Publications

Selected Publications

• • Emel, S, SJ Franks and R Spigler. 2017. Phenotypic selection varies with pollination intensity across populations of Sabatia angularis. New Phytologist. doi: 10.1111/nph.14608. Emel_et_al-2017-New_Phytologist
  • Franks, SJ. 2016. A harvest of weeds yields insight into a case of contemporary evolution. Molecular Ecology 25: 4421-4423. Franks 2016 weeds
  • O’Hara, NB, JS Rest and SJ Franks. 2016. Factors affecting the disease severity of Alternaria blackspot in natural Brassica rapa populations on the California and Oregon coasts. Madroño 63: 249-257. OHara_Madrono2016
  • Franks, SJ, NC Kane, NB O’Hara, S Tittes, JS Rest. 2016. Rapid genome-wide evolution in Brassica rapa populations following drought revealed by sequencing of ancestral and descendent gene pools. Molecular Ecology, DOI:doi: 10.1111/mec.13615. Franks et al 2016 Mol Ecol
  • Weber, JJ, LB Vary, CES Berg, BH Ansaldi and SJ Franks. 2016. How evolution occurs in a population: The pollination game. American Biology Teacher. 78: 149-154. DOI: 10.1525/abt.2016.78.2.149. abt 2016 weber
  • O’Hara, NB, JS Rest and SJ Franks. 2016. Increased susceptibility to fungal disease accompanies adaptation to drought in Brassica rapa. Evolution 70: 241-248. DOI: 10.1111/evo.12833. O’Hara_et_al-Evolution 2015
  • Franks, SJ, B Perez-Sweeney, M Strahl, A Nowogrodzki, JJ Weber, R Lalchan, K Jordan, A Litt. 2015. Variation in the flowering time orthologs BrFLC and BrSOC1 in a natural population of Brassica rapa. PeerJ 3:e1339. DOI 10.7717/peerj.1339 franks peerj 2015
  • Etterson, JR, SJ Franks, SJ Mazer, RG Shaw, NL Soper-Gorden, HE Schneider, JJ Weber, KJ Winkler, AE Weis. 2016. Project Baseline: An unprecedented resource to study plant evolution across space and time. Invited paper in a special feature in American Journal of Botany 103: 164-173. doi:10.3732/ajb.1500313. etterson ajb 2016
  • O’Hara, NB, JS Rest and SJ Franks. Factors affecting the disease severity of Alternaria blackspot in natural Brassica rapa populations on the California and Oregon coasts. Madroño.
  • Brown, JL, JJ Weber, D Alvarado-Serrano, MJ Hickerson, SJ Franks, AC Carnaval. 2016. Predicting the genetic consequences of future climate change: the power of coupling demography, the coalescent, and contemporary genetic patterns. Invited paper in a special feature in American Journal of Botany103: 153-163. doi:10.3732/ajb.1500117. brown ajb 2016
  • Franks, SJ. 2015. The unique and multifaceted importance of the timing of flowering. American Journal of Botany. franks ajb 2015
  • Welt, RS, A Litt, SJ Franks. 2015. Analysis of population genetic structure and gene flow in Brassica rapa following a rapid evolutionary response to drought. AoB Botany. This paper received an ‘Editor’s Choice’ award. welt 2015 final
  • Weber, JJ, LB Vary, CES Berg, BH Ansaldi and SJ Franks. 2015. How evolution occurs in a population: The pollination game. American Biology Teacher.
  • Weis, AE, SM Wadgymar, MR Sekor and SJ Franks. 2014. The shape of selection: Using alternative fitness functions to explore patterns of selection on flowering time. Evolutionary Ecology 28: 885-904. Weis et al 2014-EvolEcol
  • Franks, SJ, J Munshi-South. 2014. Go forth, evolve, and prosper: The genetic basis of adaptive evolution in an invasive species. Molecular Ecology 23: 2137-2140. franks mol ecol 2014
  • Colautti, RI, SJ Franks, RA Hufbauer, PM Kotanen, M Torchin, JE Byers, P Pyšek, O Bossdorf. 2014. The Global Garlic Mustard Field Survey: challenges and opportunities of a unique, large-scale collaboration for invasion biology. Neobiota 21: 29–47. colautti 2014
  • Franks, SJ, JJ Weber and S Aitken. 2014. Evolutionary and plastic responses to climate change in terrestrial plant populations. Evolutionary Applications 7: 123-139. franks evo ap 2013
  • Barnum, K and SJ Franks. 2013. Seed extracts impede germination in Brassica rapa plants. International Journal of Plant Biology 4:e2: 8-10.
  • Franks, SJ, AA Hoffmann. 2012. Genetics of climate change adaptation. Annual Review of Genetics 46: 185-208. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-110711-155511.
  • Franks, SJ, G Wheeler and C Goodnight. 2012. Genetic variation and evolution of secondary compounds in native and introduced populations of the invasive plant Melaleuca quinquenervia. Evolution. 66: 1398–1412. Franks Wheeler Goodnight Evolution 2012
  • Franks, SJ. 2011. Plasticity and evolution in drought avoidance and escape in the annual plant Brassica rapa. New Phytologist 190: 249-257. Franks new phyt 2011
  • Franks, SJ, PD Pratt and ND Tsutsui. 2011. Genetic consequences of a demographic bottleneck in a biological control insect. Conservation Genetics 12: 201-211. franks et al cons gen 2011
  • Franks, SJ. 2010. Population genetics of island and coastal dune plants. Journal of Plant Biology. 2: 481-488. Franks 2010 jpb
  • Franks, SJ, and AE Weis. 2009. Climate changer alters reproductive isolation and potential gene flow in an annual plant. Evolutionary Applications 2:481-488. franks and weis evo app 2009
  • Franks, SJ, PD Pratt, FA Dray, and EL Simms. 2008. Selection of herbivory resistance and growth rate in an invasive plant. American Naturalist 171:678-691. franks am nat 2008
  • Franks, SJ, JC Avise, WE Bradshaw, JK Conner, JR Etterson, SJ Mazer, RG Shaw, and AE Weis. 2008. The Resurrection Initiative: storing ancestral genotypes to capture evolution in action. BioScience 58: 870-873. Franks 2008 BioSci
  • Franks, SJ, PD Pratt, FA Dray, and EL Simms. 2007. No evolution of increased competitive ability or decreased allocation to defense in Melaleuca quinquenervia since release from natural enemies. Biological Invasions 10: 455-466. Franks et al Bio Inv 2007
  • Franks, SJ, S Sim, and AE Weis. 2007. Rapid evolution of flowering time by annual plant in response to a climate fluctuation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104: 1278-1282. franks2007pnas
  • Franks, SJ, AM Kral, and PD Pratt. 2006. Herbivory by introduced insects reduces growth and survival of Melaleuca quinquenervia seedlings. Environmental Entomology. 35: 366-372. franks 2006 seedlings
  • Weis, AE and SJ Franks. 2006. Herbivory tolerance and coevolution: an alternative to the arms race? New Phytologist 170: 423-425. weis franks 2006
  • Center, TD, TK Van, FA Dray, SJ Franks, MT Rebelo, PD Pratt, and MB Rayamajhi. 2005. Herbivory alters competitive interactions between two invasive aquatic plants. Biological Control 33: 173-185. Center et al 2005
  • Franks, SJ, PD Pratt, FA Dray, and EL Simms. 2004. Selection for resistance in invasive plants. Weed Technology 18: 1486-1489. franks04a
  • Franks, SJ, CL Richards, E Gonzales, J Cousins, and JL Hamrick. 2004. Multi-scale genetic analysis of Uniola paniculata L.: a coastal species with a fragmented linear distribution. American Journal of Botany 91(9): 1345-1351. franks2004ajb
  • Franks, SJ. 2003. Facilitation in multiple life-history stages: evidence for nucleated succession in coastal dunes. Plant Ecology 168(1): 1-11. franks 2003 facilitation
  • Franks, SJ and CJ Peterson. 2003. Burial disturbance leads to facilitation among coastal dune plants. Plant Ecology 168(1): 13-21. franks and peterson 2003 burial
  • Franks, SJ. 2003. Competitive and facilitative interactions among two species of coastal dune perennials. Canadian Journal of Botany 81(4): 330-337. franks 2003b

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