Some representative publications:
Muilenburg, V.L., Phelan, P.L., Bonello, P., Herms, D.A. In press. Inter- and intra-specific variation in constitutive phloem chemistry of paper birch (Betula papyrifera) and European white birch (Betula pendula). J. Chem. Ecol.
Phelan, P. L. 2009. Ecology-based agriculture and the next green revolution: Is modern agriculture exempt from the laws of ecology?, pp. 97-135, in Sustainable Agroecosystem Management: Integrating Ecology, Economics, and Society, P. J. Bohlen and G. House, eds, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Phelan, P. L. 2004. Connecting belowground and aboveground food webs: The role of organic matter in biological buffering, pp.199-225, in Soil Organic Matter Management in Sustainable Agriculture. F. Magdoff and R. R. Weil, eds. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Beanland, L., Phelan, P. L., and Salminen, S. 2003. Micronutrient interactions on soybean growth and the developmental performance of three insect herbivores. Environ. Entomol. 32: 641-651.