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50
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11233
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3796
National Ranking
1328

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  • 2007 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Brian D. Farrell is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their academic work primarily spans the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, Insect Science, Molecular Biology, and Paleontology.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management
  • Plant Diversity and Evolution
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
  • Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
  • Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean

Brian D. Farrell has contributed to several publications in notable venues. Frequent publication venues include Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, eLife, Systematic Entomology, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Harvard Dataverse.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Brian D. Farrell include:

  • "Sericulture as a sustainable agroindustry," 2022, Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy
  • "Evaluating insect-host interactions as a driver of species divergence in palm flower weevils," 2020, Communications Biology
  • "Phylogenomics illuminates the phylogeny of flower weevils (Curculioninae) and reveals ten independent origins of brood-site pollination mutualism in true weevils," 2023, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "First phylogenetic analysis of Dryophthorinae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) based on structural alignment of ribosomal DNA reveals Cenozoic diversification," 2021, Ecology and Evolution
  • "Evaluating species boundaries using coalescent delimitation in pine-killing Monochamus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) sawyer beetles," 2023, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Xuankun Li, Seunggwan Shin, Rolf G. Oberprieler, Duane D. McKenna, and Bruno A. S. de Medeiros.

Brian D. Farrell was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2007.

Best Publications

  • "Inordinate Fondness" Explained: Why Are There So Many Beetles?

    Brian D. Farrell

  • The Phylogenetic Study of Adaptive Zones: Has Phytophagy Promoted Insect Diversification?

    Charles Mitter;Brian Farrell;Brian Wiegmann

  • The beetle tree of life reveals that Coleoptera survived end‐Permian mass extinction to diversify during the Cretaceous terrestrial revolution

    Duane D. Mckenna;Duane D. Mckenna;Alexander L. Wild;Alexander L. Wild;Kojun Kanda;Kojun Kanda;Charles L. Bellamy

  • ESCALATION OF PLANT DEFENSE: DO LATEX AND RESIN CANALS SPUR PLANT DIVERSIFICATION?

    Brian D. Farrell;David E. Dussourd;Charles Mitter

  • THE EVOLUTION OF AGRICULTURE IN BEETLES (CURCULIONIDAE: SCOLYTINAE AND PLATYPODINAE)

    Brian D. Farrell;Andrea S. Sequeira;Brian C. O'Meara;Benjamin B. Normark;Benjamin B. Normark

  • A Simple Approximate Result for the Maximum Growth Rate of Baroclinic Instabilities

    R. S. Lindzen;Brian Farrell

  • Temporal lags and overlap in the diversification of weevils and flowering plants

    Duane D. McKenna;Andrea S. Sequeira;Adriana E. Marvaldi;Brian D. Farrell

  • Molecular and morphological phylogenetics of weevils (coleoptera, curculionoidea): do niche shifts accompany diversification?

    Adriana E. Marvaldi;Andrea S. Sequeira;Charles W. O'Brien;Brian D. Farrell

  • IS SPECIALIZATION A DEAD END? THE PHYLOGENY OF HOST USE IN DENDROCTONUS BARK BEETLES (SCOLYTIDAE).

    Scott T. Kelley;Brian D. Farrell

  • Phylogenetic studies of insect-plant interactions: Insights into the genesis of diversity

    Charles Mitter;Brian Farrell;Douglas J. Futuyma

  • Tropical forests are both evolutionary cradles and museums of leaf beetle diversity

    Duane D. McKenna;Brian D. Farrell

  • Evolutionary assembly of the milkweed fauna: cytochrome oxidase I and the age of Tetraopes beetles.

    Brian D. Farrell

  • Endosymbiont Phylogenesis in the Dryophthoridae Weevils: Evidence for Bacterial Replacement

    Cédric Lefèvre;Hubert Charles;Agnès Vallier;Bernard Delobel

  • Phylogeny and evolution of Staphyliniformia and Scarabaeiformia: forest litter as a stepping stone for diversification of nonphytophagous beetles

    Duane D. Mckenna;Brian D. Farrell;Michael S. Caterino;Charles W. Farnum

  • PHYLOGENESIS OF INSECT/PLANT INTERACTIONS: HAVE PHYLLOBROTICA LEAF BEETLES (CHRYSOMELIDAE) AND THE LAMIALES DIVERSIFIED IN PARALLEL?

    Brian D. Farrell;Charles Mitter

  • Diversification at the Insect-Plant Interface

    Brian D. Farrell;Charles Mitter;Douglas J. Futuyma

  • The thoracic morphology of Archostemata and the relationships of the extant suborders of Coleoptera (Hexapoda)

    Frank Friedrich;Brian D. Farrell;Rolf G. Beutel

  • MITONUCLEAR DISCORDANCE IS CAUSED BY RAMPANT MITOCHONDRIAL INTROGRESSION IN NEODIPRION (HYMENOPTERA: DIPRIONIDAE) SAWFLIES

    Catherine R. Linnen;Brian D. Farrell

  • Origin of a haplodiploid beetle lineage

    Benjamin B Normark;Bjarte H Jordal;Bjarte H Jordal;Brian D Farrell

  • Seasonality, the latitudinal gradient of diversity, and Eocene insects

    S. Bruce Archibald;William H. Bossert;David R. Greenwood;Brian D. Farrell

  • The timing of insect/plant diversification: might Tetraopes (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) and Asclepias (Asclepiadaceae) have co-evolved?

    B. D. Farrell;C. Mitter

Frequent Co-Authors

Bjarte H. Jordal
Bjarte H. Jordal University of Bergen
Charles Mitter
Charles Mitter University of Maryland, College Park
Alan R. Lemmon
Alan R. Lemmon Florida State University
Emily Moriarty Lemmon
Emily Moriarty Lemmon Florida State University
Rolf G. Beutel
Rolf G. Beutel Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Douglas J. Futuyma
Douglas J. Futuyma Stony Brook University
David R. Greenwood
David R. Greenwood Brandon University
Ka-Kit Tung
Ka-Kit Tung University of Washington
Richard A. B. Leschen
Richard A. B. Leschen Landcare Research

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