Michael Whitehead

Floral community predicts pollinators' color preference: implications for Batesian floral mimicry

Michael R Whitehead, Anne C Gaskett, Steven D Johnson

Journal article  |  2019  |  Behavioral Ecology

Plant Mating Systems Often Vary Widely Among Populations

Michael R Whitehead, Robert Lanfear, Randall J Mitchell, Jeffrey D Karron

Journal article  |  2018  |  Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Evaluating multilocus Bayesian species delimitation for discovery of cryptic mycorrhizal diversity

Michael R Whitehead, Renee A Catullo, Monica Ruibal, Kingsley W Dixon, Rod Peakall, Celeste C Linde

Journal article  |  2017  |  Fungal Ecology

The increasing availability of DNA sequence data enables exciting new opportunities for fungal ecology. However, it amplifies the ..

An informational diversity framework, illustrated with sexually deceptive orchids in early stages of speciation.

Peter E Smouse, Michael R Whitehead, Rod Peakall

Journal article  |  2015  |  Molecular Ecology Resources

Reconstructing evolutionary history for emerging species complexes is notoriously difficult, with newly isolated taxa often morpho..

Pollination by sexual deception promotes outcrossing and mate diversity in self-compatible clonal orchids.

MR Whitehead, CC Linde, R Peakall

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of Evolutionary Biology

The majority of flowering plants rely on animals as pollen vectors. Thus, plant mating systems and pollen dispersal are strongly i..

Is there evidence of selection in the dopamine receptor D4 gene in Australian invasive starling populations?

LA Rollins, MR Whitehead, AP Woolnough, R Sinclair, WB Sherwin

Journal article  |  2015  |  Current Zoology

Abstract Although population genetic theory is largely based on the premise that loci under study are selectively n..

POLLINATOR SPECIFICITY DRIVES STRONG PREPOLLINATION REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION IN SYMPATRIC SEXUALLY DECEPTIVE ORCHIDS

Michael R Whitehead, Rod Peakall

Journal article  |  2014  |  Evolution

Testing single-sample estimators of effective population size in genetically structured populations

Clare E Holleley, Richard A Nichols, Michael R Whitehead, Aaron T Adamack, Melissa R Gunn, William B Sherwin

Journal article  |  2014  |  Conservation Genetics

Sexual deception: Coevolution or inescapable exploitation?

Jussi Lehtonen, Michael R Whitehead

Journal article  |  2014  |  Current Zoology

Floral odour chemistry defines species boundaries and underpins strong reproductive isolation in sexually deceptive orchids

Rod Peakall, Michael R Whitehead

Journal article  |  2014  |  Annals of Botany