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University of Wyoming

Amy Krist

Research Scientist
Evolutionary Ecology

Education

  • B.A. Biology, State University of New York at Potsdam, 1991
  • B.A., History, State University of New York at Potsdam, 1991
  • Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Indiana University, 1998

Research Interests

  • Evolutionary ecology of invasive species
  • Parasites and life-history evolution
  • Evolution of resistance

Courses

Publications

  • Krist, A. C. . 2008. Phenotypic correlations reveal evidence for growth costs but not survival costs in a freshwater snail. Evolutionary Ecology Research 10: 1-9.
  • Krist, A. C. and Showsh, S.A. 2007. Experimental evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria. American Biology Teacher 69:218--221.
  • Krist, A. C. 2006. Prevalence of parasites does not predict age at first reproduction or reproductive output in the freshwater snail, Helisoma anceps . Evolutionary Ecology Research 8: 753-763.
  • Dybdahl, M.F., and , A. C. Krist . 2004. Genotypic versus condition effects on parasite-driven rare advantage. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17: 967-973.
  • Krist, A. C ., J. Jokela, J. Wiehn, and C.M. Lively. 2004. Effects of host condition on susceptibility to infection, parasite development rate, and parasite transmission in a snail-trematode interaction. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17: 33-40.
  • Krist, A. C. 2002. Crayfish induce a defensive shell shape in a freshwater snail. Invertebrate Biology 121:235--242.
  • Krist, A. C. 2001. Variation in fecundity among populations of snails is predicted by prevalence of castrating parasites. Evolutionary Ecology Research 3:191--197.
  • Krist, A. C., C. M. Lively, E. P. Levri, J.Jokela 2000. Spatial variation in susceptibility to infection in a snail-trematode interaction. Parasitology 121:395--401.
  • Krist, A. C. 2000. Effects of the digenean parasite Proterometra macrostoma on host morphology in the freshwater snail Elimia livescens. Journal of Parasitology 86: 262--267
  • Krist, A. C. and C. M. Lively. 1998. Experimental exposure of juvenile snails (Potamopyrgus antipodarum ) to infection by trematode larvae (Microphallus sp.): infectivity, fecundity compensation and growth. Oecologia 116: 575--582.
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