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Recent Publications (2005-2012)

Our faculty communicate their scientific research through many peer-reviewed publications.  Use this webpage to discover the diverse biological research published by our faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates. Below, names in bold are faculty and students from W.I.U.

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2009

  • Livingston, V.J., Bonnan, M.F., Elsey, R.M., Sandrik, J.L., and Wilhite, D.R. 2009. Differential limb scaling in the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) and its implications for archosaur locomotor evolution. The Anatomical Record, 292: 787-797.
  • Meiers, S.T., Jenkins, S.E., and Anderson, R.V. Effect of Lock and Dam 19 on Phytoplankton Communities of the Upper Mississippi River. Northeastern Naturalist 15(3): 391-402.
  • Ribbens, E., and Flores L.V. 2009. Opuntia fragilis in Iowa. Cactus and Succulent Journal 81:9-13,40.

2008

  • Bonnan, M.F., J.O. Farlow, and S.L. Masters. 2008. Using linear and geometric morphometrics to detect intraspecific variability and sexual dimorphism in femoral shape in Alligator mississippiensis and its implications for sexing fossil archosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28(2): 422-431.
  • Dolan, Chad R., Tucker, John K., and James T. Lamer.  2007.  Distributional note.  Necturus maculosus.  Herpetological Review 38(3):347.
  • Heinz, C., and Ribbens, E. 2008. Darwin's finches and natural selection. Published in The National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science Case Study Collection.
  • Lamer, James T., Sean E. Jenkins, Brian P. Jenkins, Samuel W. Jenkins, Chad R. Dolan, and John K. Tucker. 2008. Graptemys geographica (Common Map Turtle) Geographic record. Herpetological Review 39(2):236.
  • Lamer, James T., John K. Tucker, Chad R. Dolan, Eric Ratcliff, Eric J. Gittinger, and Adam Carey. 2008. Graptemys pseudogeographica (False Map Turtle) Geographic record. Herpetological Review 39(2):236.
  • Lamer, James T., John K. Tucker, Chad R. Dolan, Kevin Irons, Melissa Smith, and Nerissa Michaels. 2008. Graptemys pseudogeographica (False Map Turtle) Geographic record. Herpetological Review 39(2):236.
  • Lamer, James T., Chad R. Dolan, and John K. Tucker. 2008. Trachemys scripta elegans (Red-eared Slider) Geographic record. Herpetological Review 39(2):237.
  • Lamer, James T., Sean E. Jenkins, John K. Tucker, and Chad R. Dolan. 2008. Nerodia erythrogaster (Plain-bellied Watersnake) Geographic record. Herpetological Review 39(2):242.
  • Ribbens, Eric. 2008. Opuntia fragilis: Taxonomy, distribution, and ecology. Haseltonia 14:94-110.
  • Ribbens, E. 2008. Treating Ed: A medical ethics case. Published in The National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science Case Study Collection.
  • Ribbens, E., and Anderson, B. 2008. Opuntia fragilis in Illinois. Cactus and Succulent Journal 80:119-122.
  • Ribbens, E., Geisler, A. 2008. Opuntia fragilis in Michigan. Cactus and Succulent Journal 80:240-244.
  • Ribbens, E., and Ribbens, B. 2008. Measurement and Assessment.  In Philander, S.G., and Golson, J.G., editors, Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change. Sage Publications: CA,  pp. 630-632.
  • Ribbens, B., Ribbens, E., Rands, G., McIlvaine-Newsad, H., and Casagrande, D. 2008. Republic of the Marshall Islands. In Philander, S.G., and Golson, J.G., editors, Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change. Sage Publications: CA,  pp. 621-622.
  • Tucker, John K., Chad R. Dolan, James T. Lamer, and Emily A. Dustman. 2008. Climatic warming, red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans), and sex ratio in Illinois. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 7(1):60-69.
  • Tucker, John K., James T. Lamer, and Chad R. Dolan. 2008. A northern range expansion for the green tree frog (Hyla cinerea) and trends in distributions of Illinois reptiles and amphibians.  Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Sciences 101(1&2):125-131.
  • Tucker, John K., and James T. Lamer. 2008. Homing in the red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans).  Chelonian Conservation and Biology 7(1):145-149.

2007

  • Bonnan, M.F. 2007. Linear and geometric morphometric analysis of long bone scaling patterns in Jurassic Neosauropod dinosaurs: their functional and paleobiological implications. The Anatomical Record, 290(9): 1089-1111.
  • Bonnan, M.F. and P. Senter. 2007. Were the basal sauropodomorph dinosaurs Plateosaurus and Massospondylus habitual quadrupeds?; pp. 139-155 in Barrett, P. M. and D.J. Batten (eds.), Evolution and palaeobiology of early sauropodomorph dinosaurs. Special Papers in Palaeontology, 77.
  • Bonnan, M.F. and A.M. Yates. 2007. A new description of the forelimb of the basal sauropodomorph Melanorosaurus: implications for the evolution of pronation, manus shape and quadrupedalism in sauropod dinosaurs; pp. 157-168 in Barrett, P. M. and D.J. Batten (eds.), Evolution and palaeobiology of early sauropodomorph dinosaurs. Special Papers in Palaeontology, 77.
  • Buzby, K. and R. Viadero (2007).  “Structural and Functional Aspects of Treated Mine Water and Aquaculture Effluent Streams,” Hydrobiologia, 583 (1), 251 – 263.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-006-0534-0
  • Lamer, James T., Dolan, Chad R., and John K. Tucker.  2007.  Trachemys scripta elegans (Red-eared Slider).  Coloration.  Natural History Note.  Herpetological Review 38(3)336.
  • Lamer, James T., John K. Tucker, Chad R. Dolan, and Maelin J. Abbott. 2007. Distributional note: Opheodrys aestivus. Herpetological Review  38(1):10.
  • Lamer, James T., Chad R. Dolan, and John K. Tucker. 2007. Distributional Note: Chelydra serpentina. Herpetological Review 38(1):99.
  • Peer, B. D., S. I. Rothstein, K. S. Delaney, and R. C. Fleischer.  2007.  Defence behavior against brood parasitism is deeply rooted in mainland and island scrub- jays.  Animal Behaviour 73:55-63.
  • Ribbens, E. 2007. Why I won’t give up my clickers. Journal of the College Science Teacher 37(11):60-62.
  • Tucker, John K., Dolan, Chad R., and James T. Lamer.  2007.  Stenotherus odoratus (Common musk turtle).  Minumum size.  Natural History Note.  Herpetological Review 39(1):83-84.
  • Tucker, John K., James T. Lamer, and Chad R. Dolan. 2007. Trachemys scripta elegans (Red-eared Slider). Kyphosis.  Natural History Note. Herpetological Review 38(3):337-338.
  • Viadero, R., Fortney, R., and A. Tierney. “Impact Assessment and Remediation Strategies for Roadway Construction In Acid-Bearing Media: A Case Study from Mid-Appalachia,” ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems, in press .
  • Wei, X. and R. Viadero (2007). “Adsorption and Precoat Filtration Studies of Synthetic Dye Removal by Acid Mine Drainage Sludge,” ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 133 (6), 633 – 640.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2007)133:6(633)
  • Wei, X. and R. Viadero (2007). “Synthesis of Magnetite Nanoparticles with Ferric Iron Recovered from Acid Mine Drainage: Implications for Environmental Engineering,” Colloids and Surfaces: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 294 (1–3), 280 – 286.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2006.07.060

2006

  • Bede, J.C., R.O. Musser, G.W. Felton, K. Korth.  2006. Caterpillar herbivory and salivary enzymes decrease transcript levels of Medicago truncatula genes encoding early enzymes in terpenoid biosynthesis. Plant Molecular Biology 60: 519-531.
  • Bonnan, M.F. 2006. Review of Chinsamy-Turan: The microstructure of dinosaur bone: deciphering biology with fine-scale techniques. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 26(1): 233-234.
  • Dolan, Chad R., James T. Lamer, John K. Tucker, and Eric J. Gittinger. 2006. Distributional Note: Graptemys ouachitensis.  Herpetological Review 37(1):105.
  • Dolan, Chad R., James T. Lamer, and John K. Tucker. 2006. Distributional Note: Rana areolata. Herpetological Review 37(4):489.
  • Dolan, Chad R., James T. Lamer, and John K. Tucker. 2006. Distributional Note: Ambystoma maculatum. Herpetological Review 37(4):481.
  • Dolan, Chad R., James T. Lamer, and John K. Tucker. 2006. Distributional Note: Trachemys scripta elegans.  Herpetological Review 37(1):105.
  • Dolan, Chad R., James T. Lamer, and John K. Tucker. 2006. Distributional Note: Rana sphenocephala.  Herpetological Review 37(1):102.
  • Dolan, Chad R., James T. Lamer, and John K. Tucker. 2006. Distributional Note: Chrysemys picta.  Herpetological Review 37(1):104.
  • Hoff, Mary Jane S., James T. Lamer, John K. Tucker, and Chad R. Dolan. 2006. Distributional Note: Notophthalmus viridescens. Herpetological Review 37(4):484.
  • Lamer, James T., John K. Tucker, and Emily Dustman. 2006. Distributional Note: Siren intermedia.  Herpetological Review 37(1):97.
  • Lamer, James T., John K. Tucker, and Chad R. Dolan. 2006. Distributional Note: Pseudacris crucifer. Herpetological Review 37(4):489.
  • Lamer, James T., John K. Tucker, and Chad R. Dolan. 2006. Distributional Note: Bufo americanus. Herpetological Review 37(4):486.
  • Lamer, James T., John K. Tucker, and Chad R. Dolan. 2006. Distributional Note: Apalone spinifera pallida. Herpetological Review 37(2):239.
  • Lamer, James T. and John K. Tucker. 2006. Distributional Note: Apalone spinifera. Herpetological Review 37(1):104.
  • Lamer, James T., Chad R. Dolan, and John K. Tucker. 2006. Distributional Note: Pseudacris crucifer. Herpetological Review 37(4):489.
  • Lamer, James T., Chad R. Dolan, and John K. Tucker. 2006. Distributional Note: Chelydra serpentina. Herpetological Review 37(1):104.
  • Lamer, James T., Chad R. Dolan, and John K. Tucker. 2006. Distributional Note: Chelydra serpentina. Herpetological Review
    37(1):104.
  • Lamer, James T., Chad R. Dolan, and John K. Tucker. 2006. Distributional Note: Apalone spinifera. Herpetological Review 37(1):104.
  • Maloney, M.A., Meiers, S.T., White, J., and M.A. Romano. 2006. Effects of three food enrichment items on the behavior of Black Lemurs (Eulemur macaco macaco) and Ringtail Lemurs (Lemur catta) at the Henson Robinson Zoo, Springfield, Illinois. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Society 9(2):111-127.
  • McClelland, M.A., M.A. Pegg, and T.W. Spier. 2006. Longitudinal patterns of the Illinois waterway fish community. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 21(1):91-99.
  • Musser, R. O., Edward Farmer, Michelle Peiffer, and Gary W. Felton. 2006. Ablation of caterpillar labial salivary glands: Technique for determining the role of saliva in insect-plant interactions. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 32: 981-992.
  • Peer, B. D.  2006.  American Coot parasitism on Least Bitterns. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 118:415-418.
  • Peer, B. D.  2006.  Egg destruction and egg removal by avian brood parasites: Adaptiveness and consequences.  Auk 123:16-22.
  • Peer, B.D., L. R. Hawkins, E. P. Steinke, P. B. Bollinger, and E. K. Bollinger. 2006. Eastern bluebirds eject brown-headed cowbird eggs. Condor 108:741-745.
  • Ribbens, E. 2006. Teaching with jazz. Journal of the College Science Teacher 36(10):10-15.
  • Ribbens, E. 2006. Chemical Eric: the disintegration of central control. Published in The National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science Case Study Collection. http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/case.html
  • Tucker, John K., James T. Lamer, Chad R. Dolan, and Emily A. Dustman. 2006. Chelonian Species. Record carapace lengths for Illinois.  Herpetological Review 37(4):453-455.
  • Tucker, John K., James T. Lamer, and Chad R. Dolan. 2006. Distributional Note: Necturus maculosus. Herpetological Review 37(4):484.
  • Tucker, John K., James T. Lamer, and Chad R. Dolan. 2006. Distributional Note: Hyla cinerea. Herpetological Review 37(4):488.
  • Tucker, John K., James T. Lamer, and Chad R. Dolan. 2006. Distributional Note: Chelydra serpentina. Herpetological Review 37(4):491.
  • Viadero, R., Rumberg, A., Gray, D., Tierney, A., and K. Semmens (2006). “Acoustic Doppler Velocimetry in Aquaculture Research: Raceway and Quiescent Zone Hydrodynamics,”Aquacultural Engineering , 34 (1), 16 – 25.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaeng.2005.03.002
  • Viadero, R., Wei, X., and K. Buzby (2006). “Characterization and Dewatering Evaluation of Acid Mine Drainage Sludge from Ammonia Neutralization,” Environmental Engineering Science, 23 (4), 734 – 743.  http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1089/ees.2006.23.734

2005

  • Bonnan, M.F. 2005. Pes anatomy in sauropod dinosaurs: implications for functional morphology, evolution, and phylogeny. In K. Carpenter and V. Tidwell (eds.), Thunder-Lizards: The Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs. Indiana University Press.
  • Camarero, J.J., GutiÈrrez, E., Fortin M.-J., and E. Ribbens.  2005. Spatial patterns of tree recruitment in a relict population of Pinus uncinata: forest expansion through stratified-diffusion. Journal of Biogeography 32:1979-1992.
  • Kerr, A.M., R. Powell, J.S. Parmerlee Jr. 2005. Amevia erythrocephala (Teiidae) on Sint Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles: baseline data on a small population in a severely altered habitat. Caribbean Journal of Science 41:162-169.
  • Koh, Serra, Aurelie Andre, Herb Edwards, David Ehrhardt, and Shauna Somerville. 2005.  Arabidopsis thaliana subcellular responses to compatible Erysiphe cichoracearum infections. Plant Journal 44(3):516-29.
  • Mattson, M. C. and J. A. Thomas. 2005. Effects of boat traffic on bottlenose dolphins near Hilton Head, South Carolina. Aquatic Mammals. 31(1): 133-140.
  • McCravy, K.W. and C.W. Berisford. 2005. Weight change of overwintering Nantucket pine tip moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) pupae in the Georgia piedmont and coastal plain. Journal of Entomological Science 40:343-346.
  • McCravy, K.W. and J.E. Willand. 2005. Islands in the beans: ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) associated with coal mine remnants and agricultural fields in west-central Illinois. American Entomologist 51:234-236.
  • Musser, R.O. 2005. Insect saliva: an integrative approach.  Archives of Insect Biochemical Physiology,58(2): 53.
  • Musser, R.O., H.S. Kwon, S.A. Williams, C.J. White, M. Romano, S. Bradbury, J. K. Brown, and G.W. Felton. 2005. Evidence that the Caterpillar Labial Saliva Suppresses Pathogencity of Potential Bacterial Pathogens. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, 58:138-144.
  • Musser, R.O., D. Cipollini, S.M. Hum-Musser, S.A. Williams, J.K. Brown, and G.W. Felton. 2005. Evidence that the Caterpillar Salivary Enzyme Glucose Oxidase Provides Herbivore Offense in Solanaceous Plants. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, 58:128-137.
  • Ortega, C. P., J. F. Chace, and B. D. Peer, editors. 2005. Management of cowbirds and their hosts: Balancing science, ethics, and mandates. Ornithological Monographs 57. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.
  • Ortega, C. P., J. F. Chace, and B. D. Peer. 2005. Research directions and cowbird management. Ornithological Monographs 57:1-5.22.
  • Peer, B. D., S. I. Rothstein, M. J. Kuehn, and R. C. Fleischer. 2005. Host defenses against cowbird parasitism: Implications for cowbird management. Ornithological Monographs 57:84-97. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.
  • Peer, B. D., S. I. Rothstein, and J. W. Rivers. 2005. First record of Bronzed Cowbird parasitism on the Great-tailed Grackle. Wilson Bulletin 117:194-196.
  • Ramonell, Katrina, Marta Berrocal-Lobo, Serry Koh, Jinrong Wan, Herb Edwards, Gary Stacey, and Shauna Somerville. 2005. Loss-of-function mutations in chitin responsive genes show increased susceptibility to the powdery mildew pathogen Erysiphe cichoracearum. Plant Physiology 138:1027-1036.
  • Rothstein, S. I., and B. D. Peer. 2005. Conservation solutions for threatened and endangered cowbird hosts: Separating fact and fiction. Ornithological Monographs 57:98-114. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.
  • Ribbens, E. 2005. The ecology of Opuntia fragilis (Nuttall) Haworth. Published in The National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science Case Study Collection. http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/case.html
  • Ribbens, E. 2005. Riding the Slinky: Science and Service Learning. pp. 97-106 in Bellner, M., and J.G. Pomery, eds., Service-Learning: Intercommunity and Interdisciplinary Explorations, The University of Indianapolis Press.
  • Tucker, John K. and James T. Lamer. 2005. Natural History Note: Sternotherus odoratus (Common musk turtle) clutch size. Herpetological Review 36(3):314.
  • Viadero, R., Cunningham, J., Semmens, K., and A. Tierney (2005). “Effluent Characterization and Production Impacts of Flow-Through Aquaculture Operations in West Virginia,” Aquacultural Engineering, 33 (4), 258 – 270.  http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1016/j.aquaeng.2005.02.004
  • Wei, X., Viadero, R., and K. Buzby (2005). “Recovery of Iron and Aluminum from Acid Mine Drainage by Selective Precipitation,” Environmental Engineering Science, 22 (6), 745 – 755.  http://www.dx.doi.org/10.1089/ees.2005.22.745