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Publications 2010

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Belden, J.B., S.T. McMurry, L.M. Smith & P. Reilley (2010): Acute toxicity of fungicide formulations to amphibians at environmentally relevant concentrations. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 29 (11): 2477-2480.

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Bhattacharjee, J., J. P. Taylor, Jr., and L. M. Smith (2010): Optimum seedling productivity in cottonwoods: a function of neighbor distance. Journal of Arid Environments 74: 1018-1023.

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Bidwell, J.R., C. Becker, S. Hensley, R. Stark & M.T. Meyer (2010): Occurrence of organic wastewater and other contaminants in cave streams in Northeastern Oklahoma and Northwestern Arkansas. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 58 (2): 286-298.

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Bolek, M. G., A. Schmidt-Rhaesa, B. Hanelt, and D. J. Richardson. 2010. :Redescription of the African Chordodes albibarbatusMontgomery 1898, and description of Chordodes janovyi n. sp. (Gordiida, Nematomorpha) and its non-adult stages from Cameroon, Africa. Zootaxa. 2631: 36-54. .

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Bolek, M. G., H. R. Tracy, and J. Janovy Jr. 2010. :The role of damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera) as paratenic hosts in the transmission of Halipegus eccentricus (Digenea: Hemiuridae) to anurans. NaturwissenschaftenJournal of Parasitology 96(4): 724-735. .

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Braun, J. K., M. A. Mares, B. S. Coyner, and R. A. Van Den Bussche (2010): A new species of Akodon (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) from Central Argentina. Journal of Mammalogy 91:387–400.

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Coyner, B. S., T. E. Lee, Jr., D. S. Rogers, and R. A. Van Den Bussche (2010): Taxonomic status and species limits of Perognathus (Rodentia: Heteromyidae) in the Southern Great Plains. The Southwestern Naturalist 55:1–10.

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Dinehart, S. K., L. M. Smith. S. T. McMurry, P. N. Smith, T. A. Anderson, and D. A. Haukos (2010): Acute and chronic toxicity of Roundup WeatherMAX® and Ignite® 280 SL to larval Spea multiplicata and S. bombifrons from the Southern High Plains, USA. Environmental Pollution 158: 2610-2617 .

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Dzialowski, A.R. (2010) : Experimental effect of consumer identity on the invasion success of a non-native cladoceranHydrobiologia 652 (1): 139-148.

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Dzialowski, A.R. & W. Jessie (2010) : Mussel grazing and the importance of hydrodynamic coupling: reply.Journal of Plankton Research 32 (3): 379-380.

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Echelle, A. A., J. C. Hackler, J. B. Lack, S. R. Ballard, J. Roman, S. F. Fox, D. M. Leslie, Jr., & R. A. Van Den Bussche (2010): Conservation genetics of the alligator snapping turtle: cytonuclear evidence of range-wide bottlenecking and unusually pronounced geographic structure. Conservation Genetics 11 (4): 1375-1387.

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Euliss, N. H., Jr., L. M. Smith, S. Liu, M. Feng, D. Mushet, R. Auch, and T. Loveland (2010): The need for simultaneous evaluation of ecosystem services and land use change. Environmental Science & Technology 44: 7761–7763 .

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Euliss, N. H., Jr., L. M. Smith, S. Liu, W. G. Duffy, S. P. Faulkner, R. A. Gleason, and S. D. Eckles (2011): Integrating estimates of ecosystem services from conservation programs and practices into models for decision makers: the vision for CEAP Wetland. Ecological Applications In press..

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Fisher, J.C., J.B. Belden & J.R. Bidwell (2010): Can site-specific heuristic toxicity models predict the toxicity of produced water? Chemosphere 80 (5): 542-547.

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Ghioca-Robrecht, D.M., T.A. Anderson, S.T. McMurry, and L.M. Smith (2010): Lipid mass and fatty acid composition of Spea spp. in playa wetlands as influenced by land use. Wetlands 30: 220-230.

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Gillooly, J.F. & A.G. Ophir (2010): Complementary effects of natural and sexual selection against immigrants maintains differentiation between locally adapted fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277 (1686): 1325-1331.

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Hays, K. A. and McBee ,K. 2010. :Population Demographics of Red-Eared Slider Turtles(Trachemys scripta) from Tar Creek Superfund Site. Journal of Herpetology, 44(3):441-446. .

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Hays, K. A. and McBee ,K. 2010. :Population Parameters of Peromyscus leucopus (White-Footed Deer mice) Inhabiting a Heavy Metal Contaminated Superfund Site. The Southwestern Naturalist, 55(3):363-373. .

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Ketmaier, V., H. Stuckas, J. Hempel, I. Laneck, M. Tobler, M. Plath & R. Tiedemann (in press) : Genetic and morphological divergence in the gravel bank grasshopper Chorthippus pullus (Acrididae) from contrasting environments. Organisms Diversity & Evoluition 10 (5): 381-395.

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Lack, J. B., Z. P. Roehrs, C. E. Stanley, Jr., M. Ruedi, and R. A. Van Den Bussche (2010): Molecular phylogenetics of Myotis suggests Familial-level divergence of the genus Cistugo (Chiroptera). Journal of Mammalogy 91:976–992.

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Luttbeg, B. & A. Sih (2010): Risk, resources and state-dependent adaptive behavioural syndromes. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 365 (1560): 3977-3990.

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McClure-Baker, S. A., A. A. Echelle, R. A. Van Den Bussche, A. F. Echelle, D. A. Hendrickson, and G. P. Garrett (2010): Genetic status of Headwater Catfish (Ictalurus lupus) in Texas and New Mexico: A perspective from mtDNA and morphology. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 139: 1780-1791 .

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Moncrief, N. D., J. B. Lack, and R. A. Van Den Bussche (2010): Eastern fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) lacks phylogeographic structure: recent range expansion and phenotypic differentiation. Journal of Mammalogy 91:1112–1123.

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Ophir, A.G., S.B. Schrader & J.F. Gillooly (2010): Energetic cost of calling: general constraints and species-specific differences. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23 (7): 1564-1569.

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Phelps, S.M., P. Campbell, D.J. Zheng & A.G. Ophir (2010): Beating the boojum: comparative approaches to the neurobiology of social behavior. Neuropharmacology 58 (1): 17-28.

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Plath, M. & M. Tobler (2010) :Biology of Subterranean Fishes. Science Publishers, Enfield, NH, USA 283-332 .

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Plath, M., R. Riesch, A. Oranth, J. Dzienko, N. Karau, A. Schiessl, S. Stadler, A. Wigh, C. Zimmer, L. Arias-Rodriguez, I. Schlupp & M. Tobler (2010): Complementary effects of natural and sexual selection against immigrants maintains differentiation between locally adapted fish. Naturwissenschaften 97 (8): 769-774.

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Roehrs, Z. P., J. B. Lack, and R. A. Van Den Bussche (2010): Tribal phylogenetic relationships within Vespertilioninae (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data. Journal of Mammalogy 91:1073–1092.

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Scharnweber, K., M. Plath & M. Tobler (in press) : Feeding efficiency and food competition in coexisting sexual and asexual livebearing fishes of the genus Poecilia.Environmental Biology of Fishes No Volume or Issue data .

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Schlupp, I., A. Taebel-Hellwig & M. Tobler (2010) :Equal fecundity in asexual and sexual mollies (Poecilia). Environmental Biology of Fishes 88 (2): 201-206.

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Schlupp, I., R. Riesch, M. Tobler, M. Plath, J. Parzefall & M. Schartl (2010) :A novel, sexually selected trait in poeciliid fishes: female preference for mustache-like, rostral filaments in male Poecilia sphenops. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64 (11): 1849-1855.

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Sih, A., D.I. Bolnick, B. Luttbeg, J.L. Orrock, S.D. Peacor, L.M. Pintor, E. Preisser, J.S. Rehage & J.R. Vonesh (2010): Predator–prey naïveté, antipredator behavior, and the ecology of predator invasions. Oikos 119 (4): 610-621.

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Smith, L. M., D. A. Haukos, S. T. McMurry, T. LaGrange, and D. Willis (2011): Ecosystem services provided by playa wetlands in the High Plains: potential influences of USDA conservation programs and practices. Ecological Applications In Press.

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Tobler, M. & E. W. Carson (2010):Environmental variation, hybridization, and phenotypic diversification in Cuatro Ciénegas pupfishes. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23: 1475-1489.

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Tobler, M. & I. Schlupp (2010) : Differential susceptibility to food stress in neonates of sexual and asexual mollies (Poecilia, Poeciliidae)Evolutionary Ecology 24 (1): 39-47.

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Tobler, M., S. W. Coleman, B. D. Perkins & G. G. Rosenthal (2010) :Reduced opsin gene expression in a cave-dwelling fish. Biology Letters 6 (1): 98-101.

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Tobler, M., Z. W. Culumber, M. Plath, K. O. Winemiller & G. G. Rosenthal (in press) :An indigenous religious ritual selects for resistance to a toxicant in a livebearing fish. Biology Letters No Volume or Issue data .

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Torrence, S.M., D.E. Green, D. E., C.J. Benson, H. S. Ip, L. M. Smith, and S. T. McMurry (2010): A new Ranavirus isolated from Pseudacris clarkii tadpoles in playa wetlands in Southern High Plains, Texas. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 22: 65-72.

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Trimble, A.J., J.B.Belden, S.A. Mueting & M.J. Lydy (2010): Determining modifications to bifenthrin toxicity and sediment binding affinity from varying potassium chloride concentrations in overlying water. Chemosphere 80 (1): 53-59.

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Tsai, J.-S., L. S. Venne, S. T. McMurry, and L. M. Smith. 2010: Vegetation and land use impact on water loss rate in playas of the Southern High Plains, USA (2010) Wetlands DOI 10.1007/s13157-010-0117-8.

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Webb, E. B., L. M. Smith, M. P. Vrtiska, and T. G. LaGrange (2010): Community structure of wetland birds during spring migration through the Rainwater Basin. Journal of Wildlife Management 74: 765-777.

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Webb, E. B., L. M. Smith, M. P. Vrtiska, and T. G. LaGrange (2010): Effects of local and landscape variables on wetland bird habitat use during spring through the Rainwater Basin. Journal of Wildlife Management 74:109-119.

 

Publications 2009

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Andrei, A., L. M. Smith, D. A. Haukos, J. G. Surles, and W. P. Johnson (2009): Foraging ecology of migrant shorebirds in saline lakes of the Southern Great Plains. Waterbirds 32:138-148.

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Bhattacharjee, J., J. P. Taylor, Jr., L. M. Smith, and D.A. Haukos (2009): Seedling competition between native cottonwood and exotic saltcedar: implications for restoration. Biological Invasions 11:1777-1787.

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Bogdanowicz, W., R. A. Van Den Bussche, M. Gajewska, Tomasz Postawa, and M. Harutyunyan (2009) : Ancient and contemporary DNA sheds light on the history of mouse-eared bats in Europe and the Caucasus. Acta Chiropterologica 11:289–305.

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Bolek, M. G., S. D. Snyder, and J. Janovy Jr. 2009 : Alternative life-cycle strategies and colonization of young anurans byGorgoderina attenuata in Nebraska. Journal of Parasitology 95(3): 604-615. .

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Bolek, M. G., S. D. Snyder, and J. Janovy Jr. 2009 :Redescription of the frog bladder fluke, Gorgoderina attenuata from the northern leopard frog, Rana pipiens. Journal of Parasitology 95(3): 665-668. .

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Campbell, P., A.G. Ophir & S.M. Phelps (2010): Central vasopressin and oxytocin receptor distributions in two species of singing mice. Journal of Comparative Neurology 516 (4): 321-333.

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Campbell, P., R. Reep, M. Stoll, A .G. Ophir & S. M. Phelps (2009): Conservation and diversity of Foxp2 expression in muroid rodents: Functional implications. Journal of Comparative Neurology 512 (1): 84-100.

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Cooper, N.L., J.R. Bidwell & A. Kumar (2009): Toxicity of lead, copper and zinc mixtures to Ceriodaphnia dubia and Daphnia carinata; implications for water quality guidelines in the United States and Australia. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 72 (5): 1523-1528.

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Dana M. Ghioca-Robrecht, Todd A. Anderson, Scott T. McMurry, Loren M. Smith Wetlands DOI 10.1007/s13157-010-0026.

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Davis, C.A., K. Hickman & J.R. Bidwell (2009): Effects of varying densities and hydrological regimes on intra- and interspecific competition with Schoenoplectus fluviatilis and two co-occurring wetland plants. Aquatic Botany 91 (4): 267-272.

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Dzialowski, A.R. & W. Jessie (2009) : Zebra mussels negate or mask the positive effects of nutrient enrichment on algal biomass in experimental mesocosms: a preliminary mesocosm study. Journal of Plankton Research 31 (11): 1437-1440.

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Dzialowski, A.R., V.H. Smith, D.H. Huggins, F.J. deNoyelles, N.C. Lim, B.A. Baker & J. Beury (2009) : Development of predictive models for geosmin-related taste and odor in Midwestern U.S. drinking water reservoirs.Water Research 43 (11): 2829-2840.

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Ekanayake, A. J., J-S. Tsai, L. J. S. Allen, L. M. Smith, J. G. Surles, and E. J. Allen (2009): Estimating watershed area for playas in the Southern High Plains, USA. Wetlands 29: 387-395.

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Fontanier, M. E. & M. Tobler (2009) : A morphological gradient revisited: cave mollies vary not only in eye size.Environmental Biology of Fishes 86 (2): 285-292.

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Ghioca-Robrecht, D.M., L.M. Smith, and L.D. Densmore (2009): Ecological correlates of trophic polyphenism in spadefoot tadpoles inhabiting playas. Canadian Journal of Zoology 87:229-238.

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Hall, E.K., A.R. Dzialowski, S.W. Stoxen, & J.B. Cotner (2009) : The effect of temperature on the coupling between phosphorus and growth in lacustrine bacterioplankton communities.Limnology and Oceanography 54 (3): 845-855.

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Hays, K. A. and McBee ,K.2009. :Ontogenetic Melanism in Three Populations of Red-Eared Slider Turtles (Trachemys scripta) in Oklahoma. The Southwestern Naturalist 54(1):82-85. .

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Hintzen, E.P., M.J. Lydy & J.B. Belden (2009): Occurrence and potential toxicity of pyrethroids and other insecticides in bed sediments of urban streams in central Texas. Environmental Pollution 157 (1): 110-116.

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Husak, J. F., A. K. Lappin, and R. A. Van Den Bussche (2009): The Fitness Advantage of a High Performance Weapon. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 96:840-845.

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Karsten, K. B., L. N. Andriamandimbiarisoa, S. F. Fox, and C. J. Raxworthy (2009): Sexual selection on body size and secondary sexual characters in two closely related, sympatric chameleons in Madagascar. Behavioral Ecology 20 (5): 1079-1088.

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Karsten, K. B., L. Andriamandimbiarisoa, S. F. Fox, and C. J. Raxworthy (2009): Population densities and conservation assessments for three species of chameleons in the Toliara region of south-western Madagascar. Amphibia-Reptilia 30 (3): 341-350.

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Karsten, K. B., L. Andriamandimbiarisoa, S. F. Fox, and C. J. Raxworthy (2009): Social behavior of two species of chameleons in Madagascar: insights into sexual selection.Herpetologica 65 (1): 54-69.

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Lack, J. B., and R. A. Van Den Bussche (2009): A relaxed molecular clock places an evolutionary timescale on the origins of North American Big-Eared bats (Vespertilionidae: Corynorhinus). Acta Chiropterologica 11:15-23.

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Loftis, D. G., A. A. Echelle, H. Koike, R. A. Van Den Bussche, and C. O. Minckley (2009) : Genetic structure of wild populations of the endangered Desert Pupfish complex (Cyprinodontidae: Cyprinodon). Conservation Genetics 10:453-463.

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Ligon, D.B., J.R. Bidwell & M.B. Lovern (2009): Incubation effects on hatchling growth and metabolic rate in the African spurred tortoise, Geochelone sulcata. Canadian Journal of Zoology 97 (1): 64-72.

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Luttbeg, B., J.I. Hammond & A. Sih (2009): Dragonfly larvae and tadpole frog space use games in varied light conditions. Behav. Ecol. 20 (1): 13-21.

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McMurry, S. M., L.M. Smith, K.D. Dupler, and M. Guitierrez (2009) : Influence of land use on body size and splenic cellularity in wetland breeding Spea spp. Journal of Herpetology 43:421-430.

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Ophir, A.G., D.J. Zheng, S. Eans & S.M. Phelps (2009): Social investigation in a memory task relates to neural variation in oxytocin receptor but not vasopressin receptor 1a. Behavioral Neuroscience 123 (5): 979-991.

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PHELPS K. L. and MCBEE K.2009. :Ecological Characteristics of Small Mammal Communities at a Superfund Site. The American Midland Naturalist 161(1):57-68. .

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Riesch, R., M. Tobler, M. Plath & I. Schlupp (2009) : Offspring number in a livebearing fish (Poecilia mexicana, Poeciliidae): reduced fecundity and reduced plasticity in a population of cave mollies. Environmental Biology of Fishes 84 (1): 89-94.

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Ronald A. Van Den Bussche, Justin B. Lack, Craig E. Stanley Jr., Jeremy E. Wilkinson, Pam S. Truman, Loren M. Smith, Scott T. McMurry: Development and characterization of 10 polymorphic tetranucleotide microsatellite markers for New Mexico spadefoot toads (Spea multiplicata) Conservation Genet Resour DOI 10.1007/s12686-009-9017-8.

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Schotthoefer, A. M., M. G. Bolek, R. A. Cole, and V. R. Beasley. 2009 : Parasites of the mink frog (Rana septentrionalis) from Minnesota, USA. Comparative Parasitology 76(2): 240-246. .

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Scott T. Mcmurry, Loren M. Smith, Kari D. Dupler, and Mary B. Gutierrez: Influence of Land Use on Body Size and Splenic Cellularity in Wetland Breeding Spea spp. Journal of Herpetology Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 421–430.

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Shannon M. Torrence, D. Earl Green, Catherine J. Benson, Hon S. Ip, Loren M. Smith and Scott T. Mcmurry : A New Ranavirus Isolated from Pseudacris clarkii Tadpoles in Playa Wetlands in the Southern High Plains, Texas Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 22:65–72.

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Simon K. Dinehart, Loren M. Smith, Scott T. McMurry, Philip N. Smith, Todd A. Anderson, David A. Haukos: Acute and chronic toxicity of Roundup Weathermax and Ignite 280 SL to larval Spea multiplicata and S. bombifrons from the Southern High Plains, USA Environmental Pollution158: 2610-2617.

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Simon K. Dinehart, Loren M. Smith, Scott T. McMurry, Todd A. Anderson, Philip N. Smith, David A. Haukos : Toxicity of a glufosinate- and several glyphosate-based herbicides to juvenile amphibians from the Southern High Plains, USA Science of the Total Environment 407(2009)1065–1071.

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Stamps, J., B. Luttbeg & V.V. Krishnan (2009): Effects of survival on the attractiveness of cues to natal dispersers. Am. Nat. 173 (1): 41-46.

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Steven G. Platt, Thomas R. Rainwater, John B. Thorbjarnarson, Adam G. Finger, Todd A. Anderson, and Scott T. McMurry: Size estimation, morphometrics, sex ratio, sexual size dimorphism, and biomass of Morelet’s crocodile in northern Belize Caribbean Journal of Science Vol. 45, No. 1, 80-93, 2009.

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Tobler, M. (2009) : Does a predatory insect contribute to the divergence between cave- and surface-adapted fish populations? Biology Letters 5 (4): 506-509.

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Tobler, M. & I. Schlupp (2009) : Threatened fishes of the world: Poecilia latipunctata Meek, 1904 (Poeciliidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 85 (1): 31-32.

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Tobler, M. & M. Plath (2009) :Threatened fishes of the world: Gambusia eurystoma Miller, 1975 (Poeciliidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes 85 (3): 251.

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Tobler, M. & M. Plath (2009). Environmental Biology of Fishes 85(4): 333-334.

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Tobler, M., R. Riesch, C. M. Tobler & M. Plath (2009).: Compensatory behavior in response to sulfide-induced hypoxia affects time budgets, feeding efficiency, and predation risk.Evolutionary Ecology Research 11(3): 935-948.

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Tobler, M., R. Riesch, C. M. Tobler, T. Schulz-Mirbach & M. Plath (2009) : Natural and sexual selection against immigrants maintains differentiation among micro-allopatric populations.Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22 (11): 2298-2304.

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Toetz, D., J.R. Bidwell & M. Payton (2009): Temporal and spatial variation in stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen in Lake Carl Blackwell, Oklahoma. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 24 (3): 461-467.

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Trimble, A.J., D.P. Weston, J.B. Belden & M.J. Lydy (2009): Identification and evaluation of pyrethroid insecticide mixtures in urban sediments. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 28 (8): 1687-1695.

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Van Den Bussche, R. A., D. P. Onorato, E. C. Hellgren, L. C. Gardner-Santana, B. R. McKinney, J. D. Villalobos, and J. B. Lack (2009): Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of black bears (Ursus americanus) in central and southern North America: Conservation Implications. Journal of Mammalogy 90:1075–1082.

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Van Den Bussche, R. A., J. B. Lack, C. E. Stanley, Jr., J. E. Wilkinson, P. S. Truman, L. M. Smith, and S. T. McMurry (2009): Development and characterization of 10 polymorphic tetranucleotide microsatellite markers for New Mexico spadefoot toads. Conservation Genetics Resources 1:71-73.

 
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