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Continuing Archival Research of the Environmental History of RMBL

Principal Investigator: Laura Watt
Status: active
Field: Other
Research Areas: Long-term research; Other
Items: 49 (46 publications, 0 datasets, 3 documents)

Publications (46)

Article

Evidence for a single, ancient origin of a genus-wide alternative life history strategy

2023Science Advances
Article

Testing the "mimicry" explanation for the <i>Colias</i> "alba" polymorphism: patterns of co-occurrence of <i>Colias</i> and Pierine butterflies

1989Functional EcologyDOI: 10.2307/2389300
Article

Specific-gene studies of evolutionary mechanisms in an age of genome-wide surveying

2013Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesDOI: 10.1111/nyas.12139
Article

A genetic polymorphism evolving in parallel in two cell compartments and in two clades

2013BMC Evolutionary BiologyDOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-9
Article

A mitochondrial-DNA-based phylogeny for some evolutionary-genetic model species of <i>Colias</i> butterfly (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

2008Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Article

The green-veined white (Pieris napi L.), its Pierine relatives, and the systematics of divergent character sets (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

2006Biological Journal of the Linnean SocietyDOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00630.x
Article

From DNA to fitness differences: sequences and structures of adaptive variants of Colias Phosphoglucose Isomerase (PGI)

2006Molecular Biology and Evolution
Article

A reconnaissance of population genetic variation in artic and subarctic sulfur butterflies (Colias spp.; Lepidopetera, Pieridae)

2005Canadian Journal of Zoology
Article

Adaptation at specific loci. VII. Natural selection, dispersal and the diversity of molecular-functional variation patterns among butterfly species complexes (<i>Colias</i>: Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

2003Molecular EcologyDOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.2003.01804.x
Book

Butterflies: Ecology and Evolution Taking Flight

2003
Chapter

The evolution of population biology

2003
Chapter

Butterflies: ecology and evolution taking flight

2003
Article

Avoiding paradigm-based limits to knowledge of evolution

2000Evolutionary BiologyDOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-4135-6_4
Article

Molecular-functional studies of adaptive genetic variation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes

2000Annual Review of GeneticsDOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.34.1.593
Article

Adaptation at specific loci. VI. Divergence vs parallelism of polymorphic allozymes in molecular function and fitness-component effects among Colias species (Lepidoptera:Pieridae)

1996Molecular Biology and Evolution
Article

Allozymes in evolutionary genetics: self-imposed burden or extraordinary tool?

1994GeneticsDOI: 10.1093/genetics/136.1.11
Article

Eggs, enzymes, and evolution - natural genetic variants change insect fecundity

1992Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesDOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.22.10608
Article

On the appropriateness of performance measures for studying the evolution of metabolism

1992Functional Ecology
Chapter

Genes in Ecology

1992
Article

Biochemistry, physiological ecology, and population genetics -- the mechanistic tools of evolutionary biology

1991Functional Ecology
Article

Testing the 'mimicry' explanation for the Colias 'alba' polymorphism: platability of Colias and other butterflies to wild bird predators

1989Functional EcologyDOI: 10.2307/2389299
Article

Adaptation at specific loci. V. Metabolically adjacent enzyme loci may have very distinct experiences of selective pressures

1988GeneticsDOI: 10.1093/genetics/119.4.913
Article

Allelic isozymes as probes of the evolution of metabolic organization

1987Isozymes
Article

Thermal physiological ecology of Colias butterflies in flight

1986OecologiaDOI: 10.1007/bf00377616
Article

Females' choice of "good genotypes" as mates is promoted by an insect mating system

1986ScienceDOI: 10.1126/science.3738528
Article

Allelic isozymes and the mechanistic study of evolution

1985Isozymes: Current Topics in Biological and Medical Research
Article

Bioenergetics and evolutionary genetics: opportunities for new synthesis

1985American NaturalistDOI: 10.1086/284331
Article

Adaptations at specific loci. IV. Differential mating success among glycolytic allozyme genotypes of Colias butterflies

1985GeneticsDOI: 10.1093/genetics/109.1.157
Article

Mechanistic constraints and optimality models: thermoregulatory strategies in Colias butterflies

1984EcologyDOI: 10.2307/1937780
Article

Thermoregulatory strategies in Colias butterflies: thermal stress and the limits to adaptation in temporally varying environments

1983American NaturalistDOI: 10.1086/284038
Article

Adaptation at specific loci. II. Demographic and biochemical elements in the maintenance of the Colias PGI polymorphism

1983GeneticsDOI: 10.1093/genetics/103.4.691
Article

Adaptation at specific loci. III. Field behavior and survivorship differences among Colias PGI genotypes are predictable from in vitro biochemistry

1983Genetics
Article

Population structure of pierid butterflies. IV. Genetic and physiological investment in offspring by male Colias

1981OecologiaDOI: 10.1007/bf00344970
Article

Metabolic resource allocation vs. mating attractions: adaptive pressure on the "alba" polymorphism of Colias butterflies

1980Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Article

Population structure of pierid butterflies. II. A "native" population of <i>Colias philodice eriphyle</i> in Colorado

1979Oecologia
Article

Adaptation at specific loci. I. Natural selection on phosphoglucose isomerase of Colias butterflies: biochemical and population aspects

1977GeneticsDOI: 10.1093/genetics/87.1.177
Article

Population structure of pierid butterflies. I. Numbers and movements of some montane <i>Colias</i> species

1977Oecologia
Article

Naturally occurring variation in larval color of Colias butterflies: isolation from two Colorado populations

1974EvolutionDOI: 10.2307/2407334
Article

Nectar resource use by <i>Colias</i> butterflies: chemical and visual aspects

1974Oecologia
Article

The thermal ecology of some Colias butterfly larvae

1973Journal of Comparative Physiology
Article

Adaptive significance of pigment polymorphism in Colias butterflies. III. Progress in study of the "alba" variant

1973EvolutionDOI: 10.2307/2407188
Article

Adaptive significance of pigment polymorphism in Colias butterflies. II. Thermoregulation and photoperiodically controlled melanin variation in Colias eurytheme

1969Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
Article

Adaptive significance of pigment polymorphism in Colias butterflies. I. Variation of melanin pigment in relation to thermoregulation

1968EvolutionDOI: 10.2307/2406873
Chapter

Landscape, Science, and Social Reproduction

2018DOI: 10.4324/9781315099378-13
Student Paper

Natural and human assisted recovery of anthropogenic damage at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL)

1992
Student Paper

Environmental impact statement on dust control at RMBL

1987