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Schmitt, R.J. and S.J. Holbrook. 2007. The scale and cause of spatial heterogeneity in strength of temporal density dependence. Ecology in press.
Thompson, A.R., R.M. Nisbet and R.J. Schmitt. 2006. Dynamics of mutualist populations that are demographically open. Journal of Animal Ecology 75: 1239-1251.
Stewart, H.L., S.J. Holbrook, R.J. Schmitt and A.J. Brooks. 2006. Symbiotic crabs maintain coral health by clearing sediments. Coral Reefs 25: 609-615.
Holbrook, S.J. and R.J. Schmitt. 2005. Growth, reproduction and survival of a tropical sea anemone (Actiniaria): benefits of hosting anemonefish. Coral Reefs 24: 67-73.
Holbrook, S.J. and R.J. Schmitt. 2004. Population dynamics of a damselfish: effects of a competitor that also is an indirect mutualist. Ecology 85: 979-985.
Schmitt, R.J. and S.J. Holbrook. 2003. Mutualism can mediate competition and promote coexistence. Ecology Letters 6: 898-902.
Bernardi, G., S.J. Holbrook, R.J. Schmitt and N.L. Crane. 2003. Long-distance dispersal in an edge population of the coral reef three-spot damselfish Dascyllus trimaculatus. Marine Biology 143: 485-490.
Holbrook, S.J. and R.J. Schmitt. 2003. Spatial and temporal variation in mortality of newly settled damselfishes: patterns, causes and co-variation with settlement. Oecologia 135:532-541.
Holbrook, S.J. and R.J. Schmitt. 2002. Competition for shelter space causes density-dependent predation mortality in damselfishes. Ecology 83: 2855-2868.
Osenberg, C.W., C.M. St. Mary, R.J. Schmitt, S.J. Holbrook, P. Chesson and B. Byrne. 2002. Rethinking ecological inference: density-dependence in reef fishes. Ecology Letters 5: 715-721.
Bolker, B.M., C.M. St. Mary, C.W. Osenberg, R.J. Schmitt and S.J. Holbrook. 2002. Management at a different scale: marine ornamentals and local processes. Bulletin of Marine Science 70: 733-748.
Bernardi, G., S.J. Holbrook, R.J. Schmitt, N.L. Crane and E. DeMartini. 2002. Species boundaries, populations, and color morphs in the coral reef three-spot damselfish (Dascyllus trimaculatus) species-complex. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 269: 599-605.
Schmitt, R.J. and S.J. Holbrook. 2002. Spatial variation in concurrent settlement of three damselfishes: relationships with near-field current flow. Oecologia 131: 391-401.
Schmitt, R.J. and S.J. Holbrook. 2002. Correlates of spatial variation in settlement of two tropical damselfishes. Marine and Freshwater Research 53: 329-337.
Bernardi, G., S.J. Holbrook and R.J. Schmitt. 2001. Gene flow in the coral reef three-spot dascyllus, Dascyllus trimaculatus, at three spatial scales. Marine Biology 138: 457-465.
Schmitt R.J. and S.J. Holbrook. 2000. Habitat-limited recruitment of coral reef damselfish. Ecology 81: 3479-3494.
Holbrook, S.J., G.E. Forrester and R.J. Schmitt. 2000. Spatial patterns in abundance of a damselfish reflect availability of suitable habitat. Oecologia 122: 109-120
Wilson, W.G., C.W. Osenberg, R.J. Schmitt and R. Nisbet. 1999. Complementary foraging behavior allows coexistence of two grazers. Ecology 80: 2358-2372.
Schmitt, R.J, S.J. Holbrook and C.W. Osenberg. 1999. Quantifying the effects of multiple processes on local abundance: a cohort approach for open populations. Ecology Letters 2: 294-303.
Schmitt, R.J. and S.J. Holbrook. 1999. Mortality of juvenile damselfish: implications for assessing processes that determine abundance. Ecology 80: 35-50.

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