Frank DiMeo
Anurag A. Agrawal
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
James A. Perkins Professor of Environmental Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences/College of Arts and Sciences
Contact Information
E425 Corson Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
p:
(607) 254-4255
Anurag A. Agrawal
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
James A. Perkins Professor of Environmental Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences/College of Arts and Sciences
Expertise
Community and evolutionary ecology of plant-animal interactions; interspecific interactions; genotypic and environmental influences on insect communities; phenotypic plasticity; induced plant defense against herbivores; ecological genetics; phylogenetic and tropical ecology
Current Research Interest
Antagonistic interactions between plants and insect herbivores; evolutionary ecology of plant defense; biological diversity of plants and herbivores.
Distinction
American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow
National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award
Ecological Society of America, R.H. MacArthur Award
Selected Publications
Agrawal, Anurag A., Amy P. Hastings, Daniel M. Fnes, Steve Bogdanowicz, and Meret Huber. “Insect Herbivory and Plant Adaptation in an Early Successional Community.” Evolution (2018): 1020-1033.
Agrawal, Anurag A. Monarchs and Milkweed: A Migrating Butterfly, A Poisonous Plant, and their Remarkable Story of Coevolution. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2017.
Cornell Research Website Article
Chemical Ecology—A Cornell Pioneered Field