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Education
1974 B.A. Barnard College, Columbia University. Magna cum laude. Major in biology.
1980 Ph.D. University of Arizona. Major in ecology,minors in geology and soils.
Professional Experience
2003-Chair, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
2002-2003 Interim Director, Herbarium, University of Michigan
2002-2003 Associate Chair, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
2001-2002 Interim Chair, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
2001- Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
1998-2001 Professor, Department of Biology, University of Michigan
1989-1998 Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Michigan
1992-1994 Associate Professor, Department of Life Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Israel
1991 Lady Davis Visiting Professor, Hebrew University
1990-1991 Visiting Research Associate Professor,Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
1983-1989 Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Michigan
Membership In Professional Societies
1982-1983 Visiting Assistant Professor, W. K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University
1981-1982 Research Associate, W. K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University
1980-1981 Postdoctoral Fellow, W. K. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Ecological Society of America, British Ecological Society, International Association of Vegetation Science, American Society of Naturalists
Grant Awards In Support of Research
2005-2006 UM Elizabeth Caroline Crosby Fund: Mechanisms of plant community dynamics. $17,500.
2004-2006 NSF: Development of the NEON Coordinating Consortium (NCC) and Project Office. $6,000,000. Co-Investigator.
2003 Office of the Vice President for Research and LSA, UM: Mechanisms and consequences of competition-colonization tradeoffs in clonal plants: from traits to processes to patterns. PI, $14,156
2001-2006 NSF: Foraging in plants: Do plants selectively associate with more effective ectomycorrhizal fungi? $286,268 (PI, with co-PI, D.R. Zak)
2002 Rackham Graduate School, UM, Relating vegetation dynamics to underlying processes. $4,000
2001 MI DNR: Ecological regulations of plant invasions in southern Michiganfens. $5000
2001 NSF: REU Supplement: Competitive ability of clonal plants: the roles of clonal integration and ramet aggregation in structuring plant communities. $6,000
2000-2002 Office of the Vice President for Research, University of Michigan: Hydrogeochemical Controls on Calcareous Peatland Communities: links among phosphorus cycling, calcium carbonate precipitation, and plant species abundance and diversity, $30,000 (with L. Walters)
1999-2002 NSF: Competitive ability of clonal plants: the roles of clonal integration and ramet aggregation in structuring plant communities. $270,000 (PI,with co-PI, L. Gough)
1998 LS&A, University of Michigan: Community consequences of competition in a clonal plant community. $5,856
1997-1998 NSF: REU Supplement: The community-level consequences of species interactions. $6,000
1997-1999 NSF: Mechanisms of species compositional change due to gap creation in a tall grass prairie. Dissertation improvement grant for Katie Nash Suding. $5,716
1996-1999 NSF: The community-level consequences of species interactions: null community experiments with annual plants (PI, with R. Turkington, J. Gurevitch) ($290,000)
1995-1996 Career Advancement Award, University of Michigan ($5,000)
1994-1996 Keren Kayemet L'Yisroal: "Restoration ecology of sand dune vegetation".($20,000)
1994-1995 Office of the Vice President for Research and LS&A, UM: "Communitylevel consequences of competition: experiments with annual plants". ($9,157)
1992-1994 BiNational Science Foundation (US-Israel): "Community level consequences of competition along productivity gradients: experiments with annual plant communities". ($73,000)
1991-1992 Office of the Vice President for Research, UM: "Effects of mean vs. variance in water supply on plants from a desert grassland soil moisture gradient". ($17,170)
1990-1993 National Science Foundation: "Mechanisms and consequences of resource competition in a desert grassland". (PI, $190,000).
1988-1990 Rackham Faculty Research Grant: "Competitive ability in plants." ($9,443).
1988-1990 National Science Foundation: "Nitrogen dynamics in a legumenonlegume intercrop system." Dissertation Improvement grant for Margaret Reeves. ($9,666).
1988 National Science Foundation: "REU: Process-level interactions in terrestrial ecosystems: an experimental approach." ($8,000).
1986-1989 National Science Foundation: "Process-level interactions in terrestrial ecosystems: an experimental approach." with 7 other investigators.(DEG project $62,892).
1984 Rackham Faculty Research Grant: Neighborhood competition in plants: greenhouse and field experiments." ($5,521).
1981-1984 National Science Foundation: "Equivalence of competitors in plant communities: an experimental approach." (PI, $68,000).
1977 Sigma Delta Epsilon grant for Graduate Women in Science Goldberg p. . 4
1977 Graduate Student Development Award, University of Arizona 1976, 1978 Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research
EDITORIAL BOARDS 2002-Board of Editors, Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution, and
Systematics 1997-2001 Associate Editor, Journal of Vegetation Science1996-2003 Board of Editors, Conservation Ecology1993-1996 Board of Editors, The American Naturalist 1989-1996 Board of Editors, Journal of Vegetation Science1988-1991 Board of Editors, Ecology and Ecological Monographs1986-1988 Associate Editor, American Midland Naturalist
Other Professional Service
2006-2007 Chair, Ecological Society of America, MacArthur Award Committee 2006 Member, Executive Committee, GLACEO (Great Lakes and Central area
Ecological Observatory Consortium2005 Co-chair, Invasive species subcommittee, NEON Design Consortium 2005-2006 Member, Ecological Society of America, MacArthur Award Committee 2003 NSF, Ecology Panel2002-2003 Member, Ecological Society of America, Grants and Fellowship
Committee 2000-2002 Chair-Elect and Chair, Vegetation Section, Ecological Society of America 2001-2002 Member, Ecological Society of America Awards Subcommittee for Eminent Ecologist Award and Distinguished Service Award (Chair 2002)2001-2004 Member, Nominating Committee, American Society of Naturalists
(Chair 2004)2001 NSF Site Review Committee, Kellogg Biological Station LTER 1999-2002 Member, Science Advisory Board for the National Center for Ecological
Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA1999, 2000, 2002 NSF, Integrated Research Challenges in Environmental Biology Panel 1999 Member, American Society of Naturalists Committee for the
E.O. Wilson Naturalist Award 1998-2003 Member, Advisory Council, International Association of Vegetation Science 1998-2002 Ecological Society of America Awards Subcommittee for Eminent
Ecologist Award and Distinguished Service Award (Chair 2001, 2002)1998 NSF, Dissertation Improvement Panel 1997-1999 Member, Research Committee, Ecological Society of America 1997 NSF Site Review Committee, Cedar Creek LTER 1997-1998 Expert Committee to select Chair of Plant Ecology at the University of
Uppsala, Sweden1997 Program Committee, 40th Annual Symposium of the International Association of Vegetation Science, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic1996 Expert consultant to evaluate candidates for lecturer faculty position at
Lund University, Sweden1996 NSF, Panel for CAREER program1990 Ecological Society of America Council 1990 NSF, Ecology Panel1988-1991 Committee on Status of Women and Minorities, Ecological Society of America
1989-1991 Cooper Award Committee, Ecological Society of America 1989,1996, 2001, 2002 Judge, Buell Award, Ecological Society of America 1988 Judge, Student Paper Award, Botanical Society of America 1987 Member, Review Panel for Plant Toxicology and Ecology
Program, Corvallis Environmental Research Laboratory, EPA 1987 Student Poster Award Committee, Ecological Society of America 1985-1986 Mercer Award Committee, Ecological Society of America
Reviewer for journals: Ecology, Journal of Ecology, American Naturalist, Science, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Canadian Journal of Botany, Evolution, American Journal of Botany, Canadian Journal of Forestry Research, Michigan Botanist, Tropical Biology, Vegetatio, Journal of Vegetation Science, Botanical Gazette, Australian Journal of Ecology, Ecoscience, Oecologia Plantarum, Wetlands, Oikos
Reviewer for granting agencies: National Science Foundation, U.S.D.A. Competitive Grants Program, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Binational Science Foundation (Israel-US), Israel Ecology Fund
Service At The University of Michigan
2006 Presenter, Michigan-China University Leadership Forum, May 2006
2006 Chair, Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute Director Search Advisory Committee
2005-2006 Member, Steering Committee for LSA Theme Semester on Explore Evolution
2005-2006 Member, Executive Committee for the UM Biological Station
2004-2005 Biological Science Scholars Program Committeee
2004-2006 Advisory Board, Mattaei Botanical Gardens and Arboretum
2003 Planning Committee for the 2003 Provost’s Seminar on Teaching
2003 Provost’s Committee to evaluate the merger of Matthaei Botanical Gardens and the Nichols Arboretum
2003-2004 Evaluation Committee, Elizabeth Crosby Grants
2002-2006 President’s Advisory Board on Women’s Isssues
2002 Chair, Rackham Divisional Board
2002 Search Committee, Associate Vice President for Research
2002 Search Committee, Director of UM Biological Station
2001-2006 Advisory Board, Program in the Environment
2001-2003 Rackham Divisional Board
2001 Search Committee, Art Coordinator, Lloyd Hall Scholars Program
1999-2000 (Sabbatical)
1995-2004 Lloyd Hall Scholars Advisory Community
1999 Faculty Outreach Project, LSA
1996 Search Committee, Associate Director of Pilot Program
1992-1994 On leave while faculty member at Ben Gurion University
1992 Search Committee, Director of Pilot Program
1991-1992 LSA College Curriculum Committee
1991-1992 Rackham Graduate School Divisional Board for Biological and Health Sciences
1990-1991 (Sabbatical)
1989-1990 Pilot Program and Community College Steering Committee
1987 University Seminars
Department Service
2003-Department Chair
2002-2003 Chair, Diversity Committee
2002-2003 Associate Chair, Research and Facilities
2001-2002 Interim Department Chair
2000 EEOB Graduate Evaluation Committee
1999-2000 sabbatical
1997-1999 Leader, EEOB Group
1995-1999 Executive Committee
1996-1997 Steering committee for GSI training
1996 Caucus for Search Committee for Epidemiology/Biology/Intl Inst.
1995-1997 Chair, Plant Biology Policy Committee
1995 EEOB Retreat Coordinator
1994-1995 Graduate Affairs Committee
1991,1994 EEOB Graduate Evaluation Committee
1992-1994 on leave while faculty member at Ben Gurion University, Israel
1991-1992 Steering Committee, Matthaei Botanical Gardens
1991-1992 Seminar Committee
1990-1991 sabbatical
1989-1990 Leader, Botany Group
1989-1990 Masters Committee
1987-1989 Graduate Affairs Committee (Co-Chair 1988-9)
1987-1988 Coordinator, Ecology Retreat
1986 Search Committee for Director, Matthaei Botanical Gardens
1984-1986 Graduate Admissions Committee
1985 Ecology Search Committee
Courses Taught At The University Of Michigan
Special Topics in Advanced Ecology (Biology 401, with J. Vandermeer, K. Nadelhoffer)
Topics at the Interface of Ecology and Evolution (Biology 401, with W. Fink)
Introduction to Ecology: Principles and Applications (Biology 103)
Biology for Nonscientists (Biology 100, with M. Osgood)
General Ecology (Biology 381, with B. Rathcke)
Plant Population and Community Ecology (Biology 495)
Population Dynamics and Ecology (Biology 481, with J. Vandermeer)
Community Ecology (EEB 497, with Earl Werner)
Postdoctoral Fellows
Ariel Novoplansky (1991-1993), currently Senior Lecturer, Ben Gurion University, Israel
Andy Dyer (1996-1999), currently Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, Aiken
Anna Sher (1998-2000), Fulbright Fellow, Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University, Israel, currently Assistant Professor, University of Denver
Duane Peltzer (2000-2001), NSERC Fellow, University of Michigan, currently ResearchScientist, Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand
Chad Hershock (2002-2003), currently Coordinator of STEM GSI Initiatives, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, UM
Vigdis Vandvik (2003-4), currently Lecturer, University of Bergen, Norway
Miro Kummel (2004- )
Radka Wildova (2004-)
Ph.D. Students
Betsy Kirkpatrick (Ph.D. 1990), currently Associate Professor, U. of Puget Sound
Drew Barton (Ph.D. 1991), currently Associate Professor, U. Maine, Farmington
Dan Friedus (Ph.D. 1994), currently Undergraduate Advising Office, U. of Michigan
John Kasmer (Ph.D. 1996), currently Associate Professor, Eastern Illinois University
Timothy Howard (Ph.D. 1998), currently Staff Scientist, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Katherine Nash Suding (Ph.D. 1999), currently Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine
Chris Baraloto (Ph.D. 2001), currently Research Fello,INRA- Kourou and Assistant Professor (by courtesy), Fellow, University of Florida
Tara Rajaniemi (Ph.D. 2001), currently Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Vicki Allison (Ph.D. 2001), currently Postdoctoral Associate, LandCare, New Zealand
Chad Hershock (Ph.D. 2002), currently Coordinator of STEM GSI Initiatives, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching
Miro Kummel (Ph.D. 2003), currently Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan
Gary Paoli (Ph.D.2003), currently Postdoctoral Consultant, Yale University
Josh Haag (Ph.D. expected 2008), NSF Predoctoral Fellow
Emily Farrer (Ph.D. expected 2008)
Current member of 9 other dissertation committees at the University of Michigan and 2 external to Michigan (University of Pittsburgh, Ben Gurion University)
Masters Students
Hagit Volin (MS 1998), currently Environmental Educator, Beer Sheva, Israel
International Interns Sponsered
Iva Spackova, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic (1997-8)
Martina Petru, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic (2001)
Radka Wildova, Charles University and Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic (2001, 2002, 2003)
Zuzana Munzbergova, Charles University and Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic (2004)
Invited Seminars (recent)
1997 University of New Mexico, AlbuquerqueInstitute for Desert Research, Sde Boker, Israel State University of New York, Stony Brook
1998 Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State UniversityJones Ecological Center, GeorgiaVolcani Institute for Agricultural Research, Rehovot, IsraelDepartment of Forestry, Michigan State University
1999 University of California, DavisUniversity of Toledo, Ohio
2000 University of Massachusetts, Amherst INVITED SEMINARS (recent, cont.)
2001 University of California, DavisUniversity of Illinois, Chicago
2002 University of Colorado, Boulder
2003 University of PittsburghMichigan State University University of Miami
Invited Symposia and Workshops
Goldberg, D.E. 1984. Neighborhood competition in old-field communities. EcologicalSociety of America, Fort Collins, CO. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 65:202.
Goldberg, D.E. 1984. Neighborhood effects and the importance of competition in plant communities. Midwest Conference on Population Biology, Purdue University.
Goldberg, D.E. 1985. Components of individual plant success. International Association of Vegetation Science, Uppsala, Sweden. Studies in Plant Ecology16:41-42.
Goldberg, D.E. 1987. Competitive effect and response in plants. Perspectives in PlantCompetition, Cedar Creek, Minnesota.
Goldberg, D.E. 1988. The effect and response components of resource competition in plant communities. Botanical Society of America, Davis, California. Amer. J. Bot. 75(part 2):65.
Goldberg, D.E. and A.M. Barton. 1989. Field experiments in plant community ecology: matching questions and experimental designs. Ecological Society of America, Toronto, Ontario. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 70:124-125.
Goldberg, D.E., R. Turkington, L. Olsvig-Whittaker. 1993. Community-level consequences of competition. Workshop on Competition and Coexistence in Temperate Grassland Communities. Bedrichov, Czech Republic.
Goldberg, D. E. 1995. Mechanisms and consequences of competition in plant communities. Invited plenary talk at 2nd International Conference on ForestVegetation Management. Rotorua, New Zealand.
Goldberg, D.E. 1996. Competitive ability: definitions, correlations, and correlated traits. Plant Life History Discussion Meeting, Royal Society, London, UK.
Goldberg, D.E. 1997. Competition and facilitation: from individuals to communities (invited series of lectures for University of Stockholm short course on “Integrating plant population and landscape processes”) .
Goldberg, D.E. 1997. Consequences of competitive interactions in plants: scaling fromindividuals to communities. Invited plenary talk at 40th Annual Symposium of the International Association of Vegetation Science, Ceske Budejovice, CzechRepublic.
Goldberg, D.E. 1998. Discussion leader: Population and community consequences of phenotypic plasticity in plants. Workshop on The Consequences of Noncognitive Behavior in Plants. Sde Boqer, Israel
Goldberg, D.E. 1999. Species interactions and patterns of biodiversity in deserts.Invited lecture at workshop: Biodiversity in Drylands: Towards a unified framework and identification of research needs. Ben Gurion University, BeerSheva, Israel.
Goldberg, D.E. 2001. Competition along productivity gradients in plants. Invited plenary talk at 44th Annual Symposium of the International Association of Vegetation Science, Freising, Germany
Goldberg, D.E. 2002. Species interactions in grasslands: mechanisms and consequences. Invited lecture at Colloquium on Perspectives in Grassland Science, Institute of Plant Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland.
Werner, E.E. and D.E. Goldberg. 2003. The legacy of Hutchinson to community ecology. Invited lecture, G. Evelyn Hutchinson Memorial Symposium, Yale University.
Goldberg, D.E. 2004. Plant traits and competitive ability. Invited lecture at workshop:How can we forecast the impact of environmental change on biotic diversity and ecosystem function? Borchard Foundation, Missilac, France.
Goldberg, D.E. 2005. Introduction to symposium: Integrating the dispersal-assembly and the nice-assembly paradigms in plant community ecology. Invited symposium organizer at the XVII International Botanical Congress, Vienna, Austria.
Vandvik, V. and D.E. Goldberg. 2005. Quantifying the role of dispersal, ecological drift and species sorting in determining the diversity of local communities. Invited symposium presentation, XVII International Botanical Congress, Vienna, Austria.
Rajaniemi, T. D.E. Goldberg, and R. Turkington. 2005. Quantitative partitioning of regional and local processes shaping productivity-diversity relationships. Invited symposium presentation, XVII International Botanical Congress, Vienna, Austria.
Contributed Papers And Published Abstracts
Goldberg, D.E. 1979. The distribution of evergreen and deciduous plant species: an experimental study. Guild of Rocky Mountain Population Biologists, Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona.
Goldberg, D.E. 1980. Gradient analysis of the vegetation of the Sierra MadreOccidental, Sonora, Mexico with special reference to growth form. Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division of AAAS and Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Las Vegas, Nevada. J. Ariz.-Nev. Acad. Sci. 15:18.
Goldberg, D.E. 1980. Experimental investigations into the distribution of evergreen and deciduous tree species. Ecological Society of America, Tucson, Arizona. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 61:77.
Schaffer, W.M. and D.E. Goldberg. 1980. Variation in life history and demography in Agave. Society for the Study of Evolution and American Society of Naturalists, Tucson, Arizona.
Goldberg, D.E. and P.A. Werner. 1982. The effect of size of opening and litter onseedling establishment in goldenrods. Ecological Society of America, State College, Pennsylvania. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 63:104.
Goldberg, D.E. 1982. A new approach to determination of competitive hierarchies in plant communities. Perspectives in Plant Population Ecology, Oaxtepec, Mexico.
Goldberg, D.E. 1984. Response of Solidago canadensis to neighborhood competition. Ecological Society of America, Fort Collins, Colorado. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer.
65:115. Goldberg, D.E. and K.L. Gross. 1985. Dynamics of disturbances in three old-field communities. British Ecological Society, Southampton, U.K.
Goldberg, D.E. and T.E. Miller. 1987. The effects of water and nitrogen on productivityand diversity in a first-year old field. Ecological Society of America, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 68:311.
Goldberg, D.E. and A. Novoplansky. 1993. Why might competition be unimportant in unproductive environments. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 74:252.
Novoplansky, A. and D.E. Goldberg. 1993. Plasticity and resistance to competitive suppression. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 74:376.
Taub, D.R. and D.E. Goldberg. 1994. Comparison of root architecture and early growth of winter annual plants from sites differing in soil resource availability. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 75:226.
Goldberg, D.E., R. Turkington, L. Olsvig-Whittaker. 1997. Experimental studies of community-level consequences of competition in plants. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer.
78:95.
Dyer, A., R. Turkington, D.E. Goldberg, C. Sayre. 1997. Biomass allocation and plasticity in plants from desert and mediterranean climates. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 78:242.
Goldberg, D.E., R. Turkington, L. Olsvig-Whittaker. 1997. Experimental studies of community-level consequences of competition in plants. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer.
78:95.
Dyer, A., R. Turkington, D.E. Goldberg, C. Sayre. 1997. Biomass allocation and plasticity in plants from desert and mediterranean climates. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 78:242.
Howard, T. and D.E. Goldberg. 1997. Community changes in response to single species perturbations. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 78:259.
Suding, K. Nash, and D.E. Goldberg. 1997. Mechanisms of species compositional change due to gap creation in a tallgrass prairie. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 78:318.
Dyer, A., R. Turkington, D.E. Goldberg, C. Sayre. 1998. Trait plasticity and resourceavailability: a comparative analysis. Poster at Workshop on Phenotypic Plasticity in Plants: The Consequences of Noncognitive Behavior. Sde Boqer,Israel
Dyer, A., R. Turkington, D.E. Goldberg, C. Sayre. 1998. Defining functional groupsusing trait data from multiple treatments. Oral presentation, Ecological Society ofAmerica, Baltimore, USA.
Hershock, C. and D.E. Goldberg. 1998. Plant species distributions in calcareous peatlands: effects of species interactions and soil environment. Poster presentation, Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, USA.
Lessin, L.M., A.R. Dyer, and D.E. Goldberg. 1998. Competition as a boundary constraint in desert annuals. Poster presentation, Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, USA.
Suding, K.N. and D.E. Goldberg. 1998. Do competitive hierarchies shift due to gap creation? Separating potential mechanisms of change. Oral presentation, Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, USA.
Goldberg, D.E., R. Turkington, and A. Dyer. 1998. Relationships of plant traits toindividual-level and community-level competitive ability. Studies in Plant Ecology 20: 88. International Association of Vegetation Science, Uppsala,Sweden.
Dyer, A.R., D.E. Goldberg, and R. Turkington. 1999. The effect of community density and biomass gradients on individual species performance. Oral presentation, Ecological Society of America, Spokane, USA.
Peltzer, D.A., A.R. Dyer and D.E. Goldberg. 1999. Density-dependent germination in annual plants from desert and coastal communities in Israel. Oral presentation,Ecological Society of America, Spokane, USA.
Rajaniemi, T. and D.E. Goldberg. 1999. Effects of aboveground competition, belowground competition, and density on plant diversity. Poster presentation,Ecological Society of America, Spokane, USA.
Sher, A., D.E. Goldberg, and A. Novoplansky. 2000. Poster presentation, EcologicalSociety of America-British Ecological Society, Florida, USA.
Suding, K.N. and D.E. Goldberg. 2000. Fugitive species are not always competitively inferior: evidence for a shift in competitive hierarchy following soil disturbance in a grassland plant community. Oral presentation, Ecological Society ofAmerica, Snowbird, UT, USA.
Hershock, C, and D.E. Goldberg. 2001. Community-level consequences of competition among clonal sedges. Oral presentation, Ecological Society of America, Madison, WI, USA.
Pauliukonis, N., L. Gough, D.E. Goldberg. 2001. The role of clonal integration in thesurvival and growth of four wetland plant species. Oral presentation, EcologicalSociety of America, Madison, WI, USA.
Baraloto, C., P-M Forget, and D.E. Goldberg. 2001. Relationships between neotropicaltree seedling morphology and performance in contrasting environments. Poster presentation, Ecological Society of America, Madison, WI, USA.
Hershock, C. and D.E. Goldberg. 2002. Relationships among clonal architecture, competitive ability, and plant species distributions in calcareous fens. Oral presentation, Ecological Society of America, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Goldberg, D.E., A. Novoplansky, A. Sher. 2002. Competition in pulsed environments. Workshop, Pulsed Resources in Desert Environments, August 2002, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Suding, K.N., D.E. Goldberg, T. Howard. 2003. Linking species traits to competitive ability and the structure of plant communities. Oral presentation, Ecological Society of America, Savannah, GA, USA.
Goldberg, D.E. L. Gough, C. 2003. Traits determining competitive ability in plants. Oral presentation, 7th International Clonal Plant Workshop, University of Oulu, Finland.
Münzbergová, Z., V. Vandvik, and D.E. Goldberg. 2004. Differential importance of niche availability and random processes for common and rare species as an explanation of species coexistence. Oral presentation, Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR.
Vandvik, V. and D.E. Goldberg. 2004. Long-distance seed dispersal and seed banks contribute to within- and among-site diversity patterns in a grassland metacommunity. Oral presentation, Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR.
Vandvik, V. and D.E. Goldberg. 2005. Local and regional controls of diversity in a grassland metacommunity. Oral presentation, Ecological Society of America, Montreal, Canada.
Publications
Goldberg, D.E. 1982. The distribution of evergreen and deciduous trees relative to soil type: an example from the Sierra Madre, Mexico and a general model. Ecology63:942-951.
Goldberg, D.E. 1982. Comparison of factors determining growth rates of deciduous vs. broad-leaf evergreen trees. American Midland Naturalist 108:133-143.
Goldberg, D.E. and P.A. Werner. 1983. Equivalence of competitors in plant communities: a null hypothesis and an experimental approach. American Journal of Botany 70:1098-1104.
Goldberg, D.E. and P.A. Werner. 1983. The effect of opening size and litter cover onseedling establishment of goldenrods (Solidago spp.). Oecologia 60:149-155.
Goldberg, D.E. 1985. Effects of soil pH, competition, and seed predation on the distribution of two tree species. Ecology 66:503-511.
Goldberg, D.E. and R.M. Turner. 1986. Vegetation change and plant demography in permanent plots in the Sonoran Desert. Ecology 67:695-712.
Goldberg, D.E. 1986. Plant Community Ecology: papers in honors of Robert H.Whittaker (book review). Ecology 67:1697.
Goldberg, D.E. 1987. Neighborhood competition in an old-field plant community. Ecology 68:1211-1223.
Goldberg, D.E. 1987. Seedling colonization of experimental disturbances in two old-field communities. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 114:139-187.
Goldberg, D.E. and L. Fleetwood. 1987. Comparison of competitive effects and responses among annual plants. Journal of Ecology 75:1131-1144.
Goldberg, D.E. and K.L. Gross. 1988. Disturbance regimes of midsuccessional old-fields. Ecology 69:1677-1688.
Goldberg, D.E. 1988. Response of Solidago canadensis clones to competition. Oecologia 77:357-364.
Bradshaw, L. and D.E. Goldberg. 1989. Resource levels in undisturbed vegetation and mole mounds in old-fields. American Midland Naturalist 121:176-183.
Goldberg, D.E. and T.E. Miller. 1990. Resource additions and species diversity in anannual plant community. Ecology 71:213-225.
Goldberg, D.E. 1990. Components of resource competition in plant communities. Pages27-49 in: J. Grace and D. Tilman (eds.). Perspectives in Plant Competition. Academic Press.
Goldberg, D.E. and K. Landa. 1991. Competitive effect and response: hierarchies and correlated traits in the early stages of competition. Journal of Ecology 79:10131030.
Goldberg, D. E. and A. M. Barton. 1992. Patterns and consequences of interspecificcompetition in natural communities: field experiments with plants. American Naturalist 139:771-801.
Goldberg, D. E. and S. Scheiner. 1993. ANOVA and ANCOVA: field competition experiments. Pages 69-93 in: S. Scheiner and J. Gurevitch (eds.). Design and Analysis of Ecological Experiments. Chapman & Hall.
Goldberg, D.E. and A. K. Sakai. 1993. Career options for dual career couples: results of an ESA survey on soft money research positions and shared positions. Ecol. Soc. Amer. Bull. 74:146-152.
Goldberg, D. E. 1994. On testing the importance of competition for community structure. Ecology 75:1503-1506.
Goldberg, D.E., R. Turkington, and L. Olsvig-Whittaker. 1995. Quantifying thecommunity-level effects of competition. Folia Geobotanica and Phytotaxonomica 30:231-242.
Goldberg, D.E. 1995. Generating and testing predictions about community structure: which theory is relevant and can it be tested with observational data. Folia Geobotanica and Phytotaxonomica 30:511-518.
Taub, D.R and D.E. Goldberg. 1996. Root topology in response in soil resourceavailability: phenotypic plasticity and species differences. Functional Ecology10:258-264.
Goldberg, D.E. 1996. Competitive ability in plants: consistency, contingency, andcorrelated traits. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 351:1377-1385.
Goldberg, D.E. 1996. Simplifying the study of competition at the individual plant level: the consequences of distinguishing between effect and response for forestvegetation management. New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science 26:19-38.
Goldberg, D.E. 1997. Competitive ability in plants: consistency, contingency, andcorrelated traits. In: J. Silvertown and M. Franco (eds.). Evolution of Plant Life Histories. Cambridge University Press. (expanded version of 1996 paper)
Goldberg, D.E. and A. Novoplansky. 1997. On the relative importance of competition in unproductive environments. Journal of Ecology 85:409-418.
Goldberg, D.E. and G. Estabrook. 1998. A method for comparing diversity and species abundances among samples of different sizes and an experimental example with desert annuals. Journal of Ecology 86:983-988.
Goldberg, D.E., T. Rajaniemi, J. Gurevitch, and A. Stewart-Oaten. 1999. Empirical approaches to quantifying interaction intensity: competition and facilitation along productivity gradients. Ecology 80:1118-1131.
Suding, K, N. and D.E. Goldberg. 1999. Variation in the effects of vegetation and litter on recruitment across productivity gradients. Journal of Ecology 87:436-449.
Osenberg, C.W., O. Sarnelle, and D.E. Goldberg. 1999. Meta-analysis in ecology:concepts, statistics, and applications. Ecology 80:1103-1104. (introduction tospecial feature)
Leps, J. D.E. Goldberg, T. Herben, M. Palmer, and M. Rejmanek. 1999. Mechanistic explanations of community structure. Journal of Vegetation Science 10:147-150.(introduction to special feature)
Zamfir, M. and D.E. Goldberg. 2000. The effect of initial density on interactionsbetween bryophytes at individual and community levels. Journal of Ecology88:243-255.
Rajaniemi, T.K. and D.E. Goldberg. 2000. Quantifying individual- and community-level effects of competition using experimentally-determined null species pools. Journal of Vegetation Science 11:433-442.
Dyer, A. R., R. Turkington, D. E. Goldberg, & C. Sayre. 2001. Effects of growing conditions and source habitat on plant traits and functional group definition. Functional Ecology 15:85-95.
Lessin, L.A., A.R. Dyer, and D.E. Goldberg. 2001. Using upper boundary constraints toquantify competitive response of desert annuals. Oikos 92:153-159.
Howard, T.G. and D.E. Goldberg. 2001. Competitive response hierarchies for germination, growth, and survival and their influence on abundance. Ecology 82: 979-990.
Goldberg, D. E. and S. Scheiner. 2001. ANOVA and ANCOVA: field competition experiments. Pages 69-93 in: S. Scheiner and J. Gurevitch (eds.). Design and Analysis of Ecological Experiments. 2nd Edition. Chapman & Hall. (revision of 1993 chapter)
Novoplansky, A. and D.E. Goldberg. 2001. Effects of water pulsing on individualperformance and competition hierarchies in plants. Journal of Vegetation Science 12:199-208.
Novoplansky, A. and D.E. Goldberg. 2001. Comparison of neighbor interactions during a period of abundant water and a subsequent drought. Journal of Arid Environments 47:11-32.
Suding, K.N. and D.E. Goldberg. 2001. Do disturbances alter competitive hierarchies? Separating mechanisms of species compositional change. Ecology 82:2133-2149.
Goldberg, D.E., R. Turkington, L. Olsvig-Whittaker, and A.R. Dyer. 2001. Density dependence in an annual plant community: variation among life history stages. Ecological Monographs 71:423-446.
Gough, L., D.E. Goldberg, C. Hershock, N. Pauliukonis, M. Petru. 2002. Investigating the community consequences of competition among clonal plants. Evolutionary Ecology 15: 547-563.
Allison, V. and D.E. Goldberg. 2002. Species-level vs. community-level patterns of mycorrhizal dependence on phosphorus: an example of Simpson’s paradox. Functional Ecology 16:346-352.
Suding, K.N., D.E. Goldberg, and K.M. Hartman. 2003. Relationships among species traits: separating levels of response and identifying linkages to abundance. Ecology 84:1-16.
Rajaniemi, T.K., V.J. Allison, and D.E. Goldberg. 2003. Root competition can cause a decline in diversity with increased productivity. Journal of Ecology 91:407-416.
Sher, A.A., D.E. Goldberg, and A. Novoplansky. 2004. The effect of mean and variance in resource supply on survival of annuals from Mediterranean and desert environments. Oecologia 141: 353-362.
Baraloto, C. and D.E. Goldberg. 2004. Microhabitat associations and seedling bank dynamics in a neotropical forest. Oecologia 141:701-712.
Shilo-Volin, H., A. Novoplansky, D.E. Goldberg, and R. Turkington. 2005. Density regulation in annual plant communities under variable resource levels. Oikos 108:241-252.
Turkington, R., D.E. Goldberg, L. Olsvig-Whittaker, and A.R. Dyer. 2005. Effects of density on timing of emergence and its consequences for survival and growth in two annual communities. Journal of Arid Environments. 61:377-396.
Vandvik, V. and D.E. Goldberg. 2005. Distinguishing the roles of dispersal in diversity maintenance and in diversity limitation. Folia Geobotanica 40:45-52.
Ayal, Y., G.A. Polis, Y. Lubin, and D.E. Goldberg. 2005. How can high animal biodiversity be supported in low- productivity deserts? The role of macrodetritivory and habitat physiognomy. Pages 15-29 in: J. Gosz and M. Shachak, eds. “Biodiversity in drylands: towards a unified framework and identification of research needs”. Oxford University Press.
Polis, G.A., Y. Ayal, A. Bachi, L. S. Dall, D. Goldberg, R. Holt, S. Kark, B. Kotler, Y. Lubin, W. Mitchell. 2005. Interspecific interactions and species diversity in drylands. Pages 122-149 in: J. Gosz and M. Shachak, eds. “Biodiversity in drylands: towards a unified framework and identification of research needs”. Oxford University Press.
Baraloto, C., Goldberg, D.E. & Bonal, D. 2005. Performance tradeoffs among neotropical tree seedlings in contrasting microhabitats. Ecology 86:2461-2472.
Baraloto, C., Goldberg, D.E. & Forget, P.-M. 2005. Seed mass, seedling size and neotropical tree seedling establishment. Journal of Ecology 93:1156-1166.
Poor, A., D. E. Goldberg, C. Hershock, K. Rosella. 2006. Do physiological integration and soil heterogeneity influence the clonal growth and foraging of Schoenoplectus americanus? Plant Ecology 181:45-56.
Rajaniemi, T.K., D.E. Goldberg, R Turkington, and A.R. Dyer. 2006. Quantitative partitioning of regional and local processes shaping regional diversity patterns. Ecology Letters 9:121-128.
Vandvik, V.V. and D.E. Goldberg. In press. Sources of diversity in a grassland metacommunity: quantifying the contribution of dispersal to species richness. American Naturalist.
Baraloto, C., Bonal, D. & Goldberg, D.E. In press. Differential seedling growth: response to soil resources among nine tropical trees. Journal of Tropical Ecology.
Allison, V.J., T.K. Rajaniemi, D.E. Goldberg and D.R. Zak. In press. Quantifying direct and indirect effects of fungicide on an old-field plant community: an experimental null-community approach. Plant Ecology.
Submitted Manuscripts
Wellendorf, N.K.P., L.G. Gough, D.E. Goldberg, and C. Hershock. In review. Does resource heterogeneity affect clonal integration in Cladium mariscoides (Cyperaceae)? American Midland Naturalist
Munzbergova, Z. and D.E. Goldberg. In review. Decomposing sources of beta diversity: an example using annual plant communities. Distributions and Diversity.
Wildova, R., L. Gough, T. Herben, C. Hershock, and D.E. Goldberg. In review. Architectural and growth traits differ in effects on performance of clonal plants: an analysis using a field-parameterized simulation model. Oikos
Vandermeer, J. and D.E. Goldberg. In review. α > 1.0 in resource competition: the role of asymmetric response and effect. Theoretical Population Biology.
Suding, K.N., S. Lavorel, F.S. Chapin III, J.H.C. Cornelissen, S. Diaz, E. Garnier, D.E.Goldberg, D.U. Hooper, S.T. Jackson, and M.-L. Navas. In review. Scalingenvironmental change from traits to communities to ecosystems: The challengeof complexity at intermediate scales. Global Change Biology
Books
Krahulec, F., D.E. Goldberg, and J. H. Willems (eds.). 1995. Species coexistence intemperate grasslands. Special Features in Vegetation Science 8. Opulus Press,Uppsala.
Vandermeer, J.H. and D.E. Goldberg. 2003. Population Ecology: First Principles. Princeton University Press, Princeton. 280 pp.
