Short CV - Summer 2008
Associate Professor
Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1177
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Department of Entomology, Cornell University. March 1999. Co-Advisors: S. Via and R. B. Root.
B.A., University of California, Berkeley.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Faculty Member, Colorado State University, Graduate Degree Program in Ecology (GDPE), Program for Interdisciplinary Mathematics, Ecology and Statistics (PRIMES NSF IGERT)
Associate Professor, Colorado State University, Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management
1999-2000 Postdoctoral research associate with Dr. Richard Harrison, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University.
1999 Postdoctoral research associate with Drs. John Losey and Linda Rayor, Department of Entomology, Cornell University.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Society for the Study of Evolution
Ecological Society of America
Entomology Society of America
Western Society of Weed Science
International Organization for Biological Control
PUBLICATIONS (for personal use only)
Journal Articles (*graduate students)
*Marrs, RA, R Sforza, RA Hufbauer. In press . Evidence for multiple introductions of Centaurea stoebe micranthos (spotted knapweed, Asteraceae) to North America. Molecular Ecology.
*Blair AC, LA Weston, SJ Nissen, GR Brunk, RA Hufbauer. 2008. The importance of analytical techniques in allelopathy, with the reported allelochemical catechin as an example. Biological Invasions. on-line early PDF
*Blair AC, U Schaffner, P Häfliger, SK Meyer, RA Hufbauer. 2008. How do biological control and hybridization affect enemy escape? Biological Control. 46:358-370. PDF
Steltzer, H, RA Hufbauer, JM Welker, M Casalis, PF Sullivan and R. Chimner. 2008 . Frequent sexual reproduction and high intraspecific variation in Salix arctica: implications for a terrestrial feedback to climate change in the High Arctic. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences. 113:G03S10. PDF
Kao, RH, CS Brown, RA Hufbauer. 2008. High phenotypic and molecular variation in downy brome (Bromus tectorum). Invasive Plant Science and Management. 1:216-225. PDF
Hufbauer, RA. 2008. Biological Invasions: Paradox lost and paradise gained. Current Biology. 18:R246-R247. PDF
*Marrs, RA, R Sforza, RA Hufbauer. 2008. When invasion increases population genetic structure: A study with Centaurea diffusa. Biological Invasions. 10:561-572. PDF
Lau, JA, K. Puliafico, M Schwarzlaender, JA Kopshever, H Steltzer, EP Jarvis, SY Strauss, and RA Hufbauer. 2008. Experimental artifacts of activated carbon on plant growth complicate the inference of allelopathic effects. New Phytologist. 178:412-423. PDF
Hufbauer, RA and R Sforza. 2008. Multiple introductions of two invasive Centaurea taxa into North America. Diversity and Distributions. 14:252-261 PDF
Blumenthal, D and RA Hufbauer. 2007. Evolution of increased size but not competitive ability among 14 invasive plant species. Ecology. 88:2758-2765. PDF
Morris, WF, RA Hufbauer, AA Agrawal, JD Bever, GS Gilbert, JL Maron, CE Mitchell, IM Parker, AG Power, EW Seabloom, ME Torchin, DP Vázquez. 2007. Direct and interactive effects of enemies and mutualists on plant performance: a meta-analysis. Ecology. 88:1021-1029. PDF
*MacKinnon, DK, RA Hufbauer, AP Norton. 2007. Evaluating host use of an accidentally introduced herbivore on two invasive toadflaxes. Biological Control. 41:184-189. PDF
*Blair AC, SJ Nissen, GR Brunk, RA Hufbauer. 2006. Lack of evidence for an ecological role of the putative allelochemical (+/-)-catechin in spotted knapweed invasion success. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 32:2327-2331 PDF
*Marrs, RA, RA Hufbauer, SM Bogdanowicz, R Sforza. 2006. Nine polymorphic microsatellite markers in Centaurea stoebe L. [subspecies C. s. stoebe and C. s. micranthos (S. G. Gmelin ex Gugler) Hayek] and C. diffusa Lam (Asteraceae). Molecular Ecology Notes. 6:897-899. PDF
Mitchell, CE, AA Agrawal, JD Bever, GS Gilbert, RA Hufbauer, JN Klironomos, JL Maron, WF Morris, IM Parker, AG Power, EW Seabloom, ME Torchin, DP Vázquez. 2006. Biotic interaction and plant invasions. Ecology Letters. 9:726-740. PDF
*Blair, AC, BG Hanson, GR Brunk, RA *Marrs, P Westra, SJ Nissen, RA Hufbauer. 2005. New techniques and findings in the study of a candidate allelochemical implicated in invasion success. Ecology Letters. 8: 1039-1047 PDF
Hufbauer, RA, GK Roderick. 2005. Microevolution in biological control: Mechanisms, patterns, and processes. Biological Control. 35:227-239 PDF
*MacKinnon, DK, RA Hufbauer, AP Norton. 2005. Host-plant preference of an inadvertently introduced biological control agent. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 116: 183-189. PDF
*Lloyd, CJ, RA Hufbauer, AK Jackson, SJ Nissen, and AP Norton*. 2005. Pre- and post-introduction patterns in neutral genetic diversity in the leafy spurge gall midge. Biological Control. 33:153-164 PDF *Corresponding author
Hufbauer, RA. 2004. Population and ecological genetics of invasions: can we link neutral loci to ecology and management? Weed Technology. 18:1522-1527 PDF
*Lloyd, CJ, AP Norton, RA Hufbauer, SM Bogdanowicz. 2004. Microsatellites isolated from the gall midge Spurgia capitigena (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), a biological control agent of leafy spurge. Molecular Ecology Notes. 4:605-607. PDF
Hufbauer, RA. 2004. Observations of sagebrush gall morphology and emergence of Rhopalomyia pomum (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) and its parasitoids. Western North American Naturalist. 64(3) 224-230. PDF
Hufbauer, RA, SM Bogdanowicz, and RG Harrison. 2004. The population genetics of a biological control introduction: microsatellite and mtDNA variation in native and introduced populations of Aphidius ervi, a parasitoid wasp. Molecular Ecology. 13:337-348. PDF
Losey, JE, RA Hufbauer, R.G. Hartzler. 2003. Enumerating lepidopteran species associated with maize as a first step in risk assessment. Environmental Biosafety Research. 2:247-261. PDF
Hufbauer, RA. 2002. Aphid resistance and parasitoid virulence among host races of the pea aphid: evidence for evolution following a biological control introduction. Ecological Applications. 12(1):66-78. PDF
Hufbauer, RA and RB Root. 2002. Interactive effects of different types of herbivore damage: Trirhabda beetle larvae and Philaenus spittlebugs on goldenrod (Solidago altissima). American Midland Naturalist. 147 (2) :204-213. PDF
Bais, HP, TS Walker, FR Stermitz, RA Hufbauer, and JM Vivanco*. 2002. Enantiomeric dependent phytotoxic and antimicrobial activity of (±)-catechin; a rhizosecreted racemic mixture from Centaurea maculosa (spotted knapweed). Plant Physiology. 128:1173-1179. PDF *Corresponding author
Hufbauer, RA. 2002. Aphid population dynamics: Does resistance to parasitism influence population size? Ecological Entomology. 27:25-32. PDF
Hufbauer, RA. 2001. Pea aphid-parasitoid interactions: Have parasitoids adapted to differential resistance? Ecology. 82(3):717-725. PDF
Hufbauer, RA, SM Bogdanowicz., L Peres and RG Harrison. 2001. Isolation and characterization of microsatellites in Aphidius ervi (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and their applicability to related species. Molecular Ecology Notes.1(3): 197-199. PDF
Tschenn, J, JE Losey., L Hansen Jesse, JJ Obryki, R Hufbauer. 2001. Effects of corn plants and corn pollen on monarch butterfly oviposition behavior. Environmental Entomology. 30:495-500. PDF
Hufbauer, RA and S Via. 1999. Evolution of an aphid-parasitoid association: variation in resistance to parasitism among aphid populations specialized on different plants. Evolution. 53:1435-1445. PDF
Book and Encyclopedia Chapters
Hufbauer, RA and ME Torchin. 2007. Integrating Ecological and Evolutionary Theory of Biological Invasions. Pp. 79-96 in Biological Invasions: Ecological Studies, Vol 193. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Losey, J.E., J.J. Obrycki, and RA Hufbauer. 2004a. Biosafety Considerations For Transgenic Insecticidal Plants: Non-Target Herbivores, Detritivores, and Pollinators. Pp. 153-155 in Encyclopedia of Plant & Crop Science. Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York. PDF
Losey, J.E., J.J. Obrycki and RA Hufbauer. 2004b. Biosafety Considerations For Transgenic Insecticidal Plants: Non-Target Predators and Parasitoids. Pp 156-159 in Encyclopedia of Plant & Crop Science. Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York. PDF
Losey, JE, JJ Obrycki, and RA Hufbauer. 2001. Impacts of genetically-engineered crops on non-target herbivores: Bt-corn and monarch butterflies as a case study. In D. K. Letourneau and B. E. Burrows eds. Genetically Engineered Organisms: Assessing Environmental and Human Health Effects. CRC Press, New York. Pp. 143-166.
Peer-Reviewed Proceedings
Hufbauer, RA, RA Marrs, AK Jackson, R Sforza, HP Bais, JM Vivanco and SE Carney. 2004. Population structure, ploidy levels and allelopathy of spotted and diffuse knapweed Pp. 121-126 in North America and Eurasia. Proceedings of the XI International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, JM Cullen, DT Briese, DJ Kriticos, WM Lonsdale, L Morin, JK Scott eds. CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, Australia.
McClay, AS, MD Crisp, HC Evans, T. Heard, RA Hufbauer, T-K Qin and R. Shaw. 2004. Centres of origin: do they exist, can we identify them, does it matter? Pp. 619-620 in Proceedings of the XI International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, JM Cullen, DT Briese, DJ Kriticos, WM Lonsdale, L Morin, JK Scott eds. CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, Australia. PDF
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