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Accepted
Meier, R. and G. Zhang. DNA barcoding and DNA taxonomy in Diptera: An assessment based on 4261 COI sequences for 1001 species. Book chapter for "Diptera Diversity: Status, Challenges, and Tools" edited for Brill Academic Publishers by Pape, T. et al., accepted
Dikow, T., R. Meier, G. G. Vaidya, J. Londt. Biodiversity Research Based on Taxonomic Revisions - A Tale of Unrealized Opportunities. Book chapter for "Diptera Diversity: Status, Challenges, and Tools" edited for Brill Academic Publishers by D. Bickel et al.
Meier, R. G. Zhang, F. Ali. The use of mean instead of smallest interspecific distances exaggerates the size of the "barcoding gap" and leads to misidentification.. Systematic Biology, accepted.
Ang, Y., N. Puniamoorthy, and R. Meier. Perochaeta dikowi sp.n.: a new species of Sepsidae (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha) with secondarily reduced foreleg armature. Systematic Entomology, accepted.
Su Feng Yi, K., S. Kutty and R. Meier. Morphology versus Molecules: The phylogenetic relationships of Sepsidae (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha) based on morphology and DNA sequence data from ten genes. Cladistics, accepted.
Lohman, D. Prawiradilaga, and R. Meier.Improved COI barcoding primers for Southeast Asian perching birds (Aves: Passeriformes). Molecular Ecology Resources, accepted.
Meier, R. DNA Sequences in Taxonomy: Opportunities and Challenges. Book chapter for "The New Taxonomy" Systematics Association Special Volume edited by Q. Wheeler, in press.
2008
Meier, R. Evolution: Teaching the Controversy. CDTLink, 12:4,14.
Huang, D., R. Meier, P. A. Todd, and L. M. Chou. Slow mitochondrial COI sequence evolution at the base of the metazoan tree and its implications for DNA barcoding. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 66: 167-174.
Ingram, K. K., T. Laamanen, N. Puniamoorthy, and R. Meier. Lack of Morphological Coevolution Between Male Forelegs and Female Wings in Themira (Sepsidae: Diptera: Insecta). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 93: 227-238.
Puniamoorthy, N., Jeevanandam, J., S. Kutty. Give south Indian authors their true names. Nature 452: 530. (Correspondence)
Conference: DNA sequences in taxonomy: empirical performance, opportunities, and pitfalls (R. Meier). Future Trends in Taxonomy organized by the European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy.
2007
Ali, F., N.M. Jadavji, W. Chuin, H. Ong, K. R. Pandey, A. N. Patananan, H. K. Prabhala, C. H.-T. Yang. Supporting Undergraduate Research. Science 317: 42. (Letter)
Yeates, D. K., B. M. Wiegmann, G. W. Courtney, R. Meier, and T. Pape. Phylogeny and Systematics of Diptera: Two Decades of Progress and Prospects. Zootaxa, 1668: 565-590.
Petersen, F. T., J. Damgaard, and R. Meier. DNA Taxonomy: How many DNA sequences are needed for solving a taxonomic problem? The case of two parapatric species of louse Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae: Ornithomya (Latreille, 1802). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 65: 111-117.
Petersen, F. T., R. Meier, S. N. Kutty, B. M. Wiegmann. Phylogenetic relationships and the evolution of host choice in louse- and batflies (Hippoboscoidea: Diptera). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 45: 111–122.
Yeo, D. C. J., H.-T Shih, R. Meier, P. K. L. Ng. Phylogeny and biogeography of the freshwater crab genus Johora (Crustacea: Brachyura: Potamidae) from the Malay Peninsula, and the origins of its insular fauna. Zoologica Scripta, in press.
Su Feng Yi, K., R. Meier, R. R. Jackson, and D. Li. Evolution of prey-catching behavior and acute vision in jumping spiders based on a phylogenetic hypothesis for Spartaeinae (Araneae: Salticidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20: 1478-1489.
Blanckenhorn, W., R. Meier, and T. Teder. Rensch’s rule in insects: patterns among and within species. Pages 60-70, in Fairbairn et al.: "Sex, Size and Gender Roles evolutionary studies of sexual size dimorphism" Oxford University Press.
Bickford, D., Lohman, D., Sodhi, N. S., Ng, P. K. L., Meier, R., Winker, K., Ingram, K., Das, I. 2007. Cryptic species: a new window on diversity and conservation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 22: 148-155.
Meier, R. Themira biloba Andersson 1975 (Sepsidae: Diptera), a species from Manhattan’s Central Park that is new to the Nearctic Region. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 114: 176-177.
Kutty, S. N., M. V. Bernasconi, F. Sifner, and R. Meier. Sensitivity analysis, molecular systematics, and natural history evolution of Scathophagidae (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha: Calyptratae). Cladistics, 23: 64-83.
Shekelle, M., Meier, R. Indrawan, M., Maryanto, I., Salim, A., Supriatna, J. Andayani, N., Wirdateti. 2007. When "Not Extinct" is not good news: Conservation in the Sangihe Islands. Conservation Biology, 21: 4-5.
Meier, R. 2007. Is Undergraduate Research an Oxymoron? Can undergraduates do research? - A perspective from the Faculty of Science. CDTL Brief (newsletter of the Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning, National University of Singapore), 10: 1-3.
Blanckenhorn, W. U., A. F. G. Dixon, D. J. Fairbairn, M. W. Foellmer, P. Gibert, K. van der Linde, R. Meier, S. Nylin, S. Pitnick, C. Schoff, M. Signorelli, T. Teder, and C. Wiklund. Proximate causes of Rensch’s rule: Does sexual size dimorphism in arthropods result from sex differences in development time? American Naturalist 169, 245-257.
Conference: "Comparing the phylogenetic signal of characters from different life history stages in endopterygote insects" (Lim, S. G., R. Meier). XXVI. Meeting of the Willi Hennig Society, New Orleans, 2007 (with abstract)
Conference: "More on DNA barcoding and DNA taxonomy: the tale of 50,000 sequences for 14,000 species of Metazoa" (Meier, R., Zhang, G., Lim, S. G., Hwang, W. S.). XXVI. Meeting of the Willi Hennig Society, New Orleans, 2007 (with abstract)
Conference: "Morphology and Molecules: the evolution and phylogeny of Sepsidae" (Su, K., R. Meier). XXVI. Meeting of the Willi Hennig Society, New Orleans, 2007 (with abstract).
Conference: "DNA Barcodes or integrative taxonomy? - Identification success of DNA barcodes in insects" (R. Meier). Joint meeting of the German, Austrian, and Swiss Entomological Societies, Innsbruck (with abstract).
Conference: "DNA taxonomy and DNA barcoding: Opportunities, Pitfalls, and the need for an Integrative Taxonomy" (R. Meier). National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, Duke University
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2006
Meier, R., S. Kwong, G. Vaidya, and P. K. L. Ng. 2006. DNA Barcoding and taxonomy in Diptera: a tale of high intraspecific variability and low identification success. Systematic Biology, 55: 715 - 728.
Klass, K. D., and R. Meier. 2006. A phylogenetic analysis of Dictyoptera (Insecta) based on morphological characters. Entomologische Abhandlungen (Dresden), 63 (1-2): 3-50.
Memon, N., R. Meier, A. Mannan, and K. Feng-Yi Su. 2006. On the use of DNA sequences for determining the species limits of a polymorphic new species in the stinkbug genus Halys (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) from Pakistan. Systematic Entomology, 31(4): 703-710.
Su, K. F. Y., and Li, D. 2006. Female-biased predation risk and its differential effect on the male and female courtship behaviour of jumping spiders. Animal Behaviour 71: 531-537.
Clements, R., L. P. Koh, T. M. Lee, R. Meier, D. Li 2006. Importance of reservoirs for the conservation of freshwater molluscs in a tropical urban landscape. Biological Conservation, 128, 136-146.
Conference: "Conflict between larval and adult data: Which has more homoplasy and which provides more information for phylogenetics?" (with Lim Shimin, Gwynne). 6th International Congress of Dipterology Fukuoka (with abstract).
Conference: "Flesh fly phylogeny - more meat to the bone" (with Pape, T., Kutty, S. N., Szpila, K., Meier, R., Giroux, M.). 6th International Congress of Dipterology Fukuoka (with abstract).
Conference: "The phylogeny of the Hippoboscoidea (Diptera: Calyptratae)" (with Petersen, F.T., R. Meier, T. Pape, B. M. Wiegmann, S. N. Kutty). 6th International Congress of Dipterology Fukuoka (with abstract).
Conference: "Scathophagidae: Molecular phylogeny and larval natural history evolution of a calyptrate family" (with Kutty, Sujatha, M. V. Bernasconi, F. Sifner, R. Meier). 6th International Congress of Dipterology Fukuoka (with abstract).
Conference: "Evolution of cis-regulatory Sequences in acalyptrate Cyclorrhapha: sequencing and analysis of 300 developmental loci in Sepsidae, Tephritidae and Diopsidae." (with Hare, E., B. K. Peterson, V. N. Iyer, R. Meier, L. Carsten, D. R. Papaj, R. S. Kurashima, E. Jang, B. M. Wiegmann, M. B. Eisen). 6th International Congress of Dipterology Fukuoka (with abstract).
Conference: "Tree of Life: Phylogenetic relationships and male foreleg evolution in Sepsidae." (with Su, K. F., Meier, R). 6th International Congress of Dipterology Fukuoka (with abstract).
Conference: "The Tree of Love: The Evolution of Mating behaviour in Sepsidae (Diptera)." (with Puniamoorthy, N., R. Meier). 6th International Congress of Dipterology Fukuoka (with abstract).
Conference: "Surviving the test of time: Testing species boundaries and the subfamily concepts in Dolichopodidae using South-east Asian species" (with Lim, S. G., Hwang, Wei Song, Grootaert, P. Meier, R.). 6th International Congress of Dipterology Fukuoka (with abstract).
Conference: "Monogamy in the Promiscuous Sepsidae? The unique mating system of Sepsis indica" (with Ang, Yuchen, R. Meier). 6th International Congress of Dipterology Fukuoka (with abstract).
Conference: "Size matters!’- Mating success determined by male-to-female size ratio in Sepsis dissimilis" (with Puniamoorthy, N., R. Meier). 6th International Congress of Dipterology Fukuoka (with abstract).
Conference: "The origin of big brains in Homo sapiens" (with Farhan B Ali). USP Academic Festival: Workshop on "Sustainability" & USP Student Conference.
Conference: "The Phylogeny and evolution of long-legged flies (Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae)" (with Lim Shimin Gwynne). USP Academic Festival: Workshop on “Sustainability” & USP Student Conference.
Conference: "Monogamy in the Promiscuous Sepsidae: The unique mating system of Sepsis indica" (with Ang Yuchen). USP Academic Festival: Workshop on “Sustainability” & USP Student Conference.
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2005
Laamanen, T. R., R. Meier, M. A. Miller, A. Hille, and B. M. Wiegmann 2005. Phylogenetic analysis of Themira (Sepsidae: Diptera): sensitivity analysis, alignment, and indel treatment in a multigene study. Cladistics, 21: 258-271.
Meier, R., and Farhan Ali. 2005. The newest kid on the parsimony block: TNT (Tree analysis using new technology). Systematic Entomology 30: 179–182 Systematic Entomology, 30: 179–182.
Damgaard, J., N. M. Andersen, and R. Meier 2005. Effects of alignment and taxon sampling in combined molecular and morphological analyses of water strider phylogeny (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerromorpha). Systematic Entomology 30, 289-309.
Meier, R. The Role of Dipterology in Phylogenetic Systematics: The Insight of Willi Hennig. Book chapter for “The Evolutionary Biology of Flies” edited by B. Wiegmann & D. Yeates, pp 45-62.
Conference: "Supertree vs. Supermatrix: Preliminary Analyses Using a 67-Partition, 204-Taxon Primate Dataset" (with Farhan B. Ali). XXIV. Meeting of the Willi Hennig Society, Fagernes, 2005 (with abstract).
Conference: "DNA barcodes and DNA-based taxonomy: How Fuzzy are DNA Barcodes in Sepsidae (Diptera) Flies?" (with Kwong Shiyang, Gaurav Girish Vaidya, Peter Ng). XXIV. Meeting of the Willi Hennig Society, Fagernes, 2005 (with abstract).
Conference: "Evolution of Acute Vision and Complex Prey Catching Behaviour in Basal Jumping Spiders (Spartaeinae)" (with Kathy Su, and Daiqin Li). XXIV. Meeting of the Willi Hennig Society, Fagernes, 2005 (with abstract).
Conference: "A Comparative Study of Mating Behaviour in Sepsidae (Diptera)" (with Nalini Puniamoorthy). XXIV. Meeting of the Willi Hennig Society, Fagernes, 2005 (with abstract).
Conference: "The Phylogenetic Relationships and Natural History Evolution of Scathophagidae (Diptera)" (with Sujatha Kutty, and M. Bernasconi). Poster, XXIV. Meeting of the Willi Hennig Society, Fagernes, 2005 (with abstract).
Conference: "Adult versus Larval Characters in Endopterygota: A Comparative Assessment of Tree Support and Homoplasy" (with Gwynne Shimin Lim). Poster, XXIV. Meeting of the Willi Hennig Society, Fagernes, 2005 (with abstract).
Conference: "The Phylogenetic Relationships and Evolution of Direct Development in Macrobrachium (Crustacea)." (with Victor Muthu, Daisy Wowor, Cai Yixiong, and Peter K.L Ng). Poster, XXIV. Meeting of the Willi Hennig Society, Fagernes, 2005 (with abstract).
Conference: "Sex, Flies, and Video Tapes: the Evolution of Mating Behaviour in Sepsidae." (with N. Puniamoorthy, and K. Su). Abstracts of the 10. Biological Sciences Graduate Congress, Singapore.
Conference: "Investigating the Evolution of Cave Adaptations in Three Families of Freshwater Crabs if South-East Asia” (with P. Dang and D. Yeo). Abstracts of the 10. Biological Sciences Graduate Congress, Singapore.
Conference: "How Well Do Supertree Methods Estimate a Supermatrix Tree?." (with F. Bin Ali). Abstracts of the 10. Biological Sciences Graduate Congress, Singapore.
Conference: "Phylogeny and Sexual Selection in Long-legged Flies (Insecta, Diptera, Dolichopodidae)." (with Hwang, W. S., Lim S. G., Grootaert, P.). Abstracts of the 10. Biological Sciences Graduate Congress, Singapore.
Conference: "Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Larval Feeding Habits in the Family Scathophagidae (Diptera)" (with S. Kutty, and M. Bernasconi). Abstracts of the 10. Biological Sciences Graduate Congress, Singapore.
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2004
Larsen, N. M., & R. Meier. 2004. 177-241.The species diversity, distribution, and conservation status of the Asilidae (Diptera: Insecta) in Denmark, Steenstrupia, 28: 177-241.
Meier, R., & T. Dikow. 2004. The significance of specimen databases from taxonomic revisions for estimating and mapping the global species diversity of invertebrates and repatriating reliable and complete specimen data, Conservation Biology, 18: 478-488.
Yeates, D. K., R. Meier, and B. M. Wiegmann. 2004. Phylogeny of True Flies (Diptera): A 250 Million Year Old Success Story in Terrestrial Diversification. Entomologische Abhandlungen (Dresden), 61(2): 170-172.
Conference: "Phylogeny of the Hippoboscoidea (Diptera), based on molecular characters" (with Petersen, J. F. T., B. M. Wiegmann). XXII. International Congress of Entomology, Brisbane (with abstract)
Conference: "Female Genitalia and Female Choice: A Morphological Study of Cockroach genitalia" (with Olsen, M. D., S. Frank, K-D Klass). XXII. International Congress of Entomology, Brisbane (with abstract)
Conference: "Basal phylogenetic relationships within Dictyoptera" (with Klass, K.D., N. Lo). XXII. International Congress of Entomology, Brisbane (with abstract)
Conference: "The evolutionary relationships of monkeys and apes" (with Lim Shi Hong, Lim Yuh-Shi, Sheu Fwu-Shan). Proceedings of the Tenth Youth Science Conference, Singapore.
Conference: "A primate phylogeny based on a supermatrix of DNA sequences and morphology data (with Farhan Ali). International Conference "Biology in Asia" Singapore (with abstract)
Conference: "The molecular phylogeny and evolution of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) with focus on evolution of prey-catching behaviour" (with K.F. Su and Li D.) International Conference "Biology in Asia" Singapore (with abstract)
Invited to speak (conference): "An Empirical Test of DNA Taxonomy in Diptera based on cox-1 sequences" (with Kwong, S., Vaidya, G., Ng, P.N.K.). XXIII. Meeting of the Willi Hennig Society, Paris, 2004.
Invited to speak (conference): "DNA Taxonomy and DNA Identification in Diptera: Fuzzy Barcodes and Failing Identification Trees" (with Kwong, S., Vaidya, G., Ng, P.N.K.). XXII International Congress of Entomology, Brisbane.
Invited to speak (conference): "FLYTREE: Cooperative Research in Phylogenetics and Bioinformatics Towards a Dipteran Tree of Life" (with B. Wiegmann et al.). XXII International Congress of Entomology, Brisbane.
Invited to speak (conference): "Biodiversity assessment in local and global environments: methodological challenges and the role of natural history collections" Annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America.
Invited to speak (university): “Artkonzepte in Theorie und Praxis” Philipps-Universität Marburg
Invited to speak (university): “Morphologische, phylogenetische und evolutionsbiologische Studien als Grundlage der Biodiversitätsforschung bei Dipteren” Universität Bielefeld
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2003
Hansen, T. R., J. F. T. Petersen, and R. Meier. 2003. Kelp Flies and Species Concepts - The Case of Coelopa frigida and C. nebularum. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 41: 127-136.
Petersen, J. F. T., R. Meier, and M. Nykjær Larsen 2003. Testing species richness estimation methods using museum label data on the Danish Asilidae. Biodiversity and Conservation 12: 687-701.
Petersen, J. F. T., and R. Meier 2003. Testing species richness estimation methods on single sample data using the Danish Diptera. Biodiversity and Conservation 12: 667-686.
Conference: “Taxonomic Revisions – Species Numbers, Locality Data & Biodiversity Research.” (with T. Dikow). Annual Conference of the German Society for Biological Systematics, Dresden (with abstract)
Conference: “Comparative Genomics: DNA Taxonomy and DNA barcodes.” (with S. Kwong). Abstracts of the 8th Biological Sciences Graduate Congress. “Embracing Life Sciences: From Cell to Biodiversity” Singapore (with abstract).
Conference: “Stability of the primate tree and the significance of third codong positions and transitions.” (with Y. W. Tan). Abstracts of the 8th Biological Sciences Graduate Congress. “Embracing Life Sciences: From Cell to Biodiversity” Singapore, (with abstract).
Conference: “Comparative Genomics: Alignment strategies in phylogenetic analyses.” (with Z. F. Ang). Abstracts of the 8th Biological Sciences Graduate Congress. “Embracing Life Sciences: From Cell to Biodiversity” Singapore (with abstract).
Conference: “Specimen Data from Taxonomic Revisions confirm the African Biodiversity Hotspots for Robber Flies.” (with T. Dikow) Poster, Expanding the Ark: The Emerging Science and Practice of Invertebrate Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, New York.
Invited to speak (conference): “A phylogenetic supertree for the Diptera” (with B. M. Wiegmann and D. K. Yeates) Annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America.
Invited to speak (conference): “Phylogeny of true flies: Diptera: a 250 million year old success story in terrestrial diversification” (with B. M. Wiegmann & D. K. Yeates) “The Phylogenetic Relationships within the Insect Orders” meeting in Dresden.
Invited to speak (university): “Morphologische, phylogenetische und evolutionsbiologische Studien als Grundlage der Biodiversitätsforschung bei Dipteren” Universität Hamburg
Invited to speak (university): “Morphologische, phylogenetische und evolutionsbiologische Studien als Grundlage der Biodiversitätsforschung bei Dipteren” Universität Bonn
Invited to speak (university): “Morphologische, phylogenetische und evolutionsbiologische Studien als Grundlage der Biodiversitätsforschung bei Dipteren” Universität Giessen
Invited to speak (university): “How Taxonomic Revisions Can Help Estimating Global Species Richness and Testing Biodiversity Hotspots for Invertebrates“ Griswold speaker, Cornell University
Invited to speak (university): “Species Concepts in Theory and Practice” Griswold speaker, Cornell University
Invited to speak (university): “How Taxonomic Revisions Can Help Estimating Global Species Richness and Testing Biodiversity Hotspots for Invertebrates“ American Museum of Natural History, New York.
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2002
Nielsen, C., and R. Meier. 2002. What cell lineages tell us about the evolution of Spiralia remains to be seen. Evolution, 56: 2554-2557.
Meier, R., R. Baker. 2002. A cladistic analysis of Diopsidae (Diptera) based on morphological and DNA sequence data. Insect Systematics and Evolution 33: 325-336.
Meier, R., and B. M. Wiegmann. 2002. A phylogenetic analysis of Coelopidae (Diptera) based on morphological and DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 25: 393–407.
Kirk-Spriggs, A. H., D. A. Barraclough, and R. Meier. 2002. The immature stages of Katacamilla cavernicola Papp, the first described for the Camillidae (Diptera: Schizophora), with comparison to other known Ephydroidea larvae, and notes on biology. Journal of Natural History 36: 1105-1128.
Kirk-Spriggs, A. H., Ismay, J. W., Ackland, M. Rohácek, J., Mathis, W. N., Foster, G. A., Pape, T., Cranston, P. S., and Meier, R. 2002. Inter-tidal Diptera of the southwestern African seaboard - taxonomy, biology and faunistics (Chironomidae, Canacidae, Chloropidae, Tethinidae, Ephydridae, Sphaeroceridae, Coelopidae, Sarcophagidae and Anthomyiidae). Cimbebasia 17: 85-135.
Pont, A. C., and R. Meier. 2002. The Sepsidae (Diptera) of Europe. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 37: 1-221.
Conference: “On the natural history and all life-history stages of the only European stalk-eyed fly, Sphyracephala europaea Papp et Földváry (Diopsidae: Diptera).” (with M. Földvári). 5th International Congress of Dipterology Brisbane (with abstract).
Invited to speak (conference): “Combining molecular and morphological data for Sepsidae, Coelopidae, and Diopsidae: more conflict than congruence.” 5th International Congress of Dipterology Brisbane, (with abstract).
Invited to speak (conference): “Phylogenetic assessment: the advent of the Hennigian philosophy.” 5th International Congress of Dipterology Brisbane (with abstract)
Invited to speak (conference): “The struggle over reconstructing the phylogenetic relationships of the Sciomyzoidea (Diptera).” (with B. M. Wiegmann) 5th International Congress of Dipterology Brisbane (with abstract)
Invited to speak (conference): “Extrapolating from the observed species richness in a revision to its `true´ species diversity. A case study using Euscelidia (Asilidae: Diptera).” (with T. Dikow). 5th International Congress of Dipterology Brisbane (with abstract).
Invited to speak (conference): “Assessing species richness of Diptera using museum collections.” (with F. Petersen). 5th International Congress of Dipterology Brisbane (with abstract)
Organised symposium: 5th International Congress of Dipterology Brisbane September 2002: “Diptera in Biodiversity Studies” Organizers: R. Kitching, D. Bickel, R.Meier
Organised symposium: 5th International Congress of Dipterology Brisbane September 2002: “Multiple data set analyses for dipteran phylogenetics” Organizers: B. Wiegmann, R. Meier
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2001
Petersen, J. F. T., and R. Meier. 2001. Introduction; Family Dryomyzidae, and Phaeomyiidae. In: Petersen, J. F. T, and and R. Meier (eds.). A checklist of Danish Diptera. Steenstrupia 26: 119-129; 194; 207.
Meier, R., and J. F. T. Petersen. 2001. Families Coelopidae, Helcomyzidae, Sciomyzidae, and Sepsidae. In: Petersen, J. F. T, and and R. Meier (eds.). A checklist of Danish Diptera. Steenstrupia 26: 192; 197; 217-219.
Petersen, J. F. T., and R. Meier (Editors). 2001. A Checklist of Danish Diptera. Steenstrupia 26: 119-279.
Invited to speak (university): “Conflict and Congruence: Morphology and Molecules in the Reconstruction of Diptera Evolution” University of Zurich
Invited to speak (university): “Conflict and Congruence: Morphology and Molecules in the Reconstruction of Diptera Evolution” University of Jena
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2000
Meier, R., and S. Hilger 2000. On the egg morphology and phylogenetic relationships of Diopsidae (Diptera: Schizophora). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 38: 1-36.
Courtney, G. W., B. J. Sinclair, and R. Meier 2000. Morphology and Terminology of Diptera Larvae. Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol. 1: 85-161. responsible for Cyclorrhapha.
Meier, R., and A. C. Pont 2000. Family Sepsidae. Contributions to a Manual of Palaearctic Diptera, Appendix: 367-386.
Meier, R., and R. Willmann. 2000. The Hennigian species concept. Pages 30-43 In: Wheeler, Q. D., and R. Meier (eds.). Species Concepts and Phylogenetic Theory: a Debate. Columbia University Press, New York.
Willmann, R., and R. Meier. 2000. A critique from the Hennigian species perspective. Pages 101-118 In: Wheeler, Q. D., and R. Meier (eds.). Species Concepts and Phylogenetic Theory: a Debate. Columbia University Press, New York.
Meier, R., and R. Willmann. 2000. A defense of the Hennigian species concept. Pages 167-178 In: Wheeler, Q. D., and R. Meier (eds.). Species Concepts and Phylogenetic Theory: a Debate. Columbia University Press, New York.
Wheeler, Q. D., and R. Meier (eds.) 2000. Species Concepts and Phylogenetic Theory: a Debate. Columbia University Press, New York; 1-230.
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1999
Meier, R., M. Kotrba, and P. Ferrar. 1999. Ovoviviparity and Viviparity in Diptera. Biological Reviews, 74: 199-258
Meier, R. 1999. Sepsidae. In: Schumann, H., R. Bährmann, and A. Stark (eds.). Checkliste der Dipteren Deutschlands. Studia dipterologica, Suppl. 2: 190.
Conference: “Kelp Flies and Species Concepts - The Case of Coelopa frigida and C. nebularum.“ (with T. R. Hansen and F. Petersen). XVIII. meeting of the Willi Hennig Society (with abstract).
Invited to speak (university): “How reliable are phylogenetic reconstructions using the ontogenetic criterion? The case of the Sepsidae (Diptera)” Zoological Institute of the Humboldt Universität Berlin
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1998
Meier, R. 1998. Er maddiker egentlig så afskyelige? Dyr i Natur og Museum 1998 1: 22-26.
Wetterer, J. K., T. R. Schultz, and R. Meier 1998. Phylogeny of fungus-growing ants (Tribe Attini) inferred from DNA sequence and morphological data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 9: 42-47.
Invited to speak (conference): “The ultrastructure of a Rectal Gland in the Sepsidae and the Composition of its Secretion.” 4th International Congress of Dipterology, Oxford (with abstract)
Invited to speak (university): “History and collection of the Zoologisk Museum in Copenhagen” Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn
Invited to speak (university): “On the Evolution of Sexual Dimorphism, Precopulatory Guarding and Chemical Defense in Sepsidae (Diptera).” Copenhagen University and Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, Copenhagen
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1997
DeSalle, R., R. Bang, M. Yudell, and R. Meier 1997. Predictive Value of Drosophila. Science, 275: 1549-1551.
Meier, R., M. Kotrba, and K. Barber 1997. A comparative study of the natural history and morphology of the egg, first-instar larva, puparium, and female reproductive system of Curtonotum helvum (Curtonotidae; Ephydroidea; Diptera). Novitates of the American Museum of Natural History, 3219: 1-20.
Meier, R. 1997. A test and review of the empirical performance of the ontogenetic criterion. Systematic Biology, 46: 699-721.
Invited to speak (university): “On the Larvae, Phylogenetic Relationships and the Evolution of Chemical Defense in the Sepsidae (Diptera).” University of Zurich
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1996
Meier, R. und T. Schultz. 1996. Pilzzucht und Blattschneiden bei Ameisen -Präadaptationen und evolutive Trends-. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 35: 57-76.
Meier, R., and M. Kotrba. 1996. The phylogenetic distribution of vivipary in Diptera. Verhandlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft, 89: p.17.
Conference: “The phylogenetic distribution of vivipary in Diptera.” (with M. Kotrba). Annual meeting of the German Zoological Society, Oldenburg.
Invited to speak (conference): “Adult Characters Versus Larval Characters in Phylogenetic Studies of the Sciomyzoidea (Cyclorrhapha).” XX. International Congress of Entomology, Florence (with abstract)
Meier, R. 1996. Larval morphology of the Sepsidae (Diptera: Sciomyzoidea), with a cladistic analysis using adult and larval characters. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 228: 1-147.
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1995
Meier, R. 1995. Advantages and disadvantages of computerized cladistic analyses. Zoologische Beiträge, N. F. 36: 141-167.
Meier, R. 1995. Cladistic analysis of the Sepsidae (Cyclorrhapha: Diptera) based on a comparative scanning electron microscopic study of larvae. Systematic Entomology, 20: 99-128.
Schultz, T. R. and R. Meier. 1995. A phylogenetic analysis of the fungus-growing ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini) based on morphological characters of the larvae. Systematic Entomology 20: 337-370.
Ozerov, A. L. and R. Meier. 1995. Key to the immatures of the Palaearctic genera of the Sepsidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 31: 259-283.
Meier, R. 1995. A comparative SEM study of the eggs of the Sepsidae (Diptera) with a cladistic analysis based on egg, larval and adult characters. Entomologica Scandinavica 6: 425-438.
Meier, R. 1995. An empirical test of the ontogenetic criterium for determining the polarities of character transformation series. Verhandlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft, 88:149.
Conference: “An empirical test of the ontogenetic criterium for determining the polarities of character transformation series.“ Annual meeting of the German Zoological Society, Kaiserslautern.
Invited to speak (university): ” Fungus cultivation and leaf cutting in ants -preadaptations and evolutionary trends-.” Freie Universität Berlin and Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin
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1994
Richter, S. and R. Meier 1994. The development of phylogenetic concepts in Hennig’s early publications. Systematic Biology 43: 212-221.
Meier, R. 1994. On the inappropriateness of presence/absence coding for non-additive multistate characters in computerized cladistic analyses. Zoologischer Anzeiger 232: 201-212.
Meier, R. and T. R. Schultz 1994. The fungus growing ants are monophyletic. A cladistic analysis of the Attini (Formicidae) based on a comparative SEM study of larvae. Verhandlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft 87: 230.
Conference: “The phylogenetic relationships of the Sepsidae based on a comparative SEM study of larvae.” 3rd International Congress of Dipterology, Guelph (with abstract).
Conference: “The fungus growing ants are monophyletic. A cladistic analysis of the Attini (Formicidae) based on a comparative SEM study of larvae.” (with T. R. Schultz). Annual meeting of the German Zoological Society, Jena.
Conference: “The phylogeny of the fungus-growing ants (Myrmicinae: Attini) and their fungi” (with T. R. Schultz, 12th Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI), Paris (with abstract).
Invited to speak (conference): “Computer programs as tools in phylogenetic systematics.” Hochrhön meeting of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Angewandte und Allgemeine Entomologie
Invited to speak (university): “A phylogenetic contribution to the understanding of the evolution of fungus growing and leaf cutting in the fungus-growing ants.” Universität Bonn
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1993
Meier, R. 1993. Review of: Naumann, I. D. et al. The Insects of Australia: 2nd edition. Systematic Biology 42: 588-591.
Meier, R. 1993. Review of: Weismann, L. et al.. Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress of Dipterology. Journal of the New York Entomogical Society
Meier, R. 1993. Ontogeny and Phylogeny: a case study based on the larval development of species of Sepsidae (Diptera). Verhandlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft 86: 141.
Conference: “Ontogeny and Phylogeny: a case study based on the larval development of species of Sepsidae (Diptera)” Annual meeting of the German Zoological Society, Salzburg.
Invited to speak (conference): “A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Sepsidae Based on a Comparative SEM Study of Larvae.” Eastern Branch Meeting of the Entomological Society of America Williamsburg
Invited to speak (conference): “Advantages and disadvantages of computerized cladistic analyses.” 35. Phylogenetisches Symposion Berlin
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1992
Meier, R., S. Richter 1992. Suggestions for a more precise usage of proper names of taxa -Ambiguities related to the stem lineage concept-. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 30: 81-88.
Meier, R. and M. Whiting 1992. HENNIG86 and PAUP are reliable - A reply to Lorenzen and Sieg. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 30: 239-243.
Meier, R. 1992. Der Einsatz von Computermethoden in der Phylogenetischen Systematik. - Ein Übersichtsartikel -. Zoologischer Anzeiger 229: 106-133.
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1991
Meier, R., P. Kores, and S. Darwin 1991. Homoplasy slope ratio: A better measurement of observed homoplasy in cladistic analyses. Systematic Zoology 40: 74-88.
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1990
Conference: “Homoplasy slope ratio and standardized homoplasy index: better measurements of observed homoplasy in cladistic analyses” (with S. Darwin and P. Kores). 4th International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology. College Park, Maryland (with abstract).