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Michele Dudash

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Current Lab News

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2023

Zimmer, E.A., J.A. Berg, and M. R. Dudash. 2023. Genetic diversity and population structure   among native, naturalized, and invasive populations of the common yellow    monkeyflower, Mimulus guttatus (Phrymaceae). Ecology and Evolution 13 (4), e9596.

 

2022 

New pub in New Phytologist that also received a commentary!

Stewart A.B., C. Diller, M.R. Dudash and C.B. Fenster 2022. Pollination-precision hypothesis:   support from native honey bees and nectar bats. New Phytologist.            https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18050

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Stanley, C.Q., S. H. Hallager, M. R. Dudash, and P.P. Marra. 2022. Food limitation modulates   the endogenous control of spring migratory behavior in a captive long-distance migratory bird population. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 76 (10): 1-13.

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2021

Former PhD Student Callandra (Callie) Stanley was interviewed by the New York Times: 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/12/magazine/animal-tracking-icarus.html

 

Stanley, C.Q., M. R. Dudash, T.B, Ryder, W.G. Shriver, K. Serno, S. Adalsteinsson and P.P. Marra. 2021. Seasonal variation in habitat selection for a Neotropical migratory songbird  using high-resolution GPS tracking. Ecosphere (12 (3), https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3421

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Stanley, C.Q., M. R. Dudash, T.B, Ryder, W.G. Shriver and P.P. Marra. 2021. Variable tropical moisture and food availability underlie mixed winter space-use strategies in a migratory     songbird. 2021. Proceeding of the Royal Society B 288 (1955),              https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1220

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2020

- Former PhD student, Dr. Callie Stanley, is quoted in an article in the Washington Post describing the decline in Wood Thrush populations within the greater DC area (4/13/2020) 

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  • I am a co-leader with Dr. Hande Briddick on a NSF ASPIRE award to join Cohort 2 from 2020-2022. Our  overall goal is to make SDSU a more inclusive, equitable and nurturing campus for all to succeed

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  • Zhou, J, R.J. Reynolds, E. Zimmer, M. R. Dudash, and C. B. Fenster 2020. Variable and sexually conflicting selection on Silene stellata  floral traits by a putative moth pollinator selective agent. Evolution: https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13965://doi.org/10.1111/evo.1396

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  • Aherling,, M. .... et al. 2020. A conservation science agenda for a changing upper midwest  and great plains, United States. Conservation Science and Practice 2(8)  https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.236.

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2019

  • Dr.  Callie Stanley successfully defended her PhD in 2019!2

  • NEW  Oxford University Press  BOOK:  Frankham, R., J.D. Ballou, K. Ralls. M. Eldridge, M.R. Dudash, C.B. Fenster, R.C. Lacy, and P. Sunnocks. 2019.  A Practical Guide for Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations. Oxford University Press, England.  ISBN: 9780198783428  

  • Lowry, D.B. et al. 2019. The case for the continued use of the genus name Mimulus  for all monkeyflowers. Taxon 68: 617-623.

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2018.

  • Stewart, A.B. and M.R. Dudash. 2018. Foraging strategies of generalist and specialist Old World bats in response to temporally variable floral resources. Biotropica 1: 98-105.

  • Zhou, J., M.R. Dudash, E. A. Zimmer, and C.B. Fenster. 2018. Comparison of population genetic structures of the plant Silene stellata and  its obligate pollinating seed predator moth Hadena ectypa . Annals of Botany. https://doi.org.10.1093/aob.mcy091

  • Zhou, J.,  E. A. Zimmer, C.B. Fenster, and M.R. Dudash. 2018. Characterization of the mating system of a native perennial tetraploid herb, Silene stellataAmerican Journal of Botany  105 (10): 1643-1652

  • Fenster, C. B.  J.D. Ballou, M.R. Dudash, M.B.D. Eldridge, R. Frankham, R.C. Lacy, K, Ralls, and P. Sunnucks.  2018. Conservation and Genetics. The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 91 (4): 49

  • Ralls, K, J.D. Ballou, M.R. Dudash, M.B.D. Eldrige, , R.C. Lacy. P. Sunnucks, R. Frankham. 2018. Call for a paradigm shift in the genetic management of fragmented populations. Conservation LettersOpen Access http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.12412/epdf

  • Dr. Jason Berg successfully defended his PhD in Summer 2018.

2017 

  • 2017 Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations. Oxford University Press, England. ISBN: 9780198783398.​

  • Dr. Juannan Zhou successfully defended his PhD in May 2017.2 Juannan is now a postdoc with David McCandlish, at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

  • Juannan Zhou's research was highlighted at Society for the Study of Evolution annual meeting in Portland Oregon

  • https://www.sciencenews.org/article/hermaphrodite-wildflower-has-its-own-battle-sexes

  • Recent Published Articles:

  • ​Stewart, A.B.G & M.R. Dudash2017. Flower-visiting bat species contribute unequally towards agricultural pollination ecosystem services in southern Thailand. Biotropica 49:239–248.
  • Stewart, A.B.G and M.R. Dudash. 2017. Field evidence of strong differential pollen placement by Old World bat-pollinated plants. Annals of Botany, 119:73-79.

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ABOUT ME

WELCOME! I am a Professor and Head of the Department of Natural Resource Management at South Dakota State University.

I am also Professor Emeritus at University of Maryland College Park in the Department of Biology. 

This is an Unofficial Website, which does not represent official views or opinions of any University that I have been affiliated with during my academic career.

I am a population biologist by training, thus my lab focuses on both the ecological and genetic factors responsible for a population’s persistence or demise. In this context the major theme in my lab is on the ecology and evolution of reproductive systems in nature. Topics we investigate include plant mating system evolution, plant-pollinator interactions including both pollinators and herbivores, demography of populations, and the role inbreeding and phenotypic plasticity play in the evolution of plant populations.  Research conducted in my lab also directly relates to the need for baseline data that may be utilized to help form successful conservation and restoration management plans for threatened taxa. 

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