Journal publications and other peer-reviewed works

U’Ren, J.M., F. Lutzoni, J. Miadlikowska, A. Laetsch, and A.E. Arnold. 2012. Host and geographic structure of endophytic and endolichenic fungi at a continental scale. American Journal of Botany, in press.

 

Lawrence, D.P., B.M. Pryor, S.B. Kroken, and A.E. Arnold. 2011. Interkingdom horizontal gene transfer of a hybrid NRPS/PKS from bacteria to filamentous Ascomycota. PLoS ONE, in press.

 

Higgins, K.L., A.E. Arnold, P. Coley, and T. Kursar. 2012. Communities of fungal endophytes in tropical forest grasses: highly diverse host- and habitat generalists characterized by strong spatial structure. Fungal Ecology, in press.

 

Molinar, E., N. Rios, C. Spadafora, A.E. Arnold, P.D. Coley, T.A. Kursar, W.H. Gerwick, and L. Cubilla-Rios. 2012. Coibanoles, a new class of meroterpenoids produced by Pycnoporus sanguineus. Tetrahedron Letters, in press.

 

Wijeratne, E.M.K., B.P. Bashyal, M.X. Liu, D.D. Rocha, G.M. Kamal, B. Gunaherath, J.M. U’Ren, M.K. Gunatilaka, A.E. Arnold, L. Whitesell, and A.A.L. Gunatilaka. 2012. Geopyxins A-E, ent-kaurane diterpenoids from endolichenic fungal strains, Geopyxis aff. majalis and Geopyxis sp. AZ0066: structure-activity relationships of geopyxins and their analogues. Journal of Natural Products, in press.

 

Wang, X.-N., B.P. Bashyal, E.M.K. Wijeratne, J.M. U’Ren, M. Gunatilaka, A.E. Arnold, and A.A. Leslie Gunatilaka. 2011. Smardaesidins A-G, new isopimarane and 20-Nor-isopimarane diterpenoids isolated from Smardaea sp., endophyte of the moss Ceratodon purpureus. Journal of Natural Products, in press.

 

Moreno, E., T. Varughese, C. Spadafora, A.E. Arnold, P.D. Coley, T.A. Kursar, W.H.
Gerwick, and L. Cubilla-Rios. 2011. Chemical constituents of the new endophytic fungus
Mycosphaerella sp. nov. and their antiparasitic activity. Natural Products Communications
6: 835-840.

Epps, M.J. and A.E. Arnold. 2010. Diversity, abundance, and community network structure in sporocarp-associated beetle communities in the central Appalachian Mountains. Mycologia 102: 785-802. pdf

Higgins, K.L., P.D. Coley, T.A. Kursar, and A.E. Arnold. 2010. Culturing and direct PCR suggest prevalent host generalism among fungal endophytes of tropical grasses. Mycologia doi:10.3852/09-158. pdf

Hoffman, M. and A.E. Arnold. 2010. Diverse bacteria inhabit living hyphae of phylogenetically diverse fungal endophytes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76: 4063-4075. pdf

U'Ren, J.M., F. Lutzoni, J. Miadlikowska, and A.E. Arnold. 2010. Community analysis reveals close affinities between endophytic and endolichenic fungi in mosses and lichens. Microbial Ecology 60: 340-353. pdf

Dalling, J.W., A.S. Davis, B.J. Schutte, and A.E. Arnold. 2010. Seed survival in soil: interacting effects of predation, dormancy, and the microbial community. Journal of Ecology doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01739.x pdf

Arnold, A.E., L.J. Lamit, M. Bidartondo, C. Gehring, and H.S. Callahan. 2010. Interwoven branches of the plant and fungal trees of life. New Phytologist 185: 874-878. pdf

Peay, K., M. Bidartondo, and A.E. Arnold. 2010. Not every fungus is everywhere: scaling to the biogeography of fungal-plant interactions across roots, shoots, and ecosystems. New Phytologist 185: 878-882. pdf

Caballero-George, C., J. Bolaños, E. Ochoa, J.L. Carballo, J.A. Cruz, and A.E. Arnold. 2010. Protocol to isolate sponge-associated fungi from tropical waters and an examination of their cardioprotective potential. Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy 4: 881-899.

Parrent, J.L., K. Peay, A.E. Arnold, L. Comas, P. Avis, and A. Tuininga. 2010. Moving from pattern to process in fungal symbioses: linking functional traits, community ecology, and phylogenetics. New Phytologist 185: 882-886. pdf

Kithsiri Wijeratne, E.M., B.P. Bashyal, M.K. Gunatilaka, A.E. Arnold, and A.A.L. Gunatilaka. 2010. Maximizing chemical diversity of fungal endophytes: biogenetically related heptaketides of the endolichenic fungus Corynespora sp. Journal of Natural Products 73: 1156-1159. pdf

Arnold, A.E., J. Miadlikowska, K.L. Higgins, S.D. Sarvate, P. Gugger, A. Way, V. Hofstetter, F. Kauff, and F. Lutzoni. 2009. A phylogenetic estimation of trophic transition networks for ascomycetous fungi: Are lichens cradles of symbiotrophic fungal diversification? Systematic Biology 58: 283-297. pdf

Rodriguez, R., J. White, A.E. Arnold, and R. Redman. 2009. Fungal endophytes: diversity and ecological roles. New Phytologist 182: 314-330. pdf

U'Ren, J.M., J.W. Dalling, R.E. Gallery, D.R. Maddison, E.C. Davis, C.M. Gibson, and A.E. Arnold. 2009. Diversity and evolutionary origins of fungi associated with seeds of a neotropical pioneer tree: a case study for analyzing fungal environmental samples. Mycological Research 113: 432-449. pdf

Maddison, D.R. and A.E. Arnold. 2009. A review of the Bembidion (Odontium) aenulum subgroup (Coleoptera: Carabidae), with description of a new species. Zootaxa 2214: 45-61. Reprint available on request.

Horton, T.R., A.E. Arnold, T.D. Bruns. 2008. FESIN workshops at ESA: the mycelial network grows. Mycorrhiza 19: 283-285. pdf

Jiménez-Romero, C., E. Ortega-Barria, A.E. Arnold, and L. Cubilla-Rios. 2008. Activity against Plasmodium falciparum of lactones isolated from the endophytic fungus Xylaria sp. Pharmaceutical Biology 10-11: 1-4. pdf

Rojas, E.I., E.A. Herre, L.C. Mejía, A.E. Arnold, P. Chaverri, and G.J. Samuels. 2008. Endomelanconiopsis, a new anamorph genus in the Botryosphaeriaceae. Mycologia 100: 760-775. pdf

Arnold, A.E. 2008. Endophytic fungi: hidden components of tropical community ecology. Tropical Forest Community Ecology. (S. Schnitzer and W. Carson, eds.) Blackwell Scientific, Inc. pp. 254-271. pdf

Feldman, T.S., H. O’Brien, and A.E. Arnold. 2008. Moth dispersal of mycoparasites and endophytes associated with Claviceps paspali and the grass Paspalum (Poaceae). Microbial Ecology 56: 742-750. pdf

Mejía, L.C., E.I. Rojas, Z. Maynard, A.E. Arnold, S. Van Bael, G.J. Samuels, N. Robbins, and E. A. Herre. 2008. Endophytic fungi as biocontrol agents of Theobroma cacao pathogens. Biological Control 46: 4-14. pdf

Kluger, C., J.W. Dalling, R. E. Gallery, E. Sanchez, C. Weeks-Galindo, and A.E. Arnold. 2008. Prevalent host-generalism among fungi associated with seeds of four neotropical pioneer species. Journal of Tropical Ecology 24: 351-354. pdf

Hoffman, M. and A.E. Arnold. 2008. Geography and host identity interact to shape communities of endophytic fungi in cupressaceous trees. Mycological Research 112: 331-344. pdf

Bruns, T., A.E. Arnold, and K. Hughes. 2008. Fungal networks made of humans: UNITE, FESIN, and frontiers in fungal ecology. New Phytologist 177: 586-588. pdf

Kithsiri Wijeratne, E.M., P.A. Paranagama, M.T. Marron, M.K. Gunatilaka, A.E. Arnold, and A.A.L. Gunatilaka. 2008. Sesquiterpene quinines and related metabolites from Phyllosticta spinarum, a fungal strain endophytic in Platycladus orientalis in the Sonoran Desert. Journal of Natural Products 71: 218-222. pdf

Arnold, A.E. and F. Lutzoni. 2007. Diversity and host range of foliar fungal endophytes: Are tropical leaves biodiversity hotspots? Ecology 88: 541-549. pdf

Arnold, A.E. and B.M.J. Engelbrecht. 2007. Fungal endophytes nearly double minimum leaf conductance in seedlings of a tropical tree. Journal of Tropical Ecology 23: 369-372. pdf

Arnold, A.E., D.A. Henk, R.L. Eells, F. Lutzoni, and R. Vilgalys. 2007. Diversity and phylogenetic affinities of foliar fungal endophytes in loblolly pine inferred by culturing and environmental PCR. Mycologia 99: 185-206. pdf

Arnold, A.E. 2007. Understanding the diversity of foliar fungal endophytes: progress, challenges, and frontiers. Fungal Biology Reviews 21: 51-66. pdf

Gallery, R., J.W. Dalling, and A.E. Arnold. 2007. Diversity, host affinity, and distribution of seed-infecting fungi: A case study with neotropical Cecropia. Ecology 88: 582-588. pdf

Gallery, R.E., J.W. Dalling, B. Wolfe, and A.E. Arnold. 2007 Role of seed-infecting fungi in the recruitment limitation of neotropical pioneer species. Chapter 23 in Seed dispersal: Theory and its application in a changing world. Eds. A. Dennis, R. Green, E. Schupp and D. Westcott. CABI Press. pp. 479-498. Reprint available on request.

Tsai, Y.J., K. Maloney, and A.E. Arnold. 2007.Abiotic and biotic factors influencing the distribution of Pyrgulopsis thompsoni, the Huachuca springsnail. Journal of Aquatic Ecology 22: 213-218. pdf

Agrawal, A.A., D.D. Ackerly, F. Adler, A.E. Arnold, C. Cáceres, D.F. Doak, E. Post, P. Hudson, J. Maron, K.A. Mooney, M. Power, D. Schemske, J.J. Stachowicz, S.Y. Strauss, M.G. Turner, and E. Werner. 2007. Filling key gaps in population and community ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5: 145-152. pdf; web panels here.

Agrawal, A.A., D.A. Ackerly, F. Adler, A.E. Arnold, C. Cáceres, D.F. Doak, E. Post, P. Hudson, J. Maron, K.A. Mooney, M. Power, D. Schemske, J.J. Stachowicz, S.Y. Strauss, M.G. Turner, and E. Werner.2007. In support of observational studies (reply). (Peer-reviewed letter). Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5: 294-295. pdf

Higgins, K. L., Arnold, A. E., Miadlikowska, J., Sarvate, S. D., and Lutzoni, F. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships, host affinity, and geographic structure of boreal and arctic endophytes from three major plant lineages. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 42: 543-555. pdf

Paranagama, P.A., E.M.K. Wijeratne, M.K. Gunatilaka, A.E. Arnold, and A.A.L. Gunatilaka. 2007. Bioactive and other naphthopyrans from Corynespora sp. occurring in Usnea cavernosa: first report of metabolites of an endolichenic fungus. Journal of Natural Products 70: 1700-1705. pdf

James, T. Y., F. Kauff, C. Schoch, P.B. Matheny, V. Hofstetter, C. Cox, G. Celio, C. Gueidan, E. Fraker, J. Miadlikowska, H.T. Lumbsch, A. Rauhut, V. Reeb, A.E. Arnold, A. Amtoft, J.E. Stajich, K. Hosaka, G.-H. Sung, D. Johnson, B. O’Rourke, M. Crockett, M. Binder, J.M. Curtis, J.C. Slot, Z. Wang, A.W. Wilson, A. Schüßler, J.E. Longcore, K. O’Donnell, S. Mozley-Standridge, D. Porter, P.M. Letcher, M.J. Powell, J.W. Taylor, M.M. White, G.W. Griffith, D.R. Davies, R.A. Humber, J.B. Morton, J. Sugiyama, A.Y. Rossman, J.D. Rogers, D.H. Pfister, D. Hewitt, K. Hansen, S. Hambleton, R.A. Shoemaker, J. Kohlmeyer, B. Volkmann-Kohlmeyer, R.A. Spotts, M. Serdani, P.W. Crous, K.W. Hughes, K. Matsuura, E. Langer, G. Langer, W.A. Untereiner, R. Lücking, B. Büdel, D.M. Geiser, A. Aptroot, P. Diederich, I. Schmitt, M. Schultz, R. Yahr, D. Hibbett, F. Lutzoni, D. McLaughlin, J. Spatafora, and R. Vilgalys. 2006. Reconstructing the early evolution of fungi using a six-gene phylogeny. Nature 443: 818-822. pdf

Spatafora, J.W., C. Schoch, D. Johnson, G-H. Sung, K. Hosaka, B. O’Rourke, M. Serdani, R. Spotts, F. Lutzoni, V. Hofstetter, E. Fraker, C. Gueidan, J. Miadlikowska, V. Reeb, M. Saunders, R. Yahr, A.E. Arnold, T. Lumbsch, and R. Lücking. 2006. A five-gene phylogenetic analysis of the Pezizomycotina. Mycologia 98: 1018-1028. pdf

Miadlikowska, J., F. Kauff, V. Hofstetter, E. Fraker, M. Grube, V. Reeb, G. Hestmark, B. Hodgkinson, M. Kukwa, M.G. Otalora, A. Rauhut, C. Scheidegger, E. Timdal, S. Stenroos, I. Brodo, D. Ertz, P. Diederich, R. Lücking, J.C. Lendemer, E. Tripp, R. Yahr, P. May, G. Perlmutter, D.M. Hillis, W.R. Buck, C. Gueidan, A.E. Arnold, C. Robertson, J. Hafellner, and F. Lutzoni. 2006. New insights from nuclear ribosomal and protein coding genes into classification and evolution of the Lecanoromycetes (Pezizomycotina, Ascomycota). Mycologia 98: 1088-1103. pdf

Arnold, A.E. and L.C. Lewis. 2005. Evolution of fungal endophytes, and their roles against insects. Ecological and Evolutionary Advances in Insect-Fungus Associations (F. Vega and M. Blackwell, eds.).  Oxford University Press, Oxford. pp. 74-96. pdf

Lutzoni, F., F. Kauff, C. Cox, D. McLaughlin, G. Celio, B. Dentinger, M. Padamsee, D. Hibbett, T.Y. James, E. Baloch, M. Grube, V. Reeb, V. Hofstetter, C. Schoch, A.E. Arnold, J. Miadlikowska, J. Spatafora, D. Johnson, S. Hambleton, M. Crockett, R. Shoemaker, G.-H. Sung, R. Lücking, T. Lumbsch, K. O’Donnell, M. Binder, P. Diederich, D. Ertz, C. Gueidan, K. Hansen, K. Hosaka, Y.-W. Lim, B. Matheny, H. Nishida, D. Pfister, J. Rogers, A. Rossman, I. Schmitt, H. Sipman, J. Stone, J. Sugiyama, R. Yahr, and R Vilgalys. 2004. Assembling the fungal tree of life: progress, classification, and the evolution of subcellular traits. American Journal of Botany 91: 1446-1480. pdf

Arnold, A.E., L. Mejía, D. Kyllo, E. Rojas, Z. Maynard and E.A. Herre. 2003. Fungal endophytes limit pathogen damage in a tropical tree. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 100: 15649-15654. pdf

Arnold, A.E. and E.A. Herre. 2003. Canopy cover and leaf age affect colonization by tropical fungal endophytes: Ecological pattern and process in Theobroma cacao (Malvaceae). Mycologia 95: 388-398. pdf

Arnold, A.E. and N.M. Asquith. 2002. Herbivory in a fragmented tropical forest:  patterns from islands at Lago Gatún, Panamá.  Biodiversity and Conservation 11: 1663-1680. pdf

Arnold, A.E., Z. Maynard and G. Gilbert. 2001. Fungal endophytes in dicotyledonous neotropical trees:  patterns of abundance and diversity.  Mycological Research 105: 1502-1507. pdf

Arnold, A.E., Z. Maynard, G. Gilbert, P.D. Coley and T.A. Kursar. 2000. Are tropical fungal endophytes hyperdiverse?  Ecology Letters 3: 267-274. pdf

Asquith, N.M., J. Terborgh, A.E. Arnold and M. Riveros-C. 1999. The fruits the agouti ate:  Hymenaea courbaril seed fate when its disperser is absent.  Evidence from Lago Guri, Venezuela.  Journal of Tropical Ecology 15: 229-235. pdf

Book chapters, technical reports, and popular articles (not peer-reviewed)

Arnold, A.E. 2008. Hidden within our botanical richness, a treasure trove of fungal endophytes. 2008. The Plant Press 32: 13-15. pdf

Bashyal, B.P., A.M. Burns, M.X. Liu, P.A. Paranagama, C.J. Seliga, T.J. Turbyville, E.M.K. Wijeratne, J. Zhan, M.K. Gunatilaka, A.E. Arnold, S.H. Faeth, L. Whitesell, and A.A.L. Gunatilaka. 2007. Discovery of small molecule bioactive agents from endophytic fungi of the Sonoran Desert. Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Fungal Endophytes of Grasses. Grassland Research and Practice Series No. 13, New Zealand Grassland Association, Christchurch. pdf

Arnold, A.E. 2005. Diversity and Ecology of fungal endophytes in tropical forests. Current Trends in Mycological Research (S. Deshmukh, ed.). Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi:  pp. 49-68. pdf

Van Bael, S.A., Z. Maynard, N. Robbins, J.F. Bischoff, A.E. Arnold, E. Rojas, L.C. Mejía, D.A. Kyllo, and E.A. Herre. 2005.  Emerging perspectives on the ecological roles of endophytic fungi in tropical plants. The Fungal Community: its organization and role in the ecosystem (J.F. White, Jr., J. Dighton, & P. Oudemans, eds). 3rd Edition. Marcel-Dekker, New York, NY.  Pp. 181-192. Reprint available on request.

Herre, E.A., S. A. Van Bael, Z. Maynard, N. Robbins, J.  Bischoff, A. E. Arnold, E. Rojas, L. C. Mejia, R. A. Cordero, C. Woodward, and D.A. Kyllo. 2005. Tropical plants as chimera: some implications of foliar endophytic fungi for the study of host plant defense, physiology, and genetics. Biotic Interactions in the Tropics (D.F.R.P. Burslem, M.A. Pinard, & S.E. Hartley, eds.) Cambridge University Press. pp. 226-237. Reprint available on request.

Mejia, L. C., E. Rojas, Z. Maynard, A.E. Arnold, D. Kyllo, N. Robbins, and E.A. Herre. 2003. Inoculation of beneficial endophytic fungi into Theobroma cacao tissues. In Proceedings of the 14th International Cocoa Research Conference, Accra-Ghana. Reprint available on request.

Arnold, A.E.  2001.  Fungal endophytes in neotropical trees:  Abundance, diversity, and ecological interactions.  In Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity and Human Welfare (K. N. Ganeshaiah, R. Uma Shaanker, & K. S. Bawa, eds.).  Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi:  pp. 739-743. pdf

Arnold, A. E., L. Mejía, E. Rojas, Z. Maynard, N. Robbins and E. A. Herre.  2001.  Organismos endofíticos:  Microorganismos en plantas.  (Endophytic organisms:  microorganisms in plants.) El Uso de Microorganismos Benéficos en la Agricultura Moderna.  Universidad E.A.R.T.H., Guácimo, Limón, Costa Rica. Reprint (in Spanish) available on request.

Arnold, A.E.  1999.  Fungal endophytes of tropical trees: methods and potential for biological control of fungal  pathogens of cocoa.  Proceedings of the Research Methodology of Biocontrol of Plant Diseases Workshop, San Jose: CATIE. Reprint available on request.

Arnold, A.E.  1999.  Sustainable cocoa: the fungal community component. American Cocoa Research Institute Features in Integrated Pest Management for Cocoa:  Online: www.oardc.ohiostate.edu/cocoa/main_ftr.htm.

Arnold, A.E.  1998.  Various entries, Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Rainforest Resources CD.

Arnold, A.E.  1993.  Flower color variation and morph-specific outcrossing in morning glories polymorphic for corolla color. Vertices (Duke University).