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Mark S. Harvey

Mark S. Harvey

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
45
Citations
10514
World Ranking
4768
National Ranking
378

Overview

Mark S. Harvey is affiliated with the Australian Museum in Australia. Their research intersects multiple fields including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Environmental Science. Within these broader disciplines, their work focuses on several subfields such as Genetics, Paleontology, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ecology.

Harvey's main topics of study encompass subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy, spider taxonomy and behavior studies, genomics and phylogenetic studies, lepidoptera biology and taxonomy, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, genetic diversity and population structure, and amphibian and reptile biology.

Frequent publication venues include the Australian Journal of Taxonomy, Invertebrate Systematics, Journal of Arachnology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Arachnology. They have contributed notably in these journals, with the highest number of publications in the Australian Journal of Taxonomy.

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Harvey are Michael G. Rix, Jeremy D. Wilson, Danilo Harms, Prashant P. Sharma, and Joel A. Huey, illustrating a diverse network of scholarly interaction.

Recent papers by Mark S. Harvey include:

  • Comprehensive Species Sampling and Sophisticated Algorithmic Approaches Refute the Monophyly of Arachnida, 2022, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Taxonomic Sampling and Rare Genomic Changes Overcome Long-Branch Attraction in the Phylogenetic Placement of Pseudoscorpions, 2021, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • A national-scale dataset for threats impacting Australia's imperiled flora and fauna, 2021, Ecology and Evolution
  • Renaming taxa on ethical grounds threatens nomenclatural stability and scientific communication, 2023, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Phylogenomics of Scorpions Reveal Contemporaneous Diversification of Scorpion Mammalian Predators and Mammal-Active Sodium Channel Toxins, 2022, Systematic Biology

Best Publications

  • Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

    Zhi-Qiang Zhang;John Na Hooper;Rob Wm Van Soest;Andrzej Pisera

  • The Phylogeny and Classification of the Pseudoscorpionida (Chelicerata : Arachnida)

    Mark S. Harvey

  • Short-range endemism amongst the Australian fauna: some examples from non-marine environments

    Mark S. Harvey

  • Phospholipid Exchange between Membranes PURIFICATION OF BOVINE BRAIN PROTEINS THAT PREFERENTIALLY CATALYZE THE TRANSFER OF PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL

    George M. Helmkamp;Mark S. Harvey;Karel W.A. Wirtz;Laurens L.M. van Deenen

  • Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation

    Scott A. Thomson;Richard L. Pyle;Shane T Ahyong;Shane T Ahyong;Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga

  • Biodiversity, functional roles and ecosystem services of groundwater invertebrates

    Andrew J. Boulton;Graham D. Fenwick;Peter J. Hancock;Mark S. Harvey

  • The neglected cousins: What do we know about the smaller arachnid orders?

    Mark S. Harvey

  • Protecting the innocent: studying short-range endemic taxa enhances conservation outcomes

    Mark S. Harvey;Mark S. Harvey;Mark S. Harvey;Michael G. Rix;Volker W. Framenau;Volker W. Framenau;Zoë R. Hamilton

  • The Western Australian biota as Gondwanan heritage - a review

    J.D. Hopper;J.A. Chappill;M.S. Harvey;Albert Main

  • Biogeography and speciation of terrestrial fauna in the south-western Australian biodiversity hotspot

    Michael G. Rix;Michael G. Rix;Danielle L. Edwards;Margaret Byrne;Mark S. Harvey;Mark S. Harvey

  • Is the Australian subterranean fauna uniquely diverse

    Michelle T. Guzik;Andrew D. Austin;Steven J. B. Cooper;Steven J. B. Cooper;Mark S. Harvey

  • First molecular phylogeny of the major clades of Pseudoscorpiones (Arthropoda: Chelicerata)

    Jérôme Murienne;Mark S. Harvey;Gonzalo Giribet

  • Catalogue of the Smaller Arachnid Orders of the World: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae

    Mark S Harvey

  • New Species in the Old World: Europe as a Frontier in Biodiversity Exploration, a Test Bed for 21st Century Taxonomy

    Benoît Fontaine;Kees van Achterberg;Miguel Angel Alonso-Zarazaga;Rafael Araujo

  • Phylogenetic reconstruction of the wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) using sequences from the 12S rRNA, 28S rRNA, and NADH1 genes: Implications for classification, biogeography, and the evolution of web building behavior

    Nicholas P. Murphy;Volker W. Framenau;Stephen C. Donnellan;Mark S. Harvey

  • Phylogeny and historical biogeography of ancient assassin spiders (Araneae: Archaeidae) in the Australian mesic zone: Evidence for Miocene speciation within Tertiary refugia

    Michael G. Rix;Mark S. Harvey

  • A new species of the pseudoscorpion genus Megachernes (Pseudoscorpiones: Chernetidae) associated with a threatened Sri Lankan rainforest rodent, with a review of host associations of Megachernes

    Mark S. Harvey;Pamoda B. Ratnaweera;Preethi V. Udagama;Mayuri R. Wijesinghe

  • How many Arachnida and Myriapoda are there world-wide and in Amazonia?

    Joachim Adis;Mark S. Harvey

  • Molecular and morphological systematics of hypogean schizomids (Schizomida : Hubbardiidae) in semiarid Australia

    Mark S. Harvey;Oliver Berry;Karen L. Edward;Garth Humphreys

  • Deep phylogeographic structuring of populations of the trapdoor spider Moggridgea tingle (Migidae) from southwestern Australia: evidence for long‐term refugia within refugia

    Steven J. B. Cooper;Steven J. B. Cooper;Steven J. B. Cooper;Mark S. Harvey;Kathleen M. Saint;Barbara Y. Main

  • The Australian water mites: a guide to families and genera.

    M. S. Harvey

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew D. Austin
Andrew D. Austin University of Adelaide
Gonzalo Giribet
Gonzalo Giribet Harvard University
Steven J. B. Cooper
Steven J. B. Cooper University of Adelaide
William F. Humphreys
William F. Humphreys Australian Museum
Hendrik Segers
Hendrik Segers Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
J. Dale Roberts
J. Dale Roberts University of Western Australia
Jonathan Majer
Jonathan Majer Curtin University
Ingi Agnarsson
Ingi Agnarsson University of Iceland
Thomas Pape
Thomas Pape University of Copenhagen
Shane T. Ahyong
Shane T. Ahyong Australian Museum

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