2021
Four times out of Europe: Serial invasions of the winter moth, Operophtera brumata, to North America
Andersen J, Havill N, Caccone A, Elkinton J. Four times out of Europe: Serial invasions of the winter moth, Operophtera brumata, to North America. Molecular Ecology 2021, 30: 3439-3452. PMID: 34033202, DOI: 10.1111/mec.15983.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWinter mothNortheastern United StatesNorth AmericaInvasive winter mothNon-native speciesPopulation genetic dataAmount of diversityInvasion successSerial invasionInvaded regionsWidespread defoliationGenetic bottleneckBayesian assignmentOperophtera brumataMicrosatellite lociApproximate Bayesian computation methodsIndependent introductionsNorthern FennoscandiaCentral EuropeGenetic dataHybridization eventsBritish ColumbiaGeographic originNova ScotiaAmerica
2019
Identification of winter moth (Operophtera brumata) refugia in North Africa and the Italian Peninsula during the last glacial maximum
Andersen J, Havill N, Mannai Y, Ezzine O, Dhahri S, Jamâa M, Caccone A, Elkinton J. Identification of winter moth (Operophtera brumata) refugia in North Africa and the Italian Peninsula during the last glacial maximum. Ecology And Evolution 2019, 9: 13931-13941. PMID: 31938492, PMCID: PMC6953680, DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5830.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWinter mothGenetic diversityLast Glacial MaximumQuaternary climatic oscillationsWinter moth populationsUse of refugiaSecondary contactGlacial refugiaNonnative speciesGenetic distinctnessIberian refugiumGenetic distanceBayesian clusteringLGM refugiaPolymorphic microsatellitesRefugiaApproximate Bayesian computation methodsItalian peninsulaMoth individualsOak forestsClimatic oscillationsGenetic relationshipsMoth populationsTemperate regionsGlacial Maximum