Publications:
Resetarits, W. J. Jr., M. R. Pintar, & J. R. Bohenek. In press. Complex multi-predator effects on demographic habitat selection and community assembly in colonizing insects. Ecological Monographs pdf
Pintar, M. R., J. R. Bohenek, & W. J. Resetarits, Jr. In press. Geographic variation in Culex oviposition habitat selection responses to a predator, Notonecta irrorata. Ecological Entomology pdf
Resetarits, W. J. Jr., J. R. Bohenek, & M. R. Pintar. 2021. Predator specific responses and emergent multi-predator effects on oviposition site choice in gray treefrogs, Hyla chrysoscelis. Proceedings of the Royal Society:B. 288:20210558. pdf
Resetarits, W. J. Jr. 2021. Between a rock and a hard place: ovipositing treefrogs navigate complex tradeoffs in the landscape of patch quality. Ecosphere 12(5):e03524. pdf
Bohenek, J. R., C. J. Leary, & W. J. Resetarits Jr. 2021. Exposure to glucocorticoids alters life history strategies in a facultatively paedomorphic salamander. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology 2021:1-10 pdf
Pintar, M. & W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2021. Match and mismatch: integrating consumptive effects of predators, prey traits, and habitat selection in colonizing aquatic insects. Ecology and Evolution 11:1902-1917.pdf
McNamara, S. C., M. R. Pintar & W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2021. Temperature and nutrient addition interactively affect abundance and species composition of aquatic insect colonists. Ecology 102(1): e03209. pdf
Pintar, M. & W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2020. Aquatic beetles influence colonization of disparate taxa in small lentic systems. Ecology and Evolution 10:12170-12182. pdf
Pintar, M. R. & W.J. Resetarits, Jr. 2020. Aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera (Hemiptera) of the University of Mississippi Field Station. Aquatic Insects 41:76-84. pdf
Pintar, M. R. & W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2020. Aquatic beetles of the University of Mississippi Field Station. The Coleopterist's Bulletin 74:351-369. pdf
Resetarits, W. J. Jr., M. R. Pintar, J. R. Bohenek, & T. M. Breech. 2019. Patch size as a niche dimension: aquatic insects behaviorally partition enemy-free space across gradients of patch size. The American Naturalist 32:1589-1598. pdf
Pintar, M. R., J. R. Bohenek, L. Eveland, & W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2018. Colonization across gradients of risk and reward: nutrients and predator density generate species-specific responses among aquatic insects. Functional Ecology 32:1589-1598. pdf
Pintar, M. R. & W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2018. Filling ephemeral ponds affects development and phenotypic expression in Ambystoma talpoideum. Freshwater Biology 63:1173–1183 pdf
Pintar, M. R. & W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2018. The dynamics of ephemeral habitats: refilling temporary ponds has timing-dependent effects on Hyla gratiosa performance. Freshwater Biology pdf
Bohenek, J. R. & W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2018. Are direct density cues, not resource competition, driving life history trajectories in a polyphenic salamander? Evolutionary Ecology 32:335-357. pdf
Resetarits, W. J. Jr., J. R. Bohenek, M. R. Pintar & T. M. Breech. 2018. Predation risk and patch size jointly determine perceived patch quality in ovipositing treefrogs, Hyla chrysoscelis. Ecology 99:661-669. pdf
Resetarits, W. J. Jr. 2018. Giving predators a wide berth: quantifying behavioral predator shadows in colonizing aquatic beetles. Oecologia 186:415-424. pdf
Pintar, M. R. & W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2018. Variation in pond hydroperiod affects larval growth in southern leopard frogs, Lithobates sphenocephalus Copeia 106:70-76. pdf
Pintar, M. R. & W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2017. Prey-driven control of predator assemblages: zooplankton abundance drives aquatic beetle colonization. Ecology 98:2201–2215. pdf
Pintar, M. R. & W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2017. Relative predation risk and risk of desiccation co-determine oviposition preferences in Cope's gray treefrog, Hyla chrysoscelis. Oecologia 184:423-430. pdf
Bohenek, J. R. & W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2017. An optimized method to quantify large numbers of amphibian eggs. Herpetological Notes 10:573-578. pdf
Pintar, M. R. & W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2017. Context dependent colonization: regional reward contagion drives local compression in aquatic beetles. Journal of Animal Ecology 86:1124–1135. pdf
Pintar, M. R. & W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2017. Larval development varies across pond age and larval density in Hyla chrysoscelis. Herpetologica 73:291-296. pdf
Bohenek, J. R., M. R. Pintar, T. Breech & W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2017. Patch size influences perceived patch quality for ovipositing Culex mosquitoes. Freshwater Biology 62:1614–1622. pdf
Pintar, M. R. & W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2017. Persistence of an egg mass polymorphism in Ambystoma maculatum: differential performance under high and low nutrients. Ecology 98:1349-1360. pdf
Silberbush, A. & W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2017. Mosquito responses to predatory fish differs between adult oviposition and larval development. Ecological Entomology 42:595–600. pdf
Pintar, M. R. & W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2017. Leaf litter composition drives temporal variation in aquatic beetle colonization and assemblage structure in lentic systems. Oecologia 183:797-807. pdf
Pintar, M. R. & W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2017. "Out with the old, in with the new: oviposition preference matches larval success in cope's gray treefrog, Hyla chrysoscelis. Journal of Herpetology 51:186-189. pdf
Resetarits, W. J. Jr. & M. R. Pintar. 2016. Functional diversity of non-lethal effects, chemical camouflage, and variation in fish avoidance in colonizing beetles. Ecology 97:3517-3529. pdf
Resetarits, W. J. Jr. & A. Silberbush. 2016. Local contagion and regional compression: habitat selection drives spatially explicit, multi-scale dynamics of colonization in experimental metacommunities. Ecology Letters 19:191-200. pdf
Eveland, L.L., Bohenek, J., Silberbush, A. & Resetarits, W.J, Jr. 2016. Detection of fish and newt kairomones by ovipositing mosquitoes. In: Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 13 (eds Schulte, B.A.,Goodwin, T., & M. H. Ferkin). Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 247–260. pdf
Resetarits, W. J. Jr. and C. A. Binckley. 2014. Species responses of colonising beetles to variation in patch quality, number, and context in experimental aquatic landscapes. Ecological Entomology 39:226–235.pdf
Silberbush, A., M. Menon, M. Olson, and W. J. Resetarits Jr. 2014. Culex pipiens-quinquefasciatus hybrids identified in West Texas. Journal of Vector Ecology 39:222-223.pdf
Resetarits, W. J. Jr. and C. A. Binckley. 2013. Patch quality and context, but not patch number, drive multi-scale colonization dynamics in experimental aquatic landscapes. Oecologia 173:933-946. pdf
*Resetarits, W. J. Jr. and C. A. Binckley. 2013. Is the Pirate really a Ghost? Evidence for generalized chemical camouflage in an aquatic predator, Pirate Perch (Aphredoderus sayanus). American Naturalist 181:690-699. *Featured in a variety of media, including: New Scientist, Nature Research Briefs, Inside Science, Scientific American, and Pravda. pdf
Resetarits, W. J., Jr. and C. A. Binckley. 2009. Spatial contagion of predation risk affects colonization rate and community structure in experimental landscapes. Ecology 90:869-876. pdf
Binckley C. A. and W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2009. Spatial and temporal dynamics of habitat selection across canopy gradients generates patterns of species richness and composition in aquatic beetles. Ecological Entomology 34:457- 465. pdf
Binckley, C. A. and W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2008. Oviposition behavior partitions aquatic landscapes along nutrient and predation gradients. Behavioral Ecology 19: 552-557. pdf
Resetarits, W. J., Jr. and D. R. Chalcraft. 2007. Functional diversity within a morphologically conservative genus of predators: implications for functional equivalence and redundancy in ecological communities. Functional Ecology 21:793-804.*Selected for 100 Influential Papers Published in 100 Years of British Ecological Society Journals. pdf
Binckley, C. A. and W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2007. Effects of forest canopy on habitat selection in treefrogs and aquatic insects: implications for communities and metacommunities. Oecologia 153:951-958. pdf
Resetarits, W. J., Jr. 2005. Habitat selection links local and regional scales in aquatic systems. Ecology Letters 8:480-486. pdf
Resetarits, W. J. Jr., C. A. Binckley, and D. R. Chalcraft. 2005. Habitat selection, species interactions, and processes of community assembly in complex landscapes: a metacommunity perspective. pp 374-398, In Metacommunities: spatial dynamics and ecological communities, edited by M. Holyoak, M. A. Leibold and R. D. Holt, University of Chicago Press. pdf
Binckley, C. A. and W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2005. Habitat selection determines abundance, richness and species composition of beetles in aquatic communities. Biology Letters 1:370-374. pdf
Resetarits, W. J., Jr. and J. E. Fauth. 2005. Diffuse competition and continuous niche shifts in size-structured populations of predatory salamanders. Community Ecology 6:101-107. pdf
Chalcraft, D. R., C. A. Binckley and W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2005. Experimental venue and estimation of interaction strength: Comment. Ecology 86:1061-1067. pdf
Rieger, J. F., C.A. Binckley, and W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2004. Larval performance and oviposition site preference along a predation gradient. Ecology 85:2094-2099. pdf
Chalcraft, D. R. and W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2004. Metabolic rate models and the substitutability of predator populations. Journal of Animal Ecology 73:323-332. pdf
Resetarits, W. J., Jr., J. F. Rieger and C. A. Binckley. 2004. Threat of predation negates density effects in larval gray treefrogs. Oecologia 138:532-538. pdf
Chalcraft, D. R. and W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2003. Mapping functional similarity on the basis of trait similarities. American Naturalist 162:390-402. pdf
Binckley, C. A. and W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2003. Functional equivalence of non-lethal effects: generalized fish avoidance determines distribution of gray treefrog, Hyla chrysoscelis, larvae. Oikos 102:623-629. pdf
Chalcraft, D. R. and W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2003. Predator identity and ecological impacts: functional redundancy or functional diversity? Ecology 84:2407-2418. pdf
Binckley, C. A. and W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 2002. Reproductive decisions under threat of predation: squirrel treefrog (Hyla squirella) responses to banded sunfish (Enneacanthus obesus). Oecologia 130: 157-161.pdf
Resetarits, W .J., Jr. 2001. Colonization under threat of predation: non-lethal effects of fish on aquatic beetles, Tropisternus lateralis (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Oecologia 129:155-160. pdf
Diana, S.G., W. J. Resetarits, Jr., D.J. Schaeffer , K. B. Beckmen and V. R. Beasley. 2000. Effects of atrazine on amphibian growth, development, and survival in artificial aquatic communities. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 19:2961-2967. pdf
Fauth, J. E. and W. J. Resetarits, Jr. 1999. Biting in the salamander Siren i. intermedia: courtship component or agonistic behavior? Journal of Herpetology 33:493-496. pdf
Fauth, J. E., W. J. Resetarits, Jr., and Erin M. Levesque. 1999. A cost effective method for locating herpetofaunal field sites from the air. Herpetological Review 30:216-217.
Resetarits, W. J., Jr. and J. Bernardo, editors. 1998. Experimental Ecology: Issues and
Perspectives. Oxford, New York. 470 pp.
Resetarits, W. J., Jr., and J. E. Fauth. 1998. From cattle tanks to Carolina bays: the utility of model systems for understanding natural communities. Pages 133-151 in W. J. Resetarits Jr. and J. Bernardo, eds. Experimental Ecology: Issues and Perspectives. Oxford, New York pdf
Resetarits, W. J., Jr. 1998. Differential predation by larval beetles (Dytiscidae) and dragonflies (Libellulidae) on the eggs and early larvae of Hyla chrysoscelis. Journal of Herpetology 32(3):440-443. pdf
Resetarits, W. J., Jr. 1997. Interspecific competition and qualitative competitive asymmetry between two benthic stream fish. Oikos 78:429-439. pdf
Resetarits, W. J., Jr. 1997. Differences in an ensemble of streamside salamanders (Plethodontidae) above and below a barrier to brook trout. Amphibia-Reptilia 18:15-25.pdf
Resetarits, W. J., Jr. 1996. Oviposition site choice and life history evolution. American Zoologist 36:205-215. pdf
Fauth, J. E., J. Bernardo, M. Camara, W. J. Resetarits, Jr., S.A. McCollum, and J. Van Buskirk
(equal co-authorship). 1996. A conceptual approach to simplifying the jargon of community ecology. American Naturalist 147:282-286. pdf
Resetarits, W. J., Jr. 1995. Competitive asymmetry and coexistence in size-structured
populations of brook trout and spring salamanders. Oikos 73:188-198. pdf
Resetarits, W. J., Jr. 1995. Limiting similarity and the intensity of competitive effects on the
mottled sculpin, Cottus bairdi, in experimental stream communities. Oecologia 104:31-38. pdf
Resetarits, W. J., Jr. 1995. The role of experiments in ecology. Science 270:561-562 (letter). pdf
Bernardo, J., W. J. Resetarits, Jr. and A. E. Dunham. 1995. Criteria for testing character
displacement. Science 268:1065-1066 (technical comment). pdf
Resetarits, W. J., Jr. 1991. Ecological interactions among predators in experimental stream
communities. Ecology 72:1782-1793. pdf
Resetarits, W. J., Jr. and H.M. Wilbur. 1991. Calling site choice by Hyla chrysoscelis:
effect of predators, competitors, and oviposition sites. Ecology 72:778-786. pdf
Fauth, J. E. and W. J. Resetarits, Jr. (equal co-authorship). 1991. Interactions between the
salamander Siren intermedia and the keystone predator Notophthalmus viridescens. Ecology 72:827-838. pdf
Fauth, J. E., W. J. Resetarits, Jr. and H.M. Wilbur. 1990. Interactions between larval
salamanders: a case of competitive equality. Oikos 58:91-99. pdf
Resetarits, W. J., Jr. and H.M. Wilbur. 1989. Choice of oviposition site in Hyla chrysoscelis: role of predators and competitors. Ecology 70:220-228. pdf
Resetarits, W. J., Jr. and R. D. Aldridge. 1988. Reproductive biology of a cave associated
population of the frog, Rana palustris. Canadian Journal of Zoology 66:329-333. pdf
Resetarits, W. J., Jr. 1986. Ecology of cave use in the frog Rana palustris. American Midland Naturalist 116:256-266. pdf
Resetarits, W. J., Jr. 1984. Thamnophis proximus proximus: Food. Herpetological Review 13:4. (note)