Explore each of the sub-tabs to learn more about our research on fragmentation impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, invasive plants and biodiversity, and ecosystem linkages and global change.
Publications
Sponberg, A., M.A. McCary, C. O'Riordan, P. Padilla, and R.L. Wallace. In press. Rethinking scholarly communication. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. PDF
Yitbarek, Y., K. Chen, M. Celestin, and M.A. McCary. 2023. Urban mosquito distributions are modulated by socioeconomic status and environmental traits in the USA. Ecological Applications 33: e2869. PDF
Potapov, A.M., C.A. Guerra [et al., including M.A. McCary]. 2023. Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails. Nature Communications 14: 674.
Cheng, S.J., K.M, Gaynor, A.C. Moore, K. Darragh, C.O. Estien, J.W. Hammond, K.L. Mills, C. Lawrence, M.D. Baiz, L. Khadempour, M.A. McCary, D. Ignace, M.M. Rice, S.J. Tumber-Dávila, and J.A. Smith. 2023. Championing inclusive terminology in ecology and evolution. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 38: 381-384.
K. Ferraro, O.J. Schmitz, and M.A. McCary. 2022. Effects of ungulate density and sociality on landscape heterogeneity: a mechanistic modeling approach. Ecography 2022: e06039. PDF
Kuebbing, S. *, M.A. McCary*, D. Lieurance, M.A. Nuñez, M.C. Chiuffo, B. Zhang, H. Seebens, D. Simberloff, and L.A. Myerson. 2022. A self-study of editorial board diversity at Biological Invasions. Biological Invasions 24: 321-332. * equal contribution. PDF
Nuñez, M.A., M.C. Chiuffo, H. Seebens, S. Kuebbing, M.A. McCary, D. Lieurance, B. Zhang, D. Simberloff, and L.A. Meyerson. 2022. Two decades of data reveal that Biological Invasions needs to increase participation beyond North America, Europe, and Australasia. Biological Invasions 24: 333-340. PDF
Lieurance, D., S. Kuebbing, M.A. McCary, and Martin A. Nuñez. 2021. Words matter: How to increase gender and LGBTQIA+ inclusivity at Biological Invasions. Biological Invasions 24: 341-344. PDF
McCary, M.A., M.D. Kasprzak, J.C. Botsch, D. Hoekman, R.D. Jackson, and C. Gratton. 2021. Aquatic insect subsidies influence microbial composition and processing of detritus in near-shore subarctic heathland. Oikos 130: 1523-1534. PDF
Yitbarek, S., K. Bailey, S. Tyler, J. Strickland, M.A. McCary, and N. Harris. 2021. Inclusive sustainability approaches in common-pool resources from the perspective of blackologists. Bioscience 71: 714-749. PDF
McCary, M.A., and O.J. Schmitz. 2021. Invertebrate functional traits and terrestrial nutrient cycling: insights from a global meta-analysis. Journal of Animal Ecology 90:1714-1726. PDF
McCary, M.A., R.D. Jackson, and C. Gratton. 2021. Vegetation structure modulates ecosystem and community responses to spatial subsidies. Ecosphere 12: e03483. PDF
McCary, M.A.*, J.S. Phillips*, T. Ramiadantsoa, L.A. Nell, A.R. McCormick, and J.C. Botsch. 2021. Transient top-down and bottom-up effects of resources pulsed to multiple trophic levels. Ecology 102: e03197. * equal contribution. PDF
Hoekman, D., M.A. McCary, J. Dryer, and C. Gratton. 2019. Reducing allochthonous resources in a subarctic grassland alters arthropod food webs via predator diet and density. Ecosphere 10: e02593. PDF
McCary, M.A., and D.H. Wise. 2019. Plant invader alters soil food web via changes to fungal resources. Oecologia 191: 587-599. PDF
McCary, M.A., M. Zellner, and D.H. Wise. 2019. The role of plant-mycorrhizal mutualisms in deterring plant invasions: Insights from an individual-based model. Ecology and Evolution 9: 2018-2030. PDF
McCary, M.A., E. Minor, and D.H. Wise. 2018. Covariation between local and landscape factors influences the structure of ground-active arthropod communities in fragmented metropolitan woodlands. Landscape Ecology 33: 225-239. PDF
McCary, M.A., R. Mores, M. Farfan, and D.H. Wise. 2016. Invasive plants have different effects on trophic structure of green and brown food webs in terrestrial ecosystems: a meta-analysis. Ecology Letters 19: 328-335. PDF
McCary, M.A., J.C. Martinez, L. Umek, L. Heneghan, and D.H. Wise. 2015. Effects of woodland restoration and management on the community of surface-active arthropods in the metropolitan Chicago region. Biological Conservation 190: 154-166. PDF
Yitbarek, Y., K. Chen, M. Celestin, and M.A. McCary. 2023. Urban mosquito distributions are modulated by socioeconomic status and environmental traits in the USA. Ecological Applications 33: e2869. PDF
Potapov, A.M., C.A. Guerra [et al., including M.A. McCary]. 2023. Globally invariant metabolism but density-diversity mismatch in springtails. Nature Communications 14: 674.
Cheng, S.J., K.M, Gaynor, A.C. Moore, K. Darragh, C.O. Estien, J.W. Hammond, K.L. Mills, C. Lawrence, M.D. Baiz, L. Khadempour, M.A. McCary, D. Ignace, M.M. Rice, S.J. Tumber-Dávila, and J.A. Smith. 2023. Championing inclusive terminology in ecology and evolution. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 38: 381-384.
K. Ferraro, O.J. Schmitz, and M.A. McCary. 2022. Effects of ungulate density and sociality on landscape heterogeneity: a mechanistic modeling approach. Ecography 2022: e06039. PDF
Kuebbing, S. *, M.A. McCary*, D. Lieurance, M.A. Nuñez, M.C. Chiuffo, B. Zhang, H. Seebens, D. Simberloff, and L.A. Myerson. 2022. A self-study of editorial board diversity at Biological Invasions. Biological Invasions 24: 321-332. * equal contribution. PDF
Nuñez, M.A., M.C. Chiuffo, H. Seebens, S. Kuebbing, M.A. McCary, D. Lieurance, B. Zhang, D. Simberloff, and L.A. Meyerson. 2022. Two decades of data reveal that Biological Invasions needs to increase participation beyond North America, Europe, and Australasia. Biological Invasions 24: 333-340. PDF
Lieurance, D., S. Kuebbing, M.A. McCary, and Martin A. Nuñez. 2021. Words matter: How to increase gender and LGBTQIA+ inclusivity at Biological Invasions. Biological Invasions 24: 341-344. PDF
McCary, M.A., M.D. Kasprzak, J.C. Botsch, D. Hoekman, R.D. Jackson, and C. Gratton. 2021. Aquatic insect subsidies influence microbial composition and processing of detritus in near-shore subarctic heathland. Oikos 130: 1523-1534. PDF
Yitbarek, S., K. Bailey, S. Tyler, J. Strickland, M.A. McCary, and N. Harris. 2021. Inclusive sustainability approaches in common-pool resources from the perspective of blackologists. Bioscience 71: 714-749. PDF
McCary, M.A., and O.J. Schmitz. 2021. Invertebrate functional traits and terrestrial nutrient cycling: insights from a global meta-analysis. Journal of Animal Ecology 90:1714-1726. PDF
McCary, M.A., R.D. Jackson, and C. Gratton. 2021. Vegetation structure modulates ecosystem and community responses to spatial subsidies. Ecosphere 12: e03483. PDF
McCary, M.A.*, J.S. Phillips*, T. Ramiadantsoa, L.A. Nell, A.R. McCormick, and J.C. Botsch. 2021. Transient top-down and bottom-up effects of resources pulsed to multiple trophic levels. Ecology 102: e03197. * equal contribution. PDF
Hoekman, D., M.A. McCary, J. Dryer, and C. Gratton. 2019. Reducing allochthonous resources in a subarctic grassland alters arthropod food webs via predator diet and density. Ecosphere 10: e02593. PDF
McCary, M.A., and D.H. Wise. 2019. Plant invader alters soil food web via changes to fungal resources. Oecologia 191: 587-599. PDF
McCary, M.A., M. Zellner, and D.H. Wise. 2019. The role of plant-mycorrhizal mutualisms in deterring plant invasions: Insights from an individual-based model. Ecology and Evolution 9: 2018-2030. PDF
McCary, M.A., E. Minor, and D.H. Wise. 2018. Covariation between local and landscape factors influences the structure of ground-active arthropod communities in fragmented metropolitan woodlands. Landscape Ecology 33: 225-239. PDF
McCary, M.A., R. Mores, M. Farfan, and D.H. Wise. 2016. Invasive plants have different effects on trophic structure of green and brown food webs in terrestrial ecosystems: a meta-analysis. Ecology Letters 19: 328-335. PDF
McCary, M.A., J.C. Martinez, L. Umek, L. Heneghan, and D.H. Wise. 2015. Effects of woodland restoration and management on the community of surface-active arthropods in the metropolitan Chicago region. Biological Conservation 190: 154-166. PDF
