Publications
Nonconsumptive predator effects
Kimbro DL, Scherer AE, Byers J, Grabowski JH, Hughes AR, Piehler MF, Smee DL. Environmental gradients influence biogeographic patterns of nonconsumptive predator effects on oysters. Ecosphere. In press.
Scherer AE, Bird CE, McCutcheon MR, Hu X, Smee DL. 2018. Two-tiered defense strategy may compensate for predator avoidance cost of an ecosystem engineer. Marine Biology, 165:131. DOI 10.1007/s00227-018-3391-2. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-018-3391-2
Scherer AE, Smee DL. Eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica produce plastic morphological defenses in response to crab predators despite resource limitation. The Biological Bulletin, 233(2):144:150. DOI 10.1086/695470. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/695470?mobileUi=0&
Scherer, A.E., M. Garcia, and D.L. Smee. 2017. Predatory blue crabs induce stronger nonconsumptive effects in eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica than scavenging blue crabs. PeerJ, 5:e3042. DOI 10.7717/peerj.3042. https://peerj.com/articles/3042/
Scherer, A.E., J. Lunt, A.M. Draper, and D.L. Smee. 2016. Phenotypic plasticity in oysters (Crassostrea virginica) mediated by chemical signals from predators and injured prey. Journal of Invertebrate Biology, 135(2):97-107. DOI 10.1111/ivb.12120. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00049-016-0208-y
Scherer, A.E. and D.L. Smee. 2016. A review of predator diet effects on prey defensive responses. Chemoecology, 26:83-100. DOI 10.1007/s00049-016-0208-y. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00049-016-0208-y
Reproductive habitat characterization
Scherer, A.E. and N. Santangelo. 2013. Assessment of reproductive requirements in habitat conservation efforts: a case study on blackside dace (Chrosomus cumberlandensis), a federally listed threatened species. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 71:408-415. http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjfas-2013-0404#.WS20j8a1vIU
Non-peer reviewed works
Doerr A, Emery N, Ficken C, Scherer A, Fullman T. 2020. Human dimensions: Professional development for the everyday early-career ecologist. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. DOI 10.1002/bes2.1695.
Scherer, A.E. 2017. Mangrove expansion changing Texas coastlines. ECO Magazine, April:58-59. https://www.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=393210#{%22issue_id%22:393210,%22page%22:58}