Featured Publications
2026
Veauthier, S.D., S. Holtz, and C. Weiss-Lehman. In review. Assisted migration mitigates negative consequences of fast range shifts in experimental microcosms. Ecosphere
Stears, A.E., M. DeSiervo, D.G. Gannon, A.C. Patterson, A.M. Carter, J.R. Blaszczak, M. Trentman, E. Grames, R.O. Hall Jr., J.P. Jahner, S.O. Jimoh, C.A. Ray, C.L. Torrens, L.G. Shoemaker, and C. Weiss-Lehman. In review. Best practices for handling missing data in autoregressive models of ecological time series. Ecology
Gannon, D.G., A.C. Patterson, A.M. Carter, K.R. McKnight, J.P. Jahner, C.L. Torrens, C.A. Ray, C. Weiss-Lehman, and L.G. Shoemaker. In review. Making regularization a regular practice: Sparse modeling for model selection and forecasting of ecological time series. Ecological Monographs
2025
Buche, L., L. Shoemaker, L. Hallet, I. Bartomeus, P.A. Vesk, C. Weiss-Lehman, M. Mayfield, and O. Godoy. 2025. A continuum from positive to negative interactions drives plant species’ performance in a diverse community. Ecology Letters 28(1) e70059
Holtz, S., S.B. Tittes, A. Hudson, and C. Weiss-Lehman. 2025. Genetic consequences of gene surfing and their relationship to fitness. Evolution 79(10) 2208-2218
2024
Lowman, H.E., M. DeSiervo, R.O. Hall Jr., J.P. Jahner, S.O. Jimoh, D.C. Laughlin, A.C. Patterson, C. Weiss-Lehman, C.C. Barbosa, J.R. Blaszczak, C.A. Buerkle, A.M. Carter, S.M. Collins, V. DeLeo, M. Dunkle, D. Gannon, E.M. Grames, J.G. Harrison, S.E. McFarlane, I. Olesky, B.F. Powers, C. Ray, A. Stears, B. Summers, C.L. Torrens, M. Trentman, C.M. Werner, and L. Shoemaker. 2024. Reply to Hu: Postdoctoral consortia remove barriers to retention and effectively prepare participants for career advancement. PNAS 121(45) e2418956121
Tittes, S.B., C. Weiss-Lehman, N.C. Kane, R.A. Hufbauer, N.C. Emery, and B.A. Melbourne. 2024. Evolution is more repeatable in the introduction versus range expansion phase of colonization. Evolution Letters 8:351-360.
Benning, J.W., E.I. Clark, R.A. Hufbauer, and C. Weiss-Lehman. 2024. Environmental gradients mediate dispersal evolution during biological invasions. Ecology Letters 27:e14472.
Lowman, H.E., M. DeSiervo, R.O. Hall Jr., J.P. Jahner, S.O. Jimoh, D.C. Laughlin, A.C. Patterson, C. Weiss-Lehman, C.C. Barbosa, J.R. Blaszczak, C.A. Buerkle, A.M. Carter, S.M. Collins, V. DeLeo, M. Dunkle, D. Gannon, E.M. Grames, J.G. Harrison, S.E. McFarlane, I. Olesky, B.F. Powers, C. Ray, A. Stears, B. Summers, C.L. Torrens, M. Trentman, C.M. Werner, and L. Shoemaker. 2024. Collaborative consortia can boost postdoctoral workforce development. PNAS 121(28) e2401812121
2023
Hallet, L.M., L. Aoyama, G. Barabás, B. Gilbert, L. Larios, N. Shackelford, C.M. Werner, O. Godoy, E.R. Ladouceur, J.E. Lucero, C. Weiss-Lehman, J.M. Chase, C. Chu, W.S. Harpole, M.M. Mayfield, A.M. Faist, and L. Shoemaker. 2023. Restoration ecology through the lens of coexistence theory. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 38: 1085-1096.
Moerman, F., N. Lustenhouwer, F. Altermatt, R. Bassar, G. Bocedi, D. Bonte, S. Dey, E. Fronhofer, E. Garcez de Rocha, A. Giometto, L. Lancaster, R. Prather Jr., M. Saastamoinen, J.M. Travis, C. Urquhart, C. Weiss-Lehman, J. Williams, L. Börger, and D. Berger. 2023. Experimental evolution of dispersal: unifying theory, experiments and natural systems. Journal of Animal Ecology 92: 1113-1123.
2022
Weiss-Lehman, C., C.M. Werner, C.H. Bowler, L.M. Hallet, M.M. Mayfield, O. Godoy, L. Aoyama, G. Barabás, C. Chu, E. Ladouceur, L. Larios, and L.G. Shoemaker. 2022. Disentangling key species interactions in diverse and heterogeneous communities: a Bayesian sparse modeling approach. Ecology Letters 25:1263-1276.
Bowler, C.H., L.G. Shoemaker, C. Weiss-Lehman, I. Towers, and M.M. Mayfield. 2022. Positive effects of exotic species dampened by neighborhood heterogeneity. Ecology e3779.
Bowler, C.H., C. Weiss-Lehman, I. Towers, M.M. Mayfield, and L.G. Shoemaker. 2022. Accounting for demographic uncertainty increases predictions for species coexistence: a case study with annual plants. Ecology Letters.
Weiss-Lehman, C. and A.K. Shaw. 2022. Understanding the drivers of dispersal evolution in range expansions and their ecological consequences. Evolutionary Ecology 36:181-197.
Benning, J., R.A. Hufbauer, and C. Weiss-Lehman. 2022. Increasing temporal variance leads to stable species range limits. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 289: 202202202.
2020
Miller, T.E.X., A.L. Angert, C.D. Brown, J.A. Lee-Yaw, M. Lewis, F. Lutscher, N.G. Marculis, B.A. Melbourne, A.K. Shaw, M. Szucs, O. Tabares, T. Usui, C. Weiss-Lehman, J.L. Williams. 2020. Eco-evolutionary dynamics of range expansion. Ecology 101: e03139.
Leach, D., A.K. Shaw, and C. Weiss-Lehman. 2020. Stochasticity in social structure and mating system drive extinction risk. Ecosphere 11:e03038. 10.1002/ecs2.3038
Weiss-Lehman, C. and A. Shaw. 2020. Spatial population structure determines extinction risk in climate-induced range shifts. The American Naturalist 195: 31-42.

