Ashokan, A., J. Bagley, and N. Muchhala. (2025) Climbing higher: exploring northern Andean origin and non-floral trait evolution in a rapid, recent angiosperm radiation. Journal of Biogeography: e15142
Ashokan, A., N. Muchhala, and A. Zuluaga. (2025). An unusual new ropy-stemmed species of Burmeistera from the Western Cordillera of the Colombian Andes. Phytotaxa 697(2):177-186
Gamba, D., R. Maguiña-Conde, C. Calderón-Acevedo, S. Burneo, and N. Muchhala. (2025). Nectar drinking efficiency in lonchophylline and glossophagine bats: Are ‘pump-like’ or ‘mop-like’ tongues better? Journal of Mammalogy: gyaf036
Hendersen, D., B.E. Sedio, J.S. Tello, L. Cayola, A. Fuentes, B. Alvestegui, N. Muchhala, and J. Myers. (2025). Testing the role of biotic interactions in shaping elevational diversity gradients: An ecological metabolomics approach. Ecology 106(4): e70069
2024
Muchhala, N., J. Moreira, and A. Zuluaga. 2024. Putting yourself out there: Why well-exposed flowers are an adaptation for bat pollination. New Phytologist 244:1137–1142
Barreto, E., M.A. Boehm, E. Ogutcen, S. Abrahamczyk, M. Kessler, J. Bascompte, A.S. Dellinger, C. Bello, D. M. Dehling, F. Duchenne, M. Kaehler, L.P. Lagomarsino, L. Lohmann, M. Maglianesi, H. Morlon, N. Muchhala, J.F. Ornelas, M. Perret, N.R. Salinas, S.D. Smith, J.C. Vamosi, I.G. Varassin & C.H. Graham. 2024. Macroevolution of the plant-hummingbird pollination system. Biological Reviews doi: 10.1111/brv.13094
Muchhala, N., R. Maguiña, A. Caiza, and D. Proaño. 2024. Bat-flower trait matching: Extreme phenotypic specialization affects diet choices but not diet breadth. Ecosphere 15 (4), e4823
Mashburn, B. A. Trigueros, C. Ulloa Ulloa, and N. Muchhala. 2024. Morphometrics in the recurved corolla clade of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae) clarifies species limits and identifies a new species. Systematic Botany 49(1):128-153
Yu, R. and N. Muchhala. 2024. Foraging dependent ecosystem services. Chp 15 (pp. 287-303) in B. Fenton and D. Russo (eds), A Natural History of Bat Foraging. Academic Press, Elsevier.
2023
Opedal, O. H., R. Pérez-Barrales, V. L. G. Brito, N. Muchhala and A. Dellinger. 2023. Pollen as the link between floral phenotype and fitness. American Journal of Botany 110 (6), e16200
Moreira-Hernández, J., H. Ghai, N. Terzich, R. Zambrano-Cevallos, N. Oleas and N. Muchhala. (In press). Limited reproductive interference despite high rates of heterospecific pollen transfer among co-occurring bat-pollinated Burmeistera. American Journal of Botany 110 (6) e16199
Gamba and N. Muchhala. 2023. Pollinator type strongly impacts gene flow within and among plant populations for six Neotropical species. Ecology 104 (1), e3845
2022
Lagomarsino, L., L. Frankel, S. Uribe-Convers, A. Antonelli and N. Muchhala. 2022. Increased resolution in the face of conflict: phylogenomics of the Neotropical bellflowers (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae), a rapid plant radiation. Annals of Botany 129 (6), 723-736
Calderón-Acevedo, C., J. Bagley, and N. Muchhala. 2022. Genome-wide ultraconserved elements resolve phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic history among Neotropical leaf-nosed bats in the genus Anoura (Phyllostomidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 167 (2022) 107356
2021
Moreira-Hernández, J., C. Calderón-Acevedo, and N. Muchhala. 2021. Fur, wings, and flowers: development and progress on nectarivorous bat research in the last 50 years. Chp 9 (pp. 135-149) in B. Lim (ed), 50 Years of Bat Research. Springer, Cham.
Muchhala, N., and B. Mashburn. 2021. Three new species of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae) endemic to Ecuador. Phytotaxa 490(3):253-262
Mashburn, B., C. Ulloa Ulloa, and N. Muchhala. 2021. Six new species of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae) endemic to Ecuador. Novon 29:51-69
Calderón-Acevedo, C., M. E. Rodríguez-Posada and N. Muchhala. 2021. Morphology and genetics concur that Anoura carishina is a synonym of Anoura latidens (Chiroptera, Glossophaginae). Mammalia 85(5): 471–481
2020
Calderón-Acevedo, C., and N. Muchhala. 2020. First record of the Broad-toothed Tailless Bat, Anoura latidens Handley 1984 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) in Bolivia. Checklist 16(6): 1545–1550
Gamba, D., A. and N. Muchhala. 2020. Global patterns of population genetic differentiation in seed plants. Molecular Ecology 29:3413-3428
Armbruster, S., and N. Muchhala. 2020. Floral reorientation: the restoration of pollination accuracy after accidents. New Phytologist 227: 232–243
Muchhala, N. and M. Tschapka. 2020. The ecology and evolution of nectar-feeding phyllostomids. Chp. 16 in T. H. Fleming, L. Davalos, and M. Mello (eds.) Phyllostomid Bats, a Unique Mammalian Radiation. University of Chicago Press.
Bagley, J.C., S. Uribe-Convers, M. M. Carlsen, and N. Muchhala. 2020. Utility of targeted sequence capture for phylogenomics in rapid, recent angiosperm radiations: Neotropical Burmeistera bellflowers as a case study. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 106769
Mashburn, B., A. J. Pérez, C. Persson, C. Zapata, D. Cevallos, and N. Muchhala. 2020. Burmeistera quimiensis (Lobelioideae, Campanulaceae): A new species from the Cordillera del Cóndor range in southeast Ecuador. Phytotaxa, 433(1), 67-74
Moreira, J., N. Terzich, R. Zambrano-Cevallos, N. H. Oleas, and N. Muchhala. 2019. Differential tolerance to heterospecific pollen deposition in two sympatric species of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae). International Journal of Plant Systematics 180 (9), 987-995
Lagomarsino, L. and N. Muchhala. 2019. A gradient of pollination specialization in three species of Bolivian Centropogon. American Journal of Botany 106(5):1-10
2018
Vallejo, A. F., A. J. Perez, D. Cevallos, and N. Muchhala. 2018. New species of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae) from Ecuador. Phytotaxa 362(3):263-270
Calderón-Acevedo, C., and N. Muchhala. 2018. Identification and diagnosis of Anoura fistulata with remarks on its presumed presence in Bolivia. Journal of Mammalogy 99(1):131-137
2017
Lagomarsino, L., B. Forrestel, N. Muchhala, and C. C. Davis. 2017. Repeated evolution of vertebrate pollination syndromes in a recently diverged Andean plant clade. Evolution 71(8):1970-1985.
Maguiña, R., and N. Muchhala. 2017. Do artificial nectar feeders affect bat-plant interactions in an Ecuadorian cloud forest? Biotropica 49(5):586–592.
Gamba, D., R. Maguiña, C. Calderón-Acevedo, K. Torres, and N. Muchhala. 2017. Seed dispersal for the unusual inflated berries of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae). Neotropical Biodiversity 3(1):10-17.
Uribe-Convers, S., M. M. Carlsen, L. P. Lagomarsino, and N. Muchhala. 2017. Phylogenetic relationships of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae): Combining whole plastome with targeted loci data in a recent radiation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107(2017):551-563.
2015
Lagomarsino, L. P., D. Santamaría Aguilar, and N. Muchhala. 2015. Two new species of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae) from the Cordillera de Talamanca of Costa Rica and Panama, with a key to the Central American species. Systematic Botany 40(3):914-921.
Muchhala, N., and D. Serrano. 2015. The complexity of background clutter affects nectar bat use of flower odor and shape cues. PlosONE 10(10):e0136657.
Muchhala, N., and A. Perez. 2015. Burmeistera zamorensis (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae), a new species from southern Ecuador. Novon 24(1):36-38.
Clark, J. L., L. Clavijo, and Muchhala, N. 2015. Convergence of anti-bee pollination mechanisms in the Neotropical plant genus Drymonia (Gesneriaceae). Evolutionary Ecology 29(3):355-377.
2014
Lagomarsino, L. P., A. Antonelli, N. Muchhala, S. Mathews, and C. C. Davis. 2014. Phylogeny, classification, and fruit evolution of the species-rich Neotropical bellflowers (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae). American Journal of Botany 101(12):2097-2112.
Muchhala, N., S. Johnsen, and S. D. Smith. 2014. Competition for hummingbird pollination shapes flower color variation in Andean Solanaceae. Evolution 68(8): 2275–2286.
2012
Muchhala, N., and J. D. Thomson. 2012. Interspecific competition in pollination systems: costs to male fitness via pollen misplacement. Functional Ecology 26(2):476-482.
Jorgensen, P.M., N. Muchhala, and J.M. MacDougal. 2012. Passiflora unipetala, a new bat-pollinated species of Passiflora supersection Tacsonia. Novon 22(2):174-179.
2011
Moreno, M.P. and N. Muchhala. 2011. Campanulaceae. In R. Valencia, N. Pitman, S. León-Yánez, and P.M. Jørgensen (eds.), Libro rojo de las plantas endémicas del Ecuador, segunda edicion. Herbario QCA, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador.
Garibaldi, L.A., N. Muchhala, I. Motzke, L. Bravo-Monroy, R. Olschewski, and A.M. Klein. 2011. Services from plant-pollinator interactions in the Neotropics. Pp. 119-139 in B. Rapidel, F. DeClerck, J.F. Le Coq, J. Beer (eds.), Ecosystem Services from Agriculture and Agroforestry: Measurement and Payment. Earthscan, London, UK.
2010
Muchhala, N., Z. Brown, W.S. Armbruster, and M.D. Potts. 2010. Competition drives specialization in pollination systems through costs to male fitness. American Naturalist 176(6):732-743
Muchhala, N., and J.D. Thomson. 2010. Fur versus feathers: Pollen delivery by bats and hummingbirds, and consequences for pollen production. American Naturalist 175(6):717-726.
2009
Muchhala, N., and J.D. Thomson. 2009. Going to great lengths: selection for long corolla tubes in an extremely specialized bat-flower mutualism. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276:2147-2152
Muchhala, N., A. Caiza, J.C. Vizuete, and J.D. Thomson. 2009. A generalized pollination system in the tropics: Bats, birds, and Aphelandra acanthus. Annals of Botany 103(9):1481-1487
Armbruster, W.S. and N. Muchhala. 2009. Associations between floral specialization and species diversity: Cause, effect, or correlation? Evolutionary Ecology 23:159-179.
2008
Knox, E.B., A.M. Muasya, and N. Muchhala. 2008. The predominantly South American clade of Lobeliaceae. Systematic Botany 33(2):462-468
Muchhala, N. 2008. Functional significance of interspecific variation in Burmeistera flower morphology: Evidence from nectar bat captures. Biotropica 40(3):332-337 [cover illustration]
Fleming, T.H., and N. Muchhala. 2008. Nectar-feeding bird and bat niches in two worlds: pantropical comparisons of vertebrate pollination systems. Journal of Biogeography 35(5):764-780
2007
Muchhala, N. 2007. Adaptive trade-off in floral morphology mediates specialization for bat versus hummingbird pollination in Burmeistera. American Naturalist 169(4):494-505
Muchhala, N. and J.D. Thomson. 2007. A coevolutionary race between a bat and a flower in Ecuador. Annals of Botany 100:317-322
Muchhala, N. and M.D. Potts. 2007. Character displacement in pollination systems: competition for bat pollination in the genus Burmeistera. Oikos 116(11):1859-1868
2006
Muchhala, N. 2006. The longest tongue ever discovered in a mammal. Nature 444:748-751
Muchhala, N. 2006. Nectar bat pollination of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae): Linking floral features to pollinator behavior. Biotropica 38(6):717-729
2005
Muchhala, N., P.M. Jorgensen, and J.D. Thomson. 2005. A new species of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae) from Ecuador. Novon 15(1):198-201
Muchhala, N. and J.D. Thomson. 2005. The long-tongued bat, Anoura fistulata, and its specialized diet of Centropogon and Burmeistera (Campanulaceae) flowers. Biotropica 37(1):1-8
Muchhala, N., M. Tschapka, and R. von Helversen. 2005. A new species of bat, Anoura fistulata, from Ecuador. Acta Chiropterologica 7(2):225-228
2003
Muchhala, N. and P.M. Jorgensen. 2003. A new species of Burmeistera (Campanulaceae) from Ecuador. Novon 13(1):70-73
