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PUBLICATIONS

In Review & Revision
  • Nelson, A.P, M. GelambiG, E. Morales-M., and S.R. Whitehead (in review). Fruit secondary metabolites alter the quantity and quality of seed dispersal by ants. Submitted 09/23/22 to Ecology
  • Maynard, L.D.G, W.M. Ford, J. Parker, and S.R. Whitehead (in review). Biotic and abiotic factors shaping bat activity in Maryland soybean fields. Submitted 10/04/22 to Ecosphere​

In Press & Published 
  • Burt, M., J. Resasco, N. Haddad, and S.R. Whitehead (in press). Ants disperse seeds farther in habitat patches with corridors. Ecosphere
  • Zhimo, V.Y., A. Kumar, A. Biasi, A. Abdelfattah, V. Sharma, S. Salim, O. Feygenberg, R. Bartuv, S. Freilich, S.R. Whitehead, M. Wisniewski, S. Droby (2022). Assembly and dynamics of the apple carposphere microbiome during fruit development and storage​. Frontiers in Microbiology 13: 928888
  • Maynard, L.D.G, E. Moureau, M.Y. Bader, D. Salazar, and S.R. Whitehead (2022). Effects of climate change on plant resource allocation and herbivore interactions in a Neotropical rainforest shrub Ecology and Evolution 12(8): e9198
  • Nelson, A.S.P and S.R. Whitehead (2021). Fruit secondary metabolites drive seed dispersal effectiveness. Trends in Ecology and Evolution Early View DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.08.005
    Schneider, G.P, D. Salazar Amoretti, S. Hildreth, R. Helm, and Whitehead, S.R. (2021). Comparative metabolomics of fruits and leaves in a hyperdiverse lineage suggests fruits are a key incubator of phytochemical diversification. Frontiers in Plant Science 12: 693739 pdf
  • Whitehead, S.R., G.F. Schneider, Ray Dybzinski, Annika S. Nelson, Mariana Gelambi, Elsa Jos, and Noelle G. Beckman (2021). Fruits, frugivores, and the evolution of phytochemical diversity. Oikos Early View DOI: 10.1111/oik.08332 pdf
  • Whitehead, S.R., E. Bass, A. Corrigan, A. Kessler, and K. Poveda (2021). Interaction diversity explains the maintenance of phytochemical diversity. Ecology Letters 24(6): 1205-121 Recommended by Faculty Opinions
  • Maynard, L.D., H.L. Slinn, A.E. Glassmire, B. Matarrita-Carranza, C.D. Dodson, T.T. Nguyen, M.J. Burroughs, L.A. Dyer, C.S. Jeffrey, S.R. Whitehead (2020).  Secondary metabolites in a neotropical shrub: spatiotemporal allocation and role in fruit defense and dispersal. Ecology 101(12): e03192
  • Wetzel, W.C. and S.R. Whitehead (2020). The many dimensions of phytochemical diversity: linking theory to practice. Ecology Letters 23: 16-32 Recommended by Faculty Opinions
  • Abdelfattah, A., S.R. Whitehead, D. Macarisin, J. Liu, E. Burchard, S. Freilich, C. Dardick, S. Droby and M. Wisniewski (2020). Effect of washing, waxing, and low-temperature storage on the postharvest microbiome of apples. Microbiomes 8(6): 944
  • Muchlinski, A., M. Ibdah, S. Ellison, M. Yahyaa, B. Nawade, S. Laliberte, D. Senalik, P. Simon, S.R. Whitehead, and D. Tholl (2020). Diversity and function of terpene synthases in the production of carrot aroma and flavor compounds. Scientific Reports 10 (1): 1-14
  • Aneirin A.L., C.P. Freed, C. C. Dickinson, S.R. Whitehead, E. Colláková, and J.G. Jelesko (2020). Poison ivy hairy root cultures enable a stable transformation system suitable for detailed investigation of urushiol metabolism. Plant Direct 4(8): e00243
  • Clemente, S. and S.R. Whitehead (2020). Ant seed dispersal of a non-myrmecochorous neotropical shrub. Biotropica 52: 90-100
  • Baldwin, J.W., D.K.N. Dechmann, W. Thies  and S.R. Whitehead (2020). Defensive fruit metabolites obstruct seed dispersal by altering bat behavior and physiology at multiple temporal scales. Ecology 101(2): e02937
  • Miller, C., S.R. Whitehead, and C. Kwit (2020). Effects of seed morphology and elaiosome chemical composition on attractiveness of five Trillium species to seed‐dispersing ants. Ecology and Evolution 10.6 (2020): 2860-2873
  • Teixeira, G., V. Meakem, C. Morais, K. Lima, and S.R. Whitehead (2020). Pre-harvest treatments affect the quality of 'Golden Delicious' and 'York' apple fruit. Environmental and Experimental Botany 173: 104005
  • Maynard, L, A. Ananda, M.F. Sides, H. Burk, and S.R. Whitehead (2019). Dietary resource overlap among three species of neotropical frugivorous bats. Journal of Tropical Ecology 35(4): 165-172 pdf
  • Whitehead, S.R., and K. Poveda (2019). Resource-allocation trade-offs and the loss of chemical defenses during apple domestication. Annals of Botany 123(6): 1029-1041 Editor's Choice pdf
  • Chautá, A., S.R. Whitehead, M. Amaya, and K. Poveda (2017). Leaf herbivory imposes fitness costs mediated by hummingbird and insect pollinators. PLoS ONE 12(12): e0188408 pdf
  • Thompson, L.R., J.G. Sanders et al. [with 300+ co-authors including S.R. Whitehead] (2017). A communal catalogue reveals Earth’s multiscale microbial diversity. Nature  551: 457-463
  • Whitehead, S.R., M.M. Turcotte, and K. Poveda (2017). Domestication impacts on plant-herbivore interactions: a meta-analysis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B  372 (1712): 20160034 pdf
  • Turcotte, M.M., H. Araki, D.S. Karp, K. Poveda, and S. R. Whitehead (2017). The eco-evolutionary impacts of domestication and agricultural practices on wild species. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B  372 (1712): 20160033 pdf
  • Whitehead, S.R., M.F. Obando, and M.D. Bowers (2016).  Chemical trade-offs in seed dispersal: Defensive metabolites deter consumption by mutualist bats. Oikos 125: 927-937. pdf
  • Whitehead, S.R., J. Tiramani, and M.D. Bowers (2016). Iridoid glycosides from fruits reduce the growth of fungi associated with fruit rot. Journal of Plant Ecology 9 (3): 357-366. pdf
  • Lieurance, D., S. Chakraborty, S. R. Whitehead, J. R. Powell, P. Bonello, M. D. Bowers, and D. Cipollini (2015). Comparative herbivory rates and secondary metabolite profiles in the leaves of native and non-native Lonicera species. Journal of Chemical Ecology 41: 1069-1079
  • Baldwin, J. and S.R. Whitehead (2015). Fruit secondary compounds mediate the retention time of seeds in the guts of Neotropical fruit bats. Oecologia 177 (2): 453-466. pdf
  • Whitehead, S.R. and M.D. Bowers (2014).  Chemical ecology of fruit defense: synergistic and antagonistic interactions among amides from Piper.  Functional Ecology  28 (5): 1094-1106. Winner of the 2014 OTS Outstanding Student Paper Award. pdf
  • Whitehead, S.R., Reid, E., J. Sapp, K. Poveda, A. Royer, A. Posto, and A. Kessler (2014). A specialist herbivore uses chemical mimicry to overcome the defenses of an ant-plant mutualism.  PLoS ONE  9(7): e102604. pdf
  • Ananda, A., M.F. Obando-Quesada, and S.R. Whitehead (2014). Foraging and feeding preferences of co-occurring Carollia bat species on the shared resource of Piper fruit. Saltman Quarterly 11: 43-46
  • Whitehead, S.R., C. Jeffrey, M. Leonard, C. Dodson, L.A. Dyer and M.D. Bowers (2013).  Patterns of secondary metabolite allocation to fruits and seeds in Piper reticulatum.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 39: 1373-1384. pdf
  • Whitehead, S.R.  and M.D. Bowers (2013).  Evidence for the adaptive significance of secondary compounds in vertebrate-dispersed fruits.  American Naturalist 182(5): 563-567.  Recommended by Faculty of 1000.  pdf
  • Whitehead, S.R.  and M.D. Bowers (2013).  Iridoid and secoiridoid glycosides in a hybrid complex of bush honeysuckles (Lonicera spp., Caprifolicaceae): implications for evolutionary ecology and invasion biology.  Phytochemistry 86: 57-63.  pdf
  • Whitehead, S.R. and K. Poveda (2011). Herbivore-induced changes in fruit-frugivore interactions.  Journal of Ecology 99: 964–969.  pdf

Book Chapters
  • Whitehead, S.R., M. Wisniewski, S. Droby, A. Abdelfattah, S. Freilich, M. Mazzola (2021). The apple microbiome: structure, function, and manipulation for improved plant health. pp 341-282 ​In “The Apple Genome” ed. S.S. Korban, Springer-Nature
  • Wisniewski, M., S. Droby, A. Abdelfattah, J. Liu, S.R. Whitehead, S. Freilich and C. Dardick (2021). Spatial and compositional diversity in the microbiota of harvested fruits: what can it tell us about biological control of postharvest diseases. pp 63-72 In “Postharvest Pathology: Next Generation Solutions to Reducing Losses and Enhancing Safety” ed. D. Spadaro, S. Droby, and M. Lodovica Gullino, Springer Nature