Colin M. Orians
Professor
Ecology, plant-herbivore-environment interactions

Publications

Babst, B.A., A. Sjödin, C.M. Orians, and S. Jansson. 2009. Local and systemic transcriptome responses to herbivory and jasmonic acid in Populus. Tree Genetics and Genomes, in press.

Gloser, V., Pavel Sedláèek, C.M. Orians. 2008. Shoot heterogeneity in trees: Consequences of patchy N availability and vascular transport. Leopoldina, in press.

South, A., K. LeVan, L. Leombruni, C.M. Orians, S.M. Lewis. 2008. Examining the role of cuticular hydrocarbons in firefly species recognition. Ethology, 114:916-924.

Babst, B.A., R.A. Ferrieri, M.R. Thorpe and C.M. Orians. 2008. Lymantria dispar (gypsy moth) herbivory induces rapid changes in carbon transport and partitioning in Populus. Entomologia experimentalis et applicata, 128:117-125. (Download PDF)

Scott, M.P., K. Madjid, C.M. Orians. 2008. Breeding alters cuticular hydrocarbons and mediates partner recognition by burying beetles. Animal Behaviour, 76:507-513.

Gloser, V., K. Libera, C.M. Orians. 2008. Contrasting below- and aboveground responses of two deciduous trees to patchy nitrate availability. Tree Physiology, 28:37-44. (Download PDF)

Glynn, C., D.A. Herms, C.M. Orians, R.C. Hansen, and S. Larsson. 2007.  Testing the Growth-Differentiation Balance Hypothesis:  Dynamic Responses of Willows to Nutrient Availability. New Phytologist, 176:623-634. (Download PDF)

Gloser, V., M.A. Zwieniecki, C.M. Orians, N.M. Holbrook. 2007. Dynamic changes in root hydraulic properties in response to nitrate availability.  Journal of Experimental Botany, 58:2409-2415.

Albrectsen, B.R., L. Gutierrez, R.S. Fritz, R.D. Fritz, and C.M. Orians.  2007. Does differential seedling mortality by slugs alter foliar traits and subsequent susceptibility of hybrid willows to a generalist herbivoure? Ecol. Entom., 32:211-220. (Download PDF)

Fields, M.J. and C.M. Orians. 2006. Specificity of phenolic glycoside induction in willow seedlings (Salix sericea) in response to herbivory. J. Chem. Ecol., 32:2647-2656. (Download PDF)

Raj, D., D. Govindaraju and C.M. Orians. 2006. Genetic variation among pitch pine (Pinus rigida) families from Walden Woods: Heritability and path analysis of developmental variation of phenotypic traits. Rhodora, 108:356-369. (Download PDF)

Lewis, K.C, F.A. Bazzaz, Q. Liao and C.M. Orians. 2006. Geographic patterns of herbivory and resource allocation to defense, growth, and reproduction in an invasive biennial, Alliaria petiolata. Oecologia, 148:384-395. (Download PDF)

Craine, S.I. and C.M. Orians. 2006. Effects of flooding on pitch pine (Pinus rigida Mill.) growth and survivorship: younger previously flooded seedlings are more tolerant of root flooding. J. Torrey Bot. Soc., 133: 289-296. (Download PDF)

Bledsoe, T.M. and C.M. Orians. 2006. Vascular pathways constrain 13C accumulation in large root sinks of Lycopersicon esculentum (Solanaceae), American Journal of Botany, 93: 884-890. (Download PDF)

Zanne, A.E., K. Sweeney, M. Sharma and C.M. Orians. 2006. Patterns and consequences of differential vascular sectoriality in 18 temperate tree and shrub species. Functional Ecology, 20: 200-206. (Download PDF)

Zanne, A.E., S.S. Lower, Z.G. Cardon, and C.M. Orians. 2006. 15N partitioning in tomato: Vascular constraints versus tissue demand. Functional Plant Biology, 33: 457-464. (Download PDF)

Griffiths, M.E., R.P. Keith, and C.M. Orians. 2006. Direct and indirect effects of salt spray and fire on coastal heathland plant physiology and community composition. Rhodora 108:32-42. (Download PDF)  

Ellmore, G.S., A.E. Zanne and C.M. Orians. 2006. Comparative sectoriality in temperate hardwoods: hydraulics and xylem anatomy. Bot. J. Lin. Soc., 150: 61-71. (Download PDF)

Orians, C.M. 2005. Herbivores, vascular pathways and systemic induction: facts and artifacts. J. Chem. Ecol., 31: 2231-2242 (Download PDF)

Orians, C.M., S.D.P. Smith and L. Sack 2005. How are leaves plumbed inside a branch? Differences in leaf-to-leaf hydraulic sectoriality among six temperate tree species. J. Exp. Bot., 56: 2267-2273 (Download PDF)

Babst, B.A., R.A. Ferrieri, D.W. Gray, M. Lerdau, D.J. Schlyer, M. Schueller, M.R. Thorpe and C.M. Orians. 2005. Jasmonic acid induces rapid changes in carbon transport and partitioning in Populus. New Phytologist, 167: 63-72 (Download PDF)

Sumana, A., A.E. Liebert, A.S. Berry, G.T. Switz, C.M. Orians and P.T. Starks. 2005. Nest hydrocarbons as cues for philopatry in a paper wasp. Ethology 111: 469-477. (Download PDF)

Ferrieri, R.A., D.W. Gray, B.A. Babst, M.J. Schueller1, D.J. Schlyer, M.R. Thorpe, C.M. Orians and M. Lerdau. 2005. Use of Carbon-11 Shows that Exogenous Jasmonic Acid Influences Carbon Sources for Isoprene Biosynthesis in Populus. Plant Cell and Environment, 25: 591-602 (Download PDF)

Orians, C.M., B. Babst and A.E. Zanne. 2005. Vascular Constraints and Long-Distance Transport in Dicots. In: Vascular Transport in Plants (Holbrook N.M. and Zwieniecki M., eds.). Elsevier/AP co-imprint, Oxford
 

Orians, C.M., M.M.I. van Vuuren N.L. Harris, B.B. Babst, G. Ellmore. 2004. Differential sectoriality in long-distance transport in temperate tree species: Evidence from dye flow, 15N transport, and vessel element pitting. Trees: Structure and Function, 18: 501-509. (Download PDF)

Griffiths, M.E. and C.M. Orians. 2004. Salt spray effects on forest succession in rare coastal sandplain heathlands: evidence from field surveys and Pinus rigida transplant experiments. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 131:23-31.

Albrectsen, B.R., H. Gardfjell, C.M. Orians, B. Murray and R.S. Fritz. 2004. Slugs, willow seedlings and nutrient fertilization: intrinsic vigor inversely affects palatability. Oikos, 105:268-279. (Download PDF)

Craine, S.I. and C.M. Orians. 2004. Pitch pine (Pinus rigida Mill.) invasion of cape cod pond shores alters abiotic environment and inhibits indigenous herbaceous species. Biological Conservation, 116: 181-189. (Download PDF)

Van Vuuren, M.M.I., A.A. Muir and C.M. Orians. 2003. Growth and nutrient uptake by birch and maple seedlings on soil with patchy or homogeneous distribution of organic matter. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 33:2019-2026. (Download PDF)

Griffiths, M.E. and C.M. Orians. 2003. Responses of common and successional heathland species to manipulated salt spray and water levels. American Journal of Botany, 90: 1720-1728. (Download PDF)

Griffiths, M.E. and C.M. Orians. 2003. Salt spray differentially affects water status, necrosis, and growth in coastal sandplain heathland species and their successors. American Journal of Botany, 90: 1188-1196 (Download PDF)

Lower, S., S. Kirshenbaum, and C.M. Orians. 2003. Soil nutrient availability influences adult leaf beetle preference but not larval performance. Oecologia, 136:402-411. (Download PDF)

Lower, S. and C.M. Orians. 2003. Soil nutrients and water availability interact to influence willow growth and chemistry but not leaf beetle performance. Entomologia experimentalis et applicata, 107:69-79. (Download PDF)

Orians, C.M., S. Lower, B.M. Roche, and R.S. Fritz. 2003. The effects of plant genetic variation and on secondary chemistry and growth in a shrubby willow, Salix sericea: Constraints on the evolution of resistance traits. Biochem. System. Ecol., 31:233-247. (Download PDF)

Zwieniecki, M.A., C.M. Orians, P.J. Melcher, and N.M. Holbrook. 2003. Ionic control of lateral exchange of water between vascular bundles in tomato. Journal of Experimental Botany, 54:1399-1406. (Download PDF)

Orians, C.M., M. Ardon, B. A. Mohammad. 2002. Vascular architecture and patchy nutrient availability generate within-plan heterogeneity in plant traits important to consumers. Am. J. Bot., 82: 270-278. (Download PDF)

Fritz, R.S., C.G. Hochwender, D.A. Lewkiewicz, S. Bothwell, and C.M. Orians. 2001. Seedling herbivory by slugs in a willow hybrid system: developmental changes in damage, chemical defense and plant performance. Oecologia, 129: 87-97. (Download PDF)

Orians, C.M., and C.G. Jones. 2001. Plants as Resource Mosaics: Predicting Patterns of Within-Plant Resource Heterogeneity to Consumers from Vascular Architecture and Environmental Variability. Oikos, 94: 493-504. (Download PDF)

Orians, C.M. 2000. The effects of hybridization in plants on secondary chemistry: Implications for the ecology and evolution of plants and herbivores. Am. J. Bot., 87:1749-1756. (Download PDF)

Hochwender, C.G., R.S. Fritz, and C.M. Orians. 2000. Using hybrid systems to explore the evolution of tolerance to damage. Evolutionary Ecology, 14:509-521.

Orians, C.M., M. Griffiths, B.M. Roche and R.S. Fritz. 2000. Phenolic glycosides and condensed tannins in Salix sericea, S. eriocephala and their F1 hybrids: Not all hybrids are created equal. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 28:619-632. (Download PDF)

Orians, C.M., J. Pomerleau and R. Ricco. 2000. Vascular architecture generates fine scale variation in the systemic induction of proteinase inhibitors in tomato. J. Chem. Ecol. 26:471-485. (Download PDF)

Hardig, T. M., S. J. Brunsfeld, R. S. Fritz, M. Morgan, C. Orians. 2000. Morphological and molecular evidence for hybridization and introgression in a willow (Salix) hybrid zone. Molecular Evolution, 9:9-24.

Orians, C.M., D.I. Bolnick, B.M. Roche, R.S. Fritz and T. Floyd. 1999. Water availability alters the relative performance of Salix sericea, S. eriocephala, and their hybrids. Can. J. Bot. 77:514-522.  (Download PDF)

Orians, C.M., and L. Sabol. 1999. Using the Web to Teach Library research skills in introductory biology: A collaboration between faculty and librarians. Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship. (Read Article)

Orians, C.M., C. Huang, A. Wild, K.A. Dorfman, P. Zee, M.T.T. Dao and R.S. Fritz. 1997. Willow hybridization differentially affects preference and performance of herbivorous beetles. Entom. exp. appl. 83:285-294. (Download PDF)

Orians, C.M. and T. Floyd. 1997. The susceptibility of parental and hybrid willows to plant enemies under contrasting soil nutrient conditions. Oecologia, 109:407-413. (Download PDF)

Orians, C.M. and N.T. Wheelwright. 1997. Thinking globally and team-working globally. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 12:6-7.

Orians, C.M., B.M. Roche and R.S. Fritz. 1996. The genetic basis for variation in the concentrations of phenolic glycosides in Salix sericea: An analysis of heritability. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 24:719-724. (Download PDF)

Fritz, R.S., B.M. Roche, and C.M. Orians. 1996. Resistance of hybrid and parental willows to herbivores: Hypotheses and variable herbivore responses over three years. Pages 132-141, in W. J. Mattson, P. Niemela, and M. Rousi (eds.). Dynamics of Forest Herbivory: Quest for pattern and principle. General Technical Report, USDA North Central Forest Experiment Station, St. Paul, MN.

Fritz, R.S., B.M. Roche, S.J. Brunsfeld and C.M. Orians. 1996. Interspecific and temporal variation in herbivore responses to hybrid willows. Oecologia, 108:121-129. (Download PDF)

Orians, C.M. and R.S. Fritz. 1996. Genetic and soil-nutrient effects on the abundance of herbivores on willow. Oecologia, 105:388-396. (Download PDF)

Orians, C.M. 1995. Preserving leaves for chemical analyses: A comparison of methods using three willow taxa. J. Chem. Ecol. 21:1235-1243.

Orians, C.M. and R.S. Fritz. 1995. Secondary chemistry of hybrid and parental willows: Phenolic glycosides and condensed tannins in Salix sericea, S. eriocephala and their hybrids. The effects of hybridization between two Salix species on foliar chemistry. J. Chem. Ecol. 21:1245-1253.  (Download PDF)

Fritz, R.S., C.M. Nichols-Orians and S. Brunsfeld. 1994. Interspecific hybridization of willows and resistance to herbivores: hypotheses, genetics, and variable responses in a diverse herbivore community. Oecologia, 97:106-117. (Download PDF)

Nichols-Orians, C.M., R.S. Fritz and T.P. Clausen. 1993. The genetic basis for variation in the concentrations of phenolic glycosides in Salix sericea: Clonal variation and sex-based differences. Biochem. Syst. Ecol. 21:535-542. (Download PDF)

Nichols-Orians, C.M., T.P. Clausen, R.S. Fritz, P.B. Reichardt, and J. Wu. 1992. A new phenolic glycoside from Salix sericea. Phytochemistry, 31:2182-2184.

Nichols-Orians, C.M. 1992. The susceptibility of young and mature leaves to leaf-cutter ants varies with light environment. Biotropica, 24:211-214. (Download PDF)

Nichols-Orians, C.M. 1991. Environmentally induced differences in plant traits: consequences for susceptibility to a leaf-cutter ant. Ecology, 72:1609-1623. (Download PDF)

Nichols-Orians, C.M. 1991. Differential effects of condensed and hydrolyzable tannin on polyphenol oxidase activity of attine symbiotic fungus. J. Chem. Ecol. 17:1811-1819.  (Download PDF)

Nichols-Orians, C.M. 1991. Condensed tannins, attine ants, and the performance of a symbiotic fungus. J. Chem. Ecol. 17:1177-1195. (Download PDF)

Nichols-Orians, C.M. 1991. The effects of light on foliar chemistry, growth and susceptibility of seedlings of a canopy tree to an attine ant. Oecologia, 86:552-560. (Download PDF)

Nichols-Orians, C.M. and J.C. Schultz. 1990. Interactions among leaf toughness, chemistry, and harvesting by attine ants. Ecol. Entom. 15:311-320.

Nichols-Orians, C.M. and J.C. Schultz. 1989. Leaf toughness affects leaf harvesting by the leaf-cutter ant, Atta cephalotes (L.) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biotropica, 21:80-83. (Download PDF)

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