Publications

  • Sullivan, K. A. & E. M. Tucker, N. J. Dowdy, J. M. Allen, V. Barve, J. Boone, S. E. Bush, N. L. Evenhuis, M. Hastriter, J. E. Light, T. Mayfield-Meyer, B. M. OConnor, J. H. Poelen, G. R. Racz, K. C. Seltmann, and J. M. Zaspel (2023). Building a community-based taxonomic resource for digitization of parasites and their hosts. Insect Systematics and Diversity. Vol. 7, 1-9. Published, 11/2023.
  • Herman, J. M. & V. D. Fiorini, I. Crudele, J. C. Reboreda, S. A. Pladas, A. P. Watson, S. E. Bush (2023). Co-parasitism in the face of predation: Effects of natural enemies on a neotropical mockingbird. Journal of Animal Ecology. Vol. 92, 1992-2004. Published, 08/2023.
  • Bush, S. E. & M. W. Waller, J. M. Herman, K. Hobbs, A. R. Clayton, J. Watson, M. D. Oleyar, and D. H. Clayton (2023). Birds groom more in regions with higher parasite pressure: a comparison of temperate and subtropical American kestrels. Animal Behaviour. Vol. 201, 125-135. Published, 07/2023.
  • Bush, S. E. & D. H. Clayton (2023). Does preening behavior reduce the prevalence of avian feather lice (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera)? . Journal of Parasitology. Vol. 109, 145-147. Published, 05/2023.
  • Bush, S. E. & D. H. Clayton (2023). Grooming time predicts survival: American kestrels, Falco sparverius, on a sub-tropical island. American Naturalist. Vol. 201, 603-609. Published, 04/2023.
  • Gustafsson, D. R. & S. E. Bush (2022). Chewing lice of the Brueelia-complex (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) parasitic on members of the Campephagidae (Aves: Passeriformes), with description of a new subgenus and 14 new species. Zootaxa. Vol. 5165, 1-55. Published, 06/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5165.1.1
  • Gustafsson, D. R. & T. Najer, Fasheng Zou, and S. E. Bush (2022). The ischnoceran chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) of bulbuls (Aves: Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae), with descriptions of 18 new species. European Journal of Taxonomy. Vol. 800, 1-88. Published, 04/2022.
    https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt...
  • Boyd, B. M. & N. Nguyen, J. M. Allen, R. M. Waterhouse, K. B. Vo, A. D. Sweet, D. H. Clayton, S. E. Bush, M. D. Shapiro, and K. P. Johnson (2022). Long-distance dispersal of pigeons and doves generated new ecological opportunities for host-switching by their parasites. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. Vol. 289, NA. Published, 03/2022.
    https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsp...
  • Gustafsson, D. R. & F. Zou, and S. E, Bush (2022). Descriptions of six new species of slender-bodied chewing lice of the Resartor-group (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera: Brueelia-complex). Zootaxa. Vol. 5104, 530-560. Published, 03/2022.
    https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5104.4...
  • Bush, S. E. Co-curator (2022). “PIPR” (Price Institute of Parasite Research) collection . Database. Published, 02/2022.
  • Gustafsson, D. R., & T. Najer, F. Zou, and S. E. Bush (2022). New species of Philopterus Nitzsch, 1818 (Ischnocera: Philopteridae), with notes on Cypseloecus Conci, 1941. European Journal of Taxonomy. Vol. 790, 1-52. Published, 02/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.790.1641
  • Bush, S. E. (2021). Acceptance of the 2021 Henry Baldwin Ward medal: Parasite forms most beautiful. Journal of Parasitology. Vol. 107, 957-961. Published, 12/2021.
  • Bush, S. E. & D. R. Gustafsson, V. V. Tkach, and D. H. Clayton (2021). A misidentification crisis plagues specimen-based research: a case for guidelines with a recent example (Ali et al., 2020). Journal of Parasitology. Vol. 107, 262.266. Published, 03/2021.
  • Gustafsson, D. R. & S. E. Bush (2021). Descriptions of seven new species of Brueelia Kéler 1936 (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) from North American sparrows (Aves: Passeriformes: Passerellidae), and review of host use by Brueelia vulgata. Journal of Natural History. Vol. 54, 2071-2112. Published, 02/2021.
  • Baldwin-Brown, J. G. & S.M. Villa, A. Vickery, K.P. Johnson, S. E. Bush, D.H. Clayton, and M.D. Shapiro (2021). The assembled and annotated genome of the pigeon louse Columbicola columbae, a model ectoparasite. G3: Genes | Genomes | Genetics. Published, 01/2021.
  • Gustafsson, D. R. & S. E. Bush (2020). New subgenus and eight new species of Guimaraesiella Eichler, 1949 (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Brueelia-complex). Zootaxa. Published, 02/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4885.2.1
  • Goodman, G. B (2020). The role of scratching in the control of ectoparasites on birds. The Auk. Published, 02/2020.
  • Goodman, G. B & S. A. Conner, S. E. Bush, and D. H. Clayton (2020). Is allopreening a stimulus-driven defense against ectoparasites?. Journal of Parasitology. Published, 02/2020.
  • Gustafsson, D. R. (2019). The genus Brueelia (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) of North American jays and allies (Aves: Passeriformes: Corvidae), with descriptions of five new species. Journal of Parasitology. Vol. 105, 893-903. Published, 12/2019.
  • Gustafsson, D. R. & S. E. Bush (2019). Brueelia (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) of North American nine-primaried oscines (Aves: Passeriformes: Passerida) with descriptions of nine new species. Journal of Parasitology. Vol. 105, 858-873. Published, 11/2019.
  • Gustafsson, D. R. & O. D. Malysheva, O. O. Tolstenkov, and S. E. Bush (2019). Five new species of Guimaraesiella (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) from broadbills (Aves: Passeriformes: Calyptomenidae, Eurylaimidae). Journal of Parasitology. Vol. 105, 846-857. Published, 11/2019.
  • Gustafsson, D. R. & S. E. Bush, and R. L. Palma (2019). The genera and species of the Brueelia-complex (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) described by Mey (2017). Zootaxa. Vol. 4615, 252-284. Published, 06/01/2019.
  • Villa, S. M. & J. C. Altuna, J. S. Ruff, A. B. Beach, L. I. Mulvey, E. J. Poole, H. E. Campbell, K. P. Johnson, M. D. Shapiro, S. E. Bush, and D. H. Clayton (2019). Rapid experimental evolution of reproductive isolation from a single natural population. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Vol. 201901247. Published, 05/01/2019.
  • Gustaffson, D. R. & L. Lei, X. Chu, F. Zou and S. E. Bush (2019). New genus and two new species of chewing lice from Southeast Asian trogons (Aves:Trogoniformes), with a revised key to the Philopterus-complex. Acta Parasitologica. Vol. 64, 86-102. Published, 03/20/2019.
  • Gustafsson, D. R & L. Lei, X. Chu, F. Zou and S. E. Bush (2019). Twelve new species of Guimaraesiella (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) from “babblers” (Passeriformes: Leiothrichidae, Pellorneidae, Timaliidae), with a description of a new subgenus and a key to its species. Zootaxa. Vol. 4543, 451-497. Published, 03/05/2019.
  • Bush, S.E. & S. M. Villa, J. C. Altuna, K. P. Johnson, M. D. Shapiro, and D. H. Clayton (2019). Host defense triggers rapid adaptive radiation in experimentally evolving parasites. Evolution Letters. Vol. 3, 120-128. Published, 02/10/2019.
  • McNew, S.M. & S. A. Knutie, G. B. Goodman, A. Theodosopoulos, A. Saulsberry, J. Yépez R., S. E. Bush, and D. H. Clayton (2019). Annual environmental variation influences host tolerance to parasites. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. Vol. 286. Published, 01/05/2019.
  • Gustfsson, D.R. (2018). Seven new species of Resartor Gustafsson et Bush, 2017 (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) from Asian "babblers" (Passeriformes: Leiotrichidae, Paradoxornithidae). Folio Parasitologica. Vol. 65. Published, 12/2018.
  • Gustafsson, D.R. & X. Chu, S. E. Bush, and F. Zou (2018). Ten new species of Brueelia Kéler, 1936 (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) from nuthatches (Aves: Passeriformes: Sittidae), tits and chickadees (Paridae), and goldcrests (Regulidae). Acta Parasitologica. Vol. 63, 527-557. Published, 09/2018.
  • Bush, S.E. & D. R. Gustafsson, and D. H. Clayton (2018). New records of ectoparasites from passerine birds in the High Tatras of Slovakia. Oecologia Montana. Vol. 27, 43-45. Published, 07/2018.
  • Bush, S.E. & D. H. Clayton (2018). Anti-parasite behaviour of birds. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, B. Vol. 373. Published, 06/2018.
  • DiBlasi, E. & K. P. Johnson, S. A. Stringham, A. N. Hansen, A. B. Beach, D. H. Clayton, and S. E. Bush (2018). Phoretic dispersal influences parasite population genetic structure. Molecular Ecology. Vol. 27, 2647-2779. Published, 05/2018.
  • Villa S.M. & M. D. Evans, Y. K. Subhani, J. C. Altuna, S. E. Bush, and D. H. Clayton (2018). Body size and fecundity are correlated in feather lice (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera): Implications for Harrison's Rule. Ecological Entomology. Vol. 43, 394-396. Published, 03/2018.
  • Sweet A.D. & S. E. Bush, D. R. Gustafsson, J. M. Allen, E. DiBlasi, H. R. Skeen, J. D. Weckstein, and K. P. Johnson. (2018). Host and parasite morphology influence congruence between host and parasite phylogenies. International Journal of Parasitology. Vol. 48, 641-648. Published, 03/2018.
  • Gustafsson D.R. & D. H. Clayton, and S. E. Bush (2018). Twelve new species of Priceiella (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) from Old World babblers, with keys to species of two subgenera and checklists of species in the genus. Zootax. Vol. 4382, 401-449. Published, 02/2018.
  • Boyd, B. M. & J. A. Allen, N. Nguyen, A. D. Sweet, T. Warnow, M. D. Shapiro, S. M. Villa, S. E. Bush, D. H. Clayton, and K. P. Johnson (2017). Phylogenomics using target restricted assembly resolves intrageneric relationships of parasitic lice (Phthiraptera: Columbicola). Systematic Biology. Vol. 66, 896-911. Published, 11/01/2017.
  • Gustafsson, D. R. (2017). Morphological revision of the hyperdiverse Brueelia-complex (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) with new taxa, checklists and generic key. Zootaxa. Vol. 4313, 1-443. Published, 08/01/2017.
  • Harnos, A. & Z. Lang, D. Petrás, S. E. Bush, and L. Rózsa (2017). An evolutionary allometry of bird and louse (Phthiraptera) body sizes: comparative tests controlled for host, rather than parasite phylogeny. Evolution. Vol. 71, 421-431. Published, 02/01/2017.
  • Does anti-parasite behavior improve with experience: An experimental test of the priming hypothesis. Behavioral Ecology 27: 1167-1171. . Published, 03/15/2016.
  • Walk or Ride? Phoretic behavior of amblyceran and ischnoceran lice. International Journal of Parasitology 46: 221-227. Published, 01/20/2016.
  • Unlocking the black box of feather louse diversity: a molecular phylogeny of the hyper-diverse genus Brueelia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94: 737-751. Published, 01/01/2016.
  • Clayton, D. H., S. E. Bush, and K. P. Johnson. 2015. Coevolution of life on hosts: Integrating ecology and history. University of Chicago Press. Published, 12/2015.
  • Bush, S. E., J. D. Weckstein, D. R. Gustafsson, J. Allen, E. DiBlasi, S. M. Shreve, R. Boldt, H. R. Skeen, and K. P. Johnson. 2015. Data supporting a molecular phylogeny of the hyper-diverse genus Brueelia. Data in Brief 5: 1078-1091. doi:10.1016/j.dib.2015.10.022. Published, 08/2015.
  • Gustafsson, D. R. and S. E. Bush. 2015. Four new species of Brueelia Kéler, 1936 (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) from African songbirds (Passeriformes: Sturnidae and Laniidae). Zootaxa 4013: 503-518. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4013.4.2. Published, 06/2015.
  • Gustafsson, D. R., and S. E. Bush. 2015. The chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera, Amblycera) of Japanese pigeons and doves (Columbiformes), with descriptions of three new species. Journal of Parasitology 101: 304-313.. Published, 04/2015.
  • Makarikov, A. A., V. V. Tkach, S. M. Villa, and S. E. Bush. 2015. Description of two new species of Hymenolepis Weinland, 1858 (Cestoda, Hymenolepididae) from rodents on Luzon Island, Philippines. Systematic Parasitology 90:27-37. Published, 01/2015.
  • Gustafsson, D. R., and S. E. Bush. 2014. Two new species of Paraphilopterus Mey, 2004 (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) from New Guinean bowerbirds (Passeriformes: Ptilonorhynchidae) and satinbirds (Passeriformes: Cnemophilidae) Zootaxa 3873:155-164. Published, 10/07/2014.
  • McAllister, C. T., Seville, R. S., Duszynski, D. W., and S. E. Bush. 2014. A new species of coccidia (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from Cordillera striped shrew-rat, Chrotomys whiteheadi (Rodentia: Muridae), from the Philippines. Acta Parasitologica 59: 686-689. Published, 09/09/2014.
  • Hastriter, M. W. and S. E. Bush. 2014. Description of Medwayella independencia (Siphonaptera: Stivaliidae), a new species of flea from Mindanao, Island, the Philippines and their phoretic mites, and miscellaneous flea records fro the Malay Archipelago. Zookeys 408:107-123. Published, 05/06/2014.
  • Gustafsson, D. R., and S. E. Bush. 2014. Three new species of chewing lice of the genus Emersoniella Tendeiro, 1965 (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) from Papua New Guinean kingfishers and kookaburras (Aves: Coraciiformes: Alcedinidae). Zootaxa 3796:528-544. Published, 05/06/2014.
  • Description of Lentistivalius philippinensis, a new species of the flea (Siphonaptera: Pygiosyllomorpha: Stivalidae), and new records of the Ascodipterinae (Streblidae) on small mammals and bats from the Philippines. Zookeys 260:17-30. Published, 06/01/2013.
  • Morphological and molecular differentiation of two new species of Pseudoacanthocephalus Petrochenko, 1958 (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchidae) from amphibians and reptiles in Philippines, with identification keys for the genus. Systematic Parasitology 85:11-26. DOI 10.1007/s11230-013-9409-8. Published, 06/01/2013.
  • New species of Kalicephalus (Nematoda: Diaphanocephalidae) from a snake Oxyrhabdium leporinum on Luzon Island, Philippines. Comparative Parasitology 80:240-246. Published, 06/01/2013.
  • Two new species of Hymenolepis (Cestoda: Hymenolepididae) from murid rodents (Rodentia: Muridae) in the Philippines. Journal of Parasitology 99:847-855. Published, 06/01/2013.
  • Evolution, multiple , and localization of endosymbionts in bat flies (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea, Streblidae, Nycteribiidae). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79:2952-2961. Published, 06/01/2013.
  • Influence of habitat fragmentation on ectoparasite diversity. Biodiversity and Conservation 22: 1391-1404. DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0480-x •Reviewed by Faculty of 1000. Published, 06/01/2013.
  • Two new species of Eimeria Schneider, 1875 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from emerald tree skinks, Lamprolepis smaragdina (Lesson) (Sauria: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea and the Philippines. Systematic Parasitology 86:165-171. DOI 10.1007/s11230-013-9442-7. Published, 06/01/2013.
  • Clayton, D. H., Koop, J. A., Harbison, C. W., Moyer, B. R., and S. E. Bush. 2010. How birds combat ectoparasites. Open Ornithology Journal 3:41-71. (Invited review for special issue: Currrent Trends in Avian Parasitology.). Published, 10/2010.

Presentations

  • 7th International Conference on Phthiraptera, Guangdong, China. Poster, Presented, 09/2023.
  • University of Kansas, Dept. Ecology and Evolution, Lawrence, KS. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/2023.
  • American Ornithological Society & Society of Canadian Ornithologists, Canada. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/2023.
  • Environment, Epigenetics and Reproduction Conference. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/2022.
  • American Society of Parasitology, Acceptance of the 2021 Henry B. Ward Medal. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/2021.
  • Entomological Society of America Symposium: Opportunity, Constraint, or Mishap? Exploring Forces of Selection Acting on Parasitic Arthropods. Denver, CO. Symposium Speaker. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/2021.
  • American Society of Parasitologists, Rochester, Minnesota. Contributed Talk, Presented, 07/2019.
  • Utah State University, Department of Biology. Logan, Utah. Research Seminar. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/2019.
  • 6th International Conference on Phthiraptera, Brno, Czech Republic. Contributed Talk, Presented, 07/2018.
  • Royal Society. Kavali Royal Society Centre, England, UK. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/01/2017.
  • Pennsylvania State University, Department of Entomology. Research Seminar. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/01/2017.
  • University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, Department of Biological Sciences, Research Seminar. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/01/2017.
  • University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois Natural History Survey, Research Seminar. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/15/2016.
  • North American Ornithological Conference. Washington, D.C. Contributed Talk, Presented, 08/01/2016.
  • Society for the study of Evolution. Austin, TX . Contributed Talk, Presented, 07/01/2016.
  • Dimensions of Biodiversity PI-meeting, Washington, D.C. Contributed Talk, Presented, 06/01/2016.
  • College of Science Day - November 2015, University of Utah. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 11/2015.
  • Hungarian Natural History Museum- Research Seminar - June 2015, Budapest, Hungary. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/2015.
  • Utah State University, Ecology Center - Public seminar, April 2015. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/2015.
  • Utah State University, Ecology Center - Research seminar for center associated departments, April 2015. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/2015.
  • Washington State University, Department of Entomology, March 2015. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/2015.
  • University of North Dakota, Department of Biology, January 2015. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/2015.

Research Groups

  • Jordan Herman, Postdoc. School of Biological Sciences. 06/2019 - 02/2021.
  • Scott Villa, Postdoc. Department of Biology. 06/2016 - 10/2018.
  • Daniel Gustafsson, Postdoc. 08/2012 - 08/2017.

Geographical Regions of Interest

  • Bahamas
    Field Work.