Edmund D. Brodie III Associate Professor Department of Biology Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana  47405  USA

Antipredator mechanisms in reptiles & amphibians; Genetics of parental care; Evolutionary causes and implications of behavioral and inherited traits in reptiles and amphibians

Miller Postdoctoral Fellow

University of California - Berkeley

Ph.D. 1991

Ecology and Evolution

University of Chicago

M.S. 1987

Evolutionary Biology

University of Chicago

B.A. 1985

Biology (Honors)

Princeton University

Brodie, E. D., Jr., D. R. Formanowicz, Jr. and E. D. Brodie III. 1978. The development of noxiousness of Bufo americanus tadpoles to aquatic insect predators. Herpetologica 34:302-306.

Brodie, E. D., Jr., and E. D. Brodie III. 1980. Differential avoidance of mimetic salamanders by free-ranging birds. Science 208:181-183.

Brodie, E. D., III, E. D. Brodie, Jr. and Judith A. Johnson. 1982. Breeding the African hedgehog Atelerix pruneri in captivity. International Zoo Yearbook 22:195-197.

Brodie, E. D., III, 1989. Antipredator displays of Ambystoma jeffersonianum in response to predatory and nonpredatory species of snakes. Journal of Herpetology 23:307-309.

Brodie, E. D., III. 1989. Behavioral modification as a means of reducing the cost of reproduction. American Naturalist 134:225-238.

Brodie, E. D., III. 1989. Genetic covariances between morphology and antipredator behavior in natural populations of the garter snake Thamnophis ordinoides. Nature 342:542-543.

Brodie, E. D., III, and P. K. Ducey. 1989. Reproductive strategies of female red-bellied snakes Storeria occipitomaculata. American Midland Naturalist 122:51-58.

Janzen, F. J., and E. D. Brodie III. 1989. Tall tails and sexy males: Sexual behavior of rough-skinned newts (Taricha granulosa) in a natural breeding pond. Copeia 1989:1064-1067.

Brodie, E. D., III, and E. D. Brodie, Jr. 1990. Tetrodotoxin resistance in garter snakes: An evolutionary response of predators to dangerous prey. Evolution 44:651-659.

Brodie, E. D., III, and E. D. Brodie, Jr. 1991. Evolutionary response of predators to dangerous prey: reduction of toxicity of newts and resistance of garter snakes in island populations. Evolution 45:221-224.

Brodie, E. D., Jr., D. R. Formanowicz, Jr., and E. D. Brodie III. 1991. Predator avoidance and antipredator mechanisms: distinct pathways to survival. Ecology, Ethology, and Evolution 3:73-77.

Brodie, E. D., III. 1992. Correlational selection for color pattern and antipredator behavior in the garter snake Thamnophis ordinoides. Evolution 46:1284-1298.  [ Abstract ]

Janzen, F. J., G. L. Paukstis, and E. D. Brodie III. 1992. Observations on basking behavior of hatchling turtles in the wild. Journal of Herpetology 26:217-219.

Brodie, E. D., III. 1993. Consistency of individual differences in antipredator behaviour and colour pattern in the garter snake Thamnophis ordinoides. Animal Behaviour 45:851-861.

Brodie, E. D., III. 1993. Differential avoidance of coral snake banded patterns by free-ranging avian predators in Costa Rica. Evolution 47:227-235.

Brodie, E. D., III. 1993. Homogeneity of the genetic variance-covariance matrix for antipredator traits in two natural populations of the garter snake Thamnophis ordinoides. Evolution 47:844-854.

Janzen, F. J., and E. D. Brodie III. 1995. Visually-oriented foraging in a natural population of herbivorous lizards (Ctenosaura similis). Journal of Herpetology 29:132-136.

Brodie, E. D., III, and A. J. Moore. 1995. Experimental studies of coral snake mimicry: do snakes mimic millipedes? Animal Behaviour 49:534-536 .

Brodie, E. D., III, and F. J. Janzen. 1995. Experimental studies of coral snake mimicry: Generalized avoidance of ringed snake patterns by free-ranging avian predators. Functional Ecology 9:186-190.

Brodie, E. D., III, A. J. Moore, and F. J. Janzen. 1995. Visualizing and quantifying natural selection. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 10:313-318

Brodie, E. D., III, and F. J. Janzen. 1996. On the assignment of fitness values in statistical analyses of selection. Evolution 50:437-442

Brodie, E. D., III. 1996. Quantitative genetics - what is it good for?. Herpetologica 52:611-620.

Grill, C. P., A. J. Moore, and E. D. Brodie III. 1997. The genetics of phenotypic plasticity in a colonizing population of the ladybird beetle, Harmonia axyridis. Heredity 78:261-269.

A. J. Moore, E. D. Brodie, III, and J. B. Wolf. 1997. Interacting phenotypes and the evolutionary process: I. Direct and indirect genetic effects of social interactions. Evolution 51:1352-1362.  [ Abstract ]

Wolf, J. B., A. J. Moore, and E. D. Brodie III. 1997. The evolution of indicator traits for parental quality: the role of maternal and paternal effects. American Naturalist 150:639-649.  [ Abstract ]

Wolf, J. B., E. D. Brodie III, J. M. Cheverud, A. J. Moore, M. J. Wade. 1998. Evolutionary consequences of indirect genetic effects. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 13:64-69.

Wolf, J. B., and E. D. Brodie III. 1998. The coadaptation of parental and offspring characters. Evolution 52:535-544.

Brodie, E. D., III, and N. Russell. 1999. The consistency of individual differences in behaviour: temperature effects on antipredator behaviour in garter snakes. Animal Behaviour 57:445-451.  [ Abstract ]

Wolf, J. B., E. D. Brodie III, and A. J. Moore. 1999. Interacting phenotypes and the evolutionary process. II. Selection resulting from social interactions. American Naturalist 153:254-266.  [ Abstract ]

Sadowski, J., A. J. Moore and E. D. Brodie III. 1999. The evolution of empty nuptial gifts in a dance fly, Empis snoddyi (Diptera: Empididae): Bigger isn't always better. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 45: 161-166.

Brodie, E. D., III, and E. D. Brodie, Jr. 1999. The cost of exploiting toxic prey: evolutionary tradeoffs in a predator-prey arms race. Evolution 53:626-631.

Ridenhour, B. J., E. D., Brodie, Jr. and E. D. Brodie III. 1999. Effects of repeated injections of tetrodotoxin on growth and resistance in the garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis. Copeia 1999: 531-535.

Clayton, D. H., P. L. M. Lee, and E. D. Brodie III. 1999. Reciprocal natural selection on host-parasite phenotypes. American Naturalist 154:261-270.

Wolf, J. B., E. D. Brodie III, and A. J. Moore. 1999. The role of maternal and paternal effects in the evolution of parental investment by sexual selection. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 12:1157-1167.

Brodie, E. D., III, and E. D. Brodie, Jr. 1999. Predator-prey arms races and dangerous prey. Bioscience 49:557-568.

Hanifen, C. T., M. Yotsu-Yamashita, E. D. Brodie III, E. D. Brodie, Jr., and T. Yasumoto. 1999. Toxicity of dangerous prey: variation of tetrodotoxin levels within and among populations of the newt Taricha granulosa. Journal of Chemical Ecology 26:2161-2176.

Motychak, J. E., E. D. Brodie, Jr., and E. D. Brodie III. 1999. Evolutionary response of predators to dangerous prey: preadaptation and the evolution of tetrodotoxin resistance in garter snakes. Evolution 53:1528-1535.

Brodie, E. D., III and E. D. Brodie, Jr. 1999. The arms suppliers in predator-prey arms races: Response to Prince. Bioscience 49:944.

Wolf, J. B., W. A .Frankino, A. F. Agrawal, E. D. Brodie III, and A. J. Moore. Submitted. Developmental Interactions and the Constituents of Quantitative Variation. Submitted to Evolution.

Agrawal, A. F., E. D. Brodie III, and L. Rieseberg. Submitted. Possible consequences of genes of major effect: Transient changes in the G-matrix. Submitted to Evolution.

EDITED VOLUMES:
Wolf, J. B., E. D. Brodie III, and M. J. Wade. 2000. Epistasis and the Evolutionary Process. Oxford University Press, New York. (in press)

BOOK CHAPTERS:
Brodie, E. D., III, and T. Garland, Jr. 1993. Quantitative genetics of snake populations. pp 315-362 in: R. A. Seigel and J. T. Collins, eds., "Snakes: Ecology and Behavior". McGraw-Hill, New York.

Moore, A. J., J. Wolf, and E. D. Brodie III. 1998. The influence of direct and indirect effects on the evolution of behavior: Sexual and social selection meet maternal effects. Pp. 22-41in: T. A. Mousseau & C. Fox (eds.). "Maternal Effects as Adaptations", Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford.

Brodie, E. D., III. 2000. Why evolutionary genetics does not always add up, in J. B. Wolf, E. D. Brodie III, and M. J. Wade (eds.). "Epistasis and the Evolutionary Process", Oxford University Press, New York (in press).

POPULAR ARTICLES:
Brodie, E. D., III. 1990. Genetics of the Garter's Getaway. Natural History July 1990:44-51.

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1996   NSF-CAREER Award
1994   NSF-Presidential Faculty Fellows Award Nominee, University of Kentucky
1993   NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship to Oxford University, U.K.
           (Declined to take faculty position at University of Kentucky)
1992   Young Investigator Prize, American Society of Naturalists
1991   Miller Research Fellowship, University of California
1991   Outstanding Graduating Student, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago
1991   William Rainey Harper Dissertation Fellowship, University of Chicago
1990   Best Student Paper Prize, Herpetologists' League
1986   NSF Predoctoral Fellowship, Honorable Mention

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists American Society of Naturalists Herpetologists' League Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles Society for the Study of Evolution

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