CV & Papers

Full CV here:  Skelton_CV_11_7_2019

Papers in review

Luther, D, S. Butchart, J. Cooper, C. Hilton-Taylor, C. Hermes, M. A. Jusino, H. Wheatley, J. Lamoreux, R. Malin, J. Skelton, and T. Brooks. The relationship between IUCN Red List categories and criteria for species and the conservation actions needed. Conservation Biology – in review.

Jusino, M. A., J. Skelton, C. C. Chen**, J. Hulcr, & M. Smith. Sexual reproduction and saprotrophic dominance by the ambrosial fungus Flavodon subulatus (= Flavodon ambrosius). Fungal Ecology – in review.

Bateman**, C., Li**, Y., Skelton, J., et al…(22 other authors). Pre-invasion assessment of overseas beetle-borne pathogens of trees – in review, pdf available by request.

Hulcr, J. & J. Skelton. Chapter 18: Ambrosia Beetles. In Forest Entomology and Pathology. Springer.

Skelton, J., L. Landler, M. A. Jusino, A. Van Lanen, and J. R. Walters. Effects of cavity orientation on nesting success inferred from long-term monitoring of the endangered Red-Cockaded Woodpecker. In review – pdf available by request.

2020

Creed, R. P., Skelton, J., Farrell, K. J., & Brown, B. L. (2020). Strong effects of a mutualism on freshwater community structure. Ecology, e03225. Creed et al.2020.Strong effects.early view

Jusino, M. A., James Skelton, Che-Chih Chen, Jiri Hulcr, Matthew E Smith (2020). Sexual reproduction and saprotrophic dominance by the ambrosial fungus Flavodon subulatus (= Flavodon ambrosius). Fungal Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2020.100979

Li, You, James Skelton, Sawyer Adams, Yukako Hattori, Matthew Smith, and Jiri Hulcr (2020). The Ambrosia Beetle Sueus niisimai (Scolytinae: Hyorrhynchini) is associated with the canker disease fungus Diatrypella japonica (Xylariales). Plant Disease. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-03-20-0482-RE

Gomez, D.F., J. Skelton, M. De María, J. Hulcr (2020). Influence of Temperature and Precipitation Anomaly on the Seasonal Emergence of Invasive Bark Beetles in Subtropical South America. Neotropical Entomology 49; pg 347-352.

Silknetter, S.**, B. L. Brown, R. P. Creed, E. A. Frimpong, J. Skelton, B. K. Peoples (2020). Positive biotic interactions in freshwaters: a review and research directive. Freshwater Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13476. Silknetter_et_al-2020-Freshwater_Biology

Skelton, J., Andrew Loyd, Jason A. Smith Robert, A. Blanchette, Benjamin W. Held & Jiri Hulcr (2020).Fungal symbionts of bark and ambrosia beetles can suppress decomposition of pine sapwood by competing with wood-decay fungi. Fungal Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2020.100926. Skelton_et_al_2020_FUNECO

Huang**, Y. T., J. Skelton, & J. Hulcr (2020). Lipids and small metabolites provisioned by ambrosia fungi to symbiotic beetles are phylogeny-dependent, not convergent. ISME. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-0593-7.

2019

Skelton, J., Michelle A. Jusino, Paige M. Carlson, Katherine Smith, Mark T. Banik,
Daniel L. Lindner, Jonathan M. Palmer, and Jiri Hulcr. Relationships among wood-boring beetles, fungal endophytes and saprotrophs, and the
decomposition of forest biomass. Molecular Ecology, early view. Skelton_et_al-2019-Molecular_Ecology

Veselská, T., Skelton, J., Kostovčík, M., Hulcr, J., Baldrian, P., Chudíčková, M., … & Kolařík, M. (2019). Adaptive traits of bark and ambrosia beetle-associated fungi. Fungal Ecology41, 165-176. Veselska_etal_2019_evolution_of_geosmithia

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. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, online first. Skelton_etal_2019_ProcB

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. Fungal Ecology in press. Huangetal.-2019-GeosmithiaspeciesinsoutheasternUSAandtheira

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. Scientific Reports, in press. Landler_etal2019

2018

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. Insect Systematics and Diversity 2, (6), 1 November 2018, 2. Gomez_etal_2018_euwallacea

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 EcologySkelton_etal_2018_MECO

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  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) 984-989Li_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

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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