1. 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. (in press). Latitudinal differences in coexistence contribute to geographic variation in forest diversity. Nature.
   
2. 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.
   
3. Cobb, R. C. and M. R. Metz. 2017. Tree diseases as a cause and consequence of interacting forest disturbances. Forests. 8:art147. pdf
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. 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
15. 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
16. 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
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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
21. 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
22. Metz, M. R. and F. Keesing, 2001.  Dietary choices by the pouched mouse (Saccostamus mearnsi) in Central Kenya.  Biotropica. 33(1): 182-187. abstract