%0 Journal Article %J Trends in Ecology & Evolution %D 2021 %T The Evolution of ‘Ecological Release’ into the 21st Century %A Nicholas C. Herrmann %A James T. Stroud %A Jonathan B. Losos %K ecological character displacement %K ecological release %K interspecific competition %K niche expansion %X Ecological release, originally conceived as niche expansion following a reduction in interspecific competition, may prompt invasion success, morphological evolution, speciation, and other ecological and evolutionary outcomes. However, the concept has not been recently reviewed. Here, we trace the study of ‘ecological release’ from its inception through the present day and find that current definitions are broad and highly varied. Viewing this development as a potential impediment to clear communication and hypothesis testing, we suggest a consensus definition for ecological release: niche expansions and shifts when a constraining interspecific interaction is reduced or removed. In rationalizing this definition, we highlight the various ways ecological release can unfold and address its potential evolutionary consequences. %B Trends in Ecology & Evolution %V 36 %P 206-215 %G eng %U https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534720303116 %N 3 %R https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2020.10.019 %0 Journal Article %J Evolution %D 2020 %T Character displacement in the midst of background evolution in island populations of Anolis lizards: A spatiotemporal perspective %A Kamath, Ambika %A Herrmann, Nicholas C %A Gotanda, Kiyoko M %A Shim, Kum C %A LaFond, Jacob %A Cottone, Gannon %A Falkner, Heather %A Campbell, Todd S %A Stuart, Yoel E %B Evolution %I Wiley Online Library %V 74 %P 2250–2264 %G eng %N 10 %0 Journal Article %J Nature %D 2020 %T How lost lizards and Hurricane Irma are helping me get through coronavirus restrictions. %A Herrmann, N.C. %B Nature %G eng %U https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01537-9 %0 Journal Article %J Biological Journal of the Linnean Society %D 2020 %T Post-hurricane shifts in the morphology of island lizards %A Rabe, Allison M %A Herrmann, Nicholas C %A Culbertson, Katherine A %A Donihue, Colin M %A Prado-Irwin, Sofia R %B Biological Journal of the Linnean Society %I Oxford University Press UK %V 130 %P 156–165 %G eng %U https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article-abstract/130/1/156/5802031 %N 1 %0 Journal Article %J Oecologia %D 2019 %T Asymmetric interference competition and niche partitioning between native and invasive Anolis lizards %A Katherine A. Culbertson %A Nicholas C. Herrmann %B Oecologia %V 190 %P 811-820 %G eng %U https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00442-019-04466-1 %N 4 %0 Journal Article %J Caribbean Naturalist %D 2018 %T Lizards on Islands within Islands: Microhabitat Use, Movement, and Cannibalism in Anolis sagrei (Brown Anole) and Anolis smaragdinus (Bahamas Green Anole) %A Herrmann, Nicholas C %A Shannan S. Yates %A Jason R. Fredette %A Molly K. Leavens %A Renata Moretti %A R. Graham Reynolds %B Caribbean Naturalist %P 1-17 %G eng %U https://www.eaglehill.us/CANAonline/articles/CANA-50/04-Herrmann.shtml %N 50 %0 Journal Article %J Breviora %D 2017 %T Substrate Availability and Selectivity Contribute To Microhabitat Specialization In Two Central American Semiaquatic Anoles %A Herrmann, Nicholas C %B Breviora %V 555 %P 1-13 %G eng %U http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.3099/MCZ33.1 %N 1 %0 Journal Article %J Breviora %D 2016 %T Discovery of a Remarkable New Boa from the Conception Island Bank, Bahamas %A Reynolds, R Graham %A Puente-Rolón, Alberto R %A Geneva, Anthony J %A Aviles-Rodriguez, Kevin J %A Herrmann, Nicholas C %B Breviora %I BioOne %V 549 %P 1-19 %@ 0006-9698 %G eng %N 1 %0 Journal Article %J Ecology %D 2013 %T Feedbacks underlie the resilience of salt marshes and rapid reversal of consumer‐driven die‐off %A Altieri, Andrew H %A Bertness, Mark D %A Coverdale, Tyler C %A Axelman, Eric E %A Herrmann, Nicholas C %A Szathmary, P Lauren %B Ecology %I Wiley Online Library %V 94 %P 1647-1657 %@ 1939-9170 %G eng %N 7 %0 Journal Article %J Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment %D 2013 %T Latent impacts: the role of historical human activity in coastal habitat loss %A Coverdale, Tyler C %A Herrmann, Nicholas C %A Altieri, Andrew H %A Bertness, Mark D %B Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment %I Eco Soc America %V 11 %P 69-74 %@ 1540-9309 %G eng %N 2 %0 Journal Article %J Ecology %D 2012 %T A trophic cascade triggers collapse of a salt‐marsh ecosystem with intensive recreational fishing %A Altieri, Andrew H %A Bertness, Mark D %A Coverdale, Tyler C %A Herrmann, Nicholas C %A Angelini, Christine %B Ecology %I Wiley Online Library %V 93 %P 1402-1410 %@ 1939-9170 %G eng %N 6 %0 Journal Article %J Marine Ecology Progress Series %D 2009 %T Fiddler crab control of cordgrass primary production in sandy sediments %A Holdredge, Christine %A Bertness, Mark D %A Herrmann, Nicholas C %A Gedan, Keryn B %B Marine Ecology Progress Series %V 399 %P 253 %@ 0171-8630 %G eng