Marc Snyder
he/him/his
Professor Emeritus of Organismal Biology & Ecology
Organismal Biology & Ecology
Contact Info
Research Interests
Evolutionary Ecology
Animal-Plant Interactions
Population Ecology
Chemical Ecology
Publications
Hammer, A., Bower, N., Snyder, A., Snyder, Z., Archila, F., and M. Snyder. 2020. Longitudinal study of Caribbean pine elucidates the role of 4-allylanisole in patterns of chemical resistance to bark beetle attack. Journal of Tropical Ecology 36:43-46.
Snyder, M. A. and N. W. Bower. 2005. Resistance to bark beetle attack in Caribbean pine: potential role of 4-allylanisole. Biotropica 37:702-705.
Latta, R. G., Linhart, Y. B., Snyder, M. A., and L. Lundquist. 2003. Patterns of variation and correlation in the monoterpene composition of xylem oleoresin within populations of ponderosa pine. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 31:451-465.
Linhart, Y. B., Mooney, K. A., Snyder, M. A., and N. Swoboda-Colberg. 2001. Phloem chemistry: effects of genotype and environment and implications for nutritional ecology. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 162:1009-1016.
Jung, P. P., II, Bower, N. W., Snyder, M. A., and D. W. Lehmpuhl. 2001. An application of air-sampling canisters: Selective herbivory associated with monoterpene emission from ponderosa pine. American Laboratory, 33:50-52.
Latta, R. G., Linhart, Y. B., Lundquist, L., and M. A. Snyder. 2000. Patterns of monoterpene variation within individual trees in ponderosa pine. Journal of Chemical Ecology 26:1341-1357.
Snyder, M. A. 1998. Abert's squirrels (Sciurus aberti) in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests: directional selection, diversifying selection. In Ecology and Evolutionary Biology of Tree Squirrels. M. A. Steele, J. F. Merritt, and D. A. Zegers, eds. Virginia Museum of Natural History, Special Publication Number 6.
Snyder, M. A. and Y. B. Linhart. 1998. Subspecific selectivity by a mammalian herbivore: geographic differentiation of interactions between taxa of Sciurus aberti and Pinus ponderosa. Evolutionary Ecology 12:755-765.
Snyder, M. A. and Y. B. Linhart. 1997. Porcupine feeding patterns: selectivity by a generalist herbivore? Canadian Journal of Zoology 75:2107-2111.
Snyder, M. A., Fineschi, B., Linhart, Y. B., and R. H. Smith. 1996. Multivariate host discrimination by dwarf mistletoe Arceuthobium vaginatum subsp. cryptopodum: inter- and intraspecific comparisons. Journal of Chemical Ecology 22:295-305.
Snyder, M. A. and Y. B. Linhart. 1994. Nest-site selection by Abert's squirrel: chemical characteristics of nest trees. Journal of Mammalogy 75:136-141.
Linhart, Y. B., Snyder, M. A., and J. P. Gibson. 1994. Differential host utilization by two parasites in a population of ponderosa pine. Oecologia 98:117-120.
Snyder, M. A. and Y. B. Linhart. 1993. Barking up the right tree. Natural History 102:44-49.
Snyder, M. A. 1993. Interactions between Abert's squirrel and ponderosa pine: the relationship between selective herbivory and host plant fitness. American Naturalist 141:866-879.
Snyder, M. A. 1992. Selective herbivory by Abert's squirrel mediated by chemical variability in ponderosa pine. Ecology 73:1730-1741.
Regular Classes
BY100 - Forest Ecology- Colorado Front Range
BY106 - Biology of Animals
BY208 - Ecology
BY308 - Advanced Ecology
BY309/409 - Research Problems in Biology
BY389 - Patagonia - Ecology and Biogeography
BY390 - Ecology and Biogeography of Patagonia (Taught in Patagonia)
BY369 - Tropical Ecology
BY370 - Tropical Forest and Coral Reef Ecology (Taught in Belize)
BY499 - Senior Thesis

Education
Ph.D. University of Colorado, Boulder, 1990
B.A. Kent State University, 1981