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2026
Holcomb, H., Bierker, S., Heberling, J.M. & Utz, R.M. (2026) Are early blooming plant species more phenologically responsive? Oikos, in press [online: https://doi.org/10.1002/oik.11472]
Heberling, J.M. & Wright, J. (2026) Digitization connects scattered specimens and enables new historical research: Plants from the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition (1881-1884). Plants, People, Planet, in press. [Open Access online: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.70063]
Part of special issue: 'Harnessing the Benefits of Specimen Digitisation'
Part of special issue: 'Harnessing the Benefits of Specimen Digitisation'
Møller, C., De Frenne, P., Heberling, J.M., Bellemare, J. Brunet, J., Bruun, H.H., Cayouette, J., Decocq, G., Diekmann, M., Frajman, B., Hagenblad, J., Hedwall, P., Isaac, B.L., Kalske, A., Lenoir, J., Liira, J., March-Salas, M., Muola, A., Orczewska, A., Selvi, F. Wheeler, B., Sieck, M., von Klopotek, H. & Scheepens, J.F. (2026) Cross-continental ecological drivers behind trait clines in the forest grass Milium effusum. Global Ecology and Biogeography, in press
2025
Heberling, J.M. & Isaac, B.L. (2025) 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 135(6): i–iii [online: https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf001]
Bierker, S., Landa, A., Isaac, B.L. & Heberling, J.M. (2025) Integrated vouchers: A method towards archiving population-level variation in herbaria. Annals of Carnegie Museum 91:29-37 [online: https://doi.org/10.2992/007.091.0102]
Reeb, R.A. & Heberling, J.M. (2025) Lost in translation: The need for updated messaging strategies in invasion biology communication. Plants, People, Planet 7:536-545. [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]
