Floate, Kevin |
Address: 5403 - 1 AVENUE SOUTH PO BOX 3000 LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA T1J 4B1
Work Phone: 403-317-2242
Email: Kevin.Floate@agr.gc.ca
Homepage: http://floatek.googlepages.com/publications
Affiliation: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Expertise: Insect community ecology; symbiotic bacteria (Wolbachia, dung insect ecology, biological control of insect pests on livestock
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Research Interests: Diverse, but with general focus on insect community ecology. See publications.
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2005
- Wimp, G. M.; G. D. Martinsen; K. D. Floate; R. K. Bangert and T. G. Whitham 2005. Plant genetic determinants of arthropod community structure and diversity. Evolution 59:61-69.abstract.fulltext PDF.
2004
- Floate, K. D 2004. Extent and patterns of hybridization among the three species of Populus that constitute the riparian forest of southern Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Botany 82:253-264.
2000
- Martinsen, G. D.; K. D. Floate; A. M. Waltz; G. M. Wimp and T. G. Whitham 2000. Positive interactions between leafrollers and other arthropods enhance biodiversity on hybrid cottonwoods. Oecologia 123:82-89.abstract.fulltext PDF.
1999
- Whitham, T. G.; G. D. Martinsen; K. D. Floate; H. S. Dungey; B. M. Potts and P. Keim 1999. Plant hybrid zones affect biodiversity: tools for a genetic-based understanding of community structure. Ecology 80:416-428.abstract.fulltext PDF.
1997
- Floate, K. D.; G. D. Martinsen and T. G. Whitham 1997. Cottonwood hybrid zones as centres of abundance for gall aphids in western North America: importance of relative habitat size. Journal of Animal Ecology 66:179-188.abstract.fulltext PDF.
1996
- Floate, K. D.; G. W. Fernandes and J. A. Nilsson 1996. Distinguishing intrapopulational categories of plants by their insect faunas: galls on rabbitbrush. Oecologia 105:221-229.
1995
- Floate, K. D. and T. G. Whitham 1995. Insects as traits in plant systematics: their use in discriminating between hybrid cottonwoods. Canadian Journal of Botany 73:1-13.abstract.
1994
- Floate, K. D. and T. G. Whitham 1994. Aphid-ant interaction reduces chrysomelid herbivory in a cottonwood hybrid zone. Oecologia 97:215-221.abstract.fulltext PDF.
1993
- Floate, K. D.; M. J. C. Kearsley and T. G. Whitham 1993. Elevated herbivory in plant hybrid zones: Chrysomela confluens, Populus and phenological sinks. Ecology 74:2056-2065.abstract.fulltext PDF.
- Floate K. D. and T. G. Whitham 1993. The hybrid bridge hypothesis: host shifting via plant hybrid swarms. American Naturalist 141:651-662.fulltext PDF.
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