I am interested in the mechanisms by which introduced species cope with the novel environments they find themselves in. I examine this using primarily methods from physiological ecology.
I also have worked on the responses of amphibian and reptile communities to major disturbances (hurricanes) and the ecology and behavior of spiders.
I am also interested in broad scale patterns of species diversity in the Caribbean, concentrating mostly on spiders.
Mansel, C.S., S. Fross, J. Rose, E. Dema, A Mann, H. Hart, P. Klawinski, B.P.S Vohra. 2019. Lead exposure reduces survival, neuronal determination, and differentiation of p19 stem cells. Neruotoxicology and Teratology 72:58-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ntt.2019.01.005
Klawinski, P.D., B. Dalton, & A.B. Shiels. 2014. Coqui frog populations are negatively affected by canopy opening but not detritus deposition following an experimental hurricane in a tropical rainforest. Forest Ecology and Management 332:118-123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.02.010
Everman, Elizabeth & P.D. Klawinski. 2013. Human-facilitated expansion of a recent frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui Thomas 1966) introduction on Hawai’i Island. Journal of Biogeography 40:1961-1970. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12146
W.H. McDowell, F.N. Scatena, R.B. Waide, N. Brokaw, G.R. Camilo, A.P. Covich, T.A. Crowl, G. Gonzalez, E.A. Greathouse, P. Klawinski, D.J. Lodge, A.E. Lugo, C.M. Pringle, B.A. Richardson, M.J. Richardson, D.A. Schaefer,W.L. Silver, J. Thompson, D. Vogt, K. Vogt, R.B. Waide, M. Willig, L. Woolbright, X. Zou, J. Zimmerman. 2012. CHAPTER 3 - Geographic and Ecological Setting of the Luquillo Mountains. Pp. 72-163 in: A Caribbean Forest Tapestry. Edited by N. Brokaw, T.A. Crowl, A.E. Lugo, W.H. McDowell, R.B. Waide (eds.). University of Chicago Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780195334692.003.0003
Shiels, Aaron B., Christine A. West, Laura Weiss, P. D. Klawinski, and Lawrence R. Walker. 2008. Soil factors predict initial plant colonization on Puerto Rican landslides. Plant Ecology 195:165-178. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-007-9313-x
