Daniel Gruner, Ph.D.

Selected Publications ( for copies or reprints). Some pdf materials are linked on this page.

Handler, A.T., D.S. Gruner, W.P. Haines, M. Lange, and K.Y. Kaneshiro. in press. Arthropod surveys on Palmyra Atoll, Line Islands, with insights into the decline of the native tree Pisonia grandis (Nyctaginaceae). Pacific Science

Gruner, D.S. in press. Geological age, ecosystem development, and resource constraints on
arthropod community structure in the Hawaiian Islands. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 90(3) (pdf)

Gruner, D.S., K. Ram and D.R. Strong. 2007. Soil mediates the interaction of coexisting entomopathogenic nematodes with an insect host. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 94(1):12-19 (pdf)

Gruner, D.S. and A.D. Taylor. 2006. Richness and species composition of arboreal arthropods affected by nutrients and predators: a press experiment. Oecologia 147:714-724. (pdf)

Shurin, J.B., D.S. Gruner and H. Hillebrand. 2006. All wet or dried up? Real differences between aquatic and terrestrial food webs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 273(1):1-9. (pdf)

Gruner, D.S., A.D. Taylor, and R.E. Forkner. 2005. The effects of foliar pubescence and nutrient enrichment on arthropod communities of Metrosideros polymorpha (Myrtaceae). Ecological Entomology 30:428-443. (pdf)

Gruner, D.S. 2005. Biotic resistance conferred by a generalist insectivorous bird assemblage on Hawaii Island . Biological Invasions 7:541-546. (pdf)

Gruner, D.S. 2004. Attenuation of top-down and bottom-up forces in a complex terrestrial community. Ecology 85(11):3010-3022. (pdf)

Gruner, D.S. 2004. Arthropods from ōhia lehua (Myrtaceae: Metrosideros polymorpha), with new records for the Hawaiian Islands . Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 78:33-52. (pdf)

Gruner, D.S. 2004. Local and regional influences on the arthropod diversity and community structure of Metrosideros polymorpha (Myrtaceae) in the Hawaiian Islands. Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Zoology. University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, pp 271. (pdf)

Gruner, D.S., R.A. Heu, and M. Chun. 2003. Two ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) new to the Hawaiian Islands. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 74:35-40. (pdf)

Gruner, D. S. 2003. Regressions of length and width to predict arthropod biomass in the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Science 57(3):325-336. (pdf)

Gruner, D. S., and D. A. Polhemus. 2003. Arthropod communities across a long chronosequence in the Hawaiian Islands. Pages 135-145 in Y. Basset, V. Novotný, S. E. Miller, and R. L. Kitching, eds. Arthropods of Tropical Forests: Spatio-Temporal Dynamics and Resource Use in the Canopy. Cambridge University Press, London. (pdf)

Gruner, D.S. and D. Foote. 2002. Management Strategies for Western Yellowjackets in Hawaii. Report to the Packard Foundation (via the Secretariat for Conservation Biology). (pdf)

Wetterer, J.K., D.S. Gruner, and J E Lopez. 1998. Foraging and nesting ecology of the leaf-cutting ant, Acromyrmex octospinosus , in a Costa Rican tropical dry forest. Florida Entomologist 81(1):61-67. (pdf)

Gruner, D.S., N.J. Gotelli, J.P. Price and R.H. Cowie. Endemism and speciation in the Hawaiian biota: a reassessment. (in review, Ecology)

Van Bael, S.A., S.M. Philpott, R. Greenberg, P. Bichier, N.A. Barber, K.A. Mooney, and D.S. Gruner. Birds as predators in tropical agroforestry systems. (in review, Ecology special feature)

Elser, J.J., M.E. Bracken, E.E. Cleland, D.S. Gruner, W.S. Harpole, H. Hillebrand, J.T. Ngai, E.W. Seabloom, J.B. Shurin, and J.E. Smith. Global analysis of nitrogen and phosphorus limitation of primary producers in freshwater, marine, and terrestrial ecosystems. (in review, Nature)

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