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Research Publications

Publications authored and co-authored by BESS trainees

2021

de Lira, JJPR, Yan, Y, Levasseur, S, Kelly, CD, Hendry, AP. (2021). The complex ecology of genitalia: Gonopodium length and allometry in the Trinidadian guppy. Ecol Evol. 00: 1– 13. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7351

Betzi, P.-O., Rebecca, D., Brennan, P., Emma, G., & Laura, J. M.-C. (2021). Dolphin-watching boats affect whistle frequency modulation in bottlenose dolphins. Frontiers in Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.618420

Stewart, H. A., Kline, D. I., Chapman, L. J., & Altieri, A. H. (2021). Caribbean mangrove forests act as coral refugia by reducing light stress and increasing coral richness. Ecosphere, 12(3). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3413

Blondel Léa, Paterson, I. G., Bentzen, P., & Hendry, A. P. (2021). Resistance and resilience of genetic and phenotypic diversity to “black swan” flood events: a retrospective analysis with historical samples of guppies. Molecular Ecology, (20210107). https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15782

Ibarra‐Isassi, J, Handa, IT, Arenas‐Clavijo, A, Escobar‐Ramírez, S, Armbrecht, I, Lessard, J‐P. (2021). Shade‐growing practices lessen the impact of coffee plantations on multiple dimensions of ant diversity. J Appl Ecol. 00: 1– 12. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13842

Sharpe, D. M. T., de Lira, J. J. P. R., Brown, G. E., Torchin, M. E., & Hendry, A. P. (2021). Testing the prey naiveté hypothesis: can native prey (astyanax ruberrimus) recognize an introduced top predator, cichla monoculus? Biological Invasions, 23(1), 205–219. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-020-02369-4

2020

Alejo, C., Meyer, C., Walker, W. S., Gorelik, S. R., Josse, C., Aragon-Osejo, J. L., … Potvin, C. (2020). Are indigenous territories and community-managed areas effective natural climate solutions? A neotropical analysis using matching methods and geographic discontinuity designs. BioRxiv, 2020.1 https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.23.424126

Avila-Cervantes, J., Arias, C., Venegas-Anaya, M., Vargas, M., Larsson, H. C. E., & McMillan, W. O. (2020). Effect of the central american isthmus on gene flow and divergence of the american crocodile (crocodylus acutus). Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution, 2020 Dec 14. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14139

Blondel Léa, Sandra, K.-N. G., Marilyn, E. S., & Andrew, P. H. (2020). Asymmetric isolation and the evolution of behaviors influencing dispersal: rheotaxis of guppies above waterfalls. Genes, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/genes11020180

Brevik, K., Adams, J., Dube, B., Barbieri, L., & Haage, G. (2020). "Wellbeing in the more-than-human world". In Sustainable Wellbeing Futures. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789900958.00018

Carl, N. J., Stewart, H. A., & Paul, J. S. (2020). Unprovoked mouth gaping behavior in extant crocodylia. Journal of Herpetology, 54(4), 418–426. https://doi.org/10.1670/18-157

Christian, N., Sedio, B. E., Florez-Buitrago, X., Ramírez-Camejo LA, Rojas, E. I., Mejía LC, … Herre, E. A. (2020). Host affinity of endophytic fungi and the potential for reciprocal interactions involving host secondary chemistry. American Journal of Botany, 107(2), 219–228. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1436

Creighton, M.J.A., Greenberg, D.A., Reader, S.M., & Mooers, A.Ø. (2020). The role of behavioural flexibility in primate diversification (Preprint). https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.15.341859

Feeley K, Martinez-Villa J, Perez T, Silva Duque A, Triviño Gonzalez D and Duque A (2020) The Thermal Tolerances, Distributions, and Performances of Tropical Montane Tree Species. Front. For. Glob. Change 3:25. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2020.00025

Lalla, K. M., Whelan, S., Brown, K., Patterson, A., Jimenez, A. G., Hatch, S. A., & Elliott, K. H. (2020). Accelerometry predicts muscle ultrastructure and flight capabilities in a wild bird. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 223. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.234104

Luque, J., Cortés, D., Rodríguez, A., Cárdenas, D., and Parra J.D.D. (2020). Orithopsid crabs from the Lower Cretaceous Paja Formation in Boyacá (Colombia), and the earliest record of parasitic isopod traces in Raninoida. Cretaceous Research 116: 104602. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104602

Martínez-Villa, J.A., González-Caro, S. & Duque, Á. (2020) The importance of grain and cut-off size in shaping tree beta diversity along an elevational gradient in the northwest of Colombia. For. Ecosyst. 7, 2 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-020-0214-y

Maxwell, E.E., and Cortés, D. (2020). A revision of the Early Jurassic ichthyosaur Hauffiopteryx (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria), and description of a new species from southwestern Germany. Paleontologia Electronica 23(2):a29. https://doi.org/10.26879/937

Pillco Huarcaya, R.*, Creighton, M.J.A.*, López Morales, M., Connor, D., Flatt, E., & Whitworth, A. (2020). Foods eaten by the Endangered Geoffroy’s spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi). Chicago Field Museum, Field Guide.

Sellers, A. J., Leung, B., & Torchin, M. E. (2020). Global meta-analysis of how marine upwelling affects herbivory. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29(2), 370–383. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13023

Stange, M., Barrett, R.D.H. & Hendry, A.P. The importance of genomic variation for biodiversity, ecosystems and people. Nat Rev Genet 22, 89–105 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41576-020-00288-7

Toure, M. W., Young, F. J., McMillan, W. O., & Montgomery, S. H. (2020). Heliconiini butterflies can learn time-dependent reward associations. Biology Letters, 16(9), 20200424–20200424. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0424

Valverde, M. P., Sharpe, D. M. T., Torchin, M. E., Buck, D. G., & Chapman, L. J. (2020). Trophic shifts in a native predator following the introduction of a top predator in a tropical lake. Biological Invasions, 22(2), 643–661. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-019-02119-1

2019

Beausoleil, M. O., Frishkoff, L. O., M'Gonigle, L. K., Raeymaekers, J. A. M., Knutie, S. A., De León LF, … Barrett, R. D. H. (2019). Temporally varying disruptive selection in the medium ground finch (geospiza fortis). Proceedings. Biological Sciences, 286(1916), 20192290–20192290. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2290

Blondel Léa, Baillie, L., Quinton, J., Alemu, J. B., Paterson, I., Hendry, A. P., & Bentzen, P. (2019). Evidence for contemporary and historical gene flow between guppy populations in different watersheds, with a test for associations with adaptive traits. Ecology and Evolution, 9(8), 4504–4517. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5033

Brown, K., Jimenez, A. G., Whelan, S., Lalla, K., Hatch, S. A., & Elliott, K. H. (2019). Muscle fiber structure in an aging long-lived seabird, the black-legged kittiwake (rissa tridactyla). Journal of Morphology, 280(7), 1061–1070. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21001

Bubac, Christine M., Amy C. Johnson, Janay A. Fox, and Catherine I. Cullingham. (2019). “Conservation Translocations and Post-Release Monitoring: Identifying Trends in Failures, Biases, and Challenges from Around the World.” Biological Conservation 238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108239

Camacho, C., Beausoleil, M.-O., Richard, R., & Rabadan-Gonzalez, J. (2019). Nest building by darwin's finches as an overlooked seed dispersal mechanism. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 43-45, 43–45. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266467418000378

Cortés, D., De Gracia, C., Carrillo-Briceño, J.D., Aguirre-Fernández, G., Jaramillo C., Benites-Palomino, A., and Atencio-Araúz, J.E. (2019). Shark-cetacean trophic interactions during the late Pliocene in the Central Eastern Pacific (Panama). Palaeontologia Electronica, 22.2.49A(1-13). https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-172723

Cortés, D., Larsson, H.C.E., Maxwell, E.E., Parra-Ruge, M.L., Patarroyo, P., and Wilson J.A. (2019). An Early Cretaceous Teleosauroid (Crocodylomorpha: Thalattosuchia) from Colombia. Ameghiniana 56: 365-379. https://doi.org/10.5710/AMGH.26.09.2019.3269

Creighton, Maria J. A. and Joseph R. Bennett. (2019). “Taxonomic Biases Persist from Listing to Management for Canadian Species at Risk.” Écoscience 26(4):315–21.

Crownshaw, T., Morgan, C., Adams, A., Sers, M., Britto, dos S. N., Damiano, A., Gilbert,L., Haage,G. & Horen, G. D. (2019). Over the horizon: exploring the conditions of a post-growth world. Anthropocene Review, 6(1-2), 117–141. https://doi.org/10.1177/2053019618820350

de Oliveira Rocha, C. A., de Lira José Jonathas Pereira Rodrigues, de Lemos Santana, J., Guimarães Márcio Paiva, & dos Santos Calado, T. C. (2019). Biological aspects of the marine crab plagusia depressa (fabricius, 1775) on the northeast coast of brazil. Marine Biology Research, 15(2), 181–190. https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2019.1612070

Maxwell, E.E., Cortés, D., Patarroyo, P., and Parra-Ruge, M.L. (2019). A new specimen of Platypterygius sachicarum (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Early Cretaceous of Colombia and its phylogenetic implications. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2019.1577875

Pereira Martins, A. R., Duarte, M., & Robbins, R. K. (2019). Hairstreak butterflies (lepidoptera, lycaenidae) and evolution of their male secondary sexual organs. Cladistics, 35(2), 173–197. https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12355

Quiroz, L. I., Buatois, L. A., Seike, K., Mángano M. Gabriela, Jaramillo, C., & Sellers, A. J. (2019). The search for an elusive worm in the tropics, the past as a key to the present, and reverse uniformitarianism. Scientific Reports, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54643-8

Stewart, H. A., Aboagye, D. L., Ramee, S. W., & Allen, P. J. (2019). Effects of acute thermal stress on acid-base regulation, haematology, ion-osmoregulation and aerobic metabolism in channel catfish (ictalurus punctatus). Aquaculture Research, 50(8), 2133–2141. https://doi.org/10.1111/are.14093

Winer, D. R. C., & Windsor, E. A. (2019). Effects of temperature and water turbulence on vertebral number and body shape in astyanax mexicanus (teleostei: characidae). Plos One, 14(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219677

2018

Allen, P. J., Baumgartner, W., Brinkman, E., DeVries, R. J., Stewart, H. A., Aboagye, D. L., … Petrie-Hanson, L. (2018). Fin healing and regeneration in sturgeon. Journal of Fish Biology, 93(5), 917–930. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13794

de, L. J. J. P. R., Perez-Jvostov, F., Gotanda, K. M., Kou-Giesbrecht, S., Pease, S. K., Jackson, M., … Hendry, A. P. (2018). Testing for a whole-organism trade-off between natural and sexual selection: are the male guppies preferred by females more likely to be eaten by predators? Evolutionary Ecology Research, 19(4), 441–453.

Hu J., Perez-Jvostov F., Blondel L., Barrett R.D. (2018) Genome-wide DNA methylation signatures of infection status in Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata). Molecular Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14771

Ibarra-Isassi, J., & Oliveira, P. S. (2018). Indirect effects of mutualism: ant-treehopper associations deter pollinators and reduce reproduction in a tropical shrub. Oecologia, 186(3), 691–701. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-017-4045-7

Skovmand, L. H., Xu, C. C. Y., Servedio, M. R., Nosil, P., Barrett, R. D. H., & Hendry, A. P. (2018). Keystone genes. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 33(9), 689–700. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2018.07.002

Varela, B. J., Lesbarrères David, Ibáñez Roberto, & Green, D. M. (2018). Environmental and host effects on skin bacterial community composition in panamanian frogs. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00298

Whippo, R., Knight, N. S., Prentice, C., Cristiani, J., Siegle, M. R., & O'Connor, M. I. (2018). Epifaunal diversity patterns within and among seagrass meadows suggest landscape-scale biodiversity processes. Ecosphere, 9(11). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2490

2017

Avila-Cervantes, J. Charruau, P., Cedeño-Vazquez, J.R. Varela, B.J. and Hans. C.E. Larsson. (2017). Diet of the American Crocodile. Herpetological Review 48(4): 839-840.

Santos C.S.A., Blondel L., Sotillo A., Müller W., Stienen E.W.M., Boeckx P., Soares A. M. V. M., Monteiro M. S., Loureiro S., De Neve L., and Lens L. (2017). Offspring Hg exposure relates to parental feeding strategies in a generalist bird with strong individual foraging specialization. Sci. Total Environ. 601–602: 1315–132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.286

2016

Martins, A. R. P., Faynel, C., & Robbins, R. K. (2016). Variation of male secondary sexual structures and the taxonomy of theritas lisus and relatives (lepidoptera, lycaenidae, eumaeini). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 118(4), 555–573. https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.118.4.555

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