Recent Publications

Global rise in emerging alien species results from increased accessibility of new source pools

| Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Author(s): Hanno Seebens, Tim M. Blackburn, Ellie E. Dyer, Piero Genovesi, Philip E. Hulme, Jonathan M. Jeschke, Shyama Pagad, Petr Pyšek, Mark van Kleunen, Marten Winter, et. al


Local extinction of the Asian tiger mosquito ( Aedes albopictus ) following rat eradication on Palmyra Atoll

| Biology Letters
Author(s): Kevin D. Lafferty, John P. McLaughlin, Daniel S. Gruner, Taylor A. Bogar, An Bui, Jasmine N. Childress, Magaly Espinoza, Elizabeth S. Forbes, Cora A. Johnston, Maggie Klope, et. al


Combining allele frequency and tree‐based approaches improves phylogeographic inference from natural history collections

| Molecular Ecology
Author(s): Megan Ruffley, Megan L. Smith, Anahí Espíndola, Bryan C. Carstens, Jack Sullivan, David C. Tank


Taxonomy and biogeography of hemphillia (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Arionidae) in North American rainforests, with description of a new species (skade’s jumping-slug, Hemphillia Skadei sp nov.)

| Canadian Journal of Zoology
Author(s): Lucid, M.K., Rankin, A., Espíndola, A., Chichester, L., Ehlers, S., Robinson, L., Sullivan, J.


Vertical foraging shifts in Hawaiian forest birds in response to invasive rat removal

| PLOS ONE
Author(s): Rankin, E. E. W., Knowlton, J. L., Gruner, D. S., Flaspohler, D. J., Giardina, C. P., Leopold, D. R., Buckardt, A., Pitt, W. C., Fukami, T.


Testing for the presence of cryptic diversity in tail-dropper slugs (Prophysaon) using molecular data

| Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
Author(s): Megan L Smith, Megan Ruffley, Andrew M Rankin, Anahí Espíndola, David C Tank, Jack Sullivan, Bryan C Carstens


A Guide to the Identification of the Harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) of Maryland

| Northeastern Naturalist
Author(s): Shultz, J.W.


Acceleration or deceleration of litter decomposition by herbivory depends on nutrient availability through intraspecific differences in induced plant resistance traits

| Journal of Ecology
Author(s): Karin T. Burghardt, Mark A. Bradford, Oswald J. Schmitz, David Wardle


The effect of barley cover crop residue and herbicide management on the foliar arthropod community in no-till soybeans

| Agronomy
Author(s): Rosario-Lebron, A., Leslie, A.W., Chen, G., Hooks, C.R.R.


Combining allele frequency and tree-based approaches improves phylogeographic inference from natural history collections

| Molecular Ecology
Author(s): Ruffley, M., Smith, M.L., Espíndola, A., Carstens, B., Sullivan, J., Tank, D.C.


Benefit relevant indicators: Ecosystem services measures that link ecological and social outcomes

| Ecological Indicators
Author(s): Lydia P. Olander, Robert J. Johnston, Heather Tallis, James Kagan, Lynn A. Maguire, Stephen Polasky, Dean Urban, James Boyd, Lisa Wainger, Margaret Palmer


Can conservation tillage reduce N2O emissions on cropland transitioning to organic vegetable production?

| Science of the Total Environment
Author(s): Chen, G., Kolb, L., Cavigelli, M.A., Weil, R.R., Hooks, C.R.R.


Influence of winter cover crop mulch on arthropods in a reduced tillage Cucurbit system

| Environmental Entomology
Author(s): Buchanan, A.L., Hooks, C.R.R.


Origin of Pest Lineages of the Colorado Potato Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

| Journal of Economic Entomology
Author(s): Victor M Izzo, Yolanda H Chen, Sean D Schoville, Cong Wang, David J Hawthorne


Conservation and variation in pair-rule gene expression and function in the intermediate-germ beetle Dermestes maculatus

| Development
Author(s): Jie Xiang, Katie Reding, Alison Heffer, Leslie Pick


Risks to pollinators and pollination from invasive alien species

| Nature Ecology & Evolution
Author(s): Adam J. Vanbergen, Anahí Espíndola, Marcelo A. Aizen


Contemporary evolution of a Lepidopteran species, Heliothis virescens, in response to modern agricultural practices.

| Molecular Ecology
Author(s): Fritz ML, DeYonke AM, Papanicolaou A, Micinski S, Westbrook J, Gould F


Increased grassland arthropod production with mammalian herbivory and eutrophication: a test of mediation pathways

| Ecology
Author(s): Eric M. Lind, Kimberly J. La Pierre, Eric W. Seabloom, Juan Alberti, Oscar Iribarne, Jennifer Firn, Daniel S. Gruner, Adam D. Kay, Jesus Pascal, Justin P. Wright, et. al


Establishment of molecular genetic approaches to study gene expression and function in an invasive hemipteran, Halyomorpha halys

| EvoDevo
Author(s): Yong Lu, Mengyao Chen, Katie Reding, Leslie Pick