2005:
| V. S. Smith. What is Cybertaxonomy? some case studies from a louse
systematist |
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| V. S. Smith & K.
P. Johnson. The evolution of microhabitat specialization in parasitic
lice: lineage assortment or character displacement? |
| Joint meetings of the American
Society of Naturalists (ASN), the Society for the Study of
Evolution (SSE), and the Society of Systematic Biologists
(SSB). June 10-14, 2005. University
of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA. |
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| V. S. Smith. Did dinosaurs have lice? estimating rates of diversification
in parasitic lice |
| Invited
speaker / instructor. Biostatistics
workshop (Bayesian and likelihood inference of phylogeny)
with John Huelsenbeck, Fred Ronquist, Dave Swofford, and Jeff
Thorne. (University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, May 22-31, 2005) |
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2004
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| V. S. Smith., T. Ford,
K.P. Johnson, P. Johnson, R.D.M. Page. Did dinosaurs have lice? |
| Joint meetings
of the American Society of Naturalists (ASN), the Society
for the Study of Evolution (SSE), and the Society of
Systematic Biologists (SSB). 26-30 June 2004, Colorado
State University, Colorado, USA. |
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| K. Yoshizawa, K.P.
Johnson, V.S. Smith. Multiple Origins of Parasitism in Lice |
| POSTER PRESENTATION.
Joint meetings of the American Society of Naturalists
(ASN), the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE),
and the Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB). 26-30
June 2004, Colorado
State University, Colorado, USA. |
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| E.G. Grosso, G. Laufer,
V.S. Smith. Piojos masticadores de pluma, ectoparásitos del
ñandú (Rhea americana). |
| POSTER PRESENTATION.
6th International conference for the management of wildlife
in Amazonia and Latin America. 5-10 September, The
National University of Peruvian Amazonía (UNAP),
Iquitos, Peru. CONFERENCE NOT PERSONALLY ATTENDED BY VSS. |
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2003
| V. S. Smith. Lousy
phylogenies: Phthiraptera systematics and the antiquity of lice |
| Invited speaker.
The Phylogenetic Relationships within the Insect Orders.
September 19-21, 2003. Dresden, Germany. |
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| V. S. Smith. Ancient
mariners and recent stowaways: the coevolution of seabirds and their
lice |
| Joint meetings
of the American Society of Naturalists (ASN), the Society
for the Study of Evolution (SSE), and the Society of
Systematic Biologists (SSB). June 20-24, 2003. California
State University, Chico. California, USA. |
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2002
| V. S. Smith. Data
Set Incongruence and the Problem of Avian Louse Phylogeny |
| Invited speaker.
2nd International Congress on Phthiraptera. July 8
- 12, 2002. University
of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. |
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| V. S. Smith & R.D.M.
Page. LouseBase: An Online Specimen and Data Management System
for Working with Lice |
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| V. S. Smith & K.
P. Johnson. Lies I have told about lice: a fresh look at avian
louse phylogeny |
| POSTER PRESENTATION.
Joint meetings
of the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), and
the Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB). 29 June
- 2 July 2002, University
of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. USA. |
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2001
| V. S. Smith. Lousy
Phylogenies: Louse Coevolution and Cosepciation |
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2000
| V. S. Smith. Ischnoceran
Louse Phylogeny : Congruence, Consensus and Coevolution |
| Invited speaker.
Royal
Entomological Society, Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Special Interest Group, 1st November 2000, Royal Entomological
Society, London. |
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1999
| V. S. Smith. Heirlooms
or Souvenirs: Have lice cospeciated with their hosts? |
| Joint meetings
of the American Society of Naturalists (ASN), the Society
for the Study of Evolution (SSE), and the Society of
Systematic Biologists (SSB). 22-26 June 1999, University
of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. |
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| V. S. Smith. Reconstructing
character state trees: An example based on louse head shape |
| Second biennial
conference of the Systematics Association. 23-27 August
1999, University
of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. (Won £500 of book vouchers
for best student paper at the conference). |
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