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Monica A. Geber is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and specializes in research within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans subfields including Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, and Ecological Modeling.

The primary research focus involves topics related to Plant and Animal Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Seed Germination and Physiology, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions.

Monica A. Geber has published extensively, with several recent papers showcasing their involvement in ecological and evolutionary biology research. Notable recent publications include:

  • Microbe-mediated adaptation in plants, 2021, Ecology Letters
  • Microbe-mediated local adaptation to limestone barrens is context dependent, 2020, Ecology
  • Selection favors adaptive plasticity in a long-term reciprocal transplant experiment, 2021, Evolution
  • Floral density and co-occurring congeners alter patterns of selection in annual plant communities, 2020, Evolution
  • Species-specific variation in germination rates contributes to spatial coexistence more than adult plant water use in four closely related annual flowering plants, 2020, Journal of Ecology

The scientist's frequent collaborators include Aubrie R. M. James, Katherine E. Eisen, Vincent M. Eckhart, Renee H. Petipas, and Gregor-Fausto Siegmund.

Publications by Monica A. Geber often appear in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Ecology Letters, Ecology, Evolution, and The American Naturalist.

Best Publications

  • Rapid evolution and the convergence of ecological and evolutionary time

    Nelson G. Hairston;Stephen P. Ellner;Monica A. Geber;Takehito Yoshida

  • Gender and sexual dimorphism in flowering plants

    Monica A. Geber;Todd E. Dawson;Lynda F. Delph

  • Connections between species diversity and genetic diversity

    Mark Vellend;Monica A. Geber

  • The Evolution of Plant Ecophysiological Traits: Recent Advances and Future Directions

    David D. Ackerly;Susan A. Dudley;Sonia E. Sultan;Johanna Schmitt

  • The evolution of plant–insect mutualisms

    Judith L. Bronstein;Ruben Alarcón;Monica Geber

  • Plant mating systems in a changing world.

    Christopher G. Eckert;Susan Kalisz;Monica A. Geber;Risa Sargent

  • Parental investment in offspring in variable environments:theoretical and empirical considerations.

    Mark A. Mcginley;David H. Temme;Monica A. Geber

  • Inheritance and Natural Selection on Functional Traits

    Monica A. Geber;Lauren R. Griffen

  • Does rapid evolution matter? Measuring the rate of contemporary evolution and its impacts on ecological dynamics.

    Stephen P. Ellner;Monica A. Geber;Nelson G. Hairston

  • The cost of meristem limitation in Polygonum arenastrum: negative genetic correlations between fecundity and growth.

    Monica A. Geber

  • Correlated evolution of mating system and floral display traits in flowering plants and its implications for the distribution of mating system variation.

    Carol Goodwillie;Risa D. Sargent;Christopher G. Eckert;Elizabeth Elle

  • Ecological context of the evolution of self-pollination in Clarkia xantiana: population size, plant communities, and reproductive assurance.

    David A. Moeller;Monica A. Geber

  • Sexual Dimorphism in Physiology and Morphology

    Todd E. Dawson;Monica A. Geber

  • Variation among populations of Clarkia Unguiculata (Onagraceae) along altitudinal and latitudinal gradients

    Christine S. Jonas;Monica A. Geber

  • Reproductive assurance and the evolutionary ecology of self-pollination in Clarkia xantiana (Onagraceae)

    James A. Fausto;Vincent M. Eckhart;Monica A. Geber

  • Genetic variation in and covariation between leaf gas exchange, morphology, and development in Polygonum arenastrum, an annual plant

    Monica A. Geber;Todd E. Dawson

  • Forest herb colonization of postagricultural forests in central New York State, USA

    Rhine Singleton;Sana Gardescu;P. L. Marks;Monica A. Geber

  • Genetic variation in stomatal and biochemical limitations to photosynthesis in the annual plant, Polygonum arenastrum.

    M. A. Geber;Todd E. Dawson

  • Reduced pollinator service and elevated pollen limitation at the geographic range limit of an annual plant

    David A. Moeller;Monica A. Geber;Vincent M. Eckhart;Peter Tiffin

  • EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF ADAPTATION IN clarkia xantiana:II. FITNESS VARIATION ACROSS A SUBSPECIES BORDER

    Monica A. Geber;Vincent M. Eckhart

  • The Evolution of Plant Ecophysiological Traits: Recent Advances and Future DirectionsD D. ACK ERLY, SUSAN A. DUDLEY, SONIA E. SULTAN, JOHANNA SCHMITT, JAMES S. COLEMAN,

    C. Randall Linder;Darren R. Sandquist;Monica A. Geber;Ann S. Evans

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Moeller
David A. Moeller University of Minnesota
Todd E. Dawson
Todd E. Dawson University of California, Berkeley
Jill T. Anderson
Jill T. Anderson University of Georgia
Elizabeth Elle
Elizabeth Elle Simon Fraser University
Christopher G. Eckert
Christopher G. Eckert Queen's University
Susan Kalisz
Susan Kalisz University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Richard H. Ree
Richard H. Ree Field Museum of Natural History
Peter Tiffin
Peter Tiffin University of Minnesota
Pierre-Olivier Cheptou
Pierre-Olivier Cheptou Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Robert A. Raguso
Robert A. Raguso Cornell University

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