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- Donnelly, A., ..., J.M. LaMontagne et al. Fostering effective and sustainable scientific collaboration and knowledge exchange: Workshop-based approach to establish a NEON Domain-specific user group. International Journal of Biometeorology. In press.
- Fidino, M,..., J.M. LaMontagne, ... S. Magle. Gentrification drives patterns of alpha and beta diversity in cities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In press.
- Angeoletto, F., ..., J.M. LaMontagne et al. GLUEing the world: the GLobal Urban Evolution project and its importance to urban biodiversity conservation. Ecology of Tropical Cities: Natural and Social Sciences Applied to the Conservation of Urban Biodiversity. Springer Press. In press.
- Yu, F., M. Zhang, Y. Wang, J.M. LaMontagne, X. Yi. 2024. Contrasting effects of frugivore assemblages and phylogeny on global variation in fruit length and width. Global Ecology & Biogeography. 33: 215-226. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/geb.13785
- Ochoa-Hueso, R., ..., J.M. LaMontagne, ..., E. Bremer. 2023. The bioavailability and coupling of macro and micronutrients across global topsoils is driven by environmental context and atomic properties, but is altered by global change. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 37: e2022GB007680. doi.org/10.1029/2022GB007680
- Qiu, T., ..., J.M. LaMontagne, ..., J.S. Clark. 2023. Masting is uncommon in trees that depend on mutualist dispersers in the context of global climate and fertility gradients. Nature Plants 9: 1044-1056. doi.org/10.1038/s41477-023-01446-5
- Hohl, D., T. Stoycheva, R.J. Kilgour, E.C. Anderson, J.M. LaMontagne. 2023. Changes over time in tree cavity availability across urban habitats. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening: 127926. doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2023.127926
- Widick, I.V., M.A. Young, J.M. LaMontagne, C. Strong, B. Zuckerberg. 2023. Poleward shifts and altered periodicity in boreal bird irruptions over six decades. Journal of Animal Ecology. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2656.13917
- Bogdziewicz, M., ..., J.M. LaMontagne, ..., J. Clark. 2023. Linking seed size and number to trait syndromes in trees. Global Ecology & Biogeography. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13652
- Koenig, W.D., A.M. Liebhold, J.M. LaMontagne, I.S. Pearse. 2023. Effect of periodical cicada emergences on acorn production. The American Naturalist. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/723735
- Li, D., S. Record, E. Sokol, N. Robinson, M. Bitters, M.Y. Chen, A. Chung, M. Helmus, R. Jaimes, L. Jansen, M. Jarzyna, M.G. Just, J.M. LaMontagne, B. Melbourne, W. Moss, K. Norman, S. Parker, N. Robinson, B. Seyesnasrollah, C. Smith, S. Spaulding, T. Surasinghe, S. Thomsen, & P. Zarnetske. Standardized NEON organismal data for biodiversity research. Ecosphere 13: e4141. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4141
- Journé, V., ..., J.M. LaMontagne, ..., J.S. Clark. 2022. Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients. Ecology Letters 25: 1471-1482. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14012
- Qiu, T., ..., J.M. LaMontagne, ..., J.S. Clark . 2022. Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery. Nature Communications 13: 2381. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30037-9
- Jarzyna, M., K. Norman, J.M. LaMontagne, M. Helmus, L. Jansen, D. Li, B. Melbourne, S. Parker, S. Record, N. Robinson, E. Sokol, S. Spaulding, S. Thomsen, P. Zarnetske, & T. Surasinghe. 2022. Community stability is related to animal diversity change. Ecosphere. 13: e3970. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3970
- Santangelo, J.S., …, J.M. LaMontagne, …, M.T.J. Johnson. 2022. Global urbanization drives adaptation in the plant white clover. Science 375: 1275-1281. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abk0989
- Hacket-Pain, A., J. Foest, I.S. Pearse, J.M. LaMontagne, ..., D. Ascoli. 2022. MASTREE+: time-series of plant reproductive effort from six continents. Global Change Biology: 28: 3066-3082. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16130
- Corona, C., A.C. Leeper, J.M. LaMontagne. 2022. Differential defoliation and mortality of white spruce and balsam fir by Eastern spruce budworm defoliation. Forest Ecology and Management 508: 120042. doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120042
- Sharma, S., ..., J.M. LaMontagne, ..., J.S. Clark. 2022. North American tree migration paced by climate in the West, lagging in the East. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119: e2116691118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2116691118
- Boyle, K.A., J.M. LaMontagne, I.D. Phillips, J.R. Milanovich, & J.S. Bystriansky. 2021. Physiological adaptations of grey tiger salamander larvae (Ambystoma tigrinum) inhabiting saline wetlands. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 16: 704-714. www.herpconbio.org/Volume_16/Issue_3/Boyle_etal_2021.pdf
- Nagy, R.C., J.K. Balch, ..., J.M. LaMontagne, et al. 2021. Harnessing the NEON data revolution to advance open environmental science with a diverse and data-capable community. Ecosphere 12: e03833. doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3833
- Cannon, C.H., ..., J.M. LaMontagne, ..., M. Spenko. 2021. Extending our scientific reach in arboreal ecosystems for research and management. Frontiers in Forestry and Global Change. 4: 712165. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2021.712165
- LaMontagne, J.M., M.D. Redmond, A.P. Wion, D.F. Greene. 2021. An assessment of temporal variability in mast seeding of North American Pinaceae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 376: 20200373. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0373
- Leeper, A.C., and J.M. LaMontagne. 2021. Cone characteristics and insect predation levels vary across years in mast seeding white spruce. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 51: 1550-1557. doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2020-0442
- Qiu, T., M-C. ..., J.M. LaMontagne, ..., J.S. Clark. 2021. Is there tree senescence? The fecundity evidence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118: e2106130118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2106130118
- Clark, J.S., ..., J.M. LaMontagne, et al. 2021. Continent-wide tree fecundity driven by indirect climate effects. Nature Communications. 12: 1242. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20836-3
- Garcia, M., B. Zuckerberg, J.M. LaMontagne, and P.A .Townsend. 2021. Landsat-based detection of mast seeding in white spruce (Picea glauca) forests. Remote Sensing of Environment 254: 112278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.112278
- Leeper, A.C., B.A. Lawrence, and J.M. LaMontagne. 2020. Soil nutrient availability has a limited influence on mast seeding patterns in white spruce. Oecologia 194: 101-111. doi.org/10.1007/s00442-020-04759-w
- Barton, J.H., K. Morris, D. Meritt, S. Magle, and J.M. LaMontagne. 2020. Does urbanization influence population trends of European Starlings and their relationships with cavity-nesting birds? Acta Oecologica 108: 103636. doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2020.103636
- LaMontagne, J.M. 2020. Terrestrial Ecology: Natural Selection for Mast Seeding. Current Biology 30: R996- R998. doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.07.029
- Fernández-Martínez, M., J. Sardans, F. Sayol, J.M. LaMontagne, M. Bogdziewicz, A. Collalti, A. Hacket-Pain, G. Vacchiano, J.M. Espelta, J. Peñuelas, I.A. Janssens. 2020. Reply to: Nutrient scarcity cannot cause mast seeding. Nature Plants 6: 763–765. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-020-0703-6
- Pearse, I.S., J.M. LaMontagne, M. Lordon, A.L. Hipp, and W.D. Koenig. 2020. Biogeography and phylogeny of masting: Do global patterns fit functional hypotheses? New Phytologist 227: 1557-1567. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16617
- LaMontagne, J.M., I.S. Pearse, D. Greene, and W.D. Koenig. 2020. Mast seeding patterns are asynchronous at a continental scale. Nature Plants 6: 460-465. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-020-0647-x
- Ascoli, D., A. Hacket‐Pain, J.M. LaMontagne, A. Cardil, M. Conedera, J. Maringer, R. Motta, I.S. Pearse, G. Vacchiano. 2020. Climate teleconnections synchronize Picea glauca masting and fire disturbance: Evidence for a fire‐related form of environmental prediction. Journal of Ecology 108: 1186-1198. doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13308
- Zuckerberg, B., C. Strong, J.M. LaMontagne, S. St. George, J.L. Betancourt, and W.D. Koenig. 2020. Climate dipoles as continental drivers of plant and animal populations. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2020.01.010
- Hacker, J.G., L. Hopper, S. Magle, J.M. LaMontagne. 2020. Avian community composition and behavior around a novel object. Meadowlark 29: 1-18.
- Fernández-Martínez, M., I. Pearse, J. Sardans, F. Sayol, W.D. Koenig, J.M. LaMontagne, M. Bogdziewicz, A. Collalti, A. Hacket-Pain, G. Vacchiano, J.M. Espelta, J. Peñuelas, I.A. Janssens. 2019. Nutrient scarcity as a selective pressure for mast seeding. Nature Plants 5: 1222–1228. doi.org/10.1038/s41477-019-0549-y
- Wang, Y, J.M. LaMontagne*, Y. Chen, F. Lin, Z. Yuan, J. Ye, X. Wang, and Z. Hao*. 2019. A comparison of community structure between seed rain and neighboring adult trees in an old-growth temperate forest. Journal of Forestry Research. doi.org/10.1007/s11676-019-01027-3 *Co-corresponding authors.
- Zlatev*, D.B., M.C. Lordon*, E.A. Schremp, A.C. Steffen, A.E. Grecco, J.S. Bystriansky, and J.M. LaMontagne. 2019. Clam community composition and prey shell size impacts moon snail (Gastropod: Naticidae) drilling frequencies in South Carolina, USA. Marine Ecology e12526. *Co-lead authors. doi.org/10.1111/maec.12526
- Bovyn, R.A., M.C. Lordon, A.E. Grecco, A.C. Leeper, and J.M. LaMontagne. 2019. Tree cavity availability in cemeteries and urban parks. Journal of Urban Ecology 5: juy030. doi.org/10.1093/jue/juy030
- Bovyn, R.A., E. McCauley, and J.M. LaMontagne. 2018. Offspring size-number tradeoffs and food quality feedbacks impact population dynamics in a Daphnia-algae system. Oikos 127: 1152-1162. doi.org/10.1111/oik.04788
- Pearse, I., J.M. LaMontagne, and W.D. Koenig. 2017. Interannual variation in mast seeding has increased over time (1900-2014). Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284 doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1666
- Shaughnessy, C., E.C. Anderson, M. Kasparian, J.M. LaMontagne, and J.S. Bystriansky. 2017. Survival and osmoregulation of the purple marsh crab Sesarma reticulatum at varying salinity and pH. Canadian Journal of Zoology 95: 985-989. doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2016-0199
- Wang, Y., J. Zhang, J.M. LaMontagne, F. Lin, B. Li, J. Ye, Z. Yuan, X. Wang, and Z. Hao. 2017. Variation and synchrony of tree species mast seeding in an old-growth temperate forest. Journal of Vegetation Science 28: 413–423. doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12494
- Anderson, E.C. and J.M. LaMontagne. 2016. Nest selection by Red-headed Woodpeckers across three spatial scales in an urban environment. Urban Ecosystems 19: 297-314. doi.org/10.1007/s11252-015-0491-3
- LaMontagne, J.M., R.J. Kilgour, E.C. Anderson, S. Magle. 2015. Tree cavity availability across forest, park, and residential habitats in a highly urban area. Urban Ecosystems 18: 151-167. doi.org/10.1007/s11252-014-0383-y
- Anderson, E.C. and J.M. LaMontagne. 2014. Characteristics of recently used or reused Red-headed Woodpecker cavity nests in Cook County, IL. Meadowlark 23: 46-52.
- LaMontagne, J.M., C. T. Williams, J.L. Donald, M.M. Humphries, A.G. McAdam, and S. Boutin. 2013. Linking intraspecific variation in territory size, cone supply, and survival of North American red squirrels. Journal of Mammalogy 94: 1048-1058. doi.org/10.1644/12-MAMM-A-245.1
- Flanagan, K.M. and J.M. LaMontagne. 2013. Caribou Conservation Conundrum. The National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science. Link here
- Krebs, C.J., J.M. LaMontagne, A.J. Kenney, and S. Boutin. 2012. Climatic determinants of white spruce cone crops in the boreal forest of the southwestern Yukon. Botany 90: 113-119. doi.org/10.1139/b11-088
- Fletcher, Q.E., S. Boutin, J.E. Lane, J.M. LaMontagne, A.G. McAdam, C.J. Krebs, and M.M. Humphries. 2010. The functional response of a hoarding seed predator to mast seeding. Ecology 91:2673–2683. doi.org/10.1890/09-1816.1
- Tracz, B.V., J.M. LaMontagne, E. Bayne, and S. Boutin. 2010. Annual and monthly range fidelity of female boreal woodland caribou in response to petroleum development. Rangifer 30:31–44. doi.org/10.7557/2.30.1.780
- LaMontagne, J.M. and S. Boutin. 2009. Quantitative methods for defining mast-seeding years across species and studies. Journal of Vegetation Science 20: 745–753. doi.org/10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.01068.x
- LaMontagne, J.M. and S. Boutin. 2007. Local-scale synchrony and variability in mast seed production patterns of Picea glauca. Journal of Ecology 95: 991-1000. doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01266.x
- Kerr, T., S. Boutin, J.M. LaMontagne, A.G. McAdam, and M.M. Humphries. 2007. Persistent maternal effects on juvenile survival in North American red squirrels. Biology Letters 3: 289–291. doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2006.0615
- Pretzlaw, T., C. Trudeau, M.M. Humphries, J.M. LaMontagne, and S. Boutin. 2006. Red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) feeding on bark beetles (Dendroctonus rufipennis) in the Canadian boreal forest: energetic and ecological implications. Journal of Mammalogy 87: 909-914. doi.org/10.1644/05-MAMM-A-310R1.1
- LaMontagne, J.M., S. Peters, and S. Boutin. 2005. A visual index for estimating cone production for individual white spruce trees. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35: 3020–3026. doi.org/10.1139/x05-210
- LaMontagne, J.M. and S. Boutin. 2004/2005. Effects of spruce bark beetle infestation on red squirrel population density. In: The Kluane Ecological Monitoring Project Annual Report 2004/2005. J. D. Henry, C.J. Krebs, E. Hofer, A.J. Kenney & A. Chilibeck (editors).
- LaMontagne, J.M., R.M.R. Barclay, and L.J. Jackson. 2004. Trumpeter swan energy balance at stopover areas during spring migration. Northwestern Naturalist 85: 104-110.
- LaMontagne, J.M., L.J. Jackson, and R.M.R. Barclay. 2003. Trumpeter swan habitat preference in stopover areas during spring migration. Canadian Journal of Zoology 81: 1791-1798. doi.org/10.1139/z03-176
- LaMontagne, J.M., L.J. Jackson, and R.M.R. Barclay. 2003. Compensatory growth responses of Potamogeton pectinatus to foraging by migrating trumpeter swans in spring stop over areas. Aquatic Botany 76: 235-244. doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3770(03)00051-2
- LaMontagne, J.M. 2002. Use of spring migration stopover habitat by trumpeter swans in southern Alberta. Parks Canada Research Links 10: 18-20.
- LaMontagne, J.M., R.L. Irvine, and E.E. Crone. 2002. Spatial patterns of population regulation and population viability in sage grouse (Centrocercus spp.). Journal of Animal Ecology 71: 672-682. doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2656.2002.00629.x
- LaMontagne, J.M., R.M.R. Barclay, and L.J. Jackson. 2001. Trumpeter swan behaviour at spring migration stopover areas in Southern Alberta. Canadian Journal of Zoology 79: 2036-2042. doi.org/10.1139/z01-168
- LaMontagne, J.M., and E. McCauley. 2001. Maternal effects in Daphnia: what mothers are telling their offspring and do they listen? Ecology Letters 4: 64-71. doi.org/10.1046/j.1461-0248.2001.00197.x
Theses
- Ph.D. – 2007 – Environmental Biology & Ecology. University of Alberta. Dissertation: Spatial and temporal variation in white spruce (Picea glauca) cone production: individual and population responses of North American red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus).
- M.Sc. – 2000 – Conservation Ecology, University of Calgary. Thesis: Use of migration stopover areas by Trumpeter Swans in Alberta.
- B.Sc. – 1998 – Ecology, University of Calgary. Thesis: Maternal effects in Daphnia pulex: An investigation of offspring performance in varying food environments.