Wendy Marussich

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Phone: (520) 626-7009
Email: wmarussi@email.arizona.edu

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Publications

Marussich, W.A. and S.H. Faeth. 2008 (In Revision). Urbanization shifts trophic dynamics of arthropod communities on a common desert host plant. Urban Ecosystems.

Marussich, W.A. and C.A. Machado. 2007. Host-specificity and coevolution among pollinating and non-pollinating New World fig wasps. Molecular Ecology 16(9): 1925-1946.

Marussich, W.A. 2006. Testing myrmecochory from the ant's perspective: The effects of Datura wrightii and D. discolor on queen survival and brood production in Pogonomyrmex californicus.  Insectes Sociaux 53(4): 403-411.

Jenerette, G.D., W.A. Marussich and J.P. Newell. 2006.  Linking ecological footprints with ecosystem valuation in the provisioning of urban freshwater. Ecological Economics 59(1): 38-47.

Jenerette, G.D., W. Wu, S. Goldsmith, W.A. Marussich and W.J. Roach. 2006.   Contrasting water footprints of cities in China and the United States. Ecological Economics 57(3): 346-358.

Faeth, S.H., P.S. Warren, E. Shochat, and W.A. Marussich. 2005. Trophic Dynamics in urban communities. Bioscience 55(5): 399-407.

Manuscripts Submitted or in Preparation

Marussich, W.A.  Conflicting interests: Defense strategies in Datura seeds prevent consumption by Pogonomyrmex californicus ants.   Submitted.

Marussich, W.A. and C.A. Machado.  Phylogenetic and cophylogentic analyses of pollinating and non-pollinating fig wasps from New World free-standing figs (Pharmacosycea). To be submitted to Molecular Ecology (March 2008).

Marussich, W.A.   Effects of five species of ants on the survival and germination of Datura wrightii and D. discolor seeds.  Submitted.

Marussich, W.A.   Fatty acid composition of seeds and elaiosomes of three species of Datura and their relative attractiveness to two species of desert seed harvester ants. In preparation for Journal of Chemical Ecology.