Publications

 

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2007 (Accepted / In Press)

    Smith, V. S.
 
      Phthiraptera (parasitic lice), In 'Identification handbook of the insects and arachnids of Greenland' (J. Böcher, ed.) University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen.
           
    Cohn, D.L., Smith, V.S., Pizarro, M., Jones-Engel, L., Engel, G., Fuentes, A., Shaw, E., Cortes, J.
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      Pediculosis in Macaca sylvanus of Gibraltar. Veterinary Parasitology. 145(1-2):116-9.
           
    Smith, V. S., Dalgleish, R.C., & Cruickshank, R. H.
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      Fossil lice reconsidered - Erratum. Systematic Entomology. 32: 196.
           
    Smith, V. S.    
      Phthiraptera, In 'McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology,' McGraw-Hill Professional, New York.
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2006

    Dalgleish, R. C., Palma, R. L., Price, R. D., Smith, V. S.
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      Fossil lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) reconsidered. Systematic Entomology
      n.b. See also the erratum above.    
         
    Lane, R.S., Kucera, T., Barrett, R.H., Hasty, J.M., Wu, C. and Smith, V.S.    
      Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) as a host of ixodid ticks, lice and lyme disease spirochetes (Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato) in Californian state parks. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 42: 759-771.
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2005

    Smith, V.S.
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      DNA Barcoding: Perspectives from a "Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy" (PEET) Debate. Systematic Biology. 54 (5): 841-844.
           
 

2004

    Reed, D.L., Smith, V.S., Rogers, A.R., Hammond, S.L., Clayton, D.H.
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      Molecular genetic analysis of human lice supports direct contact between modern and archaic humans. Public Library of Science (PLoS) - Biology. 2 (11): e340.
           
    Koh, L.P., Dunn, R.D., Sodhi, N.S., Colwell, R.K., Proctor, H.C., Smith, V.S.
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      Species co-extinctions and the biodiversity crisis. Science. 305, no. 5690. pp. 1632-1634.
           
    Wappler, T., Smith, V.S., Dalgleish R.C.
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      Scratching an ancient itch: an Eocene bird louse fossil. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B (Suppl.), Biology Letters. 271, no. S5: 255-258.
           
    Smith, V.S., Page, R.D.M., Johnson, K.P.
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      Data incongruence and the problem of avian louse phylogeny. Zoologica Scripta . 33: 239-259.
           
    Smith, V.S.
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      Phthiraptera: Chewing and sucking lice, In (Gale Research Staff, ed.) Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Vol 3 (Insects), Gale Group, USA. pp. 249-257.
           
    Page, R.D.M., Cruickshank, R.H., Dickens, M., Furness, R.W., Kennedy, M., Palma, R.L., Smith, V.S.
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      Phylogeny of the "Philoceanus-complex" seabird lice (Phthirpatera: Ischnocera) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30: 633-652.
           
    Smith, V.S.
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      Lousy phylogenies: Phthiraptera systematics and the antiquity of lice. Proceedings of the Meeting on Phylogenetic Relationships within the Insect Orders (Dresden, September 2003). - Entomologische Abhandlungen 61: 150-151.
           
    Smith, V.S.
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      Lousy Lists (Book review of "The Chewing Lice: World Checklist and Biological Overview" by R. D. Price, R. A. Hellenthal, R. L. Palma, K. P. Johnson, D. H. Clayton). Systematic Biology 53 (4) 666-668.
           
    Johnson, K.P., Yoshizawa, K., Smith, V.S.
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      Multiple origins of parasitism in lice. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 271: 1771 - 1776.
           
 

2003

    Johnson, K.P., Cruickshank, R.H., Adams, R.J., Smith, V.S., Page, R.D.M. Clayton, D.H.
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      Dramatically elevated rate of mitochondrial substitution in lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 26:231-242.
           
    Goldie, S. & Smith, V.S.
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      Know your enemy! Student British Medical Journal. 11: 190.
           
    Smith, V.S.
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      Scratching a thirty-year itch!: a review of the Second International Congress on Phthiraptera. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 30: 327-331.
           
    Smith, V.S.
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      Ex Cathedra Cladistics (Book review of "Cladistics: A Practical Primer on CD-ROM" by Peter Skelton, Andrew Smith, and Neale Monks). Heredity. 91: 96-97.
           
 

2001

    Smith, V.S.
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      Avian Louse Phylogeny (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera): A cladistic study based on morphology. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 132: 81-144.
           
    Cruickshank R.H., Johnson K.P., Smith V.S., Adams R.J., Clayton D.H., and Page R.D.M.    
      Phylogenetic Analysis of Partial Sequences of Elongation Factor 1 alpha Identifies Major Groups of Lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 19: 202-215.
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2000

    Smith, V.S.
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      Basal ischnoceran louse phylogeny (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Goniodidae and Heptapsogasteridae). Systematic Entomology 25: 73-94.