Publications

  • Heraghty, S.D., Jackson, J. M., Lozier, J.D. (2023) Whole genome analyses reveal weak signatures of population structure and environmentally associated local adaptation in an important North American pollinator, the bumble bee Bombus vosnesenskii
    bioRxiv 2023.03.06.531366; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.03.06.531366
  • Bucholz, J., Hopper, G., Sanchez-Gonzales, I., Kelley, T., Jackson, C., Garrick, R., Atkinson, C., Lozier, J. (in revision) Community-wide correlations between species richness, abundance, and population genomic diversity in a freshwater biodiversity hotspot. Molecular Ecology. Revision Submitted.
  • Hopper, G., Sanchez-Gonzales, I.G, Lozier, J., Atkinson, C. (in revision). Different components of biodiversity mediate two ecosystem functions derived from naturally assembled filter-feeder communities. Oikos. Revision Submitted.
  • Sanchez Gonzales, I., Bucholz, J., Kubala, M. , Lozier, J., Atkinson, C., Hopper, G. (2023) Niche specialization and community niche space increase with species richness in filter-feeder assemblages. Ecosphere. accepted.
  • Lozier, J., Strange, J., Heraghty, S. (2023). Whole genome demographic models indicate divergent effective population size histories shape contemporary genetic diversity gradients in a montane bumble bee. Ecology and Evolution, 13, e9778.
  • Heraghty, S.D., Rahman, S.R., Jackson, J.M., and Lozier, J.D. (2022) Whole genome sequencing reveals the structure of environment-associated divergence in a broadly distributed montane bumble bee, Bombus vancouverensis. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (5) https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixac025.
  • Bucholz, J. Sard, N., Van Tassel, N., Lozier, J. D., Morris, T. J., Paquet, A., Zanatta, D. T. (2022) RAD-tag and mitochondrial DNA sequencing reveal the genetic structure of a widespread and regionally imperiled freshwater mussel, Obovaria olivaria (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Ecology and Evolution 12 (1), e8560.
  • Hopper, G. W., Buchanan, J. K., Sanchez Gonzalez, I., Kubala, M.E., Bucholz, J. R., Lodato, M. B.G, Lozier, J. D., Atkinson, C. L. (2022) Little clams with big potential: nutrient release by invasive Corbicula fluminea can exceed co-occurring freshwater mussel (Unionidae) assemblages. Biological Invasions 24, 2529-2545.
  • Chiarello, M., Bucholz, J. R., McCauley, M., Vaughn, S. N., Hopper, G. W., Gonzales, I. S., Atkinson, C. L., Lozier, J. D., Jackson, C. R. (2022) Environment and co-occurring native mussel species, but not host genetics, impact the microbiome of a freshwater invasive species (Corbicula fluminea). Frontiers in Microbiology 13, 800061.
  • Lozier, J., Dillon, M., Strange, J., Parsons Z. M., Rachoki, L., Jackson, J., Pimsler, M., Oyen, K. (2021) Divergence in body mass, wing loading, and SNPs reveals potentially adaptive trait variation across elevations in montane bumble bees. Insect Systematics and Diversity 5(5): 3; 1-15.
  • Ghisbain, G., Lozier, J.D., Rahman, S. R., Ezray, B. D., Tian, L., Ulmer, J. M., Heraghty, S. D., Strange, J. P., Rasmont, P., Hines, H. M. (2021) Substantial genetic divergence and lack of recent gene flow support cryptic speciation in a color polymorphic bumble bee (Bombus bifarius) species complex. Systematic Entomology. online early. doi:10.1111/syen.12419
  • Lovejoy, R.T., Lozier, J.D. (2021) Core-marginal dynamics interact with sex and temperature to influence morphology of the rapidly expanding invasive kudzu bug (Megacopta cribraria). Ecological Entomology 46: 790-799.
  • Oyen, K. J.; Jardine J. E.; Parsons, Z. M.; Herndon, J. D.; Strange, J. P.; Lozier, J. D.; Dillon, M. D. (2021) Body mass and sex, not local climate, drive differences in chill coma recovery times in common garden reared bumble bees.  Journal of Comparative Physiology B 191: 843-854.
  • Heraghty, S., Sutton, J.M., Pimsler, M.L., Fierst, J.L., Strange, J.P., Lozier, J.D. (2020) De novo genome assemblies for three North American bumble bee species: Bombus bifarius, Bombus vancouverensis, and Bombus vosnesenskii. G3, 10: 2585-2592.
  • Jackson, J., Pimsler, M., Oyen, K., Strange, J., Dillon, M., Lozier, J. (2020) Local adaptation across a complex bioclimatic landscape in two montane bumble bee species. Molecular Ecology, 29: 920-939.
  • Pimsler, M., Oyen, K., Herndon, J., Jackson, J., Strange, J., Dillon, M., Lozier, J.D. (2020) Biogeographic parallels in thermal tolerance and gene expression variation under temperature stress in a widespread bumble bee. Scientific Reports, 10: 17063.
  • Lozier, J., Ols, C*., Pitsenberger, C*., Marshall, V*., Watkins, M. (2020) Fine-scale partitioning of bee diversity across an urban arboretum. Southeastern Naturalist 19, 22-44. (Note this was an undergrad led project to survey the local bee community, students marked with a *! Congrats Clare, Charles, and Vanessa! Clare was listed as a joint first author here)
  • Dillon, M., Lozier, J. (2019) Adaptation to the abiotic environment in insects: the role of variability in ecophysiology and evolutionary genomics. Current Opinion in Insect Science. online early, doi:10.1016/j.cois.2019.09.003
  • Jackson, J.M., Pimsler, M.L., Oyen, K.J., Koch-Uhuad, J.B., Herndon, J.D., Strange, J.P., Dillon, M.E., Lozier, J.D. (2018) Distance, elevation, and environment as drivers of diversity and divergence in bumble bees across latitude and altitude. Molecular Ecology, 27: 2926-2942, doi: 10.1111/mec.14735.
  • Abbott, K. K., Abbott, J. C., Lozier, J. D., Beasley R. R., Lance, S. L. (2018) Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for a rare dragonfly, Cordulegaster sarracenia (Odonata: Cordulegastridae), with notes on population structure and genetic diversity. International Journal of Odonatology 21: 165-171.
  • Pimsler, M., Jackson, J., Lozier, J.D. (2017) Population genomics reveals a candidate gene involved in bumble bee pigmentation, Ecology and Evolution, 7: 3406-3413, doi:10.1002/ece3.2935. 
  • Lozier, J. D. (2017) Ecology: A helping habitat for bumblebees. Nature, 543: 498-499, doi:10.1038/nature21897.
  • Lozier, J. D., Zayed, A. (2017). Bee conservation in the age of genomics. Conservation Genetics, 18: 713-729, doi:10.1007/s10592-016-0893-7.
  • Lozier, J. D., Jackson, J., Dillon, M., Strange, J. (2016). Population genomics of divergence among extreme and intermediate color forms in a polymorphic insect. Ecology & Evolution, 6: 1075-1091, doi:10.1002/ece3.1928.
  • Cameron, S. A., Lim H. C., Lozier, J. D., Duennes, M. A., Thorp, R. T. (2016). A test of the invasive pathogen hypothesis of bumble bee decline in North America. PNAS, 113:4386-4391, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1525266113.
  • Milton, K., Nolin, D. A., Ellis, K., Lozier, J. D., Sandel, B., Lacey, E. (2016) Genetic, spatial, and social relationships among adults in a group of howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata) from Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Primates, 57:253-265.
  • Jenny, M., Perkins, S., Baltzegar, D., Lozier, J. (2016) A phylogenetic comparison of molluscan metallothioneins: Evolutionary insight from the metallothionein genes of Crassostrea virginica. Journal of Molecular Evolution, doi:10.1007/s00239-016-9758-4.
  • Lozier, J., Cameron, S., Duennes, M., Strange, J., Williams, P., Goulson, D. Brown, M.H., Morales, C., Jepsen, S. (2015) Climate change may threaten bumble bees, but experimental relocation is a risky solution. Science 350: 286-287.
  • Sadd B. M., Barribeau S. M., Bloch G., de Graaf D. C., Dearden P., Elsik C. G., et al. [Lozier, J. D. 10th of 143 authors] (2015) The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organisation. Genome Biology 16:623. 
  • Woodard S. H., Lozier, J. D., Goulson, D., Williams , P. H., Jha, S. (2015) Molecular tools and bumble bees: revealing hidden details of ecology and evolution in a model system. Molecular Ecology (Invited Reviews and Syntheses), online early. doi: 10.1111/mec.13198.
  • Lozier, J. D. (2014) Revisiting comparisons of genetic diversity in stable and declining species: assessing genome-wide polymorphism in North American bumble bees using RAD sequencing. Molecular Ecology 23: 788-801. doi: 10.1111/mec.12636.
  • Lozier, J. D., Strange, J. P., Koch, J. (2013) Landscape heterogeneity predicts gene flow in a widespread polymorphic bumble bee, Bombus bifarius (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Conservation Genetics, 14: 1099-1110. doi:10.1007/s10592-013-0498-3.
  • Duennes, M. A., Lozier, J. D., Hines, H. M., Cameron, S. A. (2012) Geographical patterns of genetic divergence in the widespread Mesoamerican bumble bee Bombus ephippiatus (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64: 219-231.
  • Cordes, N., Huang, W.-F., Strange, J., Cameron, S., Griswold, T., Lozier, J. Solter, L. (2012) Interspecific geographic distribution and variation of two pathogens, Nosema bombi and Crithidia bombi, in United States bumble bee populations. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 109: 209-216.
  • Lozier, J. D., Strange, J. P., Steward I. J., Cameron S. A. (2011) Patterns of range-wide genetic variation in six North American bumble bee (Apidae: Bombus) species. Molecular Ecology 20: 4870-4888.
  • Lozier, J.D., Mills, N. J. (2011). Predicting the potential invasive range of light brown apple moth (Epiphyas postvittana) using biologically informed and correlative species distribution models. Biological Invasions 13: 2409-2421.
  • Lozier, J., Jha, S., Goka, K., Quezada-Euan, J., Strange, J. (2011). Genetic and Demographic Issues in Conservation Strategies. In: North American Bumble Bee Species Conservation Planning Workshop Final Report. Cameron, S., S. Jepsen, E. Spevak, J. Strange, M. Vaughan, J. Engler, and O. Byers (eds.). IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group: Apple Valley, MN.
  • Cameron, S. A. Lozier, J. D., Strange, J. P., Koch, J. B., Cordes, N., Solter, L. F., Griswold T. L. (2011) Patterns of widespread decline in North American bumble bees. PNAS 108: 662-667.
  • Milton, K., Lozier J. D., Lacey E. A. (2011) Isolation of novel microsatellites for the howler monkey bot fly Cuterebra baeri (Diptera: Cuterebrinae). Conservation Genetics Resources 3: 403-407.
  • Lozier, J. D. (2010). Population genetics, island models in. Encyclopedia of Islands. (R. Gillespie, D. Clague, Editors). University of California Press, Berkeley.
  • Lozier J. D., Mills N. J. (2009) Ecological Niche Models and Coalescent Analysis of Gene Flow Support Recent Allopatric Isolation of Parasitoid Wasp Populations in the Mediterranean. PLoS One, 6: e5901. 
  • Lozier J. D., Aniello P., Hickerson M. J. (2009) Predicting the distribution of Sasquatch in western North America: anything goes with ecological niche modeling. Journal of Biogeography 36: 1623-1628. 
  • Lozier J. D., Cameron, S. C. (2009) Comparative genetic analyses of historical and contemporary collections highlight contrasting demographic histories for the bumble bees Bombus pensylvanicus and B. impatiens in Illinois. Molecular Ecology 18: 1875-1886. 
  • Lozier, J. D., Roderick G. K., Mills N. J. (2009) Molecular markers reveal strong geographic, but not host associated, genetic differentiation in Aphidius transcaspicus, a parasitoid of the aphid genus Hyalopterus. Bulletin of Entomological Research 99: 83-96.
  • Lozier, J. D., Roderick G. K., Mills N. J. (2009) Tracing the invasion history of mealy plum aphid, Hyalopterus pruni (Hemiptera: Aphididae), in North America: a population genetics approach. Biological Invasions 11: 299-314.
  • Lozier J. D., Miller, G. Foottit, R., Mills, N. J., Roderick G. K. (2008) Molecular and morphological evaluation of the aphid genus Hyalopterus Koch (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphididae), with a description of a new species. Zootaxa 1688: 1-19 (23 Jan. 2008)
  • Milton K., Lozier J., Lacey E. A. (2008) Genetic structure of an isolated population of mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata) on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Conservation Genetics 10: 347-358. 
  • Lozier, J. D., Roderick G. K., Mills N. J. (2008) Evolutionarily significant units in natural enemies: Identifying regional populations of Aphidius transcaspicus (Hymenoptera Braconidae) for use in biological control of mealy plum aphid. Biological Control 46: 532-541.
  • Lozier, J. D., Mills N. J., Roderick G. K. (2007) Genetic evidence from mitochondrial, nuclear, and endosymbiont markers for the evolution of host pant associated species in the aphid genusHyalopterus (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Evolution 61: 1353-1367. 
  • Lozier J. D., Mills N. J., Roderick G. K. (2006) Di- and tri-nucleotide repeat microsatellites for the parasitoid wasp, Aphidius transcaspicus. Molecular Ecology Notes 6: 27-29.
  • Rew M. B., Peery Z. M., Beissinger S. R., Bérubé M., Lozier J. D., Rubidge E. M., Palsbøll P. J. (2006) Cloning and characterization of 29 tetranucleotide and two dinucleotide polymorphic microsatellite loci from the endangered marbled murrelet (Brachyamphun marmoratus). Molecular Ecology Notes 6: 241-244. 
  • Lozier J. D., Mills N. J., Palsbøll P. J., Roderick G. K. (2005) Di- and tri- nucleotide repeat microsatellites isolated for the mealy plum aphid, Hyalopterus pruni. Molecular Ecology Notes 5: 499-501.