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35. Cumming, G. S., and Van Vuuren, D. (in press). Will climate change affect ectoparasite species ranges? Global Ecology and Biogeography.

34. Cumming, G. S., Cumming, D. H. M., and Redman, C. L. (in press). Scale mismatches in social-ecological systems: causes, consequences, and solutions. Ecology and Society.

33. Richter, H. V., and Cumming, G. S. (in press). Food availability and annual migration of the straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum). Journal of Zoology (London).

32. Cumming, G. S., and Havlicek, T. D. (in press). Body-size distributions and the evolution of pattern. Chapter 4 in: Allen, C. R., Peterson G. D. and Holling, C. S. Discontinuities in Complex Systems. Island Press.

31. Cumming, G. S., and Peterson, G. D. (2005). Ecology in global scenarios. Chapter 3 in: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Volume 2: Scenarios Assessment. Island Press, NY.

30. Sala, O. E., D. van Vuuren, H. Pereira, D. Lodge, J. Alder, G. S. Cumming, A. Dobson, V. Wolters, and M. A. Xenopoulos. (2005). Biodiversity across scenarios. Chapter 10 in: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Volume 2: Scenarios Assessment.

29. Rodriguez, J. P., J. Agard, T. Douglas Beard, Jr., E. Bennett, S. Cork, G. S. Cumming, D. Deane, A. P. Dobson, D. M. Lodge, M. Mutale, G. Nelson, G. D. Peterson, and T. Ribeiro. (2005). Tradeoffs among ecosystem services. Chapter 11 in: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Volume 2: Scenarios Assessment.

28. Kareiva, P., M. Manson, J. Geoghegan, B. L. Turner II, R. Dickinson, P. Kabat, J. Foley, R. Defries, M. Rosegrant, C. Ringler, V. Wolters, H. Pereira, O. Sala, D. Lodge, G. S. Cumming, A. Dobson, J. Alder, M. Xenopoulos, D. Van Vuuren, S. Carpenter, E. Bennett, A. M. Parma, M. A. Pascual, J. Agard, C. Butler, P. Wilkinson. (2005). State of the art in describing future changes in ecosystem services. Chapter 4 in: Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Volume 2: Scenarios Assessment.

27. Cumming, G. S., Barnes, G., Perz, S., Schmink, M., Sieving, K., Southworth, J., Binford, M., Holt, R. D., Stickler, C., and Van Holt, T. (2005). An exploratory framework for the empirical measurement of resilience. Ecosystems 8:975-987.

26. Bennett, E. M., Cumming, G. S., and Peterson, G. D. (2005).  A systems model approach to determining resilience surrogates for case studies. Ecosystems 8: 945-947.

25. Cumming, G. S., Alcamo, J., Sala, O., Swart, R., Bennett, E. M, & Zurek, M. (2005).  Are existing global scenarios consistent with ecological feedbacks?  Ecosystems 8: 143-152.

24. Cumming, G. S., and Collier, J. (2005). Change and identity in complex systems. Ecology and Society 10:29.

23. Cumming, G. S. (2004). The impact of low-head dams on fish species richness in Wisconsin, USA. Ecological Applications 14: 1495-1506.

22. Cumming, G. S. (2004). On the relevance of abundance and spatial pattern for interpretations of host-parasite data. Bulletin of Entomological Research 94: 401-409.

21. Bennett, E. M., Carpenter, S. R., Peterson, G. D., Cumming, G. S., Zurek, M., and Pingali, P.  (2003).  Why global scenarios need ecology.  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 1: 322-329.

20. Cumming, G. S. (2003).  Measures of “eroading” ecology.  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 1: 233.

19. Cumming, D. H. M. & Cumming, G. S. (2003).  Ungulate community structure and ecological processes: body size, hoof area and trampling in African savannas. Oecologia 134: 560-568.

18.  Peterson, G. D., Cumming, G. S. & Carpenter, S. R. (2003).  Scenario planning: a tool for conservation in an uncertain future.  Conservation Biology 17: 358-366.

17. Peterson, G. D., Beard, T. D. Jr., Beisner, B. E., Bennett, E. M., Carpenter, S. R., Cumming, G. S., Dent, C. L., and Havlicek, T. D.  (2003).  Assessing future ecosystem services: a case study of the Northern Highlands Lake District, Wisconsin.  Conservation Ecology 7(3):1.

16. Cumming, G. S. & Havlicek, T. D. (2002).  Evolution, ecology and multimodal distributions of body size.  Ecosystems 5: 705-711.

15.  Walker, B., Carpenter, S., Anderies, J., Abel, N., Cumming, G., Janssen, M., Lebel, L., Norberg, J., Peterson, G. D., & Pritchard, R.  (2002).  Resilience management in social-ecological systems: a working hypothesis for a participatory approach.  Conservation Ecology 6(1): 14

14. Dent, C. L., Cumming, G. S., & Carpenter, S. R. (2002).  Multiple states in lake and stream ecosystems.  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 357: 635-645.

13. Cumming, G. S. (2002).  Habitat shape, species invasions, and reserve design: insights from simple models.  Conservation Ecology 6(1): 3.

12. Cumming, G. S. (2002).  Comparing climate and vegetation as limiting factors for species ranges of African ticks.  Ecology 83: 255-268.

11. Cumming, G. S. (2000). Using between-model comparisons to fine-tune linear models of species ranges.  Journal of Biogeography 27: 441-455.

10. Cumming, G. S. (2000).  Using habitat models to map diversity: pan-African species richness of ticks (Acari: Ixodida).  Journal of Biogeography 27: 425-440.

9. Cumming, G. S. (2000).  Host use does not clarify the evolutionary history of African ticks (Acari: Ixodoidea).  African Zoology 35: 43-50.

8. Cumming, G. S. (1999).  Host distributions do not limit the species ranges of most African ticks (Acari: Ixodida). Bulletin of Entomological Research 89: 303-327. 

7. Cumming, G. S. (1999).  The Evolutionary Ecology of African ticks.  D. Phil. Thesis, University of Oxford.  Download zipped files: Volume 1 (text); Volume 2 (Appendices, metadata); tick distributions database.  View distribution maps.

6. Cumming, G. S. (1998).  Host preference in African ticks: a quantitative data set.  Bulletin of Entomological Research 88: 379-406.

5. Fenton, M. B., Cumming, D. H. M., Rautenbach, I. L., Cumming, G. S., Cumming, M. S., Ford, A. G., Taylor, R. D., Dunlop, J. M.,  Hovorka, M. D., Johnston, D. S., Portfors, C. V. R., Kalcounis, M., & Mahlanga, Z. (1998).  Bats and loss of tree canopy in African woodlands. Conservation Biology 12(2):399-407.

4. Cumming, D. H. M., Fenton, M. B., Rautenbach, I. L., Taylor, R. D., Cumming, G. S., Cumming, M. S., Dunlop, J. M., Ford, A. G., Hovorka, M. D., Johnston, D. S., Kalcounis, M., Mahlanga, Z., & Portfors, C. V. R. (1997).  Elephants, woodlands and biodiversity in southern Africa.  South African Journal of Science 93: 231-236.

3. Bernard, R. T. F. & Cumming, G. S. (1997).  African bats: evolution of reproductive patterns and delays.  Quarterly Review of Biology 72(3): 253-274.

2. Cumming, G. S. & Bernard, R. T. F. (1997).  Rainfall, food abundance and timing of parturition in African bats.  Oecologia 111: 309-317.

1. Cumming, G. S. (1996).  Mantis movements by night and the interactions of sympatric bats and mantises. Canadian Journal Of Zoology 74: 1771-1774.

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