Publications
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2009
Fitzpatrick, B. M., J. A. Fordyce, and S. Gavrilets. 2009. Pattern, process and geographic modes of speciation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 2342-2347.
PDFFitzpatrick, B. M.. 2009. Power and sample size for nested analysis of molecular variance. Molecular Ecology 18: 3961- 3966. PDF
Todd-Thompson, M., D.L. Miller, P.E. Super, and M.J. Gray. 2009. Chytridiomycosis-associated mortality in Rana palustris collected in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA. Herpetological Review 40: 321-323.
Fitzpatrick, B.M., J.R. Johnson, D.K. Kump, H.B. Shaffer, J.J. Smith, and S.R. Voss. 2009. Rapid fixation of non-native alleles revealed by genome-wide SNP analysis of hybrid tiger salamanders. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9: 176.
Ryan, M. E., J. R. Johnson, and B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2009. Invasive hybrid tiger salamander genotypes impact native amphibians. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 106: 11166-11171. PDF
Fitzpatrick, B. M., K. Shook, and R. Izally . 2009. Frequency-dependant selection by wild birds promotes polymorphism in model salamanders. BMC Ecology 9:12. PDF
Pasachnik, S. A., B. M. Fitzpatrick, T. J. Near, and A. C. Echternacht. 2009. Gene flow between an endangered endemic iguana, and its wide spread relative, on the island of Utila, Honduras: When is hybridization a threat? Conservation Genetics 10: 1247-1254. PDF
2008
Niemiller, M. L., B. M. Glorioso, C. Nicholas, J. Phillips, J. Rader, E. Reed, K. L. Sykes, J. Todd, G .R. Wyckoff, E. L. Young, and B. T. Miller. In Press. Notes on the reproduction of the streamside salamander, Ambystoma barbouri, from Rutherford County, Tennessee. Southeastern Naturalist 8: 37-44.
PDFMiller, B.T., M. L. Niemiller, and R. G. Reynolds. 2008. Observations on egg-laying behavior and interactions among attending female Red Salamanders (Pseudotriton ruber) with comments on the use of caves by this species. Herpetological Conservation and Biology. 3: 203-210. PDF
Niemiller, M. L. and B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2008. Phylogenetics of the southern cavefish, Typhlichthys subterraneus: implications for conservation and management. Proceedings of the 2007 National Cave and Karst Management Symposium. 79-88. PDF
Fitzpatrick, B. M., J. A. Fordyce, and S. Gavrilets. 2008. What, if anything, is sympatric speciation? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 1452-1459. PDF
Fitzpatrick, B. M., J. S. Placyk, M. L. Niemiller, G. S. Casper, and G. M. Burghardt. In Press. Distinctiveness in the face of gene flow: Hybridization between specialist and generalist gartersnakes. Molecular Ecology 17: 4107- 4117. PDF
Fitzpatrick, B. M. 2008. Hybrid dysfunction: Population genetic and quantitative genetic perspectives. American Naturalist 171: 491-498. PDF
Niemiller, M. L., B. M. Fitzpatrick, and B. T. Miller. 2008. Recent divergence with gene flow in Tennessee cave salamanders (Plethodontidae: Gyrinophilus) inferred from gene genealogies. Molecular Ecology 17: 2258-2275. PDF
Miller, B. T. and M. L. Niemiller. 2008. Distribution and relative abundance of Tennessee Cave Salamanders (Gyrinophilous palleucus and Gyrinophilous gulolineatus) with an emphasis on Tennessee populations. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 3: 1-20. PDF
Fitzpatrick, B. M. 2008. Dobzhansky-Muller model of hybrid dysfunction supported by poor burst-speed performance in hybrid tiger salamanders. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 21: 342-351. PDF
2007
Bolnick, D. I. and B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2007. Sympatric speciation: models and empirical evidence. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. 38: 459-487. PDF
Fitzpatrick, B. M. and H. B. Shaffer. 2007. Hybrid vigor between native and introduced salamanders raises new challenges for conservation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 104: 15793-15798. PDF
McAllister, C. T., C. R. Bursey, M. L. Niemiller, and B. T. Miller. 2007. A noteworthy infection of Clinostomum complanatum (Digenea: Clinostomidae) in a cave salamander, Eurycea lucifiga (Caudata: Plethodontidae), from Northcentral Tennessee. Texas Journal of Science 59: 326. PDF
Reynolds, R. G. and B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2007. Assortative mating in poison-dart frogs based on an ecologically important trait. Evolution. 61: 2253-2259. PDF
Niemiller, M. L. and B. T. Miller. 2007. Subterranean reproduction of the Southern Two-lined Salamander (Eurycea cirrigera) from Short Mountain, Tennessee. Herpetological Conservation and Biology. 2: 106-112. PDF
Fitzpatrick, B. M. and H. B. Shaffer. 2007. Introduction history and habitat variation explain the landscape genetics of hybrid tiger salamanders. Ecological Applications. 17: 598-608. PDF
2006
Fitzpatrick, B. M. and M. Turelli. 2006. The geography of mammalian speciation: mixed
signals from phylogenies and range maps. Evolution. 60: 601-615.
PDFNiemiller M. L., B. M. Glorioso, C. Nicholas, J. Phillips, J. Rader, E. Reed, K. L. Sykes, J. Todd, G. R. Wyckoff, E. L. Young, and B. T. Miller. 2006. Status and distribution of the streamside salamander (Ambystoma barbouri) in middle Tennessee. American Midland Naturalist. 156: 393–399. PDF
Glorioso B. M., and M. L. Niemiller. 2006. Using deep-water crawfish nets to capture aquatic turtles. Herpetological Review. 37: 185–187 PDF
2004
Pasachnik, S. and G. R. Ruthig. 2004.
Versatility of habitat use in three sympatric species of Plethodontid salamanders. Journal of Herpetology. 38: 434-437.
PDFFitzpatrick, B. M. 2004. Rates of evolution of hybrid inviability in birds and mammals. Evolution. 58: 1865-1870. PDF
Fitzpatrick, B. M. & H. B. Shaffer. 2004. Environment-dependent admixture dynamics in a tiger salamander hybrid zone. Evolution. 58: 200-211. PDF
2003
Riley, S. P. D., H. B. Shaffer, S. R. Voss, and B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2003. Hybridization
between a rare, native tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) and its
introduced congener. Ecological Applications. 13: 1263-1275.
PDFFitzpatrick, B. M., M. F. Benard, J. A. Fordyce. 2003. Morphology and escape performance of tiger salamander larvae (Ambystoma tigrinum mavortium). Journal of Experimental Zoology. 297A: 147-159. PDF