James Skelton

Publications

Papers in review

Skelton, J., A. J. Johnson, M. A. Jusino, C. C. Bateman, Y. Li and J. Hulcr. A selective symbiont transport organ maintains phylogenetic partner fidelity in a globally distributed fungus-farming mutualism. in review

Huang,  Y. T., J. Skelton, A. J. Johnson , M. Kolarík, and J. Hulcr. Geosmithia species in Southeastern USA and their affinity with beetle vectors and tree hosts. in review

García-Fraile P., T. Veselská, J. Skelton, J. Hulcr, M. Chudíčková, T. Vojtová, M. Kostovck, T. Cajthaml, and P. Baldrian. Adaptive traits of bark and ambrosia beetle-associated fungi. In review

Landler, L., J. Skelton, M. S. Painter, P. W. Youmans, R. Muheim, R. P. Creed, B. L. Brown,  and J. B. Phillips. Ectosymbionts alter spontaneous responses to the Earth’s magnetic field in crustaceans. in review

2018

Skelton, J., M. A. Jusino, Y. Li, C. Bateman, P. H. Thai, D. L. Lindner, J. Hulcr. Detecting symbioses in complex communities: the specialist and generalist fungal symbionts of beetles within dead Asian pines. Microbial Ecology. Skelton_etal_2018_MECO

Gomez, D. F. , J. Skelton, M. S. Steininger, R. Stouthamer, P. Rugman-Jones, W. Sittichaya, R. J. Rabaglia, J. Hulcr. Species delineation within the Euwallacea fornicatus complex revealed by morphometric and phylogenetic analyses. in press

Li, Y., Y. Huang, M. T. Kasson, A. M. Macias, J. Skelton, P. S. Carlson, M. Yin, and J. Hulcr. Specific and promiscuous ophiostomatalean fungi associated with Platypodinae ambrosia beetles in the southeastern United States. Fungal Ecology, 35, 42-50.

Huang, Y., J. Skelton, and J. Hulcr. Multiple evolutionary origins lead to diversity in the metabolic profiles of ambrosia fungi. Fungal Ecology – online first, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2018.03.006

Li, Y., Y. Ruan, E. L. Stanley, J. Skelton, and J. Hulcr. Plasticity of mycangia in Xylosandrus ambrosia beetles. Insect Science online first https://doi.org/10.1111/1744-7917.12590.

Smith, J. A., K. Brust, J. Skelton, and J. R. Walters. Does enrollment in the Safe Harbor Program affect breeding performance of endangered Red-cockaded woodpeckers? Condor 120 (1), 223-233. smith_etal_2018_condor

2017

Skelton, J., K. M. Geyer, J. T. Lennon, R. P. Creed, and B. L. Brown. Multi-scale ecological filters shape the crayfish microbiome. COVER ARTICLE- Symbiosis 72 (3), 159-170. Skelton_etal_2016_cfmicrobiome

Li, Y. C. Bateman, J. Skelton, M. A. Jusino, Z. J. Nolen, D. R. Simmons, and J. Hulcr. Wood decay fungus Flavodon ambrosius (Basidiomycota: Polyporales) is widely farmed by two genera of ambrosia beetles. Fungal Biology 121(11) 984-989. Li_etal_Flavodon_2017

Brown, B. L., E. R. Sokol, J. Skelton, and B. Tornwall. Making sense of metacommunities: Dispelling the mythology of a metacommunity typology. Oecologia 183 (3), 643-652. Brown_etal_2016.

2016

Skelton, J., S. Doak*, M. Leonard*, R. P. Creed, and B. L. Brown. The rules for symbiont community assembly change along a mutualism–parasitism continuum. (2016) Journal of Animal Ecology. (2016) 85(3), 843-853. Skelton_etal_2016_JAE .

Skelton, J., R.  P. Creed, L. Landler, K. M. Geyer, and B. L. Brown. Geographic patterns of crayfish symbiont diversity persist over half a century despite seasonal fluctuations. (2016) Freshwater Crayfish 22(1), 9 -18. Skelton_etal_2016_Worms_thru_space_and_time. 

Brown, B. L., M. Turnbull, J. Skelton, and R. P. Creed. Ectosymbiotic cleaning mutualists induce downregulation of crayfish immune response genes. (2016) Freshwater Crayfish 22(1), 43-51. Brown et al 2016_cleangenes

Bateman, C., M. Šigut, J. Skelton, K. E. Smith, J. Hulcr. Fungal associates of the Xylosandrus compactus(Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) are spatially segregated on the insect body. (2016) Environmental Entomology. Bateman_etal_compactus_2016

Johnson, A. J., P. E. Kendra, J. Skelton, J. Hulcr. Species diversity, phenology, and temporal flight patterns of Hypothenemus pygmy borers (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in South Florida. (2016) Environmental Entomology. Johnson et al EE 2016 online

Luther, D., J. Skelton, C. Fernandez, and J. R. Walters. Conservation action implementation, funding, and population trends of birds listed on the Endangered Species Act. (2016) Biological Conservation 197, 229-234 Luther etal2016 ESAconsActions

Thomas, M. J., R. P. Creed, J. Skelton, and B. L. Brown. Ontogenetic shifts and symbiont succession in a freshwater cleaning symbiosis mutualism. (2016) Ecology. On-line first.

2015

Skelton, J., R. P. Creed, and B. L. Brown. A symbiont’s dispersal strategy: Condition-dependent dispersal underlies predictable variation in direct transmission among hosts. (2015) Proceedings of the Royal Society B, DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2081. Skelton_etal_2015

Tornwall, B., E. Sokol, J. Skelton, and B. L. Brown. Trends in biodiversity research since the River Continuum Concept. (2015) Diversity 7, 16-35. Tornwall_etal_2015

Landler, L., M. A. Jusino, J. Skelton, and J. R. Walters. (2015) Global trends in woodpecker cavity entrance orientation: Latitudinal and continental effects suggest regional climate influence. Acta Ornithologica 49(2), 257-266. Landler et al 2014

2014 and earlier

Skelton, J., Creed, R. P., & Brown, B. L. (2014). Ontogenetic shift in host tolerance controls initiation of a cleaning symbiosis. Oikos, 123(6), 677-686. Skelton_etal_2014

Skelton, J., Farrell, K. J., Creed, R. P., Williams, B. W., Ames, C., Helms, B. S., … & Brown, B. L. (2013). Servants, scoundrels, and hitchhikers: current understanding of the complex interactions between crayfish and their ectosymbiotic worms (Branchiobdellida). Freshwater Science, 32(4), 1345-1357. Skelton_etal_2013

Skelton, J., & Strand, M. (2013). Trophic ecology of a freshwater sponge (Spongilla lacustris) revealed by stable isotope analysis. Hydrobiologia, 709(1), 227-235. Skelton&Strand_2013

Brown, B. L., Creed, R. P., Skelton, J., Rollins, M. A., & Farrell, K. J. (2012). The fine line between mutualism and parasitism: complex effects in a cleaning symbiosis demonstrated by multiple field experiments. Oecologia, 170(1), 199-207. Brown_etal_2012