Kailen A. Mooney

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Community ecology of plant-insect interactions

[I'm submitting this for my Helianthella project]

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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...

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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 ...

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

2025Ecology and EvolutionDOI: 10.1002/ece3.72207

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

2025EvolutionDOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpae186Cited 6 times

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Decomposing an elevational gradient in predation by insectivorous birds

2024EcosphereDOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4790Cited 2 times

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

2022The Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and SystematicsDOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102220-014840Cited 62 times

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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

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

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

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.

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)