.E. Burkepile, N. Hanan, M.L. Avolio, S.L. Collins, A.K. Knapp, N.P. Lemoine, E.J. Forrestel, S. Eby, D.I. Thompson, et al (2018) Change in dominance determines herbivore effects on plant biodiversity . Nature Ecology and Evolution 2:1925-1932
Knapp, A.K., C.J. Carroll, R.J. Griffin-Nolan, I. Slette, F. Chaves, L. Baur, A. Felton, J. Gray, A. Hoffman, N.P. Lemoine, W. Mao, A. Post, M.D. Smith (2018) A reality check for climate change experiments: do they reflect the real world? Ecology 99:2145-2151
Rehm, E.M., M.B. Balsat, N.P. Lemoine, J.A. Savidge (2018) Spatial dynamics of habitat use informs reintroduction efforts in the presence of an invasive predator. Journal of Applied Ecology 55:1790-1798
Stuart-Haentjens, E.H., H.J. De Boeck, N.P. Lemoine, P. Mand, G. Kroel-Dulay, I.K. Schmidt, A. Jentsch, A. Stamplfi, W.R.L. Anderegg, M. Bahn, J. Kreyling, T. Wohlgemuth, F. Lloret, A. Classen, C. Gough, M.D. Smith (2018) Precipitation as a predictor of production resistance and resilience to extreme drought. Science of the Total Environment 636:360-366
2017
Lemoine, N.P. (2017) Predation risk reverses the potential effects of warming on plant-herbivore interactions by altering the relative strengths of trait- and density-mediated interactions. The American Naturalist 190:337-349
Lemoine, N.P., D. Doublet, J.-P. Salminen, D.E. Burkepile, J.D. Parker (2017) Responses of plant phenology, growth, defense, and reproduction to interactive effects of warming and insect herbivory. Ecology 8:1817-1828
Lemoine, N.P., J.D. Dietrich, M.D. Smith (2017) Precipitation and environmental constraints on three aspects of flowering in three dominant tallgrass species. Functional Ecology 31:1894-1902 Haldane Prize Nominee
Lemoine, N.P., D.E. Burkepile, J.D. Parker (2017) Insect herbivores increase mortality and reduce tree seedling growth of some species in temperate forest canopy gaps. PeerJ 7:1396-1401
Wilcox, K.R., Z. Shi, L.A. Gherardi, N.P. Lemoine, S.E. Koerner, D.L. Hoover, E. Bork, K.M. Byrne, J. Cahill Jr., S.L. Collins, S. Evans, A.K. Gilgen, P. Holub, L. Jiang, A.K. Knapp, L. Yahdjian, D. LeCain, J. Liang, P. Garcia-Palacios, J. Penuelas, W.T. Pockman, M.D. Smith, S.R. White, K. Zhu, Y. Luo (2017) Asymmetric responses of primary productivity to climate extremes: a synthesis of grassland precipitation manipulation experiments. Global Change Biology 23:4376-4386
Burkepile, D.E., R.W.S. Fynn, D.I. Thompson, N.P. Lemoine, S.E. Koerner, S. Eby, N. Hagenah, K.R. Wilcox, S.L. Collins, K.P. Kirkman, A.K. Knapp, M.D. Smith (2017) Herbivore size matters for productivity-richness relationships in African savannas. Journal of Ecology 105:674-686
Rode, M., N.P. Lemoine*, M.D. Smith (2017) Prospective evidence for independent nitrogen and phosphorus limitation of grasshopper (Chorthippus curtipennis) growth in a tallgrass prairie. PLoS One 12:e0177754 (*corresponding author)
2016
Lemoine, N.P., D.E. Burkepile, J.D. Parker (2016) Quantifying differences between native and introduced species. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31:372-381
Lemoine, N.P., J. Sheffield, J.S. Dukes, A.K. Knapp, M.D. Smith (2016) The Terrestrial Precipitation Analysis (TPA) web tool: a resource for characterizing long-term precipitation regimes and extremes. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 7:1396-1401
Lemoine, N.P., A. Hoffman, A. Felton, L. Baur, F. Chaves, J. Gray, Q. Yu, M.D. Smith (2016) Underappreciated problems of low statistical power in ecological field studies. Ecology 97:2554-2561
Lemoine, N.P., A.A. Shantz (2016) Increased temperature causes protein-limitation by reducing nitrogen digestion efficiency in the ectothermic herbivore Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Physiological Entomology 41:143-151
Zaneveld, J.R., D.E. Burkepile, A.A. Shantz, C.E. Pritchard, R. McMinds, J. Payet, R. Welsh, A. Simoes-Correa, N.P. Lemoine, S. Rosales, C. Fuchs, J. Maynard, R.L. Vega-Thurber (2016) Overfishing and nutrient pollution interact with temperature to disrupt coral reefs down to microbial scales. Nature Communications 7:11833
Shantz, A.A., N.P. Lemoine, D.E. Burkepile (2016) Nutrient loading alters the performance of key nutrient exchange mutualisms. Ecology Letters 19:20-28 Faculty of 1000 Recommendation
Burkepile, D.E., D.I. Thompson, R.W.S. Fynn, S.E. Koerner, S. Eby, N. Govender, N. Hagenah, N.P. Lemoine, K.J. Matchett, K.R. Wilcox, S.L. Collins, K.P. Kirkman, A.K. Knapp, M.D. Smith (2016) Fire frequency drives habitat selection by a diverse herbivore guild impacting top-down control of plant communities in an African savanna. Oikos 125:1636-1646
Hamerlinck, G., N.P. Lemoine, G.R. Hood, K.C. Abbott, A.A. Forbes (2016) Meek women with powerful daughters: effects of novel host environments and small trait differences on parasitoid wasp competition. Oikos 125:1516-1527
2015
Lemoine, N.P., J. Shue, B. Verrico, D. Erickson, W.J. Kress, J.D. Parker (2015) Phylogenetic relatedness and leaf functional traits, not introduced status, influence community assembly. Ecology 96(10):2605-2612
Lemoine, N.P. (2015) Climate change may alter monarch spring migration and summer breeding ground distributions. PLoS One 10:e0118614
Lemoine, N.P., J. Capdevielle, J.D. Parker (2015) Effects of in situ climate warming on larval monarch (Danaus plexippus) development. PeerJ 3:e1293
2014
Lemoine, N.P., S.T. Giery, D.E. Burkepile (2014) Differing consumer stoichiometric constraints across ecosystems. Oecologia 174:1367-1376 Data and Code
Lemoine, N.P., D.E. Burkepile, J.D. Parker (2014) Variable effects of temperature on insect herbivory. PeerJ 2:e367 Featured Article Data and Code
Cook-Patton, S.C, L. Maynard, N.P. Lemoine, J. Shue, J.D. Parker (2014) Cascading effects of a highly specialized beech-aphid-fungus interaction on forest regeneration. PeerJ 2:e442
2013
Lemoine, N.P., W.A. Drews, D.E. Burkepile, J.D. Parker (2013) Temperature alters feeding behavior of a generalist herbivore. Oikos 122:1669-1678 Data and Code
Parker, J.D, M.E. Torchin, R.A. Hufbauer, N.P. Lemoine, C. Alba, D.M. Blumen- thal, O. Bossdorf, J.E. Byers, A.M. Dunn, R.W. Heckman, M. Hejda, V. Jarosik, A. Kanarek, L.B. Martin, S.E. Perkins, P. Pysek, K. Schierenbeck, C. Schloeder, R. van Klinken, K.J. Vaughn, W. Williams, L. Wolfe (2013) Do invasive species perform better in their new ranges? Ecology 94(5):985-994 Faculty of 1000 Recommendation
Giery, S.T., N.P. Lemoine, C.M. Hammerschlag-Peyer, R. Abbey-Lee, C.A. Layman (2013) Bidirectional trophic linkages couple a canopy and understory foodweb. Functional Ecology 27(6):1436-1441
Burkepile, D.E., J. Allgeier, A. Shantz, C.E. Pritchard, N.P. Lemoine, L. Bhatti, C.A. Layman (2013) Carnivorous fishes as vectors of nutrients on coral reefs: the role of nutrient supply in facilitating seaweed abundance. Scientific Reports 3:1493
2012
Lemoine, N.P and D.E. Burkepile (2012) Temperature-induced mismatches between metabolism and consumption reduce consumer fitness. Ecology 93(11):2483-2489 Data and Code
Lemoine, N.P. and J.F. Valentine (2012) Structurally complex habitats provided by Acropora palmata alter ecosystem processes on a patch reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Coral Reefs 31(3):779-786
2007
Lemoine, N.P., N. Buell, A.L. Hill, M.S. Hill (2007) Assessing the utility of sponge microbial symbiont communities as models to study global climate change: a case study with Halichondria bowerbanki. In: Custdio, M. R., G. Lbo-Hajdu, E. Hajdu, and G. Muricy (eds.). Porifera Research: Biodiversity, Innovation, and Sustainability, Srie Livros 28. Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. pp:419-425