For Farmers

Publications

2024
  1. Gilbert, N.A., Amaral, B.R., Smith, O.M., Williams, P.J., Ceyzyk, S., Ayebare, S., Davis, K.L., Leuenberger, W., Doser, J.W., and Zipkin, E.F. 2024. A century of statistical Ecology. Ecology 105:e4283. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4283
  1. Rasmussen, L.V., Grass, I., Mehrabi, Z., Smith, O.M., Blesh, J., Garibaldi, L.A., Isaac, M.E., Kennedy, C., Bezner Kerr, R., Wittman, H., Batáry, P., Buchori, D., Cerda, E., Chara, J., Crowder, D., Darras, K., DeMaster, K., Garcia, K., Gomez, M., Gonthier, D., Guzman, A., Hidayat, P., Hipólito, J., Hirons, M., Hoey, L., James, D., John, I., Jones, A., Karp, D.S., Kotowska, M., Kebede, Y., Bezner Kerr, C., Klassen, S., Kreft, H., Llanque, R., Levers, C., Lizcano, D., Lu, A., Marques, R.N., Martins, P.B., Melo, A., Madsen, S., Nyantakyi-Frimpong, H., Olimpi, E.M., Owen, J.P., Pantevez, H., Qaim, M., Redlich, S., Scherber, C., Sciligo, A., Snapp, S., Snyder, W.E., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Stratton, A.E., Taylor, J.M., Tscharntke, T., Valencia, V., Vogel, C., and Kremen, C. 2024. Agricultural diversification promotes environmental and social synergies. Science 384: 87-93. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adj1914
  1. Smith, O.M., Davis, K.L., Waterman, R., Pizza, R.B., Mack, C., Conway, E.E., Dobson, K.C., Foster, B., Hristova, A.E., Jarvey, J.C., Nourn, N., and Davis, C.L. 2024. Journals must expand access to peer review data. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 39: 311-314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.02.003
  1. Crossley, M.S., Smith, O.M., Barman, A.K., Croy, J.R., Schmidt, J.M., Toews, M.D., and Snyder, W.E. 2024. Warmer temperatures trigger insecticide-associated pest outbreaks. Pest Management Science 80: 1008-1015. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.7832

2023
  1. Devarajan, N., Weller, D., Jones, M., Adell, A.D., Adhikari, A., Allende, A., Arnold, N.L., Baur, P., Beno, S.M., Clements, D., Olimpi, E., Critzer, F., Green, H., Gorski, L., Ferelli Gruber, A., Kovac, J., McGarvey, J., Murphy, C.M., Murphy, S.I., Navarro-Gonzalez, N., Owen, J.P., Pires, A.F.A., Richard, N., Samaddar, S., Schmidt, R., Scow, K., Shariat, N.W., Smith, O.M., Spence, A.R., Stoeckel, D., Tran, T.D.H., Wall, G., and Karp, D.S. 2023. Evidence for the efficacy of pre-harvest agricultural practices in mitigating food-safety risks to fresh produce. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 7:1101435. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1101435
  1. Blesh, J., Mehrabi, Z., Wittman, H., Bezner Kerr, R., James, D., Madsen, S., Smith, O.M., Snapp, S., Stratton. A.E., Bakarr, M., Bicksler, A., Galt, R., Garibaldi, L., Gemmill-Herren, B., Graesser, J., Grass, I., Isaac, M., John, I., Jones, S.K., Kennedy, C.M., Klassen, S., Levers, C., Rasmussen, L.V., and Kremen, C. 2023. Against the odds: pathways to agricultural diversification. One Earth 6:479-491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.03.004
  1. Smith, O.M., Davis, K.L., Pizza, R.B., Waterman, R., Dobson, K.C., Foster, B., Jarvey, J., Jones, L.N., Leuenberger, W. Nourn, N., Conway, E., Fiser, C., Hansen, Z., Hristova, A., Mack, C., Saunders, A.N., Utley, O.J., Young, M.L., and Davis, C.L. 2023. Peer review perpetuates barriers for historically excluded groups. Nature Ecology & Evolution 7:512–523. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-01999-w
  1. Smith, O.M.*, Cornell, K.A.*, Crossley, M.S., Crespo, R., Jones, M.S., Snyder, W.E., and Owen, J.P. 2023. Wind speed and landscape context mediate Campylobacter risk among poultry reared in open environments. Animals 13:492. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13030492

       *Authors contributed equally 

  1. Croy, J.R., Zaviezo, T., Crossley, M.S., Smith, O.M., Snyder, W.E., and Grez, A.A. 2023. Apparent niche differences between native and exotic lady beetles. Biological Control 178:105148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2023.105148
  1. Eeraerts, M., Rogers, E., Gillespie, B., Best, L., Smith, O.M., and Wasko DeVetter, L. 2023. Landscape-level honey bee hive density, instead of field-level hive density, enhances honey bee visitation in blueberry. Landscape Ecology 38:583-595. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-022-01562-1

2022
  1. Smith, O.M., Jocson, D.M.I., Lee, B.W., Orpet, R.J., Taylor, J.M., Davis, A.G., Rieser, C.J., Clarke, A.E., Cohen, A.L., Hayes, A.M., Auth, C.A., Bergeron, P.E., Marshall, A.T., Reganold, J.P., Crowder, D.W., and Northfield, T.D. 2022. Identifying farming strategies associated with achieving global agricultural sustainability. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 6:882503. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2022.882503
  1. Taylor, J.M.*, Smith, O.M.*, Edworthy, M., Kennedy, C.M., Latimer, C.E., Owen, J.P., Wilson-Rankin, E.E., and Snyder, W.E. 2022. Bird predation and landscape context shape arthropod communities on broccoli. Ornithological Applications 124:duac005. https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duac005

       *Authors contributed equally 

  1. Snyder, G.B., Smith, O.M., Chapman, E.G., Crossley, M.S., Crowder, D.W., Fu, Z., Harwood, J.D., Jensen, A.S., Krey, K.L., Lynch, C.A., and Snyder, W.E. 2022. Alternative prey mediate intraguild predation in the open field. Pest Management Science 78:3939–3946. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.6825
  1. Ge, Y., Smith, O.M., Chen, W., Liu P., Yuan, Q., Kang, C., Wang, T., Sun, J., Yan, B., Liu, X., Guo, L. 2022. Morphological characterization and sexual dimorphism of the antennal sensilla in Bactericera gobica Loginova (Hemiptera: Psyllidae)—A scanning and transmission electron microscopic study. PeerJ 10:e12888. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12888
  1. Smith, O.M., Chapman, E.G., Crossley, M.S., Crowder, D.W., Fu, Z., Harwood, J.D., Jensen, A.S., Krey, K.L., Lynch, C.A., Snyder, G.B., and Snyder, W.E. 2022. Alternative prey and intraguild predators mediate thrips predation by generalists. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10:752159. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.752159
  1. Smith, O.M., Kennedy, C.M., Echeverri, A., Karp, D.S., Latimer, C.E., Taylor, J.M., Wilson-Rankin, E.E., Owen, J.P., and Snyder, W.E. 2022. Complex landscapes stabilize farm bird communities and their expected ecosystem services. Journal of Applied Ecology 59:927–941. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14104
  1. Cornell, K.A., Smith, O.M., Crespo, R., Jones, M.S., Snyder, W.E., and Owen, J.P. 2022. Prevalence patterns for enteric parasites of chickens managed in open environments of the Western United States. Avian Diseases 66:1–9. https://doi.org/10.1637/21-00079
  1. Smith, O.M., Olimpi, E.M., Navarro-Gonzalez, N., Cornell, K.A., Frishkoff, L.O., Northfield, T.D., Bowles, T.M., Edworthy, M., Eilers, J., Fu, Z., Garcia, K., Gonthier, D.J., Jones, M.S., Kennedy, C.M., Latimer, C.E., Owen, J.P., Sato, C., Taylor, J.M., Wilson-Rankin, E.E., Snyder, W.E., and Karp. D.S. 2022. A trait-based framework for predicting foodborne pathogen risk from wild birds. Ecological Applications 32:e2523. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2523
  1. Lynch, C.A., Smith, O.M., Chapman, E.G., Crossley, M.S., Crowder, D.W., Fu, Z., Harwood, J.D., Jensen, A.S., Krey, K.L., Snyder, G.B., and Snyder, W.E. 2022. Alternative prey and farming system mediate predation of Colorado potato beetles by generalists. Pest Management Science 78:3769–3777. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.6553

2021
  1. Crossley, M.S., Smith, O.M., Davis, T., Eigenbrode, S., Hartman, G., Lagos-Kutz, D., Halbert, S., Voegtlin, D., Moran, M., and Snyder, W.E. 2021. Complex life histories predispose aphids to recent abundance declines. Global Change Biology 27:4283–4293. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15739
  1. Krey, K.L., Smith, O.M., Chapman, E.G., Crossley, M.S., Crowder, D.W., Fu, Z., Harwood, J.D., Jensen, A.S., Lynch, C.A., Snyder, G.B., and Snyder, W.E. 2021. Prey and predator biodiversity mediate aphid predation by generalists. Biological Control 103:104650. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2021.104650
  1. Crossley, M.S., Smith, O.M., Berry, L.L., Phillips-Cosio, R., Glassberg, J., Holman, K.M., Holmquest, J.G., Meier, A.R., Varriano, S.A., McClung, M.R., Moran, M.D., and Snyder, W.E. 2021. Recent climate change is creating hotspots of butterfly increase and decline across North America. Global Change Biology 27:2702–2714. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15582
  1. Smith, O.M., Taylor, J.M., Echeverri, A., Northfield, T., Cornell, K.A., Jones, M.S., Latimer, C.E., Owen, J.P., Snyder, W.E., and Kennedy, C.M. 2021. Big wheel keep on turnin’: linking grower attitudes, farm management, and delivery of avian ecosystem services. Biological Conservation 254:108970. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.108970
  1. Blubaugh, C.K., Asplund, J.S., Smith, O.M., and Snyder, W.E. 2021. Does the “Enemies Hypothesis” operate by enhancing natural enemy evenness? Biological Control 154:104464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2020.104464
  1. Smith, O.M., Gerdeman, B., Arrington, M., Spitler, H., and DeVetter, L. 2021. Pollination, arthropod and bird communities, and crop productivity are marginally impacted by border vegetation in highbush blueberry production. HortTechnology 31:144–152. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTTECH04735-20

2020
  1. Smith, O.M., Edworthy, A., Taylor, J.M., Jones, M., Tormanen, A., Kennedy, C.M., Fu, Z., Latimer, C.E., Cornell, K.A., Michelotti, L.A., Sato, C., Northfield, T., Snyder, W.E., and Owen, J.P. 2020. Agricultural intensification heightens food safety risks posed by wild birds. Journal of Applied Ecology 57:2246–2257. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13723 (shortlisted for 2020 early career researcher Southwood Prize) 
  1. Latimer, C.E., Smith, O.M., Taylor, J.M., Edworthy, A., Owen, J., Snyder, W.E., and Kennedy, C.M. 2020. Landscape context modifies the physiological stress response of birds to farm diversification. Journal of Applied Ecology 57:671–680. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13583
  1. Smith, O.M., Snyder, W.E., and Owen, J.P. 2020. Are we overestimating risk of spillover of enteric pathogens from wild birds to humans? Biological Reviews 95:652–679. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12581
  1. Smith, O.M., Cohen, A.L., Jones, M.S., Reganold, J.P., Orpet, R.J., Taylor, J.M., Thurman, J.H., Cornell, K.V., Olsson, R.L., Ge, Y., Kennedy, C.M., and Crowder, D.W. 2020. Landscape context affects the sustainability of organic farming systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117:2870–2878. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1906909117
  1. Smith, O.M., Kennedy, C.M., Owen, J.P., Northfield, T.D., Latimer, C.E., and Snyder, W.E. 2020. Highly diversified crop-livestock farming systems reshape wild bird communities. Ecological Applications 30:e02031. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2031
  1. Ge, Y., Liu, P., Zhang, L., Snyder, W.E., Smith, O.M., and Wangpeng, S. 2020. A sticky situation: honeydew of the pear psylla disrupts feeding by its predator Orius sauteri. Pest Management Science 76:75–84. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.5498

2019
  1. Smith, O.M., Cohen, A.C., Riser, C.J., Davis, A., Taylor, J.M., Adesanya, A.W., Jones, M.S., Meier, A., Reganold, J.P., Orpet, R.J., Northfield, T., and Crowder, D.W. 2019. Organic farming provides reliable environmental benefits but increases variability in crop yields. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 3:1–10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2019.00082
  1. Jones, M.S., Wright, S.A., Smith, O.M., Besser, T.E., Headrick, D.H., Crowder, D.W., and Snyder, W.E. 2019. Organic farms conserve dung beetles capable of disrupting fly vectors of foodborne pathogens. Biological Control 137:104020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2019.104020
  1. Ge, Y., Wang, Y., Qin Z., Liu, P., Zhang, L., Tan, S., Fu, Z., Smith, O.M., and Wangpeng, S. 2019. Different predation capacities and mechanism of Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) on two morphotypes of pear psylla Cacopsylla chinesis (Hemiptera: Psyllidae). PLoS ONE 14:e0215834. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215834

2017
  1. Smith, O.M. and Wassmer, T. 2017. Population responses of the northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) to land use changes in the agricultural landscapes of Ohio, USA. Population Ecology 59:363–370. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10144-017-0594-1

2016
  1.  Smith, O.M. and Wassmer, T. 2016. An ethogram of commonly observed behaviors of the endangered bridled white-eye (Zosterops conspicillatus) in a zoo setting. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 128:647–653. https://doi.org/10.1676/1559-4491-128.3.647

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