Publications


Rúa, M.A. and C.E. Mitchell, in press. Pathogens, Plant. For The Encyclopedia of Invasive Introduced Species, edited by Daniel Simberloff and Marcel Rejmánek. The University of California Press.

Fabiszewski, A.M. , J. Umbanhowar, C.E. Mitchell, in press. Modeling landscape-scale pathogen spillover between domesticated and wild hosts: Asian soybean rust and kudzu. Ecological Applications. 38 manuscript pages plus 4 online appendices.

Seabloom, E.W., E.T. Borer, C.E. Mitchell, A.G. Power, in press. Viral diversity and prevalence gradients in North American Pacific coast grasslands. Ecology. 38 manuscript pages.

Seabloom, E.W., E.T. Borer, A. Jolles, C.E. Mitchell, 2009. Direct and indirect effects of viral pathogens and the environment on invasive grass fecundity in Pacific Coast grasslands. Journal of Ecology 97:1264-1273. [PDF]

Blumenthal, D., C.E. Mitchell, P. Pysek, V. Jarosik, 2009. Synergy in plant invasion: species favored by available resources also escape more pathogens. PNAS 106:7899-7904. [PDF]

Borer, E.T., C.E. Mitchell, A.G. Power, E.W. Seabloom, 2009. Consumers indirectly increase infection risk in grassland foodwebs. PNAS 106:503-506. [PDF]

Wilby, A., C.E. Mitchell, D. Blumenthal, P. Daszak, C. Friedman, P. Jutro, A. Mazumder, A-H Prieur-Richard, M-L Desprez-Loustau, M. Sharma, M.B. Thomas, 2009. Biodiversity, food provision, and human health. pp. 13-39 in iodiversity Change and Human Health, edited by O. Sala, L. Meyerson, C. Parmesan. Island Press (http://www.islandpress.org/bookstore/details.php?prod_id=1707).

Costanza, J.L. , S.E. Marcinko, A.E. Goewert, C.E. Mitchell, 2008. Potential geographic distribution of atmospheric nitrogen deposition from intensive livestock production in North Carolina, USA. The Science of the Total Environment 398:76-86. [PDF]

Morris, W.F., R.A. Hufbauer, A.A. Agrawal, J.D. Bever, V.A. Borowicz, G.S. Gilbert, J.L. Maron, Mitchell, C.E., I.M. Parker, A.G. Power, M.E. Torchin, D.P. Vázquez, 2007. Direct and interactive effects of enemies and mutualists on plant performance: a meta-analysis. Ecology 88(4):1021-1029. [PDF]

Mitchell, C.E., A.A. Agrawal, J.D. Bever, G.S. Gilbert, R.A. Hufbauer, J.N. Klironomos, J.L. Maron, W.F. Morris, I.M. Parker, A.G. Power, E.W. Seabloom, M.E. Torchin, D.P. Vázquez. 2006. Biotic interactions and plant invasions. Ecology Letters. 9(6): 726-740. (Invited). [PDF]

Mitchell, C.E. and A.G. Power, 2006. Disease dynamics in plant communities. pp. 58-72 in Disease ecology: community structure and pathogen dynamics, edited by S.K. Collinge and C. Ray. Oxford University Press [PDF]

Diaz, S., and 17 others, 2006. Biological regulation of ecosystem services. pp. 297-329 in Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Current state and trends, edited by The Millenium Ecosystem Assessment, commissioned by the United Nations, published by Island Press. [PDF]

Agrawal, A.A., P.M. Kotanen, C.E. Mitchell, A.G. Power, W. Godsoe, J. Klironomos, 2005. Enemy release? An experiment with congeneric plant pairs and diverse above- and belowground enemies. Ecology 86(11):2979-2989. [PDF]

Power, A.G. and C.E. Mitchell, 2004. Pathogen spillover in disease epidemics. The American Naturalist 164:S79-S89. (Invited). [PDF]

Torchin, M.E. and C.E. Mitchell, 2004. Parasites, pathogens, and invasions by plants and animals. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2(4):183-190. (Invited). [PDF]

Mitchell, C.E. and P.B. Reich, 2003. Assessing environmental changes in grasslands. Science 299: 1844. (Letter to the Editor). [PDF]

Mitchell, C.E. , P.B. Reich, D. Tilman, and J.V. Groth, 2003. Effects of elevated CO 2, nitrogen deposition, and decreased species diversity on foliar fungal plant disease. Global Change Biology 9:438-451. [PDF]

Mitchell, C.E. and A.G. Power, 2003. Release of invasive plants from fungal and viral pathogens. Nature 421:625-627. ( Covered internationally by various radio, print, and web media, e.g. Natural History and Discover magazines. The third most highly cited paper in Environment & Ecology 2003-2004.) [PDF]

Mitchell, C.E. , 2003. Trophic control of grassland production and biomass by pathogens. Ecology Letters 6(2):147-155. [PDF]

Harvell, C.D., C.E. Mitchell, J.R. Ward, S. Altizer, A.P. Dobson, R.S. Ostfeld, M.D. Samuel, 2002. Climate warming and disease risks for terrestrial and marine biota. Science 296: 2158-2162. (Featured by NPR, the BBC, TheLA Times, TheWall Street Journal, and other media outlets). [PDF]

Mitchell, C.E. , D. Tilman, and J.V. Groth, 2002. Effects of plant species diversity, abundance, and composition on foliar fungal disease. Ecology 83(6): 1713-1726. (Results highlighted in Science, in The New York Times, and on Minnesota public television). [PDF]

Knops, J.M.H. and ten others, 1999. Effects of plant species richness on invasion dynamics, disease outbreaks, insect abundances and diversity. Ecology Letters 2(5):286-293. [PDF]