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44
Citations
9062
World Ranking
5014
National Ranking
1714

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1992 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1982 - George Mercer Award, The Ecological Society of America

Overview

Svata M. Louda is affiliated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within agricultural and biological sciences, as well as environmental science. Louda's work primarily focuses on plant and animal studies, plant parasitism and resistance, and the biological control of invasive species. Additional topics explored include ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, species distribution and climate change, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, and insect and arachnid ecology and behavior.

Louda has published research in the following venues:

  • Oecologia
  • American Journal of Botany
  • Ecosphere
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecology and Evolution

Significant papers by Louda include:

  • Post-dispersal factors influence recruitment patterns but do not override the importance of seed limitation in populations of a native thistle, 2020, Oecologia
  • Inconsistent annual compensation for floral herbivory by an iterocarpic thistle, 2021, American Journal of Botany
  • Microsite availability, not floral herbivory, limits recruitment in peripheral native thistle populations, 2025, Ecosphere
  • Delayed effects of water-limiting conditions influence the ramet demography of a native iterocarpic thistle, 2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Delayed Effects of Water-Limiting Conditions Influence the Ramet Demography of a Native Iterocarpic Thistle, 2025, Ecology and Evolution

Frequent collaborators in Louda's research include:

  • Natalie M. West
  • Francis Russell
  • John Nkrumah Mensah
  • Kathleen H. Keeler
  • Brigitte Tenhumberg

Louda's work touches on several subfields of study, specifically:

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

Over the course of their career, Louda has received recognition in the form of the George Mercer Award from The Ecological Society of America in 1982 and was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1992.

Best Publications

  • Nontarget effects--the Achilles' heel of biological control? Retrospective analyses to reduce risk associated with biocontrol introductions.

    Svata M. Louda;R. W. Pemberton;M. T. Johnson;P. A. Follett

  • Ecological Effects of an Insect Introduced for the Biological Control of Weeds

    Svata M. Louda;D. Kendall;J. Connor;D. Simberloff

  • Effect of Inflorescence‐Feeding Insects on the Demography and Lifetime of a Native Plant

    Svata M. Louda;Martha A. Potvin

  • Distribution Ecology: Variation in Plant Recruitment over a Gradient in Relation to Insect Seed Predation

    Svata M. Louda

  • Deliberate Introductions of Species: Research Needs Benefits can be reaped, but risks are high

    John J. Ewel;Dennis J. O'Dowd;Joy Bergelson;Curtis C. Daehler

  • Herbivore influences on plant performance and competitive interactions.

    Svaťa M. Louda;Kathleen H. Keeler;Robert D. Holt

  • Limitation of the Recruitment of the Shrub Haplopappus Squarrosus (Asteraceae) by Flower- and Seed-Feeding Insects

    S. M. Louda

  • Comparisons of Related Rare and Common Species in the Study of Plant Rarity

    R. L. Bevill;S. M. Louda

  • Seed Predation and Seedling Mortality in the Recruitment of a Shrub, Haplopappus venetus (Asteraceae), along a Climatic Gradient

    Svata M. Louda

  • Insect herbivory as a major factor in the shade distribution of a native crucifer (Cardamine cordifolia A. Gray, bittercress).

    Svata M. Louda;James E. Rodman

  • Biotic Interference with Insects Imported for Weed Control

    and R D Goeden;S M Louda

  • PLANT RESISTANCE TO INSECT HERBIVORES: A FIELD TEST OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS HYPOTHESIS'

    Svata M. Louda;Sharon K. Collinge

  • DEMOGRAPHIC AND EVOLUTIONARY IMPACTS OF NATIVE AND INVASIVE INSECT HERBIVORES ON CIRSIUM CANESCENS

    Karen E. Rose;Svata M. Louda;Mark Rees

  • Invasiveness of Some Biological Control Insects and Adequacy of Their Ecological Risk Assessment and Regulation

    Svata M. Louda;Amy E. Arnett;Tatyana A. Rand;F. L. Russell

  • Bower size and male reproductive success in a Cichlid fish lek

    Kenneth R. McKaye;Svata M. Louda;Jay R. Stauffer

  • Chemistry of Cirsium and Carduus: a role in ecological risk assessment for biological control of weeds?

    Ingrid E Jordon-Thaden;Svata M Louda

  • Herbivore Effect on Stature, Fruiting, and Leaf Dynamics of a Native Crucifer

    Svata M. Louda

  • Spillover of agriculturally subsidized predators as a potential threat to native insect herbivores in fragmented landscapes.

    Tatyana A. Rand;Svata M. Louda

  • The Double-Edged Sword of Biological Control in Conservation and Restoration

    Svata M. Louda;Peter Stiling

  • Protection from natural enemies in managing rare plant species

    R. L. Bevill;S. M. Louda;L. M. Stanforth

Frequent Co-Authors

Tatyana A. Rand
Tatyana A. Rand Agricultural Research Service
Sharon K. Collinge
Sharon K. Collinge University of Colorado Boulder
Jay R. Stauffer
Jay R. Stauffer Pennsylvania State University
Mark Rees
Mark Rees University of Sheffield
Katriona Shea
Katriona Shea Pennsylvania State University
Daniel Simberloff
Daniel Simberloff University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Johannes M. H. Knops
Johannes M. H. Knops Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Peter Stiling
Peter Stiling University of South Florida
Ellen I. Damschen
Ellen I. Damschen University of Wisconsin–Madison
C. Jessica E. Metcalf
C. Jessica E. Metcalf Princeton University

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