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Simonsen, Anna
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Biological Sciences
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Anna Simonsen, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, specializing in Evolutionary biology, plant microbe interactions, microbial genomics, metagenomics, and plant ecology.
research interests
Plant ecology
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selected scholarly works & creative activities
Article
2024
Expression-environment associations in transcriptomic heat stress responses for a global plant lineage
.
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY
. 33.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1111/mec.17473
Web of Science:
001273397800001
2023
Generalized mutualisms promote range expansion in both plant and ant partners
.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
. 290.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1098/rspb.2023.1083
Web of Science:
001067109900002
2023
Nonsymbiotic legumes are more invasive, but only if polyploid
.
NEW PHYTOLOGIST
. 237:758-765.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1111/nph.18579
Web of Science:
000892731700001
2023
Consistently high heat tolerance acclimation in response to a simulated heatwave across species from the broadly distributed
Acacia
genus
Full Text via DOI:
10.1071/FP22173
Web of Science:
000865414000001
2022
Environmental stress leads to genome streamlining in a widely distributed species of soil bacteria
.
ISME JOURNAL
. 16:423-434.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1038/s41396-021-01082-x
Web of Science:
000686112400001
2021
Negative effects of nitrogen override positive effects of phosphorus on grassland legumes worldwide
.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
. 118.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1073/pnas.2023718118
Web of Science:
000685036200009
2021
Four Complete Genome Sequences for Bradyrhizobium sp. Strains Isolated from an Endemic Australian Acacia Legume Reveal Structural Variation
Full Text via DOI:
10.1128/MRA.00229-21
Web of Science:
000651607700008
2021
Priority effects alter interaction outcomes in a legume-rhizobium mutualism
.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
. 288.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1098/rspb.2020.2753
Web of Science:
000627840400002
2020
Environmental variation impacts trait expression and selection in the legume-rhizobium symbiosis
.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
. 107:195-208.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1002/ajb2.1432
Web of Science:
000513485100001
2019
Novel model-based clustering reveals ecologically differentiated bacterial genomes across a large climate gradient
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ECOLOGY LETTERS
. 22:2077-2086.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1111/ele.13389
Web of Science:
000489855900001
2019
Larger plants promote a greater diversity of symbiotic nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria associated with an Australian endemic legume
.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
. 107:977-991.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1111/1365-2745.13083
Web of Science:
000458616400039
2018
More partners, more ranges: generalist legumes spread more easily around the globe
.
BIOLOGY LETTERS
. 14.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1098/rsbl.2018.0616
Web of Science:
000452106500017
2017
Symbiosis limits establishment of legumes outside their native range at a global scale
Full Text via DOI:
10.1038/ncomms14790
Web of Science:
000398454500001
2017
The nitrification inhibitor 3,4,-dimethylpyrazole phosphate strongly inhibits nitrification in coarse-grained soils containing a low abundance of nitrifying microbiota
Full Text via DOI:
10.1071/SR15359
Web of Science:
000392202900004
2016
A composite guanyl thiourea (GTU), dicyandiamide (DCD) inhibitor improves the efficacy of nitrification inhibition in soil
.
CHEMOSPHERE
. 163:1-5.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.07.103
Web of Science:
000384776800001
2015
Short-termfertilizer application alters phenotypic traits of symbiotic nitrogen fixing bacteria
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PEERJ
. 3.
Full Text via DOI:
10.7717/peerj.1291
Web of Science:
000364329400003
2015
Plant species' origin predicts dominance and response to nutrient enrichment and herbivores in global grasslands
Full Text via DOI:
10.1038/ncomms8710
Web of Science:
000358858500016
2014
Reduced plant competition among kin can be explained by Jensen's inequality
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ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
. 4:4454-4466.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1002/ece3.1312
Web of Science:
000346084500003
2014
Standing genetic variation in host preference for mutualist microbial symbionts
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
. 281.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1098/rspb.2014.2036
2014
ESTIMATING UNCERTAINTY IN MULTIVARIATE RESPONSES TO SELECTION
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EVOLUTION
. 68:1188-1196.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1111/evo.12321
Web of Science:
000333553500021
2014
Herbivory eliminates fitness costs of mutualism exploiters
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NEW PHYTOLOGIST
. 202:651-661.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1111/nph.12668
Web of Science:
000333060500034
2013
Predicting invasion in grassland ecosystems: is exotic dominance the real embarrassment of richness?
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GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
. 19:3677-3687.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1111/gcb.12370
Web of Science:
000326836000011
2010
QUANTIFYING EVOLUTIONARY GENETIC CONSTRAINTS IN THE IVYLEAF MORNING GLORY,
IPOMOEA HEDERACEA
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES
. 171:972-986.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1086/656512
Web of Science:
000284000800005
2008
Leaf shape variation and herbivore consumption and performance: a case study with
Ipomoea hederacea
and three generalists
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/s11829-007-9028-x
Web of Science:
000260961100002
2007
Induced responses in
Ipomoea hederacea
: simulated mammalian herbivory induces resistance and susceptibility to insect herbivores
Full Text via DOI:
10.1007/s11829-007-9009-0
Web of Science:
000260960800006
Conference
2012
Plant evolutionary ecology: molecular genetics, global warming and invasions, and the novel approaches we are using to study adaptations
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NEW PHYTOLOGIST
. 975-977.
Full Text via DOI:
10.1111/nph.12028
Web of Science:
000310676400006
Preprint
2018
Larger legume plants host a greater diversity of symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria
Full Text via DOI:
10.1101/246611
Generalized mutualisms promote range expansion in both plant and ant partners
Full Text via DOI:
10.1101/2023.04.12.536632
Loss of mutualistic interactions loosens restrictions on evolutionary history in legume plant communities
Full Text via DOI:
10.22541/au.168969280.09805411/v1
More partners, more ranges: generalist legumes spread more easily around the globe
Full Text via DOI:
10.1101/406850
Priority effects alter interaction outcomes in a legume-rhizobium mutualism
Full Text via DOI:
10.1101/2020.10.31.363267
Symbiosis with rhizobia limits range expansion only in polyploid legumes
Full Text via DOI:
10.1101/2022.03.01.482489
Research
principal investigator on
Does global warming select less efficient nitrogen-fixing symbionts in tropical soils?
awarded by
Oak Ridge Associated Universities
2023 - 2024
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full name
Anna
Simonsen
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