Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Mentees: P = postdoctoral researcher, G = graduate student, U = undergraduate H = high school student

2023

115. Fowler AE^G, McFrederick QS and LS Adler (in press). The effect of pollen diet diversity on gut bacterial communities and immune function in a social and solitary bee species. Microbial Ecology

114. Aguirre LA^G and Adler LS (in press). Herbivory-induced effects on pollination services to undamaged neighboring flowering species. Arthropod-Plant Interactions.

113. Yost RT^U, Fowler AE^G, and LS Adler. 2023. Gut transplants from bees fed an antipathogenic pollen diet do not confer pathogen resistance to recipients. Microbial Ecology. Pp 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-023-02309-4

112. Fowler AE^G, Kola E^U and LS Adler 2023. The effect of sunflower pollen age and origin on pathogen infection in the common eastern bumble bee, Bombus impatiens (Apidae: Hymenoptera). Journal of Economic Entomology toad154, https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toad154

111. Figueroa LL^P, Fowler AE^G, Lopez S^U, Amaral VE, Koch H, Stevenson PC, Irwin RE and LS Adler 2023. Sunflower spines and beyond: mechanisms and breadth of pollen that reduce gut pathogen infection in the common eastern bumble bee. Functional Ecology 37(6): 1757-69. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14320

110. Malfi RM^P, McFrederick QS, Lozano G, Irwin RE and LS Adler 2023. Sunflower plantings reduce a common gut pathogen and increase queen production in free-foraging bumble bee colonies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 290: 0230055. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.0055.

109. Roch JC^U, Malfi M^P, Van Wyk JI^P, Muñoz Agudelo^G, Milam J and LS Adler. 2023. The intersection of bee and flower sexes: Pollen presence shapes sex-specific bee foraging associations in sunflower. Environmental Entomology. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvad021.

108. Strange JP, Tripodi AD, Huntzinger C, Knoblett J, Klinger E, Herndon JD, Vuong H, McFrederick QS, Irwin RE, Evans JD, Giacomini JJ, Ward R and LS Adler. 2023. Comparative analysis of three pollen sterilization methods for feeding bumble bees. Journal of Economic Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toad036 Link to article.

107. Giacomini JJ, Adler LS, Reading BJ and RE Irwin. 2023. Differential bumble bee gene expression associated with pathogen infection and pollen diet. BMC Genomics. 24: 157. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-023-09143-5.

2022

106. Palmer-Young EC, Malfi R^P, Zhou Y, Joyce B^U, Whitehead H, Van Wyk JI^P, Baylis K, Grubbs K, Lopez D, Evans JD, Irwin RE and LS Adler LS. 2022. Sunflower crop area and pollen supplementation reduce Varroa mite infestation in honey bee colonies. Journal of Economic Entomology toac196, pp 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toac196

105. Carper AL, Warren PS, Adler LS and RE Irwin. 2022. Pollen limitation of native plant reproduction in an urban landscape. American Journal of Botany 109(12): 1– 12. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16080

• Selected by Editor-in-Chief for “Highlights” section of Dec 2022 issue

104. Van Wyk JI^P, Lynch AM^U and LS Adler. 2022. Manipulation of multiple floral traits demonstrates role in pollinator disease transmission. Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3866

103. Fitch G^P, Figueroa LF^P, Koch H, Stevenson PC and LS Adler. 2022. Understanding effects of floral products on bee parasites: mechanisms, synergism, and ecological complexity. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 17: 244-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.02.011

102. Aguirre L^G and LS Adler. 2022. Interacting antagonisms: Parasite infection alters Bombus impatiens (Hymenoptera: Apidae) responses to herbivory on tomato plants. Journal of Economic Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toac023

101. Giacomini JJ, Moore N, Adler LS and RE Irwin. 2022. Sunflower pollen induces rapid excretion in bumble bees: Implications for host-pathogen interactions. Journal of Insect Physiology 137: 104356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2022.104356

100. Fowler AE^G, Giacomini JJ, Connon SJ, Irwin RE and LS Adler. 2022. Sunflower pollen reduces a gut pathogen in the model bee species, Bombus impatiens, but has weaker effects in three wild congeners. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 289: 20211909. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1909

99. Fowler AE^G, Sadd BM, Bassingthwaite T, Irwin RE and LS Adler. 2022. The effects of sunflower pollen on pathogen infection and immunity in bumble bees. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 377: 20210160. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0160

2021

98. Giacomini JJ, Connon SJ, Marulanda D, Adler LS and RE Irwin. 2021. The costs and benefits of sunflower pollen on bumble bee colony disease and health. Ecosphere 12(7): e03663. http://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3663 PDF

97. Van Wyk JI^P, Amponsah ER^U, Ng WH and LS Adler. 2021. Big bees spread disease: body size mediates transmission of a bumble bee pathogen. Ecology 102(8): e03429. http://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3429 PDF

96. Adler LS, Irwin RE, McArt SH and RL Vannette. 2021. Floral traits affecting the transmission of beneficial and pathogenic pollinator-associated microbes. Current Opinion in Insect Science 44: 1-7. PDF https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2020.08.006

95. Ha MK^G, Schneider SA and LS Adler. 2021. Facilitative pollinator sharing decreases with floral similarity in multiple systems. Oecologia 195: 273-86 PDF https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-020-04770-1

94. Roch JC^U, Muñoz Agudelo DC^G, Adler LS and J Milam. 2021. First records of Perdita bequaerti (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) from New England. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 94(3): 348-354. PDF

2020

93. Tauber JP, Tozkar CÖ, Schwarz R, Lopez D, Irwin RE, Adler LS and JD Evans. 2020. Colony-level effects of amygdalin on honey bees and their microbes. Insects 11, 783. doi:10.3390/insects11110783 PDF

92. Aguirre LA^G, Davis JK^U, Stevenson PC and LS Adler. 2020. Herbivory and phenology shape floral rewards and pollinator-pathogen interactions. Journal of Chemical Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-020-01213-2 PDF

91. Fowler AE^G, Stone EC^U, Irwin RE and LS Adler. 2020. Sunflower pollen reduces a gut pathogen in worker and queen, but not male bumble bees. Ecological Entomology. doi: 10.1111/een.12915 PDF

90. Adler LS, Barber NA^P, Biller OM^U and RE Irwin. 2020. Flowering plant composition shapes pathogen infection and reproduction in bumble bee colonies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (21): 11559-11565. PDF https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2000074117

89. Giorgio T^U, Adler LS and HA Sandler. 2020. Colletotrichum species isolated from Massachusetts cranberries differ in response to the fungicide azoxystrobin. Plant Health Progress. PDF https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-10-19-0075-BR

88. Adler LS, Fowler AE^G, *Malfi RL, Anderson PR^U, Coppinger LM^U, Deneen PM^U, Lopez S^U, Irwin RE, Farrell IW and PC Stevenson. 2020. Assessing chemical mechanisms underlying the effects of sunflower pollen on a gut pathogen in bumble bees. Journal of Chemical Ecology. DOI: 10.1007/s10886-020-01168-4 . PDF

2019

87. Fowler AE^G, Irwin RE and LS Adler. 2019. Pathogen defense mechanisms in solitary and social bees: behavior, immunity, antimicrobials, and microbes. Emerging Topics in Life Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1042/ETLS20190069 PDF

86. Davis JK^U, Aguirre LA^G, Barber NA, Stevenson PC and LS Adler. 2019. From plant fungi to bee parasites: mycorrhizae and soil nutrients shape floral chemistry and bee pathogens. Ecology: e02801. PDF

85. Figueroa LL, Blinder M^H, Grincavitch C^H, Jelinek A^H, Mann EK^H, Merva LA^H, Metz LE^H, Zhao AY^H, Irwin RE, McArt SH and LS Adler. 2019. Bee pathogen transmission dynamics: deposition, persistence and acquisition on flowers. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 286: 20190603. PDF http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.0603

84. LoCascio GM^G, Pasquale R^H, Amponsah E^U, Irwin RE and LS Adler. 2019. Effect of timing and exposure of sunflower pollen on a common gut pathogen of bumble bees. Ecological Entomology. DOI: 10.1111/een.12751 PDF

83. Boyer MDH^G and LS Adler. 2019. Variation in pollinator potential to carry a blueberry fungal pathogen and assessment of transfer efficiency in two managed bee species. Journal of Pollination Ecology 25(5): 36-45. PDF

82. LoCascio GM^G, Aguirre L^G, Irwin RE and LS Adler 2019. Pollen from multiple sunflower cultivars and species reduces a common bumble bee gut pathogen. Royal Society Open Science 6: 190279. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190279. PDF

81. Michaud KM^U, Irwin RE, Barber NA and LS Adler. 2019. Pre-infection effects of nectar secondary compounds on a bumble bee gut pathogen. Environmental Entomology. doi: 10.1093/ee/nvz018 PDF

2018

80. Giacomini JJ^U, Leslie J^U, Tarpy DR, Palmer-Young^G EC, †Irwin RE and †LS Adler. 2018. Medicinal value of sunflower pollen against bee pathogens. Scientific Reports 8: 14394. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-32681-y † equally contributing senior authors PDF

• Top 100 read ecology papers for Scientific Reports in 2018

79. Egan PA, Adler LS, Irwin RE, Farrell IW, Palmer-Young EC^G and PC Stevenson. 2018. Crop domestication alters floral reward with potential consequences for pollinator health. Frontiers in Plant Science 9: 1357. PDF doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01357

78. Palmer-Young EC^G, Farrell I, Adler LS, Milano NJ^U, Egan P, Junker R, Irwin RE and PC Stevenson. 2018. Chemistry of floral rewards: Intra- and interspecific variability of nectar and pollen secondary metabolites across taxa. Ecological Monographs. doi:10.1002/ecm.1335 PDF

77.  Soper Gorden NL^G and LS Adler. 2018. Consequences of multiple flower-insect interactions for subsequent interactions and plant reproduction. American Journal of Botany. 105(11): 1835–1846. doi:10.1002/ajb2.1182 PDF

76. Irwin RE, Warren PS and LS Adler. 2018. Phenotypic selection on floral traits in an urban landscape. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B. 285: 20181239. PDF http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1239

75. Adler LS, Michaud KM^U, Ellner SP, McArt SH^P, Stevenson PC and RE Irwin. 2018. Disease where you dine: Plant species and floral traits associated with pathogen transmission in bumble bees. Ecology 99(11): 2535–2545. doi: 10.1002/ecy.2503 PDF

74. Karp DS et al. 2018  (I am one of 150 authors on this meta-analysis). Crop pests and predators exhibit inconsistent responses to surrounding landscape composition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1800042115

73. Rothchild K^U, Adler LS, Irwin RE, Sadd BM, Stevenson PC and Palmer-Young EC^G. 2018. Effects of short-term exposure to naturally occurring thymol concentrations on transmission of a bumble bee parasite. Ecological Entomology. PDF https://doi.org/10.1111/een.12631

2017

72. McArt SH^P, Urbanowicz CM, McCoshum S, Irwin RE and LS Adler. 2017. Landscape predictors of pathogen prevalence and range contractions in United States bumblebees. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 284: 20172181. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.218171. PDF Media Coverage:

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71. Palmer-Young EC^G, Hogeboom A, Kaye AJ, Donnelly D, Andicoechea J, Connon SJ^U, Skyrm K^P, Adler LS and RE Irwin. 2017.Context-dependent medicinal effects of anabasine and infection-dependent toxicity in bumble bees. PLoS One 12(8): e0183729.70. PDF

70. Tjiurutue MC^G, Sandler HA, Kersch-Becker MF, Theis N and LS Adler. 2017 Gypsy moth herbivory induced volatiles and reduced parasite attachment to cranberry hosts. Oecologia 185(1): 133-145. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-017-3915-369. PDF

69. Palmer-Young EC^G, Tozkar CO, Schwarz RS, Chen Y, Irwin RE, Adler LS and JD Evans. 2017. Nectar and pollen phytochemicals stimulate honey bee immunity to viral infection. Journal of Economic Entomology, 1-14. doi: 10.1093/jee/tox19368. PDF

68. Doubleday^G, LAD and LS Adler. 2017. Sex-biased oviposition by a nursery pollinator on a gynodioecious host plant: implications for breeding system evolution and evolution of mutualism. Ecology and Evolution 7(13): 4694-470367. PDF

67. Palmer-Young EC^G, Sadd BM, Irwin RE, and LS Adler. 2017. Synergistic effects of floral phytochemicals against a bumble bee parasite. Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2794 (14 pages).66. PDF

2016

66. Palmer-Young EC^G, Sadd BM, and LS Adler. 2016. Evolution of resistance to single and combined floral phytochemicals by a bumble bee parasite. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. doi: 10.1111/jeb.13002 PDF  Media Coverage:

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65. Palmer-Young EC^G, Sadd BM, Stevenson PC, Irwin RE, and LS Adler. 2016. Bumble bee parasite strains vary in resistance to phytochemicals. Scientific Reports 6: 37087. doi: 10.1038/srep37087 PDF

64. McArt SH^P, Miles TD, Rodriguez-Saona C, Schilder A, Adler LS and MJ Grieshop. 2016. Floral scent mimicry and vector-pathogen associations in a pseudoflower-inducing plant pathogen system. PLoS One 1(11): e0165761. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0165761

63. Adler LS, Leege LM and RE Irwin. 2016. Regional variation in resistance to nectar robbing and consequences for pollination. American Journal of Botany 103: 1819-28.

62. Tjiurutue MC^G, Palmer-Young EC^G, and LS Adler. 2016. Parasite removal, but not herbivory, deters future parasite attachment on tomato. PLoS One 11(8): e0161076. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161076.

61. Tjiurutue MC^G, Stevenson PC, and LS Adler. 2016. Messages from the other side: Parasites receive damage cues from their host plants. Journal of Chemical Ecology 42(8): 821-828. DOI 10.1007/s10886-016-0746-3 PDF

60. Conroy TJ^U, Palmer-Young EC^G, Irwin RE and LS Adler. 2016. Food limitation affects parasite load and survival of Bombus impatiens (Hymenoptera: Apidae) infected with Crithidia bombi (Trypanosomatida: Trypanosomatidae). Environmental Entomology. Pages 1-8. DOI 10.1093/ee/nvw099 PDF

59. Carper AL, Adler LS and RE Irwin. 2016. Effects of florivory on plant-pollinator interactions: implications for male and female components of plant reproduction. American Journal of Botany. DOI 10.3732/ajb.1600144 PDF

58. Soper Gorden NL^G and LS Adler. 2016. Florivory shapes both leaf and floral interactions. Ecosphere 7(6):e01326. 10.1002/ecs2.1326 (15 pages). PDF

57. Tjiurutue MC^G, Sandler HA, Kersch-Becker MF, Theis N, and LS Adler. 2016. Cranberry resistance to dodder parasitism: induced chemical defenses and behavior of a parasitic plant. Journal of Chemical Ecology. DOI 10.1007/s10886-016-0671-5 PDF

56. Boyer MDH^U, Soper Gorden NL^G, Barber NA^P and LS Adler. 2016. Floral damage induces resistance to florivory in Impatiens capensis. Arthropod-Plant Interactions. DOI 10.1007/s11829-015-9411-y PDF

2015

55. Biller OM^U, Adler LS, Irwin RE, McAllister C^U, and EC Palmer-Young^G. 2015. Possible synergistic effects of thymol and nicotine against Crithidia bombi parasitism in bumble bees. PLoS One 10(12): e0144668. PDF

54. Thorburn LP^U, Adler LS, Irwin RE, and EC Palmer-Young^G. 2015. Variable effects of nicotine and anabasine on parasitized bumble bees. F1000Research 4: http://f1000research.com/articles/4-880/v2 PDF

53. Anthony WE^U, Palmer-Young EC^G, Leonard AS^P, Irwin RE and LS Adler. 2015. Testing dose-dependent effects of the nectar alkaloid anabasine on trypanosome parasite loads in adult bumble bees. PLoS One 10(11): e0142496. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142496. PDF

52. Liu F, Gao J, Di N, and LS Adler. 2015. Nectar attracts foraging honey bees with components of their queen pheromones. Journal of Chemical Ecology 41(11): 1028-36 PDF

51. Gillespie SD^G, Carrero K^U and LS Adler. 2015. Relationships between parasitism, bumblebee foraging behavior and pollination service to Trifolium pratense flowers. Ecological Entomology 40: 650-53. PDF

50. *Barber NA, Milano NJ^U, Kiers ET^P, Theis N^P, Bartolo V, Hazzard RV and LS Adler. 2015. Root herbivory indirectly affects above- and belowground community members and directly reduces plant performance. Journal of Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12464 PDF

49. Milano NJ^U, Barber NA^P, and LS Adler. 2015. Conspecific and heterospecific aboveground herbivory both reduce preference by a belowground herbivore. Environmental Entomology 44(2): 317-24. PDF

48. Richardson L, Adler LS, Leonard AS^P, Andicoechea J, Regan K^U, Anthony WE^U, Manson JS, and RE Irwin. 2015. Secondary metabolites in floral nectar reduce parasite infections in bumble bees. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 282: 20142471. PDF Media Coverage:

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2014

47. Carper AL, Adler LS, Warren PS and RE Irwin. 2014. Effects of suburbanization on forest bee communities. Environmental Entomology 43(2): 253-62.

46. Theis N^P, Barber NA^P, Gillespie SD^G, Hazzard RV, and LS Adler. 2014. Attracting mutualists and antagonists: Plant trait variation explains the distribution of specialist herbivores and pollinators on crops and wild gourds. American Journal of Botany 101(8): 1-9. doi: 10.3732/ajb.1400171 PDF

45. McArt^P, SH, Koch H, Irwin RE and LS Adler. 2014. Arranging the bouquet of disease: Floral traits and the transmission of plant and animal pathogens. Ecology Letters 17(5): 624-36.  PDF Media Coverage:

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44. Irwin RE, Warren PS, Carper AL and LS Adler. 2014. Plant-animal interactions in suburban environments: implications for floral evolution. Oecologia 174: 803-15. PDF

2013

43. Barber NA^P, Kiers ET, Theis N, Hazzard RV and LS Adler. 2013. Linking agricultural practices, myccorhizal fungi, and traits mediating plant-insect interactions. Ecological Applications 23(7): 1519-30. PDF

42. Barber NA^P, Kiers ET, Hazzard RV and LS Adler. 2013. Context-dependency of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on plant-insect interactions in an agroecosystem. Frontiers in Plant Science 4: 338. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00338. PDF

41. Soper Gorden NL^G and LS Adler. 2013. Abiotic conditions affect antagonists and mutulalists in Impatiens capensis. American Journal of Botany 100(4): 679-89.

40. Gillespie SD^G and LS Adler. 2013. Indirect effects on mutualisms: Parasitism of bumble bees and pollination service to plants. Ecology 94(2): 454-64. PDF

2012

39. Barber NA^P, Adler LS, Theis N^P, Kiers ET^P, and RV Hazzard. 2012. Herbivory reduces plant interactions with above- and belowground antagonists and mutualists. Ecology 93(7): 1560-70. PDF

38. Adler LS, Seifert MG^U, Wink M and Morse GE. 2012. Reliance on pollinators predicts defensive chemistry across tobacco species. Ecology Letters 15: 1140-48. PDF

37. Theis N^P, and LS Adler. 2012. Advertising to the enemy: Enhanced floral fragrance increases beetle attraction and reduces plant fitness. Ecology 93(2): 430-35.  PDF

36. Adler LS and RE Irwin. 2012. Nectar alkaloids decrease pollination and reproduction in a native plant. Oecologia 168(4): 1033-41. PDF Media Coverage:

• New Phytologist

2011

35. O’Connell JM, Sandler HA, Adler LS, and Caruso FL. 2011. Controlled studies further the development of practical guidelines to manage dodder (Cuscuta gronovii) in cranberry production with short-term flooding. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 26(4): 269-75. PDF

34. Mayer C, Adler LS, Armbruster WS, Dafni A, Eardley C, Huang SQ, Kevan PG, Ollerton J, Packer L, Ssymank A, Stout JC, Potts SG. 2011. Pollination ecology in the 21st century: Key questions for future research. Journal of Pollination Ecology 3(2): 8-23.

33. Barber NA^P, Adler LS and Bernardo HL^G. 2011. Effects of above- and belowground herbivory on growth, pollination, and reproduction in cucumber. Oecologia 165: 377-86. PDF

2010

32. Cavanagh A^G, Adler LS, and Hazzard RV. 2010. Buttercup squash provides a marketable alternative to blue hubbard as a trap crop for control of striped cucumber beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Environmental Entomology 39(6): 1953-60. PDF

31. Halpern SL, Adler LS, and M Wink. 2010. Leaf herbivory and drought stress affect floral attractive and defensive traits in Nicotiana quadrivalvis (Solanaceae). Oecologia 163: 961-971. PDF

30. Kiers ET^P, Adler LS, Grman EL and MGA Van Der Heijden. 2010. The role of jasmonates in mediating aboveground and belowground mutualisms. Functional Ecology 24: 434-43. PDF

2009

29. Sharp DN^U, Lentz-Ronning AJ^G, Barron J and LS Adler 2009. The effect of larval diet and sex on nectar nicotine feeding preferences in Manduca sexta (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Florida Entomologist 92(2): 374-76. PDF

28. Theis N^P, Kesler K^U and LS Adler. 2009. Leaf herbivory increases floral fragrance in male but not female Cucurbita pepo subsp. texana (Cucurbitaceae) flowers. American Journal of Botany 96(5): 897-903. PDF

27. Cavanagh A^G, Hazzard RV, Adler LS, and J Boucher. 2009. Using trap crops for control of Acalymma vittatum (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) reduces insecticide use in butternut squash. Journal of Economic Entomology 102(3): 1101-07.

26. Adler LS and RV Hazzard. 2009. A comparison of perimeter trap crop varieties: Effects on herbivory, pollination and yield in butternut squash. Environmental Entomology 38(1): 207-215. PDF

25. Hladun K^G and LS Adler. 2009. Influence of leaf herbivory, root herbivory and pollination on plant performance in Cucurbita moschata. Ecological Entomology 34: 144-52. PDF

2008

24. Irwin RE and LS Adler. 2008. Nectar secondary compounds affect self-pollen transfer: implications for female and male plant reproduction. Ecology 89(8): 2207-17. PDF

23. Hladun K^G and LS Adler. 2008. Effects of perimeter trap crop pollen on crop reproduction in butternut squash (Cucurbita moschata). Hortscience 43(1): 276-78. PDF

22. Elliott SE, Irwin RE, Adler LS, and NM Williams. 2008. Nectar alkaloids do not affect offspring performance of a native solitary bee, Osmia lignaria (Megachilidae). Ecological Entomology 33(2): 298-304. PDF

2007

21. Andrews ES^U, Theis N^P and LS Adler. 2007. Pollinator and herbivore attraction to Cucurbita floral volatiles. Journal of Chemical Ecology 33:1682-1691. PDF

20. Adler LS; de Valpine P; Harte J and J Call. 2007. Effects of long-term experimental warming on aphid density in the field. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 80(2): 156-168. PDF

19. Preisser EL, Gibson SE^U, Adler LS and EE Lewis 2007. Underground herbivory and the costs of constitutive defense in tobacco. Acta Oecologica 31(2): 210-15. PDF

2006

18. Adler LS, Wink M, Distl M, and AJ Lentz 2006^G. Leaf herbivory and nutrients increase nectar alkaloids. Ecology Letters 9: 960-67. PDF

17. Irwin RE and LS Adler 2006. Correlations among traits associated with herbivore resistance and pollination: implications for multispecies plant-animal interactions. American Journal of Botany. 93(1): 64-72. PDF

16. Adler LS and RE Irwin 2006. Comparison of pollen transfer dynamics by multiple floral visitors: experiments with pollen and fluorescent dye. Annals of Botany 97: 141-50. PDF

2005

15. Adler LS and RE Irwin. 2005. Ecological costs and benefits of defenses in nectar. Ecology 86(11): 2968-2978. PDF Media Coverage:

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2004

14. Gaimari SD, Adler LS and SJ Scheffer. 2004. Plant host affiliation and redescription of Phytomyza subtenella Frost (Diptera: Agromyzidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington.106(3):501-507.

13. Adler LS. 2004. Size-mediated performance of a generalist herbivore feeding on mixed diets. Southwestern Naturalist 49(2):189-196 PDF

12. Irwin RE, Adler LS and AK Brody. 2004. The dual role of floral traits: pollinator attraction and plant defense. Ecology 85(6) 1503-1511 PDF

11. Adler LS and JL Bronstein. 2004. Attracting antagonists: Does floral nectar increase leaf herbivory? Ecology. PDF

10. Adler LS and Kittelson PM. 2004. Variation in Lupinus arboreus alkaloid profiles and relationships with multiple herbivores. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. PDF

2003

9. Adler LS. 2003. Host species affects herbivory, pollination and reproduction in experiments with parasitic Castilleja. Ecology 84(8): 2083-91 PDF

2002

8. Adler LS. 2002. Host effects on herbivory and pollination in a hemiparasitic plant. Ecology 83(10): 2700-10. PDF

2001

7. Adler LS, Karban R and SY Strauss. 2001. Direct and indirect effects of alkaloids on plant fitness via herbivory and pollination. Ecology 82(7): 2032-44. PDF 6. Adler LS and M Wink. 2001. Transfer of quinolizidine alkaloids from hosts to hemiparasites in two Castilleja-Lupinus associations: analysis of floral and vegetative tissues. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 29(6): 551-61. PDF

2000

5. Adler LS. 2000. Alkaloid uptake increases fitness in a hemiparasitic plant via reduced herbivory and increased pollination. The American Naturalist 156: 92-99. PDF 4. Adler LS. 2000. The ecological significance of toxic nectar. Oikos 91:409-420. PDF Media Coverage:

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1999

3. Karban R, Agrawal AA, Thaler JS and LS Adler. 1999. Induced plant responses and information content about risk of herbivory. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 14:443-47. PDF

1995

2. Adler LS, Schmitt J and MD Bowers. 1995. Genetic variation in defensive chemistry in Plantago lanceolata (Plantaginaceae) and its effect on the specialist herbivore Junonia coenia (Nymphalidae). Oecologia 101:75-85.

1993

1. Adler LS, Wikler K, Wyndham FS, Linder CR and J Schmitt. 1993. Potential for persistence of genes escaped from canola: germination cues in crop, wild and crop-wild hybrid Brassica rapa. Functional Ecology 7:736-745.

Peer-Reviewed Publications Mentored in the Adler Lab

**Palmer-Young, EC and L Thursfield. 2017. Pollen extracts and constituent sugars increase growth of a trypanosomatid parasite of bumble bees. PeerJ: 1-22. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3297

*Barber, NA and **N Soper Gorden. 2014. How do belowground organisms influence plant-pollinator interactions? Journal of Plant Ecology doi: 10.1093/jpe/rtu012

*Barber NA. 2012. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi are necessary for the induced response to herbivores by Cucumis sativus. Journal of Plant Ecology. doi: 10.1093/jpe/rts026, pp 1-6. **Gillespie S. 2010. Factors affecting parasite prevalence among wild bumblebees. Ecological Entomology 35(6): 737-747. PDF

Edited Volumes, Book Chapters and Other Publications

Adler LS and RE Irwin. 2012. What you smell is more important than what you see? Natural selection on floral scent (Commentary). New Phytologist 195: 510-11. Adler LS. 2008. Studying the sweet stuff. Review of S. W. Nicolson, M. Nepi, and E. Pacini, Eds. Nectaries and nectar. In: Ecology 89(4): 1177-78. Adler LS. 2007. Selection by pollinators and herbivores on attraction and defense. Pages 162-173 in: Tilmon, K. J. (ed.), Specialization, speciation and radiation: The evolutionary biology of herbivorous insects. University of California Press, Berkeley. PDF Adler LS, Wink M, Distl M and AJ Lentz. 2007. A reply to Baldwin: Critique does not weaken major conclusions. Ecology Letters 10(3): E2-E3. PDF Irwin RE and LS Adler, editors. 2004. Nectar Ecology Special Feature. Ecology 85(6): 1477-1533. Invited Authors: LS Adler, N Bluethgen, C Bonifray, A Brody, J Bronstein, K Fiedler, MC Gardener, RE Irwin, R Mitchell, R Raguso, JA Rudgers, and F Wäckers. Agrawal AA and LS Adler. 2003. Plant-animal interactions for the classroom. Review of C. Herrera & O. Pellmyr, Eds. Plant-animal interactions. In: Ecology 84(3): 807-808. PDF