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


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


M. Chaves, C. Garcia-Robledo, M. M. Carlsen, O. R. Vargas, M. Rojas-Gomez, R. J. Marquis

Biotropica, 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, 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


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


Forward


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Caterpillars in the middle: Tritrophic interactions in a changing world


Robert J Marquis, Suzanne Koptur, (editors)

Springer, 2022


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)


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Chemical similarity and local community assembly in the species rich tropical genus Piper


Diego Salazar, M Alejandra Jaramillo, Robert J Marquis

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


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


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


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


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


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


Piperales


Robert J Marquis

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


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


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


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


Species richness and niche space for temperate and tropical folivores


Robert E Ricklefs, Robert J Marquis

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


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


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


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


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


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


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 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


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


The role of herbivores in terrestrial trophic cascades


Robert J Marquis

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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Herbivores rule


Robert J Marquis

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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Paulo S Oliveira, Robert J Marquis, (editors)

Columbia University Press, 2002


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


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


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 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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Robert J Marquis, Christopher J Whelan

Ecology, vol. 75, Wiley Online Library, 1994, pp. 2007--2014


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


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 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


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


Evolution of resistance in plants to herbivores


Robert J. Marquis

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


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


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


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


Seasonal diversity and abundance of the herbivore fauna of striped maple Acer pensylvanicum L.(Aceraceae) in western Virginia


Robert J Marquis, Steven Passoa

American Midland Naturalist, JSTOR, 1989, pp. 313--320


Phenological variation in the neotropical understory shrub Piper arielanum: causes and consequences


Robert J Marquis

Ecology, vol. 69, Wiley Online Library, 1988, pp. 1552--1565


Variacion en la herbivoria foliar y su importancia selectiva en Piper arieianum (Piperaceae).


Robert J Marquis

Revista de Biologia Tropical., vol. 35, 1987, pp. 133--149


Influence of method of presentation on results of plant-host preference tests with two species of grasshopper


Robert J Marquis, H Elizabeth Braker

Entomologia experimentalis et Applicata, vol. 44, Wiley Online Library, 1987, pp. 59--63


Aggregations of calling males of Agalychnis calcarifer Boulenger (Anura: Hylidae) in a Costa Rican lowland wet forest


Robert J Marquis, Maureen A Donnelly, Craig Guyer

Biotropica, vol. 18, JSTOR, 1986, pp. 173--175


The influence of understory vegetation cover on germination and seedling establishment in a tropical lowland wet forest


Robert J Marquis, Helen J Young, H Elizabeth Braker

Biotropica, JSTOR, 1986, pp. 273--278


Key to seedling palms of Finca La Selva


RL Chazdon, RJ Marquis

Principes (USA), 1985


Leaf herbivores decrease fitness of a tropical plant


Robert J Marquis

Science, vol. 226, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1984, pp. 537--539


Natural history of a tropical daytime-flying Saturniid: Automeris phrynon Druce (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae: Hemileucinae)


Robert J Marquis

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, JSTOR, 1984, pp. 529--531


Herbivore damage to three tropical ferns


Stephen D Hendrix, Robert J Marquis

Biotropica, JSTOR, 1983, pp. 108--111


Distributions of some western North American plants disjunct in the Great Lakes region.


Robert J Marquis, Edward G Voss

Michigan Botanist, 1981


Newsletter contributions and popular literature


Of moths, caterpillars, and restoration of prairie remnants


Robert J Marquis

The Prairie Promoter, vol. 2023(2), 2023, pp. 20-21


Missouri oak trees as caterpillar treasure troves


Robert J Marquis

Petal Pusher (Missouri Native Plant Society), vol. 35(4), 2020, pp. 6-8


Lepidoptera: preserving the diversity of Missouri's moths


Robert J Marquis

Missouri Natural Areas Newsletter, vol. 11(1), 2011, pp. 14-15

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