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Fewer butterflies seen by community scientists across the warming and drying landscapes of the American West by Forister, M L, Halsch, C A, Nice, C C, Fordyce, J A, Dilts, T E, Oliver, J C, Prudic, K L, Shapiro, A M, Wilson, J K, Glassberg, J

“…Uncertainty remains regarding the role of anthropogenic climate change in declining insect populations, partly because our understanding of biotic response to…”
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What, if anything, is sympatric speciation by FITZPATRICK, B.M, FORDYCE, J.A, GAVRILETS, S

“…Sympatric speciation has always fascinated evolutionary biologists, and for good reason; it pits diversifying selection directly against the tendency of sexual…”
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Light Capture, Skeletal Morphology, and the Biomass of Corals' Boring Endoliths by Fordyce, A J, Ainsworth, T D, Leggat, W

“…There is a growing interest in the endolithic microbial biofilms inhabiting skeletons of living corals because of their contribution to coral reef bioerosion…”
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High flow conditions mediate damaging impacts of sub-lethal thermal stress on corals’ endosymbiotic algae by Page, C E, Leggat, W, Heron, S F, Fordyce, A J, Ainsworth, T D

“…Lay summary High flow speeds can mediate damaging impacts of sub-lethal thermal stress on a branching coral species, showing increased levels of endosymbiont…”
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Specificity, rank preference, and the colonization of a non-native host plant by the Melissa blue butterfly by Forister, M. L., Scholl, C. F., Jahner, J. P., Wilson, J. S., Fordyce, J. A., Gompert, Z., Narala, D. R., Buerkle, C. Alex, Nice, C. C.

“…Animals often express behavioral preferences for different types of food or other resources, and these preferences can evolve or shift following association…”
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Predicting patch occupancy reveals the complexity of host range expansion by Forister, M L, Philbin, C S, Marion, Z H, Buerkle, C A, Dodson, C D, Fordyce, J A, Forister, G W, Lebeis, S L, Lucas, L K, Nice, C C, Gompert, Z

“…Specialized plant-insect interactions are a defining feature of life on earth, yet we are only beginning to understand the factors that set limits on host…”
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The Other Microeukaryotes of the Coral Reef Microbiome by Ainsworth, T.D., Fordyce, A.J., Camp, E.F.

“…In marine ecosystems microbial communities are critical to ocean function, global primary productivity, and biogeochemical cycles. Both prokaryotic and…”
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Pattern, process and geographic modes of speciation by FITZPATRICK, B.M, FORDYCE, J.A, GAVRILETS, S

“…The tradition of classifying cases of speciation into discrete geographic categories (allopatric, parapatric and sympatric) fuelled decades of fruitful…”
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Host density and habitat structure influence host contact rates and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans transmission by Malagon, Daniel A., Melara, Luis A., Prosper, Olivia F., Lenhart, Suzanne, Carter, Edward Davis, Fordyce, J. A., Peterson, Anna C., Miller, Debra L., Gray, Matthew J.

“…Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans ( Bsal ) is an emerging invasive pathogen that is highly pathogenic to salamander species. Modeling infection dynamics in…”
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The significance of wing pattern diversity in the Lycaenidae: mate discrimination by two recently diverged species by Fordyce, J. A., Nice, C. C., Forister, M. L., Shapiro, A. M.

“…Closely related species of lycaenid butterflies are determinable, in part, by subtle differences in wing pattern. We found that female wing patterns can act as…”
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Geological barriers and restricted gene flow in the holarctic skipper Hesperia comma (Hesperiidae) by FORISTER, M. L., FORDYCE, J. A., SHAPIRO, A. M.

“…Patterns of genetic variation within a species may be a consequence of historical factors, such as past fragmentation, as well as current barriers to gene…”
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Quantifying diet breadth through ordination of host association by Fordyce, J. A., Nice, C. C., Hamm, C. A., Forister, Matthew L.

“…Many areas of research in ecology and evolutionary biology depend on the quantification of dietary niche width. For herbivorous insects, diet breadth has most…”
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Between-clutch interactions affect a benefit of group feeding for pipevine swallowtail larvae by Fordyce, J.A

“…1. In California, early instar larvae of the pipevine swallowtail (Battus philenor) develop at an accelerated rate when feeding in large groups compared with…”
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Microalgae, a Boring Bivalve and a Coral-A Newly Described Association Between Two Coral Reef Bioeroders Within Their Coral Host by Fordyce, A J, Ainsworth, T D, Leggat, W

“…Bioeroding organisms play an important part in shaping structural complexity and carbonate budgets on coral reefs. Species interactions between various…”
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Induced indirect defence in a lycaenid-ant association: the regulation of a resource in a mutualism by Agrawal, Anurag A., Fordyce, James A.

“…Plebejus acmon…”
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Lack of evidence for reproductive isolation among ecologically specialised lycaenid butterflies by Nice, C. C., Fordyce, J. A., Shapiro, A. M., Ffrench-Constant, R.

“…1. The evolution of reproductive isolation between recently diverged or incipient species is a critical component of speciation and a major focus of speciation…”
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Wolbachia infection and Lepidoptera of conservation concern by Hamm, C A, Handley, C A, Pike, A, Forister, M L, Fordyce, J A, Nice, C C

“…Conservation of at-risk species requires multi-faceted and carefully-considered management approaches to be successful. For arthropods, the presence of…”
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Wolbachia Infection and Lepidoptera of Conservation Concern by Hamm, C. A., Handley, C. A., Pike, A., Forister, M. L., Fordyce, J. A., Nice, C. C.

“…Conservation of at-risk species requires multi-faceted and carefully-considered management approaches to be successful. For arthropods, the presence of…”
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Patterns of Genitalic Morphology Around Suture Zones in North American Lycaeides (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): Implications for Taxonomy and Historical Biogeography by Lucas, L. K, Fordyce, J. A, Nice, C. C

“…Within the North American Lycaeides (Hübner) fauna, there are at least three major lineages that exhibit extensive morphological and ecological variation,…”
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The lethal plant defense paradox remains: inducible host-plant aristolochic acids and the growth and defense of the pipevine swallowtail by Fordyce, James A.

“…Toxic plants with sequestering specialists are presented with a problem because plant derived toxins protect herbivores against natural enemies. It has been…”
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