Department of Biology

Gompert, Z, J. A. Fordyce, M. L. Forister, and C. C. Nice. 2008. Recent colonization and radiation of North American Lycaeides (Plebejus) inferred from mtDNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48:461-490. PDF

Fordyce, J. A.  and C. C. Nice. 2008. Antagonistic, stage-specific selection on defensive chemical sequestration in a toxic butterfly. Evolution 62: 1610-1617. PDF

Fordyce, J. A., M. L. Forister, C. C. Nice, J. M. Burns, and A. M. Shapiro. 2008. Patterns of genetic variation between the checkered skippers Pyrgus communis / P. albescens (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Annals Entomological Society America 101(4): 794-800. PDF

Lucas, L. K., J. A. Fordyce, and C. Nice. 2008. Patterns of genitalic morphology around suture zones in North American Lycaeides (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): Implications for taxonomy and historical biogeography. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101(1):172-180. PDF

Forister, M L., C. C. Nice, J. A. Fordyce, Z. Gompert and A. M. Shapiro. 2008. Considering evolutionary processes in the use of single-locus genetic data for conservation, with examples from the Lepidoptera. Journal of Insect Conservation 12:37-51. PDF

Gompert, Z, J. A. Fordyce, M. L. Forister, A. M. Shapiro and C. C. Nice. 2006. Homoploid hybrid speciation in an extreme habitat. Science 314: 1923-1925. PDF SOM [Published online 30 November 2006 (10.1126/science.1135875) Abstract PDF]

Forister, M L., J. A. Fordyce, C. C. Nice, Z. Gompert and A,. M. Shapiro. 2006. Egg morphology varies among populations and habitats along a suture zone in the Lycaeides idas-melissa species complex (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99(5):933-937. PDF

Fordyce, J. A., C. C. Nice and A. M. Shapiro. 2006. A novel trade-off of insect diapause affecting a sequestered chemical defense. Oecologia 149:101-106. PDF

Crutsinger, G. M., M. D. Collins, J. A. Fordyce, Z. Gompert, C. C. Nice and N. J. Sanders. 2006. Plant genotypic diversity predicts community structure and governs an ecosystem process. Science 313:966-968 (18 August 2006). PDF, SOM

Gompert, Z., C. C. Nice, J. A. Fordyce, M. L. Forister and A. M. Shapiro. 2006. Identifying units for conservation using molecular systematics: the cautionary tale of the Karner blue butterfly. Molecular Ecology 15:1759-1768. PDF MtDNA Data

Lutz-Carillo, D. J., C. C. Nice, T. H. Bonner, M. R. J. Forstner and L. Fries. 2006. Evaluation of microsatellite loci in largemouth bass: resolution of population structure and individual origins. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 135:779-791. PDF

Nice, C. C. and J. A. Fordyce. 2006. How caterpillars avoid overheating: behavioral and phenotypic plasticity of pipevine swallowtail larvae. Oecologia 146:541-548. PDF

Reilly, S. M., R. W. Manning, C. C. Nice and M. R. J. Forstner. 2005. Systematics of isolated populations of short-tailed shrews (Soricidae: Blarina) in Texas. J. Mammalogy 86(5):887-894. PDF

Nice, C. C., N. Anthony, G. Gelembiuk, D. Raterman and R. ffrench-Constant. 2005. The history and geography of diversification within the butterfly genus Lycaeides in North America. Molecular Ecology 14:1741-1754. PDF

Gabor, C. R. and C. C. Nice. 2004. Genetic variation among populations of eastern newts, Notophthalmus viridescens: a preliminary analysis based on allozymes. Herpetologica 60(3):373-386. PDF

Fordyce, J. A. and C. C. Nice. 2004. Geographic variation in clutch size and a realized benefit of aggregative feeding. Evolution 58(2):447-450. PDF

Fordyce, J. A. and C. C. Nice. 2003. Contemporary patterns in a historical context: phylogeographic history of the pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor, (Papilionidae). Evolution 57(5):1089-1099. PDF

Fordyce, J. A. and C. C. Nice. 2003. Variation in butterfly egg adhesion: adaptation to local host plant senesence characteristics? Ecology Letters 6:23-27. PDF

Nice, C. C., J. A. Fordyce, A. M. Shapiro and R. ffrench-Constant, 2002. Lack of evidence for reproductive isolation among ecologically specialized lycaenid butterflies. Ecological Entomology 27:702-712. PDF

Fordyce, J. A., C. C. Nice, M. L. Forister and A. M. Shapiro. 2002. The significance of wing pattern diversity in the Lycaenidae: mate discrimination by two recently diverged species. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 15: 871-879. PDF

Anthony, N., G. Gelembiuk, D. Raterman, C. Nice and R. ffrench-Constant, 2001. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers from the endangered Karner blue butterfly Lycaeides melissa samuelis (Lepidoptera). Hereditas 134: 271-273.

Nice, C. C. and A. M. Shapiro, 2001. Patterns of morphological, biochemical and molecular evolution in the Oeneis chryxus complex (Lepidoptera: Satyridae): a test of historical biogeographical hypotheses. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 20: 111-123. PDF

Nice, C. C. and A. M. Shapiro, 2001. Population genetic evidence of restricted gene flow between host races in the butterfly genus Mitoura (Lepidoptera Lycaenidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 94: 257-267. PDF

Nice, C. C. and A. M. Shapiro, 1999. Genetic, ecological and morphological divergence in the butterfly genus Lycaeides in North America: evidence of recent speciation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 12: 927-935. PDF

Nice, C. C. and R. W. VanBuskirk, 1997. The butterflies of Mt. Ashland, Oregon: surveys along the Siskiyou Crest. p. 146-157. Proceedings of the First Siskiyou Ecology Conference. The Siskiyou Regional Education Project