Undergraduate Publications

Listed below are some of the publications that have been either authored or co-authored by undergraduates working with EEB faculty. Undergraduate students are listed in blue. If you know of a undergraduate publication based on research conducted in an EEB lab, please contact Jennifer Murphy with the information.

Ellis, M.M., and C.S. Elphick. 2007. Using a stochastic model to examine the ecological, economic and ethical consequences of population control in a charismatic invasive species: mute swans in North America. Journal of Applied Ecology. (in press)

Humphries, S., C.S. Elphick, C. Gjerdrum, and M. Rubega. 2007. Testing the function of nest domes in Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrows. Journal of Field Ornithology. (in press)

Schaefer, C.W. and L.W. Kalinowski. (in prep.) The North American species of Largus (Hemiptera: Largidae).
Jones, C.S., Cardon, Z.G. and Czaja, A.D. 2003. A phylogenetic view of low level CAM in Pelargonium (Geraniaceae). American Journal of Botany, 90:135-142.

Cardon, Z.G., Czaja, A.D., Funk, J.L. and Vitt, P.L. 2002. Periodic carbon flushing to roots of Quercus rubra saplings affects soil respiration and rhizosphere microbial biomass. Oecologia, 133: 215-223.

Caira, J.N. and A. Burge. 2001. Three new species of Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from the Ocellated electric ray, Diplobatis ommata, in the Gulf of California, México. Comparative Parasitology. 68: 52-65.
Cooley, J.C., C. Simon, D.C. Marshall, K. Slon and C. Ehrhardt. 2001. Allochronic speciation, secondary contact, and reproductive character displacement in periodical cicadas (Hemiptera: Magicicada spp.): Genetic, morphological, and behavioral evidence. Molecular Ecology. 10: 661-671.

Jordan, R.C., A.M. Gospodarek, E.T. Schultz, R.K. Cowen and K. Lwiza. 2000. Spatial and temporal growth rate variation of bay anchovy (Anchoa mitchilli) larvae in the mid Hudson River estuary. Estuaries 23:683-689.

Schaefer, C.W. and J. Kotulski. 2000. Scentless plant bugs (Rhopalidae). Pp. 309-320 (Chapter 9) In. Heteropetera of Economic Importance. C.W. Schaefer and A.R. Panizzi, eds. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.

Simon, C.M., J. Tang, S. Dalwadi, G. Staley, J. Deniega and T.R. Unnasch. 2000. Genetic evidence for assortative mating between 13-year cicadas and sympatric "17-year cicadas with 13-year life cycles" provides support for allochronic speciation. Evolution 54:1326-1336.

Trumbo, S.T. and P.L. Bloch. 2000. Habitat fragmentation and burying beetle (Coleoptera: Silphidae) communities. Journal of Insect Conservation 4: 245-252.

Wagner, D. L., J. L. Loose, T. D. Fitzgerald, J. A. DeBenedictis and D. R. Davis. 2000. A hidden past: The hypermetamorphic development of Marmara arbutiella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae): A tale of developmental constraint. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 93:59-64.

Tyler, G., and J.N. Caira. 1999. Two new species of Echinobothrium (Cestoidea: Diphyllidea) from myliobatiform elasmobranchs in the Gulf of California, México. Journal of parasitology. 85: 327-335.

Caira, J.N., and R. Rasolofonirina. 1998. A new species of Pedibothrium (Cestoidea: Tetraphyllidea) from the short-tail nurse shark, Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum (Elasmobranchii: Orectilobiformes), from Southwest Madagascar. Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington. 65: 50-55.

McKenzie, V.J., and J.N. Caira. 1998. Three new genera and species of tapeworms from the longnose sawshark, Pristiophorus cirratus, with description of their modes of attachment to the spiral intestine. Journal of Parasitology. 84: 409-421.

Pigliucci, M., G.A. Tyler and C.D. Schlichting. 1998. Investigating constraints on character evolution and phenotypic plasticity in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Genetics 77: 95-103.

Trumbo, S.T. and S. Thomas. 1998. Burying beetles of the Apostle Islands, wisconsin: species diversity, population density and body size. Great Lakes Entomologist 31: 85-95.

Butler, B.J. and R.L. Chazdon. 1997. Species richness, spatial variation and abundance of the soil seen bank of a secondary tropical rainforest. Biotropica. 30: 214-22.

Kane, N.A., C.S. Jones, and T. Vourisalo. 1997. Development of galls on leaves of Alnus glutinosa and Alnus incana caused by the eriophyid mite, Phyloptus laevis. Internaltional Journal of Plant Science. 158: 12-23.

Nasin, C., J.N. Caira and L. Euzet. 1997. A revision of Calliobothrium (Tetrephyllidea: Onchobothriidae) with descriptions of three new species and a cladistic analysis of the genus. Journal of Parasitology. 83: 714-73.

Wagner, D. L., M. Wallace, J. Boettner, and J. Elkinton. 1997. Status update and life history studies on the regal fritillary (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). pp. 261-275. In The ecology and conservation of grasslands and heathlands in northeastern North America. P. D. Vickery, P. Dunwiddie, and C. Griffin (eds.). Massachusetts Audubon, Lincoln, MA.

Caira, J.N. and T. Bardos. 1996. Further information on Gymnorhynchus isuri (Trypanorhyncha: Gymnorhynchidae from the Shortfin mako shark. J. Helminthol. Soc. Wash. 6: 188-192.

Caira, J.N., C.J. Healy and J. Swanson. 1996. A new species of Phoreiobothrium (Cestoidea: Tetraphyllidea) from the Great Hammerhead shark Sphyrna mokarran and its implications for the evolution of the onchobothriid scolex. J. Parasitol. 82: 431-438.

Kabakoff, R.P. and R.L. Chazdon. 1996. Efects of canopy species dominance on understory light availability in low-elevation secondary forest stands in Costa Rica. Journal of tropical Ecology. 12: 779-788.

Schaefer, C.W., J.E. O'Donnell and J.H. Patton. 1996. A review of the Asian species Brachycerocoris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Podopinae). Oriental Insects 30: 203-212.

Wagner, D. L., D. M. Simmonds and M. C. Thomas. 1996. Three rare gomphids from the lower Connecticut River. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 103: 334-336.

Cain, M.L., B. Kahn, J.A. Silander, Jr., and H.L. Reynolds. 1995. genetic variability and tradeoffs among reproductive traits in white clover (Trifolium repens L.). Canadian Journal of Botany. 73: 505-511.

Curran, S. and J.N. Caira. 1995. Attachment site specificity of the tapeworm assemblage in the spiral intestine of the blue shark (Prionace glauca). J. Parasitol. 81: 149-157.

Orringer, D. and J.N. Caira. 1995. Additional information on the morphology of Potamotrygonocestus magdalensis from Potamotrygon magdalenae in Columbia. J. Helminthol. Soc. Wash. 62: 22-26.

Schaefer, C.W. and T[hanh] Nguyen. 1995. A review of the tropical Asian genus Pyrrhopeplus (Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae). Ann. Entom. Soc. Amer. 88: 12-15.

Lance, S.L. and K.D. Wells. 1993. Are spring peeper satellite males physiologically inferior to calling males? Copeia 1993: 1162-1166.

Simon, C., C. McIntosh and J. Deniega. 1993. Standard restriction fragment length analysis of the mitochondrial genome is not sensitive enough for phylogenetic analysis or identification of 17-year cicada broods: The potential for a new technique. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 86:142-152.

Kelly, J. K. 1992. Kin selection in density regulated populations. J. Theor. Biol. 157:447-461.

Kelly, J. K. 1992. Restricted migration and the evolution of altruism. Evolution 46:1492-1495.