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2021
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Mark A. Szenteczki, Adrienne L. Godschalx, Andrea Galmán, Anahí Espíndola, Marc Gibernau, Nadir Alvarez, Sergio Rasmann: Spatial and temporal heterogeneity in pollinator communities maintains within‐species floral odour variation.
 Oikos, 2021, 130 (9) 1487-1499. 

Dung-mimicking scents include diverse sesquiterpenes to attract pollinators across space and time

2020
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Sandrine Fattore, Zhenggao Xiao, Adrienne L. Godschalx, Gregory Röder, Ted C. J. Turlings, Renée-Claire Le Bayon & Sergio Rasmann: Bioturbation by endogeic earthworms facilitates entomopathogenic nematode movement toward herbivore-damaged maize roots.
 Scientific Reports, 2020, 10. 

Earthworms help roots recruit entomopathogenic nematodes!

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Alan Kergunteuil, Laureline Humair, Anne-Laure Maire, María Fernanda Moreno-Aguilar, Adrienne Godschalx, Pilar Catalán & Sergio Rasmann: Tritrophic interactions follow phylogenetic escalation and climatic adaptation Scientific Reports, 2020, 10. 

Entomopathogenic nematode root signal evolution

2019
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Godschalx AL,  Rodríguez-Castañeda G, Rasmann S: Contribution of different predator guilds to tritrophic interactions along ecological clines Current Opinion in Insect Science 2019, 104-109. 

Type of predator matters in elevation habitat-specific food webs

2017

Godschalx AL,  Tran V, Ballhorn DJ: Host plant cyanotype determines degree of rhizobial symbiosis Ecosphere 2017, 16:32. 

Highly-toxic genotypes form more root nodules, but at a cost.

2016

Godschalx AL,  Stady L, Watzig B, Ballhorn DJ: Is protection against florivory consistent with the optimal defense hypothesis? BMC Plant Biology 2016, 16:32. 

Should plants protect
their flowers?

2015

Godschalx AL, Schädler M, Trisel JA, Balkan MA, Ballhorn DJ: Ants are less attracted to the extrafloral nectar of plants with symbiotic, nitrogen-fixing rhizobia. Ecology 2015, 96:348–354.

2014

Ballhorn DJ, Godschalx AL, Smart SM, Kautz S, Schädler M: Chemical defense lowers plant competitiveness. Oecologia 2014, 176:811–824. 

Highly cyanogenic plants are the worst competitors unless herbivores are in the mix.

2013

Ballhorn DJ, Godschalx AL, Kautz S: Co-variation of chemical and mechanical defenses in lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.). J Chem Ecol 2013, 39:413–417. (blog)

Plants with higher levels of toxins (which also attract fewer predators) stud leaf surfaces more densely with hook-shaped trichomes. 

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