Publications
“Reptile Embryos Lack the Opportunity to Thermoregulate by Moving within the Egg”, The American Naturalist, vol. 188, no. 1, pp. E000-E000, 2016.
, “Modeling seed dispersal in a variable environment: a case study of the fleshy-fruited savanna shrub Grewia flava”, Ecological Modelling, vol. 175, no. 1, pp. 65-76, 2004.
, “Where to rewild? A conceptual framework to spatially optimize ecological function”, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, vol. 287, no. 1922, p. 20193017, 2020.
, , “Effects of aboveground herbivory on plants with long-term belowground biomass storage”, Theoretical Ecology, pp. 1-16, 2016.
, “Combining the effects of surrounding land-use and propagule pressure to predict the distribution of an invasive plant”, Biological Invasions, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 477-495, 2015.
, “Hierarchical factors impacting the distribution of an invasive species: landscape context and propagule pressure”, Landscape ecology, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 81-93, 2013.
, “Lichens of Iowa's White Pine Hollow State Preserve”, Evansia, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 31-49, 2020.
, “Within‐Crown Flowering Synchrony in Strangler Figs, and Its Relationship to Allofusion1”, Biotropica, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 291-297, 1997.
, “Development of microsatellite loci for Blastophaga javana (Agaonidae), the pollinating wasp of Ficus hirta (Moraceae)”, American journal of botany, vol. 98, no. 2, pp. e41-e43, 2011.
, “Lack of genetic isolation by distance, similar genetic structuring but different demographic histories in a fig‐pollinating wasp mutualism”, Molecular Ecology, 2015.
, “Editorial overview: Social insects: Integrative approaches to understanding insect sociality: why physiology is still highly relevant”. Elsevier, 2017.
, “Patterns of longevity across a sociality gradient in vespid wasps”, Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2016.
, “Three‐dimensional fine‐scale genetic structure of the neotropical epiphytic orchid, Laelia rubescens”, Molecular Ecology, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 1111-1118, 2004.
, “Exploring hypotheses for sexual size dimorphism in frigatebirds”, Evolutionary Ecology Research, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 225-252, 2017.
, “Biomass, carbon and nitrogen dynamics of multi-species riparian buffers within an agricultural watershed in Iowa, USA”, Agroforestry Systems, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 187-198, 2003.
, “Fine root dynamics, coarse root biomass, root distribution, and soil respiration in a multispecies riparian buffer in Central Iowa, USA”, Agroforestry Systems, vol. 44, pp. 163-174, 1999.
, “Soil respiration within riparian buffers and adjacent crop fields”, Plant and Soil, vol. 229, no. 1, pp. 117-124, 2001.
, “Biomass, Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Within Riparian Buffers and Adjacent Crop Fields”, Biomass, carbon, nitrogen and soil respiration dynamics within riparian buffers and adjacent crop fields, p. 68, 2002.
, “Fine root dynamics, coarse root biomass, root distribution, and soil respiration in a multispecies riparian buffer in Central Iowa, USA”, Agroforestry Systems, vol. 44, no. 2-3, pp. 163-174, 1999.
, “The dynamics of Pantai Acheh Forest Reserve: a synthesis of recent research”, Malayan Nature Journal, vol. 45, pp. 166-174, 1992.
, “Seeing red to being red: conserved genetic mechanism for red cone oil droplets and co-option for red coloration in birds and turtles”, Proc. R. Soc. B, vol. 283, no. 1836. The Royal Society, p. 20161208, 2016.
, “Molecular phylogeny and cryptic morphology reveal a new genus of West Indian woody bamboo (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae) hidden by convergent character evolution”, Taxon, vol. 67, no. 5, pp. 916-930, 2018.
, “Polyploidy and crop improvement”, Crop Science, vol. 46, no. Supplement_1, p. S-3-S-14, 2006.
, “A novel approach for characterizing expression levels of genes duplicated by polyploidy”, Genetics, vol. 173, no. 3, pp. 1823-1827, 2006.
, “Spotted cotton oligonucleotide microarrays for gene expression analysis”, Bmc Genomics, vol. 8, no. 1, p. 81, 2007.
, “A global assembly of cotton ESTs”, Genome research, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 441-450, 2006.
, “Chromosome number and sex determination coevolve in turtles”, Evolution, vol. 65, no. 6, pp. 1808-1813, 2011.
, “Pattern does not equal process: exactly when is sex environmentally determined?”, The American Naturalist, vol. 161, no. 4, pp. 676-683, 2003.
, “Geometric morphometric sex estimation for hatchling turtles: a powerful alternative for detecting subtle sexual shape dimorphism”, Copeia, vol. 2004, no. 4, pp. 735-742, 2004.
, “Fine-root mass, growth and nitrogen content for six tropical tree species”, Plant and Soil, vol. 290, no. 1-2, pp. 357-370, 2007.
, “Interannual water-level fluctuations and the vegetation of prairie potholes: potential impacts of climate change”, Wetlands, pp. 1-10, 2016.
, “Effects of Seed Treatments, Delayed Planting and Groundwater Levels on the Restoration of Sedge Meadows”, Wetlands, pp. 1-9, 2018.
, “Self-Design vs. Designer Theories and Wetland Restoration and Creation”, The Wetland Book: I: Structure and Function, Management, and Methods, pp. 55-58, 2018.
, “The restoration of sedge meadows: seed viability, seed germination requirements, and seedling growth ofCarex species”, Wetlands, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 756-764, 1999.
, “Figs, pollinators, and parasites: A longitudinal study of the effects of nematode infection on fig wasp fitness”, Acta Oecologica, 2018.
, “Copia-like retrotransposable element evolution in diploid and polyploid cotton (Gossypium L.)”, Journal of molecular evolution, vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 429-447, 1993.
, “Nest Success of Yellow Warblers in Willow Habitats: The Role of Surface Water and Snakes”, University of Wyoming National Park Service Research Center Annual Report, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 53-57, 2004.
, “Avian Studies in Montane Meadows: Songbird Abundance and Nesting Success”, University of Wyoming National Park Service Research Center Annual Report, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 126-131, 2002.
, “Variation in home‐field advantage and ability in leaf litter decomposition across successional gradients”, Functional Ecology, 2018.
, “Where Tree Planting and Forest Expansion are Bad for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services”, BioScience, vol. 65, pp. 1011-1018, 2015.
, “A new species of Chusquea subg. Chusquea (Poaceae—Bambusoideae—Bambuseae) from Minas Gerais, Brazil: morphological evidence and phylogenetic placement within the Euchusquea clade”, Phytotaxa, vol. 365, no. 1, pp. 73-88, 2018.
, “Ecological niche modelling and genetic diversity of Anomochloa marantoidea (Poaceae): filling the gaps for conservation in the earliest-diverging grass subfamily”, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2019.
, “Morphological evolution and molecular phylogenetics of the Merostachys clade (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae: Arthrostylidiinae) based on multi-locus plastid sequences”, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2020.
, “Biological perspectives on Mauna Loa Volcano: a model system for ecological research”, Mauna Loa revealed: structure, composition, history, and hazards, pp. 117-126, 1995.
, “Butterfly responses to prairie restoration through fire and grazing”, Biological Conservation, vol. 140, no. 1, pp. 78-90, 2007.
, “Direct and indirect responses of tallgrass prairie butterflies to prescribed burning”, Journal of Insect Conservation, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 663-677, 2010.
, “Analysis of bulked and redundant accessions of Brassica germplasm using assignment tests of microsatellite markers”, Euphytica, vol. 152, no. 3, pp. 339-349, 2006.
, “Does Natural Visual Camouflage Reduce Turtle Nest Predation?”, The American Midland Naturalist, vol. 176, no. 1, pp. 166-172, 2016.
, “Genetic mapping of a cross between Gossypium hirsutum (cotton) and the Hawaiian endemic, Gossypium tomentosum”, Theoretical and Applied Genetics, vol. 111, no. 4, pp. 665-676, 2005.
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