PUBLICATIONS
Peer reviewed
39. Thompson, P. L., S. C. Anderson, J. Nephin, D. R. Haggarty, M. A. Peña, P. A. English, K. S. P. Gale, and E. Rubidge. 2022. Disentangling the impacts of environmental change and commercial fishing on demersal fish biodiversity in a northeast Pacific ecosystems. Marine Ecology Progress Series. In press.
38. Guzman. L. M., P. L. Thompson, D. S. Viana, B. Vanschoenwinkel, Z. Horváth, R. Ptacnik, A. Jeliazkov, S. Gascon, P. Lemmens, M. Anton-Pardo, S. Langenheder, L. De Meester, and J. M. Chase. 2022. Accounting for temporal change in multiple biodiversity patterns improves the inference of metacommunity processes. Ecology. e3683.
37. M. C. Urban, J. M. J. Travis, D. Zurell, P. L. Thompson, N. W. Synes, A. Scarpa, P. Peres-Neto, A-K Malchow, P. M. A. James, D. Gravel, L. De Meester, C. Brown, G. Bocedi, C. Albert, A. Gonzalez, and A. P. Hendry. 2022 Coding for Life: Designing a platform for projecting and protecting global biodiversity. BioScience. 72:91-104..
36. Firkowski†, C. R., P. L. Thompson, A. Gonzalez, M. W. Cadotte, and M-J Fortin. 2022. Multi-trophic metacommunity interactions mediate asynchrony and stability in fluctuating environments. Ecological Monographs. 92:e10484.
35. Thompson, P. L., S. Hürlemann, and F. Altermatt. 2021. Species interactions limit the predictability of community responses to environmental change. The American Naturalist. 198:695-705.
34. Srivastava, D., L. Coristine, A. Angert, M. Bontrager, S. Amundrud, J. Williams, A. Yeung, D. de Zwaan, P. L. Thompson, S. Aitken, J. Sunday, M O' Connor, J. Whitton, N. Brown, C. D. MacLeod, L. Parfrey, J. Bernhardt, J. Carrillo, C. Harley, P. Martone, B. Freeman, M. Tseng, and S. Donner. Wildcards in climate change biology. Ecological Monographs. 91:e01471.
33. Thompson. P. L., S. Kéfi, Y. R. Zelnik, L. E. Dee, S. Wang, C. de Mazancourt, M. Loreau, and A. Gonzalez. 2021. Scaling up biodiversity ecosystem functioning relationships: the role of environmental heterogeneity in space and time. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 228:20202779.
32. Loreau, M., M. Barbier, E. Filotas, D. Gravel, F. Isbell, S. J. Miller, J. M. Montoya, S. Wang, R. Aussenac, R. Germain, P. L. Thompson, A. Gonzalez, and L. E. Dee. 2021. Biodiversity as insurance: from concept to measurement and application. Biological Reviews. 96:2333-2354.
31. Wang, S., F. Isbell, W. Deng, P. Hong, L E. Dee, P. L. Thompson, and M Loreau. 2021. Ecosystem functioning and stability: complementary-induced synergy, selection-induced antagonism. Ecology. 102:e03347.
30. Stark†, K. A., P. L. Thompson, J. Yakimishyn, L. Lee, and M. I. O'Connor. Regional connectivity, local environmental conditions, and biotic interactions jointly structure a temperate seagrass epifaunal metacommunity. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 655:91-106
29. Thompson, P. L., L. M. Guzman, L. De Meester, Z. Horváth, R. Ptacnik, B. Vanschoenwinkel, D. S. Viana, and J. M. Chase. 2020 A process-based metacommunity framework linking local and regional community ecology. Ecology Letters. 23:1314-1329.
- recommended read by Faculty Opinions
28. Gonzalez, A., R. M. Germain, D. S. Srivastava, E. Filotas, L. E. Dee, D. Gravel, P. L. Thompson, F. Isbell, S. Wang, S. Kéfi, Y. R. Zelnik, and M. Loreau. 2020. Scaling-up biodiversity ecosystem functioning research. Ecology Letters. 23:757-776.
27. Thompson, P. L. and E. A. Fronhofer. The conflict between adaptation and dispersal for maintaining biodiversity in changing environments. PNAS. 116:21061-21067.
26. Blowes, S., S. Supp, L. Antao, A. Bates, H. Bruelheide, J. Chase, F. Moyes, A. Magurran, B. McGill, I. Myers-Smith, M. Winter, A. Bjorkman, D. Bowler, J. E. K. Byrnes, A. Gonzalez., J. Hines, F. Isbell, H. Jones, L. Navarro, P. L. Thompson, M. Vellend, C. Waldock, and M. Dornelas. The Geography of biodiversity change in marine and terrestrial assemblages. Science. 366:339-345.
25. Chase*, J., B. McGill*, P. L. Thompson*, L. H. Anteo, A. E. Bates, S. A. Blowes, M. Dornelas, A. Gonzalez, A. E. Magurran, S. R. Supp, M. Winter, A. D. Bjorkman, H. Bruelheide, J. E. K. Byrnes, J. S. Cabral, R. Elahi, C. Gomez, H. M. Guzman, F. Isbell, I. H. Myers-Smith, H. P. Jones, J. Hines, M. Vellend, C. Waldock, M. I. O’Connor. 2019. Species richness change across spatial scales. Oikos. 128:1079-1091.
24. Guzman†, L. M., R. M. Germain*, C. Forbes, S. Straus, M. I. O’Connor, D. Gravel, D. S. Srivastava, and P. L. Thompson*. 2019. Towards a multi-trophic extension of metacommunity ecology. Ecology Letters. 22:19-33.
- recommended read by Faculty Opinions
23. Thompson, P. L., M. M. MacLellan, and R. D. Vinebrooke. 2018. Species interactions cause non-additive effects of multiple environmental stressors on communities. Ecosphere. 9:e02518.
22. Bernhard†, J. R., J. M. Sunday, Thompson, P. L., and M.I. O'Connor. 2018. Nonlinear averaging of thermal experience predicts population growth in thermally variable environments. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 285:20181076.
21. Thompson, P. L., F. Isbell, M. Loreau, M.I. O'Connor, and A. Gonzalez. 2018. The strength of the biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship depends on spatial scale. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 285:20180038.
20. Thompson, P. L., M. M. MacLellan, and R. D. Vinebrooke. 2018. An improved null model for assessing the net effects of multiple stressors on communities. Global Change Biology. 24:517-525.
19. Gonzalez, A. G., P. L. Thompson, and M. Loreau. 2017. Spatial ecological networks: planing for sustainability in the long-term. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 29:187-197.
18. Pedersen*, E. J., P. L. Thompson*, A. Gonzalez, F. Guichard, M-J Fortin, P. Pepin, A. Ball, T. C. Gouhier, H. Link, C. Moritz, H. Nenzen, R. Stanley, and Z. E. Taranu. 2017. Signatures of collapse and incipient recovery of an overexploited marine ecosystem. Royal Society Open Science. 4: 170215.
- News story in Le Devoir (French)
17. Thompson, P. L. and A. Gonzalez. 2017. Dispersal governs the reorganization of ecological networks under environmental change. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1 - 0162.
- read only access here http://rdcu.be/rUtz
- McGill press release
- CBC Radio International story and interview
- explore the results with our Shiny app!
16. Isbell, F., A. Gonzalez, M. Loreau, J. Cowles, S. Díaz, A. Hector, G. M. Mace, D. A. Wardle, M. I. O'Connor, J. E. Duffy, L. A Turnbull, P. L. Thompson, and A. Larigauderie. 2017. Linking the influence and dependence of people on biodiversity across scales. Nature. 546:65-72.
- read only access here http://rdcu.be/s8zY
15. Thompson, P. L., B. Rayfield, and A. Gonzalez. 2017. Loss of habitat and connectivity erodes species diversity, ecosystem functioning, and stability in metacommunity networks. Ecography. 40: 98-108.
14. O'Connor, M. I., A., Gonzalez, Andrew, J. Byrnes, B. Cardinale, J. E. Duffy, L. Gamfeldt, J. Griffin, D. Hooper, B. Hungate, A. Paquette, P. L. Thompson, L. Dee, and K. Dolan. 2017. Toward predictive scaling coefficients for biodiversity and ecosystem functioning relationships. Oikos. 126: 18–31.
13. Thompson, P. L. and A. Gonzalez. 2016. Ecosystem multifunctionality in metacommunities. Ecology. 97: 2867-2879.
- recommended read by Faculty of 1000
12. Thompson, P. L., T. J. Davies, and A. Gonzalez. 2015. Ecosystem functions across trophic levels are linked to functional and phylogenetic diversity. PLOS ONE. 10: e0117595.
11. Thompson, P. L., B. E. Beisner, and A. Gonzalez. 2015. Warming induces synchrony and destabilizes experimental pond zooplankton metacommunities. Oikos. 9: 1171-1180.
10. Taranu. Z. E., I. Gregory-Eaves, P. R. Leavitt, L. Bunting, T. Buchaca, J. Catalan, I. Domaizon, P. Guilizzoni, A. Lami, S. McGowan, H. Moorehouse, G. Morabito, F. R. Pick, M. A. Stevenson, P. L. Thompson, and R. D. Vinebroooke. 2015. Acceleration of cyanobacterial dominance in north temperate-subarctic lakes during the Anthropocene. Ecology Letters. 18: 375-384.
9. Thompson*, P. L., B. Rayfield*, and A. Gonzalez. 2014. Robustness of the spatial insurance effects of biodiversity on habitat loss. Evolutionary Ecology Research. 16: 455-460.
8. Weidman, P. R., D. W. Schindler, P. L. Thompson, and R. D. Vinebrooke. 2014. Interactive effects of higher temperature and dissolved organic carbon on planktonic communities in fishless mountain lakes. Freshwater Biology. 59: 889-904.
7. Shurin, J. B., J. L. Classen, H. Greig, P. Kratina. and P. L. Thompson. 2012. Warming shifts top-down and bottom-up control of pond food web structure and function. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 367: 3008-3017.
6. Kratina, P., H. S. Greig, P. L. Thompson, T. Carvalho Pereira, and J. B. Shurin. 2012. Warming Modifies Trophic Cascades and Eutrophication in Experimental Freshwater Communities. Ecology 93: 1421-1430.
5. Thompson, P. L., and J. B. Shurin. 2012. Regional zooplankton biodiversity provides limited buffering of pond ecosystems against climate change. Journal of Animal Ecology 81: 251–259.
- recommended read by Faculty Opinions
4. Greig, H. S., P. Kratina, P. L. Thompson, W. J. Palen, J. S. Richardson, and J. B. Shurin. 2012. Warming, eutrophication, and predator loss amplify subsidies between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Global Change Biology 18: 504–514.
3. Murphy, C. A., P. L. Thompson, and R. D. Vinebrooke. 2010. Assessing the sensitivity of alpine lakes and ponds to nitrogen deposition in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Hydrobiologia 648: 83–90.
2. Vinebrooke, R., P. L. Thompson, W. Hobbs, B. Luckman, M. Graham, and A. Wolfe. 2010. Glacially mediated impacts of climate warming on alpine lakes of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Verh. Internat. Verin. Limol. 30: 1449–1452.
1. Thompson, P. L., M.-C. St-Jacques, and R. D. Vinebrooke. 2008. Impacts of Climate Warming and Nitrogen Deposition on Alpine Plankton in Lake and Pond Habitats: an In Vitro Experiment. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 40: 192–198.
39. Thompson, P. L., S. C. Anderson, J. Nephin, D. R. Haggarty, M. A. Peña, P. A. English, K. S. P. Gale, and E. Rubidge. 2022. Disentangling the impacts of environmental change and commercial fishing on demersal fish biodiversity in a northeast Pacific ecosystems. Marine Ecology Progress Series. In press.
38. Guzman. L. M., P. L. Thompson, D. S. Viana, B. Vanschoenwinkel, Z. Horváth, R. Ptacnik, A. Jeliazkov, S. Gascon, P. Lemmens, M. Anton-Pardo, S. Langenheder, L. De Meester, and J. M. Chase. 2022. Accounting for temporal change in multiple biodiversity patterns improves the inference of metacommunity processes. Ecology. e3683.
37. M. C. Urban, J. M. J. Travis, D. Zurell, P. L. Thompson, N. W. Synes, A. Scarpa, P. Peres-Neto, A-K Malchow, P. M. A. James, D. Gravel, L. De Meester, C. Brown, G. Bocedi, C. Albert, A. Gonzalez, and A. P. Hendry. 2022 Coding for Life: Designing a platform for projecting and protecting global biodiversity. BioScience. 72:91-104..
36. Firkowski†, C. R., P. L. Thompson, A. Gonzalez, M. W. Cadotte, and M-J Fortin. 2022. Multi-trophic metacommunity interactions mediate asynchrony and stability in fluctuating environments. Ecological Monographs. 92:e10484.
35. Thompson, P. L., S. Hürlemann, and F. Altermatt. 2021. Species interactions limit the predictability of community responses to environmental change. The American Naturalist. 198:695-705.
34. Srivastava, D., L. Coristine, A. Angert, M. Bontrager, S. Amundrud, J. Williams, A. Yeung, D. de Zwaan, P. L. Thompson, S. Aitken, J. Sunday, M O' Connor, J. Whitton, N. Brown, C. D. MacLeod, L. Parfrey, J. Bernhardt, J. Carrillo, C. Harley, P. Martone, B. Freeman, M. Tseng, and S. Donner. Wildcards in climate change biology. Ecological Monographs. 91:e01471.
33. Thompson. P. L., S. Kéfi, Y. R. Zelnik, L. E. Dee, S. Wang, C. de Mazancourt, M. Loreau, and A. Gonzalez. 2021. Scaling up biodiversity ecosystem functioning relationships: the role of environmental heterogeneity in space and time. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 228:20202779.
32. Loreau, M., M. Barbier, E. Filotas, D. Gravel, F. Isbell, S. J. Miller, J. M. Montoya, S. Wang, R. Aussenac, R. Germain, P. L. Thompson, A. Gonzalez, and L. E. Dee. 2021. Biodiversity as insurance: from concept to measurement and application. Biological Reviews. 96:2333-2354.
31. Wang, S., F. Isbell, W. Deng, P. Hong, L E. Dee, P. L. Thompson, and M Loreau. 2021. Ecosystem functioning and stability: complementary-induced synergy, selection-induced antagonism. Ecology. 102:e03347.
30. Stark†, K. A., P. L. Thompson, J. Yakimishyn, L. Lee, and M. I. O'Connor. Regional connectivity, local environmental conditions, and biotic interactions jointly structure a temperate seagrass epifaunal metacommunity. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 655:91-106
29. Thompson, P. L., L. M. Guzman, L. De Meester, Z. Horváth, R. Ptacnik, B. Vanschoenwinkel, D. S. Viana, and J. M. Chase. 2020 A process-based metacommunity framework linking local and regional community ecology. Ecology Letters. 23:1314-1329.
- recommended read by Faculty Opinions
28. Gonzalez, A., R. M. Germain, D. S. Srivastava, E. Filotas, L. E. Dee, D. Gravel, P. L. Thompson, F. Isbell, S. Wang, S. Kéfi, Y. R. Zelnik, and M. Loreau. 2020. Scaling-up biodiversity ecosystem functioning research. Ecology Letters. 23:757-776.
27. Thompson, P. L. and E. A. Fronhofer. The conflict between adaptation and dispersal for maintaining biodiversity in changing environments. PNAS. 116:21061-21067.
26. Blowes, S., S. Supp, L. Antao, A. Bates, H. Bruelheide, J. Chase, F. Moyes, A. Magurran, B. McGill, I. Myers-Smith, M. Winter, A. Bjorkman, D. Bowler, J. E. K. Byrnes, A. Gonzalez., J. Hines, F. Isbell, H. Jones, L. Navarro, P. L. Thompson, M. Vellend, C. Waldock, and M. Dornelas. The Geography of biodiversity change in marine and terrestrial assemblages. Science. 366:339-345.
25. Chase*, J., B. McGill*, P. L. Thompson*, L. H. Anteo, A. E. Bates, S. A. Blowes, M. Dornelas, A. Gonzalez, A. E. Magurran, S. R. Supp, M. Winter, A. D. Bjorkman, H. Bruelheide, J. E. K. Byrnes, J. S. Cabral, R. Elahi, C. Gomez, H. M. Guzman, F. Isbell, I. H. Myers-Smith, H. P. Jones, J. Hines, M. Vellend, C. Waldock, M. I. O’Connor. 2019. Species richness change across spatial scales. Oikos. 128:1079-1091.
24. Guzman†, L. M., R. M. Germain*, C. Forbes, S. Straus, M. I. O’Connor, D. Gravel, D. S. Srivastava, and P. L. Thompson*. 2019. Towards a multi-trophic extension of metacommunity ecology. Ecology Letters. 22:19-33.
- recommended read by Faculty Opinions
23. Thompson, P. L., M. M. MacLellan, and R. D. Vinebrooke. 2018. Species interactions cause non-additive effects of multiple environmental stressors on communities. Ecosphere. 9:e02518.
22. Bernhard†, J. R., J. M. Sunday, Thompson, P. L., and M.I. O'Connor. 2018. Nonlinear averaging of thermal experience predicts population growth in thermally variable environments. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 285:20181076.
21. Thompson, P. L., F. Isbell, M. Loreau, M.I. O'Connor, and A. Gonzalez. 2018. The strength of the biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship depends on spatial scale. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 285:20180038.
20. Thompson, P. L., M. M. MacLellan, and R. D. Vinebrooke. 2018. An improved null model for assessing the net effects of multiple stressors on communities. Global Change Biology. 24:517-525.
19. Gonzalez, A. G., P. L. Thompson, and M. Loreau. 2017. Spatial ecological networks: planing for sustainability in the long-term. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 29:187-197.
18. Pedersen*, E. J., P. L. Thompson*, A. Gonzalez, F. Guichard, M-J Fortin, P. Pepin, A. Ball, T. C. Gouhier, H. Link, C. Moritz, H. Nenzen, R. Stanley, and Z. E. Taranu. 2017. Signatures of collapse and incipient recovery of an overexploited marine ecosystem. Royal Society Open Science. 4: 170215.
- News story in Le Devoir (French)
17. Thompson, P. L. and A. Gonzalez. 2017. Dispersal governs the reorganization of ecological networks under environmental change. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1 - 0162.
- read only access here http://rdcu.be/rUtz
- McGill press release
- CBC Radio International story and interview
- explore the results with our Shiny app!
16. Isbell, F., A. Gonzalez, M. Loreau, J. Cowles, S. Díaz, A. Hector, G. M. Mace, D. A. Wardle, M. I. O'Connor, J. E. Duffy, L. A Turnbull, P. L. Thompson, and A. Larigauderie. 2017. Linking the influence and dependence of people on biodiversity across scales. Nature. 546:65-72.
- read only access here http://rdcu.be/s8zY
15. Thompson, P. L., B. Rayfield, and A. Gonzalez. 2017. Loss of habitat and connectivity erodes species diversity, ecosystem functioning, and stability in metacommunity networks. Ecography. 40: 98-108.
14. O'Connor, M. I., A., Gonzalez, Andrew, J. Byrnes, B. Cardinale, J. E. Duffy, L. Gamfeldt, J. Griffin, D. Hooper, B. Hungate, A. Paquette, P. L. Thompson, L. Dee, and K. Dolan. 2017. Toward predictive scaling coefficients for biodiversity and ecosystem functioning relationships. Oikos. 126: 18–31.
13. Thompson, P. L. and A. Gonzalez. 2016. Ecosystem multifunctionality in metacommunities. Ecology. 97: 2867-2879.
- recommended read by Faculty of 1000
12. Thompson, P. L., T. J. Davies, and A. Gonzalez. 2015. Ecosystem functions across trophic levels are linked to functional and phylogenetic diversity. PLOS ONE. 10: e0117595.
11. Thompson, P. L., B. E. Beisner, and A. Gonzalez. 2015. Warming induces synchrony and destabilizes experimental pond zooplankton metacommunities. Oikos. 9: 1171-1180.
10. Taranu. Z. E., I. Gregory-Eaves, P. R. Leavitt, L. Bunting, T. Buchaca, J. Catalan, I. Domaizon, P. Guilizzoni, A. Lami, S. McGowan, H. Moorehouse, G. Morabito, F. R. Pick, M. A. Stevenson, P. L. Thompson, and R. D. Vinebroooke. 2015. Acceleration of cyanobacterial dominance in north temperate-subarctic lakes during the Anthropocene. Ecology Letters. 18: 375-384.
9. Thompson*, P. L., B. Rayfield*, and A. Gonzalez. 2014. Robustness of the spatial insurance effects of biodiversity on habitat loss. Evolutionary Ecology Research. 16: 455-460.
8. Weidman, P. R., D. W. Schindler, P. L. Thompson, and R. D. Vinebrooke. 2014. Interactive effects of higher temperature and dissolved organic carbon on planktonic communities in fishless mountain lakes. Freshwater Biology. 59: 889-904.
7. Shurin, J. B., J. L. Classen, H. Greig, P. Kratina. and P. L. Thompson. 2012. Warming shifts top-down and bottom-up control of pond food web structure and function. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 367: 3008-3017.
6. Kratina, P., H. S. Greig, P. L. Thompson, T. Carvalho Pereira, and J. B. Shurin. 2012. Warming Modifies Trophic Cascades and Eutrophication in Experimental Freshwater Communities. Ecology 93: 1421-1430.
5. Thompson, P. L., and J. B. Shurin. 2012. Regional zooplankton biodiversity provides limited buffering of pond ecosystems against climate change. Journal of Animal Ecology 81: 251–259.
- recommended read by Faculty Opinions
4. Greig, H. S., P. Kratina, P. L. Thompson, W. J. Palen, J. S. Richardson, and J. B. Shurin. 2012. Warming, eutrophication, and predator loss amplify subsidies between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Global Change Biology 18: 504–514.
3. Murphy, C. A., P. L. Thompson, and R. D. Vinebrooke. 2010. Assessing the sensitivity of alpine lakes and ponds to nitrogen deposition in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Hydrobiologia 648: 83–90.
2. Vinebrooke, R., P. L. Thompson, W. Hobbs, B. Luckman, M. Graham, and A. Wolfe. 2010. Glacially mediated impacts of climate warming on alpine lakes of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Verh. Internat. Verin. Limol. 30: 1449–1452.
1. Thompson, P. L., M.-C. St-Jacques, and R. D. Vinebrooke. 2008. Impacts of Climate Warming and Nitrogen Deposition on Alpine Plankton in Lake and Pond Habitats: an In Vitro Experiment. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 40: 192–198.
