University of New England

Steven Travis, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
(207) 602-2715
stravis@une.edu

Education

B.S. - Biology, 1986
          Southern Oregon University

M.S. - Biology, 1990
          Northern Arizona University

Ph.D. - Biology, 1994
            Northern Arizona University

Post-Doc - Forest Sciences
                  University of British Columbia

Courses

BIO207    Organismal Genetics

BIO333    Evolution

BIO503    Research Methods

Research Interests

Community genetics of estuarine and near-shore plant assemblages

Geographic barriers to gene flow in terrestrial and oceanic populations

Mating system dynamics of clonal organisms

Hybridization as an evolutionary force in plant and animal populations

Selected Publications

Travis SE, Baggs JE, Maschinski J (2008) Disentangling the role of hybridization in the evolution of the endangered Arizona cliffrose (Purshia X subintegra: Rosaceae): a molecular and morphological analysis, Conservation Genetics, in press.

Travis SE, Sheridan P (2006) A comparative analysis of genetic population structure among natural and restored shoalgrass (Halodule wrightii) populations along the northwest Gulf of Mexico Coast, Marine Ecology Progress Series 322: 117-127.

Proffitt CE, Travis SE (2005) Fine scale mutational and breeding system effects of environmental contaminants on Red Mangroves in Tampa Bay, Florida, Wetlands 25: 326-334.

Travis SE, Hester MH (2005) A space for time substitution reveals the long-term decline in genotypic diversity of a widespread salt marsh plant, Spartina alterniflora, over a span of 1500 years, Journal of Ecology 93: 417-430.

Ritland K, Travis SE (2004) Inferences involving pairwise relatednes and individual inbreeding coefficients in natural popluations: overview and a comparative study of two British Columbia Abies species. Forest Ecology and Management 197: 171-180.

Travis SE, Ritland K, Whitham TG, Keim P (1998) A genetic linkage map of pinyon pine (Pinus edulis) based on amplified fragment length polymorphisms, Theoretical and Applied Genetics 97: 871-880.

Travis SE, Leim P (1995) Differentiating individuals and populations of mule deer using DNA, Journal of Wildlife Management 59: 824-831.

Travis SE, Slobodchikoff CN, Keim P (1995) Ecological and demographic effects of intraspecific variation in the social system of prarie dogs, Ecology 76: 17094-1803.