Publications
Research publications from the past five years, spanning tropical forest ecology, genomics, plant–microbe interactions and plant reproduction.

2022–2026
Recent research
2026
Host specificity of fungal pathogens covaries with climate: Implications for intraspecific plant interactions
Abigail S. Neat, Felipe Albornoz, Kyle A. Gervers, Posy E. Busby, F. Andrew Jones
Ecology 107 (4), e70357
Maternal sex influences seed dormancy in a gynodioecious species
Brooklyn A. Richards, F. Andrew Jones, Thomas N. Kaye
AoB PLANTS 18 (4), plag031
Sex‐biased seed predation in a gynodioecious species, Sidalcea campestris
Brooklyn A. Richards, Susan M. Waters, F. Andrew Jones, Thomas N. Kaye
American Journal of Botany 113 (5), e70207
Pollinator‐mediated fitness differences do not fully explain the maintenance of gynodioecy in Sidalcea campestris
Brooklyn A. Richards, Thomas N. Kaye, F. Andrew Jones
American Journal of Botany 113 (2), e70154
2025
Genomic demography predicts community dynamics in a temperate montane forest
James P. O’Dwyer, James A. Lutz, Tyler Schappe, Dana Alegre, Andrew N. Black, Niklaus J. Grünwald, F. Andrew Jones
Science 389 (6766), eadu6396
2024
Understanding the Eco-Evolutionary Mechanisms That Maintain Genetic and Species Diversity of Tropical Trees on Barro Colorado Island
F. Andrew Jones, James L. Hamrick
The First 100 Years of Research on Barro Colorado: Plant and Ecosystem Science, Volume 1, 371–379. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.26882386
Limited intraspecific variation in drought resistance along a pronounced tropical rainfall gradient
Liza S. Comita, F. Andrew Jones, Eric J. Manzané-Pinzón, Leonor Álvarez-Cansino, Ivania Cerón-Souza, Blexein Contreras, Nelson Jaén-Barrios, Natalie Ferro, Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121 (23), e2316971121
2023
Molecular identification and mapping of mixed root samples to species and individuals
Andy Jones
New Phytologist 238 (3), 924–925. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18817
Pollinator foraging tactics have divergent consequences for the mating system of a tropical plant
Felipe Torres‐Vanegas, Adam S. Hadley, Urs G. Kormann, F. Andrew Jones, Matthew G. Betts, Helene H. Wagner
New Phytologist 237 (3), 1050-1066
Widespread variation in functional trait–vital rate relationships in tropical tree seedlings across a precipitation and soil phosphorus gradient
Luke Browne, Lars Markesteijn, Eric Manzané‐Pinzón, S. Joseph Wright, Robert Bagchi, Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht, F. Andrew Jones, Liza S. Comita
Functional Ecology 37 (2), 248-260
2022
Cryptic species diversity in a widespread neotropical tree genus: The case of Cedrela odorata
Kristen N. Finch, F. Andrew Jones, Richard C. Cronn
American Journal of Botany 109 (10), 1622-1640
A New Oomycete Metabarcoding Method Using the rps10 Gene
Zachary S. L. Foster, Felipe E. Albornoz, Valerie J. Fieland, Meredith M. Larsen, F. Andrew Jones, Brett M. Tyler, Hai D. T. Nguyen, Treena I. Burgess, Carolyn Riddell, Hermann Voglmayr, Frank N. Martin, Niklaus J. Grünwald
Phytobiomes Journal 6 (3), 214-226
Turgor loss point predicts survival responses to experimental and natural drought in tropical tree seedlings
Leonor Álvarez‐Cansino, Liza S. Comita, F. Andrew Jones, Eric Manzané‐Pinzón, Luke Browne, Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht
Ecology 103 (6), e3700
Tree species diversity increases with conspecific negative density dependence across an elevation gradient
Joseph A. LaManna, F. Andrew Jones, David M. Bell, Robert J. Pabst, David C. Shaw
Ecology Letters 25 (5), 1237-1249
Do experimental drought stress and species’ drought sensitivity influence herbivory in tropical tree seedlings?
Andrew J. Muehleisen, Eric Manzané‐Pinzón, Bettina M. J. Engelbrecht, F. Andrew Jones, Liza S. Comita
Biotropica 54 (3), 619-626
Elevated inbreeding in Heliconia tortuosa is determined by tropical forest stand age, isolation and loss of hummingbird functional diversity
F. Andrew Jones, Adam S. Hadley, Kaitlin Bonner, Rakan A. Zahawi, W. Douglas Robinson, Urs G. Kormann, Matthew G. Betts
Molecular Ecology 31 (17), 4465–4477