Selected publications

• Olson, L.E., E.J. Sargis, W.T. Stanley, K.B.P. Hildebrandt, T.R.B. Davenport. (In press). Additional molecular evidence strongly supports the distinction between the recently described African primate Rungwecebus kipunji (Cercopithecidae, Papionini) and Lophocebus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
  
  
• Gilbert, C., S.M. Goodman, V. Soarimalala, L.E. Olson, P.C.M. O'Brien, F.F.B. Elder, F. Yang, M.A. Ferguson-Smith, and T.J. Robinson. (2007). Chromosomal evolution in tenrecs (Microgale and Oryzorictes, Tenrecidae) from the Central Highlands of Madagascar. Chromosome Research DOI: 10.1007/s10577-007-1182-6. (download pdf)
  
  
• Millien, V., S.K. Lyons, L. E. Olson, F.A. Smith, A.B. Wilson, and Y. Yom-Tov. (2006). Ecotypic
  variation in the context of global climate change: revisiting the rules. Ecology Letters 9: 853-869. (download pdf)
  
  
• Davenport, T.R.B., W.T. Stanley, E.J. Sargis, D.W. De Luca, N.E. Mpunga, S.J. Machaga, and L.E. Olson. (2006). A new genus of African monkey, Rungwecebus: Morphology, ecology, and molecular phylogenetics. Science 312: 1378-1381.
  

  • Read about UAF undergraduate involvement in this project
  • Read more about the discovery of Rungwecebus: Field Museum, Wildlife Conservation Society
  
  
• Goodman, S.M., C.J. Raxworthy, C.P. Maminirina, and L.E. Olson. (2006). A new species of shrew tenrec (Microgale jobihely) from northern Madagascar. Journal of Zoology 270: 384-398. (download pdf)
  
  
• Stanley, W.T. and L.E. Olson. (2005). Phylogeny, phylogeography, and geographic variation of Sylvisorex howelli, an endemic shrew of the Eastern Arc Mountains. Journal of Zoology 266: 341-354. (download pdf)
  
  
• Yoder, A.D., L.E. Olson, C. Hanley, K. Heckman, R. Rasoloarison, A.L. Russell, J. Ranivo, V. Soarimalala, K.P. Karanth, A.P. Raselimanana, and S.M. Goodman. (2005). A multidimensional approach for detecting species patterns in Malagasy vertebrates. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA. 102 (suppl. 1): 6587-6594. (download pdf)
  
  
• Olson, L.E., E.J. Sargis, and R.D. Martin. (2005). Molecular phylogenetics of treeshrews (Mammalia: Scandentia) based on evidence from the mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35: 656-673. (download pdf)
  
  
• Olson, L.E., S.M. Goodman, and A.D. Yoder. (2004). Illumination of cryptic species boundaries in long-tailed shrew tenrecs (Mammalia: Tenrecidae; Microgale): New insights into geographic variation and distributional constraints. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 83: 1-22. (download pdf)
  
  
• Olson, L.E., E.J. Sargis, and R.D. Martin. (2004). Phylogenetic relationships among treeshrews (Scandentia): A review and critique of the morphological evidence. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 11: 49-71. (download pdf)
  
  
• Harris, M.B., L.E. Olson, and W.K. Milsom. (2004). The origin of mammalian heterothermy: A case for perpetual youth? Pp. 143-152 in Living in the Cold, B. M. Barnes & H.V. Carey (eds.). (download pdf)
  
  
• Benstead, J. P. and L.E. Olson. (2003). Limnogale mergulus. Pp. 1267-1273 in Natural History of Madagascar, S.M. Goodman & J. P. Benstead (eds.), University of Chicago Press, Chicago. (download pdf)
  
  
• Olson, L.E. and S.M. Goodman. (2003). Phylogeny of Madagascar's tenrecs (Lipotyphla, Tenrecidae). Pp. 1235-1242 in Natural History of Madagascar, S.M. Goodman & J. P. Benstead (eds.), University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
  
  
• Olson, L.E. and A. Hassanin. (2003). Contamination and chimerism are perpetuating the legend of the snake-eating cow with twisted horns (Pseudonovibos spiralis). A case study of the pitfalls of ancient DNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 27(3): 545-548. (download pdf)
  
  
• Olson, L.E. and A. D. Yoder. (2002). Using secondary structure to identify ribosomal numts: cautionary examples from the human genome. Molecular Biology and Evolution 19(1): 93-100. (download pdf)
  
  
• Brandt, J.H., M. Diolo, A. Hassanin, R.A. Melville, L.E. Olson, A. Seveau, and R.M. Timm. (2001). Debate on the authenticity of Pseudonovibos spiralis as a new species of wild bovid from Vietnam and Cambodia. Journal of Zoology 254(4): 437-444. (download pdf)
  
  
• Goodman, S. M., Rakotondravony, D., Olson, L., Razafimahatratra, E. & Soarimalala, V. (1998). Les insectivores et les rongeurs. In Inventaire biologique Foret d'Andranomay, Anjozorobe. Recherches pour le Development, Sérei Sciences biologiques, No. 13 (Goodman, S. M., ed.), pp. 80-93. Ministère de la Recherche Scientifique, Antananarivo, Madagascar.
  
  
• Goodman, S. M., Ganzhorn, J. U., Olson, L. E., Pidgeon, M. & Soarimalala, V. (1997). Annual variation in species diversity and relative density of rodents and insectivores in the Parc National de la Montagne d'Ambre, Madagascar. Ecotropica 3: 109-118.
  
  
• Olson, L. E. (1997). Mammals of the Great Lakes Region [review]. Journal of Mammalogy 78(2): 696-698.
  
  
• Olson, L. E. (1997). Tenrecs---an example of evolution in isolation. In the Field 68(3): 1.
  
  
• Goodman, S. M., Andrianarimisa, A., Olson, L. E. & Soarimalala, V. (1996). Patterns of elevational distribution of birds and small mammals in the humid forests of the Montagne d'Ambre, Madagascar. Ecotropica 2(2): 87-98.