2021 & In Press publications

Zinnert, J. C., J. B. Nippert, J. A. Rudgers, S. C. Pennings, G. González, M. Alber, S. G. Baer, J. M. Blair, A. Burd, S. L. Collins, C. Craft, D. Di Iorio, W. K. Dodds, P. M. Groffman, E. Herbert, C. Hladik, F. Li, M. E. Litvak, S. Newsome, J. O’Donnell, W. T. Pockman, J. Schalles, and D. R. Young. 2021. State changes: insights from the U.S. Long Term Ecological Research Network. Ecosphere 12:e03433.

Donald, M., T. Bohner, T.; K. Kolis, A. Shadow, J. A. Rudgers, T. E. X. Miller. 2021. Context-dependent variability in the population prevalence and individual fitness effects of plant-fungal symbiosis. Journal of Ecology 109: 847-859 doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13510

Lagueux, D., A. Jumponnen, A. Porras-Alfaro, J. Herrera, Y. A. Chung, L. E. Baur, M. D. Smith, A. K. Knapp, S. L. Collins, and J. A. Rudgers. 2021. Experimental drought alters the fungal rhizobiomes of grasses across North American grasslands. Journal of Ecology 109:776-792 doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13505

Lyons, K.G., M. Mann, M. Lenihan, O. Roybal, K. Carroll, K. Reynoso, S. Kivlin, D. L. Taylor, J. A. Rudgers. 2021. Culturable root endophyte communities shaped by both warming and plant host identity in the Rocky Mountains, USA  Fungal Ecology  49:101002 doi: 10.1016/j.funeco.2020.101002

Steinberg, K. A., Eichhorst, K. D., & Rudgers, J. A. 2021. Flood regime alters the abiotic correlates of riparian vegetation. Applied Vegetation Science. doi: 10.1111/avsc.12572

Stricker, E., Stricker, E., G. Crain, J. A. Rudgers, R. L. Sinsabaugh, V. M. C. Fernandes, C. Nelson, A. Girard-Silva, F. Garcia-Pichel, J. Belnap, and A. Darrouzet-Nardi. 2021. What could explain δ13C signatures in biocrust cyanobacteria of drylands? Microbial Ecology 81:134–145. doi: 10.1007/s00248-020-01536-3

2020

Collins, S. L., Y. A. Chung, L. E. Baur, A. J. Hallmark, T. J. Ohlert, and J. A. Rudgers. 2020. Press–pulse interactions and long-term community dynamics in a Chihuahuan Desert grassland. Journal of Vegetation Science. doi: 10.1111/jvs.12881

Gundel, P. E., P. Sun, N. D. Charlton, C. A. Young, T. E. X. Miller, J. A. Rudgers. 2020. Simulated folivory increases vertical transmission of fungal endophytes that deter herbivores and alter tolerance to herbivory in Poa autumnalis. Annals of Botany 125:981–991. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa021

Herrera, J., R. E. Haskew-Layton, M. Narayanan, A. Porras-Alfaro, A. Jumpponen, Y. A. Chung, J. A. Rudgers. 2020. Improving instructional “fitness” requires change. BioScience 70: 1027-1035 doi: 10.1093/biosci/biaa111

Hou, E. J. A. Rudgers, S. L. Collins, M. E. Litvak, C. S. White, D. I. Moore, Y. Luo. 2020. Sensitivity of soil organic matter to climate and fire in a desert grassland. Biogeochemistry Special Issue: Multi-scale controls on soil organic matter. doi: 10.1007/s10533-020-00713-3

Kazenel, M. R., K. W. Wright, J. Bettinelli, T. L. Griswold, K. D. Whitney, and J. A. Rudgers. 2020. Predicting changes in bee assemblages following state transitions in North American drylands. Scientific Reports. 10:708. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-57553-2

Kent, D. R., Lynn, J. S., Pennings, S. C., Souza, L. A., Smith, M. D., & Rudgers, J. A. 2020. Weak latitudinal gradients in insect herbivory for dominant rangeland grasses of North America. Ecology and Evolution. 10: 6385– 6394. doi: 10.1002/ece3.6374

Rudgers, J. A., M. Afkhami, L. Bell-Dereske, Y. A. Chung, K. Crawford, S. N. Kivlin, M. Mann, and M. Nunez. 2020. Climate disruption of plant-microbe interactions. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 51: 561-586. doi: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-011720-090819

Steinberg, K. A., Eichhorst, K. D., & Rudgers, J. A. 2020. Riparian plant species differ in sensitivity to both the mean and variance in groundwater stores. Journal of Plant Ecology 13: 621-632 doi: 10.1093/jpe/rtaa049

2019

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

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 441:147. doi: 10.1007/s11104-019-04102-0

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

David, A. S., L. P. Bell-Dereske, S. M. Emery, B. McCormick, E. W. Seabloom, J.A. Rudgers. 2019. Testing for loss of Epichloë and non-epichloid symbionts under altered rainfall regimes. American Journal of Botany 106:1-9. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1340

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 doi: 10.1002/ecy.2740

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.

​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 78:688-698. doi: 10.1007/s00248-019-01336-4.

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 doi: 10.1111/ecog.04421

Lynn, J.S., D. A. Duarte, and J. A. Rudgers. 2019. Soil microbes that may accompany climate warming increase alpine plant production. Oecologia. doi: 10.1007/s00442-019-04518-6. Highlighted Student Research

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

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

​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​​​​

2018

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.

​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

Chung, Y. A., A. Jumpponen, and J. A. Rudgers. 2018. Divergence in diversity and composition of root-associated fungi between greenhouse and field studies in a semiarid grassland. Microbial Ecology  78:122-35. doi.org/10.1007/s00248-018-1277-y

Dettweiler-Robinson, E., R. L. Sinsabaugh, and J. A. Rudgers. 2018. Biocrusts benefit from plant removal. American Journal of Botany 105:1-9.

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

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

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.

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

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

2017

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.

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

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.

Jumpponnen A., J. Herrera, A. Porras-Alfaro, J. A. Rudgers. 2017. Biogeography of root-associated endophytes (Chapter 10). Ecological Studies 230:195-222.

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.

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.

2016

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

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

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.

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

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

2015

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

2014

Afkhami, M. E., J. A. Rudgers and J. J. Stachowicz. 2014. Multiple mutualist effects: Conflict and synergy in multispecies mutualisms. Ecology  95: 833-844

Chamberlain, S. A., J. L. Bronstein, J. A. Rudgers. 2014. How context dependent are species interactions? Ecology Letters online early

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

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

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.

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

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.

Russell, J. A., N. Dubilier, N. and J. A. Rudgers. 2014. Nature's microbiome: introduction. Molecular Ecology 23: SI 1225-1237

2013

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.

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

Crutsinger, G. M., B. E. Carter, and J. A. Rudgers. 2013. Soil nutrients trump genetic effects on understory plant communities. Oecologia 173: 1531-1538

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

2012

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

2011

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

2010

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

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

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

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

Emery, S. M. & J. A. Rudgers. 2010. Ecological assessment of dune restorations in the Great Lakes region. Restoration Ecology 18 (S1): 184-194

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.

Huguet, V. and J. A. Rudgers. 2010. Covariation of soil bacterial composition with plant rarity. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76: 7665-7667

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.

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

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.

2009

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Whitney, K. D. & J. A. Rudgers. 2009. Constraints on plant signals and rewards to multiple mutualists? Plant Signaling & Behavior 4:1-4.

2008

Afkhami, M. E. & J. A. Rudgers. 2008. Symbiosis lost: Imperfect vertical transmission of fungal endophytes in grasses. American Naturalist 172: 405-416.

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.

Kannadan, S. & J. A. Rudgers. 2008. Endophyte symbiosis benefits a rare grass under low water availability. Functional Ecology 22: 706-713.

Mack, K. & J. A. Rudgers. 2008. Balancing multiple mutualists: asymmetric interactions among plants, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and fungal endophytes. Oikos 117: 310-320.

Rudgers, J. A., & K. Clay. 2008. An invasive plant-fungal mutualism reduces arthropod diversity. Ecology Letters 11: 831-840.

2007

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

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

Rudgers, J. A., J. Holah, S. P. Orr, & K. Clay. 2007. Forest succession suppressed by an introduced plant-fungal symbiosis. Ecology 88:18-25

2006

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

Rudgers, J. A. & K. D. Whitney. 2006. Interactions between insect herbivores and a plant architectural dimorphism. Journal Of Ecology 94: 1249-1260

Tintjer, T. & J. A. Rudgers. 2006. Grass-herbivore interactions altered by strains of a native endophyte. New Phytologist 170:513-521