Kailen A. Mooney

Affiliation: University of California, Irvine

ORCID: 0000-0001-7102-7794

Works: 48 total (19 publications, 29 datasets, 0 documents)

Projects (3)

Research Plan

Community ecology of plant-insect interactions

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completedEcology and Evolutionary biology

Research Plan

Plant-Herbivore Interactions Along Elevational Gradients

Insects feeding affects plant growth and has driven plants to evolve and invest in costly defenses. The evolutionary eco...

completed

Research Plan

The role of ants in plant indirect defense

Plants interact with both harmful insects that eat them and helpful insects that protect them. Ants often defend plants ...

activeEcology and Evolutionary biology

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Works (48)

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Article

Different aspects of dominance are not equivalent when testing for trade-offs in ant communities

2025Ecology and EvolutionDOI: 10.1002/ece3.72207

Article

Herbivory and water availability interact to shape the adaptive landscape in the perennial forb, Boechera stricta

2025EvolutionDOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpae186Cited 6 times

Article

Decomposing an elevational gradient in predation by insectivorous birds

2024EcosphereDOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4790Cited 2 times

Dataset

Decomposing an elevational gradient in predation by insectivorous birds

2024DOI: 10.7280/d1cq5vCited 1 times

Article

The Evolution and Ecology of Interactions Between Ants and Honeydew-Producing Hemipteran Insects

2022

The Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102220-014840

Cited 62 times

Student Paper

Tests for Elevational Gradients in Herbivore Abundance and Plant Resistance in the Rocky Mountain Ecosystem

2021

Article

Snow melt timing acts independently and in conjunction with temperature accumulation to drive subalpine plant phenology

2021Global Change BiologyDOI: 10.1111/gcb.15803Cited 35 times

Dataset

Early snowmelt and warming experiments to study plant phenology

2021DOI: 10.6073/pasta/8831719d04c94504eed6b12318ed7312

Article

Are ants botanists? Ant associative learning of plant chemicals mediates foraging for carbohydrates

2020Ecological EntomologyDOI: 10.1111/een.12794Cited 8 times

Article

Plant chemical mediation of ant behavior

2019Current Opinion in Insect ScienceDOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2018.12.003Cited 25 times

Article

Elevational cline in herbivore abundance driven by a monotonic increase in trophic level sensitivity to aridity

2019Journal of Animal EcologyDOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13034Cited 7 times

Article

Progressive sensitivity of trophic levels to warming underlies an elevational gradient in ant–aphid mutualism strength

2019OikosDOI: 10.1111/oik.05650Cited 25 times

Dataset

Data from: Elevational cline in herbivore abundance driven by a monotonic increase in trophic level sensitivity to aridity

2019DOI: 10.5061/dryad.j6kn128Cited 1 times

Dataset

Data from: Progressive sensitivity of trophic levels to warming underlies an elevational gradient in ant-aphid mutualism strength

2018DOI: 10.5061/dryad.kf2553jCited 1 times

Dataset

Data from: Sex-specific responses to climate change in plants alter population sex ratio and performance

2017DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1cf8pCited 1 times

Article

Abiotic mediation of a mutualism drives herbivore abundance.

2016Ecology Letters

Article

Abiotic mediation of a mutualism drives herbivore abundance.

2016Ecology Letters

Article

Sex-specific responses to climate change in plants alter population sex ratios and performance.

2016ScienceDOI: 10.1126/science.aaf2588Cited 104 times

Dataset

Meta-analysis of montane plant elevation range shifts in response to climate change

2016DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1cf8p/13

Dataset

Flower number calibration dataset

2016DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1cf8p/9

Dataset

Pollination neighborhood survey data

2016DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1cf8p/10

Dataset

Focal female data

2016DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1cf8p/11

Dataset

Dispersal of pollen analogue by Valeriana edulis pollinators

2016DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1cf8p/8

Dataset

Sex- and size-specific rates of growth and survival in Valeriana edulis

2016DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1cf8p/6

Dataset

Integrated water use efficiency by sex in four population of Valeriana edulis

2016DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1cf8p/7

Dataset

Operational sex ratios of Valeriana edulis populations

2016DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1cf8p/5

Dataset

Soil moisture across the elevation range of Valeriana edulis

2016DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1cf8p/4

Dataset

Snowmelt dates 1978-2014

2016DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1cf8p/3

Dataset

Metadata for data and analysis scripts

2016DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1cf8p/1

Dataset

Snowmelt dates across the elevation range of Valeriana edulis

2016DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1cf8p/2

Article

Mechanisms underlying plant sexual dimorphism in multi-trophic arthropod communities

2013EcologyDOI: 10.1890/12-2170.1Cited 21 times

Article

Plant sex and induced responses independently influence herbivore performance, natural enemies and aphid-tending ants

2012Arthropod-Plant InteractionsDOI: 10.1007/s11829-012-9204-5Cited 13 times

Article

Evolutionary biology: Insects converge on resistance

2012Nature

Article

Influence of macronutrient imbalance on native ant foraging and interspecific interactions in the field

2012Ecological EntomologyDOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2012.01349.xCited 20 times

Student Paper

Species Interactions in Arthropod Communities: Density Dependence and Ant Interactions on Aphid Per Capita Population Growth

2010

Student Paper

A balanced diet: Effects of ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) nutritional state on the balance between mutualism and predation upon aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

2009

Kailen A. Mooney

Projects (3)

Community ecology of plant-insect interactions

Plant-Herbivore Interactions Along Elevational Gradients

The role of ants in plant indirect defense

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 60 entities)

Works (48)

Different aspects of dominance are not equivalent when testing for trade-offs in ant communities

Herbivory and water availability interact to shape the adaptive landscape in the perennial forb, Boechera stricta

Decomposing an elevational gradient in predation by insectivorous birds

Decomposing an elevational gradient in predation by insectivorous birds

The Evolution and Ecology of Interactions Between Ants and Honeydew-Producing Hemipteran Insects

Tests for Elevational Gradients in Herbivore Abundance and Plant Resistance in the Rocky Mountain Ecosystem

Snow melt timing acts independently and in conjunction with temperature accumulation to drive subalpine plant phenology

Early snowmelt and warming experiments to study plant phenology

Are ants botanists? Ant associative learning of plant chemicals mediates foraging for carbohydrates

Plant chemical mediation of ant behavior

Elevational cline in herbivore abundance driven by a monotonic increase in trophic level sensitivity to aridity

Progressive sensitivity of trophic levels to warming underlies an elevational gradient in ant–aphid mutualism strength

Data from: Elevational cline in herbivore abundance driven by a monotonic increase in trophic level sensitivity to aridity

Data from: Progressive sensitivity of trophic levels to warming underlies an elevational gradient in ant-aphid mutualism strength

Data from: Sex-specific responses to climate change in plants alter population sex ratio and performance

Abiotic mediation of a mutualism drives herbivore abundance.

Abiotic mediation of a mutualism drives herbivore abundance.

Sex-specific responses to climate change in plants alter population sex ratios and performance.

Paces of species range shifts (R script)

Reproductive life expectancy (R script)

Water use efficiency (R script)

Mating function (R script)

Climate analyses (R script)

Species range shifts in response to climate change

Operational sex ratio analyses (R script)

Focal female locations 2015

Valeriana edulis spatial dispersion plot

Valeriana edulis spatial dispersion plants

Focal female locations 2014

Spatial dispersion of Valeriana edulis plants in four populations

Meta-analysis of montane plant elevation range shifts in response to climate change

Flower number calibration dataset

Pollination neighborhood survey data

Focal female data

Dispersal of pollen analogue by Valeriana edulis pollinators

Sex- and size-specific rates of growth and survival in Valeriana edulis

Integrated water use efficiency by sex in four population of Valeriana edulis

Operational sex ratios of Valeriana edulis populations

Soil moisture across the elevation range of Valeriana edulis

Snowmelt dates 1978-2014

Metadata for data and analysis scripts

Snowmelt dates across the elevation range of Valeriana edulis

Mechanisms underlying plant sexual dimorphism in multi-trophic arthropod communities

Plant sex and induced responses independently influence herbivore performance, natural enemies and aphid-tending ants

Evolutionary biology: Insects converge on resistance

Influence of macronutrient imbalance on native ant foraging and interspecific interactions in the field

Species Interactions in Arthropod Communities: Density Dependence and Ant Interactions on Aphid Per Capita Population Growth

A balanced diet: Effects of ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) nutritional state on the balance between mutualism and predation upon aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae)