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Overview

Ellen L. Simms is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with substantial contributions to Environmental Science. Within these broader fields, they specialize in Plant Science, Ecology, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

Their work covers several scientific topics, including:

  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
  • Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics
  • Nematode Management and Characterization Studies
  • Soybean Genetics and Cultivation
  • Bacteriophages and Microbial Interactions
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Among their recent publications are the following:

  • "More Than a Functional Group: Diversity within the Legume-Rhizobia Mutualism and Its Relationship with Ecosystem Function" (2020), published in Diversity
  • "Nodules of Medicago spp. Host a Diverse Community of Rhizobial Species in Natural Ecosystems" (2024), published in Agronomy
  • "How might bacteriophages shape biological invasions?" (2023), published in mBio
  • "Non-Nitrogen-Fixing Sinorhizobium meliloti Can Escape Sanctions in Indeterminate Alfalfa Nodules, Exhibiting Parasitic Growth" (2025), published in Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Frequent coauthors in Ellen L. Simms' work include:

  • Jannick Van Cauwenberghe
  • Benton N. Taylor
  • Kimberly J. Komatsu
  • Andrei Ștefan
  • Crăița Maria Roșu

Publication venues where Ellen L. Simms has contributed multiple works include Diversity, Agronomy, mBio, and Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. The scientist's research output contributes to the understanding of symbiotic relationships in legumes, the complexity of microbial communities, and interactions influencing ecosystem functions and plant health.

Best Publications

  • THE EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY OF TOLERANCE TO CONSUMER DAMAGE

    Kirk A. Stowe;Robert J. Marquis;Cris G. Hochwender;Ellen L. Simms

  • Plant resistance to herbivores and pathogens: ecology, evolution, and genetics.

    Robert S. Fritz;Ellen Louise Simms

  • The relative advantages of plasticity and fixity in different environments: when is it good for a plant to adjust?

    Peter Alpert;Ellen L. Simms

  • Pathways to mutualism breakdown

    Joel L. Sachs;Ellen L. Simms

  • Costs and Benefits of Plant Resistance to Herbivory

    Ellen L. Simms;Mark D. Rausher

  • Sanctions and mutualism stability: why do rhizobia fix nitrogen?

    Stuart A West;E Toby Kiers;Ellen L Simms;R Ford Denison

  • Costs of plant resistance to herbivory.

    E. L. Simms;R. S. Fritz

  • COSTS AND BENEFITS OF PLANT RESPONSES TO DISEASE: RESISTANCE AND TOLERANCE

    Ellen L. Simms;Jim Triplett

  • Plant Resistance to Herbivores and Pathogens.

    V. K. Brown;R. S. Fritz;E. L. Simms

  • An empirical test of partner choice mechanisms in a wild legume–rhizobium interaction

    Ellen L Simms;D. Lee Taylor;Joshua Povich;Richard P Shefferson

  • THE EVOLUTION OF RESISTANCE TO HERBIVORY IN IPOMOEA PURPUREA. II. NATURAL SELECTION BY INSECTS AND COSTS OF RESISTANCE.

    Ellen L. Simms;Mark D. Rausher

  • Defining tolerance as a norm of reaction

    Ellen L. Simms

  • Partner choice in nitrogen-fixation mutualisms of legumes and rhizobia.

    Ellen L. Simms;D. Lee Taylor

  • Identification and characterization of QTL underlying whole‐plant physiology in Arabidopsis thaliana: δ13C, stomatal conductance and transpiration efficiency

    Thomas E. Juenger;John K. Mckay;Neil Hausmann;Joost J. B. Keurentjes

  • Tannins and partial consumption of acorns: implications for dispersal of oaks by seed predators.

    Michael A. Steele;Travis Knowles;Kenneth Bridle;Ellen L. Simms

  • Effects of plant variation on herbivore-natural enemy interactions.

    J. D. Hare;R. S. Fritz;E. L. Simms

  • Selective impact of herbivores.

    R. J. Marquis;R. S. Fritz;E. L. Simms

  • THE EVOLUTION OF RESISTANCE TO HERBIVORY IN IPOMOEA PURPUREA. I. ATTEMPTS TO DETECT SELECTION.

    Mark D. Rausher;Ellen L. Simms

  • Resistance variation in natural and managed systems.

    G. G. Kennedy;J. D. Barbour;R. S. Fritz;E. L. Simms

  • Origins of cheating and loss of symbiosis in wild Bradyrhizobium

    J. L. Sachs;M. O. Ehinger;E. L. Simms

  • Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 October 2011 - 30 November 2011: PERMANENT GENETIC RESOURCES NOTEM

    Aluana G. Abreu;A. Albaina;Tilman J. Alpermann;Vanessa E. Apkenas

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert S. Fritz
Robert S. Fritz Vassar College
Mark D. Rausher
Mark D. Rausher Duke University
James D. Bever
James D. Bever University of Kansas
Michael L. Berumen
Michael L. Berumen King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Thomas E. Juenger
Thomas E. Juenger The University of Texas at Austin
Axel Hochkirch
Axel Hochkirch Trier University of Applied Sciences
Michael Veith
Michael Veith University of Trier
Todd E. Dawson
Todd E. Dawson University of California, Berkeley
R. Ford Denison
R. Ford Denison University of Minnesota
Harry M. Savage
Harry M. Savage Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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