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60
Citations
24630
World Ranking
2251
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804

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)
  • 2007 - William S. Cooper Award, The Ecological Society of America Herbivores promote habitat specialization by trees in Amazonian forests. Science 305:663–665.
  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1989 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1984 - George Mercer Award, The Ecological Society of America

Overview

Phyllis D. Coley is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research spans various fields including Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. Within these broader fields, they have contributed significantly to subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Genetics.

The primary focus of Phyllis D. Coley's work lies in several main topics related to plant sciences and ecological interactions. These include:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Plant parasitism and resistance
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Insect-plant interactions and control
  • Plant water relations and carbon dynamics
  • Essential oils and antimicrobial activity

Throughout their career, Phyllis D. Coley has collaborated frequently with several researchers. Frequent coauthors include:

  • María-José Endara
  • Dale L. Forrister
  • James A. Nicholls
  • Thomas A. Kursar
  • Abrianna J. Soule

The scientist has published in multiple notable academic venues, with recurring contributions to:

  • Journal of Ecology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics
  • New Phytologist
  • Science Advances

Recent publications reflect their ongoing focus in plant ecology and biochemistry. Selected papers include:

  • Functional Traits 2.0: The power of the metabolome for ecology, 2022, Journal of Ecology
  • The Evolutionary Ecology of Plant Chemical Defenses: From Molecules to Communities, 2023, Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics
  • Diversity and divergence: evolution of secondary metabolism in the tropical tree genus Inga, 2022, New Phytologist
  • The role of plant secondary metabolites in shaping regional and local plant community assembly, 2021, Journal of Ecology
  • Leaf metabolic traits reveal hidden dimensions of plant form and function, 2023, Science Advances

Phyllis D. Coley's contributions have been recognized through several awards, including:

  • Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA), 2018
  • William S. Cooper Award, The Ecological Society of America, 2007, associated with research on herbivores promoting habitat specialization by trees in Amazonian forests
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2006
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1989
  • George Mercer Award, The Ecological Society of America, 1984

Best Publications

  • Resource Availability and Plant Antiherbivore Defense

    Phyllis D. Coley;John P. Bryant;F. Stuart Chapin

  • HERBIVORY AND DEFENSIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF TREE SPECIES IN A LOWLAND TROPICAL FOREST

    Phyllis D. Coley

  • Allocating Resources to Reproduction and DefenseNew assessments of the costs and benefits of allocation patterns in plants are relating ecological roles to resource use

    Fakhri A. Bazzaz;Nona R. Chiariello;Phyllis D. Coley;Louis F. Pitelka

  • Are tropical fungal endophytes hyperdiverse

    A.E. Arnold;Z. Maynard;G.S. Gilbert;P.D. Coley

  • River dynamics and the diversity of Amazon lowland forest

    Jukka Salo;Risto Kalliola;Ilmari Häkkinen;Yrjö Mäkinen

  • Effects of plant growth rate and leaf lifetime on the amount and type of anti-herbivore defense

    P. D. Coley

  • The resource availability hypothesis revisited: a meta‐analysis

    María-José Endara;María-José Endara;Phyllis D. Coley;Phyllis D. Coley

  • Herbivores promote habitat specialization by trees in Amazonian forests.

    Paul V. A. Fine;Italo Mesones;Phyllis D. Coley

  • The global distribution of diet breadth in insect herbivores

    Matthew L. Forister;Vojtech Novotny;Vojtech Novotny;Anna K. Panorska;Leontine Baje

  • Host specificity of Lepidoptera in tropical and temperate forests

    L. A. Dyer;M. S. Singer;J. T. Lill;J. O. Stireman

  • The Growth–Defense Trade‐Off And Habitat Specialization By Plants In Amazonian Forests

    Paul V. A. Fine;Paul V. A. Fine;Paul V. A. Fine;Zachariah J. Miller;Italo Mesones;Sebastian Irazuzta

  • Uprooting and snapping of trees: structural determinants and ecological consequences

    Francis E. Putz;Phyllis D. Coley;Karen Lu;Arlee Montalvo

  • Convergence in Defense Syndromes of Young Leaves in Tropical Rainforests

    Thomas A. Kursar;Thomas A. Kursar;Phyllis D. Coley;Phyllis D. Coley

  • Climatic unpredictability and parasitism of caterpillars: Implications of global warming

    John O. Stireman Iii;Lee A. Dyer;D. H. Janzen;M. S. Singer

  • The evolution of antiherbivore defenses and their contribution to species coexistence in the tropical tree genus Inga

    Thomas A. Kursar;Thomas A. Kursar;Kyle G. Dexter;John Lokvam;R. Toby Pennington

  • Effects of leaf age and plant life history patterns on herbivory

    Phyllis D. Coley

  • Costs and benefits of defense by tannins in a neotropical tree.

    Phyllis D. Coley

  • Interspecific variation in plant anti-herbivore properties: the role of habitat quality and rate of disturbance

    Phyllis D. Coley

  • Causes and Consequences of Monodominance in Tropical Lowland Forests

    Sylvia D. Torti;Phyllis D. Coley;Thomas A. Kursar

  • Possible Effects of Climate Change on Plant/Herbivore Interactions in Moist Tropical Forests

    Phyllis D. Coley

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas A. Kursar
Thomas A. Kursar University of Utah
William H. Gerwick
William H. Gerwick University of California, San Diego
Kyle G. Dexter
Kyle G. Dexter University of Edinburgh
A. Elizabeth Arnold
A. Elizabeth Arnold University of Arizona
R. Toby Pennington
R. Toby Pennington University of Exeter
Paul V. A. Fine
Paul V. A. Fine University of California, Berkeley
Lee A. Dyer
Lee A. Dyer University of Nevada Reno
Robert J. Marquis
Robert J. Marquis University of Missouri–St. Louis
John O. Stireman
John O. Stireman Wright State University
Graham N. Stone
Graham N. Stone University of Edinburgh

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