David Crane Marshall Research and CV

David C. Marshall

Ph.D., Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269 USA

david.marshall @ uconn.edu
(860) 486-3947

A local cicada statue in Kihikihi, New Zealand

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My research ranges across the fields of animal communication, mating systems, phylogeography, phylogenetics, adaptive radiation, and phylogenetic methodology, all with emphasis on acoustically signaling insects (the "singing insects"), which make excellent model systems for such work. My technical specialities include bioacoustic analysis methods and molecular phylogenetic techniques (lab and analytical).

I am working closely with several collaborators worldwide, including Dr. Chris Simon, my postodoctoral advisor (New Zealand and Australian cicada phylogenetics), Dr. Thomas Buckley of Landcare Research, Auckland, NZ (New Zealand phylogeography), Dr. Max Moulds of the Australian Museum (retired, Australian cicada phylogenetics), and Dr. John Cooley of Yale University (periodical cicada and Australian cicada behavior). My wife Kathy Hill, a New Zealander, is an expert on cicadas and a key collaborator.

SELECTED RESEARCH AREAS AND PAPERS

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Speciation, phylogeography, song evolution,
and DNA taxonomy in New Zealand cicadas

Key findings include a complete phylogeny for the cicada genus Kikihia and estimation
of the timeframe of diversification. Radiation in Kikihia has been rapid yet
stable in rate throughout the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, showing that
diversification rates have not been affected by the major changes in climate cycling through the past five million years.