Matthew L. Forister

NM-RARe is a regional database for arthropod conservation in New Mexico, compiling species data and assessments to inform conservation planning and policy.

This study uses a metapopulation simulation to show how dispersal interacts with landscape changes to affect species survival, highlighting the need for large-scale connectivity in conservation.

The paper evaluates nine methods for variable selection and prediction in high-dimensional ecological and evolutionary data, finding that overfitting is common but prediction accuracy improves with more observations and stronger effects.

This study evaluates genomic offset (GO) as a predictor of population trends in Lycaeides butterflies and finds it is not a reliable predictor despite methodological variations.

The paper examines hybridization and color polymorphism in Colias butterflies over five years, finding hybrid ancestry correlates with intermediate phenotypes but not exclusively.

The paper examines genetic differentiation between two sympatric populations of an alpine butterfly collected in odd and even years, finding clear genetic separation and limited admixture.

The paper examines how climate change, weather, and geography affect seed mass variation and decline across 2,800 plant species in western North America, finding significant environmental influences and declines in seed mass for most species.

The paper shows that additive genetic effects from both plants and caterpillars determine the outcome of herbivory on alfalfa, with plant phytochemicals playing a key role.