Publications
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2025
Heberling, J.M. & Isaac, B.L. (in press) Making the most of herbaria. A commentary on ‘Integrating datasets from herbarium specimens and images to treat a Neotropical myrtle species complex.’ Annals of Botany
Reeb, R.A. & Heberling, J.M. (in press) Lost in translation: The need for updated messaging strategies in invasion biology communication. Plants, People, Planet [Open Access online: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10603]
2024
Reeb, R.A., Heberling, J.M., & Kuebbing, S.E. (2024) Cross-continental comparison of plant reproductive phenology shows high intraspecific variation in temperature sensitivity. AoB PLANTS 16:plae058 [Open Access online: https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plae058]
Hardy, M. & Heberling, J.M. (2024) Hope in the herbarium: A record of what is lost and found. Arnoldia: The Nature of Trees 81: 26-37. [PDF here]
Yancy, A.J., Lee, B.R., Kuebbing, S.E., Neufeld, H.S., Spicer, M.E., & Heberling, J.M. (2024) Evaluating the definition and distribution of spring ephemeral wildflowers in eastern North America. American Journal of Botany 111:e16323. [online: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16323]
Lee, B.R., Alecrim, E.F., Miller, T.K., Forrest, J.R.K., Heberling, J.M., Primack, R.B., & Sargent, R.D. (2024) Phenological mismatch between trees and wildflowers: Reconciling divergent findings in two recent analyses Journal of Ecology 112: 1184-1199. [online: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.14317]
Lee, B.R., Yancy, A.J., & Heberling, J.M. (2024) Phenological escape and its importance for understory plant species in temperate forests. International Journal of Plant Sciences 185:321-333. [online: https://doi.org/10.1086/729439]
Fortier, R.P., Heberling, J.M., & Feeley, K.J. (2024) What is an herbarium and how does it help us protect biodiversity? Frontiers for Young Minds 11:1170456. [online: https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2023.1170456]
2023
Ng, M., McCormick, A., Utz, R.M. & Heberling, J.M. (2023) Herbarium specimens reveal century-long trait shifts in poison ivy due to anthropogenic CO2 emissions. American Journal of Botany 110:e16225
[online: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16225] [Article featured on cover]
[online: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16225] [Article featured on cover]
Heberling, J.M. & Isaac, B.L. (2023) The Extended Specimen. In: The Herbarium Handbook, Fourth Edition (Edited by Nina Davies, Clare Drinkell, Timothy Utteridge). Published by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: London, UK. ISBN 9781842467695 [PDF here] [https://shop.kew.org/kew-herbarium-handbook]
Liu, Y., Heberling, J.M., Wang, Z., Soltis, D.E., Soltis, P.S. (2023) Niche unfilling dominates the naturalization of species from intercontinentally disjunct genera. Global Ecology and Biogeography 32:1977-1990 [online: http://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13750 ]
Heberling, J.M. & Muzika, R. (2023) Not all temperate deciduous trees are leafless in winter: The curious case of marcescence. Ecosphere 14:e4410. [open access online: http://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4410] [Article featured on cover image]
Miller, T.K., Heberling, J.M, Kuebbing, S.E., & Primack, R.B. (2023) Warmer temperatures are linked to widespread phenological mismatch among native and non-native forest plants. Journal of Ecology 111:356-371. [online] [Special Feature: Leveraging Natural History Collections to Understand The Impacts of Global Change]
[press release] [Article featured on cover image]
[press release] [Article featured on cover image]
Teixera-Costa, L., Heberling, J.M., Wilson, C.A., & Davis, C.C. (2023) Parasitic plant specimens embody the extended specimen. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 14:319-331 [open access online]. [Special Feature: Leveraging Natural History Collections to Understand The Impacts of Global Change]
2022
Heberling, J.M. (2022) Herbaria as big data sources of plant traits. International Journal of Plant Sciences 183:87-118. [online - open access] [2022 Coulter Review: press release]
Lee, B.R., Miller, T.K., Rosche, C., Yang, Y., Heberling, J.M., Kuebbing, S.E., Primack, R.B. (2022) Wildflower phenological escape differs by continent and spring temperature. Nature Communications 13:7157. [online -open access]
Yang, Y., Heberling, J.M, Primack, R.B, & Lee, B.R. (2022) Herbarium specimens may provide biased flowering phenology estimates for dioecious species. International Journal of Plant Sciences 183:777-783 [online].
Fridley, J.D., Bauerle, T.L., Craddock, A., Ebert, A.R., Frank, D.A., Heberling, J.M., Hinman, E.D., Jo, I., Martinez, K.A., Smith, M.S., Woolhiser, L.J., & Yin. J. (2022). Fast but steady: woody invader syndrome in North America evades leaf economic tradeoffs. Ecology Letters 25:900-912. [online]
Reeb, R.A., N. Aziz, Lapp, S.M., Kitzes, J., Heberling, J.M., & Kuebbing, S.E. (2022) Using convolutional neural networks to efficiently extract immense phenological data from community science images. Frontiers in Plant Science 12:787407. [online -open access]
2021
Heberling, J.M., Miller, J.T., Noesgaard, D., Weingart, S. & Schigel, D.S. (2021) Data integration enables global biodiversity synthesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 118(6) e2018093118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2018093118 [online - open access]
[GBIF summary] [CMNH press release]
[GBIF summary] [CMNH press release]
Gallinat, A.S., Ellwood, E.R., Heberling, J.M., Miller-Rushing, A.J., Pearse, W.D., Primack, R.B. (2021) Macrophenology: insights into the broad-scale patterns, drivers, and consequences of phenology. American Journal of Botany 108:2112–2126. [online]
Gorchov, D.L., Blossey, B., Averill, K.M., Dávalos, A., Heberling, J.M., Jenkins, M.A., Kalisz, S., McShea, W.J., Morrison, J., Nuzzo, V., Webster, C.R., & Waller, D.M. (2021). Differential and interacting impacts of invasive plants and white-tailed deer in eastern U.S. forests. Biological Invasions 23:1711-2727. [online]
2020
Heberling, J.M. (2020) Museum specimens are more than meet the eye. Current Biology 30:R1368-R1370. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.09.042 [online] [pdf]
Perez, T.M., Rodriguez, J. & Heberling, J.M. (2020) Herbarium-based measurements reliably estimate three functional traits. American Journal of Botany 107:1457-1464. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1535 [online]
[related CMNH blog by lead author Tim Perez: "Herbarium specimens hold more information than we realize"]
[related CMNH blog by lead author Tim Perez: "Herbarium specimens hold more information than we realize"]
Reeb, R.A., Acevedo, I., Heberling, J.M., Isaac, B.L. & Kuebbing, S. (2020) Nonnative old-field species inhabit early-season phenological niches and exhibit unique sensitivity to climate. Ecosphere 11(18):e03217. [online - open access] [related CMNH blog by Rachel Reeb: "Invasion and the circle of life"]
Pearson, K.D., Nelson, G., Aronson, M., Bonnet, P., Brenskelle, L., Davis, C.C., Denny, E.G., Ellwood, E.R., Goëau, H., Heberling, J.M., Joly, A., Lorieul, T., Mazer, S.J., Meineke, E.K., Stucky, B., Sweeney, P., White, A. & Soltis, P.S. (2020) Machine learning using digital herbarium specimens to accelerate phenological research. BioScience 70:610-620. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biaa044 [online - open access]
Shouman, S., Mason, N.W.H., Heberling, J.M, Kichey, T., Closset-Kopp, D., Kobeissi, A. & Decocq, G. (2020) Leaf functional traits at home and abroad: A community perspective of sycamore maple invasion. Forest Ecology & Management 464:118061. [online]
Hedrick, B.P., Heberling, J.M.*, Meineke, E.K.*, Turner, K.G.*, Grassa, C.J., Park, D.S., Kennedy, J., Clarke, J.A., Cook, J.A., Blackburn, D.C., Edwards, S.V., Davis, C.C. (2020). Digitization and the future of natural history collections. BioScience 70:243-251. [online - free access link]
Kattge, J., Bönisch, G., Díaz, S., Lavorel, S., Prentice, I.C., Leadley, P., Tautenhahn, S., Werner, G., …[data paper with 715 additional co-authors including Heberling, J.M.]… and Wirth, C. (2020). TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology 26:119-188. [online - open access]
2019
Heberling, J.M., Prather L.A. & Tonsor, S.J. (2019). The changing uses of herbarium data in an era of global change: An overview using automated content analysis. BioScience 69:812-822. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biz094
[online - free access link] [supplemental info] [supplemental dataset]
[featured on cover]
[CMNH press release] [MSU press release]
[Oct 2019 iDigBio Research Spotlight]
[online - free access link] [supplemental info] [supplemental dataset]
[featured on cover]
[CMNH press release] [MSU press release]
[Oct 2019 iDigBio Research Spotlight]
Heberling, J.M. & Burke, D.J. (2019) Utilizing herbarium specimen roots to quantify historical mycorrhizal communities. Applications in Plant Sciences 7(4): e1223. doi: 10.1002/aps3.1223 Special Issue: Methods in Belowground Botany [online - open access] [press release for special issue]
Heberling, J.M., McDonough MacKenzie, C., Fridley, J.D., Kalisz, S. & Primack, R.B. (2019) Phenological mismatch with trees reduces wildflower carbon budgets. Ecology Letters 22: 616-623 [online] [press release]
[received 2020 George Mercer Award from Ecological Society of America]
[received 2020 George Mercer Award from Ecological Society of America]
Heberling, J.M., Cassidy, S.T., Fridley, J.D. & Kalisz, S. (2019) Carbon gain phenologies of spring-flowering perennials in a deciduous forest indicate a novel niche for a widespread invader. New Phytologist 221: 778-788 [online]
2018
Heberling, J.M. & Isaac, B.L. (2018) iNaturalist as a tool to expand the research value of museum specimens. Applications in Plant Sciences 6(11): e1193 [online - open access].
Heberling, J.M. & Mason, N.W.H. (2018) Are endemics functionally distinct?: Leaf traits of native and invasive woody species in a New Zealand forest. PLOS ONE 13(5): e0196746 [online - open access]
2017
Shouman, S., Mason, N.W.H., Kichey, T., Heberling, J.M, Closset-Kopp, D. & Decocq, G. (2017) Functional shift of sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) towards greater plasticity and shade tolerance in its invasive range. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution, & Systematics 29: 30-40. doi: 10.1016/j.ppees.2017.11.001 [online]
Heberling, J.M. & Isaac, B.L. (2017) Herbarium specimens as exaptations: new uses for old collections. American Journal of Botany 104(7): 963-965. [online - open access] [Appendix S1 - Unanticipated uses of herbarium specimens with bibliography]
Wavrek, M., Heberling, J.M., Fei, S. & Kalisz, S. (2017) Herbaceous invaders in temperate forests: a systematic review of their ecology and proposed mechanisms of invasion. Biological Invasions 19(11): 3079-3097 [online - open access].
Heberling, J.M., Brouwer, N.L. & Kalisz, S. (2017) Effects of deer on the photosynthetic performance of invasive and native forest herbs. AoB PLANTS 9(2): plx011 [open access]. [Special issue: Interactions between White-Tailed Deer and Invasive Plants in North American Forests]
Heberling, J.M., Jo, I., Kozhevnikov, A., Lee, H., & Fridley, J.D. (2017) Biotic interchange in the Anthropocene: strong asymmetry in East Asian and Eastern North American plant invasions. Global Ecology and Biogeography 26: 447-458. [pdf] .
2016
Heberling, J.M. & Fridley, J.D. (2016) Invaders do not require high resource levels to maintain physiological advantages in a temperate deciduous forest. Ecology 97: 874-884. [pdf] [Photosynthesis model: JAGS code, metadata]
Heberling, J.M., Kichey, T., Decocq, G. & Fridley, J.D. (2016) Plant functional shifts in the invaded range: a test with reciprocal forest invaders of Europe and North America. Functional Ecology 30: 875-884. [pdf] [lay summary]
pre-2016
Heberling, J.M. & Fridley, J.D. (2013) Resource-use strategies of native and invasive plants in Eastern North American forests. New Phytologist 200: 523-533. [pdf] [R code for photosynthesis model]
Heberling, J.M. & Fridley, J.D. (2012) Biogeographic constraints on the worldwide leaf economics spectrum. Global Ecology and Biogeography 21: 1137-1146. [pdf]
Siefert, A., Ravenscroft, C., Althoff, D., Alvarez-Yapiz, J., Carter, E., Glennon, K., Heberling, J.M., Jo, I., Pontes, A., Sauer, A., Willis, A. & Fridley, J.D. (2012) Scale dependence of vegetation-environment relationships: a meta-analysis of multivariate data. Journal of Vegetation Science 23: 942-951. [pdf]
Russo, L., Stehouwer, R., Heberling, J.M. & Shea, K. (2011) The composite insect trap: an innovative combination trap for biologically diverse sampling. PLoS ONE 6(6): e21079. [online]
Zhang R., Heberling, J.M., Haner, E. & Shea, K. (2011) Tolerance of two invasive thistles to repeated disturbance. Ecological Research 26: 575-581. [pdf]
Dissertation
Heberling, J.M. (2015) Functional traits and resource-use strategies of native and invasive plants in Eastern North American forests. PhD thesis. Syracuse University, NY, USA. [online]