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Jennifer S. Thaler

Jennifer S. Thaler

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
45
Citations
13158
World Ranking
4747
National Ranking
1644

Overview

Jennifer S. Thaler is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a concentration on subfields such as Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Ecology, and Genetics.

The scientist has contributed to topics including:

  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction

Jennifer S. Thaler's frequent publication venues encompass Ecological Entomology, Oecologia, Journal of Chemical Ecology, Research Square, and Trends in Ecology & Evolution. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Predictability of Biotic Stress Structures Plant Defence Evolution," 2021, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "Predator pheromone elicits a temporally dependent non-consumptive effect in prey," 2020, Ecological Entomology
  • "Fertilizer quantity and type alter mycorrhizae-conferred growth and resistance to herbivores," 2021, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • "Proportional fitness loss and the timing of defensive investment: a cohesive framework across animals and plants," 2020, Oecologia
  • "Insect predator odors protect herbivore from fungal infection," 2020, Biological Control

Their research collaborations include frequent co-authors such as Todd A. Ugine, Nicholas Aflitto, Zoe L. Getman-Pickering, Natasha Tigreros, and Jessie Mutz.

Best Publications

  • Induced plant responses and information content about risk of herbivory.

    Richard Karban;Anurag A. Agrawal;Jennifer S. Thaler;Lynn S. Adler

  • Evolution of jasmonate and salicylate signal crosstalk.

    Jennifer S. Thaler;Parris T. Humphrey;Noah K. Whiteman

  • Jasmonate-inducible plant defences cause increased parasitism of herbivores

    Jennifer S. Thaler

  • PLANT-MEDIATED INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS AND HERBIVOROUS ARTHROPODS

    Michael J Stout;Jennifer S Thaler;Bart P H J Thomma

  • Exogenous jasmonates simulate insect wounding in tomato plants (Lycopersicon esculentum) in the laboratory and field.

    Jennifer S. Thaler;Michael J. Stout;Richard Karban;Sean S. Duffey

  • The Role of the Jasmonate Response in Plant Susceptibility to Diverse Pathogens with a Range of Lifestyles

    Jennifer S. Thaler;Blythe Owen;Verna J. Higgins

  • Trade-Offs in Plant Defense Against Pathogens and Herbivores: A Field Demonstration of Chemical Elicitors of Induced Resistance

    Jennifer S. Thaler;Ana L. Fidantsef;Sean S. Duffey;Richard M. Bostock

  • Jasmonate-mediated induced plant resistance affects a community of herbivores.

    Jennifer S. Thaler;Michael J. Stout;Richard Karban;Sean S. Duffey

  • INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ABSCISIC-ACID-MEDIATED RESPONSES AND PLANT RESISTANCE TO PATHOGENS AND INSECTS

    Jennifer S. Thaler;Richard M. Bostock

  • Jasmonate‐deficient plants have reduced direct and indirect defences against herbivores

    Jennifer S. Thaler;Mohamed A. Farag;Paul W. Paré;Marcel Dicke

  • Signal interactions in pathogen and insect attack: expression of lipoxygenase, proteinase inhibitor II, and pathogenesis-related protein P4 in the tomato,Lycopersicon esculentum

    A.L. Fidantsef;M.J. Stout;J.S. Thaler;S.S. Duffey

  • Cross-talk between jasmonate and salicylate plant defense pathways: effects on several plant parasites

    Jennifer S. Thaler;Richard Karban;Diane E. Ullman;Karina Boege

  • A direct comparison of the consequences of plant genotypic and species diversity on communities and ecosystem function

    Susan C. Cook-Patton;Scott H. McArt;Amy L. Parachnowitsch;Jennifer S. Thaler

  • Induced Resistance in Agricultural Crops: Effects of Jasmonic Acid on Herbivory and Yield in Tomato Plants

    Jennifer S. Thaler

  • INFLUENCE OF PREY AVAILABILITY AND INDUCED HOST-PLANT RESISTANCE ON OMNIVORY BY WESTERN FLOWER THRIPS

    Anurag A. Agrawal;Chris Kobayashi;Jennifer S. Thaler

  • Signal Interactions in Induced Resistance to Pathogens and Insect Herbivores

    Richard M. Bostock;Richard Karban;Jennifer S. Thaler;Philip D. Weyman

  • Induced plant responses to multiple damagers: differential effects on an herbivore and its parasitoid.

    Cesar Rodriguez-Saona;Cesar Rodriguez-Saona;Jennifer A. Chalmers;Sherosha Raj;Jennifer S. Thaler;Jennifer S. Thaler

  • Salicylate-mediated interactions between pathogens and herbivores

    Jennifer S. Thaler;Anurag A. Agrawal;Rayko Halitschke

  • Compensatory mechanisms for ameliorating the fundamental trade-off between predator avoidance and foraging

    Jennifer S. Thaler;Scott H. McArt;Ian Kaplan

  • Antagonism Between Jasmonate- and Salicylate-Mediated Induced Plant Resistance: Effects of Concentration and Timing of Elicitation on Defense-Related Proteins, Herbivore, and Pathogen Performance in Tomato

    Jennifer S. Thaler;Ana L. Fidantsef;Richard M. Bostock

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Karban
Richard Karban University of California, Davis
Anurag A. Agrawal
Anurag A. Agrawal Cornell University
Richard M. Bostock
Richard M. Bostock University of California, Davis
Ian Kaplan
Ian Kaplan Purdue University West Lafayette
Alison G. Power
Alison G. Power Cornell University
André Kessler
André Kessler Cornell University
Cesar Rodriguez-Saona
Cesar Rodriguez-Saona Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Katja Poveda
Katja Poveda Cornell University
Sean S. Duffey
Sean S. Duffey University of California, Davis
Michael J. Stout
Michael J. Stout Louisiana State University Agricultural Center

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