Stephen J Tonsor

Summary

Affiliation: University of Pittsburgh
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Plastic trait integration across a CO2 gradient in Arabidopsis thaliana
    Stephen J Tonsor
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
    Am Nat 169:E119-40. 2007
  2. ncbi Population genomics and the causes of local differentiation
    Stephen J Tonsor
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
    Mol Ecol 21:5393-5. 2012
  3. ncbi Heat shock protein 101 effects in A. thaliana: genetic variation, fitness and pleiotropy in controlled temperature conditions
    S J Tonsor
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
    Mol Ecol 17:1614-26. 2008
  4. ncbi Flower color-flower scent associations in polymorphic Hesperis matronalis (Brassicaceae)
    Cassie J Majetic
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
    Phytochemistry 68:865-74. 2007
  5. ncbi Spatial population genetic structure in Trillium grandiflorum: the roles of dispersal, mating, history, and selection
    S Kalisz
    University of Pittsburgh, Department of Biological Sciences, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
    Evolution 55:1560-8. 2001
  6. ncbi Clinal variation in seed traits influencing life cycle timing in Arabidopsis thaliana
    Alicia Montesinos-Navarro
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 162 Crawford Hall, 4249 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
    Evolution 66:3417-31. 2012
  7. ncbi Arabidopsis thaliana populations show clinal variation in a climatic gradient associated with altitude
    Alicia Montesinos-Navarro
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
    New Phytol 189:282-94. 2011
  8. ncbi A simultaneous test of trophic interaction models: which vegetation characteristic explains herbivore control over plant community mass?
    James Patrick Cronin
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
    Ecol Lett 13:202-12. 2010

Detail Information

Publications8

  1. ncbi Plastic trait integration across a CO2 gradient in Arabidopsis thaliana
    Stephen J Tonsor
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
    Am Nat 169:E119-40. 2007
    ..Structural equation analysis of functional integration provides unique insights into the mechanisms through which changes in limiting resources can alter the nature of trait integration...
  2. ncbi Population genomics and the causes of local differentiation
    Stephen J Tonsor
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
    Mol Ecol 21:5393-5. 2012
    ..One is cultural: open access to data from the community of scientists and especially data sets that result from large collaborative efforts. Together, these developments may at last put answers within reach...
  3. ncbi Heat shock protein 101 effects in A. thaliana: genetic variation, fitness and pleiotropy in controlled temperature conditions
    S J Tonsor
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
    Mol Ecol 17:1614-26. 2008
    ..Hsp101 expression appears to carry an important trade-off in reduced root growth. This trade-off may select for suppressed expression under chronically high temperatures...
  4. ncbi Flower color-flower scent associations in polymorphic Hesperis matronalis (Brassicaceae)
    Cassie J Majetic
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
    Phytochemistry 68:865-74. 2007
    ..The potential impact that pollinators, conserved biosynthetic pathways, and the genetics of small colonizing populations may have in determining population-specific associations between floral color and floral scent are discussed...
  5. ncbi Spatial population genetic structure in Trillium grandiflorum: the roles of dispersal, mating, history, and selection
    S Kalisz
    University of Pittsburgh, Department of Biological Sciences, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
    Evolution 55:1560-8. 2001
    ..Only a longitudinal stage-specific study of SPGS structure can distinguish between historical events and local selection as causes of increased structure with increasing life history stage...
  6. ncbi Clinal variation in seed traits influencing life cycle timing in Arabidopsis thaliana
    Alicia Montesinos-Navarro
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, 162 Crawford Hall, 4249 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
    Evolution 66:3417-31. 2012
    ..Despite the genetic-climatic cline, there is polymorphism for life-history strategies within populations, classically interpreted as bet hedging in an unpredictable world...
  7. ncbi Arabidopsis thaliana populations show clinal variation in a climatic gradient associated with altitude
    Alicia Montesinos-Navarro
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
    New Phytol 189:282-94. 2011
    ..We compared these results with adaptations and clinal relationships reported for other species and with molecular mechanisms described in Arabidopsis...
  8. ncbi A simultaneous test of trophic interaction models: which vegetation characteristic explains herbivore control over plant community mass?
    James Patrick Cronin
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
    Ecol Lett 13:202-12. 2010
    ..Consequently, herbivore reductions of plant community mass were greatest at low resource availability. This adds to evidence that herbivore activity poorly predicts herbivore control...