Recent Publications

The Maherali Lab home page can be found here: http://www.uoguelph.ca/~maherali/

Maherali H., Caruso C.M., Sherrard M.E. & Latta R.G. 2010. Adaptive value and costs of physiological plasticity to soil moisture limitation in recombinant inbred lines of Avena barbata.  American Naturalist, 175:211-224.

Powell J.R., Parrent J.L., Klironomos, J.N., Hart, M.M., Rillig M.C. & Maherali H.  2009.  Phylogenetic trait conservatism and the evolution of functional tradeoffs in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.  Proceedings of the Royal Society, Biological Sciences, 276:4237-4245.

Maherali H., Walden A.E. & Husband B.C.  2009. Genome duplication and the evolution of physiological responses to water stress.  New Phytologist, 184:721-731.
The definitive version of this paper is available at http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/nph

Maherali H., Caruso C.M. & Sherrard M.E.  2009.  The adaptive significance of ontogenetic changes in leaf physiology: a test with Avena barbata.  New Phytologist, 183:908-918.
The definitive version of this paper is available at http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/nph

Sherrard M.E., Maherali H., & Latta R.G.  2009.  Water stress alters the genetic architecture of functional traits associated with drought adaptation in Avena barbata.  Evolution, 63:702-715.

Maherali H., Sherrard M.E., Clifford M.H. & Latta R.G.  2008.  Leaf hydraulic conductivity and photosynthesis are genetically correlated in an annual grass.  New Phytologist, 180:240-247.   
The definitive version of this paper is available at http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/nph

Suwa T. & Maherali H. 2008. Effect of nutrient availability on the mechanisms of tolerance to herbivory in Avena barbata (Poaceae).  American Journal of Botany, 95: 434-440.

Maherali H. & Klironomos J.N.  2007.  Influence of phylogeny on fungal community assembly and ecosystem functioning.  Science, 316: 1746-1748.

Sherrard M.E. & Maherali H. 2006. The adaptive significance of drought escape in Avena barbata, an annual grass.  Evolution, 60: 2478-2489.

Caruso C.M., Maherali H. & Sherrard M.E. 2006. Plasticity of physiology in Lobelia: testing for adaptation and constraint.  Evolution, 60: 980-990.