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Scientific Publications

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In Press

K. N. Liss, M.G.E. Mitchell, G. K. MacDonald, S. Mahajan, J. Méthot, A. L. Jacob, D. Maguire, G. Metson, C. Ziter, K. Dancose,  K. Martins, M. Terrado, and E. M Bennett. In Press. Variability in ecosystem service measurement: A case study of pollination service studies. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment.

2013
Riskin, S. S. Porder, M. Schipanski, E. M. Bennett, and C. Neill. Industrial agriculture, soils, and the fate of the global phosphorus supply. BioScience 63: 49-54.

M. G. E. Mitchell,  E. M. Bennett, and A. Gonzalez. In press. Linking landscape connectivity and ecosystem service provision: current knowledge and research gaps. Ecosystems.

2012
Metson, G. S., E. M. Bennett, and J. J. Elser. 2012. The role of diet in phosphorus demand. Environmental Research Letters 7:

MacDonald, G. K., E. M. Bennett, and S. R. Carpenter. 2012. Embodied and embedded P in American agriculture. Environmental Research Letters 7:

MacDonald, G. K., E. M. Bennett, and Z. E. Taranu.  2012. The influence of time, soil characteristics, and land-use history on soil  phosphorus legacies: a global meta-anlaysis. Global Change Biology 18 (6): 1904-1917.

Schipanksi, M., and E. M. Bennett. 2012. The influence of trade and livestock production on the global P cycle.  Ecosystems 15 (2): 256-268.

Bennett, E. M. and M. Schipanski. 2012. The Phosphorus Cycle. In K. Weathers, D. Strayer, and G. Likens, Eds. Fundamentals of Ecosystem Science. Elsevier Publishers.

2011
Shaw Chraibi, V.L. , E. M. Bennett, and I. Gregory-Eaves. 2011.Lake Memphrémagog: A Paleolimnological and Environmental Policy Case Study. Lake and Reservoir Management 27: 355-364.

J. A. Foley, N. Ramankutty, K. A. Brauman, E. S. Cassidy, J.S.  Gerber, M. Johnston, N. D. Mueller, C. O’Connell, D. K. Ray, P. C. West , C. Balzer, E. M. Bennett, S. R. Carpenter, J. Hill, C. Monfreda, S. Polasky, J. Rockström, J. Sheehan, S. Siebert, D. Tilman, and David P.M. Zaks. 2011. Solutions  for a cultivated planet.  Nature 478: 337-42 . 

Elser, J.J., and E. M. Bennett. A broken biogeochemical cycle. Nature 478: 29-31 Invited Commentary.

L. R. Pfeifer and E. M. Bennett. 2011. Environmental and social predictors of phosphorus in urban streams on the island of Montreal. Urban Ecosystems. 14 (3): 485.

Carpenter, S. R. and E. M. Bennett. Reconsideration of the planetary boundary for phosphorus. Environmental Research Letters 6 (1). 12 pp.

Keatley, B.E., E. M. Bennett, G. K. MacDonald, Z. Taranu, and I. Gregory-Eaves. 2011 Is there evidence of a Great Acceleration in lake eutrophication? PLoS ONE 6(1): e15913. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0015913.

G. K. MacDonald, E. M. Bennett, N. Ramankutty, and P. Potter. 2011 Too much or not enough: Agronomic phosphorus balances across the world's croplands. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (7): 3086-3091.
Recommended by Faculty of 1000: “Their maps will provide an essential input to upcoming environmental and agricultural  assessments, and can be used to start resolving the imbalances by a more efficient use of P fertilizers and more effective recycling of manure P.”

2010
Albert, M. R., G. Chen, G. K. MacDonald, J. Vermaire, E. M. Bennett, and I. Gregory-Eaves. 2010. Phosphorus and land-use changes are significant drivers of Cladoceran community composition and diversity: An analysis over spatial and temporal scales. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 67: 1262–1273.

Pace, M.L ., S.E. Hampton, K. A. Limburg, E. M. Bennett, E. M. Cook, A. E. Davis, J. M. Grove, K. Y. Kaneshiro, S. L. LaDeau, G. E. Likens, D. McKnight, D. C. Richardson, D. L. Strayer. 2010. Individual Ecologists: Opportunities and Rewards for Engaging with Environmental Issues. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment 8(6): 292-298.

Raudsepp-Hearne, C. M. Tengo*, G. D. Peterson, E. M. Bennett, T. Holland, K. Benessaiah,. G. K. MacDonald, L. Pfeifer. 2010. Untangling the environmentalist's paradox: Why is human well-being increasing as ecosystem services degrade?BioScience 60 (8): 576-589.

Potter, P., N. Ramankutty, E. M. Bennett, and S. D. Donner. 2010. Characterizing the Spatial Patterns of Global Fertilizer Application and Manure production. Earth Interactions 14(2) DOI: 10.1175/2009EI288.1.

Raudsepp-Hearne, C., G. D. Peterson, E. M. Bennett. 2010. Ecosystem service bundles for analyzing trade-offs in diverse landscapes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107: 5242-7.

Cardille, J. A. and E. M. Bennett. 2010. Tropical Teleconnections. Nature GeoScience 3: 154-155

2009
E. M. Bennett, G. D. Peterson, and L. Gordon. 2009. Understanding relationships among multiple ecosystem services. Ecology Letters 12: 1-11.

MacDonald, G. K. and E. M. Bennett. 2009. Phosphorus Accumulation in the Saint Lawrence River watershed: A century-long perspective. Ecosystems 12: 621-635.


2008
E.M. Bennett, S. R. Carpenter, and J. A. Cardille. 2008.Estimating the Risk of Exceeding Thresholds in Environmental Systems. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 191: 131-138.

Gordon, L., G. D. Peterson, and E. M. Bennett. 2008. Agricultural modifications of hydrological flows create ecological surprises. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23:211-219.


2007
 E. M. Bennett and P. A. Balvanera. 2007. The future of production systems: Challenges and opportunities in a globalized world. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5: 191-198.


2006
S. R. Carpenter, E.M. Bennett, and G. D. Peterson. 2006. Scenarios for Ecosystem Services:  An Overview (All authors contributed equally to this paper) Ecology and Society11 (1): 29. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss1/art29/

Carpenter, S. R., E. M. Bennett, and G. D. Peterson 2006. Editorial:  Special Feature on Scenarios for Ecosystem Services. Ecology and Society 11 (2): 32. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss2/art32/

J. P. Rodriguez, J. Agard, T. D. Beard, Jr;, E. M, Bennett S. Cork; G. C. Cumming; A. P. Dobson; G. D. Peterson. 2006. Trade-offs across space, time and ecosystem services. Ecology and Society 11 (1): 28. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss1/art28/.

S. Cork, G. Petschel-Held, G. D. Peterson, E. M. Bennett, and M. Zurek. 2006. Synthesis of the Storylines. Ecology and Society: 11 (2) [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss2/art11/

G. Nelson, E. M. Bennett, A. A. Berhe, K. Cassman, R. DeFries, T. Dietz, A. Dobson, A. Dobermann, A. Janetos, M. Levy, D. Marco, N. Nakicenovic, B. O’Neill, R. Norgaard, G. Petschel-Held, D. Ojima, P. Pingali, R. Watson, M. Zurek. 2006. Anthropogenic drivers of ecosystem change: An overview. Ecology and Society 11: (1) 29. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss2/art29/

2005
Bennett, E.M., G. Cumming, and G. D. Peterson. 2005. A Systems Model Approach to Determining Resilience Surrogates for Case Studies. Ecosystems 8: 945-957.

Cumming, G.S., J. Alcamo, O. Sala, R. Swart, E. M. Bennett, and M. Zurek. 2005. Are existing global scenarios consistent with ecological feedbacks? Ecosystems 8: 143-152.

 Bennett, E. M., G. D. Peterson, and E. Levitt. 2005. Looking to the future of ecosystem services: Introduction to the Special Feature on scenarios. Ecosystems8: 125-132.                           


 2004
Bennett, E. M., S. R. Carpenter, and M. Clayton. 2004. Soil phosphorus variability: Scale-dependency in an urbanizing agricultural landscape. Landscape Ecology 20: 389-400.

Gergel, S. E., E. M. Bennett, B. K. Greenfield, C. Overdevest, and B. Stumborg. 2004. A test of the Environmental Kuznets Curve using long-term watershed inputs. Ecological Applications 14: 555570.


2003
Pauly, D., J. Alder, E. M. Bennett, V. Christensen, P. Tyedmers, and R. Watson. 2003. World fisheries: the next 50 years. Science 302: 1359-1360.

Bennett, E. M. 2003. Soil P concentrations across an urban-rural gradient in Dane County, Wisconsin.  Environmental Management 32: 476-488.

Bennett, E. M., S. R. Carpenter, M. Zurek, P. Pingali, G. D. Peterson, and G. C. Cumming. 2003. Why global scenarios need ecology. Frontiers in Ecology 1: 322-329.

Peterson, G. D., T. D. Beard, B. E. Beisner, E. M. Bennett, S. R. Carpenter, G. Cumming, C. L. Dent, and T. D. Havlicek. 2003. Assessing future ecosystem services: A case study of the Northern Highland Lake District, Wisconsin. Conservation Ecology. http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol7/iss3/art1/index.html


2001
 Bennett, E. M., S. R. Carpenter, and N. Caraco. 2001. Human impact on erodable phosphorus and eutrophication: a global perspective. BioScience 51: 227-234.


2000
Reed-Andersen, T., E. M. Bennett, B. S. Jorgensen, G. Lauster, D. B. Lewis,  D. Nowacek, J. L Riera, B. L. Sanderson and R. Stedman. 2000. Distribution of recreational boating across lakes: Do landscape variables affect recreational use? Freshwater Biology 41:1-10.


1999
Bennett, E. M., T. Reed, J. N. Houser, J. R. Gabriel, and S. R. Carpenter. 1999. A phosphorus budget for the Lake Mendota watershed. Ecosystems 2: 69-75.
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