Wagner D, Wheeler JM, Burr SJ (2020) The leaf miner Phyllocnistis populiella negatively impacts water relations in aspen. Tree Physiology 40 (5): 580-590. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpz109.
Boyd MA, Berner LT, Doak P, Goetz SJ, Rogers BM, Wagner D, Walker XJ, Mack MC (2019) Impacts of climate and insect herbivory on productivity and physiology of trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) in Alaskan boreal forests. Ecological Research Letters 14: 085010. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab215f
Wenninger A, Hollingsworth T, Wagner D (2019) Predatory hymenopteran assemblages in boreal Alaska: associations with forest composition and post-fire succession. Écoscience 26 (3): 205-220. https://doi.org/10.1080/11956860.2018.1564484
Allman BP, Kielland K, Wagner D. (2018) Leaf herbivory by insects during summer reduces willow browse overwinter browsing by moose. BMC Ecology 18:38. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12898-018-0192-x
Wagner D, Doak P (2018) The effect of an outbreak by the leaf miner Micrurapteryx salicifoliella on the performance of multiple Salix species in interior Alaska. Botany 96 (8): 491-497. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2018-0050
Wagner D, Doak P (2017) Oviposition, larval survival and leaf damage by the willow leaf blotch miner, Micrurapteryx salicifoliella, in relation to leaf trichomes across 10 Salix species. Ecological Entomology 42: 629-635. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.12431
Newman JR, Wagner D, Doak P (2016) Impact of extrafloral nectar availability and plant genotype on ant visitation to quaking aspen. Canadian Entomologist 148 (1): 36-42. https://doi.org/10.4039/tce.2015.38
Doak P, Wagner D (2015) The role of interference competition in a sustained population outbreak of the aspen leaf miner in Alaska. Basic and Applied Ecology 16: 434-442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2015.04.001
Dennis R, Doak P, Wagner D (2015) Aspen leaf miner (Phyllocnistis populiella) oviposition site choice mediated by aspen (Populus tremuloides) extrafloral nectaries. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 9: 405-413. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-015-9380-1
Newman JR, Wagner D (2013) The influence of defoliation and water availability on extrafloral nectar secretion in quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx). Botany, 91: 761-767. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2013-0147
Wagner D, Doak P (2013) Long term impact of a leaf miner outbreak on the performance of quaking aspen. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 43: 563-568. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2012-0486
Mortensen B, Wagner D, Doak P (2013) Parental resource and offspring liability: The influence of extrafloral nectar on oviposition by a leaf mining moth. Oecologia 172: 767-777. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-012-2525-3
Wagner D, Doak P,Sformo T, Steiner P, Carlson B (2012) Overwintering physiology and microhabitat use of Phyllocnistis populiella (Lepidoptera: Gracilliariidae) in interior Alaska. Environmental Entomology 41: 180-187. https://doi.org/10.1603/EN11193
Mortensen B, Wagner D, Doak P (2011) Defensive effects of extrafloral nectaries in quaking aspen differ with scale. Oecologia 165: 983-993. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-010-1799-6
Wagner D, Nicklen E (2010) Ant nest location, soil nutrients, and nutrient uptake by ant-associated plants: Does extrafloral nectar attract ant nests and thereby enhance plant nutrition? Journal of Ecology 98: 614-624. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01640.x
Young BD, Wagner D, Doak P, Clausen T (2010) Within-plant distribution of phenolic glycosides and extrafloral nectaries in trembling aspen, Populus tremuloides. American Journal of Botany 97: 601-610. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.0900281
Young BD, Wagner D, Doak P, Clausen T (2010) Induction of phenolic glycosides by quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) leaves in relation to extrafloral nectaries and epidermal leaf mining. Journal of Chemical Ecology 36:369–377. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-010-9763-9
Wagner D, DeFoliart L, Doak P, Schneiderheinze J (2008) Impact of epidermal leaf mining by the aspen leaf miner (Phyllocnistis populiella) on growth, physiology, and leaf longevity of quaking aspen. Oecologia 157: 259-267. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-008-1067-1
Doak P, Wagner D & Watson A (2007) Variable extrafloral nectary expression and its consequences in quaking aspen. Canadian Journal of Botany, 85: 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1139/B06-137
Nicklen EF, Wagner D (2006) Conflict resolution in an ant-plant interaction: Acacia constricta traits reduce ant costs to reproduction. Oecologia 148: 81-87. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-006-0359-6
Wagner D, Jones JB (2006) The impact of harvester ant nests on decomposition, N mineralization, litter quality, and availability of N to plants in the Mojave Desert. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 38: 2593-2601. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.02.024.
Jones JB, Wagner D (2006) Microhabitat-specific controls on soil respiration and denitrification in the Mojave Desert: the role of harvester ant nests and vegetation. Western North American Naturalist 66: 426-432. https://doi.org/10.3398/1527-0904(2006)66[426:MCOSRA]2.0.CO;2
Wagner D, Jones JB, Gordon DM (2004) Development of harvester ant colonies alters soil chemistry. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 36: 797-804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2004.01.009
Wagner D, Jones JB (2004) The contribution of harvester ant nests (Pogonomyrmex rugosus, Hymenoptera, Formicidae) to soil nutrient stocks and microbial biomass in the Mojave Desert. Environmental Entomology 33:599-607. https://doi.org/10.1603/0046-225X-33.3.599
Sanders NJ, Moss J, Wagner D (2003) Patterns of ant species richness along elevation gradients in an arid ecosystem. Global Ecology and Biogeography 12: 93-102. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1466-822X.2003.00324.x
Wagner D, Kay A (2002) Do extrafloral nectaries distract ants from visiting flowers? An experimental test of an overlooked hypothesis. Evolutionary Ecology Research 4: 293-305.
Wagner D, Tissot M, Gordon DM. (2001) Task-related environment affects the cuticular hydrocarbon composition of harvester ants. Journal of Chemical Ecology 27: 1805-1819. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10905-012-9353-5
Wagner D (2000) Pollen viability reduction as a potential cost of ant association for Acacia constricta (Fabaceae). American Journal of Botany 87: 711-715. https://doi.org/10.2307/2656857
Wagner D, Tissot M, Cuevas W, & Gordon DM (2000) Harvester ants utilize cuticular hydrocarbons in nestmate recognition. Journal of Chemical Ecology 26: 2245-2257. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005529224856
Hughes L, Siew-Woon Chang B, Wagner D, Pierce NE (2000) Costs of an explosive mating strategy: effects of mating history on ejaculate size, fecundity, longevity and copulation duration in the ant-tended lycaenid butterfly, Jalmenus evagoras. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 47: 119-128. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002650050002
Wagner D, Gordon DM (1999) Colony age, neighborhood density and reproductive potential in harvester ants. Oecologia, 119: 175-182. https://doi.org/10.1007/s004420050774
Wagner D, Brown MJF, Broun P, Cuevas W, Moses LE, Chao DL, Gordon DM (1998) Task-related differences in the cuticular hydrocarbon composition of harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex barbatus. Journal of Chemical Ecology 24:2021-2037. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10905-012-9353-5
Wagner D (1997) The influence of ant nests on Acacia seed production, herbivory, and soil nutrients. Journal of Ecology 85: 83-94. https://doi.org/10.2307/2960629
Wagner D, Brown MJF, Gordon DM (1997) Harvester ant nests, soil biota and soil chemistry. Oecologia 112: 232-236. https://doi.org/10.1007/s004420050305