Published 2013:

• *Yoder, J. B., C. I. Smith, D. J. Rowley∞, R. Flatz, W. K. Godsoe, C. Drummond, and O. Pellmyr. In Review. Effects of gene flow on phenotype matching between two varieties of Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia: Agavaceae) and their pollinators.  Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 26 (6): 1220-1233. pdf
  

• *Starr∞, T., K. Gadek∞, J. B. Yoder, R. Flatz, and C. I. Smith. In Press. Asymmetric hybridization and gene flow between Joshua trees (Agavaceae: Yucca) reflects differences in pollinator host specificity. Molecular Ecology. 62 (3): 898-906. pdf
  

• Smith, C. I. In Press. Relentless Evolution by John N Thompson, reviewed by Christopher Irwin Smith. Reports of the National Center for Science Education.
  

 Published 2012: 

• *Althoff, D.M., K. A. Segraves, C. I. Smith, J. Leebens-Mack, O. Pellmyr. In Press.Geographic isolation trumps coevolution as a driver of yucca and yucca moth diversification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 62 (3): 898-906. pdf
  

 Published 2011:

• *Flatz, R., J. B. Yoder, E. L. Barnes∞,  and C. I. Smith. 2011. Characterization of microsatellite loci in Yucca brevifolia (Agavaceae) and cross-amplification in related species.   American Journal of Botany. 98 (3): e67-69. pdf

• *Smith, C. I., S. Tank∞, W. Godsoe, J. Levenick, E. Strand, T. Esque, and O. Pellmyr. 2011. Plants and herbivorous insects are evolutionary communities: Concerted range changes in  Joshua trees and four yucca moths. PLOS - One. 6(10): e25628.  link to full text

 Published 2010

• *Godsoe, W. J. B. Yoder, C. I. Smith, C. S. Drummond, and O. Pellmyr. 2010. Absence of population-level phenotype matching in an obligate pollination mutualism. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 23 (12): 2739–2746. pdf
  

• *Yoder, J. B., C. I. Smith, and O. Pellmyr. 2010. How to become a yucca moth: Minimal trait evolution needed to establish the obligate pollination mutualism. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 100 (4): 847-855. pdf
  

• *Smith, C. I. 2010. Coevolution of Joshua trees and their Pollinators: A Short Review. Mojave National Preserve Science Newsletter. 2010 (1): 4-8. pdf
  

 
 Published 2009

• *Smith, C. I., J. B. Yoder, W. K. Godsoe, and O. Pellmyr. 2009. Host specificity and reproductive success of yucca moths (Tegeticula spp. Lepidoptera: Prodoxidae) mirror patterns of gene flow between host plant varieties of Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia: Agavaceae). Molecular Ecology. 18 (24): 5218-5229. Selected for the cover. pdf
  

• * Godsoe, W, E. Strand, C. I. Smith, J. B. Yoder, T. C. Esque, and O. Pellmyr. 2009. Divergence in an obligate mutualism is not explained by divergent climate factors. New Phytologist. 183: 589-599. pdf
  

• *Drummond, C., C. I. Smith, and O. Pellmyr. 2009. Species identification and sibship assignment of sympatric larvae in the yucca moths Tegeticula synthetica and T. antithetica (Lepidoptera: Prodoxidae).  Molecular Ecology Resources. 9 (5): 1369-1372. pdf

 Published 2008

• *Smith, C.I, W.K.W. Godsoe, S. Tank∞, J.B.Yoder, and O. Pellmyr. 2008. Distinguishing coevolution from covicariance in an obligate pollination mutualism: Asynchronous divergence in Joshua tree and its pollinators. Evolution. 62 (10): 2676-2687. Selected for the Cover. pdf
  

• *Godsoe, W., J. B. Yoder, C. I. Smith, O. Pellmyr. 2008. Coevolution and diversification in the Joshua tree yucca moth mutualism. American Naturalist. 171 (6) 816-823. pdf
  

• *Smith, C. I., O. Pellmyr, D. M. Althoff, M. Balcazar-Lara, J. Leebens-Mack, K. A. Segraves. 2008. Pattern and timing of diversification in Yucca (Agavaceae): Specialized pollination does not escalate rates of diversification. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences. 275: 249-258. pdf
  

 Published 2007

• Smith, C I. 2007. Historical biogeography: The new synthesis. Current Biology.17: R598-R600.pdf

• *Gomulkiewicz, R., D. M. Drown, M. F. Dybdahl, W. Godsoe, S. L. Nuismer, K. M. Pepin, B. J. Ridenhour, C. I. Smith, and J. B. Yoder. 2007. Do’s and Don’ts of testing the geographic mosaic theory of coevolution. Heredity. 98: 249–258. pdf
  

 Published 2006

• *Smith, C. I. and B. D. Farrell. 2006. Evolutionary consequences of dispersal ability in cactus-feeding insects. Genetica. 126: 323-334. pdf
  

 Published 2005

• *Smith, C. I. and B. D. Farrell. 2005. Recent range expansions in the flightless longhorn cactus beetles Moneilema gigas and M. armatum in response to Pleistocene climate changes. Molecular Ecology. 14: 1025-1044. pdf
  

• *Smith, C. I. and B. D. Farrell. 2005 Phylogeography of the longhorn cactus beetle Moneilema appressum LeConte (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Was the differentiation of the Madrean sky-islands driven by Pleistocene climate changes? Molecular Ecology. 14: 3049-3065. pdf
  

• Smith, C. I.  2005. Re-wilding: introductions could reduce biodiversity. Nature. 437 (7057): 318. pdf
  

• *Smith, C. I. and B. D. Farrell. 2005. Historical biogeography of the longhorn cactus beetles: The influence of Pleistocene climate changes on American desert communities. Pp 135- 139 in Biodiversity and Management of the Madrean Archipelago II: Connecting Mountain Islands and Desert Seas. G. Gottfried et al. Editors. 2004 May 11-15; Tucson, AZ. Proceedings RMRS-P-36. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. pdf
  

 Published prior to 2000:

• *Miller, R.M., C. I. Smith, J. Jastrow, and J. D. Bever. 1999. The mycorrhizal status of the genus Carex (Cyperaceae). American Journal of Botany. 86: (4) 547-553. pdf
  

• *Yun, W., S. T. Pratt, R. M. Miller, Z. Cai, D. B. Hunter, A. G. Jastfer, K. M. Kemner, B. Lai, H.-R. Lee., D. G. Leegnini, W. Rodrigues, and C. I. Smith. 1999. X-ray imaging and microspectroscopy of plants and fungi. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 5: 1390-1395.