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Publications

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

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  • 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, 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, 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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