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Erwin, A.C., M.A. Geber, and A.A. Agrawal. Specific impacts of two root herbivores and soil nutrients on plant performance and insect-insect interactions. Oikos.
Desurmont, G.A. and A.A. Agrawal. Do plant defenses predict damage by an invasive herbivore? A comparative study of the viburnum leaf beetle. Ecological Applications.

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2013

Agrawal, A.A., M.T.J. Johnson, A.P. Hastings, J.L. Maron. Experimental evolution of plant life-history traits and its eco-evolutionary feedback to seed predator populations. American Naturalist 181:S35–S45. pdf
Rafter, J.L., Agrawal, A.A., and E.L. Preisser. Chinese mantids gut toxic monarch caterpillars: avoidance of prey defense? Ecological Entomology 38:76–78. pdf
Burge, D., K. Mugford, A.P. Hastings, and A.A. Agrawal. Phylogeny of the plant genus Pachypodium (Apocynaceae). PeerJ DOI 10.7717/peerj.70. pdf

2012

Agrawal, A.A., A.P. Hastings, M.T. Johnson, J.L. Maron, J-P. Salminen. Insect herbivores drive real-time ecological and evolutionary change in plant populations. Science 338: 113-116. PDF news press NPR interview
Agrawal, A.A. The monarch-milkweed arms race. American Butterflies (summer 2012):26-33. pdf
Holeski, L.M., G. Jander, and A.A. Agrawal. Transgenerational defense induction and epigenetic inheritance in plants. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 27:618-626. pdf
Manson, J.S., S. Rasmann, R. Halitschke, J.D. Thomson, A.A. Agrawal. Cardenolides in nectar are not a mere consequence of allocation to other plant parts: a phylogenetic study of milkweeds (Asclepias). Functional Ecology 26:1100-1110. pdf
Parker, J.D., J-P. Salminen, and A.A. Agrawal. evolutionary potential of root chemical defense: genetic correlations with shoot chemistry and plant growth. Journal of Chemical Ecology 38:992–995. pdf
Weber, M.G., W.L. Clement, M.J. Donoghue, and A.A. Agrawal. Phylogenetic and experimental tests of interactions among mutualistic plant defense traits in Viburnum (Adoxaceae). American Naturalist 180: 450-463. pdf press
Dobler, S., S. Dalla, V. Wagschal, and A.A. Agrawal. Community-wide convergent evolution in insect adaptation to toxic cardenolides by substitutions in the Na,K-ATPase. PNAS 109:13040–13045. pdf press Nature News & Views
Abdala-Roberts, L., A.A. Agrawal, K.A. Mooney. Ant-aphid interactions on Asclepias syriaca are mediated by plant genotype and caterpillar damage. Oikos 121: 1905–1913. PDF
Agrawal, A.A., E.E. Kearney, A.P. Hastings, and T.E. Ramsey. Attenuation of the jasmonate burst, plant defensive traits, and resistance to specialist monarch caterpillars on shaded common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca). Journal of Chemical Ecology 38:893–901. PDF
Barbosa, P., D.K. Letourneau, and A.A. Agrawal (editors). Insect Outbreaks Revisited.Wiley-Blackwell.
Weber, M.G. and Agrawal, A.A. Phylogeny, ecology and and the coupling comparative and experimental approaches. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 27:394-403. PDF
Woods, E.C., A.P. Hastings, N.E. Turley, S.B. Heard, and A.A. Agrawal. Adaptive geographical clines in the growth and defense of a native plant. Ecological Monographs 82:149–168. PDF
Agrawal, A.A. and Heil, M. (editors). Special Issue: Specificity if plant-enemy interactions. Trends in Plants Science 17:239-319. PDF
Agrawal, A.A. An interview. Trends in Plant Science 17:243. PDF
Agrawal, A.A., G. Petschenka, R.A. Bingham, M.G. Weber, and S. Rasmann. Toxic cardenolides: chemical ecology and coevolution of specialized plant-herbivore interactions (Tansley Review). New Phytologist 194:28–45. PDF
Ali, J.G. and A.A. Agrawal. Specialist versus generalist insect herbivores and plant defense. Trends in Plant Science 17:293-302. PDF
Agrawal, A.A. and Heil, M. Synthesizing specificity: multiple approaches to understanding the attack and defense of plants. Trends in Plants Science 17:239-242. PDF
Desurmont, G.A., F. Herard, and A.A. Agrawal. Oviposition strategy as a means of local adaptation to plant defense in native and invasive populations of the viburnum leaf beetle. Proc Royal Society Lond - Biological Sciences 279: 952–958. PDF
Rasmann, S., M. De Vos, C.L. Casteel, D. Tian, J.Y. Sun, A.A. Agrawal, G.W. Felton, and G. Jander. Herbivory in the previous generation primes plants for enhanced insect resistance. Plant Physiology 158: 854–863. PDF comment press

2011

Cook-Patton, S.C. and A.A. Agrawal. Relatedness is a better predictor of phenotypic plasticity than plant growth rate or continental origin. Evolutionary Ecology Research 13: 527–542. PDF
Rasmann, S. and A.A. Agrawal. Evolution of specialization: a phylogenetic study of host range in the red milkweed beetle (Tetraopes tetraophthalmus). American Naturalist 177: 728–737. PDF press
Cook-Patton, S.C., S.H. McArt, A. Parachnowicz, J.S. Thaler, and A.A. Agrawal. A direct comparison of the ecosystem and community impacts of genotypic and species diversity. Ecology 92: 915–923. PDF
Desurmont, G.A., M.J. Donoghue, W.L. Clement, and A.A. Agrawal. Evolutionary history predicts plant defense against an invasive pest. PNAS 108: 7070–7074. PDF press
Rasmann, S., A.C. Erwin, R. Halitschke, and A.A. Agrawal. Direct and indirect root defense of milkweed (Asclepias syriaca): trophic cascades, tradeoffs, and novel methods for studying subterranean herbivory. Journal of Ecology 99:16–25. PDF
Agrawal, A.A. Current trends in the evolutionary ecology of plant defense. Functional Ecology 25:420–432. PDF
Agrawal, A.A. Commentary: Trade-offs in chemical ecology. Journal of Chemical Ecology 37:230–231. PDF
Rasmann, S. and A.A. Agrawal. Latitudinal patterns in plant defense: macroevolution of cardenolides, their toxicity, and induction following herbivory. Ecology Letters 14:476–483. PDF
Agrawal, A. A. Book review: Trophic Cascades: Predators, Prey, and the Changing Dynamics of Nature" J. Terborgh and J.A. Estes, editors. Island Press, Washington, DC. Quarterly Review of Biology 86:127. PDF

2010

Meyer, J.R., A.A. Agrawal, D.T. Dobias, R.T. Quick, D. Schneider, and R.E. Lenski. Parallel changes in host resistance to viral infection during 45,000 generations of relaxed selection. Evolution 64: 3024–3034. PDF
Bingham, R.A. and A.A. Agrawal. Ecological genetics of herbivore-specific induced defenses in common milkweed. Journal of Ecology 98: 1014–1022. PDF
Mooney, K.A., R. Halitschke, A. Kessler, and A.A. Agrawal. Evolutionary tradeoffs in plants mediate the strength of trophic cascades. Science 327:1642-1644. PDF press
Auld, J. R., A. A. Agrawal, and R. A. Relyea. Re-evaluating the costs and limits of adaptive phenotypic plasticity. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London – Series B 277: 503–511. PDF
Nielsen, C., A. A. Agrawal, and A. E. Hajek. Ants defend aphids against lethal disease. Biology Letters 6: 205-208. PDF
Thaler, J. S., A. A. Agrawal, and R. Halitschke. Salicylate-mediated interactions between pathogens and herbivores. Ecology 91: 1075–1082. PDF
Parker, J., J.-P. Salminen, and A.A. Agrawal. Herbivory enhances positive effects of plant genotypic diversity. Ecology Letters 13: 553 - 563. PDF
Karonen, M., J. Parker. A.A. Agrawal, and J.-P. Salminen. First evidence of hexameric and heptameric ellagitannins in plants detected by liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 24: 3151–3156. pdf
Agrawal, A.A., J.K. Conner, and S. Rasmann. Tradeoffs and adaptive negative correlations in Evolutionary ecology. Pages 243-268 in: M. Bell, W. Eanes, D. Futuyma, and J. Levinton (editors), Evolution After Darwin: the First 150 Years. Sinauer Associates. PDF

2009

Rasmann, S., M.D. Johnson, and A.A. Agrawal. Induced responses to herbivory and jasmonate in three milkweed species. Journal of Chemical Ecology 35: 1326-1334. PDF
Agrawal, A. A., J-P. Salminen, and M. Fishbein. Phylogenetic trends in phenolic metabolism of milkweeds (Asclepias): Evidence for escalation. Evolution 63: 663–673. PDF
Futuyma, D. J. and A. A. Agrawal. MacroEvolution and the biological diversity of plants and herbivores. PNAS 106: 18054–18061. PDF
Agrawal, A. A., M. Fishbein, R. Halitschke, A. P. Hastings, D. L. Rabosky, and S. Rasmann. Evidence for adaptive radiation from a phylogenetic study of plant defenses. PNAS 106: 18067–18072.PDF press
Agrawal, A. A. and K. Konno. Latex: a model for understanding mechanisms, ecology, and Evolution of plant defense against herbivory. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 40:311-331.PDF
Rasmann, S., A. A. Agrawal, A. C. Erwin, and S. C. Cook. Cardenolides, induced responses, and interactions between above and belowground herbivores in the milkweeds (Asclepias spp). Ecology 90:2393–2404.PDF
Futuyma, D.J. and A.A. Agrawal. 2009. Evolutionary history and species interactions. PNAS 106: 18043–18044. PDF

Rasmann, S. and A. A. Agrawal. Plant defense against herbivory: progress in identifying synergism, redundancy, and antagonism between resistance traits. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 12:473–478.PDF
Johnson, M. T. J., A. A. Agrawal, J. L. Maron, and J-P. Salminen. Heritability, covariation and natural selection on 24 traits of common evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) from a field experiment. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 1295–1307.PDF
Agrawal, A. A., M. Fishbein, R. Jetter, J-P. Salminen, J. B. Goldstein, A. E. Freitag, and J. P. Sparks. Phylogenetic ecology of leaf surface traits in the milkweeds (Asclepias spp.): Chemistry, ecophysiology, and insect behaviour. New Phytologist 183: 848-867.PDF
Whitman, D. W. and A. A. Agrawal. What is Phenotypic Plasticity and why is it Important? Pages 1-63 in: D. W. Whitman and T. N. Ananthakrishna (editors), Phenotypic plasticity of insects: Mechanisms and consequences. Science Publishers, Inc, Enfield, NH. PDF

2008

Agrawal, A. A. and M. Fishbein. Phylogenetic escalation and decline of plant defense strategies. PNAS 105: 10057–10060. PDF press
Smith, R.A., K.A. Mooney and A. A. Agrawal. Coexistence of three specialist aphids on the common milkweed Asclepias syriaca. Ecology 89: 2187–2196. PDF
Mooney, K. A. and A. A. Agrawal. Plant genotype shapes ant-aphid interactions: implications for community structure and indirect plant defense. American Naturalist 171: E195–E205. PDF
Agrawal, A. A., A. C. Erwin, and S. C. Cook. Natural selection and predicted response for ecophysiological traits of swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) in the field. Journal of Ecology 96:536–542. PDF
Agrawal, A.A., M.J. Lajeunesse, and A. Fishbein. Evolution of latex and its constituent defensive chemistry in milkweeds (Asclepias): a phylogenetic test of plant defense escalation. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 128: 126–138. PDF

Rasmann, S. and A.A. Agrawal. In defense of roots: A research agenda for studying plant resistance to belowground herbivory. Plant Physiology 146: 875–880. PDF
Mooney, K. A., P. Jones and A. A. Agrawal. Coexisting congeners: demography, competition, and interactions with cardenolides for two milkweed-feeding aphids. Oikos 117:450-458. PDF
Mooney, K.A. and A.A. Agrawal. Phenotypic plasticity in plant-herbivore interactions. Pages 43-57 in K. J. Tilmon (editor), The Evolutionary biology of herbivorous insects: Specialization, speciation, and radiation. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. PDF
Larson E.L., S.M. Bogdanowicz, A.A. Agrawal, M.T.J. Johnson, and R.G. Harrison. Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in common evening primrose (Oenothera bienni). Molecular Ecology Resources 8: 434–436. PDF

2007

Agrawal, A.A. Macroevolution of plant defense strategies. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 22:103-109. PDF

Johnson, MTJ. Genotype-by-environment interactions leads to variable selection on life-history strategy in Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20:190-200. PDF
Morris, W.F., R.A. Hufbauer, A.A. Agrawal, J.D. Bever, V.A. Borowicz, G.S. Gilbert, J.L. Maron, C.E. Mitchell, I.M. Parker, A.G. Power, M.E. Torchin, and D.P. Vázquez. Direct and interactive effects of enemies and mutualists on plant performance: a meta-analysis. Ecology 88:1021-1029. PDF
Agrawal, A. A., D. A. Ackerly, F. Adler, B. Arnold, C. Cáceres, D. F. Doak, E. Post, P. Hudson, J. Maron, K. A. Mooney, M. Power, D. Schemske, J. J. Stachowicz, S. Y. Strauss, M. G. Turner, E. Werner. Filling key gaps in population and community ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5:145-152. PDF
Johnson, M. T. J. and A. A. Agrawal. Covariation and composition of arthropod species across plant genotypes of evening primrose, Oenothera biennis. Oikos 116-941-956. PDF

2006

Agrawal, A.A., J.A. Lau, and P.A. Hambäck. Community heterogeneity and the Evolution of interactions between plants and insect herbivore. Quarterly Review of Biology 81:349-376. PDF

Agrawal, A.A. and M. Fishbein. Plant defense syndromes. Ecology 87:S132–S149. PDF
Agrawal, A. A. and M. Fishbein. Phylogenetic escalation and decline of plant defense strategies. PNAS 105: 10057–10060. PDF
Johnson, M.T.J, M.J. Lajeunesse, and A.A. Agrawal. Additive and synergistic effects of plant genotypic diversity on arthropod communities and plant fitness. Ecology Letters 9:24–34. PDF
Mooney, K.A. 2006. The disruption of an ant-aphid mutualism increases the effects of insectivorous birds on pine herbivores. Ecology 87: 1805-1815. PDF
Mooney, K.A., Linhart, Y.B. 2006. Contrasting cascades: Insectivorous birds increase pine but not parasitic mistletoe growth. J. Animal Ecology 75: 350-357. PDF
Mitchell, C.E., A.A. Agrawal, J.D. Bever, G.S. Gilbert, R.A. Hufbauer, J.N. Klironomos, J.L. Maron, W.F. Morris, I.M. Parker, A.G. Power, E.W. Seabloom, M.E. Torchin, and D.P. Vázquez. Biotic interactions and plant invasions. Ecology Letters 9:726-740. PDF

McGuire, R. and A.A. Agrawal. Trade-offs between the shade-avoidance response and plant resistance to herbivores? Tests with mutant Cucumis sativus. Functional Ecology 19:1025–1031. PDF
McGuire, R. and M.T.J. Johnson. Plant genotype and induced responses affect resistance to herbivores on evening primrose (Oenothera biennis). Ecological Entomology 31:20-31. PDF
Ives, A.R and A.A. Agrawal. (editors). Empirically motivated theory. Ecology 87:3137-3211. PDF
Webb, C., J.B. Losos, and A.A. Agrawal (editors). Special Issue: Integrating phylogenies in to community ecology. Ecology 87:S1-S163. PDF

2005

Agrawal, A.A., P.M. Kotanen, C.E. Mitchell, A.G. Power, W. Godsoe and J. Klironomos. Enemy Release? An experiment with congeneric plant pairs and diverse above- and below-ground enemies. Ecology 86:2979–2989. PDF
Agrawal, A.A. Future directions in the study of induced plant responses to herbivory. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 115:97-105. PDF
Agrawal, A.A. Natural selection on common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) by a community of specialized insect herbivores. Evolutionary Ecology Research 7:651 667. PDF
A.A. Agrawal. Corruption of journal impact factors. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 20:157 PDF
Smith, R.A., K.A. Mooney and A. A. Agrawal. Coexistence of three specialist aphids on the common milkweed Asclepias syriaca. Ecology 89: 2187–2196. PDF

Kurashige, N.S. and A.A. Agrawal. Phenotypic plasticity to shading and herbivory in Chenopodium album. American Journal of Botany 92: 21-26 PDF
Johnson, M.T.J. and A.A. Agrawal. Plant genotype and the environment interact to shape a diverse arthropod community on evening primrose (Oenothera biennis). Ecology 86:874-885.PDF
Conner, J.K. and A.A. Agrawal. Mechanisms of constraints: The contributions of selection and genetic variance to the maintenance of cotyledon number in wild radish. Journal of Evolutionary PDF
Ellison, A.M. and A.A. Agrawal. (editors). The statistics of rarity. Ecology 86:1079-1163. PDF
Fortin, M.-J. and A.A. Agrawal. (editors). Landscape ecology comes of age. Ecology 86:1965-2017. PDF
Hawkins, B.A. and A.A. Agrawal. (editors). Latitudinal gradients. Ecology 86:2261-2328.PDF

2004

Inouye, B.D. and A.A. Agrawal. Ant mutualists alter the composition and attack rate of the parasitoid community for the gall wasp Disholcaspis eldoradensis (Cynipidae). Ecological Entomology 29:692-696 PDF
Agrawal, A.A. and D.A. Spiller. Polymorphic buttonwood: Effects of disturbance on resistance to herbivores in green and silver morphs of a Bahamian shrub. American Journal of Botany 91(12):1990-1997. PDF
Van Zandt, P.A., and A.A. Agrawal. Community-wide impacts of herbivore-induced plant responses in milkweed (Asclepias Syriaca). Ecology 85: 2616-2629. PDF
Agrawal, A.A., N. Underwood, and J.R. Stinchcombe. Intraspecific variation in the strength of density dependence in aphid populations. Ecological Entomology 29:521-526. PDF
Agrawal, A.A., J.K. Conner, and J.R. Stinchcombe. Evolution of plant resistance and tolerance to frost damage. Ecology Letters 7:1199-1208. PDF
Agrawal, A.A. Resistance and susceptibility of milkweed to herbivore attack: Consequences of competition, root herbivory, and plant genetic variation. Ecology . 85:2118-2133. PDF with appendices
Agrawal, A.A. Plant defense and density dependence in the population growth of herbivores. American Naturalist 164:113-120. PDF with appendices
Lempa, K., A. A. Agrawal, J-P. Salminen, Teija Turunen, V. Ossipov, S. Ossipova, E. Haukioja , and K. Pihlaja. An analysis of rapid Rapid herbivore-induced changes in of mountain birch phenolics and nutritive compounds and their effects on the effects on performance of the major defoliator, Epirrita autumnata. Journal of Chemical Ecology 30:303-321 PDF
Barrett, R.D.H. and A.A. Agrawal. Interactive effects of genotype, environment and ontogeny on resistance of cucumber (Cucumis sativus) to the generalist herbivore, Spodoptera exigua. Journal of Chemical Ecology 30: 37-51 PDF

Van Zandt, P.A. and A.A. Agrawal. Specificity of induced plant responses to specialist herbivores of the common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca. Oikos 104: 401-409 PDF
Irwin, R.E., L.S. Adler and A.A. Agrawal. (editors). Special Feature: Community and Evolutionary ecology of nectar. Ecology 85:1477-1533. PDF
Agrawal, A.A. (editor) Forum: The metabolic theory of ecology. Ecology 85:1771-1821 PDF
Mopper, S. and A.A. Agrawal. (editors). Special Feature: Phytohormonal ecology. Ecology 85:3-77 PDF

2003

Johnson, M.T.J. and A.A. Agrawal. The ecological play of predator-prey dynamics in an Evolutionary theatre. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 18:549-551. PDF
Rotem, K. and A.A. Agrawal. Density dependent population growth of the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae, on the host plant Leonurus cardiaca. Oikos 103-559-565. PDF

Dicke, M., A.A. Agrawal, and J. Bruin. Plants talk, but are they deaf? Trends in Plant Science 8:403-405. PDF
Agrawal, A.A. and P.M. Kotanen. Herbivores and the success of exotic plants: A phylogenetically controlled experiment. Ecology Letters 6:712-715. PDF
Spiller, D. A. and Agrawal, A. A. Intense disturbance enhances plant susceptibility to herbivory: Natural and experimental evidence. Ecology 84:890-897. PDF
Agrawal, A. A. and L. S. Adler. 2003. Plant-animal interactions for the classroom (review of Herrera and Pellmyr, Plant-animal interactions). Ecology 84:807-808. PDF
A.A. Agrawal and N. S. Kurashige. A role for isothiocyanates in plant resistance against the specialist herbivore Pieris rapae. Journal of Chemical Ecology 29:1403-1415. PDF
Rotem, K., A.A. Agrawal, and L. Kott. Parental effects in Pieris rapae in response to variation in food quality: Adaptive plasticity across generations? Ecological Entomology 28:211–218. PDF
Agrawal, A.A. and J.S. Thaler. Solving the two-body problem. Science Magazine's Next Wave
Agrawal, A. A. and P.A. Van Zandt. Ecological play in the coEvolutionary theatre: genetic and environmental determinants of attack by a specialist weevil on milkweed. Journal of Ecology 91:1049–1059 PDF
Agrawal, A.A. (editor). Special Feature: Community Genetics. Ecology 84:543-601. PDF
Agrawal, A.A. (editor). Special Feature: Selection studies in ecology: Concepts, methods, and directions. Ecology 84:1649-1712. PDF
Agrawal, A.A. (editor). Special Feature: Underground processes in plant communities. Ecology 84:2256-2334. PDF
Agrawal, A.A. (editor). Special Feature: Why omnivory. Ecology 84: 2521-2567. PDF

2002

Agrawal, A.A. Maternal effects associated with herbivory: Mechanisms and consequences of transgenerational induced plant resistance. Ecology 83:3408-3415. PDF
Agrawal, A. A., J. K. Conner, M. T. Johnson, and R. Wallsgrove. Ecological genetics of induced plant defense against herbivores: Additive genetic variation and costs of phenotypic plasticity. Evolution 56:2206-2213. PDF
Karban, R. and A.A. Agrawal. Herbivore offense. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 33:641-664. PDF
Gardner, S.N. and A.A. Agrawal. Induced plant defense and the Evolution of counter-defenses in herbivores. Evolutionary Ecology Research 4:1131-1151. PDF

Agrawal, A.A. and Malcolm, S. Once upon a milkweed. Natural History 111(7): 48-53. PDF
Agrawal, A. A., F. Vala, and M. W. Sabelis. Induction of preference and performance after acclimation to novel hosts in a phytophagous spider mite: adaptive plasticity? American Naturalist 159:553-565. PDF
Agrawal, A. A., A. Janssen, J. Bruin, M. A. Posthumus, and M. W. Sabelis. An ecological cost of plant defense: Attractiveness of bitter cucumber plants to natural enemies of herbivores. Ecology Letters 5:377-385. PDF
Agrawal, A. A. 2002. Commentary: Optimal foraging and phenotypic plasticity in plants. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 17:305. PDF
Agrawal, A. A. and P. A. Van Zandt. 2002. Commentary: The community ecology of live long and prosper. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 17:62. PDF
Agrawal, A. A., Kosola, K. R, and D. Parry. Gypsy moth defoliation and N-fertilization affect hybrid poplar regeneration following coppicing. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 32:1491-1495. PDF

2001

Fordyce, J. A. and A. A. Agrawal. The role of plant trichomes and caterpillar group size on growth and defence of the pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor. Journal of Animal Ecology 70:997-1005. PDF
Agrawal, A. A. Phenotypic plasticity in the interactions and Evolution of species. Science 294:321-326. PDF
Agrawal, A. A. Transgenerational consequences of plant responses to herbivory: An adaptive maternal effect? American Naturalist 157:555-569. PDF
Agrawal, A. A. and M. E. Dorken. 2001. Commentary: Law of the unspecialized: Broken? Trends in Ecology & Evolution 16:426. PDF
Agrawal, A. A. 2001. Commentary: Nectar, nodules and cheaters. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 16:23-24. PDF
Agrawal, A. A. and M. F. Sherriffs. Induced plant resistance and susceptibility to late-season herbivores of wild radish. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 94:71-75. PDF

2000

Agrawal, A. A. and R. G. Colfer. Consequences of thrips-infested plants for attraction of conspecifics and parasitoids. Ecological Entomology 25:493-496. PDF
Agrawal, A. A. and J. A. Fordyce. Induced indirect defense in a lycaenid-ant association: The regulation of a resource in a mutualism. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. PDF | Commentary in Science magazine
Agrawal, A. A. Benefits and costs of induced plant defense for Lepidium virginicum (Brassicaceae). Ecology 81:1804-1813. PDF
Agrawal, A. A. Mechanisms, ecological consequences and agricultural implications of tri-trophic interactions. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 3:329-335. PDF
Agrawal, A. 2000. Commentary: Plant defense: Signals in insect eggs. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 15:357. PDF

Agrawal, A. A. Overcompensation of plants in response to herbivory and the by-product benefits of mutualism. Trends in Plant Science 5:309-313. PDF
Agrawal, A. A. and C. N. Klein. What omnivores eat: Direct effects of induced plant resistance on herbivores and indirect consequences for diet selection by omnivores. Journal of Animal Ecology 69:525-535. PDF
Agrawal, A. A. 2000. Commentary: Communication between plants: This time it’s real. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 15:446. PDF
Agrawal, A. A. 2000. Chemical ecology for the next generation (review of Haynes and Millar, Methods in Chemical Ecology: Bioassays). Ecology 81:881. PDF
Agrawal, A. A., R. Karban, and R. Colfer. How leaf domatia and induced plant resistance affect herbivores, natural enemies and plant performance. Oikos 89:70-80. PDF
Agrawal, A. A. and R. Karban. Specificity of constitutive and induced resistance: Pigment glands influence mites and caterpillars on cotton plants. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 96:39-49. PDF
Agrawal, A. A. Specificity of induced resistance in wild radish: Causes and consequences for two specialist and two generalist caterpillars. Oikos 89:493-500. PDF
Agrawal, A. A. Host range Evolution: Adaptation of mites and trade-offs in fitness on alternate hosts. Ecology 81:500-508. PDF
Agrawal, A. A., J. A. Rudgers, L. W. Botsford, D. Cutler, J. B. Gorin, C. J. Lundquist, B. W. Spitzer, A. L. Swann. Benefits and constraints on plant defense against herbivores: Spines influence the legitimate and illegitimate flower visitors of yellow star thistle, Centaurea solstitialis L. (Asteraceae). Southwestern Naturalist 45:1-5. PDF

1999

Agrawal, A. A., C. Laforsch, and R. Tollrian. Transgenerational induction of defenses in animals and plants. Nature 401:60-63. PDF | News & Views (PDF) | Daphnia pictures (PDF)
Agrawal, A. A., P. M. Gorski, and D. W. Tallamy. Polymorphism in plant defense against herbivory: Constitutive and induced resistance is Cucumis sativus. Journal of Chemical Ecology 25:2285-2304 . PDF
Agrawal, A. A. Induced plant defense: Evolution of induction and adaptive phenotypic plasticity. Pages 251-268 in A. A. Agrawal, S. Tuzun, and E. Bent, editors. Inducible plant defenses against pathogens and herbivores: Biochemistry, ecology, and agriculture . American Phytopathological Society Press. PDF
Agrawal, A. A., S. Y. Strauss, and M. J. Stout. Costs of induced responses and tolerance to herbivory in male and female fitness components of wild radish. Evolution 53:1093-1104. PDF
Agrawal, A. A., S. Tuzun, and E. Bent (editors). Inducible plant defenses against pathogens and herbivores: Biochemistry, Ecology, and Agriculture. American Phytopathological Society Press. Cover & Table of Contents | to purchase this book
Karban, R., A. A. Agrawal, J. S. Thaler, and L. S. Adler. Induced plant responses and information content about risk of herbivory. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 14:443-447 PDF
Agrawal, A. A. Induced responses to herbivory in wild radish: Effects on several herbivores and plant fitness. Ecology 80: 1713-1723. PDF
Gardner, S. N., A. A. Agrawal, J. Gressel, and M. Mangel. Strategies to Delay the Evolution of Resistance in Pests: Dose Rotations and Induced Plant Defenses. Pages 189-196 in Aspects of Applied Biology 53 (Challenges in Applied Population Biology). PDF
Strauss, S. Y. and A. A. Agrawal. Ecology and Evolution of plant tolerance to herbivory. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 14:179-185. PDF

Agrawal, A. A. and B. J. Dubin-Thaler. Induced responses to herbivory in the neotropical ant-plant association between Azteca ants and Cecropia trees: Response of ants to potential inducing cues. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 45: 47-54. PDF
Agrawal, A. A., C. Kobayashi, and J. S. Thaler. Influence of prey availability and induced host plant resistance on omnivory by western flower thrips. Ecology 80:518-523. PDF
Agrawal, A. A. and R. Karban. Why induced defenses may be favored over constitutive strategies in plants. Pages 45-61 in R. Tollrian and C. D. Harvell, editors. The Ecology and Evolution of Inducible Defenses . Princeton University Press, Princeton. PDF

1998

Agrawal, A. A. Induced responses to herbivory and increased plant performance. Science 279: 1201-1202. PDF
Agrawal, A. A. Leaf damage and associated cues induce aggressive ant recruitment in a neotropical ant plant. Ecology 79: 2100-2112. PDF
Agrawal, A. A. and M. T. Rutter. Dynamic anti-herbivore defense in ant-plants: The role of induced responses. Oikos 83: 227-236. PDF
Agrawal, A. A. Algal defense, grazers, and their interactions in aquatic trophic cascades. Acta Oecologica 19: 331-337. PDF
Agrawal, A. A. Effects of leaf domatia and induced plant resistance on omnivores in cotton. Pages 127-130 in Hoddle, M. S. (editor). Innovation in Biological Control Research : Proceedings of the California Conference on Biological Control. Berkeley, CA.

1997

Agrawal, A. A. and R. Karban. Domatia mediate plant-arthropod mutualism. Nature 387:562-563. PDF
Karban, R., A. A. Agrawal, and M. Mangel. The benefits of induced defenses against herbivores. Ecology 78:1351-1355. PDF
Agrawal, A. A. Do leaf domatia mediate a plant - mite mutualism? An experimental test of the effects on herbivores and predators. Ecological Entomology 22: 371-376. PDF

1996

Agrawal, A. A. Reforestation in Ecuador’s dry forest. Desert Plants 12: 12-14. PDF
Agrawal, A. A. Evolution will not evolve us. Global Biodiversity 6: 21-23. PDF
Agrawal, A. A. Natural history, seed predation, and germination of Prosopis juliflora relevant to a reforestation project in Southwestern Ecuador. Tropical Ecology 37:193-201. PDF
Agrawal, A. A. Seed germination of Loxopterygium guasango, a threatened tree of coastal Northwestern South America. Tropical Ecology 37:273-276. PDF

1995

Agrawal, A. and S. L. Stephenson. Recent successional changes in a former chestnut-dominated forest in southwestern Virginia. Castanea 60: 107-113. PDF
Agrawal, A. A. 1995. Biodiversity and sociobiology (review of E. O. Wilson, Naturalist). Trends in Ecology & Evolution 10:218-219. PDF
Agrawal, A. Use of dendrochronological methods to estimate an ecological impact date of the chestnut blight. Virginia Journal of Science 46: 41-47. PDF