* = graduate student, ** = undergraduate student
Publications
Wainwright, J. and K. Mercer. 2009. The dilemma of decontamination: A Gramscian analysis of the Mexican transgenic maize dispute. Geoforum 40: 345-354.
Mercer, K. L., A. Martínez-Vásquez, and H. Perales Rivera. 2008. Asymmetrical local adaptation of maize landraces along an altitudinal gradient. Evolutionary Applications 1: 489-500.
Mercer, K .L. and Wainwright, J. D. 2008. Gene flow from transgenic maize to landraces in Mexico: an analysis. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 126:109-115.
Mercer, K. L., D. A. Andow, D. L. Wyse, and R. G. Shaw. 2007. Stress and domestication traits increase the relative fitness of crop-wild hybrids in sunflower. Ecology Letters 10: 383-393.
Mercer, K. L., R. G. Shaw and D. L. Wyse. 2006. Increased germination of diverse crop-wild hybrid sunflower seeds. Ecological Applications 16(3): 845-854.
Mercer, K.L., D.L. Wyse and R.G. Shaw. 2006. Effects of competition on fitness of wild and crop-wild hybrid sunflower from a diversity of wild populations and crop lines. Evolution 60 (10): 2044-2055.
Jordan, N., D. Andow and K.L. Mercer. 2005. New concepts in agroecology: a service-learning course. Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education 34: 83-89.
Mercer, K.L., N. Jordan, D.L. Wyse and R.G. Shaw. 2002. Multivariate differentiation of quackgrass (Elytrigia repens) from three farming systems. Weed Science 50(5): 677-685.
Mercer, K.L. and J.D. Wainwright. 2000. Disuse of agricultural diversity in Minnesota, USA. In Encouraging Diversity: the Conservation and Development of Plant Genetic Resources. Pages 76-80. C. Almekinders and W. de Boef, eds. Intermediate Technology Publications, Ltd: London.
Mercer, K.L., Y. Vigouroux, N.P. Castañeda-Álvarez, S. de Haan, R.J. Hijmans, C. Leclerc, D. McKey, and S.Vanek. 2018. Crop evolutionary agroecology: genetic and functional dimensions of agrobiodiversity and associated knowledge. In: Agrobiodiversity: Integrating Knowledge for a Sustainable Future, edited by K. S. Zimmerer and S. de Haan. Strüngmann Forum Reports, vol. 24, J. Lupp, series editor. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. In Press.