Dr. Trevor S. Fristoe
Understanding fundamental dynamics that shape species geographic distributions is critical for predicting responses to global change and disentangling factors that generate and maintain global biodiversity patterns. In my research, I work in diverse systems, from plants through birds and mammals to humans, to reveal how species persist and coexist across diverse and dynamic environments to understand the distribution of life.
Often macroecological in scope, my work bridges scales of biological organization – from physiology, traits, and behavior of individuals to spatiotemporal dynamics of populations to the distributions of species and assembly of communities across and among continents. I primarily address questions by leveraging large datasets unified across disparate sources and the creative application of computational and statistical techniques.
The distribution of life in the Anthropocene is inextricably linked to human activities and my synthetic, big data approach provides a potent means of documenting and understanding the consequences of global change processes that are playing out over multiple scales (e.g. climate change, urbanization, biological invasions).
For more information, see my personal website: Fristoe Ecology
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Publications
Omer A, Essl F, Dullinger S, Lenzner B, García-Rodríguez A, Moser D, Fristoe T, Dawson W, Weigelt P, Kreft H, Pergl J, Pyšek Petr, van Kleunen M & Wessely J (2024) Invasion risk of the currently cultivated alien flora in Southern Africa is predicted to decline under climate change. Ecography 2024:e07010 (DOI: 10.1111/ecog.07010)
Fan SY, Yang Q, Li S-P, Fristoe TS, Cadotte MW, Essl F, Kreft H, Pergl J, Pyšek P, Weigelt P, Kartesz J, Nishino M, Wieringa JJ & van Kleunen M (2023) A latitudinal gradient in Darwin’s naturalization conundrum at the global scale for flowering plants. Nature Communications 14:6244 (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41607-w)
Zhang Z, Yang Q, Fristoe TS, Dawson W, Essl F, Kreft H, Lenzner B, Pergl J, Pyšek P, Weigelt P, Winter M, Fuentes N, Kartesz JT, Nishino M & van Kleunen M (2023) The poleward naturalization of intra-continental alien plants. Science Advances 9:eadi1897 (DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adi1897)
Fristoe TS, Bleilevens J, Kinlock NL, Yang Q, Zhang ZJ, Dawson W, Essl F, Kreft H, Pergl J, Pyšek P, Weigelt P, Dufour-Dror JM, Sennikov A, Wasowicz P, Westergaard K & van Kleunen M (2023) Evolutionary imbalance, climate and human history jointly shape the global biogeography of alien plants. Nature Ecology & Evolution 7:1633-1644 (DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02172-z)
Fristoe TS, Vilela B, Brown JH & Botero C (2022) Abundant-core thinking clarifies exceptions to the abundant-center distribution pattern. Ecography 2023:e06365 (DOI:10.1111/ecog.06365)
Omer A, Fristoe T, Yang Q, Razanajatovo M, Weigelt P, Kreft H, Dawson W, Dullinger S, Essl F, Pergl J, Pyšek P & van Kleunen M (2022) The role of phylogenetic relatedness on alien plant success depends on the stage of invasion. Nature Plants 8:906-914 (DOI:10.1038/s41477-022-01216-9)
Yang Q, Weigelt P, Fristoe TS, Zhang ZJ, Kreft H, Stein A, Seebens H, Dawson W, Essl F, König C, Lenzner B , Pergl J, Pouteau R, Pyšek P, Winter M, Ebel AL, Fuentes N, Giehl E.L.H., Kartesz J, Krestov P, Kukk T, Nishino M, Kupriyanov A, Villaseñor JL, Wieringa JJ, Zeddam A, Zykova E, van Kleunen M (2021)The global loss of floristic uniqueness. Nature Communications 12 7290. (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27603-y)
Omer A, Fristoe T, Yang Q, Maurel N, Weigelt P, Kreft H, Bleilevens J, Dawson W, Essl F, Pergl J, Pyšek P & van Kleunen M (2021) Characteristics of the naturalized flora of Southern Africa largely reflect the non-random introduction of alien species for cultivation. Ecography 44:1812-1825. (DOI:10.1111/ecog.05669)
Kalusová V, Cubino JP, Fristoe TS, Chytrý M, van Kleunen M, Dawson W, Essl F, Kreft H, Mucina L, Pergl J, Pyšek P, Weigelt P, Winter M & Lososová Z (2021) Phylogenetic structure of alien plant species pools from European donor habitats. Global Ecology and Biogeography 30:2354-2367.. (DOI: 10.1111/geb.13387)
Pouteau R, Biurrun I, Brunel C, Chytrý M, Dawson W, Essl R, Fristoe TS, Haveman R, Hobohm C, Jansen F, Kreft H, Lenoir J, Lenzner B, Meyer C, moeslund JE, Pergl J, Pyšek P, Svenning J-C, Thuiller W, Weigelt P, Wohlgemuth T, Yang Q & van Kleunen M (2021) Potential alien ranges of European plants will shrink in the future, but less so for already naturalized than for not yet naturalized species. Diversity and Distributions 27,11:2063-2076. (DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13378)
Fristoe TS, Chytry M, Dawson W, Essl F, Heleno R, Kreft H, Maurel N, Pergl J, Pyšek P, Seebens H, Weigelt P, Vargas P, Yang Q, Attorre F, Bergmeier E, Bernhardt-Römermann M, Biurrun I, Boch S, Bonari G, Botta-Dukát Z, Bruun HH, Byun C, Carni A, Carranza ML, Catford JA, Cerabolini BEL, Chacón-Madrigal E, Ciccarelli D, Cušterevska R, de Ronde I, Dengler J, Golub V, Haveman R, Hough-Snee N, Jandt U, Jansen F, Kuzemko A, Küzmic F, Lenoir J, Macanovic A, Marcenò C, Martin AR, Michaletz ST, Mori AS, Niinemets Ü, Peterka T, Pielech R, Rašomavicius V, Rüsina S, Dias AS, Sibíková M, Silc U, Stanisci A, Jansen S, Svenning JC, Swacha G, van der Plas F, Vassilev K & van Kleunen M (2021) Dimensions of invasiveness: links between local abundance, geographic range size, and habitat breadth in Europe's alien and native floras. PNAS 118:e2021173118. (DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2021173118)
Pouteau R, Thuiller W, Hobohm C, Brunel C, Conn B, Dawson W, de Sá Dechoum M, Ebel A, Essl F, Fragman-Sapir O, Fristoe T, Jogan N, Kreft H, Lenzner B, Meyer C, Pergl J, Pyšek P, Verkhozna A, Weigelt P, Yang Q, Zykova E, Acic S, Agrillo E, Attorre F, Bergamini A, Berg C, Bergmeier E, Biurrun I, Boch S, Bonari G, Botta-Dukát Z, Bruelheide H, Campos JA, Carni A, Casella L, Carranza M, Chytry M, Cušterevska R, De Sanctis M, Dengler J, Dimopoulos P, Ejrnaes R, Ewald J, Fernández-González F, Gavilán R, Fanelli G, Gégout JC, Haveman R, Jandt U, Isermann M, Jansen F, Jiménez-Alfaro B, Kavgaci A, Khanina L, Knollová I, Kuzemko A, Lebedeva M, Lenoir J, Lysenko T, Marcenò C, Martynenko V, Moeslund JE, Pätsch R, Pielech R, Rašomavicius V, de Ronde I, Ruprecht E, Rusina S, Shirokikh P, Sibik J, Silc U, Stanisci, A, Stancic Z, Svenning JC, Swacha G, Turtureanu P, Valachovic M, Vassilev K, Yamalov S & van Kleunen M (2021) Climate and socio-economic factors explain differences between observed and expected naturalization patterns of European plants around the world. Global Ecology and Biogeography 30:1514-1531. (DOI: 10.1111/geb.13316)
Catano C, Fristoe T, LaManna J & Myers J (2020) Local species diversity, β-diversity and climate influence the regional stability of bird biomass across North America. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287:20192520. (DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2520)
van Kleunen M, Xu XY, Yang Q, Maurel N, Zhang ZJ, Dawson W, Essl F, Kreft H, Pergl J, Pyšek P, Weigelt P, Moser D, Lenzner B & Fristoe TS (2020) Economic use of plants is key to their naturalization success. Nature Communications 11:3201. (DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16982-3)
Fristoe TS & Botero CA (2019) Alternative ecological strategies lead to avian brain size bimodality in variable habitats. Nature Communications 10:3818. (DOI:10.1038/s41467-019-11757-x)
Burger JR, Anderson RP, Balk MA and Fristoe TS (2019) A Constraint-based model of dynamic island biogeography: environmental history and species traits predict hysteresis in populations and communities. Frontiers of Biogeography 11:e44383. (DOI: 10.21425/F5FBG44383)
(Update: 04.09.2023)