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Kailen A. Mooney

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
37
Citations
5412
World Ranking
6868
National Ranking
2312

Kailen A. Mooney publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kailen A. Mooney sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 109 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Kailen A. Mooney D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kailen A. Mooney sits on this spectrum.

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20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Kailen A. Mooney is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science, with a strong focus on ecology and evolutionary biology.

Mooney's primary fields of study include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Their work further breaks down into several subfields, notably:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Insect Science
  • Plant Science

Major research topics tackled by Mooney cover:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management

Frequent co-authors in Mooney's publications include:

  • Carla Vázquez-González
  • Luis Abdala-Roberts
  • Jordan R. Croy
  • Jessica D. Pratt
  • A. Nalleli Carvajal Acosta

The scientist has contributed to multiple journals, with repeated publications in:

  • Ecology
  • Journal of Ecology
  • Ecology Letters
  • Functional Ecology
  • Ecosphere

Notable recent papers by Kailen A. Mooney include:

  • "Generalising indirect defence and resistance of plants," 2020, Ecology Letters
  • "The Evolution and Ecology of Interactions Between Ants and Honeydew-Producing Hemipteran Insects," 2022, Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics
  • "Snow melt timing acts independently and in conjunction with temperature accumulation to drive subalpine plant phenology," 2021, Global Change Biology
  • "The role of timing in intraspecific trait ecology," 2022, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "A common garden super-experiment: An impossible dream to inspire possible synthesis," 2021, Journal of Ecology

Best Publications

  • Filling key gaps in population and community ecology

    Anurag A. Agrawal;David D. Ackerly;Fred Adler;A. Elizabeth Arnold

  • Birds as predators in tropical agroforestry systems.

    Sunshine A. Van Bael;Stacy M. Philpott;Russell S. Greenberg;Peter Bichier

  • Trade-offs between constitutive and induced defences drive geographical and climatic clines in pine chemical defences

    Xoaquín Moreira;Xoaquín Moreira;Kailen A. Mooney;Sergio Rasmann;William K. Petry

  • Interactions among predators and the cascading effects of vertebrate insectivores on arthropod communities and plants

    Kailen A. Mooney;Daniel S. Gruner;Nicholas A. Barber;Sunshine A. Van Bael

  • Plant diversity effects on insect herbivores and their natural enemies: current thinking, recent findings, and future directions

    Xoaquín Moreira;Luis Abdala-Roberts;Sergio Rasmann;Bastien Castagneyrol

  • Evolutionary Trade-Offs in Plants Mediate the Strength of Trophic Cascades

    Kailen A. Mooney;Rayko Halitschke;Andre Kessler;Anurag A. Agrawal

  • Elevational gradients in plant defences and insect herbivory: recent advances in the field and prospects for future research

    Xoaquín Moreira;William K. Petry;Kailen A. Mooney;Sergio Rasmann

  • Plant genotype shapes ant-aphid interactions: implications for community structure and indirect plant defense.

    Kailen A. Mooney;Anurag A. Agrawal

  • Clinal adaptation and adaptive plasticity in Artemisia californica: implications for the response of a foundation species to predicted climate change

    Jessica D. Pratt;Kailen A. Mooney

  • Tri‐trophic interactions: bridging species, communities and ecosystems

    Luis Abdala-Roberts;Adriana Puentes;Deborah L. Finke;Robert J. Marquis

  • Tritrophic Interactions at a Community Level: Effects of Host Plant Species Quality on Bird Predation of Caterpillars

    Michael S. Singer;Timothy E. Farkas;Christian M. Skorik;Kailen A. Mooney

  • Tritrophic effects of birds and ants on a canopy food web, tree growth, and phytochemistry.

    Kailen A. Mooney

  • Sex-specific responses to climate change in plants alter population sex ratio and performance

    William K. Petry;William K. Petry;Judith D. Soule;Amy M. Iler;Amy M. Iler;Ana Chicas-Mosier;Ana Chicas-Mosier

  • The Tri-Trophic Interactions Hypothesis: Interactive Effects of Host Plant Quality, Diet Breadth and Natural Enemies on Herbivores

    Kailen A. Mooney;Riley T. Pratt;Michael S. Singer

  • TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION TO ANT OMNIVORY IN PINE FORESTS

    Kailen A. Mooney;Chadwick V. Tillberg

  • Latitudinal variation in herbivory: influences of climatic drivers, herbivore identity and natural enemies

    Xoaquín Moreira;Luis Abdala‐Roberts;Víctor Parra‐Tabla;Kailen A. Mooney

  • Generalising indirect defence and resistance of plants

    Ian S. Pearse;Eric LoPresti;Robert N. Schaeffer;William C. Wetzel

  • Coexisting congeners: demography, competition, and interactions with cardenolides for two milkweed‐feeding aphids

    Kailen A. Mooney;Patricia Jones;Anurag A. Agrawal

  • Herbivore diet breadth mediates the cascading effects of carnivores in food webs

    Michael S. Singer;Isaac H. Lichter-Marck;Timothy E. Farkas;Timothy E. Farkas;Eric Aaron

  • Positive Effects of Plant Genotypic and Species Diversity on Anti-Herbivore Defenses in a Tropical Tree Species

    Xoaquín Moreira;Luis Abdala-Roberts;Víctor Parra-Tabla;Kailen A. Mooney

  • COEXISTENCE OF THREE SPECIALIST APHIDS ON COMMON MILKWEED, ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA

    R. A. Smith;K. A. Mooney;K. A. Mooney;A. A. Agrawal

Frequent Co-Authors

Luis Abdala-Roberts
Luis Abdala-Roberts National Autonomous University of Mexico
Xoaquín Moreira
Xoaquín Moreira Spanish National Research Council
Sergio Rasmann
Sergio Rasmann University of Neuchâtel
Anurag A. Agrawal
Anurag A. Agrawal Cornell University
Yan B. Linhart
Yan B. Linhart University of Colorado Boulder
Víctor Parra-Tabla
Víctor Parra-Tabla Autonomous University of Yucatán
Frederick R. Adler
Frederick R. Adler University of Utah
Monica G. Turner
Monica G. Turner University of Wisconsin–Madison
A. Elizabeth Arnold
A. Elizabeth Arnold University of Arizona
Peter J. Hudson
Peter J. Hudson Pennsylvania State University

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Mikhail V. Kozlov

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