NEW DEGREE PROGRAM: M.S. in POPULATION AND CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
Department of Biology
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Associate Professor Phone: 512-245-3358 Fax: 512-245-8713 E-mail: ccnice@txstate.edu Mailing AddressDepartment of Biology Texas State University, San Marcos 601 University Drive San Marcos, TX 78666 |
Research Interests
Speciation and Hybridization
Phylogeography and Historical Biogeography
Ecological and Population Genetics
Insect-Plant Interactions
Courses Taught
BIO 2450: Genetics
BIO 4465/5465: General Entomology
BIO 7427/7428: Principles of Population Biology I & II
BIO 7353: Biogeography
BIO 7433: Population Genetics
Recent Publications
| Fordyce, J. A., Z. Gompert, M. L. Forister and C. C. Nice. 2011. A hierarchical Bayesian approach to ecological count data: A flexible tool for ecologists. PLOS One 6(11): e26785. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026785 . PDF Supporting |
| Gabor, C. R., A. S. Aspbury, J. Ma and C. C. Nice. 2011. The role of androgens in species recognition and sperm production in Atlantic mollies (Poecilia mexicana). Physiology & Behavior 105:885-892. PDF |
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Alberici da Barbiano, L., A. S.Aspbury, C. C. Nice, and C. R. Gabor. 2011. The impact of social context on male mate preference in a unisexual-bisexual mating complex. Journal of Fish Biology 79:194-204. PDF |
| Forister, M L., Z. Gompert, J. A. Fordyce, and C. C. Nice. 2011. After sixty years, an answer to the question: what is the Karner blue butterfly? Biology Letters 7:399-402. PDF Supplement |
| Downey, M. H. and C. C. Nice. 2011. Experimental evidence of host race formation in Mitoura butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Oikos 120:1165-1174. PDF |
| Forister, M. L, Z. Gompert, C. C. Nice, G. W. Forister, and J. A. Fordyce. 2011. Ant association facilitates the evolution of diet breath in a lycaenid butterfly. Proc. Royal Soc. B. 228:1539-1547. PDF |
| Gompert, Z., Lucas, L. K., Fordyce, J. A., Forister, M. L., and C.C. Nice. 2010. Secondary contact between Lycaeides idas and L. melissa in the Rocky Mountains: extensive introgression and a patchy hybrid zone. Molecular Ecology 19:3171-3192. PDF Supporting Info |
| Gompert, Z., M.L. Forister, J. A. Fordyce, C. C. Nice, R. Williamson, and C. A. Buerkle. 2010. Bayesian analysis of molecular variance in pyrosequences quantifies population genetic structure across the genome in Lycaeides butterflies. Molecular Ecology 19:2455-2473. PDF Supporting Info (Kent Holsinger's Perspective article) |
| Fordyce, J. A., R. D. DiMarco, B. A. Blankenship, and C. C. Nice. 2010. Host plant trichomes and the advantage of being big: progeny size variation of the pipevine swallowtail. Ecological Entomology 35:104-107. PDF |
| Nice, C. C., Z. Gompert, M. L. Forister, and J. A. Fordyce. 2009. An unseen foe in arthropod conservation efforts: The case of Wolbachia infections in the Karner blue butterfly. Biological Conservation: 142:3137-3146. PDF |
| Forister, M L., C. C. Nice, J. A. Fordyce, and Z. Gompert. 2009. Host range evolution is not driven by the optimization of larval performance: the case of Lycaeides melissa (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) and the colonization of alfalfa. Oecologia 160:551-561. PDF |
| Lucas, L. K., Z. Gompert, J. R. Ott and C. C. Nice. 2009. Geographic and genetic isolation in spring-associated Eurycea salamanders endemic to the Edward’s Plateau region of Texas. Conservation Genetics 10:1309-1319. PDF |
| Lucas, L. K., J. N. Fries, C. R. Gabor and C. C. Nice. 2009. Genetic variation and structure in Eurycea nana, a federally threatened salamander endemic to the San Marcos springs. Journal of Herpetology 43(2):220-227. PDF |
| Gompert, Z.,, M.L. Forister, J.A. Fordyce & C.C. Nice. 2008.Widespread mito-nuclear discordance with evidence for introgressive hybridization and selective sweeps in Lycaeides. Molecular Ecology 17:5231-5244. PDF |
| 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 |
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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 |
| 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 |
| 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] |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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Theses Directed
- Lutz-Carillo, D. J. 2004. Evaluation of microsatellite loci in largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides: population structure and resolution. M. S. Thesis, Texas State University - San Marcos. (Co-Advised with Dr. T. Bonner).
- Spencer, M. 2005. Population genetic structure in the Acmon complex of Plebejus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in western North America. M. S. Thesis, Texas State University - San Marcos.
- Lucas, L. 2006. Population Genetics and Conservation of Texas Hill Country Eurycea. M.S. Thesis, Texas State University - San Marcos.
- Gompert, Z. 2006. Evolutionary Consequences of Hybridization in the Lycaeides Species Complex. M.S. Thesis, Texas State University - San Marcos.
- Williams, C. 2008. An Assessment of Assortavive Mating and Sexual Size Dimorphism in Two Tiger Beetle Species (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae). M.S. Thesis, Texas State University - San Marcos.
- Gonzales, T. 2008. Conservation Genetics of the Comal Springs Riffle Beetle (Heterelmis comalensis) Populations in Central Texas with Examination of Molecular and Morphological Variation in Heterelmis sp. Throughout Texas. M.S. Thesis, Texas State University - San Marcos.
- Downey, M. 2010. Experimental and Population Genetic Evidence of Host Race Formation in a Specialist Lycaenid Butterfly. M.S. Thesis, Texas State University - San Marcos.
Students & Postdocs
Current Students:
- Josh Ethridge, Graduate Student
- Laura Alberici Da Barbiano, Graduate Student
- Kate Bell, Graduate Student
- Desirae Weyland, Graduate Student
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