Owen, Robin - Mount Royal University

个人简介

Robin Owen joined Mount Royal University as a full-time instructor in 1989, and teaches Genetics, Introductory Biology, Invertebrate Zoology, and Evolutionary Biology. His research interests are centered on the evolutionary genetics of the Hymenoptera and include: bumble bee genetics, ecology and taxonomy; theoretical population genetics of X-linked and haplodiploid systems; evolution of eusociality; and insect mimicry.

研究领域

My research interests are centered on the evolutionary genetics of the Hymenoptera and include: bumble bee genetics, ecology and taxonomy; theoretical population genetics of X-linked and haplodiploid systems; evolution of eusociality; and insect mimicry. See my list of publications for details (PDF's are available for many).

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44. Whidden T.L. and R.E. Owen. 2011 Frequencies of Diploid Males in Natural Populations of Three North American Bumble Bee Species (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 104: 83-87. PDF 43. R. E. Owen, T. L. Whidden and R.C. Plowright. 2010 Genetic and morphometric evidence for the conspecific status of the bumble bees Bombus melanopygus and B. edwardsii (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Journal of Insect Science 10:109 [online] http://www.insectscience.org/10.109/ 42. Whidden T.L. and R.E. Owen. Monandry and polyandry in three species of North American bumble bees (Bombus) determined using microsatellite DNA markers. Insectes Sociaux, accepted subject to minor revision. 41. Zayed, A., Packer, L., Grixti, J.C. Ruz, L. Owen, R.E.,and H. Toro. 2005 Increased genetic differentiation in a specialist versus a generalist bee: implications for conservation. Conservation Genetics DOI: 10.1007/s10592-005-9094-5 PDF 40. Packer, L., Zayed, A., Grixti, J.C. Ruz, L. Owen, R.E., Vivaldo, F. and H. Toro. 2004 The conservation genetics of potentially endangered mutualisms I: Reduced levels of genetic variation in specialist versus generalist bees. Conservation Biology, 19: 195-202. 39. Otterstatter, M.C., Whidden, T.L. and R.E. Owen. 2002 Contrasting frequencies of parasitism and host mortality among phorid and conopid parasitoids of bumble bees. Ecological Entomology, 27:229-237.PDF 38. Packer, L. and R.E. Owen. 2001 Population genetic aspects of pollinator decline. Conservation Ecology, 5(1): 4 [online] URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol5/iss1/art4 37. McCorquodale, D.B. and R.E. Owen. 1997 Allozyme variation, relatedness among progeny in a nest, and sex ratio in the leafcutter bee Megachile rotundata (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Canadian Entomologist, 129:211-219. 36. Owen, R.E. and L.D. Harder. 1995 Heritable allometric variation in bumble bees: opportunities for colony-level selection of foraging ability. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 8:725-738.PDF 35. Owen, R.E., Richards, K.W. and A. Wilkes. 1995 Chromosome numbers and karyotypic variation in bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Bombini). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 68:290-302. 34. Owen, R.E. and D.B. McCorquodale. 1994 Quantitive variation and heritability of postdiapause development time and body size in the Alfalfa leafcutting bee (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 87:922-927. 33. McCorquodale, D.B. and R.E. Owen. 1994 Laying sequence, diploid males and nest usurpation in the leafcutter bee, Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Journal of Insect Behavior, 7:731-738. 32. Owen, R.E. and Packer, L. 1994 Estimation of the proportion of diploid males in populations of Hymenoptera. Heredity, 72:219-227. PDF 31. Packer, L. and R.E. Owen. 1994 Relatedness and sex ratio in a primitively eusocial halictine bee. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 34:1-10. 30. Owen, R.E., Mydynski, L.E., Packer, L. and McCorquodale, D.B. 1992 Allozyme variation in bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Biochemical Genetics, 30:443-453. 29. Scholl, A., Thorp, R.W., Owen, R.E. and Obrecht, E. 1992 Specific distinctiveness of Bombus nevadensis Cresson and B.auricomus (Robertson)(Hymenoptera: Apidae) - enzyme electrophoretic data. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 65:134-140. 28. Packer, L. and Owen, R.E. 1992 Variable enzyme systems in the Hymenoptera. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 20:1-7. 27. Packer, L., Plateaux-Quenu, C. and Owen, R.E. 1992 Electrophoretic evidence that Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) mediterraneum (Bluthgen) is a species distinct from L. (E.) laticeps (Schenck)(Hymenoptera, Halictidae), with notes on its phylogenetic position. Canadian Entomologist, 124:371-380. 26. Fairey, D.T., Lefkovitch, L.P. and Owen, R.E. 1992 Resource partitioning: Bumblebee (Bombus) species and corolla lengths in legume seed fields in the Peace River region. Bee Science, 2:170-174. 25. Scholl, A., Obrecht, E. and Owen, R.E. 1990 The genetic relationship between Bombus moderatus Cresson and the Bombus lucorum Auct. species complex (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 68:2264-2268. PDF