Bradley Cardinale

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Titles and Affiliations
Department Head and Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management

Dr. Cardinale is an ecologist who focuses on the conservation and restoration of biodiversity in natural systems, as well as the ecological design of human engineered systems that benefit from use of native species and biodiversity. Cardinale has published over 130 peer-reviewed papers, received more than $38 million in grant funding, and ranked as one of the world’s most highly cited researchers in the area of Environment / Ecology since 2014. Cardinale is also an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and a fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA).

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Recent Publications

The perceived ecological and human well-being benefits of ecosystem restoration

Jurjonas, M., May, C. A., Cardinale, B., Kyriakakis, S., Pearsall, D. R. & Doran, P. J., Feb 2024, In: People and Nature. 6, 1, p. 4-19 16 p.

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Key questions for understanding drivers of biodiversity-ecosystem service relationships across spatial scales

Mitchell, M. G. E., Qiu, J., Cardinale, B. J., Chan, K. M. A., Eigenbrod, F., Felipe-Lucia, M. R., Jacob, A. L., Jones, M. S. & Sonter, L. J., Feb 2024, In: Landscape Ecology. 39, 2, 36.

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Long-term changes in multi-trophic diversity alter the functioning of river food webs

Moi, D. A., D'Anatro, A., González-Bergonzoni, I., Vidal, N., Silva, I., Gauzens, B., Romero, G. Q., Cardinale, B. J., Bonecker, C. C., Carvalho-Rocha, V. & Teixeira de Mello, F., Aug 2024, In: Functional Ecology. 38, 8, p. 1739-1750 12 p.

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Impacts of Fungal Disease on Algal Biofuel Systems: Using Life Cycle Assessment to Compare Control Strategies

Miyasato, E. M. & Cardinale, B. J., Feb 14 2023, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 57, 6, p. 2602-2610 9 p.

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Tolerance to allelopathic inhibition by free fatty acids in five biofuel candidate microalgae strains

Thomas, P. K., Hietala, D. C. & Cardinale, B. J., Feb 2023, In: Bioresource Technology Reports. 21, 101321.

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Effects of consumer diversity on prey consumption are not influenced by omnivory

Chang, F. H. & Cardinale, B. J., Jul 29 2022, In: Elementa. 10, 1, 00102.

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A synthesis of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative according to the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation

Jurjonas, M., May, C. A., Cardinale, B. J., Kyriakakis, S., Pearsall, D. R. & Doran, P. J., Dec 2022, In: Journal of Great Lakes Research. 48, 6, p. 1417-1431 15 p.

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No evidence of biodiversity effects on stream ecosystem functioning across green and brown food web pathways

López-Rojo, N., Boyero, L., Pérez, J., Basaguren, A. & Cardinale, B. J., Apr 2022, In: Freshwater Biology. 67, 4, p. 720-730 11 p.

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Do not downplay biodiversity loss

Loreau, M., Cardinale, B. J., Isbell, F., Newbold, T., O’Connor, M. I. & de Mazancourt, C., Jan 27 2022, In: Nature. 601, 7894, p. E27-E28

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Human pressure drives biodiversity–multifunctionality relationships in large Neotropical wetlands

Moi, D. A., Lansac-Tôha, F. M., Romero, G. Q., Sobral-Souza, T., Cardinale, B. J., Kratina, P., Perkins, D. M., Teixeira de Mello, F., Jeppesen, E., Heino, J., Lansac-Tôha, F. A., Velho, L. F. M. & Mormul, R. P., Sep 2022, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 6, 9, p. 1279-1289 11 p.

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Biodiversity and disease risk in an algal biofuel system: An experimental test in outdoor ponds using a before-after-control-impact (BACI) design

Widin, S. L., Billings, K. M., McGowen, J. & Cardinale, B. J., Apr 2022, In: PloS one. 17, 4 April, e0267674.

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Impacts of detritivore diversity loss on instream decomposition are greatest in the tropics

Boyero, L., López-Rojo, N., Tonin, A. M., Pérez, J., Correa-Araneda, F., Pearson, R. G., Bosch, J., Albariño, R. J., Anbalagan, S., Barmuta, L. A., Basaguren, A., Burdon, F. J., Caliman, A., Callisto, M., Calor, A. R., Campbell, I. C., Cardinale, B. J., Jesús Casas, J., Chará-Serna, A. M. & Chauvet, E. & 55 others, Ciapała, S., Colón-Gaud, C., Cornejo, A., Davis, A. M., Degebrodt, M., Dias, E. S., Díaz, M. E., Douglas, M. M., Encalada, A. C., Figueroa, R., Flecker, A. S., Fleituch, T., García, E. A., García, G., García, P. E., Gessner, M. O., Gómez, J. E., Gómez, S., Gonçalves, J. F., Graça, M. A. S., Gwinn, D. C., Hall, R. O., Hamada, N., Hui, C., Imazawa, D., Iwata, T., Kariuki, S. K., Landeira-Dabarca, A., Laymon, K., Leal, M., Marchant, R., Martins, R. T., Masese, F. O., Maul, M., McKie, B. G., Medeiros, A. O., Erimba, C. M. M., Middleton, J. A., Monroy, S., Muotka, T., Negishi, J. N., Ramírez, A., Richardson, J. S., Rincón, J., Rubio-Ríos, J., dos Santos, G. M., Sarremejane, R., Sheldon, F., Sitati, A., Tenkiano, N. S. D., Tiegs, S. D., Tolod, J. R., Venarsky, M., Watson, A. & Yule, C. M., Dec 1 2021, In: Nature communications. 12, 1, 3700.

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Latitude dictates plant diversity effects on instream decomposition

Boyero, L., Pérez, J., López-Rojo, N., Tonin, A. M., Correa-Araneda, F., Pearson, R. G., Bosch, J., Albariño, R. J., Anbalagan, S., Barmuta, L. A., Beesley, L., Burdon, F. J., Caliman, A., Callisto, M., Campbell, I. C., Cardinale, B. J., Jesús Casas, J., Chará-Serna, A. M., Ciapała, S. & Chauvet, E. & 62 others, Colón-Gaud, C., Cornejo, A., Davis, A. M., Degebrodt, M., Dias, E. S., Díaz, M. E., Douglas, M. M., Elosegi, A., Encalada, A. C., De Eyto, E., Figueroa, R., Flecker, A. S., Fleituch, T., Frainer, A., França, J. S., García, E. A., García, G., García, P., Gessner, M. O., Giller, P. S., Gómez, J. E., Gómez, S., Gonçalves, J. F., Graça, M. A. S., Hall, R. O., Hamada, N., Hepp, L. U., Hui, C., Imazawa, D., Iwata, T., Junior, E. S. A., Kariuki, S., Landeira-Dabarca, A., Leal, M., Lehosmaa, K., M’Erimba, C., Marchant, R., Martins, R. T., Masese, F. O., Camden, M., McKie, B. G., Medeiros, A. O., Middleton, J. A., Muotka, T., Negishi, J. N., Pozo, J., Ramírez, A., Rezende, R. S., Richardson, J. S., Rincón, J., Rubio-Ríos, J., Serrano, C., Shaffer, A. R., Sheldon, F., Swan, C. M., Tenkiano, N. S. D., Tiegs, S. D., Tolod, J. R., Vernasky, M., Watson, A., Yegon, M. J. & Yule, C. M., Mar 2021, In: Science Advances. 7, 13, eabe7860.

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Why does the public support or oppose agricultural nutrient runoff regulations? The effects of political orientation, environmental worldview, and policy specific beliefs

Guo, T., Campbell-Arvai, V. & Cardinale, B. J., Jan 15 2021, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 279, 111708.

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Intra-guild predation (IGP) can increase or decrease prey density depending on the strength of IGP

Chang, F. H. & Cardinale, B. J., Jul 1 2020, In: Ecology. 101, 7, e03012.

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