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Duncan J. Irschick
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| Contact information |
| Department of Biology, 221 Morrill Science Center, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003 USA |
E-mail: irschick "at" bio.umass.edu; Office phone: 413 545 1696; FAX: 413 545 3243 |
Graduate advisors: Jonathan B. Losos and Allan Larson
| Positions | |
| 2008 | Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts at Amherst |
| 2006 | Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts at Amherst |
| 2001-2005 | Assistant Professor, Tulane University (awarded early Tenure, came to UMass as an advanced assistant professor |
| 2000-2001 | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California at Berkeley |
| 1997 – 2000 | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Cincinnati |
| 1992 - 1997 | Graduate student (Ph.D.), Washington University in St. Louis |
| 1987-1991 | Undergraduate (B. S., Zoology), University of California at Davis |
Teaching 2007-2008 Instructor, Comparative Physiology (BIO 566), Biology of Social Issues (BIO 105), University of Massachusetts at Amherst 2001-2006 Instructor, Biostatistics and Experimental Design (EEOB 408/708), Tulane University (3 semesters) 2001-2006 Instructor, Human Physiology (EEOB 333), Tulane University (5 semesters) 2001-2006 Instructor, Ecological Physiology (EEOB 452/752), Tulane University (3 semesters) 2004, 2006 Instructor, Graduate seminar (EEOB 681), Tulane University (2 semesters) 1999 Co-Instructor, Freshman Biology (BIO 103), Univ. Cincinnati 1999 Instructor, Seminar in Population Biology, "Ecomorphology: New approaches for an old idea" (BIO 996), Univ. Cincinnati 1998 Instructor, Data analysis (Biometry, BIO 765), Univ. Cincinnati 1995-1996 Teaching assistant, Fundamentals of Biology, Instructor-Garland Allen, Washington University, Evolution (Jonathan Losos) |
| Postdoctoral researchers supervised (5) |
| Dr. Anthony Herrel, Ph.D. University of Antwerp (9/01 – 12/02), Dr. Bieke Van Hooydonck, Ph.D. University of Antwerp (9/01 – 12/02), Dr. Martin Dallimer, Ph.D. University of Edinburgh (10/1/02 – 6/1/03), Dr. Jay Meyers, Ph.D. Northern Arizona University (4/1/05-presentt, Dr. Jerry Husak. Ph.D. Oklahoma State University (1/1/2007-present). |
| Ph.D. students supervised (6) |
Shawn Vincent, Simon Lailvaux, Christine Buckley, David McMillan, Phillip Bergmann, Justin Hennington |
Professional Service
Associate Editor, Functional Ecology. August 15th 2005-present
Associate Editor, Open Conservation Biology Journal. December 1st-present
Guest Editor, Southeastern Naturalist
Reviewer for (55 journals and organizations)
American Midland Naturalist, The American Naturalist, The American Zoologist, Animal Behaviour, Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Animal Biology (formerly Netherlands Journal of Zoology), Australian Journal of Zoology, Behavior, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Biology Letters, Belgian Journal of Zoology, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Biotropica, Bioessays, Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Bioscience, British Sciences Research Council, Copeia, Current Zoology, Ecology, Ecoscience, Ethology, Evolution, Evolutionary Ecology Reports, Frontiers in Zoology, Functional Ecology, Herpetologica, Journal of Anatomy, Journal of Animal Ecology, Journal of Comparative Physiology, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Journal of Experimental Biology, Journal of Herpetology, Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, Journal of Morphology, Journal of Natural History, Journal of Orthoptera Research, Journal of Theoretical Biology, National Geographic Society, The National Science Foundation, National Research Foundation for South Africa, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada , Nature, Oecologia, Oikos, Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, PLoS Biology, PLoS one, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Senckembergiana Lethaea, Southeastern Naturalist, Zoology, Zoologischer Anzeiger
Special Issues and Symposia organized
Special Issue for Functional Ecology (Accepted for publication in 2007). “Sexual selection, physiology, and performance” D. J. Irschick, R. Van Damme, and A. Herrel.
Symposia for the International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Paris, 2007 (Accepted for publication in Evolutionary Ecology Research). “Natural selection on biomechanical traits” D. J. Irschick, F. Le Galliard.
Symposia for the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, Boston 2009 (Accepted, Society-wide) “Hormonal regulation of whole-animal performance: implications for selection” J. F. Husak, D. J. Irschick, and I. T. Moore.
Publications
(1) Losos JB, Irschick DJ, Schoener TW. 1994. Adaptation and constraint in the evolution of specialization of Bahamian Anolis lizards. Evolution 48:1786-1798. pdf
(2) Irschick DJ, Losos JB. 1996. Morphology, ecology, and behavior of the twig anole Anolis angusticeps. In, eds. B. Powell and B. Henderson, Contributions to West Indian Herpetology: A tribute to Albert Schwartz. P. 291-301, Society for the study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Ithaca, New York. pdf
(3) Losos JB, Irschick DJ. 1996. The effect of perch diameter on the escape behavior of Anolis lizards: Laboratory-based predictions and field tests. Animal Behaviour 51:593-602. pdf
(4) Irschick DJ, Austin CC, Petren K, Fisher RN, Losos JB, Ellers O. 1996. A comparative analysis of clinging ability among pad-bearing lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 59:21-35. pdf
(5) Irschick DJ, Shaffer HB. 1997. The polytypic species revisited: Morphological differentiation among tiger salamanders (Amphibia: Caudata). Herpetologica 53:30-49. pdf
(6) Irschick DJ, Vitt LJ, Zani P, Losos JB. 1997. A comparison of evolutionary radiations in Mainland and West Indian Anolis lizards. Ecology 78:2191-2203.pdf
(7) Cheverud JM, Routman EP, Irschick DJ. 1997. Pleiotropic effects of individual gene loci on mandibular morphology. Evolution 51:2004-201. pdf
(8) Irschick DJ, Jayne BC. 1998. Effects of incline on acceleration, body posture, and hindlimb kinematics in two species of lizard, Callisaurus draconoides and Uma scoparia. Journal of Experimental Biology 201:273-287. pdf
(9) Irschick DJ, Losos JB. 1998. A comparative analysis of the ecological significance of locomotor performance in Caribbean Anolis lizards. Evolution 52:219-226. pdf
(10) Macrini T*, Irschick DJ. 1998. An intraspecific analysis of trade-offs in sprinting performance in a West Indian lizard (Anolis lineatopus). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 63:579-591. pdf
(11) Jayne BC, Irschick DJ. 1999. Effects of incline and speed on the three-dimensional hindlimb kinematics of a generalized iguanian lizard (Dipsosaurus dorsalis). Journal of Experimental Biology 202:143-159. pdf
(12) Irschick DJ, Jayne BC. 1999. A field study of effects of incline on the escape locomotion of a bipedal lizard, Callisaurus draconodies. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 72:44-56. pdf
(13) Irschick DJ, Jayne BC. 1999. Comparative three-dimensional kinematics of the hindlimb for high-speed bipedal and quadrupedal locomotion of lizards. Journal of Experimental Biology 202:1047-1065. pdf
(14) Irschick DJ, Losos JB. 1999. Do lizards avoid habitats in which their performance is submaximal? The relationship between sprinting capabilities and structural habitat use in Caribbean anoles. The American Naturalist 154:293-305. pdf
(15) Irschick DJ, Jayne BC. 2000. Size matters: Ontogenetic differences in the three-dimensional kinematics of steady-speed locomotion in the lizard Dipsosaurus dorsalis. Journal of Experimental Biology 203:2133-2148. pdf
(16) Irschick DJ, Macrini TE*, Koruba S, Forman J*. 2000. Ontogenetic differences in morphology, habitat use, behavior and sprinting capacity in two West Indian Anolis lizard species. Journal of Herpetology 34:444-451. pdf
(17) Irschick DJ. 2000. Effects of behavior and ontogeny on the locomotor performance of a West Indian lizard Anolis lineatopus. Functional Ecology 14:438-444. pdf
(18) Jayne BC, Irschick DJ. 2000. A field study of incline use and preferred speeds for the locomotion of lizards. Ecology 81:126-14. pdf
(19) Irschick DJ. 2000. Comparative and behavioral analyses of preferred speed: Anolis lizards as a model system. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 73:428-437. pdf
(20) Irschick DJ, Garland T. Jr. 2001. Integrating function and ecology in studies of adaptation: Investigations of locomotor capacity as a model system. Annual Reviews of Ecology and Systematics 32:367-396. pdf
(21) Jackman T, Irschick DJ, de Querioz K, Losos JB, Larson A. 2002. A molecular phylogenetic perspective on evolution of lizards of the Anolis grahami series. Journal of Experimental Zoology 294:1-16. pdf
(22) Irschick DJ. 2002. Evolutionary approaches for studying functional morphology: Examples from studies of performance capacity. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 42:278-290. pdf
(23) VanHooydonck B, Irschick DJ. 2002. Is Evolution Predictable? Co-evolutionary patterns of ecology, performance, and morphology in Old and New World lizard Radiations. In Topics in Vertebrate Functional and Ecological Morphology, Eds. Aerts, P, Herrell, Van Damme, R. P. 191-204, Maastricht: Shaker Publishing. pdf
(24) Macrini TE*, Irschick DJ, Losos JB. 2003. Ecomorphological differences in toepad characteristics between mainland and island anoles. Journal of Herpetology. 37:52-58. pdf
(25) Toro E, Herrel A, Irschick DJ. 2003. A biomechanical analysis of intra- and interspecific scaling of jumping and morphology in Caribbean Anolis lizards. Journal of Experimental Biology (Cover). 206: 2641-2652. pdf
(26) Irschick DJ, VanHooydonck B, Herrel A, Androsceu A*. 2003. Effects of loading and size on maximum power output and kinematics in geckos. Journal of Experimental Biology. 206:3923-3934. pdf
(27) Irschick DJ. 2003. Studying performance in nature: Implications for fitness variation within populations. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 43:396-407. pdf
(28) Vincent S, Herrel A, Irschick DJ. 2004. Ontogeny of intersexual head shape and prey selection in the pitviper Agkistrodon piscivorus. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 81:151-159. pdf
(29) Ramos M, Irschick DJ, Christenson T. 2004. Overcoming an evolutionary conflict: Removal of a reproductive organ greatly enhances locomotor performance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101:4883-4887. pdf
(30) Toro E, Herrel A, Irschick DJ. 2004. The evolution of jumping performance in Caribbean Anolis lizards: solutions to biomechanical trade-offs. The American Naturalist. 163:844-856. pdf
(31) Herrel A, Vanhooydonck B, Joachim R*, Irschick, DJ. 2004. Frugivory in polychrotid lizards: Effects of body size. Oecologia. 140:160-168. pdf
(32) Vincent S, Herrel A, Irschick DJ. 2004. Sexual dimorphism in head shape and diet in the cottonmouth snake (Agkistrodon piscivorus). Journal of Zoology, London. 264:53-59. pdf
(33) Elstrott J, Irschick DJ. 2004. Evolutionary correlations among morphology, habitat use and clinging performance in Caribbean Anolis lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 83:389-398.pdf
(34) Lailvaux S, Herrel A, VanHooydonck B, Meyers J, Irschick DJ. 2004. Performance capacity, fighting tactics, and the evolution of life-stage male morphs in the green anole Lizard (Anolis carolinensis). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B. 271:2501-2508. pdf
(35) Buckley CR**, Michael SF, Irschick DJ. 2005. Early hatching and substrate type decrease jumping performance in a direct-developing frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui. Functional Ecology. 19:67-72. pdf
(36) VanHooydonck B, Herrel A, Van Damme R, Irschick DJ. 2005. Does dewlap size predict male bite performance in Jamaican Anolis lizards? Functional Ecology. 19:38-42. pdf
(37) Vincent S, Herrel A, Irschick DJ. 2005. Comparisons of aquatic vs. terrestrial strike kinematics and performance in a pitviper, Agkistrodon piscivorus. Journal of Experimental Zoology. 303A:476-488. pdf
(38) Irschick DJ, Dyer L, Sherry T. 2005. Phylogenetic methodologies for studying specialization. Oikos. 110:404-408. pdf
(39) Irschick DJ, VanHooydonck B, Meyers J, Herrel A. 2005. Intraspecific correlations among morphology, performance, and habitat use within a green anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis) population. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 85:211-221. pdf
(40) Irschick DJ, Carlisle E, Elstrott J*, Ramos M*, Buckley C, VanHooydonck B, Meyers J, Herrel A. 2005. A comparison of habitat use, morphology, clinging performance, and escape behavior among two divergent green anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis) populations. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 85:223-234. pdf
(41) VanHooydonck B, Andronescu A*, Herrel, A, Irschick DJ. 2005. Effects of substrate structure on speed and acceleration capacity in climbing geckos. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 85:385-393. pdf
(42) Bloch N, Irschick DJ. 2005. Toe-clipping dramatically reduces clinging performance in a pad-bearing lizard (Anolis carolinensis). Journal of Herpetology. 39:288-293. pdf
(43) Bergmann P, Irschick DJ. 2005. Effects of temperature on maximum clinging ability in a diurnal gecko: Evidence for a passive clinging mechanism? Journal of Experimental Zoology. 303A:785-791. pdf
(44) Irschick DJ, Herrel A, VanHooydonck B, Huyghe K**, Van Damme R. 2005. Locomotor compensation creates a mismatch between laboratory and field estimates of escape speed in lizards: A cautionary tale for performance to fitness studies. Evolution (Cover). 59:1579-1587. pdf
(45) Ramos M*, Coddington JA, Christenson TE, Irschick DJ. 2005. Have male and female genitalia co-evolved? A phylogenetic analysis of genitalic morphology and sexual size dimorphism in web-building spiders (Araneae: Orbiculariae). Evolution (Cover). 59:1989-1999. pdf
(46) VanHooydonck B, Herrel A, Meyers J, Van Damme R, Irschick DJ. 2005. The role of the dewlap as a visual cue depends on age and sex in an A. carolinensis population. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 59:157-165. pdf
(47) VanHooydonck B, Aerts P, Irschick DJ, Herrel A. 2006. Power generation during locomotion in Anolis lizards: an ecomorphological approach. In Biomechanics: A mechanical approach to the ecology of animals and plants. A. Herrel, T. Speck and N. Rowe, Eds. P. 253-269, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida
(48) Irschick DJ, Lailvaux S. 2006. Age-specific forced polymorphism in vertebrates: Implications for demographic studies examining ontogenetic changes in morphology and function. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 79:73-82. pdf
(49) Vincent SE, Dang P, Irschick DJ, Rossell J*. 2006. Do juvenile gape-limited predators compensate for their small size when feeding? Journal of Zoology, London. 268:279-284. pdf
(50) Bloch N, Irschick DJ. 2006. An analysis of inter-population divergence in visual display behaviour of the green anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis). Ethology. 112:370-378. pdf
(51) Bergmann P, Irschick DJ. 2006. Effects of temperature on maximum acceleration, deceleration and power output during vertical running in geckos. Journal of Experimental Biology. 209:1404-1412. pdf
(52) Irschick DJ, Gentry G, Herrel A, VanHooydonck B. 2006. Effects of sarcophagid fly infestations on green anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis): An analysis across seasons and age/sex classes. Journal of Herpetology. 40:107-112. pdf
(53) Lailvaux S, Irschick DJ. 2006. No evidence for female association with high-performance males in the green anole lizard, Anolis carolinensis. Ethology. 112:707-715. pdf
(54) Irschick DJ, Ramos M, Buckley C, Elstrott J, Carlisle E, Lailvaux S, Bloch N, Herrel A, VanHooydonck B. 2006. Are morphology->performance relationships invariant across different seasons? A test with the green anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis). Oikos. 114:49-59. pdf
(55) Toro E, Herrel A, Irschick DJ. 2006. Movement control strategies during jumping in a lizard (Anolis valencienni). Journal of Biomechanics. 39:2014-2019. pdf
(56) Meyers J, Irschick DJ, VanHooydonck B, Herrel A. 2006. Divergent roles for multiple sexual signals in a polygynous lizard. Functional Ecology. 20:709-716. pdf
(57) Lailvaux S, Irschick DJ. 2006. A Functional Perspective on Sexual Selection: Insights and Future Prospects. Animal Behaviour. 72:263-273. pdf
(58) Herrel A, Joachim R*, VanHooydonck B, Irschick DJ. 2006. Ecological consequences of ontogenetic changes in head shape and bite performance in the Jamaican lizard Anolis Lineatopus. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 89:443-454. pdf
(59) Irschick DJ, Herrel A, VanHooydonck B. 2006. Whole-organism studies of adhesion in pad-bearing lizards: Creative evolutionary solutions to functional problems. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 192:1169-1177. pdf
(60) VanHooydonck B, Herrel A, Van Damme R, Irschick DJ. 2006. The quick and the fast: the evolution of acceleration capacity in Anolis lizards. Evolution (Cover) 60:2137–2147. pdf
(61) VanHooydonck B, Herrel A, Irschick DJ. 2006. Out on a limb: the differential effect of substrate diameter on acceleration capacity in Anolis lizards. Journal of Experimental Biology. 209: 4515-4523. pdf
(62) Huyghe K, Herrel A, Vanhooydonck B, Meyers JJ, Irschick DJ. 2007. Microhabitat use, diet, and performance data on the Hispaniolan twig anole, Anolis sheplani: Pushing the boundries of morphospace. Zoology. 110:2-8. pdf
(63) Buckley CR, Jackson M, Youssef M, Irschick DJ, Adolph S. 2007. Testing the persistence of phenotypic plasticity after incubation in the Western Fence Lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis. Evolutionary Ecology Research. 9:169-183. to access paper, go to EER website
(64) McElroy E, Meyers JJ, Reilly SM, Irschick DJ. 2007. Dissecting the effects of behavior and habitat on the locomotion of a lizard (Urosaurus ornatus). Animal Behaviour. 73:359-365. pdf
(65) Lailvaux S, Irschick DJ. 2007. Effects of temperature and sex on jump biomechanics and performance in the lizard Anolis carolinensis. Functional Ecology. 21:534-543. pdf
(66) Miles DB, Losos JB, Irschick DJ. 2007. Morphological and performance correlates of foraging mode in squamates. In Lizard Ecology: The evolutionary consequences of foraging mode. Eds. Steve Reilly, Lance McBrayer, and Don Miles. P. 49-93. Cambridge University Press, Boston.
(67) Irschick DJ, Herrel A, Vanhooydonck B, Van Damme R. 2007. A functional approach to sexual selection. Functional Ecology (Cover). 21:621-626. pdf
(68) Vanhooydonck B, Irschick DJ, Herrel A, Huyghe K, Van Damme R. 2007. A performance based approach to the index versus handicap debate in sexual selection studies. Functional Ecology (Cover) . 21:645-652. pdf
(69) Vanhooydonck B, Herrel A, Irschick DJ. 2007. Determinants of intersexual differences in escape behaviour in Anolis lizards: a comparative approach. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 47:200-210. pdf
(70) Irschick DJ, Meyers JJ. 2007. An analysis of the relative roles of plasticity and natural selection on morphology and performance in a lizard (Urosaurus ornatus). Oecologia. 153:489-499. pdf
(71) Bailey JK, Schweitzer JA, Rehill BJ, Irschick DJ, Whitham TG, Lindroth RL. 2007. Rapid Shifts in the Chemical Composition of Aspen Forests: An Introduced Herbivore as an Agent of Natural Selection. Biological Invasions (Cover). 9:715-722. pdf
(72) Husak JF, Irschick DJ, Meyers, JJ, Moore IT, Lailvaux SP. 2007. Hormones, sexual signals, and performance of green anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis). Hormones and Behavior. 52:360-367. pdf
(73) Lailvaux S, Irschick DJ. 2007. The evolution of performance-based male fighting ability in Caribbean Anolis lizards. The American Naturalist. 170:573-586. pdf
(74) Irschick DJ, Bailey JK, Schweitzer J, Husak J, Meyers J. 2007. New directions for studying selection in nature; studies of performance and communities. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (Cover). 80:557-567. pdf
(75) McElroy E, Marien C, Meyers J, Irschick DJ. 2007. Does badge morphology and whole organism performance predict display behavior among alternative male phenotypes in the ornate tree lizard, Urosaurus ornatus? Ethology. 113:1113-1122. pdf
(76) Calsbeek R, Irschick DJ. 2007. The quick and the dead: Locomotor performance and natural selection in island lizards. Evolution. 61:2493–2503. pdf
(77) Irschick DJ, Meyers JJ, Husak JF, Le Galliard JF. 2008. How does selection operate on whole-organism functional performance capacities? A review and synthesis. Evolutionary Ecology Research. 10:177-196. pdf ((To respect copyright laws, please e-mail me before downloading)
(78) Irschick DJ, Le Galliard JF. 2008. Studying the evolution of whole-organism performance capacity; sex, selection, and haiku - An introduction. Evolutionary Ecology Research10:155-156. pdf (To respect copyright laws, please e-mail me before downloading)
(79) Herrel A, Huyghe K, Vanhooydonck B, Backeljau T, Breugelmans K, Grbac I, Van Damme R, Irschick DJ. 2008. Rapid large scale evolutionary divergence in morphology and performance associated with the exploitation of a novel dietary resource in the lizard Podarcis sicula. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105:4792-4795. pdf
(80) Dial KP, Green E, Irschick DJ. 2008. Allometry of Behavior. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 23:394-401. pdf
(81) Herrel A, Vincent SE, Alfaro ME, Wassenbergh S, Irschick DJ. 2008. Morphological convergence as a consequence of extreme functional demands: examples from the feeding system of natricine snakes. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 21:1438-1448. pdf
(82) Bulté G, Irschick DJ, Blouin-Demers G. 2008. Trophic morphology dimorphism is linked to fertility in Northern Map turtles. Functional Ecology (Cover). 22:824-830. pdf
(83) Irschick DJ, Henningsen J. 2008. Functional Morphology: An ecological and mechanistic approach. In Princeton Ecology Guide. Ed. Jonathan Losos. Princeton University Press. In press.
(84) Irschick DJ, Reznick DR. 2008. Field experiments and experimental evolution: A practical guide. In Experimental Evolution. University of California Press, Berkeley, California. In press.
(85) Vanhooydonck B, Herrel, A, Meyers JJ, Irschick DJ. 2008. What determines dewlap diversity in Anolis lizards? An among-island comparison. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. In press.
(86) Herrel AB, Vanhooydonck B, Porck J, Irschick DJ. 2008. Anatomical basis of differences in locomotor behavior in Anolis lizards: a comparison between two ecomorphs. Breviora. In press.
(87) Dangles O, Irschick DJ, Chittka L, Casas J. 2008. Variability in sensory ecology: Expanding the bridge between physiology and evolutionary biology. Quarterly Review of Biology. In press.
(88) Bergmann PJ, Meyers JJ, Irschick DJ. 2008. Evidence for directional evolution in the body axis of lizards. Evolution. In press.
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Books under contract
Irschick DJ. 2006. Animal performance: An Ecological and Evolutionary Approach. Oxford University Press. (Oxford Animal Biology Series).
Target length: 100,000 words, 90 line figures, and 30 halftone illustrations.
Invited book reviews
(1) Irschick DJ. 2002. An imperfect solution to optimality: Taking the fun out of adaptation. Ecology 83: 1473-475 (Book review: Adaptationism and Optimality)
(2) Irschick DJ, Vincent S, Buckley C, Lailvaux S. 2003. Lizard act part II: Making the transition from ecology to behavior. Quarterly Review of Biology. 78:510-511 (Book review: Lizard Social Behavior)
(3) Irschick DJ. 2004. Doing the locomotion: Animals, movement, and muscles. Quarterly Review of Biology. 79:89-90 (Book review: Animal Locomotion)
(4) Irschick DJ. 2004. Counting sheep: Life and death on an island. Ecology. 85:3179-3180(Book review: Soay sheep: dynamics and selection in an island population)
(5) Irschick DJ. 2006. Ethics, animals, and nature (Book review: Animal Passions and Beastly Virtues: Reflections on Redecorating Nature). Quarterly Review of Biology. 81:308-309.*Undergraduate, **Graduate student
Popular articles
Sand-dune two step (written by Adam Summers about my work). Natural History Magazine. 11/2001.
Invited seminars
(1) 1994 - Southeastern Louisiana University, Louisiana. "A comparative analysis of clinging ability among Pad-bearing lizards"
(2) 1995 - University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma. "Performance capacity and habitat use in Anolis lizards and other pad-bearing lizards”
(3) 1997 - University of Kentucky, Kentucky. “An evolutionary analysis of the ecological significance of maximal locomotor performance in West Indian Anolis lizards”.
(4) 1997 - University of Cincinnati, Ohio. “An Evolutionary Analysis of the ecological Significance of maximal locomotor performance in West Indian Anolis lizards”.
(5) 1997 - Society for the study of Amphibians and Reptiles meeting, Seattle, Washington. “An evolutionary analysis of the ecological significance of maximal locomotor performance in West Indian Anolis lizards”.
(6) 1998 – Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. “Life on the run: The evolution of function and behavior in lizards”
(7) 1999 - The University of California at Riverside, California. “The evolution of morphology, function and behavior in lizards: Ecological and biomechanical approaches”.
(8) 1999 - The University of Glasgow, UK. “The evolution of morphology, function and behavior in lizards: Ecological and biomechanical Approaches”.
(9) 1999 - The University of Oxford, UK. “The evolution of morphology, function and behavior in lizards: Ecological and biomechanical Approaches”.
(10) 1999 - Indiana State University, Indiana. “The evolution of morphology, function and behavior in lizards: Ecological and biomechanical Approaches”.
(11) 2000 – California State Northridge, California. “How do function, morphology and behavior evolve? Ecological and physiological approaches”.
(12) 2000 – Tulane University, Louisiana. “How do function, morphology and behavior evolve? Ecological and physiological Approaches”.
(13) 2000 – The University of California at Davis, California. “Evolutionary tests of ecological and physiological hypotheses: Lizards as a model system”
(14) 2000 – The University of California at Berkeley, California. “Ecological performance: A new term in biology?”
(15) 2000 – Sonoma State University, California. “The evolution and physiology of locomotion”
(16) 2000 – San Francisco State University, California. “New perspectives on the evolutionary ecology of locomotion in lizards”
(17) 2000 – Brigham Young University, Utah. “The ecology and evolution of locomotion: An integrative approach”
(18) 2001 - The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Chicago, Illinois. Oral presentation. “Evolutionary approaches for studying functional morphology: Examples from studies of performance capacity”. In the Symposium “Molecules, Muscles, and Macroevolution: Integrative Functional Morphology” (Invited speaker)
(19) 2001 – The University of New Orleans, Louisiana. “A novel test of two evolutionary models: An ecological approach”
(20) 2001 – Louisiana State University, Louisiana. “Evolutionary tests of ecological ideas: Lizards as a model system”
(21) 2001 – Southeastern Louisiana University, Louisiana. “Mixing ecology, evolution and physiology: A tasty brew or bad chemistry?”
(22) 2002 – The American Physiological Society, San Diego, California. Oral presentation. “Using phylogenies to understand the evolution of function and behavior in lizards”. In the Symposium “Phylogenetic Approaches to Understanding Physiological Evolution” (Invited speaker).
(23) 2002 – Topics in Functional and Ecological Vertebrate Morphology (Symposium). Antwerp, Belgium. Oral Presentation. “Is evolution predictable? Co-evolutionary patterns of ecology, performance and morphology in old and new world lizard radiations” (Invited speaker)
(24) 2003 – The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Toronto, Canada. Oral presentation. “Studying performance in nature: Implications for fitness variation within populations”. In the Symposium “Selection and Evolution of Performance in Nature” (Invited speaker).
(25) 2003 – University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Oral presentation. “A mechanistic approach to the ecology and evolution of function”
(27) 2004 – The International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Boca Raton, Florida. Oral Presentation. “The ontogeny of habitat use and performance in Caribbean anoles”. In the Symposium “The ontogeny of performance in vertebrates” (Invited speaker).
(28) 2004 – The International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology, Boca Raton, Florida. Oral Presentation “Whole-organism studies of clinging and locomotion in arboreal pad-bearing lizards”. In the Symposium “Adhesion in Vertebrates - Mechanisms and Biomimetic Implications” (Invited speaker).
(29) 2004 – Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, Virginia. Oral presentation. “Life and death in the big city: Selection, sexual signal size, and male competition in lizards”.
(30) 2004 – Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. Oral presentation. “Ontogeny, performance, male polymorphism, and selection in lizards”
(31) 2004 – University of Montana, Missoula, Montana. Oral presentation. “Ontogeny, performance, male polymorphism, and selection in lizards”.
(32) 2005 – Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona. Oral Presentation. “Life and death in the big city: Selection, sexual signal size, and male competition in lizards”.
(33) 2005 – Harvey Mudd University, Claremont, California. Oral Presentation. “Lizard scene investigation (LSI): Mortality, polymorphism, and sexual selection in lizards “
(34) 2005 – Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Oral Presentation. “Sexual signals, performance, and plasticity”
(35) 2005 – University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts. Oral Presentation. “An integrative perspective on the evolution of performance and sexually selected traits”
(36) 2006 – Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. Oral Presentation. “An integrative perspective on the evolution of performance and sexually selected traits”
(37) 2006 – Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida. Oral Presentation. “An integrative perspective on the evolution of performance and sexually selected traits”
(38) 2006 – Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma. Oral Presentation. “The evolution of performance, plasticity, and sexual signals”
(39) 2006 – Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana. Oral Presentation. “Sexual selection and performance: An integrative view”
(40) 2006 – University of New Orleans, Louisiana. Oral Presentation. “An integrative perspective on the evolution of performance and sexually selected traits”
(41) 2006 - Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Oral Presentation "Selection on lizard communities: Different strokes for different lizards"
(42) 2006 – Harvard University, Concord Field Station, Massachusetts. Oral Presentation. “Sexual signals, selection, and performance”.
(43) 2007 – The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Phoenix, Arizona. Oral presentation. “Anti-predatory behavior and sexual dimorphism in Anolis lizards”. In the Symposium “Ecological dimorphisms in vertebrates: proximate and ultimate causes” (Invited speaker with Bieke Vanhooydonck).
(44) 2007 - OCIB Symposium, Nominated lecturer for 2007. Carleton University and the University of Ottawa, Canada. “Bridging the gap between theory and reality in sexual selection; performance, fitness, and signaling”
(45) 2007 – Union College, Schenectady, New York. Oral Presentation "Performance, biomechanics, and evolution"
(46) 2007 – University of Tours, France. Oral Presentation. “How can we integrate sexual selection, performance, and evolution?”
(47) 2007 – SUNY Stony Brook. Oral Presentation. “Sexual signals and animal function: New approaches and ideas”
(48) 2007 - University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts. Oral Presentation. "Jumping, running, and biting, oh my! Exploring the wonders of animal performance"
(49) 2008 – The University of Massachusetts, Neuroscience and Behavior program, Amherst, Massachusetts. Oral Presentation. "Hormones, size-morphs, and social competition in green anole lizards"
(50) 2008 – Rhode Island College, Rhode Island. Oral Presentation. “The evolution of performance and sexual selection”
(51) 2008 - Tufts University, Massachusetts. Oral Presentation. "Sexual selection: The interface of function and behavior?"
(52) 2009 - Boston University, Massachusetts. Oral Presentation. "Performance, sexual selection, and natural selection: An integrative approach"
(53) 2009 – Indiana University, Indiana. Oral Presentation. “Studying sexual selection from a functional perspective”
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