About

B.A. Biology, Macalester College (St. Paul); Ph.D. in Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, & Systematics from University of Maryland, College Park

Research Interests

Evolutionary ecology of reproductive traits and behaviors, sexual conflict, reproductive polymorphism, arthropod biology

Intellectual Contributions

Brown, Tyler Tsurusaki, Nobuo Burns, Mercedes (2021) Genomic determination of reproductive mode in facultatively parthenogenetic harvestmen esaa045 Journal of Heredity

Zulekha, Karachiwalla deCarvalho, Tagide Burns, Mercedes (2020) Spermathecal variation in temperate Opiliones icaa120 Integrative and Comparative Biology

Orr, Teri Burns, Mercedes Hawkes, Kristen Holekamp, Kay Hook, Kristin Josefson, Chloe Kimmitt, Abigail Lewis, Kelsey Lipshutz, Sara Lynch, Kathleen Sirot, Laura Stadtmauer, Daniel Staub, Nancy Wolfner, Mariana Hayssen, Virginia (2020) It takes two to tango: including a female perspective in reproductive biology 3 vol. 60 796-813 Integrative and Comparative Biology

Kahn, Penelope Cao, Dennis Burns, Mercedes Boyer, Sarah (2018) Comparison of nuptial gift chemistry reveals convergent evolution correlated with antagonism in mating system 14 vol. 8 7103-7110 Ecology & Evolution

Burns, Mercedes Hedin, Marshal Tsurusaki, Nobuo (2017) Population genomics and geographical parthenogenesis in Japanese harvestmen (Opiliones, Sclerosomatidae) 1 vol. 8 36-52 Ecology & Evolution

Presentations

Burns, Mercedes Seminar Reproductive Diversity and Sexual Conflict: Opilionid Mating from the Female Perspective Penn State State College, PA (Mar 6, 2020)

Burns, Mercedes Seminar Reproductive Diversity and Sexual Conflict: Opilionid Mating from the Female Perspective UC Davis Davis, CA (Feb 19, 2020)

Burns, Mercedes SICB 2020 Oral Presentation Reproductive Diversity and Sexual Conflict: Opilionid Mating from the Female Perspective SICB Austin, TX (Jan 5, 2020)