Kasey Barton animation

Kasey E. Barton

Assistant Professor
Botany Department
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
3190 Maile Way, Room 101
Honolulu, HI 96822

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Curriculum Vitae  |  Bio

Research Interests:

I am broadly interested in the evolutionary ecology of plants and how plant traits are shaped by interactions with herbivores and neighboring plants. Specifically, I am interested in how the nature and consequences of these interactions vary across plant ontogeny.

Publications:

  1. Boege, K., K. E. Barton, and R. Dirzo. 2011. Influence of tree ontogeny on plant-herbivore interactions. In Size and Age-Related Changes in Tree Structure and Function, Tree Physiology 4. Eds. F. C. Meinzer, B. Lachenbruch and T. E. Dawson. Springer, New York. PDF (203 KB)
  2. Barton, K. E. and J. Koricheva. 2010. The ontogeny of plant defense and herbivory: characterizing general patterns using meta-analysis. American Naturalist 175(4): 481-493. PDF (2.8 MB)
  3. Sultan, S. E., K. Barton, and A. M. Wilczek. 2009. Contrasting patterns of transgenerational plasticity in ecologically distinct congeners. Ecology 90: 1831-1839. PDF (321 KB)
  4. Barton, K. E. 2008. Phenotypic plasticity in seedling defense strategies: compensatory growth and chemical induction. Oikos 117: 917-925. PDF (132 KB)
  5. Barton, K. E. 2007. Early ontogenetic patterns in chemical defense in Plantago (Plantaginaceae): Genetic variation and trade-offs. American Journal of Botany 94: 56-66. PDF (265 KB)
  6. Barton, K. E. and M. D. Bowers. 2006. Neighbor species differentially alter resistance phenotypes in Plantago. Oecologia 150: 442-452. PDF (423 KB)
  7. Barton, K. E., N. J. Sanders, and D. M. Gordon. 2002. The effects of proximity and colony age on interspecific interference competition between the desert ants Pogonomyrmex barbatus and Aphaenogaster cockerelli. American Midland Naturalist 148: 376-382. PDF (81 KB)
  8. Ackerly, D. D., C. A. Knight, S. B. Weiss, K. Barton and K. P. Starmer. 2002. Leaf size, specific leaf area and microhabitat distribution of chaparral woody plants: contrasting patterns in species level and community level analyses. Oecologia 130: 449-457. PDF (110 KB)
  9. Sanders, N. J., K. E. Barton, and D. M. Gordon. 2001. Long-term dynamics of the distribution of the invasive Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, and native ant taxa in northern California. Oecologia 127: 123-130. PDF (89 KB)