00438nas a2200121   4500008004500000245009700045210006900142260001300211100001500224700001600239700001900255856004200274       In Press                    eng d    00aWho am I this time? The affinities and misbehaviors of Hill’s oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis).0 aWho am I this time The affinities and misbehaviors of Hill s oak  cIn press1 aHipp, A.L.1 aWeber, J.A.1 aSrivastava, A.  uhttps://quercus.myspecies.info/node/101982nas a2200145   4500008004100000245009500041210006900136260000900205300001600214490000800230520152400238100001701762700001501779856004201794       2009                        eng d00aPhylogenetic and trait similarity to a native species predict herbivory on non-native oaks0 aPhylogenetic and trait similarity to a native species predict he  c2009  a18097-181020 v1063 aIntroduced plants tend to experience less herbivory than natives, although herbivore loads vary widely. Herbivores may switch hosts onto an introduced plant for at least two reasons. They may recognize the novel plant as a potential host based on similarity of the plant’s traits to the traits of one of its native hosts, a similarity that may or may not exhibit phylogenetic signal. Alternatively, herbivores may feed optimally, assessing which introduced plants provide the best nutrition irrespective of similarity to native species. Here, we created a phylogeny of 57 oak (Quercus) taxa, which were grown outside of their ranges in a common botanical garden that contained one abundant native oak (Quercus lobata). We used the phylogeny to estimate the phylogenetic conservatism of herbivory by two feeding guilds of insects (leaf chewers and leaf miners) and 11 plant traits expected to affect herbivore performance. We found high phylogenetic signal in chewing damage but not mining damage and all traits except for leaf maturation time. Introduced oaks that are more closely related to the native oak received more chewing and mining damage than distantly related oaks, and introduced oaks that had greater overall similarity in leaf traits also received higher chewing damage but not mining damage. These results demonstrate that interactions between introduced plants and their herbivores are driven independently by traits that track plant phylogeny and leaf traits that likely affect herbivore performance.1 aPearse, I.S.1 aHipp, A.L.  uhttps://quercus.myspecies.info/node/901930nas a2200193   4500008004100000245008800041210006900129260000900198300001200207490000700219520128300226653005101509653001801560653001701578653002801595100001501623700001601638856008201654       2008                        eng d00aTaxonomy of Hill’s Oak (Quercus ellipsoidalis: Fagaceae): Evidence from AFLP Data0 aTaxonomy of Hill s Oak Quercus ellipsoidalis Fagaceae Evidence f  c2008  a148-1580 v333 aAbstract:Quercus ellipsoidalis (Hill’s oak), an endemic of east-central North America, is morphologically similar to Q. coccinea (scarlet oak) and is subsumed into that species in several floristic treatments. This study uses data from more than 250 amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers to investigate whether Q. coccinea and Q. ellipsoidalis are genetically distinct from one another. Whereas Q. coccinea and Q. ellipsoidalis separate from one another in all analyses, Q. velutina (black oak) populations collected from the geographic range of both Q. coccinea and Q. ellipsoidalis do not separate out by geographic region. This, combined with the strong differentiation between Q. coccinea and Q. velutina but weak differentiation between Q. ellipsoidalis and Q. velutina, supports the view that Q. coccinea and Q. ellipsoidalis are not simply regional variants of a single taxon. Moreover, while there is no evidence from the molecular data we collected of hybridization between Q. coccinea and Q. ellipsoidalis, the data suggest that there may be gene flow between Q. ellipsoidalis and Q. velutina. A clearer understanding of the relationships among these taxa is essential to understanding the taxonomy of Quercus section Lobate in eastern North America.10aAMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS (AFLP)10aHYBRIDIZATION10aOAK TAXONOMY10aQUERCUS SECTION LOBATAE1 aHipp, A.L.1 aWeber, J.A.  uhttp://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aspt/sb/2008/00000033/00000001/art00017