H.S. Young, D. McCauley, R. Dunbar, and R. Dirzo. 2010. Plants cause ecosystem nutrient depletion via the interruption of bird derived spatial subsidies. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.107: 2072-2077. PDF
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H.S. Young, S. Shaffer, D. McCauley, R. Dirzo, and B.A. Block. 2010. Resource partitioning by sympatric boobies in the Central Pacific Ocean. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 403: 291-301. PDF
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R. Dirzo, H.S. Young, H. Mooney, and G. Ceballos, eds. Seasonally dry tropical forests: ecology and conservation. Island Press. In press.
J. Pasari, P. Selmants,H.S. Young, J. O’Leary, E. Zavaleta. 2011. Nitrogen enrichment In Encyclopedia of Invasive Introduced Species. pp. 488-492 University of California Press.
D. McCauley, Y. Papastimoutou, and H.S. Young. 2010. Mating behavior in Charcharinus melanopteris. Pac. Sci. 64: 349-352. PDF
H.S. Young, L. Hurrey, G. Kolb, and W.B. Anderson. Effects of seabird derived subsidies on aquatic ecosystems. In Seabird Islands: Ecology, Invasion and Restoration. C.P. Mulder, W.B. Anderson, D. Towns, and P. Bellingham editors. Oxford University Press. In press.
G. Kolb, H.S. Young, H. Jones, T. Fukami, J.L. Orrock, D. Towns, and L.Yang. Effects of seabirds on island consumers. In Seabird Islands: Ecology, Invasion and Restoration. C.P. Mulder, W.B. Anderson, D. Towns, and P. Bellingham editors. In press.
C.P.H. Mulder, H. Jones, K. Kameda, C. Palmborg, S. Schmidt, J. Ellis, J.L. Orrock, A.Wait, D.A. Wardle, L.Yang, H.S. Young, D. Croll, and Er.Vidal. Impacts of seabirds on plant and soil properties. In Seabird Islands: Ecology, Invasion and Restoration. C.P. Mulder, W.B. Anderson, D. Towns, and P. Bellingham editors. In press.
H.S. Young, T.K. Raab, D.J. McCauley, A.A. Briggs, and R. Dirzo. 2010. The coconut palm, Cocos nucifera impacts forest composition and soil characteristics at Palmyra Atoll, Central Pacific Ocean. J. Veg. Sci. DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2010.01219. PDF
D.J. McCauley, F. Micheli, H.S. Young, D.P. Tittensor, D.R. Brumbaugh, E.M.P. Madin, K.E. Holmes, J.E. Smith, H.K. Lotze, P.A. de Salles, S.N. Arnold, B. Worm. 2010. Acute effects of removing large fish from a near-pristine coral reef. Marine Biology. DOI 10.1007/s00227-010- 1533-2 PDF
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H.S. Young, D.J. McCauley, R. Dirzo, R.B. Dunbar, S.A. Shaffer. 2010. Niche partitioning among and within sympatric tropical seabirds revealed by stable isotope analysis. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 416: 485-494." PDF
H.S. Young, D. McCauley, R. Dirzo. Differential responses to guano fertilization among tropical tree species with varying life history strategies. In review
H.S. Young and R. Adams. Small mammals at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. 2008. In Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve State of the Preserve Assessment, Chiairello N (ed). Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Stanford University.
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This work has been generously supported by National Science Foundation, National Geographic Society, and the Woods Institute for the Environment