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Publications

(papers can be requested by email or through my Researchgate)

* denotes Kersch-Becker Lab students and postdocs

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  • *Subedi B, *Pocius VM, *Bunnell MA, *Myers A, Kersch-Becker MF. 2025. Salicylate plant defenses reduce aphid nutritional quality and increase predator consumption. Ecological Entomology. Accepted

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  • *Maleki FA, Seidl-Adams I, Fahimi A, Peiffer ML, Kersch-Becker MF, Felton GW, Tumlinson JH. 2024. Stomata: Gatekeepers of uptake and defense priming by green leaf volatiles in plants. Journal of Experimental Botany 75: 6872–6887. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae401

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  • *dos Santos DFB, *Herschberger JE, *Pocius V, *Subedi B, Greenspan SE, Neely WJ, Becker CG, Romero GQ, Kersch-Becker MF. 2024. Leaf shelters facilitate the colonisation of arthropods and enhance microbial diversity on plants. Ecology Letters 27: e14499 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ele.14499.

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  • *Herschberger JE, Ciesla L, Stieha CR, Kersch-Becker MF. Plant responses to ramet density and herbivory under natural field conditions: Impacts on volatile organic compound emissions and seed production. American Journal of Botany, in press.

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  • Benavides-Gordillo S, González AL, Kersch-Becker MF, Moretti MS, Moi DA, Aidar PM, Romero GQ. Warming and shifts in litter quality drive multiple responses in freshwater detritivore communities. Scientific reports 14:11137 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61624-z

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  • Robinson ML, Hahn PG, Inouye BD, Underwood N, Whitehead SR, Abbott KC, Bruna EM, Cacho NI, Dyer LA, Abdala-Roberts L, Allen WJ, Andrade JF, Angulo DF, Anjos D, Ansett DN, Bagchi R, Bagchi S, Barbosa M, Barrett S, Baskett CA, Ben-Simchon E, Blooworth KJ, Bronstein JL, Buckley YM, Burghardt KT, Bustos-Segura C, Calixto ES, Carvalho RL, Castagneyrol B, Chiuffo MC, CinoÄŸlu D, Cinto Mejía E, Cock MC, Cogni R, Cope OL, Cornelissen T, Cortez DR, Crowder DW, Dallstream C, Dáttilo W, Davis JK, DiMarco RD, Dole HE, Egbon IN, Eisenring M, Ejomah A, Elderd BD, Endara M-J, Eubanks MD, Everingham SE, Farah KN, Farias RP, Fernandes AP, Fernandes GW, Ferrante M, Finn A, Florjancic GA, Forister ML, Fox QN, Frago E, França FM, Getman-Pickering AS, Getman-Pickering Z, Gianoli E, Gooden B, Gossner MM, Greig KA, Gripenberg S, Groenteman R, Grof-Tisza P, Haack N, Hahn L, Haq SMM, Helms AM, Hennecke J, Hermann SL, Holeski LM, Holm S, Hutchinson MC, Jackson EE, Kagiya S, Kalske A, Kalwajtys M, Karban R, Kariyat R, Keasar T, Kersch-Becker MF, Kharouba HM, Kim TN, Kimuyu DM, Kluse J, Koerner SE, Komatsu KJ, Krishnan S, Laihonen M, Lamelas-López L LaScaleia MC, Lecomte N, Lehn CR, Li X, Lindroth RL, LoPresti EF, Losada M, Louthan AM, Luizzi VJ, Lynn JS, Lyon NJ, Maia LF, Maia RA, Mannall TL, Martin BS, Massad TJ, McCall AC, McGurrin K, Merwin AC, Mijango-Ramos Z, Mills CH, Moles AT, Moore CM, Moreira X, Morrison CR, Moshobane MC, Muola A, Nakadai R, Nakajima K, Novais S, Ogbebor CO, Ohsaki H, Pan VS, Pardikes NA, Pareja M, Parthasarathy N, Pawar RR, Paynter Q, Pearse IS, Penczykowski RM, Pepi AA, Pereira CC, Phartyal SS, Piper FI, Poveda K, Pringle EG, Puy J, Quijan, T, Quintero C, Rassmann S, Rosche C, Rosenheim LY, Rosenheim JA, Runyon JB, Sadeh A, Sakata Y, Salcido DM, Salgado-Luarte C, Santos BA, Sapir Y, Sasal Y, Sato Y, Sawant M, Schroeder H, Schumann I, Segoli M, Segre H, Shelef O, Shinohara N, Singh RPP, Smith DS, Sobral M, Stotz, GC, Tack AJM, Tayal M, Tooker JF, Torrico-Bazoberry D, Tougeron K, Trowbridge AM, Utsumi S, Uyi O, Vaca-Uribe JL, Valtonen A, van Dijk LJA, Vandvik V, Villellas J, Walker LP, Weber MG, Yamawo A, Yim S, Zarnetske PL, Zehr LN, Zhong, ZZ & Wetzel WC. 2023. Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory. Science. 382: 679–683. doi: 10.1126/science.adh8830

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  • *Maleki FA, Seidl-Adams I, Fahimi A, Peiffer ML, Kersch-Becker MF, Felton GW, Tumlinson JH. 2023. Stomatal closure prevents xylem transport of green leaf volatiles and impairs their systemic function in plants. Plant, Cell & Environment 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14735

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  • Romero GQ, Gonçalves-Souza T, Roslin T, Marquis RJ, Marino NAC, Novotny V, Cornelissen T, Orivel J, Sui S, Aires G, Antoniazzi R, Dáttilo W, Breviglieri CPB, Busse A, Gibb H, Izzo TJ, Kadlec T, Kemp V, Kersch-Becker MF, Knapp M, Kratina P, Luke R, Majnarić S, Maritz R, Martins PM, Mendesil E, Michalko J, Mrazova A, Novais S, Pereira CC, Perić MS, Petermann JS, Ribeiro SP, Sam K, Trzcinski MK, Vieira C, Westwood N, Bernaschini ML, Carvajal V, González E, Jausoro M, Kaensin S, Ospina F, Cristóbal-Pérez EJ, Quesada M, Rogy P, Srivastava DS, Szpryngiel S, Tack AJM, Teder T, Videla M, Viljur ML, Koricheva J. 2022. Climatic instability strengthens the importance of leaf shelters for arthropods: a global experiment. Global Change Biology 20: 3694–3710. Doi: 10.1111/gcb.16150
     

  • Pereira C,  Novais S, Barbosa M, Negreiros D, Gonçalves-Souza T, Roslin T, Marquis R, Marino N, Novotny V, Orivel J, Sui S, Aires G, Antoniazzi R.; Dáttilo W, Crasso P, Busse A, Gibb H, Izzo T, Kadlec T, Kemp V, Kersch-Becker M, Knapp M, Kratina P, Luke R, Majnarić S, Maritz R, Martins-Sobrinho P, Mendesil E, Michalko J, Mrazova A, Sertić Perić, M, Petermann J, Ribeiro S, Sam K, Trzcinski M, Vieira C, Westwood N, Bernaschini ML, Carvajal V, Gonzalez E, Jausoro M, Kaensin S, Ospina BF, Cristóbal-Perez EJ, Quesada M, Rogy P, Srivastava D, Szpryngiel S, Tack A, Teder T, Videla M, Viljur M, Koricheva J, Fernandes G, Romero G, and Cornelissen T. 2022. Subtle structures that serve as refuges: a dataset of arthropod constructs and their host plants. Ecology, in press. doi: 10.1002/ecy.3639

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  • Recalde FC, Breviglieri CPB, and Kersch-Becker MF, and Romero GQ. 2021. Trophic variation in tropical birds and bats is driven by allochthonous resources. Food webs 29: e00209. doi: 10.1016/j.fooweb.2021.e00209

 

  • Antiqueira PPA, Omena PM, Gonçalves-Souza, T, Viera C, Migliorini GH, Kersch-Becker MF, Bernabe TN, Recalde FC, Benavides-Gordillo S, and Romero GQ. 2020. Precipitation and predation risk alter the diversity and behavior of pollinators and reduce plant fitness. Oecologia 192:745-753. doi: 10.1007/s00442-020-04612-0

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  • Kersch-Becker MF and Thaler JS. 2019. Constitutive and herbivore-induced plant defenses regulate herbivore population processes. Journal of Animal Ecology 88:1079-1088. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12993

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  • Greenspan SE, Lyra ML, Migliorini GH, Kersch-Becker MF, Bletz MC, Lisboa CS, Pontes M, Ribeiro L, Romero GQ, Woodhams DC, Haddad CFB, Toledo LF, and Becker CG. Arthropod-bacteria interactions influence the assembly of aquatic host microbiome and pathogen defense. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286: 2019.0924. doi:10.1098/rspb.2019.0924

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  • Kersch-Becker MF, Grisolia BB, Campos MJO and Romero GQ. 2018. The role of spider hunting mode on the strength of spider-plant mutualisms. Oecologia 188:213-222. doi: 10.1007/s00442-018-4170-y

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  • Kersch-Becker MF, Grisolia BB, Campos MJO and Romero GQ. 2018. Community-wide responses to predation risk: effects of predator hunting mode on herbivores, pollinators and parasitoids. Ecological Entomology 43:846-849. doi:10.1111/een.12660

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  • Omena PM, Viera C, Kersch-Becker MF, Antiqueira PPA, Bernabe TN, Benavides-Gordillo S, Recalde FC, Vieira C, Migliorini GH, and Romero GQ. 2018. Bromeliads provide shelter against fire to mutualistic spiders in a fire-prone landscape. Ecological Entomology 43:389-393. doi: 10.1111/een.12497

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  • Kersch-Becker MF, Kessler A and Thaler JS. 2017. Plant defenses drive herbivore population growth by changing predator-prey interactions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284: 20171120. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.1120

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  • Tjiurutue MC, Sandler HA, Kersch-Becker MF, Theis N and Adler LS. 2017. Gypsy moth herbivory induced volatiles and reduced parasite attachment to cranberry hosts. Oecologia 185: 133-145. doi: 10.1007/s00442-017-3915-3

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  • Omena, PM, Bernabe TN, Kersch-Becker MF, Ruiz FCR, Antiqueira PAP, Viera C, Migliorini GH, Gordillo SB and Romero GQ. 2017. Plant architectural traits determine residence time by a Neotropical jumping spider. Journal of Ethology 35: 313-316. doi: 10.1007/s10164-017-0520-1

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  • Tjiurutue MC, Sandler HA, Kersch-Becker MF, Theis N and Adler LS. 2016. Cranberry resistance to dodder parasitism: induced chemical defenses and behavior of a parasitic plant. Journal of Chemical Ecology 42:95-106. doi: 10.1007/s10886-016-0671-5

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  • Kersch-Becker MF and Thaler JS. 2015. Plant resistance reduces the strength of consumptive and non-consumptive effects of predators on aphids. Journal of Animal Ecology 84 (5): 1222-1232. doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12371 * Elton Prize - British Ecological Society Early Career Research Award; highly commended paper.

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  • Kersch-Becker MF and Thaler JS. 2014. Virus strains differentially induce plant susceptibility to aphid vectors and chewing herbivores. Oecologia 174:883-892. doi: 10.1007/s00442-013-2812-7

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  • Kersch-Becker MF, Buss SR, and Fonseca CR. 2013. Conservation of an ant-plant mutualism in native forests and ecologically-managed tree monocultures. Biotropica 45 (4): 520-527. doi: 10.1111/btp.12023

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  • Becker CG, Dalziel B, Kersch-Becker MF, Park MG, Mouchka M. 2013. Indirect effects of human development along the coast on coral health. Biotropica 45 (3): 401-407. doi: 10.1111/btp.12019

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  • Kersch-Becker MF and Lewinsohn TM. 2012. Bottom-up multitrophic effects on resprouting plants. Ecology 93 (1): 9-16. doi: 10.2307/23144015

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  • Poveda K, Martínez E, Kersch-Becker MF, Bonilla MA and Tscharntke T. 2012. Land use and altitudinal variation affect biodiversity, herbivory and Andean potato yield. Journal of Applied Ecology 49 (2): 513-522. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02120.x

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  • Kersch MF and Fonseca CR. 2005. Abiotic factors and the conditional outcome of an ant-plant mutualism. Ecology 86 (8): 2117-2126. doi: 10.1890/04-1916

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