Robert J. Marquis

Professor Emeritus

Curriculum vitae

Department of Biology

University of Missouri-St. Louis and the Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center

1 University Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63121-4499 USA

Journal articles, books, and book chapters

Avian top-down effects on insects and their host plants under human-driven global change

Robert J. Marquis, Christopher J. Whelan, Megan B. Garfinkel

Ibis, vol. 167, 2025

Connecting the dots: Managing species interaction networks to mitigate the impacts of global change

Luis Abdala-Roberts, Adriana Puentes, Deborah L. Finke, Robert J. Marquis, Marta Monserrat, Erik H. Poelman, Sergio Rasmann, Arnaud Sentis, Celia C. Symons, Nicole M. van Dam, Gina Wimip, Christer Björkman, Kailen A. Mooney

eLife, 2025, pp. 1-39

Impact of host biogeography, ecology, evolutionary history, and architecture on the structure of rolled-leaf beetle assemblages of Costa Rican Zingiberales

J. M. Chaves-Fallas, C. García-Robledo, M. M. Carlsen, O. Vargas, M. Rojas-Gómez, R. J. Marquis

Biotropica, vol. 57, 2025

Biotic and abiotic factors associated with genome size evolution in oaks

X. Moreira, P. Hervella, B. Lago-Núñez, A. Galmán, M. Fuente, F. Covelo, R. J. Marquis, C. Vázquez-González, L. Abdala-Roberts

Ecology, in press, 2024

Emerging trends in ant-pollinator conflict in extrafloral necta-ried plants

Eduardo Soares Calixto, Isabella Cristina de Oliveira Pimenta, Denise Lange, Robert J. Marquis, Helena Maura Torezan-Silingardi, Kleber Del-Claro

Plants, vol. 13, 2024, p. 651

Forward

Robert J Marquis

Ecological Studies 249, Xoaquín Moreira, Luis Abdala-Roberts, Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Herbivore Interactions on Islands, Springer Nature, 2024, pp. vii-ix

On the uniqueness of fern-insect interactions

Robert J. Marquis

New Phytologist, in press, 2024

Ontogeny has a greater effect on defense and leaf nutritional status than fertilization in Stryphnodendron adstringens (Fabaceae)

M. N. Delgado, J. O. Silva, K. Barnett, R. J. Marquis, H. C. Morais

Flora, vol. 320, 2024, p. 152620

Predation on live and artificial insect prey show different global latitudinal patterns

E.L. Zvereva, B. Adroit, T. Andersson, C.R.A. C. R. A. Barnett, S. Branco, B. Castagneyrol, G.M. Chiarenza, W. Dáttilo, E. del-Val, J. Filip, J. Griffith, A. L. Hargreaves, J.A. Hernández-Agüero, I. L. H. Silva, Y. Hong, G. Kietzka, P. Klimeš, M. Koistinen, O. Kruglova, S. Kumpula, P. Lopezosa, M. March-Salas, R. J. Marquis, Y. M. Marusik, A. Moles, A. Muola, A. M. Murkwe, A. Nakamura, C. Olson, E. Pagani-Núñez, A. Popova, O. Rahn, A. Reshchikov, A. Rodriguez-Campbell, S. Rytkönen, K. Sam, A. Sounapoglou, R. Tropek, C. Wenda, G. Xu, Y. Zeng, M. Zolotarev, N. Zubrii, V. Zverev, M. V. Kozlov

Global Ecology and Biogeography, 0:e13899 1 of 11 https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13899, 2024

Ecosystem engineering and leaf quality together affect arthropod community structure and diversity on white oak (Quercus alba L.)

Jason Reinhardt, Robert J Marquis

Oecologia, vol. 203, 2023, pp. 13-25

Strong influence of leaf tie formation and corresponding weak effect of leaf quality on herbivory in eight species of Quercus

H George Wang, Jennifer Wouk, Randi Anderson, Robert J Marquis

Ecological Entomology, vol. 48, Wiley Online Library, 2023, pp. 69--80

Caterpillars as focal study organisms

Suzanne Koptur, Robert J Marquis

Robert J. Marquis, Suzanne Koptur, Caterpillars in the middle: Tritrophic interactions in a changing world, Springer, 2022, pp. 3-9

Caterpillars in the middle: Tritrophic interactions in a changing world

Robert J Marquis, Suzanne Koptur, (editors)

Springer, 2022

Climate variability and aridity modulate the role of leaf shelters for arthropods: A global experiment

Gustavo Q Romero, Thiago Goncalves-Souza, Tomas Roslin, Robert J Marquis, Nicholas AC Marino, Vojtech Novotny, Tatiana Cornelissen, Jerome Orivel, Shen Sui, Gustavo Aires, R Reuber Antoniazzi, Wesley Dáttilo, Crasso PB Breviglieri, Busse Annika, Heloise Gibb, Thiago J Izzo, Tomas Kadlec, Victoria Kemp, Monica Kersch-Becker, Michal Knapp, Pavel Kratina, Rebecca Luke, Stefan Majnarić, Robin Maritz, Paulo M Martins, Esayas Mendesil, Jaroslav Michalko, Anna Mrazova, Samuel Novais, Cássio C Pereira, Mirela S Perić, Jana S Petermann, Sérvio P Ribeiro, Katerina Katerina Sam, M Kurtis Trzcinski, Camila Vieira, Natalie Westwood, Maria L Bernaschini, Valentina Carvajal, Ezequiel González, Mariana Jausoro, Stania Kaensin, Fabiola Ospina, E Jacob Cristóbal-Pérez, Mauricio Quesada, Pierre Rogy, Diane S Srivastava, Scarlett Szpryngiel, Ayco JM Tack, Tiit Teder, Martin Videla, Mari-Liis Viljur, Julia Koricheva

Global Change Biology, vol. 28, Wiley Online Library, 2022, pp. 3694--3710

Restoration plantations accelerate dead wood accumulation in tropical premontane forests

Estefania P Fernandez Barrancos, Robert J Marquis, J Leighton Reid

Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 508, Elsevier, 2022, p. 120015

Subtle structures with not-so-subtle functions: A data set of arthropod constructs and their host plants

Cássio C Pereira, Samuel Novais, Milton Barbosa, Daniel Negreiros, Thiago Gonçalves-Souza, Tomas Roslin, Robert J Marquis, Nicholas Marino, Vojtech Novotny, Jerome Orivel, Shen Sui, Gustavo Aires, Reuber Antoniazzi, Wesley Dáttilo, Crasso Breviglieri, Annika Busse, Heloise Gibb, Thiago Izzo, Tomas Kadlec, Victoria Kemp, Monica Kersch-Becker, Michal Knapp, Pavel Kratina, Rebecca Luke, Stefan Majnarić, Robin Maritz, Paulo M Martins, Esayas Mendesil, Jaroslav Michalko, Anna Mrazova, Mirela S Perić, Jana Petermann, Sérvio Ribeiro, Katerina Sam, M Kurtis Trzcinski, Camila Vieira, Natalie Westwood, Maria Bernaschini, Valentina Carvajal, Ezequiel González, Mariana Jausoro, Stanis Kaensin, Fabiola Ospina, Jacob C Cristóbal Pérez, Mauricio Quesada, Pierre Rogy, Diane S Srivastava, Scarlett Szpryngiel, Ayco JM Tack, Tiit Teder, M Videla, Mari-Liis Viljur, Julia Koricheva, G Wilson Fernandes, Gustavo Q Romero, Tatiana Cornelissen

Ecology, vol. 103(4), 2022, (data paper)

Synopsis and future of caterpillar research

Robert J Marquis, Suzanne Koptur

Robert J Marquis, Suzanne Koptur, Caterpillars in the Middle: Tritrophic interactions in a changing world, Springer, 2022, pp. 609-622

Testing the role of local plant chemical diversity on plant--herbivore interactions and plant species coexistence

Diego Salazar, Robert J Marquis

Ecology, vol. 103, Wiley Online Library, 2022, pp. e3765

The impact of construct- building by caterpillars on arthropod colonists in a world of climate change

Robert J Marquis, Christina S Baer, John T Lill, H George Wang

Robert J Marquis, Suzanne Koptur, Caterpillars in the middle: Tritrophic interactions in a changing world, Springer, 2022, pp. 509-537

Active modification of cavity nest-entrances is a common strategy in arboreal ants

Galen V Priest, Flávio Camarota, Heraldo L Vasconcelos, Scott Powell, Robert J Marquis

Biotropica, vol. 53, Wiley Online Library, 2021, pp. 857--867

Ecosystem engineering in the arboreal realm: heterogeneity of wood-boring beetle cavities and their use by cavity-nesting ants

Galen V Priest, Flávio Camarota, Scott Powell, Heraldo L Vasconcelos, Robert J Marquis

Oecologia, vol. 196, Springer, 2021, pp. 427--439

Escape as a mechanism of plant resistance against herbivores

Robert J Marquis, Renan F Moura

K Del-Claro, HM Torezan-Silingardi, Plant-animal interactions. Source of biodiversity, Springer, 2021, pp. 39-57

Experimental shelter-switching shows shelter type alters predation on caterpillars (Hesperiidae)

Christina S Baer, Robert J Marquis

Behavioral Ecology, vol. 32, Oxford University Press UK, 2021, pp. 1012--1021

In remembrance of Victor Rico Gray (1951-2021): An astonishing tropical ecologist

Wesley Dáttilo, Juan Carlos Serio-Silva, John N Thompson, Kleber Del-Claro, Paulo R Guimaraes Jr, Paulo S Oliveira, Pedro Jordano, Robert J Marquis, Suzanne Koptur

Biotropica, vol. 53, Wiley Online Library, 2021, pp. 1238--1243

Between predators and parasitoids: Complex interactions among shelter traits, predation and parasitism in a shelter-building caterpillar community

Christina S Baer, Robert J Marquis

Functional Ecology, vol. 34, Wiley Online Library, 2020, pp. 2186--2198

Geographic variation in performance of a widespread generalist insect herbivore

Mayra C Vidal, John T Lill, Robert J Marquis, Shannon M Murphy

Ecological Entomology, vol. 45, Wiley Online Library, 2020, pp. 617--625

Ontogenetic consistency in oak defence syndromes

Xoaquin Moreira, Luis Abdala-Roberts, Andrea Galmán, Andrew W Bartlow, Jorge C Berny-Mier y Teran, Elisa Carrari, Felisa Covelo, María de la Fuente, Scott Ferrenberg, Nikolaos M Fyllas, Yasutomo Hoshika, Steven R Lee, Robert J Marquis, Masahiro Nakamura, Colleen S Nell, Mario B Pesendorfer, Michael A Steele, Carla Vázquez-González, Shuang Zhang, Sergio Rasmann

Journal of Ecology, vol. 108, Wiley Online Library, 2020, pp. 1822--1834

Revisiting ecological dominance in arboreal ants: how dominant usage of nesting resources shapes community assembly

Flávio Camarota, Heraldo L Vasconcelos, Robert J Marquis, Scott Powell

Oecologia, vol. 194, Springer, 2020, pp. 151--163

An introduction to the immature Lepidoptera fauna of oaks in Missouri

Robert J Marquis, Steven C Passoa, John T Lill, James B Whitfield, Josiane Le Corff, Rebecca E Forkner, Valerie A Passoa

Forest Health Assessment and Applied Sciences Team, Morgantown, West Virginia. FHAAST-2018-05, USDA Forest Service, 2019

Declines and resilience of communities of leaf chewing insects on Missouri oaks following spring frost and summer drought

Robert J Marquis, John T Lill, Rebecca E Forkner, Josiane Le Corff, John M Landosky, James B Whitfield

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 7, Frontiers Media SA, 2019, p. 396

Tri-trophic interactions: bridging species, communities and ecosystems

Luis Abdala-Roberts, Adriana Puentes, Deborah L Finke, Robert J Marquis, Marta Montserrat, Erik H Poelman, Sergio Rasmann, Arnaud Sentis, Nicole M van Dam, Gina Wimp, Kailen Mooney, Christer Bjorkman

Ecology letters, vol. 22, Wiley Online Library, 2019, pp. 2151--2167

Ecological and evolutionary legacy of megafauna extinctions

Mauro Galetti, Marcos Moleon, Pedro Jordano, Mathias M Pires, Paulo R Guimaraes Jr, Thomas Pape, Elizabeth Nichols, Dennis Hansen, Jens M Olesen, Michael Munk, Jacqueline S de Mattos, Andreas H Schweiger, Norman Owen-Smith, Christopher N Johnson, Robert J Marquis, Jens-Christian Svenning

Biological Reviews, vol. 93, Wiley Online Library, 2018, pp. 845--862

Trade-offs between growth, reproduction and defense in response to resource availability manipulations

Juliana Tuller, Robert J Marquis, Samara MM Andrade, Angelo B Monteiro, Lucas DB Faria

PLoS One, vol. 13, Public Library of Science San Francisco, CA USA, 2018, pp. e0201873

Comparing the responses of larval and adult lepidopteran communities to timber harvest using long-term, landscape-scale studies in oak-hickory forests

Keith S Summerville, Robert J Marquis

Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 387, Elsevier, 2017, pp. 64--72

Diego Salazar, M Alejandra Jaramillo, Robert J Marquis

Ecology, vol. 97, Wiley Online Library, 2016, pp. 3176--3183

Co-occurrence patterns in a diverse arboreal ant community are explained more by competition than habitat requirements

Flávio Camarota, Scott Powell, Adriano S Melo, Galen Priest, Robert J Marquis, Heraldo L. Vasconcelos

Ecology and Evolution, vol. 6, Wiley Online Library, 2016, pp. 8907--8918

Ode to Ehrlich and Raven or how herbivorous insects might drive plant speciation

Robert J Marquis, Diego Salazar, Christina Baer, Jason Reinhardt, Galen Priest, Kirk Barnett

Ecology, vol. 97, Wiley Online Library, 2016, pp. 2939--2951

The impact of plant chemical diversity on plant--herbivore interactions at the community level

Diego Salazar, Alejandra Jaramillo, Robert J Marquis

Oecologia, vol. 181, Springer, 2016, pp. 1199--1208

Unravelling Darwin's entangled bank: architecture and robustness of mutualistic networks with multiple interaction types

Wesley Dáttilo, Nubia Lara-Rodríguez, Pedro Jordano, Paulo R Guimaraes Jr, John N Thompson, Robert J Marquis, Lucas P Medeiros, Raul Ortiz-Pulido, Maria A Marcos-García, Victor Rico-Gray

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 283, The Royal Society, 2016, p. 20161564

Ant species identity has a greater effect than fire on the outcome of an ant protection system in Brazilian Cerrado

Kleber Del-Claro, Robert J Marquis

Biotropica, vol. 47, Wiley Online Library, 2015, pp. 459--467

Apparent competition and native consumers exacerbate the strong competitive effect of an exotic plant species

John L Orrock, Humberto P Dutra, Robert J Marquis, Nicholas Barber

Ecology, vol. 96, Wiley Online Library, 2015, pp. 1052--1061

Extrafloral nectaries have a limited effect on the structure of arboreal ant communities in a Neotropical savanna

Flávio Camarota, Scott Powell, Heraldo L Vasconcelos, Galen Priest, Robert J Marquis

Ecology, vol. 96, Wiley Online Library, 2015, pp. 231--240

The global distribution of diet breadth in insect herbivores

Matthew L Forister, V Novotny, Anna K Panorska, Leontine Baje, Y Basset, Philip T Butterill, Lukas Cizek, Phyllis D Coley, Francesca Dem, Ivone R Diniz, Pavel Drozd, Mark Fox, Andrea E Glassmire, Rebecca Hazen, Jan Hrcek, Joshua P Jahner, Ondrej Kaman, Thomas J Kozubowski, Thomas A Kursar, Owen T Lewis, J Lill, Robert J Marquis, Scott E Miller, Helena C Morais, Masashi Murakami, Herbert Nickel, Nicholas A Pardikes, Robert E Ricklefs, Michael S Singer, Angela M Smilanich, John O Stireman, Santiago Villamarín-Cortez, Stepan Vodka, David L Wagner, Thomas Walla, George D Weiblen, Lee A Dyer,

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 112, National Academy of Sciences USA, 2015, pp. 442--447

Native leaf-tying caterpillars influence host plant use by the invasive Asiatic oak weevil through ecosystem engineering

Christina S Baer, Robert J Marquis

Ecology, vol. 95, Wiley Online Library, 2014, pp. 1472--1478

Directed seed dispersal of Piper by Carollia perspicillata and its effect on understory plant diversity and folivory

Diego Salazar, Detlev H Kelm, Robert J Marquis

Ecology, vol. 94, Wiley Online Library, 2013, pp. 2444--2453

Piperales

Robert J Marquis

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (eLS), John Wiley & Sons, 2013

Both host plant and ecosystem engineer identity influence leaf-tie impacts on the arthropod community of Quercus

H George Wang, Robert J Marquis, Christina S Baer

Ecology, vol. 93, Wiley Online Library, 2012, pp. 2186--2197

Context-dependent benefits from ant--plant mutualism in three sympatric varieties of Chamaecrista desvauxii

Beatriz Baker-Méio, Robert J Marquis

Journal of Ecology, vol. 100, Wiley Online Library, 2012, pp. 242--252

Herbivore pressure increases toward the equator

Diego Salazar, Robert J Marquis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 109, National Academy of Sciences USA, 2012, pp. 12616--12620

Species richness and niche space for temperate and tropical folivores

Robert E Ricklefs, Robert J Marquis

Oecologia, vol. 168, Springer, 2012, pp. 213--220

Testing the low latitude/high defense hypothesis for broad-leaved tree species

Robert J Marquis, Robert E Ricklefs, Luis Abdala-Roberts

Oecologia, vol. 169, Springer, 2012, pp. 811--820

Costs of defense: correlated responses to divergent selection for foliar glucosinolate content in Brassica rapa

Kirk A Stowe, Robert J Marquis

Evolutionary Ecology, vol. 25, Springer, 2011, pp. 763--775

Invasive plant species alters consumer behavior by providing refuge from predation

Humberto P Dutra, Kirk Barnett, Jason R Reinhardt, Robert J Marquis, John L Orrock

Oecologia, vol. 166, Springer, 2011, pp. 649--657

Leaf quality, predators, and stochastic processes in the assembly of a diverse herbivore community

Nicholas A Barber, Robert J Marquis

Ecology, vol. 92, Wiley Online Library, 2011, pp. 699--708

Light environment and the impacts of foliage quality on herbivorous insect attack and bird predation

Nicholas A Barber, Robert J Marquis

Oecologia, vol. 166, Springer, 2011, pp. 401--409

Trophic downgrading of planet Earth

James A Estes, John Terborgh, Justin S Brashares, Mary E Power, Joel Berger, William J Bond, Stephen R Carpenter, Timothy E Essington, Robert D Holt, Jeremy BC Jackson, Robert J Marquis, Laurie Oksanen, Tarja Oksanen, Robert T Paine, Ellen Pikitch, William J Ripple, Martin Scheffer, Thomas W Schoener, Jonathan B Shurin, Anthony RE Sinclair, Michael E Soule, David A Wardle

Science, vol. 333, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2011, pp. 301--306

Uma abordagem geral das defesas das plantas contra a ação dos herbívoros

Robert J Marquis

K Del-Claro, HM Torezan-Silingardi, Ecologia das interacoes plantas-animais, Technical Books Editora, Rio de Janeiro, 2011, pp. 55-66

Changes of a mutualistic network over time: reanalysis over a 10-year period

Cecilia Díaz-Castelazo, Paulo R Guimaraes Jr, Pedro Jordano, John N Thompson, Robert J Marquis, Víctor Rico-Gray

Ecology, vol. 91, Wiley Online Library, 2010, pp. 793--801

Impact of plant architecture versus leaf quality on attack by leaf-tying caterpillars on five oak species

Robert J Marquis, John T Lill

Oecologia, vol. 163, Springer, 2010, pp. 203--213

Invasive honeysuckle eradication reduces tick-borne disease risk by altering host dynamics

Brian F Allan, Humberto P Dutra, Lisa S Goessling, Kirk Barnett, Jonathan M Chase, Robert J Marquis, Genevieve Pang, Gregory A Storch, Robert E Thach, John L Orrock

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 107, National Acad Sciences, 2010, pp. 18523--18527

Policy implications of ecosystem services provided by birds.

Christopher J Whelan, Daniel G Wenny, Robert J Marquis

Synesis: A Journal of Science, Technology, Ethics & Policy, vol. 1, 2010

The role of herbivores in terrestrial trophic cascades

Robert J Marquis

J Terborgh, JA Estes, Trophic cascades, Island Press, 2010, pp. 109-124

Effects of even-aged and uneven-aged timber management on dung beetle community attributes in a Missouri Ozark forest

Alejandro Masís, Robert J Marquis

Forest ecology and management, vol. 257, Elsevier, 2009, pp. 536--545

Spatial variation in top-down direct and indirect effects on white oak (Quercus alba L.)

Nicholas A Barber, Robert J Marquis

The American Midland Naturalist, vol. 162, BioOne, 2009, pp. 169--179

Ecosystem services provided by birds

Christopher J Whelan, Daniel G Wenny, Robert J Marquis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 1134, Wiley Online Library, 2008, pp. 25--60

Invasive prey impacts the abundance and distribution of native predators

Nicholas A Barber, Robert J Marquis, Wendy P Tori

Ecology, vol. 89, Wiley Online Library, 2008, pp. 2678--2683

Population variation in plant traits associated with ant attraction and herbivory in Chamaecrista fasciculata (Fabaceae)

Rodrigo S Rios, Robert J Marquis, John C Flunker

Oecologia, vol. 156, Springer, 2008, pp. 577--588

Timing is everything? Phenological synchrony and population variability in leaf-chewing herbivores of Quercus

Rebecca E Forkner, Robert J Marquis, John T Lill, Josiane Le Corff

Ecological Entomology, vol. 33, Wiley Online Library, 2008, pp. 276--285

Dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) community response to clear-cutting in the Missouri Ozarks

Alejandro Masís, Robert J Marquis

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, vol. 80, JSTOR, 2007, pp. 146--155

Ecological consequences of shelter sharing by leaf-tying caterpillars

John T Lill, Robert J Marquis, Melissa A Walker, Lauren Peterson

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, vol. 124, Wiley Online Library, 2007, pp. 45--53

Effects of herbivores as physical ecosystem engineers on plant-based trophic interaction webs

Robert J Marquis, John T Lill

T Ogushi, T Craig, P Price, Ecological communities: plant mediation in indirect interaction webs, Cambridge University Press, 2007, pp. 246-274

Host specificity of Lepidoptera in tropical and temperate forests

Lee A Dyer, MS Singer, JT Lill, JO Stireman, GL Gentry, Robert J Marquis, Robert E Ricklefs, Harold F Greeney, David L Wagner, HC Morais, IR Diniz, TA Kursar, PD Coley

Nature, vol. 448, Nature Publishing Group UK London, 2007, pp. 696--699

Microhabitat manipulation: ecosystem engineering by shelter-building insects

John T Lill, Robert J Marquis

K. M. D. Cuddington, J. E. Byers, A. Hastings, W. G. Wilson, Ecosystem engineers: concepts, theory, and applications in ecology, Elsevier Press, 2007, pp. 107-138

Test of local adaptation to biotic interactions and soil abiotic conditions in the ant-tended Chamaecrista fasciculata (Fabaceae)

Luis Abdala-Roberts, Robert J Marquis

Oecologia, vol. 154, Springer, 2007, pp. 315--326

Forest age influences oak insect herbivore community structure, richness, and density

June M Jeffries, Robert J Marquis, Rebecca E Forkner

Ecological Applications, vol. 16, Wiley Online Library, 2006, pp. 901--912

Impacts of forest management on oak-feeding caterpillar populations in the Missouri Ozarks

RE Forkner, RJ Marquis, JT Lill, J Le Corff

Conservation Biology, vol. 20, 2006, pp. 429--440

Leaf pubescence affects distribution and abundance of generalist slug caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae)

John T Lill, Robert J Marquis, Rebecca E Forkner, Josiane Le Corff, Nels Holmberg, Nicholas A Barber

Environmental Entomology, vol. 35, Oxford University Press Oxford, UK, 2006, pp. 797--806

Oak forest insect herbivores

J. M. Jeffries, R. J. Marquis, R. E. Forkner

The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, vol. 87(3), 2006, pp. 206-210

Plant quality and predation risk mediated by plant ontogeny: consequences for herbivores and plants

Karina Boege, Robert J Marquis

Oikos, vol. 115, Wiley Online Library, 2006, pp. 559--572

Climate unpredictability and parasitism of caterpillars: implications of global warming.

John O Stireman III, LA Dyer, DH Janzen, MS Singer, JT Lill, RJ Marquis, RE Ricklefs, GL Gentry, W Hallwachs, PD Coley, JA Barone, Greeney JF, H Connahs, HC Morais, IR Diniz

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, vol. 102, 2005, pp. 17384-17387

Facing herbivory as you grow up: the ontogeny of resistance in plants

Karina Boege, Robert J Marquis

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, vol. 20, Elsevier, 2005, pp. 441--448

Herbivore impacts on tropical plant diversity

Robert J Marquis

D Burslem, M Pinard, S Hartley, Biotic interactions in the tropics, Cambridge University Press, 2005, pp. 328-346

Piperales

Robert J. Marquis

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (eLS), Wiley-Blackwell, 2005

Feeny revisited: condensed tannins as anti-herbivore defences in leaf-chewing herbivore communities of Quercus

Rebecca E Forkner, Robert J Marquis, John T Lill

Ecological Entomology, vol. 29, Wiley Online Library, 2004, pp. 174--187

Future research in Piper

M Alejandra Jaramillo, Robert J Marquis

LA Dyer, DN Palmer, Piper. A model genus for studies of phytochemistry, ecology, and evolution, Kluwer Academic Press, 2004, pp. 199-203

Herbivores rule

Robert J Marquis

Science, vol. 305, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2004, pp. 619--621

Leaf ties as colonization sites for forest arthropods: an experimental study

John T Lill, Robert J Marquis

Ecological Entomology, vol. 29, Wiley Online Library, 2004, pp. 300--308

The biogeography of Neotropical Piper

Robert J Marquis

LA Dyer, DN Palmer, Piper. A model genus for studies of phytochemistry, ecology, and evolution, Kluwer Academic Press, 2004, pp. 78-96

Uneven-aged and even-aged logging alter foliar phenolics of oak trees remaining in forested habitat matrix

Rebecca E Forkner, Robert J Marquis

Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 199, Elsevier, 2004, pp. 21--37

Ecosystem engineering by caterpillars increases insect herbivore diversity on white oak

John T Lill, Robert J Marquis

Ecology, vol. 84, Wiley Online Library, 2003, pp. 682--690

Fitness consequences of herbivory on Quercus alba

Cris G Hochwender, Victoria L Sork, Robert J Marquis

The American Midland Naturalist, vol. 150, BioOne, 2003, pp. 246--253

Ecology and natural history of a neotropical savanna: The cerrados of Brazil

Paulo S Oliveira, Robert J Marquis, (editors)

Columbia University Press, 2002

Effect of plant architecture on colonization and damage by leaftying caterpillars of Quercus alba

Robert J Marquis, John T Lill, Anthony Piccinni

Oikos, vol. 99, Wiley Online Library, 2002, pp. 531--537

Host plants influence parasitism of forest caterpillars

JT Lill, RJ Marquis, RE Ricklefs

Nature, vol. 417, Nature Publishing Group UK London, 2002, pp. 170--173

Impact of timber harvesting on species accumulation curves for oak herbivore communities of the Missouri Ozarks

Robert J Marquis, Rebecca Forkner, John T Lill, Josiane Le Corff

General Technical Report, USDA Forest Service, North Central Experiment Station, NC-227, SR Shifley, JM Kabrick, Proceedings of the Second Missouri Oak Forest Ecosystem Project Symposium: Post-treatment results of the landscape experiment, USDA Forest Service, 2002, pp. 184-196

Interactions between Cerrado plants and their herbivores: unique or typical?

Robert J Marquis, Helena Morais, Ivone Diniz

P. Oliveira, R. J. Marquis, Ecology and natural history of a neotropical savanna: the cerrados of Brazil, Columbia University Press, 2002, pp. 306-328

Introduction: development of research in the cerrados

Paulo S Oliveira, Robert J Marquis

Paulo S Oliveira, Robert J Marquis, Ecology and natural history of a neotropical savanna: the cerrados of Brazil, Columbia University Press, 2002, pp. 1-10

Tropical foundations in coevolution

Robert J Marquis, Rodolfo Dirzo

R Chazdon, TC Whitmore, Foundations of Tropical Forest Biology. Classic Papers with Commentaries, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, 2002, pp. 339-347

Evaluating the effects of ecosystem management: a case study in a Missouri Ozark forest

Wendy K Gram, Victoria L Sork, Robert J Marquis, Rochelle B Renken, Richard L Clawson, John Faaborg, Debra K Fantz, Josiane Le Corff, John Lill, Paul A Porneluzi

Ecological Applications, vol. 11, Wiley Online Library, 2001, pp. 1667--1679

Patterns and correlates of interspecific variation in foliar insect herbivory and pathogen attack in Brazilian cerrado

Robert J Marquis, Ivone R Diniz, Helena C Morais

Journal of Tropical Ecology, vol. 17, Cambridge University Press, 2001, pp. 127--148

The effects of leaf quality on herbivore performance and attack from natural enemies

John T Lill, Robert J Marquis

Oecologia, vol. 126, Springer, 2001, pp. 418--428

Fitness impacts of herbivory through indirect effects on plant--pollinator interactions in Oenothera macrocarpa

Kristine Mothershead, Robert J Marquis

Ecology, vol. 81, Wiley Online Library, 2000, pp. 30--40

Temporal and spatial variation in a parasitoid community associated with the herbivores that feed on Missouri Quercus

J Le Corff, RJ Marquis, JB Whitfield

Environmental Entomology, vol. 29, Oxford University Press Oxford, UK, 2000, pp. 181--194

The evolutionary ecology of tolerance to consumer damage

Kirk A Stowe, Robert J Marquis, Cris G Hochwender, Ellen L Simms

Annual review of ecology and systematics, vol. 31, Annual Reviews 4139 El Camino Way, PO Box 10139, Palo Alto, CA 94303-0139, USA, 2000, pp. 565--595

The potential for and constraints on the evolution of compensatory ability in Asclepias syriaca

Cris G Hochwender, Robert J Marquis, Kirk A Stowe

Oecologia, vol. 122, Springer, 2000, pp. 361--370

Differences between understorey and canopy in herbivore community composition and leaf quality for two oak species in Missouri

Josiane Le Corff, Robert J Marquis

Ecological Entomology, vol. 24, Wiley Online Library, 1999, pp. 46--58

Host associations of braconid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) reared from Lepidoptera feeding on oaks (Quercus spp.) in the Missouri Ozarks.

JB Whitfield, RJ Marquis, J Le Corff

Entomological News, vol. 110, 1999, pp. 225--230

The role of ant-tended extrafloral nectaries in the protection and benefit of a Neotropical rainforest tree

Marie Ann S de la Fuente, Robert J Marquis

Oecologia, vol. 118, Springer, 1999, pp. 192--202

Experimental plant-animal interactions

RJ Marquis, CJ Whelan

Jr. Resetarits WJ, J Bernardo, Experimental Ecology: Issues and Perspectives, Oxford University Press, 1998, pp. 416-436

Estimating pre-treatment variation in the oak leaf-chewing insect fauna of the Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project (MOFEP)

Robert J Marquis, Josiane Le Corff

B.L. Brookshire, S.R. Shifley, United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service General Technical Report NC-193, United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service General Technical Report NC, United States Department of Agriculture, 1997, pp. 332--346

Induced defense in white oak: effects on herbivores and consequences for the plant

Eric N Wold, Robert J Marquis

Ecology, vol. 78, Wiley Online Library, 1997, pp. 1356--1369

Non-structural carbohydrate accumulation and use in an understorey rain-forest shrub and relevance for the impact of leaf herbivory

Robert J Marquis, EA Newell, AC Villegas

Functional Ecology, vol. 11, Wiley Online Library, 1997, pp. 636--643

Synthesis and integration of pre-treatment results from the Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project

Wendy K Gram, Victoria L Sork, Robert J Marquis

In: Brookshire, Brian L. Shifley, Stephen R., eds. Proceedings of the Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project Symposium: an experimental approach to landscape research; 1997 June 3-5; St. Louis, MO. General Technical Report NC-193. St. Paul, MN: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station: 356-369., 1997

Indirect effects of insectivorous birds on forest trees—conservation and management implications

CJ Whelan, RJ Marquis

S. Drennen, W. King, Songs from the Deep Woods, National Audubon Society, 1996, pp. 10--12

Leaf-cutting ant preferences for five native tropical plantation tree species growing under different light conditions

Patricia J Folgarait, Lee A Dyer, Robert J Marquis, H Elizabeth Braker

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, vol. 80, Wiley Online Library, 1996, pp. 521--530

Plant architecture, sectoriality and plant tolerance to herbivores

Robert J Marquis

Vegetatio, vol. 127, Springer, 1996, pp. 85--97

Patterns of attack by insect herbivores and a fungus on saplings in a tropical tree plantation

Patricia J Folgarait, Robert J Marquis, Par Ingvarsson, H Elizabeth Braker, Marcela Arguedas

Environmental Entomology, vol. 24, Oxford University Press Oxford, UK, 1995, pp. 1487--1494

Environmental contribution to floral trait variation in Chamaecrista fasciculata (Fabaceae: Caesalpinoideae)

Joan E Frazee, Robert J Marquis

American Journal of Botany, vol. 81, Wiley Online Library, 1994, pp. 206--215

Insectivorous birds increase growth of white oak through consumption of leaf-chewing insects

Robert J Marquis, Christopher J Whelan

Ecology, vol. 75, 1994, pp. 2007-2014

Plant-herbivore interactions: diversity, specificity, and impact

Robert J Marquis, H Elizabeth Braker

L. McDade, G.H. Hartshorn, H. Hespenheide, K. Bawa, La Selva: ecology and natural history of a neotropical rain forest, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1994, pp. 261--281

A bite is a bite is a bite? Constraints on response to folivory in Piper arieianum (Piperaceae)

Robert J Marquis

Ecology, vol. 73, Wiley Online Library, 1992, pp. 143--152

Evolution of resistance and virulence in plant-herbivore and plant-pathogen interactions

Robert J Marquis, Helen Miller Alexander

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, vol. 7, Elsevier, 1992, pp. 126--129

The selective impact of herbivores.

Robert J. Marquis

R.S. Fritz, E.L. Simms, Plant resistance to herbivores and pathogens, University of Chicago Press, 1992, pp. 301-325

Evolution of resistance in plants to herbivores

Robert J. Marquis

Evolutionary Trends in Plants, vol. 5, 1991, pp. 23-29

Herbivore fauna of Piper (Piperaceae) in a Costa Rican wet forest: diversity, specificity and impact

RJ Marquis

Price PW, Lewinsohn TM, Fernandes GW, Benson WW, Plant-animal interactions: Evolutionary ecology in tropical and temperate regions, John Wiley & Sons New York, 1991, pp. 177--199

Physiological constraints on response by Ostrya virginiana (Betulaceae) to localized folivory

Robert J Marquis

Canadian journal of botany, vol. 69, NRC Research Press Ottawa, Canada, 1991, pp. 1951--1955

Genotypic variation in leaf damage in Piper arieianum (Piperaceae) by a multispecies assemblage of herbivores

Robert J Marquis

Evolution, vol. 44, Wiley Online Library, 1990, pp. 104--120

Habitat and fertilization effects on leaf herbivory in Hampea appendiculata (Malvaceae): Implications for Tropical Firewood systems

Robert J Marquis, David B Clark

Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, vol. 25, Elsevier, 1989, pp. 165--174

Influence of chemical factors on palatability of forage to voles

Robert J Marquis, George O Batzli

Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 70, American Society of Mammalogists 810 East 10th Street, PO Box 1897, Lawrence~…, 1989, pp. 503--511