Michael Schwarz
Associate Professor
Biological Sciences
Flinders University
Australia
Biography
My research combines social evolution, ecology, molecular phylogenetics, phylogeography and evolutionary ecology. A major focus is to reconstruct historical evolutionary events, including those that have been influenced by past episodes of climate change. Our research therefore has broad implications for understanding broad evolutionary theories, the genesis of biodiversity, and threats of extinction. My field work has been based in Africa, Asia, Madagascar, South America, and all regions of Australia, and our molecular work is carried out at the South Australian Research Facility for Molecular Ecology and Evolution.
Research Interest
Evolution, phylogenetics, phylogeography, bees, thrips, social evolution, rates of adaptive and non-adaptive evolution, diversification of species over time
Publications
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Shokri Bousjein, N., Gardner, M.G. and Schwarz, M.P. (2016). Small effective population sizes of bee social parasites compared to their hosts raise important questions for evolutionary arms race. Journal of Zoology, 299(1) pp. 17-26.
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Silva, D.P., Groom, S.V., da Silva, C.R., Stevens, M. and Schwarz, M.P. (2016). Potential pollination maintenance by an exotic allodapine bee under climate change scenarios in the Indo-Pacific region. JOURNAL OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY,
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Kayaalp, P., Stevens, M.I. and Schwarz, M.P. (2017). ‘Back to Africa’: increased taxon sampling confirms a problematic Australia-to-Africa bee dispersal event in the Eocene. Systematic Entomology,
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Shokri Bousjein, N., Staines, M., Vo, C., Puiu, N., da Silva, C.R., Harrington, J., et al. (2017). Sex Ratios in a Socially Parasitic Bee and Implications for Host-Parasite Interactions. Journal of Insect Behavior, 30(1) pp. 130-137.
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Staines, M., Vo, C., Puiu, N.A., Hayes, S., Tuiwawa, M., Stevens, M., et al. (2017). Pollen larceny of the tropical weed Solanum torvum by a Fijian endemic halictine bee with implications for the spread of plants with specialized pollinator requirements. Journal of Tropical Ecology,
