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List of works by Richard Karban

A comparison of plants and animals in their responses to risk of consumption

scientific article published on 2 June 2016

A judgment and decision-making model for plant behavior

scientific article published on 26 July 2018

Acquired immunity to herbivory and allelopathy caused by airborne plant emissions

scientific article

Addition of Periodical Cicada Nymphs to an Oak Forest: Effects on Cicada Density, Acorn Production, and Rootlet Density

scientific article published in 1985

Airborne signals of communication in sagebrush: a pharmacological approach

scientific article (publication date: 2015)

An air transfer experiment confirms the role of volatile cues in communication between plants

scientific article published in September 2010

Ants Do Not Affect Densities of Periodical Cicada Nymphs (Homoptera: Cicadidae)

As temperature increases, predator attack rate is more important to survival than a smaller window of prey vulnerability

scientific article published on 16 May 2018

Breakdown of an ant-plant mutualism follows the loss of large herbivores from an African savanna

scientific article

CHEMOTYPIC Variation in Volatiles and Herbivory for Sagebrush

scientific article published on 15 August 2016

Changes in an Oak-Chestnut Forest since the Chestnut Blight

scientific article published in 1978

Chewing sandpaper: grit, plant apparency, and plant defense in sand-entrapping plants

scientific article published in April 2016

Chorusing Centers of Periodical Cicadas

Colonization of new host plant individuals by locally adapted thrips

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Complex consequences of herbivory and interplant cues in three annual plants

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Consequences of variation in flowering phenology for seed head herbivory and reproductive success in Erigeron glaucus (Compositae).

scientific article published in April 1992

Cross-talk between jasmonate and salicylate plant defense pathways: effects on several plant parasites

scientific article published on April 2002

Damage-induced resistance in sagebrush: volatiles are key to intra- and interplant communication

scientific article published on April 2006

Deciduous leaf drop reduces insect herbivory

scientific article published on 21 March 2007

Deciphering the language of plant communication: volatile chemotypes of sagebrush

scientific article published on 11 June 2014

Decline of meadow spittlebugs, a previously abundant insect, along the California coast

scientific article published on 15 August 2018

Direct and Indirect Competition Between Spider Mites Feeding on Grapes

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Domatia mediate plantarthropod mutualism

scientific article published in Nature

Effects of an early-season folivorous moth on the success of a later-season species, mediated by a change in the quality of the shared host, Lupinus arboreus Sims

scientific article published in June 1986

Effects of experimental watering but not warming on herbivory vary across a gradient of precipitation

scientific article published on 27 January 2021

Effects of genetic structure of Lupinus arboreus and previous herbivory on Platyprepia virginalis caterpillars

scientific article

Effects of local density on fecundity and mating speed for periodical cicadas.

scientific article

Error management in plant allocation to herbivore defense

scientific article

Experimental Removal of 17-Year Cicada Nymphs and Growth of Host Apple Trees

scientific article

Experimental clipping of sagebrush inhibits seed germination of neighbours

scientific article published on September 2007

Explaining evolution of plant communication by airborne signals.

scientific article published in March 2010

Facilitation of tiger moths by outbreaking tussock moths that share the same host plants

scientific article published on 3 May 2012

Feeding and damage-induced volatile cues make beetles disperse and produce a more even distribution of damage for sagebrush

scientific article published on 29 May 2020

Feeding by seed bugs and weevils enhances germination of wild Gossypium species

scientific article published in November 1992

Fine-scale adaptation of herbivorous thrips to individual host plants

scientific article published in Nature

Flight and dispersal of periodical cicadas

scientific article published in July 1981

Flowers that self‐shade reduce heat stress and pollen limitation

scientific article published in 2023

Geographic dialects in volatile communication between sagebrush individuals

scientific article published in November 2016

Herbivore Offense

scientific article published in 2002

Heteroblasty inEucalyptus globulus(Myricales: Myricaceae) Affects Ovipositonal and Settling Preferences ofCtenarytaina eucalyptiandC. spatulata(Homoptera: Psyllidae)

Identity recognition and plant behavior

scientific article published on July 2010

Increased Reproductive Success at High Densities and Predator Satiation For Periodical Cicadas

scientific article published in 1982

Induced Resistance in Wild Tobacco with Clipped Sagebrush Neighbors: The Role of Herbivore Behavior

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Induced defense in Nicotiana attenuata (Solanaceae) fruit and flowers.

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Induced resistance to herbivores and the information content of early season attack

scientific article published on August 1996

Induced responses of cherry trees to periodical cicada oviposition

scientific article published in September 1983

Induction of the sticky plant defense syndrome in wild tobacco

scientific article published on 20 May 2019

Influence of delayed density and ultraviolet radiation on caterpillar baculovirus infection and mortality

scientific article published in 2022

Insect herbivores selectively suppress the HPL branch of the oxylipin pathway in host plants

scientific article published on December 28, 2012

Interplant volatile signaling in willows: revisiting the original talking trees

scientific article published on April 11, 2013

Kin recognition affects plant communication and defence

scientific article published on February 13, 2013

Lack of susceptibility of soil-inhabiting Platyprepia virginalis caterpillars, a native arctiid, to entomopathogenic nematodes in nature

Leaf drop affects herbivory in oaks

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Leaf drop in evergreen Ceanothus velutinus as a means of reducing herbivory.

scientific article

Long-term habitat selection and chronic root herbivory: explaining the relationship between periodical cicada density and tree growth

scientific article published in January 2009

Loss of branches due to winter storms could favor deciduousness in oaks

scientific article published in 2021

Mechanisms of interspecific competition that result in successful control of Pacific mites following inoculations of Willamette mites on grapevines

scientific article

Morphological Growth Patterns of Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea: Cactaceae) on Flats and Slopes in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona

Mucilage binding to ground protects seeds of many plants from harvester ants: A functional investigation

scientific article published in 2021

Negative effects of vertebrate herbivores on invertebrates in a coastal dune community

scientific article published in July 2008

Neighbors affect resistance to herbivory--a new mechanism

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Non-trophic effects of litter reduce ant predation and determine caterpillar survival and distribution

scientific article published in 2013

PLANT PHASE CHANGE AND RESISTANCE TO HERBIVORY

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Physiological tolerance, climate change, and a northward range shift in the spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius

scholarly article by Richard Karban & Sharon Y. Strauss published April 2004 in Ecological Entomology

Plant age, communication, and resistance to herbivores: young sagebrush plants are better emitters and receivers

scientific article published on 31 May 2006

Plant behaviour and communication

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Plant structural complexity and mechanical defenses mediate predator-prey interactions in an odonate-bird system

scientific article published on 10 February 2017

Plant trait covariance and nonlinear averaging: a reply to Koussoroplis et al

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Population dynamics of an Arctiid caterpillar-tachinid parasitoid system using state-space models

scientific article published on 10 February 2010

Precipitation affects plant communication and defense

scientific article

Predation and associational refuge drive ontogenetic niche shifts in an arctiid caterpillar

scientific article published on January 2015

Proportional fitness loss and the timing of defensive investment: a cohesive framework across animals and plants

scientific article published on 15 June 2020

RELAXATION OF INDUCED INDIRECT DEFENSES OF ACACIAS FOLLOWING EXCLUSION OF MAMMALIAN HERBIVORES

scientific article published in 2004

Seasonal variation of responses to herbivory and volatile communication in sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) (Asteraceae).

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Self-recognition affects plant communication and defense.

scientific article published on 22 April 2009

Small mammals cause non-trophic effects on habitat and associated snails in a native system

scientific article published on 21 June 2011

Spatial habitat heterogeneity influences host–pathogen dynamics in a patchy population of <scp>R</scp>anchman's tiger moth

scientific article published in 2023

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF OUTCROSSING IN AN INTIMATE PLANT-HERBIVORE RELATIONSHIP. I. DOES OUTCROSSING PROVIDE AN ESCAPE FROM HERBIVORES ADAPTED TO THE PARENT PLANT?

scientific article published in April 1994

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF OUTCROSSING IN AN INTIMATE PLANT-HERBIVORE RELATIONSHIP. II. DOES OUTCROSSING POSE A PROBLEM FOR THRIPS ADAPTED TO THE HOST-PLANT CLONE?

scientific article published in April 1994

Testing predictions of movement behaviour in a hilltopping moth

article by Patrick Grof-Tisza et al published November 2017 in Animal Behaviour

The Benefits of Induced Defenses Against Herbivores

scientific article (publication date: July 1997)

The ecology and evolution of induced resistance against herbivores

scientific article published in 2010

The ecology and evolution of induced responses to herbivory and how plants perceive risk

scientific article published in 2019

The ecosystem and evolutionary contexts of allelopathy

scientific article published on 14 September 2011

The effects of pulsed fertilization and chronic herbivory by periodical cicadas on tree growth

scientific article published on 22 April 2019

The importance of host plant limitation for caterpillars of an arctiid moth (Platyprepia virginalis) varies spatially

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Tradeoff between resistance induced by volatile communication and over-topping vertical growth.

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Transient habitats limit development time for periodical cicadas

scientific article published in January 2014

Unidirectional grass hairs usher insects away from meristems

scientific article published on 13 February 2019

Variability in plant nutrients reduces insect herbivore performance

scientific article published on 12 October 2016

Volatile communication between plants that affects herbivory: a meta-analysis

scientific article published on 27 October 2013

Wet years have more caterpillars: interacting roles of plant litter and predation by ants

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