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Submissions from 2010
Tourist Behavior and Decibel Levels Correlate with Threat Frequency in Tibetan Macaques (Macaca thibetana) at Mt. Huangshan, China, Lucy A. Ruesto, Lori K. Sheeran, Megan D. Matheson, Jin-Hua Li, and R. Steven Wagner
A model for Chagas disease with controlled spraying, Anna Maria Spagnuolo, Meir Shillor, and Gabrielle A. Stryker
Activty Patterns of the Desert Nightsnake (Hypsiglena chlorophaea), Robert E. Weaver
Diet and Reproductive Ecology of the Desert Nightsnake (Hypsiglena chlorophaea) in Central Washington State, Robert E. Weaver
Diet and Foraging Behavior of the Terrestrial Gartersnake (Thamnophis Elegans) Along a Stream Within the Shrub-Steppe of Central Washington State, Robert E. Weaver, Blake A. Bauer, Kendra S. Weaver, Daniel C. McEwen, and William H. Clark
Foxn1 Gene Knockout Suppresses Sexual Attractiveness and Pheromonal Components of Male Urine in Inbred Mice, Jian-Xu Zhang, Lixing Sun, and Yao-Hua Zhang
Submissions from 2009
Herbivory by an invasive snail increases nitrogen fixation in a nitrogen-limited stream, Clay Porter Arango, Leslie Anne Riley, Jennifer Leah Tank, and Robert Ogden Hall Jr.
Taxonomic and biogeographic implications of a phylogenetic analysis of the Campanulaceae based on three chloroplast genes, Rosemarie C. Haberle, Ashley Dang, Tammy Lee, Cynthia Peñaflor, Helen Cortes-Burns, Andrea Oestreich, Linda Raubeson, Nicoletta Cellinese, Erika J. Edwards, Sang-Tae Kim, William M.M. Eddie, and Robert K. Jansen
The effect of land use on dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen uptake in streams, Laura T. Johnson, Jennifer L. Tank, and Clay P. Arango
What determines the success or failure of intracellular cutaneous parasites? Lessons learned from leishmaniasis, Marcus Maurer, Blaise Dondji, and Esther von Stebut
Sequences of Tibetan Macaque (Macaca thibetana) and Tourist Behaviors at Mt. Huangshan, China, Maureen S. McCarthy, Megan D. Matheson, Jack D. Lester, Lori K. Sheeran, and Jin-Hua Li
Peer-Led Team Learning: A Prospective Method for Increasing Critical Thinking in Undergraduate Science Courses, Ian J. Quitadamo, C. Jayne Brahler, and Gregory J. Crouch
Effects of the pathogenic water mold Saprolegnia ferax on survival of amphibian larvae, John M. Romansic, Kristin A. Diez, Elise M. Higashi, James E. Johnson, and Andrew R. Blaustein
The LaryngoscopeVC2009 The American Laryngological,Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc.Anti-Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 Antibody’s Effect on Noise Damage, Michael D. Seidman, Wenxue Tang, Najeeb Shirwany, Uma Bai, Cory J. Rubin, Joseph P. Henig, and Wayne S. Quirk
Molecular Phylogeny and Genetic Identification of Populations of Two Species of Feirana Frogs (Amphibia: Anura, Ranidae, Dicroglossinae, Paini) Endemic to China, Bin Wang, Jianping Jiang, Feng Xie, Xiaohong Chen, Alain Dubois, Gang Liang, and R. Steven Wagner
Uropygial gland volatiles may code for olfactory information about sex, individual, and species in Bengalese finches Lonchura striata, Jian-Xu Zhang, Lixing Sun, and Ming-Xue Zuo
Submissions from 2008
Land use influences the spatiotemporal controls on nitrification and denitrification in headwater streams, Clay P. Arango and J. L. Tank
Assimilatory uptake rather than nitrification and denitrification determines nitrogen removal patterns in streams of varying land use, Clay P. Arango, J. L. Tank, L. T. Johnson, and S. K. Hamilton
Seed Invasion Filters and Forest Fire Severity, Tom R. Cottrell, Paul F. Hessburg, and Jonathan A. Betz
Spatial and Temporal Patterns in the Microbial Diversity of a Meromictic Soda Lake in Washington State, Pedro A. Dimitriu, Holly C. Pinkart, Brent M. Peyton, and Melanie R. Mormile
DNA Barcoding as a Means to Identify Organisms associated with Amphibian Eggs, James E. Johnson, Susan F. Belmont, and R. Steven Wagner
Ecology and Ontogenetic Variation of Diet in the Pigmy Short-Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma Douglasii), Megan E. Lahti and Daniel D. Beck
Male panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) urine contains kinship information, DingZhen Liu, RongPing Wei, GuiQuan Zhang, Hong Yuan, ZhiPeng Wang, Lixing Sun, JianXu Zhang, and HeMin Zhang
The complete plastid genome sequence of Welwitschia mirabilis: an unusually compact plastome with accelerated divergence rates, Skip R. McCoy, Jennifer V. Kuehl, Jeffrey L. Boore, and Linda A. Raubeson
Community-based Inquiry Improves Critical Thinking in General Education Biology, Ian J. Quitadamo, Celia L. Faiola, James E. Johnson, and Martha J. Kurtz
The Parallel Worm Tracker: A Platform for Measuring Average Speed and Drug-Induced Paralysis in Nematodes, Daniel Ramot, Brandon E. Johnson, Tommie L. Berry Jr., Lucinda Carnell, and Miriam B. Goodman
Fe(III), Cr(VI), and Fe(III) mediated Cr(VI) reduction in alkaline media using a Halomonas isolate from Soap Lake, Washington, Michael R. VanEngelen, Brant M. Peyton, Melanie R. Mormile, and Holly C. Pinkart
Potential Chemosignals in the Anogenital Gland Secretion of Giant Pandas, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, Associated with Sex and Individual Identity, Jian-Xu Zhang, Dingzhen Liu, Lixing Sun, Rongping Wei, Guiquan Zhang, Honglin Wu, Hemin Zhang, and Chenghua Zhao
Dual Role of Preputial Gland Secretion and its Major Components in Sex Recognition of Mice, Jian-Xu Zhang, Ying-Juan Liu, Jin-Hua Zhang, and Lixing Sun
Cohabitation impaired physiology, fitness and sex-related chemosignals in golden hamsters, Jian-Xu Zhang, Xiao-Ping Rao, Lixing Sun, Da-Wei Wang, Dingzhen Liu, and Chenghua Zhao
Sex- and Gonad-Affecting Scent Compounds and 3 Male Pheromones in the Rat, Jian-Xu Zhang, Lixing Sun, Jin-Hua Zhang, and Zhi-Yong Feng
Sex- and gonad-affecting scent compounds and 3 male pheromones in the rat, Jian-Xu Zhang, Lixing Sun, Jin-Hua Zhang, and Zhi-Yong Feng
Submissions from 2007
Heads or tails? Sexual dimorphism in helodermatid lizards, C. M. Gienger and Daniel D. Beck
Analysis of 81 genes from 64 plastid genomes resolves relationships in angiosperms and identifies genome-scale evolutionary patterns, Robert K. Jansen, Zhengqiu Cai, Linda A. Raubeson, Henry Daniell, Claude W. dePamphilis, James Leebens-Mack, Kai F. Müller, Mary Guisinger-Bellian, Rosemarie C. Haberle, Anne K. Hansen, Timothy W. Chumley, Seung-Bum Lee, Rhiannon Peery, Joel R. McNeal, Jennifer V. Kuehl, and Jeffrey L. Boore
Postglacial range expansion from northern refugia by the wood frog, Rana sylvatica, Julie A. Lee-Yaw, Jason T. Irwin, and David M. Green
Learning to Improve: Using Writing to Increase Critical Thinking Performance in General Education Biology, Ian J. Quitadamo and Martha J. Kurtz
Comparative chloroplast genomics: analyses including new sequences from the angiosperms Nuphar advena and Ranunculus macranthus, Linda A. Raubeson, Rhiannon Peery, Timothy W. Chumley, Chris Dziubek, H. Matthew Fourcade, Jeffrey L. Boore, and Robert K. Jansen
Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria in Soap Lake (Washington State), a Meromictic, Haloalkaline Lake with an Unprecedented High Sulfide Content, Dimitry Y. Sorokin, Mirjam Foti, Holly C. Pinkart, and Gerard Muyzer
Putative Chemical Signals about Sex, Individuality, and Genetic Background in the Preputial Gland and Urine of the House Mouse (Mus musculus), Jian-Xu Zhang, Xiao-Ping Rao, Lixing Sun, Chen-Hua Zhao, and Xiao-Wei Qin
Chronic Exposure of Cat Odor Enhances Aggression, Urinary Attractiveness and Sex Pheromones of Mice, Jian-Xu Zhang, Lixing Sun, Kevin E. Bruce, and Milos V. Novotny
Mice Respond Differently to Urine and Its Major Volatile Constituents from Male and Female Ferrets, Jian-Xu Zhang, Lixing Sun, and Milos Novotny
Submissions from 2006
Effects of ultraviolet-B radiation on leaf morphology of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. (Brassicaceae), Maria Regina Torres Boeger and Mary E. Poulson
Do Anogenital Gland Secretions of Giant Panda Code for Their Sexual Ability?, Liu Dingzhen, Yuan Hong, Tian Hong, Wei Rongping, Zhang Guiquan, Lixing Sun, Wang Liwen, and Sun Ruyong
The basidiomycete genus Favolaschia in New Zealand, P. R. Johnson, S. R. Whitton, P. K. Buchanan, D. Park, S. R. Pennycook, James E. Johnson, and J. M. Moncalvo
Perchlorate and Nitrate Remediation Efficiency and Microbial Diversity in a Containerized Wetland Bioreactor, Paula Krauter, Bill Daily Jr., Valerie Dibley, Holly Pinkart, and Tina Legler
Stereotypic Behavior and Fecal Cortisol Level in Captive Giant Pandas in Relation to Environmental Enrichment, Juan Liu, Yue Chen, Liran Guo, Bo Gu, Hui Liu, Anyan Hou, Xuefeng Liu, Lixing Sun, and Dingzhen Liu
Phylogeography and Spatial Genetic Structure of the Southern Torrent Salamander: Implications for Conservation and Management, Mark P. Miller, Susan M. Haig, and R. Steven Wagner
Response of Photosynthesis to High Light and Drought for Arabidopsis thaliana Grown Under a UV-B Enhanced Light Regime, Mary E. Poulson, Maria Regina Torres Boeger, and Raymon A. Donahue
Efeitos da radiação ultravioleta-B sobre a morfologia foliar de Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. (Brassicaceae), Maria Regina Torres Boeger and Mary Poulson
Standard-Level Herbivory in an Old-Growth Conifer Forest Canopy, David C. Shaw, Kristina A. Ernest, H. Bruce Rinker, and Margaret D. Lowman
Phylogeography and Genetic Identification of Newly-Discovered Populations of Torrent Salamanders (Rhyacotriton cascadae and R. variegates) In the Central Cascades (USA)., R. Steven Wagner, Mark P. Miller, and Susan M. Haig
Distance-Based Genome Rearrangement Phylogeny, Li-San Wang, Tandy Warnow, Bernard M.E. Moret, Robert K. Jansen, and Linda A. Raubeson
The effect of male competition on female choice in Brandt’s vole, Lasiopodomys brandti, Jianjun Zhang, Dazhao Shi, and Lixing Sun
Submissions from 2005
Sublethal Effects of the Herbicide Glyphosate on Amphibian Metamorphosis and Development, K. Cauble and R. Steven Wagner
Summer Soil Temperatures On Algific Talus Slopes In Northeast Iowa, Tom R. Cottrell and Kyle S. Strode
Nitrincola lacisaponensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from an alkaline, saline lake, Pedro A. Dimitriu, Sanjay K. Shukla, Jennifer Conradt, M. Carmen Márquez, Antonio Ventosa, Anne Maglia, Brent A. Peyton, Holly C. Pinkart, and Melanie R. Mormile
ATLes: The Strategic Application of Web-Based Technology to Address Learning Objectives and Enhance Classroom Discussion in a Veterinary Pathology Course, Stephen A. Hines, Peggy L. Collins, Ian J. Quitadamo, C. Jayne Brahler, Cameron D. Knudson, and Gregory J. Crouch
Methods for Obtaining and Analyzing Whole Chloroplast Genome Sequences, Robert K. Jansen, Linda A. Raubeson, Jeffrey L. Boore, Claude W. dePamphilis, Timothy W. Chumley, Rosemarie C. Haberle, Stacia K. Wyman, Andrew J. Alverson, Riannon Peery, Sallie J. Herman, H. Matthew Fourcade, Jennifer V. Kuehl, Joel R. McNeal, James Leebens-Mack, and Liying Cui
Identifying the Basal Angiosperm Node in Chloroplast Genome Phylogenies: Sampling One's Way Out of the Felsenstein Zone, Jim Leebens-Mack, Linda A. Raubeson, Liying Cui, Jennifer V. Kuehl, Matthew H. Fourcade, Timothy W. Chumley, Jeffrey L. Boore, Robert K. Jansen, and Claude W. dePamphilis
Conflicting patterns of genetic structure produced by nuclear and mitochondrial markers in the Oregon slender salamander (Batrachoseps wrighti): Implications for conservation efforts and species management, Mark P. Miller, Susan M. Haig, and R. Steven Wagner
Interactions between rainbow trout and bridgelip sucker spawning in a small Washington stream, Andrew R. Murdoch, Paul W. James, and Todd N. Pearsons
The Effect of Engaging Prior Learning on Student Attitudes toward Creationism and Evolution, Steven D. Verhey
Geographic variation, genetic structure, and conservation unit designation in the Larch Mountain salamander (Plethodon larselli), R. Steven Wagner, Mark P. Miller, Charles M. Crisafulli, and Susan M. Haig
Submissions from 2004
Other Varanoids, Daniel D. Beck, Eric R. Pianka, and Mark A. Norell
Energetic cost of development through metamorphosis for the seastar Mediaster aequalis (Stimpson), Patrick J. Bryan
Chloroplast DNA rearrangements in Campanulaceae: phylogenetic utility of highly rearranged genomes, Mary E. Cosner, Linda A. Raubeson, and Robert K. Jansen
Capturing Difficult Botanical Concepts with a Net of Previous Knowledge, Tom R. Cottrell
Truffle abundance and mycophagy by northern flying squirrels in eastern Washington forests, John F. Lehmkuhl, Laura E. Gould, Efren Cázares, and David R. Hosford
Age-related Hearing Loss and its Association with Reactive Oxygen Species and Mitochondrial DNA damage, Michael D. Seidman, Nadir Ahmad, Dipa Joshi, Jake Seidman, Sujatha Thawani, and Wayne S. Quirk
The Control of Color Change in the Pacific Tree Frog, Hyla regilla, James C. Stegen, C. M. Gienger, and Lixing Sun
The control of color change in the Pacific tree frog, Hyla regilla, James C. Stegen, C. M. Gienger, and Lixing Sun
Heritability of kinship pheromone in the beaver: How is information about relatedness coded?, Lixing Sun and Dietland Muller-Schwarze
Anogenital Gland Secretions Code for Sex and Age in the Giant Panda, Ailuropoda Melanoleuca, Hong Yuan, Dingzhen Liu, Lixing Sun, Rongping Wei, Guiquan Zhang, and Ruyong Sun
Influence of increasing number of mating partners on mating behaviour and reproduction in Brandt’s voles, Jianjun Zhang, Zhibin Zhang, and Lixing Sun
Influence of male surgical sterilization on the copulatory behavior and reproduction of Brandt's vole, Jianjun Zhang, Zhibin Zhang, and Lixing Sun
Submissions from 2003
Habitat use by Gila Monsters: The importance of shelters, Daniel D. Beck and Randy D. Jennings
A Comparative Study of the Non-acidic Chemically Mediated Antifoulant Properties of Three Sympatric Species of Ascidians Associated with Seagrass Habitats, Patrick Bryan, James Mcclintock, Marc Slattery, and Daniel Rittschof
Diel microhabitat use of age-0 bull trout in Indian Creek, Washington, Matt C. Polacek and Paul W. James
Effects of Resveratrol on Acoustic Trauma, Michael Seidman, Seilesh Babu, Wenxue Tang, Emad Naem, and Wayne S. Quirk
Effects of Weasel Odor on Behavior and Physiology of Two Hamster Species, Jian-Xu Zhang, Cheng Cao, Heng Gao, Zhong-Shun Yang, Lixing Sun, Zhi-Bin Zhang, and Zu-Wang Wang
Possible Coding for Recognition of Sexes, Individuals and Species in Anal Gland Volatiles of Mustela eversmanni and M. sibirica, Jian-Xu Zhang, Jia Ni, Xue-Jie Ren, Lixing Sun, Zhi-Bin Zhang, and Zu-Wang Wang
Possible coding for recognition of sexes, individuals and species in anal gland volatiles of Mustela eversmanni and M. Sibirica, Jian-Xu Zhang, Jia Ni, Xue-Jie Ren, Lixing Sun, Zhi-Bin Zhang, and Zu-Wang Wang
Submissions from 2002
Student critical thinking is enhanced by developing exercise prescriptions using online learning modules, C. Jayne Brahler, Ian J. Quitadamo, and Emily C. Johnson
Dry season habitat use by lizards in a tropical deciduous forest of western Mexico, C. M. Gienger, Daniel D. Beck, Nathan C. Sabari, and Della L. Stumbaugh
Anti-predation does not fully explain grouping in the Chinese water deer (Hydropotes Inermis), Lixing Sun
Volatile Compounds in Anal Gland of Siberian Weasels (Mustela sibirica) and Steppe Polecats (M. eversmanni), Jian-Xu Zhang, Lixing Sun, Zhi-Bin Zhang, Zu-Wang Wang, Yi Chen, and Rui Wang
Submissions from 2001
Using current protection status to assess conservation priorities, Kelly M. Cassidy, Christian E. Grue, Michael R. Smith, Richard E. Johnson, Karen M. Dvornich, Kelly R. McAllister, Philip W. Mattocks Jr., and Keith B. Aubry
Effects of simulated rodent herbivory on Carey's balsamroot (Balsamorhiza careyana): compensatory leaf growth, Kristina A. Ernest and Ryanne K. Fry
Aerobic Biodegradation of Methyl tert-Butyl Ether by Aquifer Bacteria from Leaking Underground Storage Tank Sites, S. R. Kane, H. R. Beller, T. C. Legler, C. J. Koester, Holly C. Pinkart, R. U. Halden, and A. M. Happel
Submissions from 2000
Low-substrate regulated microaerophilic behavior as a stress response of aquatic and soil bacteria, Raja Mazumder, Holly C. Pinkart, Patrick S. Alban, Tommy J. Phelps, and Robert E. Benoit
Dispersal pattern and effective population size of the beaver, Lixing Sun, Dietland Muller-Schwarze, and Bruce A. Schulte
Trade-off in short- and long-distance communication in túngara (Physalaemus pustulosus) and cricket (Acris crepitans) frogs, Lixing Sun, Walter Wilczynski, A. Stanley Rand, and Michael J. Ryan
Integrated cell biology/biochemistry/molecular genetics laboratories: the cytoplasmic genome projects, Steven D. Verhey
Submissions from 1999
Use of anal gland secretion to distinguish the two beaver species Castor canadensis and C. fiber, Frank Rosell and Lixing Sun
Submissions from 1998
Anal Gland Secretion Codes for Family Membership in the Beaver, Lixing Sun and Dietland Muller-Schwarze
Anal Gland Secretion Codes for Relatedness in the Beaver, Castor canadensis, Lixing Sun and Dietland Muller-Schwarze
Beaver response to recurrent alien scents: scent fence or scent match?, Lixing Sun and Dietland Müller-Schwarze
Submissions from 1996
Threatened fishes of the world: Percina pantherina (Moore & Reeves, 1955) (Percidae), Paul W. James
Submissions from 1988
Migratory birds of central Washington as reservoirs of Campylobacter jejuni, Robert E. Pacha, Glen W. Clark, E. A. Williams, and A. M. Carter