Publications
40. Grele A, Massad TJ, Uckele KA, Dyer LA, Antonini Y, Braga L, Forister ML, Sulca L, Kato M, Lopez HG, Nascimento
AR, Parchman T, Simbaña WR, Smilanich AM, Stireman JO, Tepe EJ, Walla T, Richards LA. 2024. Intra- and
interspecific diversity in a tropical plant clade alter herbivory and ecosystem resilience eLife 12:RP86988.
DOI 10.7554/eLife.86988.3
39. Massad, TJ, Nascimento AR, Campos Moreno DF, Simbaña W, Garcia Lopez H, Sulca L, Lepesqueur C, Richards LA,
Forister ML, Stireman JO, Tepe EJ, Uckele KA, Braga L, Walla TR, Smilanich AM, Grele A, Dyer LA. 2023. Variation
in the strength of local and regional determinants of herbivory across the Neotropics. Oikos e10218.
DOI 10.1111/oik.10218
38. Dole HE, Villamarin-Cortez S, Richards LA. 2023. Facing the flames: insect responses to megafires and changing
fire regimes. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 60:e101129 DOI 10.1016/j.cois.2023.101129
37. Glassmire AE, Carson WP, Smilanich AM, Richards LA, Jeffrey CS, Dodson CD, Philbin CS, Humberto GL, Dyer LA.
2023. Multiple and contrasting pressures determine intraspecific phytochemical variation in a tropical shrub.
Oecologia 201:991-1003 DOI 10.1007/s00442-023-05364-3
36. Rosa GM, Perez R, Richards LA, Richards-Zawacki CL, Smilanich AM, Reinert LK, Rollins-Smith LA, Wetzel DP, Voyles
J. 2022. Seasonality of host immunity in a tropical disease system. Ecosphere 13 (7): e4158 DOI 10.1002/ecs2.4158
35. Massad TJ, Richards LA, Philbin C, Yamaguchi LF, Kato MJ, Jeffrey CS, Oliveira Jr C, Ocsenrider K, de Moraes MM,
Tepe EJ, Torrejon GC, Sandivo M, LA Dyer. 2022. The chemical ecology of tropical forest diversity: Environmental
variation, chemical similarity, herbivory, and richness. Ecology 103(9): e3762 DOI 10.1002/ecy.3762
34. Philbin CS, Dyer LA, Jefferey CS, Glassmire AE, Richards LA. 2022. Structural and compositional dimensions of
phytochemical diversity in the genus Piper reflect distinct ecological modes of action. Journal of Ecology 110
(1):57-67 DOI 10.1111/1365-2745.13691
33. Philbin CS, Paulsen M, Richards LA. 2021. Opposing Effects of Ceanothus velutinus Phytochemistry on Herbivore
Communities at Multiple Scales. Metabolites 11(6): 361 DOI 10.3390/metabo11060361
32. Uckele KA, Jahner JP, Tepe EJ, Richards LA, Dyer LA, Ochsenrider KM, Philbin CS, Kato MJ, Yamaguchi LF, Forister ML,
Smilanich AM, Dodson CD, Jeffrey CS, Parchman TL. 2021. Phytochemistry reflects different evolutionary history in
traditional classes versus specialized structural motifs. Scientific Reports 11(1):1-14 DOI 10.1038/s41598-021-96431-3
31. Hudon S, Zaiats A, Roser A, Roopsind A, Barber C, Robb B, Pendleton B, Camp M, Clark P, Davidson M, Frankel- Bricker J, Fremgen-Tarantino M, Forbey J, Hayden E, Richards L, Rodriguez O, Caughlin T. 2021.Unifying
community detection across scales from genomes to landscapes. Oikos 130(6): 831-843 DOI 10.1111/oik.08393
30. Matocq MD, Oshsenrider KM, Jeffrey CS, Nielsen DP, Richards LA. 2020. Fine-scale differentiation in diet and
metabolomics of small mammals across a sharp ecological transition. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8: 282-
291 DOI 10.3389/fevo.2020.00282
29. Forister ML, Yoon S, Philbin CS, Dodson CD, Hart B, Harrison JG, Shelef O, Fordyce JA, Marion ZH, Nice CC,
Richards LA, Buerkle CA, Gompert Z. 2020. Caterpillars on a phytochemical landscape: The case of alfalfa and
the Melissa blue butterfly. Ecology and Evolution 10: 4366-4374 DOI 10.1002/ece3.6203
28. Murphy SM, Richards LA, Wimp GM. 2020. Editorial: Arthropod Interactions and Responses to Disturbance in a
Changing World. Front. Ecol. Evol. 8:93. DOI 10.3389/fevo.2020.00093
27. Glassmire AE, Philbin C, Richards L.A, Jeffrey CS, Snook JS, Dyer LA, 2019. Proximity to canopy mediates changes in the defensive chemistry and herbivore loads of an understory tropical shrub, Piper kelleyi. Ecol. Lett.,22: 332-
341. DOI 10.1111/ele.13194
26. Dell JE, Pokswinski SM, Richards LA, Hiers JK, Williams B, O’Brien JJ, Loudermilk EL, Hudak AT, Dyer LA, 2019.
Maximizing the monitoring of diversity for management activities: Additive partitioning of plant species diversity
across a frequently burned ecosystem. For. Ecol. Manage., 432, 409–414. pdf
25. Dell JE, Salcido DM, Lumpkin W, Richards LA, Pokswinski SM, Loudermilk EL, O’Brien JJ, Dyer LA, 2019.
Interaction Diversity Maintains Resiliency in a Frequently Disturbed Ecosystem. Front. Ecol. Evol., 7.
DOI 10.3389/fevo.2019.00145
24. Loudermilk EL, Dyer LA, Pokswinski SM, Hudak AT, Hornsby B, Richards LA, Dell JE, Goodrick SL, Hiers JK, O’Brien
JJ, 2019. Simulating Groundcover Community Assembly in a Frequently Burned Ecosystem Using a Simple
Neutral Model. Front. Plant Sci., 10. DOI 10.3389/fpls.2019.01107
23. Richards LA, Oliveira C, Dyer LA, Rumbaugh A, Urbano-Munoz F, Wallace IS, Dodson CD, Jeffrey CS. 2018. Shedding
Light on Chemically Mediated Tri-Trophic Interactions: A 1H-NMR Network Approach to Identify Compound
Structural Features and Associated Biological Activity. Frontiers of Plant Science DOI 10.3389/fpls.2018.01155
22. Dyer LA, Philbin CS, Ochsenrider KM, Richards LA, Massad TJ, Smilanich AM, Forister ML, Parchman TL, Galland L,
Hurtado PJ, Espeset AE, Glassmire AE, Harrison JG, Mo C, Yoon S, Pardikes NA, Muchoney ND, Jahner JP, Slinn
HL, Shelef O, Dodson CD, Kato MJ, Yamaguchi LF, Jeffrey CS. 2018. Modern Approaches for Studies of Chemical
Ecology with a Focus on Plant-Insect Interactions. Nature Reviews Chemistry 2: 50-64 pdf
21. Slinn HL, Richards LA, Dyer LA, Hurtado PJ, Smilanich AM. 2018. Across multiple species, phytochemical diversity
and herbivore diet breadth have cascading effects on herbivore immunity and parasitism in a tropical model
system. Frontiers of Plant Science DOI 10.3389/fpls.2018.00656
20. Koltz AM, Burkle LA, Pressler Y, Dell JE, Vidal MC, Richards LA, Murphy SM. 2018. Global change and the
importance of fire for the ecology and evolution of insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science 29: 110-116 pdf
19. Jahner JP, Forister ML, Smilanich AM, Parchman TL, Wilson JS, Tepe EJ, Richards LA, Quijano-Abril MA,
Glassmire AE, Dyer LA. 2017. Host conservatism, geography, and elevation in the evolution of a Neotropical
moth radiation. Evolution 71: 2885-2900 pdf
18. Dell JE, Richards LA, O’Brien JJ, Loudermilk EL, Hudak AT, Pokswinski SM, Bright BC, Hiers JK, Williams BW,
Dyer LA. 2017. Overstory‐derived surface fuels mediate plant species diversity in frequently burned longleaf
pine forests. Ecosphere 8(10):e01964. pdf
17. Dell JE, O’Brien JJ, Doan L, Richards LA, Dyer LA. 2017. An arthropod survival strategy in a frequently burned
forest. Ecology. doi:10.1002/ecy.1939 pdf
16. Massad TJ, de Moraes MM, Philbin C, Oliveira Jr C, Torrejon GC, Yamaguchi LF, Jeffrey CS, LA Dyer, Richards LA,
Kato MJ. 2017. Similarity in volatile communities leads to increased herbivory and greater tropical forest
diversity. Ecology 98: 1750-1756. pdf
15. Richards LA, Glassmire AE, Ochsenrider KM, Dodson CD, Jeffrey CS, Dyer LA. 2016. Phytochemical diversity and
synergistic effects on herbivores Phytochemistry Reviews 15: 1153–1166. pdf
14. Glassmire AE, Jeffrey CS et al 2016. Intraspecific phytochemical variation shapes community and population
structure for specialist caterpillars New Phytologist 212: 208 – 219. pdf
13. Richards LA, Dyer LA, Forister ML, Smilanich AM, Dodson CD, Leonard MD, Jeffrey CS. 2015. Phytochemical
diversity drives plant-insect community diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA
112:10973-10978. pdf
12. Dyer LA, Parchman TL, Jeffrey CS, Richards LA. 2014. New dimensions of tropical diversity: an inordinate
fondness for insect molecules, taxa, and trophic interactions. Current Opinion in Insect Science 2:1-6. pdf
11. Turcotte MM, Thomsen CJM, Broadhead GT, Fine PVA, Godfrey GM, Lamarre GPA, Meyer ST, Richards LA,
Johnson MJT 2014. Percentage leaf herbivory across vascular plant species. Ecology 95:788 pdf
10. Jeffrey CS, Leonard MD, Glassmire AE, Dodson CD, Richards LA, Kato MJ and LA Dyer. 2014. Antiherbivore
Prenylated Benzoic Acid Derivatives from Piper kelleyi. Journal of Natural Products 77: 148-153. pdf
9. Dyer LA, Richards LA, Short S, Dodson CD. 2013. Synergistic and interacting effects of CO2 and temperature on
tritrophic interactions PLOS One 8: e62528. pdf
8. Richards LA, Lampert EC, Bowers MD, Dodson CD, Smilanich AM, Dyer LA. 2012. Synergistic effects of iridoid
glycosides on the specialist buckeye caterpillars. Journal of Chemical Ecology 38:1276 – 1284 pdf
7. Onoda Y, Richards LA, Westoby M. 2012. The importance of leaf cuticle for carbon economy and mechanical
strength. New Phytologist 196:441-447. pdf
6. Richards LA, Coley PD. 2012. Domatia morphology and mite occupancy of Psychotria horizontalis (Rubiaceae) across
the Isthmus of Panama. Arthropod – Plant Interactions 6:129-136 pdf
5. Onoda Y, Westoby M, Adler PB, Choong AMF, Clissold FJ, Cornelissen JHC, Díaz S, Dominy NJ, Elgart A, Enrico L,
Fine PVA, Howard JJ, Jalili A, Kitajima K, Kurokawa H, McArthur C, Lucas PW, Markesteijn L, Pérez
Harguindeguy N, Poorter L, Richards LA, Santiago LS, Sosinski EE, Van Bael SA, Warton DI, Wright IJ, Wright
JS and Yamashita N. 2011. Global patterns of leaf mechanical properties. Ecology Letters 14:1-12. pdf
4. Richards LA, Dyer LA, Smilanich AM, Dodson CD. 2010. Synergistic effects of amides from two Piper species on
generalist and specialist herbivores. Journal of Chemical Ecology 36:1105-1113. pdf
3. Richards LA, Coley PD. 2008. Combined effects of host plant quality and predation on a Tropical Lepidopteran:
A comparison between tropical treefall gaps and the understory. Biotropica 40: 736-741. pdf
2. Richards LA, Coley PD. 2007. Seasonal and habitat differences affect the impact of food and predation on
herbivores: a comparison between gaps and understory of a tropical forest. Oikos 116: 31-40. pdf
1. Richards LA, Windsor D. 2007. Seasonal variation of arthropods in gaps and understorey of a lowland moist
forest in Panama. Journal of Tropical Ecology 23: 169-176. pdf
40. Grele A, Massad TJ, Uckele KA, Dyer LA, Antonini Y, Braga L, Forister ML, Sulca L, Kato M, Lopez HG, Nascimento
AR, Parchman T, Simbaña WR, Smilanich AM, Stireman JO, Tepe EJ, Walla T, Richards LA. 2024. Intra- and
interspecific diversity in a tropical plant clade alter herbivory and ecosystem resilience eLife 12:RP86988.
DOI 10.7554/eLife.86988.3
39. Massad, TJ, Nascimento AR, Campos Moreno DF, Simbaña W, Garcia Lopez H, Sulca L, Lepesqueur C, Richards LA,
Forister ML, Stireman JO, Tepe EJ, Uckele KA, Braga L, Walla TR, Smilanich AM, Grele A, Dyer LA. 2023. Variation
in the strength of local and regional determinants of herbivory across the Neotropics. Oikos e10218.
DOI 10.1111/oik.10218
38. Dole HE, Villamarin-Cortez S, Richards LA. 2023. Facing the flames: insect responses to megafires and changing
fire regimes. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 60:e101129 DOI 10.1016/j.cois.2023.101129
37. Glassmire AE, Carson WP, Smilanich AM, Richards LA, Jeffrey CS, Dodson CD, Philbin CS, Humberto GL, Dyer LA.
2023. Multiple and contrasting pressures determine intraspecific phytochemical variation in a tropical shrub.
Oecologia 201:991-1003 DOI 10.1007/s00442-023-05364-3
36. Rosa GM, Perez R, Richards LA, Richards-Zawacki CL, Smilanich AM, Reinert LK, Rollins-Smith LA, Wetzel DP, Voyles
J. 2022. Seasonality of host immunity in a tropical disease system. Ecosphere 13 (7): e4158 DOI 10.1002/ecs2.4158
35. Massad TJ, Richards LA, Philbin C, Yamaguchi LF, Kato MJ, Jeffrey CS, Oliveira Jr C, Ocsenrider K, de Moraes MM,
Tepe EJ, Torrejon GC, Sandivo M, LA Dyer. 2022. The chemical ecology of tropical forest diversity: Environmental
variation, chemical similarity, herbivory, and richness. Ecology 103(9): e3762 DOI 10.1002/ecy.3762
34. Philbin CS, Dyer LA, Jefferey CS, Glassmire AE, Richards LA. 2022. Structural and compositional dimensions of
phytochemical diversity in the genus Piper reflect distinct ecological modes of action. Journal of Ecology 110
(1):57-67 DOI 10.1111/1365-2745.13691
33. Philbin CS, Paulsen M, Richards LA. 2021. Opposing Effects of Ceanothus velutinus Phytochemistry on Herbivore
Communities at Multiple Scales. Metabolites 11(6): 361 DOI 10.3390/metabo11060361
32. Uckele KA, Jahner JP, Tepe EJ, Richards LA, Dyer LA, Ochsenrider KM, Philbin CS, Kato MJ, Yamaguchi LF, Forister ML,
Smilanich AM, Dodson CD, Jeffrey CS, Parchman TL. 2021. Phytochemistry reflects different evolutionary history in
traditional classes versus specialized structural motifs. Scientific Reports 11(1):1-14 DOI 10.1038/s41598-021-96431-3
31. Hudon S, Zaiats A, Roser A, Roopsind A, Barber C, Robb B, Pendleton B, Camp M, Clark P, Davidson M, Frankel- Bricker J, Fremgen-Tarantino M, Forbey J, Hayden E, Richards L, Rodriguez O, Caughlin T. 2021.Unifying
community detection across scales from genomes to landscapes. Oikos 130(6): 831-843 DOI 10.1111/oik.08393
30. Matocq MD, Oshsenrider KM, Jeffrey CS, Nielsen DP, Richards LA. 2020. Fine-scale differentiation in diet and
metabolomics of small mammals across a sharp ecological transition. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8: 282-
291 DOI 10.3389/fevo.2020.00282
29. Forister ML, Yoon S, Philbin CS, Dodson CD, Hart B, Harrison JG, Shelef O, Fordyce JA, Marion ZH, Nice CC,
Richards LA, Buerkle CA, Gompert Z. 2020. Caterpillars on a phytochemical landscape: The case of alfalfa and
the Melissa blue butterfly. Ecology and Evolution 10: 4366-4374 DOI 10.1002/ece3.6203
28. Murphy SM, Richards LA, Wimp GM. 2020. Editorial: Arthropod Interactions and Responses to Disturbance in a
Changing World. Front. Ecol. Evol. 8:93. DOI 10.3389/fevo.2020.00093
27. Glassmire AE, Philbin C, Richards L.A, Jeffrey CS, Snook JS, Dyer LA, 2019. Proximity to canopy mediates changes in the defensive chemistry and herbivore loads of an understory tropical shrub, Piper kelleyi. Ecol. Lett.,22: 332-
341. DOI 10.1111/ele.13194
26. Dell JE, Pokswinski SM, Richards LA, Hiers JK, Williams B, O’Brien JJ, Loudermilk EL, Hudak AT, Dyer LA, 2019.
Maximizing the monitoring of diversity for management activities: Additive partitioning of plant species diversity
across a frequently burned ecosystem. For. Ecol. Manage., 432, 409–414. pdf
25. Dell JE, Salcido DM, Lumpkin W, Richards LA, Pokswinski SM, Loudermilk EL, O’Brien JJ, Dyer LA, 2019.
Interaction Diversity Maintains Resiliency in a Frequently Disturbed Ecosystem. Front. Ecol. Evol., 7.
DOI 10.3389/fevo.2019.00145
24. Loudermilk EL, Dyer LA, Pokswinski SM, Hudak AT, Hornsby B, Richards LA, Dell JE, Goodrick SL, Hiers JK, O’Brien
JJ, 2019. Simulating Groundcover Community Assembly in a Frequently Burned Ecosystem Using a Simple
Neutral Model. Front. Plant Sci., 10. DOI 10.3389/fpls.2019.01107
23. Richards LA, Oliveira C, Dyer LA, Rumbaugh A, Urbano-Munoz F, Wallace IS, Dodson CD, Jeffrey CS. 2018. Shedding
Light on Chemically Mediated Tri-Trophic Interactions: A 1H-NMR Network Approach to Identify Compound
Structural Features and Associated Biological Activity. Frontiers of Plant Science DOI 10.3389/fpls.2018.01155
22. Dyer LA, Philbin CS, Ochsenrider KM, Richards LA, Massad TJ, Smilanich AM, Forister ML, Parchman TL, Galland L,
Hurtado PJ, Espeset AE, Glassmire AE, Harrison JG, Mo C, Yoon S, Pardikes NA, Muchoney ND, Jahner JP, Slinn
HL, Shelef O, Dodson CD, Kato MJ, Yamaguchi LF, Jeffrey CS. 2018. Modern Approaches for Studies of Chemical
Ecology with a Focus on Plant-Insect Interactions. Nature Reviews Chemistry 2: 50-64 pdf
21. Slinn HL, Richards LA, Dyer LA, Hurtado PJ, Smilanich AM. 2018. Across multiple species, phytochemical diversity
and herbivore diet breadth have cascading effects on herbivore immunity and parasitism in a tropical model
system. Frontiers of Plant Science DOI 10.3389/fpls.2018.00656
20. Koltz AM, Burkle LA, Pressler Y, Dell JE, Vidal MC, Richards LA, Murphy SM. 2018. Global change and the
importance of fire for the ecology and evolution of insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science 29: 110-116 pdf
19. Jahner JP, Forister ML, Smilanich AM, Parchman TL, Wilson JS, Tepe EJ, Richards LA, Quijano-Abril MA,
Glassmire AE, Dyer LA. 2017. Host conservatism, geography, and elevation in the evolution of a Neotropical
moth radiation. Evolution 71: 2885-2900 pdf
18. Dell JE, Richards LA, O’Brien JJ, Loudermilk EL, Hudak AT, Pokswinski SM, Bright BC, Hiers JK, Williams BW,
Dyer LA. 2017. Overstory‐derived surface fuels mediate plant species diversity in frequently burned longleaf
pine forests. Ecosphere 8(10):e01964. pdf
17. Dell JE, O’Brien JJ, Doan L, Richards LA, Dyer LA. 2017. An arthropod survival strategy in a frequently burned
forest. Ecology. doi:10.1002/ecy.1939 pdf
16. Massad TJ, de Moraes MM, Philbin C, Oliveira Jr C, Torrejon GC, Yamaguchi LF, Jeffrey CS, LA Dyer, Richards LA,
Kato MJ. 2017. Similarity in volatile communities leads to increased herbivory and greater tropical forest
diversity. Ecology 98: 1750-1756. pdf
15. Richards LA, Glassmire AE, Ochsenrider KM, Dodson CD, Jeffrey CS, Dyer LA. 2016. Phytochemical diversity and
synergistic effects on herbivores Phytochemistry Reviews 15: 1153–1166. pdf
14. Glassmire AE, Jeffrey CS et al 2016. Intraspecific phytochemical variation shapes community and population
structure for specialist caterpillars New Phytologist 212: 208 – 219. pdf
13. Richards LA, Dyer LA, Forister ML, Smilanich AM, Dodson CD, Leonard MD, Jeffrey CS. 2015. Phytochemical
diversity drives plant-insect community diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA
112:10973-10978. pdf
12. Dyer LA, Parchman TL, Jeffrey CS, Richards LA. 2014. New dimensions of tropical diversity: an inordinate
fondness for insect molecules, taxa, and trophic interactions. Current Opinion in Insect Science 2:1-6. pdf
11. Turcotte MM, Thomsen CJM, Broadhead GT, Fine PVA, Godfrey GM, Lamarre GPA, Meyer ST, Richards LA,
Johnson MJT 2014. Percentage leaf herbivory across vascular plant species. Ecology 95:788 pdf
10. Jeffrey CS, Leonard MD, Glassmire AE, Dodson CD, Richards LA, Kato MJ and LA Dyer. 2014. Antiherbivore
Prenylated Benzoic Acid Derivatives from Piper kelleyi. Journal of Natural Products 77: 148-153. pdf
9. Dyer LA, Richards LA, Short S, Dodson CD. 2013. Synergistic and interacting effects of CO2 and temperature on
tritrophic interactions PLOS One 8: e62528. pdf
8. Richards LA, Lampert EC, Bowers MD, Dodson CD, Smilanich AM, Dyer LA. 2012. Synergistic effects of iridoid
glycosides on the specialist buckeye caterpillars. Journal of Chemical Ecology 38:1276 – 1284 pdf
7. Onoda Y, Richards LA, Westoby M. 2012. The importance of leaf cuticle for carbon economy and mechanical
strength. New Phytologist 196:441-447. pdf
6. Richards LA, Coley PD. 2012. Domatia morphology and mite occupancy of Psychotria horizontalis (Rubiaceae) across
the Isthmus of Panama. Arthropod – Plant Interactions 6:129-136 pdf
5. Onoda Y, Westoby M, Adler PB, Choong AMF, Clissold FJ, Cornelissen JHC, Díaz S, Dominy NJ, Elgart A, Enrico L,
Fine PVA, Howard JJ, Jalili A, Kitajima K, Kurokawa H, McArthur C, Lucas PW, Markesteijn L, Pérez
Harguindeguy N, Poorter L, Richards LA, Santiago LS, Sosinski EE, Van Bael SA, Warton DI, Wright IJ, Wright
JS and Yamashita N. 2011. Global patterns of leaf mechanical properties. Ecology Letters 14:1-12. pdf
4. Richards LA, Dyer LA, Smilanich AM, Dodson CD. 2010. Synergistic effects of amides from two Piper species on
generalist and specialist herbivores. Journal of Chemical Ecology 36:1105-1113. pdf
3. Richards LA, Coley PD. 2008. Combined effects of host plant quality and predation on a Tropical Lepidopteran:
A comparison between tropical treefall gaps and the understory. Biotropica 40: 736-741. pdf
2. Richards LA, Coley PD. 2007. Seasonal and habitat differences affect the impact of food and predation on
herbivores: a comparison between gaps and understory of a tropical forest. Oikos 116: 31-40. pdf
1. Richards LA, Windsor D. 2007. Seasonal variation of arthropods in gaps and understorey of a lowland moist
forest in Panama. Journal of Tropical Ecology 23: 169-176. pdf
