Dr. Adler Publications Peer-Reviewed Publications

* = postdoctoral researcher, ** = graduate student, *** = undergraduate co-author from the Adler lab

41. **Soper Gorden NL and LS Adler (in press). Abiotic conditions affect antagonists and mutulalists in Impatiens capensis. American Journal of Botany.

40. **Gillespie SD and LS Adler. 2013. Indirect effects on mutualisms: Parasitism of bumble bees and pollination service to plants. Ecology 94(2): 454-64.

39. *Barber NA, Adler LS, *Theis N, *Kiers ET, and RV Hazzard. 2012. Herbivory reduces plant interactions with above- and belowground antagonists and mutualists. Ecology 93(7): 1560-70.

38. Adler LS, ***Seifert MG, Wink M and Morse GE. 2012. Reliance on pollinators predicts defensive chemistry across tobacco species. Ecology Letters 15: 1140-48.

37. *Theis N, and LS Adler. 2012. Advertising to the enemy: Enhanced floral fragrance increases beetle attraction and reduces plant fitness. Ecology 93(2): 430-35.

36. Adler LS and RE Irwin. 2012. Nectar alkaloids decrease pollination and reproduction in a native plant. Oecologia 168(4): 1033-41.

35. O'Connell JM, Sandler HA, Adler LS, and Caruso FL. 2011. Controlled studies further the development of practical guidelines to manage dodder (Cuscuta gronovii) in cranberry production with short-term flooding. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 26(4): 269-75.

34. Mayer C, Adler LS, Armbruster WS, Dafni A, Eardley C, Huang SQ, Kevan PG, Ollerton J, Packer L, Ssymank A, Stout JC, Potts SG. 2011. Pollination ecology in the 21st century: Key questions for future research. Journal of Pollination Ecology 3(2): 8-23.

33. *Barber NA, Adler LS and **Bernardo HL. 2011. Effects of above- and belowground herbivory on growth, pollination, and reproduction in cucumber. Oecologia 165: 377-86.

32. **Cavanagh A, Adler LS, and Hazzard RV. 2010. Buttercup squash provides a marketable alternative to blue hubbard as a trap crop for control of striped cucumber beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Environmental Entomology 39(6): 1953-60.

31. Halpern, SL, Adler, LS, and M Wink. 2010. Leaf herbivory and drought stress affect floral attractive and defensive traits in Nicotiana quadrivalvis (Solanaceae). Oecologia 163: 961-971.

30. *Kiers ET, Adler, LS, Grman, EL and MGA Van Der Heijden. 2010. The role of jasmonates in mediating aboveground and belowground mutualisms. Functional Ecology 24: 434-43. PDF

29. ***Sharp, DN, **Lentz-Ronning, AJ, Barron, J and LS Adler 2009. The effect of larval diet and sex on nectar nicotine feeding preferences in Manduca sexta (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Florida Entomologist 92(2): 374-76. PDF

28. *Theis, ***N, Kesler, K and LS Adler. 2009. Leaf herbivory increases floral fragrance in male but not female Cucurbita pepo subsp. texana (Cucurbitaceae) flowers. American Journal of Botany 96(5): 897-903. PDF

27. **Cavanagh, A, Hazzard, RV, Adler, LS, and J Boucher. 2009. Using trap crops for control of Acalymma vittatum (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) reduces insecticide use in butternut squash. Journal of Economic Entomology 102(3): 1101-07.

26. Adler, LS and RV Hazzard. 2009. A comparison of perimeter trap crop varieties: Effects on herbivory, pollination and yield in butternut squash. Environmental Entomology 38(1): 207-215. PDF

25. **Hladun, K and LS Adler. 2009. Influence of leaf herbivory, root herbivory and pollination on plant performance in Cucurbita moschata. Ecological Entomology 34: 144-52. PDF

24. Irwin, RE and LS Adler. 2008. Nectar secondary compounds affect self-pollen transfer: implications for female and male plant reproduction. Ecology 89(8): 2207-17.
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23. **Hladun, K and LS Adler. 2008. Effects of perimeter trap crop pollen on crop reproduction in butternut squash (Cucurbita moschata). Hortscience 43(1): 276-78.

22. Elliott, SE, Irwin, RE, Adler, LS, and NM Williams. 2008. Nectar alkaloids do not affect offspring performance of a native solitary bee, Osmia lignaria (Megachilidae). Ecological Entomology 33(2): 298-304.
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21. ***Andrews, ES, *Theis, N and LS Adler. 2007. Pollinator and herbivore attraction to Cucurbita floral volatiles. Journal of Chemical Ecology 33:1682-1691.PDF

20. Adler, LS; de Valpine, P; Harte, J and ***J Call. 2007. Effects of long-term experimental warming on aphid density in the field. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 80(2): 156-168. PDF

19. Preisser, EL; ***Gibson, SE; Adler, LS and EE Lewis 2007. Underground herbivory and the costs of constitutive defense in tobacco. Acta Oecologica 31(2): 210-15. PDF

18. Adler, LS; Wink, M; Distl, M; and **AJ Lentz 2006. Leaf herbivory and nutrients increase nectar alkaloids. Ecology Letters 9: 960-67. PDF

17. Irwin, RE and LS Adler 2006. Correlations among traits associated with herbivore resistance and pollination: implications for multispecies plant-animal interactions. American Journal of Botany. 93(1): 64-72. PDF

16. Adler, LS and RE Irwin 2006. Comparison of pollen transfer dynamics by multiple floral visitors: experiments with pollen and fluorescent dye. Annals of Botany 97: 141-50. PDF

15. Adler, LS and RE Irwin. 2005. Ecological costs and benefits of defenses in nectar. Ecology 86(11): 2968-2978. PDF ScienceNOW Science News

14. Gaimari, SD; Adler, LS and SJ Scheffer. 2004. Plant host affiliation and redescription of Phytomyza subtenella Frost (Diptera: Agromyzidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 106(3):501-507.

13. Adler, LS. 2004. Size-mediated performance of a generalist herbivore feeding on mixed diets. Southwestern Naturalist 49(2):189-196 PDF

12. Irwin, RE; Adler, LS; and AK Brody. 2004. The dual role of floral traits: pollinator attraction and plant defense. Ecology 85(6) 1503-1511 PDF

11. Adler, LS and J. L. Bronstein. 2004. Attracting antagonists: Does floral nectar increase leaf herbivory? Ecology. PDF

10. Adler, LS and Kittelson, PM. 2004. Variation in Lupinus arboreus alkaloid profiles and relationships with multiple herbivores. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. PDF

9. Adler, LS. 2003. Host species affects herbivory, pollination and reproduction in experiments with parasitic Castilleja. Ecology 84(8): 2083-91 PDF

8. Adler, LS. 2002. Host effects on herbivory and pollination in a hemiparasitic plant. Ecology 83(10): 2700-10. PDF

7. Adler, LS; Karban, R and SY Strauss. 2001. Direct and indirect effects of alkaloids on plant fitness via herbivory and pollination. Ecology 82(7): 2032-44. PDF

6. Adler, LS and M Wink. 2001. Transfer of quinolizidine alkaloids from hosts to hemiparasites in two Castilleja-Lupinus associations: analysis of floral and vegetative tissues. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 29(6): 551-61. PDF

5. Adler, LS. 2000. Alkaloid uptake increases fitness in a hemiparasitic plant via reduced herbivory and increased pollination. The American Naturalist 156: 92-99. PDF

4. Adler, LS. 2000. The ecological significance of toxic nectar. Oikos 91:409-420. PDF Review in TREE

3. Karban, R; Agrawal, AA; Thaler, JS and LS Adler. 1999. Induced plant responses and information content about risk of herbivory. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 14:443-47. PDF

2. Adler, LS; Schmitt, J and MD Bowers. 1995. Genetic variation in defensive chemistry in Plantago lanceolata (Plantaginaceae) and its effect on the specialist herbivore Junonia coenia (Nymphalidae). Oecologia 101:75-85.

1. Adler, LS; Wikler, K; Wyndham, FS; Linder, CR and J Schmitt. 1993. Potential for persistence of genes escaped from canola: germination cues in crop, wild and crop-wild hybrid Brassica rapa. Functional Ecology 7:736-745.


Peer-Reviewed Publications Mentored in the Adler Lab

*Barber, NA. 2012. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are necessary for the induced response to herbivores by Cucumis sativus. Journal of Plant Ecology. doi: 10.1093/jpe/rts026, pp 1-6.

**Gillespie, S. 2010. Factors affecting parasite prevalence among wild bumblebees. Ecological Entomology 35(6): 737-747.

Edited Volumes, Book Chapters and Other Publications

Adler, LS and RE Irwin. 2012. What you smell is more important than what you see? Natural selection on floral scent (Commentary). New Phytologist 195: 510-11.

Adler, LS. 2008. Studying the sweet stuff. Review of S. W. Nicolson, M. Nepi, and E. Pacini, Eds. Nectaries and nectar. In: Ecology 89(4): 1177-78.

Adler, LS. 2007. Selection by pollinators and herbivores on attraction and defense. Pages 162-173 in: Tilmon, K. J. (ed.), Specialization, speciation and radiation: The evolutionary biology of herbivorous insects. University of California Press, Berkeley.

Adler, LS; Wink, M; Distl, M and AJ Lentz. 2007. A reply to Baldwin: Critique does not weaken major conclusions. Ecology Letters 10(3): E2-E3. PDF

Irwin, RE and LS Adler, editors. 2004. Nectar Ecology Special Feature. Ecology 85(6): 1477-1533.
Invited Authors: LS Adler, N Bluethgen, C Bonifray, A Brody, J Bronstein, K Fiedler, MC Gardener, RE Irwin, R Mitchell, R Raguso, JA Rudgers, and F Wäckers.

Agrawal, AA and LS Adler. 2003. Plant-animal interactions for the classroom. Review of C. Herrera & O. Pellmyr, Eds. Plant-animal interactions. In: Ecology 84(3): 807-808.