Publications

Peer reveiwed publications

  • Smith, Daniel JB. “Janzen-Connell effects and habitat-induced aggregation synergistically promote species coexistence.” The American Naturalist (2026). https://doi.org/10.1086/741911.

  • Smith, Daniel JB, Doulcier, G., Bourrat, P., Takacs, P., and Masel, Joanna. “Why there are so many definitions of fitness in models.” Genetics (2026). https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyag090.

  • Magee, Lukas J.*, Smith, Daniel JB*, et al. (*shared 1st authorship) “Memories of trees past: coexistence implications of legacy conspecific density dependence.” Ecology Letters 28.10 (2025): e70197. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.70197.

  • Smith, Daniel JB and Masel, Joanna. “A Mechanistically Integrated Model of Exploitative and Interference Competition over a Single Resource Produces Widespread Coexistence.” The American Naturalist 206.5 (2025): E78-E94. https://doi.org/10.1086/737628.

  • LaManna, Joseph…, Smith, Daniel JB…, Delavaux, C “Consequences of local conspecific density effects for plant diversity and community dynamics.” Ecology Letters 27.9 (2024): e14506. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14506.

  • Magee, Lukas J., Joseph A. LaManna, Amy T. Wolf, Robert W. Howe, Yuanming Lu, Denis Valle, Daniel JB Smith, Robert Bagchi, David Bauman, and Daniel J. Johnson. “The unexpected influence of legacy conspecific density dependence.” Ecology Letters 27.6 (2024): e14449. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14449.

  • Smith, Daniel JB “The functional form of specialised predation affects whether Janzen–Connell effects can prevent competitive exclusion.” Ecology Letters 25.6 (2022): 1458-1470. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14014.

  • Smith, Daniel JB and Amarasekare, Priyanga. “Toward a mechanistic understanding of thermal niche partitioning.” The American Naturalist 191.3 (2018): E57-E75. https://doi.org/10.1086/695805.

Papers in review / submitted

  • Smith, Daniel JB, Forrister, D., Sedio, B. “What generates variation in conspecific negative density-dependence? A demographic perspective.” bioRxiv (2026). https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.07.21.739908. In review.

  • Smith, Daniel JB. “Life cycle structure and density dependence regulate selection on strategies generating individual heterogeneity.” In review.

  • Gao, Junfeng, Smith, Daniel JB, et al. “Ontogenetic tradeoffs in conspecific negative density dependence explain coexistence of mycorrhizal strategies in a subtropical forest.” In review.

  • Magee, Lukas J., Chen, Y., Worthy, S. J., Datta, D., Cox, A., Smith, Daniel JB, Rubio, V. E., and Swenson, N. G. “Functional gene expression and resource-dependent growth of trees highlight the mechanics of density dependent interactions.” Submitted.

  • Smith, Daniel JB and Amarasekare, Priyanga. “Elucidating the selective mechanisms underpinning a global pattern of reproductive thermal optima in terrestrial arthropods.” In submission.

Papers in prep

  • Smith, Daniel JB, Staggs, Jon. “Asymmetric predator satiation reverses coexistence outcomes under masting and Janzen-Connell effects.” In prep.

  • Smith, Daniel JB, Forrister, D., Magee, Lukas J., Sedio, B., Ostling, Annette. “Conspecific and chemical density legacies persist for years, shaping seedling survival.” In prep.

  • Krishnadas, Meghna…Smith, Daniel JB, et al. “Conspecific density dependence in plant communities: a theory-based toolkit for empirical studies.” In prep.

  • Van Cleve, J., Weinrich, D., Smith, Daniel JB, Masel, Joanna. “Q&A: Genetic Lineages.” In submission to Genetics.