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2012
Sequestration of Defensive Toxins by the Asian Snake Rhabdophis tigrinus: Effects of Local Prey Availability and Maternal Diet, Deborah A. Hutchinson, Akira Mori, Alan H. Savitzky, Gordon M. Burghardt, Cathy Nguyen, Jerrold Meinwald, and Frank C. Schroeder; Sequestration of Defensive Toxins by the Asian Snake Rhabdophis tigrinus: Effects of Local Prey Availability and Maternal Diet
Interactions Among Symbionts of Oropsylla spp. (Siphonoptera: Ceratophyllidae), Ryan T. Jones, Scott A. Bernhardt, Andrew P. Martin, and Kenneth L. Gage; Journal of Medical Entomology
Development of a genetic marker to distinguish between Pulex irritans and Pulex simulans, two potential flea vectors of plague transmission, C. R. Kearl, L. Uribe Mendoza, K. L. Gage, J. A. Montenieri, and Scott A. Bernhardt; National Conference on Undergraduate Research
The relationship between conidial dose, moulting and insect developmental stage on the susceptibility of cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii, to conidia of Lecanicillium attenuatum, an entomopathogenic fungus., J. J. Kim and Donald W. Roberts; Biocontrol Science and Technology
Investigating Human Impact in the Environment With Faded Scaffolded Inquiry Supported by Technologies, D. T. Longhurst, M. Longhurst, A. M. Duffy, and Paul G. Wolf; Science Activities
Root-knot nematodes in golfcourse greens of the Western United States, M. McClure, Claudia Nischwitz, A. Skantar, S. Subbotin, and Martin P. Schilling; Plant Disease
Mode of Inheritance of Increased Host Acceptance in a Seed Beetle, Frank J. Messina and N. M. Peña; Bulletin of Entomological Research
Widespread Triploidy in Western North American Aspen (Populus tremuloides), Karen E. Mock, Colin M. Callahan, M. Nurul Islam-Faridi, John D. Shaw, Hardeep S. Rai, Stewart C. Sanderson, Carol A. Rowe, Ronald J. Rye, Michael D. Madritch, Richard S. Gardner, and Paul G. Wolf; PLoS ONE
Chlorosis of pines, Claudia Nischwitz; Utah Pest News
Plant pathology, Claudia Nischwitz
Post-harvest storage diseases, Claudia Nischwitz; Utah Pest News
Post-harvest storage diseases of onion in Utah, Claudia Nischwitz
Root-knot nematodes in vegetables and ornamentals, Claudia Nischwitz; Utah Pest News
Root-knot nematodes of turfgrass, Claudia Nischwitz
Streptomycin resistance survey, Claudia Nischwitz
Take-all patch of turf, Claudia Nischwitz; Utah Pest News
Thrips food sources and IYSV hosts in the Utah farmscape, Claudia Nischwitz
Tomato diseases, Claudia Nischwitz; Utah Pest News
What is fire blight and how to manage it, Claudia Nischwitz
Wheat stripe rust, Claudia Nischwitz; Agriculture News Spring
Pink root disease of onion, Claudia Nischwitz and C. Dhiman
Distribution andsurvival of Iris yellow spot virus in spiny sowthistle, Sonchus asper (L.) Hill, Claudia Nischwitz, R. Srinivasan, S. Sundaraj, S. Mullis, B. McInnes, and R. Gitaitis; Plant Disease
Vegetation and Moisture Controls on Soil C Mineralization in Semi-Arid Environments, U. P. Norton, P. Saetre, T. D. Hooker, and John M. Stark; Soil Science Society of America Journal
Culture of Metarhizium robertsii on salicylic-acid supplemented medium induces increased conidial thermotolerance, but not UV-B tolerance, D. E. N. Rangel, E. K. K. Fernandes, Anne J. Anderson, and Donald W. Roberts; Fungal Biology
The Absence of Detectable Fetal Microchimerism in Nontransgenic Goats (Capra aegagrus hircus) Bearing Transgenic Offspring, H. B. Steinkraus, H. Rothfuss, Justin A. Jones, E. Dissen, E. Shefferly, and R. V. Lewis; Journal of Animal Science
An Improved Competitive Inhibition Enzymatic Immunoassay Method for Tetrodotoxin Quantification, James P. Strange, Becky L. Williams, and Susannah S. French; Biological Procedures Online
Silkworms Transformed with Chimeric Silkworm/Spider Silk Genes Spin Composite Silk Fibers with Improved Mechanical Properties, Florence Joe Teulé, Yun-Gen Miao, Bong-Hee Sohn, Young-Soo Kim, J. Hull, Malcolm J. Fraser, Randolph V. Lewis, and Donald L. Jarvis; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
The effect of pre-dispersal seed predation and fungal infection on seed production and seed survival of Luehea seemannii in Panama, Pimonrat Tiansawat, Noelle G. Beckman, and James W. Dalling; 2013 Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting
A meta-analysis of climatic and chemical controls on leaf litter decay rates in tropical forests., Bonnie G. Waring; Ecosystems
Methodological Tools, Ethan P. White, Xiao Xiao, J. B. Nick, and Richard M. Sibly
Plant Genome Diversity, Paul G. Wolf; Plant Genome Diversity
Genomics of Chloroplasts and Mitochondria, Paul G. Wolf and K. G. Karol; Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration
Linking Mate Choice to Hearing and Ear Structure in Engystymops (Physalaemus) petersi, Molly C. Womack, Christian Brandt, Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard, and Kim L. Hoke; Evolution
Strong self-limitation promotes the persistence ofrare species, G. M. Yenni, P. B. Adler, and S.K. Morgan Ernest; Ecology
2011
Inducing β-Sheets Formation in Synthetic Spider Silk Fibers by Aqueous Post-Spin Stretching, Bo V. An, Michael B. Hinman, Gregory P. Holland, Jeffery L. Yarger, and Randolph Lewis; Biomacromolecules
Morphology and Putative Function of the Colon and Cloaca of Marine and Freshwater Snakes, Leslie S. Babonis, Molly C. Womack, and David H. Evans; Journal of Morphology
Air and water quality concerns along the Wasatch Front: Science for sustainability, Michelle A. Baker; Sunrise Session sponsored by BlueCross BlueShield of Utah, Salt Lake City
Ceci n’est pas une pipe: understanding nutrient transport and removal processes in rivers, Michelle A. Baker; Global Change and Ecosystems Center, University of Utah
The Selaginella Genome Identifies Changes in Gene Content Associated With the Evolution of Vascular Plants, J. A. Banks, T. Nishiyama, M. Hasebe, J. L. Bowman, M. Gribskov, C. dePamphilis, and Paul G. Wolf; Science
Linking fruit traits to variation in predispersal vertebrate seed predation, insect seed predation, and pathogen attack, Noelle G. Beckman and Helene C. Muller-Landau; Ecology
Phylogenetic relationships among populations of the primary arthropod vector of plague to humans, Scott A. Bernhardt, William C. Black IV, J. A. Montenieri, and K. L. Gage; International conference on diseases in Nature Communicable to Man
Changes in Ligand-Biased Signaling Is Associated With Opioid Tolerance, Erin N. Bobeck; International Narcotics Research Conference
Lack of Cross-Tolerance Between Different Mu-Opioid Receptor Agonists Following Repeated Microinjections Into the Ventrolateral Periaqueductal Gray, Erin N. Bobeck, Susan L. Ingram, and Michael M. Morgan; Society for Neuroscience Conference
Loss-of-Function of Constitutive Expresser of Pathogenesis Related Genes5 Affects Potassium Homeostasis in Arabidopsis thaliana, Monica Borghi, Ana Rus, and David E. Salt; PLoS ONE
Elucidating Metabolic Pathways for Amino Acid Incorporation into Dragline Spider Silk Using 13C Enrichment and Solid State NMR, Melinda Creager, Thomas Izdebski, Amanda E. Brooks, and Randolph V. Lewis; Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Primula cusickiana var. maguirei (Primulaceae), J. B. Davidson and Paul G. Wolf; Western North American Naturalist
Survey and detection of the western black-legged tick and the Lyme-causing bacteria, R. S. Davis, Scott A. Bernhardt, and Ricardo A. Ramirez; Entomological Society of America
Fern Transcriptomes, Joshua P. Der and Paul G. Wolf; The International Plant and Animal Genome Conference
De novo Characterization of the Gametophyte Transcriptome in Bracken Fern, Pteridium Aquilinum, J. P. Der, M. S. Barker, N. J. Wickett, C. W. dePamphilis, and Paul G. Wolf; BMC Genomics
The Virtual Population Genetics (VPG) Simulation System: An Example of Learning 'With' Cyber-enabled Technologies in Science Classrooms, A. M. Duffy, D. T. Campbell, and Paul G. Wolf; The National Science Teachers Association Research Dissemination Conference, San Francsico, CA
An Intensive Search for Promising Fungal Biological Control Agents of Ticks, Particularly Rhipicephalus Microplus, Éverton K. K. Fernandes, Isabele C. Angelo, Drauzio E. N. Rangel, Thiago C. Bahiense, Áurea M. L. Moraes, Donald W. Roberts, and Vânia R. E. P. Bittencourt; Veterinary Parasitology
Rapid Evolution of Lifespan in a Novel Environment: Sex-Specific Responses and Underlying Genetic Architecture, Charles W. Fox, J. D. Wagner, S Cline, F. A. Thomas, and Frank J. Messina; Annals of the Entomological Society of America
Analysis of Antinociceptive Efficacy Following Microinjection of Mu-Opioid Receptor Agonists Into the Pag of the Rat, Rachel A. Haseman, Erin N. Bobeck, Susan L. Ingram, and Michael M. Morgan; International Narcotics Research Conference
Relative Changes in KrillAbundance Inferred from Antarctic Fur Seal, T. Huang, L. Sun, John M. Stark, Y. Wang, Z. Cheng, Q. Yang, and S. Sun; PLoS ONE
Thinking big to conserve and restore the Columbia River Basin, Nancy J. Huntly; American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting
Native and exotic plants sagebrush steppe produced by geomorphic processes versus land use, Nancy J. Huntly, R Bangert, and S E. Hanser; Plant Ecology
Investigations of Defensive Steroid Sequestration by the Asian Snake Rhabdophis Tigrinus, Deborah A. Hutchinson, Alan H. Savitzky, Akira Mori, Gordan M. Burghardt, Jerrold Meinwald, and Frank C. Schroeder; Chemoecology
Simple structural differences between coding and noncodingDNA, Kenneth J. Locey and Ethan P. White; PLOS One
Archaeology as long-term ecology: the dynamics of humans and marine ecosystems in the North Pacific, H Maschner, J Dunne, B Finney, Nancy J. Huntly, J Jordan, N Mistarti, K Reedy-Maschner, R Russell, and S Wood; American Association for the Advancement of Sciences Annual Meeting
Egg-Dumping Behavior is not Correlated with Wider Host Acceptance in the Seed Beetle Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) , Frank J. Messina and Charles W. Fox; Annals of the Entomological Society of America
Inheritance of Traits Mediating a Major Host Shift by a Seed Beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae), Frank J. Messina and Jake C. Jones; Annals of the Entomological Society of America
Developing Quality Learning Outcomes for your Courses, A. Miniciello and Lianna K. Etchberger; Developing Quality Learning Outcomes for your Courses
Nuchal Glands: A Novel Defensive System in Snakes, Akira Mori, Gordon M. Burghardt, Alan H. Savitzky, Kathleen A. Roberts, Deborah A. Hutchinson, and Richard C. Goris; Chemoecology
Alfalfa stem nematodes, Claudia Nischwitz
Controlling necrotic ring spot and other turf diseases in Utah, Claudia Nischwitz
Fuego bacteriano del manzano y el peral (Erwinia amylovora), Claudia Nischwitz
Fungicide resistance, Claudia Nischwitz; Utah Pest News
Management of IYSV by targeting thrips reproductive hosts and IYSV reservoirs in the farmscape - New research project, Claudia Nischwitz
Necrotic ring spot and other lawns diseases and how to manage them in Utah landscapes, Claudia Nischwitz
Peach leaf curl, Claudia Nischwitz; Utah Pest News
Plant pathology, Claudia Nischwitz
Powdery mildew in your backyard - part 1, Claudia Nischwitz; Utah Pest News
Powdery mildew in your backyard - part 2, Claudia Nischwitz; Utah Pest News
Results of streptomycin resistance survey, Claudia Nischwitz
Snow mold, Claudia Nischwitz; Turfgrass IPM advisory
Peach leaf curl disease, Claudia Nischwitz, B. Black, and M. Pace
Thousand cankers disease of walnut, Claudia Nischwitz and M. Murray
Beet curly top disease (Curtoviruses) in spinach and table beets inArizona, Claudia Nischwitz and M. Olsen
Effects of seed treatment fungicides and seed vigor on cotton seedling stand and yield in southeastern Arizona in 2009 and 2010, M. Olsen, Claudia Nischwitz, and R. Norton; Arizona Cotton Report
Aspen Transcriptomes, H. S. Rai, Paul G. Wolf, B. Richardson, R. Cronn, and K. E. Mock; The International Plat and Animal Genome Conference
Visible Light During Mycelial Growth and Conidiation of Meterhizium Robertsii Produces Conidia With Increased Stress Tolerance, Drauzio E. N. Rangel, Éverton K. K. Fernandes, Gilberto U. L. Braga, and Donald W. Roberts; FEMS Microbiology Letters
Variation in abovegroundforestbiomass across broad climatic gradients, J. C. Stegen, N. G. Swenson, B. J. Enquist, Ethan P. White, O. L. Phillips, P. M. Jorgensen, M. D. Weiser, A. M. Mendoza, and P. Nunez Vargas; Global Ecology and Biogeography
Combining Flagelliform and Dragline Spider Silk Motifs to Produce Tunable Synthetic Biopolymer Fibers, Florence W. Teulé, Bennett Addison, Alyssa R. Cooper, Joel Ayon, Robert Henning, Chris J. Benmore, Gregory P. Holland, Jeffery L. Yarger, and Randolph V. Lewis; Biopolymers
Species compositionand abundance of mammalian communities, K. M. Thibault, S. R. Supp, M. Griffin, Ethan P. White, and S.K. Morgan Ernest; Ecology
Multimodality in the Individual Size Distributions of Bird Communities, K. M. Thibault, Ethan P. White, A. H. Hurlbert, and S.K. Morgan Ernest; Global Ecology and Biogeography
Use of Coconut as an Oviposition Site By a Neotropical Harvestmen (Opilinoes, Cranaidae), Victor R. Townsend, Jr.; Daniel N. Proud; Alan H. Savitzky; and Merry V. Marshall; Living World
Professional Responsibility, Diversity and Teaching Excellence: So What, D. Vernon, M. Cuch, L. Schultz, Lianna K. Etchberger, J. Barta, S. Edbert, and P. Perez; Professional Responsibility, Diversity and Teaching Excellence: So What
Dissimilatory nitrate reductionpathways in an oligotrophic aquatic ecosystem: spatial and temporal trends, I. J. Washbourne, C. L. Crenshaw, and Michelle A. Baker; Aquatic Microbial Ecology
Talk and Poster Given for the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Becky L. Williams
Ontogeny ofTetrodotoxin Levels in Blue-ringed Octopuses: Maternal Investment and ApparentIndependent Production in Offspring of Hapalochlaena Lunulata, Becky L. Williams, C. T. Hanifin, Edmund D. Brodie Jr., and R. L. Caldwell; Journal of Chemical Ecology
ChemicalDefense in Pelagic Octopus Paralarvae: Tetrodotoxin Alone Does Not ProtectIndividual Paralarvae of the Greater Blue-ringed Octopus (Hapalochlaena Lunulata)From Common Reef Predators, Becky L. Williams, V. Lovenburg, C. L. Huffard, and R. L. Caldwell; Chemoecology
The Evolution of Chloroplast Genes and Genomes in Ferns, Paul G. Wolf, J. P. Der, A. M. Duffy, J. B. Davidson, A. L. Grusz, and K. M. Pryer; Plant Molecular Biology
On the use of log-transformation vs. nonlinear regression for analyzing biological power-laws, Xiao Xiao, Ethan P. White, M. B. Hooten, and Susan L. Durham; Ecology
Dynamics ofnitrate production and removal as a function of residence time in the hyporheiczone: a 15N tracer study, J. P. Zarnetske, R. D. Haggerty, S. M. Wondzell, and Michelle A. Baker; Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences
Labile dissolvedorganic carbon supply limits hyporheic denitrification, J. P. Zarnetske, R. D. Haggerty, S. M. Wondzell, and Michelle A. Baker; Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences
2010
Rivulets to rivers: a journey down the continuum with atom Y, Michelle A. Baker; Department of Biology Seminar Series, Utah State University
Understanding hydrologic transport and biogeochemical reaction (HTBR) in streams and lakes: challenges and opportunities, Michelle A. Baker; American Society for Limnology and Oceanography/North American Benthological Society Annual Meeting, Santa Fe, NM
The distribution of native and exotic plants in a naturally fragmented sagebrush-steppe ecosystem, R K. Bangert and Nancy J. Huntly; Biological Invasions
Unfurling Fern Biology in the Genomics Age, M. S. Barker and Paul G. Wolf; Bioscience
A proteomic approach to identifying proteins differentially expressed in conidia and mycelium of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium acridum, B.H. R. Barros, S. H. da Silva, E. R. Marques, J. C. Rosa, A. P. Yatsuda, Donald W. Roberts, and G. U. L. Braga; Fungal Biology
