Dr. Geoffrey Trussell
Assistant Professor of Biology


Ph.D., College of William & Mary

Phone: (781) 581-7370 x300
Fax: (781) 581-6076
e-mail to: g.trussell@neu.edu

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
  • Phifer-Rixey, M., M. Heckman, G.C. Trussell, P.S. Schmidt. In press. Temperature mediated selection on shell color phenotype in the flat periwinkle Littorina obtusata. Journal of Evolutionary Biology.
  • Trussell, G.C., P.J. Ewanchuk, C.M. Matassa. In press. Indirect predator effects and energy transfer are strongly influenced by resource identity. Ecology X:xx-xx.
  • Peckarsky, B.L., P.A. Abrams, D. Bolnick, L.M Dill, J.H. Grabowski, B. Luttbeg, J.L. Orrock, S.D. Peacor, E.L. Preisser, O.J. Schmitz, G.C. Trussell. In press. Rewriting the textbooks: Considering non-consumptive effects in classic studies of predator-prey interactions. Ecology X: xxx-xxx (after first author order is alphabetical).
  • Schmitz, O.J., J.H. Grabowski, B.L. Peckarsky, E.L. Preisser, G.C. Trussell, J.R. Vonesh. In press. From individuals to ecosystem function: toward an integration of evolutionary and ecosystem ecology. Ecology X: xxx-xxx (after first author order is alphabetical).
  • Kishida, O., G.C. Trussell, K. Nishimura. 2007. Geographic variation in a predator-induced defense and its genetic basis. Ecology 88: 1948-1954. (Featured in ESA Bulletin).
  • Long, J.D., G.C. Trussell. 2007. Geographic variation in seaweed induced responses to herbivory. Marine Ecology Progress Series 333: 75-80.
  • Trussell, G.C., P.J. Ewanchuk, C.M. Mattassa. 2006a. The fear of being eaten reduces energy transfer in a simple food chain. Ecology 87: 2979-2984.
  • Trussell, G.C., P.J. Ewanchuk, C.M. Mattassa. 2006b. Habitat effects on the relative importance of trait and density mediated indirect interactions. Ecology Letters 9: 1245-1252. (Cover article).
  • Trussell, G.C., P.J. Ewanchuk, M.D. Bertness, B.R. Silliman. 2004. Trophic cascades in rocky shore tide pools: distinguishing lethal and nonlethal effects. Oecologia 139: 427-432.
  • Trussell, G.C., P.J. Ewanchuk, M.D. Bertness. 2003. Trait-mediated interactions in rocky intertidal food chains: predator risk cues alter prey feeding rates. Ecology 84: 629-640.
  • Trussell, G.C., M.O. Nicklin. 2002. Cue sensitivity, inducible defense, and trade-offs in a marine snail. Ecology 83: 1635-1647.
  • Trussell, G.C., P.J. Ewanchuk, M.D. Bertness. 2002. Field evidence of trait-mediated indirect effects in a rocky intertidal food web. Ecology Letters 5: 241-245.
  • Trussell, G.C. 2000a. Phenotypic clines, plasticity, and morphological trade-offs in an intertidal snail. Evolution 54: 151-166.
  • Trussell, G.C., L.D. Smith. 2000. Induced defenses in response to an invading crab predator: An explanation of historical and geographic phenotypic change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 97: 2123-2127.

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