Publications:
Tuljapurkar, Shripad, Wenyun Zuo, Tim Coulson, Carol C. Horvitz, and Jean-Michel Gaillard. 2020. Skewed distributions of LRS: beyond mean and variance. Ecology Letters 23: 748-756 <https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13467>.
Erickson, Kelley, Paul D. Pratt, Min B. Rayamajhi and Carol C. Horvitz. 2020. Seedling maturation drives spatial variability in demographic dynamics of an invader with multiple introductions: insights from an LTRE analysis. Biological Invasions 22: 2185–2203.. <https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-020-02249-x>
Gaoue, Orou., Carol Horvitz, Ulrich Steiner, Shripad Tuljapurkar. 2019. Climate, rather than harvest, is the main driver of age-specific mortality trajectories in a tropical tree. Ecological Modelling 400:34-40. (accepted 3/17/19) . <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2019.03.007>
Rypkema, Diana C., Carol C. Horvitz, Shripad Tuljapurkar. 2019. How climate affects extreme events and hence ecological population models" Ecology.(accepted 2/4/2019; 08 March 2019 https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2684; Ecology 100: e02684)
Bernstein, Shayna, David Rehkopf, Shripad Tuljapurkar, and Carol C. Horvitz. 2018. Poverty dynamics, poverty thresholds and mortality: an age-stage Markovian model. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195734
Erickson, Kelley D., Pratt, Paul D., Rayamajhi, Min B. and Carol C. Horvitz. In Press. (May 2017). Introduction history influences aboveground biomass allocation in Brazilian Peppertree (Schinus terebinthifolius) Invasive Plant Science and Management.
Garcia-Robledo, Carlos, Carol C. Horvitz,W. John Kress, A. Nalleli Carvajal-Acosta, Terry L. Erwin, and Charles L. Staines. In press (Apr 2017). Experimental assemblage of novel plant-herbivore interactions: ecological host shifts after 40 million years of isolation. Biotropica.
Matlaga, David P; Snyder, Rachel K; Horvitz, Carol C. 2017. Dispersal of Goeppertia marantifolia clonal offspring increases with greater canopy openness and larger plant size. Journal of Tropical Ecology 33: 107-113.
Westerband, Andrea C. and Horvitz, C.C. 2017. Early life conditions and precipitation influence the performance of widespread understorey herbs in variable light environments. Journal of Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12757
Westerband, A. C. and Horvitz, C. C. 2017. Photosynthetic rates influence the population dynamics of understory herbs in stochastic light environments. Ecology, 98(2): 370–381.
Horvitz, C.C. (2016) Life History Theory: Basics. Connecting Population Projection Matrices, Life Histories, Life Tables, and Markov Chains for Structured Populations. In: Kliman, R.M. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology. vol. 2, pp. 384–389. Oxford: Academic Press. Elsevier Inc.
Westerband, A. C., & Horvitz, C. C. 2015. Interactions between plant size and canopy openness influence vital rates and life-history tradeoffs in two neotropical understory herbs. American Journal of Botany, 102(8), 1290-1299.
Matlaga, D. P., & Horvitz, C. C. 2015. Large size and high light do not lower the cost of reproduction for the Neotropical herb Goeppertia marantifolia. American Journal of Botany, 102(3), 350-357.
Horvitz, C. C., Koop, A. L., & Erickson, K. D. 2015. Time-invariant and stochastic disperser-structured matrix models: invasion rates of fleshy-fruited exotic shrubs. DISCRETE AND CONTINUOUS DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS-SERIES B, 20(6), 1639-1662.
McElderry, R. M., Salvato, M. H., & Horvitz, C. C. (2015). Population viability models for an endangered endemic subtropical butterfly: effects of density and fire on population dynamics and risk of extinction. Biodiversity and Conservation, 1-20.
Kalisz, S., Spigler, R. and C. Horvitz. 2014. In a long-term experimental demography study, excluding ungulates reversed invader's explosive population growth rate and restored natives. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1310121111
Gaoue, O., C. Horvitz, T. Ticktin, U. K. Steiner, and S.Tuljapurkar. 2013. Defoliation and bark harvesting affect life history parameters of a tropical tree. Journal of Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12140
Coll, C., C. Horvitz and R.McElderry. 2012. Stage-structured periodic population model for the Florida leafwing. International Journal of Complex Systems in Science 2:1–5.(impact factor not known)
Steiner, U.K., S. Tuljapurkar, T. Coulson and C. Horvitz. 2012. Trading stages: Life expectancies in structured populations. Experimental Gerontology. 47: 773-781 doi:10.1016/j.exger.2012.05.015 (IF=3.741)
Garcıa-Robledo, C. and C. C. Horvitz, 2012. Parent–offspring conflicts, “optimal bad motherhood” and the “mother knows best” principles in insect herbivores colonizing novel host plants. Ecology and Evolution. 2: 1446-1457. doi: 10.1002/ece3.267 (OPEN ACCESS, impact factor not known)
Catford, J.A, Daehler,C., Murphy, H.T., Sheppard, A.W., Hardesty B.D., Westcott, D.A. , Rejmaneke, M., Bellingham, P.J., Pergl, J., Horvitz, C.C., Hulme, P.E. 2012. The intermediate disturbance hypothesis and plant invasions: Implications for species richness and management. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. 14: 231-241 (IF = 4.488)
Garcia-Robledo, C. and C.C. Horvitz. 2012. Jack of all trades masters novel host plants: positive genetic correlations in specialist and generalist insect herbivores expanding their diets to novel hosts. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25: 38–53 (IF = 3.656).,
Garcia-Robledo, C., and C.C. Horvitz. 2011. Experimental demography and the vital rates of generalist and specialist insect herbivores on native and novel host plants. Journal of Animal Ecology.80:976-989.(IF = 4.457)
Steinsaltz, D., S. Tuljapurkar, and C.C. Horvitz. 2011. Derivatives of the stochastic growth rate. Theoretical Population Biology, 80:1-15 (IF = 1.800)
Gaoue, O.G., C. C. Horvitz, T. Ticktin. 2011. Non-timber forest product harvest in variable environments: modeling the effect of harvesting as a stochastic sequence. Ecological Applications. 21: 1604–1616 (IF = 4.276)
Horvitz, C.C. 2010. Demography. In. D. Simberloff and M. Rejmanek (eds). Encyclopedia of Invasive Introduced Species. University of California Press (2010). Berkeley, CA.
Horvitz, C.C., T. Coulson, S. Tuljapurkar, and D.W. Schemske. 2010. A new way to integrate selection when both demography and selection gradients vary over time. International Journal of Plant Sciences 171(9):945–959
García-Robledo, C.C. Horvitz, and C. Staines. 2010. Larval morphology, development, and notes on the natural history of Cephaloleia “rolled-leaf” beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 2610: 50–68
Sevillano, L., C.C. Horvitz, P.D. Pratt. 2010. Natural enemy density and soil type influence growth and survival of Melaleuca quinquenervia seedlings. Biological Control 53: 168–177.
Maron, J.L., C.C. Horvitz and J.L. Williams. 2010. Using experiments, demography and population models to estimate interaction strength based on transient and asymptotic dynamics. Journal of Ecology 98:290-301.
Horvitz, C.C., J. Ehrlén, and D.Matlaga. 2010. Context-dependent pollinator limitation in stochastic environments: Can increased seed set overpower the cost of reproduction in an understory herb? Journal of Ecology 98:268-278.
Metcalf, C.J.E., C.C. Horvitz, S. Tuljapukar and D.B. Clark. 2009. A time to grow and a time to die: a new way to analyze the dynamics of size, light, age and death of tropical trees. Ecology. 90:2766-2778.
Garcia-Robledo, C. and C. C. Horvitz. 2009. Host plant leaf scents attract rolled-leaf beetles to neotropical gingers (Zingiberales) in a Central American tropical rain forest. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 131:115-120.
Matlaga, D. and C.C. Horvitz. 2009. Growth and survival across a gap-understory gradient: contrast in performance of sexually vs. clonally produced offspring. American Journal of Botany. 96:439-447.
Horvitz, C.C. and S. Tuljapurkar. 2008. Stage dynamics, period survival and mortality plateaus. American Naturalist.172:203-215.
Sevillano, L., Pratt, P.D., Franks, S. and Horvitz, C.C. 2008. Interregional comparison of the size structure of populations of Melaleuca quinquenervia in its native and exotic range, with and without biocontrol agents. Proceedings of the 16th Australian Weeds Conference. 3 pages. Cairns, North Queensland. (peer-reviewed, but more like an extended abstract).
Morris, W.F., C.A. Pfister, S. Tuljapurkar, C.V. Haridas, C. Boggs, M. Boyce, E. Bruna, D.R. Church, T. Coulson, D.F. Doak, S. Forsyth, J-M. Gaillard, C.C. Horvitz, S. Kalisz, B. Kendall, T. Knight, C. Lee, E. Menges. 2008.. Longevity can buffer plant and animal populations against changing climatic variability. Ecology 89: 19-25.
Al-Khafaji, K, S. Tuljapurkar, C.C. Horvitz and A. Koop. 2007. Detecting variability in demographic rates: Randomization with the Kullback-Leibler distance. Journal of Ecology 95:1370-1380.
Morris, W.F., S. Tuljapurkar, C.V. Haridas, E.S. Menges, C.C. Horvitz, and C.A. Pfister, 2006. Sensitivity of the population growth rate to demographic variability within and between phases of the disturbance cycle. Ecology Letters 9:1331-1341.
Tuljapurkar, S. and C.C. Horvitz. 2006. From stage to age in variable environments: life expectancy and survivorship. Ecology. 87: 1497-1509
Boyce, M.S., C.V. Haridas, C.T. Lee and the NCEAS Stochastic Demography Working Group. 2006 Demography in an increasingly variable world. TRENDS in Ecology and Evolution. 21: 141-148.
Kress, W. J. and C.C. Horvitz. 2005. Chapter 6.2: Habitat alteration in the Caribbean: natural and human induced. In. G. A. Krupnick and W. J. Kress (eds.) Plant conservation: A Natural History Approach. University of Chicago Press. Chicago, IL
Horvitz, C.C., S. Tuljapurkar, J.B. Pascarella. 2005. Plant-animal interactions in random environments: habitat-stage elasticity, seed-predators and hurricanes. Ecology 86: 3312-3322.
Koop, Anthony and C.C. Horvitz. 2005. Projection matrix analysis of the demography of an invasive, non-native shrub (Ardisia elliptica). Ecology 86:2661-2672.
LeCorff, J. and C.C. Horvitz. 2005. The contrasting roles of chasmogamous and cleistogamous reproduction in population growth and population spread in an ant-dispersed neotropical herb, Calathea micans (Marantaceae). Ecological Modelling 188: 41-51.
Johnson, D.M. and C.C. Horvitz. 2005. Estimating natal dispersal: tracking the unseen dispersers. Ecology 86: 1185-1190.
D’Antonio, C.M., N.E. Jackson, C.C. Horvitz, and R. Hedberg. 2004. Invasive plants in wildland ecosystems: merging the study of invasion processes with management needs. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2: 513-521.
Kwit, C., C. C. Horvitz, and W.J. Platt., 2004. Conserving Slow-growing, Long-lived Tree Species: Input from the Demography of a Rare Understory Conifer (Taxus floridana). Conservation Biology 18: 432-443.
Tuljapurkar, S., Horvitz, C.C. and J. Pascarella, 2003. The many growth rates and elasticities of populations in random environments. American Naturalist. 162: 489-502.
Horvitz, C.C., M. A. Pizo, B. Bello y Bello, J. LeCorff and R. Dirzo. 2002. Are plant species that need gaps for recruitment more attractive to seed-dispersing birds and ants than other species? In. D.J. Levey, W. R. Silva and M. Galetti (eds.) Seed dispersal and frugivory: ecology, evolution and conservation. CAB International Press. Oxon, UK.
Horvitz, C.C. and D.W. Schemske. 2002. Effects of plant size, leaf herbivory, local competition and fruit production on survival, growth and future reproduction of a neotropical herb. Journal of Ecology 90: 279-290
Horvitz, C. C. and A. Koop. 2001. Removal of non-native vines and post-hurricane recruitment in tropical hardwood forests of Florida. Biotropica 33: 268-281
Slocum, M. G. and C. C. Horvitz. 2000. Seed arrival under different genera of trees in a neotropical pasture. Plant Ecology 149: 51-62.
Horvitz, C.C. and L. Sternberg. 1999. 14C dating of treefalls on Barro Colorado Island (Panama): a new method to study tropical rain forest gap dynamics. Journal of Tropical Ecology 15: 723-735.
Horvitz, C. C., J. B. Pascarella, S. McMann, A. Freedman, and R. H. Hofstetter. 1998. Functional roles of invasive non-indigenous plants in hurricane-affected subtropical hardwood forests. Ecological Applications: 8: 947-974.
Pascarella, J. B. and C. C. Horvitz. 1998. Hurricane disturbance and the population dynamics of a tropical understory shrub: megamatrix elasticity analysis: Ecology 79: 547-563.
Horvitz. C. C. and D. W. Schemske. 1997. Calathea ovandensis. In. E. Gonzalez-Soriano, R. Dirzo y R. Vogt (eds.). Historia Natural de Los Tuxtlas. CONABIO-UNAM. Mexico.
Horvitz, C. C. 1997. The impact of natural disturbances. In. D. Simberloff, D. C. Schmitz and T. C. Brown (eds.). Strangers in paradise: impact and management of Florida’s non-indigenous species. Island Press. Washington, D. C.
Horvitz, C., D. W. Schemske, and H. Caswell. 1996. The relative «importance» of life-history stages to population growth: prospective and retrospective analyses. Chapter 7. In. S. Tuljapurkar and H. Caswell (eds.).Structured population models in marine, terrestrial and freshwater systems. Chapman and Hall.
LeCorff, J. and C.C. Horvitz. 1995. Dispersal of seeds from chasmogamous and cleistogamous flowers in an ant-dispersed neotropical herb. Oikos. 73: 59-64.
Horvitz, C.C., A. Freedman, and S. McMann. 1995. Exotics and hurricane damage in three hardwood hammocks in Dade County Parks, Florida. Journal of Coastal Research. Special Issue No. 21: 145-158.
Horvitz, C. C. 1994. Hammocks and hurricanes: a surprisingly diverse array of non-indigenous plants threaten the natural regeneration of tropical hardwood hammocks after hurricanes. Box 3.7a. In An assessment of invasive non-indigenous species in Florida’s public lands. Technical Report No. TSS-94-100. Department of Environmental Protection. State of Florida. Tallahassee, FL.
Horvitz, C.C. and J. LeCorff . 1993. The spatial scale and dispersion pattern of ant- and bird- dispersed Marantaceae in two tropical lowland rain forests. In Symposium II on frugivores and seed dispersal. (A Estrada and T. Fleming, eds.) Vegetatio 107/108: 351-362.
Horvitz, C.C. and D.W. Schemske. 1995. Spatiotemporal variation in demographic transitions for a tropical understory herb: projection matrix analysis. Ecological Monographs. 65:155-192.
Horvitz, C.C. and D.W. Schemske. 1994. Effects of dispersers, gaps, and predators on dormancy and seedling emergence in a tropical herb. Ecology 75: 1949-1958.
Dirzo, R., C.C. Horvitz, M. Lopez- A., and H. Quevedo. 1992. Effects of gap ages and sizes on understory herb communities of a Mexican tropical forest. Journal of Ecology 80:809-822.
Horvitz, C.C. 1991. Light environments, stage structure and dispersal syndromes of Costa Rican Marantaceae. Ant-Plant Interactions, ed. C.R. Huxley and D.F. Cutler, pp.463-485. Oxford University Press. New York.
Kaufmann, S., D.B McKey, M. Hossaert-McKey and C.C. Horvitz. 1991. Fruits of Ficus microcarpa: evidence for a two-phase dispersal system involving vertebrates and ants in a hemiepiphytic fig. American Journal of Botany 78:971-977.
Calvo, R.N. and C.C. Horvitz. 1990. Pollinator limitation, cost of reproduction, and fitness in orchids: a transition matrix demographic model . American Naturalist 136:499-516.
Horvitz, C.C. and D.W. Schemske. 1990. Spatiotemporal variation in insect mutualists of a neotropical herb: the myth of tropical stability. Ecology 71:1085-1097.
Schemske, D.W. and C.C. Horvitz. 1989. Temporal variation in selection on a floral character of a neotropical herb, Evolution 43:461-464.
Horvitz, C.C. and D.W. Schemske. 1988. Demographic cost of reproduction in a neotropical herb: an experimental field study. Ecology 69:1128-1137.
Schemske, D.W. and C.C. Horvitz. 1988. Plant-animal interactions and fruit production in a neotropical herb: a path analysis. Ecology 69:1128-1137.
Horvitz, C.C. and D.W. Schemske. 1988. A test of the pollinator limitation hypothesis for a neotropical herb. Ecology 69:200-206.
Horvitz, C.C., D.J. Harvey and C. Turnbull. 1987. The biology of the immature stages of Eurybia elvina (Lepidoptera: Lycaeninae), a myrmecophilous metalmark butterfly. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 80:513-519.
Horvitz, C.C. and D.W. Schemske. 1986. Seed dispersal and environmental heterogeneity in a neotropical herb: A model of population and patch dynamics. In Symposium on frugivores and seed dispersal . (A. Estrada and T.H. Fleming, eds.) Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands. pp. 169-186.
Horvitz, C.C. and D.W. Schemske. 1986. Ant-nest soil and seedling growth in a neotropical ant-dispersed herb. Oecologia 70:318-320.
Horvitz, C.C. and D.W. Schemske. 1986. Seed dispersal of a neotropical myrmecochore: variation in removal rates and dispersal distance. Biotropica 18(4):319-323.
Garwood, N.C. and C.C. Horvitz. 1985. Factors limiting fruit and seed production of a temperate shrub, Staphylea trifolia (L.) (Staphyleaceae). American Journal of Botany (72)3:453-466.
Schemske, D.W. and C.C. Horvitz. 1984. Variation among floral visitors in pollination ability: A precondition for mutualism specialization. Science 225:519-521.
Horvitz, C.C. and D.W. Schemske. 1984. Effects of ants and an ant-tended herbivore on seed production of a neotropical herb. Ecology 65:1369-1378.
Horvitz, C.C. 1981. Analysis of how ant behaviors affect germination in a tropical myrmecochore Calathea microcephala (Marantaceae): Microsite selection and aril removal by neotropical ants, Odontomachus, Pachycondyla, and Solenopsis (Formicidae), Oecologia 51:47-52.
Horvitz, C.C. and A.J. Beattie. 1980. Ant dispersal of Calathea (Marantaceae) seeds by carnivorous ponerines (Formicidae) in a tropical rain forest. American Journal of Botany 67:321-326.
Matlaga, D. P., & Horvitz, C. C. 2015. Large size and high light do not lower the cost of reproduction for the Neotropical herb Goeppertia marantifolia. American Journal of Botany, 102(3), 350-357.
Horvitz, C. C., Koop, A. L., & Erickson, K. D. 2015. Time-invariant and stochastic disperser-structured matrix models: invasion rates of fleshy-fruited exotic shrubs. DISCRETE AND CONTINUOUS DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS-SERIES B, 20(6), 1639-1662.
McElderry, R. M., Salvato, M. H., & Horvitz, C. C. (2015). Population viability models for an endangered endemic subtropical butterfly: effects of density and fire on population dynamics and risk of extinction. Biodiversity and Conservation, 1-20.
Kalisz, S., Spigler, R. and C. Horvitz. 2014. In a long-term experimental demography study, excluding ungulates reversed invader's explosive population growth rate and restored natives. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1310121111
Gaoue, O., C. Horvitz, T. Ticktin, U. K. Steiner, and S.Tuljapurkar. 2013. Defoliation and bark harvesting affect life history parameters of a tropical tree. Journal of Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12140
Coll, C., C. Horvitz and R.McElderry. 2012. Stage-structured periodic population model for the Florida leafwing. International Journal of Complex Systems in Science 2:1–5.(impact factor not known)
Steiner, U.K., S. Tuljapurkar, T. Coulson and C. Horvitz. 2012. Trading stages: Life expectancies in structured populations. Experimental Gerontology. 47: 773-781 doi:10.1016/j.exger.2012.05.015 (IF=3.741)
Garcıa-Robledo, C. and C. C. Horvitz, 2012. Parent–offspring conflicts, “optimal bad motherhood” and the “mother knows best” principles in insect herbivores colonizing novel host plants. Ecology and Evolution. 2: 1446-1457. doi: 10.1002/ece3.267 (OPEN ACCESS, impact factor not known)
Catford, J.A, Daehler,C., Murphy, H.T., Sheppard, A.W., Hardesty B.D., Westcott, D.A. , Rejmaneke, M., Bellingham, P.J., Pergl, J., Horvitz, C.C., Hulme, P.E. 2012. The intermediate disturbance hypothesis and plant invasions: Implications for species richness and management. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. 14: 231-241 (IF = 4.488)
Garcia-Robledo, C. and C.C. Horvitz. 2012. Jack of all trades masters novel host plants: positive genetic correlations in specialist and generalist insect herbivores expanding their diets to novel hosts. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25: 38–53 (IF = 3.656).,
Garcia-Robledo, C., and C.C. Horvitz. 2011. Experimental demography and the vital rates of generalist and specialist insect herbivores on native and novel host plants. Journal of Animal Ecology.80:976-989.(IF = 4.457)
Steinsaltz, D., S. Tuljapurkar, and C.C. Horvitz. 2011. Derivatives of the stochastic growth rate. Theoretical Population Biology, 80:1-15 (IF = 1.800)
Gaoue, O.G., C. C. Horvitz, T. Ticktin. 2011. Non-timber forest product harvest in variable environments: modeling the effect of harvesting as a stochastic sequence. Ecological Applications. 21: 1604–1616 (IF = 4.276)
Horvitz, C.C. 2010. Demography. In. D. Simberloff and M. Rejmanek (eds). Encyclopedia of Invasive Introduced Species. University of California Press (2010). Berkeley, CA.
Horvitz, C.C., T. Coulson, S. Tuljapurkar, and D.W. Schemske. 2010. A new way to integrate selection when both demography and selection gradients vary over time. International Journal of Plant Sciences 171(9):945–959
García-Robledo, C.C. Horvitz, and C. Staines. 2010. Larval morphology, development, and notes on the natural history of Cephaloleia “rolled-leaf” beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 2610: 50–68
Sevillano, L., C.C. Horvitz, P.D. Pratt. 2010. Natural enemy density and soil type influence growth and survival of Melaleuca quinquenervia seedlings. Biological Control 53: 168–177.
Maron, J.L., C.C. Horvitz and J.L. Williams. 2010. Using experiments, demography and population models to estimate interaction strength based on transient and asymptotic dynamics. Journal of Ecology 98:290-301.
Horvitz, C.C., J. Ehrlén, and D.Matlaga. 2010. Context-dependent pollinator limitation in stochastic environments: Can increased seed set overpower the cost of reproduction in an understory herb? Journal of Ecology 98:268-278.
Metcalf, C.J.E., C.C. Horvitz, S. Tuljapukar and D.B. Clark. 2009. A time to grow and a time to die: a new way to analyze the dynamics of size, light, age and death of tropical trees. Ecology. 90:2766-2778.
Garcia-Robledo, C. and C. C. Horvitz. 2009. Host plant leaf scents attract rolled-leaf beetles to neotropical gingers (Zingiberales) in a Central American tropical rain forest. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 131:115-120.
Matlaga, D. and C.C. Horvitz. 2009. Growth and survival across a gap-understory gradient: contrast in performance of sexually vs. clonally produced offspring. American Journal of Botany. 96:439-447.
Horvitz, C.C. and S. Tuljapurkar. 2008. Stage dynamics, period survival and mortality plateaus. American Naturalist.172:203-215.
Sevillano, L., Pratt, P.D., Franks, S. and Horvitz, C.C. 2008. Interregional comparison of the size structure of populations of Melaleuca quinquenervia in its native and exotic range, with and without biocontrol agents. Proceedings of the 16th Australian Weeds Conference. 3 pages. Cairns, North Queensland. (peer-reviewed, but more like an extended abstract).
Morris, W.F., C.A. Pfister, S. Tuljapurkar, C.V. Haridas, C. Boggs, M. Boyce, E. Bruna, D.R. Church, T. Coulson, D.F. Doak, S. Forsyth, J-M. Gaillard, C.C. Horvitz, S. Kalisz, B. Kendall, T. Knight, C. Lee, E. Menges. 2008.. Longevity can buffer plant and animal populations against changing climatic variability. Ecology 89: 19-25.
Al-Khafaji, K, S. Tuljapurkar, C.C. Horvitz and A. Koop. 2007. Detecting variability in demographic rates: Randomization with the Kullback-Leibler distance. Journal of Ecology 95:1370-1380.
Morris, W.F., S. Tuljapurkar, C.V. Haridas, E.S. Menges, C.C. Horvitz, and C.A. Pfister, 2006. Sensitivity of the population growth rate to demographic variability within and between phases of the disturbance cycle. Ecology Letters 9:1331-1341.
Tuljapurkar, S. and C.C. Horvitz. 2006. From stage to age in variable environments: life expectancy and survivorship. Ecology. 87: 1497-1509
Boyce, M.S., C.V. Haridas, C.T. Lee and the NCEAS Stochastic Demography Working Group. 2006 Demography in an increasingly variable world. TRENDS in Ecology and Evolution. 21: 141-148.
Kress, W. J. and C.C. Horvitz. 2005. Chapter 6.2: Habitat alteration in the Caribbean: natural and human induced. In. G. A. Krupnick and W. J. Kress (eds.) Plant conservation: A Natural History Approach. University of Chicago Press. Chicago, IL
Horvitz, C.C., S. Tuljapurkar, J.B. Pascarella. 2005. Plant-animal interactions in random environments: habitat-stage elasticity, seed-predators and hurricanes. Ecology 86: 3312-3322.
Koop, Anthony and C.C. Horvitz. 2005. Projection matrix analysis of the demography of an invasive, non-native shrub (Ardisia elliptica). Ecology 86:2661-2672.
LeCorff, J. and C.C. Horvitz. 2005. The contrasting roles of chasmogamous and cleistogamous reproduction in population growth and population spread in an ant-dispersed neotropical herb, Calathea micans (Marantaceae). Ecological Modelling 188: 41-51.
Johnson, D.M. and C.C. Horvitz. 2005. Estimating natal dispersal: tracking the unseen dispersers. Ecology 86: 1185-1190.
D’Antonio, C.M., N.E. Jackson, C.C. Horvitz, and R. Hedberg. 2004. Invasive plants in wildland ecosystems: merging the study of invasion processes with management needs. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2: 513-521.
Kwit, C., C. C. Horvitz, and W.J. Platt., 2004. Conserving Slow-growing, Long-lived Tree Species: Input from the Demography of a Rare Understory Conifer (Taxus floridana). Conservation Biology 18: 432-443.
Tuljapurkar, S., Horvitz, C.C. and J. Pascarella, 2003. The many growth rates and elasticities of populations in random environments. American Naturalist. 162: 489-502.
Horvitz, C.C., M. A. Pizo, B. Bello y Bello, J. LeCorff and R. Dirzo. 2002. Are plant species that need gaps for recruitment more attractive to seed-dispersing birds and ants than other species? In. D.J. Levey, W. R. Silva and M. Galetti (eds.) Seed dispersal and frugivory: ecology, evolution and conservation. CAB International Press. Oxon, UK.
Horvitz, C.C. and D.W. Schemske. 2002. Effects of plant size, leaf herbivory, local competition and fruit production on survival, growth and future reproduction of a neotropical herb. Journal of Ecology 90: 279-290
Horvitz, C. C. and A. Koop. 2001. Removal of non-native vines and post-hurricane recruitment in tropical hardwood forests of Florida. Biotropica 33: 268-281
Slocum, M. G. and C. C. Horvitz. 2000. Seed arrival under different genera of trees in a neotropical pasture. Plant Ecology 149: 51-62.
Horvitz, C.C. and L. Sternberg. 1999. 14C dating of treefalls on Barro Colorado Island (Panama): a new method to study tropical rain forest gap dynamics. Journal of Tropical Ecology 15: 723-735.
Horvitz, C. C., J. B. Pascarella, S. McMann, A. Freedman, and R. H. Hofstetter. 1998. Functional roles of invasive non-indigenous plants in hurricane-affected subtropical hardwood forests. Ecological Applications: 8: 947-974.
Pascarella, J. B. and C. C. Horvitz. 1998. Hurricane disturbance and the population dynamics of a tropical understory shrub: megamatrix elasticity analysis: Ecology 79: 547-563.
Horvitz. C. C. and D. W. Schemske. 1997. Calathea ovandensis. In. E. Gonzalez-Soriano, R. Dirzo y R. Vogt (eds.). Historia Natural de Los Tuxtlas. CONABIO-UNAM. Mexico.
Horvitz, C. C. 1997. The impact of natural disturbances. In. D. Simberloff, D. C. Schmitz and T. C. Brown (eds.). Strangers in paradise: impact and management of Florida’s non-indigenous species. Island Press. Washington, D. C.
Horvitz, C., D. W. Schemske, and H. Caswell. 1996. The relative «importance» of life-history stages to population growth: prospective and retrospective analyses. Chapter 7. In. S. Tuljapurkar and H. Caswell (eds.).Structured population models in marine, terrestrial and freshwater systems. Chapman and Hall.
LeCorff, J. and C.C. Horvitz. 1995. Dispersal of seeds from chasmogamous and cleistogamous flowers in an ant-dispersed neotropical herb. Oikos. 73: 59-64.
Horvitz, C.C., A. Freedman, and S. McMann. 1995. Exotics and hurricane damage in three hardwood hammocks in Dade County Parks, Florida. Journal of Coastal Research. Special Issue No. 21: 145-158.
Horvitz, C. C. 1994. Hammocks and hurricanes: a surprisingly diverse array of non-indigenous plants threaten the natural regeneration of tropical hardwood hammocks after hurricanes. Box 3.7a. In An assessment of invasive non-indigenous species in Florida’s public lands. Technical Report No. TSS-94-100. Department of Environmental Protection. State of Florida. Tallahassee, FL.
Horvitz, C.C. and J. LeCorff . 1993. The spatial scale and dispersion pattern of ant- and bird- dispersed Marantaceae in two tropical lowland rain forests. In Symposium II on frugivores and seed dispersal. (A Estrada and T. Fleming, eds.) Vegetatio 107/108: 351-362.
Horvitz, C.C. and D.W. Schemske. 1995. Spatiotemporal variation in demographic transitions for a tropical understory herb: projection matrix analysis. Ecological Monographs. 65:155-192.
Horvitz, C.C. and D.W. Schemske. 1994. Effects of dispersers, gaps, and predators on dormancy and seedling emergence in a tropical herb. Ecology 75: 1949-1958.
Dirzo, R., C.C. Horvitz, M. Lopez- A., and H. Quevedo. 1992. Effects of gap ages and sizes on understory herb communities of a Mexican tropical forest. Journal of Ecology 80:809-822.
Horvitz, C.C. 1991. Light environments, stage structure and dispersal syndromes of Costa Rican Marantaceae. Ant-Plant Interactions, ed. C.R. Huxley and D.F. Cutler, pp.463-485. Oxford University Press. New York.
Kaufmann, S., D.B McKey, M. Hossaert-McKey and C.C. Horvitz. 1991. Fruits of Ficus microcarpa: evidence for a two-phase dispersal system involving vertebrates and ants in a hemiepiphytic fig. American Journal of Botany 78:971-977.
Calvo, R.N. and C.C. Horvitz. 1990. Pollinator limitation, cost of reproduction, and fitness in orchids: a transition matrix demographic model . American Naturalist 136:499-516.
Horvitz, C.C. and D.W. Schemske. 1990. Spatiotemporal variation in insect mutualists of a neotropical herb: the myth of tropical stability. Ecology 71:1085-1097.
Schemske, D.W. and C.C. Horvitz. 1989. Temporal variation in selection on a floral character of a neotropical herb, Evolution 43:461-464.
Horvitz, C.C. and D.W. Schemske. 1988. Demographic cost of reproduction in a neotropical herb: an experimental field study. Ecology 69:1128-1137.
Schemske, D.W. and C.C. Horvitz. 1988. Plant-animal interactions and fruit production in a neotropical herb: a path analysis. Ecology 69:1128-1137.
Horvitz, C.C. and D.W. Schemske. 1988. A test of the pollinator limitation hypothesis for a neotropical herb. Ecology 69:200-206.
Horvitz, C.C., D.J. Harvey and C. Turnbull. 1987. The biology of the immature stages of Eurybia elvina (Lepidoptera: Lycaeninae), a myrmecophilous metalmark butterfly. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 80:513-519.
Horvitz, C.C. and D.W. Schemske. 1986. Seed dispersal and environmental heterogeneity in a neotropical herb: A model of population and patch dynamics. In Symposium on frugivores and seed dispersal . (A. Estrada and T.H. Fleming, eds.) Dr. W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands. pp. 169-186.
Horvitz, C.C. and D.W. Schemske. 1986. Ant-nest soil and seedling growth in a neotropical ant-dispersed herb. Oecologia 70:318-320.
Horvitz, C.C. and D.W. Schemske. 1986. Seed dispersal of a neotropical myrmecochore: variation in removal rates and dispersal distance. Biotropica 18(4):319-323.
Garwood, N.C. and C.C. Horvitz. 1985. Factors limiting fruit and seed production of a temperate shrub, Staphylea trifolia (L.) (Staphyleaceae). American Journal of Botany (72)3:453-466.
Schemske, D.W. and C.C. Horvitz. 1984. Variation among floral visitors in pollination ability: A precondition for mutualism specialization. Science 225:519-521.
Horvitz, C.C. and D.W. Schemske. 1984. Effects of ants and an ant-tended herbivore on seed production of a neotropical herb. Ecology 65:1369-1378.
Horvitz, C.C. 1981. Analysis of how ant behaviors affect germination in a tropical myrmecochore Calathea microcephala (Marantaceae): Microsite selection and aril removal by neotropical ants, Odontomachus, Pachycondyla, and Solenopsis (Formicidae), Oecologia 51:47-52.
Horvitz, C.C. and A.J. Beattie. 1980. Ant dispersal of Calathea (Marantaceae) seeds by carnivorous ponerines (Formicidae) in a tropical rain forest. American Journal of Botany 67:321-326.