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M. Rizzuto

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Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 6 Approach:statistical model· 6 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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E. Vander Wal· 5 shared Y. F. Wiersma· 5 shared J. Balluffi-Fry· 4 shared S. J. Leroux· 4 shared T. R. Heckford· 4 shared S. Leroux· 3 shared I. C. Richmond· 2 shared O. J. Schmitz· 2 shared

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Integrating ecosystem and contaminant models to predict the effects of ecosystem fluxes on contaminant dynamics

A. McLeod, S. Leroux, M. Rizzuto, M. A. Leibold, L. C. Schiesari

This paper develops a modeling framework to predict how ecosystem fluxes affect contaminant dynamics across trophic levels, showing that nutrient input and loss rates influence pollutant concentrations differently.

bioRxiv · Jul 15, 2023Ecology

Rewiring the carbon cycle: a theoretical framework for animal-driven ecosystem carbon sequestration

M. Rizzuto, S. J. Leroux, O. J. Schmitz

The paper develops a theoretical framework showing that animals significantly influence ecosystem carbon cycling by altering carbon storage and capture through direct and indirect pathways, increasing carbon sequestration by 2-3 fold.

bioRxiv · Jul 14, 2023Ecology

Animal-vectored nutrient flows across resource gradients influence the nature of local and meta-ecosystem functioning

M. Rizzuto, S. J. Leroux, O. J. Schmitz, E. Vander Wal, Y. F. Wiersma, T. R. Heckford

The paper develops a meta-ecosystem model that accounts for different types of consumer movement and shows their distinct impacts on local and meta-ecosystem functions.

bioRxiv · Mar 3, 2023Ecology

Integrating plant stoichiometry and feeding experiments: state-dependent forage choice and its implications on body mass

J. Balluffi-Fry, S. Leroux, Y. F. Wiersma, I. Richmond, T. Heckford, M. Rizzuto, J. Kennah, E. Vander Wal

This study tests foraging hypotheses in snowshoe hares by linking plant quality variation to feeding choices and body condition under different energetic and nutritional demands.

bioRxiv · Feb 16, 2021Ecology

Does where you live influence what you are made of? Spatial correlates of chemical traits across commonly occurring boreal plants

T. R. Heckford, S. J. Leroux, E. Vander Wal, M. Rizzuto, J. Balluffi-Fry, I. C. Richmond, Y. F. Wiersma

The paper examines spatial influences on foliar chemical traits in boreal plants, finding species-specific and trait-level relationships with environmental factors.

bioRxiv · Jan 26, 2021 · PreprintEcology

Forage stoichiometry predicts the home range size of a small terrestrial herbivore

M. Rizzuto, S. Leroux, E. Vander Wal, I. C. Richmond, T. R. Heckford, J. Balluffi-Fry, Y. F. Wiersma

This study shows that forage stoichiometry affects snowshoe hare home range size, with lower quality forage leading to smaller ranges but also reduced spatial heterogeneity.

bioRxiv · Aug 13, 2020Ecology

Patterns and potential drivers of intraspecific variability in the body elemental composition of a terrestrial consumer, the snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus)

M. Rizzuto, S. J. Leroux, E. Vander Wal, Y. F. Wiersma, T. R. Heckford, J. Balluffi-Fry

The paper examines intraspecific variability in the body elemental composition of snowshoe hares, finding unexpected patterns in nitrogen content with age and phosphorus with body size.

bioRxiv · Mar 30, 2019Ecology