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List of works by James A Fordyce

A complete record from colonization to extinction reveals density dependence and the importance of winter conditions for a population of the silvery blue, Glaucopsyche lygdamus

scientific article published on January 2011

A continental-scale survey of <i>Wolbachia</i> infections in blue butterflies reveals evidence of interspecific transfer and invasion dynamics

scientific article published in 2022

A hierarchical Bayesian model to incorporate uncertainty into methods for diversity partitioning.

scientific article published on 15 March 2018

A hierarchical bayesian approach to ecological count data: a flexible tool for ecologists

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A hierarchical perspective on the diversity of butterfly species' responses to weather in the Sierra Nevada Mountains

scientific article published on August 2014

A novel trade-off of insect diapause affecting a sequestered chemical defense

scientific article published on 11 July 2006

A parametric method for assessing diversification-rate variation in phylogenetic trees

scientific article published on September 24, 2012

A tale of two communities: Neotropical butterfly assemblages show higher beta diversity in the canopy compared to the understory.

scientific article published on 27 January 2016

Additive genetic effects in interacting species jointly determine the outcome of caterpillar herbivory

scientific article published in 2022

Admixture and the organization of genetic diversity in a butterfly species complex revealed through common and rare genetic variants

scientific article published on 16 June 2014

After 60 years, an answer to the question: what is the Karner blue butterfly?

scientific article published on 22 December 2010

Aggregative feeding of pipevine swallowtail larvae enhances hostplant suitability

scientific article published on January 25, 2003

Ant association facilitates the evolution of diet breadth in a lycaenid butterfly.

scientific article published on 3 November 2010

Antagonistic, stage-specific selection on defensive chemical sequestration in a toxic butterfly

scientific article published on July 2008

Bayesian analysis of molecular variance in pyrosequences quantifies population genetic structure across the genome of Lycaeides butterflies

scientific article published on 21 May 2010

CONTEMPORARY PATTERNS IN A HISTORICAL CONTEXT: PHYLOGEOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE PIPEVINE SWALLOWTAIL, BATTUS PHILENOR (PAPILIONIDAE)

Can genetic data confirm or refute historical records? The island invasion of the small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus)

article by Arijana Barun et al published 27 March 2013 in Biological Invasions

Caterpillars on a phytochemical landscape: The case of alfalfa and the Melissa blue butterfly

scientific article published on 21 April 2020

Compounded effects of climate change and habitat alteration shift patterns of butterfly diversity

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Contemporary patterns in a historical context: phylogeographic history of the pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor (Papilionidae).

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Distinguishing nutrient-dependent plant driven bacterial colonization patterns in alfalfa

scientific article published on 15 December 2019

Explosive diversification following a benthic to pelagic shift in freshwater fishes

scientific article (publication date: 17 December 2013)

Extending the Concept of Diversity Partitioning to Characterize Phenotypic Complexity

scientific article published on 30 July 2015

Extreme heterogeneity of population response to climatic variation and the limits of prediction

scientific article published on 13 March 2019

Family matters: effect of host plant variation in chemical and mechanical defenses on a sequestering specialist herbivore

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Genomic regions with a history of divergent selection affect fitness of hybrids between two butterfly species

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Geographic variation in clutch size and a realized benefit of aggregative feeding

scientific article published on February 2004

Geographically multifarious phenotypic divergence during speciation

scientific article published on 4 February 2013

Greater host breadth still not associated with increased diversification rate in the Nymphalidae-A response to Janz et al.

scientific article published on 8 April 2016

Homoploid hybrid speciation in an extreme habitat

scientific article published on 30 November 2006

Host range evolution is not driven by the optimization of larval performance: the case of Lycaeides melissa (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) and the colonization of alfalfa.

scientific article published on 7 March 2009

How caterpillars avoid overheating: behavioral and phenotypic plasticity of pipevine swallowtail larvae

scientific article published on 20 August 2005

Hybrid speciation and independent evolution in lineages of alpine butterflies.

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Identifying units for conservation using molecular systematics: the cautionary tale of the Karner blue butterfly

scientific article published in June 2006

Induced indirect defence in a lycaenid-ant association: the regulation of a resource in a mutualism.

scientific article published in September 2000

Insects and recent climate change

scientific article published on 01 January 2021

Invasive ants alter the phylogenetic structure of ant communities

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Larval Performance in the Context of Ecological Diversification and Speciation inLycaeidesButterflies

article by Cynthia F. Scholl et al published 2012 in International Journal of Ecology

Microbiome Variation Across Two Hemlock Species With Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Infestation

scientific article published on 07 July 2020

Nest substrate, more than ant activity, drives fungal pathogen community dissimilarity in seed-dispersing ant nests

scientific article published on 07 November 2020

Not all ectomycorrhizal fungal lineages are equal

scientific article published on 03 April 2019

Pairwise beta diversity resolves an underappreciated source of confusion in calculating species turnover.

scientific article published on 30 January 2017

Patterns of host plant utilization and diversification in the brush-footed butterflies

scientific article published on 24 January 2015

Phenological variation in chemical defense of the pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor

scientific article published on 18 December 2005

Plant genotypic diversity predicts community structure and governs an ecosystem process.

scientific article published in August 2006

Predicting patch occupancy reveals the complexity of host range expansion

scientific article published on 27 November 2020

Recent colonization and radiation of North American Lycaeides (Plebejus) inferred from mtDNA.

scientific article published on May 2008

Recent hybrids recapitulate ancient hybrid outcomes

scientific article published on 01 May 2020

Reef fish functional traits evolve fastest at trophic extremes

scientific article published on 26 November 2018

Secondary contact between Lycaeides idas and L. melissa in the Rocky Mountains: extensive admixture and a patchy hybrid zone.

scientific article published on August 2010

Selaginella and the Satyr: Euptychia westwoodi (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Oviposition Preference and Larval Performance

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Similarity and difference among rainforest fruit-feeding butterfly communities in Central and South America.

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Species-free species distribution models describe macroecological properties of protected area networks.

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Specificity, rank preference, and the colonization of a non-native host plant by the Melissa blue butterfly

scientific article published on October 4, 2012

Strong influence of regional species pools on continent-wide structuring of local communities

scientific article published on 15 June 2011

Temporal diversification of Central American cichlids

scientific article (publication date: 14 September 2010)

Temporal dynamics in non-additive responses of arthropods to host-plant genotypic diversity

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The Many Dimensions of Diet Breadth: Phytochemical, Genetic, Behavioral, and Physiological Perspectives on the Interaction between a Native Herbivore and an Exotic Host

scientific article published on 2 February 2016

The ecology of individuals: incidence and implications of individual specialization

scientific article published on 11 December 2002

The evolution of novel host use is unlikely to be constrained by trade-offs or a lack of genetic variation

scientific article published on June 2015

The evolutionary consequences of ecological interactions mediated through phenotypic plasticity.

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The predictability of genomic changes underlying a recent host shift in Melissa blue butterflies.

scientific article published on 4 April 2018

Understanding a migratory species in a changing world: climatic effects and demographic declines in the western monarch revealed by four decades of intensive monitoring.

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Variable colonization by the hemlock woolly adelgid suggests infestation is associated with hemlock host species

scientific article published on 30 May 2019

Vertical differentiation in tropical forest butterflies: a novel mechanism generating insect diversity?

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

What can DNA tell us about biological invasions?

What, if anything, is sympatric speciation?

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Widespread mito-nuclear discordance with evidence for introgressive hybridization and selective sweeps in Lycaeides

scientific article published on December 2008

iteRates: An R Package for Implementing a Parametric Rate Comparison on Phylogenetic Trees

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