Publications:

McVaugh, R. and S. Koptur. 1978. A new species of Pedicularis from Jalisco, Mexico. Contributions to the University of Michigan Herbarium 11: 298-300. [PDF]

Koptur, S. 1979. Facultative mutualism between weedy vetches bearing extrafloral nectaries and weedy ants in California. American Journal of Botany 66(9):
1016-1020. [PDF]

W.A. Haber, G.W. Frankie., H.G. Baker, I. Baker, and S. Koptur. 1981. Ants like flower nectar. Biotropica 13(3): 211-214. [PDF]

Koptur, S., Smith, A.R., and Baker, I. 1982. Nectaries in some neotropical species of Polypodium (Polypodiaceae): preliminary observations and analyses.
Biotropica 14(2): 108-113. [PDF]

Koptur, S. 1983. Flowering phenology and floral biology of Inga (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae). Systematic Botany 8(4): 354-368. [PDF]

Koptur, S. 1983. The ecology of some Costa Rican Inga spp. Pp. 259-261 in D.H. Janzen (ed.) Costa Rican Natural History. University of Chicago Press,
Chicago.

Koptur, S. 1984. Experimental evidence for defense of Inga (Mimosoideae) saplings by ants. Ecology 65: 1787-1793. [PDF]

Koptur, S. 1984. Outcrossing and pollinator limitation of fruit set: breeding systems of neotropical Inga trees. Evolution 38(5): 1130-1143. [PDF]

Koptur, S. 1985. Alternative defenses against herbivores in Inga (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) over an elevational gradient. Ecology 66(5): 1639-1650. [PDF]

Law, R. and S. Koptur. 1986. On the evolution of non-specific mutualisms. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 27: 251-267. [PDF]

Koptur, S. and J.H. Lawton. 1988. Interactions among vetches bearing extrafloral nectaries, their biotic protective agents, and herbivores. Ecology 69: 278-283. [PDF]

Koptur. S. 1988. [Book Review] Ant-Plant Mutualisms and Their Evolution. Evolution 42: 638-639.

Koptur, S., W.A. Haber, G.W. Frankie and H.G. Baker. 1988. Phenological studies of shrub and treelet species in tropical cloud forests of Costa Rica. Journal of
Tropical Ecology 4: 323-346. [PDF]

Koptur, S. 1989. Mimicry of flowers by parasitoid wasp pupae. Biotropica 21(1): 93-95. [PDF]

Koptur, S. 1989. Is extrafloral nectar production an inducible defense? Pp. 323-339 in J. Bock & Y. Linhart (eds.) Evolutionary Ecology of Plants. Westview
Press, Boulder, CO. [PDF]

Koptur, S., E. Davila, D.R. Gordon, B.J. McPhail, C.G. Murphy, and J.B. Slowinski. 1990. The effect of pollen removal on the duration of the staminate phase of
Centropogon talamancensis. Brenesia 33: 15-18. [PDF]

Koptur, S. 1991. Extrafloral nectaries of herbs and trees: modelling the interaction with ants and parasitoids. Pp. 213-229 In D.F. Cutler & C. Huxley (eds.)
Ant-Plant Interactions. Oxford University Press. [PDF]

Koptur, S. 1991. A Unique and Beleaguered State. [book review of Ecosystems of Florida]. Conservation Biology 5(3): 428-430.

Koptur, S. 1991. Tropical Plant Reproductive Ecology. [book review of Reproductive Ecology of Tropical Forest Plants]. Ecology 72(5): 1911-1912.

Koptur, S. 1992. Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries and Ants in Everglades Habitats. The Florida Entomologist 75(1): 38-50. [PDF]

Koptur, S. 1992. Interactions between Insects and Plants Mediated by Extrafloral Nectaries. In Bernays, E. (ed.) CRC series on Insect/Plant Interactions. Volume
4, pp. 85-132. [PDF-first half] [PDF-second half]

Richards, J.H. and S. Koptur. 1993. Floral variation and distyly in Guettarda scabra (Rubiaceae). American Journal of Botany 80(1): 31-40. [PDF]

Koptur, S. and M.A.B. Lee. 1993. Plantlet formation as a reproductive strategy in tropical ferns. American Fern Journal 83(2): 60-66. [PDF]

Koptur, S. 1994. Floral and extrafloral nectars of neotropical Inga trees: a comparison of their constituents and composition. Biotropica 26(3): 276-284. [PDF]

Koptur, S. 1995. The Everglades - the long and short of it. [book review] Ecology 76(4): 1359-1360.

Oberbauer, S.F., K. Von Kleist III, K.R.T. Whelan, and S. Koptur. 1996. Effects of Hurricane Andrew on epiphyte communities within cypress domes of
Everglades National Park. Ecology 77(3): 964-967. [PDF]

Koptur, S. 1996. The Fascination of Flowers. [book review] Bioscience 46(3): 222-223.

Koptur, S. 1996. Extrafloral Nectaries in California Plants: Ecological Implications in Native and Exotic Species. Fremontia 24(2): 23-26. [PDF]

Koptur, S., C.S. Smith, and J.H. Lawton. 1996. Effects of Artificial Defoliation on Reproductive Allocation in the common vetch, Vicia sativa (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae). American Journal of Botany 83(7): 886-889. [PDF]

Koptur, S. 1997. Floods of Fortune: Ecology and Economy along the Amazon. [book review] The Quarterly Review of Biology 72: 104.

Koptur, S., V. Rico-Gray, and M. Palacios-Rios. 1998. Ant protection in neotropical ferns bearing foliar nectaries. American Journal of Botany 85(5): 736-739. [PDF]

Koptur, S. and Ni Truong. 1998. Facultative Ant/Plant Interactions: Nectar sugar preferences of introduced pest ant species in South Florida. Biotropica 30(2):
179-189. [PDF]

Koptur, S. 1998. Is a damaged seed a dead seed? Consequences of seed damage in the common vetch (Vicia sativa L.) and its major herbivore (Cydia spp.).
American Midland Naturalist 140 (2): 393-396. [PDF]

Koptur, S. 1999. [book review] Gardening with a wild heart. Plant Science Bulletin 45 (3):

Koptur, S. 1999. [book review] Florida Wildflowers in their Natural Communities. Plant Science Bulletin 45 (3):

Koptur, S. 2000. Breeding systems of Monteverde Inga. Pp. 85-87 in Nadkarni, N.M. and N.T. Wheelwright (eds.) Monteverde: ecology and conservation of a tropical cloud forest. Oxford University Press, New York. [PDF]

Koptur, S. 2000. Interactions among Inga, herbivores, ants, and insect visitors to foliar nectaries. Pp. 277-278 in Nadkarni, N.M. and N.T. Wheelwright (eds.) Monteverde: ecology and conservation of a tropical cloud forest. Oxford University Press, New York. [PDF]

Koptur, S. 2000. [book review] Britain’s Rare Flowers. Plant Science Bulletin 46(4):132.

Koptur, S. 2001. [book review] Warming up to Hotspots. Conservation Biology 15 (2): 542-545.

Koptur, Suzanne. 2002. “Old Herbaceous” - H. G. Baker - A warm and light heart. Tropinet 13 (2): 2-3. [weblink]

Koptur, S., M. C. Rodriguez, S. F. Oberbauer, C. Weekley, and A. Herndon. 2002. Herbivore-Free Time? Damage to New Leaves of Woody Plants After Hurricane Andrew. Biotropica 34(4): 547-554. [PDF]

Liu, H. and S. Koptur. 2003. Breeding System and Pollination of a Narrowly Endemic Herb of the Lower Florida Keys: Impacts of the Urban Wildland Interface. American Journal of Botany 90: 1180-1187. [PDF]

Sah, J.P., M. S. Ross, S. Koptur and J. R. Snyder. 2004. Estimating aboveground biomass of broadleaved woody plants in the understory of Florida Keys pine forests. Forest Ecology and Management 203: 319-329. [PDF]

Liu, H., E. S. Menges, J. R. Snyder, S. Koptur, M. S. Ross. 2005. Effects of fire intensity on vital rates of an endemic herb of the Florida Keys, USA. Natural Areas Journal 25 (1): 71 – 76. [PDF]

Koptur, S. 2005. Nectar as fuel for plant protectors. Ch. 3 (pp. 75-108) in F.L. Wäckers, P.C.J. van Rijn & J. Bruin (editors) Plant-provided food for carnivorous insects: a protective mutualism and its applications. Cambridge University Press. [PDF]

Cairns, C. E., R. Villanueva-Gutiérrez, S. Koptur, and D. B. Bray. 2005. Bee populations, forest disturbance, and Africanization in Mexico. Biotropica 37 (4): 686-692. [PDF]

Koptur, S. 2006. The conservation of specialized and generalized pollination systems in subtropical ecosystems: a case study. Ch. 15 in N. Waser and J. Ollerton (eds.) Plant–pollinator interactions: from specialization to generalization. University of Chicago Press. [PDF].

Koptur, S. 2006. H.G. Baker. (Biographical Memoirs). Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 150 (2): 335-339. [PDF]

Sah, J.P., M.S. Ross, J.R. Snyder, S. Koptur, and H.C. Cooley. 2006. Fuel loads, fire regimes, and post-fire fuel dynamics in Florida Keys pine forests. International Journal of Wildland Fire 15: 1-16. [PDF]

Koptur, S. 2007. The Everglades Handbook [book review of 2^nd edition, 2005, by Thomas E. Lodge]. The Palmetto 24 (3): 15. [PDF]

Koptur, S. 2007. Natural Enemies: an Introduction to Biological Control. [book review of 2004 book by Ann Hajek]. Plant Science Bulletin 53(2):73. [PDF]

Pemberton, R., T. Collins, and S. Koptur. 2008. An Asian orchid, Eulophia graminea (Orchidaceae: Cymbidieae), naturalizes in Florida. Lankesteriana 8(1): 5-14. [PDF]

Pemberton, R., S. Koptur, and T. Collins. 2008. A Newly Naturalized Orchid found in Florida. P. 412-413 in Orchids, June 2008. http://www.aos.org. [PDF]

Pemberton, R., S. Koptur, and T. Collins. 2008. Alien terrestrial orchid, Eulophia graminea, invades Miami. North American Native Orchid Journal 14 (3): 183-184. [PDF]

Khorsand Rosa, R., and S. Koptur. 2009. Preliminary observations and analyses of pollination in Coccothrinax argentata: do insects play a role? Palms 53 (2): 75-83. [PDF]

Elena Pinto-Torres and Suzanne Koptur. 2009. Hanging by a coastal strand: breeding system of a federally endangered morning-glory of the south-eastern Florida coast, Jacquemontia reclinata. Annals of Botany 104 (7): 1301-1311 [PDF]; doi: 10.1093/aob/mcp241 available from publisher's link

Koptur, S. 2009. A Zapotec Natural History – Trees, Herbs, and Flowers, Birds, Beasts, and Bugs in the Life of San Juan Gbëë. [book review of 2008 book by Eugene S. Hunn]. Plant Science Bulletin 55(2): 81-2. [PDF]

Koptur, S. 2009. Seedling Ecology and Evolution. [book review of 2008 book edited by Mary Leck, Parker, and Simpson]. Plant Science Bulletin 55(4): 169 – 170.

Amalin, D.M., J.E. Peña, R. Duncan, J. Leavengood, and S. Koptur. 2009. Effects of pesticides on the arthropod community in the agricultural areas near the Everglades National Park. Proc. Fla. State Hort. Soc. 122:429–437. 2009. [PDF]

Cardel, Y. and S. Koptur. 2010. Effects of florivory on the pollination of flowers: an experimental field study with a perennial plant. International Journal of Plant Science 171(3):283–292. [PDF]

Koptur, S., P. William, and Z. Olive. 2010. Ants and plants with extrafloral nectaries in fire successional habitats on Andros (Bahamas). Florida Entomologist 93(1): 89-99. [PDF]

Koptur, S. 2010. Seedlings of Barro Colorado Island and the tropics [book review of 2009 book by Nancy Garwood]. Plant Science Bulletin 56(1): 36-7. [PDF]

Gamper, H.A. and S. Koptur. 2010. Honeydew foraging by birds in tropical montane forests and pastures of Mexico. Journal of Tropical Ecology 26:335–341. [PDF]

Linares, L.J. and S. Koptur. 2010. Floral biology and breeding system of the crenulate lead plant, Amorpha herbacea var. crenulata, an endangered south Florida pine rockland endemic. Natural Areas Journal 30:138-147. [PDF]

Geiger, J.H., P.D. Pratt, and S. Koptur. 2010. Breeding system of Ruellia succulenta Small (Acanthaceae). Castanea 75(4): 454-460. [PDF]

Barrios, B. and S. Koptur. 2011. Floral biology and breeding system of Angadenia berteroi (Apocynaceae): why do flowers of the pineland golden trumpet produce few fruits? International Journal of Plant Sciences 172(3): 378-385. [PDF]

Barrios, B., G. Arellano, and S. Koptur. 2011. The effects of fire and fragmentation on occurrence and flowering of a rare perennial plant. Plant Ecology 212: 1057-1067. [PDF]

Koptur, S. 2011. A long, productive, and inspiring career [book review of Jean Langenheim's autobiography entitled The Odyssey of a Woman Field Scientist: a story of passion, persistence, and patience]. Ecology 92 (5): 1190-91. [PDF]

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Other Publications by graduate students on research done under my supervision:

O’Brien, J.J. 1998. The distribution and habitat preferences of rare Galactia species (Fabaceae) and Chamaesyce deltoidea subspecies (Euphorbiaceae) native to southern Florida pine rockland. Natural Areas Journal 18 (3): 208-222.

Smith, E.M. 2002. The effects of season, host plant protection, and ant predators on the survival of Eumaeus atala (Lycaenidae) in re-establishments. J. Lepidopterist’s Society 56(4): 272-276.

Spira, L. P. and J.R. Snyder. 1998. Effects of wet- and dry-season fires on Jacquemontia curtisii, a south Florida pine forest endemic. Natural Areas Journal 18 (4): 350-357.

Weekley, Jr., C.W. 2000. The natural history of Tanaostigmodes pithecellobiae (Hymenoptera: Tanaostigmatidae), a gall-maker on blackbead (Pithecellobium keyense). Florida Entomologist 83 (1): 31-41

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Popular articles or mentions of our work in the popular press:

Ants, plants, and conniving caterpillars. BBC Wildlife April 1988 pp. 192-3. [PDF]

What good can nectar do a fern? 1998. Science News 153: 344. [PDF]

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