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Miscellaneous Publications

Occasional Papers

Dr. Barry ÓConnor's Recent Publications.....

  • Marshall, D.J., B.M. OConnor & P.J.A. Pugh. 2003 Algophagus mites (Astigmata: Algophagidae) from the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands: habitat-related morphology and taxonomic descriptions. Journal of Zoology (London) 259: 31-47.
  • OConnor, B.M. 2003. Parasitic and commensal mites of Vertebrates. in Goodman, S.M. & J. P. Benstead (eds.) The Natural History of Madagascar. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago. pp. 593-602.
  • OConnor, B.M. 2003. Mites. in Resh, V.H. & R.T. Card� (eds.). Encyclopedia of Insects. Academic Press. pp. 726-733.
  • Krantz, G.W., B.M. OConnor, W. J. Foreyt & A. Fain. 2003. A new species of Aplodontopus (Acari: Astigmata: Chortoglyphidae) from the yellow-bellied marmot, Marmota flaviventris (Rodentia: Sciuridae) in eastern Washington, USA, with obsservations on its pathology. International Journal of Acarology 29: 99-105.
  • Okabe, K. & B.M. OConnor. 2003 Factors affecting the observed sex ratio in parthenogenetic Schwiebea elongata (Acari: Acaridae) in Japan. International Journal of Acarology 29: 243-250.
  • Klimov, P.B. & B.M. OConnor. 2003. Phylogeny, historical ecology and systematics of some mushroom-associated mites of the genus Sancassania (Acari: Acaridae), with new generic synonymies. Invertebrate Systematics. 17: 469-514.
  • Bochkov, A.V. & B.M. OConnor. 2003. Two new species of the genus Cheyletus Latreille, 1796 (Acari: Cheyletidae) associated with Philippine vertebrates. International Journal of Acarology 29: 327-330.
  • Husband, R.W. & B.M. OConnor. 2003. A new genus and species of mite (Acari: Tarsonemina: Podapolipidae) ectoparasite of the Peruvian cockroaches, Blaberus parabolicus (Walker) and Eublaberus distanti (Kirby) (Blattodea: Blaberidae). International Journal of Acarology 29: 331-338.
  • Bochkov, A.V. & B.M. OConnor. 2003. New cheyletid mites (Acari, Cheyletidae) associated with birds. Acta Parasitologica 48: 265-279.
  • Husband, R.W. & B.M. OConnor. 2004. A new species of Chrysomelobia (Acari: Podapolipidae) from Ceralces sp. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Tanzania, with a key to species of Chrysomelobia. International Journal of Acarology. 30: 17-23.
  • Klimov, P. B. & B.M. OConnor. 2004. Multivariate discrimination among cryptic species of the mite genus Chaetodactylus (Acari: Chaetodactylidae) associated with bees of the genus Lithurgus (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in North America. Experimental and Applied Acarology. 33: 157-182.
  • Klimov, P. B., M. Lekveishvili, A.P.G. Dowling, & B.M. OConnor. 2004. Multivariate analysis of morphological variation in two cryptic species of mites of the genus Sancassania (Acari: Acaridae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 97: 322-345.
  • Bochkov, A.V. & B.M. OConnor. 2004. Systematics of the genus Sciurocheyla (Acari: Cheyletidae), parasites of tropical squirrels (Rodentia: Sciuridae). Journal of Medical Entomology 41: 308-320.
  • Bochkov, A.V. & B.M. OConnor. 2004. Phylogeny, taxonomy and biology of mites of the genera Chelacheles and Neochelacheles (Acari: Cheyletidae). Invertebrate Systematics 18: 547-592.
  • Latta. S.C. & B.M. OConnor. 2001. Patterns of Knemidokoptes jamaicensis (Acari: Knemidokoptidae) Infestations Among Eight New Avian Hosts in the Dominican Republic. Journal of Medical Entomology 38: 437-440.
  • Okabe, K. & B.M. OConnor. 2002. Kurosaia jiju, a new genus and species of mite (Acari, Winterschmidtiidae) associated with the solitary wasp, Anterhynchium flavomarginatum (Hymenoptera, Vespidae), in Japan. International Journal of Acarology. 28: 67-83.
  • Ochoa, R. & B.M. OConnor. 2000 Revision of the genus Horstiella (Acari: Acaridae), mites associated with Neotropical Epicharis bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 93: 713-737.
  • Okabe, K. & B.M. OConnor. 2000. Morphometric and systematic analyses of populations of the Schwiebea barbei group (Acari: Acaridae) with particular reference to populations from North America and Japan. International Journal of Acarology. 26: 115-126.
  • Wang, C., J. E. Powell & B. M. OConnor. 2002 Mites and nematodes associated with three subterranean termite species (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Florida Entomologist 85: 499-506.

Dr. Lacey Knowles Recent Publications.....

  • Gray, D.A., H. Huang, & L.L. Knowles. 2008. Molecular evidence of a peripatric origin for two sympatric species of field crickets (Gryllus rubens and G. texensis) revealed from coalescent simulations and population genetic tests. Mol. Ecol., in press.
  • Knowles, L.L & Y-H Chan. 2008. Resolving species phylogenies of recent evolutionary radiations. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 95:224-231.
  • Connallon, T. & L.L. Knowles. 2007. Recombination rate and protein evolution in yeast. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 7:235.doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-235.
  • Richards, C.L., B.C. Carstens, L.L. Knowles. 2007. Distribution modeling and statistical phylogeography: an integrative framework for testing biogeographic hypotheses. J. Biogeogr. 34:1833-1845.
  • Marquez, E.J. & Knowles, L.L., 2007. Correlated Evolution in multivariate traits: detecting codivergence across multiple dimensions. J. Evol. Biol. 20:2334-2348. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01415
  • Knowles, L.L., B.C.Carstens, & M. L. Keat. 2007. Coupled Genetic and Ecological-Niche Models to Examine How Past Population Distributions Contribute to Divergence. Current Biol. 17:1-7.
  • Knowles, L.L., & B.C. Carstens. 2007. Delimiting species without monophyletic gene trees. Syst. Biol. 56:887-895.
  • Knowles, L.L. & B.C. Carstens. 2007. Estimating a geographically explicit model of population divergence. Evolution 61:477-493.
  • Richards, C.L. & Knowles, L.L. 2007. Tests of phenotypic and genetic concordance and their application to the conservation of Panamanian golden frogs (Anura, Bufonidae). Mol. Ecol. 16:3119-3133.
  • Klimov, P.B., B.M. OConnor, & L.L. Knowles. 2007. Museum specimens and phylogenies elucidate ecology's role in determining coevoutionary associations between chaetodactylid mites and their bee hosts. Evolution 61:1368-1379.
  • Carstens, B.C., & L.L. Knowles. 2007. Estimating species phylogeny from gene-tree probabilities despite incomplete lineage sorting: an example from Melanoplus grasshoppers. Syst. Biol. 56:1-12.
  • Carstens, B.C. & L.L. Knowles. 2007. Shifting distributions and speciation: species divergence during rapid climate change. Mol. Ecol. 16:619-627.
  • E. Oneal, T. Connallon, & L.L. Knowles. 2007. Conflict between direct and indirect benefits of female choice in desert Drosophila. Biology Letters, Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B. 3:29-32.
  • Connallon, T.M. & L.L. Knowles. 2006. Evidence for overdominant selection maintaining X-linked fitness variation in Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution 60:1445-1453.
  • Maddison, W.P. & L.L. Knowles. 2006. Inferring phylogeny despite incomplete lineage sorting. Syst. Biol. 55:21-30.
  • Carstens, B.C. & L.L. Knowles. 2006. Variable nuclear markers for Melanoplus oregonensis identified from the screening of a genomic library. Mol Ecol. Notes 6:683-685 doi:10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01309.x
  • Knowles, L.L. & Richards, C.L. 2005. Importance of genetic drifts during Pleistocene divergence as revealed by analysis of genomic variation. Mol. Ecol.14:4023-4032.
  • Connallon, T. & L.L. Knowles. 2005. Intergenomic conflict revealed by patterns of sex-biased gene expression. Trends in Genetics 21:495-499.
  • Pfeiler, E., L.A. Hurtado, L.L. Knowles, J. Torre-Cosio, L. Bourillon-Moreno, J.F. Marquez-Farias, & G. Montemayor-Lopez. 2005. Population genetics of the swimming crab Callinectes bellicosus (Brachyura: Portunidae) from the eastern Pacific Ocean. Mar. Biol. 146:559-569. (doi:10.1007/s00227-004-1463-y).
  • Knowles, L.L. , B.B. Hernandez, & T.A. Markow. 2005. Non-antagonistic interactions between the sexes revealed by the ecological consequences of reproductive traits.J. Evol. Biol. 18:156-161 (doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00779.x)
  • Knowles, L.L.  2004. The burgeoning field of statistical phylogeography. J. Evol. Biol. 17:1-10 (doi: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.0064.x).
  • Knowles, L.L. , B.B. Hernandez, & T.A. Markow. 2004. Exploring the consequences of postmating-prezygotic interactions between the sexes. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. Series B 271:S357-S359 (doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0192).
  • Knowles, L.L. & W.P. Maddison.  2002. Statistical phylogeography. Mol. Ecol. 11:2623-2635.
  • Kurdziel, J.P. & L.L. Knowles. 2002. The mechanisms of morph determination in the amphipod Jassa: implications for the evolution of alternative male phenotypes. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. Series B. 269:1749-1754.
  • Knowles, L.L. & T. A. Markow. 2001. Sexually antagonistic coevolution of a postmating-prezygotic reproductive character in desert Drosophila.  Proc. Natl. Academy Sci. USA 98:8692-8696.
  • Knowles, L.L. 2001.Genealogical portraits of speciation in montane grasshoppers (genus Melanoplus) from the sky islands of the Rocky Mountains. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. Series B. 268:319-324.
  • Knowles, L.L. 2001. Did the Pleistocene glaciations promote divergence? Tests of explicit  refugial models in montane grasshoppers.  Mol. Ecol. 10:691-701.
  • Knowles, L.L. 2000. Tests of Pleistocene speciation in montane grasshoppers from the sky islands of western North America (genus Melanoplus). Evolution 54:1337-1348.
  • Knowles, L.L. & D. Otte. 2000. Phylogenetic analysis of montane grasshoppers from western North America (genus Melanoplus, Acrididae: Melanoplinae). Annals Entom. Soc. Am. 93:421-431
  • Knowles, L.L., D.J. Futuyma, W.F. Eanes & B. Rannala.  1999. Insights into speciation mode from historical demography in the phytophagous beetle Ophraella. Evolution 53:1846-1856.
  • Knowles, L.L., A. Coelho, J. McNellis, K.P. Greene, & D.J. Futuyma. 1999. Tests of inbreeding effects on host shift potential in the phytophagous beetle Ophraella communa. Evolution 53:561-567.
  • Knowles, L.L. & S.S. Bell. 1998. The influence of habitat structure on faunal-habitat associations in a Tampa Bay seagrass system, Florida. Bulletin of Marine Science 62:781-894.
  • Meyer, A., L.L. Knowles & E. Verheyen. 1995. Widespread distribution of mitochondrial haplotypes in rock-dwelling cichlid fishes from Lake Tanganyika. Mol. Ecol. 5:341-350.

Reviews:

  • Knowles, L.L. 2003. Research update: Nonstochastic variation of species-level diversification rates within angiosperms. BioMedNet record 1404200381.
  • Knowles, L.L. 2002. Reconstructing rapid climate change from a snail’s pace. TREE 17:355.
  • Knowles, L.L. 2001. An evolutionary slant on species-area curves. TREE 16:174-175.
  • Knowles, L.L. 2000. Conflict begets diversity? TREE 15:488-489.
  • Knowles, L.L. 1998. Book review of: The Ice-Age History of Southwestern National Parks, by S.A. Elias. Quarterly Review of Biology 73:67.
  • Knowles, L.L. 1997. Book review of: The Ice-Age History of National Parks in the Rocky Mountains, by  S.A. Elias. Quarterly Review of Biology 72:66.