2019 & In Press publications
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Buckley, H., C. A. Young, N. D. Charlton, W. Q. Hendricks, B. Haley, P. Nagabhyru, J. A. Rudgers. 2019. Leaf endophytes mediate fertilizer effects on plant yield and traits in northern oat grass (Trisetum spicatum). Plant and Soil 434: 425–440
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Chung, Y. A., B. Thornton, E. Dettweiler-Robinson, and J. A. Rudgers. 2019. Soil surface disturbance alters cyanobacterial biocrusts and soil properties in dry grassland and shrubland ecosystems. Plant and Soil In press.
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Chung, Y. A., S. L. Collins, and J. A. Rudgers. 2019. Connecting plant-soil feedbacks to long term plant community stability in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland. Ecology May 7:e02756 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2756
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Chung, Y. A., A. Jumpponen, and J. A. Rudgers. 2019. Divergence in diversity and composition of root-associated fungi between greenhouse and field studies in a semiarid grassland. Microbial Ecology doi.org/10.1007/s00248-018-1277-y
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Kazenel, M. R., S. N. Kivlin, D. L. Taylor, J. S. Lynn, and J. A. Rudgers. 2019. Altitudinal gradients fail to predict fungal symbiont responses to warming. Ecology e02740
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Kivlin, S. N. and J. A. Rudgers. 2019. Direct and indirect influences of warming on leaf endophytic fungi: A physiological and compositional approach. Ecosystem Consequences of Soil Warming Academic Press. pp: 125-140.
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Kivlin, S. N., M. R. Kazenel, J. S. Lynn, D. L. Taylor, J. A. Rudgers. 2019. Plant identity influences foliar fungal symbionts more than elevation in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Microbial Ecology In press.
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Lynn, J. S., M. R. Kazenel, S. N. Kivlin, and J. A. Rudgers. 2019. Context‐dependent biotic interactions predict plant abundance across altitudinal environmental gradients Ecography In press.
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Rudgers, J. A., A. Hallmark, S. R. Baker, L. Baur, K. M. Hall, M. E. Litvak, E. H. Muldavin, W. T. Pockman, K. D. Whitney. In press. Sensitivity of dryland plant allometry to climate. Functional Ecology. https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.13463
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Sneck, M. E., J. A. Rudgers, C. A. Young, T. E. X. Miller 2019. Does host outcrossing disrupt compatibility with heritable symbionts? Oikos doi.org/10.1111/oik.06182
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Whitney, K. D., J. Mudge, D. O. Natvig, A. Sundararajan, W. Pockman, J. Bell, S. Collins, J. A. Rudgers. 2019. Experimental drought reduces genetic diversity in the grassland foundation species Bouteloua eriopoda. Oecologia 189: 1107-1120. doi.org/10.1007/s00442-019-04371-7
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2018
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Carlton L., N. C. Duncritts, Y. A. Chung, and J. A. Rudgers. 2018. Plant-microbe interactions as a cause of ring formation in Bouteloua gracilis. Journal of Arid Environments 152:1-5.
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Cavazos, B. R., T. F. Bohner, M. L. Donald, M. E. Sneck, A. Shadow, M. Omacini, J. A. Rudgers, and T. E. X. Miller. 2018. Testing the roles of vertical transmission and drought stress in the prevalence of heritable fungal endophytes in annual grass populations. New Phytologist 219:1075-1084. doi.org/10.1111/nph.15215
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Dettweiler-Robinson, E., R. L. Sinsabaugh, and J. A. Rudgers. 2018. Biocrusts benefit from plant removal. American Journal of Botany 105:1-9.
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Fernandes, V. M. C., N. M. Machado de Lima, D. Roush, J. A. Rudgers, S. L. Collins, and F. Garcia-Pichel. 2018. Exposure to predicted precipitation patterns decreases population size and alters community structure of cyanobacteria in biological soil crusts from the Chihuahuan Desert. Environmental Microbiology 20: 259-269. doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13983
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Kalosa-Kenyon, E., L. C. Slaughter, J. A. Rudgers, and R. L. McCulley. 2018. Asexual Epichloë endophytes do not consistently alter arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonization in three grasses. American Midland Naturalist 179:157-165
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Lynn, J. S., S. Canfield, R. R. Conover, J. Keene, and J. A. Rudgers. 2018. Pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides) soil disturbance peaks at mid-elevation and is associated with air temperature, forb cover, and plant diversity. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research 50.
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Rudgers, J. A., E. Dettweiler-Robinson, J. Belnap, L. E. Green, R. L. Sinsabaugh, K. E. Young, C. E. Cort, A. Darrouzet-Nardi. Are fungal networks key to dryland primary production? 2018. American Journal of Botany 105:1783-1787
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Rudgers, J. A., Y. A. Chung, G. E. Maurer, D. I. Moore, E. H. Muldavin, M. E. Litvak, and S. L. Collins. 2018. Climate sensitivity functions and net primary production: A framework for incorporating climate mean and variability. Ecology 3:576-582 doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2136
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2017
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Adams, A. E., M. R. Kazenel, and J. A. Rudgers. 2017. Does a foliar endophyte improve plant fitness under flooding? Plant Ecology 218:711-723.
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Bell-Dereske, L., C. Takacs-Vesbach, S. N. Kivlin, S. M. Emery, and J. A. Rudgers. 2017. Leaf endophytic fungus interacts with precipitation to alter belowground microbial communities in primary successional dunes. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 93. doi-org.libproxy.unm.edu/10.1093/femsec/fix036
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Chung, Y. A., R. L. Sinsabaugh, C. R. Kuske, S. C. Reed, and J. A. Rudgers. 2017. Spatial variation in edaphic characteristics is a stronger control than nitrogen inputs in regulating soil microbial effects on a desert grass. Journal of Arid Environments 142:59-65.
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Jumpponnen A., J. Herrera, A. Porras-Alfaro, J. A. Rudgers. 2017. Biogeography of root-associated endophytes (Chapter 10). Ecological Studies 230:195-222.
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Kivlin, S. N., J. S. Lynn, M. R. Kazenel, K. K. Beals, and J. A. Rudgers. 2017. Biogeography of plant-associated fungal symbionts in mountain ecosystems: A meta-analysis. Diversity and Distributions 23:1067-1077.
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Sneck, M. E., J. A. Rudgers, C. A. Young, and T. E. X. Miller. 2017. Variation in the prevalence and transmission of heritable symbionts across host populations in heterogeneous environments. Microbial Ecology 74:640-653.
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2016
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Bell-Dereske, L., X. Gao, C. A. Masiello, R. L. Sinsabaugh, S. M. Emery, and J. A. Rudgers. 2016. Plant-fungal symbiosis affects litter decomposition during primary succession. Oikos. 126: 801-811. doi: 10.1111/oik.03648
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Barrios-Garcia, M. N., M. A. Rodriguez-Cabal, J. A. Rudgers, and G. M. Crutsinger. 2016. Soil fertilization does not alter plant architectural effects on arthropod communities. Journal of Plant Ecology 10: 800-807. doi: 10.1093/jpe/rtw087
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Bibian, A., J. A. Rudgers, and T. E. X. Miller. 2016. The role of host demographic storage in the ecological dynamics of heritable symbionts. American Naturalist 188: 446-459.
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Chung, Y. A., and J. A. Rudgers. 2016. Plant–soil feedbacks promote negative frequency dependence in the coexistence of two aridland grasses. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 283: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0608r
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Rudgers, J. A., R. A. Fletcher, R. A., E. Olivas, C. A. Young, N. D. Charlton, D. Pearson, J. L. Maron. 2016. Long-term ungulate exclusion reduces fungal symbiont frequency within Festuca campestris in native grasslands. Oecologia
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2015
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Chung, Y. Y., T. E. X. Miller, and J. A. Rudgers. 2015. Fungal symbionts maintain a rare host plant population but demographic advantage drives the dominance of a common host. Journal of Ecology 103: 967-977.
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Emery, S. M., L. Bell-Dereske, and J. A. Rudgers. 2015. Fungal symbiosis and precipitation alter traits and dune building by the ecosystem engineer, Ammophila breviligulata. Ecology 96:927-935.
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Kazenel, M. R., C. Debban, L. Ranelli, W. Hendricks, Y. A. Chung, T. Pendergast, N. D. Charlton, C. A. Young, J. A. Rudgers. 2015. A mutualistic endophyte alters the niche dimensions of its host plant. AoB Plants 7: plv005 doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plv005
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Ranelli, L. B., W. Q. Hendricks, J. S. Lynn, S. N. Kivlin, J. A. Rudgers. 2015. Biotic and abiotic predictors of fungal symbiont distributions in grasses of the Colorado Rockies. Diversity and Distributions 21: 962-976.
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Rudgers, J.A., L. Bell-Dereske, K. M. Crawford, S.M. Emery. 2015. Fungal symbiont effects on dune plant diversity depend on precipitation. Journal of Ecology 103: 219-230.
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Sinsabaugh, R. L, J. Belnap, J. A. Rudgers, C. R. Kuske, N. Martinez, and D. Sandquist. 2015. Soil microbial responses to nitrogen addition in arid ecosystems. Frontiers in Microbiology 6: 819
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2014
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Afkhami, M. E., J. A. Rudgers and J. J. Stachowicz. 2014. Multiple mutualist effects: Conflict and synergy in multispecies mutualisms. Ecology 95: 833-844
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Chamberlain, S. A., J. L. Bronstein, J. A. Rudgers. 2014. How context dependent are species interactions? Ecology Letters online early
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Collins, S.L., J. Belnap, N.B. Grimm, J.A. Rudgers, C. N. Dahm, P. D'Odorico, M. Litvak, D.O. Natvig, D.C. Peters, W.T. Pockman, R.L. Sinsabaugh, and B.O. Wolf. 2014. A multi-scale, hierarchical model of pulse dynamics in aridland ecosystems. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 45:397-419. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-120213-091650
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Crutsinger, G. M., M. A. Rodriguez-Cabal, A. B. Roddy, K. G. Peay, J. L. Bastow, A. G. Kidder, T. E. Dawson, P. V.A. Fine, and J. A. Rudgers. 2014. Genetic variation within a dominant shrub structures green and brown food webs and ecosystem processes. Ecology 95: 387-398
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Emery, S. M. and J. A. Rudgers. 2014. Biotic and abiotic predictors of ecosystem engineering traits of the dune builder Ammophila breviligulata Ecosphere 5: art87.
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Miller, T.E.X. and J. A. Rudgers. 2014. Mechanisms to maintain intermediate frequencies of symbioses: non-linear competitive dynamics in grass-endophyte interactions. American Naturalist 183: 506-518
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Rudgers, J. A., S. N. Kivlin, K. D. Whitney, M. V. Price, N. M. Waser, J. Harte. 2014. Responses of high-altitude graminoids and soil fungi to 20 years of experimental warming. Ecology 95:1918-1928.
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Russell, J. A., N. Dubilier, N. and J. A. Rudgers. 2014. Nature's microbiome: introduction. Molecular Ecology 23: SI 1225-1237
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2013
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Chamberlain, S. A., K. D. Whitney, and J.A. Rudgers. 2013. Proximity to agriculture alters abundance and community composition of wild sunflower mutualists and antagonists. Ecosphere 4(8): 96.
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Crawford, K. M. and J. A. Rudgers. 2013. Genetic diversity within a dominant plant species outweighs plant species diversity in structuring an arthropod community.Ecology 94: 1025-1035
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Crutsinger, G. M., B. E. Carter, and J. A. Rudgers. 2013. Soil nutrients trump genetic effects on understory plant communities. Oecologia 173: 1531-1538
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Emery, S. M. and J. A. Rudgers. 2013. Impacts of simulated climate change and fungal symbionts on survival and growth of a foundation species in sand dunes. Oecologia 173: 1601-1612
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Gorischek, A. M., M. E. Afkhami, E. K. Seifert, J. A. Rudgers. 2013. Fungal symbionts as manipulators of plant reproductive biology. American Naturalist 181: 562-570
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Kivlin, S. N., S. M. Emery, and J. A. Rudgers. 2013. Fungal symbionts alter plant responses to global change. American Journal of Botany 100: 1445-1457
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LeCroy, C., C.A.Masiello, J.A.Rudgers, W.C. Hockaday, J.J. Silberg. 2013. Nitrogen, biochar, and mycorrhizae: Alteration of the symbiosis and oxidation of the char surface. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 58:248–254.
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Masiello, C., Y. Chen, X. Gao, S. Liu, H-Y. Cheng, M. Bennett, J. A. Rudgers, D. Wagner, K. Zygourakis, and J. Silberg. 2013. Biochar and microbial signaling: Production conditions determine effects on microbial communication. Environmental Science & Technology 47: 11496-11503
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Savage, A. M. and J. A. Rudgers. 2013. Non-additive benefit or cost? Disentangling the indirect effects that occur when plants bearing extrafloral nectaries and honeydew-producing insects share exotic ant mutualists. Annals of Botany 111: 1295-1307
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Yule, K. M., T. E. X. Miller, and J. A. Rudgers. 2013. Costs, benefits, and loss of vertically transmitted symbionts affect host population dynamics. Oikos 10: 1512-1520
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2012
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Chamberlain, S. C., M. A. Gardener, and J. A. Rudgers. 2012. How do plants balance multiple mutualists? Correlations among traits for attracting protective bodyguards and pollinators in cotton (Gossypium). Evolutionary Ecology 26: 65-77.
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Crawford, K. M. and J. A. Rudgers. 2012. Plant species diversity and genetic diversity within a dominant species interactively affect plant community biomass. Journal of Ecology 100: 1512-1521.
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Emery, S.M. and J. A. Rudgers. 2012. Impact of competition and mycorrhizal fungi on growth of Centaurea stoebe, an invasive plant of sand dunes. American Midland Naturalist 167: 213-222.
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LeCroy C, C.A. Masiello, J.A. Rudgers, W.C. Hockaday, J.J. Silberg. 2012. Nitrogen, biochar, and mycorrhizae: Alteration of the symbiosis and oxidation of the char surface. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 1.
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Maitner, B. S., J. A. Rudgers, A. E. Dunham, and K. D. Whitney. 2012. Patterns of bird invasion are consistent with environmental filtering. Ecography 35: 614-623.
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Rudgers J.A., K. Clay. 2012. Microbial mutualists and biodiversity in ecosystems. pp 391-XX In Trait-Mediated Indirect Interactions: Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
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Rudgers, J. A., T.E.X. Miller, S. M. Ziegler, and K. D. Craven. 2012. There are many ways to be a mutualist: vertically transmitted symbiont reduces host survival but increases population growth. Ecology 93: 565-574.
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2011
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Baskett, C. A., S. M. Emery, and J. A. Rudgers. 2011. Pollinator visits to threatened species are restored following invasive plant removal. International Journal of Plant Sciences 172: 411-422.
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Chamberlain, S.A., and J.A. Rudgers. 2011. How do plants balance multiple mutualists? Correlations among traits for attracting protective bodyguards and pollinators in cotton (Gossypium). Evolutionary Ecology. DOI: 10.1007/s10682-011-9497-3
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Craig, S., S. Kannadan, S. L. Flory, E. K. Seifert, K. D. Whitney, and J. A. Rudgers. 2011. Potential for endophyte symbiosis to increase resistance of the native grass Poa alsodes to invasion by the non-native grass Microstegium vimineum. Symbiosis 53: 17-28.
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Emery, S.M. and J. A. Rudgers. 2011. Beach restoration efforts influenced by plant variety, soil inoculum, and site effects. Journal of Coastal Research 27: 636-644.
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Ghimire, S. R., J. A. Rudgers, N. D. Charlton, C. Young, and K. D. Craven. 2011. Prevalence of an intra-specific Neotyphodium hybrid in natural populations of Stout Wood Reed (Cinna arundinacea L.) from eastern North America. Mycologia 103: 74-84
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Gundel, P. E., J. A. Rudgers, C. M. Ghersa. 2011. Incorporating the process of vertical transmission into understanding of host-symbiont dynamics Oikos 120: 1121-1128.
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Savage, A. M., S. D. Johnson, K. D. Whitney, and J. A. Rudgers. 2011. Do invasive ants respond more strongly to carbohydrate availability than co-occurring non-invasive ants? A test along an active Anoplolepis gracilipes invasion front. Austral Ecology 36: 310-319.
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Yule, K. M., J. B. Woolley, J. A. Rudgers. 2011. Water availability alters the tri-trophic consequences of a plant-fungal symbiosis. Arthropod - Plant Interactions 5: 19-27.
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2010
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Crawford, K. M. & J. M. Land, & J. A. Rudgers. 2010. Fungal endophytes of native grasses decrease insect herbivore preference and performance. Oecologia 164:431-444
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Crutsinger, G. M., S. Y. Strauss, & J. A. Rudgers. 2010. Genetic variation within a dominant shrub species determines plant invasion resistance in a coastal dune system. Ecology 91:1237-1243
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Davitt, A. J., C. Chen, and J. A. Rudgers. 2010. Understanding context-dependency in plant-microbe symbiosis: the influence of abiotic and biotic contexts on host fitness and the rate of symbiont transmission. Environmental and Experimental Botany http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2010.11.004
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Davitt, A. J., M. Stansberry, & J. A. Rudgers. 2010. Do the costs and benefits of fungal endophyte symbiosis vary with light availability? New Phytologist 188:824-834
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Emery, S. M. & J. A. Rudgers. 2010. Ecological assessment of dune restorations in the Great Lakes region. Restoration Ecology 18 (S1): 184-194
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Emery, S. M., D. Thompson, & J.A. Rudgers. 2010. Variation in endophyte symbiosis, herbivory and drought tolerance of Ammophila breviligulata populations in the Great Lakes Region. American Midland Naturalist 163: 186-196.
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Huguet, V. and J. A. Rudgers. 2010. Covariation of soil bacterial composition with plant rarity. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76: 7665-7667
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Rudgers, J. A., A. J. Davitt, K. Clay, P. Gundel, and M. Omacini. 2010. Searching for evidence against the mutualistic nature of hereditary symbiosis: A comment on Faeth (2009). American Naturalist 176 (1): 99-103.
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Rudgers, J. A., S. Fischer, and K. Clay. 2010. Managing plant symbioses: Fungal endophyte genotype alters plant community composition. Journal of Applied Ecology 47: 468-477
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Rudgers, J. A., A. M. Savage, & M. Rua. 2010. Geographic variation in a facultative mutualism alters local arthropod composition and diversity. Oecologia 163:985-996.
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2009
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Afkhami, M. A. & J. A. Rudgers. 2009. Endophyte-mediated resistance to herbivores depends on herbivore identity in the wild grass, Festuca subverticillata. Environmental Entomology 38: 1086-1095.
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Savage, A. M., J. A. Rudgers, & K. D. Whitney. 2009. Elevated dominance of extrafloral nectary-bearing plants is associated with increased abundances of an invasive ant and reduced native ant richness. Diversity and Distributions 15:751-761.
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Rudgers, J. A., M. E. Afkhami, M. A. Rua, A. J. Davitt, S. Hammer, & V. M. Huguet. 2009. A fungus among us: Broad patterns of endophyte distribution in the grasses. Ecology 90:1531-1539.
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Rudgers, J. A. & S. Orr. 2009. Non-native grass alters growth of native tree species via leaf and soil microbes. Journal of Ecology 97:247-255.
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Rudgers, J. A. & A. L. Swafford. 2009. Benefits of a fungal endophyte in Elymus virginicus decline under drought stress. Basic and Applied Ecology 10:43-51.
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Whitney, K. D. & J. A. Rudgers. 2009. Constraints on plant signals and rewards to multiple mutualists? Plant Signaling & Behavior 4:1-4.
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2008
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Afkhami, M. E. & J. A. Rudgers. 2008. Symbiosis lost: Imperfect vertical transmission of fungal endophytes in grasses. American Naturalist 172: 405-416.
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Johnson, S. D., K. C. Horn, A. M. Savage, S. Windhager, M. T. Simmons, & J. A. Rudgers. 2008. Timing of prescribed burns affects abundance and composition of arthropods in the Texas Hill Country. Southwestern Naturalist 53: 137-145.
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Kannadan, S. & J. A. Rudgers. 2008. Endophyte symbiosis benefits a rare grass under low water availability. Functional Ecology 22: 706-713.
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Mack, K. & J. A. Rudgers. 2008. Balancing multiple mutualists: asymmetric interactions among plants, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and fungal endophytes. Oikos 117: 310-320.
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Rudgers, J. A., & K. Clay. 2008. An invasive plant-fungal mutualism reduces arthropod diversity. Ecology Letters 11: 831-840.
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2007
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Flory, S. L., J. A. Rudgers, & K. Clay. 2007. Experimental light treatments affect invasion success and the impact of Microstegium vimineum on the resident community.Natural Areas Journal 27:124-132
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Rudgers, J. A. & K. Clay. 2007. Endophyte symbiosis with tall fescue: How strong are the impacts on communities and ecosystems? Fungal Biology Reviews 21(2-3): 107-124
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Rudgers, J. A., J. Holah, S. P. Orr, & K. Clay. 2007. Forest succession suppressed by an introduced plant-fungal symbiosis. Ecology 88:18-25
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2006
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Finkes, L. K., A. B. Cady, J. C. Mulroy, K. Clay, & J. A. Rudgers. 2006. Plant-fungus mutualism affects spider composition in successional fields. Ecology Letters 9:347-356
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Rudgers, J. A. & K. D. Whitney. 2006. Interactions between insect herbivores and a plant architectural dimorphism. Journal Of Ecology 94: 1249-1260
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Tintjer, T. & J. A. Rudgers. 2006. Grass-herbivore interactions altered by strains of a native endophyte. New Phytologist 170:513-521
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