Publications

Published or in press:

Mooers, A. O., Harmon, L. J., Wong, D .H. J., and S. B. Heard. In press. Some models of tree shape. In New Mathematical Models for Evolution (O. Gascuel and M. Steel, eds.), Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Harmon, L. J., N. C. Cole, T. Ross, and J. M. Probst. In press. Le Dimorphisme Sexuel de la Taille et Forme dans Phelsuma borbonica borbonica, avec les Notes sur l'Histoire Naturelle de l'Espece. Bulletin Phaethon.

Harmon, L. J.  In press. Conservation of Small Populations: Effective Population Size, Inbreeding, and the 50/500 Rule. in Braude and Low, Eds., A Working Understanding of Ecology. Princeton University Press.

Revell, L. J., L. J. Harmon, R. B. Langerhans, and J. J. Kolbe.  In press.  Measuring the importance of constraint on phenotypic evolution in the neotropical lizard Anolis cristatellus: a phylogenetic approach.  Evolutionary Ecology Research. (preprint)

Harmon, L. J.
and R. Gibson. 2006. Multivariate phenotypic evolution among island and mainland populations of the ornate day gecko, Phelsuma ornata. Evolution 60: 2622-2632. (pdf)

Melville, J., L. J. Harmon, and J. B. Losos. 2006. Intercontinental community convergence of ecology and morphology in desert lizards. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B: Biological Sciences 273: 557-563. (pdf)

Harmon, L. J.
and J. B. Losos. 2005. The effect of intraspecific sample size on type I and type II error in comparative studies. Evolution 59:2705-2710. (pdf)

Revell, L. J., L. J. Harmon, and R. E. Glor. 2005.  Under-parameterized model of sequence evolution leads to bias in the estimation of diversification rates from molecular phylogenies. Systematic Biology 54: 973-983. (pdf)

Weisrock, D. W., L. J. Harmon, and A. Larson. 2005. Phylogenetic Relationships among Salamander Families: Analyses of Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genomic Data. Systematic Biology 54:758-777. (pdf)

Kozak, K. H., A. Larson, R. M. Bonett, and L. J. Harmon. 2005. Phylogenetic analysis of ecomorphological divergence, species coexistence, and diversification rates in dusky salamanders (Plethodontidae, Desmognathinae). Evolution 59: 2000-2016. (pdf)

Harmon, L. J., K. Bauman, M. McCloud, J. Parks, S. Howell, and J. B. Losos. 2005. What the free-ranging animals do at the zoo: a study of the behavior and habitat use of opossums (Didelphis virginiana) on the grounds of the St. Louis Zoo. Zoo Biology 24: 197-213. (pdf)

Harmon, L. J., J. J. Kolbe, J. M. Cheverud, and J. B. Losos. 2005. Convergence and the multidimensional niche. Evolution 59: 409-421. (pdf)

Harmon, L. J., J. A. Schulte, J. B. Losos, and A. Larson. 2003. Tempo and mode of evolutionary radiation in iguanian lizards. Science 301: 961-964. (pdf) (online supplement)

Harmon, L. J. 2002. Some observations of the natural history of the prehensile-tailed skink, Corucia zebrata, in the Solomon Islands. Herpetological Review 33: 177-179.

Harmon, L. J. 2000. A Translocation Strategy for Confiscated Pancake Tortoises. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3(4):738-743.

Kolbe, J. J., L. J. Harmon, and D. A. Warner. 1999. New state record lengths and associated natural history notes for some Illinois snakes. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 92:133-135.

In review:

Harmon, L. J., L. L. Harmon, and C. G. Jones.  In review. Competition and community structure in diurnal arboreal lizards.  Submitted to Oikos.

Nicholson, K. E., L. J. Harmon, and J. B. Losos.  In revision.  Evolution of Anolis lizard dewlap diversity.  Submitted to PLoS ONE.

Vellend, M., L. J. Harmon, J. L. Lockwood, M. M. Mayfield, A. R. Hughes, J. P. Wares, and D. F. Sax. In revision. Effects of exotic species on evolutionary diversification. Submitted to Trends in Ecology and Evolution.