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Peer Reviewed Publications:

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​Potdar, S. , Kutcherov, D. , Jennings, M.*, Brown, E.*, Moriarty, C.*, Ly, M. T., Hirzel, G., Phan, P., Joshi, N., & Westerman, E. L. Apple floral attractants function across the 24-h cycle to support diurnal and nocturnal pollinators. In review.

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Hirzel, G.E., Brady, N.K., Farfán Pira, K.J., Powell, C.A., Reed, R.D., & Westerman, E.L. (2026). Synchronous seasonal plasticity in colouration, behaviour, and visual gene expression in a wild butterfly population. Functional Ecology. 2026 Jan 6;40(1):51-69. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70215 

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Merrill, A. N. *, Hirzel, G.E. , Murphy, M.J., Imrie, R., & Westerman, E.L. (2021). Engaging the community in pollinator research: the effect of wing pattern and weather on butterfly behavior. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 2021 Oct 4;61(3):1039-1054. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icab153

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Preprints:

 

Hirzel, G.E., Anderson, A.E.*, & Westerman, E.L. Family specific differences in seasonal patterns of abundance and behavior in butterfly communities. bioRxiv. In prep. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.05.22.541638

 

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