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2009

Grace, JK and DJ Anderson. Masked Booby. In The Birds of North America, No. 73 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.).  Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences.

Morris-Pocock, JA, TE Steeves, FA Estela, DJ Anderson, and VL Friesen. Comparative phylogeography of brown (Sula leucogaster) and red-footed boobies (S. sula): the influence of physical barriers and habitat preference on gene flow in pelagic seabirds.  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, in press.

 

2008

Anderson, DJ, KP Huyvaert, JA Awkerman, CB Proaño, WB Milstead, G Jiménez- Uzcátegui, S Cruz,, and JK Grace. 2008.  Population status of the critically endangered waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata), 1999-2007.  Endangered Species Research doi: 10.3354/esr00089

Apanius, V, MA Westbrock, and DJ Anderson. 2008. Parental effort, plastic offspring growth, and immunoglobin G homeostasis in a long-lived seabird, the Nazca Booby Sula granti. Ornithological Monographs 65

Archetti M, TF Döring, SB Hagen, NM Hughes, SR Leather, DW Lee, S Lev-Yadun, Y Manetas, HJ Ougham, PG Schaberg, and H Thomas. 2008. Adaptive explanations for autumn colours- An interdisciplinary approach. Trends in Ecology and Evolution (in press).

Awkerman, JA, GC Whittow, and DJ Anderson.  2008.  Black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes).  In The Birds of North America, No. 65 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.).  Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences

Browne, RA, EI Collins, and DJ Anderson.  2008. Genetic variation among Galapagos populations of the Yellow Warbler, Dendroica petechia.  Condor, in press

Bush, CM and KA Kron. 2008. A phylogeny of Bejaria (Ericaceae: Ericoideae) based on molecular data. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 2: 1193-1205

Conner, WE (ed.) 2008. Tiger Moths and Wooly Bears: Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution of the Arctiidae. Oxford University Press. New York and Oxford. (with chapters authored by J Barber, S Garrett, N Hristov, A Jordan, M Sanderford, R Simmons, and R Wilson)

Dorcas, ME, SJ Price, SC Walls and WJ Barichivich. 2008. Auditory monitoring of anuran populations. In Dodd, C.K., Jr. (ed.), Conservation and Ecology of Amphibians. A Handbook of Techniques. Oxford University Press, in press

Eskew, EA, SJ Price, and ME Dorcas. 2008. New distributional records for reptiles and amphibians of the Charlotte Metropolitan area of North Carolina. Herpetological Review 39:245-246

Harden, LA, SJ Price, and ME Dorcas. 2008. Terrestrial activity and habitat selection of eastern mud turtles inhabiting a golf course pond: Implications for habitat management. Copeia, in press

Hughes, NM, TC Vogelmann, and WK Smith. 2008. Optical effects of abaxial anthocyanin on absorption of red wavelengths by understory species: re-visiting the back-scatter hypothesis. Journal of Experimental Botany 59:3435­3442

Hughes, NM, DM Johnson, M Akhalkatsi, and O Abdaladze. 2008. Characterization of seedling microsites at the alpine-treeline ecotone for Betula litwinowii, a deciduous treeline species. Arctic, Alpine, and Antarctic Research, in press

Maness, TJ and DJ Anderson.  2008.  Mate rotation by female choice and coercive divorce in Nazca boobies (Sula granti).  Animal Behaviour 76:1267-1277

Müller, MS, JF Brennecke, ET Porter, MA Ottinger, and DJ Anderson. 2008. Perinatal androgens and adult behavior vary with nestling social system in siblicidal boobies. PLOS One 3(6): e2460. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002460

Negovetich, NJ and GW Esch. 2008. Life history cost of trematode infection in Helisoma anceps using mark-recapture in Charlie's Pond.  Journal of Parasitology 94:314-325

Negovetich, NJ and GW Esch. 2008. Quantitative estimation of the cost of parasitic castration in Helisoma anceps using a matrix population model.  Journal of Parasitology in press

Poorten, TJ and RE Kuhn.  2008.  Maternal transfer of antibodies to eggs in Xenopus laevis.  Developmental and Comparative Immunology in press

Reinhardt, K and WK Smith. 2008. Cloud immersion alters microclimate, photosynthesis, and water relations in Rhododendron catawbiense and Abies fraseri seedlings in the southern Appalachian Mountains, USA. Tree Physiology 28:385-393

Sanchez, A. and KA Kron. 2008. Phylogenetics of Polygonaceae with an Emphasis on the Evolution of Eriogonoideae. Systematic Botany 33:87–96

Sanders, CL, K Lohr, H Gambill, RB Curran, and JF Curran. 2008. Anticodon loop mutations perturb reading frame maintenance by the E site tRNA. RNA 14: 1874-1881

Smith WK, MJ Germino, DM Johnson, and K Reinhardt. 2008. High-altitude forests and climate change: integrating biophysics, micrometeorology, and ecophysiology at treeline. New Phytologist (invited Tansley Review), in press.

Smith WK and NM Hughes. 2008. Progress in understanding plant form and photosynthesis. Castenea (invited review), in press

White, MP, HN Blalock-Herod, and PM Stewart. 2008.  Life history and host fish identification for Fusconaia burkei and Pleurobema strodeanum (Bivalvia: Unionidae). American Malacological Bulletin. 24:121-125

 

2007

Aldridge, JR, M Jennett, and RE Kuhn.  2007.  Balb/cJ male mice do not feminize after infection with larval Taenia crassiceps.  Journal of Parasitology  93:190-191

Awkerman, JA, K Hobson, and DJ Anderson. 2007. Isotopic (δ 15N and δ 13C) evidence for intersexual foraging differences and temporal variation in habitat use in waved albatrosses. Canadian Journal of Zoology 85:273-279

Awkerman, JA, MA Westbrock, KP Huyvaert, and DJ Anderson. 2007. Female-biased sex ratio arises after parental care in sexually dimorphic waved albatross. Auk 124:1336-1346

Barber, JR and WE Conner. 2007. Acoustic mimicry in a predator-prey interaction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104:9331-9334

Broderson C, MJ Germino, and WK Smith. 2007. Photosynthesis during an episodic drought in Abies lasiocarpa and Picea engelmannii across an alpine treeline. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 38:34-41

Browne, RA and PM Ferree. 2007. Genetic structure of southern Appalachian spruce-fir “sky-island” populations of the red backed vole. Journal of Mammalogy 88:104-112

Conner, W. E., K. M. Alley, J. R. Barry and A. E. Harper. 2007. Has vertebrate chemesthesis been a selective agent in the evolution of arthropod chemical defenses. Biological Bulletin 213: 267-273

Garrett, SE, WE Conner, and L Roque-Albelo. 2007. Alkaloidal protection of Utetheisa galapagensis (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) against an invertebrate and a vertebrate predator in the Galápagos Islands. Journal of Galápagos Research, in press

Hughes, NM and WK Smith. 2007. Attenuation of incident light in Galax urceolata (Diapensiaceae): concerted influence of adaxial and abaxial anthocyanic layers on photoprotection. American Journal of Botany 94:784-790

Hughes NM, CB Morley, and WK Smith. 2007. The coordination of anthocyanin decline and photosynthetic maturation in developing leaves of three deciduous tree species. New Phytologist 175:675-685

Hughes NM and WK Smith. 2007. Seasonal photosynthesis and anthocyanin production in ten broadleaf evergreen species. Functional Plant Biology 34:1072-1079

Johnson DM and WK Smith. 2007. Cloud immersion alters microclimate, photosynthesis and water    relations in Rhododendron catawbiense and Abies fraseri seedlings in the southern Appalachian Mountains, USA. Tree Physiology 28:385-392.

Jordan, AT and WE Conner. 2007. Dietary basis for developmental plasticity of an androconial structure in the salt marsh moth Estigmene acrea. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 61:32-37

Jordan, AT, TH Jones, and WE Conner. 2007. Morphogenetic effects of alkaloidal metabolites on the development of the coremata in the salt marsh moth, Estigmene acrea (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Archives of Insect Physiology and Pharmacology 66:183-189

Maness, TJ and DJ Anderson. 2007. Serial monogamy and sex ratio bias in Nazca boobies. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 274:2047-2054

Maness, TJ, MA Westbrock, and DJ Anderson. 2007. Ontogenic sex ratio variation in Nazca Boobies ends in male-biased adult sex ratio. Waterbirds 30:10-16

Negovetich, NJ and GW Esch. 2007. Long term analysis of Charlie's Pond: Fecundity and trematode communities in Helisoma anceps.  Journal of Parasitology 93:1311-1318

Reinhardt, K and WK Smith 2007. Leaf gas exchange of understory spruce-fir saplings in relict cloud forests, southern Appalachian Mountains, USA. Tree Physiology 28:113­122

Rogers-Lowery, CL, RV Dimock, Jr. and RE Kuhn. 2007. Antibody response of bluegill sunfish during development of acquired resistance against the larvae of the freshwater mussel Utterbackia imbecillis. Develop. &  Comp. Immunol. 31:143-155

Sanders, CL and JF Curran. 2007. Genetic analysis of the E site during RF2 programmed frameshifting. RNA 13:1483-1491

Smith, WK and DM Johnson. 2007. Biophysical Effects of Altitude on Plant Gas Exchange. In Biophysical Plant Ecology: Perspectives and Trends. Univ Calif Press, Los Angeles, CA

Smith, WK, K Reinhart, and DM Johnson. 2007. The Alpine Forest.  In The Encyclopedia of Ecology: Elsevier, NY.

Townsend, HM and DJ Anderson. 2007. Assessment of costs of reproduction in a pelagic seabird using multi-state mark-recapture models. Evolution 61:1956-1968

Townsend, HM and DJ Anderson. 2007. Production of insurance eggs in Nazca boobies: costs, benefits, and variable parental quality. Behavioral Ecology 18:841-848

Townsend, HM, TJ Maness, and DJ Anderson. 2007. Offspring growth and parental care in sexually dimorphic Nazca Boobies (Sula granti). Canadian Journal of Zoology 85:686-694


2006

Aldridge, JR, M Jennett and RE Kuhn.  2006.  Uptake and secretion of host proteins by Taenia crassiceps metacestodes.  Journal of Parasitology 92:1101-1102

Awkerman, JA, KP Huyvaert, J Mangel, J Alfaro Shigueto, and DJ Anderson. 2006. Incidental and intentional catch threatens Galápagos waved albatross. Biological Conservation 133:483-489

Arbogast, BS, PT Boag, G Seutin, PR Grant, BR Grant, S Drovetski, RL Curry, and DJ Anderson. 2006. The origin and diversification of Galápagos mockingbirds. Evolution 60:370-382

Barber, JR, and WE Conner. 2006. Tiger moth responses to simulated bat attack: Timing and duty cycle. Journal of Experimental Biology 209:2637-2650

Browne, RA and PM Ferree. 2006. Genetic structure of southern Appalachian spruce-fir "sky island" populations of the red-backed vole. Journal of Mammalogy, in press

Buer, CS, P Sukumar, and GK Muday. 2006. Ethylene induced flavonoid synthesis modulates root gravitropism. Plant Physiology: 140:1384-1396

Dodd, BJ, MC Barnhart, CL Rogers-Lowery, TB Fobian, and RV Dimock, Jr., 2006. Persistence of host response against glochidia larvae in Micropterus salmoides. Fish & Shellfish Immunology 21:473-484

Fisher, GR and RV Dimock, Jr.  2006. Indicators of physiological condition in juvenile Utterbackia imbecillis (Bivalvia: Unionidae): a comparison of rearing techniques. Amer. Malacol. Bull. 121:23-29

Johnson, DM and WK Smith. 2006. Cloud immersion in the southern Appalachian Mountains: Effects on understory light environment and potential plant carbon gain. American Journal of Botany 93:1601-1604

Negovetich, NJ, KJ Fellis, GW Esch, IG Horak, and J Boomker. 2006. An examination of the infra- and component communities from impala (Aepyceros melampus) in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. Journal of Parasitology 92:1180-1190

Pilarczyk, MP, PM Stewart, DN Shelton, HN Blalock-Herod, and JD Williams. 2006. Current and recent historical freshwater mussel assemblages in the Gulf Coastal Plains. Southeastern Naturalist 5:205-226

Rogers-Lowery, CL and RV Dimock, Jr.  2006. Encapsulation of attached ectoparasitic larvae of freshwater mussels by epithelial tissue on fins of naive and resistant host fish. Biol. Bull. 210:51-63

Sibout, R, P Sukumar, C Hettiarachchi, M Holm, GK Muday, and CS Hardtke. 2006 Opposite root growth phenotypes of hy5 vs. hy5hyh correlate with increased constitutive auxin signaling. PLOS Genetics 2:1898-1911.

Smith, WK and DM Johnson. 2006. Biophysical effects of altitude on plant gas exchange. In Biophysical Plant Ecology: Perspectives and Trends, in press


2005

Arbogast, BS, RA Browne, PD Weigl, and GJ Kanagy. 2005. Conservation genetics of andangered flying squirrels from the Appalachian mountains of eastern North Carolina. Animal Conservation 8:1-11

Awkerman, JA, KP Huyvaert, and DJ Anderson. 2005. Mobile Incubation in Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata): Associated Hatching Failure and Artificial Mitigation. Avian Ecology and Conservation 1:2 [online]

Awkerman, JA, A Fukuda, H Higuchi, and DJ Anderson. 2005. Foraging activity and submesoscale habitat use of waved albatrosses (Phoebastria irrorata) during the chick brooding period. Marine Ecology Progress Series 291:289-300

Dodd, BJ., MC Barnhart, CL Rogers-Lowery, TB Fobian, and RV Dimock, Jr. 2005.  Cross-resistance of largemouth bass to glochidia of unionid mussels. Journal of Parasitology 91:1064-1072

Fellis, KJ and GW Esch. 2005. Variation in life cycle affects the distance decay of similarity among bluegill sunfish parasite communities. Journal of Parasitology 91:1484-1486

Fellis, KJ and GW Esch. 2005. Autogenic-allogenic status affects inter-pond community similarity and species richness of macroparasites in the bluegill sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus, from a series of freshwater ponds in the Piedmont area of North Carolina. Journal of Parasitology 91:764-767

Grimberg, B and C Zeyl. 2005. The effects of sex and mutation rate on adaptation in test tubes and to mouse hosts by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Evolution 59:431-438

Hill, JP, CJ Willson, and WK Smith.  2005.  Enhanced photosynthesis and flower production in a sagebrush morphotype associated with animal burrows.  Plant Ecology 177:1-12

Hristov, N and WE Conner. 2005. Sound Strategies: Acoustic aposematism in the bat-moth arms race. Naturwissenschaften 92:164-169

Hristov, N and WE Conner. 2005. Effectiveness of tiger moth chemical defenses against insectivorous bats. Chemoecology 15:105-113

Johnson, DM and WK Smith. 2005. Refugial forests of the Southern Appalachians: photosynthesis and survival in high altitude, current-year Abies fraseri seedlings. Tree Physiology 25:1379-1387

Johnson, DM, WK Smith, TC Vogelmann, and CR Brodersen.  2005.  Leaf architecture and direction of incident light influence mesophyll fluorescence profiles.  American Journal of Botany 92:1425-1431

McGuire, AF and KA Kron. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships of European and African Ericas. International Journal of Plant Sciences 166: 311-318

Moretz CM, J Awkerman, K Thorington, and AD Johnson. 2005. Building an ecosystem with a semester­long lab writing project. Proceedings of the 26th Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education 26:406-409

Shaffer, SA, Y Tremblay, JA Awkerman, BR Henry, SLH Teo, DJ Anderson, DA Croll, and DP Costa. Comparison of light- and SST-based geolocation with satellite telemetry in free-ranging birds. Marine Biology 147:833-843

 



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