publications
Peer-Reviewed - contact me (smvamosi+ucalgary.ca) for PDF reprints
[49] Dennenmoser S, Nolte AW, Vamosi SM & Rogers SM. 2013. Conservation genetics of prickly sculpin (Cottus asper) at the
periphery of its distribution range in Peace River, Canada. Conservation Genetics, in press.
(requires institutional access)
[48] Yee DA, Himel E, Reiskind MH & Vamosi SM. 2013. Implications of salinity concentrations for the performance and competitive
interactions of the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae). Medical and Veterinary Entomology, in press.
[47] Vamosi SM & Vamosi JC. 2012. Causes and consequences of range size variation: the influence of traits, speciation, and extinction.
Frontiers of Biogeography 4(4) available online: escholarship.org/uc/item/8021g0k9.
[Perspective]
[46] Yee DA, Juliano SA & Vamosi SM. 2012. Seasonal photoperiods alter developmental time and mass of an invasive mosquito,
Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae), across its north-south range in the United States. Journal of Medical Entomology 49: 825-832.
[45] Wohlfahrt B† & Vamosi SM. 2012. Predation and habitat isolation influence the community composition-area
relationship in dytiscid beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Community Ecology 13: 1-10.
[44] Schade D & Vamosi SM. 2012. Larval competition reduces body condition in the female seed beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus.
Journal of Insect Science 12:35 available online: insectscience.org/12.35.
[43] Shortt KB‡ & Vamosi SM. 2012. A review of the biology of the weedy Siberian peashrub, Caragana arborescens,
with an emphasis on its potential effects in North America. Botanical Studies 53: 1-8.
[42] Silver CA†, Vamosi SM & Bayley SE. 2012. Temporary and permanent wetland macroinvertebrate communities:
phylogenetic structure through time. Acta Oecologica 39: 1-10.
[41] Silver CA† & Vamosi SM. 2012. Macroinvertebrate community composition of temporary prairie wetlands: a
preliminary test of the effect of rotational grazing. Wetlands 32: 185-197.
[40] Vamosi JC & Vamosi SM. 2012. Zygomorphy, area, and the latitudinal biodiversity gradient in angiosperms.
In: Patiny S (ed.) Evolution of
Plant-Pollinator Interactions. Cambridge University Press. 320-343.

[39] Vamosi JC & Vamosi SM. 2011. Factors influencing diversification in angiosperms: at the crossroads of intrinsic and
extrinsic traits. American Journal of Botany 98: 460-471.
(requires institutional access)
| Special issue: Biodiversity
[38] Vamosi SM, den Hollander MD‡ & Tuda M. 2011. Egg dispersion is more important than competition
type for herbivores attacked by a parasitoid. Population Ecology 53: 319-326.
(requires institutional access)
| Featured: Editor's Choice
∫ 2010 → 2006
[37] Rogers SM & Vamosi SM. 2010. Frozen F1's amidst a masterpiece of nature: new insights into the rare hybrid origin of
gynogenesis in the Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa). Molecular Ecology 19: 5086-5089. [Invited Perspective]
(requires institutional access)
[36] Vamosi JC & Vamosi SM. 2010. Key innovations within a geographical context in flowering plants: towards resolving Darwin's
abominable mystery. Ecology Letters 13: 1270-1279.
(requires institutional access)
| Popular press: UToday,
PhysOrg,
Science Daily
[35] Vamosi SM. 2010. Natural history, ecology and evolution of a remarkable adaptive radiation. Evolution 64: 1529-1531.
[Review of: Losos, J.B. 2009. Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree: Ecology and Adaptive
Radiation of Anoles.]
(requires institutional access)
[34] Jones BC‡ & Vamosi SM. 2010. Limited evidence for size-based discrimination of oviposition sites in Callosobruchus maculatus
(Coleoptera: Bruchinae). eJournal of Biological Sciences 2: 31-39.
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[33] Vamosi SM & Queenborough SA. 2010. Breeding systems and phylogenetic diversity of seed plants along a large-scale elevational
gradient. Journal of Biogeography 37: 465-476.
(requires institutional access)
[32] Wohlfahrt B† & Vamosi SM. 2009. Antagonistic selection or trait compensation? Diverse patterns of predation-induced prey
mortality due to the interacting effects of prey phenotype and the environment. Evolutionary Biology 36: 386-396.
(requires institutional access)
[31] Yee DA, Taylor S‡ & Vamosi SM. 2009. Beetle and plant density as cues initiating dispersal in two species of adult predaceous
diving beetles. Oecologia 160: 25-36.
(requires institutional access)
[30] Queenborough SA, Mazer SJ, Vamosi SM, Garwood NC, Valencia R & Freckleton RP. 2009. Seed mass, abundance, and breeding system among
tropical forest species: do dioecious species exhibit compensatory reproduction or abundances? Journal of Ecology 97: 555-566.
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[29] Vamosi SM, Heard SB, Vamosi JC & Webb CO. 2009. Emerging patterns in the comparative analysis of phylogenetic community structure.
Molecular Ecology 18: 572-592. [Invited Review]
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[28] Vamosi JC & Vamosi SM. 2008. Extinction risk escalates in the tropics. PLoS ONE 3(12): e3886.
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Open-access article online
Popular press: UToday,
Calgary Herald,
InTheNews,
Science Daily,
El Telégrafo,
La Opinión,
PhysOrg,
e! Science News,
Mongabay
[27] Vamosi SM, Mazer SJ & Cornejo F. 2008. Breeding systems and seed size in a Neotropical flora: testing evolutionary hypotheses.
Ecology 89: 2461-2472.
(requires institutional access)
[26] Sikes DS, Vamosi SM, Trumbo ST, Ricketts M‡ & Venables C†. 2008. Molecular systematics and
biogeography of Nicrophorus in part - the investigator species group (Coleoptera: Silphidae) using mixture model MCMC. Molecular
Phylogenetics and Evolution 48: 646-666.
(requires institutional access)
[25] Przeczek K‡, Mueller C‡ & Vamosi SM. 2008. The evolution of aposematism is accompanied by
increased diversification. Integrative Zoology 3: 149-156.
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[24] Vamosi SM & Lesack TL‡. 2007. Direct effects of larval competition on development time and fecundity in seed beetles.
Evolutionary Ecology Research 9: 1131-1143.
(requires institutional access)
[23] Wohlfahrt B†, Mikolajewski DJ, Joop G & Vamosi SM. 2007. Ontogenetic changes in the association between
antipredator responses and growth variables. Ecological Entomology 32: 567-574.
(requires institutional access)
[22] Vamosi SM, Naydani CJ‡ & Vamosi JC. 2007. Body size and species richness along geographical gradients in Albertan diving
beetle (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) communities. Canadian Journal of Zoology 85: 443-449.
(requires institutional access) |
Supplementary data
[21] Vamosi JC & Vamosi SM. 2007. Body size, rarity, and phylogenetic community structure: insights from
diving beetle assemblages of Alberta. Diversity and Distributions 13: 1-10.
(requires institutional access)
[20] Vamosi SM. 2006. A reconsideration of the reproductive biology of the Atlantic forest in the Volta Velha Reserve. Biodiversity and
Conservation 15: 1417-1424.
(requires institutional access) | Reprinted in: Forest Diversity
and Management (Topics in Biodiversity and Conservation, Vol. 2)
[19] Vamosi JC, Vamosi SM & Barrett SCH. 2006. Sex in advertising: dioecy alters the net
benefits of attractiveness in Sagittaria latifolia (Alismataceae).
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 273: 2401-2407.
(requires institutional access)

[18] Vamosi SM. 2006. Contemporary evolution of armour and body size in a recently introduced population of
threespine stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus. Acta Zoologica Sinica 52: 483-490.
[17] Colgoni A‡ & Vamosi SM. 2006. Sexual dimorphism and allometry in two seed beetles (Coleoptera: Bruchidae).
Entomological Science 9: 171-179.
(requires institutional access)
∫ 2005 → 2001
[16] Vamosi SM. 2005. Interactive effects of larval host and competition on adult fitness: an
experimental test with seed beetles (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). Functional Ecology 19: 859-864.
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[15] Vamosi SM. 2005. On the role of enemies in divergence and diversification of prey: a review and
synthesis. Canadian Journal of Zoology 83: 894-910. [Invited Review]
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Introduction by DW Morris
[14] Vamosi SM & Vamosi JC. 2005. Endless tests: guidelines for analysing non-nested sister-group comparisons.
Evolutionary Ecology Research 7: 567-579.
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[13] Vamosi JC & Vamosi SM. 2005. Present day risk of extinction may exacerbate the lower species richness of dioecious clades. Diversity
and Distributions 11: 25-32.
(requires institutional access)
[12] Vamosi JC & Vamosi SM. 2004. The role of diversification in causing the correlates of dioecy. Evolution 58: 723-731.
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[11] Vamosi SM & Schluter D. 2004. Character shifts in the defensive armor of sympatric sticklebacks. Evolution 58: 376-385.
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[10] Rundle HD, Vamosi SM & Schluter D. 2003. Experimental test of predation's effect on divergent selection during character displacement
in sticklebacks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 100: 14943-14948.
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[9] Vamosi SM. 2003. The presence of other fish species affects speciation in threespine sticklebacks. Evolutionary Ecology Research 5: 717-730.
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[8] Vamosi SM. 2002. Predation sharpens the adaptive peaks: survival trade-offs in sympatric sticklebacks. Annales Zoologici Fennici 39: 237-248.
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[7] Vamosi SM & Schluter D. 2002. Impacts of trout predation on fitness of sympatric
sticklebacks and their hybrids. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 269: 923-930.
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∫ 2000 & earlier
[6] Hendry AP, Vamosi SM, Latham SJ, Heilbuth JC & Day T. 2000. Questioning species realities. Conservation Genetics 1: 67-76.
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[5] Vamosi SM, Hatfield T & Schluter D. 2000. A test of ecological selection against
young-of-the-year hybrids of sympatric sticklebacks. Journal of Fish Biology 57: 109-121.
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[4] Mooers AØ, Vamosi SM & Schluter D. 1999. Using phylogenies to test macroevolutionary hypotheses of trait evolution in cranes
(Gruinae). American Naturalist 154: 249-259.
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[3] Vamosi SM & Schluter D. 1999. Sexual selection against hybrids between sympatric
sticklebacks: evidence from a field experiment. Evolution 53: 874-880.
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TREE News & Comment
[2] Rundle HD & Vamosi SM. 1996. Selection may be strongest when resources are scarce: a comment on Wilson. Evolutionary Ecology 10: 559-563.
(hi res) |
(lo res)
[1] Fryxell JM, Vamosi SM, Walton RA & Doucet CM. 1994. Diet mixing and the functional response of beavers. Oikos 71: 207-214.
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Other
Rubidge EM, Burton AC & Vamosi SM. 2012. Biodiversity: past, present and future. Biology Letters 8: 3-5. [Meeting Report]
Vamosi SM. 2007. Endless tests: guidelines for analysing non-nested sister-group comparisons. An
addendum. Evolutionary Ecology Research 9: 717.
(requires institutional access)
Scott EC, ... Vamosi SM et al. 2004. The morphology of Steve. Annals of Improbable Research 10(4): 24-29.
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(† indicates graduate student coauthor)
(‡ indicates undergraduate student coauthor)