Associate Professor of Biology
Department of Biology
The University of Mississippi
University, MS 38677
TEL: (662) 915-6647
FAX: (662) 915-5144
Email: dreed@olemiss.edu

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. 1998. University of Houston, Ecology and Evolution
B.B.A. 1988. Lincoln Memorial University, Economics and Statistics.

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Peer-Reviewed Publications:

32. O’Grady JJ, Reed DH, Brook BW, Frankham R (2008) Extinction risk scales better to generations than to years. Animal Conservation, in press.

31. Fox CW, Scheibly KL, Reed DH (2008) Experimental purging of the genetic load and its implications for the genetics of inbreeding depression. Evolution, in press.

30. Reed DH (2008) The effects of population size on population viability: From mutation to environmental catastrophes. In: Conservation Biology: Evolution in Action (eds, Carroll SP, Fox CW), pp. 16-35. Oxford University Press, New York.

29. Reed DH, Nicholas AC (2008) Spatial and temporal variation in a suite of life history traits for two species of wolf spider in the genus Rabidosa. Ecological Entomology 33: 488-496.

28. Reed DH, Nicholas AC, Stratton GE (2007) Inbreeding levels and prey abundance interact to determine fecundity in natural populations of two species of wolf spider. Conservation Genetics 8: 1061-1071. (4)

27. Reed DH, Nicholas AC, Stratton GE (2007) The genetic quality of individuals directly impacts population dynamics. Animal Conservation 10: 275-283. (5) [Featured Article]

26. Reed DH, Nicholas AC, Stratton GE (2007) Genetic stochasticity, mean individual fitness, and population dynamics. Animal Conservation 10: 291-292. (0)

25. Reed, DH (2007) Natural selection and genetic diversity. Heredity 99: 1-2. (0)

24. Reed DH (2007) Extinction of island endemics: It isn’t inbreeding depression. Animal Conservation 10: 45-46. (2)

23. O’Grady JJ, Brook BW, Reed DH, Ballou JD, Tonkyn DW, Frankham R (2006)
Realistic levels of inbreeding depression strongly affect extinction risk in wild populations. Biological Conservation 133: 42-51. (14)

22. Burkey TV, Reed DH (2006) The effects of habitat fragmentation on extinction risk: Mechanisms and synthesis. Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology 28: 9-37. (0)

21. Armbruster P, Reed DH (2005) Inbreeding depression in benign versus stressful environments: A meta-analysis. Heredity 95: 235-242. (56)

20. Heering T, Reed DH. (2005) Predicting extinction: Density-dependent changes in the variance of population growth rates. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences 50: 183-194. (0)

19. Reed DH (2005) Relationship between population size and fitness. Conservation Biology 19: 563-568. (18)

18. Reed DH, O'Grady JJ, Brook BW, Ballou JD, Frankham R (2004) Reality checks, probability statements, and the case of the Bali tiger. Conservation Biology 18: 1179. (0)

17. Reed DH, Bryant EH (2004) Phenotypic correlations among fitness components and total fitness. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17: 919-923. (1)

16. O'Grady JJ, Reed DH, Brook BW, Frankham R (2004) What are the best correlates of extinction risk? Biological Conservation 118: 513-520. (34)

15. Reed DH (2004) Extinction risk in fragmented habitats. Animal Conservation 7: 181-191. (25)

14. Reed DH, Hobbs GR (2004) The relationship between population size and temporal variability in population size. Animal Conservation 7: 1-8. (9)

13. Reed DH, O'Grady JJ, Brook BW, Ballou JD, Frankham R (2003) Estimates of minimum viable population sizes for vertebrates and factors influencing those estimates. Biological Conservation 113: 23 – 34. (61)

12. Reed DH, Lowe EH, Briscoe DA, Frankham R (2003) Fitness and adaptability in a novel environment: effect of prior environment, inbreeding, and lineage. Evolution 57: 1822-1828. (20)

11. Reed DH, Lowe EH, Briscoe DA, Frankham R (2003) Inbreeding and extinction: Effects of rate of inbreeding. Conservation Genetics 4: 405-410. (37)

10. Reed DH, O’Grady JJ, Ballou JD, Frankham R (2003) Frequency and severity of catastrophic die-offs in vertebrates. Animal Conservation 6: 109-114. (22)

9. Reed DH, Frankham R (2003) The correlation between population fitness and genetic diversity. Conservation Biology 17: 230 - 237. (178)

8. Reed DH, Briscoe DA, Frankham R (2002) Inbreeding and extinction: The effect of environmental stress and lineage. Conservation Genetics 3: 301-307. (24)

7. Reed DH, Bryant EH (2001) Relative effects of mutation accumulation versus inbreeding depression on fitness in experimental populations of the housefly. Zoo Biology 20: 145-156. (4)

6. Reed DH, Frankham R (2001) How closely correlated are molecular and quantitative measures of genetic variation? A meta-analysis. Evolution 55: 1095-1103. (183)

5. Reed DH, Bryant EH (2001) Genetic load, fitness, and their relationship to purging in experimental populations of the housefly. Conservation Genetics 2: 57-61. (6)

4. Reed DH, Bryant EH (2000) The evolution of senescence under curtailed life span in laboratory populations of Musca domestica (the housefly). Heredity 85: 115-121. (10)

3. Reed DH, Bryant EH (2000) Experimental tests of minimum viable population size. Animal Conservation 3: 7-14. (34)

2. Bryant EH, Backus VL, Clark ME, Reed DH (1999) Experimental tests of captive breeding programs for endangered species. Conservation Biology 13: 1487-1496. (28)

1. Bryant EH, Reed DH (1999) Fitness decline under relaxed selection in captive populations. Conservation Biology 13: 665-669. (14)
* The number in parentheses following the citation is the number of times the paper has been cited, as of June 1, 2008, according to Essential Science Indicators.

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