The Zalamea Lab | Universtiy of South Florida

PLANT - SOIL - MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS

Published Articles

  1. Dormancy type, seed traits, and species identity shape seed-associated fungal community composition in tropical pioneer trees

    2026. McCulloch L.A., Arnold A.E., Dalling J.W., Davis A.S., Sarmiento C., Zalamea P‑C.

    New Phytologist

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  2. Tropical Seed Trait Database: advancing seed functional ecology in the world’s most biodiverse region

    2026. Oliveira D., et al. (100+ authors including Zalamea P‑C.)

    New Phytologist

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  3. Seed survival in tropical pioneer trees is unrelated to conspecific distance but linked to fungal infection

    2025. Varon‑Garcia D., Sarmiento C., Arnold A.E., Dalling J.W., Davis A.S., Bowman E.A., Zalamea P‑C.

    Oikos

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  4. Incorporating microbiome analyses can enhance conservation of threatened species and ecosystem functions

    2025. Walling L., et al. (18 coauthors including Zalamea P‑C.)

    Science of the Total Environment

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  5. Decadal survival of tropical pioneer seeds in the soil seedbank is accompanied by fungal infection and dormancy release

    2025. Zalamea P‑C., Sarmiento C., Arnold A.E., Kuo V., Delevich C., Davis A.S., Brown T.A., Dalling J.W.

    Functional Ecology

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  6. Seed permeability: An essential trait for classifying seed dormancy type

    2024. McCulloch L.A., Dalling J.W., Zalamea P‑C.

    Seed Science Research

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  7. A global assessment of the state of plant health

    2023. Acuña I., et al. (92 coauthors including Zalamea P‑C.)

    Plant Disease

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  8. Acrogenospora terricola sp. nov., a fungal species associated with seeds of pioneer trees in the soil seedbank of a lowland forest in Panama

    2022. Harrington A.H., Sarmiento C., Zalamea P‑C., Dalling J.W., Ferrer A., Davis A.S., Arnold A.E.

    International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

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  9. Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates

    2022. Zanne A. (106 co‑authors), Zalamea P‑C.

    Science

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  10. Molecular systematics, species concepts and myrmecophytism in Cecropia (Cecropieae: Urticaceae): Insights from restriction-site associated DNA

    2022. Treiber E.L., Zalamea P‑C., Torres M., Madriñán S., Weiblen G.W.

    Systematic Botany

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  11. Closely related tree species support distinct communities of seed-associated fungi in a lowland tropical forest

    2021. Zalamea P‑C., Sarmiento C., Arnold A.E., Davis A.S., Ferrer A., Dalling J.W.

    Journal of Ecology

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  12. Can variation in seed removal patterns of Neotropical pioneer tree species be explained by local ant community composition?

    2021. Ruzi S., Zalamea P‑C., Roche D., Achury R., Dalling J.W., Suarez A.

    Biotropica

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  13. Extending plant defense theory to seeds

    2020. Dalling J.W., Davis A.S., Arnold A.E., Sarmiento C., Zalamea P‑C.

    Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

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  14. Species-specific effects of phosphorus addition on tropical tree seedling response to elevated CO2

    2019. Thompson J., Slot M., Dalling J.W., Winter K., Turner B.L., Zalamea P‑C.

    Functional Ecology

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  15. Context-dependent and variable effects of endohyphal bacteria on interactions between fungi and seeds

    2018. Shaffer J.P., Zalamea P‑C., Sarmiento C., Gallery R.E., Dalling J.W., Davis A., Baltrus D.A., Arnold A.E.

    Fungal Ecology

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  16. Dormancy-defense syndromes and tradeoffs between physical and chemical defenses in seeds of pioneer species

    2018. Zalamea P‑C., Dalling J.W., Sarmiento C., Arnold A.E., Delevich C., Berhow M.A., Ndobegang A., Gripenberg S., Davis A.S.

    Ecology

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  17. Seed polyphenols in a diverse tropical plant community

    2018. Gripenberg S., Rota J., Kim J., Wright S.J., Garwood N.C., Fricke E.C., Zalamea P‑C., Salminen J‑P.

    Journal of Ecology

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  18. Soilborne fungi have strong host-affinity and host-specific effects on seed germination and survival

    2017. Sarmiento C., Zalamea P‑C., Dalling J.W., Davis A.S., Stump S.M., U’Ren J., Arnold A.E.

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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  19. No evidence that boron influences tree species distributions in lowland tropical forests of Panama

    2017. Turner B.L., Zalamea P‑C., Condit R., Winter K., Wright S.J., Dalling J.W.

    New Phytologist

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  20. Species identity influences secondary removal of seeds of Neotropical pioneer tree species

    2017. Ruzi S., Roche D., Zalamea P‑C., Robison A., Dalling J.W.

    Plant Ecology

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  21. Seedling growth responses to phosphorus reflect adult distribution patterns of tropical trees

    2016. Zalamea P‑C., Turner B.L., Winter K., Jones F.A., Sarmiento C., Dalling J.W.

    New Phytologist

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  22. Diversity, specificity, and phylogenetic relationships of endohyphal bacteria in fungi that inhabit tropical seeds and leaves

    2016. Shaffer J.P., Sarmiento C., Zalamea P‑C., Gallery R.E., Davis A., Baltrus D.A., Arnold A.E.

    Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

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  23. Do soil microbes and abrasion by soil particles influence persistence and loss of physical dormancy in seeds of tropical pioneers?

    2015. Zalamea P‑C., Sarmiento C., Arnold A.E., Davis A., Dalling J.W.

    Frontiers in Plant Science

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  24. Asynchrony of seasons: genetic differentiation associated with geographic variation in climatic seasonality and reproductive phenology

    2014. Quintero I., Gonzalez‑Caro S., Zalamea P‑C., Cadena C.D.

    The American Naturalist

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  25. Investment in seed physical defense is associated with species' light requirement for regeneration and seed persistence: Evidence from Macaranga species in Borneo

    2014. Tiansawat P., Davis A.S., Berhow M.A., Zalamea P‑C., Dalling J.W.

    PLoS ONE

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  26. Effect of rainfall seasonality on the growth of Cecropia sciadophylla: Intra-annual variation in leaf production and node length

    2013. Zalamea P‑C., Sarmiento C., Rodríguez M., Nicolini E., Stevenson P., Heuret P.

    Journal of Tropical Ecology

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  27. The genus Cecropia: a biological clock to estimate the age of recent disturbed areas in the Neotropics

    2012. Zalamea P‑C., Heuret P., Rodríguez M., Berthouly A., Sarmiento C., Nicolini E., Guitet S., Delnatte C., Barthélémy D., Stevenson P.

    PLoS ONE

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  28. Analysing the effects of local environment on the source-sink balance of Cecropia sciadophylla

    2012. Letort V., Heuret P., Zalamea P‑C., de Reffey P., Nicolini E.

    Annals of Forest Science

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  29. What is in a name? That which we call Cecropia peltata by any other name would be as invasive?

    2011. Webber B.L., Born C., Conn B.J., Hadiah J.T., Zalamea P‑C.

    Plant Ecology & Diversity

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  30. Continental-scale patterns of Cecropia reproductive phenology

    2011. Zalamea P‑C., Munoz F., Stevenson P., Paine C.E.T., Sarmiento C., Sabatier D., Heuret P.

    Proceedings of the Royal Society B

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  31. Growth pattern and age determination for Cecropia sciadophylla

    2008. Zalamea P‑C., Stevenson P., Madriñán S., Aubert P‑M., Heuret P.

    American Journal of Botany

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    32. Other Peer-reviewed Publications

  32. Cecropia: a myrmecophytic genus of dioecious pioneer trees

    2024. Zalamea P‑C., Sarmiento C., Dalling J.W.

    In The First 100 Years of Research on Barro Colorado Island: Plant and Ecosystem Science, ed. H. C. Muller-Landau and S. J. Wright.

    Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, Washington, DC.

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  33. Insights on seed defenses and seed dormancy from the trees of Barro Colorado Island

    2024. Zalamea P‑C.

    In The First 100 Years of Research on Barro Colorado Island: Plant and Ecosystem Science, ed. H. C. Muller-Landau and S. J. Wright.

    Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, Washington, DC.

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  34. Amazon Forest

    2022. Brenes‐Arguedas T., Arnold A.E., Coley P.D., Spear E.R., Zalamea P‑C.

    In: Global Plant Health Assessment, An international peer‐reviewed evaluation of the state of plant health across ecoregions of the world, and of the effects of plant disease on ecosystem services, pages 176-181.

    International Society for Plant Pathology. ISBN: 978-91-988233-1-8.

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  35. Effect of climate change on regeneration of plants from seeds in tropical wet forests

    2022. Dalling J.W., Cernusak L.A., Chen Y-Y., Slot M., Sarmiento C., Zalamea P‑C.

    In: Plant regeneration from seeds: a global warming perspective, ed. C. Baskin and J. Baskin, pages: 157-168.

    Academic Press.

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  36. Colonization of seeds by soilborne fungi: Linking seed dormancy-defense syndromes, evolutionary constraints, and fungal traits

    2019. Stump S.M., Sarmiento C., Zalamea P‑C., Dalling J.W., Davis A., Shaffer J.P., Arnold A.E.

    In: Seed Endophytes: Biology and Biotechnology, ed. S. Verma and J. White, pages: 465 – 481.

    Springer International Publishing.

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  37. Analysis of Cecropia sciadophylla morphogenesis based on a sink-source dynamic model

    2009. Letort V, Heuret P., Zalamea P‑C., Nicolini E., de Reffey P.

    In: Plant Growth Modelling, Simulation, Visualization and Applications, ed. L. Baogou, M. Jaeger, and Y. Guo, pages: 10-17.

    IEEE Computer Society, Conference Publishing Services, Beijing (CHINA), ISBN: 978-0-7695-3988-1.

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    38. Article published in non-peer-reviewed journal

  38. Tropical pioneer seeds have different dormancy-defense syndromes that help them to survive in the soil seed bank

    2018. Zalamea P‑C., Sarmiento C., Dalling J.W., Arnold A.E., Davis A.S.

    Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America

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    39. Articles Under Review or In Revision

  39. Mechanical scarification and incubation in gibberellic acid alleviate physiological dormancy in seeds of Trema micrantha (Cannabaceae)

    In revision. Fuller D. B., Sarmiento C., Quesada-Ávila G., Zalamea P‑C.

  40. Germinating in the Anthropocene: How hot is too hot?

    Under review. Quesada-Ávila G., Slot M., McCulloch L.A., Sarmiento C., Zalamea P‑C.

  41. Low-diversity mycobiomes of individual seeds make a good model to study plant-fungal interactions in the tropics

    Under review. Zalamea P‑C., Sarmiento C., Arnold A.E., Davis A.S., Varon-Garcia D., Dalling J.W.