FIU Discovery

Weeds Enhance Pollinator Diversity and Fruit Yield in Mango.  INSECTS.  12.

In remembrance of Victor Rico Gray (1951-2021): An astonishing tropical ecologist.  BIOTROPICA.  53:1238-1243.

Chemotaxonomic investigation of Apocynaceae for retronecine-type pyrrolizidine alkaloids using HPLC-MS/MS.  PHYTOCHEMISTRY.  185.

Do Morning Butterfly Visitors Benefit a Night-Flowering Hawkmoth Pollinated Plant.  Castanea.  86:100-111.

Scientific Note: Insects associated with Guettarda scabra in Everglades National Park, Florida.  Castanea.  85:155-158.

Are Native Palms "Pollinator Hogs"? A Field Experiment in Pine Rocklands of Southern Florida.  NATURAL AREAS JOURNAL.  40:142-149.

A fishing expedition to discover the pollinators of several subtropical Apocynaceae.  APPLICATIONS IN PLANT SCIENCES.  8.

MYSTERY HERBIVORE OF CHARISMATIC EPIPHYTE DISCOVERED ON ANDROS.  JOURNAL OF THE LEPIDOPTERISTS SOCIETY.  73:73-77.

Contrasting Pollination Systems of Wild Unction and Devil's Potato Root (Apocynaceae) on San Salvador: Preliminary Observations and Analyses.  Castanea.  84:81-92.

The diversity and evolution of pollination systems in large plant clades: Apocynaceae as a case study.  ANNALS OF BOTANY.  123:311-325.

Pollination Ecology of Three Sympatric Palms of Southern Florida Pine Rocklands.  NATURAL AREAS JOURNAL.  38:15-25.

Exploring whether and how ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) affect reproductive fitness in Senna mexicana var. chapmanii (Fabaceae).  FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST.  100:539-545.

Habitat Differences in Morphology and Reproductive Allocation in Guettarda scabra (Rubiaceae).  Castanea.  82:51-57.

The FIU Nature Preserve: Achieving Biological Conservation Through Diversification of Stakeholders.  SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST.  16:94-108.

The Schaus Swallowtail Habitat Enhancement Project: An Applied Service-Learning Project Continuum from Biscayne National Park to Miami-Dade County Public Schools.  SOUTHEASTERN NATURALIST.  16:26-46.

Mortal combat between ants and caterpillars: an ominous threat to the endangered Schaus swallowtail butterfly (Heraclides aristodemus ponceanus) in the Florida Keys, USA.  Journal of Insect Conservation.  21:689-702.

The effects of habitat fragmentation on the reproduction and abundance of Angadenia berteroi.  JOURNAL OF PLANT ECOLOGY.  10:340-348.

Changing light conditions in pine rockland habitats affect the intensity and outcome of ant-plant interactions.  BIOTROPICA.  49:83-91.

Butterflies visit more frequently, but bees are better pollinators: the importance of mouthpart dimensions in effective pollen removal and deposition.  AoB PLANTS.  8.

The Influence of Host Plant Extrafloral Nectaries on Multitrophic Interactions: An Experimental Investigation.  PLOS ONE.  10.

Quantity over quality: light intensity, but not red/far-red ratio, affects extrafloral nectar production in Senna mexicana var. chapmanii.  ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION.  5:4108-4114.

Effect of soil pH on growth, nutrient uptake, and mycorrhizal colonization in exotic invasive Lygodium microphyllum.  PLANT ECOLOGY.  216:989-998.

DYNAMIC EXTRAFLORAL NECTAR PRODUCTION: THE TIMING OF LEAF DAMAGE AFFECTS THE DEFENSIVE RESPONSE IN SENNA MEXICANA VAR. CHAPMANII (FABACEAE).  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY.  102:58-66.

Which Factors Explain Reproductive Output of Mauritia flexuosa (Arecaceae) in Forest and Savanna Habitats of Northern Amazonia?.  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES.  175:307-318.

THE BITING MIDGE, FORCIPOMYIA (MICROHELEA) ERIOPHORA (WILLISTON) (DIPTERA: CERATOPOGONIDAE), AN ECTOPARASITE OF LARVAL PHOEBIS SENNAE (PIERIDAE) IN SOUTH FLORIDA.  JOURNAL OF THE LEPIDOPTERISTS SOCIETY.  67:128-130.

Nectar secretion on fern fronds associated with lower levels of herbivore damage: field experiments with a widespread epiphyte of Mexican cloud forest remnants.  ANNALS OF BOTANY.  111:1277-1283.

How do habitat and climate variation affect phenology of the Amazonian palm, Mauritia flexuosa?.  JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY.  29:255-259.

NEW FINDINGS ON THE POLLINATION BIOLOGY OF MAURITIA FLEXUOSA (ARECACEAE) IN RORAIMA, BRAZIL: LINKING DIOECY, WIND, AND HABITAT.  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY.  100:613-621.

When is local the best paradigm? Breeding history influences conservation reintroduction survival and population trajectories in times of extreme climate events.  BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION.  159:277-284.

Alteration of forest structure modifies the distribution of scale insect, Stigmacoccus garmilleri, in Mexican tropical montane cloud forests.  Journal of Insect Science.  11.

The effects of fire and fragmentation on occurrence and flowering of a rare perennial plant.  PLANT ECOLOGY.  212:1057-1067.

QBIC, an interdisciplinary and quantitative biological sciences curriculum: Concept to implementation.  Journal of Science Education: revista de edicacion en ciencias.  12:11-14.

Breeding System of Ruellia succulenta Small (Acanthaceae).  Castanea.  75:454-460.

Honeydew foraging by birds in tropical montane forests and pastures of Mexico.  JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY.  26:335-341.

Floral Biology and Breeding System of the Crenulate Leadplant, Amorpha herbacea var. crenulata, an Endangered South Florida Pine Rockland Endemic.  NATURAL AREAS JOURNAL.  30:138-147.

ANTS AND PLANTS WITH EXTRAFLORAL NECTARIES IN FIRE SUCCESSIONAL HABITATS ON ANDROS (BAHAMAS).  FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST.  93:89-99.

Hanging by a coastal strand: breeding system of a federally endangered morning-glory of the south-eastern Florida coast, Jacquemontia reclinata.  ANNALS OF BOTANY.  104:1301-1311.

Fuel loads, fire regimes, and post-fire fuel dynamics in Florida Keys pine forests.  International Journal of Wildland Fire.  15:463-478.

Bee populations, forest disturbance, and africanization in Mexico.  BIOTROPICA.  37:686-692.

Effects of fire intensity on vital rates of an endemic herb of the Florida Keys, USA.  NATURAL AREAS JOURNAL.  25:71-76.

Estimating aboveground biomass of broadleaved woody plants in the understory of Florida Keys pine forests.  FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT.  203:319-329.

Novel assessments: detecting success in student learning.  FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT.  2:444-445.

Breeding system and pollination of a narrowly endemic herb of the Lower Florida Keys: Impacts of the urban-wildland interface.  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY.  90:1180-1187.

Herbivore-free time? Damage to new leaves of woody plants after Hurricane Andrew.  BIOTROPICA.  34:547-554.

Herbivore-free time? Damage to new leaves of woody plants after Hurricane Andrew.  BIOTROPICA.  34:547-554.

Warming up to Hotspots.  CONSERVATION BIOLOGY.  15:542-543.

Effect of seed damage on germination in the common vetch (Vicia sativa L.).  AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST.  140:393-396.

Facultative ant-plant interactions: Nectar sugar preferences of introduced pest ant species in south Florida.  BIOTROPICA.  30:179-189.

Ant protection of the nectaried fern Polypodium plebeium in central Mexico.  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY.  85:736-739.

Effects of artificial defoliation on reproductive allocation in the common vetch, Vicia sativa (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae).  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY.  83:886-889.

Effects of Hurricane Andrew on epiphyte communities within cypress domes of Everglades National Park.  ECOLOGY.  77:964-967.

FLORAL AND EXTRAFLORAL NECTARS OF COSTA-RICAN INGA TREES - A COMPARISON OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND COMPOSITION.  BIOTROPICA.  26:276-284.

PLANTLET FORMATION IN TROPICAL MONTANE FERNS - A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION.  AMERICAN FERN JOURNAL.  83:60-66.

FLORAL VARIATION AND DISTYLY IN GUETTARDA-SCABRA (RUBIACEAE).  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY.  80:31-40.

PLANTS WITH EXTRAFLORAL NECTARIES AND ANTS IN EVERGLADES HABITATS.  FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST.  75:38-50.

PHENOLOGICAL STUDIES OF SHRUB AND TREELET SPECIES IN TROPICAL CLOUD FORESTS OF COSTA-RICA.  JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY.  4:323-346.

INTERACTIONS AMONG VETCHES BEARING EXTRAFLORAL NECTARIES, THEIR BIOTIC PROTECTIVE AGENTS, AND HERBIVORES.  ECOLOGY.  69:278-283.

ON THE EVOLUTION OF NONSPECIFIC MUTUALISM.  BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY.  27:251-267.

ALTERNATIVE DEFENSES AGAINST HERBIVORES IN INGA (FABACEAE, MIMOSOIDEAE) OVER AN ELEVATIONAL GRADIENT.  ECOLOGY.  66:1639-1650.

EXPERIMENTAL-EVIDENCE FOR DEFENSE OF INGA (MIMOSOIDEAE) SAPLINGS BY ANTS.  ECOLOGY.  65:1787-1793.

OUTCROSSING AND POLLINATOR LIMITATION OF FRUIT-SET - BREEDING SYSTEMS OF NEOTROPICAL INGA TREES (FABACEAE, MIMOSOIDEAE).  Evolution.  38:1130-1143.

FLOWERING PHENOLOGY AND FLORAL BIOLOGY OF INGA (FABACEAE, MIMOSOIDEAE).  Systematic Botany.  8:354-368.

NECTARIES IN SOME NEOTROPICAL SPECIES OF POLYPODIUM (POLYPODIACEAE) - PRELIMINARY-OBSERVATIONS AND ANALYSES.  BIOTROPICA.  14:108-113.

ANTS LIKE FLOWER NECTAR.  BIOTROPICA.  13:211-214.

FACULTATIVE MUTUALISM BETWEEN WEEDY VETCHES BEARING EXTRAFLORAL NECTARIES AND WEEDY ANTS IN CALIFORNIA.  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY.  66:1016-1020.

EFFECTS OF FLORIVORY ON THE POLLINATION OF FLOWERS: AN EXPERIMENTAL FIELD STUDY WITH A PERENNIAL PLANT.  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES.  171:283-292.

FLORAL BIOLOGY AND BREEDING SYSTEM OF ANGADENIA BERTEROI (APOCYNACEAE): WHY DO FLOWERS OF THE PINELAND GOLDEN TRUMPET PRODUCE FEW FRUITS?.  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES.  172:378-385.

Ant-plant interactions: Impacts of humans on terrestrial ecosystems

Preface: Ants and Plants: A prominent interaction in a changing world

Extrafloral nectary-mediated interactions between insects and plants.  81-130.

Playing the system: The impacts of invasive ants and plants on facultative ant-plant interactions.  249-266.

Nectar as fuel for plant protectors.  75-108.

Do Diurnal Floral Visitors Increase the Fruit-set of a Sphingophilous Plant?: The Case of the Rough-leaf Velvetseed (Rubiaceae).  INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. E395-E395.

Effects of Pesticides on the Arthropod Community in the Agricultural Areas near the Everglades National Park.  PROCEEDINGS OF THE FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURE SOCIETY, VOL 122. 429-437.

EXTRAFLORAL NECTARIES OF HERBS AND TREES - MODELING THE INTERACTION WITH ANTS AND PARASITOIDS.  213-230.

DEFINITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF UNUSUAL HETEROSTYLY IN GUETTARDA-SCABRA (L) VENT (RUBIACEAE).  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY. 624-624.

IS EXTRAFLORAL NECTAR PRODUCTION AN INDUCIBLE ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE.  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY. 643-643.

INTERACTIONS BETWEEN VETCHES BEARING EXTRAFLORAL NECTARIES, THEIR BIOTIC PROTECTIVE AGENTS, AND HERBIVORES.  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY. 671-671.

THE RELATIVE BENEFIT FROM DIFFERENT GUILDS OF BIOTIC PROTECTIVE AGENTS AND MAINTENANCE OF A TRAIT PROMOTING PROTECTION IN PLANTS.  BIOMETRICS. 338-338.

MIMICRY OF FLOWERS BY PARASITOID WASP PUPAE.  BIOTROPICA. 93-95.

The Influence of Host Plant Extrafloral Nectaries on Multitrophic Interactions: An Experimental Investigation (vol 10, e0138157, 2015).  PLOS ONE.

The diversity, ecology and evolution of extrafloral nectaries: current perspectives and future challenges.  ANNALS OF BOTANY. 1243-1250.

H. G. Baker - Biographical memoirs.  Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 335-339.

Dead land walking: the value of continued conservation efforts in South Florida's imperiled pine rocklands.  BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION. 3241-3253.

The use of extrafloral nectar in pest management: overcoming context dependence.  Journal of Applied Ecology. 489-499.