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PUBLICATIONS

Holdgrafer, J. P., Mason, D. S., Coleman, T. S., & Lashley, M. A. 2024. Food resource richness increases seed disperser visitations and seed rain richness. Ecology and Evolution 14(3): e11093.

Mason, D. S., Jones, A. K., Barton, B. T., Proctor, M., Webb, S.L., & Lashley, M. A. 2023. Coyotes eat flies at carrion. Food Webs: e00309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2023.e00309

Kays, R. et al. (92nd of 152 authors listed in alphabetical order by institution). 2022. SNAPSHOT USA 2020: A second coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ecology 103(10): e3775. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3775

Mason, D. S., Baruzzi, C., & Lashley. M. A. 2022. Passive directed dispersal of plants by animals. Biological Reviews 97(5): 1908-1929. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12875

Mason, D.S. 2022. Heterocarpochory: hitching a ride on fruit. Ecology: e3628.

Boggess, C.M., Mason, D.S., Alexander, H.D., Strickland, B.K., & Lashley, M.A. 2021. Facultative seed predators drive community-level indirect effects of mast seeding. Forest Ecology and Management 502: 119713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119713

Lázaro-Lobo, A. et al. (19th of 20 authors). 2021. Phenotypic differentiation among native, expansive and introduced populations influences invasion success. Journal of Biogeography 48(11): 2907-2918. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14252

Cove, M. V. et al. (95th of 154 authors listed in alphabetical order by institution). 2021. SNAPSHOT USA 2019: a coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States. Ecology 102(6): e03353. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3353

Mason, D.S. & M.A. Lashley. 2021. Spatial scale in prescribed fire regimes: an understudied aspect in conservation with examples from the southeastern United States. Fire Ecology 17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-020-00087-9.

Westlake, S.M., D. Mason, A. Lazaro Lobo, P. Burr, J.R. McCollum, D. Chance, & MA. Lashley. 2020. The magnet effect of fire on herbivores affects plant community structure in a forested system. Forest Ecology and Management 458(15): 1177794 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117794. 

Mason, D & C. Baruzzi. 2019. Love in Strange Places. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 17(3): 184.  https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2027

Baruzzi, C., D. Mason, B. Barton, & M. Lashley. 2018. Effects of increasing carrion biomass on food webs. Food Webs 17: e00096.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2018.e00096.

INVITED TALKS

Mason, D.S. & M.A. Lashley. 2021. Spatial scale in prescribed fire regimes: an understudied aspect in conservation with examples from the southeastern United States. Southern Fire Exchange Webinar Series. November 17th, 2021

Mason, D.S., K.M. Robertson, & M.A. Lashley. 2021. Fire-Driven Seed Rain. 28th Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society, Virtual. With published abstract. Invited for the Fire Effects on Biodiversity Symposium.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Zeitler, E., M. Lashley, D. Mason, & K. Robertson. 2022. Dung Beetle Diet Preference Strengthens Secondary Seed Dispersal. British Ecological Society Annual Meeting 2022. Edinburgh, Scotland.

Mason, D.S., & M.A. Lashley. 2020. Wildlife Contribute to Plant Community Assembly in Life and Death. 27th Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society, Louisville, Kentucky. With published abstract.

Invited speaker

Mason, D. S., K. M. Robertson, & M. A. Lashley. 2021. Fire-Driven Seed Rain. 28th Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society, Virtual. With published abstract. Invited for the Fire Effects on Biodiversity Symposium.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Mason, D.S, & M.A. Lashley. 2019. Are Bird Feeders Evolutionary Traps for Bird-Dispersed Plants?. Poster presented at The Wildlife Society 26th Annual Conference. 

O’Connell, C., C. Baruzzi, D. Mason, G. Jones, M. Cove, B. Barton, & M. Lashley. 2018. Horizontal and Vertical Camera Trapping Designs Produce Different Species Richness in Carrion Food Webs. Poster presented at The Wildlife Society 25th Annual Conference. 

Kiska, R., D.S. Mason, W. Redman, R. Adams, P. Townsend, R. Mack, B. Trainor, P.J. Baker & T.J. Baker. 2012. Characteristics of Vernal Ponds Influence Occupancy, Community Structure, and Reproductive Success of Spring Breeding Amphibians. Poster presented during Spring 2012 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics poster competition at Richard Stockton University. 

Mason, D.S. 2012. Modeling the Population Growth of Amanita phalloides in California. Poster presented during Spring 2012 School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics poster competition at Richard Stockton University.                                             

Mason, D. & E. Parker. 2012. Effects of Land Use on Aquatic Plant Communities. Poster presented during Montclair State REU Student Symposium.

INVITED BOOK REVIEWS

Mason, D. S. In prep. review of Game Theory in Biology: Concepts and Frontiers, by John McNamara & Olof Leimar, Journal of Wildlife Management 87(5): e22389.

Mason, D. S. 2021. review of Oak Seed Dispersal: A Study in Plant-Animal Interactions, by Michael A. Steele, Journal of Wildlife Management 86(5): e22232.

Mason, D.S. 2021. review of Biology of Grasslands, by Brian J Wilsey. Journal of Wildlife Management 85(4): 815

Mason, D.S. 2019. review of Fire Ecology of Florid and the Southeastern Coastal Plain, by Reed Noss. Journal of Wildlife Management 84(1): 193.