Murphy, Shannon M - University of Denver - Department of Biological Sciences

个人简介

1997 BA, Environmental, Population and Organismic Biology - University of Colorado - Boulder, CO 2005 PhD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - Cornell University - Ithaca, NY

研究领域

Herbivorous insects account for just over one quarter of all living plant and animal species. Indeed, there are 10 times more butterfly and moth species than there are species of birds and mammals combined - and that's just one of the many groups of herbivorous insects! My research interests focus on the ecology and evolution of interactions between herbivorous insects, the plants that they feed upon and the predators and parasitoids that feed upon them. My goal is to understand why insects eat what they do and to approach this research by asking questions at multiple scales, from populations to communities to ecosystems. At the scale of populations, I am interested in why some herbivorous insects are specialists while others are generalists and how each of these groups choose their host plants. At the scale of communities, I seek to understand how natural enemies affect community structure and population dynamics of herbivorous insects. Finally, at the ecosystem scale, I study how nutrient cycling and resource subsidies may affect interactions between herbivorous insects and their host plants both directly as well as indirectly by altering the impact that natural enemies and detritivores have on populations of herbivores. My underlying approach in developing my research program is integrative, drawing on techniques and theory developed in a variety of disciplines including anatomy, behavior, biogeochemistry, botany, chemistry, ecology, entomology and evolutionary biology.

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30. Murphy, S. M., M. C. Vidal*, C. J. Hallagan*, E. E. Barnes*, and E. D. Broder. In Press. A slow-growth high-mortality meta-analysis for insects: a comment on Chen & Chen. Insect Science 29. Vidal, M. C.*, K. Grenis*, W. R. Lehto*, R. M. Tinghitella and S. M. Murphy. In press. Butterfly hunt: the role of density dependence in Batesian and Mullerian mimicry. National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science. 28. Grenis, K.*, W. R. Lehto*, S. M. Murphy, M. C. Vidal* and R. M. Tinghitella. In press. Animals on Treadmills: Critical thinking and public perception of science. National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science. 27. Ries, L. S. M. Murphy, G. M. Wimp and R. Fletcher. 2017. What do we really know about edge effects? A lot, but here’s waht we don’t know. Current Landscape Ecology Reports 2:30-41. 26. Barnes, E. E.*, S. Gosnell**, C. Hallagan**, K. E. Otten**, L. P. Slayter** and S. M. Murphy. 2016. Performance of western tent caterpillar (Malacosoma californicum) on two common host plants, including a new host plant record. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 70(4): 277-282. 25. Murphy, S. M., A. H. Battocletti*, R. M. Tinghitella, G. M. Wimp and L. Ries. 2016. Complex community and evolutionary responses to habitat fragmentation and habitat edges: what can we learn from insect science? Current Opinion in Insect Science 14: 61-65. 24. Murphy, S. M. and K. J. Loewy*. 2015. Trade-offs in host choice of an herbivorous insect based on parasitism and larval performance. Oecologia 179: 741-751. 23. Grenis, K.*, B. Tjossem** and S. M. Murphy. 2015. Predation of larval Lepidoptera in habitat fragments varies spatially and temporally but is not affected by light pollution. Journal of Insect Conservation 19: 559-566. 22. Murphy, S. M., J. T. Lill, M. D. Bowers and M. S. Singer. 2014. Enemy-free space for parasitoids. Environmental Entomology 43(6): 1465-1474. 21. Stoepler, T. M., J. T. Lill and S. M. Murphy. 2014. Intraplant movement of generalist slug caterpillars (Limacodidae: Lepidoptera): Effects of host plant and light environment. Environmental Entomology 43(6): 1561-1573. 20. Murphy, S. M., T. M. Stoepler, K. Grenis*, and J. T. Lill. 2014. Host ontogeny determines parasitoid use of a forest caterpillar. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 150: 217-225. 19. Fiorentino, V. L.**, S. M. Murphy, T. M. Stoepler and J. T. Lill. 2014. Facilitative effects of group feeding on performance of the saddleback caterpillar, Acharia stimulea (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae). Environmental Entomology 43:131-138. 18. Loewy, K. J.*, A. Flansburg**, K. Grenis*, M. Kjeldgaard**, J. McCarty**, L. Montesano**, J. Vernick** and S. M. Murphy. 2013. Life history traits and rearing techniques for fall webworm (Hyphantria cunea Drury) in Colorado. Journal of the Lepdiopterists’ Society 67(3): 196-205. 17. Wimp, G. M., S. M. Murphy, D. Lewis, M. R. Douglas*, R. Ambikapathi**, L’A. Van-Tull**, C. Gratton and R. F. Denno. 2013. Predator hunting mode influences patterns of prey use from grazing and epigeic food webs. Oecologia 171: 505-515. 16. Murphy, S. M., G. M. Wimp, D. Lewis and R. F. Denno. 2012. Nutrient presses and pulses differentially impact plants, herbivores, detritivores and their natural enemies. PLoS ONE 7(8): e43929. 15. Gates, M. W., J. T. Lill, R. R. Kula, J. E. O’Hara, D. B. Wahl, D. R. Smith, J. B. Whitfield, S. M. Murphy and T. M. Stoepler*. 2012. Review of parasitiod wasps and flies (Hymenoptera, Diptera) associated with Limacodidae (Lepidoptera) in North America, with a key to genera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 114(1): 24-110. 14. Stoepler, T. M.*, J. T. Lill and S. M. Murphy. 2011. Cascading effects of host size and host plant species on parasitoid resource allocation. Ecological Entomology 36: 724-735. 13. Murphy, S. M., J. T. Lill. and M. E. Epstein. 2011. Natural history of limacodid moths (Zygaenoidea) in the environs of Washington, DC. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 64(3): 137-152.