*Real-Santillán, R.O., del-Val, E., Williams, T. et al. 2023. Water stress decreases the biocontrol efficacy of a nucleopolyhedrovirus against the fall armyworm on maize. J Pest Sci
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-023-01700-x
Diaz, T., Contreras-Garduño, J., del-Val, E., Marañón, J.,Larsen, J. 2023. Alterations in bee-plant-soil multitrophic interactions after fungicide soil application, Rhizosphere 27:100735, ISSN 2452-2198
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2023.100735.
Alavez, V., Santos-Gally, R., Gutiérrez-Aguilar, M., del-Val, E., Boege, K. 2023. Influence of phylogenetic diversity of plant communities on tri-trophic interactions. Oecologia 203: 125–137
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-023-05455-1
*del-Val, E., Philpott, S.M., Lucatero, A., Fowler, R., Cowal, S., Hsu, J. 2023 The importance of insect pest biocontrol for maize production: an expert survey. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 4 (9): 1271-1292
https://doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2023.2239724
Sáenz-Romero C, Cambrón-Sandoval VH,Hammond W, Méndez-González J, Luna-Soria H, Macías-Sámano JE, Gómez-Romero M, Trejo-Ramírez O, Allen CD, Gómez-Pineda E, del-Val E. 2023. Abundance of Dendroctonus frontalis and D. mexicanus (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) along altitudinal transects in Mexico: Implications of climatic change for forest conservation. PLoS ONE 18(7): e0288067.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288067
*Luna, P., Villalobos, F., Escobar, F., Neves, F., Castillo-Campos, G., Hinojosa-Díaz, I., Cagnolo, L., del-Val, E., Leponce, M., Dáttilo, W. 2023. Temperature dissimilarity drives flower–visitor interaction turnover across elevation in the Mexican Transition Zone. Journal of Biogeography, 50 (10): 1737-1748.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14684
*Esquivel-Román, A., Dáttilo, W., Cruz-Rosales , M., del-Val, E., González-Tokman, D. 2023. Invader’s success: behavioural and reproductive plasticity of interacting exotic dung beetles. Behaviour 160: 593–615
https://doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-bja10222
*Real-Santillán, O., del-Val, E., Cruz-Ortega, R., García-Gómez, G., Quesada-Béjar, V., Nájera-Rincón, M.B., Larsen. J. 2023. Response of hybrid and landrace maize to foliar and root herbivore insects. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 17: 185–193
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-023-09945-0
*Díaz-Alvarez, E.A., Martínez-Zavaleta, J.P., López-Santiz, E.E., del la Barrera, E., Larsen, J., del-Val, E. 2023. Climate change can trigger fall armyworm outbreaks: a developmental response experiment with two Mexican maize landraces. International Journal of Pest Management 69 (2): 184-192
https://doi.org/10.1080/09670874.2020.1869347
Suarez-Rodriguez, M., del-Val, E., Domínguez-Domínguez, O., Ojanguren, AF, Camacho-Cervantes, M. 2023. Population growth and behavioural interactions of a critically endangered fish with co-occurring native and exotic species. Freshwater Biology 28 (4): 698-710. ISSN: 1365-2427
https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14057
Pérez-Hernández, C.X., Dattilo, W., Corona-López, A. M., Toledo-Hernández, V.H., del-Val, E. 2023. Buprestid trophic guilds differ in their structural role shaping ecological networks with their host plants. Arthropod plant interactions 17: 65–76
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-022-09933-w
*del-Val, E., Flores-Gutiérrez, A.M., Obregón, A., Paz, H. 2022. Población de langosta centroamericana (Schistocerca piceifrons) en la isla Socorro y su impacto sobre la vegetación. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93: e934917
https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2022.93.4917
*Reyes‐Gonzalez, A., Mora, F., Porter‐Boland, L., Ramírez Ramirez, M.I., del-Val, E. 2022. Stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) at risk in western Mexico. Biotropica 54: 829-838
https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13100
*Santangelo, J.S. et al. 2022. Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover. Science 375 (6586), 1275-1281
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abk0989
Paz, H., Ortiz-Alcaraz, A., del-Val, E. 2022. The effects of the aggressive species Pteridium caudatum on the vegetation of Socorro Island: Restoration challenges and opportunities. Journal for Nature Conservation 67, 126160. ISSN 1617-1381
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2022.126160
Pérez-Hernández, C.X., Hernández-Robles, D., Corona-López, A. M., Todeo-Hernández, V.H., del-Val, E. 2021. Base de datos de las interacciones planta-Buprestidae (Coleoptera) en México. Ecosistemas 30(3): 2282
https://doi.org/10.7818/ECOS.2282
Mendes, G., del-Val, E. Cornelissen, T.,+30 autores. 2021. How much leaf area do insects eat? A data set of insect herbivory sampled globally with a standardized protocol. Ecology 102 (4): e03301. ISSN: 0012-9658
https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3301
*Camacho-Cervantes M, Mendoza-Arroyo W, Arellano-Sánchez D, del-Val E. 2021. Exotic predators are not better biocontrol agents: the harlequin ladybird is not the most voracious in Mexico. PeerJ 9:e12503. ISSN: 2167-8359
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12503
*Piñon-Flores, M.A., Suazo-Ortuño, I., Ramírez-Herrejón, J.P., Moncayo-Estrada, R., del-Val, E. 2021. Habitat, water quality or geomorphological degradation in the streams: Which is most important for conserving an endemic amphibian of Central Mexico? Journal for Nature Conservation 64, 126063, ISSN 1617-1381.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2021.126063
Benitez-Malvido,J., Rodriguez-Alvarado, G., Avila-Cabadilla, L.D., Álvarez-Añorve, M., del-Val, E., Lira Noriega, A., Gregorio-Cipriano, R. 2021. Antagonistic interactions between Fusaria species and their host plants are influences by hist taxonomic distance: A case study from Mexico. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9:615857.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.615857
*Urrea‐Galeano, L.A., Andresen, E., Coates, R., Mora, F., del‐Val, E., Nava Mendoza, M. 2021. Dung beetle activity had no positive effect on nutrient concentration or performance of established rainforest seedlings. Biotropica 53 (3): 808-819
https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12934
Barreto-Díaz, O., Real-Santillán, R.O., Larsen, J., Bahena, F., del-Val, E. 2021. Differential biocontrol efficacy of the parasitoid wasp Campoletis sonorensis on the Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda feeding on landrace and hybrid maize. Biocontrol Science and Technology
https://doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2021.1882386
Cuevas-Mendieta, E., García-Frapolli, E., del-Val, E. 2021. Diversity and local perception of Lepidopterans in secondary tropical dry forests: Implications for management. Forest Ecology and Management 482 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118815
Toledo, T., del-Val E. Aceptado. Do plant-herbivore interactions persist in assisted migration plantings? Restoration Ecology 23(3): e13318
https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13318
Lemelin, R.H., Jaramillo, P., Ocaña, N., del-Val E. In the Still of the Night: Firefly tourism in Mexico. En prensa. Anatolia https://doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2020.1819832
Medeiros, L., Zaldívar-Riverón, A., Boege, K., del-Val, E., Saavedra, S. 2021. Observed ecological communities are among the most likely to persist under changing environments. American Naturalist 197: E17-E29
https://doi.org/10.1086/711663
Díaz-Alvarez, E.A., Martínez-Zavaleta, J.P., López-Santiz, E.E., del la Barrera, E., Larsen, J., del-Val, E. 2021. Climate change can trigger fall armyworm outbreaks: a developmental response experiment with two Mexican maize landraces. International Journal of Pest Management
https://doi.org/10.1080/09670874.2020.1869347
Quiroz-Pacheco, E.N., Mora, F., Boege, K., Domínguez, C.A., del-Val, E. 2020. Effects of heribory and its timing on a tropical deciduous tree reproductive success. Annals of Botany 126: 957–969
https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaa117
Reyes-González, A., Camou, A., del-Val, E., Ramírez, M.I., Porter-Bolland, L. 2020. Biocultural Diversity Loss: the Decline of Native Stingless Bees (Apidae: Meliponini) and Local Ecological Knowledge in Michoacán, Western México. Human Ecology 48: 411–422
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-020-00167-z
Macías-Rodríguez, L., Contreras-Cornejo, H., Adame-Garnica, S.G., del-Val, E., Larsen, J. 2020. The interactions of Trichoderma at multiple trophic levels: inter-kingdom communication. Microbiological Research 240
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2020.126552
Contreras-Cornejo, H.A., Viveros-Bremauntz, F., del-Val, E., Macías-Rodríguez, L., López-Carmona, D. A., Alarcón, A., González-Esquivel, C.E., Larsen, J. 2020. Alterations of foliar arthropod communities in a maize agroecosystem induced by the root-associated fungus Trichoderma harzianum. Journal of Pest Science
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-020-01261-3
Zu, P., Boege, K., del-Val, E. Schuman, M., Stevenson, P., Zaldívar-Riverón, A., Saavedra, S. 2020. Information arms race explains plant-herbivore chemical communication in ecological communities. Science 368: 1377–1381
DOI 10.1126/science.aba2965
Armas-Quiñonez, G., Ayala-Barajas, R., Avendaño-Mendoza, C, Lindig-Cisneros, R., del-Val, E. 2020. Bee diversity in secondary forests and coffee plantations in a transition between foothills and highlands in the Guatemalan Pacific Coast. PeerJ 8:e9257
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9257
Flores-Gutiérrez, A., Mora, F., Ávila-Cabadilla, L., Boege, K., del-Val, E. 2020. Assessing the cascading effects of management and landscape on the arthropod guilds occurring in papaya plantations. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 293:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2020.106836
Zarazúa-Carbajal, M., Chávez-Gutiérrez, M., Romero-Bautista, Y., Rangel-Landa, S., Moreno-Calles, A.I., Alvarado Ramos, L.F., Smith, S.E., Blancas, J., del-Val, E., Arizmendi, M.C., Casas, A. 2020. Use and management of wild fauna by people of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley and surrounding areas, Mexico. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 16:4
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-020-0354-8
Real-Santillán, O., del-Val, E., Cruz-Ortega, R., Contreras-Cornejo, H.A., González-Esquivel, C.E., Larsen, J. 2019. Increased maize growth and P uptake promoted by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi coincide with higher foliar herbivory and larval biomass of the Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda. Mycorrhiza 29(6): 615-622.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-019-00920-3
Boege, K., Villa‐Galaviz, E., López‐Carretero, A., Pérez‐Ishiwara, R., Zaldívar‐Riverón, A., Ibarra, A., E. del‐Val. 2019. Temporal variation in the influence offorest succession on caterpillar communities: A long‐term study in a tropical dry forest. Biotropica00:1–9.
https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12666
Díaz-Guerrero, T., del-Val, E., Ayala, R. Larsen, J. 2019. Alterations in honey bee gut microorganisms caused by Nosema spp. and pest control methods. Pest Management Science 75(3): 835-843 (IF 3.249)
Havill, N.P., A. I. Cognato, E. del-Val, R. J. Rabaglia, R. C. Garrick. 2019. New Molecular Tools for Dendroctonus frontalis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) Reveal an East–West Genetic Subdivision of Early Pleistocene Origin. Insect Systematics and Diversity, (2019) 3(2): 1–14 Doi: 10.1093/isd/ixz002
González-Tokman, D., Boege, K., del-Val, E., Domínguez, C., Barradas, V., Martínez-Garza, C. 2018. Performance of 11 tree species under different management treatments in restoration plantings in a tropical dry forest. Restoration Ecology (IF 1.724)
https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.12617
Luviano, N., Villa-Galaviz, E., Boege, K., Zaldívar-Riverón, A., del-Val, E. 2018. Hurricane impacts on plant-herbivore networks along a successional chronosequence in a tropical dry forest. Forest Ecology and Management 426: 158–163 (IF 3.064)
Cornejo-Contreras, H., E. del-Val, L. Macías, A. Alarcón, C. González-Guitiérrez, J. Larsen. 2018. Trichoderma atroviride, a maize root associated fungus, increases the parasitism rate of the fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda by its natural enemy Campoletis sonorensis. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 122: 196-202 (IF 4.857)
Cornejo-Contreras, H., E. del-Val, L. Macías, A. Alarcón, C. González-Guitiérrez, J. Larsen. 2018. Trichoderma atroviride, a maize root associated fungus, increases the parasitism rate of the fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda by its natural enemy Campoletis sonorensis. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 122: 196-202 (IF 4.857)
Sosa-Aranda, I., E. del-Val, G. Hernández-Martínez, D. Arroyo-Lambaer, A. Uscanga, K. Boege. 2018. Response of lepidopteran herbivore communities to crop management in coffee plantations. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 265: 37-44 (IF 3.541)
Cornejo-Contreras, H., L. Macías, E. del-Val, J. Larsen. 2018. The root endophytic fungus Trichoderma atroviride induces foliar herbivory resistance in maize plants. Applied Soil Ecology 124: 45-53 (IF 2.916) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2017.10.004
Saavedra, S., Cenci, S. Boege, K., del-Val, E., Rohr, R. 2017. Reorganization of interaction networks modulates the success of establishment of colonizing species. Journal of Animal Ecology 86 (5): 1136-1146 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12710 (IF 4.827)
Barreto-, O., Larsen, J., Bahena, F., del-Val, E. 2017. Influence of male presence and host diet on Campoletis sonorensis parasitism of Spodoptera frugiperda. Biocontrol Science and Technology 27(11): 1279-1291. 10.1080/09583157.2017.1393497 (IF 0.919)
Zitlalpopoca-Hernandez, G., Alarcon, A., del-Val, E., Najera-Rincon, M.B., Jackson, T., Larsen, J. 2017. Multitrophic interactions between maize mycorrhizas, the root feeding insect Phyllophaga vetula and the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana. Applied Soil Ecology 115: 38-43(IF 2.670)
Camacho-Cervantes, M., Ortega-Iturriaga, A., del-Val, E. 2017. From effective biocontrol agent to successful invader: the Harlequin ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) an example of good ideas that could go wrong. PeerJ 5:e3296 DOI 10.7717/peerj.3296 (IF 2.18)
Solis-Gabriel, L., Mendoza-Arroyo, W., Boege, K., del-Val, E. 2017. Restoring lepidopteran diversity in a tropical dry forest: relative importance of restoration treatment, tree identity and predator pressure. PeerJ 5:e3344 DOI10.7717/peerj.3344 (IF 2.18)
del-Val, E. y C. Sáenz-Romero. 2017. Insectos descortezadores (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) y cambio climático: problemática actual y perspectivas en los bosques templados. TIP Revista Especializada en Ciencias Químico-Biológicas, 20(2): 53-60 DOI: 10.1016/j.recqb.2017.04.006
del-Val, E., J.P. Martínez, A. Bautista Lozada. 2017. Artrópodos exóticos en México: Impactos en producción, biodiversidad y salud. Folia Entomológica mexicana (nueva serie), 3(2): 70−91 ISSN: 2448-4768
Santos-Heredia,C., Andresen, E., del-Val, E. Zárate, D.A., Nava Mendoza, M. and V. J. Jaramillo. 2016. The activity of dung beetles increases foliar nutrient concentration in tropical seedlings. Biotropica 48(5): 565–567 doi10.1111/btp.12364
Contreras-Cornejo, HA, L Macías-Rodríguez, E del-Val, J Larsen. 2016. Ecological functions of Trichoderma spp. and their secondary metabolites in the rhizosphere: Interactions with plants. FEMS microbiology ecology, fiw036
Baeza-I., Martínez-Garza, C., del-Val E. 2015. Recovering More than Tree Cover: Herbivores and Herbivory in a Restored Tropical Dry Forest. PLOS-one 10(6): e0128583. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0128583
Rubin-Aguirre, A., Saenz-Romero C., Lindig-Cisneros, R., del-Rio-Mora, A.A., Tena-Morelos C.A., Campos-Bolaños, R., del-Val, E. 2015. Bark beetle pests in an altitudinal gradient of a Mexican managed forest. Forest Ecology and Management 343: 73–79 doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2015.01.028
del-Val, E., Balvanera, P., Castellarini, F., Espinosa, F., Murguía, M., Pacheco, C. 2015. Identifying areas of high invasion risk: a general model and an application to Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 86: 208-216
González-Esquivel, C., M. E. Gavito, M. Astier, M. Cadena-Salgado, E. del-Val, L. Villamil-Echeverri, Y. Merlín-Uribe and P. Balvanera 2014. Ecosystem service trade-offs, perceived drivers and sustainability in contrasting agroecosystems in Central Mexico. Ecology and Society 20 (1): 38.
Hernández. Y., Boege, K., Lindig-Cisneros, R., del-Val, E. 2014. Are ecological processes reestablished after restoration? A comparison of herbivory rates and herbivore communities in a restored vs. Successional site of a tropical dry forest. Southwestern Naturalist 59(1): 68-76.
MacGregor, I., Ortega-Alvarez, R., Sevillano, L., del-Val, E. 2013. Tama-risk? Avian responses to the invasion of saltcedars (Tamarix ramossissima) in Sonora, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 84: 1284-1291
Arnés, E., Gaona, J. A., del-Val, E., Astier, M. 2013. Challenges and opportunities in a low-input peasant maize management system facing abrupt climatic changes in the central Mexican highlands. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 181:195-205
Díaz-Rodríguez, B., del-Val, E., Gómez-Romero, M., Gómez-Ruiz, P.A, and Lindig-Cisneros, R. 2013. Conditions for establishment of a key restoration species, Lupinus elegans Kunth, in a Mexican temperate forest. Botanical Sciences 91 (2): 1-8 ISSN:2007-4298
Suazo-Ortuño, I., del-Val, E., Benítez-Malvido, J. 2013. Rediscovering an extraordinary vanishing bug: Llaveia axin axin. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 84: 338-346 ISSN 1870-3453
Villa-Galaviz, E., Boege, K. del-Val, E. 2012. Resilience in plant-herbivore networks during secondary succession. PLOS-one 7(12): e53009 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053009 ISSN. 1932-6203
Nava-Sosa, I.J., Lindig-Cisneros, R., del-Val, E., Lara-Cabrera, S.I. 2010. Limitaciones para el establecimiento de plántulas en arenales de origen volcánico. Boletín de la Sociedad Botánica de México 87:51-59 ISSN: 0366-2128
Barbosa, O., del-Val, E., Armesto, J.J., Christie, D., Gutiérrez, A.G, Jones, C.G., Marquet, P. y K. C. Weathers. 2010. Interactions among patch size, forest structure and water fluxes in a fog-inundated forest ecosystem in semi-arid Chile. Functional Ecology 24: 909-917 ISSN (printed): 0269-8463
del-Val, E., Armesto, J.J. 2010. Seedling mortality and herbivory damage in subtropical and temperate populations: Testing the hypothesis of higher herbivore pressure towards the tropics. Biotropica 42 (2): 174-179 ISSN: 1744-7429
Gutiérrez, A.G., Barbosa, O., Christie, D., del-Val, E., Jones, C.G., Marquet, P.A. y J.J. Armesto. 2008. Regeneration patterns and persistence of the fog-dependent Fray Jorge forest in semiarid Chile during the past two decades. Global Change Biology 14(1): 161-176 ISSN: 1365-2486
del-Val, E., Barbosa, O., Armesto, J.J. y P. Marquet. 2007. Effects of herbivory, patch size and fog water inputs on tree seedling survivorship in a cloud-dependent coastal rainforest in semiarid Chile. Oecologia 153: 625-632. ISSN: 0029-8549
Armesto, J.J., Bautista, S., del-Val, E., Ferguson, B., García, X., Gaxiola, A., Godinez-Alvarez, H., Gann, G., López-Barrera, F., Manson, R., Núñez-Avila, M., Ortiz-Arrona, C., Tognetti11, P. y G. Williams-Linera. 2007. Towards an ecological restoration network: Challenges and opportunities to revert land degradation in Latin America. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5(4): W1-W4. ISSN: 1540-9295
del-Val, E., Barbosa, O., Armesto, J.J., Christie, D., Gutiérrez, A.G, Jones, C.G., Marquet, P. y K. C. Weathers. 2006. Rain forest islands in the Chilean semiarid region: fog-dependency, ecosystem persistence and tree regeneration. Ecosystems 9: 598-608. ISSN: 1432-9840
del-Val, E. y M.J. Crawley. 2005. Are grazing increaser species better tolerators than decreasers?: An experimental assessment of defoliation tolerance in eight British grassland species. Journal of Ecology 93: 1005-1016 ISSN: 1365-2745
del-Val, E. y M.J. Crawley. 2005. What limits herb biomass in a grassland: competition or herbivory? Oecologia 142: 202 – 211. ISSN: 0029-8549 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1719-8
del-Val, E. y R. Dirzo. 2004. Mirmecofilia: Las plantas con ejército propio. Interciencia 29 (12): 673- 679 ISSN 0378-1844
del-Val, E. y M.J. Crawley. 2004. Interspecific competition and tolerance to defoliation in four grassland species. Canadian Journal of Botany 82 (7): 871-877 ISSN 0008-4026
del-Val, E. y M.J. Crawley. 2004. Importance of tolerance to herbivory for plant survival in a British grassland. Journal of Vegetation Sciences 15: 357-364 Online ISSN: 1654-1103
del-Val, E. y R. Dirzo. 2003. Does ontogeny cause changes in the defensive strategies of the myrmecophyte Cecropia peltata? Plant Ecology 149 (1): 35-41 ISSN: 1385-0237