Publications from the Carr Lab


Wise, M.J., J.V.Vu, and D.E. Carr.  2011.  Potential ecological constraints on the evolution of gynodioecy in Mimulus guttatus: Relative fecundity and pollinator behavior in a mixed-sex population.  International Journal of Plant Sciences 172:199-210.

O'Halloran, L.R., and D.E. Carr.  2010.  Phenotypic plasticity and inbreeding depression in Mimulus ringens (Phrymaceae).  Evolutionary Ecology Research 12:617-632.

Wise, M.J., J.A. Cole, and D.E. Carr. 2010.  A field study of the potential ecological costs of resistance by 'stem-ducking' in tall goldenrod, Solidgao altissima.  Entomologia Experimentalis Et Applicata 136:271-280.

Kennedy, T.L., L.A. Horth, and D.E. Carr. 2009.  The effects of nitrate loading on the invasive macrophyte Hydrilla verticillata and two common, native macrophytes in Florida.  Aquatic Botany 91:253-256.

Ivey, C.T., D.E. Carr, and M.D. Eubanks.  2009.  Genetic variation and constraints on the evolution of defense against spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius) herbivory in Mimulus guttatus.  Heredity 102:303-311.

Wise, M.J., and D.E. Carr.  2008.  On quantifying tolerance of herbivory for comparative analysis.  Evolution 62:2429-2434.

Carr, D.E., J.F. Murphy, and M.D. Eubanks.  2006.  Genetic variation and covariation for resistance and tolerance to Cucumber mosaic virus in Mimulus guttatus (Phrymaceae): a test for costs and constraints.  Heredity 96: 29-38.

Ivey, C.T., and D.E. Carr. 2005.  Effects of inbreeding and herbivory on the pollinators and mating system of Mimulus guttatus (Phrymaceae).  American Journal of Botany 92:1641-1649.

Hull-Sanders, H, D.E. Carr, and M.D. Eubanks.  2005.  Inbreeding depression and selfing rate of Ipomoea hederacea var. integriuscula (Convolvulaceae).  American Journal of Botany  92: 1871-1877.

Eubanks, M.D., D.E. Carr, and J.F. Murphy.  2005.  Effects of virus infection of Mimulus guttatus (Phrymaceae) on host plant quality for meadow spittlebugs, Philaenus spumarius (Hemiptera: Cercopidae).  Environmental Entomology 34:891-898.

Dudash, M.R., C.J. Murren, and D.E. Carr.  2005  Using Mimulus as a model system to understand the role of inbreeding in conservation: genetic and ecological approaches.  Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 92:36-51.

Eubanks, M.D., D.E. Carr., and J.F. Murphy.  2005.  Variation in the response of Mimulus guttatus (Scrophulariaceae) to herbivore and virus attack.  Evolutionary Ecology 19:15-27.

Ivey, C.T., D.E. Carr, and M.D. Eubanks.  2003.  Inbreeding alters Mimulus guttatus tolerance to herbivory and in natural environments.  Ecology 85:567-579.

Carr, D.E., and M.R. Dudash.  2003.  Recent approaches into the genetic basis of inbreeding depression in plants.  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 358:1071-1084.

Carr, D.E., J.F. Murphy, and M.D. Eubanks.  2003.  The susceptibility and response of inbred and outbred Mimulus guttatus to infection by Cucumber mosaic virus.  Evolutionary Ecology 17: 85-103.

Carr, D.E., and M.D. Eubanks. 2002.  Inbreeding alters resistance to insect herbivory and host plant quality in Mimulus guttatus (Scrophulariaceae).  Evolution 56:22-30.

Carr, D.E., and L.E. Banas.  2000.  Dogwood anthracnose (Discula destructiva): Effects of and consequences for host (Cornus florida) demography.  American Midland Naturalist 143:169-177.

Dudash, M.R., and D.E. Carr.  1998.  The genetics underlying inbreeding depression in Mimulus with contrasting mating systems.  Nature 393:682-684.

Carr, D.E., and M.R. Dudash.  1997.  The effects of five generations of enforced selfing on potential male and female function in Mimulus guttatus.  Evolution 51:1797-1807.

Carr, D.E., C.B. Fenster, and M.R. Dudash.  1997.  The relationship between mating-system characters and inbreeding depression in Mimulus guttatus.  Evolution 51:363-372.

Dudash, M.R., D.E. Carr, and C.B. Fenster.  1997.  Five generations of enforced selfing and outcrossing in Mimulus guttatus: Inbreeding depression variation at the population and family level.  Evolution 51:54-65.

Fenster, C.B. and D.E. Carr.  1997.  Genetics of sex allocation in Mimulus (Scrophulariaceae).  Journal of Evolutionary Biology 10:641-661.

Carr, D.E.  1996.  Morphological variation among species and populations of salamanders in the Plethodon glutinosus complex.  Herpetologica 52:56-65.

Carr, D.E., and M.R. Dudash.  1996.  Inbreeding depression in two species of Mimulus (Scrophulariaceae) with contrasting mating systems.   American Journal of Botany 83:586-593.

Carr, D.E., and M.R. Dudash.  1995.  Inbreeding under a competitive regime in Mimulus guttatus: consequences for potential male and female function.  Heredity 75:437-445.

Carr, D.E., and C.B. Fenster.  1994.  Levels of genetic variation and covariation for Mimulus (Scrophulariaceae) floral traits.  Heredity 72:606-618.

Chao, L., and D.E. Carr.  1993.  The molecular clock and the relationship between population size and generation time.  Evolution 47:688-690.

Carr, D.E.  1992.  The relationship between crop size and fruit removal and its implications for the evolution of dioecy.  Canadian Journal of Botany 70:1784-1789.

Carr, D.E.  1991.  Sexual dimorphism and fruit production in a dioecious a understory tree, Ilex opaca Ait.  Oecologia 85:381-388.

Hill, G.E.  and D.E. Carr.  1989.  Statistical Inference from color-banding data.  Auk 106:517-518.

Carr, D.E., and D.H. Taylor.  1985.  Experimental evaluation of population interactions among three sympatric species of Desmognathus.  Journal of Herpetology 19:507-514.