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Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Rice University is addressing important ecological and evolutionary questions with collaborative research initiatives and innovative ecological, evolutionary, and genomic tools.
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Recent Publications
- Yule, KM, Miller, TEX, and JA Rudgers (in press) Costs, benefits, and loss of vertically transmitted symbionts affect host population dynamics. Oikos
- Van Allen, B.G and Rudolf, V.H.W. 2013. Ghosts of habitats past: environmental carry-over effects drive population dynamics in novel habitat. Am Nat 181:In press.
- Rudolf, V.H.W. and N.L. Rasmussen. 2013. Ontogenetic functional diversity: Size-structure of a keystone predator alters functioning of a complex ecosystem. Ecology In press.
- Miller, T.E.X. and B.D. Inouye. 2013. Sex and stochasticity affect range expansion of experimental invasions. Ecology Letters. 9:2008-2014.
- Parson,W. Zhong, B. and V.H.W. Rudolf. 2013. Mating status and kin recognition determine cannibalism rates. Animal Behaviour 85: 365-369
- Mendes, T. D. Borges, W. S., Rodrigues, A., Solomon, S. E., Vieira, P. C., Duarte, M. C. T., Pagnocca, F. C. (2013) Anti-Candida properties of urauchimycins from actinobacteria associated with Trachymyrmex ants. BioMed Research International, vol. 2013, Article ID 835081. doi:10.1155/2013/835081
- Gabler, C.A. and E. Siemann. 2013. Rapid ontogenetic niche expansions in invasive Chinese tallow tree permit establishment in unfavourable but variable environments and can be exploited to streamline restoration. Journal of Applied Ecology doi: 10..1111/1365-2664.12071.
- Endepols, S, Klemann, N, Song, Y, and Kohn, MH. 2013.Vkorc1 variation in house mice during warfarin and difenacoum field trials. Pest Management Science 69:409-413.
- Brandt, ME, Smith, TB, Correa AM, and Vega Thurber RL. 2013. Disturbance Driven Colony Fragmentation as a Driver of a Coral Disease Outbreak PLOS ONE.
- Correa AM, Welsh RM, Vega Thurber RL. 2013. Unique nucleocytoplasmic dsDNA and +ssRNA viruses are associated with the dinoflagellate endosymbionts of corals. ISME J 7:13-27.
- Razafindratsima, OH, Mehtani, S, Dunham, AE. 2013. Extinctions, traits and phylogenetic community structure: insights from primate assemblages in Madagascar. Ecography 36:47-56.
- Simakov, O, Marletaz, F, Cho, S-J, et al. 2013. Insights into bilaterian evolution from three spiralian genomes. Nature 493:526-531.
- Simakov,O, Marletaz, F,Cho, S-J, Edsinger-Gonzales, E, Havlak, P, Hellsten, U, Kuo, D-H, Larsson, T, Lv, J, Detlev, A, Savage, R, Osoegawa, K, de Jong, P, Grimwood, J, Chapman, JA, Shapiro, H, Aerts,A, Otillar, PP, Terry,AY, Boore, JL, Grigoriev, IV, Lindberg, DR, Seaver, EC, Weisblat, DA, Putnam, NH, and DS Rokhsar. 2012. Insights into bilaterian evolution from three spiralian genomes. Nature doi:10.1038/nature11696
- Huang, W. Carrillo, J., Ding, J., and E. Siemann. 2012. Invader partitions ecological and evolutionary responses to above- and belowground herbivory. Ecology In press.
- Huang, W., Carrillo, J., Ding J. and E. Siemann. 2012. Interactive effects of herbivory and competition intensity determine invasive plant performance. Oecologia 170: 373-382.
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6100 Main Street
Houston, TX 77005
Tel: (713) 348-4913
Fax: (713) 348-5232