Prof. Dr. Tiffany Knight

Research

• Causes and consequences of exotic plant invasions
• Pollination Ecology
• Restoration of degraded habitats
• Climate Change
• Forest community dynamics

For more information on our research, please visit the Spatial Interaction Ecology website

Curriculum Vitae

CURRENT POSITIONS

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

REVIEWING ACTIVITIES

MEMBERSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

MAJOR COLLABORATIONS

CAREER BREAKS

Society Memberships

Botanical Society of America

Ecological Society of America

Peer-reviewed Publications

2020

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Barton, K.E., Jones, C., Edwards, K.F., Shiels, A.B., Knight, T.M., (2020):
Local adaptation constrains drought tolerance in a tropical foundation tree
J. Ecol.
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Blowes, S.A., Chase, J.M., Di Franco, A., Frid, O., Gotelli, N.J., Guidetti, P., Knight, T.M., May, F., McGlinn, D.J., Micheli, F., Sala, E., Belmaker, J., (2020):
Mediterranean marine protected areas have higher biodiversity via increased evenness, not abundance
J. Appl. Ecol. 57 (3), 578 - 589
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Che-Castaldo, J., Jones, O.R., Kendall, B.E., Burns, J.H., Childs, D.Z., Ezard, T.H.G., Hernandez-Yanez, H., Hodgson, D.J., Jongejans, E., Knight, T.M., Merow, C., Ramula, S., Stott, I., Vindenes, Y., Yokomizo, H., Salguero-Gómez, R., (2020):
Comments to “Persistent problems in the construction of matrix population models”
Ecol. Model. 416 , art. 108913
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Korell, L., Auge, H., Chase, J.M., Harpole, S., Knight, T.M., (2020):
We need more realistic climate change experiments for understanding ecosystems of the future
Glob. Change Biol. 26 (2), 325 - 327
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Korell, L., Auge, H., Chase, J.M., Harpole, W.S., Knight, T.M., (2020):
Understanding plant communities of the future requires filling knowledge gaps
Glob. Change Biol. 26 (2), 328 - 329
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Sandel, B., Weigelt, P., Kreft, H., Keppel, G., van der Sande, M.T., Levin, S., Smith, S., Craven, D., Knight, T.M., (2020):
Current climate, isolation and history drive global patterns of tree phylogenetic endemism
Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr. 29 (1), 4 - 15
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Schmidt, R., Auge, H., Deising, H.B., Hensen, I., Mangan, S.A., Schädler, M., Stein, C., Knight, T.M., (2020):
Abundance, origin and phylogeny of plants do not predict community-level patterns of pathogen diversity and infection
Ecol. Evol.
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Schwarz, B., Vázquez, D.P., CaraDonna, P.J., Knight, T.M., Benadi, G., Dormann, C.F., Gauzens, B., Motivans, E., Resasco, J., Blüthgen, N., Burkle, L.A., Fang, Q., Kaiser–Bunbury, C.N., Alarcón, R., Bain, J.A., Chacoff, N.P., Huang, S.-Q., LeBuhn, G., MacLeod, M., Petanidou, T., Rasmussen, C., Simanonok, M.P., Thompson, A.H., Fründ, J., (2020):
Temporal scale‐dependence of plant–pollinator networks
Oikos
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van der Sande, M.T., Bruelheide, H., Dawson, W., Dengler, J., Essl, F., Field, R., Haider, S., van Kleunen, M., Kreft, H., Pagel, J., Pergl, J., Purschke, O., Pyšek, P., Weigelt, P., Winter, M., Attorre, F., Aubin, I., Bergmeier, E., Chytrý, M., Dainese, M., De Sanctis, M., Fagundez, J., Golub, V., Guerin, G.R., Gutiérrez, A.G., Jandt, U., Jansen, F., Jiménez‐Alfaro, B., Kattge, J., Kearsley, E., Klotz, S., Kramer, K., Moretti, M., Niinemets, Ü., Peet, R.K., Penuelas, J., Petřík, P., Reich, P.B., Sandel, B., Schmidt, M., Sibikova, M., Violle, C., Whitfeld, T.J.S., Wohlgemuth, T., Knight, T.M., (2020):
Similar factors underlie tree abundance in forests in native and alien ranges
Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr. 29 (2), 281 - 294
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Vitt, P., Havens, K., Jolls, C.L., Knight, T.M., (2020):
Temporal variation in the roles of exotic and native plant species in plant–pollinator networks
Ecosphere 11 (2), e02981
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2019

Arceo-Gómez, G., Schroeder, A., Albor, C., Ashman, T.-L., Knight, T.M., (2019):
Global geographic patterns of heterospecific pollen receipt help uncover potential ecological and evolutionary impacts across plant communities worldwide
Sci. Rep. 9 , art. 8086
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Bennett, J.M., Steets, J.A., Burns, J.H., Durka, W., Vamosi, J.C., Arceo-Gómez, G., Burd, M., Burkle, L.A., Ellis, A.G., Freitas, L., Li, J., Rodger, J.G., Wolowski, M., Xia, J., Ashman, T.-L., Knight, T.M., (2019):
Publisher Correction: GloPL, a global data base on pollen limitation of plant reproduction
Sci. Data 6 , art. 2
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Bernardo, H.L., Vitt, P., Goad, R., Masi, S., Knight, T.M., (2019):
Using long-term population monitoring data to prioritize conservation action among rare plant species
Nat. Areas J. 39 (2), 169 - 181
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Burns, J.H., Bennett, J.M., Li, J., Xia, J., Arceo-Gómez, G., Burd, M., Burkle, L.A., Durka, W., Ellis, A.G., Freitas, L., Rodger, J.G., Vamosi, J.C., Wolowski, M., Ashman, T.-L., Knight, T.M., Steets, J.A., (2019):
Plant traits moderate pollen limitation of introduced and native plants: a phylogenetic meta‐analysis of global scale
New Phytol. 223 (4), 2063 - 2075
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Chase, J.M., Gooriah, L., May, F., Ryberg, W.A., Schuler, M.S., Craven, D., Knight, T.M., (2019):
A framework for disentangling ecological mechanisms underlying the island species–area relationship
Front. Biogeogr. 11 (1), e40844
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Craven, D., Knight, T.M., Barton, K.E., Bialic-Murphy, L., Chase, J.M., (2019):
Dissecting macroecological and macroevolutionary patterns of forest biodiversity across the Hawaiian archipelago
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 116 (33), 16436 - 16441
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Fill, J.M., Pearson, E., Knight, T.M., Crandall, R.M., (2019):
An invasive legume increases perennial grass biomass: An indirect pathway for plant community change
PLOS One 14 (1), e0211295
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Havens, K., Jolls, C.L., Knight, T.M., Vitt, P., (2019):
We should know whether a tool works (and how dangerous it is) before we use it: Response to Hinz and colleagues
Bioscience 69 (11), 854 - 855
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Havens, K., Jolls, C.L., Knight, T.M., Vitt, P., (2019):
Risks and rewards: Assessing the effectiveness and safety of classical invasive plant biocontrol by arthropods
Bioscience 69 (4), 247 - 258
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Jelbert, K., Buss, D., McDonald, J., Townley, S., Franco, M., Stott, I., Jones, O., Salguero-Gómez, R., Buckley, Y., Knight, T.M., Silk, M., Sargent, F., Rolph, S., Wilson, P., Hodgson, D., (2019):
Demographic amplification is a predictor of invasiveness among plants
Nat. Commun. 10 , 5602
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Levin, S.C., Crandall, R.M., Knight, T.M., (2019):
Population projection models for 14 alien plant species in the presence and absence of above‐ground competition
Ecology 100 (6), e02681
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McGlinn, D.J., Xiao, X., May, F., Gotelli, N.J., Engel, T., Blowes, S.A., Knight, T.M., Purschke, O., Chase, J.M., McGill, B.J., (2019):
Measurement of Biodiversity (MoB): A method to separate the scale‐dependent effects of species abundance distribution, density, and aggregation on diversity change
Methods Ecol. Evol. 10 (2), 258 - 269
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Westerband, A.C., Kagawa-Viviani, A.K., Bogner, K.K., Beilman, D.W., Knight, T.M., Barton, K.E., (2019):
Seedling drought tolerance and functional traits vary in response to the timing of water availability in a keystone Hawaiian tree species
Plant Ecol. 220 (3), 321 - 344
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Wohlwend, M.R., Schutzenhofer, M.R., Knight, T.M., (2019):
Long-term experiment manipulating community assembly results in favorable restoration outcomes for invaded prairies
Restor. Ecol. 27 (6), 1307 - 1316
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2018

Bennett, J.M., Steets, J.A., Burns, J.H., Durka, W., Vamosi, J.C., Arceo-Gómez, G., Burd, M., Burkle, L.A., Ellis, A.G., Freitas, L., Li, J., Rodger, J.G., Wolowski, M., Xia, J., Ashman, T.-L., Knight, T.M., (2018):
GloPL, a global data base on pollen limitation of plant reproduction
Sci. Data 5 , art. 180249
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Bennett, J.M., Thompson, A., Goia, I., Feldmann, R., Ştefan, V., Bogdan, A., Rakosy, D., Beloiu, M., Biro, I.-B., Bluemel, S., Filip, M., Madaj, A.-M., Martin, A., Passonneau, S., Kalisch, D.P., Scherer, G., Knight, T.M., (2018):
A review of European studies on pollination networks and pollen limitation, and a case study designed to fill in a gap
AoB Plants 10 (6), ply068
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Bernardo, H.L., Vitt, P., Goad, R., Masi, S., Knight, T.M., (2018):
Count population viability analysis finds that interacting local and regional threats affect the viability of a rare plant
Ecol. Indic. 93 , 822 – 829
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Bialic-Murphy, L., Gaoue, O.G., Knight, T.M., (2018):
Using Transfer Function Analysis to develop biologically and economically efficient restoration strategies
Sci. Rep. 8 , art. 2094
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Chase, J.M., McGill, B.J., McGlinn, D.J., May, F., Blowes, S.A., Xiao, X., Knight, T.M., Purschke, O., Gotelli, N.J., Adler, F., (2018):
Embracing scale‐dependence to achieve a deeper understanding of biodiversity and its change across communities
Ecol. Lett. 21 (11), 1737 – 1751
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Crandall, R.M., Knight, T.M., (2018):
Role of multiple invasion mechanisms and their interaction in regulating the population dynamics of an exotic tree
J. Appl. Ecol. 52 (2), 885 - 894
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Craven, D., Knight, T.M., Barton, K.E., Bialic-Murphy, L., Cordell, S., Giardina, C.P., Gillespie, T.W., Ostertag, R., Sack, L., Chase, J.M., (2018):
OpenNahele: the open Hawaiian forest plot database
Biodiver. Data J. 6 , art. e28406
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Knight, T.M., Ashman, T.-L., Bennett, J.M., Burns, J.H., Passonneau, S., Steets, J.A., (2018):
Reflections on, and visions for, the changing field of pollination ecology
Ecol. Lett. 21 (8), 1282 - 1295
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Pardini, E.A., Parsons, L.S., Ştefan, V., Knight, T.M., (2018):
GLMM BACI environmental impact analysis shows coastal dune restoration reduces seed predation on an endangered plant
Restor. Ecol. 26 (6), 1190 - 1194
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Thompson, A.H., Knight, T.M., (2018):
Exotic plant species receive adequate pollinator service despite variable integration into plant–pollinator networks
Oecologia 187 (1), 135 - 142
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2016

2015 and older

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