Publications

1. Urbanski, J. M., J. B. Benoit, M. R. Michaud, D. L. Denlinger and P. Armbruster. The molecular physiology of increased desiccation resistance during diapause in the invasive mosquito, Aedes albopictus. Submitted to Proceedings of the Royal Society of London
2. O’Donnell, D.L. and P. Armbruster. 2009. Evolutionary differentiation of fitness traits across local and regional geographic scales in the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, in press. 
3. Armbrsuter, P., M. Patel, E. Johnson and M. Weiss. 2009. Active learning and student-centered pedagogy improve student attitudes and performance in introductory biology. CBE Life Sciences Education, 8:203-213.
4. Armbruster, P., S. White, J. Dzundza, J. Crawford and X. Zhao. 2009. Identification of genes encoding atypical odorant-binding proteins in Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 46:271-280.
5. Armbruster, P. 2008. The sun rises (slowly) on Darwinian medicine. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 23:422-423. (book review)
6. O'Donnell, D.L. and P. Armbruster. 2007.  Comparision of larval foraging behavior of Aedes albopcitus and Aedes japonicus (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 44:984-989.
7. Armbruster, P. and J.E. Conn. 2006. Geographic variation of larval growth in North American Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99:1234-1243.
8. Armbruster, P. and D.H. Reed. 2005. Inbreeding depression under benign and stressful conditions. Heredity 95:235-242.
9. McLeery, R., R. Pettifor, P. Armbruster, K. Meyer and C.M. Perrins. 2004. Components of variance underlying fitness in a natural population of the great tit, Parus major. American Naturalist 164:E62-E72.
10. Armbruster, P., W. E. Damsky Jr., R. Giordano, J. Birungi, L. E. Munstermann and J. E. Conn. 2003. Infection of New- and Old-World Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) by the intracellular parasite Wolbachia: implications for host mitochondrial DNA evolution. Journal of Medical Entomology 40:356-360.
11. Armbruster, P. and R. A. Hutchinson. 2002. Pupal mass and winglength as indicators of fecundity in Aedes albopictus and Aedes geniculatus (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 39:699-704.
12. Armbruster, P. R. A. Hutchinson, and P. Cotgreave. 2002. Factors influencing community structure in a South American tank bromeliad fauna. Oikos 96:225-234.
13. Armbruster, P., W. E. Bradshaw, K. Ruegg and C. M. Holzapfel. 2001. Geographic variation and the evolution of reproductive allocation in the pitcher-plant mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii. Evolution 55:439-444.
14. Armbruster, P., R. A. Hutchinson and T. Linvell. 2000. Equivalent inbreeding depression under laboratory and field conditions in a tree-hole-breeding mosquito. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 267:1939-1946.
15. Armbruster, P., W. E. Bradshaw, A.L. Steiner and C. M. Holzapfel. 1999. Evolutionary responses to environmental stress by the pitcher-plant mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii. Heredity 83:509-519.
16. Armbruster, P., P. Fernando and R. Lande. 1999. Time frames for population viability analysis of species with long generations: An example with Asian elephants. Animal Conservation 2:69-73.
17. Armbruster, P., W. E. Bradshaw and C. M. Holzapfel. 1998. Effects of postglacial range expansion on allozyme and quantitative genetic variation of the pitcher-plant mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii. Evolution 52:1697-1704.
18. Bradshaw, W. E., P. Armbruster and C. M. Holzapfel. 1998. Fitness consequences of hibernal diapause in the pitcher-plant mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii. Ecology 79:1458-1462.
19. Armbruster, P. W. E. Bradshaw, and C. M. Holzapfel. 1997. Evolution of the genetic architecture underlying fitness in the pitcher-plant mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii. Evolution 51:451-458.
20. Armbruster, P. and R. Lande. 1993. A population viability analysis for African elephant (Loxodonta africana): How big should reserves be? Conservation Biology, 7:602-610.