Faculty profile
Benjamin Gilbert
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Research
Latest papers
Vector diversity and malaria prevalence: global trends and local determinants.
Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025
Restoration ecology through the lens of coexistence theory.
Trends in ecology & evolution · 2023
Biodiversity patterns diverge along geographic temperature gradients.
Global change biology · 2023 · senior author
Latest funding
- $220,000
Species diversity, stability and loss
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
- $384,966
Linking storm water management ponds & urban streams: function and ecological impacts
NSERC · 2020 · Co-investigator
- $160,000
Multispecies interactions: causes and effects of species fluctuations in space and time
NSERC · 2016 · Principal investigator
35 publications.
Vector diversity and malaria prevalence: global trends and local determinants.
Hoi AG, Gilbert B, Mideo N
Restoration ecology through the lens of coexistence theory.
Hallett LM, Aoyama L, Barabás G, Gilbert B, Larios L, Shackelford N, Werner CM, Godoy O, Ladouceur ER, Lucero JE, Weiss-Lehman CP, Chase JM, Chu C, Harpole WS, Mayfield MM, Faist AM, Shoemaker LG
Biodiversity patterns diverge along geographic temperature gradients.
Loewen CJG, Jackson DA, Gilbert B
Extinction dynamics: The interplay of species traits and the spatial scales of metapopulation declines.
Walker EJ, Gilbert B
Application of modern coexistence theory to rare plant restoration provides early indication of restoration trajectories.
Aoyama L, Shoemaker LG, Gilbert B, Collinge SK, Faist AM, Shackelford N, Temperton VM, Barabás G, Larios L, Ladouceur E, Godoy O, Bowler C, Hallett LM
Correction to: Cannibalism by damselflies increases with rising temperature.
Gilbert B, Kirk D, Shea D
Maternal effects and the outcome of interspecific competition.
Van Allen B, Jones N, Gilbert B, Carscadden K, Germain R
Author Correction: General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales.
Hautier Y, Zhang P, Loreau M, Wilcox KR, Seabloom EW, Borer ET, Byrnes JEK, Koerner SE, Komatsu KJ, Lefcheck JS, Hector A, Adler PB, Alberti J, Arnillas CA, Bakker JD, Brudvig LA, Bugalho MN, Cadotte M, Caldeira MC, Carroll O, Crawley M, Collins SL, Daleo P, Dee LE, Eisenhauer N, Eskelinen A, Fay PA, Gilbert B, Hansar A, Isbell F, Knops JMH, MacDougall AS, McCulley RL, Moore JL, Morgan JW, Mori AS, Peri PL, Pos ET, Power SA, Price JN, Reich PB, Risch AC, Roscher C, Sankaran M, Schütz M, Smith M, Stevens C, Tognetti PM, Virtanen R, Wardle GM, Wilfahrt PA, Wang S
General destabilizing effects of eutrophication on grassland productivity at multiple spatial scales.
Hautier Y, Zhang P, Loreau M, Wilcox KR, Seabloom EW, Borer ET, Byrnes JEK, Koerner SE, Komatsu KJ, Lefcheck JS, Hector A, Adler PB, Alberti J, Arnillas CA, Bakker JD, Brudvig LA, Bugalho MN, Cadotte M, Caldeira MC, Carroll O, Crawley M, Collins SL, Daleo P, Dee LE, Eisenhauer N, Eskelinen A, Fay PA, Gilbert B, Hansar A, Isbell F, Knops JMH, MacDougall AS, McCulley RL, Moore JL, Morgan JW, Mori AS, Peri PL, Pos ET, Power SA, Price JN, Reich PB, Risch AC, Roscher C, Sankaran M, Schütz M, Smith M, Stevens C, Tognetti PM, Virtanen R, Wardle GM, Wilfahrt PA, Wang S
Climate warming moderates the impacts of introduced sportfish on multiple dimensions of prey biodiversity.
Loewen CJG, Strecker AL, Gilbert B, Jackson DA
Species diversity, stability and loss
Principal investigators: Gilbert, Benjamin
Keywords: biodiversity; recovery; demographic stochasticity; ecological drift; stability; species diversity; functional traits; selection; plant ecology; ecological theory
Linking storm water management ponds & urban streams: function and ecological impacts
Principal investigators: Jackson, Donald D
Keywords: algae; benthic invertebrates; community ecology; fish; freshwater; storm water ponds; stream ecology; urban ecology
Multispecies interactions: causes and effects of species fluctuations in space and time
Principal investigators: Gilbert, Benjamin
Ecological determinants of diversity in plant metacommunities: the importance of species interactions and stochasticity in heterogeneous landscapes
Principal investigators: Gilbert, Benjamin
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Nancy Shackelford and Benjamin Gilbert: 2 shared papers
- Rachel Germain and Benjamin Gilbert: 1 shared paper
- Shannon McCauley and Benjamin Gilbert: 1 shared paper
- Martin-Hugues St-Laurent and Jean-Claude Ruel: 1 shared paper
- Martin-Hugues St-Laurent and Benjamin Gilbert: 1 shared paper
- Jean-Claude Ruel and Benjamin Gilbert: 1 shared paper
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- School of Environmental Studies
- Sciences du bois et de la forêt
- Biologie, chimie et géographie
- Department of Zoology at UBC
- Department of Biology, UTM
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Nancy Shackelford
School of Environmental Studies
2 shared papers, latest 2023
Rachel Germain
Department of Zoology at UBC
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Shannon McCauley
Department of Biology, UTM
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Martin-Hugues St-Laurent
Biologie, chimie et géographie
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Jean-Claude Ruel
Sciences du bois et de la forêt
1 shared papers, latest 2017
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