| Selected Publications
Dyer, L.A. 2011. New Synthesis. Back to the future: New approaches and directions in chemical studies of coevolution. Journal of Chemical Ecology 37:669.
Dyer, L.A., Carson, W.P., Leigh, E.G. 2011. Insect Outbreaks in Tropical Forests: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Consequences. In: Barbosa, P., Letourneau, D.K. and Agrawal, A.A. Insect Outbreaks Revisited. Wiley-Blackwell, New Jersey.
Dyer, L.A., Letourneau, D.K., Vega Chavarria, G. and D. Salazar Amoretti. 2010. Herbivores on a dominant understory shrub increase local plant diversity in rain forest communities. Ecology 91:3707-3718.
Rodriguez-Castaneda, G., Dyer, L.A., Brehm, G., Connahs, H., Forkner, R.E., and T.R. Walla. 2010. Tropical forests are not flat: how mountains affect herbivore diversity. Ecology Letters 13:1348-1357.
Smilanich, A.M., L.A. Dyer, M.D. Bowers, and J.Q. Chambers. 2009. Immunological costs to specialization and the evolution of insect diet breadth. Ecology Letters 12:612-621.
Smilanich, A.M., L.A. Dyer, and G. L. Gentry. 2009. The insect immune response and other putative defenses as effective predictors of parasitism. Ecology 90:1434-1440.
Dyer, L.A. 2008. The ecology of tri-trophic interactions in the tropics. Pages 275-293 in: Carson, W.P. and S.A. Schnitzer (editors). Tropical Forest Community Ecology. Blackwell Science, Oxford, UK.
Fincher, R.M., L.A. Dyer, C.D. Dodson, J. L. Richards, M.A. Tobler, J. Searcy, J. E. Mather, A. J. Reid, J. S. Rolig and W. Pidcock. 2008. Inter- and Intraspecific comparisons of antiherbivore defenses in three species of rainforest understory shrubs. Journal of Chemical Ecology 34:558-574.
Pearson, C.V., T.J. Massad, L.A. Dyer. 2008. Diversity cascades in alfalfa fields: from plant quality to agroecosystem diversity. Environmental Entomology 37:947-955.
Dyer, L.A., M.S. Singer, J.T. Lill, J.O. Stireman III, G.L. Gentry,
R.J. Marquis, R.E. Ricklefs, H.F. Greeney, D.L. Wagner, H.C. Morais,
I.R. Diniz, T.A. Kursar, and P.D. Coley. 2007. Host specificity
of Lepidoptera in tropical and temperate forests. Nature 448:696-699.
Dyer, L.A. and D.K. Letourneau. 2007. Determinants of lichen diversity
in a rainforest understory. Biotropica 39:525-539.
Dyer, L.A. and R.E. Forkner. 2007. Why are agroecosystems green?
Ecology 88:1606-1607.
Armstrong, M., Berkowitz, A.R., Dyer, L.A. and J. Taylor. 2007.
Understanding why students underrepresented in ecology pursue ecology
careers: a preliminary case study of 39 African American students.
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. In press.
Dyer, L.A. 2007. Do not go gentle into that tropical night. In:
Adams, R. (ed.). Reflections by Moonlight. University Press of Colorado.
In press.
Pearson, C.V. and L.A. Dyer. 2006. Trophic diversity in two grassland
ecosystems. Journal of Insect Science 6:23.
Stireman III, J.O., L.A. Dyer, D.H. Janzen, M.S. Singer, J.T. Lill,
R.J. Marquis, R.E. Ricklefs, G.L. Gentry, W. Hallwachs, P.D. Coley,
J.A. Barone, H.F. Greeney, H. Connahs, P. Barbosa, H.C. Morais,
and I.R. Diniz. 2005. Climatic unpredictability and caterpillar
parasitism: implications of global warming. Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences 102:17384-17387.
Dyer, L.A., Matlock, R.M., Cherzad, D., and R. O’Malley. 2005. Predicting
successful biological control in banana plantations. Environmental
Entomology 34:403-409.
Stireman, J.O. III, Dyer, L.A., and R.M. Matlock. 2005. Top-down
forces in managed versus unmanaged habitats. Pages 303-323 in: Barbosa,
P. and I. Castellanos (eds.). Ecology of Predator-Prey Interactions.
Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Letourneau, D.K. and L.A. Dyer. 2005. Multi-trophic interactions
and biodiversity: beetles, ants, caterpillars, and plants. Pages
366-385 in: Burslem,D.F.R.P.; Pinard,M.A.; Hartley,S.E. (eds.).
Biotic Interactions in the Tropics: Their Role in the Maintenance
of Species Diversity. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
Irschick, D., Dyer, L.A., and T. Sherry. 2005. Phylogenetic methods
for studying specialization. Oikos 110:404-408.
Dyer, L.A., Dodson, C.D., Letourneau, D.K., Tobler, M.A., Hsu, A.,
and J.O. Stireman III. 2004. Ecological causes and consequences
of variation in defensive chemistry of a neotropical shrub. Ecology
85:2795-2803.
Letourneau, D.K., Dyer, L.A., and G. Vega. 2004. Indirect effects
of top predator on rain forest understory plant community. Ecology
85:2144-2152.
Dyer, L.A. and A.N. Palmer. 2004. Piper. A model genus for studies
of evolution, chemical ecology, and trophic interactions. Kluwer
Academic Publishers, Boston.
Dyer, L.A., Dodson, C.D., and J. Richards. 2004. Isolation, synthesis,
and evolutionary ecology of Piper amides. Pages 117-139 in: Dyer,
L.A. and A.N. Palmer (eds.). Piper. A model genus for studies of
evolution, chemical ecology, and trophic interactions. Kluwer Academic
Publishers, Boston.
Dyer, L.A., Gentry, G. and M. Tobler. 2004. Fitness consequences
of herbivory: impacts on asexual reproduction of tropical rainforest
understory plants. Biotropica 36:68-73.
Dyer, L.A., Dodson, C.D., Gentry, G. 2003. A bioassay for insect
deterrent compounds found in plant and animal tissues. Phytochemical
Analysis 14:381-388.
Dyer, L.A. and J.O. Stireman III. 2003. Community-wide trophic cascades
and other indirect interactions in an agricultural community. Basic
and Applied Ecology 4:423-432.
Dyer, L.A., Dodson, C.D., Stireman, J.O., Tobler, M.A., Smilanich,
A.M., Fincher, R.M., and D.K. Letourneau. 2003. Synergistic effects
of three Piper amides on generalist and specialist herbivores. Journal
of Chemical Ecology 29:2499-2514.
Dyer, L.A. and D.K. Letourneau. 2003. Top-down and bottom-up diversity
cascades in detrital versus living food webs. Ecology Letters 6:60-68.
Gentry, G.L. and L.A. Dyer. 2002. On the conditional nature of neotropical
caterpillar defenses against their natural enemies. Ecology 83:3108-3119.
Dyer, L.A. 2002. Jungle phobias. Earthwatch 21:10-11. Dyer, L.A.
2002. A quantification of predation rates, indirect positive effects
on plants, and foraging variation of the giant tropical ant, Paraponera
clavata. Journal of Insect Science 2.18:1-7.
Dyer, L.A. and G.L. Gentry. 2002. Caterpillars and parasitoids of
a tropical lowland wet forest. http://www.caterpillars.org.
Dyer, L.A. and N. Bishop. 2001. In defense of caterpillars. Natural
History 110:42-47.
Dyer, L.A. and P.D. Coley. 2001. Latitudinal gradients in tri-trophic
interactions. Pages 67-88 in: Tscharntke, T. and Hawkins, B.A. (editors).
Multitrophic Level Interactions. Cambridge University Press.
Dyer, L.A., Dodson, C.D., Beihoffer, J. and D.K. Letourneau. 2001.
Trade offs in anti-herbivore defenses in Piper cenocladum: ant mutualists
versus plant secondary metabolites. J. Chem. Ecol 27:581-592.
Dodson, C.D., Dyer, L.A., Searcy, J., Wright, Z., and D.K. Letourneau.
2000. Cenocladamide, a dihydropyridone alkaloid from Piper cenocladum.
Phytochemistry 53:51-54.
Dyer, L.A., Williams, W., Dodson, C., and D.K. Letourneau. 2000.
A commensalism between Piper marginatum Jacq. (Piperaceae) and a
coccinellid beetle. Journal of Tropical Ecology 15:841-846.
Dyer, L.A. 2000. Cybernetic insect outbreaks. Ecology 81:3262-3263.
Dyer, L.A. and D.K. Letourneau. 1999. Trophic cascades in a complex,
terrestrial community. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
96:5072-5076.
Dyer, L.A. and D.K. Letourneau. 1999. Relative strengths of top-down
and bottom-up forces in a tropical forest community. Oecologia 119:265-274.
Dyer, L.A. and Gentry, G. 1999. Larval defensive mechanisms as predictors
of successful biological control. Ecological Applications 9:402-408.
Letourneau, D.K. and L.A. Dyer. 1998. Density patterns of Piper
ant-plants and associated arthropods: Top predator cascades in a
terrestrial system? Biotropica 30:162-169.
Letourneau, D.K. and L.A. Dyer. 1998. Experimental manipulations
in lowland tropical forest demonstrate top-down cascades through
four trophic levels. Ecology 79:1678-1687.
Dyer, L.A. 1997. Effectiveness of caterpillar defenses against three
species of invertebrate predators. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera
34:48-68.
Dyer, L.A. and M.D. Bowers. 1996. The importance of sequestered
iridoid glycosides as a defense against an ant predator. Journal
of Chem. Ecology 22:1527-1539.
Folgarait, P.J., L.A. Dyer, R.J. Marquis, and H.E. Braker. 1996.
Leaf-cutting ant (Atta cephalotes) preferences for five native tropical
plantation tree species growing under different light conditions.
Ent. Exp. et App. 80:521-531.
Dyer, L.A. 1995. Tasty generalists and nasty specialists? A comparative
study of antipredator mechanisms in tropical lepidopteran larvae.
Ecology 76:1483-1496.
De la Fuente, M.A., L.A. Dyer, and M.D. Bowers. 1994. The iridoid
glycoside, catalpol, as a deterrent to the predator Camponotus floridanus
(Formicidae). Chemoecology 5/6:13-18.
Dyer, L.A. and T. Floyd. 1993. Determinants of predation on phytophagous
insects: the importance of diet breadth. Oecologia 96:575-582. |
