Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Dartmouth College, 2004
Postdoctoral Associate, Dartmouth College, 2004-2005

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Assistant Professor
School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011
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Hofstter, R.W., T.D. Dempsey, K.D. Klepzig, and M.P. Ayres.  2007.  Temperature-dependent effects on mutualistic and phoretic associations.  Community Ecology 8: 47-56.

Hofstetter, R. W., K.D. Klepzig, J.C. Moser, and M.P. Ayres.  2006.  Seasonal dynamics of mites and fungi and their effects on the southern pine beetle.  Environmental Entomology 35:22-30.

Hofstetter, R.W., J.T. Cronin, K.D. Klepzig, J.C. Moser, and M.P. Ayres. 2006.  Antagonisms, mutualisms and commensalisms affect outbreak dynamics of the southern pine beetle.  Oecologia 147: 679-691.

Hofstetter. R W, J. B. Mahfouz, K.D. Klepzig, and M. P. Ayres. 2005. Effects of tree phytochemistry on the interactions among endophloedic fungi associated with the southern pine beetle. Journal of Chemical Ecology 31:539-560.

Klepzig, K.D., J.Flores-Otero, R.W. Hofstetter, and M.P. Ayres. 2004. Effects of available water on growth and competition of southern pine beetle associated fungi. Mycological Research 108:183-188.

Lombardero, M.J., M. P. Ayres, R. W. Hofstetter, J.C. Moser, and K.D. Klepzig. 2003. Strong indirect interactions of Tarsonemus mites (Acarina, Tarsonemidae) and  Dendroctonus frontalis (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Oikos 102: 243-252.

Veysey, J. S., M. P. Ayres, M. J. Lombardero, R. W. Hofstetter, and K. Klepzig. 2003. Relative suitability of Virginia pine and loblolly pine as host species for Dendroctonus frontalis (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Environmental Entomology 32: 668-679.