Community ecology, biology of invasive species, wetland ecology
(Battaglia).
Economics and policy relating to natural resource management
and conservation, including theoretical and applied mathematical
modeling of environmental systems, tropical protected areas management,
GIS-based spatial decision support for ecological landscape analysis,
and the role of natural resources in domestic and international
sustainable development (Carver).
Physiological adaptations of aquatic animals to changes and
stressors in the environment (Kelly).
Biochemical conversion of cellulose, biodiesel production
from microbial lipids, microalgal lipids as aquaculture feed
(Liang)
Tropical herpetology, life-history evolution, population
biology, conservation (Lips).
Primate ecology, behaviour, and cognition, using ape models
to understand human evolution (Reichard).
Assessing human-landscape interactions of Native American
and Euro-American cultures through the use of dendrochronology,
historical ecology and paleoecology (Ruffner).
Small mammal population dynamics, spatial ecology of predator-prey
interactions, ecological impacts of mast-seeding, vector-borne
and zoonotic diseases (Schauber).
Global climate change, climatology (Schoof).
Physical hydrology (Schoonover).
Mathematical biology: probabilistic population models in
ecology, differential and difference equations in biosciences
(Schurz).
Ecophysiology and population biology of squamate reptiles
and small mammals (Sears).
Tree-ring chronologies to study paleoclimatology, human-environmental
dynamics, forest ecology, and archaeology (Therrell)
Freshwater ecology, invertebrate ecology, role of insects
in ecosystem function disturbance and recovery of ecosystems
(Whiles).
Aquatic ecology, fish ecology, trophic interactions, fish-
habitat relationships, applications of stable isotopes in animal
ecology, fisheries management (Whitledge).
Nutrient and sediment attenuation by riparian buffer zones,
riparian buffer zone restoration and management, in-stream cycling
of nitrogen, nutrient cycling in forested watersheds, acid precipitation
effects on forest and aquatic ecosystems (Williard).
Regeneration ecology of hardwood forest ecosystems; riparian
zone forest restoration and management; silviculture; agroforestry;
ontogenetic changes in trees; plant propagation, biology, ecology,
physiology and genetics of trees (emphasis on oaks) (Zaczek).
Examples of Recent Publications (2006 on only, see individual
members
web pages for more complete lists)
Achenbach, LA, KS Bender, Y Sun, & JD Coates.
2006. The biochemistry and genetics of perchlorate reduction.
In: B. Gu and J.D. Coates (eds.) Perchlorate: Environmental
Occurrence, Interactions, and Treatment. Springer. pp. 297-310.
Angilletta, MJ, RS Wilson, AC Niehaus, PL Ribeiro, MW
Sears, & CA Navas.2007. Urban physiology: city
ants possess high heat tolerance. Public Library of Science
ONE 2: e258.
Baer, SG, JM Church, KWJ Williard, & JW
Groninger. 2006. Changes in intrasystem N cycling from N2-fixing
shrub encroachment in grassland: multiple positive feedbacks.
Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment 115: 174-182.
Barelli, C, M Heistermann, C Boesch. & UH Reichard.
2007. Sexual swellings in wild white-handed gibbon females (Hylobates
lar) indicate the probability of ovulation. Hormones and Behavior
51: 221-230.
Battaglia, LL & BS Collins. 2006. Linking hydroperiod
and vegetation response in Carolina Bay wetlands. Plant Ecology
184: 173-185.
Battaglia, LL, & RR Sharitz. 2006. Responses of
floodplain forest species to spatially condensed gradients: a
test of the flood–shade tolerance tradeoff hypothesis. Oecologia
147: 108-118.
Bushey JT, Ebbs SD, & Dzombak DA. 2006. Development
of a plant uptake model for cyanide. International Journal
of Phytoremediation 8: 25-43.
Daws, MI, NC Garwood & HW Pritchard. 2006. Identifying
species with desiccation sensitive seeds: a predictive model
for woody species based on two seed traits. Annals of Botany
97: 667-674.
Ebbs SD, Talbott J, & R Sankaran. 2006. Cultivation
of garden vegetables in Peoria pool sediments from the Illinois
River: A case study in trace element accumulation and dietary
exposures. Environment International 32: 766-774.
Edwards, PJ & KWJ Williard. 2006. Declines in
soil-water nitrate in nitrogen-saturated watersheds. Canadian
Journal of Forest Research 36:1931-1942.
Eichholz, MW, & JS Sedinger. 2007. Survival and
recovery rate of Canada Geese staging in Interior Alaska.
Journal of Wildlife Management. 71:36-42.
Gibson, DJ. 2009. Grasses and Grassland Ecology.
Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
Gibson, D.J., Delong, M.D., Chandy, S & Honu, Y.A.K. 2009. Reproductive challenges of a rare grass, Calamagrostis porteri subsp. insperata: implications for habitat restoration. Applied Vegetation Science, 12: in press. DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2009.01026.x.
Heatherly, T, MR Whiles, DJ Gibson, SL Collins, AD
Huryn, JK Jackson, & MA Palmer. 2007. Stream insect occupancy-frequency
patterns and metapopulation structure. Oecologia 151:
313-321.
Hellgren, EC, & DC Ruthven, III. 2007. Progeny
sex ratio in a sexually monomorphic ungulate, the collared peccary
(Tayassu tajacu). Journal of Mammalogy. In press.
Hromic, T, S Ishman, & N Silva. 2006. Benthic
foraminiferal distributions in Chilean fjords: 47°S to 54°S.
Marine Micropaleontology 59: 115-134.
Huff Hartz, KE, Weitkamp, E, Sage, AM, Donahue, NM&
AL Robinson. 2007. Laboratory measurements of the oxidation kinetics
of organic aerosol mixtures using a relative rate constants approach.
Journal of Geophysical Research 112: D04204.
Ilse, LM, & EC Hellgren. 2007. Indirect interactions
among dendrophages: Porcupines predispose pinyon pines to bark
beetle attack. Forest Ecology and Management: In press.
Karr, EA, JM Ng, SM Belchik, WM Sattley, MT Madigan, &
LA Achenbach. 2006. Biodiversity of methanogenic and other
Archaea in the permanently frozen Lake Fryxell, Antarctica. Appl.
Environ. Microbiol. 72: 1663-1666.
Le Roux, JP, DM Olivares, SN Nielsen, ND Smith, H Middleton,
J Fenner, & SE Ishman. 2006. Bay sedimentation as
controlled by regional crustal behaviour, local tectonics and
eustatic sea-level changes: Coquimbo Formation (Miocene–Pliocene),
Bay of Tongoy, central Chile. Sedimentary Geology 184:
133-153.
Liang, Y-N, DL Sorensen, JE McLean, & RC Sims.
2008. Pyrene fate affected by humic acid amendment in soil slurry
systems. Journal of Biological Engineering. 2:11.
Liang, Y-N, DR. Gardner, CD Miller, C Dong, AJ Anderson,
BC Weimer, & RC Sims. 2006. Study of biochemical pathways
and enzymes involved in pyrene degradation by Mycobacterium
sp. Strain KMS. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72: 7821-7828.
Liang, Y.-N., DW Britt, JE McLean, DL Sorensen, DL,
RC & Sims. 2007. Humic acid effect on pyrene degradation:
finding of an optimal range for pyrene solubility and mineralization
enhancement. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 74: 1368-1375.
Lindstrom, EB, MW Eichholz, & JM Eadie. 2006.
Postovulatory follicles in mallards: Implications for estimates
of breeding probability. Condor 108: 925-935.
Lips, KR, F Brem, R Brenes, JD Reeve, RA Alford,
J Voyles, C Carey, A Pessier, L Livo, & JP Collins. 2006.
Infectious disease and global biodiversity loss: pathogens and
enigmatic amphibian extinctions. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.
103(9):3165-3170.
Mendelson, JR III, KR Lips, RW Gagliardo, GB Rabb,
JP Collins, JE Diffendorfer, P Daszak, R Ibáñez
D, KC Zippel, DP Lawson, KM Wright, SN Stuart, C Gascon, HR da
Silva, PA Burrowes, RL Joglar, E La Marca, S Lötters, LH
du Preez, C Weldon, A. Hyatt, JV Rodriguez-Mahecha, S Hunt, H
Robertson, B Lock, CJ Raxworthy, DR Frost, RC Lacy, RA Alford,
JA Campbell, G Parra-Olea, F Bolaños, JJ Calvo Domingo,
T Halliday, JB Murphy, MH Wake, LA Coloma, SL Kuzmin, MS Price,
KM Howell, M Lau, R Pethiyagoda, M Boone, MJ Lannoo, AR Blaustein,
A Dobson, RA Griffiths, ML Crump, DB Wake, ED Brodie Jr. 2006.
Confronting amphibian declines and extinctions. Science
313: 48.
Mendelson, JR III, KR Lips, JE Diffendorfer, RW Gagliardo,
GB Rabb, JP Collins, P Daszak, R Ibáñez, KC Zippel,
SN Stuart, C Gascon, HR DaSilva, P. Burrrowes, RC Lacy, F Bolaños,
LA Coloma, KM Wright, & DB Wake. 2006. Responding to Amphibian
Loss: Response. Science 314: 1541-42.
Mitchell, AJ & AM Kelly. 2006. The public sector
role in the establishment of grass carp populations in the United
States. Fisheries 31: 113-121.
O’Brien, JM & KWJ Williard. 2006. Potential
denitrification rates in an agricultural stream in southern Illinois.
Journal of Freshwater Ecology 21: 157-162.
Ohs, CL, LR D'Abramo, L Petrie-Hanson, & AM Kelly.
2006. Control of sexual differentiation of freshwater prawn Macrobrachium
rosenbergii through dietary administration of dopamine hydrochloride.
J. Applied Aquaculture 18: 125-141.
Pryor, SC, Schoof, JT, Barthelmie, RJ 2006. Winds
of change? Projections of near-surface winds under climate change
scenarios. Geophysical Research Letters, 33: L11702, doi:10.1029/2006GL026000.
Queenborough, SA., DRRP Burslem, NC Garwood &
R Valencia. 2007. Determinants of biased sex ratios and inter-sex
costs of reproduction in dioecious tropical forest trees. American
Journal of Botany 94: 67-78.
Regester, KJ, KR Lips, & MR Whiles. 2006.
Larval production, emergence production, and oviposition by salamanders
(Ambystomatidae) contribute to energy flow between habitats in
a forest ecosystem of southern Illinois. Oecologia 147:
303-314.
Savini, T, C Boesch, & UH Reichard. Home-range
characteristics and the influence of seasonality on female reproduction
in white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) at Khao Yai National
Park, Thailand. In American Journal of Physical Anthropology,
in press.
Schoof JT, & SC Pryor. 2006. An evaluation of
two GCMs: Simulation of North American teleconnection indices
and synoptic phenomena. International Journal of Climatology
26: 267-282.
Schoonover, JE, BG Lockaby, & BS Helms. 2006.
Impacts of land cover on stream hydrology in the west Georgia
Piedmont, USA. Journal of Environmental Quality 35: 2123-2131.
Schoonover, JE & BG Lockaby. 2006. Changes in
nutrient and bacteriological properties of stream water across
an urban-rural gradient in western Georgia. Journal of Hydrology.
331:3 71-382.
Schoonover, JE, KWJ Williard, JJ Zaczek, JC Mangun, &
AD Carver. 2006. Agricultural sediment reduction by Giant
Cane and forest riparian buffers. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution
169:303-315.
Shirley, LJ & LL Battaglia. 2006. Assessing vegetation
change in coastal marsh-forest transitions along the northern
Gulf of Mexico using National Wetlands Inventory data. Wetlands
26: 1057-1070.
Sears, MW, JP Hayes, CS O'Connor, K Geluso, &
JS Sedinger. 2006. Individual variation in thermogenic capacity
affects above-ground activity of high altitude deer mice. Functional
Ecology 20: 97-104.
Sparling, DW, C Matson, J. Bickham, & P Doelling-Brown.
2006. Toxicity of glyphosate as GlyproR and LI700 to red-eared
slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) embryo and early hatchlings.
Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 25: 2768-2774.
Sparling DW, S Krest, & M Ortiz-Santaliestra.
2006. Effects of lead-contaminated sediment on Rana sphenocephala
tadpoles. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 51: 458-466.
Therrell, M.D., D.W. Stahle, M. Mukelabai, & H.H.
Shugart. 2007. Age, and radial growth dynamics of Pterocarpus
angolensis in southern Africa. Forest Ecology and Management,
244: 24-31.
Villanueva-Diaz, J, D.W. Stahle, B.H. Luckman, J. Cerano-Paredes,
M.D. Therrell, M.K. Cleaveland, & E. Cornejo-Oviedo.
2007. Winter-spring precipitation reconstructions from tree rings
for northeast Mexico. Climatic Change 83: 117–131.
Weitkamp, E, Huff Hartz, KE, Sage, AM, Donahue, NM,
& AL Robinson. 2008. Laboratory measurements of the heterogeneous
oxidation of condensed-phase organic molecular markers for meat
cooking emissions. Environmental Science and Technology
42: 5177-5182.
Whiles, MR, KR Lips, CM Pringle, SS Kilham, R Brenes,
S Connelly, JC Colon Gaud, M Hunte-Brown, AD Huryn, C Montgomery,
& S Peterson. 2006. The consequences of amphibian population
declines to the structure and function of neotropical stream
ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4:
27-34.
Whiles, MR, & RE Charlton. 2006. The ecological
significance of tallgrass prairie arthropods. Annual Review
of Entomology 51: 387-412.
Whitledge, GW, PG Bajer, & RS Hayward. 2006. Improvement
of bioenergetics model predictions for fish undergoing compensatory
growth. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
135:49-54.
Whitledge, GW, CF Rabeni, G Annis, & SP Sowa.
2006. Riparian shading and groundwater enhance growth potential
for smallmouth bass in Ozark streams. Ecological Applications
16:1461-1473.
Whitledge, GW, BM Johnson & PJ Martinez. 2006.
Stable hydrogen isotopic composition of fishes reflects that
of their environment. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic
Sciences 63:1746-1751.
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