Publications
Alba C, DePrenger-Levin M, R. Hufft. In Revision. Incorporation of indaziflam into natural areas management of cheatgrass and other short-lived invasive species: Post-fire assessment in a semi-arid Colorado grassland.
Baur A, English CT, Alba C, LP Bruederle. 2022. Facultative outcrossing inferred from pollen-ovule ratios in Penstemon degeneri (Plantaginaceae), a rare Colorado endemic. The Southwestern Naturalist 66(2):175-179.
Endriss S, Alba C, RA Hufbauer. 2022. Using biological invasions to improve plant defense theory. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. Special Issue: Insect-Plant Relationships. DOI: 10.1111/eea.13195
Alba C, Levy R, Hufft R. 2021. Combining botanical collections and ecological data to better describe plant diversity. PLoS ONE 16(1): e0244982. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244982
Alba C, Fahey C, Flory SL. 2019. Global change stressors alter resource availability and shift plant interactions from facilitation to competition. Ecology doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2859
NeSmith, JE, Alba C, and SL Flory. 2018. Experimental drought and plant invasion additively suppress primary pine species of southeastern US forests. Forest Ecology and Management 411:158-165.
Flory SL, Alba C, Clay K, Holt R, and E. Goss. 2018. Emerging pathogens can suppress invaders and promote native species recovery. Biological Invasions. 20: 5.
Flory SL, Alba C, Clay K, Holt R, and E. Goss. 2018. Long-term studies are needed to reveal the effects of pathogen accumulation on invaded plant communities. Biological Invasions 20:11.
Endriss SB, Alba C, Norton AP, Pyšek P, and RA Hufbauer. 2018. Breakdown of a geographic cline best explains high performance of introduced populations of a weedy invader. Journal of Ecology 106:699-713.
Alba C, NeSmith J, Fahey C, Angelini C, and SL Flory. 2017. Methods for testing the interactive effects of drought and plant invasion on ecosystem structure and function using complementary common garden and field experiments. Ecology and Evolution, 7:1442-1452. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2729
Alba C, Moravcová L, and P Pyšek. 2016. Geographic structuring and trans-generational maternal effects shape germination in native, but not introduced, populations of a widespread plant invader. American Journal of Botany 103:837-844.
Hulme PE, Pauchard A, Pyšek P, Vilà M, Alba C, Blackburn TM, Bullock JM, Chytrý M, Dawson W, Dunn A M, Essl F, Genovesi P, Maskell LC, Meyerson LA, Nuñez MA, Pergl J, Pescott OL, Pocock MJO, Richardson DM, Roy HE, Smart SM, Štajerová K, Stohlgren TJ, van Kleunen M & Winter M. 2015. Challenging the view that invasive non-native plants are not a significant threat to the floristic diversity of Great Britain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112: E2988–E2989.
Alba C, Skálová H, McGregor KF, D’Antonio C, P Pyšek. 2015. Native and exotic species respond differently to wildfire and prescribed fire as revealed by meta-analysis. Journal of Vegetation Science 26:102-133.
Pyšek P, Manceur AM, Alba C, McGregor KF, Pergl J, Štajerová K, Chytrý M, Danihelka J, Kartesz J, Klimešová J, Lučanová M, Moravcová L, Nishino M, Sádlo J, Suda J, Tichý L & I Kühn. 2014. Naturalization of central European plants in North America: Species traits, habitats, propagule pressure, residence time. Ecology 96:145-157.
Alba C, Bowers MD, Blumenthal D, RA Hufbauer. 2014. Chemical and mechanical defenses vary among maternal lines and leaf ages in Verbascum thapsus L. (Scrophulariaceae) and reduce palatability to a generalist insect. PLoS ONE 9(8):e104889. DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0104889.
Wilbur H, Alba C, Norton A, RA Hufbauer. 2013. The effect of insect herbivory on the growth and fitness of introduced Verbascum thapsus L. Neobiota 19:21-44.
Parker JP, Torchin ME, Hufbauer RA, Lemoine N, Alba C, et al. 2013. Do invasive species perform better in their new ranges? Ecology 94:985-994.
Kumschick S, Hufbauer RA, Alba C, and D Blumenthal. 2013. Evolution of fast-growing but more resistant phenotypes in introduced common mullein (Verbascum thapsus). Journal of Ecology 101:378-387.
Alba C, Prioreschi R, and C Quintero. 2013. Population and leaf-level variation of iridoid glycosides in the invasive weed Verbascum thapsus L. (common mullein): Implications for herbivory by generalist insects. Chemoecology 23:83-92.
Alba C and RA Hufbauer. 2012. Exploring the potential for climatic factors, herbivory, and co-occurring vegetation to shape performance in native and introduced populations of Verbascum thapsus. Biological Invasions 14:2505-2518.
Alba C, Bowers MD, and RA Hufbauer. 2012. Combining optimal defense theory and the evolutionary dilemma model to refine predictions regarding plant invasion. Ecology 93:1912-1921.
Kumschick S, Alba C, Hufbauer RA and W Nentwig. 2011. Weak or strong invaders? A comparison of impact between the native and invaded area of mammals and birds alien to Europe. Diversity and Distributions 17:663-672.
Alba C, Bowers MD, Blumenthal DM and RA Hufbauer. 2011. Evolution of growth but not structural or chemical defense in Verbascum thapsus (common mullein) following introduction to North America. Biological Invasions 13:2379-2389.
Alba-Lynn C and S Henk. 2010. Potential for ants and vertebrate predators to shape seed-dispersal dynamics of the invasive thistles Cirsium arvense and Carduus nutans in their introduced range (North America). Plant Ecology 210:291-301.
Alba-Lynn C and JK Detling. 2008. Interactive disturbance effects of two disparate ecosystem engineers in North American shortgrass steppe. Oecologia 157:269-278.
Book Chapters
Alba C. Northern Short Grasslands. 2013. In: Rowarth RW ed. Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia. Salem Press.
Alba C. Temperate Grasslands. 2013. In: Rowarth RW ed. Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia. Salem Press.
Technical Reports (email [email protected] to request a copy):
Alba C. 2022. Vegetation and soil characteristics in relationship to green stormwater infrastructure on the High Line Canal. Available at https://highlinecanal.org/resources/
Alba C and M DePrenger-Levin. 2021. Incorporation of indaziflam (Rejuvra®) into Boulder County Parks and Open Space Weed Management: A Post‐Fire Assessment. Report to Boulder County Parks and Open Space.
Alba C and J Wingate. 2020. Sandstone Ranch Botanical Survey. Prepared for Douglas County Open Space.
Alba C and J Wingate. 2019. May Farms Ranch Botanical Survey. Prepared for private landowners.
Schnacke K, and C Alba. 2019. High Line Canal outreach and education: Plant bioblitz report. Prepared for the High Line Canal Conservancy.
Alba C. 2018. High Line Canal 2018 Botanical Survey. Prepared for the High Line Canal Conservancy. Available at https://highlinecanal.org/resources/
Alba C. 2017. Botanical survey of a privately owned Forest Stewardship Program Property, Douglas County, CO. Prepared for private landowners.
Alba C, DePrenger-Levin M, R. Hufft. In Revision. Incorporation of indaziflam into natural areas management of cheatgrass and other short-lived invasive species: Post-fire assessment in a semi-arid Colorado grassland.
Baur A, English CT, Alba C, LP Bruederle. 2022. Facultative outcrossing inferred from pollen-ovule ratios in Penstemon degeneri (Plantaginaceae), a rare Colorado endemic. The Southwestern Naturalist 66(2):175-179.
Endriss S, Alba C, RA Hufbauer. 2022. Using biological invasions to improve plant defense theory. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. Special Issue: Insect-Plant Relationships. DOI: 10.1111/eea.13195
Alba C, Levy R, Hufft R. 2021. Combining botanical collections and ecological data to better describe plant diversity. PLoS ONE 16(1): e0244982. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244982
Alba C, Fahey C, Flory SL. 2019. Global change stressors alter resource availability and shift plant interactions from facilitation to competition. Ecology doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2859
NeSmith, JE, Alba C, and SL Flory. 2018. Experimental drought and plant invasion additively suppress primary pine species of southeastern US forests. Forest Ecology and Management 411:158-165.
Flory SL, Alba C, Clay K, Holt R, and E. Goss. 2018. Emerging pathogens can suppress invaders and promote native species recovery. Biological Invasions. 20: 5.
Flory SL, Alba C, Clay K, Holt R, and E. Goss. 2018. Long-term studies are needed to reveal the effects of pathogen accumulation on invaded plant communities. Biological Invasions 20:11.
Endriss SB, Alba C, Norton AP, Pyšek P, and RA Hufbauer. 2018. Breakdown of a geographic cline best explains high performance of introduced populations of a weedy invader. Journal of Ecology 106:699-713.
Alba C, NeSmith J, Fahey C, Angelini C, and SL Flory. 2017. Methods for testing the interactive effects of drought and plant invasion on ecosystem structure and function using complementary common garden and field experiments. Ecology and Evolution, 7:1442-1452. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2729
Alba C, Moravcová L, and P Pyšek. 2016. Geographic structuring and trans-generational maternal effects shape germination in native, but not introduced, populations of a widespread plant invader. American Journal of Botany 103:837-844.
Hulme PE, Pauchard A, Pyšek P, Vilà M, Alba C, Blackburn TM, Bullock JM, Chytrý M, Dawson W, Dunn A M, Essl F, Genovesi P, Maskell LC, Meyerson LA, Nuñez MA, Pergl J, Pescott OL, Pocock MJO, Richardson DM, Roy HE, Smart SM, Štajerová K, Stohlgren TJ, van Kleunen M & Winter M. 2015. Challenging the view that invasive non-native plants are not a significant threat to the floristic diversity of Great Britain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112: E2988–E2989.
Alba C, Skálová H, McGregor KF, D’Antonio C, P Pyšek. 2015. Native and exotic species respond differently to wildfire and prescribed fire as revealed by meta-analysis. Journal of Vegetation Science 26:102-133.
Pyšek P, Manceur AM, Alba C, McGregor KF, Pergl J, Štajerová K, Chytrý M, Danihelka J, Kartesz J, Klimešová J, Lučanová M, Moravcová L, Nishino M, Sádlo J, Suda J, Tichý L & I Kühn. 2014. Naturalization of central European plants in North America: Species traits, habitats, propagule pressure, residence time. Ecology 96:145-157.
Alba C, Bowers MD, Blumenthal D, RA Hufbauer. 2014. Chemical and mechanical defenses vary among maternal lines and leaf ages in Verbascum thapsus L. (Scrophulariaceae) and reduce palatability to a generalist insect. PLoS ONE 9(8):e104889. DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0104889.
Wilbur H, Alba C, Norton A, RA Hufbauer. 2013. The effect of insect herbivory on the growth and fitness of introduced Verbascum thapsus L. Neobiota 19:21-44.
Parker JP, Torchin ME, Hufbauer RA, Lemoine N, Alba C, et al. 2013. Do invasive species perform better in their new ranges? Ecology 94:985-994.
Kumschick S, Hufbauer RA, Alba C, and D Blumenthal. 2013. Evolution of fast-growing but more resistant phenotypes in introduced common mullein (Verbascum thapsus). Journal of Ecology 101:378-387.
Alba C, Prioreschi R, and C Quintero. 2013. Population and leaf-level variation of iridoid glycosides in the invasive weed Verbascum thapsus L. (common mullein): Implications for herbivory by generalist insects. Chemoecology 23:83-92.
Alba C and RA Hufbauer. 2012. Exploring the potential for climatic factors, herbivory, and co-occurring vegetation to shape performance in native and introduced populations of Verbascum thapsus. Biological Invasions 14:2505-2518.
Alba C, Bowers MD, and RA Hufbauer. 2012. Combining optimal defense theory and the evolutionary dilemma model to refine predictions regarding plant invasion. Ecology 93:1912-1921.
Kumschick S, Alba C, Hufbauer RA and W Nentwig. 2011. Weak or strong invaders? A comparison of impact between the native and invaded area of mammals and birds alien to Europe. Diversity and Distributions 17:663-672.
Alba C, Bowers MD, Blumenthal DM and RA Hufbauer. 2011. Evolution of growth but not structural or chemical defense in Verbascum thapsus (common mullein) following introduction to North America. Biological Invasions 13:2379-2389.
Alba-Lynn C and S Henk. 2010. Potential for ants and vertebrate predators to shape seed-dispersal dynamics of the invasive thistles Cirsium arvense and Carduus nutans in their introduced range (North America). Plant Ecology 210:291-301.
Alba-Lynn C and JK Detling. 2008. Interactive disturbance effects of two disparate ecosystem engineers in North American shortgrass steppe. Oecologia 157:269-278.
Book Chapters
Alba C. Northern Short Grasslands. 2013. In: Rowarth RW ed. Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia. Salem Press.
Alba C. Temperate Grasslands. 2013. In: Rowarth RW ed. Biomes and Ecosystems: An Encyclopedia. Salem Press.
Technical Reports (email [email protected] to request a copy):
Alba C. 2022. Vegetation and soil characteristics in relationship to green stormwater infrastructure on the High Line Canal. Available at https://highlinecanal.org/resources/
Alba C and M DePrenger-Levin. 2021. Incorporation of indaziflam (Rejuvra®) into Boulder County Parks and Open Space Weed Management: A Post‐Fire Assessment. Report to Boulder County Parks and Open Space.
Alba C and J Wingate. 2020. Sandstone Ranch Botanical Survey. Prepared for Douglas County Open Space.
Alba C and J Wingate. 2019. May Farms Ranch Botanical Survey. Prepared for private landowners.
Schnacke K, and C Alba. 2019. High Line Canal outreach and education: Plant bioblitz report. Prepared for the High Line Canal Conservancy.
Alba C. 2018. High Line Canal 2018 Botanical Survey. Prepared for the High Line Canal Conservancy. Available at https://highlinecanal.org/resources/
Alba C. 2017. Botanical survey of a privately owned Forest Stewardship Program Property, Douglas County, CO. Prepared for private landowners.
