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  1. Gomez S, Steinbrenner AD, Osorio S, Schueller M, Ferrieri RA, Fernie AR & Orians CM (2012). From shoots to roots: transport and metabolic changes in tomato after simulated feeding by a specialist lepidopteran. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (in press)
  2. Berbeco, M.R., J.M. Melillo and C.M. Orians. 2012. Soil warming accelerates decomposition of fine woody debris. Plant and Soil, in press.
  3. Gómez S, C.M. Orians and E.L. Preisser. 2012. Exotic herbivores on a shared host: foliar quality after single, simultaneous, and sequential attack. Oecologia, in press.
  4. Butler, C., E. Butler and C.M. Orians. 2012. Native plant enthusiasm reaches new heights: Perceptions, evidence, and the future of green roofs. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 11:1-10. pdf
  5. Steinbrenner, A.D., S. Gómez, S. Osorio, A.R. Fernie, and C.M. Orians. 2011. Herbivore-induced changes in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) primary metabolism: A whole plant perspective. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 37:1294-1303. pdf
  6. Thorn, A.M. and C.M. Orians. 2011. Patchy nitrate promotes inter-sector flow and 15N allocation in Ocimum basilicum: a model and an experiment. Functional Plant Biology, 38:879-887. pdf
  7. Thorn, A.M., C.M. Orians. 2011. Modeling the influence of differential sectoriality on the photosynthetic response of understory saplings to patchy light and water availability.  Trees - Structure and Function, DOI 10.1007/s00468-011-0559-5. pdf
  8. Butler, C., and C.M. Orians. 2011. Sedum cools soil and can improve neighboring plant performance deficit on a green roof. Ecological Engineering, 37:1796-1803. pdf
  9. Orians, C.M., A. Thorn, S. Gómez. 2011.  Herbivore-induced resource sequestration in plants: Why bother?  Oecologia, 167:1-9. pdf
  10. Gómez, S., R.A. Ferrieri, M. Schueller, C.M. Orians. 2010. Methyl jasmonate elicits rapid changes in carbon and nitrogen dynamics in tomato. New Phytologist, 188: 835–844. pdf
  11. Hanik, N., S. Gómez, M. Best, M. Schueller, C.M. Orians, and R.A. Ferrieri. 2010. Technical Report - Novel use of gaseous 13NH3 administered to intact leaves of Nicotiana tabacum to study nitrogen utilization. Plant, Cell and Environment, 33:2173–2179.
  12. Hanik, N., S. Gómez, M. Best, M. Schueller, C.M. Orians, and R.A. Ferrieri. 2010. Partitioning of new carbon as 11C in Nicotiana tabacum reveals insight into methyl jasmonate induced changes in metabolism. J. Chem. Ecol., 36:1058–1067.
  13. Orians, C.M., C.G. Hochwender, R.S. Fritz, T. Snäll. 2010. Growth and chemical defenses in willow seedlings: trade-offs are transient. Oecologia, 163:283–290. pdf
  14. Orians, C.M. and D. Ward. 2010. Evolution of plant defenses in non-indigenous environments. Annu Rev Entomol, 55:439-459
  15. 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, 5:459-474. pdf
  16. Berbeco, M.R., Orians, C.M. (2009) Carbon Sequestration in Massachusetts Forests as an Offset for Energy Sector Carbon Dioxide Emissions.  NARUC/NCEP Climate Conference: The Utility of the Future in a Carbon Constrained World. pdf
  17. Butler, C. and C.M. Orians. 2009. Sedum facilitates the growth of neighboring plants on a green roof under water limited conditions. Proc of the 7th International Green Roof Conference: Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities, Atlanta. pdf
  18. Gloser, V., P. Sedláček, C.M. Orians. 2009.  Shoot heterogeneity in trees: Consequences of patchy N availability and vascular transport. Leopoldina, 96:82-85.
  19. Orians, C.M. and C. Björkman. 2009. Associational resistance to a tropical leaf-miner: Does neighbor identity matter? J Trop Ecol, 25:551-554.
  20. 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. pdf
  21. 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. pdf
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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. pdf
  25. Gloser, V., M.A. Zwieniecki, C.M. Orians, N.M. Holbrook. 2007. Dynamic changes in root hydraulic properties in response to nitrate availability.  J. Exp. Bot., 58:2409-2415.
  26. 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. pdf
  27. Bledsoe, T.M. and C.M. Orians. 2006. Vascular pathways constrain 13C accumulation in large root sinks of Lycopersicon esculentum (Solanaceae), Amer. J. Bot., 93:884-890. pdf
  28. 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. pdf
  29. 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. pdf
  30. 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. pdf
  31. 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. pdf
  32. 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. pdf
  33. 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. pdf
  34. Zanne, A.E., S.S. Lower, Z.G. Cardon, and C.M. Orians. 2006. 15N partitioning in tomato: Vascular constraints versus tissue demand. Funct. Plant Biol., 33:457-464. pdf
  35. 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. pdf
  36. 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. pdf
  37. 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. pdf
  38. Orians, C.M. 2005. Herbivores, vascular pathways and systemic induction: facts and artifacts.  J. Chem. Ecol., 31:2231-2242. pdf
  39. 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
  40. 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. pdf
  41. 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. pdf
  42. 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. pdf
  43. 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. pdf
  44. 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.  J. Torrey Bot. Soc., 131:23-31.
  45. Orians, C.M., M.M.I. van Vuuren, N.L. Harris, B.B. Babst and 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. pdf
  46. Griffiths, M.E. and C.M. Orians. 2003. Responses of common and successional heathland species to manipulated salt spray and water availability. Amer. J. Bot., 90:1720-1728. pdf
  47. 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. Amer. J. Bot., 90:1188-1196. pdf
  48. 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. pdf
  49. Lower, S. and C.M. Orians.  2003. Soil nutrients and water availability interact to influence willow growth and chemistry but not leaf beetle performance. Entomol. Exp. Appl., 107:69-79. pdf
  50. 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. pdf
  51. 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.  Can. J. For. Res., 33:2019-2026. pdf
  52. 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. J. Exp. Bot., 54:1399-1406. pdf
  53. Orians, C.M., M. Ardon, and B.A. Mohammad. 2002. Vascular architecture and patchy nutrient availability generate within-plan heterogeneity in plant traits important to consumers. Amer. J. Bot., 82:270-278. pdf
  54. 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. pdf
  55. 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. pdf
  56. Hardig, T. M., S. J. Brunsfeld, R. S. Fritz, M. Morgan, and C. Orians. 2000. Morphological and molecular evidence for hybridization and introgression in a willow (Salix) hybrid zone. Molecular Evolution, 9:9-24.
  57. 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. pdf
  58. Orians, C.M. 2000. The effects of hybridization in plants on secondary chemistry: Implications for the ecology and evolution of plants and herbivores. Amer. J. Bot., 87:1749-1756. pdf
  59. 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. pdf
  60. 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. pdf
  61. 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. pdf
  62. 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.
  63. 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. pdf
  64. 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. pdf
  65. Orians, C.M. and N.T. Wheelwright. 1997. Thinking globally and team-working globally.  Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 12:6-7
  66. 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.
  67. 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. pdf
  68. Orians, C.M. and R.S. Fritz. 1996. Genetic and soil-nutrient effects on the abundance of herbivores on willow.  Oecologia, 105:388-396. pdf
  69. 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. pdf
  70. Orians, C.M.  1995.  Preserving leaves for chemical analyses: A comparison of methods using three willow taxa.  J. Chem. Ecol., 21:1235-1243. pdf
  71. Orians, C.M. and R.S. Fritz. 1995. The effects of hybridization between two Salix species on foliar chemistry.  J. Chem. Ecol., 21:1245-1253. pdf
  72. 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. pdf
  73. 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. pdf
  74. Nichols-Orians, C.M. 1992. The susceptibility of young and mature leaves to leaf-cutter ants varies with light environment.  Biotropica, 24:211-214. pdf
  75. 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.
  76. Nichols-Orians, C.M. 1991. Environmentally induced differences in plant traits:  consequences for susceptibility to a leaf-cutter ant. Ecology, 72:1609-1623. pdf
  77. 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. pdf
  78. Nichols-Orians, C.M. 1991. Condensed tannins, attine ants, and the performance of a symbiotic fungus.  J. Chem. Ecol., 17:1177-1195. pdf
  79. 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. pdf
  80. Nichols-Orians, C.M. and J.C. Schultz. 1990. Interactions among leaf toughness, chemistry, and harvesting by attine ants.  Ecol. Entom., 15:311-320.
  81. 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. pdf

Other Publications

Orians, C.M. (ed.) 2009. Organisms and Populations Laboratory Manual. McGraw-Hill Companies, 11th edition

Orians, C.M. 1995. Book Review of Kawanabe, H., J.E. Cohen and K. Iwasaki (eds.):  Mutualism and Community Organization: Behavioural, Theoretical, and Food-Web Approaches.  Ecology, 76:670

Nichols-Orians, C.M. 1992. Grant Proposals in Ecology Courses.  News from the Education Section of the Ecological Society of America, 3(2):15

Nichols-Orians, C.M. 1992. Book Review of Tallamy, D.W. and M. J. Raupp (eds.): Phytochemical Induction by Herbivores.  Ecology, 73:711
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