Recent Publications :: Download complete publication list (PDF)

Koslow, J. M. and K. Clay. 2007.
The mixed mating system of Impatiens capensis and infection by a foliar rust pathogen: Resistance, local adaptation, and fitness consequences. Evolution (in press).

Klyachko, O. B. Stein, N. Grindle, K. Clay and C. Fuqua. 2007.
Localization and visualization of a Coxiella-type symbiont within the Lone Star Tick Amblyomma americanum. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. AEM 73: 6584-6594 .

Clay, K., Reinhart, K., Rudgers, J., Tintjer, T., Koslow, J. and S. L. Flory. 2007.
Red queen communities. In Ecology of Infectious Diseases: Interactions between diseases and ecosystems. (V. Eviner, F. Keesing and R. Ostfeld, Eds.). Princeton University Press, Princeton (in press).

Rudgers, J. A., Holah, J., Orr, S. P. and K. Clay. 2007. (Download PDF)
Forest succession suppressed by an introduced plant-fungal symbiosis. Ecology 88: 18-25.

Clay, K., Fuqua, C., Lively, C. and M. J. Wade. 2006.
Microbial community ecology of tick-borne human pathogens. Pp. 41 – 57, In Disease Ecology: Community Structure and Pathogen Dynamics (S. K. Collinge and C. Ray, Eds). Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Clay, K., Holah, J. and J. A. Rudgers. 2005. (Download PDF)
Herbivores cause a rapid increase in hereditary symbiosis and alter plant community composition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 102:12465-12470.

Price, J., J. Bever and K. Clay. 2004.(Download PDF)
Genotype, environment, and genotype by environment interactions determine quantitative resistance to leaf rust (Coleosporium asterum) in Euthamia graminifolia (Asteraceae). New Phytologist 162: 729-743.

Rudgers, J. A., Koslow, J.M. and K. Clay. 2004. (Download PDF)
Endophytic fungi alter relationships between diversity and ecosystem processes. Ecology Letters 7: 42-51.

Pan, J. J. and K. Clay. 2003. (Download PDF)
Infection by the systemic fungus, Epichloë glyceriae, alters clonal growth of its grass host, Glyceria striata. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 270: 1585-1591.

Reinhart, K. O., Packer, A., van der Putten, W. and K. Clay. 2003. (Download PDF)
Plant-soil biota interactions and spatial distribution of black cherry in its native and invasive ranges. Ecology Letters 6: 1046-1050.

Clay, K. and C. L. Schardl. 2002. (Download PDF)
Evolutionary origins and ecological consequences of endophyte symbiosis with grasses. American Naturalist 160:S99-S127.

Packer, A. and K. Clay. 2000. (Download PDF)
Soil pathogens and spatial patterns of seedling mortality in a temperate tree. Nature 404:278-281.

Clay, K. and J. Holah. 1999. (Download PDF)
Fungal endophyte symbiosis and plant diversity in successional fields. Science 285: 1742-1744.