ANNIKA S. NELSON, PH.D.
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2021
Nelson, A.S. and S.R. Whitehead. 2021. Secondary metabolites shape seed dispersal effectiveness. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 36:1113-1123. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.08.005
            
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Whitehead, S.R., G.F. Schneider, R. Dybzinsky, A.S. Nelson, M. Gelambi, E. Jos, and N.G. Beckman. 2021. Fruits, frugivores, and the evolution of phytochemical diversity. Oikos. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.08332

Nelson, A.S. and K.A. Mooney. 2021. Comparing the individual and combined effects of ant attendance and wing formation on aphid body size and reproduction. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 114: 70-78. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saaa035

2020

Sheard, J.K., A.S. Nelson, J.D. Berggreen, R. Boulay, R.R. Dunn, and N.J. Sanders. 2020. Testing trade-offs and the dominance-impoverishment rule among ant communities. Journal of Biogeography. 47:1899-1909. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13911

Nelson, A.S., G. Zapata, K. Sentner, and K.A. Mooney. 2020. Are ants botanists? Ant associative learning of plant chemicals increases the discovery of plant-associated rewards. Ecological Entomology. 45: 251-258. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/een.12794

2019

Nelson, A.S., C.T. Symanski, M.J. Hecking, and K.A. Mooney. 2019. Elevational cline in herbivore abundance driven by a monotonic increase in trophic level sensitivity to aridity. Journal of Animal Ecology. 88: 1406-1416. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13034

Nelson, A.S., R.T. Pratt, J.D. Pratt, R.A. Smith, C.T. Symanski, C. Prenot, and K.A. Mooney. 2019. Progressive sensitivity of trophic levels to warming underlies an elevational gradient in ant-aphid mutualism strength. Oikos. 128: 540-550. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.05650


Nelson, A.S., N. Carvajal Acosta, and K.A. Mooney. 2019. Plant chemical mediation of ant foraging. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 32: 98-103. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2018.12.003

2018

Nell, C.S., M.M. Meza-Lopez, J.R. Croy, A.S. Nelson, X. Moreira, J.D. Pratt, and K.A. Mooney. 2018. Relative effects of genetic variation sensu lato and sexual dimorphism on plant traits and associated arthropod communities. Oecologia 187: 389-400. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-018-4065-y

Nelson, A.S., T. Scott, M. Barczyk, T.P. McGlynn, A. Avalos, E. Clifton, A. Das, A. Figueiredo, L. Figueroa, M. Janowiecki, S. Pahlke, J.D. Rana, and S. O’Donnell. 2018. Day/night upper thermal limits differ within Ectatomma ruidum ant colonies. Insectes Sociaux 65: 183-189. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-017-0585-4

2016

Mooney, E.H., J.S. Phillips, C.V. Tillberg, C. Sandrow, A.S. Nelson, and K.A. Mooney. 2016. Abiotic mediation of a mutualism drives herbivore abundance. Ecology Letters 19: 37-44. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12540
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