Thomas A Kursar
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Nicholls J, Ringelberg J, Dexter K, Loiseau O, Stone G, Coley P, et al.
Proc Biol Sci
. 2025 Jan;
292(2039):20241559.
PMID: 39837505
The two main extensions of rain forest in South America are the Amazon (Amazônia) and the Atlantic rain forest (Mata Atlântica), which are separated by a wide 'dry diagonal' of...
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Forrister D, Endara M, Soule A, Younkin G, Mills A, Lokvam J, et al.
New Phytol
. 2022 Oct;
237(2):631-642.
PMID: 36263711
Plants are widely recognized as chemical factories, with each species producing dozens to hundreds of unique secondary metabolites. These compounds shape the interactions between plants and their natural enemies. We...
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Schneider G, Coley P, Younkin G, Forrister D, Mills A, Kursar T
J Exp Bot
. 2019 Jul;
70(20):5853-5864.
PMID: 31257446
Saplings in the shade of the tropical understorey face the challenge of acquiring sufficient carbon for growth as well as defence against intense pest pressure. A minor increase in light...
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Forrister D, Endara M, Younkin G, Coley P, Kursar T
Science
. 2019 Mar;
363(6432):1213-1216.
PMID: 30872524
Ecological theory predicts that the high local diversity observed in tropical forests is maintained by negative density-dependent interactions within and between closely related plant species. By using long-term data on...
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Endara M, Nicholls J, Coley P, Forrister D, Younkin G, Dexter K, et al.
Front Plant Sci
. 2018 Sep;
9:1237.
PMID: 30190723
Coevolutionary theory has long predicted that the arms race between plants and herbivores is a major driver of host selection and diversification. At a local scale, plant defenses contribute significantly...
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Endara M, Coley P, Wiggins N, Forrister D, Younkin G, Nicholls J, et al.
New Phytol
. 2018 Feb;
218(2):847-858.
PMID: 29436716
The need for species identification and taxonomic discovery has led to the development of innovative technologies for large-scale plant identification. DNA barcoding has been useful, but fails to distinguish among...
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Coley P, Endara M, Kursar T
Oecologia
. 2018 Feb;
187(2):361-376.
PMID: 29428967
We summarize work on a speciose Neotropical tree genus, Inga (Fabaceae), examining how interspecific variation in anti-herbivore defenses may have evolved, how defenses shape host choice by herbivores and how...
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Endara M, Coley P, Ghabash G, Nicholls J, Dexter K, Donoso D, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2017 Aug;
114(36):E7499-E7505.
PMID: 28827317
Coevolutionary models suggest that herbivores drive diversification and community composition in plants. For herbivores, many questions remain regarding how plant defenses shape host choice and community structure. We addressed these...
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Kursar T, Coley P
Oecologia
. 2017 Mar;
93(2):165-170.
PMID: 28313602
In the understory of a tropical rainforest, light flecks can contribute 10-80% of the total light flux. We investigated the capacity of eight shade-tolerant species to use light flecks by...
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Dexter K, Lavin M, Torke B, Twyford A, Kursar T, Coley P, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2017 Feb;
114(10):2645-2650.
PMID: 28213498
We investigate patterns of historical assembly of tree communities across Amazonia using a newly developed phylogeny for the species-rich neotropical tree genus We compare our results with those for three...