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. Inga (Guaba, Guajiniquil, Caite, Paterno). Pp.
259-261
in D.H. Janzen (ed.) Costa Rican Natural History. University of Chicago
Press,
Chicago.
[PDF]
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. 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]
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. 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., 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. 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, 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]
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
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]
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]
Gamper HA, Koptur S,
Garcia-Franco J, Stapper AP. 2011. Alteration of forest structure modifies
the distribution of scale insect, Stigmacoccus garmilleri, in Mexican
tropical montane cloud forests. Journal of Insect Science 11: 120 (14
pp.). available online: insectscience.org/11.120
[PDF]
Maschinski,
Joyce, Samuel J. Wright , Suzanne Koptur, and Elena C. Pinto-Torres. 2013. Is
local the best paradigm? Breeding history influences conservation reintroduction
survival and population trajectories in times of extreme climate events.
Biological Conservation 159: 277-284.
[PDF]
Khorsand Rosa, Roxaneh, and Suzanne Koptur. 2013. New findings on the
pollination biology of Mauritia flexuosa
(Arecaceae) in Roraima, Brazil: linking dioecy, wind, and habitat.
American Journal of Botany 100 (3): 613–621. [PDF]
Suzanne Koptur, Mónica Palacios-Rios, Cecilia Díaz-Castelazo, William P. Mackay,
and Víctor Rico-Gray. 2013. Nectar secretion on fern fronds associated with
lower levels of herbivore damage: field experiments with a widespread epiphyte
of Mexican cloud forest remnants. Annals of Botany 111(6): 1277-1283
doi:10.1093/aob/mct063. [PDF]
Roxaneh
Khorsand Rosa, Reinaldo Imbrozio Barbosa, and Suzanne Koptur. 2013. How do
habitat and climate variation affect phenology of the Amazonian palm,
Mauritia flexuosa?
Journal of Tropical Ecology, 29, pp
255-259. doi:10.1017/S0266467413000242. [PDF]
Brigitte
Marazzi, Judith L. Bronstein, and Suzanne Koptur. 2013. The diversity, ecology
and evolution of extrafloral nectaries: current perspectives and future
challenges. Annals of Botany 111(6): 1243-1250. doi:10.1093/aob/mct109.
[PDF]
Koptur
S., J.E. Peña, and W. L. Grogan, Jr.
2013. The biting midge, Forcipomyia (Microhelea)
eriophora (Williston) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), an ectoparasite of
larval Phoebis sennae (Pieridae)
in south Florida. Journal of the
Lepidopterists’ Society 67(2): 128–130.
[PDF]
Jones, Ian M. and S. Koptur. 2015. Dynamic extrafloral nectar production:
the timing of leaf damage affects the defensive response in Senna mexicana
var. chapmanii Fabaceae). American Journal of Botany 102(1): 58-66. [PDF]
Dewsbury, Bryan M., Suzanne Koptur, and James W. Fourqurean. 2015. Ecosystem
responses to prescribed fire along a chronosequence in a subtropical pine
rockland habitat. Caribbean Naturalist 24: 1-12. [PDF]
Jones, Ian M. and S. Koptur. 2015. Quantity over quality: light intensity,
but not red/far-red ratio, affects extrafloral nectar production in
Senna mexicana var. chapmanii.
Ecology and Evolution (open access) doi: 10.1002/ece3.1644
[PDF]
Koptur, Suzanne, Ian M. Jones, and Jorge E. Peña. 2015. The influence of
host plant extrafloral nectaries on multitrophic interactions: an experimental
investigation. PLoS ONE 10(9): e0138157. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0138157
[PDF]
Soti, Pushpa, K.
Jayachandran, S. Koptur, and J. Volin. 2015. Effect of soil pH on growth,
nutrient uptake, and mycorrhizal colonization in exotic invasive
Lygodium microphyllum.
Plant Ecology 05/2015; 216(7).
DOI:10.1007/s11258-015-0484-6 [PDF]
Barrios, Beyte, Sean R. Pena,
Andrea Salas, and Suzanne Koptur. 2016.
Butterflies visit more frequently, but bees are better pollinators: the
importance of mouthpart dimensions in effective pollen removal and deposition.
AoB PLANTS 8: plw001; doi:10.1093/aobpla/plw001
[PDF]
Beyte
Barrios Roque, Suzanne Koptur, and Jay P. Sah. 2016. The effects of habitat
fragmentation on the reproduction and abundance of
Angadenia berteroi. Journal of Plant Ecology
10 (2): 340-348. [PDF]
Jones, I. M., Koptur, S. and von Wettberg, E. J. 2017. The
use of extrafloral nectar in pest management: overcoming context dependence.
Journal of Applied Ecology 54: 489–499. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12778 [PDF]
Jones, I. M., S. Koptur, H. R. Gallegos, J. P. Tardanico, P.
A. Trainer, and J. Peña. 2017. Changing light conditions in pine rockland
habitats affect the intensity and outcome of ant/plant interactions. Biotropica
49:83-91.
[PDF]
Clayborn, Jaeson, Suzanne Koptur, George O’Brien, and
Kevin R. T. Whelan. 2017. The Schaus Swallowtail Habitat Enhancement Project: An
Applied Service-Learning Project Continuum from Biscayne National Park to
Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Southeastern Naturalist (SENA) 16 (Outdoor
Classroom Special Issue 10):26–46. [PDF]
Suzanne Koptur and Alexandra Dutton. 2017. The FIU
Nature Preserve: Achieving Biological Conservation Through Diversification.
Southeastern Naturalist (SENA) 16 (Outdoor Classroom Special Issue 10):94–108.
[PDF]
Jones, I., S. Koptur, and J.E. Peña.
2017. Exploring whether and how ants affect reproductive
fitness in
Senna mexicana
var. chapmanii. Florida Entomologist 100(3):
539-545. [PDF]
Koptur, S. and D. Garcia.
2017. Habitat Differences in Morphology and Reproductive
Allocation in Guettarda scabra (Rubiaceae).
Castanea 82(2): 51–57.
[PDF]
Clayborn,
Jaeson, and Suzanne Koptur. 2017. Mortal combat between ants and caterpillars:
An ominous threat to the endangered Schaus swallowtail butterfly (Heraclides
aristodemus ponceanus) in the Florida Keys, USA. Journal of Insect
Conservation 21(4): 689-702. DOI: 10.1007/s10841-017-0012-1.
[PDF]
Koptur, Suzanne. 2017. Plant-Animal Interactions in the Face of
Disturbance (Keynote Address). Pp. 15-25, 1st Joint Symposium on the Natural
History and Geology of the Bahamas, edited by Lee Florea, Carol Landry, Daniel
Kjar. Gerace Research Center, San Salvador, Bahamas.
[PDF]
Oliveira, P.S. and S. Koptur (editors). 2017. Ant-Plant Interactions:
Impacts of Humans on Terrestrial Ecosystems. Cambridge University Press. 456 pp.
[PDF]
Suzanne Koptur, Ian M. Jones, Hong Liu, and Cecilia Diaz-Castelazo.
2017. Playing the system: the impacts of invasive ants and plants on facultative
ant-plant interactions. Chapter 12 in Paulo Oliveira and Suzanne
Koptur (eds.) Ant-Plant Interactions - Impacts of Humans on Terrestrial
Ecosystems. Cambridge University Press. [PDF]
Jones, Ian M. and Suzanne Koptur. 2018. Dead land walking: the value
of continued conservation efforts in South Florida’s imperiled pine rocklands.
Biodiversity and Conservation ISSN 0960-3115 Biodivers Conserv DOI
10.1007/s10531-017-1433-6. [PDF]
Koptur, S. and R. Khorsand. 2018. Pollination Ecology of Three
Sympatric Palms of Southern Florida Pine Rocklands. Natural Areas Journal 38:
15-25.
[PDF]
Koptur, S., T. Livshultz, G. Ionta, and C-W Tan. 2019. Contrasting
Pollination Systems of Wild Unction and Devil's Potato Root (Apocynaceae) on San
Salvador: Preliminary Observations and Analyses. Castanea 84(1): 81-92. URL:
https://doi.org/10.2179/0008-7475.84.1.81 [PDF]
Gonsiska, P. and S. Koptur. 2019. Mystery herbivore of charismatic
epiphyte discovered on Andros. Journal of the Lepidopterist’s Society
73(2): 73-77.
[PDF]
Koptur,
S., B. Barrios, I. Valdes, and M. Nusrat. 2020. A fishing expedition to discover
the pollinators of several tropical Apocynaceae. Applications in Plant Science
8(2): e11326.
https://doi.org/10.1002/aps3.11326 [PDF]
Koptur,
S. 2020. Scientific Note: Insects associated with
Guettarda scabra in Everglades
National Park, Florida. Castanea
85(1): 155-158. [PDF]
Kleiman, Blaire, Andrea Salas Primoli, Suzanne Koptur, and Krishnaswami
Jayachandran. 2020. Weeds, Pollinators,
and Parasitoids - Using Weeds for Insect Manipulation in Agriculture. Journal of
Research in Weed Science. [PDF]
10.26655/JRWEEDSCI.2020.3.9
Clayborn, J., Koptur, S., and O'Brien, G. 2020. Plugging students into
nature through butterfly gardening: a reconciled ecological approach to insect
conservation. Children, Youth and Environments 30(3): 30-71.
[PDF]
Blaire M. Kleiman, Suzanne Koptur, Krishnaswamy
Jayachandran. 2021. Beneficial Interactions of Weeds and Pollinators to Improve
Crop Production. Journal of Research in Weed Science 4(2): 154-173. [PDF]
Lea A. Barny, Julia A. Tasca, Hugo A.
Sanchez, Chelsea R. Smith, Suzanne Koptur,
Tatyana Livshultz*, Kevin P.C. Minbiole.
2021.
Chemotaxonomic investigation of Apocynaceae for retronecine-type
pyrrolizidine alkaloids using HPLC-MS/MS. Phytochemistry.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2021.112662
Koptur S, Pena S, Barrios B. 2021. Do Morning Butterfly
Visitors Benefit a Night-Flowering Hawkmoth Pollinated Plant? Castanea 86(1):
100-111.
[PDF]
Pena, A. and S. Koptur. 2021. A Historical Floristic
Inventory of Pine Rockland Fabaceae (Leguminosae). Natural Areas Journal 41(4):
258-272.
[PDF]
Kleiman, B.M., S. Koptur, K. Jayachandran. 2021. Weeds
enhance pollinator diversity and fruit set in mango. Insects 12: 1114.
https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12121114
Harris, B.M., and S. Koptur. 2022. Facilitated fecundity in
sand flax: Pollination in an endangered herb of pine rocklands. Flora 289 (2022)
152041.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2022.152041
[PDF]
Cardel, Y.J., and S. Koptur. 2022. Locations of seed
abortion in response to defoliation differ with
pollen source in a native perennial legume herb. American Journal of Botany 109,
11: 1730-1740.
DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.16055
[PDF]
Koptur,
S., and R.J. Marquis. 2022. Introduction – Caterpillars as Focal Study
Organisms. Pp. 3-10 in R. J.
Marquis, S. Koptur (eds.), Caterpillars in the Middle, Fascinating Life
Sciences, Springer Nature Switzerland.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86688-4_1
[PDF]
Marquis, R.J., and S. Koptur. 2022. Synopsis and the Future of Caterpillar
Research. Pp. 609-622 in R. J. Marquis, S. Koptur (eds.), Caterpillars in the
Middle, Fascinating Life Sciences, Springer Nature Switzerland.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86688-4_20
[PDF]
Pimienta, M.C., and S. Koptur. 2022. More than Moths:
Flower Visitors of a Night-Blooming Plant in South Florida Pine Rocklands, USA.
Plants 11, 2799.
https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11202799
Kleiman, B.; Koptur, S. 2023. Weeds Enhance Insect
Diversity and Abundance and May Improve Soil
Conditions in Mango Cultivation of South Florida. Insects 2023, 14, 65.
https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14010065
Koptur, S.; Primoli, A.S.;Pimienta,
M.C. 2023. Defoliation in Perennial Plants: Predictable and Surprising Results
in Senna spp. Plants, 12, 587.
https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12030587
Pimienta, M.C., D. Salazar, and S. Koptur. 2023. The
Nighttime Fragrance of Guettarda scabra (Rubiaceae): Flower Scent and Its
Implications for Moth Pollination. Molecules 28, 6312.
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28176312
Book Reviews
Koptur, S. 1991. Ecosystems of a Unique and Beleaguered State. [book review of
Ecosystems
of Florida]. Conservation Biology 5(3): 428-430.
[PDF]
Koptur, S. 1991. Tropical Plant Reproductive Ecology. [book review
of
Reproductive Ecology of Tropical Forest Plants]. Ecology 72(5):
1911-1912.
[PDF]
Koptur, S. 1995. The Everglades - the long and short of it. [book
review]
Ecology 76(4): 1359-1360.
Koptur, S. 1996. The Fascination of Flowers. [book review]
Bioscience
46(3): 222-223.
[PDF]
Koptur, S. 1997. Floods of Fortune: Ecology and Economy along the
Amazon.
[book review] The Quarterly Review of Biology 72: 104.
[PDF]
Koptur, S. 1999. [book review] Gardening with a wild heart.
Plant
Science Bulletin 45 (3):
[PDF]
Koptur, S. 1999. [book review] Florida Wildflowers in their
Natural
Communities. Plant Science Bulletin 45 (3):
[PDF]
Koptur, S. 2000. [book review] Britain’s Rare Flowers.
Plant
Science Bulletin 46(4):132. [PDF]
Koptur, S. 2001. [book review] Warming up to Hotspots.
Conservation
Biology 15 (2): 542-545.
Koptur,
S. 2007. The
Everglades Handbook [book review of 2nd 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]
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.
[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]
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]
Koptur, S. 2018. [book review] Our Native Bees: North America’s Endangered
Pollinators and the Fight to Save Them by Paige Embry. Natural Areas Journal
38(5): 433-434. [PDF]
Koptur, S. 2019. [book review] Trees in Art by Charles
Watkins. Plant Science Bulletin 65(2): 131-132.
[PDF]
Koptur, S. 2020. [book review] The Nature of Plant
Communities (Wilson, Agnew, & Roxbraugh 2019). Plant Science Bulletin 66(2):
165-167. [PDF]
Koptur, S. 2021. [book review]
Protecting Pollinators: How to Save the Creatures That Feed Our World by Jodi
Helmer. Natural Areas Journal 41(3): 222-223. [PDF]
Koptur,
S. 2022. [book review] Legumes of the Great
Plains: An Illustrated Guide by
James Stubbendieck and Jessica L. Milby. Natural Areas
Journal 42(2) : 160. [PDF]
Koptur, S. 2022. [book review] Wildflowers of the
Adirondacks by D. J. Leopold and L. J.
Musselman. Natural Areas Journal, 42(4) : 340-341. [PDF]
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
Khorsand Rosa, R. 2011. Bees collect resin from Mauritia flexuosa
in Roraima, Brazil. Palms 55(4): 200-203.
Popular articles or mentions of our work in the popular press:
Biology by the Month. Monteverde Mountain Monthly. October 1979
[PDF]
Ants, plants, and conniving caterpillars. BBC Wildlife April
1988
pp. 192-3. [PDF]
Moths, butterflies are prominent pollinators - many bugs are
transportation for propagation. Georgia Tasker, Miami Herald, Sunday 29
September 1996.
[PDF]
The key: Stop thinking of insects as pests. Georgia Tasker,
Miami Herald, Sunday 29 September 1996.
[PDF]
Nature triumphs against the odds. Cyril T. Zaneski, Miami Herald, Monday 18
August 1997.
[PDF]
What good can nectar do a fern? 1998. Science News 153: 344.
[PDF]
FNPS 23rd Annual Conference Highlights. Palmetto 22(3):9.
[PDF]