Publications

(Wetzel Lab members underlined)

Pan, V.S., K.J. Gilbert, and W.C. Wetzel. Submitted. Mean plant toxicity modulates the effects of plant defense variability.

Cope, O.C., and W.C. Wetzel. Submitted. Heat waves synchronize milkweed development and reduce arthropod richness and herbivory.

Carvajal Acosta, A.N., L.N. Zehr, J.S. Snook, Z. Szendrei, M. Kalwajtys, and W.C. Wetzel. In review. Heat wave impacts on crop-pest interactions depend on heat timing and plant resistance.

López Goldar, X., A. Mollema, C. Schwennesen, N. Havko, G. Howe, A. Agrawal, and W.C. Wetzel. In revision. Heat waves induce milkweed resistance to a specialist herbivore via increased toxicity and reduced nutrient content. Plant, Cell & Environment.

Glassmire, A.E., K.C. Hauri, D.B. Turner, L.N. Zehr, K. Sugimoto, G. Howe, and W.C. Wetzel. In revision. The frequency and chemical phenotype of neighboring plants determines the effects of intraspecific plant diversity. Ecology.

Pan, V.S., and W.C. Wetzel. 2024. Neutrality in plant-herbivore interactions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 291: 20232687. doi: 0.1098/rspb.2023.2687 (pdf)

The Herbivory Variability Network, M.L. Robinson, P.G. Hahn, B.D. Inouye, N. Underwood, S.R. Whitehead, K.C. Abbott, E.M. Bruna, N.I. Cacho, L.A. Dyer, L. Abdala-Roberts, W.J. Allen, J.F. Andrade, D.F. Angulo, D. Anjos, D.N. Anstett, R. Bagchi, S. Bagchi, M. Barbosa, S. Barrett, C.A. Baskett, E. Ben-Simchon, K.J. Bloodworth, J.L. Bronstein, Y.M. Buckley, K.T. Burghardt, C. Bustos-Segura, E.S. Calixto, R.L. Carvalho, B. Castagneyrol, M.C. Chiuffo, D. Cinoğlu, E. Cinto Mejía, M.C. Cock, R. Cogni, O.L. Cope, T. Cornelissen, D.R. Cortez, D.W. Crowder, C. Dallstream, W. Dáttilo, J.K. Davis, R.D. Dimarco, H.E. Dole, I.N. Egbon, M. Eisenring, A. Ejomah, B.D. Elderd, M.-J. Endara, M.D. Eubanks, S.E. Everingham, K.N. Farah, R.P. Farias, A.P. Fernandes, G.W. Fernandes, M. Ferrante, A. Finn, G.A. Florjancic, M.L. Forister, Q.N. Fox, E. Frago, F.M. França, A.S. Getman-Pickering, Z. Getman-Pickering, E. Gianoli, B. Gooden, M.M. Gossner, K.A. Greig, S. Gripenberg, R. Groenteman, P. Grof-Tisza, N. Haack, L. Hahn, S.M. Haq, A.M. Helms, J. Hennecke, S.L. Hermann, L.M. Holeski, S. Holm, M.C. Hutchinson, E.E. Jackson, S. Kagiya, A. Kalske, M. Kalwajtys, R. Karban, R. Kariyat, T. Keasar, M.F. Kersch-Becker, H.M. Kharouba, T.N. Kim, D.M. Kimuyu, J. Kluse, S.E. Koerner, K.J. Komatsu, S. Krishnan, M. Laihonen, L. Lamelas-López, M.C. LaScaleia, N. Lecomte, C.R. Lehn, X. Li, R.L. Lindroth, E.F. LoPresti, M. Losada, A.M. Louthan, V.J. Luizzi, S.C. Lynch, J.S. Lynn, N.J. Lyon, L.F. Maia, R.A. Maia, T.L. Mannall, B.S. Martin, T.J. Massad, A.C. McCall, K. McGurrin, A.C. Merwin, Z. Mijango-Ramos, C.H. Mills, A.T. Moles, C.M. Moore, X. Moreira, C.R. Morrison, M.C. Moshobane, A. Muola, R. Nakadai, K. Nakajima, S. Novais, C.O. Ogbebor, H. Ohsaki, V.S. Pan, N.A. Pardikes, M. Pareja, N. Parthasarathy, R.R. Pawar, Q. Paynter, I.S. Pearse, R.M. Penczykowski, A.A. Pepi, C.C. Pereira, S.S. Phartyal, F.I. Piper, K. Poveda, E.G. Pringle, J. Puy, T. Quijano, C. Quintero, S. Rasmann, C. Rosche, L.Y. Rosenheim, J.A. Rosenheim, J.B. Runyon, A. Sadeh, Y. Sakata, D.M. Salcido, C. Salgado-Luarte, B.A. Santos, Y. Sapir, Y. Sasal, Y. Sato, M. Sawant, H. Schroeder, I. Schumann, M. Segoli, H. Segre, O. Shelef, N. Shinohara, R.P. Singh, D.S. Smith, M. Sobral, G.C. Stotz, A.J.M. Tack, M. Tayal, J.F. Tooker, D. Torrico-Bazoberry, K. Tougeron, A.M. Trowbridge, S. Utsumi, O. Uyi, J.L. Vaca-Uribe, A. Valtonen, L.J.A. van Dijk, V. Vandvik, J. Villellas, L.P. Waller, M.G. Weber, A. Yamawo, S. Yim, P.L. Zarnetske, L.N. Zehr, Z. Zhong, and W.C. Wetzel. 2023. Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory. Science 382: 679-683. doi: 10.1126/science.adh8830 (pdf) (highlighted by Science) (click here to learn more about The Herbivory Variability Network, an NSF-funded global research collaboration led by the Wetzel Lab and colleagues)

Wetzel, W.C., B.D. Inouye, P.G. Hahn, S.R. Whitehead, and N. Underwood. 2023. Variability in plant–herbivore interactions. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 54: 451-474. doi: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102221-045015 (pdf)

†Randall, B., E. Cinto Mejía, K.C. Hauri, and W.C. Wetzel. 2023. Suboptimal macronutrient ratios promote cannibalism in a generalist herbivore (Trichoplusia ni). Ecological Entomology. (†undergraduate mentee) doi: 10.1111/een.13266

Cope, O.C., L.N. Zehr, A.A. Agrawal, and W.C. Wetzel. 2023. The timing of heat waves has multiyear effects on milkweed and its insect community. Ecology 104:e3988. doi: 10.1002/ecy.3988 (pdf)

Cinto Mejía, E., and W.C. Wetzel. 2023. The ecological consequences of the timing of extreme climate events. Ecology and Evolution 13: e9661. doi: 10.1002/ece3.9661 (pdf)

Valdovinos, F.S., K.R.S. Hale, S. Dritz, P.R. Glaum, K.S. McCann, S.M. Simon, E. Thébault, W.C. Wetzel, K.L. Wootton, and J.D. Yeakel. 2023. A bioenergetic framework for aboveground terrestrial food webs. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 38: 301-312. doi: 0.1016/j.tree.2022.11.004 (pdf)

Harvey, J.A., K. Tougeron, R. Gols, R. Heinen, M. Abarca, P.K. Abram, Y. Basset, M. Berg, C. Boggs, J. Brodeur, P. Cardoso, J.G. de Boer, G. De Snoo, C. Deacon, J.E. Dell, N. Desneux, M.E. Dillon, G.A. Duffey, L.A. Dyer, J. Ellers, A. Espíndola, J. Fordyce, M. Forister, C. Fukushima, M.J.G. Gage, C. García-Robledo, C. Gely, M. Gobbi, C. Hallmann, T. Hance, J. Harte, A. Hochkirch, C. Hof, A. Hoffmann, J. Kingsolver, G. Lamarre, W. Laurance, B. Lavandero, C. Le Lann, S. Leather, P. Lehmann, M.M. López-Uribe, C.-S. Ma, G. Ma, J. Moiroux, L. Monticelli, C. Nice, P.J. Ode, S. Pincebourde, W.J. Ripple, M. Rowe, M. Samways, A. Sentis, A.A. Shah, N. Stork, J.S. Terblanche, M.P. Thakur, M. Thomas, J.M. Tylianakis, J. Van Baaren, M. Van de Pol, W.H. Van der Putten, H. Van Dyck, W.C.E.P. Verberk, D. Wagner, W. Weisser, W.C. Wetzel, H.A. Woods, K.A.G. Wyckhuys, and S.L. Chown. 2023. Scientists’ warning on climate change and insects. Ecological Monographs 93: e1553. doi: 10.1002/ecm.1553 (pdf) (Part of the “Key Themes in Ecology – A Cross-Journal Virtual Special Issue in Support of the British Ecological Society 2022 Annual Meeting” across 8 academic societies)

Cope, O.C., L.A. Burkle, J.R. Croy, K.A. Mooney, L.H. Yang, and W.C. Wetzel. 2022. The role of timing in intraspecific trait ecology. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 37: 997-1005. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.07.003 (pdf) (Part of a special issue: Time in living organisms)

Hauri, K.C., A.E. Glassmire, B. Randall, L. Zehr, and W.C. Wetzel. 2022. Plant chemical diversity and its frequency have distinct but complementary effects on insect foraging. Journal of Applied Ecology 59: 1362-1371. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.14151 (pdf)

Robinson, M., A.L. Schilmiller, and W.C. Wetzel. 2022. A domestic plant differs from its wild relative along multiple axes of within-plant trait variability and diversity. Ecology and Evolution 12: e8545. doi: 0.1002/ece3.8545 (pdf)

Wetzel, W.C. 2021. Plants as epigenetic mosaics: harnessing variability to thrive in a variable world. New Phytologist 231: 1667-1669. doi: 10.1111/nph.17476 (pdf)

Wetzel, W.C. 2021. Evolutionary Ecology of Plant–Herbivore Interaction edited by Juan Núñez-Farfán and Pedro Luis Valverde. Quarterly Review of Biology 96: 138. doi: 10.1086/714456 (pdf) (book review)

Hauri, K.C., A.E. Glassmire, and W.C. Wetzel. 2021. Chemical diversity rather than cultivar diversity predicts natural enemy control of herbivore pests. Ecological Applications 31: e02289. doi: 10.1002/eap.2289 (pdf)

Glassmire, A., L. Zehr, and W.C. Wetzel. 2020. Disentangling the dimensions of phytochemical diversity: alpha and beta have contrasting effects on herbivore performance. Ecology 101: e03158. doi: 10.1002/ecy.3158 (pdf)

Holyoak*, M., and W.C. Wetzel*. 2020. Variance-explicit ecology: A call for holistic study of the consequences of variability at multiple scales. In A. Dobson, R. D. Holt, and D. Tilman (eds.), Unsolved Problems in Ecology. (pp. 25-42). Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. (*equal authorship) doi: 10.2307/j.ctvs9fh2n.7 (pdf)

Pearse, I., E. LoPresti, R.N. Schaeffer, W.C. Wetzel, K.A. Mooney, J.G. Ali, P.J. Ode, M.D. Eubanks, J.L. Bronstein, and M.G. Weber. 2020. Generalizing indirect defense and resistance of plants. Ecology Letters 23: 1137-1152. doi: 10.1111/ele.13512 (pdf)

Wetzel, W.C. and S.R. Whitehead. 2020. The many dimensions of phytochemical diversity: linking theory to practice. Ecology Letters 23: 16-32. doi: 10.1111/ELE.13422 (pdf) (supplement) (data) (Recommended as “Exceptional” by the Faculty of 1000)

Leach, H., S. Van Timmeren, W.C. Wetzel, and R. Isaacs. 2019. Predicting within- and between-year variation in activity of the invasive spotted wing Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in a temperate region. Environmental Entomology 48: 1223-1233. doi: 10.1093/ee/nvz101 (pdf)

Wetzel, W.C., H.M. Kharouba, M. Robinson, M. Holyoak, and R. Karban. 2019. Plant trait covariance and nonlinear averaging: a reply to Koussoroplis et al. Rethinking Ecology 4: 115-118. doi: 10.3897/rethinkingecology.4.32767 (pdf)

Wetzel, W.C., and M.H. Meek. 2019. Physical defenses and herbivory vary more within plants than among plants in the tropical understory shrub Piper polytrichum. Botany 97: 113-121. doi: 10.1139/cjb-2018-0160 (pdf) (Highlighted in Botany’s “Editor’s Choice”)

Wetzel, W.C., N.C. Aflitto, and J.S. Thaler. 2018. Plant genotypic diversity interacts with predation risk to influence an insect herbivore across its ontogeny. Ecology 99: 2338-2347. doi: 10.1002/ecy.2472 (pdf)

Wetzel, W.C. and J.S. Thaler. 2018. Host-choice reduces, but does not eliminate, the negative effects of a multi-species diet for an herbivorous beetle. Oecologia 186: 483-493. doi: 10.1007/s00442-017-4034-x (pdf)

Wetzel, W.C., H.M. Kharouba, M. Robinson, M. Holyoak, and R. Karban. 2016. Variability in plant nutrients reduces insect herbivore performance. Nature 539: 425-427. doi: 10.1038/nature20140 (pdf) (supplement) (data) (Radio interviews on NPR Capital Public Radio and Washington Ag Network; Press coverage on Science Daily, TakePart.com, Farming UK, Plant Science Today, United Press International, Nature World News, and 13 other outlets; Recommended by the Faculty of 1000)

Wetzel, W.C., I. Lacher, D. Swezey, S. Moffitt, and D. Manning. 2012. Survey and landscape analysis reveal potential consequences of Williamson Act for rangeland conservation. California Agriculture 66:131-136. doi: 10.3733/ca.v066n04p131 (pdf) (Journal cover story)

Meek, M., A. Wintzer, W.C. Wetzel, and B. May. 2012. Climate change likely to facilitate the invasion of the non-native hydroid, Cordylophora caspia, in the San Francisco Estuary, CA. PLoS ONE 7: e46373. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046373 (pdf)

Chong, G., W.C. Wetzel, and M. Holloran. 2011. Greater sage-grouse of Grand Teton National Park: Where do they roam? Park Science 27: 42-49.