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In review/in the making:
- Abdala-Roberts, L. and Moreira, X. Effects of phytochemical diversity on multitrophic interactions.
- Grandi, L., Ye, W., Clancy, M. V., Vallat, A., Glauser, G., Abdala-Roberts, L., Brevault, T., Benrey, B., Turlings, T. C. J., and Bustos-Segura, C. Cotton defence induction by de novo synthesized volatiles released from damaged neighbouring plants.
- Mamin, M., Clancy, M. V., Flückinger, G., Quijano-Medina, T., Pérez-Niño, B., Abdala-Roberts, L., Turlings, T. C. J., and Bustos-Segura, C. Induction by caterpillars of stored and emitted volatiles among populations of wild cotton (Gossypium hirsutum).
- Martín-Cacheda, L., Röder, G., Abdala-Roberts, L., and Moreira, X. Test of specificity in signalling between potato plants in response to infection by Fusarium solani and Phytophthora infestans.
- Moreira, X., Martín-Cacheda, L., Quiroga, G., Lago-Núñez, B., Röder, G., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Testing the joint effects of above- and belowground plant mutualists on insect herbivory.
- de Celis, M., Fernández-Alonso, M. J., Belda, I., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Palomino, J., García, Singh, B. K., Yin, Y., Wang, J.-T., Abdala-Roberts, L. et al. The abundant fraction of soil microbiomes regulates rhizosphere function in crop wild progenitors.
- Martín-Cacheda, L., Briones-May, Y., Bustos-Segura, C., Turlings, T., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Effects herbivore density and damage pattern on volatile emissions and its consequences for plant signalling in wild cotton.
- Moreira, X., Hervella, P., Lago-Núñez, B., Galmán, A., de la Fuente, M., Covelo, F., Marquis, R. J., Vázquez-González, C., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Biotic and abiotic factors associated with genome size evolution in oaks.
- Fernández-Alonso, M. J., de Celis, M., Belda, I., Palomino, J. García, C., Gaitán, J., Wang, J-T., Abdala-Roberts, L. et al. Soil biogeography at the habitats of origin of major crops.
- Haas-Desmarais, S., Moreira, X., Castagneyrol, B., Abdala-Roberts, L., Lortie, C. J., and Traveset, A. The effect of herbivory on pollinators: a revised meta-analysis.
- Vázquez-González, C., Abdala-Roberts, L., Lago-Núñez, B., Dean, L., Capó, M., de la Mata, R., Tack, A. J. M., Stenberg, J. A., Covelo, F., Cao, A., Cursach, J., Hernández-Serrano, A., Hansen, F., Mooney, K. A., and Moreira, X. Assessing the role of bird predation and leaf traits in shaping insularity effects on insect herbivory on oaks.
- Abdala-Roberts, L., Puentes, A., Finke, D., Marquis, R., Montserrat-Larrosa, M., Poelman, E., Rasmann, S., Sentis, A., Symons, C. C., van Dam, N. M., Wimp, G., Björkman, C., and Mooney, K. A. Connecting the dots: Managing ecological networks to mitigate global change impacts.
2024
123. - Quijano-Medina, T., Briones-May, Y., Solís-Rodríguez, U., Mamin, M., Clancy, M., Ye, W., Bustos-Segura, C., Turlings, T. C. J., Moreira, X., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Soil salinization effects on volatile signals that mediate the induction of chemical defences in wild cotton. Arthropod-Plant Interactions. In press.
122. Vázquez-González, C., Castagneyrol, B., Barbaro, L., Muiruri, E., Abdala-Roberts, L., et al. Tree diversity enhances predation by birds but not by arthropods across forest biomes. Ecology Letters. In press.
121. Quiroga, G., Castagneyrol, B., Abdala-Roberts, L., and Moreira, X. A meta-analysis of the effects of climate-change related abiotic factors on aboveground and belowground plant-associated microbes. Oikos e10411. PDF
120. Vázquez-González, C., Reyes-Hernández, M., Villa-Galaviz, E., Pérez-Niño, B., Quijano-Medina, T., Parra-Tabla, V., Mooney, K. A., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Temporal variation in tree diversity effects on insectivorous birds and its implications for top-down pressure in a tropical system. Oecologia 204: 603-612. PDF
119. Moreira, X. and Abdala-Roberts, L. Ecological and evolutionary links between plant defences and life history traits. In: Life History Evolution: Traits, Interactions, and Applications, eds. Segoli, M., Wajnberg, E. Springer. In press.
118. Depauw, L., De Lombaerde, E., Dhiedt, E., Blondeel, H., Abdala-Roberts, L. et al. Enhancing tree performance through species mixing: a review of quarter-century TreeDivNet experiments revealing research gaps and practical insights. Current Forestry Reports 10: 1-10. PDF
117. Dean, L., Vázquez-González, C., Hellwitz, S., Abdala-Roberts, L., and Mooney, K. A. Decomposing elevational gradients in predation by insectivorous birds. Ecosphere 15: e4790. PDF
116. Abdala-Roberts, L. and Moreira, X. Introduction: ecology and evolution of plant-herbivore interactions on islands. In: Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Herbivore Interactions on Islands, eds. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L. Springer.
115. Moreira, X., Vázquez-González, C., Lago-Núñez, B., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Island features and abiotic factors as drivers of insect leaf herbivory on islands. In: Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Herbivore Interactions on Islands, eds. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L. Springer.
114. Moreira, X. and Abdala-Roberts, L. (eds.). Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Herbivore Interactions on Islands. Springer.
113. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Gols, R., Lago-Núñez, B., Rasmann, S., Röder, G., Soengas, P., Vázquez-González, C., and Cartea, M. E. Leaf herbivores but not pathogens drive floral volatile-mediated indirect effects on plant-pollinator interactions and plant fitness in Brassica rapa. Journal of Ecology. 112: 402-415. PDF
112. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Lago-Núñez, Cao, A., De Pauw, K., De Ro, A., Gasperini, C., Hedwall, P., Iacopetti, G., Lenoir, J., Meeussen, C., Plue, J., Sanczuk, P., Selvi, F., Spicher, F., Vanden Broek, A., and De Frenne, P. Effects of forest experimental microhabitat warming on oak leaf defences and insect herbivory across a contrasting environmental gradient. Oikos. 2024: e10353. PDF
111. Martín-Cacheda, L., Vázquez-González, C., Rasmann, S., Röder, G., Abdala-Roberts, L., and Moreira, X. Volatile-mediated signalling between potato plants in response to insect herbivory is not contingent on soil nutrients. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 49: 507-517. PDF
2023
110. Robinson, M.L., P.G. Hahn, B.D. Inouye, N. Underwood, S.R. Whitehead, K.C. Abbott, E.M. Bruna, N.I. Cacho, L.A. Dyer, L. Abdala-Roberts, L. et al. Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain variability in global herbivory. Science 382: 679-683. PDF
109. Quiroga, G., Aguiño-Domínguez, N., Piperakis, N., Martín-Cacheda, L., Abdala-Roberts, L., and Moreira, X. Variation in plant-mediated interactions between pathogens on potato: Effects of initial infections on conspecific vs. heterospecific subsequent infections. Journal of Chemical Ecology 49: 465-473. PDF
108. Quijano-Medina, T., Interian-Aguiñaga, J., Solís-Rodríguez, U., Mamin, M., Clancy, M., Ye, W., Bustos-Segura, C., Francisco, M., Ramos-Zapata, J. A., Turlings, T. C. J., Moreira, X., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Aphid and caterpillar feeding drive similar patterns of induced defences and resistance to subsequent herbivory in wild cotton. Planta 258: 113. PDF
107. Abdala-Roberts, L., Pérez-Niño, B., Vázquez-González, C., Cristobal-Alejo, J., Reyes-Novelo, E., and Moreira, X. Effects of tree diversity and seedling density on insect herbivory and pathogen infection on seedlings of big-leaf mahogany, Swietenia macrophylla. Oikos 2023: e10093. PDF
106. Abdala-Roberts, L., Berny-Mier y Terán, J., Vázquez-González, C., Reyes-Novelo, E., Mooney, K., and Moreira, X. Effects of conspecific seedling density and heterospecific frequency on insect herbivory in a tropical dry forest. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 25: 549-557. PDF
105. Chappuis, L., Egger, A., Röeder, G., Glauser, G., Jaffuel, G., Benrey, B., Abdala-Roberts, L., Clancy, M., Turlings, T. C. J., and Bustos-Segura, C. Effects of experimental growth conditions on the chemical defences of two cotton species, Gossypium hirsutum and G. herbaceum. Journal of Chemical Ecology 49: 340-352. PDF
104. Briones-May, Y., Quijano-Medina, T., Pérez-Niño, B., Benrey, B., Turlings, T. C. J., Bustos-Segura, C., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Soil salinization disrupts plant-plant signalling effects on extra-floral nectar induction in wild cotton. Oecologia 202: 313-323. PDF
103. Martín-Chacheda, L., Vázquez-González, C., Rasmann, S., Röder, G., Abdala-Roberts, L., and Moreira, X. Plant genetic relatedness and volatile-mediated signalling between potato plants in response to insect herbivory. Phytochemistry. 206: 113651. PDF
102. Vázquez-González, C., Quiroga, V., Martín-Cacheda, L., Rasmann, S., Röder, G., Abdala-Roberts, L., and Moreira, X. Effect of herbivore density on VOC-mediated communication between potato plants. Planta 257: 42. PDF
101. Moreira, X. and Abdala-Roberts, L. Linking herbivory and ecosystem services in urban forests. Trends in Plant Science 28: 139-141. PDF
100. Clancy, M. V., Mamine, M., Flückinger, G., Quijano-Medina, T., Pérez-Niño, B., Abdala-Roberts, L., Turlings, T. C. J., and Bustos-Segura, C. Terpene chemotypes in wild cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) from the Yucatan Peninsula. Phytochemistry 205: 113454 PDF
2022
99. Vázquez-González, C., Pombo, L., Martín-Cacheda, L., Rassman, S., Röder, G., Abdala-Roberts, L., Mooney, K., and Moreira, X. Effect of water availability on communication between potato plants in response to herbivory. Functional Ecology 36: 2763-2773. PDF
98. Interián-Aguiñaga, J., Parra-Tabla, V., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Effects of tropical tree diversity and prey distribution on predation by birds and arthropods. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 16: 449-457. PDF
97. Villa-Galaviz, E., Quinto, J., Abdala-Roberts, L., and Parra-Tabla, V. Neighboring plants and core herbivores determine the importance of Swietenia macrophylla in a plant-herbivore network. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 16: 387-399. PDF
96. Abdala-Roberts, L., Vázquez-González, C., Rasmann, S., and Moreira, X. Test of communication between potato plants in response to herbivory by the Colorado potato beetle. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 24: 212-218. PDF
95. Moreira, X. and Abdala-Roberts, L. A roadmap for tests of insularity effects on plant-herbivore interactions. Global Ecology and Biogeography 31: 602-610. PDF
94. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Castagneyrol, B., Caujapé-Castells, J., Cruz-Guedes, J., Lago-Núñez, B., Vicens-Fornés, M., and García-Verdugo, C. A phylogenetically controlled test does not support prediction of lower putative anti-herbivore leaf traits for insular woody species. Journal of Biogeography 49: 274-285. PDF
93. Reyes-Hernández, M., Quijano-Medina, T., Angulo-Pérez, D., Moreira, X., Parra-Tabla, V., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Experimental test of ant effects on insect herbivory and pathogen infection on wild cotton (Gossypium hirsutum). Arthropod-Plant Interactions 16: 77-86. PDF
92. van Dijk, L. J. A., Moreira, X., Barr, A. E., Abdala-Roberts, L., et al. Urbanization effects on oak-pathogen interactions at multiple spatial scales. Ecography 2022: e06091. PDF
2021
91. Moreira, X., Vázquez-González, C., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Proximate drivers of population inter-annual variation in seed output in a masting conifer species. Forest Ecology and Management 498: 119562. PDF
90. Quinto, C. J., Martínez-Falcón, A. P., Murillo-Pacheco, J., Abdala-Roberts, L., and Parra-Tabla, V. Diversity patters of tropical epigeal beetle assemblages associated with monoculture and polyculture plantations with big-leaf mahogany. Neotropical Entomology 50: 551-561. PDF
89. Moreira, X., Pérez-Ramos, I., Matías, L., Francisco, M., Vázquez-González, C., Abdala-Roberts, L., and Cambrolle, J. Effects of soil abiotic factors and seed chemical defences on seed predation by specialist caterpillars on sea fennel (Crithmum maritimum). Plant and Soil 465: 289-300. PDF
88. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Granjel, R.R., Pasch, V., Soengas, P., Vázquez-González, C., Turlings, T.C.J., and Rasmann, S. Apparent inhibition of induced plant volatiles by a fungal pathogen prevents airborne communication between potato plants. Plant, Cell and Environment 44: 1192-1201. PDF
87. Galmán, A., Abdala-Roberts, L., Wartalska, P., Covelo, F., Röder, G., Szenteczki, M., Moreira, X., and Rasmann, S. Elevational gradients in constitutive and induced oak defences using individual traits and their correlated expression patterns. Oikos 130:396-407. PDF
86. Moreira, X., Castagneyrol, B., García-Verdugo, C., and Abdala-Roberts, L. A meta-analysis of insularity effects on plant-herbivore interactions. Journal of Biogeography 48:386-393. PDF
85. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., De Frenne, P., Galmán, A., Gaytán, A., Jaatinen, R., Lago-Núñez, B., Meeussen, C., Pulkkinen, P., Rasmussen, P. U., ten Hoopen, P. J., Timmermans, B. G., Vázquez-González, C., Castagneyrol, B., and Tack, A. J. Effects of latitude and conspecific plant density on insect leaf herbivory in oak saplings and seedlings. American Journal of Botany 108:172-176. PDF
84. Quijano-Medina, T., Moreira, X., Turlings, T.C.J., Sosenski, P., Grandi, L., Cervera, J.C., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Effects of salinity on the expression of direct and indirect defences in wild cotton Gossypium hirsutum. Journal of Ecology. 109:354-368. PDF
2020
83. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Hidalgo-Galvez, M. D., Vázquez-González, C., and Pérez-Ramos, I. M. Microclimatic effects on plant phenolics at the community level in a Mediterranean savannah. Scientific Reports 10:14757. PDF
82. Carmona, D., Moreira, X., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Latitudinal and elevational gradients in plant defences and herbivory in temperate trees: recent findings, underlying factors, and an evolutionary perspective using genomic tools. In: Plant-herbivore Interactions, eds. Núñez-Farfán, J., Valverde, P. Springer.
81. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Galmán, A., Bartlow, A.W. Carrari, E., Covelo, F., de la Fuente, M., Ferrenberg, S., Fyllas, N.M., Hoshika, Y., Marquis, R.J., Nakamura, M., Nell, C.S., Pesendorfer, M.B., Steele, M.A., Vázquez-González, C., Zhang, S., and Rasmann, S. Ontogenetic consistency in oak defense syndromes. Journal of Ecology 108:1822-1834. PDF
80. May-Uc, Y., Nell, C., Parra-Tabla, V., Navarro, J., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Tree diversity effects through a temporal lens: implications for the abundance, diversity, and stability of foraging birds. Journal of Animal Ecology 89: 1775-1787. PDF
79. Moreira, X. and Abdala-Roberts, L. Sources of variation in defensive traits in Quercus species: insights gained from research spanning individuals to communities and local- to broad-scale factors. In: Plant defence: Biological control, eds. Mérillon, J.M., Ramawat, K.G. Second edition. Springer.
78. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Bruun, H. H., Covelo, F., De Frenne, P., Galmán, A., Gaytán, A., Jaatinen, R., Pulkkinen, P., Timmermans, B.G.H., Tack, A.J.M., and Castagneyrol, B. Latitudinal variation in seed predation correlates with latitudinal variation in seed defensive and nutritional traits in a widespread oak species. Annals of Botany 125: 881-890. PDF
2019
77. Galmán, A., Abdala-Roberts, L., Covelo, F., Rasmann, S., and Moreira, X. Parallel increases in insect leaf herbivory with elevation for both saplings and adult trees of oak (Quercus) species. American Journal of Botany 106: 1558-1565. PDF
76. Moreira, X., Romero-Pérez, A., Luna-Chaparro, E., Orona-Tamayo, D., Quintana-Rodríguez, R., Abdala-Roberts, L., Cano-Santana, Z., and Hernández-Cumplido, J. Effects of plant sex on insect abundance across three trophic levels in the perennial shrub Buddleja ordata. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 167:950-956. PDF
75. Abdala-Roberts, L., Puentes, A., Finke, D., Marquis, R., Montserrat-Larrosa, M., Poelman, E., Rasmann, S., Sentis, A., van Dam, N. M., Wimp, G., Mooney, K., and Björkman, C. Tri-trophic interactions: bridging species, communities, and ecosystems. Ecology Letters 22:2151-2167. PDF
74. Abdala-Roberts, L., Quijano-Medina, T., Reyes-Hernández, M., Moreira, X., Francisco, M., Angulo-Pérez, D., Parra-Tabla, V., Virgen, A., and Rojas, J. C. Effects of amount and recurrence of herbivory on the induction of direct and indirect defences in wild cotton. Plant Biology 21:1063-1071. PDF
73. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Nell, C. S., Vázquez-González, C., Pratt, J. D., and Mooney, K. A. Sexual dimorphism and genotypic variation in terpene quantitative and qualitative profiles in the dioecious shrub Baccharis salicifolia. Scientific Reports 9:14655. PDF
72. Moreira, X., Vázquez-González, C., Encinas-Valero, M., Covelo, F., Castagneyrol, B., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Phylogenetic distance to native oaks predicts escape from insect leaf herbivores in saplings of non-native oak species. American Journal of Botany 106:1202-1209. PDF
71. Quijano-Medina, T., Covelo, F., Moreira, X., and Abdala-Roberts L. Tolerance to leaf herbivory in wild cotton (Gossypium hirsutum): responses to multiple levels of damage and associated mechanisms. Plant Biology 21:805-812. PDF
70. Abdala-Roberts, L., Quijano-Medina, T., Moreira, X., Vázquez-González, C., Parra-Tabla, V., Berny-Mier y Terán, J. C., Grandi, L., Glauser, G., Turlings, T. C. J., and Benrey, B. Bottom‐up control of geographic variation in insect herbivory on wild cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) by plant defenses and climate. American Journal of Botany 106:1059-1067. PDF
69. Moreira, X., Castagneyrol, B., Abdala-Roberts, L., and Traveset, A. A meta-analysis of herbivore effects on plant attractiveness to pollinators. Ecology 100: e02707. PDF
68. Galmán, A., Petry, W. K., Abdala-Roberts, L., Butrón, A., de la Fuente, M., Francisco, M., Kergunteuil, A., Rasmann, S., and Moreira, X. Inducibility of chemical defences in young oak trees is stronger at high elevations. Tree Physiology 39:606-614. PDF
67. Moreira, X., Castagneyrol, B., de la Mata, R., Fyllas, N. M., Galmán, A, García-Verdugo, C., Rodríguez-Larrinaga, A., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Effects of insularity on insect leaf herbivory and chemical defences in holm oak. Journal of Biogeography 46:1226-1233. PDF
66. Abdala-Roberts, L., Pérez Niño, B., Moreira, X., Parra-Tabla, V., Grandi, L., Glauser, G., Benrey, B., and Turlings, T. Effects of early-season insect herbivory on subsequent pathogen infection and ant abundance on wild cotton. Journal of Ecology 107:1518-1529. PDF
65. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Pérez-Ramos, I. M., Knops, J. M. H., Pesendorfer, M. B., Koenig, W. D., and Mooney, K. A. Weather cues associated with masting behavior dampen the negative autocorrelation between past and current reproduction in oaks. American Journal of Botany 106:51-60. PDF
64. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Berny Mier y Teran, J. C., Covelo, F., de la Mata, R., Francisco, M., Hardwick, B., Matheus Pires, R., Roslin, T., Schigel, D. S., ten Hoopen, J. P., Timmermans, B. G., van Dijk, L. J., Castagneyrol, B., and Tack, A. J. Impacts of urbanization on insect herbivory and plant defences in oak trees. Oikos 128:113-123. PDF
63. Moreira, X. and Abdala-Roberts, L. Specificity and context-dependency of plant-plant communication in response to insect herbivory. Current Opinion in Insect Science 32:15-21. PDF
2018
62. Moreira, X., Galmán, A., Francisco, M., Castagneyrol, B., and Abdala-Roberts L. Host plant frequency and secondary metabolites are concurrently associated with insect herbivory in a dominant riparian tree. Biology Letters 14: 20180281. PDF
61. Nell, C., Abdala-Roberts, L., Parra-Tabla, V., and Mooney, K. Tropical tree diversity mediates foraging and predatory effects of insectivorous birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285: 20181842. PDF
60. Rosado-Sánchez, S., Parra-Tabla, V., Betancur-Ancona, D., Moreira, X., and Abdala-Roberts L. Effects of tree species diversity on insect herbivory and leaf defenses in Cordia dodecandra. Ecological Entomology 43:703-711. PDF
59. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., and Castagneyrol, B. Interactions between plant defence signalling pathways: Evidence from bioassays with insect herbivores and plant pathogens. Journal of Ecology 106:2353-2364. PDF
58. Abdala-Roberts, L., Galmán, A., Petry, W. K., Covelo, F., de la Fuente, M., Glauser, G., and Moreira, X. Interspecific variation in plant functional and defensive traits in oak species and its underlying climatic drivers. PLoS ONE 13: e0202548. PDF
57. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Gols, R., and Francisco, M. Plant domestication decreases both constitutive and induced chemical defences in cabbage (Brassica oleracea). Scientific Reports 8: 12678. PDF
56. Moreira, L., Petry, W., Mooney, K., Rassman, S., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Elevational gradients in plant defense and herbivory: recent advances in the field and prospects for future research. Ecography 41:1485-1496. PDF
55. Moreira, X., Castagneyrol, B., Abdala-Roberts, L., Berny-Mier y Terán, J. C., Timmermans, B. G., Bruun, H. H., Covelo, F., Glauser, G., Rasmann, S., and Tack, A. J. Latitudinal variation in plant chemical defences drives latitudinal patterns of leaf herbivory. Ecography 41:1124-1134. PDF
54. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Galmán, A., Francisco, M., de la Fuente, M., Butron, A., and Rasmann, S. Assessing the influence of biogeographical origin and phylogenetics on chemical defences and herbivory in Quercus species. Phytochemistry 153:64-73. PDF
53. Paquette, A., Hector, A., Castegneyrol, B., Vanhellemont, M., Koricheva, J., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Verheyen, K., Abdala-Roberts, L., et al. A million and more trees for science. Nature Ecology and Evolution 2: 273-276. PDF
52. Mejía-Alva, B., Abdala-Roberts, L., Ramos-Zapata, J., and Parra-Tabla, V. Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on aboveground tri-trophic interactions are contingent upon plant genetic effects of cross type in the perennial herb Ruellia nudiflora. Journal of Ecology 106:1133-1141. PDF
51. Rosado-Sánchez, S., Parra-Tabla, V., Betancur-Ancona, D., Moreira, X., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Tree species diversity alters plant defense investment in an experimental forest plantation in southern Mexico. Biotropica 50:246-253. PDF
50. Abdala-Roberts, L., Covelo, F., Parra-Tabla, V, Berny-Mier y Terán, J., Mooney, K. A., and Moreira, X. Intra-specific latitudinal variation in leaf nutrients and its underlying abiotic correlates in Ruellia nudiflora. Scientific Reports 8:596. PDF
49. Galmán, A., Abdala-Roberts, L., Zhang, S, Berny-Mier y Terán, J. C., Rasmann, S., and Moreira, X. A global analysis of elevational gradients in leaf herbivory and its underlying drivers: effects of plant growth form, leaf habit, and climatic correlates. Journal of Ecology 113:413-421. PDF
2017
48. Parra-Tabla, V., Téllez-Quiñones, P., Celaya, N., Abdala-Roberts, L., Salinas-Peba, L., and Alonso, C. Fenología de floración y visitantes florales de especies herbáceas. In: Ecología y Funcionalidad de la Reserva Ecológica de Ría Lagartos, eds. Ramos-Zapata, J., et al. UNAM-UADY.
47. Alonso, C., Arceo-Gómez, G., Meindl, G. A., Abdala-Roberts, L., Parra-Tabla, V., and Ashman, T-L. Delimiting plant diversity that is functionally related via interactions with diurnal pollinators: an expanded use of rarefaction curves. Flora. 232: 56-62. PDF
46. Esquivel-Gómez, L., Abdala-Roberts, L., Pinkus-Rendón, M., and Parra-Tabla, V. Variation in web-building spider communities among three tropical tree species in a young experimental plantation. Journal of Arachnology 45: 139-142. PDF
45. Abdala-Roberts, L., Pratt, R., Pratt, J., and Mooney, K. Traits underlying community consequences of plant intra-specific diversity. PLoS ONE 12: e0183493. PDF
44. Moreira, X., Pérez-Ramos, I., Abdala-Roberts, L., and Mooney, K. A. Functional responses for contrasting seed predator guilds to masting in two Mediterranean oak species. Oikos 126: 1042-1050. PDF
43. Moreira, X., Glauser, G., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Interactive effects of plant neighbourhood and ontogeny on insect herbivory and plant defensive traits. Scientific Reports 7: 4047. PDF
42. Abdala-Roberts, L., Parra-Tabla, V., Moreira, X., and Ramos-Zapata, J. Ecological and evolutionary consequences of tri-trophic interactions: spatial variation and effects of plant density. American Journal of Botany 104:241-251. PDF
41. Esquivel-Gómez, L., Abdala-Roberts, L., Pinkus-Rendón, M., and Parra-Tabla, V. Effects of tree species diversity on a community of weaver spiders in a tropical forest plantation. Biotropica 49:63-70. PDF
2016
40. Abdala-Roberts, L., Rasmann, S., Berny-Mier y Terán, J. C., Covelo, F., Glauser, G., and Moreira, X. Biotic and abiotic factors associated with altitudinal variation in plant traits and herbivory in a dominant oak species. American Journal of Botany 103:2070-2078. PDF
39. Abdala-Roberts, L., Hernández-Cumplido, J., Chel-Guerrero, L., Betancur-Ancona, D., Benrey, B., and Moreira, X. Effects of plant intra-specific genetic diversity across three trophic levels: underlying mechanisms and plant traits. American Journal of Botany 103:1810-1818. PDF
38. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Zas, R., Merlo, E., Lombardero, M. J., Sampedro, L., and Mooney, K. A. Masting behavior in a Mediterranean pine alters seed predator selection on plant reproductive output. Plant Biology 18:973-980. PDF
37. Arceo-Gómez, G., Abdala-Roberts, L., Jankowiak, A., Kohler, C., Meindl, G., Navarro-Fernández, C., Parra-Tabla, V., Ashman, T-L., and Alonso, C. Patterns of among- and within-species variation in heterospecific pollen receipt: the importance of ecological generalization. American Journal of Botany 3:396-407. PDF
36. Arceo-Gómez, G., Alonso, C., Abdala-Roberts, L., and Parra-Tabla, V. Patterns and sources of spatial variation in pollen limitation in the endemic monoecious shrub Cnidoscolus souzae (Euphorbiaceae). Plant Biology 18:594-600. PDF
35. Abdala-Roberts, L., Pratt, J., Pratt, R., Schreck, T., Hannah, V., and Mooney, K. A. Multi-trophic consequences of plant genetic variation in sex and growth. Ecology 97: 743-753. PDF
34. Abdala-Roberts, L., Moreira, X., Rasmann, S., Parra-Tabla, V., and Mooney, K. A. Test of biotic and abiotic correlates of latitutinal variation in plant defenses in the perennial herb Ruellia nudiflora. Journal of Ecology 104:580-590. PDF
33. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Rasmann, S., Castagneyrol, B., and Mooney, K. A. Plant diversity effects on insect herbivores and their natural enemies: current thinking, recent findings, and future directions. Current Opinion in Insect Science 14:1-7. PDF
32. Abdala-Roberts, L., González-Moreno, A., Mooney, K. A., Moreira, X., González-Hernández, A., and Parra-Tabla, V. Effects of tree species and genotypic diversity on leafminer-parasitoid interactions. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 18:43-51. PDF
2015
31. Abdala-Roberts, L., Berny-Mier y Terán, J. C., Moreira, X., Durán-Yáñez, A., and Tut-Pech, F. Effects of pepper (Capsicum chinense) genotypic diversity on insect herbivores. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 17:433-438. PDF
30. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Hernández-Cumplido, J., Rasmann, S., Kenyon, S., and Benrey, B. Plant species variation in bottom-up effects across three trophic levels: A test of traits and mechanisms. Ecological Entomology 40:676-686. PDF
29. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Hernández-Cumplido, J., Cuny, M., Glauser, G., and Benrey, B. Specificity of induced defenses, growth, and reproduction in Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus, Fabaceae) in response to multi-species herbivory. American Journal of Botany 102:1300-1308. PDF
28. Campos-Navarrete, M. J., Munguía-Rosas, M., Abdala-Roberts, L., Quinto-Cánovas, J., and Parra-Tabla, V. 2015. Effects of tree genotypic and species diversity on the arthropod community associated with big-leaf mahogany. Biotropica 47:579-587. PDF
27. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Linhart, Y. B., and Mooney, K. A. 2015. Effects of climate on reproductive investment in a masting species: assessment of climatic predictors and underlying mechanisms. Journal of Ecology 103:1317-1324. PDF
26. Campos-Navarrete, M. J., Abdala-Roberts, L., Munguía-Rosas, M., and Parra-Tabla, V. 2015. Are tree species diversity and genotypic diversity effects on insect herbivores mediated by ants? PLoS ONE 10: e0132671. PDF
25. Abdala-Roberts, L., Mooney, K., Quijano-Medina, T., Campos-Navarrete, M. J., González-Moreno, A., and Parra-Tabla, V. 2015. Comparison of tree genotypic diversity and species diversity effects on different guilds of insect herbivores. Oikos 124:1527-1535. PDF
24. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Parra-Tabla, V., and Mooney, K. A. 2015. Latitudinal variation in herbivory: Influences of climatic drivers, herbivore identity, and natural enemies. Oikos 124:1444-1452. PDF
23. Abdala-Roberts, L. and Mooney, K. A. 2015. Plant and Herbivore Evolution within the Trophic Sandwich. Pp. 340-364. In: Trophic Interactions: Bottom-up and Top-down Interactions in Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems, eds. Hanley, T., La Pierre, K. Cambridge University Press.
2014
22. Abdala-Roberts, L. and Mooney, K. A. 2014. Ecological and evolutionary consequences of plant genotype diversity in a tri-trophic system. Ecology 95:2879-2893. PDF
21. Abdala-Roberts, L., Moreira, X., Cervera, J. C., and Parra-Tabla, V. 2014. Light availability influences growth-defense trade-offs in big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King). Biotropica 46:591-597. PDF
20. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Parra-Tabla, V., and Mooney, K. A. 2014. Positive effects of plant genotypic and species diversity on anti-herbivore defences in a tropical tree species. PLoS ONE 9: e105438. PDF
19. Abdala-Roberts, L., Parra-Tabla, V., Campbell, D. R., and Mooney, K. A. 2014. Soil fertility and parasitoids shape herbivore selection on plants. Journal of Ecology 102:1120-1128. PDF
18. Abdala-Roberts, L., Berny-Mier y Terán, J. C., Mooney, K. A., Moguel-Ordoñez, Y. B., and Tut-Pech, F. 2014. Plant traits mediate effects of predators across pepper (Capsicum annuum) varieties. Ecological Entomology 39:361-370. PDF
17. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Linhart, Y. B., and Mooney, K. A. 2014. Masting promotes individual- and population-level reproduction by decreasing pollen limitation: new insights for the pollination efficiency hypothesis. Ecology 95:801-807. PDF
16. Abdala-Roberts, L., Marrufo-Zapata, D., Arceo-Gomez, G. and Parra-Tabla, V. 2014. Pollen limitation, fruit abortion and autonomous selfing in three populations of the perennial herb Ruellia nudiflora. Plant Species Biology 29:25-33. PDF
2013
15. Munguía-Rosas, M. A., Abdala-Roberts, L. and Parra-Tabla, V. 2013. Effects of pollen load, parasitoids and the environment on predispersal seed predation in the cleistogamous Ruellia nudiflora. Oecologia 173:871-880. PDF
14. Berny-Mier y Terán, J. C., Abdala-Roberts, L., Duran-Yañez, A., and Felipe Tut-Pech. 2013. Variation in insect pest and virus resistance among Habanero peppers (Capsicum chinense Jacq.) in Yucatan, Mexico. Agrociencia 47:471-478. PDF
13. Abdala-Roberts, L. and Mooney, K. A. 2013. Environmental and plant genetic effects on tri-trophic interactions. Oikos 122:1157-1166. PDF
2012
12. Abdala-Roberts, L., Agrawal, A. A. and Mooney, K. A. 2012. Ant-aphid interactions on Asclepias syriaca are mediated by plant genotype and caterpillar damage. Oikos 121:1905-1913. PDF
11. Ortegón-Campos, I. G., Abdala-Roberts, L., Parra-Tabla, V., Cervera, J. C., Marrufo, D. and Herrera, C. M. 2012. Influence of multiple factors on plant local adaptation: soil type and folivore effects in Ruellia nudiflora (Acanthaceae). Evolutionary Ecology 26:545-558. PDF
10. Rivera-Solís, G.,* Abdala-Roberts, L., Cervera-Herrera, J. C. and Parra-Tabla, V. 2012. Mechanisms and traits associated with compensation for defoliation in Ruellia nudiflora. Plant Ecology 213:303-314. PDF
9. Marquis, R.J., Ricklefs, R., and Abdala-Roberts, L. 2012. Testing the high defense, low latitude hypothesis for broad-leaved tree species. Oecologia 169:811-820. PDF
2010
8. Ramos-Zapata, J., Parra-Tabla, V., Campos, M. J., Abdala-Roberts, L. and Navarro, J. 2010. Genotypic variation in the response of the weed Ruellia nudiflora to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Mycorrhiza 20:275-280. PDF
7. Abdala-Roberts, L., Parra-Tabla, V., Salinas-Peba, L., Díaz-Castelazo, C. and Delfín-González, H. 2010. Spatial variation in the intensity of a trophic cascade involving Ruellia nudiflora (Acanthaceae), a seed predator, and its associated parasitoid fauna. Biotropica 42:180-187. PDF
2009
6. Ortegón-Campos, I. G., Parra-Tabla, V., Abdala-Roberts, L. and Herrera, C. M. 2009. Local adaptation of Ruellia nudiflora (Acanthaceae) to biotic counterparts: Complex scenarios revealed when two herbivore guilds are considered. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 2288-2297. PDF
5. Parra-Tabla, V., Abdala-Roberts, L., Rojas, J. C., Navarro, J. and Salinas-Peba, L. 2009. Floral longevity and scent respond to pollen manipulation and resource status in the tropical orchid Myrmecophila christinae (Orchidaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 282: 1-11. PDF
4. Abdala-Roberts, L., Parra-Tabla, V., Salinas-Peba, L. and Herrera, C.M. 2009. Noncorrelated effects of seed predators and pollinators on the perennial herb Ruellia nudiflora remain spatially consistent. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 96: 800-807. PDF
2007
3. Abdala-Roberts, L., Parra-Tabla, V. and Navarro, J. 2007. Is floral longevity influenced by reproductive costs and pollination success in Cohniella ascendens (Orchidaceae)? Annals of Botany 100: 1367-1371. PDF
2. Abdala-Roberts, L. and Marquis, R. J. 2007. Test of local adaptation to biotic interactions and soil abiotic conditions in the ant-tended Chamaecrista fasciculata (Fabaceae). Oecologia 154: 315-326. PDF
2005
1. Abdala-Roberts, L. and Parra-Tabla, V. 2005. Artificial defoliation induces trichome production in the tropical shrub Cnidoscolus aconitifolius (Euphorbiaceae). Biotropica 37: 251-257. PDF
In review/in the making:
- Abdala-Roberts, L. and Moreira, X. Effects of phytochemical diversity on multitrophic interactions.
- Grandi, L., Ye, W., Clancy, M. V., Vallat, A., Glauser, G., Abdala-Roberts, L., Brevault, T., Benrey, B., Turlings, T. C. J., and Bustos-Segura, C. Cotton defence induction by de novo synthesized volatiles released from damaged neighbouring plants.
- Mamin, M., Clancy, M. V., Flückinger, G., Quijano-Medina, T., Pérez-Niño, B., Abdala-Roberts, L., Turlings, T. C. J., and Bustos-Segura, C. Induction by caterpillars of stored and emitted volatiles among populations of wild cotton (Gossypium hirsutum).
- Martín-Cacheda, L., Röder, G., Abdala-Roberts, L., and Moreira, X. Test of specificity in signalling between potato plants in response to infection by Fusarium solani and Phytophthora infestans.
- Moreira, X., Martín-Cacheda, L., Quiroga, G., Lago-Núñez, B., Röder, G., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Testing the joint effects of above- and belowground plant mutualists on insect herbivory.
- de Celis, M., Fernández-Alonso, M. J., Belda, I., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Palomino, J., García, Singh, B. K., Yin, Y., Wang, J.-T., Abdala-Roberts, L. et al. The abundant fraction of soil microbiomes regulates rhizosphere function in crop wild progenitors.
- Martín-Cacheda, L., Briones-May, Y., Bustos-Segura, C., Turlings, T., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Effects herbivore density and damage pattern on volatile emissions and its consequences for plant signalling in wild cotton.
- Moreira, X., Hervella, P., Lago-Núñez, B., Galmán, A., de la Fuente, M., Covelo, F., Marquis, R. J., Vázquez-González, C., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Biotic and abiotic factors associated with genome size evolution in oaks.
- Fernández-Alonso, M. J., de Celis, M., Belda, I., Palomino, J. García, C., Gaitán, J., Wang, J-T., Abdala-Roberts, L. et al. Soil biogeography at the habitats of origin of major crops.
- Haas-Desmarais, S., Moreira, X., Castagneyrol, B., Abdala-Roberts, L., Lortie, C. J., and Traveset, A. The effect of herbivory on pollinators: a revised meta-analysis.
- Vázquez-González, C., Abdala-Roberts, L., Lago-Núñez, B., Dean, L., Capó, M., de la Mata, R., Tack, A. J. M., Stenberg, J. A., Covelo, F., Cao, A., Cursach, J., Hernández-Serrano, A., Hansen, F., Mooney, K. A., and Moreira, X. Assessing the role of bird predation and leaf traits in shaping insularity effects on insect herbivory on oaks.
- Abdala-Roberts, L., Puentes, A., Finke, D., Marquis, R., Montserrat-Larrosa, M., Poelman, E., Rasmann, S., Sentis, A., Symons, C. C., van Dam, N. M., Wimp, G., Björkman, C., and Mooney, K. A. Connecting the dots: Managing ecological networks to mitigate global change impacts.
2024
123. - Quijano-Medina, T., Briones-May, Y., Solís-Rodríguez, U., Mamin, M., Clancy, M., Ye, W., Bustos-Segura, C., Turlings, T. C. J., Moreira, X., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Soil salinization effects on volatile signals that mediate the induction of chemical defences in wild cotton. Arthropod-Plant Interactions. In press.
122. Vázquez-González, C., Castagneyrol, B., Barbaro, L., Muiruri, E., Abdala-Roberts, L., et al. Tree diversity enhances predation by birds but not by arthropods across forest biomes. Ecology Letters. In press.
121. Quiroga, G., Castagneyrol, B., Abdala-Roberts, L., and Moreira, X. A meta-analysis of the effects of climate-change related abiotic factors on aboveground and belowground plant-associated microbes. Oikos e10411. PDF
120. Vázquez-González, C., Reyes-Hernández, M., Villa-Galaviz, E., Pérez-Niño, B., Quijano-Medina, T., Parra-Tabla, V., Mooney, K. A., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Temporal variation in tree diversity effects on insectivorous birds and its implications for top-down pressure in a tropical system. Oecologia 204: 603-612. PDF
119. Moreira, X. and Abdala-Roberts, L. Ecological and evolutionary links between plant defences and life history traits. In: Life History Evolution: Traits, Interactions, and Applications, eds. Segoli, M., Wajnberg, E. Springer. In press.
118. Depauw, L., De Lombaerde, E., Dhiedt, E., Blondeel, H., Abdala-Roberts, L. et al. Enhancing tree performance through species mixing: a review of quarter-century TreeDivNet experiments revealing research gaps and practical insights. Current Forestry Reports 10: 1-10. PDF
117. Dean, L., Vázquez-González, C., Hellwitz, S., Abdala-Roberts, L., and Mooney, K. A. Decomposing elevational gradients in predation by insectivorous birds. Ecosphere 15: e4790. PDF
116. Abdala-Roberts, L. and Moreira, X. Introduction: ecology and evolution of plant-herbivore interactions on islands. In: Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Herbivore Interactions on Islands, eds. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L. Springer.
115. Moreira, X., Vázquez-González, C., Lago-Núñez, B., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Island features and abiotic factors as drivers of insect leaf herbivory on islands. In: Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Herbivore Interactions on Islands, eds. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L. Springer.
114. Moreira, X. and Abdala-Roberts, L. (eds.). Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Herbivore Interactions on Islands. Springer.
113. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Gols, R., Lago-Núñez, B., Rasmann, S., Röder, G., Soengas, P., Vázquez-González, C., and Cartea, M. E. Leaf herbivores but not pathogens drive floral volatile-mediated indirect effects on plant-pollinator interactions and plant fitness in Brassica rapa. Journal of Ecology. 112: 402-415. PDF
112. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Lago-Núñez, Cao, A., De Pauw, K., De Ro, A., Gasperini, C., Hedwall, P., Iacopetti, G., Lenoir, J., Meeussen, C., Plue, J., Sanczuk, P., Selvi, F., Spicher, F., Vanden Broek, A., and De Frenne, P. Effects of forest experimental microhabitat warming on oak leaf defences and insect herbivory across a contrasting environmental gradient. Oikos. 2024: e10353. PDF
111. Martín-Cacheda, L., Vázquez-González, C., Rasmann, S., Röder, G., Abdala-Roberts, L., and Moreira, X. Volatile-mediated signalling between potato plants in response to insect herbivory is not contingent on soil nutrients. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 49: 507-517. PDF
2023
110. Robinson, M.L., P.G. Hahn, B.D. Inouye, N. Underwood, S.R. Whitehead, K.C. Abbott, E.M. Bruna, N.I. Cacho, L.A. Dyer, L. Abdala-Roberts, L. et al. Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain variability in global herbivory. Science 382: 679-683. PDF
109. Quiroga, G., Aguiño-Domínguez, N., Piperakis, N., Martín-Cacheda, L., Abdala-Roberts, L., and Moreira, X. Variation in plant-mediated interactions between pathogens on potato: Effects of initial infections on conspecific vs. heterospecific subsequent infections. Journal of Chemical Ecology 49: 465-473. PDF
108. Quijano-Medina, T., Interian-Aguiñaga, J., Solís-Rodríguez, U., Mamin, M., Clancy, M., Ye, W., Bustos-Segura, C., Francisco, M., Ramos-Zapata, J. A., Turlings, T. C. J., Moreira, X., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Aphid and caterpillar feeding drive similar patterns of induced defences and resistance to subsequent herbivory in wild cotton. Planta 258: 113. PDF
107. Abdala-Roberts, L., Pérez-Niño, B., Vázquez-González, C., Cristobal-Alejo, J., Reyes-Novelo, E., and Moreira, X. Effects of tree diversity and seedling density on insect herbivory and pathogen infection on seedlings of big-leaf mahogany, Swietenia macrophylla. Oikos 2023: e10093. PDF
106. Abdala-Roberts, L., Berny-Mier y Terán, J., Vázquez-González, C., Reyes-Novelo, E., Mooney, K., and Moreira, X. Effects of conspecific seedling density and heterospecific frequency on insect herbivory in a tropical dry forest. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 25: 549-557. PDF
105. Chappuis, L., Egger, A., Röeder, G., Glauser, G., Jaffuel, G., Benrey, B., Abdala-Roberts, L., Clancy, M., Turlings, T. C. J., and Bustos-Segura, C. Effects of experimental growth conditions on the chemical defences of two cotton species, Gossypium hirsutum and G. herbaceum. Journal of Chemical Ecology 49: 340-352. PDF
104. Briones-May, Y., Quijano-Medina, T., Pérez-Niño, B., Benrey, B., Turlings, T. C. J., Bustos-Segura, C., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Soil salinization disrupts plant-plant signalling effects on extra-floral nectar induction in wild cotton. Oecologia 202: 313-323. PDF
103. Martín-Chacheda, L., Vázquez-González, C., Rasmann, S., Röder, G., Abdala-Roberts, L., and Moreira, X. Plant genetic relatedness and volatile-mediated signalling between potato plants in response to insect herbivory. Phytochemistry. 206: 113651. PDF
102. Vázquez-González, C., Quiroga, V., Martín-Cacheda, L., Rasmann, S., Röder, G., Abdala-Roberts, L., and Moreira, X. Effect of herbivore density on VOC-mediated communication between potato plants. Planta 257: 42. PDF
101. Moreira, X. and Abdala-Roberts, L. Linking herbivory and ecosystem services in urban forests. Trends in Plant Science 28: 139-141. PDF
100. Clancy, M. V., Mamine, M., Flückinger, G., Quijano-Medina, T., Pérez-Niño, B., Abdala-Roberts, L., Turlings, T. C. J., and Bustos-Segura, C. Terpene chemotypes in wild cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) from the Yucatan Peninsula. Phytochemistry 205: 113454 PDF
2022
99. Vázquez-González, C., Pombo, L., Martín-Cacheda, L., Rassman, S., Röder, G., Abdala-Roberts, L., Mooney, K., and Moreira, X. Effect of water availability on communication between potato plants in response to herbivory. Functional Ecology 36: 2763-2773. PDF
98. Interián-Aguiñaga, J., Parra-Tabla, V., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Effects of tropical tree diversity and prey distribution on predation by birds and arthropods. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 16: 449-457. PDF
97. Villa-Galaviz, E., Quinto, J., Abdala-Roberts, L., and Parra-Tabla, V. Neighboring plants and core herbivores determine the importance of Swietenia macrophylla in a plant-herbivore network. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 16: 387-399. PDF
96. Abdala-Roberts, L., Vázquez-González, C., Rasmann, S., and Moreira, X. Test of communication between potato plants in response to herbivory by the Colorado potato beetle. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 24: 212-218. PDF
95. Moreira, X. and Abdala-Roberts, L. A roadmap for tests of insularity effects on plant-herbivore interactions. Global Ecology and Biogeography 31: 602-610. PDF
94. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Castagneyrol, B., Caujapé-Castells, J., Cruz-Guedes, J., Lago-Núñez, B., Vicens-Fornés, M., and García-Verdugo, C. A phylogenetically controlled test does not support prediction of lower putative anti-herbivore leaf traits for insular woody species. Journal of Biogeography 49: 274-285. PDF
93. Reyes-Hernández, M., Quijano-Medina, T., Angulo-Pérez, D., Moreira, X., Parra-Tabla, V., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Experimental test of ant effects on insect herbivory and pathogen infection on wild cotton (Gossypium hirsutum). Arthropod-Plant Interactions 16: 77-86. PDF
92. van Dijk, L. J. A., Moreira, X., Barr, A. E., Abdala-Roberts, L., et al. Urbanization effects on oak-pathogen interactions at multiple spatial scales. Ecography 2022: e06091. PDF
2021
91. Moreira, X., Vázquez-González, C., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Proximate drivers of population inter-annual variation in seed output in a masting conifer species. Forest Ecology and Management 498: 119562. PDF
90. Quinto, C. J., Martínez-Falcón, A. P., Murillo-Pacheco, J., Abdala-Roberts, L., and Parra-Tabla, V. Diversity patters of tropical epigeal beetle assemblages associated with monoculture and polyculture plantations with big-leaf mahogany. Neotropical Entomology 50: 551-561. PDF
89. Moreira, X., Pérez-Ramos, I., Matías, L., Francisco, M., Vázquez-González, C., Abdala-Roberts, L., and Cambrolle, J. Effects of soil abiotic factors and seed chemical defences on seed predation by specialist caterpillars on sea fennel (Crithmum maritimum). Plant and Soil 465: 289-300. PDF
88. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Granjel, R.R., Pasch, V., Soengas, P., Vázquez-González, C., Turlings, T.C.J., and Rasmann, S. Apparent inhibition of induced plant volatiles by a fungal pathogen prevents airborne communication between potato plants. Plant, Cell and Environment 44: 1192-1201. PDF
87. Galmán, A., Abdala-Roberts, L., Wartalska, P., Covelo, F., Röder, G., Szenteczki, M., Moreira, X., and Rasmann, S. Elevational gradients in constitutive and induced oak defences using individual traits and their correlated expression patterns. Oikos 130:396-407. PDF
86. Moreira, X., Castagneyrol, B., García-Verdugo, C., and Abdala-Roberts, L. A meta-analysis of insularity effects on plant-herbivore interactions. Journal of Biogeography 48:386-393. PDF
85. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., De Frenne, P., Galmán, A., Gaytán, A., Jaatinen, R., Lago-Núñez, B., Meeussen, C., Pulkkinen, P., Rasmussen, P. U., ten Hoopen, P. J., Timmermans, B. G., Vázquez-González, C., Castagneyrol, B., and Tack, A. J. Effects of latitude and conspecific plant density on insect leaf herbivory in oak saplings and seedlings. American Journal of Botany 108:172-176. PDF
84. Quijano-Medina, T., Moreira, X., Turlings, T.C.J., Sosenski, P., Grandi, L., Cervera, J.C., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Effects of salinity on the expression of direct and indirect defences in wild cotton Gossypium hirsutum. Journal of Ecology. 109:354-368. PDF
2020
83. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Hidalgo-Galvez, M. D., Vázquez-González, C., and Pérez-Ramos, I. M. Microclimatic effects on plant phenolics at the community level in a Mediterranean savannah. Scientific Reports 10:14757. PDF
82. Carmona, D., Moreira, X., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Latitudinal and elevational gradients in plant defences and herbivory in temperate trees: recent findings, underlying factors, and an evolutionary perspective using genomic tools. In: Plant-herbivore Interactions, eds. Núñez-Farfán, J., Valverde, P. Springer.
81. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Galmán, A., Bartlow, A.W. Carrari, E., Covelo, F., de la Fuente, M., Ferrenberg, S., Fyllas, N.M., Hoshika, Y., Marquis, R.J., Nakamura, M., Nell, C.S., Pesendorfer, M.B., Steele, M.A., Vázquez-González, C., Zhang, S., and Rasmann, S. Ontogenetic consistency in oak defense syndromes. Journal of Ecology 108:1822-1834. PDF
80. May-Uc, Y., Nell, C., Parra-Tabla, V., Navarro, J., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Tree diversity effects through a temporal lens: implications for the abundance, diversity, and stability of foraging birds. Journal of Animal Ecology 89: 1775-1787. PDF
79. Moreira, X. and Abdala-Roberts, L. Sources of variation in defensive traits in Quercus species: insights gained from research spanning individuals to communities and local- to broad-scale factors. In: Plant defence: Biological control, eds. Mérillon, J.M., Ramawat, K.G. Second edition. Springer.
78. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Bruun, H. H., Covelo, F., De Frenne, P., Galmán, A., Gaytán, A., Jaatinen, R., Pulkkinen, P., Timmermans, B.G.H., Tack, A.J.M., and Castagneyrol, B. Latitudinal variation in seed predation correlates with latitudinal variation in seed defensive and nutritional traits in a widespread oak species. Annals of Botany 125: 881-890. PDF
2019
77. Galmán, A., Abdala-Roberts, L., Covelo, F., Rasmann, S., and Moreira, X. Parallel increases in insect leaf herbivory with elevation for both saplings and adult trees of oak (Quercus) species. American Journal of Botany 106: 1558-1565. PDF
76. Moreira, X., Romero-Pérez, A., Luna-Chaparro, E., Orona-Tamayo, D., Quintana-Rodríguez, R., Abdala-Roberts, L., Cano-Santana, Z., and Hernández-Cumplido, J. Effects of plant sex on insect abundance across three trophic levels in the perennial shrub Buddleja ordata. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 167:950-956. PDF
75. Abdala-Roberts, L., Puentes, A., Finke, D., Marquis, R., Montserrat-Larrosa, M., Poelman, E., Rasmann, S., Sentis, A., van Dam, N. M., Wimp, G., Mooney, K., and Björkman, C. Tri-trophic interactions: bridging species, communities, and ecosystems. Ecology Letters 22:2151-2167. PDF
74. Abdala-Roberts, L., Quijano-Medina, T., Reyes-Hernández, M., Moreira, X., Francisco, M., Angulo-Pérez, D., Parra-Tabla, V., Virgen, A., and Rojas, J. C. Effects of amount and recurrence of herbivory on the induction of direct and indirect defences in wild cotton. Plant Biology 21:1063-1071. PDF
73. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Nell, C. S., Vázquez-González, C., Pratt, J. D., and Mooney, K. A. Sexual dimorphism and genotypic variation in terpene quantitative and qualitative profiles in the dioecious shrub Baccharis salicifolia. Scientific Reports 9:14655. PDF
72. Moreira, X., Vázquez-González, C., Encinas-Valero, M., Covelo, F., Castagneyrol, B., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Phylogenetic distance to native oaks predicts escape from insect leaf herbivores in saplings of non-native oak species. American Journal of Botany 106:1202-1209. PDF
71. Quijano-Medina, T., Covelo, F., Moreira, X., and Abdala-Roberts L. Tolerance to leaf herbivory in wild cotton (Gossypium hirsutum): responses to multiple levels of damage and associated mechanisms. Plant Biology 21:805-812. PDF
70. Abdala-Roberts, L., Quijano-Medina, T., Moreira, X., Vázquez-González, C., Parra-Tabla, V., Berny-Mier y Terán, J. C., Grandi, L., Glauser, G., Turlings, T. C. J., and Benrey, B. Bottom‐up control of geographic variation in insect herbivory on wild cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) by plant defenses and climate. American Journal of Botany 106:1059-1067. PDF
69. Moreira, X., Castagneyrol, B., Abdala-Roberts, L., and Traveset, A. A meta-analysis of herbivore effects on plant attractiveness to pollinators. Ecology 100: e02707. PDF
68. Galmán, A., Petry, W. K., Abdala-Roberts, L., Butrón, A., de la Fuente, M., Francisco, M., Kergunteuil, A., Rasmann, S., and Moreira, X. Inducibility of chemical defences in young oak trees is stronger at high elevations. Tree Physiology 39:606-614. PDF
67. Moreira, X., Castagneyrol, B., de la Mata, R., Fyllas, N. M., Galmán, A, García-Verdugo, C., Rodríguez-Larrinaga, A., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Effects of insularity on insect leaf herbivory and chemical defences in holm oak. Journal of Biogeography 46:1226-1233. PDF
66. Abdala-Roberts, L., Pérez Niño, B., Moreira, X., Parra-Tabla, V., Grandi, L., Glauser, G., Benrey, B., and Turlings, T. Effects of early-season insect herbivory on subsequent pathogen infection and ant abundance on wild cotton. Journal of Ecology 107:1518-1529. PDF
65. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Pérez-Ramos, I. M., Knops, J. M. H., Pesendorfer, M. B., Koenig, W. D., and Mooney, K. A. Weather cues associated with masting behavior dampen the negative autocorrelation between past and current reproduction in oaks. American Journal of Botany 106:51-60. PDF
64. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Berny Mier y Teran, J. C., Covelo, F., de la Mata, R., Francisco, M., Hardwick, B., Matheus Pires, R., Roslin, T., Schigel, D. S., ten Hoopen, J. P., Timmermans, B. G., van Dijk, L. J., Castagneyrol, B., and Tack, A. J. Impacts of urbanization on insect herbivory and plant defences in oak trees. Oikos 128:113-123. PDF
63. Moreira, X. and Abdala-Roberts, L. Specificity and context-dependency of plant-plant communication in response to insect herbivory. Current Opinion in Insect Science 32:15-21. PDF
2018
62. Moreira, X., Galmán, A., Francisco, M., Castagneyrol, B., and Abdala-Roberts L. Host plant frequency and secondary metabolites are concurrently associated with insect herbivory in a dominant riparian tree. Biology Letters 14: 20180281. PDF
61. Nell, C., Abdala-Roberts, L., Parra-Tabla, V., and Mooney, K. Tropical tree diversity mediates foraging and predatory effects of insectivorous birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 285: 20181842. PDF
60. Rosado-Sánchez, S., Parra-Tabla, V., Betancur-Ancona, D., Moreira, X., and Abdala-Roberts L. Effects of tree species diversity on insect herbivory and leaf defenses in Cordia dodecandra. Ecological Entomology 43:703-711. PDF
59. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., and Castagneyrol, B. Interactions between plant defence signalling pathways: Evidence from bioassays with insect herbivores and plant pathogens. Journal of Ecology 106:2353-2364. PDF
58. Abdala-Roberts, L., Galmán, A., Petry, W. K., Covelo, F., de la Fuente, M., Glauser, G., and Moreira, X. Interspecific variation in plant functional and defensive traits in oak species and its underlying climatic drivers. PLoS ONE 13: e0202548. PDF
57. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Gols, R., and Francisco, M. Plant domestication decreases both constitutive and induced chemical defences in cabbage (Brassica oleracea). Scientific Reports 8: 12678. PDF
56. Moreira, L., Petry, W., Mooney, K., Rassman, S., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Elevational gradients in plant defense and herbivory: recent advances in the field and prospects for future research. Ecography 41:1485-1496. PDF
55. Moreira, X., Castagneyrol, B., Abdala-Roberts, L., Berny-Mier y Terán, J. C., Timmermans, B. G., Bruun, H. H., Covelo, F., Glauser, G., Rasmann, S., and Tack, A. J. Latitudinal variation in plant chemical defences drives latitudinal patterns of leaf herbivory. Ecography 41:1124-1134. PDF
54. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Galmán, A., Francisco, M., de la Fuente, M., Butron, A., and Rasmann, S. Assessing the influence of biogeographical origin and phylogenetics on chemical defences and herbivory in Quercus species. Phytochemistry 153:64-73. PDF
53. Paquette, A., Hector, A., Castegneyrol, B., Vanhellemont, M., Koricheva, J., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Verheyen, K., Abdala-Roberts, L., et al. A million and more trees for science. Nature Ecology and Evolution 2: 273-276. PDF
52. Mejía-Alva, B., Abdala-Roberts, L., Ramos-Zapata, J., and Parra-Tabla, V. Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on aboveground tri-trophic interactions are contingent upon plant genetic effects of cross type in the perennial herb Ruellia nudiflora. Journal of Ecology 106:1133-1141. PDF
51. Rosado-Sánchez, S., Parra-Tabla, V., Betancur-Ancona, D., Moreira, X., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Tree species diversity alters plant defense investment in an experimental forest plantation in southern Mexico. Biotropica 50:246-253. PDF
50. Abdala-Roberts, L., Covelo, F., Parra-Tabla, V, Berny-Mier y Terán, J., Mooney, K. A., and Moreira, X. Intra-specific latitudinal variation in leaf nutrients and its underlying abiotic correlates in Ruellia nudiflora. Scientific Reports 8:596. PDF
49. Galmán, A., Abdala-Roberts, L., Zhang, S, Berny-Mier y Terán, J. C., Rasmann, S., and Moreira, X. A global analysis of elevational gradients in leaf herbivory and its underlying drivers: effects of plant growth form, leaf habit, and climatic correlates. Journal of Ecology 113:413-421. PDF
2017
48. Parra-Tabla, V., Téllez-Quiñones, P., Celaya, N., Abdala-Roberts, L., Salinas-Peba, L., and Alonso, C. Fenología de floración y visitantes florales de especies herbáceas. In: Ecología y Funcionalidad de la Reserva Ecológica de Ría Lagartos, eds. Ramos-Zapata, J., et al. UNAM-UADY.
47. Alonso, C., Arceo-Gómez, G., Meindl, G. A., Abdala-Roberts, L., Parra-Tabla, V., and Ashman, T-L. Delimiting plant diversity that is functionally related via interactions with diurnal pollinators: an expanded use of rarefaction curves. Flora. 232: 56-62. PDF
46. Esquivel-Gómez, L., Abdala-Roberts, L., Pinkus-Rendón, M., and Parra-Tabla, V. Variation in web-building spider communities among three tropical tree species in a young experimental plantation. Journal of Arachnology 45: 139-142. PDF
45. Abdala-Roberts, L., Pratt, R., Pratt, J., and Mooney, K. Traits underlying community consequences of plant intra-specific diversity. PLoS ONE 12: e0183493. PDF
44. Moreira, X., Pérez-Ramos, I., Abdala-Roberts, L., and Mooney, K. A. Functional responses for contrasting seed predator guilds to masting in two Mediterranean oak species. Oikos 126: 1042-1050. PDF
43. Moreira, X., Glauser, G., and Abdala-Roberts, L. Interactive effects of plant neighbourhood and ontogeny on insect herbivory and plant defensive traits. Scientific Reports 7: 4047. PDF
42. Abdala-Roberts, L., Parra-Tabla, V., Moreira, X., and Ramos-Zapata, J. Ecological and evolutionary consequences of tri-trophic interactions: spatial variation and effects of plant density. American Journal of Botany 104:241-251. PDF
41. Esquivel-Gómez, L., Abdala-Roberts, L., Pinkus-Rendón, M., and Parra-Tabla, V. Effects of tree species diversity on a community of weaver spiders in a tropical forest plantation. Biotropica 49:63-70. PDF
2016
40. Abdala-Roberts, L., Rasmann, S., Berny-Mier y Terán, J. C., Covelo, F., Glauser, G., and Moreira, X. Biotic and abiotic factors associated with altitudinal variation in plant traits and herbivory in a dominant oak species. American Journal of Botany 103:2070-2078. PDF
39. Abdala-Roberts, L., Hernández-Cumplido, J., Chel-Guerrero, L., Betancur-Ancona, D., Benrey, B., and Moreira, X. Effects of plant intra-specific genetic diversity across three trophic levels: underlying mechanisms and plant traits. American Journal of Botany 103:1810-1818. PDF
38. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Zas, R., Merlo, E., Lombardero, M. J., Sampedro, L., and Mooney, K. A. Masting behavior in a Mediterranean pine alters seed predator selection on plant reproductive output. Plant Biology 18:973-980. PDF
37. Arceo-Gómez, G., Abdala-Roberts, L., Jankowiak, A., Kohler, C., Meindl, G., Navarro-Fernández, C., Parra-Tabla, V., Ashman, T-L., and Alonso, C. Patterns of among- and within-species variation in heterospecific pollen receipt: the importance of ecological generalization. American Journal of Botany 3:396-407. PDF
36. Arceo-Gómez, G., Alonso, C., Abdala-Roberts, L., and Parra-Tabla, V. Patterns and sources of spatial variation in pollen limitation in the endemic monoecious shrub Cnidoscolus souzae (Euphorbiaceae). Plant Biology 18:594-600. PDF
35. Abdala-Roberts, L., Pratt, J., Pratt, R., Schreck, T., Hannah, V., and Mooney, K. A. Multi-trophic consequences of plant genetic variation in sex and growth. Ecology 97: 743-753. PDF
34. Abdala-Roberts, L., Moreira, X., Rasmann, S., Parra-Tabla, V., and Mooney, K. A. Test of biotic and abiotic correlates of latitutinal variation in plant defenses in the perennial herb Ruellia nudiflora. Journal of Ecology 104:580-590. PDF
33. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Rasmann, S., Castagneyrol, B., and Mooney, K. A. Plant diversity effects on insect herbivores and their natural enemies: current thinking, recent findings, and future directions. Current Opinion in Insect Science 14:1-7. PDF
32. Abdala-Roberts, L., González-Moreno, A., Mooney, K. A., Moreira, X., González-Hernández, A., and Parra-Tabla, V. Effects of tree species and genotypic diversity on leafminer-parasitoid interactions. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 18:43-51. PDF
2015
31. Abdala-Roberts, L., Berny-Mier y Terán, J. C., Moreira, X., Durán-Yáñez, A., and Tut-Pech, F. Effects of pepper (Capsicum chinense) genotypic diversity on insect herbivores. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 17:433-438. PDF
30. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Hernández-Cumplido, J., Rasmann, S., Kenyon, S., and Benrey, B. Plant species variation in bottom-up effects across three trophic levels: A test of traits and mechanisms. Ecological Entomology 40:676-686. PDF
29. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Hernández-Cumplido, J., Cuny, M., Glauser, G., and Benrey, B. Specificity of induced defenses, growth, and reproduction in Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus, Fabaceae) in response to multi-species herbivory. American Journal of Botany 102:1300-1308. PDF
28. Campos-Navarrete, M. J., Munguía-Rosas, M., Abdala-Roberts, L., Quinto-Cánovas, J., and Parra-Tabla, V. 2015. Effects of tree genotypic and species diversity on the arthropod community associated with big-leaf mahogany. Biotropica 47:579-587. PDF
27. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Linhart, Y. B., and Mooney, K. A. 2015. Effects of climate on reproductive investment in a masting species: assessment of climatic predictors and underlying mechanisms. Journal of Ecology 103:1317-1324. PDF
26. Campos-Navarrete, M. J., Abdala-Roberts, L., Munguía-Rosas, M., and Parra-Tabla, V. 2015. Are tree species diversity and genotypic diversity effects on insect herbivores mediated by ants? PLoS ONE 10: e0132671. PDF
25. Abdala-Roberts, L., Mooney, K., Quijano-Medina, T., Campos-Navarrete, M. J., González-Moreno, A., and Parra-Tabla, V. 2015. Comparison of tree genotypic diversity and species diversity effects on different guilds of insect herbivores. Oikos 124:1527-1535. PDF
24. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Parra-Tabla, V., and Mooney, K. A. 2015. Latitudinal variation in herbivory: Influences of climatic drivers, herbivore identity, and natural enemies. Oikos 124:1444-1452. PDF
23. Abdala-Roberts, L. and Mooney, K. A. 2015. Plant and Herbivore Evolution within the Trophic Sandwich. Pp. 340-364. In: Trophic Interactions: Bottom-up and Top-down Interactions in Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems, eds. Hanley, T., La Pierre, K. Cambridge University Press.
2014
22. Abdala-Roberts, L. and Mooney, K. A. 2014. Ecological and evolutionary consequences of plant genotype diversity in a tri-trophic system. Ecology 95:2879-2893. PDF
21. Abdala-Roberts, L., Moreira, X., Cervera, J. C., and Parra-Tabla, V. 2014. Light availability influences growth-defense trade-offs in big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King). Biotropica 46:591-597. PDF
20. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Parra-Tabla, V., and Mooney, K. A. 2014. Positive effects of plant genotypic and species diversity on anti-herbivore defences in a tropical tree species. PLoS ONE 9: e105438. PDF
19. Abdala-Roberts, L., Parra-Tabla, V., Campbell, D. R., and Mooney, K. A. 2014. Soil fertility and parasitoids shape herbivore selection on plants. Journal of Ecology 102:1120-1128. PDF
18. Abdala-Roberts, L., Berny-Mier y Terán, J. C., Mooney, K. A., Moguel-Ordoñez, Y. B., and Tut-Pech, F. 2014. Plant traits mediate effects of predators across pepper (Capsicum annuum) varieties. Ecological Entomology 39:361-370. PDF
17. Moreira, X., Abdala-Roberts, L., Linhart, Y. B., and Mooney, K. A. 2014. Masting promotes individual- and population-level reproduction by decreasing pollen limitation: new insights for the pollination efficiency hypothesis. Ecology 95:801-807. PDF
16. Abdala-Roberts, L., Marrufo-Zapata, D., Arceo-Gomez, G. and Parra-Tabla, V. 2014. Pollen limitation, fruit abortion and autonomous selfing in three populations of the perennial herb Ruellia nudiflora. Plant Species Biology 29:25-33. PDF
2013
15. Munguía-Rosas, M. A., Abdala-Roberts, L. and Parra-Tabla, V. 2013. Effects of pollen load, parasitoids and the environment on predispersal seed predation in the cleistogamous Ruellia nudiflora. Oecologia 173:871-880. PDF
14. Berny-Mier y Terán, J. C., Abdala-Roberts, L., Duran-Yañez, A., and Felipe Tut-Pech. 2013. Variation in insect pest and virus resistance among Habanero peppers (Capsicum chinense Jacq.) in Yucatan, Mexico. Agrociencia 47:471-478. PDF
13. Abdala-Roberts, L. and Mooney, K. A. 2013. Environmental and plant genetic effects on tri-trophic interactions. Oikos 122:1157-1166. PDF
2012
12. Abdala-Roberts, L., Agrawal, A. A. and Mooney, K. A. 2012. Ant-aphid interactions on Asclepias syriaca are mediated by plant genotype and caterpillar damage. Oikos 121:1905-1913. PDF
11. Ortegón-Campos, I. G., Abdala-Roberts, L., Parra-Tabla, V., Cervera, J. C., Marrufo, D. and Herrera, C. M. 2012. Influence of multiple factors on plant local adaptation: soil type and folivore effects in Ruellia nudiflora (Acanthaceae). Evolutionary Ecology 26:545-558. PDF
10. Rivera-Solís, G.,* Abdala-Roberts, L., Cervera-Herrera, J. C. and Parra-Tabla, V. 2012. Mechanisms and traits associated with compensation for defoliation in Ruellia nudiflora. Plant Ecology 213:303-314. PDF
9. Marquis, R.J., Ricklefs, R., and Abdala-Roberts, L. 2012. Testing the high defense, low latitude hypothesis for broad-leaved tree species. Oecologia 169:811-820. PDF
2010
8. Ramos-Zapata, J., Parra-Tabla, V., Campos, M. J., Abdala-Roberts, L. and Navarro, J. 2010. Genotypic variation in the response of the weed Ruellia nudiflora to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Mycorrhiza 20:275-280. PDF
7. Abdala-Roberts, L., Parra-Tabla, V., Salinas-Peba, L., Díaz-Castelazo, C. and Delfín-González, H. 2010. Spatial variation in the intensity of a trophic cascade involving Ruellia nudiflora (Acanthaceae), a seed predator, and its associated parasitoid fauna. Biotropica 42:180-187. PDF
2009
6. Ortegón-Campos, I. G., Parra-Tabla, V., Abdala-Roberts, L. and Herrera, C. M. 2009. Local adaptation of Ruellia nudiflora (Acanthaceae) to biotic counterparts: Complex scenarios revealed when two herbivore guilds are considered. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 2288-2297. PDF
5. Parra-Tabla, V., Abdala-Roberts, L., Rojas, J. C., Navarro, J. and Salinas-Peba, L. 2009. Floral longevity and scent respond to pollen manipulation and resource status in the tropical orchid Myrmecophila christinae (Orchidaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 282: 1-11. PDF
4. Abdala-Roberts, L., Parra-Tabla, V., Salinas-Peba, L. and Herrera, C.M. 2009. Noncorrelated effects of seed predators and pollinators on the perennial herb Ruellia nudiflora remain spatially consistent. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 96: 800-807. PDF
2007
3. Abdala-Roberts, L., Parra-Tabla, V. and Navarro, J. 2007. Is floral longevity influenced by reproductive costs and pollination success in Cohniella ascendens (Orchidaceae)? Annals of Botany 100: 1367-1371. PDF
2. Abdala-Roberts, L. and Marquis, R. J. 2007. Test of local adaptation to biotic interactions and soil abiotic conditions in the ant-tended Chamaecrista fasciculata (Fabaceae). Oecologia 154: 315-326. PDF
2005
1. Abdala-Roberts, L. and Parra-Tabla, V. 2005. Artificial defoliation induces trichome production in the tropical shrub Cnidoscolus aconitifolius (Euphorbiaceae). Biotropica 37: 251-257. PDF