Peer-reviewed scientific publications (* book chapter)
2023
59. Hjort CK, Paris JR, Smith HG, Dudaniec RY (accepted) Selection despite low genetic diversity and high gene flow in a rapid island invasion of the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris. Molecular Ecology.
58. Kardum Hjort C, Smith H, Allen D, Dudaniec RY (2023) Morphological variation in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) after three decades of an island invasion. Journal of Insect Science. 23 (1) 10. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iead006
57. Common LK., Kleindorfer S, Colombelli-Négrel D, Dudaniec RY (2023) Genetics reveals shifts in reproductive behaviour of the invasive bird parasite Philornis downsi collected from Darwin’s finch nests. Biological Invasions. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-022-02935-y
56*. Wellenreuther M, Dudaniec RY, Lancaster LT (2023) Genomic insights into micro- and macro-evolutionary processes. In: Dragonflies and Damselflies: Model Organisms for Ecological and Evolutionary Research (2nd Edition) (Ed. Cordoba-Aguilar, A, Beatty, C, Bried, J). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192898623.003.0002
2022
55. Matheen MIA, Gillings MR, Dudaniec RY (2022) Dominant factors shaping the gut microbiota of wild birds. EMU - Austral Ornithology. DOI: 10.1080/01584197.2022.2114088
54. Wellenreuther M, Dudaniec RY, Neu A, Lessard J-P, Bridle J, Carbonell JA, Diamond SE, Marshall KE, Parmesan C, Singer MC, Swaegers J, Thomas CD, Lancaster LT (2022) The importance of eco-evolutionary dynamics for predicting and managing insect range shifts. Current Opinions in Insect Science.52:100939.
53. Kleindorfer S, Colombelli-Négrel D Common L, O'Connor, J, Peters K, Katsis A, Dudaniec, RY; Sulloway F, Adreani N (2022) Functional traits and foraging behaviour: avian vampire fly larvae change the beak and fitness of their Darwin’s finch hosts. Functional Ecology. 36, 1806– 1817. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.14061
52. Kardum Hjort C, Paris JR, Olsson P, Herbertsson L, de Miranda JR, Dudaniec RY*, Smith H* (2022) Genomic divergence and a lack of recent introgression between commercial and wild bumblebees (Bombus terrestris). Evolutionary Applications. 15, 365– 382.*Joint Senior Authors. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13346.
51. Common LK, Sumasgutner P, Sumasgutner SC, Colombelli-Négrel D, Dudaniec RY, Kleindorfer S (2022) Temporal and spatial variation in sex-specific abundance of the Avian Vampire Fly (Philornis downsi). Parasitology Research.121(1):63-74. doi: 10.1007/s00436-021-07350-1
2021
50. Kleindorfer S, Common L, O'Connor J, Garcia Loor J, Katsis A, Dudaniec RY, Collombelli-Negrel D, Adreani M (2021) Female in-nest attendance predicts the number of ectoparasites in Darwin’s finch species. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 288: 20211668.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1668
49. Common LK, Sumasgartner P, Dudaniec RY, Colombelli-Négrel D, Kleindorfer S (2021) Avian vampire fly (Philornis downsi) mortality differs across Darwin’s finch host species. Scientific Reports. 11:15832. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94996-7
48. Katsis AC, Colombelli-Négrel D, Common LK, O’Connor JA, Dudaniec RY, Garcia-Loor J, Kleindorfer S (2021) Nestling behaviour predicts naris deformation in Darwin’s finches parasitised by the avian vampire fly. 134 (3): 636-649. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blab092
47. Gallagher RV, Butt N, Carthey AJR, Tulloch A, Bland L, Clulow S, Newsome T, Dudaniec RY, Adams VM (2021) A guide to using species trait data in conservation. One Earth. 4 (7): 927-936. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.06.013
46. Dudaniec RY, Carey A, Svensson EI, Hansson B, Yong CJ, Lancaster LT (2021) Latitudinal clines in sexual selection, sexual size dimorphism, and sex-specific genetic dispersal during a poleward range expansion. Journal of Animal Ecology. 00: 1– 15. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13488
45. Fryirs K, Cowley K, Hejl N, Chariton A, Christiansen N, Dudaniec RY, Farebrother W, Hardwick L, Ralph T, Stow A, Hose G (2021)The extent and impact of the 2019-2020 Australian bushfires on upland swamps in the Blue Mountains, NSW. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 30(4): 294-300. https://doi.org/10.1071/WF20081
44. Yadav S, Stow A, Dudaniec RY (2021) Microgeographic adaptation corresponds with elevational distributions of congeneric montane grasshoppers. Molecular Ecology. 30: 481– 498. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15739
2020
43.Kleindorfer S, Dudaniec RY (2020) Hybridization fluctuates with rainfall in Darwin's tree finches. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 130, 79-88. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa029
42. Yadav S, Stow A, Dudaniec RY (2020) Elevational partitioning in species distribution, abundance and body size of Australian alpine grasshoppers (Kosciuscola). Austral Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.12876
41. McGowan J, Beaumont LJ, Smith RJ, Chauvenet ALM, Harcourt R, Atkinson S, Mittermeier JC, Esperon-Rodriguez M., BaumgartnerJB, Beattie A, Dudaniec RY, Grenyer R, Nipperess DA, Stow A, Possingham HP (2020) Conservation prioritization can resolve the flagship species conundrum. Nature Communications.11 (1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14554-z
40. Common LK, O’Connor JA, Dudaniec RY, Peters KJ, Kleindorfer S (2020) Evidence for rapid downward fecundity selection in an ectoparasite (Philornis downsi) with earlier host mortality in Darwin’s finches. Journal of Evolutionary Biology .33 (4), 524-533
https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13588
39. Rojas D, Lima AP, Momigliano P, Simões PI, Dudaniec RY, de Avila-Pires TCS, Hoogmoed MS, Oliveira Y
da Cunha B, Kaefer IL, Amézquita A, Stow A (2020) The evolution of polymorphism in the warning coloration of the Amazonian poison frog Adelphobates galactonotus. Heredity 124 (3), 439-456. doi:10.1038/s41437-019-0281-4.
2019
38. Loo, WT, Dudaniec RY, Kleindorfer S, Cavanaugh CM (2019) An interisland comparison of Darwin's finches reveals the impact of habitat, host phylogeny, and island on the gut microbiome. PLoS One 14(12): e0226432.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226432
37. Loo WT, García-Loor J, Dudaniec RY, Kleindorfer S, Cavanaugh CM (2019) Host phylogeny, diet, and habitat differentiate the gut microbiomes of Darwin’s finches. Scientific Reports 9, 18781. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54869-6
*36. Common LK, Dudaniec RY, Colombelli-Négrel D, Kleindorfer S (2019) Taxonomic Shifts in Philornis Larval Behaviour and Rapid Changes in Philornis downsi Dodge & Aitken (Diptera: Muscidae): An Invasive Avian Parasite on the Galápagos Islands, In: Life Cycle and Development of Diptera (Edited by M Sarwar), InTech Open. doi:10.5772/intechopen.88854
35. Yadav S, Stow AJ, Dudaniec RY (2019) Detection of environmental and morphological adaptation despite high landscape genetic connectivity in a pest grasshopper (Phaulacridium vittatum). Molecular Ecology. doi:10.1111/mec.15146
2018
34. Yadav S, Stow AJ, Harris RMB, Dudaniec RY (2018) Morphological variation tracks environmental gradients in an agricultural pest, Phaulacridium vittatum (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Journal of Insect Science.18(6): 13; 1–10. doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iey121
33. Dudaniec RY, Yong CJ, Lancaster LT, Svensson EI, Hansson B (2018) Signatures of local adaptation along environmental gradients in a range-expanding damselfly (Ischnura elegans). Molecular Ecology. 27(11): 2576-2593. doi.org/10.1111/mec.14709
32. Ahrens C, Rymer PD, Stow A, Bragg J, Dillon S, Umbers KDL, Dudaniec RY (2018) The search for loci under selection: trends, biases and progress. Molecular Ecology. 27(6): 1342-1356. doi.org/10.1111/mec.14549
31. Clark TD, Kleindorfer S, Dudaniec RY (2018) Baseline and stress-induced blood properties of male and female Darwin’s small ground finch (Geospiza fuliginosa) of the Galapagos Islands. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 259:199-206. doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2017.11.026
2017
*30. Balkenhol N, Dudaniec RY, Krutovsky KV, Johnson JS, Cairns DM, Segelbacher G, Selkoe KA, von der Heyden S, Wang IJ, Selmoni O, Joost S (2017) Landscape Genomics: Understanding Relationships Between Environmental Heterogeneity and Genomic Characteristics of Populations, In: Population Genomics Concepts, Strategies and Approaches (Edited by Om Rajora). Springer Verlag. doi.org/10.1007/13836_2017_2
29. Peters KJ, Myers SA, Dudaniec RY, O’Connor JA, Kleindorfer S (2017) Females drive asymmetrical introgression from rare to common species in Darwin’s tree finches. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 30(11):1940-1952. doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13167.
28. Ben-Yosef, M, Zaada DSY, Dudaniec RY, Pasternak Z, Jurkevitch E, Smith RJ, Causton CE, Lincango MP, Tobe SS, Mitchell JS, Kleindorfer S, Yuval B (2017) Host-specific associations among the microbiome of the introduced parasitic fly, Philornis downsi, of Darwin’s finches. Molecular Ecology. 26(18): 4644-4656. doi.org/10.1111/mec.14219
27. Lancaster LT, Dudaniec RY, Hansson B, Svensson EI (2017) Do group dynamics affect colour morph clines during a range shift?
Journal: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 30(4): 728-737.
2016
26. Kleindorfer S, Dudaniec RY (2016) Host-parasite ecology, behavior and genetics: a review of the introduced fly parasite Philornis downsi and its Darwin’s finch hosts. BMC Zoology, 1:1.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40850-016-0003-9
25. Dudaniec RY, Tesson SVM (2016) Applying landscape genetics to the microbial world. Molecular Ecology. 25: 3266–3275.
doi: 10.1111/mec.13691
24. Caplat P, Edelaar P, Dudaniec RY, AJ Green, Okamura B, Cote J, Ekroos J, Jonsson PR, Löndahl J, Tesson SVM, Petit EJ (2016) Looking beyond the mountain: dispersal barriers in a changing world. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 14(5): 261-268.
23. Lancaster LT, Dudaniec RY, Chauhan P, Wellenreuther M, Svensson EI, Hansson B (2016) Gene expression under thermal stress varies across a geographic range expansion front. Molecular Ecology. 25: 1141-1156. doi: 10.1111/mec.13548
22. Dudaniec RY, Worthington-Wilmer J, Hanson J, Warren M, Bell, S, Rhodes JR (2016) Dealing with uncertainty in landscape genetic resistance models: a case of three co-occurring marsupials. Molecular Ecology. 25: 470-486. doi: 10.1111/mec.13482.
2015
21. Tesson SVM, Okamura B, Dudaniec RY, Vyvermand V, Löndahl J, Rushing C, Valentini A, Green AJ (2016) Integrating micro and macro-organism dispersal: ways, techniques and challenges with particular focus on co-dispersal. Écoscience. 22: 109-124. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11956860.2016.1148458
20. Lancaster LT, Dudaniec RY, Hansson B, Svensson EI (2015) Latitudinal shift in thermal niche breadth results from relaxed selection on heat tolerance during a climate-mediated range expansion. Journal of Biogeography. 42: 1953-1963. doi:10.1111/jbi.12553
2014
19. Kleindorfer S, Peters KJ, Custance, G, Dudaniec RY, O'Connor JA (2014) Changes in Philornis infestation behavior threaten Darwin's finch survival. Current Zoology 60: 542–550.
18. Kleindorfer S, O’Connor J, Dudaniec RY, Myers SA, Robertson J, Sulloway FJ (2014) Species collapse via hybridisation in Darwin’s tree finches. American Naturalist 183: 325-341.
2013
17. Dudaniec RY, Rhodes JR, Worthington-Wilmer J, Lyons M, Lee K, McAlpine CA, Carrick FN (2013) Using multi-level models to identify drivers of landscape genetic structure among management areas. Molecular Ecology 22: 3752-3765.
16. Malekian M, Dudaniec RY, Saint K, Carthew S, Cooper S (2013) Development of a multiplex panel of microsatellite markers for two species of gliding marsupial: Petaurus breviceps and Petaurus norfolcensis. Australian Journal of Zoology 61:475-478.
2012
15. Dudaniec RY, Spear S F, Richardson JS, Storfer A (2012) Current versus historical processes differentially affect landscape genetic patterns within core and peripheral salamander populations. PLoS ONE 5: e14333.
14. Dudaniec RY, Richardson JS (2012) Habitat associations of the coastal giant salamander (Dicamptodon tenebrosus) at its threatened range limit. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 7: 1-15.
2011
13. Dudaniec RY, Schlotfeld BE, Bertozzi T, Donnellan SC, Kleindorfer S (2011) Genetic and morphological divergence in island and mainland birds: informing conservation priorities. Biological Conservation 144: 2902-2912.
2010
12. Dudaniec RY, Storfer A, Spear SF, Richardson JS (2010) New microsatellite markers for examining genetic variation in peripheral and core populations of the coastal giant salamander (Dicamptodon tenebrosus). PLoS ONE 5: e14333.
11. O’Connor JA, Dudaniec RY, Kleindorfer S (2010) Parasite infestation and predation in Darwin’s small ground finch: contrasting two elevational habitats between islands. Journal of Tropical Ecology 26: 285-292.
10. Dudaniec RY, Gardner MG, Kleindorfer S (2010) Offspring genetic structure reveals mating and nest reinfestation behaviour of an invasive parasitic fly (Philornis downsi) of Galapagos birds. Biological Invasions 12: 581-592.
2005-2009
9. Kleindorfer S, Dudaniec RY (2009) Love thy Neighbour? Social nesting pattern, host mass and nest size affect ectoparasite intensity in Darwin’s tree finches. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 63: 731-739.
8. Dudaniec RY, Gardner MG, Donnellan SC, Kleindorfer S (2008) Genetic variation in island populations of the invasive avian parasite, Philornis downsi (Diptera, Muscidae) on the Galapagos archipelago. BMC Ecology 8:13.
7. Dudaniec RY, Gardner M G, Kleindorfer S (2008) Isolation, characterisation and multiplex PCR of novel microsatellite loci for the avian parasite, Philornis downsi (Diptera: Muscidae). Molecular Ecology Resources 8: 142-144.
6. Gardner MG, Sanshez JJ, Dudaniec RY, Rheinberger L, Smith AL, Saint KM (2008) Tiliqua rugosa microsatellites: isolation via enrichment and characterisation of loci for multiplex PCR. Conservation Genetics 9: 233-237.
5. Dudaniec RY, Fessl B, Kleindorfer S (2007) Inter-annual and inter-specific variation in intensity of the parasitic fly, Philornis downsi, in Darwin’s finches. Biological Conservation 139: 325-332.
4. Dudaniec RY, Kleindorfer S, Fessl B (2006) Effects of the introduced ectoparasite Philornis downsi on haemoglobin level and nestling survival in Darwin’s Small Ground Finch (Geospiza fuliginosa). Austral Ecology 31:88-94.
3. Dudaniec RY, Kleindorfer S (2006) The effects of the parasitic flies of the genus Philornis (Diptera: Muscidae) on birds. Emu 106: 13-20.
2. Kleindorfer S, Dudaniec RY (2006) Increasing prevalence of avian poxvirus in Darwin’s finches and its effect on male pairing success. Journal of Avian Biology 37: 69-76.
1. Dudaniec RY, Hallas G, Kleindorfer S (2005) Blood and intestinal parasitism in Darwin’s finches: negative and positive findings. Current Zoology 51: 507-512.