Publications:

• **Afkhami, M. E. and J. A. Rudgers (in press) Symbiosis lost: Imperfect vertical transmission of fungal endophytes in grasses. American Naturalist
• Rudgers, J. A., and K. Clay (in press) An invasive plant-fungal mutualism reduces arthropod diversity. Ecology Letters
• Rudgers, J. A. and A. L. Swafford* (in press) Benefits of a fungal endophyte in Elymus virginicus decline under drought stress. Basic and Applied Ecology PDF
• Johnson, S. D.*, K. C. Horn*, A. M. Savage**, S. Windhager, M. T. Simmons, and J. A. Rudgers (in press) Timing of prescribed burns affects abundance and composition of arthropods in the Texas Hill Country. Southwestern Naturalist
• *Kannadan, S. and J. A. Rudgers 2008. Endophyte symbiosis benefits a rare grass under low water availability. Functional Ecology in press, Online early.
• Mack, K. and J. A. Rudgers 2008. Balancing multiple mutualists: asymmetric interactions among plants, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and fungal endophytes. Oikos 117: 310-320 PDF
• Rudgers, J. A., and K. Clay 2007. Endophyte symbiosis with tall fescue: How strong are the impacts on communities and ecosystems? Fungal Biology Reviews 21: 107-124. PDF
• Rudgers, J. A., J. Holah, S.P. Orr, and K. Clay. 2007. Forest succession suppressed by an introduced plant-fungal symbiosis. Ecology 88: 18-25 PDF
• Flory, S. L., J. A. Rudgers, and K. Clay (2007) Experimental light treatments affect invasion success and the impact of Microstegium vimineum on the resident community. Natural Areas Journal 27: 124-132
• Rudgers, J. A. and K. D. Whitney 2006. Interactions between insect herbivores and a plant architectural dimorphism. Journal of Ecology 94: 1249-1260 PDF
• Tintjer, T. and J. A. Rudgers. 2006. Grass-herbivore interactions altered by strains of a native endophyte. New Phytologist 170:513-521 PDF
• *Finkes, L. K., Cady, A. B., Mulroy, J. C., Clay, K., and Rudgers, J. A. 2006. Plant-fungus mutualism affects spider composition in successional fields. Ecology Letters 9:347-356 PDF
• Clay, K., J. Holah, and J. A. Rudgers. 2005. Herbivores cause a rapid increase in hereditary symbiosis and alter plant community composition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 102: 12465-12470 PDF
• *Lemons, A., K. Clay, and J. A. Rudgers. 2005. Connecting plant microbial interactions above- and belowground: an endophytic fungus affects decomposition. Oecologia 145: 595-604 PDF
• *Orr, S. P., J. A. Rudgers, and K. Clay. 2005. Invasive plants can inhibit native tree seedlings: testing potential allelopathic mechanisms. Plant Ecology 181:153-165 PDF
• Rudgers, J. A., W. B. Mattingly, and J. M. Koslow 2005. Mutualistic fungus promotes plant invasion into diverse communities. Oecologia 144: 463-471 PDF
• Rudgers, J. A. and S. Y. Strauss 2004. A selection mosaic in the facultative mutualism between ants and wild cotton. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Biological Sciences 271: 2481-2488 PDF
• Rudgers, J. A. 2004. Enemies of herbivores can shape plant traits: selection in a facultative ant-plant mutualism. Ecology 85: 192-205 PDF
• Rudgers, J. A. and M. C. Gardener 2004. Extrafloral nectar as a resource mediating multi-species interactions in communities. Ecology 86: 1495-1502 PDF
• Rudgers, J. A., J. M. Koslow, K. Clay 2004. Endophytic fungi alter relationships between diversity and ecosystem properties. Ecology Letters 7: 42-51 PDF
• Rudgers, J. A., S. Y. Strauss, and J. F. Wendel 2004. Trade-offs among anti-herbivore resistance traits : insights from Gossypieae (Malvaceae). American Journal of Botany 91: 871-880 PDF
• Rudgers, J. A., and J. D. Hoeksema 2003. Inter-annual variation in above- and belowground herbivory on a native, annual legume. Plant Ecology 169: 105-120 PDF
• Rudgers, J. A., J. G. Hodgen, and J. W. White 2003. Behavioral mechanisms underlie plant defense in an ant-plant mutualism. Oecologia 135: 51-59 PDF
• Rudgers, J. A. and J. L. Maron 2003. Facilitation between coastal dune shrubs: a non-nitrogen-fixing shrub facilitates establishment of a nitrogen fixer. Oikos 102: 75-84 PDF
• Strauss, S. Y., J. A. Rudgers, J. A. Lau and R. E. Irwin 2002. Direct and ecological costs of resistance to herbivory. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17: 278-285 PDF
• Agrawal, A. A., J. A. Rudgers, L. W. Botsford, D. Cutler, J. B. Gorin, C. J. Lundquist, B. W. Spitzer, A. L. Swann 2000. Benefits and constraints on plant defense against herbivores: Spines influence the legitimate and illegitimate flower visitors of yellow star thistle, Centaurea solstitialis L. (Asteraceae). Southwestern Naturalist 45: 1-5

Book Chapters

• Rudgers, J. A and K. Clay (2005) Fungal endophytes in terrestrial communities and ecosystems. In: The Fungal Community : Its Organization and Role in the Ecosystem. ( J. Dighton, J. F.White, Jr., and P. Oudemans, Eds.) Third Edition. CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp. 423-442
• Clay, K., K. Reinhart, J. A. Rudgers, T. Tintjer, J. L. Koslow, S. L. Flory. (in press) Red Queen Communities. In: Ecology of Infectious Diseases: Interactions between diseases and ecosystems . Proceedings of the 11th Cary Conference, May 2005 Conveners: V. Eviner, F. Keesing, & R. Ostfeld