Peer-Reviewed Publications:

Lankau, R.A.. 2010. Resistance and recovery of soil microbial communities in the face of Alliaria petiolata invasions. New Phytologist
 
Lankau, R.A., E. Wheeler, A.E. Bennett, and S.Y. Strauss. 2010. Plant-soil feedbacks contribute to an intransitive competitive network that promotes both genetic and species diversity. Journal of Ecology
 
Lankau, R.A. . 2010. Intraspecific variation in allelochemistry determines an invasive species' impact on soil microbial communities. Oecologia
 
Lankau, R.A. . 2009. Soil microbial communities alter allelopathic competition between Alliaria petiolata and a native species. Biological Invasions
 
Lankau, R.A. , V. Nuzzo, G. Spyreas, and A.S. Davis. 2009. Evolutionary limits ameliorate the negative impact of an invasive plant. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
 
corrected figures for Lankau et al. 2009
 
Lankau, R.A. 2009. Genetic variation promotes long-term coexistence of Brassica nigra and its competitors. The American Naturalist
 
Lankau, R.A. and D.J. Kliebenstein. 2009 Competition, herbivory and genetics interact to determine the accumulation and fitness consequences of a defense metabolite. Journal of Ecology
 
Lankau, R.A. 2008. A chemical trait creates a genetic trade-off between intra- and interspecific competitive ability. Ecology 89: 1181-1187
 
Lankau, R.A. and S.Y. Strauss. 2008. Community complexity drives patterns of natural selection on a chemical defense of Brassica nigra. The American Naturalist 171: 150-161.
 
Lankau, R.A. and S.Y. Strauss. 2007. Mutual feedbacks maintain both genetic and species diversity in a plant community. Science 317: 1561-1563.
 
Lankau, R. A. 2007. Specialist and generalist herbivores exert opposing selection on a chemical defense. New Phytologist 175: 176-184. The definitive version is available at www.blackwellsynergy.com.
 
Lankau, R., W.E. Rogers, and E. Siemann. 2004. Constraints on the utilization of the invasive Chinese Tallow Tree (Sapium sebiferum) by generalist native herbivores in coastal prairies. Ecological Entomology 29: 66-75. The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com
 
Rogers, W.E., R. Lankau, and E. Siemann. 2002. Damage induced production of extrafloral nectaries in native and invasive seedlings of Chinese Tallow Trees (Sapium sebiferum) American Midland Naturalist. 149: 413-417.
 
Nijjer, S., R.A. Lankau, W.E. Rogers and E. Siemann. 2001. Effects of temperature and light on Chinese Tallow (Sapium sebiferum) and Texas Sugarberry (Celtis laevigata) seed germination. Texas Journal of Science 54:63-68
 
Keay, J., W.E. Rogers, R. Lankau, and E. Siemann. 2000. The role of allelopathy in the invasion of the Chinese Tallow Tree (Sapium sebiferum). Texas Journal of Science 52S: 57-64.