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RTP Program Highlights

Updated: 27 December 2006

Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of Natural History

Research Training Program

Publications, Presentations, Acknowledgments
1980 - 2006

Collaborations between Research Training Program participants and their NMNH mentors have resulted in over 142 authored or co-authored publications, 60 presentations at scientific meetings, and over 5 manuscripts in preparation.


Publications
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PUBLICATIONS
Research Training Program participant designated by bold type.

Almany, G.R. and C.C. Baldwin. 1996. A new Atlantic species of Acanthemblemaria (Teleostei: Blennioidei: Chaenopsidae), morphology and relationships. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 109(3): 419-429.

Anderson, R.P. and C.O. Handley, Jr. 2001. A new species of three-toed sloth (Mammalia: Xenarthra) from Panama, with a review of the genus Bradypus. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 114(1): 1-33.

Anderson, R.P. and C.O. Handley, Jr. 2002. Dwarfism in insular sloths: Biogeography, selection, and evolutionary rate. Evolution 56(5): 1045-1058.

Anderson, R.P. and P. Jarrin-V., Jr. 2002. A New Species of Spiny Pocket Mouse (Heteromyidae: Heteromys) Endemic to Western Ecuador. A. M. Novitates: 3382, 26pp., 5 figures, 2 tables.

Anderson, W.D. and B.B. Collette. 1991. Revision of the freshwater viviparous halfbeaks of the genus Hemirhamphodon (Teleostei: Hemiramphidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters 2(2): 151-176.

Aschliman, N.C. I.R. Tibbetts, and B. B. Collette. 2005. Relationships of sauries and needlefishes (Teleostei: Scomberesocoidea) to the internally fertilizing halfbeaks (Zenarchopteridae) based on the pharyngeal jaw apparatus.Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 118(2):416-427.

Baker, E.A. and B.B. Collette. 1998. Mackerel from the northern Indian Ocean and the Red Sea are Scomber australasicus, not Scomber japonicus. Ichthyol. Res. 45(1): 29-33.

Baker, R. and W.A. DiMichele. 1997. Biomass allocation in Late Pennsylvania coal-swamp plants. Palaios 12: 127-132.

Baldwin, C.C. and W.L. Smith. 1998. Belonoperca pylei, a new species of seabass (Teleostei: Serranidae: Epinephelinae: Diploprionini) from Cook Islands with comments on relationships among diploprionins. Ichthyological Research 45: 325-339

Beard, K.H. and P.T. DePriest. 1996. Genetic Variation within and among mats of the reindeer lichen, Cladina subtenuis (des Abb.) Hale & W. Culb. Lichenologist 28: 171-182.

Boulay, M.C. and C.B. Robbins. 1989. Epomophorus gambianus. Mammalian Species 344:1-5.

Brandley, M.C. and K. de Queiroz. 2004. Phylogeny, ecomorphological evolution, and historical biogeography of the Anolis cristatellus series. Herpetological Monographs 18: 90-126.

Brandley, M.C. and K. de Queiroz. 2002. The phylogenetic history of the Anolis cristatellus group: a morphological and molecular analysis using frequency parsimony and maximum likelihood methods. 2002 meeting of the Society of Systematic Biologists and the Society for the Study of Evolution, Champaign-Urbana, IL.

Brown, J.W. and K. Bash. 2000. The Lepidoptera of Marine Corps station Miramar: calculating faunal similarity among sampling sites and estimating total species richness. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 36:45-78.

Brown, J.W. and A. Cramer. 1999. Five new species of Argyrotaenia (Tortricidae: Archipini) from Mexico and the Southwestern United States. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 53(3): 114-125.

Brown, J. W. and T.Y. McPherson. 2001. Review of Rebinea Razowski and Eliachna Razowski (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini). Two related genera endemic to Chile and Argentina. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 55(4): 129-139.

Carleton, M.D. and C. Martinez. 1991. Morphometric differentiation among West African populations of the rodent genus Dasymys (Muroidea: Murinae), and its taxonomic implications. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 104: 419-435.

Carrel, C. 1991. Tradescantia Research Project. The Palmetto 11(4): 6.

Collette, B.B. and G.B. Gillis. 1992. Morphology, systematics, and biology of the double-lined mackerels (Grammatorcynus: Scombridae). Fishery Bulletin U.S. 90: 13-53.

Collins, E.P. and G.H. Rodda. 1994. Bone layers associated with ecdysis in laboratory-reared Boiga irregularis (Colubridae). Journal of Herpetology 28: 378-381.

DeFilipps, R.A., S.L. Maina, and L.A. Pray. 1988. The Palauan and Yap medicinal plant studies of Masayoshi Okabe, 1941-1943. Atoll Research Bulletin 317: 1-25.

Dikow, T. and W.N. Mathis. 2002. A Revision and Phylogenetic Study of Actocetor Becker (Diptera: Ephydridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 104(2): 249-290.

Dove, C. J. and A. Agreda. 2007. Differences in plumulaceous feather characters of dabbling and diving ducks. Condor 109: 192-199.

Erbacher, J., C. Hemleben, B.T. Huber, and M. Markey. 1999. Correlating environmental changes during early Albanian Oceanic Anoxic Event 1b using benthic foraminiferal paleoecology. Marine Micropaleontology 38: 7-28.

Erbacher, J., B.T. Huber, R.D. Norris, and M. Markey. 2001. Increased thermohaline stratification as a possible cause for an ocean anoxic event in the Cretaceous Period. Nature 409: 325-327.

Faden, R.B. and M.H. Alford. 2001. A new species of Commelina (Commelinaceae) from Tanzania. Novon 11: 16-21.

Faden, R.B. and K.E. Inman. 1996. Leaf anatomy of the African genera of Commelinaceae: Anthericopsis and Murdannia. The Biodiversity of African Plants, Proc. XIVth AETFAT Cong.: 464-471.

Faden, R.B. and D.M. Cameron. 2005. Cyanotis repens (Commelinaceae): A New Species from Tropical Africa. NOVON 15: 110-116.

Falcon, L.I., M. Vecchione, and C.F.E. Roper. 2000. Paralarval gonatid squids (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida) from the mid-North Atlantic. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 113(2): 532-541.

Feinstein, N. and S.D. Cairns. 1998. Learning from the collector: a survey of azooxanthellate corals affixed by Xenophora (Gastropoda: Xenophoridae), with an analysis and discussion of attachment patterns. The Nautilus 112(3): 73-83.

Ferrell, C.S. and D.E. Wilson. 1991. Platyrrhinus helleri. Mammalian Species 373: 1-5.

Foley C.N., Nittler L.R., McCoy T.J., Lim L., Brown M.R.M., Starr R.D. and Trombka J.I. 2006. Minor element evidence that Asteroid 433 Eros is a space-weathered ordinary chondrite parent body. Icarus 184, 338-343.

Fonseca, R. M. and C. M. Pinto. 2004. A New Lophostoma (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae: Phyllostominae) from the Amozonia of Ecuadore Species. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech Univ. #242.

Funk, V.A. and M.F. Zermoglio. 1999. A revision of Chrysactinium (Compositae: Liabeae). Systematic Botany 24: 323-338.

Funk, V.A., M.F. Zermoglio, and N. Nasir. 1999. Testing the use of specimen collection data and GIS in biodiversity exploration and conservation decision making in Guyana. Biodiversity and Conservation 8: 727-751.

Garcia Perez, L. and W.R. Heyer. 1993. Description of the advertisement call and resolution of the systematic status of Leptodactylus gracilis delattini Müller, 1968 (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae). Proc. of the Bio. Soc. of Wash. 106: 51-56.

Gardner, A.L. and C.S. Ferrell. 1990. Comments on the nomenclature of two genera and two species of Neotropical bats. Bat Research News 30(4): 65-66.

Gardner, A.L. and C.S. Ferrell. 1990. Comments on the nomenclature of some Neotropical bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Proc. of the Bio. Soc. of Wash. 103(3): 501-508.

Gargas, A., P.T. DePriest, and N. Ivanova. 1994. Glacier-covered lichens: Sources of ancient DNA. American Journal of Botany Abstract 81: 92

Glenn, T.C., R.S. Ojerio, W. Stephan, and M.J. Braun. 1997. Microsatellite DNA loci for genetic studies of Cranes. In Proceedings of the 7th North American Crane Workshop 7: 36-45.

Hardy, C.R. and R.B. Faden. 2004. Plowmanianthus, a new genus of Commelinaceae with five new species from tropical America. Systematic Botany 29: 316-333.

Helgen, K.M. 2001. First record of Rattus rattus in Botswana. Mammalian Biology 66: 60-62.

Helgen, K.M. and D.E. Wilson. 2001. Additional material of the enigmatic golden-mole, Cryptochloris zyli, with notes on the genus Cryptochloris (Mammalia: Chrysochloridae). African Zoology 36: 110-112.

Helgen, K.M. and D.E. Wilson. 2002. The bats of Flores, Indonesia, with remarks on Asian Tadarida. Breviora 511: 1-12.

Helgen, K.M. and D.E. Wilson. 2002. The history of the raccoons of the West Indies. The Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society XLVIII: 1-11.

Helgen, K.M. and D.E. Wilson. 2003. Taxonomic status and conservation relevance of the raccoons (Procyon spp.) of the West Indies. The Zoological Society of London 259: 69-76.

Helgen, K. M., and D. E. Wilson. 2005. A systematic and zoogeographic overview of the raccoons of Mexico and Central America. Pp. 219-234, in Sanchez-Cordero, V., and R. Medellin, eds. Contribuciones Mastozoologicas en homenaje a Bernardo Villa. Instituto de Biologia e Instituto de Ecologia, UNAM., Mexico city. 500 pp.

Heyer, W.R, J.M. Garcia-Lopez, and A.J. Cardoso. 1996. Advertisement call variation in the Leptodactylus mystaceus species complex (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae) with a description of a new sibling species. Amphibia-Reptilia 17: 7-31.

Heyer, W.R. and L.M. Hardy. 1991. A new species of frog of the Eleutherodactylus lacrimosus assembly from Amazonia, South America (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae). Proc. of the Bio. Soc. of Wash. 104(3): 436-447.

Heyer, W.R. and A.M. Munoz. 1999. Validation of Eleutherodactylus crepitans Bokermann, 1965; Notes on the types and type locality of Telatrema heterodactylum Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937; and description of a new species of Eleutherodactylus from Mato Grosso, Brazil (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae). Proc. of the Bio. Soc. of Wash. 112(1): 1-18.

Heyer, W.R., and Y.R. Reid. 2003. Does advertisement call variation coincide with genetic variation in the genetically diverse frog taxon currently known as Leptodactylus fuscus (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae)?. Ann. Brazilian Acad. Sci. 75(1): 39-54.

Heyer, W.R., and A.S. Thompson. 2000. Leptodactylus rugosus Noble. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 708: 1-5.

Heyer, W.R. and A.J. Wolf. 1989. Physalaemus crombiei (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae), a new frog species from Espirito Santo, Brazil with comments on the P. signifer group. Proc. of the Bio. Soc. of Wash. 102(2): 500-506.

Hoffman, B. 1989. Latin America and the Caribbean botanical workshop. Biological Conservation Newsletter 77:1.

Holcomb, M., Pandolfi, J.M., Macintyre, I.G., and Budd, A.F. 2004 Use of X-radiographs to distinguish members of the Montastraea annularis reef-coral species complex. Hydrobiologia, vol 530/531 p 211-222.

Houston, R.M. and B.T. Huber. 1998. Evidence of photosymbiosis in fossil taxa? Ontogenetic stable isotope trends in some Late Cretaceous planktonic foraminifera. Marine Micropaleontology 34: 29-46.

Houston, R. M., B.T. Huber, and H.J. Spero. 1999. Size-related isotopic trends in some Maastrichtian planktic foraminifera: methodological comparisons, intraspecific variability and evidence for photosymbiosis. Marine Micropaleontology 36: 169-188.

Ivanova, N., P.T. DePriest, V.K. Bobrova, and A.V. Troitsky. 1999. Phylogenetic analysis of the lichen family Umbilicariaceae on the basis of nuclear SSU, ITS1, 5.8S and ITS2 rDNA sequences. Lichenologist 31: 477-489. (Abstract).

Jackson, K. and T. Fritts. 1995. Evidence from tooth morphology for a posterior maxillary origin of the proteroglyph fang. Amphibia-Reptilia 16: 273-288.

Jackson, K. and T.H. Fritts. 1996. Observations of a grooved anterior fang in Psammodynastes pulverulentus: does the mock viper resemble a protoelapid? Journal of Herpetology 30(1): 128-131.

Janovec, J. and H. Robinson. 1997. Charadranaetes, a new genus of the Senecioneae (Asteraceae) from Costa Rica. Novon 7: 162-168.

Jaramillo, M.A. and W.J. Kress. 1997. Phylogenetic relationships of the genera of the family Costaceae. Bulletin of the Heliconia Society 9(1/2): 5-8.

Jarrin-V, P. 2001. Mamiferos en La Niebla. Otonga, un Bobque Nublado del Ecuador. Museo de Zoologia. Centro de Biodiversidad y Ambiente. Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador. 244pp.

Jarrin-V, P. 2003. An unusual record of Peropteryx macrotis (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae) in the Andean highlands of Ecuador. Mammalia: 67(4): 613-615.

Jordan, M.A. and G.H. Rodda. 1994. Identification of sex in Boiga irregularis; implications for population dynamics in Guam. Journal of Herpetology 28: 381-384.

Kalb, H.J. and G.R. Zug. 1989. Skeletochronological age estimates for juvenile Lepidochelys kempii from Atlantic coast of North America. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFC-232: 271-273.

Kalb, H.J. and G.R. Zug. 1990. Age estimates for a population of American Toads, Bufo americanus (Salientia: Bufonidae), in Northern Virginia. Brimleyana 16: 79-86.

Kosnik, M. 1997. Byzantia: A new genus (Gastropoda: Neritopsidae) from the Permian of West Texas. Journal of Paleontology 71(1): 53-56.

Krabbenhoft, T. and T.A. Munroe. 2003. Symphurus bathyspilus: A cynoglossid flatfish (Pleuronectiformes: Cynoglossidae) from deep-waters of the Indo-West Pacific. Copeia (4): 810-817.

Krupnick, G.A. and J. Rubis. 2002. Plant richness and endemism in the Indo-Pacific: Dipterocarpaceae. Pp. 92-98. In Wikramanayake, E., E. Dinerstein, C.J. Loucks, et al. Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Indo-Pacific. Island Press, Washington.

Lassieur, S. and D.E. Wilson. 1989. Lonchorhina aurita. Mammalian Species 347: 1-4.

Maina, S.L., L.A. Pray, and R.A. DeFilipps. 1988. A Historical Note on the Endangered Santalum boninensis (Santalaceae) of the Ogasawara Islands: Early Reports by Takasi Tuyama. Atoll Research Bulletin 319: 19-24.

McCleary, R.J.R. and R.W. McDiarmid. 1993. Phyllorhynchus decurtatus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 580: 1-7.

McDiarmid, R.W. and S.H. Folke. 1991. Tantilla bocourti. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 526: 1-3.

McDiarmid, R.W. and R.J.R. McCleary. 1993. Phyllorhynchus. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 579: 1-5.

Meibom A., Righter K., Chabot N. Dehn G., Antignano A.A., McCoy T.J., Krot A.N., Zolensky M.E., Petaev M.I. and Keil K. 2005. Shock melts in QUE 94411, Hammadah al Hamra 237 and Bencubbin: Remains of the missing matrix. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 40, 1377-1391.

Meisner (Downing), A. and B.B. Collette. 1998. A new species of viviparous halfbeak, Dermogenys bispina (Teleostei: Hemiramphidae) from Sabah (North Borneo). Raffles Bull. Zool. 46(2): 373-380.

Meisner (Downing), A. and B.B. Collette. 1999. Generic relationships of the internally-fertilized southeast Asian halfbeaks (Hemiramphidae: Zenarchopterinae). Proc. 5th Indo-Pacific Fish. Conf., Nouméa, 1997. Soc. Fr. Ichtyol.: 69-76.

Meisner (Downing), A. and K.D. Louie. 2000. Nomorhamphus kolonodalensis, a new species of viviparous halfbeak from Sulawesi (Teleostei: Hemiramphidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters 11: 361-368.

Meisner (Downing), A. 2001. Phylogenetic systematics of the viviparous halfbeak genera Dermogenys and Nomorhamphus (Teleostei: Hemiramphidae: Zenarchopterinae). Zool. J. Linnean Soc. 133: 199-283.

Melson, W.G., J.T. Haynes, T. O'Hearn, R. Hubbell, K.E. Goggin, D.R. Locke, and D. Ross. 1998. K-Shales of the Central Appalachian Paleozoic: Properties and Origin. Shales and Mudstones II: 143-159.

Mikhailova, T.B. 2001. Cartographic analysis of the red fox distribution in European Russia. Vestnik, Moscow Inst. Geography 5(6): 26-33.

Moran, E. and V.A. Funk. 2006. A revision of Erato (Compositae: Liabeae). SYstematic Botany 31(3) 597-609.

Muchhala, N. and P. Jarrin-V. 2002. Flower Visitation by Bats in Cloud Forests of Western Ecuador. Biotropica 34(3): 387-395.

Muchhala, N. and T.A. Munroe. 2004. A new species of Soleichthys (Soleidae: Pleuronectiformes) from tropical seas off northern Australia. Ichthyological Research 51: 57-62.

Munroe, T.A., and B.S. Marsh. 1997. Taxonomic status of three nominal species of Indo-Pacific symphurine tonguefishes (Symphurus: Cynoglossidae: Pleuronectiformes). Ichthyol. Res. 44(2):189-200.

Munroe, T.A. and S.B. Menke.
2004. Two new soleid flatfishes (Pleuronectiformes: Soleidae: Soleichthys) from Australian waters, with a re-description of Soleichthys microcephalus (Gunther). Records of the Australian Museum 56(2): 247-258.

Nemeth (Henriques), D. 1994. Systematics and distribution of the fishes of the family Champsodontidae (Teleostei: Perciformes), with descriptions of three new species. Copeia 1994: 347-371.

Norenburg, J.L., F. Crandall, and A. White. 1992. New supra-littoral hoplonemertines from Florida. American Zoologist 32(5): 136A.

Norenburg, J.L., A.D. Rogers, C. Bustamante, and J.D. Ferraris. 1996. Molecular phylogeny in species of the nemertean genus Lineus. American Zoologist 34(5): 98A.

Obee, E.M. and V.A. Funk. 1993. Population variation in the high elevation Andean species, Werneria nubigena (Compositae: Senecioneae). Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 74:337.

Ober, H. and C.B. Robbins. 1995. Daubentonia madagascariensis. Mammalian Species.

Olson, S.L. and K.G. Eller. 1989. A new species of Painted Snipe (Charadriiformes: Rostratulidae) from the early Pliocene at Langebaanweg, South-Western Cape Province, South Africa. Ostrich 60:118-121.

Owsley, D., K. Bruwelheide, L.W. Cartmell, L.E. Burgess, S. Chang, S.J. Foote, and N. Fielder. 2004. The Man in the iron coffin: an interdisciplinary effort to name the past. Journal of Historical Archaeology.

Parenti, L.R. and A.L. Downing Meisner. 2003. Fishes of the Belait River, Brunei Darussalam, Borneo. Brunei Museum Journal 10: 3-40.

Parenti, L. and K.D. Louie. 1998. Neostethus djajaorum, new species, from Sulawesi, Indonesia, the first phallostethid fish (Teleostei, Atherinomorpha) known from east of Wallace's Line. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 46(1): 1-12.

Parenti, L.R. and K.R. Thomas. 1998. Pharyngeal Jaw Morphology and Homology in Sicydiine Gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae) and Allies. Journal of Morphology 237: 257-274.

Parham, J.F. and G.R. Zug. 1996. Skeletochronology of Loggerhead sea turtles -- a reassessment. (Abstract). NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC-387: 236.

Parham, J.F. and G.R. Zug. 1996. Caretta agassizii: valid or not? Marine Turtle Newsletter 72: 2-4.

Parham, J.F., C.K. Dodd, and G.R. Zug. 1996. Age estimates (skeletochronology) of Red Hills salamander, Phaeognathus hubrichii. J. Herpetol. 30(3): 401-404.

Parham, J.F. and G.R. Zug. 1997. Age and growth of Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) of coastal Georgia: an assessment of skeletochronological age estimates. Bull. Marine Sci. 61(2): 287-304.

Pogue, M.G. and A.C. Laughlin. 2002. A revision of the Genus Bulia Walker (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 56(3) 129-150.

Presswell, B., S.H. Weitzman, and T. Bergquist. 2000. Skiotocharax meizon, a new genus and species of fish from Guyana with a discussion of its relationships (Characiformes: Crenuchidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 11(2): 175-192.

Price, N.A., B.T. Huber, and K.G. MacLeod. In prep. Journal of Paleooceanography. Proposed for publication: Spring 2004.

Puente, R. 1994. Map: Gómez Farías Region and El Cielo Biosphere Reserve. In Davis, S., V. Heywood, and O. Herrera-MacBryde. Centres of Plant Diversity: A guide and strategy for their conservation 3.

Puente, R. and R.B. Faden. 2001. Commelinaceae Spiderwort Family. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 33(1): 19-26.

Quinn, T. 1988. Binational conservation project. Biological Conservation Newsletter 65: 1.

Rao, N. and W.N. Mathis. 1995. A revision of the shore-fly genus Rhysophora Cresson (Diptera: Ephydridae). Proc. of the Ent. Soc. of Wash. 97: 666-688.

Roalson, E.H., A.E. Senters, L.E. Skog, and E.A. Zimmer. 2002. A morphological cladistic analysis of the neotropical flowering plant genus Gasteranthus (Gesneriaceae). Systematic Botany 27(3) 573-591.

Robbins, R.K. and M. Duarte. 2005. Phylogenetic analysis of Cyanophrys Clench, a Synopsis of its species, and the potentially threatened C. Bertha (Jones) (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini) . Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 107(2): 398-416.

Robinson, H. and A.J. Moore. In press. New species and new combinations in Rhysolepis (Heliantheae: Asteraceae). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 117.

Robinson, H. and D.C. Taylor. 1999. The status of the Pitcairnioid genera of the Bromeliaceae. Harvard Papers in Botany 4(1): 195-202.

Rosenshein E.B., M.A. Ivanova, T.L. Dickinson, T.J. McCoy, D.S. Lauretta, Y. Guan, L.A. Leshin and G.K. Benedix. 2006. Oxide-bearing and FeO-rich clasts in aubrites. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 41, 495-503.

Runestad, J.A., C.B. Ruff, J.C. Nieh, R.W. Thorington, and M. Teaford. 1993. Radiographic estimation of long bone cross-sectional geometric properties. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 90: 207-213.

Runyan, A.M. and D.R. Hunt. In press. Dental disease: the root of all evil? Skeletal analysis of the relationship between periodontal and systemic disease. International Journal of Dental Anthropology.

Saarela, J.M., P.M. Peterson, R.J. Soreng, and R.E. Chapman. 2003. A taxonomic revision of the eastern North American and eastern Asian disjunct genus Brachyelytrum (Poaceae): evidence from morphology, phytogeography and AFLPs. Systematic Botany 28(4): 674-692.

Saluke, S.V. and M.G. Pogue. 2000. Resolution of the Elaphria festivaoides (Guenée) species complex (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Proc. of the Ent. Soc. of Wash. 102(2): 233-270.

Schlamp, J. 1991. Review: Canadian Biodiversity Journal. Biological Conservation Newsletter 98:2.

Schultz, T.R., S.A. Solomon, U.G. Mueller, P. Villesen, J.J. Boomsma, R.M.M. Adams, and B. Norden. 2002. Cryptic speciation in the fungus-growing ants Cyphomyrmex longiscapus Weber and Cyphomyrmex muelleri Schultz and Solomon, new species (Formicidae: Attini). Insectes Sociaux 49: 331-343.

Seago, A. and S.W. Lingafelter. 2003. Discovery of the willow flea beetle, Crepidodera bella Parry (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticini), in Maryland and redescription. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 111(1): 51-56.

Siaca, R.A., T.H. Fritts, and C. Marquez. 1996. Patrones de crecimiento de las tortugas gigantes de la Isla de Pinzon, Galapagos. Actas II Congreso Latinoamericano de Herpetologia, Merida, Venezuela, October 1990. Pp. 121-130. In Pefaur, J.E. (editor) Herpetologia Neotropical. Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela.

Siaca, R.A. and T.H. Fritts. 1995. Patrones de crecimiento de las tortugas gigantes (Geochelone ephippium) de la Isla de Pinzon, Galapagos. Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. 19(75): 741-744.

Skog, L.E. and F.F. de Jesus. 1997. A revision of Resia. BioLlania Edicion Especial 6: 515-523.

Spencer, M.A. and L.B. Smith. 1991. Pitcairnia funkiae, a new species from Costa Rica. Journal of the Bromeliad Society 41(5): 214-215.

Taylor, D.C. and H. Robinson. 1999. A rejection of Pepinia (Bromeliaceae: Pitcairnioideae) and taxonomic revisions. Harvard Papers in Botany 4(1): 203-217.

Thorington, R.W., Jr., K. Darrow, and A.D.K. Betts. 1997. Comparative myology of the forelimb of squirrels (Sciuridae). Journal of Morphology 234: 155-182.

Torres-Meija, M. and R.P. Vari. 2005. New species of Creagrutus (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae) from the Río Magdalena basin, Colombia. Copeia 2005 :812-817.

Vari, R.P. and T. Blackledge. 1996. Cyphocharax laticlavus, a new curimatid fish (Ostariophysi: Charciformes) from Amazonian Ecuador, with a major range extension for C. gouldingi. Copeia 1:109-113.

Vicenzi, E. P.; Fisk, M. R.; Treiman, A.; Wilson, S. 2002. Comparison of Clay Minerals Produced During Low-Temperature Alteration of Mafic Rocks from Earth and Mars. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol. 37, Supplement, p.A144.

Vohringer, C. 1987. Book review: Audubon Wildlife Report 1987. Biological Conservation Newsletter 58: 2-3.

Vohringer, C. 1988. Book review: Conservation and management of rare and endangered plants. Biological Conservation Newsletter 59/60: 2-3.

Wilf, P., C.C. Labandeira, K.R. Johnson, P.D. Coley, and A.D. Cutter. 2001. Insect herbivory, plant defense, and early Cenozoic climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98: 6221-6226.

Woodman, N., and J.P.Morgan. 2005. Skeletal morphology of the forefoot in shrews (Mammalia: Soricidae) of the genus Cryptotis, as revealed by digital x-rays. Journal of Morphology 266:60–73.

Yoder, C., D. Ubelaker, and J.F. Powell. 2001. Examination of Variation in Sternal Rib End Morphology Relevant to Age Assessment. Journal of Forensic Science 46(2): 223-227.

Zermoglio, M.F. and V.A. Funk. 1997. A new species of Chrisactimium (Asteraceae, Liabeae) from Chachapoyas, Peru. BioLlania Edicion Especial 6: 565-571.

Zug, G.R. and R.F. Glor. 1998. Skeletochronological age estimates of Green seaturtles living in a developmental habitat. Mem. Resum. 18th Int. Seaturtle Symp. P. 97.

Zug, G.R. and R.F. Glor. 1999. Estimates of age and growth in a population of Green seaturtles Chelonia mydas from the Indian River lagoon system, Florida: a skeletochronological analysis. Canad. J. Zool. [1998] 76: 1497-1506.

Zug, G.R. and H.J. Kalb. 1989. Skeletochronological age estimates for juvenile Lepidochelys kempii from Atlantic coast of North America. Proc. 9th Ann. Workshop Sea Turtle Conserv., NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFC-232: 271-273.

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Zug, G.R. and J.F. Parham. 1996. Age and growth in leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea (Testudines: Dermochelyidae): a skeletochronological analysis. Chelonian Conserv. Biol. 2(2): 231-236.

Zug, G.R. and J.F. Parham. 1997. Age and growth of the leatherback Dermochelys coriacea Proc. 16th Ann. Sea Turtle Symposium. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFC 412:158.


PRESENTATIONS & ABSTRACTS
Research Training Program participant designated by bold type.

Albright, A.L. and M.A. Wise. 2000. Epidote in granitic pegmatites of the Rincon pegmatite district, southern California. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program.

Angarita, H.E. 2001. Diferenciacion de los murciélagos Platyrrhinus de Colombia (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae). II Congreso Colombiano de Zoologia.

Armgardt, E. and E.E. Strong. 2007. Ontogenetic changes in shell microstructure of freshwater gastropods from Lake Tanganyika (Cerithioidea, Paludomidae). SICB Annual Meeting, January 3-7, 2007, Phoenix, AZ.

Baldwin, C.C., A. Hankinsand A. Mauke. 2004. Morphological investigations of Atlantic Ophioblennius (Teleostei: Blenniidae). Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Norman, OK. 26 - 31 May.

Brandley, M. 2002. The phylogenetic history of the Anolis cristatellus group: a morphological and molecular analysis using frequency parsimony and maximum likelihood methods. 2002 meeting of the Society of Systematic Biologists and the Society for the Study of Evolution, Champaign-Urbana, IL.

Campos, N.D. and P. Molloy. 2000. Identifying Etowah site funerary objects based on material criteria. American Archaeology Meetings.

Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. and R.W. McDiarmid. 2004. Observations on the taxonomy, distribution, and conservation status of the centrolenids from Ecuador (Anura: Centrolenidae). Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Norman, OK, 26-31 May.

Cowan, K.A. and T.J. McCoy. 1998. Mass equivalence and brecciation in the Mt. Padbury mesosiderite. In Lunar and Planetary Science XXIX, Abstract #1194, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, March 1998. (CD-ROM).

Dehn, G.A. and T.J. McCoy. 1998. The formation history of the Bencubbin meteorite: A macroscopic analysis. In Lunar and Planetary Science XXIX, Abstract #1193, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, March 1998. (CD-ROM).

Diaz, R. and K. de Queiroz. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships among corytophanine iguanid lizards inferred from morphological characters. SACNAS national conference, Albuquerque, NM. October 2003.

Faden, R.B. and K. Inman. 1996. Leaf anatomy of the African genera of Commelinaceae: Anthericopsis and Murdannia. Proceedings of the XIVth AETFAT Congress, 22 - 27 August 1994, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Pp. 467-471.

Fernandez, M., H. Hamilton, S. Reichle, D. Wilson, R. Heyer, and R. McDiarmid. 2003. Verificando un modelo predictivo de distribucion para anfibios en Bolivia. Décimo Encuentro Latinoamericano de Usuarios de Tecnologías de Información Geográfica, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, September 2003.

Fuentes S. and D.H. Erwin. 2000. Biogeography and Stratigraphy of the Neoproterozoic Ediacaran Fauna. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program.

Gargas, A., P.T. DePriest, and N. Ivanova. 1993. Extracting DNA and amplifying rDNA from glacier-covered lichens. Paper presented. Ancient DNA, 2nd International Conference, Washington, DC, October 1993.

Gargas, A., P.T. DePriest, and N. Ivanova. 1994. Glacier-covered lichens: Sources of ancient DNA. Paper presented. Fifth International Mycological Congress, Vancouver, BC, August 1994.

Gargas, A., P.T. DePriest, and N. Ivanova. 1994. Glacier-covered lichens: Sources of ancient DNA. Paper presented. Annual AIBS Meeting, Knoxville, TN, August 1994.

Greenfest, E.F. and C.C. Labandeira. 1997. Insect folivory on a Lower Permian (Sakmarian) riparian flora from north-central Texas. Geological Society of America, Abstract with Program 29(6): 262.

Hensley T. and J. Luhr. 2000. Regional Geochemical variation of the Central American volcanic arc: tectonic parameters affecting magma chemistry. Geological Society of America, Abstract with Program.

Hissong, E.N. and M.A. Wise. 1994. Alteration of amphibole and plagioclase and associated pegmatites from the Virginia Piedmont. Geological Society of America, Abstract with Program 26(4): 20.

Holladay, L. and B. Huber. 2001. Ontogenetic morphometric comparison of middle-late Eocene pseudohastigerinid planktonic foraminifera using X-radiograph image analysis. Geological Society of America, Abstract with Program.

Ivanova, N., A. Gargas, and P.T. DePriest. 1995. Glacier-covered lichens: Sources of ancient DNA. Poster presented. American Bryological and Lichenological Society Meeting, Jasper, Alberta, August 1995. Abstract, MSA Newsletter.

Johnson, J.J., E.P. Vicenzi, and S.D. Whittaker. 2003. A microchemical investigation of fossilized wood: Biological preservation and the influence of mineralization. Western Inter-University Geological Conference, Vancouver, BC.

Kirkpatrick, T.S. and M.A. Wise. 1995. Chemistry, texture and mineralogy of fine-grained lepidolite bodies from zoned rare-element granitic pegmatites. Geological Society of America, Abstract with Program 27: 469.

Krabbenhoft, T. 2002. A cynoglossid flatfish (Symphurus: Cynoglossidae: Pleuronectiformes) from deep-waters of the Philippine Archipelago. Poster presented. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 82nd Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri, July 3-8.

Langer, K.E. and M.A. Wise. 1995. The development of amazonite in the Morefield pegmatite, Amelia, Virginia. Geological Society of America, Abstract with Program 27: 470.

Locke, D.R. and W.G. Melson. 1996. Geological Society of America, Abstract with Program.

Locke, D.R., W.G. Melson, J.T. Haynes, K.E. Goggin, and T. O'Hearn. 1997. Air-fall Tephran incorporated in shale of the Middle Ordovician Edinburg formation at the classic Tumblingn Run section: the mineralogical record of early taconan volcanism in the Central Appalachians. Geological Society of America, Abstract with Program 40: A-114.

Maloney, J. and M. Wise. 2005. Cathodoluminescence study of feldspars from the Black Mountain pegmatite, Maine.

McCoy T.J., E.B. Rosenshein and T.L. Dickinson. 1999. A unique oxide-bearing clast in the aubrite Allan Hills 84008: Evidence for oxidation during magmatic processes. In Lunar and Planetary Science XXX. (CD-ROM).

McPherson, T. 2001. Phylogenetic analysis of Rebinea Razowski and Eliachna Razowski (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini). The Biodiversity of Guyana: a global perspective for the future. Georgetown, Guyana. 7 - 10 October 2001. Poster. Abstract with program.

Meagher, B. 2003. Looking south of Iceland through volcanic glasses. SACNAS national conference, Albuquerque, NM. October 2003. Poster. Abstract with program.

Menefee, M. 1993. Phylogenetic implications of the facial morphology of the sperm whales (Cetaceae: Odontocedi: Physeteridae). Proceedings from the 10th Biannual Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Galveston, TX, November 1993. Abstract: p. 76.

Norenburg, J.L., F. Crandall, and A. White. 1992. New supra-littoral hoplonemertines from Florida. American Zoologist 32(5): 136A.

Norenburg, J.L., A.D. Rogers, C. Bustamante, and J.D. Ferraris. 1996. Molecular phylogeny in species of the nemertean genus Lineus. American Zoologist 34(5): 98A.

Obordo, C., L. Burrows, and C. Labandeira. 1994. Insect-mediated herbivory from the Late Pennsylvanian and Early Permian red-bed floras of north-central Texas. Geological Society of America, Abstract with Program 26(7): A-59.

O'Connor, K.A. and R.B. Faden. 1996. Leaf anatomy and generic limits in Commelinaceae: the case of Ballya. Botanical Society of America, Abstract with Program 83(6): 183-184.

Palmer, M., C.C. Labandeira, K. Johnson, and W. Wehr. 1998. Diversity and intensity of insect herbivory on the Middle Eocene Republic Flora: comparing the fossil record with the recent. Geological Society of America, Abstract with Programs.

Price, N., B.T. Huber, and K.G. MacLeod. 2003. Planktonic foraminiferal turnover and paleoceanographic change across the Aptian-Albian boundary in the subtropical North Atlantic. Geological Society of America, Abstract with Program.

Raithel, J. and H.F. James. 2000. Sexual dimorphism in the Moa-nalos, extinct, flightless Hawaiian waterfowl. American Ornithology Union 2000 conference.

Reid, Y. and R. Heyer. 2001. Analysis of advertisement calls in the genetically diverse frog Leptodactylus fucus. The Biodiversity of Guyana: a global perspective for the future. Georgetown, Guyana. 7 - 10 October 2001. Poster. Abstract with program.

Ribeiro, A. and R.P. Vari. 2001. Analise filogenetica do genero Oligosarcus Gunther, 1864. (Ostariophysi: Characidae): resultados preliminares. Simposio do Programa BIOTA/FAPESP que ocorrera de 5 - 8 December 2001. Sao Pedro, SP, Brazil.

Richards, C.T., J.L. Norenburg, and F.C. Crandall. 1998. Phylogenetics, slime and the genus Pantinonemertes (Nemertea). American Zoologist. 37(5): 198A.

Robinson, R.K., M.J. Dorais, and M.A. Wise. 1993. Compositional zoning in tourmaline and its relevance to aplite genesis: examples from Southwestern Maine. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 25(6): 216.

Rosenshein E.B., T.J. McCoy, and T.L. Dickinson. 1999. Sulfide-bearing clasts in aubrites: Clues to partial melting. In Lunar and Planetary Science XXX. (CD-ROM).

Rougvie, J.R., E.N. DiMaggio, and S.S. Sorensen. 2001. Polymetasomatic history of ashflow tuff and geochemical evolution during contact metamorphism, Mammoth Crest, California. Geological Society of America, Abstract with Program.

Royer, D. and R. Potts. The spatial distribution of early human tool-making activities one million years ago in the southern Rift Valley of Kenya. Society for American Archaeology (SAA) annual meeting, Montreal, Canada. March 2004. Poster. Abstract with Program.

Runyan, A.M. and D.R. Hunt. 2003. Dental disease: the root of all evil? Skeletal analysis of the relationship between periodontal and systemic disease. 72nd Annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropology, Tempe, AZ. Abstract with Program.

Saarela, J.M., P.M. Peterson, R.J. Soreng, and R.E. Chapman. Paper presented. Annual AIBS Meeting, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 4-7, August 2002.

Saarela, J.M., P.M. Peterson, R.J. Soreng, and R.E. Chapman. Poster presented. Annual AIBS Meeting, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 4-7, August 2002.

Sagasti, A., S. Kruger, R. Chapman, and S. Wing. 1993. Quantitative foliar physiognomy. Paper presented. Boston, Massachusetts. Geological Society of America, Abstract with Program 25(6): A390-A391.

Stodden, D. and W.G. Melson. 2001. The assembly of North America: using garnet zoning to decipher the geologic history of the Potomac terrane. Research Abstract. Southeastern Section, Geological Society of America, Abstract with Programs.

Thorington, R.W., K. Darrow, and A. K. Betts. 1995. Jaw musculature of African squirrels. Research abstract. American Society of Mammalogists 75th Annual Meeting, Burlington, Vermont, June 1995.

Topalov, K. and V.A. Funk. 2001. Evaluation of plant diversity on the Guiana Shield. The Biodiversity of Guyana: a global perspective for the future. Georgetown, Guyana. 7 - 10 October 2001. Poster. Abstract with program.

Vidal, A. and W.G. Melson. 1999. Seasonal variations in rainfall and their effects on pyroclastic activity: a case study at Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs. December 25-28, 1999. Meetings of the Geological Society of America, Denver, Colorado. p. A478.

Viskupic, K.M. and M.A. Wise. 1995. Mineralogy and geochemistry of hornblende-bearing pegmatites associated with the Scituate granite, Rhode Island. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 27: 470.

Wilf, P., C.C. Labandeira, K.R. Johnson, and A.D. Cutter. 1999. Effects of Paleocene-Eocene warming and subsequent drying on plant-animal associations. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 31(7): 122.

Zug, G.R. and R. Glor. 1998. Skeletochronological age estimates of Green seaturtles living in a developmental habitat. Abstract. Mem. Resum. 18th International Sea Turtle Symposium, p. 97.

Zug, G.R. and R. Glor. 2000. Skeletochronological age estimates of Green seaturtles living in a Florida developmental habitat. Abstract. Proc. 18th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Conservation and Biology. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-SEFSC 436: 36.

Zug, G.R. and J.F. Parham. 1997. Age and growth of the leatherback Dermochelys coriacea. Abstract. Mem. Resum. 16th International Sea Turtle Symposium.


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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DeFilipps, R.A. 1987. A bibliography of plant conservation in the Pacific Islands: endangered species, habitat conservation, introduced biota. Atoll Research Bulletin 311: 1-195. "I wish to thank .... botany interns Jeff Nekola and Orlo C. Steele for contributions to the geographical index and annotations..."

Feller, I.C. In press. Effects of nutrient enrichment on growth and herbivory of dwarf red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle L.) Ecology. "Jennifer Apple".

Feller, I.C. In press. Effects of nutrient enrichment on leaf anatomy of dwarf red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle L.). Biotropica. "Jennifer Apple".

Gardner, A.L. and C.B. Robbins. 1998. Generic names of northern and southern fur seals (Mammalia: Otariidae). Marine Mammal Science 14(3):544-551. "Kim Meadow".

Gardner, A.L. and C.B. Robbins. 1999. Case 3058. Arctocephalus F. Cuvier, 1826 and Callorhinus Gray, 1859 (Mammalia, Pinnipedia): proposed conservation by the designation of Phoca pusilla Schreber, [1775] as the type species of Arctocephalus; and Otaria Péron, 1816 and Eumetopias Gill, 1866: proposed conservation by the designation of Phoca leonina