Robert Wayne
Professor
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
(310) 825-5014
rwayne@ucla.edu
UCLA Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
2312 Life Sciences Building
BOX 951606
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606
Campus Mailcode: 160606
Bio
Research Interests
Application of molecular genetic techniques to questions in systematics, population genetics, and sociobiology.
Publications
Intraspecific morphological and genetic variation of common species predicts ranges of threatened ones
Fuller, T. L.; Thomassen, H. A.; Peralvo, M.; Wolfgang, B.; Mila, B.; Kieswetter, C. M.; Jarrin-V, P.; Cameron Devitt, S. E.; Mason, E.; Schweizer, R. M.; Schluneggar, J.; Chan, J.; Wang, O.; Schneider, C. J.; Pollinger, J. P.; Saatchi, S.; Graham, C. H.; Wayne, R. K.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2013 | Proceedings of the Royal Society Biology 280(1763)
Genetic evidence for recent range fragmentation and severely restricted dispersal in the critically endangered Sierra Madre Sparrow, Xenospiza baileyi
Oliveras de Ita, A.; Oyama, K.; Smith, T. B.; Wayne, R. K.; Milá, B.
Published Work | 2011 | Conservation Genetics 13, 283–291
Patterns of divergence in the olive sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea (Aves: Nectariniidae) across the African rainforest–savanna ecotone
Smith, T. B.; Thomassen, H. A.; Freedman, A. H.; Sehgal, R. N.; Buermann, W.; Saatchi, S.; Pollinger, J.; Milá, B.; Pires, D.; Valkiūnas, G.; Wayne, R. K.
Published Work | 2011 | Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 103(4), 821–835
A cryptic contact zone between divergent mitochondrial DNA lineages in southwestern North America supports past introgressive hybridization in the yellow-rumped warbler complex (Aves: Dendroica coronata)
Milá, B.; Toews, D. P.; Smith, T. B.; Wayne, R. K.
Published Work | 2011 | Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 103(3), 696–706
Mapping evolutionary process: a multi-taxa approach to conservation prioritization
Thomassen, H. A.; Fuller, T.; Buermann, W.; Milá, B.; Kieswetter, C.; Jarrín-V, P.; Cameron, S. E.; Mason, E.; Schweizer, R.; Schlunegger, J.; Chan, J.; Wang, O.; Peralvo, M.; Schneider, C. J.; Graham, C. H.; Pollinger, J. P.; Saatchi, S.; Wayne, R. K.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2011 | Evolutionary Applications 4(2), 397–413
Spatial modelling and landscape-level approaches for visualizing intra-specific variation
Thomassen, H. A.; Cheviron, Z. A.; Freedman, A. H.; Harrigan, R. J.; Wayne, R. K.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2010 | Molecular Ecology 19(17), 3532–3548
Modeling environmentally associated morphological and genetic variation in a rainforest bird, and its application to conservation prioritization
Thomassen, H. A.; Buermann, W.; Mila, B.; Graham, C. H.; Cameron, S. E.; Schneider, C. J.; Pollinger, J. P.; Saatchi, S.; Wayne, R. K.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2010 | Evolutionary Applications 3(1), 1–16
Divergence with gene flow and fine-scale phylogeographical structure in the wedge-billed woodcreeper, Glyphorynchus spirurus, a Neotropical rainforest bird
Milá, B.; Wayne, R. K.; Fitze, P.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2009 | Molecular Ecology 18(14), 2979–2995
Ecomorphology of migratory and sedentary populations of the yellow-rumped warbler (Dendroica coronata)
Milá, B.; Wayne, R. K.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2008 | Condor 110(2), 335–344
Recent postglacial range expansion drives the rapid diversification of a songbird lineage in the genus Junco
Milá, B.; McCormack, J. E.; Castenada, G.; Wayne, R. K.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2007 | Proceedings of the Royal Society B 274(1626), 2653–2660
Inbreeding is reduced by female-biased dispersal and mating behavior in Ethiopian wolves
Randall, D. A.; Pollinger, J. P.; Wayne, R. K.; Tallents, L. A.; Johnson, P. J.; Macdonald, D. W.
Published Work | 2007 | Behavioral Ecology 18(3), 579–589
Genomics and conservation genetics
Kohn, M. H.; Murphy, W. J.; Ostrander, E. A.; Wayne, R. K.
Published Work | 2006 | Trends in Ecology and Evolution 21(11), 629–637
Postglacial population expansion drives the evolution of long-distance migration in a songbird
Milá, B.; Smith, T. B.; Wayne, R. K.
Published Work | 2006 | Evolution 60(11), 2403–2409
Speciation and rapid phenotypic differentiation in the yellow-rumped warbler (Dendroica coronata) complex
Milá, B.; Smith, T. B.; Wayne, R. K.
Published Work | 2006 | Molecular Ecology 16(1), 159–173
Patterns of variation in MHC class II B loci of the little greenbul (Andropadus virens) with comments on MHC evolution in birds
Aguilar, A.; Edwards, S. V.; Smith, T. B.; Wayne, R. K.
Published Work | 2005 | Journal of Heredity 97(2), 133–142
A comparison of variation between a MHC pseudogene and microsatellite loci of the little greenbul (Androparus virens)
Aguilar, A.; Smith, T. B.; Wayne, R. K.
Published Work | 2005 | BMC Evolutionary Biology 5 (47)
Adaptive units for conservation: Population distinction and historic extinctions in the island scrub-jay
Delaney, K. S.; Wayne, R. K.
Published Work | 2005 | Conservation Biology 19(2), 523–533.
Evaluating the divergence-with-gene-flow model in natural population: the importance of ecotones in rainforest speciation
Smith, T. B.; Wayne, R. K.; Girman, D.; Bruford, M. W.
Published Work | 2005 | University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Chicago, USA, 148–165
Legacy lost: genetic variability and population size of extirpated US grey wolves (Canis lupus)
Leonard, J. A.; Vila, C.; Wayne, R. K.
Published Work | 2004 | Molecular Ecology 14(1), 9–17
Testing alternative mechanisms of evolutionary divergence in an African rainforest passerine bird
Smith, T. B.; Calsbeek, R.; Wayne, R. K.; Holder, K. H.; Pires, D.; Bardeleben, C.
Published Work | 2004 | Journal of Evolutionary Biology 18(2), 257–268
SNPs in ecology, evolution and conservation
Morin, P. A.; Luikart, G.; Wayne, R. K.
Published Work | 2004 | Trends in Ecology and Evolution 19(4), 208–216
Conservation in conflict: The tale of two endangered species
Roemer, G. W.; Wayne, R. K.
Published Work | 2003 | Conservation Biology 17(5), 1251–1260.
Examining monophyly in a large radiation of Madagascan butterflies (Lepidoptera: Satyrinae: Mycalesina) based on mitochondrial DNA data
Torres, E.; Lees, D. C.; Vane-Wright, R. I.; Kremen, C.; Leonard, J. A.; Wayne, R. K.
Published Work | 2001 | Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 20(3), 460–473
The behavioural ecology of the island fox (Urocyon littoralis)
Roemer, G. W.; Smith, D. A.; Garcelon, D. K.; Wayne, R. K.
Published Work | 2001 | Journal of Zoology 2001, 255(1), 1–14
Microsatellite analysis of female mating behaviour in lek-breeding sage grouse
Semple, K.; Wayne, R. K.; Gibson, R. M.
Published Work | 2001 | Molecular Ecology 10(8), 2043–2048
[Commentary] Biodiversity hotspots and beyond: the need for preserving environmental transitions
Smith, T. B.; Kark, S.; Schneider, C. J.; Wayne, R. K.; Moritz, C.
Published Work | 2001 | Trends in Ecology and Evolution 16(8), 431
Patterns of population subdivision, gene flow and genetic variability in the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus)
Girman, D. J.; Vila, C.; Geffen, E.; Creel, S.; Mills, M. G.; McNutt, J. W.; Ginsberg, J.; Kat, P. W.; Mamiya, K. H.; Wayne, R. K.
Published Work | 2001 | Molecular Ecology 10(7), 1703–1723
Hybridization and Conservation of Carnivores
Wayne, R. K.; Brown, D. W.
Published Work | 2001 | Cambridge University Press 255, 145–162
Widespread origins of domestic horse lineages
Vila, C.; Leonard, J. A.; Gotherstrom, A.; Marklund, S.; Sandberg, K.; Liden, K.; Wayne, R. K.; Ellegren, H.
Published Work | 2001 | Science 291(5503), 474–477
Tripartite genetic subdivisions in the ornate shrew (Sorex ornatus)
Maldonado, J. E.; Vila, C.; Wayne, R. K.
Published Work | 2001 | Molecular Ecology 10(1), 127–147
Natural selection mapping of the warfarin-resistance gene
Kohn, M. H.; Pelz, H.; Wayne, R. K.
Published Work | 2000 | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 97(14), 7911–7915
Considering evolutionary processes in conservation biology
Crandall, K. A.; Bininda-Emonds, O. R.; Mace, G. M.; Wayne, R. K.
Published Work | 2000 | Trends in Ecology and Evolution 15(7), 290–295
Population genetics of ice age brown bears
Leonard, J. A.; Wayne, R. K.; Cooper, A.
Published Work | 1999 | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 97(4), 1651–1654
A role for ecotones in generating rainforest biodiversity
Smith, T. B.; Wayne, R. K.; Girman, D.; Bruford, M. W.
Published Work | 1997 | Science 276(5320), 1855–1857
An overview of the issues
Mace, G.; Smith, T. B.; Bruford, M. W.; Wayne, R. K.
Published Work | 1996 | Molecular Genetic Approaches in Conservation 1-21
The preservation of process: the missing element of conservation programs
Smith, T. B.; Bruford, M. W.; Wayne, R. K.
Published Work | 1993 | Biodiversity Letters 1(6), 164–167