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SPEER Lab

Symbioses and Parasite Ecology and Evolution Research Lab

Publications


ASM Comments and News


Lois Alexander, Maddie Arszulowicz, Cody Aylward, Kayce C. Bell, Brad R. Blood, Bruce Buttler, Camilo Calderon, Patrice K. Connors, E. Finck, Elizabeth Flaherty, John D. Hanson, Carson Hedeberg, Andrew G. Hope, D. Kelt, Brooks Kohli, Eileen A. Lacey, Kate Lyons, Verity L. Mathis, Christy McCain, Michael McGowan, R. Platt, J. Rachlow, James M. Ryan, S. Sheffield, Erin Siracusa, Kelly A. Speer, Sandra Talbot, Cody W. Thompson, Ginny Turner, Lisa Walsh

Journal of Mammalogy, 2023


Erophylla bombifrons


K.A. Speer

Allen Kurta, Armando Rodríguez-Durán, Bats of the West Indies: A Natural History and Field Guide, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 2023 Oct 15


Erophylla sezekorni


K.A. Speer

Allen Kurta, Armando Rodríguez-Durán, Bats of the West Indies: A natural history and field guide, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 2023 Oct 15


A comparative study of RNA yields from museum specimens, including an optimized protocol for extracting RNA from formalin-fixed specimens


Kelly A. Speer, Melissa T. R. Hawkins, M. Flores, M. McGowen, R. Fleischer, J. Maldonado, M. G. Campana, Carly R. Muletz-Wolz

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022


Cascading effects of habitat loss on ectoparasite-associated bacterial microbiomes


Kelly A. Speer, Tiago Souto Martins Teixeira, Alexis M. Brown, S. Perkins, K. Dittmar, Melissa R. Ingala, Claudia Wultsch, Konstantinos Krampis, C. Dick, Spencer C. Galen, N. Simmons, E. Clare

ISME Communications, 2022


Microbiomes mediate host−parasite interactions


Kelly A. Speer

Molecular Ecology, 2022


Phylogenetic and Ecological Trends in Specialization: Disentangling the Drivers of Ectoparasite Host Specificity


Alexis M. Brown, Kelly A. Speer, Tiago Teixeira, E. Clare, N. Simmons, J. Balbuena, C. Dick, K. Dittmar, S. Perkins

bioRxiv, 2022


A Faithful Gut: Core Features of Gastrointestinal Microbiota of Long-Distance Migratory Bats Remain Stable despite Dietary Shifts Driving Differences in Specific Bacterial Taxa


Luis Víquez-R, Kelly A. Speer, K. Wilhelm, N. Simmons, R. Medellín, S. Sommer, M. Tschapka

Microbiology spectrum, 2021


A global parasite conservation plan


C. Carlson, Skylar R. Hopkins, K. Bell, Jorge Doña, S. Godfrey, M. Kwak, K. Lafferty, Melinda L. Moir, Kelly A. Speer, G. Strona, M. Torchin, C. Wood

Biological Conservation, 2020


Disentangling interactions between mercury, immunity, and infection in a Neotropical bat community


Daniel J. Becker, Daniel J. Becker, Kelly A. Speer, Kelly A. Speer, Kelly A. Speer, Jennifer M. Korstian, D. Volokhov, Hannah F. Droke, Alexis M. Brown, Catherene L. Baijnauth, T. Padgett-Stewart, H. Broders, R. Plowright, T. Rainwater, M. B. Fenton, N. Simmons, M. Chumchal

bioRxiv, 2020


Ecological and evolutionary drivers of haemoplasma infection and bacterial genotype sharing in a Neotropical bat community


Daniel J. Becker, Kelly A. Speer, Alexis M. Brown, M. B. Fenton, A. Washburne, S. Altizer, D. Streicker, R. Plowright, V. Chizhikov, N. Simmons, D. Volokhov

Molecular Ecology, 2020


Microbiomes are integral to conservation of parasitic arthropods


Kelly A. Speer, N. Dheilly, S. Perkins

2020


A Fly on the Cave Wall: Parasite Genetics Reveal Fine-scale Dispersal Patterns of Bats.


Kelly A. Speer, Eli Luetke, Emily C. Bush, Bhavya K. Sheth, Allie Gerace, Zachary S. Quicksall, M. Miyamoto, C. Dick, K. Dittmar, N. Albury, D. Reed

Journal of Parasitology, 2019


Evolutionary lability of host associations promotes phylogenetic overdispersion of co-infecting blood parasites.


Spencer C. Galen, Kelly A. Speer, S. Perkins

Journal of Animal Ecology, 2019


Comparing Microbiome Sampling Methods in a Wild Mammal: Fecal and Intestinal Samples Record Different Signals of Host Ecology, Evolution


Melissa R. Ingala, N. Simmons, Claudia Wultsch, Konstantinos Krampis, Kelly A. Speer, S. Perkins

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018


Ninety-Eighth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas


Kayce, C. Bell, B. Blood, E. Finck, John, D. Hanson, S. Jansa, J. Light, R. Long, J. Maldonado, Verity L. Mathis, R. Platt, J. Rachlow, A. Ricketts, Z. P. Roehrs, Luís, A. Ruedas, J. M. Ryan, S. Sheffield, Winston, P. Smith, Kelly A. Speer, C. Thompson

Journal of Mammalogy, 2018


Population structure of a widespread bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) in an island system


Kelly A. Speer, Brandi Jo Petronio, N. Simmons, Rebecca Richey, Kristin Magrini, J. A. Soto-Centeno, D. Reed

Ecology and Evolution, 2017


Multilocus systematics and non-punctuated evolution of Holarctic Myodini (Rodentia: Arvicolinae).


Brooks A. Kohli, Kelly A. Speer, C. W. Kilpatrick, N. Batsaikhan, Darmaa Damdinbazar, J. Cook

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2014


A climate for speciation: rapid spatial diversification within the Sorex cinereus complex of shrews.


A. Hope, Kelly A. Speer, J. Demboski, S. Talbot, J. Cook

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2012

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