Historical Biogeography of the Alpine

We are currently working on developing a comprehensive analysis of the historical biogeography of alpine and sub-alpine environments of the Rocky Mountains. Thus far our analysis has focused on plants and their associated herbivores and we hope to expand and broaden these studies to include other widespread insects, arthropods, molluscs and plants.

Publications

DeChaine, E. G. and A. P. Martin. 2005. Quaternary climate cycles inhibited co-divergence in an alpine plant-insect association. Submitted to Evolution.

DeChaine, E. G. and A. P. Martin. 2004. Marked genetic divergence among sky island populations of Sedum lanceolatum (Crassulaceae) in the Rocky Mountains. American Journal of Botany (in press).

DeChaine, E. G. and A. P. Martin. 2004. Historic cycles of expansion and contraction in Parnassius smintheus (Papilionidae) inferred using mitochondrial DNA. Evolution 58: 113-127. PDF/NEXUS

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