Lee, James H., David M. Chan, and Rodney J. Dyer. 2018. ‘Comparison of Pollination Graphs’. Pollination in Plants. InTech. doi:10.5772/intechopen.74553. Abstract From the agent-based, correlated random walk model presented, we observe the effects of varying the maximum turning angle, δmax, tree density, ω, and pollen carryover,

Miles LS, Dyer RJ, Verrelli BC. 2018. Urban hubs of connectivity: contrasting patterns of gene flow within and among cities in the western black widow spiderProc. R. Soc. B.28520181224. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1224 Abstract As urbanization drastically alters the natural landscape and generates novel habitats

Miles, L. S., Johnson, J. C., Dyer, R. J., & Verrelli, B. C. (2018). Urbanization as a facilitator of gene flow in a human health pest. Molecular Ecology, 27(16), 3219-3230. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14783 Abstract Urban fragmentation can reduce gene flow that isolates populations, reduces genetic

Cushman, Samuel A. and Shirk, Andrew J. and Howe, Glenn T. and Murphy, Melanie A. and Dyer, Rodney J. and Joost, Stéphane. (2019) The Least Cost Path From Landscape Genetics to Landscape Genomics: Challenges and Opportunities to Explore NGS Data in a Spatially Explicit Context. Frontiers in Genetics. https://www.

Watts, B. D., & Dyer, R. J. (2018). Structure and resilience of bald eagle roost networks. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 42(2), 195-203. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.865 Abstract The recognition that communal roosts are important elements within the life cycle of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) led to their

Bertrand P,  Bowman J,  Dyer RJ,  Manseau M,  Wilson PJ.  Sex-specific graphs: Relating group-specific topology to demographic and landscape data. Mol Ecol.  2017; 26: 3898–3912. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14174 Abstract Sex-specific genetic structure is a commonly observed pattern among vertebrate species. Facing differential selective pressures, individuals

Murphy M, Dyer R, Cushman SA. 2016. Chapter 10: Graph Theory and Network Models in Landscape Genetics. Landscape Genetics: Concepts, Methods, Applications, First Edition. Edited by Niko Balkenhol, Samuel A. Cushman, Andrew T. Storfer, and Lisette P. Waits. PDF

Foster EL, Chan DM, Dyer RJ. Model Comparison for Abiotic versus Biotic Pollen Dispersal. Nonlinear Dynamics Psychol Life Sci. 2016 Oct;20(4):471-83. PMID: 27550704. Abstract An agent-based model with a correlated random walk is used to explore pollination within a forest. For abiotic dispersal, say via the wind,

Anna M. Tucker, Rodney J. Dyer, Sarah K. Huber, Lesley P. Bulluck, Opportunistic conspecific brood parasitism in a box-nesting population of Prothonotary Warblers (Protonotaria citrea), The Auk, Volume 133, Issue 2, 1 April 2016, Pages 298–307, https://doi.org/10.1642/AUK-15-161.1 Abstract Conspecific brood parasitism (CBP), although

Dyer, RJ. 2016. Chapter 11: Landscapes and Plant Population Genetics. Landscape Genetics: Concepts, Methods, Applications, First Edition. Edited by Niko Balkenhol, Samuel A. Cushman, Andrew T. Storfer, and Lisette P. Waits. PDF

Dyer RJ. 2015. Population graphs and landscape genetics. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. 46: 327-342. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-112414-054150 Abstract At the heart of the analyses of landscape genetics are isolation models seeking to explain either interindividual or interpopulation connectivity. These models use spatial, ecological, and

Lu Yang, Zhan-Lin Liu, Jianfang Li, Rodney J. Dyer. 2015. Genetic structure of Pinus henryi and Pinus tabuliformis: Natural landscapes as significant barriers to gene flow among populations. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 61: 124-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bse.2015.06.003 Abstract Mountains as natural barriers often

Dyer, R. J. (2015). Is there such a thing as landscape genetics? Molecular Ecology, 24(14), 3518-3528. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13249. GitHub. Abstract For a scientific discipline to be interdisciplinary, it must satisfy two conditions: it must consist of contributions from at least two existing disciplines, and

Garrick RC, Collins BD, Yi RN, Dyer RJ, Hyseni C. 2015. Identification of Eastern United States Reticulitermes Termite Species via PCR-RFLP, Assessed Using Training and Test Data. Insects 6: 524-537; doi:10.3390/insects6020524 Abstract Reticulitermes termites play key roles in dead wood decomposition and nutrient cycling in forests. They

DiLeo, M.F., Siu, J.C., Rhodes, M.K., López-Villalobos, A., Redwine, A., Ksiazek, K. and Dyer, R.J. (2014), The gravity of pollination: integrating at-site features into spatial analysis of contemporary pollen movement. Mol Ecol, 23: 3973-3982. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12839 Abstract Pollen-mediated gene flow is

Garrick, R. C., Nason, J. D., Fernández-Manjarrés, J. F., & Dyer, R. J. (2013). Ecological co-associations influence species' responses to past climatic change: An example from a Sonoran Desert bark beetle. Molecular Ecology, 22(12), 3345-3361. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12318 Abstract Ecologically interacting species may have

Sork, V.L., Aitken, S.N., Dyer, R.J. et al. Putting the landscape into the genomics of trees: approaches for understanding local adaptation and population responses to changing climate. Tree Genetics & Genomes 9, 901–911 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-013-0596-x Abstract The Forest Ecosystem Genomics Research:

ECKERT, A. J., & DYER, R. J. (2012). Defining the landscape of adaptive genetic diversity. Molecular Ecology, 21(12), 2836-2838. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05615.x Abstract Whether they describe fitness, genome architecture or the spatial distribution of environmental variables, the concept of a landscape has

Klütsch, C.F.C., Dyer, R.J. & Misof, B. Combining multiple analytical approaches for the identification of population structure and genetic delineation of two subspecies of the endemic Arabian burnet moth Reissita simonyi (Zygaenidae; Lepidoptera).Conserv Genet 13, 21–37 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-011-0259-0 Abstract Habitat

Dyer, R.J., Chan, D.M., Gardiakos, V.A. et al. Pollination graphs: quantifying pollen pool covariance networks and the influence of intervening landscape on genetic connectivity in the North American understory tree, Cornus florida L.. Landscape Ecol 27, 239–251 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-011-9696-x Abstract How

Baker, S.A., Dyer, R.J. Invasion genetics of Microstegium vimineum (Poaceae) within the James River Basin of Virginia, USA. Conserv Genet 12, 793–803 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-011-0186-0 Abstract Patterns of spatial genetic structure produced following the expansion of an invasive species into novel habitats reflect

DYER, R. J., NASON, J. D., & GARRICK, R. C. (2010). Landscape modeling of gene flow: Improved power using conditional genetic distance derived from the topology of population networks. Molecular Ecology, 19(17), 3746-3759. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04748.x Abstract Landscape genetics is a burgeoning