A collection of published articles from members of the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology at Kennesaw State University.
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Submissions from 2023
Comparing the impact of live-tree versus historic-timber data on palaeoenvironmental inferences in tree-ring science, eastern North America, Kristen de Graauw, Maegen Rochner, Saskia van de Gevel, Lauren Stachowiak, Savannah Collins-Key, Joseph Henderson, Zachary Merrill, and Amy Hessl
Ant cuticle microsculpturing: diversity, classification, and evolution, John Paul Hellenbrand and Clint A. Penick
In situ investigations of failure mechanisms of silica fibers from the venus flower basket (Euplectella Aspergillum), Swapnil K. Morankar, Yash Mistry, Dhruv Bhate, Clint A. Penick, and Nikhilesh Chawla
The AliveCor KardiaMobile ECG device allows electrocardiogram assessment in awake bonobos (Pan paniscus), June E. Olds, Ashley Goldacker, David Huneycutt, Sarah P. Huneycutt, Jared P. Taglialatela, and Jessica L. Ward
Geographic Variation in the Reproductive Phenology of a Widespread Amphibian, Todd W. Pierson, Jasmyne Blake-Sinclair, Leah T. Rittenburg, and Yatin Kalki
Long-term winter food supplementation shows no significant impact on reproductive performance in Mountain Chickadees in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Benjamin R. Sonnenberg, Joseph F. Welklin, Carrie L. Branch, Angela M. Pitera, Lauren M. Benedict, Virginia K. Heinen, Dovid Y. Kozlovsky, Eli S. Bridge, and Vladimir V. Pravosudov
Phylotranscriptomic Analyses of Mycoheterotrophic Monocots Show a Continuum of Convergent Evolutionary Changes in Expressed Nuclear Genes From Three Independent Nonphotosynthetic Lineages, Prakash Raj Timilsena, Craig F. Barrett, Alma Piñeyro-Nelson, Eric K. Wafula, Saravanaraj Ayyampalayam, Joel R. McNeal, Tomohisa Yukawa, Thomas J. Givnish, Sean W. Graham, J. Chris Pires, Jerrold I. Davis, Cécile Ané, Dennis W. Stevenson, Jim Leebens-Mack, Esteban Martínez-Salas, Elena R. Álvarez-Buylla, and Claude W. dePamphilis
Successional Change and Fire History in Montane Longleaf Pine-Dominated Ecosystems of Northwestern Georgia, USA, Christopher G. Waters and Matthew P. Weand
Females pair with males larger than themselves in a socially monogamous songbird, Joseph F. Welklin, Carrie L. Branch, Angela M. Pitera, Benjamin R. Sonnenberg, Lauren M. Benedict, Virginia K. Heinen, Dovid Y. Kozlovsky, and Vladimir V. Pravosudov
Complex relationships between climate and reproduction in a resident montane bird, Lauren E. Whitenack, Joseph F. Welklin, Carrie L. Branch, Benjamin R. Sonnenberg, Angela M. Pitera, Dovid Y. Kozlovsky, Lauren M. Benedict, Virginia K. Heinen, and Vladimir V. Pravosudov
A reconstruction of parasite burden reveals one century of climate-associated parasite decline, Chelsea L. Wood, Rachel L. Welicky, Whitney C. Preisser, Katie L. Leslie, Natalie Mastick, Correigh Greene, Katherine P. Maslenikov, Luke Tornabene, John M. Kinsella, and Timothy E. Essington
How to use natural history collections to resurrect information on historical parasite abundances, C. L. Wood, K. L. Leslie, D. Claar, N. Mastick, W. Preisser, M. P.M. Vanhove, and R. Welicky
Submissions from 2022
Ecological performance standards for regenerative urban design, Janine Benyus, Jamie Dwyer, Sara El-Sayed, and Clint A. Penick
Spatiotemporal Patterns of Leymus arenarius Nebkhas during Early Primary Succession on the Sub-Arctic Coastal Sand Plains of Iceland, Sigurdur Greipsson
Effects of supplementary nutrients (soil-nitrogen or foliar-iron) on switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) grown in Pb-contaminated soil, Sigurdur Greipsson, Thomas McElroy, and Marina Koether
Foliar Application of Salicylic Acid and DA-6 on Swithgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) Grown in Pb-Contaminated Soil; Implications for Phytoextraction, Sigurdur Greipsson, Thomas McElroy, and Marina Koether
The development of behavioral and endocrine coping styles in nestlings from urban and rural sites, Sarah Guindre-Parker, Denyelle A.V. Kilgour, and Courtney R. Linkous
Phytoextraction of lead (Pb) contaminated soil by switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L): Impact of BAP and NTA applications, Genna Hart, Austin Gilly, Marina Koether, Thomas McElroy, and Sigurdur Greipsson
Knifefish turning control and hydrodynamics during forward swimming, Olivia H. Hawkins, Víctor M. Ortega-Jiménez, and Christopher P. Sanford
The role of internal nitrogen loading in supporting non-N-fixing harmful cyanobacterial blooms in the water column of a large eutrophic lake, Daniel K. Hoffman, Mark J. McCarthy, Ashlynn R. Boedecker, and Justin A. Myers
Sex ratios and the city: Secondary offspring sex ratios, parental corticosterone, and parental body condition in an urban-adapted bird, Denyelle A.V. Kilgour, Courtney R. Linkous, Todd W. Pierson, and Sarah Guindre-Parker
Texas field crickets (Gryllus texensis) use visual cues to place learn but perform poorly when intra- and extra-maze cues conflict, Dovid Y. Kozlovsky, Marc Antoine Poirier, Ethan Hermer, and Susan M. Bertram
Degraded and computer-generated speech processing in a bonobo, Nicole J. Lahiff, Katie E. Slocombe, Jared Taglialatela, and Volker Dellwo
Plasticity in social behaviour varies with reproductive status in an avian cooperative breeder, Jasmine Little, Dustin R. Rubenstein, and Sarah Guindre-Parker
Evidence of psychological essentialism in a symbol-trained bonobo (Pan paniscus), Robert Lurz, Carla Krachun, William D. Hopkins, and Jared Taglialatela
Bo-NO-bouba-kiki: Picture-word mapping but no spontaneous sound symbolic speech-shape mapping in a language trained bonobo, Konstantina Margiotoudi, Manuel Bohn, Natalie Schwob, and Jared Taglialatela
Tensile and fracture behavior of silica fibers from the Venus flower basket (Euplectella aspergillum), Swapnil Morankar, Arun Sundar Sundaram Singaravelu, Sridhar Niverty, and Clint A. Penick
The Comparative approach to bio-inspired design: integrating biodiversity and biologists into the design process, Clint A. Penick, Grace Cope, Swapnil Morankar, and Yash Mistry
Molecular Identification of an Avian Predator of Mimetic Salamanders, Todd W. Pierson, Jasmyne Blake-Sinclair, and Benjamin Holt
Parametric optimization of corner radius in hexagonal honeycombs under in-plane compression, Athul Rajeev, Alex Grishin, Grace Cope, and Clint A. Penick
Evaluating how management policies affect red wolf mortality and disappearance, Francisco J. Santiago-Ávila, Suzanne Agan, Joseph W. Hinton, and Adrian Treves
Submissions from 2021
Bayesian Predictions of Bark Beetle Attack and Mortality of Three Conifer Species During Epidemic and Endemic Population Stages, Mario Bretfeld, Heather N. Speckman, Daniel P. Beverly, and Brent E. Ewers
Adaptive divergence despite low effective population size in a peripherally isolated population of the pygmy rabbit, Brachylagus idahoensis, Nathan W. Byer, Matthew L. Holding, Miranda M. Crowell, Todd W. Pierson, Thomas E. Dilts, Eveline S. Larrucea, Kevin T. Shoemaker, and Marjorie D. Matocq
Isolation by Distance Shapes Population Genetic Structure of a Rare Terrestrial Salamander, Plethodon petraeus, with an Extremely Small Range, Kate C. Donlon, Thomas McElroy, and John B. Jensen
A Comparison of the Adsorption of Cesium on Zeolite Minerals vs Vermiculite, D. R. Ferreira, G. D. Phillips, and B. Baruah
Long-term measures of climate unpredictability shape the avian endocrine stress axis, Sarah Guindre-Parker and Dustin R. Rubenstein
Impacts of bark beetle-induced tree mortality on pyrogenic carbon production and heat output in wildfires for fire modeling and global carbon accounting, Alexandra Howell, Mario Bretfeld, and Erica Belmont
Beyond the Kármán gait: knifefish swimming in periodic and irregular vortex streets, Victor M. Ortega-Jiménez and Christopher P. Sanford
Patterns of dispersion, movement and feeding of the sea urchin lytechinus variegatus, and the potential implications for grazing impact on live seagrass, Adrianna Parson, Joseph M. Dirnberger, and Troy Mutchler
Patterns of dispersion, movement and feeding of the sea urchin lytechinus variegatus, and the potential implications for grazing impact on live seagrass, Adrianna Parson, Joseph M. Dirnberger, and Troy Mutchler
Reversible plasticity in brain size, behaviour and physiology characterizes caste transitions in a socially flexible ant (Harpegnathos saltator), Clint A. Penick, Majid Ghaninia, Kevin L. Haight, Comzit Opachaloemphan, Hua Yan, Danny Reinberg, and Jürgen Liebig
Reversible plasticity in brain size, behaviour and physiology characterizes caste transitions in a socially flexible ant (), Clint A. Penick, Majid Ghaninia, Kevin L. Haight, Comzit Opachaloemphan, Hua Yan, Danny Reinberg, and Jürgen Liebig
Genetic data reveal fine-scale ecological segregation between larval plethodontid salamanders in replicate contact zones, Todd W. Pierson, Benjamin M. Fitzpatrick, and Carlos D. Camp
Genetic data reveal fine-scale ecological segregation between larval plethodontid salamanders in replicate contact zones, Todd W. Pierson, Benjamin M. Fitzpatrick, and Carlos D. Camp
Quantifying Inter- And Intrasexual Head-Shape Polymorphism in Eurycea cf. wilderae (Blue-Ridge Two-Lined Salamanders), Howard N. Rainey, Todd W. Pierson, and Jennifer Deitloff
Submissions from 2020
A Comparison of Isogenic Homozygous Clone and Wildtype Zebrafish (Danio rerio): Survival and Developmental Responses to Low pH Conditions, Lisa G. Adams, Malcolm S. Gordon, Donald G. Buth, and Erica M. Hutchings
Bioinspired honeycomb core design: An experimental study of the role of corner radius, coping and interface, Derek Goss, Yash Mistry, Sridhar Niverty, Cameron Noe, Bharath Santhanam, Cahit Ozturk, Clint A. Penick, Christine Lee, Nikhilesh Chawla, Alex Grishin, Vikram Shyam, and Dhruv Bhate
Knifefish’s suction makes water boil, Victor M. Ortega-Jimenez and Christopher P.J. Sanford
Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense Lour.) alters the timing of litterfall and nutrient quality of leaf litter inputs in invaded riparian forests, Matthew P. Weand
Submissions from 2019
Beyond the black box: promoting mathematical collaborations for elucidating interactions in soil ecology, Alison E. Bennett, Antonio Golubski, and Et al.
Relative Contributions of DNRA and Denitrification to Nitrate Reduction in Thalassia testudinum Seagrass Beds in Coastal Florida (USA), Daniel K. Hoffman, Mark J. McCarthy, Silvia E. Newell, and Troy R. Mutchler
Comparison of Bonobo and Chimpanzee Brain Microstructure Reveals Differences in Socio-emotional Circuits, Habon A. Issa, Nicky Staes, Sophia Diggs-Galligan, and Jared P. Taglialatela
Submissions from 2018
Effects of Hypoxia on Swimming and Sensing in a Weakly Electric Fish, Kerri Lynn Ackerly, Rüdiger Krahe, Christopher P. Sanford, and Lauren J. Chapman
The Impact of pH and Ion Exchange on 133Cs Adsorption on Vermiculite, Daniel R. Ferreira, James A. Thornhill, E. I.N. Roderick, and Yi Li
Physiological Responses of Species to Microclimate Help explain Population Dynamics along Succession in a Tropical Dry Forest of Yucatan, Mexico, Paula C. Jackson, José Luis Andrade, Casandra Reyes-García, Olivia Hernández-González, Thomas C. McElroy, Roberth Us-Santamaría, José Luis Simá, and Juan Manuel Dupuy
Submissions from 2017
Differential Toxicity and Venom Gland Gene Expression in Centruroides vittatus, Thomas C. McElroy, C. Neal McReynolds, Alyssa Gulledge, Kelci R. Knight, Whitney E. Smith, and Eric A. Albrecht
Identification of a Vacuolar Proton Channel that Triggers the Bioluminescent Flash in Dinoflagellates, Juan D. Rodriguez, Saddef Haq, Tsvetan Bachvaroff, Kristine F. Nowak, Scott J. Nowak, Deri Morgan, Vladimir V. Cherny, Maredith M. Sapp, Steven Bernstein, Andrew Bolt, Thomas E. DeCoursey, Allen R. Place, and Susan M. Smith
Patterns of Plant Functional Variation and Specialization Along Secondary Succession and Topography in a Tropical Dry Forest, Lucía Sanaphre-Villanueva, Juan Manuel Dupuy, José Luis Andrade, Cassandra Reyes-García, Paula C. Jackson, and Horacio Paz
Submissions from 2016
Science Teaching in Science Education, Brendan E. Callahan and Eduardo Dopico
Ecological Networks over the Edge: Hypergraph Trait-mediated Indirect Interaction (TMII) Structure, Antonio J. Golubski, Erik E. Westlund, John Vandermeer, and Mercedes Pascual
Timing of Rapid Diversification and Convergent Origins of Active Pollination within Agavoideae (Asparagaceae), Michael R. McKain, Joel R. McNeal, P. Roxanne Kellar, and Luis E. Eguiarte
A Phylogenomic Assessment of Ancient Polyploidy and Genome Evolution Across the Poales, Michael R. McKain, Haibao Tang, Joel R. McNeal, and Et al.
Functional Diversity of Small and Large Trees Along Secondary Succession in a Tropical Dry Forest, Lucía Sanaphre-Villanueva, Juan Manuel Dupuy, José Luis Andrade, Casandra Reyes-García, Horacio Paz, and Paula C. Jackson
Submissions from 2015
CD163 interacts with TWEAK to regulate tissue regeneration after ischaemic injury, Hirokuni Akahori, Vinit Karmali, Rohini Polavarapu, and Adrienne L. King
Suburban Forest Change and Vegetation Water Dynamics in Atlanta, USA, Mario Giraldo, Paula Jackson, and Wayne Van-Horne
Induced Phytoextraction of Lead Through Chemical Manipulation of Switchgrass and Corn; Role of Iron Supplement, Deayne M. Johnson, Daniel M. Deocampo, Hanan El-Mayas, and Sigurdur Greipsson
Delay of Gratification is Associated with White Matter Connectivity in the Dorsal Prefrontal Cortex: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), Robert D. Latzman, Jared P. Taglialatela, and William D. Hopkins
Handedness for Unimanual Grasping in 564 Great Apes: The Effect on Grip Morphology and a Comparison with Hand Use for a Bimanual Coordinated Task, Adrien Meguerditchian, Kimberley A. Phillips, Amandine Chapelain, Lindsay M. Mahovetz, Scott Milne, Tara Stoinski, Amanda Bania, Elizabeth Lonsdorf, Jennifer Schaeffer, Jamie Russell, and William D. Hopkins
Differential Serotonergic Innervation of the Amygdala in Bonobos and Chimpanzees, Cheryl D. Stimpson, Nicole Barger, Jared P. Taglialatela, and Annette Gendron-Fitzpatrick
Differential Serotonergic Innervation of the Amygdala in Bonobos and Chimpanzees, Cheryl D. Stimpson, Nicole Barger, Jared P. Taglialatella, and Annette Gendron-Fitzpatrick
Multimodal communication in chimpanzees, Jared P. Taglialatela, Jamie L. Russell, Sarah M. Pope, and Tamara Morton
Submissions from 2014
A 'Crying Wolf' Game of Interspecific Kleptoparasitic Mutualism, Antonio J. Golubski, Nathaniel S. O'Connell, Jesse A. Schwartz, and Sean F. Ellermeyer
Why Vocal Production of Atypical Sounds in Apes and Cerebral Correlates Have a Lot to Say About the Origin of Language, Adrien Meguerditchian, Jared P. Taglialatela, David A. Leavens, and William D. Hopkins
Submissions from 2013
WikiED: Using Web 2.0 Tools to Teach Content and Critical Thinking, Jennifer Kreps Frisch, Paula C. Jackson, and Meg Murray
Initiation of Joint Attention is Associated with Morphometric Variation in the Anterior Cingulate Cortex of Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), William D. Hopkins and Jared P. Taglialatela
Phylogeny and Origins of Holoparasitism in Orobanchaceae, Joel R. McNeal, Jonathan R. Bennett, Andrea D. Wolfe, and Sarah Mathews
Submissions from 2012
Catastrophic Soil Erosion in Iceland: Impact of Long-term Climate Change, Compounded Natural Disturbances and Human Driven Land-use Changes, Sigurdur Greipsson
Social Learning of a Communicative Signal in Captive Chimpanzees, Jared P. Taglialatela, Lisa Reamer, Steven J. Schapiro, and William D. Hopkins
Submissions from 2011
Engaging Middle School Students With Technology: Using Real-Time Data to Test Predictions in Aquatic Ecosystems, Lisa G. Adams
The Benefits and Challenges of Using Real-Time Data in the Classroom: Perspectives From the Students, Educators, and Researchers, Lisa G. Adams and George I. Matsumoto
Practicing What We Teach: A Self-Study in Implementing an Inquiry-Based Curriculum in a Middle Grades Classroom, Michael J. Dias, Charles J. Eick, and Laurie Brantley-Dias
Temporal Population Genetic Structure of Eastern Mosquitofish in a Dynamic Aquatic Landscape, Thomas C. McElroy, Karen L. Kandl, and Joel C. Trexler
Chimpanzee Vocal Signaling Points to a Multimodal Origin of Human Language, Jared P. Taglialatela, Jamie L. Russell, Jennifer A. Schaeffer, and William D. Hopkins
Submissions from 2010
The Development of the Next Generation of Nurse Leaders, Kathie F. Aduddell and Genie E. Dorman
Documenting the NICU Design Dilemma: Parent and Staff Perceptions of Open Ward Versus Single Family Room Units, Renee Domanico, Diana K. Davis, F. Coleman, and Bowman O. Davis Jr.
The Stories They’d Tell: Pre-Service Elementary Teachers Writing Stories to Demonstrate Physical Science Concepts, Jennifer Kreps Frisch
A Voxel-Based Morphometry Analysis of White Matter Asymmetries in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), William D. Hopkins, Jared P. Taglialatela, Talia Nir, Natalie M. Schenker, and Chet C. Sherwood
Cortical Representation of Lateralized Grasping in Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): A Combined MRI and PET Study, William D. Hopkins, Jared P. Taglialatela, Jamie L. Russell, Talia M. Nir, and Jennifer Schaeffer
An Investigation of the Prevalence of Upper Limb Neuropathies in Different Types of College Musicians by Use of Neurometrix Device, Saunders Jones Jr. and Christi Hernandez
Teacher Thinking Associated With Science-Specific Mentor Preparation, Thomas R. Koballa Jr., Julie Kittleson, Leslie U. Bradbury, and Michael J. Dias
Phenology of Five Tree Species of a Tropical Dry Forest in Yucatán, Mexico: Effects of Environmental and Physiological Factors, Mirna Valdez-Hernández, Paula C. Jackson, Mario Rebolledo-Vieyra, and José Luis Andrade
Submissions from 2009
Enhancing Ocean Literacy Using Real-Time Data, Lisa G. Adams and George Matsumoto
Middle School Students' Conceptual Learning from the Implementation of a New NSF Supported Curriculum: Interactions in Physical Science, Charles J. Eick, Michael Dias, and Nancy R. Cook-Smith
Science Conference Presenters' Images of Inquiry, Thomas R. Koballa Jr., Michael J. Dias, and Jennifer Lance Atkinson
Working for and with Latino/Latina Immigrant Newcomers in the English Language Arts Classroom, Bernadette Musetti, Spencer Salas, and Theresa Perez
Submissions from 2008
The Effect of Road Crossing on Fish Movements in Small Etowah Basin Streams, Paul D. Benton, William E. Ensign, and Byron J. Freeman
Using Stories in an Introductory Biology Course, Jennifer Kreps Frisch and Gerald Saunders
Enzyme Inquiry, Gregory T. Rushton, Michael Dias, and Grant McDurmon
Submissions from 2007
Investigating Coastal Processes and Nitrate Levels in the Elkhorn Slough Using Real-Time Data, Lisa G. Adams and George I. Matsumoto
In Defense of the Lecture, Mark Bland, Gerald W. Saunders, and Jennifer Kreps Frisch