1. Fine, P. V. A., D. Salazar, R. E. Martin, M. R. Metz, T. Misiewicz, and G. P. Asner. 2021. Exploring the links between secondary metabolites and leaf spectral reflectance in a diverse genus of Amazonian trees. Ecosphere. 12(2):e03362. pdf
2. Simler-Williamson, A. B., M. R. Metz, K. M. Frangioso, and D. M. Rizzo. 2020. Wildfire alters the dynamics and disturbance impacts of an emerging infectious disease via changes to host composition and structure. Journal of Ecology. 109:676-691. abstract
3. Lysgaard, C.*, J. A. Lutz, M. R. Metz, and J. HilleRisLambers. 2020. The challenges of early life for coniferous trees of the Pacific Northwest. Douglasia. 44(2): 9-12. pdf
4. Simler-Williamson, A. B., M. R. Metz, K. M. Frangioso, R. K. Meentemeyer, and D. M. Rizzo. 2019. Compound disease and wildfire disturbances alter opportunities for seedling regeneration in a resprouter-dominated forest system. Ecosphere. 10(12):e02991. pdf
5. Brockway, N. L, Z. T. Cook*, M. J. O’Gallagher*, Z. J. C. Tobias, M. Gedi*, K. M. Carey, V. K. Unni, Y. A. Pan, M. R. Metz, and T. A. Weissman. 2019. Multicolor lineage tracing using in vivo time-lapse imaging reveals coordinated death of clonally related cells in the developing vertebrate brain. Developmental Biology. 453:130-140. ​abstract
6. Simler, A.B., M. R. Metz, K. M. Frangioso, R. K. Meentemeyer, and D. M. Rizzo. 2018. Novel disturbance interactions between fire and an emerging disease impact survival and growth of resprouting trees. Ecology. 99:2217-2229. abstract
7. Usinowicz, J., Y. Chen, J. S. Clark, C. Fletcher, N. C. Garwood, J. Johnstone, Y. Lin, M. R. Metz, T. Masaki, T. Nakashizuka, I. Sun, R. Valencia, J. K. Zimmerman, A. R. Ives, S. J. Wright. 2017. Latitudinal differences in coexistence contribute to geographic variation in forest diversity. Nature. 550:105-108. pdf
8. Metz, M. R., J. M. Varner, A. B. Simler, K. M. Frangioso, and D. M. Rizzo. (in press). Implications of sudden oak death for wildland fire management. Forest Phytophthoras. 7:30-44. pdf
9. Cobb, R. C. and M. R. Metz. 2017. Tree diseases as a cause and consequence of interacting forest disturbances. Forests. 8:art147. pdf
10. Johnstone, J. F., C. D. Allen, J. F. Franklin, L. E. Frelich, B. J. Harvey, P. E. Higuera, M. C. Mack, R. K. Meentemeyer, M. R. Metz, G. L. W. Perry, T. Schoennagel, and M. G. Turner. 2016. Changing disturbance regimes, climate warming, and forest resilience. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 14:369-378. abstract
11. Lokvam, J., M. R. Metz, G. R. Takeoka, L. Nguyen, and P. V. A. Fine. 2015. Habitat-specific divergence of procyanidins in Protium subserratum (Burseraceae). Chemoecology. 25(6):293-302. abstract
12. Chen, G., M. R. Metz, D. M. Rizzo and R. K. Meentemeyer. 2015. Mapping burn severity in a disease-impacted forest landscape using Landsat and MASTER imagery. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 40:91-99. abstract
13. Chen, G., M. R. Metz, D. M. Rizzo, W. W. Dillon, and R. K. Meentemeyer. 2015. Object-based assessment of burn severity in diseased forests using high-spatial and high-spectral resolution MASTER airborne imagery. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 102:38-47. abstract
14. Beh, M. M., M. R. Metz, S. J. Seybold, and D. M. Rizzo. 2014. The novel interaction between Phytophthora ramorum and wildfire elicits elevated ambrosia beetle landing rates on tanoak, Notholithocarpus densiflorus. Forest Ecology and Management. 318:21-33. pdf
15. Metz, M. R., J. M. Varner, K. M. Frangioso, R. K. Meentemeyer, and D. M. Rizzo. 2013. Unexpected redwood mortality from synergies between wildfire and an emerging infectious disease. Ecology. 94(10):2152-2159. pdf
16. Queenborough, S. A., M. R. Metz, L. R. Valencia, and S. J. Wright. 2013. Demographic consequences of chromatic leaf defence in tropical tree communities - do red young leaves increase growth and survival. Annals of Botany. 112(4):677-684. abstract
17. Fine, P. V. A., M. R. Metz, J. Lokvam, I. Mesones, J. M. Ayarza Zuñiga, G. P. A. Lamarre, M. Vasquez Pilco, and C. Baraloto.  2013. Insect herbivores, chemical innovation and the evolution of habitat specialization in Amazonian trees. Ecology. 94(8):1764-1775. abstract
18. Álvarez Alonso, J., M. R. Metz, and P. V. A. Fine. 2013. Habitat specialization by birds in western Amazonian white-sand forests.  Biotropica. 45(3): 365-372. abstract
19. Dillon, W. W., R. K. Meentemeyer, J. B. Vogler, R. C. Cobb, M. R. Metz, and D. M. Rizzo.  2013. Range-wide risks to a foundation tree species from disturbance interactions. Madroño. 60(2):139:150. pdf
20. Beh, M. M., M. R. Metz, K. M. Frangioso and D. M. Rizzo. 2012. The key host for an invasive forest pathogen also facilitates the pathogen’s survival of wildfire in California forests. New Phytologist. 196(4): 1145-1154. abstract
21. Metz, M. R., K. M. Frangioso, A. C. Wickland, R. K. Meentemeyer, and D. M. Rizzo.  2012. An emergent disease causes directional changes in forest species composition in coastal California. Ecosphere. 10(3):article86. pdf
22. Metz, M. R. 2012. Does habitat specialization by seedlings contribute to the high diversity of a lowland rainforest? Journal of Ecology. 100(4):969-979. abstract
23. Queenborough, S. A., M. R. Metz, T. Wiegand, and R. Valencia. 2012. Palms, peccaries and perturbations: widespread effects of small-scale disturbances in tropical forests. BMC Ecology. 12:article3. pdf
24. Metz, M. R., K. M. Frangioso, R. K. Meentemeyer and D. M. Rizzo. 2011. Interacting disturbances: Wildfire severity affected by stage of forest disease invasion. Ecological Applications. 21(2):313-320. pdf
25. Metz, M. R., W. P. Sousa, and L. R. Valencia. 2010. Community-wide, density-dependent seedling mortality promotes species coexistence in a highly diverse Amazonian rainforest. Ecology. 91(12):375-3685. abstract
26. Kraft, N. J. B*, M. R. Metz*, R. S. Condit, and J. Chave. 2010. The relationship between wood density and mortality in a global tropical forest dataset. New Phytologist. 188(4):1124-1136. *equal contribution to authorship abstract
27. Metz, M. R., L. S. Comita, Y. Chen, N. Norden, R. Condit, S. P. Hubbell, I. Sun, N. Supardi B. M. N., and S. J. Wright. 2008. Temporal and spatial variability in seedling dynamics: a cross-site comparison in four lowland tropical forests. Journal of Tropical Ecology. 24(1): 9-18. abstract
28. Metz, M. R. and F. Keesing, 2001.  Dietary choices by the pouched mouse (Saccostamus mearnsi) in Central Kenya.  Biotropica. 33(1): 182-187. abstract