Publications

2010 (in press)

Rasmann S and Agrawal AA . Evolution of specialization: a phylogenetic study of host range in the red milkweed beetle (Tetraopes tetraophthalmus). The American Naturalist.

Rasmann S, Bauerle T L, Poveda K, Vannette R. Predicting root defence against herbivores during succession. Functional Ecology. Special issue on the ecology and evolution of plant defences against herbivores.

Rasmann S, Erwin AC, Halitschke R, Agrawal AA. Direct and indirect root defences of milkweed (Asclepias syriaca): trophic cascades, trade-offs and novel methods for studying subterranean herbivory. Journal of Ecology. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01713.x

Agrawal AA, Conner JK, and Rasmann S. Tradeoffs and adaptive negative correlations in evolutionary ecology. In: Bell, Eanes, Futuyma, and Levinton (editors), Evolution After Darwin: the First 150 Years. Sinauer Associates. 243-268.

2009

Rasmann S, Johnson MD, Agrawal AA. Induced responses to herbivory and jasmonate in three milkweed species. Journal of Chemical Ecology.

Agrawal AA, Fishbein M, Halitschke R, Hastings AP, Rabosky DL, Rasmann S. The tempo of trait evolution: evidence for adaptive radiation from the study of plant defense. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of USA.

Rasmann S, Agrawal AA, Cook SC, Erwin AC. Cardenolides, induced responses, and interactions between above and belowground herbivores in the milkweeds (Asclepias spp). Ecology 90: p. 2393-2404.

Rasmann S and AA Agrawal. Plant defense against herbivory: progress in identifying synergism,redundancy, and antagonism between resistance. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 12: 1-6.

2008

Rasmann S and Agrawal AA. In defense of roots: a research agenda for studying plant resistance to belowground herbivory. Plant Physiology 146: 875-880.

Rasmann S and Turlings TCJ. First Insights into Specificity of Belowground Tritrophic Interactions. Oikos 117: 362–369.

2007

Rasmann S and Turlings TCJ. Simultaneous feeding by aboveground and belowground herbivores affects the plant-mediated attraction of their respective natural enemies. Ecology Letters 10: 926-936.

2005

Rasmann S, Kollner TG, Degenhardt J, Hiltpold I, Toepfer S, Kuhlmann U, Gershenzon J, and Turlings TCJ. Recruitment of entomopathogenic nematodes by insect-damaged maize roots. Nature 434: 732-737.

Gotthard K, Margraf N, Rasmann S, and Rahier M. The evolution of larval foraging behaviour in response to host plant variation in a leaf beetle. Oikos 109: 503-512.

Book chapters

Agrawal AA, Conner JK, and Rasmann S. Tradeoffs and adaptive negative correlations in evolutionary ecology. In: Bell, Eanes, Futuyma, and Levinton (editors), Evolution After Darwin: the First 150 Years. Sinauer Associates. 243-268.

In preparation

Rasmann S, Agrawal AA. Macroevolution of cardenolides in Asclepias.

Rasmann S, Vannette R. Mycorrhizae-insect-plant interaction: a phylogenetic study.