Submissions from 2021
Improving Hydroacoustic Sampling in Large Rivers: Evaluating Factors Influencing Target Detectability, Michael Glubzinski, David Coulter, David C. Glover, and Gregory Whitledge
Publications from 2019
Building an integrated infrastructure for exploring biodiversity: field collections and archives of mammals and parasites., Kurt E Galbreath, Eric P Hoberg, Joseph A Cook, Blas Armién, Kayce C Bell, Mariel L Campbell, Jonathan L Dunnum, Altangerel T Dursahinhan, Ralph P Eckerlin, Scott L Gardner, Stephen E Greiman, Heikki Henttonen, F Agustín Jiménez, Anson V A Koehler, Batsaikhan Nyamsuren, Vasyl V Tkach, Fernando Torres-Pérez, Albina Tsvetkova, and Andrew G Hope
Natal Environments of Age‐0 Paddlefish in the Middle Mississippi River Inferred from Dentary Microchemistry, Neil P. Rude and Gregory Whitledge
Submissions from 2018
Recruitment Sources and Spatial Patterns of Population Demographics of Spotted Bass in a Large River–Tributary Network, Nick Abell, Devon Oliver, and Gregory Whitledge
Increased overwinter mortalities of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawns during a drought year, Marie I. Tosa, Matthew Thomas Springer, Clayton Nielsen, and Eric M. Schauber
Population Demographics of Sauger and Simulated Effects of Minimum Length Limits in the Kaskaskia and Ohio Rivers, Gregory Whitledge, Kasey Seibert, Neil Rude, Devon Oliver, Alex Loubere, and Justin Seibert
Publications from 2017
Nematodes Associated with Mammals in the Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI), F. Agustin Jimenez, Scott L Gardner, and Juliana Notarnicola
Does Landscape Connectivity Shape Local and Global Social Network Structure in White-tailed Deer?, Erin L. Koen, Marie I. Tosa, Clayton K. Nielsen, and Eric M. Schauber
Phrynosoma cornutum (Texas horned lizard). Predation., Jennie Mook, Monika Burchette, Brett DeGregorio, Victor Bogosian III, Eric M. Schauber, and Raymond W. Moody
Phrynosoma cornutum (Texas horned lizard) Behavior, Jennie Mook, Eric M. Schauber, Miranda Vesy, Raymond W. Moody, and Donna Nolan
Long-Term Mark–Recapture Data to Assess Muskellunge Population Characteristics: Application to Two Illinois Reservoirs, Neil Rude, David C. Glover, William D. Hintz, Shawn Hirst, Wayne Herndon, Rob Hilsabeck, and Gregory Whitledge
Localized Removal Affects White-Tailed Deer Space Use and Contacts, Marie I. Tosa, Eric M. Schauber, and Clayton K. Nielsen
Trypanosoma cruzi strain TcIV infects raccoons from Illinois, Cailey Vandermark, Elliott A. Zieman, Esmarie Boyles, Clayton Nielsen, Cheryl Davis, and F. Agustin Jimenez
Submissions from 2016
Population-Level Responses of Life History Traits to Flow Regime in Three Common Stream Fish Species, Micah G. Bennett, Matt R. Whiles, and Gregory Whitledge
A New Species Of Frog Of The Genus Pristimantis From Tingo María National Park, Huánuco Department, Central Peru (Anura, Craugastoridae), German Chavez and Alessandro Catenazzi
Asian Carp in the Diet of River Otters in Illinois, Preston Feltrop, Clayton K. Nielsen, and Eric M. Schauber
Guerrerostrongylus marginalis n. sp. (Trichostrongyloidea: Heligmonellidae) from the Guianan arboreal mouse (Oecomys auyantepui) from French Guiana, Francisco A. Jimenez, Francois Catzeflis, and Jessica M. Weirich
Recruitment Sources of Channel and Blue Catfishes Inhabiting the Middle Mississippi River, Troy W. Laughlin, Gregory Whitledge, Devon C. Oliver, and Neil P. Rude
Metapopulation Viability of Swamp Rabbits in Southern Illinois: Potential Impacts of Habitat Change, Christopher D. Robinson, Joanne C. Crawford, Lyann Corcoran, Eric M. Schauber, and Clayton K. Nielsen
Fatty Acid Profiles are Biomarkers of Fish Habitat Use in a River-Floodplain Ecosystem, Neil P. Rude, Jesse T. Trushenski, and Gregory Whitledge
Relative Preference and Localized Food Affect Predator Space Use and Consumption of Incidental Prey, Tyler E. Schartel and Eric M. Schauber
A Classic Question Revisited in Red-winged Blackbirds: Disentangling Confounding Hypotheses Surrounding Parental Investment Theory and Nest Defense Intensity, Justin J. Shew, Jorista van der Merwe, Eric M. Schauber, Briana K. Tallitsch, and Clayton K. Nielsen
Variation in metapopulation dynamics of a wetland mammal: The effect of hydrology., Jorista van der Merwe, Eric C. Hellgren, and Eric M. Schauber
Co-Infection by Chytrid Fungus and Ranaviruses in Wild and Harvested Frogs in the Tropical Andes., Robin W Warne, Brandon LaBumbard, Seth LaGrange, Vance T Vredenburg, and Alessandro Catenazzi
Fatty Acid Profiles Distinguish Channel Catfish From Three Reaches of the Lower Kaskaskia River and its Floodplain Lakes, Matthew Young, Gregory Whitledge, and Jesse Trushenski
Publications from 2015
Survival and Dispersal of White-tailed Deer in the Agricultural Landscape of East-central Illinois, Charles W. Anderson, Clayton K. Nielsen, and Eric M. Schauber
Development and Evaluation of Species Distribution Models for Fourteen Native Central U.S. Fish Species, Kristen L. Bouska, Gregory Whitledge, and Christopher Lant
A new species of Torrestrongylus (Trichostrongylidae, Anoplostrongylinae) from Macrotus waterhousii (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Central Mexico, Juan Manuel Caspeta-Mandujano, Jorge Luis Peralta-Rodríguez, María Guadalupe Galindo-García, and F Agustín Jiménez-Ruiz
A New Species of Telmatobius (Amphibia, Anura, Telmatobiidae) from the Pacific Slopes of the Andes, Peru, Alessandro Catenazzi, Víctor Vargas García, and Edgar Lehr
A new species of Noblella (Amphibia, Anura, Craugastoridae) from the humid montane forests of Cusco, Peru., Alessandro Catenazzi, Vanessa Uscapi, and Rudolf von May
Orchid–pollinator Interactions and Potential Vulnerability to Biological Invasion, Adam D. Chupp, Loretta L. Battaglia, Eric M. Schauber, and Sedonia D. Sipes
Ranging Behavior of Marsh Rice Rats in a Southern Illinois Wetland Complex, Scott A. Cooney, Eric M. Schauber, and Eric Hellgren
Comparing Permeability of Matrix Cover Types for the Marsh Rice Rat (Oryzomys palustris), Scott A. Cooney, Eric M. Schauber, and Eric C. Hellgren
Conspecific Aggression by Beavers (Castor canadensis) in the Sangamon River Basin in Central Illinois: Correlates with Habitat, Age, Sex and Season, Joanne C. Crawford, Robert D. Bluett, and Eric M. Schauber
Seed Dispersal of an Invasive Shrub, Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii ), by White-tailed Deer in a Fragmented Agricultural-forest Matrix, Peter Guiden, David L. Gorchov, Clayton K. Nielsen, and Eric M. Schauber
Spatial and Temporal Structure of a Mesocarnivore Guild in Midwestern North America, Damon B. Lesmeister, Clayton K. Nielsen, Eric M. Schauber, and Eric Hellgren
Recruitment Sources of Invasive Bighead Carp (Hypopthalmichthys nobilis) and Silver Carp (H. molitrix) Inhabiting the Illinois River, Jacob D. Norman and Gregory Whitledge
Social Affiliation and Contact Patterns Among White-tailed Deer in Disparate Landscapes: Implications for Disease Transmission, Eric M. Schauber, Clayton K. Nielsen, Lene Jung Kjaer, Charles W. Anderson, and Daniel J. Storm
Familiarity Breeds Contempt: Combining Proximity Loggers and GPS Reveals Female White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Avoiding Close Contact With Neighbors, Marie I. Tosa, Eric M. Schauber, and Clayton K. Nielsen
Biomarkers of Animal Health: Integrating Nutritional Ecology, Endocrine Ecophysiology, Ecoimmunology, and Geospatial Ecology, Robin Warne, Glenn Proudfoot, and Erica Crespi
An evaluation Zequanox® efficacy and application strategies for targeted control of zebra mussels in shallow-water habitats in lakes, Gregory Whitledge, Megan M. Weber, Jessi DeMartini, John Oldenburg, Dave Roberts, Carolyn Link, Sarahann M. Rackl, Neil P. Rude, Andrew J. Yung, Lindsey R. Bock, and Devon C. Oliver
Phrynosoma cornutum (Texas horned lizard) Habitat, Alexander J. Wolf, Jennie Mook, Miranda Vesy, Raymond W. Moody, and Donna Nolan
Pathology, Distribution, Morphological and Genetic Identity of Deladenus proximus (Tylenchida: Neotylenchidae) a Parasitic Nematode of the Woodwasp, Sirex nigricornis in the Eastern United States, Elliott Andrew Zieman, John Reeve, Warren E. Braswell, and Agustin Jimenez-Ruiz
Publications from 2014
Estimating Abundance of Adult Trachemys scripta with Camera Traps: Accuracy, Precision and Probabilities of Capture for a Closed Population, Robert D. Bluett and Eric M. Schauber
Habitat Associations of Fish Assemblages in the Cache River, Illinois, Kristen L. Bouska and Gregory Whitledge
Seabird Nutrient Subsidies Benefit Non-Nitrogen Fixing Trees and Alter Species Composition in South American Coastal Dry Forests, Gilles Havik, Alessandro Catenazzi, and Milena Holmgren
Epizootic and Zoonotic Helminths of the Bobcat (Lynx rufus) in Illinois and a Comparison of Its Helminth Component Communities across the American Midwest, Shelby J Hiestand, Clayton K Nielsen, and F Agustin Jimenez-Ruiz
Identification of Stocked Muskellunge and Potential for Distinguishing Hatchery-Origin and Wild Fish Using Pelvic Fin Ray Microchemistry, Neil P. Rude, Kurt T. Smith, and Gregory Whitledge
Variation in Vital-rate Sensitivity Between Populations of Texas Horned Lizards, Alexander J. Wolf, Eric Hellgren, Eric M. Schauber, Victor Bogosian III, Robert T. Kazmaier, Donald C. Ruthven III, and Raymond W. Moody
Publications from 2013
Posterior Hox gene reduction in an arthropod: Ultrabithorax and Abdominal-B are expressed in a single segment in the mite Archegozetes longisetosus., Austen A Barnett and Richard H. Thomas
Gastrointestinal Helminths of Two Species of Mouse Opossums (Marmosa demerarae and Marmosa murina) from French Guiana, Beth Byles, Francois Catzeflis, R Philip Scheibel, and Agustin Jimenez-Ruiz
The Amphibians and Reptiles of Manu National Park and Its Buffer Zone, Amazon Basin and Eastern Slopes of the Andes, Peru, Alessandro Catenazzi, Edgar Lehr, and Rudolf von May
Duck Productivity in Restored Species-Rich Native and Species-Poor Non-Native Plantings, Ryan Haffele, Michael E. Eichholz, and Cami S. Dixon
Using Pectoral Fin Rays as a Non-lethal Aging Structure for Smallmouth Bass: Precision with Otolith Age Estimates and the Importance of Reader Experience, Neil P. Rude, William D. Hintz, Jacob D. Norman, Kenson L. Kanczuzewski, Andrew J. Yung, Keith D. Hofer, and Gregory Whitledge
Publications from 2012
Experimental Tree Removal in Tallgrass Prairie: Variable Responses of Flora and Fauna along a Woody Cover Gradient, Aaron L. Alford, Eric C. Hellgren, Ryan Limb, and David M. Engle
High-resolution Niche Models via a Correlative Approach: Comparing and Combining Correlative and Process-based Information, Victor Bogosian III, Eric C. Hellgren, Michael W. Sears, and Raymond W. Moody
PARASITES FROM HUMAN COPROLITES FROM MEXICO ZOONOTIC AND HUMAN PARASITES OF INHABITANTS OF CUEVA DE LOS MUERTOS CHIQUITOS, RIO ZAPE VALLEY, DURANGO, MEXICO., F Agustín Jiménez, Scott L Gardner, Adauto Araújo, Martín Fugassa, Richard H Brooks, Elizabeth Racz, and Karl Reinhard
A New Species of Pterygodermatites (Nematoda: Rictulariidae) from the Incan Shrew Opossum, Lestoros inca, F Agustín Jiménez and Bruce D. Patterson
Four Events of Host Switching in Aspidoderidae (Nematoda) Involve Convergent Lineages of Mammals, F Agustin Jimenez-Ruiz, Scott L Gardner, Graciela Navone, and Guillermo Ortí
Evaluation of δD and δ18O as Natural Markers of Invertebrate Source Environment and Dispersal in the Middle Mississippi River-Floodplain Ecosystem, David J. Myers, Gregory Whitledge, and Matt R. Whiles
A New Species of Molinema (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) in Bolivian Rodents and Emended Description of Litomosoides esslingeri Bain, Petit, and Diagne, 1989., Juliana Notarnicola, F Agustin Jimenez-Ruiz, and Scott L Gardner
Chemical and Electrical Approaches to Sedation of Cobia: Induction, Recovery, and Physiological Responses, Jesse Trushenski, John C. Bowzer, James D. Bowker, and Michael H. Schwarz
Investigación y conservación de la biodiversidad en Perú: importancia del uso de técnicas modernas y procesos administrativos eficientes, Rudolf von May, Alessandro Catenazzi, Ariadne Angulo, Pablo J. Venegas, and César Aguilar
Publications from 2011
Sampling Assemblages of Turtles in Central Illinois: A Case Study of Capture Efficiency and Species Coverage, Robert D. Bluett, Eric M. Schauber, Craig K. Bloomquist, and Douglas A. Brown
New Species of Marsupial Frog (Hemiphractidae: Gastrotheca) from an Isolated Montane Forest in Southern Peru, Alessandro Catenazzi and Rudolf von May
Is Sexual Monomorphism a Predictor of Polygynandry? Evidence from a Social Mammal, the Collared Peccary, Jennifer Daniel Cooper, Peter M. Waser, Eric C. Hellgren, Timothy M. Gabor, and J. A. DeWoody
Survival, Habitat Selection, and Body Condition of the Woodchuck (Marmota monax) across an Urban-rural Gradient, Eric C. Hellgren and Timothy J. Polnaszek
Structure of Parasite Component Communities of Didelphid Marsupials: Insights from a Comparative Study, F Agustín Jiménez, François Catzeflis, and Scott L Gardner
Record of a Sixteen-year-old White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Carbondale, Illinois: a Brief Note., Clayton K. Nielsen, Jennifer L. Swan, and Eric M. Schauber
An Evaluation of Hydrated Lime and Predator Sunfish as a Combined Chemical-Biological Approach for Controlling Snails in Aquaculture Ponds, Matthew R. Noatch and Gregory Whitledge
Habitat Selection by Critically Endangered Florida Panthers across the Diel Period: Implications for Land Management and Conservation, Dave P. Onorato, Marc Criffield, Mark Lotz, Mark Cunningham, Roy McBride, Erin H. Leone, Oron L. Bass Jr., and Eric C. Hellgren
Feasibility of Public-private Partnerships for Swamp Rabbit Conservation., Lyann Rubert, Eric M. Schauber, Clayton K. Nielsen, and Paul D. Scharine
Long-Term PIT and T-Bar Anchor Tag Retention Rates in Adult Muskellunge, Neil P. Rude, Gregory Whitledge, Quinton E. Phelps, and Shawn Hirst
Contrasting Population Characteristics of Yellow Bass (Morone mississippiensis) in Two Southern Illinois Reservoirs, Kurt T. Smith, Neil P. Rude, Matthew R. Noatch, Dawn R. Sechler, Quinton E. Phelps, and Gregory Whitledge
Evaluation of a Stable Isotope Labeling Technique for Mass-Marking Fin Rays of Age-0 Lake Sturgeon, Kurt T. Smith and Gregory Whitledge
Trace element and Stable Isotopic Signatures in Otoliths and Pectoral spines as Potential Indicators of Catfish Environmental History, Kurt T. Smith and Gregory Whitledge
Spatial, Ontogenetic, and Sexual Effects on the Diet of a Teiid Lizard in Arid South America, J van Leeuwen, Alessandro Catenazzi, and M Holmgren
Otolith Trace Element and Stable Isotopic Compositions Differentiate Fishes From the Middle Mississippi River, its Tributaries, and Floodplain Lakes, John M. Zeigler and Gregory Whitledge
Publications from 2010
Quantifying Male-biased Dispersal among Social Groups in the Collared Peccary (Pecari tajacu) Using Analyses Based on mtDNA Variation., J D Cooper, R Vitalis, P M Waser, D Gopurenko, E C Hellgren, T M Gabor, and J A DeWoody
A New Species of Cyclobulura (Nematoda: Subuluridae) from Zaedyus pichiy and Chaetophractus vellerosus (Xenarthra: Dasypodidae) in Argentina, Graciela T Navone, María C Ezquiaga, Juliana Notarnicola, and F Agustín Jiménez-Ruiz
Litomosoides (Nemata: Filarioidea) of Bats from Bolivia with Records for Three Known Species and the Description of a New Species, Juliana Notarnicola, F Agustín Jiménez-Ruíz, and Scott L Gardner
A New Record of Atractus boettgeri (Serpentes: Colubridae), with Notes on Taxonomy and Natural History, Jorge Salazar-Bravo, Julieta Vargas, Agustin Jimenez-Ruiz, and Jay M. Savage
Fin Ray Chemistry as a Potential Natural Tag for Smallmouth Bass in Northern Illinois Rivers, Kurt T. Smith and Gregory Whitledge
Laboratory Evaluation of Two Bioenergetics Models for Brown Trout, Gregory Whitledge, Przemyslaw G. Bajer, and Robert S. Hayward
Assessment of Otolith Chemistry for Identifying Source Environment of Fishes in the Lower Illinois River, Illinois, John M. Zeigler and Gregory Whitledge
Publications from 2009
Is It Time for Timetrees?, Frank E. Anderson
Natural History of Coastal Peruvian Solifuges with a Redescription of Chinchippus peruvianus and an additional new species (Arachnida, Solifugae, Ammotrechidae), Alessandro Catenazzi, Jack O. Brookhart, and Paula E. Cushing
Searching for Threshold Shifts in Spawner–recruit Data, James E. Garvey, Russell A. Wright, and Elizabeth A. Marschall
Heretical DNA sequences?, David G. King and Yechezkel Kashi
Modeling Marine Protected Areas for Threatened Eiders in a Climatically Changing Bering Sea, James R. Lovvorn, Jacqueline M. Grebmeier, Lee W. Cooper, Joseph K. Bump, and Samantha E. Richman
Ontogenetic Patterns of Agonistic Behavior in a Guild of Larval Ambystomatid Salamanders, Cy L. Mott and Donald W. Sparling
Habitat Characteristics of Black Crappie Nest Sites in an Illinois Impoundment, Quinton E. Phelps, Adam M. Lohmeyer, Nicholas C. Wahl, John M. Zeigler, and Gregory W. Whitledge
Quantifying a Dynamic Risk Landscape: Heterogeneous Predator Activity and Implications for Prey Persistence, Eric M. Schauber, Matthew J. Connors, Brett J. Goodwin, Clive G. Jones, and Richard S. Ostfeld
Reproductive Biology of Middle Mississippi River Shovelnose Sturgeon: Insights from Seasonal and Age Variation in Plasma Sex Steroid and Calcium Concentrations, Michael T. Stahl, Gregory Whitledge, and Anita M. Kelly
Declining Recruitment and Growth of Shovelnose Sturgeon in the Middle Mississippi River: Implications for Conservation, Sara J. Tripp, Robert E. Colombo, and James E. Garvey
Maturation and Reproduction of Shovelnose Sturgeon in the Middle Mississippi River, Sara J. Tripp, Quinton E. Phelps, Robert E. Colombo, James E. Garvey, Brooks M. Burr, David P. Herzog, and Robert A. Hrabik
Saturated Lipid Sources in Feeds for Sunshine Bass: Alterations in Production Performance and Tissue Fatty Acid Composition, Jesse T. Trushenski
Influence of Grow-Out Feed Fatty Acid Composition on Finishing Success in Nile Tilapia, Jesse T. Trushenski, John Boesenberg, and Christopher C. Kohler
Potential, Implications and Solutions Regarding the Use of Rendered Animal Fats in Aquafeeds, Jesse T. Trushenski and Rebecca T. Lochmann
Publications from 2008
Feeding Behaviour of the Columbretes Lizard Podarcis atrata, in Relation to Isopoda (Crustaceae) Species: Ligia italica and Armadillo officinalis, Aurora M. Castilla, Bieke Vanhooydonck, and Alessandro Catenazzi