Publications

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Fitzpatrick, B. M., E McCartney-Melstad, J. R. Johnson, & H. B. Shaffer. 2024. New evidence contradicts the rapid spread of invasive genes into a threatened native species. Biol Invasions https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-024-03386-3 

Smith, R. J., D. C. Kazyak, M. A Kulp, B. A. Lubinski & B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2024. Genetic structure of restored Brook Trout populations in the Southern Appalachian Mountains indicates successful reintroductions. Conservation Genetics https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-024-01620-y

Burger, I. J., E. T. Carter, L. M. Magner, M. M. Muñoz, M. W. Sears, B. M. Fitzpatrick, and E. A. Riddell. 2023. Assessing hybrid vigour using the thermal sensitivity of physiological trade‐offs in tiger salamanders. Functional Ecology 38:143-152.

Pierson, T. W., E. T. Carter, L. M. Magner, T. C. Glenn & B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2024. River Drainage Reorganization and Reticulate Evolution in the Two-Lined Salamander (Eurycea bislineata) Species Complex. Systematic Biology 73: 26-35

Cox, J. L. & Fitzpatrick, B. M. (2023). Biofluorescent sexual dimorphism revealed in a southern Appalachian salamander, Plethodon metcalfi. Scientific Reports 13:35988. 

Cox, J. L., McKinney, M. L., Fitzpatrick, B. M., Leppanen, C., & Nichols, R. J. (2022). Coniferous conservation supporting a plethora of plethodontids: Implications of conserving eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) on southern Appalachian montane salamanders. Forest Ecology and Management, 508.

Niemiller ML, Carter ET, Gladstone NS, Niemiller KDK, Hayter LE, Engel AS, Miller BT, & Fitzpatrick BM. 2021. The distribution, ecology, life history, and conservation status of the Berry Cave salamander (Gyrinophilus gulolineatus). Herpetological Conservation and Biology. 16(3): 686-703.  http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_16/Issue_3/Niemiller_etal_2021.pdf

Wade, Bryce & Kemp, Bailey & Vininski, Mckenna & Denton, Robert & Richter, Stephen & Drayer, Andrea & Price, Steven & Holt, Benjamin & Hutcheson, Kevin & Fitzpatrick, Benjamin. (2021). Kleptogenesis in Kentucky, USA: Genetic Analyses of Unisexual Ambystoma at the Southernmost Extent of Their Range. Herpetological Review. 52. 730-734. 

Pierson TW, BM Fitzpatrick, CD Camp. 2021. Genetic data reveal fine-scale ecological segregation between larval plethodontid salamanders in replicate contact zones. Evolutionary Ecology 35 (2), 309-322

Corush JB, BM Fitzpatrick, EL Wolfe, BP Keck. 2021. Breeding behaviour predicts patterns of natural hybridization in north American minnows (Cyprinidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 34 (3), 486-500

Wade, BS, TW Pierson, BM Fitzpatrick. 2021. Predicting Southern Zigzag Salamander (Plethodon ventralis) occupancy in a fragmented landscape. Herpetological Review, 2021, 52(3), 482–488

Hardman, RH, WB Sutton, KJ Irwin, D McGinnity, SD Reinsch, M Freake, P Colclough, BT Miller, JG Da Silva Neto, M Souza, B Fitzpatrick, DL Miller. 2020. Geographic and individual determinants of important amphibian pathogens in Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) in Tennessee and Arkansas, USA. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 56:000-000 doi: 10.7589/2019-08-203

Pierson, TW, J Deitloff, SK Sessions, KH Kozak, BM Fitzpatrick. 2019. Morphological polymorphism associated with alternative reproductive tactics in a Plethodontid salamander. American Naturalist. 193: 608-618.

Nascimento, J, JD Lima, P Suárez, D Baldo, GV Andrade, TW Pierson, BM Fitzpatrick, CF Baptista Haddad, SM Recco-Pimentel, LB Lourenço. 2019. Extensive cryptic diversity within the Physalaemus cuvieri–Physalaemus ephippifer species complex (Amphibia, Anura) revealed by cytogenetic, mitochondrial, and genomic markers. Frontiers in Genetics 10: 719

Dresser, CM, TW Pierson, BM Fitzpatrick. 2018. Isolation by distance, local adaptation, and fortuitous coincidence of geo-political boundaries with spatial-genetic clusters in southern Bog Turtles. Global Ecology and Conservation. 16: e00474

Marion, Z.H., J.A. Fordyce, & B.M. Fitzpatrick. 2018. A hierarchical Bayesian model to partition diversity while accounting for incomplete sampling. Ecology 99:947-956

Wessels, J. L., E. T. Carter, C. L. Hively, L. E. Hayter, B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2018. Population viability of nonnative Mediterranean House Geckos (Hemidactylus turcicus) at an urban site near the northern invasion front. Journal of Herpetology 52:215-222

Nelson, S.M., M. L. Niemiller, & B.M. Fitzpatrick. 2017. Co-occurrence and hybridization between Necturus maculosus and a heretofore unknown Necturus in the Southern Appalachians. Journal of Herpetology 51: 559-566.

Dresser, C.M., R.M. Ogle, & B.M. Fitzpatrick. 2017. Genome scale assessment of a species translocation program. Conservation Genetics doi:10.1007/s10592-017-0970-6

Marion, Z.H., J.A. Fordyce, & B.M. Fitzpatrick. 2017. Pairwise beta diversity resolves an underappreciated source of confusion in diversity partitioning. Ecology 98: 933-939. 

Marion Z.H., J.A. Fordyce, & B.M. Fitzpatrick. 2015. hierDiversity: Hierarchical Multiplicative Partitioning of Complex Phenotypes. R package version 0.1. 

Marion ZH, Fordyce JA, Fitzpatrick BM. 2015. Extending the concept of diversity partitioning to characterize phenotypic complexity. American Naturalist 186: 348-361.

Fitzpatrick BM, Ryan ME, Johnson JR, Corush J, Carter ET. 2015. Hybridization and the species problem in conservation. Current Zoology 61: 206-216. 

Fitzpatrick, B. M. and A. L. Allison. 2014. Similarity and differentiation between bacteria associated with skin of salamanders (Plethodon jordani) and free-living assemblages. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 88:482-494 DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12314

Fordyce, JA, Shah P, Fitzpatrick BM. 2014. iteRates: An R Package for Implementing a Parametric Rate Comparison on Phylogenetic Trees. Evolutionary Bioinformatics 2014:10 127-130 doi: 10.4137/EBO.S16487

Fitzpatrick, B. M. 2014. Symbiote transmission and maintenance of extra-genomic associations. Frontiers in Microbiology 5. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00046

Fitzpatrick, BM. 2013. Alternative forms for genomic clines. Ecology and Evolution 3: 1951-1966.

Niemiller, M. L., G. O. Graening, D. B. Fenolio, J. C. Godwin, J. R. Cooley, W. D. Pearson, B. M. Fitzpatrick, and T. J. Near. 2013. Doomed before they are described? The need for conservation assessments of cryptic species complexes using an amblyopsid cavefish (Amblyopsidae: Typhlichthys) as a case study. Biodiversity and Conservation 22:1799-1820.

Dittrich-Reed, D. R. and B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2013 Transgressive hybrids as hopeful monsters. Evolutionary Biology 40:310-315

Barun A, Niemiller ML, Fitzpatrick BM, Fordyce JA, and Simberloff D. 2013. Can genetic data confirm or refute historical records: the island invasion of the small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus). Biological Invasions 15: 2243-2251.

Ryan, M. E., J. R. Johnson, L. Lowenstine, A. Picco, B. M. Fitzpatrick, H. B. Shaffer. 2013. Lethal effects of water quality on threatened California salamanders but not on co-occurring hybrid salamanders. Conservation Biology 27: 95-102.

Reynolds, R. G. and B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2013. Tests of two methods for identifying founder effects in metapopulations reveal substantial type II error. Genetica 141: 119-131.

Shah, P., B. M. Fitzpatrick, J. A. Fordyce. 2013. A parametric method for assessing diversification rate variation in phylogenetic trees. Evolution 67:368-77.

Niemiller, M. L., McCandless, J. R., Reynolds, R. G., Caddle, J., Near, T. J., Tillquist, C. R., Pearson, W. D., and Fitzpatrick, B. M. 2013. Effects of climatic and geological processes during the pleistocene on the evolutionary history of the northern cavefish, amblyopsis spelaea (Teleostei: Amblyopsidae). Evolution 67:1011-1025. 

Niemiller ML, Fitzpatrick BM, Shah P, Schmitz L, and Near TJ. 2013. Evidence for repeated loss of selective constraint in rhodopsin of amblyopsid cavefishes (Teleostei: Amblyopsidae). Evolution 67:732-48

Reynolds, R. G., W. Booth, G. W. Schuett, B. M. Fitzpatrick, and G. M. Burghardt. 2012. Successive virgin births of viable male progeny in the checkered gartersnake, Thamnophis marcianus. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 107:566-572.

Fitzpatrick, B. M. 2012. Estimating ancestry and heterozygosity of hybrids using molecular markers. BMC Evolutionary Biology 12: 131.

Fitzpatrick, B. M. 2012. Underappreciated consequences of phenotypic plasticity for ecological speciation. International Journal of Ecology (special issue on ecological speciation) 2012:256017 doi:10.1155/2012/256017

Reynolds, R. G., M. L. Niemiller, and B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2012. Genetic analysis of an endemic archipelagic lizard reveals sympatric cryptic lineages and taxonomic discordance. Conservation Genetics 13:953-963.

Placyk, J. S., B. M. Fitzpatrick, G. S. Casper, R. L. Small, R. G. Reynolds, D. W. A. Noble, R. J. Brooks, and G. M. Burghardt. 2012. Hybridization between two gartersnake species (Thamnophis) of conservation concern: a threat or an important natural interaction? Conservation Genetics 13:649-663.

Fitzpatrick, B.M., J.A. Fordyce, M. Neimiller, & R.G. Reynolds. 2012. What can DNA tell us about biological invasions? Biological Invasions. 14:245-253 DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0064-1

Niemiller, M. L., T. J. Near and B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2012. Delimiting species using multilocus data: diagnosing cryptic diversity in the Southern Cavefish, Typhlichthys subterraneus (Teleostei: Amblyopsidae). Evolution. 66:846-866. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01480.x

Reynolds, RG, GP Gerber, and BM Fitzpatrick. 2011. Unexpected shallow genetic divergence in Turks Island Boas (Epicrates c. chrysogaster) reveals single evolutionary significant unit for conservation. Herpetologica. 67: 477-486.

Pasachnik SA, Echternacht AC, Fitzpatrick BM. 2011. Population genetics of the Honduran spiny-tailed iguana Ctenosaura melanosterna: implications for conservation and management. Endangered Species Research 14:113-126.

Bailey, J.K., Schweitzer, J.A., Úbeda, F., Zinkgraf, M., Fitzpatrick, B.M., O’Reilly-Wapstra, J., Rehill, B.J., LeRoy, C.J., Potts, B.M., Whitham, T.G., Genung, M.A., Fischer, D.G., Pregitzer, C.C., & Keith, A. 2011. From Genes to Ecosystems: Emerging Concepts Bridging Ecological and Evolutionary Dynamics. Ecological Reviews. The ecology of plant secondary metabolites: from genes to landscapes. Lason GR, Dicke M, and Hartley SE. Cambridge Univ Press, Cambridge, UK.

Genung, M. A., F. Ubeda, B. M. Fitzpatrick, J. A. Schweitzer, C. C. Pregitzer, E. Felker-Quinn, and J. K. Bailey. 2011. Genetic variation and community change – selection, evolution, and feedbacks. Functional Ecology 25:408-419.

Fitzpatrick, B. M., J. R. Johnson, D. K. Kump, J. J. Smith, S. R. Voss, and H. B. Shaffer. 2010. Rapid spread of invasive genes into a threatened native species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 107:3606-3610.

Johnson, J.R., B.M. Fitzpatrick, and H.B. Shaffer. 2010. Retention of low-fitness genotypes over six decades of admixture between native and introduced tiger salamanders. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10:147.

Mims, M. C., C. D. Hulsey, B. M. Fitzpatrick, and J. T. Streelman. 2010. Geography disentangles introgression from ancestral polymorphism in Lake Malawi cichlids. Molecular Ecology 19:940-951.

Duncan, S. I., S. E. Riechert, B. M. Fitzpatrick, and J. A. Fordyce. 2010. Relatedness and genetic structure in a socially polymorphic spider Anelosimus studiosus. Molecular Ecology 19:810-818.

Pasachnik, S. A., A. C. Echternacht, and B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2010. Gene trees, species and species trees in the Ctenosaura palearis clade. Conservation Genetics 11:1767-1781.

Chatfield, M. W. H., K. H. Kozak, B. M. Fitzpatrick, and P. K. Tucker. 2010. Patterns of differential introgression in a salamander hybrid zone: inferences from genetic data and ecological niche modelling. Molecular Ecology 19:4265-4282.

Hadziabdic, D., B. M. Fitzpatrick, X. Wang, P. A. Wadl, T. A. Rinehart, and B. H. Ownley. 2010. Fine scale genetic structure of flowering dogwood in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Phytopathology 100:S45-S46.

Hadziabdic, D., X. Wang, B. M. Fitzpatrick, T. A. Rinehart, B. H. Ownley, and R. N. Trigiano. 2010. Analysis of genetic diversity in flowering dogwood natural stands using microsatellites: the effects of dogwood anthracnose. Genetica 138:1047-1057.

Niemiller, M. L., P. Nosil, and B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2010. Recent divergence-with-gene-flow in Tennessee cave salamanders (Plethodontidae: Gyrinophilus) inferred from gene genealogies (comment). Molecular Ecology 19: 1513-1514.

Ryan, M. E., J. R. Johnson, and B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2009. Ecological consequencies of introduced genes: Introduced tiger salamander genotypes impact native amphibians. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 106:11166-11171.

Niemiller, M. L., B. T. Miller, and B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2009. Systematics and evolutionary history of subterranean Gyrinophilus salamanders. Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Speleology, Kerrville, Texas 15:242–248.

Pasachnik, S. A., B. M. Fitzpatrick, T. J. Near, and A. C. Echternacht. 2009. Gene flow between an endangered endemic iguana and its widespread relative on the island of Utila, Honduras: When is hybridization a threat? Conservation Genetics 10:1247-1254.

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.

Fitzpatrick, B. M., J. A. Fordyce, and S. Gavrilets. 2009. Pattern, process and geographic modes of speciation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22:2342-2347.

Fitzpatrick, B. M. 2009. Power and sample size for nested AMOVA. Molecular Ecology 18:3961-3966.

Fitzpatrick, B. M., K. Shook, and R. Izally. 2009. Frequency-dependent selection by wild birds promotes polymorphism in model salamanders. BMC Ecology 9:12.

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.

Niemiller, M. L., and B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2008. Phylogenetics of the southern cavefish, Typhlichthys subterraneus: Implications for conservation and management. Pp. 79-88 in W. R. Elliot, ed. Proceedings of the 18th National Cave and Karst Management Symposium., St. Louis, Missouri.

Fitzpatrick, B. M., J. S. Placyk, M. L. Niemiller, G. S. Casper, and G. M. Burghardt. 2008. Distinctiveness in the face of gene flow: Hybridization between specialist and generalist gartersnakes. Molecular Ecology 17:4107-4117.

Fitzpatrick, B. M., J. A. Fordyce, and S. Gavrilets. 2008. What, if anything, is sympatric speciation? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21:1452-1459.

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.

Fitzpatrick, B. M. 2008. Hybrid dysfunction: Population genetic and quantitative genetic perspectives. American Naturalist 171:491-198.

Reynolds, R. G., and B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2007. Assortative mating in poison-dart frogs based on an ecologically important trait. Evolution 61:2253-2259.

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.

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.

Bolnick, D. I., and B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2007. Sympatric speciation: Models and empirical evidence. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 38:459-487.

Fitzpatrick, B. M., and M. Turelli. 2006. The geography of mammalian speciation: Mixed signals from phylogenies and range maps. Evolution 60:601-615.

Fitzpatrick, B. M., and H. B. Shaffer. 2004. Environment-dependent admixture dynamics in a tiger salamander hybrid zone. Evolution 58:1282-1293.

Fitzpatrick, B. M. 2004. Rates of evolution of hybrid inviability in birds and mammals. Evolution 58:1865-1870.

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.

Fitzpatrick, B. M., M. F. Benard, and J. A. Fordyce. 2003. Morphology and escape performance of tiger salamander larvae (Ambystoma tigrinum mavortium). Journal of Experimental Zoology 297A:147-159.

Fitzpatrick, B. M. 2002. Molecular correlates of reproductive isolation. Evolution 56:191-198. 

Fitzpatrick, B. M., and J. R. Dunk. 1999. Ecogeographic variation in morphology of Red-tailed Hawks in western North America. Journal of Raptor Research 33:305-312.