Dendy, S. P., Tong, B., Alexander, H. M., Fay, P. A., Murray, L., Xing, Y., & Garrett, K. A. (in press). A long-term study of burning effects on a plant pathogen in tallgrass prairie. Plant Pathology.
Alexander, H. M., Bruns, E., Schebor, H., & Malmstrom, C. M. (in press). Crop-associated virus infection in a native perennial grass: reduction in plant fitness and dynamic patterns of virus detection. Journal of Ecology.
Pace, B. A, Alexander, H. M, Emry, D. J, & Mercer, K. L (2016). Reliable Method for Assessing Seed Germination, Dormancy, and Mortality under Field Conditions. Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE,(117). DOI:10.3791/54663
Malmstrom, C. M, & Alexander, H. M (2016). Effects of crop viruses on wild plants. Current opinion in virology, 19, 30-6. DOI:10.1016/j.coviro.2016.06.008
Bever, J. D., Mangan, S. A., & Alexander, H. M. (2015). Maintenance of Plant Species Diversity by Pathogens. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 46, 305-325. DOI:10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-112414-054306
Kost, M. A., Alexander, H. M., Emry, D. Jason, & Mercer, K. L. (2015). Life history traits and phenotypic selection among sunflower crop-wild
hybrids and their wild counterpart: implications for crop allele
introgression. EVOLUTIONARY APPLICATIONS, 8(5), 510-524. DOI:10.1111/eva.12261
Alexander, H. M. (2015). ECOLOGY Shared ancestry predicts disease levels. NATURE, 520(7548), 446-447.
Pace, B. A., Alexander, H. M., Emry, J. D., & Mercer, K. L. (2015). Seed fates in crop-wild hybrid sunflower: crop allele and maternal
effects. EVOLUTIONARY APPLICATIONS, 8(2), 121-132. DOI:10.1111/eva.12236
Roy, B. A., Alexander, H. M., Davidson, J., Campbell, F. T., Burdon, J. J., Sniezko, R., & Brasier, C. (2014). Increasing forest loss worldwide from invasive pests requires new trade
regulations. FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 12(8), 457-465. DOI:10.1890/130240
Alexander, H. M., Emry, D. Jason, Pace, B. A., Kost, M. A., Sparks, K. A., & Mercer, K. L. (2014). ROLES OF MATERNAL EFFECTS AND NUCLEAR GENETIC COMPOSITION CHANGE ACROSS
THE LIFE CYCLE OF CROP-WILD HYBRIDS
. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, 101(7), 1176-1188. DOI:10.3732/ajb.1400088
Alexander, H. M., Mauck, K. E., Whitfield, A. E., Garrett, K. A., & Malmstrom, C. M. (2014). Plant-virus interactions and the agro-ecological interface. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PATHOLOGY, 138(3, SI), 529-547. DOI:10.1007/s10658-013-0317-1
Mercer, K. L, Emry, D. J, Snow, A. A, Kost, M. A, Pace, B. A, & Alexander, H. M (2014). Fitness of crop-wild hybrid sunflower under competitive conditions: implications for crop-to-wild introgression. PloS one, 9(10), e109001. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0109001
Alexander, H. M. (2012). An overview of ecological and evolutionary research on disease in natural systems: an annotated reference list. In , Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-240. Proceedings of the fourth international workshop on the genetics of host-parasite interactions in forestry: Disease and insect resistance in forest trees (pp. 97-102). Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/documents/psw_gtr240/psw_gtr240.pdf
Alexander, H. M., Reed, A. W., Kettle, W. D., Slade, N. A., Bodbyl-Roels, S. A., Collins, C. D., & Salisbury, V. (2012). Detection and plant monitoring programs: lessons from an intensive survey of Asclepias meadii with five observers. PLoS ONE, 7(12), e52762. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0052762 http://hdl.handle.net/1808/13354
Alexander, H. M., Foster, B. L., Ballantyne, F., Collins, C. D., Antonovics, J., & Holt, R. D. (2012). Metapopulations and metacommunities: combining spatial and temporal perspectives in plant ecology. Journal of Ecology, 100, 88-103.
Moore, C. T., Fonnesbeck, C. J., Shea, K., Lah, K. J., McKenzie, P. M., Ball, L. C., Runge, M. C., & Alexander, H. M. (2011). An adaptive decision framework for the conservation of a threatened plant. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management , 2(2), 247-261. DOI:10.3996/012011-JFWM-007 http://hdl.handle.net/1808/13193
Begay, B., Alexander, H. M., & Questad, E. (2011). Effect of mid-summer haying on growth and reproduction in prairie forbs. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 114, 108-114.
Emry, D. J., Alexander, H. M., & Tourtellot, M. (2011). Modeling the local spread of invasive plants: importance of including spatial distribution and detectability in management plans. Journal of Applied Ecology, 48, 1391-1400.
Mercer, K. L., Alexander, H. M., & Snow, A. A. (2011). Selection on seedling emergence timing and size in an annual plant (common sunflower, Helianthus annuus (Asteraceae)). American Journal of Botany, 98, 975-985. DOI:10.3732/ajb.1000408 http://hdl.handle.net/1808/13191
Finch, D., & Alexander, H. M. (2011). Variation in plant traits and disease levels across a woodland/grassland ecotone. American Midland Naturalist, 166, 309-324.
Alexander, H. M. (2010). Disease in natural plant populations, communities, and ecosystems: insights into ecological and evolutionary processes. Plant Disease, 94, 492-503. DOI:10.1094/PDIS-94-5-0492 http://hdl.handle.net/1808/15195
Alexander, H. M., Slade, N., Kettle, W. D., Pittman, G. L., & Reed, A. W. (2009). Detection, survival rates, and dynamics of a cryptic plant, Asclepias meadii: applications of mark-recapture models to long-term monitoring studies. Journal of Ecology, 97, 267-276.
Alexander, H. M., Pilson, D., Moody-Weis, J., & Slade, N. A. (2009). Geographic variation in dynamics of an annual plant with a seed bank. Journal of Ecology, 97, 1390-1400.
Tarr, D. E., & Alexander, H. M. (2009). TIR-NBS-LRR genes are rare in monocots: evidence from diverse monocot orders. BMS Research Notes, 2, 197. DOI:10.1186/1756-0500-2-197 http://hdl.handle.net/1808/12908
Moody-Weis, J., Antonovics, J., Alexander, H. M., & Pilson, D. (2008). Predicting local colonization and extinction dynamics from coarser-scale surveys. Ecography, 31, 61-72.
Alexander, H. M., Price, S., Houser, R., Finch, D., & Tourtellot, M. (2007). Is there reduction in disease and predispersal seed predation at the border of a host plant’s range? – field and herbarium studies of Carex blanda. Journal of Ecology, 95, 446-457. http://hdl.handle.net/1808/1507
Moody-Weis, J., & Alexander, H. M. (2007). The mechanisms and consequences of seed bank formation in wild sunflowers (Helianthus annuus). Journal of Ecology, 95, 851-864.
Grman, E., & Alexander, H. M. (2005). Factors limiting fruit production in Asclepias meadii in Northeastern Kansas. American Midland Naturalist, 153, 245-256.
Thrall, P. H., Barrett, L. G., Burdon, J. J., & Alexander, H. M. (2005). Variation in pathogen aggressiveness within a metapopulation of the Cakile maritime-Alternaria brassicicola host-pathogen association. Plant Pathology, 54, 265-274.
Garrett, K. A., Dendy, S. P., Power, A. G., Blaisdell, G. K., Alexander, H. M., & McCarron, J. K. (2004). Barley yellow dwarf luteovirus (BYDV) in natural populations of dominant tallgrass prairie species. Plant Disease, 88, 574. DOI:10.1094/PDIS.2004.88.5.574B http://hdl.handle.net/1808/15194
Pilson, D., Snow, A. A., Rieseberg, L. H., & Alexander, H. M. (2003). Effects of a Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) transgene on the fecundity and abundance of weeds: a case study of sunflower. In Ecological Impact of GMO Dissemination in Agro-Ecosystems. Proceedings of an OECD Workshop in Grossrssbach, Austria, Sept. 27-28 2002 (pp. 173-189). Facultas Verlags- und Buchhandels AG.
Slade, N. A., Alexander, H. M., & Kettle, W. Dean (2003). Estimation of population size and probabilities of survival and detection in a population of Mead’s milkweed. Ecology, 84, 791-797. DOI:10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[0791:EOPSAP]2.0.CO;2 http://hdl.handle.net/1808/15189
Alexander, H. M., & Schrag, A. M. (2003). Role of soil seed banks and newly dispersed seeds in population dynamics of the annual sunflower, Helianthus annuus. Journal of Ecology, 91, 987-998.
Snow, A. A., Pilson, D., Rieseberg, L. H., & Alexander, H. M. (2002). Ecological effects of pest resistance genes that disperse into weed populations. In Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on The Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms, October 2002 Beijing. http://www.worldbiosafety.net/
Pilson, D., Snow, A. A., Rieseberg, L. H., & Alexander, H. M. (2002). Fitness and population effects of gene flow from transgenic sunflower to wild Helianthus annuus. In Proceedings of a Workshop on the Ecological Effects of Transgenic Crops, March 2002, Columbus, OH. http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~lspencer/gene_flow.htm
Cummings, C. L., Alexander, H. M., Snow, A. A., Rieseberg, L. H., Kim, M. J., & Culley, T. M. (2002). Fecundity selection in a sunflower crop-wild study: can ecological data predict crop allele changes? Ecological Applications, 12(6), 1661-1671. DOI:10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[1661:FSIASC]2.0.CO;2 http://hdl.handle.net/1808/15186
Cummings, C. L., & Alexander, H. M. (2002). Population ecology of wild sunflowers: effects of seed density and post-dispersal vertebrate seed predation on numbers of plants per patch and seed production. Oecologia, 130, 274-280.
Alexander, H. M., Cummings, C. L., Kahn, L., & Snow, A. A. (2001). Seed size variation and predation of seeds produced by wild and crop-wild sunflowers. American Journal of Botany, 88, 623-627.
Haufler, C. H., & Alexander, H. M. (2001). Species and Speciation: Introduction, Discussion, and Example. Kansas Association of Biology Teachers Newsletter, 42, 1-4.
Snow, A. A., Rieseberg, L. H., Alexander, H. M., Cummings, C., & Pilson, D. (2000). Assessment of gene flow and potential effects of genetically engineered sunflowers on wild relatives. In The Biosafety Results of Field Tests of Genetically Modified Plants and Microorganisms: Fifth International Symposium (pp. 19-25). Berlin und Braunschweig: Biologischen Bundesanstalt fur Land-und Forstwirtschaft.
Kettle, W. D., Alexander, H. M., & Pittman, G. L. (2000). An 11-year ecological study of a rare prairie perennial (Asclepias meadii): implications for monitoring and management. American Midland Naturalist, 144, 66-77.
Alexander, H. M., & Mihail, J. D. (2000). Seedling disease in an annual legume: consequences for seedling mortality, plant size, and population seed production. Oecologia, 122, 346-353.
Cummings, C. L., Alexander, H. M., & Snow, A. A. (1999). Increased pre-dispersal seed predation in sunflower crop-wild hybrids. Oecologia, 121, 330-338.
Holah, J., & Alexander, H. M. (1999). Soil pathogenic fungi have the potential to affect the coexistence of two tallgrass prairie species. Journal of Ecology, 87, 598-608.
Slade, N. A., Gomulkiewicz, R., & Alexander, H. M. (1998). Alternatives to Robinson and Redford: assessing overharvest from incomplete demographic data. Conservation Biology, 12, 148-155. http://hdl.handle.net/1808/376
Mihail, J. D., Alexander, H. M., & Taylor, S. J. (1998). Interactions between root infecting fungi and plant density in an annual legume. Journal of Ecology, 86, 739-748.
Oudemans, P. V., Alexander, H. M., Antonovics, J., Altizer, S., Thrall, P. H., & Rose, L. (1998). The distribution of mating type bias in natural populations of the anther-smut Ustilago violacea on Silene alba in Virginia. Mycologia, 90, 372-381. DOI:10.2307/3761395 http://hdl.handle.net/1808/15191
Alexander, H. M., & Holt, R. D. (1998). The interaction between plant competition and disease. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 1 / 2, 206-220.
Alexander, H. M., Slade, N. A., & Kettle, W. D. (1997). Application of mark-recapture models to estimation of the population size of plants. Ecology, 78(4), 1230-1237. DOI:10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1230:AOMRMT]2.0.CO;2 http://hdl.handle.net/1808/15187
Thrall, P. H., Bever, J. D., Mihail, J. D., & Alexander, H. M. (1997). The population dynamics of annual plants and soil-borne fungal pathogens. Journal of Ecology, 85, 313-328.
Davelos, A. L., Alexander, H. M., & Slade, N. A. (1996). Ecological genetic interactions between a clonal host plant (Spartina pectinata) and associated rust fungi (Puccinia seymouriana and Puccinia sparganiodes). Oecologia, 105, 205-213.
Alexander, H. M., Thrall, P. H., Antonovics, J., Jarosz, A. M., & Oudemans, P. V. (1996). Population dynamics and genetics of plant disease: a case study of anther-smut disease. Ecology, 77(4), 990-996. DOI:10.2307/2265569 http://hdl.handle.net/1808/15190
Alexander, H. M., Slade, N. A., & Gomulkiewicz, R. (1995). A Bayesian approach to the inference of diploid genotypes using haploid genotypes. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 91, 1284-1287.
Roche, B. M., Alexander, H. M., & Maltby, A. D. (1995). Dispersal and disease gradients of anther-smut (Ustilago violacea) infection of Silene alba at different life stages. Ecology, 76, 1863-1871. DOI:10.2307/1940719 http://hdl.handle.net/1808/15188
Alexander, H. M., & Antonovics, J. (1995). Spread of anther-smut disease (Ustilago violacea) and character correlations in a genetically variable experimental population of Silene alba. Journal of Ecology, 83, 783-794.
Alexander, H. M., Antonovics, J., & Kelly, A. W. (1993). Genotypic variation in plant disease resistance: physiological resistance in relation to field disease transmission. Journal of Ecology, 81, 325-333.
Alexander, H. M. (1992). Evolution of disease resistance in plant populations. In R. S. Fritz & E. L. Simms (Eds.), Ecology and Evolution of Plant Resistance (pp. 326-344). Univ. of Chicago Press.
Alexander, H. M. (1992). Fungal pathogens and the structure of plant communities. In G. C. Carroll & D. T. Wicklow (Eds.), The Fungal Community: its Organization and Role in the Ecosystem (pp. 481-497). Dekkor.
Antonovics, J., & Alexander, H. M. (1992). Epidemiology of anther-smut infection of Silene alba caused by Ustilago violacea: patterns of spore deposition in experimental populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 205, 157-163.
Marquis, R. J., & Alexander, H. M. (1992). Evolution of resistance and virulence in plant-herbivore and plant-pathogen interactions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 7, 126-129.
Alexander, H. M., & Bramel-Cox, P. (1991). Sustainability of genetic resistance. In . (Ed.), Plant Breeding and Sustainable Agriculture: Considerations for Objectives and Methods (pp. 11-27). Crop Science Society and American Society of Agronomy.
Alexander, H. M. (1991). Plant population heterogeneity and pathogen and herbivore levels: a field experiment. Oecologia, 86, 125-131.
Alexander, H. M. (1990). Dynamics of plant/pathogen interactions in natural plant communities. In J. J. Burdon & S. R. Leather (Eds.), Pests, Pathogens, and Plant Communities (pp. 31-45). Blackwell Sci. Pub.
Alexander, H. M., & Maltby, A. (1990). Anther-smut infection of Silene alba caused by Ustilago violacea: factors determining fungal reproduction. Oecologia, 84, 249-253.
Alexander, H. M. (1990). Epidemiology of anther-smut infection of Silene alba caused by Ustilago violacea: patterns of spore deposition and disease incidence. Journal of Ecology, 78, 166-179.
Antonovics, J., & Alexander, H. M. (1989). The concept of fitness in plant/fungal pathogen systems. In K. J. Leonard & W. E. Fry (Eds.), Plant Disease Epidemiology (pp. 185-214). McGraw-Hill.
Alexander, H. M. (1989). An experimental field study of anther-smut disease of Silene alba caused by Ustilago violacea: Genotypic variation and disease incidence. Evolution, 43, 835-847.
Groth, J. V., & Alexander, H. M. (1988). Genetic divergence in spatially-separated pathogen populations. In M. J. Jeger (Ed.), Spatial Components of Plant Disease Epidemics (pp. 165-181). Prentice-Hall Pub.
Alexander, H. M. (1988). Spatial heterogeneity and disease in natural populations. In M. J. Jeger (Ed.), Spatial Components of Plant Disease Epidemics (pp. 144-164). Prentice-Hall Pub.
Alexander, H. M., & Antonovics, J. (1988). Disease spread and population dynamics of anther smut infection of Silene alba caused by the fungus Ustilago violacea. Journal of Ecology, 76, 91-104.
Alexander, H. M. (1987). Pollination limitation in a population of Silene alba infected by the anther-smut fungus Ustilago violacea. Journal of Ecology, 75, 771-780.
Gates, D. J., Westcott, M., Burdon, J. J., & Alexander, H. M. (1986). Competition and stability in plant mixtures in the presence of disease. Oecologia, 68, 559-566.
Alexander, H. M., Roelfs, A. P., & Cobbs, G. (1986). Effects of disease and plant competition on yield in monocultures and mixtures of two wheat cultivars. Plant Pathology, 35, 457-465.
Alexander, H. M., & Wulff, R. (1985). Experimental ecological genetics in
Plantago. X. The effects of maternal temperature on seed and seedling characters in Plantago lanceolata. Journal of Ecology, 73, 271-282.
Wulff, R., & Alexander, H. M. (1985). Intraspecific variation in the response to CO2 enrichment in seeds and seedlings of Plantago lanceolata L. Oecologia, 66, 458-460.
Alexander, H. M., Groth, J. V., & Roelfs, A. P. (1985). Virulence changes in Uromyces appendiculatus after five asexual generations on a cultivar of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). Phytopathology, 75(4), 449-453. DOI:10.1094/Phyto-75-449 http://hdl.handle.net/1808/15193
Alexander, H. M., Roelfs, A. P., & Groth, J. V. (1984). Pathogenicity associations in Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici in the United States. Phytopathology, 74(10), 1161-1166. DOI:10.1094/Phyto-74-1161 http://hdl.handle.net/1808/15192
Alexander, H. M., Antonovics, J., & Rausher, M. D. (1984). Relationship of phenotypic and genetic variation in Plantago lanceolata to disease caused by Fusarium moniliforme var. subglutinans. Oecologia, 65, 89-93.
Alexander, H. M. (1984). Spatial patterns of disease induced by Fusarium
moniliforme var. subglutinans in a population of Plantago lanceolata. Oecologia, 62, 141-143.
Alexander, H. M., & Burdon, J. J. (1984). The effect of diseases induced by Albugo
candida (white rust) and Peronospora parasitica (downy mildew) on survival and reproduction of Capsella bursa-pastoris (shepherd's purse). Oecologia, 64, 314-318.
Motten, A. F., Campbell, D. R., Alexander, D. E., & Miller (Alexander), H. L. (1981). Pollination effectiveness of specialist and generalist visitors to a North Carolina population of Claytonia virginica. Ecology, 62, 1278-1287.
