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Chunco, A. J., Fender, J.*, Johnson, J.*, Kingston, M., In Prep. Documenting the range expansion of the lightbulb tunicate in coastal North Carolina. (In Prep).

Jongman-Sereno, K. P., Chunco, A. J., Gammon, D. E., Kirk, J. A., Lindenman, H., Wente, A.,  Reitenauer, V. L. (In Review). Rendezvous with Our (Whole) Selves: How Co-Teaching Is Making Us Better Liberal Arts Teachers. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

Gould, E., Fraser, H. S., Parker, T. H. et al. 2025. Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology. BMC Biology 23, 35. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-024-02101-x

Chunco, A. J., Nault, E.*, Silverman, R. F.*, Midolo, S.*, Harper, H.*, Rice, A. M. 2024. Population isolation in the Plains spadefoot toad: Causes and conservation implications. PeerJ 12:e17968 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17968.

Chunco, A. J., Thomas-Laemont P. 2022. Is it hot in here or is it me? The Evolutionary Conundrum of Menopause. National Science Teaching Association. https://www.nsta.org/ncss-case-study/it-hot-here-or-it-just-me-0

Gammon, D., Chunco, A., Husser, J. 2020. The Wildlife We Fear. Wildlife In North Carolina. May/June Issue.

Archis, J. N., Akcali, C., Stuart, B. L., Kikuchi, D., Chunco, A. J. 2018. Is the future already here? The impact of climate change on the distribution of the eastern coral snake (Micrurus fulvius). PeerJ. 6:e4647 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4647.

Chunco, A. J. 2017. Geography of Evolution. In: The International Encyclopedia of Geography: People, the Earth, Environment, and Technology. Ed. Doug Richardson.

Chunco, A. J., J. K. Uno. 2016. Are we too clean? National Center for Case Study Teaching in the Sciences. Available here: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/files/too_clean.pdf.

Didion, J.,  F. Pardo-Manuel de Villena, A. Morgan, L. Yadgary, T. Bell, R. McMullan, L. Ortiz de Solorzano, J. Britton-Davidian,  C. Bult, K. Campbel , R. Castiglia, Y.-H. Ching, A. J. Chunco, J. Crowley, E. Chesler, J. French, S. Gabriel, D. Gatti, T. Garland, Jr., E. Giagia-Athanasopoulou, M. Giménez, S. Grize, İ. Gündüz, A. Holmes, H. Hauffe, J. Herman, J. Holt, K. Hua, W. Jolley, A. K. Lindholm, M. López-Fuster, G. Mitsainas, M. Mathias, L. McMillan, M. Graça Ramalhinho, B. Rehermann, S. Rosshart, J. Searle, M.–S. Shiao, E. Solano, K. Svenson, P. Thomas-Laemont, D. Threadgill, J. Ventura, G. Weinstock, D. Pomp, G. Churchill. 2016. A selfish genetic element drives recurring selective sweeps in the house mouse. Molecular Biology and Evolution 33: 1381-1395.

Ledón-Rettig, C., Pfennig, D. W., Chunco, A., Dworkin, I. 2014. Cryptic genetic variation in natural populations: A predictive framework. Integrative and Comparative Biology 54: 783-793.

Chunco, A. J. 2014. Hybridization in a warmer world. Ecology and Evolution 4: 2019-2031.

Chunco, A. J., Phimmachak, S., Sivongxay, N., Stuart, B. L. 2013. Predicting environmental suitability for a rare and threatened species (Lao Newt, Laotriton laoensis) using validated species distribution models. PLoS One: e59853.

Chunco, A. J., Jobe, T., and Pfennig, K. S. 2012. Why do species co-occur? A test of alternative hypotheses describing abiotic differences in sympatry versus allopatry using spadefoot toads. PlosOne 7:e32748.

Angert, A. L., Crozier, L., Rissler, L., Gilman, S., Tewksbury, J., and Chunco, A. J. 2011. Do species traits predict recent shifts at expanding range edges?
Ecology Letters 14: 677-689.

Chunco, A. J., McKinnon, J., Servedio, M. R. 2007. Microhabitat variation and sexual selection can maintain male color polymorphisms. Evolution 61: 2504-2515.

Pfennig, K. S., Chunco, A. J., and Lackey, A. C. R.  2007.  Ecological selection and hybrid fitness: hybrids succeed on parental resources. Evol. Ecol. Res. 9:341-354.

Burkhead, N. M., Jelks, H. L., Chunco, A., Walsh, S.J., Freeman, B.J., Skelton, C.E. and Freeman, M. 2001.  Progress report of benthic fishes in the Upper Coosa River System, North Georgia.  USGS Interim Report. 41 pp.

Burgess, G. H., Chunco, A., Nadik, W. and Johnson, S. 2000. Pelagic Elasmobranch Bibliography. International Pelagic Shark Workshop, Pacific Grove, California. 38 pp.