Jed P. Sparks

Professor

Publications

  • Yi, C., D. E. Anderson, A. A. Turnipseed, S. P. Burns, J. P. Sparks, D. I. Stannard, and R. K. Monson.  The contribution of advective fluxes to net ecosystem CO2 exchange in a high-elevation, subalpine fores.  Ecological Applications.
  • McCalley, C. K.* and J. P. Sparks. Controls over NO and NH3 emissions from Mojave Desert soils. Oecologia.
  • Johnson E. G., J.P. Sparks, B. Dzikovski, B.R. Crane, D.M. Gibson, and R. Loria. Plant-pathogenic Streptomyces species produce nitric oxide synthase derived nitric oxide in response to host signals.  Chemistry & Biology 15(1):43-50.
  • Vallano, D.M.* and J.P. Sparks. Quantifying foliar uptake of gaseous nitrogen dioxide using enriched foliar d15N values. New Phytologist 177:946-955.
  • Sparks, J. P., A. J. Walker, A. A. Turnipseed, and A. Guenther.  Dry nitrogen deposition estimates over a forest experiencing free air CO2 enrichment.  Global Change Biology. 14(4):768-781.
  • Joshi, M.V., D.R.D Bignell, E.G. Johnson, J. P. Sparks, D.M. Gibson, R. Loria.  The AraC/XylS regulator TxtR modulates thaxtomin biosynthesis and virulence in Streptomyces scabies. Molecular Microbiology 66(3):633-642.
  • Derry, L. A., J. P. Sparks and S. Chandra. Ge/Si fractionation by higher plants: mechanisms and applications to biogeochemical cycles.  Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta 71(15):A219-A219 Suppl. S.
  • Canny, M. J., J. P. Sparks, C. X. Huang, and M. L. Roderick.  Air embolisms exsolving in the transpiration water – the effect of constrictions in the xylem pipes.  Functional Plant Biology 34(2):95-111.
  • Sparks, J. P.  Enhancing the efficiency of nitrogen utilization in plants.  The Quarterly Review of Biology. 82(4): Page 422–422,
  • Vallano, D. M.* and J. P. Sparks.  Foliar 15N signatures as indicators of foliar uptake of atmospheric nitrogen pollution.  In:  Stable Isotopes as Indicators of Environmental Changes, T. E. Dawson (ed.).  pp. 93-109. Academic Press.
  • Eller, A. S. D.* and J. P. Sparks.  Predicting leaf-level fluxes of ozone and nitrogen dioxide:  The relative roles of diffusion and biochemical processes.  Plant, Cell, and Environment 29(9):1742‑1750.
  • Teklemariam, T. A.* and J. P. Sparks.  Leaf fluxes of NO and NO2 in four herbaceous plant species:  The role of ascorbic acid.  Atmospheric Environment 40(12):2235‑2244.
  • Turnipseed, A. A., L. G. Huey, E. Nemitz, R. Stickel, J. Higgs, D. J. Tanner, D. L. Slusher, J. P. Sparks, F. Flocke, and A. Guenther.  Eddy covariance fluxes of Peroxyacetyl nitrates (PANs) and NOy to a coniferous forest.  Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 111:D09304, doi:10.1029/2005JD006631.
  • Holland, E. A., S. B. Bertman, M. A. Carroll, A. B. Guenther, P. B. Shepson, J. P. Sparks, and J. Lee-Taylor.  U.S. nitrogen science plan focuses collaborative efforts.  EOS 86(27):253-260.
  • Monson, R. K., J. P. Sparks, T. N. Rosenstiel, L. E. Scott-Denton, T. E. Huxman, P. C. Harley, A. A. Turnipseed, S. P. Burns, B. Backlund, and J. Hu.  Climatic influences on net ecosystem CO2 exchange during the transition from wintertime carbon source to springtime carbon sink in a high-elevation, subalpine forest.  Oecologia 146(1):130-147.
  • Althoff, D. M., K. A. Segraves, and J. P. Sparks.  Characterizing the interaction between the bogus yucca moth and yuccas:  Do bogus yucca moths impact yucca reproductive success?  Oecologia 140(2):321‑327.
  • Angeles, G., B. Bond, J. S. Boyer, T. Brodribb, J. R. Brooks, M. J. Burns, J. Cavender‑Bares, M. Clearwater, H. Cochard, J. Comstock, S. D. Davis, J. C. Domec, L. Donovan, F. Ewers, B. Gartner, U. Hacke, T. Hinckley, N. M. Holbrook, H. G. Jones, K. Kavanagh, B. Law, J. Lopez-Portillo, C. Lovisolo, T. Martin, J. Martinez-Vilalta, S. Mayr, F. C. Meinzer, P. Melcher, M. Mencuccini, S. Mulkey, A. Nardini, H. S. Neufeld, J. Passioura, W. T. Pockman, R. B. Pratt, S. Rambal, H. Richter, L. Sack, S. Salleo, A. Schubert, P. Schulte, J. P. Sparks, J. Sperry, R. Teskey, and M. Tyree.  The cohesion-tension theory.  New Phytologist 163(3):451‑452.
  • Sparks, J. P.  Plant uptake of reactive nitrogen.  In:  Studying Forest Canopies from Above:  The International Canopy Crane Network, Y. Basset, V. Horlyck, and J. Wright (eds.).  UNEP & Smithsonian Institution.  ISBN 9962-614-05-8.
  • Sparks, J. P.  Photosynthesis and autotrophic energy flows.  In:  Encyclopedia of Energy, C. S. Cleveland (ed.).  Elsevier, Inc., New York, volume 5, pp. 9-16.
  • Sparks, J. P.  The herbaceous layer in forests of Eastern North America.  The Quarterly Review of Biology 79(3):324.
  • Teklemariam, T. A.* and J. P. Sparks.  Gaseous fluxes of peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN) into plant leaves.  Plant, Cell, and Environment 27(9):1149-1158.
Klarman Hall

E409A Corson Hall
jps66@cornell.edu
607/5928112

Education

Ph.D., Washington State University (1998)

B.S., University of Utah (1994)

 

Departments and programs

Links

Keywords

Biogeochemistry, plant ecology, biogeochemistry, stable isotopes

Jeremy B Searle

Professor Emeritus

Publications

 

  • Kunerth, H.D., S.M. Bogdanowicz, J.B. Searle, R.G. Harrison, B.S. Coates, G.M. Kozak, and E.B. Dopman. in press. Consequences of coupled barriers to gene flow for the build-up of genomic differentiation: Reproductive barriers and coupling in corn borers. Evolution.

  • Sless, T.J.L., et al. 2022. Phylogenetic relationships and the evolution of host preferences in the largest clade of brood parasitic bees (Apidae: Nomadinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 166:107326.

  • Pustilnik, J.D., J.B. Searle and P.D. Curtis. 2021. The effects of red fox scent on winter activity patterns of suburban wildlife: evaluating predator-prey interactions and the importance of groundhog burrows in promoting biodiversity. Urban Ecosystems, 24, 529-547.

  • Johnson, B.B., J.B. Searle and J.P. Sparks. 2021. Genome size influences adaptive plasticity of water loss, but not metabolic rates in lungless salamanders. Journal of Experimental Biology 224:jeb242196.

  • Vara, C., et al. 2021. The impact of chromosomal fusions on 3D genome folding and recombination in the germ line. Nature Communications 12:2981.

  • Cucchi, T., et al. 2020. Tracking the Near East origins and European dispersal of the house mouse. Scientific Reports 10:8276.

  • Markova, S., M. Hornikova, H.C. Lanier, H. Henttonen, J.B. Searle, L.J. Weider, and P. Kotlik. 2020. High genomic diversity in the bank vole at the northern apex of a range expansion: the role of multiple colonizations and end-glacial refugia. Molecular Ecology 29:1730-1744.

  • Searle, J.B., P.D. Polly, and J. Zima. (eds) 2019. Shrews, Chromosomes and Speciation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

  • Vara, C., et al. 2019. PRDM9 diversity at fine geographical scale in wild house mice reveals contrasting evolutionary patterns of the zinc finger domain in continental versus island populations. Molecular Biology and Evolution 36:1686-1700.

  • Fletcher, N.K., P. Acevedo, J.S. Herman, J. Pauperio, P.C. Alves, and J.B. Searle. 2019. Glacial cycles drive rapid divergence of cryptic field vole species. Ecology and Evolution 9:14101-14113.

  • Barbosa, S., F. Mestre, T.A. White, J. Pauperio, P.C. Alves, and J.B. Searle. 2018. Integrative approaches to guide conservation decisions: using genomics to define conservation units and functional corridors. Molecular Ecology 27:3452-3465.

  • Barbosa, S., J. Pauperio, S.V. Pavlova, P.C. Alves, and J.B. Searle. 2018. The Microtus voles: resolving the phylogeny of one of the most speciose mammalian genera using genomics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 125:85-92.

  • Ballen, C.J., C. Wieman, S. Salehi, J.B. Searle, and K.R. Zamudio. 2017. Enhancing diversity in undergraduate science: self-efficacy drives performance gains with active learning. CBE-Life Sciences Education 16:ar56.

  • Gimenez, M.D., D.W. Forster, E.P. Jones, F. Johannesdottir, S.I. Gabriel, T. Panithanarak, M. Scascitelli, V. Merico, S. Garagna, J.B. Searle, and H.C. Hauffe. 2017. A half-century of studies on a chromosomal hybrid zone of the house mouse. Journal of Heredity 108:25-35.

  • Hulme-Beaman, A., K. Dobney, T. Cucchi, and J.B. Searle. 2016. An ecological and evolutionary framework for commensalism in anthropogenic environments. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31:633-645.

  • Gimenez, M.D., T. Panithanarak, H.C. Hauffe, and J.B. Searle. 2016. Empirical demonstration of hybrid chromosomal races in house mice. Evolution 70:1651-1658.

  • Didion, J.P., et al. 2016. R2d2 drives selfish sweeps in the house mouse. Molecular Biology and Evolution 33:1381-1395.

  • Chmatal, L., S.I. Gabriel, G.P. Mitsainas, J. Martinez-Vargas, J. Ventura, J.B. Searle, R.M. Schulz, and M.A. Lampson. 2014. Centromere strength provides the cell biological basis for meiotic drive and karyotype evolution in mice.  Current Biology 24:2295-3000.

  • Kotlik, P., S. Markova, A. Stratil, V. Slechta, and J.B. Searle. 2014. Adaptive phylogeography: functional divergence between haemoglobins derived from different glacial refugia in the bank vole. Proceedings of the Royal Society B281:20140021

  • Martinkova, N., et al. 2013. Divergent evolutionary processes associated with colonization of offshore islands. Molecular Ecology 22:5205-5220.

  • White, T.A., S.E. Perkins, G. Heckel, and J.B. Searle. 2013. Adaptive evolution during an ongoing range expansion: the invasive bank vole (Myodes glareolus) in Ireland. Molecular Ecology 22:2971-2985.

  • Jones, E.P., H.M. Eager, S.I. Gabriel, F. Johannesdottir, and J.B. Searle. 2013. Genetic tracking of mice (and other organisms) to infer human history. Trends in Genetics 29:298-308.

  • Pauperio, J., J.S. Herman, J. Melo-Ferreira, M. Jaarola, P.C. Alves, and J.B. Searle. 2012. Cryptic speciation in the field vole: a multilocus approach confirms three highly divergent lineages in Eurasia. Molecular Ecology 21:6015–6032.

  • Herman, J.S. and J.B. Searle. 2011. Post-glacial partitioning of mitochondrial genetic variation in the field vole.  Proceedings of the Royal Society B278:3601-3607.

  • White, T.A., M. Bordewich, and J.B. Searle. 2010. A network approach to study karyotypic evolution: the chromosomal races of the common shrew (Sorex araneus) and house mouse (Mus musculus) as model systems. Systematic Biology 59:262-276.

  • Searle, J.B., C.S. Jones, I. Gunduz, M. Scascitelli, E.P. Jones, J.S. Herman, R.V. Rambau, L.R. Noble, M.D. Gimenez, and F. Johannesdottir. 2009. Of mice and (Viking?) men: phylogeography of British and Irish house mice. Proceedings of the Royal Society B276:207-207.

  • Searle, J.B., P. Kotlik, R.V. Rambau, S. Markova, J.S. Herman, and A.D. McDevitt. 2009. The Celtic fringe of Britain: insights from small mammal phylogeography. Proceedings of the Royal Society B276:4287-4294.

  • Kotlik, P., V. Deffontaine, S. Mascheretti, J. Zima, J.R. Michaux, and J. B. Searle. 2006. A northern glacial refugium for bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus).  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 103:14860-14864.

  • Gunduz, I., M. Jaarola, C. Tez, C. Yeniyurt, P.D. Polly, and J. B. Searle. 2007. Multigenic and morphometric differentiation of ground squirrels (Spermophilus, Scuiridae, Rodentia) in Turkey, with a description of a new species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43:916-935.

  • Pialek, J., H.C. Hauffe, and J.B. Searle. 2005. Chromosomal variation in the house mouse: a review. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 84:535-563.

  • Gage, M.J.G., C.P. Macfarlane, S. Yeates, R.G. Ward, J.B. Searle, and G.A. Parker. 2004. Spermatozoal traits and sperm competition in Atlantic salmon: relative sperm velocity is the primary determinant of fertilization success. Current Biology 14:44-47.

  • Jaarola, M. and J.B. Searle. 2002. Phylogeography of field voles (Microtus agrestis) in Eurasia inferred from mitochrondrial DNA sequences.  Molecular Ecology 11:2613-2621.

  • Garagna, S., N. Marziliano, M. Zuccotti, J.B. Searle, E. Capanna, and C.A. Redi. 2001. Pericentromeric organization at the fusion point of mouse Robertsonian translocation chromosomes.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 98:171-175.

  • Britton-Davidian, J., J. Catalan, M.G. Ramalhinho, G. Ganem, J.-C. Auffray, R. Capela, M. Biscoito, J.B. Searle, and M.L. Mathias. 2000. Rapid chromosomal evolution in island mice. Nature 403:158.

  • Bilton, D.T., P.M. Mirol, S. Mascheretti, K. Fredga, J. Zima, and J. B. Searle. 1998. Mediterranean Europe as an area of endemism for small mammals rather than a source for northwards postglacial colonization. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B265:1219-1226.

Klarman Hall

jeremy.searle@cornell.edu
607/254-4236

Education

Ph.D., Genetics, Aberdeen (1983)

B.A., Zoology, Oxon (1978)

 

Departments and programs

Links

Keywords

 

 

Evolution, small mammals, speciation, phylogeography, archaeogenetics

 

Robert D. Reed

Professor; Associate Curator of Lepidoptera, Cornell University Insect Collection

Publications

Please follow this link for a current list of publications: http://www.reedlab.org

Klarman Hall

E447 Corson Hall
robertreed@cornell.edu

Education

Ph.D., University of Arizona (2004)

A.B., University of California at Berkeley (1997)

 

Departments and programs

Links

Keywords

Developmental plasticity, evolution and development, gene regulation, pattern formation, functional genomics, morphological evolution, adaptation, comparative biology

Amy R. McCune

Professor Emerita

Publications

  • Funk, E., E. Birol, and A.R. McCune.  2021. Does the bowfin gas bladder represent an intermediate stage during the lung-to-gas bladder evolutionary transition?  J. Morphology 282:600–611. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21330
  • Funk, E., C. Breen, N. Kurpios, and A. R. McCune. 2020. Changes in Nkx2.1, Sox2, Bmp4 and Bmp16 expression underlying the lung-to-gas bladder evolutionary transition in ray-finned fishes.  Evolution and Development 22 (5): 384-402.
  • Funk, E. E. Lencer, and A.R. McCune. 2020. Dorsal-ventral inversion in the air-filled organ (lungs, gas bladder) of vertebrates: RNA-sequencing of laser capture micro-dissected embryonic tissue. J. Experimental Zoology, Part B- Molecular and Developmental Evolution 334 (6): 325-338.
  • Lencer, E. S., M. Riccio and A. R. McCune. 2016. Changes in growth rates of oral jaw elements produce evolutionary novelty in bahamian pupfish. Journal of Morphology 277:935-47.
  • Longo, S. J., M. Riccio, and A. R. McCune. 2013. Homology of lungs and gas bladders: insights from arterial vasculature. Journal of Morphology 274:687-703.
  • Cass, A. N., M. D. Servetnick, and A. R. McCune. 2013. Expression of a lung developmental cassette in the adult and developing zebrafish swimbladder. Evolution and Development 15(2):119-132.
  • Wagner, C. E., A. R. McCune, and I. J. Lovette. 2012. Recent speciation in sympatric Tanganyikan cichlid colour-morphs. Molecular Ecology 21:3283-3292.
  • McCune, A. R. and J. C. Schimenti. 2012. Using Genetic Networks and Homology to Understand the Evolution of Phenotypic Traits. Current Genomics 13(1):74-84.
  • Rabosky, D. and A. R. McCune. 2010. Reinventing species selection with molecular phylogenies.  Trends in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 25(2):68-74.
  • Wagner, C. E. and A. R. McCune. 2009. Contrasting patterns of spatial genetic structure in sympatric rock-dwelling cichlid fishes.  Evolution 63(5):1312-1326.
  • McCune, A. R. 2004. Diversity and speciation of semionotid fishes in Mesozoic rift lakes.  In: Adaptive Speciation, U. Dieckman, M. Doebli, and J. A. J. Metz (eds.).  Cambridge University Press pp. 362-379.
  • McCune, A. R. and R. L. Carlson. 2004. Twenty ways to lose your bladder: Common natural mutants in zebrafish and widespread convergence of swim bladder loss among teleost fishes.  Evolution and Development 6(4):246-259.
  • McClure, M. and A. R. McCune. 2003. Evidence for developmental linkage of pigment patterns with body size and shape in Danios (Teleostei:  Cyprinidae).  Evolution 57(8):1863-1875.
  • McCune, A. R., R. C. Fuller, A. A. Aquilina, R. M. Dawley, J. M. Fadool, D. Houle, J. Travis, and A. S. Kondrashov. 2002. A low genomic number of recessive lethals in natural populations of bluefin killifish and zebrafish.  Science 296:2398-2401.
  • McCune, A. R. and N. R. Lovejoy. 1998. The relative rate of sympatric and allopatric speciation in fishes: Tests using DNA sequence divergence between sister species and among clades.  In: Endless Forms: Species and Speciation, D. Howard and S. Berloccher (eds.).  Oxford University Press pp. 172-185.
  • McCune, A. R. 1996. Biogeographic and stratigraphic evidence for rapid speciation in semionotid fishes.  Paleobiology 22(1):34-48.
  • Normark, B. B., A. R. McCune, and R. G. Harrison. 1991. Phylogenetic relationships of neopterygian fishes inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences.  Molecular Biology and Evolution 8:819-834.
  • McCune, A. R. 1990. Morphological anomalies in the Semionotus complex: Relaxed selection during colonization of an expanding lake.  Evolution 44(1):71-85.

 

Klarman Hall

arm2@cornell.edu
607/254-6765

Education

Miller Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkley (1982-83)

Ph.D. in Biology, Yale University (1982)

A.B. in Biology, Brown University (1976)

Departments and programs

Links

Keywords

 

 

Evolutionary Biology, Macroevolution, Ichthyology, Paleobiology, Systematics, Evolutionary Developmental Biology

 

Irby J Lovette

Fuller Professor of Ornithology; Senior Director for Academic Affairs and Director of the Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology; Director, Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates

Publications

  • Aguillon, S. M., L. Campagna, R. G. Harrison, and I. J. Lovette (2018). A flicker of hope: Genomic data distinguish Northern Flicker taxa despite low levels of divergence. The Auk 135:748–766. doi: 10.1642/AUK-18-7.1
  • Berv, J. S., and D. J. Field (2018). Genomic Signature of an Avian Lilliput Effect across the K-Pg Extinction. Systematic Biology 67:1–13. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syx064
  • Campagna, L., M. Repenning, L. F. Silveira, C. S. Fontana, P. L. Tubaro, and I. J. Lovette (2017). Repeated divergent selection on pigmentation genes in a rapid finch radiation. Science Advances 3:e1602404. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1602404
  • Toews, D. P. L., N. R. Hofmeister, and S. A. Taylor (2017). The Evolution and Genetics of Carotenoid Processing in Animals. Trends in Genetics 33:171–182. doi: 10.1016/j.tig.2017.01.002
  • Van Doren, B. M., L. Campagna, B. Helm, J. C. Illera, I. J. Lovette, and M. Liedvogel (2017). Correlated patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation across an avian family. Molecular Ecology 26:3982–3997. doi: 10.1111/mec.14083
  • Walsh, J., I. J. Lovette, V. Winder, C. S. Elphick, B. J. Olsen, G. Shriver, and A. I. Kovach (2017). Subspecies delineation amid phenotypic, geographic and genetic discordance in a songbird. Molecular Ecology 26:1242–1255. doi: 10.1111/mec.14010
  • Campagna, L. (2016). Supergenes: The Genomic Architecture of a Bird with Four Sexes. Current Biology 26:R105–R107. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.12.005
  • Taylor, S., and L. Campagna (2016). Avian supergenes. Science 351:446–447. doi: 10.1126/science.aae0389
  • Toews, D. P. L., L. Campagna, S. A. Taylor, C. N. Balakrishnan, D. T. Baldassarre, P. E. Deane-Coe, M. G. Harvey, D. M. Hooper, D. E. Irwin, C. D. Judy, N. A. Mason, et al. (2016). Genomic approaches to understanding population divergence and speciation in birds. The Auk 133:13–30. doi: 10.1642/AUK-15-51.1
  • Toews, D. P. L., S. A. Taylor, R. Vallender, A. Brelsford, B. G. Butcher, P. W. Messer, and I. J. Lovette (2016). Plumage Genes and Little Else Distinguish the Genomes of Hybridizing Warblers. Current Biology 26:2313–2318. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.06.034
Klarman Hall

159 Sapsucker Woods
ijl2@cornell.edu
607/254-2140

Education

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania (1999)

B.A., Dartmouth College (1992)

 

Departments and programs

Links

Keywords

Behavioral ecology, evolution, genomics, ornithology, conservation

 

Brian Lazzaro

Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor

Publications

Please see a list of publications here.

 

Klarman Hall

2124 Comstock Hall
bplazzaro@cornell.edu
607/255-3254

Education

Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University (2002)

B.S., University of California, Davis (1995)

Departments and programs

Links

Keywords

Antibacterial defense, bacteria, disease, Drosophila, evolution, health, insect immunity, malaria, microbiota, mosquito, population genetics, quantitative genetics 

 

Alexander S Flecker

Professor

Publications

  • Hammerschlag, N., O.J. Schmitz, A.S. Flecker, K. Lafferty, A. Sih, T.B. Atwood, A.J. Gallagher, D.J. Irschick, R. Skubel, and S.J. Cooke. 2019. Ecosystem function and services of aquatic predators in the Anthropocene. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 34(4):369-383
  • Simon, T., A. Binderup, A. Flecker, J. Gilliam, M. Marshall, S. Thomas, J. Travis, D. Reznick, and C. Pringle. 2019. Landscape patterns in top-down control of decomposition: omnivorous fish decouples a detrital-based trophic cascade. Ecology
  • Carvalho, D.R., A.S. Flecker, C.B.M. Alves, J.P. SParks, and P.S. Pompeu. 2019. Trophic responses to aquatic pollution of native and exotic livebearers fishes. Science of the Total Environment 681:503-515
  • Rosero-López, D., M.T. Walter, A.S. Flecker, P. Llorte, B. De Biévre, D.P. González-Zeas, R. Calvez, and O. Dangles. 2019. Streamlined eco-engineering approach helps define environmental flows for tropical Andean headwaters. Freshwater Biology 64:1315-1325
  • Polato, N.R., B.A. Gill, A.A. Shah, M.M. Gray, K.L. Casner, A Barthelet, P.W. Messer, M. Simmons, J.M. Guayasamin, A.C. Encalada, B.C. Kondratieff, A.S. Flecker, A.A. Thomas, C.K Ghalambor, N.L. Poff, W.C. Funk, and K.R. Zamudio. 2018. Narrow thermal tolerance and low dispersal drive higher speciation in tropical mountains. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115: 12471-12476
  • Wu, X., J. Gomes-Selman, Q. Shi, Y. Xue, R. García-Villacorta, E. Anderson, S. Sethi, S. Steinschneider, A. Flecker, and C.P. Gomes.   2018.  Efficiently approximating the Pareto Frontier: hydropower dam placement in the Amazon Basin.  Proc. 32nd AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence.
  • Shi, Q., J.M. Gomes-Selman, R. García-Villacorta, S. Sethi, A.S. Flecker, and C.P. Gomes. 2018. Efficiently optimizing for dendritic connectivity on tree-structured networks in a multi-objective framework. Submitted to: Proceedings of ACM Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies. COMPASS 2018: 26:1-26:8; https://doi.org/10.1145/3209811.3209878. 
  • Larson, E.I., N.L. Poff, C.L. Atkinson, and A.S. Flecker.  2018.  Extreme flooding decreases stream consumer autochthony by increasing detrital resource availability.  Freshwater Biology.  https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13177. 
  • Dalton, C.M., K.E. Tracy, N.G. Hairston, Jr., and A.S. Flecker.  2018.  Disentangling the roles of predation risk and food deprivation in the nitrogen metabolism of consumers.  Ecology 99: 681–689; doi: 10.1002/ecy.2132.
  • Poff, N.L., E. Larson, P. Salerno, S. Morton, B. Kondratieff, A. Flecker, K. Zamudio, W.C. Funk.   2018.  Extreme streams: Species persistence mechanisms and evolutionary change in montane stream insect populations across a flood disturbance gradient.  Ecology Letters doi:10.1111/ele.12918.
  • Atkinson, C.L., A. Encalada, A. Rugenski, S. Thomas, A. Landeira-Dabarca, L. Poff, and A. Flecker.  2018.  Determinants of food resource assimilation by stream insects along a tropical elevation gradient.  Oecologia. 187:731-744. doi: 10.1007/s00442-018-4142-2. 
  • Vanni, M., et al.  2017.  A global database of nitrogen and phosphorus excretion rates of aquatic animals. Ecology DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1792.
  • Alexiades, A.V., A.S. Flecker, and C.E. Kraft.   2017.  Nonnative fish stocking alters stream ecosystem nutrient dynamics.   Ecological Applications 27:956-965. DOI: 10.1002/eap.1498.
  • Rubio-Gracia, F., et al.  2017. Combined effects of hydrologic alteration and cyprinid fish in mediating biogeochemical processes in a Mediterranean stream.  Science of the Total Environment 601–602 (2017) 1217–1225.  DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.287.
  • Zandonà, E., C. Dalton, R. El-Sabaawi, J. Howard, M. Marshall, S. Kilham, D. Reznick, J. Travis, T.  Kohler, A. Flecker, S. Thomas, and C. Pringle.  2017.  Population variation in the trophic niche of the Trinidadian guppy from different predation regimes.  Scientific Reports 7: 5770; DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-06163-6
  • Boyero, L., et al.  2017.  Riparian plant litter quality increases with latitude.  Scientific Reports 7: 10562; DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-10640-3.  
  • Norman, B., et al.  2017.  Drivers of nitrogen transfer efficiencies in stream food webs across continents. Ecology 98: 3044–3055; DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2009.
  • Twining, C.W., D.C. Josephson, C.E. Kraft, J.T. Brenna, P. Lawrence, and A.S. Flecker.  2017.  Limited seasonal variation in food quality and foodweb structure in an Adirondack stream: insights from fatty acids. Freshwater Science 36:877-892. 
  • Shah, A., B. Gill, A. Encalada, A. Flecker, C. Funk, J. Guayasamin, B. Kondratieff, N.L. Poff, S. Thomas, K. Zamudio, and C. Ghalambor.  2017. Climate variability predicts thermal limits of aquatic insects across elevation and latitude.   Functional Ecology 31:2118-2127; doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.12906. 
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Klarman Hall

E211 Corson Hall
asf3@cornell.edu
607/254-4263

Education

Ph.D., Zoology, University of Maryland (1990)

M.S., Zoology, University of Maryland (1984)

B.S, Zoology, Oregon State University (1980)

Departments and programs

Links

Keywords

 

 

Food webs, tropical stream ecosystems, ecosystem engineers, ecological stoichiometry, ecosystem subsidies, eco-evolutionary interactions, fishes, biogeochemistry, biodiversity and ecosystem function

 

John Weaver Fitzpatrick

Professor Emeritus and Louis Agassiz Fuertes Director Emeritus, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology

Publications

  • Reynolds, M. D. et al. 2017. Dynamic conservation for migratory species. Science Advances 3:e1700707.
  • Aguillon, S. M. et al. 2017. Deconstructing isolation-by-distance: The genomic consequences of limited dispersal. PLOS Genetics 13: e1006911.
  • Chen, N., E.J. Cosgrove, R. Bowman, J.W. Fitzpatrick, and A.G. Clark. 2016. Genomic Consequences of Population Decline in the Endangered Florida Scrub-Jay. Current Biology 26:2974-2979.
  • Mills, J. A. et al. 2015. Archiving Primary Data: Solutions for Long-Term Studies. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30:581-589.
  • Mumme, R. L., R. Bowman, M.S. Pruett, and J.W. Fitzpatrick. 2015. Natal territory size, group size, and body mass affect lifetime fitness in the cooperatively breeding Florida Scrub-Jay. AUK 132:634-646.
  • Sullivan, B. L. et al. 2014. The eBird enterprise: An integrated approach to development and application of citizen science. Biological Conservation 169:31-40.
  • Coulon, A., J.W. Fitzpatrick, R. Bowman, and I.J. Lovette. 2012. Mind the gap: genetic distance increases with habitat gap size in Florida scrub jays. Biology Letters 8:582-585. 
  • Piorkowski, M. D. et al. 2012. Research priorities for wind energy and migratory wildlife. Journal of Wildlife Management 76:451-456.
Klarman Hall

jwf7@cornell.edu
607/254-2449

Education

Ph.D. in Biology, Princeton University (1978)

M.A. in Biology, Harvard University (1974)

 

Departments and programs

Links

Keywords

 

 

Avian ecology, citizen science, conservation biology, conservation genetics, endangered species, ornithology, population biology

 

 

Abby Grace Drake

Senior Lecturer

Klarman Hall

E335 Corson Hall
agd76@cornell.edu

Departments and programs

Links

Keywords

active learning, pedagogy, team-based learning, evolutionary biology, dog domestication, skull morphology

Andre Alfons Dhondt

Professor and Edwin H. Morgens Professor of Ornithology, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology

Klarman Hall

159 Sapsucker Woods
aad4@cornell.edu
607/254-2445

Education

Ph.D., Biology, Ghent State University, Belgium (1970)

Aggregaat Hoger Secundair Onderwijs, Ghent State University, Belgium (1968) 

Licentiaat Zoology, Ghent State University, Belgium (1966)

Departments and programs

Links

Keywords

Population ecology, behavioral ecology, disease ecology, evolutionary ecology, ornithology

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