Publications
Langerhans, R.B., Gifford, M.E. and Joseph, E.O. In press. Ecological speciation among blue holes in mosquitofish. In M. Uribe and H. Grier, eds. Viviparous Fishes II. Homestead, FL, New Life Publications.
2008:
Wittenberg, R.D., Gifford, M.E. 2008. Funnel traps may be inappropriate for many studies of semi-aquatic snakes. J. Freshwater Ecol. 23:213-218.
Gifford, M.E. 2008. Divergent character clines across a recent secondary contact zone in a Hispaniolan lizard. J. Zool. 274:292-300. Abstract available here Email me for a pdf
Gifford, M.E., D.L. Mahler, and A. Herrel. 2008. The evolution of sprinting performance among populations of Leiocephalus lizards from the Dominican Republic. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 93:445-456. Abstract available here Email me for a pdf
2007:
Langerhans, R.B., M.E. Gifford, and E. Joseph. 2007. Ecological speciation in Gambusia fishes. Evolution, 61:2056-2074. PDF (Featured in Science as Editor's Choice), (Featured in Faculty of 1000), Awarded 2007 R.A. Fisher Prize (Society for the Study of Evolution)
Gifford, M.E. and R. Powell. 2007. Sexual dimorphism and reproductive characteristics in five species of Leiocephalus lizards from the Dominican Republic. J. Herpetol., 41:521-527. PDF
2004:
Glor, R.E., M.E. Gifford, A. Larson, J.B. Losos, L. Rodriguez-Schettino, A. Chamizo-Lara, and T.R. Jackman. 2004. Partial island submergence and speciation in an adaptive radiation: a multilocus analysis of the Cuban green anoles. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lon., Biol. Sci. 271:2257-2265. PDF (Featured in Faculty of 1000)
Gifford, M.E., R. Powell, A. Larson, and R.L. Gutberlet, Jr. 2004. Population structure and history of a phenotypically variable teiid lizard (Ameiva chrysolaema) from Hispaniola: The influence of a geologically complex island. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 32:735-748. PDF
2003:
Gifford, M.E., B.E. Fontenot. 2003. Geographic distribution: Bufo nebulifer. Herpetol. Rev. 34(3).
Fontenot, B.E., M.E. Gifford, and R. Powell. 2003. Seasonal variation in dietary preferences of a Hispaniolan anole, Anolis longitibialis. Herpetol. Bull. 86:2-4.
2002:
Gifford, M.E., B.E. Fontenot, and D. Nieves. 2002. Geographic distribution extension of Anolis porcatus in the Dominican Republic. Herpetol. Rev. 33(3):223.
Gifford, M.E., Y.M. Ramos, R. Powell, J.S. Parmerlee, Jr. 2002. Natural history of a saxicolous anole, Anolis longitibialis, from Hispaniola. Herpetol. Nat. Hist. 9:15-20.
2000:
Cast, E., M.E. Gifford, K.R. Schneider, A.J. Hardwick, J.S. Parmerlee, Jr., and R. Powell. 2000. Natural history of an anoline lizard community in the Sierra de Baoruco, Republica Dominicana. Carib. J. Sci. 36:258-266. PDF
Gifford, M.E., R. Powell, and W.E. Stiener. 2000. Relationship of diet and prey availability in Aristelliger cochranae, a gecko from Navassa Island, West Indies. Carib. J. Sci. 36:323-326. PDF
Manuscripts Submitted or in Preparation
Gifford, M.E. and A. Larson. In situ genetic divergence in Ameiva chrysolaema: A multilocus perspective (In Review: Molecular Ecology)
Gifford, M.E., A. Herrel, and D.L. Mahler. Intra-populational variation in the relationship between signal structure and performance in a Hispaniolan lizard. (In Review: Functional Ecology)
Gifford, M.E., B.A.J. Sarver, and A. Larson. A test of Pleistocene climate-induced diversification in island lizards from Hispaniola. (In Preparation for Molecular Ecology)
Gifford, M.E., B.A.J. Sarver, and A. Larson. Coincidence and Discordance in Hispaniolan lizard phylogeography. (In Preparation for Evolution).
