Lab Publications
*Graduate student author
**Undergraduate student author
†Equal contributors
Numbers are for tracking JEL's publications
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2023
72. Sullivan, K.A., E.M. Tucker, N.J. Dowdy, J.M. Allen, V. Bravo, J.H. Boone, S.E. Bush, N.L. Evenhuis, M. Hastriter, J.E. Light, T. Mayfield-Meyer, B.M. Conner, J.H. Pollen, G.R. Racz, K.C. Seltmann, and J.M. Zaspel. 2023. Building a community-based taxonomic resource for digitization of parasites and their hosts. Insect Systematics and Diversity 7(6): 1 https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixad023
71. Hafner, D.S., S.A. Neiswenter, J.E. Light, K.L. Hernandez, and B.R. Riddle. Phylogeography, systematics, and conservation status of pocket mice (Chaetodipus) of the Sonoran-Sinaloan thorn forest. In press at Journal of Mammalogy.
2022
70. Dunn, R.R., J.R. Bureger, E.J. Carlen, A.M. Koltz, J.E. Light, R.A. Martin, J. Munshi-South, L.M. Nichols, E.L. Vargo, S. Yitbarek, Y. Zhao, and A. Cibrian-Jaramillo. 2022. Urban archipelagos: a theory of city biogeography and the origin of species. Frontiers in Conservation Science 3:761449 https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2022.761449
69. Galán, A.P.*, S.A. Hamer, H.A. Folmar**, T.A. Campbell, and J.E. Light. 2022. Baseline biodiversity assessment of South Texas mammals and host-associated hard ticks with no detection of selected tick-borne pathogens. Western North American Naturalist 82(2): 254-270. scholarsarchive.byu.edu/wnan/vol82/iss2/4/
68. Preisser, W.C.*, A.A. Castellanos*, J.M. Kinsella, R. Vargas, E. Gonzalez, J.A. Fernández, N.O. Dronen, A.M. Lawing, and J.E. Light. 2022. Taxonomic scale, but not community organization, impacts observed latitudinal gradients of parasite diversity. Journal of Biogeography 49: 617-629 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.14322.
67. Siciliano-Martina, L.*, J.E. Light, D.G. Riley, and A.M. Lawing. 2022. One of these wolves is not like the other: morphological effects and conservation implications of captivity in Mexican wolves (Canis lupus baileyi). Animal Conservation 25: 77-90 https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12724
2021
Poelen, J. H., K.C. Seltmann, M. Campbell, S.A. Orlofske, and J.E. Light. 2021. Terrestrial Parasite Tracker indexed biotic interactions and review summary (0.5) [Data Set]. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5572874.
66. Pistone, J., J.E. Light, T.A. Campbell, T.A. Catanach, and G. Voelker. 2021. Restricted geographic sampling yields low parasitism rates but surprisingly diverse host associations in avian lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from South Texas. Diversity 13: 430. https://doi.org/10.3390/d13090430
65. Light, J.E., A.S. Keane**, and J.W. Evans. 2021. Updating the distribution of black bears (Ursus americanus) in Texas using citizen science, state agencies, and natural history collections records. Western North American Naturalist 81(3) https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/wnan/vol81/iss3/8/
64. Light, J.E, L. Siciliano-Martina*, E.G. Dohnalik**, G. Vielleux**, D.J. Hafner, A.M. Lawing, and I.F. Greenbaum. 2021. Morphological differentiation of Peromyscus leucopus and P. maniculatus in East Texas. Therya 12: 369-387. Link
63. Siciliano-Martina, L.*, J.E. Light, and A.M. Lawing. 2021. Changes in canid cranial morphology induced by captivity and conservation implications. Biological Conservation 257: 109143. Link
62. Hancock, Z.B., H. Ogawa, J.E. Light, and M.K. Wicksten. 2021. Origin and evolution of the Hautoriidae (Amphipoda): a eulogy for the Haustoriidira. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194(4): 1252-1267. PDF
61. Hollingsworth, K., R.D. Shively, S.N. Glasscock, J.E. Light, D.R. Tolleson, and P.S. Barboza. 2021. Little and large herbivores as indicators of trophic transfer: do trace minerals drive populations? PLoS One 16(3): e0248204 Link
60. Zecca, I.B., C.L. Hodo, H.M. Swarts, T.W. DeMaar, K.F. Snowden, H.L. Prestridge, J.E. Light, and S.A. Hamer. 2021. Trypanosoma cruzi and incidental Sarcocystis spp. in endangered ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) of South Texas. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 57(3): 667-671. Link
59. Hinde, K., C.E.G. Amorim, A.F. Brokaw, N. Burt, M. Casilla, A. Chen, T. Chestnut, P.K. Connors, M. Dasari, C.F. Ditelberg, J.Dietrick, J. Drew, L. Durgavich, B. Easterling, C. Henning, A. Hilborn, E.K. Karlsson, M. Kissel, J. Kobylecky, J. Krell, D.N. Lee, K.M. Lesciotto, K.L. Lewton, J.E. Light, J. Martin, A. Murphy, W. Nickley, A. Núñez-de la Mora, O. Pellicer, V. Pellicer, A.M. Perry, S.G. Schuttler, A.C. Stone, B. Tanis, J. Weber, M. Wilson, E. Willcocks, and C.N. Anderson. 2021. March Mammal Madness and the power of narrative in science outreach. eLife 0:e65066 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.65066 Open Access. Read more about MMM here
58. Siciliano-Martina, L.*, J.E. Light, and A.M. Lawing. 2021. Cranial morphology of captive mammals: a meta-analysis. Frontiers in Zoology 18:4 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-021-00386-0 Open Access.
2020
57. Miller, S.E., L.N. Barrow, S.M. Ehlman, J.A. Goodheart, S.E. Greiman, H.L. Lutz, T.M. Misiewicz, S.M. Smith, M. Tan, C.J. Thawley, J.A. Cook, and J.E. Light. 2020. Building natural history collections for the 21st century and beyond. Bioscience 70: 674-687. Link
Thayer, A.W., A. Vargas, A.A. Castellanos*, C.W. Lafon, B.A. McCarl, D.L. Roelke, K.O. Winemiller, and T.E. Lacher. 2020. Integrating agriculture and ecosystems to find suitable adaptations to climate change. Climate 8(1); 10. Link
56. Light, J.E., L.A Durden, B. OConnor, W.C. Preisser*, R. Acosta, and R.P. Eckerlin. 2020. Checklist of ectoparasites of cricetid and heteromyid rodents in Mexico. Therya 11: 79-136. Link
2019
Kilpatrick, S.K.†, B. Foquet†, A.A. Castellanos*, S. Gotham, D.W. Little, and H. Song. 2019. Revealing hidden density-dependent phenotypic plasticity in sedentary grasshoppers in the genus Schistocerca Stål (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Cyrtacanthacridinae). Journal of Insect Physiology 118: 103937 Link
55. Kjeldgaard, M.K.*, O.M. Takano*, A.A. Bockoven*, T.D. Teel, J.E. Light, S.A. Hamer, G.L. Hamer, and M.D. Eubanks. 2019. Red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) aggression influences the behavior of three hard tick species. Experimental and Applied Acarology 79:87-97 Link
Preisser, W.C.* and J. Falcon-Ordaz. 2019. A checklist of the parasitic helminths of cricetid and heteromyid rodents in Mexico. Therya 10(3): 329-341 Link
54. Neiswenter, S.A., D.J. Hafner, J.E. Light, G.D. Cepeda, K.C. Kinzer, L.F. Alexander, and B.R. Riddle. 2019. Phylogeography and taxonomic revision of Nelson's pocket mouse (Chaetodipus nelsoni). Journal of Mammalogy 100: 1847-1864 Link
53. Hancock, Z.B.*, F.O. Hardin*, and J.E. Light. 2019. An ancient suture zone in the Gulf of Mexico inferred from the phylogeography of sand-burrowing amphipods (Haustoriidae). Journal of Biogeography 46: 2532-2547 Link
52. Light, J.E., R.P. Eckerlin, and L.A. Durden. 2019. Checklist of ectoparasites of Canidae and Felidae in Mexico. Therya 10: 109-119. Link
51. Hafner, D.J., M.S. Hafner, T.A. Spradling, J.E. Light, and J.W. Demastes. 2019. Dynamics of competitive parapatry and shifting species distributions in the chewing lice Geomydoecus aurei and G. centralis. Ecology and Evolution 9:7410-7422. Link
50. Cook, J.A. and J.E. Light. 2019. The emerging role of mammal collections in 21st century mammalogy. Journal of Mammalogy 100: 733-750. Link
Link to list of popular press articles documenting the importance of collections (as published in the Journal of Mammalogy).
49. Baird, A.B., J.E. Light, and J.W. Bickham. 2019. A new species of Rhogeessa from Nicaragua based on morphological, karyotypic, and molecular data. Occasional Papers of the Museum at Texas Tech University 71: 257-274. Link
Popular press article here
Preisser, W.C.* 2019. Latitudinal gradients of parasite richness: a review and new insights from helminths of cricetid rodents. Ecography 42: 1-16. Link
A.A. Castellanos*, Huntley, J.W., G. Voelker, and A.M. Lawing. 2019. Environmental filtering improves ecological niche models across multiple scales. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 1019: 1-12. Link.
Huntley, J.W., K.D. Keith, A.A. Castellanos*, L.J. Musher, and G. Voelker. 2019. Genetic variation in birds and mammals reveals underestimated and cryptic diversification patterns across Afro-tropical lowland forests. Journal of Biogeography 46: 381-391. Link
48. Demastes, J.W., D.J. Hafner, M.S. Hafner, J.E. Light, and T.A. Spradling 2019. Loss of genetic diversity, recovery, and allele surfing in a colonizing parasite, Geomydoecus aurei. Molecular Ecology 28: 703-720. Link
47. Benedict, B.D.*, A.A. Castellanos*, and J.E. Light. 2019. Phylogeographic assessment of the Heermann's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys heermanni). Journal of Mammalogy 100: 72-91. Link
46. Takano, O.M.*, G. Voelker, D.R. Gustafsson, and J.E. Light. 2019. Molecular phylogeny and novel host associations of avian chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from South Africa. Systematic Entomology 44: 289-304. Link
2018
Siciliano-Martina, L.* and J. Martina. 2018. Stress and social behaviors of maternally-deprived captive giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis). Zoo Biology 37: 80-89. Link.
45. Hodo, C.L., M.R. Mauldin, J.E. Light, K. Wilkins, S. Tang, Y. Nakazawa, G.L. Emerson, J.M. Ritter, J.L. Mansell, and S.A. Hamer. 2018. A novel poxvirus in proliferative lesions of wild rodents in east-central Texas. Emerging Infectious Diseases 6: 1069-1072.
44. Anderson, A.P., J.E. Light, O.M. Takano*, and M.L. Morrison. 2018. Population structure of the Townsend's big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii townsendii) in California. Journal of Mammalogy 99: 646-658.
43. Arcangeli, J., J.E. Light, and F.A. Cervantes. 2018. Molecular and morphological evidences of diversification in the Grayish mouse opossum Tlacuatzin canescens (Didelphimorphia). Journal of Mammalogy 99: 138-158.
42. Light, J.E., S.E. Harper, K.P. Johnson, J.D. Demastes, and T.A. Spradling. 2018. Development and characterization of 12 novel polymorphic microsatellite loci for the mammal chewing louse Geomydoecues ewingi (Insecta: Phthiraptera) and a comparison of next-generation sequencing approaches for use in parasitology. Journal of Parasitology 104: 89-95.
2017
41. Galán, A.P.* and J.E. Light. 2017. Reptiles and amphibians associated with Texas Pocket Gopher (Geomys personatus) burrow systems across the Texas Sand Sheet. Herpetological Review 48: 517-521.
40. Takano, O.M.*†, P.S. Mitchell**†, D.R. Gustafsson, A. Adite, G. Voelker, and J.E. Light. 2017. An assessment of host associations, geographic distributions, and genetic diversity of avian chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from Benin. Journal of Parasitology 103: 152-160.
2016
Kinsella, J.M., M.R. Robles, and W.C. Preisser*. 2016. A review of Gongylonema spp. (Nematoda: Gongylonematidae) in North American rodents with description of a new species from the cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus (Mammalia: Cricetidae). Zootaxa 4107: 277-284. Link
39. Castellanos, A.A.*†, M.C.I. Medeiros†, G.L. Hamer, M.E. Morrow, M.D. Eubanks, P.D. Teel, S.A. Hamer, and J.E. Light. 2016. Decreased small mammal and tick abundance in association with invasive red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta). Biology Letters 12: 20160463. *OPEN ACCESS* Press release by Texas A&M AgriLife Today
38. Cook, J.A., S. Greiman, S. Agosta, R.P. Anderson, B.S. Arbogast, R.J. Baker, W. Boeger, R.D. Bradley, D.R. Brooks, R. Cole, J.R. Demboski, A.P. Dobson, J.L. Dunnum, R.P. Eckerlin, J. Esselstyn, K. Galbreath, J. Hawdon, H. Hoekstra, S. Kutz, J.E. Light, L. Olson, B.D. Patterson, J.L. Patton, A.J. Phillips, E. Rickart, D.S. Rogers, M.E. Siddall, V. Tkach, and E.P. Hoberg. 2016. Transformational principles for NEON sampling of mammalian parasites and pathogens: a response to Springer and Colleagues. BioScience 66: 917-919.
37. Allen, J.M., G. Burleigh, J.E. Light, and D.L. Reed. 2016. Extensive Gammaproteobacteria sampling reveals multiple origins of endosymbiosis in blood feeding lice. PeerJ 4: e2187. Link
36. Light, J.E., M.O. Ostroff**, and D.J. Hafner. 2016. Phylogeographic assessment of the northern pygmy mouse, Baiomys taylori. Journal of Mammalogy 97: 1081-1094
35. Light, J.E., C.E. Nessner*, D.R. Gustafsson, S.R. Wise**, and G. Voelker. 2016. Remarkable levels of avian louse (Insecta: Phthiraptera) diversity in the Congo Basin. Zoologica Scripta 45: 538-551.
2015
34. Rodriguez, J.R.*, S.A. Hamer, A.A. Castellanos*, and J.E. Light. 2015. Structure and ecology of a rodent and tick community in east-central Texas. Southeastern Naturalist 14: 415-424
2014
33. Nessner, C.E.*, J.J. Andersen*, M.A. Renshaw, M.M. Giresi, and J.E. Light. 2014. Characterization of 17 novel polymorphic microsatellite loci in the mammal chewing louse Geomydoecus ewingi (Insecta: Phthiraptera) for population genetic analyses. Journal of Parasitology 100: 873-877. PDF
32. Welborn, S.R.* and J.E. Light. 2014. Population genetic structure of the Baird’s pocket gopher, Geomys breviceps, in eastern Texas. Western North American Naturalist 74: 325-334. PDF
2013
31. Andersen, J.J.*, D.S. Portnoy, J.C. Hafner, and J.E. Light. 2013. Populations at risk: conservation genetics of kangaroo mice of the Great Basin Desert. Ecology and Evolution 3:2497-2513. PDF
30. Light, J.E., J.C. Hafner, N.S. Upham, and E. Reddington. 2013. Conservation genetics of kangaroo mice, genus Microdipodops. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 20: 129-146. PDF
29. Voelker, G., B.D. Marks, C. Kahindo, U. A’genonga, F. Bapeamoni, L.E. Duffie, J.W. Huntley, E. Mulotwa, S.A. Rosenbaum, and J.E. Light. 2013. River barriers and cryptic biodiversity in an evolutionary museum. Ecology and Evolution 3: 536-545. PDF
2012
28. Andersen, J.J.*, M.A. Renshaw, and J.E. Light. 2012. Eight novel polymorphic microsatellites in the hispid pocket mouse (Chaetodipus hispidus) and cross-amplification in other Perognathinae species (Rodentia: Heteromyidae). Conservation Genetics Resources 4: 1019-1021. PDF
Allen, J.A., C.O. Worman, J.E. Light, and D.L. Reed. 2012. Parasitic lice help to fill the gaps of early hominoid history. In Parasites, Pathogens, and Evolution. E. Pechenkina and J. Brinkworth (eds), Springer. (Book Chapter)
27. Andersen, J.J.** and J.E. Light. 2012. Phylogeography and subspecies revision of the hispid pocket mouse, Chaetodipus hispidus (Rodentia: Heteromyidae). Journal of Mammalogy 93: 1195-1215. PDF
26. Demastes, J.W., T.A. Spradling, M.S. Hafner, G.R. Spies, and J.E. Light. 2012. Cophylogeny on a fine scale: Geomydoecus chewing lice and their pocket gopher hosts, Pappogeomys bulleri. Journal of Parasitology 98: 262-270. PDF
25. Welborn, S.R.*, M.A. Renshaw and J.E. Light. 2012. Characterization of 10 polymorphic loci in the Baird’s pocket gopher (Geomys breviceps) and cross-amplification in other gopher species. Conservation Genetics Resources 4: 467-469. PDF
2011
24. Voelker, G. and J.E. Light. 2011. Paleoclimatic events, dispersal and migratory losses along the Afro-European axis as drivers of biogeographic distribution in Sylvia warblers. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 163. PDF
23. Smith, V.S., T. Ford, K.P. Johnson, P.C.D. Johnson, and J.E. Light. 2011. Multiple lineages of lice pass through the K-Pg boundary. Biology Letters doi:10.1098/rsbl.2011.0105. PDF
22. Toups, M.A., A. Kitchen, J.E. Light, and D.L. Reed. 2011. Genetic analysis of human head and clothing lice indicates an early origin of clothing use in archaic hominins. Molecular Biology and Evolution 28: 29-32. PDF
2010
21. Lance, S.L., J.E. Light, K.L. Jones, C. Hagen, and J.C. Hafner. 2010. Isolation and characterization of 17 polymorphic loci in the kangaroo mouse, genus Microdipodops (Rodentia: Heteromyidae). Conservation Genetics Resources 2: 139-141. PDF
20. Light, J.E., V.S. Smith, J.M. Allen, L.A. Durden, and D.L. Reed. 2010. Evolutionary history of mammalian sucking lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 292. PDF
19. Musser, G.G., L.A. Durden, M.E. Holden, and J.E. Light. 2010. Systematic review of endemic Sulawesi squirrels (Rodentia, Sciuridae), with descriptions of new species of associated sucking lice (Insecta, Anoplura), and phylogenetic and zoogeographic assessments of sciurid lice. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 339: 260 pages.
2009
Reed, D.L., M.A. Toups, J.E. Light, J.M. Allen, and S. Flannigan. 2009. Lice and other parasites as markers of primate evolutionary history. in Primate Parasite Ecology: The Dynamics and Study of Host-Parasite Relationships. C. Chapman and M. Huffman (eds). Cambridge University Press. pp. 231-250. (Book Chapter)
18. Allen, J.M., J.E. Light, M.A. Perotti, H.R. Braig, and D.L. Reed. 2009. Mutational meltdown in primary endosymbionts: Selection limits Müller’s ratchet. PLoS ONE 4(3): e4969 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004969. PDF
17. Hafner, M.S., D.J. Hafner, J.W. Demastes, G.L. Hasty, J.E. Light, and T.A. Spradling. 2009. Evolutionary relationships of pocket gophers of the genus Pappogeomys (Rodentia: Geomyidae). Journal of Mammalogy 90(1): 47-56. PDF
Light, J.E. 2009. Evolutionary and Ecological Interactions between Micromammals and Macroparasites. Book review of Micromammals and Macroparasites From Evolutionary Ecology to Management by S. Morand, B.R. Krasnov, and R. Poulin (eds), Springer: Tokyo, 647 pp. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 16: 53-55. (Book Review)
16. Light, J.E. and D.L. Reed. 2009. Multigene analysis of phylogenetic relationships and divergence times in primate sucking lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50: 376-390. PDF
2008
15. Light, J.E., J.M. Allen, L.M. Long, T.E. Carter, L. Barrow, G. Suren, D. Raoult, and D.L. Reed. 2008. Geographic distribution of human head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis) mitochondrial lineages. Journal of Parasitology 94(6): 1275-1281. PDF
14. Smith, V.S., Light, J.E., and L.A. Durden. 2008. Rodent louse diversity, phylogeny, and cospeciation in the Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 95(3): 598-610. PDF
13. Light, J.E. and M.S. Hafner. 2008. Codivergence in heteromyid rodents (Rodentia: Heteromyidae) and their sucking lice of the genus Fahrenholzia (Phthiraptera: Anoplura). Systematic Biology 57(3): 449-465. PDF
12. Light, J.E., M.A. Toups, and D.L. Reed. 2008. What’s in a name: taxonomic status of human head and body lice. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47(3): 1203-1216. PDF
11. Raoult, D., D.L. Reed, K. Dittmar, J.J. Kirchman, J-M. Rolain, S. Guillen, and J.E. Light. 2008. Molecular identification of lice from pre-Columbian mummies. Journal of Infectious Diseases 197: 535-543. PDF
2007
10. Light, J.E. and M.S. Hafner. 2007. Cophylogeny and disparate rates of evolution in sympatric lineages of chewing lice on pocket gophers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45(3): 997-1013. PDF
9. Hafner, J.C., J.E. Light, D.J. Hafner, M.S. Hafner, E. Reddington, D. S. Rogers, and B.R. Riddle. 2007. Basal clades and molecular systematics of heteromyid rodents. Journal of Mammalogy 88(5): 1129-1145. PDF
8. Light, J.E. and M.S. Hafner. 2007. Phylogenetics and host associations of Fahrenholzia sucking lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura). Systematic Entomology 32(2): 359-370. PDF
7. Reed, D.L., J.E. Light, J.M. Allen, and J.J. Kirchman. 2007. Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolutionary history of Anthropoid primate lice. BMC Biology 5: 7. PDF
2005
6. Hafner, M.S., J.E. Light, D.J. Hafner, S.V. Brant, T.A.Spradling, and J.W. Demastes. 2005. Cryptic species in the Mexican pocket gopher Cratogeomys merriami. Journal of Mammalogy 86(6): 1095-1108. PDF
5. Burreson, E.M., J.E. Light and J.I. Williams. 2005. Redescription of Cystobranchus virginicus Hoffman, 1964 and Cystobranchus salmositicus (Meyer, 1946) (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae) from freshwater fishes in North America. Comparative Parasitology 72(2): 157-165. PDF
4. Light, J.E., A. Fiumera, and B. Porter. 2005. Egg feeding in the freshwater piscicolid leech, Cystobranchus virginicus (Annelida: Hirudinea). Invertebrate Biology 124(1): 51-57. PDF
2004
3. Hafner, M.S., T.A. Spradling, J.E. Light, D.J. Hafner, and J.R. Demboski. 2004. Systematic revision of pocket gophers of the Cratogeomys gymnurus species group. Journal of Mammalogy 85(6): 1170-1183. PDF
2003
2. Demastes, J.W., A.L. Butt, M.S. Hafner, and J.E. Light. 2003. Systematics of a rare species of pocket gopher, Pappogeomys alcorni. Journal of Mammalogy 84(2): 753-761. PDF
1999
1. Light, J.E. and M.E. Siddall. 1999. Phylogeny of the leech family Glossiphoniidae based on mitochondrial gene sequences and morphological data. Journal of Parasitology 85(5): 815-823. PDF
*Graduate student author
**Undergraduate student author
†Equal contributors
Numbers are for tracking JEL's publications
To download a PDF of Jessica’s CV, click here.
2023
72. Sullivan, K.A., E.M. Tucker, N.J. Dowdy, J.M. Allen, V. Bravo, J.H. Boone, S.E. Bush, N.L. Evenhuis, M. Hastriter, J.E. Light, T. Mayfield-Meyer, B.M. Conner, J.H. Pollen, G.R. Racz, K.C. Seltmann, and J.M. Zaspel. 2023. Building a community-based taxonomic resource for digitization of parasites and their hosts. Insect Systematics and Diversity 7(6): 1 https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixad023
71. Hafner, D.S., S.A. Neiswenter, J.E. Light, K.L. Hernandez, and B.R. Riddle. Phylogeography, systematics, and conservation status of pocket mice (Chaetodipus) of the Sonoran-Sinaloan thorn forest. In press at Journal of Mammalogy.
2022
70. Dunn, R.R., J.R. Bureger, E.J. Carlen, A.M. Koltz, J.E. Light, R.A. Martin, J. Munshi-South, L.M. Nichols, E.L. Vargo, S. Yitbarek, Y. Zhao, and A. Cibrian-Jaramillo. 2022. Urban archipelagos: a theory of city biogeography and the origin of species. Frontiers in Conservation Science 3:761449 https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2022.761449
69. Galán, A.P.*, S.A. Hamer, H.A. Folmar**, T.A. Campbell, and J.E. Light. 2022. Baseline biodiversity assessment of South Texas mammals and host-associated hard ticks with no detection of selected tick-borne pathogens. Western North American Naturalist 82(2): 254-270. scholarsarchive.byu.edu/wnan/vol82/iss2/4/
68. Preisser, W.C.*, A.A. Castellanos*, J.M. Kinsella, R. Vargas, E. Gonzalez, J.A. Fernández, N.O. Dronen, A.M. Lawing, and J.E. Light. 2022. Taxonomic scale, but not community organization, impacts observed latitudinal gradients of parasite diversity. Journal of Biogeography 49: 617-629 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.14322.
67. Siciliano-Martina, L.*, J.E. Light, D.G. Riley, and A.M. Lawing. 2022. One of these wolves is not like the other: morphological effects and conservation implications of captivity in Mexican wolves (Canis lupus baileyi). Animal Conservation 25: 77-90 https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12724
2021
Poelen, J. H., K.C. Seltmann, M. Campbell, S.A. Orlofske, and J.E. Light. 2021. Terrestrial Parasite Tracker indexed biotic interactions and review summary (0.5) [Data Set]. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5572874.
66. Pistone, J., J.E. Light, T.A. Campbell, T.A. Catanach, and G. Voelker. 2021. Restricted geographic sampling yields low parasitism rates but surprisingly diverse host associations in avian lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from South Texas. Diversity 13: 430. https://doi.org/10.3390/d13090430
65. Light, J.E., A.S. Keane**, and J.W. Evans. 2021. Updating the distribution of black bears (Ursus americanus) in Texas using citizen science, state agencies, and natural history collections records. Western North American Naturalist 81(3) https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/wnan/vol81/iss3/8/
64. Light, J.E, L. Siciliano-Martina*, E.G. Dohnalik**, G. Vielleux**, D.J. Hafner, A.M. Lawing, and I.F. Greenbaum. 2021. Morphological differentiation of Peromyscus leucopus and P. maniculatus in East Texas. Therya 12: 369-387. Link
63. Siciliano-Martina, L.*, J.E. Light, and A.M. Lawing. 2021. Changes in canid cranial morphology induced by captivity and conservation implications. Biological Conservation 257: 109143. Link
62. Hancock, Z.B., H. Ogawa, J.E. Light, and M.K. Wicksten. 2021. Origin and evolution of the Hautoriidae (Amphipoda): a eulogy for the Haustoriidira. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194(4): 1252-1267. PDF
61. Hollingsworth, K., R.D. Shively, S.N. Glasscock, J.E. Light, D.R. Tolleson, and P.S. Barboza. 2021. Little and large herbivores as indicators of trophic transfer: do trace minerals drive populations? PLoS One 16(3): e0248204 Link
60. Zecca, I.B., C.L. Hodo, H.M. Swarts, T.W. DeMaar, K.F. Snowden, H.L. Prestridge, J.E. Light, and S.A. Hamer. 2021. Trypanosoma cruzi and incidental Sarcocystis spp. in endangered ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) of South Texas. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 57(3): 667-671. Link
59. Hinde, K., C.E.G. Amorim, A.F. Brokaw, N. Burt, M. Casilla, A. Chen, T. Chestnut, P.K. Connors, M. Dasari, C.F. Ditelberg, J.Dietrick, J. Drew, L. Durgavich, B. Easterling, C. Henning, A. Hilborn, E.K. Karlsson, M. Kissel, J. Kobylecky, J. Krell, D.N. Lee, K.M. Lesciotto, K.L. Lewton, J.E. Light, J. Martin, A. Murphy, W. Nickley, A. Núñez-de la Mora, O. Pellicer, V. Pellicer, A.M. Perry, S.G. Schuttler, A.C. Stone, B. Tanis, J. Weber, M. Wilson, E. Willcocks, and C.N. Anderson. 2021. March Mammal Madness and the power of narrative in science outreach. eLife 0:e65066 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.65066 Open Access. Read more about MMM here
58. Siciliano-Martina, L.*, J.E. Light, and A.M. Lawing. 2021. Cranial morphology of captive mammals: a meta-analysis. Frontiers in Zoology 18:4 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-021-00386-0 Open Access.
2020
57. Miller, S.E., L.N. Barrow, S.M. Ehlman, J.A. Goodheart, S.E. Greiman, H.L. Lutz, T.M. Misiewicz, S.M. Smith, M. Tan, C.J. Thawley, J.A. Cook, and J.E. Light. 2020. Building natural history collections for the 21st century and beyond. Bioscience 70: 674-687. Link
Thayer, A.W., A. Vargas, A.A. Castellanos*, C.W. Lafon, B.A. McCarl, D.L. Roelke, K.O. Winemiller, and T.E. Lacher. 2020. Integrating agriculture and ecosystems to find suitable adaptations to climate change. Climate 8(1); 10. Link
56. Light, J.E., L.A Durden, B. OConnor, W.C. Preisser*, R. Acosta, and R.P. Eckerlin. 2020. Checklist of ectoparasites of cricetid and heteromyid rodents in Mexico. Therya 11: 79-136. Link
2019
Kilpatrick, S.K.†, B. Foquet†, A.A. Castellanos*, S. Gotham, D.W. Little, and H. Song. 2019. Revealing hidden density-dependent phenotypic plasticity in sedentary grasshoppers in the genus Schistocerca Stål (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Cyrtacanthacridinae). Journal of Insect Physiology 118: 103937 Link
55. Kjeldgaard, M.K.*, O.M. Takano*, A.A. Bockoven*, T.D. Teel, J.E. Light, S.A. Hamer, G.L. Hamer, and M.D. Eubanks. 2019. Red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) aggression influences the behavior of three hard tick species. Experimental and Applied Acarology 79:87-97 Link
Preisser, W.C.* and J. Falcon-Ordaz. 2019. A checklist of the parasitic helminths of cricetid and heteromyid rodents in Mexico. Therya 10(3): 329-341 Link
54. Neiswenter, S.A., D.J. Hafner, J.E. Light, G.D. Cepeda, K.C. Kinzer, L.F. Alexander, and B.R. Riddle. 2019. Phylogeography and taxonomic revision of Nelson's pocket mouse (Chaetodipus nelsoni). Journal of Mammalogy 100: 1847-1864 Link
53. Hancock, Z.B.*, F.O. Hardin*, and J.E. Light. 2019. An ancient suture zone in the Gulf of Mexico inferred from the phylogeography of sand-burrowing amphipods (Haustoriidae). Journal of Biogeography 46: 2532-2547 Link
52. Light, J.E., R.P. Eckerlin, and L.A. Durden. 2019. Checklist of ectoparasites of Canidae and Felidae in Mexico. Therya 10: 109-119. Link
51. Hafner, D.J., M.S. Hafner, T.A. Spradling, J.E. Light, and J.W. Demastes. 2019. Dynamics of competitive parapatry and shifting species distributions in the chewing lice Geomydoecus aurei and G. centralis. Ecology and Evolution 9:7410-7422. Link
50. Cook, J.A. and J.E. Light. 2019. The emerging role of mammal collections in 21st century mammalogy. Journal of Mammalogy 100: 733-750. Link
Link to list of popular press articles documenting the importance of collections (as published in the Journal of Mammalogy).
49. Baird, A.B., J.E. Light, and J.W. Bickham. 2019. A new species of Rhogeessa from Nicaragua based on morphological, karyotypic, and molecular data. Occasional Papers of the Museum at Texas Tech University 71: 257-274. Link
Popular press article here
Preisser, W.C.* 2019. Latitudinal gradients of parasite richness: a review and new insights from helminths of cricetid rodents. Ecography 42: 1-16. Link
A.A. Castellanos*, Huntley, J.W., G. Voelker, and A.M. Lawing. 2019. Environmental filtering improves ecological niche models across multiple scales. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 1019: 1-12. Link.
Huntley, J.W., K.D. Keith, A.A. Castellanos*, L.J. Musher, and G. Voelker. 2019. Genetic variation in birds and mammals reveals underestimated and cryptic diversification patterns across Afro-tropical lowland forests. Journal of Biogeography 46: 381-391. Link
48. Demastes, J.W., D.J. Hafner, M.S. Hafner, J.E. Light, and T.A. Spradling 2019. Loss of genetic diversity, recovery, and allele surfing in a colonizing parasite, Geomydoecus aurei. Molecular Ecology 28: 703-720. Link
47. Benedict, B.D.*, A.A. Castellanos*, and J.E. Light. 2019. Phylogeographic assessment of the Heermann's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys heermanni). Journal of Mammalogy 100: 72-91. Link
46. Takano, O.M.*, G. Voelker, D.R. Gustafsson, and J.E. Light. 2019. Molecular phylogeny and novel host associations of avian chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from South Africa. Systematic Entomology 44: 289-304. Link
2018
Siciliano-Martina, L.* and J. Martina. 2018. Stress and social behaviors of maternally-deprived captive giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis). Zoo Biology 37: 80-89. Link.
45. Hodo, C.L., M.R. Mauldin, J.E. Light, K. Wilkins, S. Tang, Y. Nakazawa, G.L. Emerson, J.M. Ritter, J.L. Mansell, and S.A. Hamer. 2018. A novel poxvirus in proliferative lesions of wild rodents in east-central Texas. Emerging Infectious Diseases 6: 1069-1072.
44. Anderson, A.P., J.E. Light, O.M. Takano*, and M.L. Morrison. 2018. Population structure of the Townsend's big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii townsendii) in California. Journal of Mammalogy 99: 646-658.
43. Arcangeli, J., J.E. Light, and F.A. Cervantes. 2018. Molecular and morphological evidences of diversification in the Grayish mouse opossum Tlacuatzin canescens (Didelphimorphia). Journal of Mammalogy 99: 138-158.
42. Light, J.E., S.E. Harper, K.P. Johnson, J.D. Demastes, and T.A. Spradling. 2018. Development and characterization of 12 novel polymorphic microsatellite loci for the mammal chewing louse Geomydoecues ewingi (Insecta: Phthiraptera) and a comparison of next-generation sequencing approaches for use in parasitology. Journal of Parasitology 104: 89-95.
2017
41. Galán, A.P.* and J.E. Light. 2017. Reptiles and amphibians associated with Texas Pocket Gopher (Geomys personatus) burrow systems across the Texas Sand Sheet. Herpetological Review 48: 517-521.
40. Takano, O.M.*†, P.S. Mitchell**†, D.R. Gustafsson, A. Adite, G. Voelker, and J.E. Light. 2017. An assessment of host associations, geographic distributions, and genetic diversity of avian chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from Benin. Journal of Parasitology 103: 152-160.
2016
Kinsella, J.M., M.R. Robles, and W.C. Preisser*. 2016. A review of Gongylonema spp. (Nematoda: Gongylonematidae) in North American rodents with description of a new species from the cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus (Mammalia: Cricetidae). Zootaxa 4107: 277-284. Link
39. Castellanos, A.A.*†, M.C.I. Medeiros†, G.L. Hamer, M.E. Morrow, M.D. Eubanks, P.D. Teel, S.A. Hamer, and J.E. Light. 2016. Decreased small mammal and tick abundance in association with invasive red imported fire ants (Solenopsis invicta). Biology Letters 12: 20160463. *OPEN ACCESS* Press release by Texas A&M AgriLife Today
38. Cook, J.A., S. Greiman, S. Agosta, R.P. Anderson, B.S. Arbogast, R.J. Baker, W. Boeger, R.D. Bradley, D.R. Brooks, R. Cole, J.R. Demboski, A.P. Dobson, J.L. Dunnum, R.P. Eckerlin, J. Esselstyn, K. Galbreath, J. Hawdon, H. Hoekstra, S. Kutz, J.E. Light, L. Olson, B.D. Patterson, J.L. Patton, A.J. Phillips, E. Rickart, D.S. Rogers, M.E. Siddall, V. Tkach, and E.P. Hoberg. 2016. Transformational principles for NEON sampling of mammalian parasites and pathogens: a response to Springer and Colleagues. BioScience 66: 917-919.
37. Allen, J.M., G. Burleigh, J.E. Light, and D.L. Reed. 2016. Extensive Gammaproteobacteria sampling reveals multiple origins of endosymbiosis in blood feeding lice. PeerJ 4: e2187. Link
36. Light, J.E., M.O. Ostroff**, and D.J. Hafner. 2016. Phylogeographic assessment of the northern pygmy mouse, Baiomys taylori. Journal of Mammalogy 97: 1081-1094
35. Light, J.E., C.E. Nessner*, D.R. Gustafsson, S.R. Wise**, and G. Voelker. 2016. Remarkable levels of avian louse (Insecta: Phthiraptera) diversity in the Congo Basin. Zoologica Scripta 45: 538-551.
2015
34. Rodriguez, J.R.*, S.A. Hamer, A.A. Castellanos*, and J.E. Light. 2015. Structure and ecology of a rodent and tick community in east-central Texas. Southeastern Naturalist 14: 415-424
2014
33. Nessner, C.E.*, J.J. Andersen*, M.A. Renshaw, M.M. Giresi, and J.E. Light. 2014. Characterization of 17 novel polymorphic microsatellite loci in the mammal chewing louse Geomydoecus ewingi (Insecta: Phthiraptera) for population genetic analyses. Journal of Parasitology 100: 873-877. PDF
32. Welborn, S.R.* and J.E. Light. 2014. Population genetic structure of the Baird’s pocket gopher, Geomys breviceps, in eastern Texas. Western North American Naturalist 74: 325-334. PDF
2013
31. Andersen, J.J.*, D.S. Portnoy, J.C. Hafner, and J.E. Light. 2013. Populations at risk: conservation genetics of kangaroo mice of the Great Basin Desert. Ecology and Evolution 3:2497-2513. PDF
30. Light, J.E., J.C. Hafner, N.S. Upham, and E. Reddington. 2013. Conservation genetics of kangaroo mice, genus Microdipodops. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 20: 129-146. PDF
29. Voelker, G., B.D. Marks, C. Kahindo, U. A’genonga, F. Bapeamoni, L.E. Duffie, J.W. Huntley, E. Mulotwa, S.A. Rosenbaum, and J.E. Light. 2013. River barriers and cryptic biodiversity in an evolutionary museum. Ecology and Evolution 3: 536-545. PDF
2012
28. Andersen, J.J.*, M.A. Renshaw, and J.E. Light. 2012. Eight novel polymorphic microsatellites in the hispid pocket mouse (Chaetodipus hispidus) and cross-amplification in other Perognathinae species (Rodentia: Heteromyidae). Conservation Genetics Resources 4: 1019-1021. PDF
Allen, J.A., C.O. Worman, J.E. Light, and D.L. Reed. 2012. Parasitic lice help to fill the gaps of early hominoid history. In Parasites, Pathogens, and Evolution. E. Pechenkina and J. Brinkworth (eds), Springer. (Book Chapter)
27. Andersen, J.J.** and J.E. Light. 2012. Phylogeography and subspecies revision of the hispid pocket mouse, Chaetodipus hispidus (Rodentia: Heteromyidae). Journal of Mammalogy 93: 1195-1215. PDF
26. Demastes, J.W., T.A. Spradling, M.S. Hafner, G.R. Spies, and J.E. Light. 2012. Cophylogeny on a fine scale: Geomydoecus chewing lice and their pocket gopher hosts, Pappogeomys bulleri. Journal of Parasitology 98: 262-270. PDF
25. Welborn, S.R.*, M.A. Renshaw and J.E. Light. 2012. Characterization of 10 polymorphic loci in the Baird’s pocket gopher (Geomys breviceps) and cross-amplification in other gopher species. Conservation Genetics Resources 4: 467-469. PDF
2011
24. Voelker, G. and J.E. Light. 2011. Paleoclimatic events, dispersal and migratory losses along the Afro-European axis as drivers of biogeographic distribution in Sylvia warblers. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 163. PDF
23. Smith, V.S., T. Ford, K.P. Johnson, P.C.D. Johnson, and J.E. Light. 2011. Multiple lineages of lice pass through the K-Pg boundary. Biology Letters doi:10.1098/rsbl.2011.0105. PDF
22. Toups, M.A., A. Kitchen, J.E. Light, and D.L. Reed. 2011. Genetic analysis of human head and clothing lice indicates an early origin of clothing use in archaic hominins. Molecular Biology and Evolution 28: 29-32. PDF
2010
21. Lance, S.L., J.E. Light, K.L. Jones, C. Hagen, and J.C. Hafner. 2010. Isolation and characterization of 17 polymorphic loci in the kangaroo mouse, genus Microdipodops (Rodentia: Heteromyidae). Conservation Genetics Resources 2: 139-141. PDF
20. Light, J.E., V.S. Smith, J.M. Allen, L.A. Durden, and D.L. Reed. 2010. Evolutionary history of mammalian sucking lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 292. PDF
19. Musser, G.G., L.A. Durden, M.E. Holden, and J.E. Light. 2010. Systematic review of endemic Sulawesi squirrels (Rodentia, Sciuridae), with descriptions of new species of associated sucking lice (Insecta, Anoplura), and phylogenetic and zoogeographic assessments of sciurid lice. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 339: 260 pages.
2009
Reed, D.L., M.A. Toups, J.E. Light, J.M. Allen, and S. Flannigan. 2009. Lice and other parasites as markers of primate evolutionary history. in Primate Parasite Ecology: The Dynamics and Study of Host-Parasite Relationships. C. Chapman and M. Huffman (eds). Cambridge University Press. pp. 231-250. (Book Chapter)
18. Allen, J.M., J.E. Light, M.A. Perotti, H.R. Braig, and D.L. Reed. 2009. Mutational meltdown in primary endosymbionts: Selection limits Müller’s ratchet. PLoS ONE 4(3): e4969 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004969. PDF
17. Hafner, M.S., D.J. Hafner, J.W. Demastes, G.L. Hasty, J.E. Light, and T.A. Spradling. 2009. Evolutionary relationships of pocket gophers of the genus Pappogeomys (Rodentia: Geomyidae). Journal of Mammalogy 90(1): 47-56. PDF
Light, J.E. 2009. Evolutionary and Ecological Interactions between Micromammals and Macroparasites. Book review of Micromammals and Macroparasites From Evolutionary Ecology to Management by S. Morand, B.R. Krasnov, and R. Poulin (eds), Springer: Tokyo, 647 pp. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 16: 53-55. (Book Review)
16. Light, J.E. and D.L. Reed. 2009. Multigene analysis of phylogenetic relationships and divergence times in primate sucking lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50: 376-390. PDF
2008
15. Light, J.E., J.M. Allen, L.M. Long, T.E. Carter, L. Barrow, G. Suren, D. Raoult, and D.L. Reed. 2008. Geographic distribution of human head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis) mitochondrial lineages. Journal of Parasitology 94(6): 1275-1281. PDF
14. Smith, V.S., Light, J.E., and L.A. Durden. 2008. Rodent louse diversity, phylogeny, and cospeciation in the Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 95(3): 598-610. PDF
13. Light, J.E. and M.S. Hafner. 2008. Codivergence in heteromyid rodents (Rodentia: Heteromyidae) and their sucking lice of the genus Fahrenholzia (Phthiraptera: Anoplura). Systematic Biology 57(3): 449-465. PDF
12. Light, J.E., M.A. Toups, and D.L. Reed. 2008. What’s in a name: taxonomic status of human head and body lice. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47(3): 1203-1216. PDF
11. Raoult, D., D.L. Reed, K. Dittmar, J.J. Kirchman, J-M. Rolain, S. Guillen, and J.E. Light. 2008. Molecular identification of lice from pre-Columbian mummies. Journal of Infectious Diseases 197: 535-543. PDF
2007
10. Light, J.E. and M.S. Hafner. 2007. Cophylogeny and disparate rates of evolution in sympatric lineages of chewing lice on pocket gophers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45(3): 997-1013. PDF
9. Hafner, J.C., J.E. Light, D.J. Hafner, M.S. Hafner, E. Reddington, D. S. Rogers, and B.R. Riddle. 2007. Basal clades and molecular systematics of heteromyid rodents. Journal of Mammalogy 88(5): 1129-1145. PDF
8. Light, J.E. and M.S. Hafner. 2007. Phylogenetics and host associations of Fahrenholzia sucking lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura). Systematic Entomology 32(2): 359-370. PDF
7. Reed, D.L., J.E. Light, J.M. Allen, and J.J. Kirchman. 2007. Pair of lice lost or parasites regained: the evolutionary history of Anthropoid primate lice. BMC Biology 5: 7. PDF
2005
6. Hafner, M.S., J.E. Light, D.J. Hafner, S.V. Brant, T.A.Spradling, and J.W. Demastes. 2005. Cryptic species in the Mexican pocket gopher Cratogeomys merriami. Journal of Mammalogy 86(6): 1095-1108. PDF
5. Burreson, E.M., J.E. Light and J.I. Williams. 2005. Redescription of Cystobranchus virginicus Hoffman, 1964 and Cystobranchus salmositicus (Meyer, 1946) (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae) from freshwater fishes in North America. Comparative Parasitology 72(2): 157-165. PDF
4. Light, J.E., A. Fiumera, and B. Porter. 2005. Egg feeding in the freshwater piscicolid leech, Cystobranchus virginicus (Annelida: Hirudinea). Invertebrate Biology 124(1): 51-57. PDF
2004
3. Hafner, M.S., T.A. Spradling, J.E. Light, D.J. Hafner, and J.R. Demboski. 2004. Systematic revision of pocket gophers of the Cratogeomys gymnurus species group. Journal of Mammalogy 85(6): 1170-1183. PDF
2003
2. Demastes, J.W., A.L. Butt, M.S. Hafner, and J.E. Light. 2003. Systematics of a rare species of pocket gopher, Pappogeomys alcorni. Journal of Mammalogy 84(2): 753-761. PDF
1999
1. Light, J.E. and M.E. Siddall. 1999. Phylogeny of the leech family Glossiphoniidae based on mitochondrial gene sequences and morphological data. Journal of Parasitology 85(5): 815-823. PDF