Submissions from 2012
New Species and First Records of Trichomycetes from Immature Aquatic Insects in Idaho, Molly E. Bench and Merlin M. White
Experimental Versus Numerical Data for Breast Cancer Progression, Cheryl L. Jorcyk, M. Kolev, Ken Tawara, and Barbara Zubik-Kowal
A New Species of Ephemerellomyces from North America Highlights Its Morphological Plasticity and Possible Intergeneric Similarities with Other Harpellales, Prasanna Kandel and Merlin M. White
Extended Studies of Baltomyces Styrax in Idaho and Expanded Distribution of This Isopod Gut Fungus in the USA, Sarah J. Oman and Merlin M. White
Relative Strengths of Relationships Between Plant, Microbial, and Environmental Parameters in Heavy-Metal Contaminated Floodplain Soil, Philip W. Ramsey, Sean M. Gibbons, Peter Rice, Daniel L. Mummey, Kevin Feris, Johnnie N. Moore, Matthias C. Rillig, and James E. Gannon
Submissions from 2011
Mucosal Immunization with a Staphylococcus aureus IsdA-Cholera Toxin A2/B Chimera Induces Antigen-Specific Th2-Type Responses in Mice, Britni M. Arlian and Juliette Tinker
Food Habits of the Roadside Hawk (Buteo magnirostris) During the Nonbreeding Season in the Southeastern Pampas of Argentina, Alejandro V. Baladrón, María S. Bó, Ana I. Malizia, and Marc J. Bechard
Anthropogenic Noise Exposure in Protected Natural Areas: Estimating the Scale of Ecological Consequences, Jesse R. Barber
Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein is Not Required for Normal Ductal or Alveolar Development in the Post-Natal Mammary Gland, Kata Boras-Granic, Joshua VanHouten, Minoti Hiremath, and John Wysolmerski
Morphology, Morphometrics, and Molecular Characterization of Bryophrya gemmea n. sp. (Ciliophora, Colpodea): Implications for the Phylogeny and Evolutionary Scenario for the Formation of Oral Ciliature in the Order Colpodida, William A. Bourland, Peter Vďačný, Michael Christopher Davis, and Greg Hampikian
A New Species in the Lomatium foeniculaceum (Apiaceae) Clade Revealed Through Combined Morphometric and Phylogenetic Analyses, Kimberly M. Carlson, Donald H. Mansfield, and James F. Smith
Columnea Pygmaea (Gesneriaceae), a New Species from Northwestern Ecuador, John L. Clark and James F. Smith
How Do Tiger Moths Jam Bat Sonar?, Aaron J. Corcoran, Jesse R. Barber, Nickolay I. Hristov, and William E. Conner
Mitochondrial DNA Analysis of an Immigrant Basque Population: Loss of Diversity Due to Founder Effects, Michael C. Davis, Stephen J. Novak, and Greg Hampikian
Elevated CO2 and Plant Species Diversity Interact to Slow Root Decomposition, Marie-Anne de Graaff, Christopher W. Schadt, Kelly Rula, Johan Six, Jennifer A. Schweitzer, and Aimee T. Classen
Factors Affecting Piping Plover Hatching Success on Long Island, New York, Paul J. Doherty and Julie A. Heath
Subjectivity and Bias in Forensic DNA Mixture Interpretation, Itiel E. Dror and Greg Hampikian
Inhibition of Snowshoe Hare Succinate Dehydrogenase Activity as a Mechanism of Deterrence for Papyriferic Acid in Birch, Jennifer Forbey, Xinzhu Pu, Dong Xu, Knut Kielland, and John Bryant
Use of Microcalorimetry to Determine the Costs and Benefits to Pseudomonas putida Strain KT2440 of Harboring Cadmium Efflux Genes, Sean M. Gibbons, Kevin Feris, Michele A. McGuirl, Sergio E. Morales, Anu Hynninen, Philip W. Ramsey, and James E. Gannon
A User's Guide to the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE), Morgan Giddings and Brian Risk
The Genetics of Innocence: Analysis of 194 U.S. DNA Exonerations, Greg Hampikian, Emily West, and Olga Akselrod
Challenges in Creating an American Kestrel Body Condition Index Based on Size-Adjusted Mass, Julie Heath, Erin H. Strasser, Mark A. Foster, Lina Bardo, and David M. Bird
Regulation of Hepatocyte Fate by Interferon-γ, Christopher J. Horras, Cheri L. Lamb, and Kristen A. Mitchell
Breeding Home Ranges of Migratory Turkey Vultures Near Their Northern Limit, C. Stuart Houston, Philip D. McLoughlin, James T. Mandel, Marc J. Bechard, Marten J. Stoffel, David R. Barber, and Keith L. Bildstein
Propagule Pressure and Introduction Pathways of Bromus Tectorum (Cheatgrass; Poaceae) in the Central United States, Temsha D. Huttanus, Richard N. Mack, and Stephen J. Novak
Phenotypic and Cytologic Studies of Lymphoid Cells and Monocytes in Primary Culture of Porcine Bone Marrow During Infection of African Swine Fever Virus, E. M. Karalova, Kh. V. Sargsyan, Greg K. Hampikian, H. E. Voskanyan, L. O. Abroyan, A. S. Avetisyan, L. A. Hakobyan, H. H. Arzumanyan, H. S. Zakaryan, and Zaven A. Karalyan
Flushing Distances of Ferruginous Hawks Nesting in Rural and Exurban New Mexico, William H. Keeley and Marc J. Bechard
Migration Patterns, Use of Stopover Areas, and Austral Summer Movements of Swainson's Hawks, Michael N. Kochert, Mark R. Fuller, Linda S. Schueck, Laura Bond, Marc J. Bechard, Brian Woodbridge, Geoff L. Holroyd, Mark S. Martell, and Ursula Banasch
New Implications on Genomic Adaptation Derived from the Helicobacter pylori Genome Comparison, Edgar Eduardo Lara-Ramírez, Aldo Segura-Cabrera, Xianwu Guo, GongXin Yu, Carlos Armando García-Pérez, and Mario A. Rodríguez-Pérez
Typification of Smittium, an Important Genus in the Taxonomy of Harpellales, Robert W. Lichtwardt and Merlin M. White
Klastostachys, a New Genus of Harpellales in Chironomidae Larvae, Robert W. Lichtwardt, Marvin C. Williams, and Merlin M. White
Evaluating the Effects of Foraging Habitat Restoration on Shorebird Reproduction: The Importance of Performance Criteria and Comparative Design, Annie F. McIntyre and Julie A. Heath
Relative Contributions to Seed Production by Floral Visitors of Slickspot Peppergrass, Lepidium papilliferum (Brassicaceae), Ian C. Robertson and Hollie Leavitt
Immunolocalization of Influenza A Virus and Markers of Inflammation in the Human Parkinson’s Disease Brain, Troy T. Rohn and Lindsey W. Catlin
Not as Similar as Thought: Sexual Dichromatism in Chimango Caracaras is Expressed in the Exposed Skin but Not in the Plumage, José Hernán Sarasola, Juan José Negro, Marc J. Bechard, and Agustín Lanusse
Effects of Developmental Conditions on Nestling American Kestrel (Falco Sparverius) Corticosterone Concentrations, Erin H. Strasser and Julie A. Heath
Trifoliellum bioblitzii, a New Genus of Trichomycete from Mayfly Nymphs in Nova Scotia, Canada, D. B. Strongman and Merlin M. White
Clinical Significance of Interleukin (IL)-6 in Cancer Metastasis to Bone: Potential of Anti-IL-6 Therapies, Ken Tawara, Julia T. Oxford, and Cheryl L. Jorcyk
Improving the Selective Cancer Killing Ability of ZnO Nanoparticles Using Fe Doping, Aaron Thurber, Denise G. Wingett, John W. Rasmussen, Janet Layne, Lydia Johnson, Dmitri A. Tenne, Jianhui Zhang, Charles B. Hanna, and Alex Punnoose
Pectoral Fin Morphology as a Reliable Field Sexing Characteristic in Populations of the Invasive Oriental Weatherfish (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus), Alexander N. Urquhart and Peter Koetsier
Dipteran-Associated Harpellales from Lowland and Submontane Tropical Rain Forests of Veracruz (Mexico), Laia Guardia Valle, Merlin M. White, and Matías J. Cafaro
Phylogeny and Classification of the Litostomatea (Protista, Ciliophora), with Emphasis on Free-Living Taxa and the 18S rRNA Gene, Peter Vd’ačný, William A. Bourland, William Orsi, Slava S. Epstein, and Wilhelm Foissner
Morphological and Molecular Phylogeny of Dileptid and Tracheliid Ciliates: Resolution at the Base of the Class Litostomatea (Ciliophora, Rhynchostomatia), Peter Vďačný, William Orsi, William A. Bourland, Satoshi Shimano, Slava S. Epstein, and Wilhelm Foissner
Phylogenetic Reconstruction of Chirita and Allies (Gesneriaceae) with Taxonomic Treatments, Yin-Zheng Wang, Ru-Bing Mao, Yan Liu, Jia-Mei Li, Yang Dong, Zhen-Yu Li, and James F. Smith
The Effects of Neonatal Handling on Adrenocortical Responsiveness, Morphological Development and Corticosterone Binding Globulin in Nestling American Kestrels (Falco Sparverius), Buddy A. Whitman, Creagh W. Breuner, and Alfred M. Dufty
New World Origins of Southwest Pacific Gesneriaceae: Multiple Movements Across and Within the South Pacific, Vincent L. Woo, Minde M. Funke, James F. Smith, Peter J. Lockhart, and Philip J. Garnock-Jones
GnomCmp: A Quantitative Approach for Comparative Analysis of Closely Related Genomes of Bacterial Pathogens, GongXin Yu
Combined Effects of Nitrogen Deposition and Water Stress on Growth and Physiological Responses of Two Annual Desert Plants in Northwestern China, Xiaobing Zhou, Yuanming Zhang, Xuehua Ji, Alison Downing, and Marcelo Serpe
The Y-STR Genetic Diversity of an Idaho Basque Population, with Comparison to European Basques and US Caucasians, Josu Zubizarreta, Michael Christopher Davis, and Greg Hampikian
Submissions from 2010
Microfluidic Devices Integrating Microcavity Surface-Plasmon-Resonance Sensors: Glucose Oxidase Binding-Activity Detection, Dragos Amarie, Abdelkrim Alileche, Bogdan Dragnea, and James A. Glazier
Agolohymena aspidocauda nov. gen., nov. spec., a Histophagous Freshwater Tetrahymenid Ciliate in the Family Deltopylidae (Ciliophora, Hymenostomatia), from Idaho (Northwest U.S.A.): Morphology, Ontogenesis and Molecular Phylogeny, William A. Bourland and Michaela C. Strüder-Kypke
Effects of Small Increases in Corticosterone Levels on Morphology, Immune Function, and Feather Development, Michael W. Butler, Lynda L. Leppert, and Alfred M. Dufty Jr.
Changes in the Expression of Carbohydrate Metabolism Genes During Three Phases of Bud Dormancy in Leafy Spurge, Wun S. Chao and Marcelo Serpe
Labile Soil Carbon Inputs Mediate the Soil Microbial Community Composition and Plant Residue Decomposition Rates, Marie-Anne de Graaff, Aimee T. Classen, Hector F. Castro, and Christopher W. Schadt
Eighteen Microsatellite Loci Developed from Western Burrowing Owls (Athene cunicularia hypugaea), Brant C. Faircloth, Alexandra Title, Kevin Tan, Justin Welty, James R. Belthoff, and Patricia Adair Gowaty
Electrostatic Interactions Affect Nanoparticle-Mediated Toxicity to Gram-Negative Bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1, Kevin Feris, Caitlin Otto, Juliette Tinker, Denise G. Wingett, Alex Punnoose, Aaron Thurber, Madhu Kongara, Maryam Sabetian, Bonnie Quinn, Charles Hanna, and David Pink
Modelling Nutritional Interactions: From Individuals to Communities, Jennifer Forbey
A Comparison of Cumulative-Germination Response of Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) and Five Perennial Bunchgrass Species to Simulated Field-Temperature Regimes, Stuart P. Hardegree, Corey A. Moffet, Bruce A. Roundy, Thomas A. Jones, Stephen J. Novak, Patrick E. Clark, Frederick B. Pierson, and Gerald N. Flerchinger
Ribonucleotide and Ribonucleoside Determination by Ambient Pressure Ion Mobility Spectrometry, Abu B. Kanu, Greg Hampikian, Simon D. Brandt, and Herbert H. Hill Jr.
Present Effects of Past Wildfires on Leaf Litter Breakdown in Stream Ecosystems, Peter Koetsier, Teresa R. B. Krause, and Quenton M. Tuckett
Caspase-Cleaved TAR DNA-Binding Protein-43 in Parkinson’s Disease and Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Polina Kokoulina and Troy T. Rohn
Foraging Strategies are Related to Skull Morphology and Life History Traits of Melanerpes Woodpeckers, David L. Leonard Jr. and Julie A. Heath
Trends in Piping Plover Reproduction at Jones Beach State Park, NY, 1995–2007, Annie F. McIntyre, Julie A. Heath, and Joseph Jannsen
The Activated Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Synergizes Mitogen-Induced Murine Liver Hyperplasia, Kristen A. Mitchell, Shelly R. Wilson, and Cornelis J. Elferink
Non-Native Salmonids Affect Amphibian Occupancy at Multiple Spatial Scales, David S. Pilliod, Blake R. Hossack, Peter F. Bahls, Evelyn L. Bull, Paul Stephen Corn, Grant Hokit, Bryce A. Maxell, James C. Munger, and Aimee Wyrick
Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles for Selective Destruction of Tumor Cells and Potential for Drug Delivery Applications, John W. Rasmussen, Ezequiel Martinez, Panagiota Louka, and Denise G. Wingett
The Adrenocortical Stress Response in Three North American Accipiters During Fall Migration, Heather M. Rogers, Marc J. Bechard, Greg S. Kaltenecker, and Alfred M. Dufty
The Role of Caspases in Alzheimer's Disease; Potential Novel Therapeutic Opportunities, Troy T. Rohn
Depletion of Beclin-1 Due to Proteolytic Cleavage by Caspases in the Alzheimer's Disease Brain, Troy T. Rohn, Ellen Wirawan, Raquel J. Brown, Jordan R. Harris, Eliezer Masliah, and Peter Vandenabeele
Species Boundaries in Pyrrocoma liatriformis and Pyrrocoma scaberula (Asteraceae) Based on AFLP Data, James F. Smith, Dusty N. Perkins, Curtis R. Björk, and Gina Glenne
Purification and Characterization of Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pestis LcrV–Cholera Toxin A2/B Chimeras, Juliette K. Tinker, Chadwick T. Davis, and Britni M. Arlian
Phenotypic Divergence During the Invasion of Phyla Canescens in Australia and France: Evidence for Selection-Driven Evolution, Cheng-Yuan Xu, Mic H. Julien, Mohammad Fatemi, Christophe Girod, Rieks D. Van Klinken, Caroline L. Gross, and Stephen J. Novak
Submissions from 2009
Red-Backed Hawks Supply Food to Scavenging Chimango Caracaras, Alejandro V. Baladrón, Laura M. Biondi, María S. Bó, Ana I. Malizia, and Marc J. Bechard
Mercury Contamination in Idaho Bald Eagles, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Marc J. Bechard, Dusty N. Perkins, Greg Kaltenecker, and Steve Alsup
Narrow Sea Crossings Present Major Obstacles to Migrating Griffon Vultures Gyps Fulvus, Keith L. Bildstein, Marc J. Bechard, Christopher Farmer, and Laura Newcomb
Nest Box Temperature and Hatching Success of American Kestrels Varies with Nest Box Orientation, Michael W. Butler, Buddy A. Whitman, and Alfred M. Dufty
Badger (Taxidea taxus) Disturbances Increase Soil Heterogeneity in a Degraded Shrub-Steppe Ecosystem, David Eldridge and W. G. Whitford
Hyporheic Microbial Community Development Is a Sensitive Indicator of Metal Contamination, Kevin P. Feris, Philip W. Ramsey, Sean M. Gibbons, Chris Frazar, Matthias C. Rillig, Johnnie N. Moore, James E. Gannon, and William E. Holben
Assessment of a Sixteen-Week Training Program on Strength, Pain, and Function in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients, Hilary G. Flint-Wagner, Jeffrey Lisse, Timothy G. Lohman, Scott B. Going, Terri Guido, Ellen Cussler, Donald Gates, and David E. Yocum
PharmEcology: A Pharmacological Approach to Understanding Plant-Herbivore Interactions: An Introduction to the Symposium, Jennifer S. Forbey and William J. Foley
Exploitation of Secondary Metabolites by Animals: A Response to Homeostatic Challenges, Jennifer S. Forbey, Alan L. Harvey, Michael A. Huffman, Fred D. Provenza, Roger Sullivan, and Deniz Tasdemir
Seasonality of Harpella Melusinae Léger and Duboscq (Harpellales) in Black Fly Larvae in Northern Thailand, Melati P. Hapsari, Merlin M. White, Ekachai Chukeatirote, and Kevin D. Hyde
Freshwater Trichomycetes from Northern Thailand, Melati P. Hapsari, Merlin M. White, and Kevin D. Hyde
Detectability of Migrating Raptors at Lucky Peak, Idaho, Julie Heath and Eric G. Nolte
Lead Bullet Fragments in Venison from Rifle-Killed Deer: Potential for Human Dietary Exposure, W. Grainger Hunt, Richard T. Watson, J. Lindsay Oaks, Chris N. Parish, Kurt K. Burnham, Russell L. Tucker, James R. Belthoff, and Garret Hart
Correlation Between Animal and Mathematical Models for Prostate Cancer Progression, Zdzislaw Jackiewiczy, Cheryl L. Jorcyk, Mikhail K. Kolev, and Barbara Zubik-Kowal
Caspase Cleavage of the Amyloid Precursor Protein is Prevented After Overexpression of Bcl-2 in a Triple Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease, Debra K. Kumasaka, Veronica Galvan, Elizabeth Head, and Troy T. Rohn
Timing is Everything: Consequences of Transient and Sustained AhR Activity, Kristen A. Mitchell and Cornelis J. Elferink
Cytoplasmic Inclusions of TDP-43 in Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Potential Role for Caspases, Troy T. Rohn
Caspases as Therapeutic Targets in Alzheimer’s Disease: Is It Time to “Cut” to the Chase?, Troy T. Rohn and Elizabeth Head
Caspase-Cleaved TAR DNA-Binding Protein-43 in Pick’s Disease, Troy T. Rohn and Polina Kokoulina
Caspase Activation in Transgenic Mice with Alzheimer-Like Pathology: Results from a Pilot Study Utilizing the Caspase Inhibitor, Q-VD-OPh, Troy T. Rohn, Polina Kokoulina, Cody R. Eaton, and Wayne W. Poon
Environmental Regulation of Dormancy Loss in Lomatium dissectum (Apiaceae) Seeds, Melissa Scholten, Jacklyn Donahue, Nancy L. Shaw, and Marcelo Serpe
Revisiting the Dietary Niche: When is a Mammalian Herbivore a Specialist?, Lisa A. Shipley, Jennifer S. Forbey, and Ben D. Moore
Origin, Adaptive Radiation and Diversification of the Hawaiian Lobeliads (Asterales: Campanulaceae), James F. Smith
Phylogenetic Relationships Among Lepidium papilliferum (L. Henderson) A. Nels. & J. F. Macbr., L. montanum Nutt., and L. davisii Rollins (Brassicaceae), James F. Smith, Amy J. Stillman, Steven R. Larson, C. Mae Culumber, Ian C. Robertson, and Stephen Novak
The Emerging Role of Pharmacology in Understanding Consumer–Prey Interactions in Marine and Freshwater Systems, Erik E. Sotka, Jennifer Forbey, Michael Horn, Alistair G. B. Poore, David Raubenheimer, and Kristen E. Whalen