The Population Biology of Alpine Insects, Plants, and Their Interactions
Publications
(an * indicates an undergraduate researcher, an underline indicates a graduate student)
Filazzola, A., S.F. Matter & J. Roland. 2020. Inclusion of trophic interactions increases the sensitivity of an alpine butterfly species to climate change. Global Change Biology 26:2867-2877.
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Jangjoo, M., S.F. Matter, J. Roland & N. Keyghobadi. 2020. Demographic fluctuations lead to rapid and cyclic shifts in genetic structure among populations of an alpine butterfly, (Parnassius smintheus). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 33:668-681.
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Matter, S.F., *J. Goff, N. Keyghobadi & J. Roland. 2020. Direct estimates of metapopulation capacity from dispersal show high interannual variability, but little effect of recent forest encroachment on network persistence. Landscape Ecology 35:675-688.
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*Ballas, J.P. & S.F. Matter. 2020. UV-induced anthocyanin in the host plant Sedum lanceolatum has little effect on feeding by larval Parnassius smintheus. Alpine Botany 130:25-30.
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*Goff, J., *K. Yerke, N. Keyghobadi & S.F. Matter. 2019. Dispersing male Parnassius smintheus butterflies are more strongly affected by forest matrix than are females. Insect Science 26:932-944.
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Matter, S.F. & J. Roland. 2017. Climate and extreme weather independently affect population growth, but neither is a consistently good predictor. Ecosphere 8: e01816. 10.1002/ecs2.1816.
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Roland, J. & S.F. Matter. 2016. Pivotal effect of early-winter extreme temperatures and snowfall on annual population growth of alpine Parnassius smintheus butterflies. Ecological Monographs 86:412-428.
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Jangjoo, M., S.F. Matter, J. Roland & N. Keyghobadi. 2016. Connectivity rescues genetic diversity after a demographic bottleneck in a butterfly population network. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113:10914-10919.
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Matter, S.F. & J. Roland. 2015. A priori prediction of an extreme population crash in the summer of 2015 for a population network of the alpine butterfly, Parnassius smintheus. Ecosphere 6: http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES15-00281.1.
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*van Ee, J., M. Westbrook, S. Yadav, J. Roland & S.F. Matter. 2015. Predicting the effects of forest encroachment for Sedum lanceolatum and Rhodiola integrifolia at a subalpine ecotone. Alpine Botany 125:125–135.
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Matter, S.F., N. Keyghobadi & J. Roland. 2014. Ten years of abundance data within a spatial population network of the alpine butterfly, Parnassius smintheus. Ecology 95: 2985.
Caplins, S.A., K.J. Gilbert, C. Ciotir, J. Roland, S.F. Matter & N. Keyghobadi. 2014. Landscape structure and the genetic effects of a population collapse. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 281:1796-1798.
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Matter, S.F., N. Keyghobadi & J. Roland. 2014. Ten years of abundance data within a spatial population network of the alpine butterfly, Parnassius smintheus. Ecology 95: 2985.
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Roland, J. & S.F. Matter. 2013. Variability in winter climate and winter extremes reduces population growth of an alpine butterfly. Ecology 94:190-199. PDF
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Matter, S.F. & J. Roland. 2013. Mating failure of female Parnassius smintheus butterflies: a component but not a demographic Allee effect. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 146:93-102 PDF
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Bjarnholt, N., M. Nakonieczny, A. Kędziorski, D.M. Debinski, S.F. Matter, C.E. Olsen & M. Zagrobelny. 2012. Occurrence of sarmentosin and other hydroxynitrile glucosides in Parnassius butterflies and their food plants. Journal of Chemical Ecology 38:525-538. PDF
Matter, S.F., *B. Reed, K. Illerbrun, A. Doyle, S. McPike & J. Roland. 2012. Young love? Mating of Parnassius smintheus Doubleday (Papillionidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 66:111-113. PDF
Schmidt, B.C. & S.F. Matter. 2011. Taxonomic utility of egg microsculpture: maternal effects and variation in eggs of Parnassius smintheus Doubleday (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 65:223-236. PDF
Matter, S.F., A. Doyle, K. Illerbrun, J. Wheeler & J. Roland. 2011. An assessment of direct and indirect effects of climate change for populations of the Rocky Mountain Apollo butterfly (Parnassius smintheus Doubleday). Insect Science 18:385-392. PDF
Illerbrun, K. & J. Roland. 2011. Treeline proximity alters an alpine plant–herbivore interaction. Oecologia 166:151-159. PDF
Matter, S.F. & J. Roland. 2011. Effects of experimental population removal for the spatial population dynamics of Parnassius smintheus. In: L. Liu, A. Morzillo, V. Hull & J. Wiens (Eds.) Sources, Sinks, and Sustainability across Landscapes.
Matter, S.F. & J. Roland. 2010. Experimental extinction and the spatial population dynamics of the butterfly, Parnassius smintheus. Oikos 119:1961-1969. PDF
Matter, S.F. & J. Roland. 2010. Local extinction synchronizes population dynamics in spatial networks. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B. 277:729-737. PDF
Matter, S.F., *M. Ezzeddine, *E. Duermit, *J. Mashburn, *R. Hamilton, *T. Lucas, & J. Roland. 2009. Interactions between habitat quality and connectivity affect immigration but not abundance or population growth of the butterfly, Parnassius smintheus. Oikos 118:1461-1470. PDF
*Ezzeddine, M. & S.F. Matter. 2008. Nectar flower use and electivity by butterflies in sub-alpine meadows. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 62:138-142. PDF
Calabrese, J.M., L. Ries, S.F. Matter, J. N. Auckland, D.M. Debinski, J. Roland & W.F. Fagan. 2008. Reproductive asynchrony in natural butterfly populations and its consequences for female matelessness. Journal of Animal Ecology. 77:746-756. PDF
Roslin, T., H. Syrjälä, J. Roland, P.J. Harrison, S. Fownes & S.F. Matter. 2008. Caterpillars on the run – induced defenses create spatial patterns in host plant damage. Ecography 31:335-347. PDF
Roland, J. & S.F. Matter. 2007. Encroaching forests decouple alpine butterfly population dynamics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104:13702-13704. PDF
Matter, S.F., A. Wick, *M. Gaydos, *M. Frantz & J. Roland. 2006. Egg viability and larval contribution to fecundity of Parnassius smintheus Doubleday (Papilionidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 60:101-102. PDF
Matter, S.F., T. Roslin & J. Roland. 2005. Predicting immigration of two species in contrasting landscapes: effects of scale, patch size and isolation. Oikos 11:359-367. PDF
*Ross, J.A., S.F. Matter & J. Roland. 2005. Edge avoidance and movement of the butterfly Parnassius smintheus in matrix and non-matrix habitat. Landscape Ecology 20:127-135. PDF
Keyghobadi, N., J. Roland, S.F. Matter & C. Strobeck. 2005. Among- and within-patch components of genetic diversity respond at different rates to habitat fragmentation: an empirical demonstration. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 272:553-560. PDF
Keyghobadi, N., J. Roland & C. Strobeck. 2005. Genetic differentiation and gene flow among populations of the alpine butterfly, Parnassius smintheus, vary with landscape connectivity. Molecular Ecology 14:1897-1909. PDF
Matter, S.F. & J. Roland. 2004. Relationships among population estimation techniques: an examination for Parnassius smintheus. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 58:189-195. PDF
Matter, S.F., J. Roland, A. Moilanen & I. Hanski. 2004. Migration and survival of Parnassius smintheus: detecting effects of habitat for individual butterflies. Ecological Applications 14:1526–1534. PDF
Keyghobadi, N., J. Roland, S. Fownes & C. Strobeck. 2003. Ink marks and molecular markers: Examining effects of landscape on dispersal using both mark-recapture and molecular methods. in "Ecology and Evolution Taking Flight: Butterflies as Model Study Systems". Boggs, C., W. Watt, and P. Ehrlich (eds.). pp. 169-183. University of Chicago Press.
Matter, S.F., J. Roland, N. Keyghobadi & K. Sabourin. 2003. The effects of isolation, habitat area and resources on the abundance, density and movement of the butterfly, Parnassius smintheus. American Midland Naturalist 150:26-36. PDF
Fownes, S.L. & J. Roland. 2002. Effects of meadow suitability on female movement and oviposition behaviour in the alpine butterfly, Parnassius smintheus Doubleday. Ecological Entomology 27:457-466. PDF
Matter, S.F. & J. Roland. 2002. An experimental examination of the effects of habitat quality on the dispersal and local abundance of the butterfly Parnassius smintheus. Ecological Entomology 27:308-316. PDF
Keyghobadi, N., J. Roland & C. Strobeck. 2002. Isolation of novel microsatellite loci in the Rocky Mountain Apollo butterfly, Parnassius smintheus. Hereditas 136:247-250. PDF
Roland, J., N. Keyghobadi & S. Fownes. 2000. Alpine Parnassius butterfly dispersal: effects of landscape and population size. Ecology 81:1642-1653. PDF
Keyghobadi, N., J. Roland & C. Strobeck. 1999. Influence of landscape on the population genetic structure of the alpine butterfly Parnassius smintheus (Papilionidae). Molecular Ecology 8:1481-1495. PDF
Non-Refereed Publications
Matter, S.F., J. Roland, N. Keyghobadi & E.A. Johnson. 2013. Effects of local population extinction and recolonization on synchrony: experiments on the spatial population dynamics of the alpine butterfly, Parnassius smintheus. Research Highlights of the Biogeosciences Institute.
J. Roland, N. Keyghobadi & S. Matter. Effect of rising treeline on connectivity of alpine meadows for butterfly populations. Mountain Science Highlights, 12. PDF
Theses
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Westbrook, M.R. 2014. Local scale forest encroachment into alpine habitat: past patterns and future predictions. M.S. Thesis, University of Cincinnati.
*van Ee, J. 2013.The effect of microhabitat on the distribution of two alpine plants. BS Thesis, University of Cincinnati.
*Ramudit, M. 2013 Can larvae of the butterfly Parnassius smintheus synthesize the putative defensive chemical sarmentosin? BS
Honors Thesis, University of Cincinnati.
llerbrun, K. 2013. The role of climate mediated tree-line rise in altering interactions between an alpine plant and its insect herbivore. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Alberta.
*Weber, J.M. 2011. A reduction in the concentration of sarmentosin in Sedum lanceolatum due to herbivore damage. BS Honors Thesis, University of Cincinnati.
Doyle, A. 2011. The roles of temperature and host plant interactions in larval development and population ecology of Parnassius smintheus Doubleday, the Rocky Mountain Apollo butterfly. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Alberta.
Wheeler, J. 2010. Temperature-dependent growth and population dynamics in an alpine butterfly. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Alberta
Syrjälä, H. 2007. Ravintokasvin vaikutus apollontoukkien liikkeisiin Kanadan Kalliovuorilla. Gradu Thesis, University of Helsinki.