Taxonomic and conservation implications of population genetic admixture, mito-nuclear discordance, and male-biased dispersal of a large endangered snake …

B Folt, J Bauder, S Spear, D Stevenson, M Hoffman… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Accurate species delimitation and description are necessary to guide effective conservation
of imperiled species, and this synergy is maximized when multiple data sources are used to …

The role of glacial‐interglacial climate change in shaping the genetic structure of eastern subterranean termites in the southern Appalachian Mountains, USA

C Hyseni, RC Garrick - Ecology and Evolution, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The eastern subterranean termite, Reticulitermes flavipes, currently inhabits previously
glaciated regions of the northeastern US, as well as the unglaciated southern Appalachian …

Post‐Pleistocene dispersal explains the Rapoport effect in North American salamanders

T Radomski, SR Kuchta, KH Kozak - Journal of Biogeography, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aims In many taxa, the latitudinal span of species' geographic ranges are positively
correlated with median latitude (the Rapoport effect). This correlation is frequently explained …

Biased generalization of salient traits drives the evolution of warning signals

G Gamberale-Stille, B Kazemi… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The importance of receiver biases in shaping the evolution of many signalling systems is
widely acknowledged. Here, we show that receiver bias can explain which traits evolve to …

The type locality project: collecting genomic-quality, topotypic vouchers and training the next generation of specimen-based researchers

RC Bell, DG Mulcahy, SW Gotte, AJ Maley… - Systematics and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
DNA evidence is often critical for taxonomic studies; however, many historical type
specimens lack corresponding genetic samples, which limits contemporary molecular …

An evaluation of sexual dimorphism in head size and shape of Red Salamanders (Pseudotriton ruber)

K Wang, T Brandon, KA McDonald… - Reptiles & …, 2023 - journals.ku.edu
For many secretive species of amphibians and reptiles, observations of reproductive
behavior are limited to sparse anecdotes from the field or to animals held in captivity …

Cyto‐nuclear discordance suggests complex evolutionary history in the cave‐dwelling salamander, Eurycea lucifuga

HA Edgington, CM Ingram, DR Taylor - Ecology and Evolution, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Our understanding of the evolutionary history and ecology of cave‐associated species has
been driven historically by studies of morphologically adapted cave‐restricted species. Our …

[图书][B] Ecology and genetics of lungless salamanders (Family Plethodontidae) in the Gulf Coastal Plain

JY Lamb - 2016 - search.proquest.com
During the last half century, lungless salamanders (Family Plethodontidae) have been the
subject of numerous studies in the fields of ecology and genetics. While most works have …

A morphologically cryptic salamander reveals additional hidden diversity: evidence for ancient genetic divergence in Webster's salamander, Plethodon websteri

S Feist, T Mann, S Graham, J Wooten, C Toyota… - Conservation …, 2019 - Springer
We investigated the genetic diversity and phylogenetic structure of Webster's salamander
(Plethodon websteri), an understudied species of conservation concern and one of the first …

Phylogenetic, population genetic, and morphological analyses reveal evidence for one species of Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi)

B Folt, J Bauder, S Spear, D Stevenson, M Hoffman… - bioRxiv, 2018 - biorxiv.org
Accurate species delimitation and description are necessary to guide effective conservation
management of imperiled species. The Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi) is a …