Publications of William Wilson

Books

  1. W. Wilson, Simulating Ecological and Evolutionary Systems in C (2000), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Papers Published

  1. W. Wilson & P.A. Abrams, Coexistence of cycling, dispersing consumer species: Armstrong and McGehee in space, The American Naturalist, vol. 165 (2005), pp. 193-205
  2. M.T. Morgan, W. Wilson & T.M. Knight, Pollination and the persistence of plant populations: roles for pollinator preference and reproductive assurance, The American Naturalist, vol. 166 (2005), pp. 169-183
  3. M.T. Morgan & W. Wilson, Self fertilization and the escape from pollen limitation in variable pollination environments, Evolution, vol. 59 (2005), pp. 1143-1148
  4. H.M. Regan, Y. Ben-Haim, B. Langford, W. Wilson, P. Lundberg, S.J. Andelman & M.A. Burgman, Robust decision making under severe uncertainty for conservation management, Ecological Applications, vol. 15 (2005), pp. 1471–1477
  5. T.S. Feldman, W.F. Morris & W. Wilson, When can two plant species facilitate each other's pollination?, Oikos, vol. 105 (2004), pp. 197-207
  6. P. A. Abrams & W. Wilson, Coexistence in metapopulations due to spatial variation in resource growth rates; the failure of the R* rule, Ecology Letters, vol. 7 (2004), pp. 929-940
  7. W. Wilson & P. Lundberg, Biodiversity and the Lotka-Volterra Theory of Species Interactions: Open Systems and the Distribution of Logarithmic Densities, Proc. Roy. Soc. B., vol. 271 (2004), pp. 1977-1984
  8. T.L. Ashman, T.M. Knight, J. Steets, P. Amarasekare, M. Burd, D.R. Campbell, M.R. Dudash, M.O. Johnston, S.J. Mazer, R.J. Mitchell, M.T. Morgan & W. Wilson, Pollen limitation of plant reproduction: Ecological and evolutionary causes and consequences, Ecology, vol. 85 (2004), pp. 2408-2421
  9. W.F. Morris, J.L. Bronstein & W. Wilson., Three-way coexistence in obligate mutualist--exploiter interactions., The American Naturalist, vol. 161 (2003), pp. 860-875
  10. W. Wilson, W.F. Morris & J.L. Bronstein., Coexistence of mutualist and exploiters on spatial landscapes., Ecological Monographs, vol. 73 (2003), pp. 397-413
  11. W. Wilson & L.D. Harder., Reproductive uncertainty and the relative competitiveness of simultaneous hermaphroditism versus dioecy., The American Naturalist, vol. 162 (2003), pp. 220-241
  12. W. Wilson, P. Lundberg, D.P. Vázquez, J.B. Shurin, M.D. Smith, W. Langford, K.L. Gross, G.G. Mittelbach, Biodiversity and Species Interactions: Extending Lotka-Volterra Theory to Predict Community Properties., Ecology Letters, vol. 6 (2003), pp. 944-952
  13. J.L. Bronstein, W. Wilson & W.F. Morris., Ecological Dynamics of Mutualist/Antagonist Communities., The American Naturalist, vol. 162 (2003), pp. S24-S39
  14. J Chase, WG wilson, and SA Richards, Foraging trade-offs and resource patchiness: Theory and experiments with a freshwater nail community, Ecology Letters, vol. 4 (2001), pp. 304-312
  15. AC Ashih & WG Wilson, Two-sex population dynamics in space: Effects of gestation time on persistence, Theor. Pop. Biol., vol. 60 (2001), pp. 93-106
  16. Socolar, J.E.S., S.A. Richards & W.G. Wilson, Evolution in a spatially structured population subject to rare epidemics, Physical Review E, vol. 63 (2001), pp. 041908
  17. SA Richards & WG Wilson, Adaptive feeding across environmetal gradients and its effect on population dynamics, Theoretical Population Biology, vol. 57 (2000), pp. 377-390
  18. SA Richards, RM Nisbet, WG Wilson & HP Possingham, Grazers and diggers: Competition and coexistence among foragers with different feeding strategies on a single resource, The American Naturalist, vol. 155 (2000), pp. 266-279
  19. WG Wilson & SA Richards, Consuming and Grouping: Resource-mediated animal aggregation, Ecology Letters, vol. 3 (2000), pp. 175-180
  20. K McCann, A Hastings, S Harrison, & WG Wilson, Population outbreaks in a discrete world, Theoretical Population Biology, vol. 57 (2000), pp. 97-108
  21. W. Wilson and SA Richards, Evolutionarily stable strategies for consuming a structured resource, The American Naturalist, vol. 155 (2000), pp. 83-100
  22. Wilson, W.G., Ecology 101: Exploring Demographic Stochasticity, Ecological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 81 (2000), pp. 201
  23. S.A. Richards, W. Wilson & J.E.S. Socolar, Selection for intermediate mortality and reproduction rates in a spatially structured population, Proc. Roy. Soc. London B., vol. 266 (1999), pp. 2383-2388
  24. W. Wilson, C.W. Osenberg, R.J. Schmitt & R. Nisbet, Complementary foraging behavior allows coexistence of two grazers, Ecology, vol. 80 (1999), pp. 2358-2372
  25. W. Wilson., S.P. Harrison, A. Hastings & K. McCann, Stable pattern formation in tussock moth populations, Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 68 (1999), pp. 94-107
  26. L. Harder & W. Wilson, Theoretical consequences of heterogeneous transport conditions for pollen dispersal by animals, Ecology, vol. 79 (1998), pp. 2789-2807
  27. L. Harder & W. Wilson, A Clarification of pollen discounting and its joint effects with inbreeding depression on mating-system evolution, The American Naturalist, vol. 152 (1998), pp. 684-695
  28. R.M. Nisbet, A.M. de~Roos, W. Wilson & R.E. Snyder, Discrete consumers, small scale resource heterogeneity and population stability, Ecology Letters, vol. 1 (1998), pp. 34-37
  29. A.M. de Roos, E. McCauley & W. Wilson, Pattern formation and the spatial scale of interaction between predators and their prey, Theoretical Population Biology, vol. 53 (1998), pp. 108-130
  30. Wilson, W.G., Resolving discrepancies between deterministic population models and individual-based simulations, The American Naturalist, vol. 151 (1998), pp. 116-134
  31. P.H. Thrall, J. Antonovics & W. Wilson, Allocation to sexual vs. non-sexual disease transmission, The American Naturalist, vol. 151 (1998), pp. 29-45
  32. W. Wilson & R.M. Nisbet, Cooperation and Competition Along Smooth Environmental Gradients, Ecology, vol. 78 (1997), pp. 2004-2017
  33. R.M. Nisbet, S. Diehl, W. Wilson, S.D. Cooper, D.D. Donalson & K. Kratz, Primary Productivity Gradients and Short-term Population Dynamics in Open Systems, Ecological Monographs, vol. 67 (1997), pp. 535-553
  34. L.D. Harder & W. Wilson, Theoretical perspectives on pollination, Acta Horticulturae, vol. 437 (1997), pp. 83-101
  35. Wilson, W.G., Lotka's game in predator-prey theory: linking populations to individuals., Theoretical Population Biology, vol. 50 (1996), pp. 368-393
  36. W. Wilson, R.M. Nisbet, A.H. Ross, C. Robles & R.A. Desharnais, Abrupt Population Changes Along Smooth Environmental Gradients, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, vol. 58 (1996), pp. 907-922
  37. E. McCauley, W. Wilson & A. de Roos, Dynamics of age-structured predator-prey populations in space: Asymmetrical effects of mobility in juvenile and adult predators, Oikos, vol. 76 (1996), pp. 485-497
  38. W. Wilson, E. McCauley & A. de Roos, Effect of Dimensionality on Lotka--Volterra Predator-Prey Dynamics: Individual Based Simulation Results, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, vol. 57 (1995), pp. 507-526
  39. W. Wilson, W.G. Laidlaw & D. A. Coombe, Microscopic-Based Fluid Flow Simulation of Invasion on a Two-Dimensional Lattice. II. Mobilization and Cohesion, Journal of Statistical Physics, vol. 75 (1994), pp. 1185-1195
  40. L. Harder & W. Wilson, Floral evolution and male reproductive success: Optimal dispensing schedules for pollen dispersal by animal-pollinated plants, Evolutionary Ecology, vol. 8 (1994), pp. 542-559
  41. W. Wilson, W.G. Laidlaw & K. Vasudevan, Residual Statics Estimation Using the Genetic Algorithm, Geophysics, vol. 59 (1994), pp. 766-774
  42. E. McCauley, W. Wilson & A. de Roos, Dynamics of Age-Structured Predator-Prey Interactions: Individual Based Models and Population Level Formulations, American Naturalist, vol. 142 (1993), pp. 412-442
  43. W.G. Laidlaw, W. Wilson & D.A. Coombe, A Lattice Model of Foam Flow in Porous Media: A Percolation Approach, Transport In Porous Media, vol. 11 (1993), pp. 139-159
  44. G. Mirken, K. Vasudevan, F. Cook, W.G. Laidlaw & W. Wilson, A Comparison of Several Cooling Schedules for Simulated Annealing implemented on a Residual Statics Problem, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 20 (1993), pp. 77-80
  45. W. Wilson, A. de Roos & E. McCauley, Spatial Instabilities within the Diffusive Lotka-Volterra System: Individual-Based Simulation Results, Theor. Pop. Biol., vol. 43 (1993), pp. 91-127
  46. K. Vasudevan, F. Cook, A. duToit, W. Wilson & W.G. Laidlaw, Simulated Annealing Experiments in Statics Computation: Synthetic and Real Data Examples, Can. J. Exp. Geophysics, vol. 28 (1992), pp. 6-18
  47. W.G. Laidlaw, W. Wilson & D.A. Coombe, A Lattice of Foam Flow in Porous Media: a Random Walker Approach, Can. J. Chem., vol. 70 (1992), pp. 482-487
  48. W. Wilson & W.G. Laidlaw, Microscopic-Based Fluid Flow Invasion Simulations, J. Stat. Phys., vol. 66 (1992), pp. 1165-1176
  49. W. Wilson & K. Vasudevan, Application of the Genetic Algorithm to Residual Statics Estimation, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 18 (1991), pp. 2181-2184
  50. A. de Roos, E. McCauley & W. Wilson, Mobility versus Density-Limited Predator-Prey Dynamics on Different Spatial Scales, Proc. Roy. Soc. (London), vol. B 246 (1991), pp. 117-122
  51. K. Vasudevan, W. Wilson & W.G. Laidlaw, Simulated Annealing Problems Statics Computation using an order--based energy function, Geophysics, vol. 56 (1991), pp. 1831-1839
  52. Wilson, W.G., Quenched Dilution Tricritical Point in the q=3 d=3 Potts Model, Phys. Lett. A, vol. 137 (1989), pp. 398-402
  53. W. Wilson & C.A. Vause, q=5 Potts Model on the Quenched Isotropically Site-Diluted Square and Penrose Lattices, Phys. Lett. A, vol. 134 (1989), pp. 360-364
  54. W. Wilson & C.A. Vause, Ferromagnetic q=4,5 Potts Models on the Two-Dimensional Penrose and Square Lattices, Phys. Rev. B, vol. 39 (1989), pp. 4651-4658
  55. W. Wilson & C.A. Vause, q=5 Potts Model on the Quenched Anisotropically Site-Diluted Penrose Lattice, Phys. Rev. B, vol. 39 (1989), pp. 689-693
  56. W.G. Laidlaw, G.R. Hamilton, R.B. Flewwelling & W. Wilson, Fractal Patterns of Fluid Domains for Displacement Processes in Porous Media, J. Stat. Phys., vol. 53 (1988), pp. 713-731
  57. W. Wilson & C.A. Vause, Evidence for universality of the Potts model on the two-dimensional Penrose lattice, Phys. Lett. A, vol. 126 (1988), pp. 471-475
  58. W. Wilson & C.A. Vause, Multilattice microcanonical simulation of the three-dimensional three-state Potts model, Phys. Rev. B, vol. 36 (1987), pp. 587-593
  59. W. Wilson & C.A. Vause, Multilattice microcanonical Simulation, Phys. Lett. A, vol. 118 (1986), pp. 408-414

Papers Accepted

  1. Morris, W.F., W.G. Wilson, J.L. Bronstein & J. Ness, Environmental forcing and the temporal dynamics of a competitive guild of cactus-tending ants, Ecology (2005) (in press.)

Papers Submitted

  1. Wilson, W.G & P. Lundberg, Non-neutral Community Dynamics: Empirical Predictions from Linearized Consumer--Resource Interactions, Oikos (2005)
  2. S. Lion, M. van Baalen & W.G. Wilson, Host manipulation and parasite-induced dispersal, Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. (2005)
  3. C.A. Smith & W. Wilson, Evolutionarily stable dispersal distances with emergent pattern-formation and metapopulation dynamics, Oikos (2005)
  4. Nelson, J.A. & W.G. Wilson, Effect of Predator Behavior on Spatial Scales and Stability, Theoretical Population Biology (2005)

Book Reviews

  1. W. Wilson, Mathematics in Nature: Modeling Patterns in the Natural World. John A. Adam. (Princeton University Press 2003) Reviewed in American Scientist 92: 479-480 (2004). (2004)
  2. W. Wilson, Adaptive Herbivore Ecology: From resources to populations in variable environments. 2002. R.N. Owen-Smith. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge., Ecology 84: 1643-1644 (2003)
  3. W. Wilson, The Geometry of Ecological Interactions: Simplifying Spatial Complexity. 2000. U. Dieckmann, R. Law, and J.A.J. Metz, eds. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Reviewed in Theoretical Population Biology 59: 251 (2001). (2001)
  4. W. Wilson, Population Biology: Concepts and Models. 1997. A. Hastings. Springer, New York, NY, Reviewed in Theoretical Population Biology, vol. 52 (1997), pp. 164

Other

  1. JES Socolar, SA Richards and WG Wilson, Evolution in a spartially structured population subject to rare epidemics, Physical Review, vol. E 63 no. 041908 (2001)
  2. W. Wilson, Ecology 101: Exploring Demographic Stochasticity, Ecological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 81 (2000), pp. 201