Víquez-R, L, KA Speer, K Wilhelm, N Simmons, RA Medellín, S Sommer, & M Tschapka. 2021. A Faithful Gut: Core Features of Gastrointestinal Microbiota of Long-Distance Migratory Bats Remain Stable despite Dietary Shifts Driving Differences in Specific Bacterial Taxa. Microbiology Spectrum, e0152521.
2020
Speer, KA, Dheilly, NM, and Perkins, SL. 2020. Microbiomes Are Integral to Conservation of Parasitic Arthropods. Biological Conservation, August, 108695. PDF
Becker, DJ, KA Speer, AM Brown, MB Fenton, AD Washburne, S Altizer, DG Streicker, et al. 2020. Ecological and Evolutionary Drivers of Haemoplasma Infection and Bacterial Genotype Sharing in a Neotropical Bat Community. Molecular Ecology 29 (8): 1534–49.
Becker, DJ, KA Speer, JM Korstian, DV Volokhov, HF Droke, AM Brown, CL Baijnauth, et al. 2020. Disentangling Interactions among Mercury, Immunity and Infection in a Neotropical Bat Community. The Journal of Applied Ecology, no. 1365-2664.13809 (December). https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13809.
Carlson, CJ, S Hopkins, KA Speer, KC Bell, J Doña, SS Godfrey, ML Kwak, KD Lafferty, et al. 2020. A Global Parasite Conservation Plan. Biological Conservation 250 (October): 108596.
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Galen, S, KA Speer, and SL Perkins. 2019. Evolutionary lability of host associations promotes phylogenetic overdispersion of co-infecting blood parasites. Journal of Animal Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13089.
Speer, KA, E Luetke, E Bush, B Sheth, A Gerace, Z Quicksall, M Miyamoto, CW Dick, K Dittmar, N Albury, and DL Reed. 2019. A fly on the cave wall: Using parasite genetics to infer patterns of host dispersal. Journal of Parasitology, 105(4):555-566. PDF
Ingala, MR, NB Simmons, C Wultsch, K Krampis, KA Speer, and SL Perkins. 2018. Comparing Microbiome Sampling Methods in a Wild Mammal: Fecal and Intestinal Samples Record Different Signals of Host Ecology, Evolution. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9:803.
Speer, KA, BJ Petronio, N Simmons, B Richey, JA Soto-Centeno, DL Reed. 2017. Population genetics of a widespread bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) in an island system. Ecology and Evolution, 7(19):7585-7598. PDF
Speer, KA, JA Soto-Centeno, N Albury, ZS Quicksall, M Marte, DL Reed. 2015. Bats of The Bahamas: Natural History and Conservation. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History, 53(3):45-95. PDF
Kohli, BA, KA Speer, CW Kilpatrick, N Batsaikhan, D Damdinbaza, JA Cook. 2014. Multilocus systematics and non-punctuated evolution of Holarctic Myodini (Rodentia: Arvicolinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 76:18-29.
Hope, AG, KA Speer, JR Demboski, SL Talbot, JA Cook. 2012. A climate for speciation: rapid spatial diversification among the Sorex cinereus complex of shrews. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 64(3):671-84.
In Review, Revision, or Press
Speer, KA, T Teixeira, A Brown, S Perkins, K Dittmar, M Ingala, C Wultsch, K Krampis, C Dick, M Vieira, S Galen, N Simmons, E Clare. Parasite species identity and local community diversity mediate effects of habitat fragmentation on bacterial microbiomes. ISME Comm. Accepted, minor revisions. https://doi.org/10.22541/au.159200503.35915032
Speer, KA. Microbiomes mediate host-parasite interactions. Molecular Ecology. In Review.