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Richard Karban

University of California, Davis · US
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Area of research
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics · Insect Science
Research interest
Research interests include Plant and animal studies, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Plant Parasitism and Resistance.
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67
citations
18,396
works
290
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Recent publications

Precipitation Drives the Abundance and Distribution of <i>Arctia virginalis</i>: A 40-Year Study.
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
The impact of serpentine soils on plant traits and plant-herbivore interactions.
2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Serpentine Soils Shape Plant Traits and Herbivory
The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Submergent vegetation in rice fields facilitates mosquitofish but fails to reduce mosquito populations
Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution 2025cited by 0position: contributordoi
Alarm calls of sagebrush converge when herbivory is high.
2024cited by 3position: contributordoi
Petal-shading in Romneya coulteri affects seed set and interactions with floral visitors
Arthropod-Plant Interactions 2024cited by 2position: contributordoi
Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory
Science 2023cited by 60position: middledoi
Flowers that self-shade reduce heat stress and pollen limitation.
2023cited by 6position: contributordoi
Spatial habitat heterogeneity influences host-pathogen dynamics in a patchy population of Ranchman's tiger moth.
2023cited by 1position: contributordoi
Vehicle pollution is associated with elevated insect damage to street trees
Journal of Applied Ecology 2022cited by 7position: contributordoi
Influence of delayed density and ultraviolet radiation on caterpillar baculovirus infection and mortality.
2022cited by 5position: contributordoi
Hilltopping influences spatial dynamics in a patchy population of tiger moths.
2022cited by 2position: contributordoi
Consistent individual variation in plant communication: do plants have personalities?
2022cited by 1position: contributordoi
Unidirectional trichomes in rice and prickles in <i>Andropogon virginicus</i> protect meristems from herbivory
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 2022cited by 1position: contributordoi
Vehicle pollution is associated with elevated insect damage to street trees
2022cited by 0position: contributordoi
Mucilage binding to ground protects seeds of many plants from harvester ants: A functional investigation
Functional Ecology 2021cited by 23position: contributordoi
Why cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) develop so slowly
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 2021cited by 11position: contributordoi
Effects of experimental watering but not warming on herbivory vary across a gradient of precipitation.
2021cited by 2position: contributordoi
Loss of branches due to winter storms could favor deciduousness in oaks.
2021cited by 0position: contributordoi
Feeding and damage-induced volatile cues make beetles disperse and produce a more even distribution of damage for sagebrush.
2020cited by 8position: contributordoi
The ecology and evolution of induced responses to herbivory and how plants perceive risk
Ecological Entomology 2019cited by 95position: contributordoi
Unidirectional grass hairs usher insects away from meristems.
2019cited by 2position: contributordoi
Variability in plant nutrients reduces insect herbivore performance
Nature 2016cited by 259position: lastdoi
Predicting novel herbivore–plant interactions
Oikos 2013cited by 101position: middledoi
Interplant volatile signaling in willows: revisiting the original talking trees
Oecologia 2013cited by 57position: lastdoi

Grants

LTREB Renewal: Climatic drivers of temporal and spatial dynamics of a focal herbivore
NSF1456225$441,5402015–2021PIRePORTER
LTREB - Understanding Food Web Complexity by Linking Long Term Data, Multiple Causes and a Spatial Approach
NSF0639885$295,4102007–2014PIRePORTER
SGER: Eavesdropping Between Plants
NSF0121050$45,0002001–2004PIRePORTER
Dissertation Research: The Benefits of Induced Plant Responses to Herbivory
NSF9701109$10,0001997–1999PIRePORTER
Thrips and Erigeron glaucus: Local Adaptation to IndividualPlant Clones and the Role of Sexuality
NSF8818019$154,9861989–1992PIRePORTER
Organization of the Plant-Feeding Fauna on Erigeron glauces:Experimental Manipulations of a Simple Community
NSF8614528$89,3261987–1989PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

· 21 papers (2019–2026)Vincent Pan · Michigan State University3 papers (2021–2023)Adam Pepi · Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais3 papers (2021–2023)Ian S. Pearse · United States Geological Survey2 papers (2013–2013)Carla Vázquez‐González · Botanical Society of America2 papers (2025–2025)Patrick Grof-Tisza · University of Eastern Finland2 papers (2023–2024)Emily K. Meineke · University of California, Davis2 papers (2022–2022)Xoaquín Moreira · Universidade de Ribeirão Preto2 papers (2025–2025)William C. Wetzel · Montana State University1 papers (2016–2016) · 1 papers (2013–2013)Danielle Rutkowski · Iowa State University1 papers (2022–2022)James D. Blande · University of Eastern Finland1 papers (2024–2024)Marshall McMunn · Botanical Society of America1 papers (2021–2021)Muhammad Usman Rasheed · University of Eastern Finland1 papers (2024–2024)Eric F. LoPresti · University of South Carolina1 papers (2021–2021)Andrew Sih · University of California, Davis1 papers (2013–2013)Marcel Holyoak · University of California, Davis1 papers (2016–2016)Kathy M. Hughes · University of California, Davis1 papers (2013–2013)Moria Robinson · University of Florida1 papers (2016–2016)Heather M. Kharouba · University of California, Davis1 papers (2016–2016)
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