Ian Owens

Professor; Louis Agassiz Fuertes Director, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology

Publications

  • Bennett, PM & Owens, IPF (2002) Evolutionary Ecology of Birds: Life Histories, Mating Systems and Extinction. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  • Peck H, Pringle H, Marshall H, Owens IPF & Lord A (2014) Experimental evidence of impacts of an invasive parakeet on foraging behaviour of native birds. Behavioral Ecology 25, 582-590.
  • Bell S, Owens IPF & Lord A (2014) Quality of breeding territory mediates the relationship between paternal quality and sex ratio bias in a free-living bird population. Behavioral Ecology 25, 352-358.
  • Jenkins T, Thomas GH, Hellgren O & Owens IPF. (2012) Migratory behavior of birds affects their coevolutionary relationship with blood parasites. Evolution 66, 740-751.
  • Pigot AL, Owens IPF & Orme CDL. (2012) Speciation and extinction drive the appearance of directional range size evolution in phylogenies and the fossil record the evolution of geographic ranges in birds and mammals. PLoS Biology 10, 1371.
  • Olson VA, Davies RG, Orme CDL, Thomas GH, Meiri S, Blackburn TM, Gaston KJ, Owens IPF, Bennett PM (2009) Global biogeography and ecology of body size in birds. Ecology Letters 12, 249-259.
  • Clegg SM, Fretiu FD, Kikkawa J, Tavecchia G, Owens IPF (2008) 4000 years of phenotypic chance in an island bird: heterogeneity of selection over three microevolutionary timescales. Evolution 62, 2393- 2410.
  • Grenyer, R., Orme, C.D.L., Jackson, S.F., Thomas, G.H., Davies, R.G., Davies, T.J., Jones, K.E., Olson, V.A., Ridgely, R.S., Rasmussen, P.C., Ding, T-S., Bennett, P.M., Blackburn, T.M., Gaston, K.J., Gittleman, J.L. and Owens, I.P.F. (2006) The global distribution and conservation of rare and threatened vertebrates. Nature 444, 93-96.
  • Orme CDL, Davies RG, Olson VA, Thomas GH, Ding TZ, Rasmussen PC, Ridgely RS, Stattersfield AJ, Bennett PM, Owens IPF, Blackburn TM, Gaston KJ (2006) Global Patterns of Geographic Range Size in Birds. PLoS Biol 4(7): e208
  • Hadfield JD, Burgess MD, Lord A, Phillimore AB, Clegg SM, Owens IPF (2006) Direct versus indirect sexual selection: genetic basis of colour, size and recruitment in a wild bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 273, 1347-1353.
  • Phillimore AB, Owens IPF (2006) Are subspecies useful in evolutionary and conservation biology? Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 273, 1049-1053
  • Orme C.D.L., Davies R.G., Burgess M., Eigenbrod F., Pickup N., Olson V.A., Webster A.J., Ding T-.S., Rasmussen P.C., Ridgely R.S., Stattersfield A.J., Bennett P.M., Blackburn T.M.,. Gaston K.J., Owens, I.P.F. (2005) Global hotspots of species richness are not congruent with endemism or threat. Nature 436 (7053): 1016-1019.
  • Hausmann, F., Marshall, N.J. & Owens, I.P.F. (2003) “UV signals in birds are special”. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 270, 61-67.
  • Clegg, S.M, Degnan, S.M., Kikkawa, J., Moritz, C., Estoup, A. & Owens, I.P.F. (2002)“Genetic consequences of sequential founder events in a natural system”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 99, 8127-8132.
  • Griffith, S.C., Owens, I.P.F. & Thruman, K. A. (2002) “Extra-pair paternity in birds: a review of interspecific variation and adaptive function”. Molecular Ecology 11, 2195-2122.
  • Owens, I.P.F. and Bennett, P.M. (2000) “Ecological basis of extinction risk in birds: habitat loss versus human persecution and introduced predators”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 97, 12144-12148.
  • Griffith, S., Owens, I.P.F., Burke, T. “Non-genetic inheritance of a sexually selected trait”. Nature 400 (1999), 358-360.
  • Arnold, K.E. & Owens, I.P.F. (1998) “Cooperative breeding in birds: a comparative test of the life history hypothesis”. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 265, 739-745.
  • Olson, V. & Owens, I.P.F. (1998) “Costly sexual signals: are carotenoids rare, risky or required?” Trends in Ecology & Evolution 13, 510-514.
  • Bennett, P.M. & Owens, I.P.F. (1997) “Variation among birds in vulnerability to extinction: chance or evolutionary predisposition?” Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 264, 401-
  • Owens, I.P.F. & Short, R.V. (1995) “Hormonal control of sexual dimorphism in birds: implications for new theories in sexual selection”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 10, 44-47.
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No Address Supplied
ian.owens@cornell.edu

Education

Ph.D., Evolutionary Biology, University of Leicester (1991)

B.Sc., Zoology, University of Liverpool (1988)

Departments and programs

Links

Keywords

Behavioral ecology, biodiversity, citizen science, conservation, ecology, evolutionary biology, ornithology, vertebrate zoology

Departments/Programs: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Graduate Fields: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Benjamin Houlton

Professor; Ronald P. Lynch Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Publications

Please see a current list of publications here.

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E334 Corson Hall
bzhoulton@cornell.edu

Education

Postdoctoral Scholar, 2007, Stanford University, Biological Sciences, and Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Global Ecology

Ph.D., 2005, Princeton University (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)

M.S., 2000, Syracuse University (Environmental Engineering Science)

B.S., 1998, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, College of Natural Resources (Water Chemistry, Chemistry Minor)

Departments and programs

Links

Keywords

Climate Change; Agricultural and Environmental Sustainability; Biogeochemical Cycles; Global Ecology; Carbon Capture and Removal; Planetary Resilience

Meredith Holgerson

Assistant Professor

Publications

For a complete list, please see Google Scholar

  • Holgerson, M.A., A. Duarte, M. Hayes, M. Adams, J. Tyson, K. Douville, and A. Strecker. 2019. Floodplains provide important amphibian habitat despite multiple ecological threats. Ecosphere: e02853.
  • Homan, R.N., M.A. Holgerson, and L.M. Biga. 2018. A long-term demographic study of a spotted salamander (Ambystoma maculatum) population in central Ohio. Herpetologica 74: 109-116.
  • Holgerson, M.A., M.R. Lambert, L.K. Freidenburg, and D.K. Skelly. 2018. Suburbanization alters small pond ecosystems: Shifts in nitrogen and food web dynamics.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 75: 641-652.
  • Holgerson, M.A., E. Farr, and P.A. Raymond. 2017. Gas transfer velocities in small forested ponds. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences 122: 1011-1021.
  • Holgerson, M.A., C.J. Zappa, and P.A. Raymond. 2016. Substantial overnight reaeration by convective cooling discovered in pond ecosystems. Geophysical Research Letters 43: 8044-8051.
  • Holgerson, M.A., D.M. Post, and D.K. Skelly. 2016. Reconciling the role of terrestrial leaves in pond food webs: A whole-ecosystem experiment. Ecology 97: 1771-1782.
  • Kolozsvary, M.B.= and M.A. Holgerson=. 2016. Creating temporary pools as wetland mitigation: How well do they function?  Wetlands 36: 335-345.
  • Holgerson, M.A. and P.A. Raymond. 2016. Large contribution to inland water CO2 and CH4 emissions from very small ponds. Nature Geoscience 9: 222-226.
  • Holgerson, M.A. 2015. Drivers of carbon dioxide and methane supersaturation in small, temporary ponds. Biogeochemistry 124 (1): 305-318.
  • Atwood, M.A.  2013. Effects of euthanasia method on stable-carbon and stable-nitrogen isotope analysis for an ectothermic vertebrate. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 27: 909-913.
  • Atwood, M.A.†, J.W. Mora†, and A.W. Kaplan. 2010. Learning to lead: Evaluating leadership and organizational learning. Leadership and Organizational Development Journal 31 (7): 576-595.
  • Homan, R.N., M.A. Atwood†, A.J. Dunkle†, and S.B. Karr†. 2010. Movement orientation by adult and juvenile wood frogs (Rana sylvatica) and American toads (Bufo americanus) over multiple years. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 5 (1): 64-72.
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E303 Corson Hall
meredith.holgerson@cornell.edu
607/2544210

Education

Ph.D., Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (2016)
M.S., SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (2011)
B.S., Denison University (2009)

Departments and programs

Links

Keywords

 

 

Freshwater ecology, ponds and lakes, food webs, community ecology, ecosystem ecology, greenhouse gases, conservation, amphibians

 

Corrie Moreau

Martha N. & John C. Moser Professor of Arthropod Biosystematics and Biodiversity; Director & Curator of the Cornell University Insect Collection

Publications

For a complete list see: http://www.moreaulab.entomology.cornell.edu/publications/

 

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Education

Ph.D., Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (2007)

M.Sc., San Francisco State University/California Academy of Sciences, Biology, Ecology, and Systematics (2003)

B.S., San Francisco State University, Biology (2000)

Departments and programs

Links

Keywords

Evolution, entomology, symbiosis, genomics, microbiomes, systematics, phylogenetics, macroevolution, host-microbe interactions, biogeography, biodiversity

Xiangtao Xu

Assistant Professor

Publications

  • Xi Yang, Xiangtao Xu, Atticus Stovall, Min Chen, Jung-Eun Lee. (2021) Recovery: Fast and Slow – vegetation response during the 2012-2016 California Drought. Journal of Geophysical Research-biogeosciences.

  • F. Meunier, H. Verbeeck, B. Cowdery, S. A. Schnitzer, C. M. Smith-Martin, J. S. Powers, X. Xu, M. Slot, H. P. T. De Deurwaerder, M. Detto, D. Bonal, M. Longo, L. S. Santiago, M. Dietze, Unraveling the relative role of light and water competition between lianas and trees in tropical forests: A vegetation model analysis. J. Ecol. 109, 519–540 (2021).

  • S. Wu, J. Wang, Z. Yan, G. Song, Y. Chen, Q. Ma, M. Deng, Y. Wu, Y. Zhao, Z. Guo, Z. Yuan, G. Dai, X. Xu, X. Yang, Y. Su, L. Liu, J. Wu, Monitoring tree-crown scale autumn leaf phenology in a temperate forest with an integration of PlanetScope and drone remote sensing observations. ISPRS J. Photogramm. Remote Sens. 171, 36–48 (2021).

  • X. Xu, A. G. Konings, M. Longo, A. Feldman, L. Xu, S. Saatchi, D. Wu*, J. Wu, P. Moorcroft, Leaf surface water, not plant water stress, drives diurnal variation in tropical forest canopy water content. New Phytol. (2021), doi:10.1111/nph.17254.

  • X. Xu, A. T. Trugman, Trait-Based Modeling of Terrestrial Ecosystems: Advances and Challenges Under Global Change. Curr. Clim. Chang. Reports, 1–13 (2021).

  • D. Wu*, S. Piao, D. Zhu, X. Wang, P. Ciais, A. Bastos, X. Xu, W. Xu, Accelerated terrestrial ecosystem carbon turnover and its drivers. Glob. Chang. Biol. 26, 5052–5062 (2020).

  • M. Detto, X. Xu, Optimal leaf life strategies determine Vc,max dynamic during ontogeny. New Phytol. 228, 361–375 (2020).

  • J. S. Powers, G. Vargas G., T. J. Brodribb, N. B. Schwartz, D. Pérez-Aviles, C. M. Smith-Martin, J. M. Becknell, F. Aureli, R. Blanco, E. Calderón-Morales, J. C. Calvo-Alvarado, A. J. Calvo-Obando, M. M. Chavarría, D. Carvajal-Vanegas, C. D. Jiménez-Rodríguez, E. Murillo Chacon, C. M. Schaffner, L. K. Werden, X. Xu, D. Medvigy, A catastrophic tropical drought kills hydraulically vulnerable tree species. Glob. Chang. Biol. 26, 3122–3133 (2020).

  • C. M. Smith-Martin, X. Xu, D. Medvigy, S. A. Schnitzer, J. S. Powers, Allometric scaling laws linking biomass and rooting depth vary across ontogeny and functional groups in tropical dry forest lianas and trees. New Phytol. 226, 714–726 (2020).

  • J. H. Levy-Varon, S. A. Batterman, D. Medvigy, X. Xu, J. S. Hall, M. van Breugel, L. O. Hedin, Tropical carbon sink accelerated by symbiotic dinitrogen fixation. Nat. Commun. 10, 5637 (2019).

  • D. Medvigy, G. Wang, Q. Zhu, W. J. Riley, A. M. Trierweiler, B. G. Waring, X. Xu, J. S. Powers, Observed variation in soil properties can drive large variation in modelled forest functioning and composition during tropical forest secondary succession. New Phytol. 223, 1820–1833 (2019).

  • Xu, X., Medvigy, D., Trugman, A.T., Guan, K., Good, S.P. & Rodriguez-Iturbe, I. (2018) Tree cover shows strong sensitivity to precipitation variability across the global tropics. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27, 450–460.
  • Wang, X., Wu, J., Chen, M., Xu, X., Wang, Z., Wang, B., Wang, C., Piao, S., Lin, W., Miao, G., Deng, M., Qiao, C., Wang, J., Xu, S. & Liu, L. (2018) Field evidence for the positive effects of aerosols on tree growth. Global Change Biology. (published online)
  • Fisher, R.A., Koven, C.D., Anderegg, W.R.L., Christoffersen, B.O., Dietze, M.C., Farrior, C.E., Holm, J.A., Hurtt, G.C., Knox, R.G., Lawrence, P.J., Lichstein, J.W., Longo, M., Matheny, A.M., Medvigy, D., Muller-Landau, H.C., Powell, T.L., Serbin, S.P., Sato, H., Shuman, J.K., Smith, B., Trugman, A.T., Viskari, T., Verbeeck, H., Weng, E., Xu, C., Xu, X., Zhang, T. & Moorcroft, P.R. (2018) Vegetation demographics in Earth System Models: A review of progress and priorities. Global Change Biology, 24, 35–54.
  • McDowell, N., Allen, C.D., Anderson-Teixeira, K., Brando, P., Brienen, R., Chambers, J., Christoffersen, B., Davies, S., Doughty, C., Duque, A., Espirito-Santo, F., Fisher, R., Fontes, C.G., Galbraith, D., Goodsman, D., Grossiord, C., Hartmann, H., Holm, J., Johnson, D.J., Kassim, A.R., Keller, M., Koven, C., Kueppers, L., Kumagai, T., Malhi, Y., McMahon, S.M., Mencuccini, M., Meir, P., Moorcroft, P., Muller-Landau, H.C., Phillips, O.L., Powell, T., Sierra, C.A., Sperry, J., Warren, J., Xu, C. & Xu, X. (2018) Drivers and mechanisms of tree mortality in moist tropical forests. New Phytologist, 219, 851–869.
  • Xu, X., Medvigy, D., Joseph Wright, S., Kitajima, K., Wu, J., Albert, L.P., Martins, G.A., Saleska, S.R. & Pacala, S.W. (2017) Variations of leaf longevity in tropical moist forests predicted by a trait-driven carbon optimality model. Ecology Letters, 20, 1097–1106.
  • Wu, J., Serbin, S.P., Xu, X., Albert, L.P., Chen, M., Meng, R., Saleska, S.R. & Rogers, A. (2017) The phenology of leaf quality and its within-canopy variation is essential for accurate modeling of photosynthesis in tropical evergreen forests. Global Change Biology, 23, 4814–4827.
  • Allen, K., Dupuy, J.M., Gei, M.G., Hulshof, C., Medvigy, D., Pizano, C., Salgado-Negret, B., Smith, C.M., Trierweiler, A., Van Bloem, S.J., Waring, B.G., Xu, X. & Powers, J.S. (2017) Will seasonally dry tropical forests be sensitive or resistant to future changes in rainfall regimes? Environmental Research Letters, 12, 023001.
  • Xu, X., Medvigy, D., Powers, J.S., Becknell, J.M. & Guan, K. (2016) Diversity in plant hydraulic traits explains seasonal and inter-annual variations of vegetation dynamics in seasonally dry tropical forests. The New phytologist, 212, 80–95.
  • Oh, Y., Stackhouse, B., Lau, M.C.Y., Xu, X., Trugman, A.T., Moch, J., Onstott, T.C., Jørgensen, C.J., D’Imperio, L., Elberling, B., Emmerton, C.A., St. Louis, V.L. & Medvigy, D. (2016) A scalable model for methane consumption in arctic mineral soils. Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 5143–5150.
  • Trugman, A.T., Fenton, N.J., Bergeron, Y., Xu, X., Welp, L.R. & Medvigy, D. (2016) Climate, soil organic layer, and nitrogen jointly drive forest development after fire in the North American boreal zone. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 8, 1180–1209.
  • Xu, X., Medvigy, D. & Rodriguez-Iturbe, I. (2015) Relation between rainfall intensity and savanna tree abundance explained by water use strategies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112, 12992–12996.
  • Wang, X., Piao, S., Xu, X., Ciais, P., Macbean, N., Myneni, R.B. & Li, L. (2015) Has the advancing onset of spring vegetation green-up slowed down or changed abruptly over the last three decades? Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24, 621–631.
  • Xu, X., Piao, S., Wang, X., Chen, A., Ciais, P. & Myneni, R.B. (2012) Spatio-temporal patterns of the area experiencing negative vegetation growth anomalies in China over the last three decades. Environmental Research Letters, 7, 035701.
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E317 Corson Hall
xx286@cornell.edu

Education

Ph.D. Princeton University (2017)
B.S. Peking University (2012)

Departments and programs

Links

Keywords

 

 

ecosystem ecology, quantitative ecology, global change ecology, plant functional diversity, vegetation modeling, plant hydraulics, canopy phenology

 

Peter McIntyre

Associate Professor; Dwight Webster Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow

Publications

  • Fluet-Chouinard E, Funge-Smith S & McIntyre PB. 2018. Global hidden harvest of freshwater fish revealed by household surveys. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 115: 7623-7628.
  • Lisi PJ, Childress E, Gagne RB, Hain EF, Hogan JD, Gilliam JF, Blum MJ, & McIntyre PB. 2018. Overcoming urban stream syndrome: trophic flexibility confers resilience among Hawaiian stream fishes. Freshwater Biology 63: 492-502.
  • Magee M, McIntyre PB, & Wu C. 2018. Modeling oxythermal stress for cool-water fishes in lakes using a cumulative dosage approach. Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences 75: 1303-1312.
  • Milt A, Diebel M, Doran P, Ferris M, Herbert M, Khoury M, Moody A, Neeson T, Ross J, Treska T, O'Hanley J., Walter L, Wangen S, Yacobson E, & McIntyre PB. 2018. Minimizing opportunity costs to aquatic connectivity restoration while controlling invasive species. Conservation Biology 32: 894-904.
  • Neeson TM, Moody AT, O'Hanley JR, Diebel MW, Doran PJ, Ferris MC, Colling T, & McIntyre PB. 2018. Aging infrastructure creates opportunities for cost-efficient restoration of aquatic ecosystem connectivity. Ecological Applications, in press. 
  • Stevens A, Baird I, & McIntyre PB. 2018. Fish consumption preferences create differential mercury exposure among Wisconsin anglers. Fisheries 43: 31-41.
  • White CH, Heidinger AK, Ackerman SA, & Mcintyre PB. 2018. A long-term fine-resolution record of AVHRR surface temperatures for the Laurentian Great Lakes. Remote Sensing 10: 1210.
  • Hermoso V, Januchowski-Hartley S, Linke S, Dudgeon D, Petry P, & McIntyre PB. 2017. Optimal allocation of species assessments to guide conservation of biodiversity in a rapidly changing world. Global Change Biology 23: 3525-3532.
  • Koning AA, Moore J, Suttidate N, Hannigan R, & McIntyre PB. 2017. Intensification of swidden agriculture leads to eutrophication of Southeast Asian rivers. Ecosystems 20: 393-405.
  • Kraemer BK, Chandra S, Dell A, Dix M, Kuusisto E, Livingstone D, Schladow G, Silow E, Sitoki L, Tamatamah R & McIntyre PB. 2017. Global patterns in lake ecosystem responses to warming based on the temperature dependence of metabolism. Global Change Biology 23: 1881-1890.
  • Moody AT, Neeson TM, Wangen S, Dischler J, Diebel MW, Herbert M, Khoury M, Yacobson E, Doran PJ, Ferris MC, O'Hanley JR, & McIntyre PB. 2017. Pet project or best project? Online decision support tools for prioritizing barrier removals in the Great Lakes and beyond. Fisheries 42: 57-65.
  • Childress E & McIntyre PB. 2016. Life history traits modulate ecosystem-level effects of nutrient subsidies from fish migrations. Ecosphere 7: e01301.
  • Cohen AS, Gergurich EL, Kraemer BM, McGlue MM, McIntyre PB, Russell JM, Simmons JD, & Swarzenski PW. 2016. Climate warming reduces fish production and benthic habitat in Lake Tanganyika, one of the world’s most biodiverse freshwater ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113: 9563–9568.
  • Mason LA, Riseng CM, Gronewold AD, Rutherford ES, Wang J, Clites A, Smith SDP, & McIntyre PB. 2016. Fine-scale spatial variation in ice cover and surface temperature trends across the surface of the Laurentian Great Lakes. Climatic Change 138: 71-83.
  • McIntyre PB, Reidy Liermann C, & Revenga C. 2016. Linking freshwater fishery management to global food security and biodiversity conservation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113: 12880-12885.
  • Vanni MJ & McIntyre PB. 2016. Predicting nutrient excretion rates of aquatic animals using metabolic ecology and ecological stoichiometry: a global synthesis. Ecology  97: 3460-3471.
  • Winemiller KO, McIntyre PB, & 39 others. 2016. Balancing hydropower and biodiversity in the Amazon, Congo and Mekong. Science 351: 128-129.
  • Neeson TM, Ferris MC, Diebel MW, Doran PJ, O’Hanley JR, & McIntyre PB. 2015. Enhancing ecosystem restoration efficiency through spatial and temporal coordination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112: 6236–6241.
  • O’Reilly CM, et al. 2015. Rapid and highly variable warming of lake surface waters around the globe. Geophysical Research Letters 42 doi:10.1002/2015GL066235.
  • Hogan JD, Blum MJ, Gilliam JF, Bickford N, & McIntyre PB. 2014. Consequences of alternative dispersal strategies in a putatively amphidromous fish. Ecology 95: 2397-2408.
  • Allan JD*, McIntyre PB*, Smith SDP, Halpern BS, & 18 coauthors. 2013. Joint analysis of stressors and ecosystem services to enhance restoration effectiveness. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110: 372-377.
  • Januchowski-Hartley S, McIntyre PB, Diebel M, & Doran PJ. 2013. Restoring aquatic ecosystem connectivity requires expanding inventories of both dams and road crossings. Frontiers in Ecology & Environment 11: 211-217.
  • Pracheil BM, McIntyre PB, & Lyons JD. 2013. Enhancing conservation of large-river biodiversity by accounting for tributaries. Frontiers in Ecology & Environment 11: 124-128.
  • Vadeboncoeur Y, McIntyre PB, & Vander Zanden MJ. 2011. Borders of biodiversity: life at the edge of the world's Great Lakes.  BioScience 61: 526-537.
  • Vörösmarty CJ, McIntyre PB, Gessner MO, Dudgeon D, Prusevich A, Green P, Glidden S, Bunn SE, Sullivan CA, Reidy Liermann C, & Davies PM. 2010. Global threats to human water security and river biodiversity. Nature 467: 555-561.
  • Arnegard ME, McIntyre PB, Harmon LJ, Zelditch ML, Crampton WGR, Davis JK, Sullivan JP, Lavoué S, & Hopkins CD. 2010. Sexual signal evolution outpaces ecological divergence during electric fish species radiation. American Naturalist 176: 335–356.
  • McIntyre PB, Flecker A, Vanni M, Hood J, Taylor B & Thomas S. 2008. Fish distributions and nutrient recycling in a tropical stream: can fish create biogeochemical hotspots? Ecology 89: 2335-2346.
  • McIntyre PB, Jones L, Flecker A, & Vanni M. 2007. Fish extinctions alter nutrient recycling in tropical freshwaters. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104: 4461-4466.
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Fernow Hall
pbm3@cornell.edu

Education

  • B.A. 1998 Harvard University, Biology
  • Ph.D. 2006 Cornell University, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Departments and programs

Links

Keywords

Fisheries, food webs, climate change, ecological stoichiometry, global biodiversity, conservation planning, river networks, life history and migration

Kelly Zamudio

Professor Emerita

Publications

  • Ballen, C. J., S. M. Aguillon, R. Brunelli, A. G. Drake, D. Wassenberg, S. L. Weiss, K. R. Zamudio, S. Cotner. 2018. Do small classes in higher education reduce performance gaps in STEM? BioScience 68: 593-600.
  • Fisher, M. C., P. Ghosh, J. M. G. Shelton, K. Bates, L. Brookes, C. Wierzbicki, G. M. Rosa, R. Farrer, D. M. Aanensen1, M. Alvarado-Rybak, A. Bataille, L. Berger, S. Böll, J. Bosch, F. C. Clare, E. Courtois, A. Crottini, A. A. Cunningham, T. M. Doherty-Bone, F. Gebresenbet, D. J. Gower, J. Höglund, T. Y. James, T. S. Jenkinson, T. A. Kosch, C. Lambertini, A. Laurila, C.-F. Lin, A. Loyau, A. Martel, S. Meurling, C. Miaud, P. Minting, S. Ndriantsoa, F. Pasmans, T. Rakotonanahary, F. C. E. Rabemananjara, L. P. Ribeiro, D. S. Schmeller, B. R. Schmidt, L. Skerratt, F. Smith, C. Soto-Azat, G. Tessa, L. F. Toledo, A. Valenzuela-Sánchez, R. Verster, J. Vörös, B. Waldman, R. J. Webb, C. Weldon, E. Wombwell, K. R. Zamudio, J. Longcore, T. W. J. Garner. 2018. Development and worldwide use of non-lethal, and minimal population-level impact, protocols for the isolation of amphibian chytrid fungi. Nature Scientific Reports 8: 7772.
  • O'Hanlon, S.J., A. Rieux, R.A. Farrer, G.M. Rosa, B. Waldman, A. Bataille, T. A. Kosch, K. Murray, B. Brankovics, M. Fumagalli, M. D. Martin, N. Wales, M. Alvarado-Rybak, K. A. Bates, L. Berger, S. Böll, L. Brookes, F. Clare, E. A. Courtois, A. A. Cunningham, T. M. Doherty-Bone, P. Ghosh, D. J. Gower, W. E. Hintz, J. Höglund, T. S. Jenkinson, C.-F. Lin, A. Laurila, A. Loyau, A. Martel, S. Meurling, C. Miaud, P. Minting, F. Pasmans, D. Schmeller, B. R. Schmidt, J. M. G. Shelton, L. F. Skerratt, F. Smith, C. Soto-Azat, M. Spagnoletti, G. Tessa, L. F. Toledo, A. Valenzuela-Sánchez, R. Verster, J. Vörös, R. J. Webb, C. Wierzbicki, E. Wombwell, K. R. Zamudio, D. M. Aanensen, T. Y. James, M. T. P. Gilbert, C. Weldon, J. Bosch, F. Balloux, T. W. J. Garner, M. C. Fisher. 2018. Recent Asian origin of chytrid fungi causing global amphibian declines. Science 360: 621-627.
  • Kiemnec-Tyburczy, K., K. E. Tracy, K. R. Lips, and K. R. Zamudio. 2018. Genetic variation and selection of MHC class I loci differ in two congeneric frogs. Genetica 146: 125-136.
  • Poff, N.L., E. I. Larson, P. Salerno, S. G. Morton, B. C. Kondratieff, A. S. Flecker, K. R. Zamudio, W. C. Funk. 2018. Extreme streams: Population persistence and evolutionary change in montane stream insect populations across a flooding gradient. Ecology Letters 21: 525-535.
  • Sabbag, A. F., M. L. Lyra, K. R. Zamudio, C. F. B. Haddad, R. N. Feio, F. S. F. Leite, J. L. Gasparini, C. A. Brasileiro. 2018. Molecular phylogeny of Neotropical rock frogs reveals a long history of vicariant diversification in the Atlantic forest. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 122: 142-156.
  • DiRenzo, G. V., E. C. Grant, A. V. Longo, K. R. Zamudio, K. R. Lips. 2018. Imperfect pathogen detection from non-invasive skin swabs biases inference of disease dynamics. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 9: 380-389.
  • Ballen, C. J., C. Wieman, S. Salehi, J. B. Searle, K. R. Zamudio. 2017. Enhancing diversity in undergraduate science: Self-efficacy drives performance gains with active learning. CBE Life Sciences Education 16: ar56 doi:10.1187/cbe.16-12-0344.
  • Shah, A., B. A. Gill, A. C. Encalada, A. S. Flecker, W. C. Funk, J. M. Guayasamin, B. C. Kondratieff, N. L. Poff, S. A. Thomas, K. R. Zamudio, C. Ghalambor. 2017. Climate variability predicts thermal limits of aquatic insects across elevation and latitude. Functional Ecology 31: 2118-2127.
  • Bell, R. C., J. L. Parra, G Badjedjea, M. Barej, D. Blackburn, M. Burger, A. Channing, J. M. Dehling, E. Greenbaum, V. Gvoždík, J. Kielgast, C. Kusumba, S. Lötters, P. J. McLaughlin, Z. T. Nagy, M-O Rödel, D. M. Portik, , J. VanDerWal, B. L. Stuart, K. R. Zamudio. 2017. Idiosyncratic responses to climate-driven forest fragmentation and marine incursions in reed frogs from Central Africa and the Gulf of Guinea Islands. Molecular Ecology 26: 5223-5244.
  • Lopes, C., T. Sasso, A. Valentini, T. Dejean, M. Martins, K. R. Zamudio, C. F. B. Haddad. 2017. eDNA metabarcoding: a promising method for anuran surveys in highly diverse tropical forests. Molecular Ecology Resources 17: 904-914.
  • Hydeman, M. E., A. V. Longo, G. Velo-Antón, D. Rodriguez, K. R. Zamudio, and R. C. Bell. 2017. Prevalence and genetic diversity of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Central African island and continental amphibian communities. Ecology and Evolution 7: 7729-7738.
  • Longo, A. V. and K. R. Zamudio. 2017. Temperature variation, bacterial diversity, and fungal infection dynamics in the amphibian skin. Molecular Ecology 26: 4787-4797.
  • Sasso, T., C. M. Lopes, A. Valentini, T. Dejean, K. R. Zamudio, C. F. B. Haddad, M. R. C. Martins. 2017. Environmental DNA characterization of amphibian communities in the Brazilian Atlantic forest: potential application for conservation of a rich and threatened fauna. Biological Conservation 215: 225-232.
  • Becker, C. G., A. V. Longo, C. F. B. Haddad, and K. R. Zamudio. 2017. Land cover and forest connectivity alter the interactions among host, pathogen, and skin microbiome. Proc Roy Soc B 284: 20170582.
  • Muletz-Wolz, C. R., J. G. Almario, S. E. Barnett, G. V. DiRenzo, A. Martel, F. Pasmans, K. R. Zamudio, L. F. Toledo, and K. R. Lips. 2017. Inhibition of fungal pathogens across genotypes and temperatures by amphibian skin bacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology 8: 1551.
  • Polato, N. R., M. M. Gray, B. A. Gill, K. L. Anderson, C. G. Becker, A. S. Flecker, B. C. Kondratieff, A. C. Encalada, N. L. Poff, W. C. Funk, K. R. Zamudio. 2017. Genetic diversity and gene flow decline with elevation in montane mayflies. Heredity 119: 107-116.
  • Ellison, A., G. DiRenzo, C. McDonald, K. R. Lips, K. R. Zamudio. 2017. First in vivo Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis transcriptomes reveal mechanisms of host exploitation, host-specific gene expression, and expressed genotype shifts. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 7: 269-278.
  • Longo, A. V. and K. R. Zamudio. 2017. Environmental fluctuations and host skin bacteria shift survival advantage between frogs and their fungal pathogen. ISME 11: 349-361.
  • Becker, C. G., S. E. Greenspan, K. E. Tracy, T. Y. James, J. A. Dash, C. Lambertini, T. S. Jenkinson, J. E. Longcore, L. F. Toledo, K. R. Zamudio. 2017. Variation in phenotype and virulence among endemic and pandemic amphibian chytrid strains. Fungal Ecology 26: 45-50.
  • Lessmann, J., J. M. Guayasamin, K. L. Casner, A. S. Flecker, W. C. Funk, C. K. Ghalambor, B. A. Gill, I. Jácome-Negrete, B. C. Kondratieff, L. N. Poff, J. Schreckinger, S. A. Thomas, E. Toral-Contreras, K. R. Zamudio, A. C. Encalada. 2016. Freshwater vertebrate and invertebrate diversity patterns in an Andean-Amazon basin: implications for conservation efforts. Neotropical Biodiversity 2: 99-114.
  • Zamudio, K. R., R. C. Bell, R. C. Nali, C. F. B. Haddad, C. P. A. Prado. 2016. Polyandry, predation, and the evolution of reproductive modes in frogs. American Naturalist 188: S41-S61.
  • Davis, L. R., K. Klonoski, H. L. Rutschow, K. J. Van Wijk, Q. Sun, M. M. Haribal, R. A. Saporito, A. Vega, E. B. Rosenblum, K. R. Zamudio, J. M. Robertson. 2016. Host defense skin peptides vary with color pattern in the highly polymorphic red-eyed treefrog. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 4: 97. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2016.00097
  • Zamudio, K. R., R. C. Bell, and N. A. Mason. 2016. Phenotypes in phylogeography: species' traits, environmental variation, and vertebrate diversification. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 113: 8041-8048.
  • Jenkinson, T. S., C. M. Betancourt-Román, C. Lambertini, A. V. Aguilar , J. Ruggeri-Gomes, C. H. L. Nunes de Almeida, D. Rodriguez, A. M. Belasen, D. da Silva Leite, K. R. Zamudio, J. E. Longcore, L. F. Toledo, T. Y. James. 2016. Amphibian-killing fungus in Brazil comprises both stable endemic and recently expanded populations. Molecular Ecology 25: 2978-2996.
  • Gill, B. A., B.C. Kondratieff, K.L. Casner, A.C. Encalada, A.S. Flecker, D. Gannon, C.K. Ghalambor, J.M. Guayasamin, N.L. Poff, M.P. Simmons, S.A. Thomas, K. R. Zamudio, and W.C. Funk. 2016. Cryptic species diversity reveals biogeographic support for the "Mountain Passes are Higher in the Tropics" hypothesis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283: 20160553.
  • Nunes de Almeida, C. H. L., K. R. Zamudio, L. F. Toledo. 2016. The semiterrestrial tadpole of Cycloramphus rhyakonastes Heyer, 1983 (Anura, Cycloramphidae). Journal of Herpetology 50: 289-294.
  • Percino-Daniel, R., E. Recuero, E. Vazquez-Domínguez, K. R. Zamudio, G. Parra-Olea. 2016. All grown-up and nowhere to go: paedomorphosis and local adaptation in Ambystoma salamanders in the Cuenca Oriental of Mexico. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society 118: 582-597.
  • Maguire, C., G. V. DiRenzo, T. S. Tunstall, C. R. Muletz, K. R. Zamudio, and K. R. Lips. 2016. Dead or alive? Viability of chytrid zoospores shed from live amphibian hosts. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 119: 179-187.
  • Savage, A. E. and K. R. Zamudio. 2016. Adaptive tolerance to a pathogenic fungus drives major histocompatibility complex evolution in natural amphibian populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283: 20153115.
  • Becker, C. G., D. Rodriguez, A. V. Longo, L. F. Toledo, C. F. B. Haddad, K. R. Zamudio. 2016. Deforestation, host community structure, and amphibian disease risk. Basic and Applied Ecology 17: 72-80.
  • Stewart, K. A., J. D. Austin, K. R. Zamudio, S. C. Lougheed. 2016. Contact zone dynamics during early stages of speciation in a chorus frog (Pseudacris crucifer). Heredity 116: 239-247.
  • Bovo, R. P., D. V. Andrade, L. F. Toledo, A. V. Longo, D. Rodriguez, C. F. B. Haddad, K. R. Zamudio, C. G. Becker. 2016. Physiological responses of Brazilian amphibians to an enzootic infection of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 117: 245-252.
  • Lambertini, C., C. G. Becker, T. S. Jenkinson, D. Rodriguez, D. da Silva Leite, T. Y. James, K. R. Zamudio, L. F. Toledo. 2016. Local phenotypic variation in amphibian-killing fungus predicts infection dynamics. Fungal Ecology 20: 15-21.
Klarman Hall
krz2@cornell.edu
607/254-4212

Education

Ph.D., University of Washington (1996)

B.A., University of California, Berkeley (1991)

Departments and programs

Links

Keywords

Herpetology, evolution, mating systems, systematics, population genetics

Maren Vitousek

Associate Professor

Publications

  • Vitousek MN, Taff CC, Ardia DA, Stedman JS, Zimmer C, and Winkler DW. 2018. The lingering impact of stress: brief acute glucocorticoid exposure has sustained, dose-dependent effects on reproduction. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 285: 20180722.
  • Taff CC, Zimmer C, and Vitousek MN. 2018. Efficacy of negative feedback in the HPA axis predicts recovery from acute challenges. Biology Letters 14: 20180131.
  • Vitousek MN, Taff CC, Hallinger KK, Zimmer C, and Winkler DW. 2018. Hormones and fitness: Evidence for trade-offs in glucocorticoid regulation across contexts. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 6(42): 1-14.
  • Injaian AS, Taff CC, Pearson KL, Gin MMY, Patricelli GL, and Vitousek MN. 2018. Experimental chronic traffic noise exposure alters adult and nestling corticosterone levels, and reduces nestling body condition in a free-living bird. Hormones and Behavior: In press.
  • Taff CC, Schoenle L, and Vitousek MN. 2018. The repeatability of glucocorticoids: a review and meta-analysis. General and Comparative Endocrinology 260: 136-145.
  • Schoenle LA, Zimmer C, and Vitousek MN. 2018. Understanding context-dependence in glucocorticoid-fitness relationships: the role of the nature of the challenge, the intensity and frequency of stressors, and life history. Integrative and Comparative Biology: In press.
  • Vitousek MN, and Schoenle L. 2018. Hormones and behavior: A life history perspective. The Oxford Handbook on Evolutionary Psychology and Behavioral Endocrinology (Eds: Welling LLM, Shackleford TK). In press.
  • Vitousek MN^, Johnson MA^, Donald JW, Francis CD, Fuxjager MJ, Goymann W, Hau M, Husak JF, Kircher BK**, Knapp R, Martin LB, Miller ET, Schoenle LA, Uehling JJ, and Williams TD. 2018. HormoneBase: A population-level database of steroid hormone levels across vertebrates. Scientific Data: 5:180097.  ^co-first authors
  • Vitousek MN, Johnson MA, Husak JF. 2018. Illuminating endocrine evolution: the power and potential of large-scale comparative analyses. Integrative and Comparative Biology: In press.
  • Johnson MA, Francis CD, Miller ET, Downs CJ, and Vitousek MN. 2018. Detecting bias in large-scale comparative analysis: methods for expanding the scope of hypothesis-testing with HormoneBase. Integrative and Comparative Biology: In press.
  • Miles MC, Vitousek MN, Husak JF, Johnson MA, Martin LB, Taff CC, Zimmer C, Lovern MB, and Fuxjager MJ. 2018. Standing variation and the capacity for change: are endocrine phenotypes more variable than other traits? Integrative and Comparative Biology: In press.
  • Martin LB, Vitousek MN, Donald J, Flock T, Fuxjager MJ, Goymann W, Hau M, Husak JF, Johnson MA, Kircher B, Knapp R, Miller ET, Schoenle LA, Williams TD, and Francis CD. 2018. IUCN conservation status does not predict glucocorticoid concentrations in reptiles and birds. Integrative and Comparative Biology: In press.
  • Francis, CD, Donald J, Downs C, Fuxjager MJ, Goymann W, Hau M, Husak JF, Johnson MA, Kircher B, Knapp R, Martin LB, Miller ET, Schoenle LA, Vitousek MN, and Williams TD. 2018. Metabolic scaling of stress hormones in vertebrates. Integrative and Comparative Biology: In press.
  • Garamszegi LZ, Donald J, Francis CD, Fuxjager MJ, Goymann W, Hau M, Husak JF, Johnson MA, Kircher B, Knapp R, Martin LB, Miller ET, Schoenle LA, Vitousek MN, and Williams TD. 2018. Species specific means and within-species variance in glucocorticoid hormones and speciation rate in birds. Integrative and Comparative Biology: In press.  
  • Casagrande S, Garamszegi LZ, Goymann W, Donald J, Francis CD, Fuxjager MJ, Husak JF, Johnson MA, Kircher B**, Knapp R, Martin LB, Miller ET, Schoenle LA, Vitousek MN, Williams TD, and Hau M. 2018. Do seasonal glucocorticoid changes depend on reproductive investment? A comparative approach in birds. Integrative and Comparative Biology: In press.
  • Stedman JM, Hallinger KK, Winkler DW, and Vitousek MN. 2017. Heritable variation in glucocorticoid flexibility in a free-living passerine. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 30 (9): 1724-1735.
  • Kelly AM, and Vitousek MN. 2017. Dynamic modulation of sociality and aggression: an examination of plasticity within endocrine and neuroendocrine systems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 372: 2016.0243.
  • Vitousek MN, Jenkins BR, Hubbard JK, Kaiser SA, and Safran RJ. 2017. An experimental test of the effect of brood size on glucocorticoid responses, parental investment, and offspring phenotype. General and Comparative Endocrinology 247: 97-106.
  • Vitousek MN, Tomášek O, Albrecht T, Wilkins M, and Safran RJ. 2016. Signal traits and oxidative stress: a comparative study across populations with divergent signals. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 4:56.
  • Taff CC, and Vitousek MN. 2016. Endocrine flexibility: optimizing phenotypes in a dynamic world? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31(6): 476-488.

 

Klarman Hall
E237 Corson Hall
mnv6@cornell.edu
607/254-4529

Education

Ph.D., Princeton University (2008)

B.A., Amherst College (2002)

Departments and programs

Links

Keywords

Endocrinology, behavior, stress, physiology, evolution, phenotypic flexibility, sexual selection, signaling

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

 

Alison G Power

Professor

Publications

  • Vollmer, D., et al.  2018.  Integrating the social, hydrological and ecological dimensions of freshwater health: the Freshwater Health Index. Science of the Total Environment 627:304–313.
  • Marchetto, K.M., and A.G. Power.  2018.  Context-dependent interactions between pathogens and a mutualist affect pathogen fitness and mutualist benefits to hosts.  Ecology, in press.
  • Claflin, S.B, L. Jones, J. Thaler, and A.G. Power. 2017. Crop-dominated landscapes have higher vector-borne plant virus prevalence. Journal of Applied Ecology 54:1190–1198. DOI:10.1111/1365-2664.12831.
  • Claflin, S.B, J. Thaler, and A.G. Power. 2017. Aphid density and community composition differentially affect apterous aphid movement and plant virus transmission. Ecological Entomology 42:245–254. DOI:10.1111/een.12381.
  • Hilker, F. M., et al. 2017. Modelling virus coinfection to inform management of maize lethal necrosis in Kenya. Phytopathology 107:1095-1108. DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-03-17-0080-FI
  • Kendig, A. E., E. T. Borer, C. E. Mitchell, A. G. Power, and E. W. Seabloom. 2017. Characteristics and drivers of plant virus community spatial patterns in U.S. West Coast grasslands. Oikos 126:1281-1290. DOI: 10.1111/oik.04178.
  • Marchetto, K.M., and A.G. Power. 2017. Coinfection timing drives host population dynamics through changes in virulence. American Naturalist 191:173–183.
  • Shaw, A., A. Peace, A. Power, and N. Bosque-Perez. 2017. Vector population growth and condition-dependent movement drive the spread of plant pathogens.  Ecology 98:2145-2157. DOI:10.1002/ecy.1907
  • Seabloom, E. W., et al. 2015. The community ecology of pathogens: coinfection, coexistence and community composition. Ecology Letters 18:401–415.  DOI: 10.1111/ele.12418
  • ​Lacroix, C., A. Jolles, E. W. Seabloom, A. G. Power, C. E. Mitchell, and E. T. Borer. 2014.  Non-random biodiversity loss underlies predictable increases in viral disease prevalence. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 11: 20130947. doi:10.1098/rsif.2013.0947
  • Seabloom, E. W., E. T. Borer, C. Lacroix, C. E. Mitchell, and A. G. Power. 2013. Richness and composition of niche-assembled viral pathogen communities. PLOS One 8: e55675.  DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0055675
  • F. Stuart Chapin, III, et al. 2011. Earth stewardship: science for action to sustain the human-earth system.  Ecosphere 2:89. DOI:10.1890/ES11-00166.1.
  • Rua, M. A, E. C Pollina, A. G. Power and C. E. Mitchell. 2011. The role of viruses in biological invasions: friend or foe? Current Opinion in Virology 1:68–72.
  • Power, A.G. 2011. A multi-scale, landscape approach to predicting insect populations in agro-ecosystems.  Ecological Applications 21:1782-1791.
  • Power, A.G., E.T. Borer, P.R. Hosseini, C. E. Mitchell, and E. W. Seabloom. 2011. The community ecology of barley/cereal yellow dwarf viruses in Western US grasslands.  Virus Research 159:95-100.
  • Borer, E.T., E.W. Seabloom, C.E. Mitchell, and A.G. Power. 2010. Local context drives infection of grasses by vector-borne generalist viruses.  Ecology Letters 13:810-818.
  • Hall, G.S., J.S. Peters, D.P. Little, and A.G. Power. 2010. Plant community diversity influences vector behaviour and barley yellow dwarf virus population structure.  Plant Pathology 59:1152-1158.
  • Power, A.G. 2010. Ecosystem services and agriculture: tradeoffs and synergies.  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 365:2959-2971.
  • Seabloom, E.W., C.E. Mitchell, A.G. Power, and E.T. Borer. 2010. Viral diversity and prevalence gradients in North American Pacific coast grasslands. Ecology 91:721-732.
  • Borer, E.T., C.E. Mitchell, A.G. Power, and E.W. Seabloom. 2009. Consumers indirectly increase infection risk in grassland food webs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106:503-506.
  • Power, A.G. 2008. Community ecology of plant viruses. In: Plant virus evolution (M. Roossinck, ed.). Pp. 15-26. Springer, New York.
  • Power, A.G. and C.E. Mitchell. 2004. Pathogen spillover in disease epidemics. The American Naturalist 164:S79-S89.
  • Mitchell, C. E. and A. G. Power. 2003. Release of invasive plants from fungal and viral pathogens. Nature 421:625-627.
Klarman Hall
E331A Corson Hall
agp4@cornell.edu
607/254-4233

Education

Ph.D., University of Washington (1985)

B.S., University of Alaska (1979)

 

Departments and programs

Keywords

Agroecology, disease ecology, plant-insect interactions, plant viruses, insect vectors, international agriculture, ecosystem services, food security

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