Department of Entomology
Dr. Liza M. Holeski
Assistant Scientist
Contact Information
Department of Entomology
University of Wisconsin, Madison
1630 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Email: holeski@entomology.wisc.edu
Phone:
608-262-4319
Research Interests
Evolutionary genetics
Quantitative trait evolution in plant populations
Plant- herbivore interactions
Chemical ecology
Education
B.A., Biology (with Distinction); B.A., Philosophy. St. Olaf College, 2001.
Ph.D., Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (with Honors). University of Kansas, 2007.
Publications
Lamit, L.J., M.A. Bowker, L.M. Holeski, R.R. Naesborg, S.C. Wooley, M. Zinkgraf, R.L. Lindroth, T.G. Whitham, and C.A. Gehring. 2010. Genetically-based trait variation within a foundation tree species influences a dominant bark lichen. Fungal Ecology 4: 103-109. PDF
Holeski, L.M., R. Chase-Alone, and J.K. Kelly. 2010. The genetics of phenotypic plasticity in plant defense: Trichome production in Mimulus guttatus. American Naturalist, 175(4): 391-400. PDF
Holeski, L.M., M.J.C. Kearsley, and T.G. Whitham. 2009. Separating ontogenetic and environmental variation in resistance to herbivory in cottonwood. Ecology 90: 2969-2973. PDF
Holeski, L.M. , A. Vogelzang, G. Stanosz, and R.L. Lindroth. 2009. Incidence of Venturia shoot blight in aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) varies with tree chemistry and genotype. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 37: 139-145. PDF
Kelly, J.K., L.M. Holeski, and H.S. Arathi. 2008. The genetic correlation between flower size and water use efficiency in Monkeyflowers. Evolutionary Ecology Research 10(1):147-152. PDF
Holeski, L.M. 2007. Within and among generation phenotypic plasticity in trichome density of Mimulus guttatus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20: 2092-2100. PDF
Holeski, L.M. and J.K. Kelly. 2006. Mating system and the evolution of quantitative traits: An experimental study of Mimulus guttatus. Evolution 60(4): 711-723. PDF
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