Faculty Publications
This is a collection of publications by faculty and staff in the Department of Biology at the University of Northern Iowa. Due to copyright restrictions, not all faculty and staff publications are available through our institutional repository. Only publications for which we have rights to deposit in our institutional repository are included in the collection.
To view lists of publications by individual biology faculty and staff, see their SelectedWorks profiles.
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Submissions from 1999
Isotretinoin Alters Morphology, Polarity, And Motility Of Neural Crest Cells In Culture, April Smith Orris, Leah C. Banicky, and Darrell J. Wiens
Submissions from 1998
Effects Of Below-Ground Herbivory By Diabrotica Virgifera Virgifera (Coleoptera) On Biomass Allocation And Carbohydrate Storage Of Maize, James P. Dunn and Keri Frommelt
Effects Of Below-Ground Herbivory By Diabrotica Virgifera Virgifera (Col., Chrysomelidea) And Soil Moisture On Leaf Gas Exchange Of Maize, J. P. Dunn and K. Frommelt
Polygenis Martinezbaezi (Siphonaptera: Rhopalopsyllidae) Reared From A Rodent Nest Found In The Peloncillo Mountains Of Southwestern New Mexico, Glenn E. Haas and Nixon Wilson
Phylogenetics Of Lopezia (Onagraceae): Evidence From Chloroplast DNA Restriction Sites, Steve L. O'Kane and Barbara A. Schaal
A 32-Year Demography Of Yellow-Bellied Marmots (Marmota Flaviventris), Orlando A. Schwartz, Kenneth B. Armitage, and Dirk Van Vuren
Iowa Prairie: Original Extent and Loss, Preservation and Recovery Attempts, Daryl D. Smith
Evaporative Water Loss, Corporal Temperature And The Distribution Of Sympatric Fiddler Crabs (Uca) From South Texas, Carl L. Thurman
Locomotor Rhythms In The Fiddler Crab, Uca Subcylindrica, Carl L. Thurman
Submissions from 1997
Arabidopsis Gamosepala And A. Tuemurnica Belong To Neotorularia (Brassicaceae), Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz and Steve L. O'Kane
Nesting Status of the Cooper's Hawk in Iowa: 1988-1996, David. J. Conrads
Heteroblastic Sequence And Leaf Development In Leea Guineensis, J. M. Gerrath and C. R. Lacroix
Opening Doors With Informal Science: Exposure And Access For Our Underserved Students, Leslie S. Jones
Organogenesis Of Fascicled Ear Mutant Inflorescences In Maize (Poaceae), Alan R. Orr, Gretchen Haas, and Marshall D. Sundberg
Book Review - Lost Landscapes and Failed Economies, Tom Vetter
Submissions from 1996
Isolate Specific Detection Of Mycorrhizal Fungi Using Genome Specific Primer Pairs, Jason D. Abbas, B. A.D. Hetrick, and J. E. Jurgenson
Letters To The Editor, Mark L. Bennett, Christopher D. Penrose, Henry M. Bartholomew, and Laura L. Jackson
Interspecific Nutrient Transfer In A Tallgrass Prairie Plant Community, Laura E. Fischer Walter, David C. Hartnett, Barbara A.D. Hetrick, and A. Paul Schwab
Mycorrhizal Response In Wheat Cultivars: Relationship To Phosphorus, B. A.D. Hetrick, G. W.T. Wilson, and T. C. Todd
Nitrogen: It Doesn't Just Go Away, Laura L. Jackson
The Origins Of Arabidopsis Suecica (Brassicaceae) As Indicated By Nuclear RDNA Sequences, Steve L. O'Kane, Barbara A. Schaal, and Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz
Song Repertoire Of The Bobolink: A Reassessment, Jill M. Trainer and Brenda S. Peltz
An Alternative Model For Cell Sheet Migration On Fibronectin During Heart Formation, Darrell J. Wiens
Submissions from 1995
Distribution Of Hydrocarbon-Degrading Microorganisms In Sediments From Prince William Sound, Alaska, Following The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Joan F. Braddock, Jon E. Lindstrom, and Edward J. Brown
Ecological Restoration: A Definition And Comments, Laura L. Jackson, Nikita Lopoukhine, and Deborah Hillyard
Harness Television Power To Improve Problem Solving & Conceptual Understanding In Your Biology Classroom, Derrick R. Lavoie
Acclimation And Adaptive Behavior Of Drosophila Robusta And D. Tripunctata Adults In Response To Combined Temperature And Desiccation Stress, R. McDaniel, E. E. Hostert, and R. D. Seager
Resting Membrane Potentials: A Student Test Of Alternate Hypotheses., C. L. Thurman
Singing Performance, Frequency Matching And Courtship Success Of Long-Tailed Manakins (Chiroxiphia Linearis), Jill M. Trainer and David B. McDonald
Developmental Expression Of Connexins In The Chick Embryo Myocardium And Other Tissues, Darrell Wiens, Lisa Jensen, Jill Jasper, and Jennifer Becker
Submissions from 1994
Domestic Calves (Bos Taurus) Recognize Their Own Mothers By Auditory Cues, Christine H. Barfield, Zuleyma Tang‐Martinez, and Jill M. Trainer
Stream Microcosm Toxicity Tests: Predicting The Effects Of Fenvalerate On Riffle Insect Communities, Dan H. Breneman and Kurt W. Pontasch
Phosphate Uptake By The Yeast, Rhodotorula Rubra, And The Green Alga, Selenastrum Capricornutum Printz, After Phosphate Additions To Steady-State Continuous Cultures, Joan Forshaug Braddock and Edward J. Brown
Predicting Evolutionary Consequences of Greater Reproductive Effort in Tripsacum Dactyloides, a Perennial Grass, Laura L. Jackson and Chester L. Dewald
Inflorescence Development In A Perennial Teosinte: Zea Perennis (Poaceae), A. R. Orr and M. D. Sundberg
Exercise Performance of Birds, David K. Saunders and M. Roger Fedde
Control Of Paraheliotropism In Two Phaseolus Species, Fei Yu and Virginia S. Berg
Submissions from 1993
Tips For Teaching Plant Water Relations, Virginia Berg
Modified Water Regimes Affect Photosynthesis, Xylem Water Potential, Cambial Growth, And Resistance Of Juvenile Pinus Taeda L To Dendroctonus Frontalis (Coleoptera, Scolytidae), J. P. Dunn and P. L. Lorio
Patterns Of Effective Permeability Of Leaf Cuticles To Acids, Hugh D. Hauser, Katherine D. Walters, and Virginia S. Berg
Periodicity And The Influence Of Temperature And Cellular Size In Contractile Vacuole Contraction Intervals, S. Nematbakhsh and B. L. Bergquist
Effect Of Cations On Effective Permeability Of Leaf Cuticles To Sulfuric Acid, Stephen J. Smalley, Hugh D. Hauser, and Virginia S. Berg
Vocal Repertoire Of The Long-Tailed Manakin And Its Relation To Male-Male Cooperation, J. M. Trainer and D. B. McDonald
Submissions from 1992
Early Heart Development In The Chick Embryo: Effects Of Isotretinoin On Cell Proliferation, Α-Actin Synthesis, And Development Of Contractions, Darrell J. Wiens, Tamara K. Mann, Dan E. Fedderson, W. Kimryn Rathmell, and Barbara H. Franck
Submissions from 1991
Vascular Flora of Arend's Kettle, Freda Haffner Kettlehole State Preserve, Dickinson County, Iowa, Edwin L. Freese and William J. Platt
Hybridization And Introgression In White And Yellow Ladyslipper Orchids (Cypripedium Candidum And C. Pubescens), K. Klier, M. J. Leoschke, and J. F. Wendel
Cellular Uptake And Toxicity Study Of Cis-Bis(6-Aminoquinoline) Dichloroplatinum(II), Meiqing Lu, Barton L. Bergquist, and James C. Chang
An Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plant Flora of Guthrie County, Iowa, Dean M. Roosa, Lawrence J. Eilers, and Scott Zager
Ectoparasites Of A Population Of Urban Gray Squirrels In Northern Florida., N. A. Wilson, S. R. Telford, and D. J. Forrester
Submissions from 1990
Changes in a Prairie Bird Population From 1940 to 1989, Neil P. Bernstein, Kristine K. Baker, and Sherry R. Wilmot
Assessment Of The Potential Of The Blue Light Gradient In Soybean Pulvini As A Leaf Orientation Signal, Raymon A. Donahue, Virginia Seymour Berg, and Thomas C. Vogelmann
‘Eve’ In Africa: Human Evolution Meets Molecular Biology, Robert D. Seager
'Eve' in Africa: Human Evolution Meets Molecular Biology, Robert D. Seager
Adaptive Coloration in Texas Fiddler Crabs (Uca), Carl L. Thurman
Submissions from 1989
Employment Prospects In Biotechnology, Jerry D. Davis, Ann J. Korschgen, and Barbara W. Saigo
Ecology of Iowa Drosophila II. Lowland Forest and Sand Prairie, Neil J. Jennings and Robert D. Seager
The Vascular Flora of Pilot Knob State Preserve, William C. Watson
Ectoparasitic Acari Found On Golden Lion Tamarins (Leontopithecus Rosalia Rosalia) From Brazil., N. Wilson, J. M. Dietz, and J. O. Whitaker
Submissions from 1988
Local Ecology and Multiple Mating in a Natural Population of Drosophila melanogaster, R. W. Marks, Robert D. Seager, and L. G. Barr
Assay Of Plant Proteins With Bicinchoninic Acid For High Resolution Two-Dimensional Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis, Alan R. Orr, Brett A. Wagner, Catherine T. Howard, and Orlando A. Schwartz
Submissions from 1987
Plant Cuticle As A Barrier To Acid Rain Penetration., V. S. Berg
A 12-Year Study Of Vegetation And Mammal Succession On A Reconstructed Tallgrass Prairie In Iowa., O. A. Schwartz and P. D. Whitson
Submissions from 1986
Quantifying Intracellular Water Regulation In A Single-Celled Organism, Barton L. Bergquist
The Interaction Of Cadmium With Calcium And Cisplatin With Chloride - Effect On The Locomotor Rate Of Tetrahymena Pyriformis, Barton L. Bergquist, Ellen Wyttenbach, and Eugene C. Bovee
“Visualization” Of Biochemical Pathways With Enzyme Markers, Alan R. Orr
Genetics And The Conservation Of Mountain Sheep Ovis Canadensis Nelsoni, Orlando A. Schwartz, Vernon C. Bleich, and Stephen A. Holl
Submissions from 1985
Ecology of Iowa Drosophila I. Lowland Forest, Neil J. Jennings, Edward Pilkington, and Robert D. Seager
Catalog of Brown-headed Cowbird Hosts from Iowa, Peter E. Lowther
Learning How To Observe The Behavior Of Animals A Laboratory Exercise, E. Russell TePaske
Submissions from 1984
Status of Four Orchid Species at Silver Lake Fen Complex, Sara Carroll, Robert L. Miller, and Paul D. Whitson
The Vegetation of the Paleozoic Plateau, Northeastern Iowa, David C. Glenn-Lewin, Roger H. Laushman, and Paul D. Whitson
Repeat of a 1916 Bird Census in Northwestern Iowa, Peter E. Lowther
Iowa's Driftless Area: Symposium, Daryl D. Smith
Submissions from 1982
Writing In Biology: One Way To Improve Analytical Thinking, E. Russell TePaske
Submissions from 1981
Dandelion Floral Stems: A Model For Teaching Cellular Tonicity, Barton L. Bergquist
A Checklist of the Vascular Flora of Lee County, Iowa, James H. Peck, Thomas G. Lammers, Burton W. Haglan, Dean M. Roosa, and Lawrence J. Eilers
Iowa Prairie - An Endangered Ecosystem, Daryl D. Smith
Teaching About Survival: Some Hidden Assumptions, E. Russell TePaske
Submissions from 1980
Creationism In Iowa, Jack A. Gerlovich, Karl E. Goellner, Stanley C. Grant, Robert W. Hanson, Donald M. Huffman, Clifford G. McCollum, Lois H. Tiffany, and Stanley L. Weinberg
The Vascular Flora of Starr's Cave State Preserve, Thomas G. Lammers
A Checklist of the Vascular Flora of Allamakee County, Iowa, James H. Peck, Dean M. Roosa, and Lawrence J. Eilers
The Decapod Crustaceans of Iowa, Gary S. Phillips
Submissions from 1979
A Nesting Anomaly of Vespula maculifrons (Buysson) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), Mary Coziahr and A. C. Haman
Biobank, a Computerized Data Storage and Processing System for the Vascular Flora of Iowa, Lawrence J. Eilers
Two New Species Of The Genus Dermacarus Haller, 1880 (Acari: Glycyphagidae), A. Fain, J. R. Philips, and N. Wilson
Ursicoptes Procyoni Spec. Nov. (Acari: Astigmata: Audycoptidae) From The Raccoon, Procyon Lotor, In U.S.A., A. Fain and N. Wilson
Submissions from 1978
Quantitative Character Analysis For A New Variety Of Synedra Cyclopum (Bacillariophyceae), Gregg A. Cunningham and Paul D. Whitson
Influence Of Ovarian Steroids On Calcification And Growth Of Bone Epiphyses, R. J. Simpson and D. M. Acuff
Submissions from 1977
Notes on the Odonata of the Cedar-Iowa River Basin, M. S. Hummel and A. C. Haman
Creation-Evolution Controversy, David V. McCalley
Obta Selection Process, David V. McCalley
Ectoparasites From Fruit Bats And Rats On Niue Island, Nixon Wilson and Kazimierz Wodzicki
Submissions from 1976
Man and His Technology, Clifford G. McCollum
Submissions from 1975
History of Studies on the Iowa Vascular Flora, Lawrence J. Eilers
Submissions from 1974
The Flora of Brush Creek Canyon State Preserve, Lawrence J. Eilers
Effects of Estrogen and Progesterone on Serum Ionized and Total Calcium in Ovariectomized Rats, Edward L. Hatcher and Robert J. Simpson
Submissions from 1973
Notes on the Pupation of the Sawfly, Trichiosoma triangulum (Hymenoptera), Betty J. Burch
Siphonaptera Mammal Relationships In Northcentral New Mexico, G. E. Haas, R. P. Martin, M. Swickard, and B. E. Miller
Submissions from 1972
Lacewing Experiment Is A Success, C. Haman
