Publications from the lab

*indicates lab members

 

2009

  1. Saarinen EV*, Austin JD*, Daniels JC. 2009. Unbiased estimates of Ne in an endangered butterfly reveals a pattern of genetic compensation. Evolutionary Applications (in press)

Townsend JH*, Butler JM*, et al. 2009. A new species of salamander in the Bolitoglossa dunni group (Caudata: Plethodontidae: Bolitoglossinae) from Parque Nacional Montaña de Yoro, Honduras. Salamandra 45:95-105.

Townsend JH*. Morphological variation in Geophis nephodrymus (Squamata: Colubridae), with comments on the conservation of Geophis in eastern Nuclear Central America. Herpetologica (in press).

Townsend JH*, Butler JM*, Wilson LD, et al. 2009. Significant range extension for the Central American Colubrid snake Ninia pavimentata (Bocourt 1883). Herpetological Bulletin (in press).

Townsend JH*, Wilson LD. 2009. New species of cloud forest Anolis (Squamata: Polychrotidae) of the crassulus group from Parque Nacional Montana de Yoro, Honduras. Copeia 2009:62-70.

Shirley MH*, Oduro W, Beibro HY. 2009. Conservation Status of Crocodiles in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa. Oryx 43:1-10.

2008

Townsend JH* et al. 2008. The largest blindsnake in Mesoamerica: A new species of Typhlops (Squamata: Typhlopidae) from an isolated karstic mountain in Honduras. Zootaxa 1932:18-26.

Townsend JH* et al. 2008. Redescription of Anolis rubribarbaris (Kohler, McCranie, & Wilson 1999), a poorly known Mesoamerican cloud forest anole (Squamata: Polychrotidae). Zootaxa 1918:39-44.

Champagne CE, Austin JD*, Jelks HL, Jordan F, 2008. Effects of fin clipping on survival and position-holding behavior of brown darters, Etheostoma edwini. Copeia 2008:917-920.

Austin JD*, Zamudio KR, 2008, Incongruence in the pattern and timing of intra-specific diversification in bronze frogs and bullfrogs (Ranidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48:1041-1053.

Coulson A, Kohn M, Shirley MH*, Joyce W, 2008. Phosphate-oxygen isotopes from marine turtle bones: ecologic and paleoclimatic applications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.  26:478-484.

Baker P, Austin JD*, Bowen B, Baker SM, 2008. Range-wide population structure and history of the northern Quahog (Merceneria merceneria). ICES Journal of Marine Science 65: 155-163.

Austin JD* 2008. Embracing uncertainty in wildlife management. A review of “Conservation of wildlife populations: demography, genetics, and management by L. Scott Mills. Ecology 89:289.

2006

Lougheed SC, Austin JD*, Bogart JP, Chek AC, 2006. Multicharacter perspectives on the evolution of intraspecific differentiation in a neotropical hylid frog. BMC Evolutionary Biology 6:23


Austin’s publications before 2006

Austin JD, Lougheed SC, Boag PT. 2004. Controlling for the effects of history and non-equilibrium conditions in gene flow estimates in northern populations of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana). Genetics 168:1491-1506.

Austin JD, Lougheed SC, Boag PT. 2004. Discordant temporal and geographic patterns in maternal lineages of eastern North American frogs, Rana catesbeiana and Pseudacris crucifer. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32:799-816.

Austin JD, Davia J, Lougheed SC, Boag PT. 2003. Genetic evidence for female-biased dispersal in the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana). Molecular Ecology 12:3165-3172.

Austin JD, Lougheed SC, Moler P, Boag PT. 2003. Phylogenetics, zoogeography, and the role of vicariance and dispersal in the evolution of the Rana catesbeiana (Anura: Ranidae) species group. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 80:601-624.

Parkyn D, Austin JD, Hawryshyn CW. 2003. Acquisition of polarized-light orientation in salmonids under laboratory conditions. Animal Behaviour 65:893-904.

Chek AA, Austin JD, Lougheed SC. 2003. Why is there a tropical-temperate disparity in the genetic diversity and taxonomy of species? Evolutionary Ecology Research 5:69-77.

Austin JD, Lougheed SC, Bogart J, Boag PT. 2002. Molecular perspectives on the evolutionary affinities of an enigmatic Neotropical frog, Allophryne ruthveni. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 134:335-346.

Austin JD, Lougheed SC, Chek AA, Neidrauer L, Boag PT. 2002. Cryptic lineages in a small frog: the postglacial history of the spring peeper, Pseudacris crucifer (Anura: Hylidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 25:316-329.

Shewchuk CH, Austin JD. 2001. Feeding ecology of the racer (Coluber constrictor mormon) at the northern limit of its range. Herpetological Journal 11:151-155.

Austin JD, Gregory PT. 1998. Relative roles of thermal and chemical cues in the investigative behavior of prey in colubrid (Elaphe guttata and Lampropeltis getulus) and boid (Python regius) snakes. Herpetological Natural History 6:47-50.