Matteo Rizzuto

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In progress

Rizzuto, M.^✉, Espinoza, I., Saucedo, C., Schmitz, O. J. Trophic rewilding pumas and guanacos: estimating the potential to enhance carbon sequestration in a Patagonian grassland ecosystem. Ecological Solutions and Evidence. In review.

Retez, G.^✉, Rizzuto, M.^✉, Kuemmerle, T., Schmitz, O. J. European bison restoration and spatiotemporal carbon dynamics in a temperate grassland-forest landscape mosaic. Ecological Monographs. In review.

McLeod, A.M., Harris, H.A., Amyntas, A., Meyer, G.A., Peller, T., Rizzuto, M., Ferraro, K.M. The community-wide consequences of primary producer movement. Ecology Letters. In review.

Ferraro, K., Meyer, G. A., Roman, J., Orr, D., Leroux, S., Subalusky, A., Duvall, E., Monk, J., Gewirtzman, J., Rizzuto, M., Koltz, A., Owens, C., Abraham, A., Doughty, C., Schmitz, O., Forbes, E. A Practical Primer for Zoogeochemistry: Essential Biogeochemical Methods for Animal Ecologists. Journal of Animal Ecology. In review

le Roux, E., Subalusky, A., Kristensen, J., Abraham, A., Bakker, E., Bello, C., Berzaghi, F., Bump, J., Doughty, C., Dutton, C., Duvall, E., Ferraro, K., Forbes, E., Gelin, U., González, A. L., Hawlena, D., Jaafar, R., Joly, F.-X., Koltz, A., Larsen, A., Larsen, J., Leroux, S., Losada, M., McCary, M. A., Meyer, G. A., olde Venterink, H., Orr, D., Owens, C., Ribeiro, L., Rizzuto, M., Roman, J., Schmitz, O., Sobral, M., Ellis Soto, D., Svenning, J.-C., Twining, C., Trepel, J., Veldhuis, M., Wijas, B., Zanne, A., Villar, N., Schoelynck, J. Zoogeochemistry: the role of animals in biogeochemical cycles. Functional Ecology. In review.

Ferentinos, A., Weeks, B., Berg, N., Boonstra, R., Cleveland, S., Emmel, A., Gese, E., Gigliotti, L., Hodges, K., Kielland, K., Kumar, A., Mills, L., Peelle, L., Rizzuto, M., Roerick, T., Sheriff, M., Siren, A., Underwood, H. B., Wirsing, A., Zimova, M. Snow and temperature shape snowshoe hare foot length under a changing climate Journal of Animal Ecology. In review.

Peer reviewed

14. Rizzuto, M.^✉, Leroux, S. J., Schmitz, O. J. Rewiring the carbon cycle: a theoretical framework for animal-driven ecosystem carbon sequestration. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 2024(129), e2024JG008026.

13. Rizzuto, M.^✉, Leroux, S.J., Schmitz, O.J., Vander Wal, E., Wiersma, Y.F., Heckford, T.R. Animal-vectored nutrient flows across resource gradients influence the nature of local and meta-ecosystem functioning. Ecological Modelling, 2024(488), 110570.

12. McLeod, A. M.^✉, Leroux, S. J., Rizzuto, M., Leibold, M. A., Schiesari, L. Integrating ecosystem and contaminant models to predict the effects of ecosystem fluxes on contaminant dynamics. Ecosphere, 2024, 15(1): e4739.

11. Heckford, T.R.^✉, Leroux, S.J., Vander Wal, E., Rizzuto, M., Balluffi-Fry, J., Richmond, I.C., Wiersma, Y.F. **Ecoregion and community structure influences on the foliar elemental niche of balsam fir (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.) and white birch (Betula papyrifera Marshall)** Ecology and Evolution, 2022(12), e9244.

10. Little, C.J.^✉, Rizzuto, M.^✉, Luhring, T.M., Monk, J.D., Nowicki, R.J., Paseka, R.E., Stegen, J.C., Symons, C.C., Taub, F.B., Yan, J.D.L. (2022) Movement with Meaning: Integrating Information into Meta-Ecology. Oikos, 2022(8), e08892. Editor's Choice

9. Balluffi-Fry, J.^✉, Leroux, S.J., Wiersma, Y.F., Richmond, I.C., Heckford, T.H., Rizzuto, M., Kennah, J.L., Vander Wal, E. (2022) Integrating plant stoichiometry and feeding experiments: state-dependent forage choice and its implications on body mass. Oecologia, 198(3), 579–591

8. Richmond, I.C.^✉, Balluffi-Fry, J., Vander Wal, E., Leroux, S.J., Rizzuto, M., Heckford, T.R., Kennah, J.L., Riefesel, G.R., Wiersma, Y.F. (2022) Individual snowshoe hares manage risk differently: Integrating stoichiometric distribution models and foraging ecology. Journal of Mammalogy, 103(1), 196–208.

7. Heckford, T.R.^✉, Leroux, S.J., Vander Wal, E., Rizzuto, M., Balluffi-Fry, J., Richmond, I.C., Wiersma, Y.F. (2022). Spatially explicit correlates of plant functional traits inform landscape patterns of resource quality. Landscape Ecology, 37, 59–80.

6. Rizzuto, M.^✉, Leroux, S.J., Vander Wal, E., Richmond, I.C., Heckford, T.R., Balluffi-Fry, J., Wiersma, Y.F. (2021) Forage stoichiometry predicts the home range size of a small terrestrial herbivore. Oecologia, 197(2), 327–338. Winner, Hanski Prize 2021

5. Ellis-Soto, D.^✉, Ferraro, K.M., Rizzuto, M., Briggs, E., Monk, J.D., and Schmitz, O.J. (2021) A Methodological Roadmap to Quantify Animal-vectored Spatial Ecosystem Subsidies. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90(7), 1605–1622. Winner, Sidnie Manton Award 2021

4. Richmond, I. C.^✉, Leroux, S.J., Vander Wal, E., Heckford, T.R., Rizzuto, M., Balluffi-Fry, J., Kennah, J., Wiersma, Y.F. (2021). Temporal variation and its drivers in the elemental traits of four boreal plant species. Journal of Plant Ecology, 14(3), 398–413

3. Balluffi-Fry, J.^✉, Leroux, S.J., Wiersma, Y.F., Heckford, T.R., Rizzuto, M., Richmond, I.C., Vander Wal, E. (2020). Quantity-quality trade-offs revealed using a multiscale test of herbivore resource selection on elemental landscapes. Ecology and Evolution, 10, 13847–13859.

2. Rizzuto, M.^✉, Leroux, S.J., Vander Wal, E., Wiersma, Y.F., Heckford, T.R., Balluffi-Fry, J. (2019). **Patterns and potential drivers of intraspecific variability in the body C, N, P composition of a terrestrial vertebrate, the snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus).** Ecology and Evolution, 9, 14453–14464.

1. Rizzuto, M.^✉, Carbone, C. and Pawar, S. (2018). Foraging constraints reverse the scaling of activity time in carnivores. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2(2), 247–253. Cover story

In progress

Rizzuto, M.✉, Espinoza, I., Saucedo, C., Schmitz, O. J. Trophic rewilding pumas and guanacos: estimating the potential to enhance carbon sequestration in a Patagonian grassland ecosystem. Ecological Solutions and Evidence. In review.

Retez, G.✉, Rizzuto, M.✉, Kuemmerle, T., Schmitz, O. J. European bison restoration and spatiotemporal carbon dynamics in a temperate grassland-forest landscape mosaic. Ecological Monographs. In review.

McLeod, A.M., Harris, H.A., Amyntas, A., Meyer, G.A., Peller, T., Rizzuto, M., Ferraro, K.M. The community-wide consequences of primary producer movement. Ecology Letters. In review.

Peer reviewed

14. Rizzuto, M.✉, Leroux, S. J., Schmitz, O. J. Rewiring the carbon cycle: a theoretical framework for animal-driven ecosystem carbon sequestration. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 2024(129), e2024JG008026.

13. Rizzuto, M.✉, Leroux, S.J., Schmitz, O.J., Vander Wal, E., Wiersma, Y.F., Heckford, T.R. Animal-vectored nutrient flows across resource gradients influence the nature of local and meta-ecosystem functioning. Ecological Modelling, 2024(488), 110570.

12. McLeod, A. M.✉, Leroux, S. J., Rizzuto, M., Leibold, M. A., Schiesari, L. Integrating ecosystem and contaminant models to predict the effects of ecosystem fluxes on contaminant dynamics. Ecosphere, 2024, 15(1): e4739.

10. Little, C.J.✉, Rizzuto, M.✉, Luhring, T.M., Monk, J.D., Nowicki, R.J., Paseka, R.E., Stegen, J.C., Symons, C.C., Taub, F.B., Yan, J.D.L. (2022) Movement with Meaning: Integrating Information into Meta-Ecology. Oikos, 2022(8), e08892. Editor's Choice

9. Balluffi-Fry, J.✉, Leroux, S.J., Wiersma, Y.F., Richmond, I.C., Heckford, T.H., Rizzuto, M., Kennah, J.L., Vander Wal, E. (2022) Integrating plant stoichiometry and feeding experiments: state-dependent forage choice and its implications on body mass. Oecologia, 198(3), 579–591

7. Heckford, T.R.✉, Leroux, S.J., Vander Wal, E., Rizzuto, M., Balluffi-Fry, J., Richmond, I.C., Wiersma, Y.F. (2022). Spatially explicit correlates of plant functional traits inform landscape patterns of resource quality. Landscape Ecology, 37, 59–80.

6. Rizzuto, M.✉, Leroux, S.J., Vander Wal, E., Richmond, I.C., Heckford, T.R., Balluffi-Fry, J., Wiersma, Y.F. (2021) Forage stoichiometry predicts the home range size of a small terrestrial herbivore. Oecologia, 197(2), 327–338. Winner, Hanski Prize 2021

5. Ellis-Soto, D.✉, Ferraro, K.M., Rizzuto, M., Briggs, E., Monk, J.D., and Schmitz, O.J. (2021) A Methodological Roadmap to Quantify Animal-vectored Spatial Ecosystem Subsidies. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90(7), 1605–1622. Winner, Sidnie Manton Award 2021

4. Richmond, I. C.✉, Leroux, S.J., Vander Wal, E., Heckford, T.R., Rizzuto, M., Balluffi-Fry, J., Kennah, J., Wiersma, Y.F. (2021). Temporal variation and its drivers in the elemental traits of four boreal plant species. Journal of Plant Ecology, 14(3), 398–413

3. Balluffi-Fry, J.✉, Leroux, S.J., Wiersma, Y.F., Heckford, T.R., Rizzuto, M., Richmond, I.C., Vander Wal, E. (2020). Quantity-quality trade-offs revealed using a multiscale test of herbivore resource selection on elemental landscapes. Ecology and Evolution, 10, 13847–13859.

1. Rizzuto, M.✉, Carbone, C. and Pawar, S. (2018). Foraging constraints reverse the scaling of activity time in carnivores. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2(2), 247–253. Cover story

Rizzuto, M.^✉, Espinoza, I., Saucedo, C., Schmitz, O. J. Trophic rewilding pumas and guanacos: estimating the potential to enhance carbon sequestration in a Patagonian grassland ecosystem. Ecological Solutions and Evidence. In review.

Retez, G.^✉, Rizzuto, M.^✉, Kuemmerle, T., Schmitz, O. J. European bison restoration and spatiotemporal carbon dynamics in a temperate grassland-forest landscape mosaic. Ecological Monographs. In review.

14. Rizzuto, M.^✉, Leroux, S. J., Schmitz, O. J. Rewiring the carbon cycle: a theoretical framework for animal-driven ecosystem carbon sequestration. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 2024(129), e2024JG008026.

13. Rizzuto, M.^✉, Leroux, S.J., Schmitz, O.J., Vander Wal, E., Wiersma, Y.F., Heckford, T.R. Animal-vectored nutrient flows across resource gradients influence the nature of local and meta-ecosystem functioning. Ecological Modelling, 2024(488), 110570.

12. McLeod, A. M.^✉, Leroux, S. J., Rizzuto, M., Leibold, M. A., Schiesari, L. Integrating ecosystem and contaminant models to predict the effects of ecosystem fluxes on contaminant dynamics. Ecosphere, 2024, 15(1): e4739.

10. Little, C.J.^✉, Rizzuto, M.^✉, Luhring, T.M., Monk, J.D., Nowicki, R.J., Paseka, R.E., Stegen, J.C., Symons, C.C., Taub, F.B., Yan, J.D.L. (2022) Movement with Meaning: Integrating Information into Meta-Ecology. Oikos, 2022(8), e08892. Editor's Choice

9. Balluffi-Fry, J.^✉, Leroux, S.J., Wiersma, Y.F., Richmond, I.C., Heckford, T.H., Rizzuto, M., Kennah, J.L., Vander Wal, E. (2022) Integrating plant stoichiometry and feeding experiments: state-dependent forage choice and its implications on body mass. Oecologia, 198(3), 579–591

7. Heckford, T.R.^✉, Leroux, S.J., Vander Wal, E., Rizzuto, M., Balluffi-Fry, J., Richmond, I.C., Wiersma, Y.F. (2022). Spatially explicit correlates of plant functional traits inform landscape patterns of resource quality. Landscape Ecology, 37, 59–80.

6. Rizzuto, M.^✉, Leroux, S.J., Vander Wal, E., Richmond, I.C., Heckford, T.R., Balluffi-Fry, J., Wiersma, Y.F. (2021) Forage stoichiometry predicts the home range size of a small terrestrial herbivore. Oecologia, 197(2), 327–338. Winner, Hanski Prize 2021

5. Ellis-Soto, D.^✉, Ferraro, K.M., Rizzuto, M., Briggs, E., Monk, J.D., and Schmitz, O.J. (2021) A Methodological Roadmap to Quantify Animal-vectored Spatial Ecosystem Subsidies. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90(7), 1605–1622. Winner, Sidnie Manton Award 2021

4. Richmond, I. C.^✉, Leroux, S.J., Vander Wal, E., Heckford, T.R., Rizzuto, M., Balluffi-Fry, J., Kennah, J., Wiersma, Y.F. (2021). Temporal variation and its drivers in the elemental traits of four boreal plant species. Journal of Plant Ecology, 14(3), 398–413

3. Balluffi-Fry, J.^✉, Leroux, S.J., Wiersma, Y.F., Heckford, T.R., Rizzuto, M., Richmond, I.C., Vander Wal, E. (2020). Quantity-quality trade-offs revealed using a multiscale test of herbivore resource selection on elemental landscapes. Ecology and Evolution, 10, 13847–13859.

1. Rizzuto, M.^✉, Carbone, C. and Pawar, S. (2018). Foraging constraints reverse the scaling of activity time in carnivores. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2(2), 247–253. Cover story