Books - NEW!!
Gillespie, R.G. and D.A. Clague. 2009 Editors, Encyclopedia of Islands. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.
Journal Publications Last Two Years
Garb, J.E., and R. G. Gillespie. 2009. Diversity despite dispersal: Colonization history and phylogeography of Hawaiian crab spiders inferred from multilocus genetic data. Molecular Ecology. 18: 1746–1764.
Emerson, B.C. and R. G. Gillespie. 2008. Phylogenetic analysis of community assembly and structure over space and time. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 23(11): 619-630.
Medeiros, M.J., D. Davis, F.G. Howarth, and R. G. Gillespie. 2009. Evolution of cave-living in Hawaiian Schrankia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) with description of a remarkable new cave species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156: 114-139.
Krushelnycky, P.D. and R. G. Gillespie. 2009. Sampling across space and time to validate natural experiments: An example with ant invasions in Hawaii. Biological Invasions.
2008. Biogeography of French Polynesia: Diversification within and between a series of hotspot archipelagoes. Phil. Trans. Royal Society London 363: 3335-3346.
Benjamin, SP, D. Dimitrov, R. G. Gillespie, and G. Hormiga. 2008. Family ties: Molecular phylogeny of crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae). Cladistics 24: 708-722.
Krushelnycky, P.D. and R. G. Gillespie 2008. Compositional and functional stability of arthropod communities in the face of ant invasions. Ecological Applications. 18(6): 1547–1562.
Spagna, J., and R. G. Gillespie. 2008. More loci, fewer shifts: improving understanding of evolution of the spinning apparatus in non-orb-weaving spiders. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46: 347-368.
R. G. Gillespie, E.M. Claridge, and G.K. Roderick. 2008. Biodiversity dynamics in isolated island communities: Interaction between natural and human-mediated processes. Molecular Ecology 17: 45-57 (from meeting on "Evolution in Human-Altered Landscapes", organized by Tom Smith & Louis Bernatchez)
Book
s Chapters
Gillespie, R.G. and B.G. Baldwin. 2009. Island biogeography of remote archipelagos: Interplay between ecological and evolutionary processes. IN: The Theory of
Island Biogeography at 40: Impacts and Prospects. Eds. J. Losos, R. Ricklefs. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ (from symposium, Oct 2007)
Gillespie, R.G 2009. Adaptive Radiation. IN: Guide to Ecology. Eds. S. Levin, S. Carpenter, C. Godfray, A. Kinzig, M. Loreau, J. Losos, B. Walker, D. Wilcove. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ
Gillespie, R.G 2009. Adaptive Radiation. pp. 1-7 IN: Encyclopedia of Islands. Eds. Gillespie, R.G. and D.A. Clague, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.
Gillespie, R.G. and M Williamson. 2009. Britain and Ireland. pp. 116-126 IN: Encyclopedia of Islands. Eds. Gillespie, R.G. and D.A. Clague, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.
Gillespie, R.G 2009. Ecological Release. pp. 251-253 IN: Encyclopedia of Islands. Eds. Gillespie, R.G. and D.A. Clague, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.
Gillespie, R.G and Spagna JC. 2009. Spiders. IN: Encyclopedia of Insects (eds VH Resh, RT Cardé) pp 930-940. Academic Press, San Diego.
Roderick, GK and Gillespie, R.G. 2009. Island Biogeography. IN: Encyclopedia of Insects (eds VH Resh, RT Cardé) pp 529-531. Academic Press, San Diego
Other Representative Publications
Mitchell, B.M., and R.G. Gillespie. 2007. Graduate students take to the field in K-12 education. Public Library of Science (PLoS) Biology 5(6): 1200-1201 (describes the Berkeley Natural History Museums' GK12 project, Exploring California Biodiversity)
Gillespie, R.G. and B.C. Emerson. 2007. Adaptation under a microscope. Nature 446: 386-387.
Arnedo, M.A., Agnarsson, I., and Gillespie RG. 2007. Molecular Insights into the phylogenetic structure of the spider genus Theridion (Araneae, Theridiidae) and the origin of the Hawaiian Theridion-like fauna. Zoologica Scripta 36: 337-352.
Gillespie R.G. and Rivera, M.A. 2007. Free-Living Spiders of the Genus Ariamnes (Araneae, Theridiidae) in Hawaii. Journal of Arachnology. 35: 11-37.
Spagna, J.C. and R.G. Gillespie. 2006. Unusually long Hyptiotes (Araneae: Uloboridae) sequence for small subunit (18S) ribosomal RNA supports secondary structure model utility in spiders. Journal of Arachnology 34: 557-565.
Gillespie R.G. 2006. Oceanic Islands: Models of Diversity. In: S.A. Levin (ed.) Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Elsevier Ltd, Oxford.
Arnedo, M.A. and Gillespie RG. 2006. Species diversification patterns in the Polynesian jumping spider genus Havaika Proszynski 2001 (Araneae, Salticidae). Mol. Phyl. & Evolution 41: 472-495.
Garb, JE and Gillespie, RG. 2006. Island hopping across the central Pacific: mitochondrial DNA detects sequential colonization of the Austral Islands by crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae). J. Biogeog 33(2): 201-220 (cover)
Gillespie R.G. 2005. The ecology and evolution of Hawaiian spider communities. American Scientist 93 (2): 122-131
Vandergast, A.G., Gillespie, R.G. and Roderick, G. K. 2004. Influences of volcanic activity on the population genetic structure of Hawaiian Tetragnatha. Molecular Ecology 13: 1729-1743.(cover)
Blackledge T. A. & Gillespie R. G. 2004. Convergent evolution of behavior in an adaptive radiation of Hawaiian web-building spiders. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 101 (46): 16228-16233.
Pons J. and R. G. Gillespie. 2004. Evolution of satellite DNAs in a radiation of endemic Hawaiian spiders: Does concerted evolution of highly repetitive sequences reflect evolutionary history? Journal of Molecular Evolution 59 (5): 632-641.
Gillespie, R.G. 2004. Community assembly through adaptive radiation in Hawaiian spiders. ©Science 303(5656): 356-359.
(Cover - photo © David Liittschwager and Susan Middleton. See some news stories on this article.
Garb, J.E., González, A., and Gillespie, R.G. 2004. The black widow spider genus Latrodectus (Araneae: Theridiidae): phylogeny, biogeography and invasion history. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31(3): 1127-1142
Arnedo, MA, Coddington, J., Agnarsson, I, Gillespie, R.G. 2004. From a Comb to a Tree: Phylogenetic Relationships of the Comb-footed Spiders (Araneae, Theridiidae) Inferred from Nuclear and Mitochondrial Genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31: 225-245.
Gillespie, R.G. 2003. Marquesan spiders of the genus Tetragnatha. Journal of Arachnology 31: 62-77. ©American Arachnological Society.
Pons, J. and R. G. Gillespie. 2003. Common origin of the satellite DNAs of the Hawaiian spiders of the genus Tetragnatha : evolutionary constraints on the length and nucleotide composition of the repeats. Gene 313: 169-177.
Gillespie, R.G. 2003. Spiders of the genus Tetragnatha in the Society Islands. Journal of Arachnology 31: 157-172. ©American Arachnological Society.
Gillespie, R.G. 2003. Hawaiian spiders of the genus Tetragnatha: V. Elongate web-builders from Oahu. Journal of Arachnology 31: 8-19. ©American Arachnological Society. Reprint
Blackledge T.A., Binford G.J. & Gillespie R.G. 2003. Resource use within a community of Hawaiian spiders (Araneae: Tetragnathidae). Annales Zoologici Fennici 40: 293–303.
Blackledge, T.A. J. A. Coddington, and R. G. Gillespie. 2003. The evolution of three-dimensional spider webs as predator defenses. Ecology Letters 6(1): 13-18.
Hormiga, G., Arnedo, M.A., and Gillespie, R.G. 2003. Speciation on a conveyor belt: sequential colonization of the Hawaiian Islands by Orsonwelles spiders (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Systematic Biology 52(1): 70-88.
Gillespie R.G., and Roderick G.K. 2002. Arthropods on islands: Evolution and conservation. Annual Review of Entomology 47; 47:595-632. ©Annual Reviews.
Gillespie, R.G. 2002. Hawaiian Spiders of the Genus Tetragnatha: IV: New, Small Species in the Spiny Leg Clade. Journal of Arachnology 30: 159-172. ©American Arachnological Society.
Gillespie, R.G. 2002. Colonization of remote oceanic islands of the Pacific: archipelagos as stepping stones? Journal of Biogeography 29: 655-662.
Oxford, G.S., Gillespie R.G. 2001. Portraits of evolution: Studies of coloration in Hawaiian spiders. Bioscience 51: 521-528.
Gillespie R.G., Howarth F.G., Roderick G.K. 2001. Adaptive Radiation. Pp. 25-44 In: S.A. Levin (ed.) Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Vol. 1. Academic Press, New York.
Garb, J. E.; Gillespie, R. G. 2000. Parallel patterns in the Pacific? A comparison of phylogenetic diversification in crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae) across three Polynesian archipelagos. American Zoologist. 40 (6): 1025
Gillespie, R.G. 1999. Naivete and novel perturbations: Conservation of native spiders on an oceanic island system. J. Insect Conservation 3: 263-272.
Gillespie R.G. and GS Oxford. 1998. Selection on the color polymorphism in Hawaiian happy-face spiders: Evidence from genetic structure and temporal fluctuations. Evolution 52: 775-783.
Gillespie RG and GS Oxford. 1998. Selection on the color polymorphism in Hawaiian happy-face spiders: Evidence from genetic structure and temporal fluctuations. Evolution 52: 775-783.
Roderick GK and RG Gillespie. 1998. Speciation and phylogeography of Hawaiian terrestrial arthropods. Molecular Ecology 7:519-531.
Oxford, G.S. and R.G. Gillespie. 1998. Color polymorphisms in spiders. Annual Review of Entomology 43: 619-643.
Gillespie, R.G., H.B. Croom and G.L. Hasty. 1997. Phylogenetic relationships and adaptive shifts among major clades of Tetragnatha spiders (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) in Hawaii. Pacific Science 51: 380-394.
Oxford, G.S. and R.G. Gillespie. 1996. Genetics of a colour polymorphism in the Hawaiian happy face spider, Theridion grallator (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Greater Maui. Heredity 76: 238-248.
Oxford, GS and RG Gillespie. 1996. Quantum shifts in the genetic control of colour polymorphism in the Hawaiian happy face spider, Theridion grallator (Araneae: Theridiidae). Heredity 76: 249-256.
Oxford, G.S. and R.G. Gillespie. 1996. The effects of genetic background on the island-specific control of a colour polymorphism in the Hawaiian happy face spider, Theridion grallator (Araneae: Theridiidae). Heredity 76: 257-266.
Gillespie, R.G. and H.B. Croom. 1995. Comparison of speciation mechanisms in web-building and non-web-building groups within a lineage of spiders. Pp. 121-146. In: W.L. Wagner and V.A. Funk (eds.). Hawaiian Biogeography: Evolution on a Hot Spot Archipelago. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington.
Gillespie, R.G., S.R. Palumbi and H.B. Croom. 1994. Multiple origins of a spider radiation in Hawaii. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 91: 2290-2294.
Caraco, T., G.W. Uetz, R.G. Gillespie and L.A. Giraldeau. 1994. Resource consumption variance within and among individuals: modeling coloniality in spiders. Ecology. 76: 196-205.
Gillespie, R.G.& N. Reimer. 1993.The Effect of Alien Predatory Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) on Hawaiian Endemic Spiders (Araneae, Tetragnathidae). Pacific Science 47, 21-33.
Gillespie, R.G. 1993. Biogeographic Pattern of Phylogeny Among a Clade of Endemic Hawaiian Spiders (Araneae, Tetragnathidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 33: 519-526. This publication was from the Proceedings of the XII International Congress of Arachnology held at Brisbane in 1992. See here for links and photographs of some of the participants.
Gillespie, R.G. 1992. Impaled prey. Nature 355, 212-213.
Gillespie, R.G. 1991. Hawaiian spiders of the genus Tetragnatha: I. Spiny Leg Clade. Journal of Arachnology 19, 174-209.
Gillespie, R.G. 1991. Predation through impalement of prey: The foraging behavior of Doryonychus raptor (Araneae, Tetragnathidae). Psyche 98, 337-350.
Croom, H.B., R.G. Gillespie and S.R. Palumbi. 1991. Mitochondrial DNA sequences coding for a portion of the RNA of the small ribosomal subunits of Tetragnatha mandibulata and Tetragnatha hawaiensis (Araneae, Tetragnathidae). Journal of Arachnology 19, 210-214.