Department Of Biology Faculty & Student Publications

Publications (Note: students are underlined and faculty are in bold)
 

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	Spring 2004

	Angeles G, Bond B, Boyer JS, Brodribb T, Brooks JR, Burns MJ, Cavender-Bares J, Clearwater M, Cochard H, Comstock J, Davis SD, Domec J-C, Donovan L, Ewers F, Gartner B, Hacke U, Hinckley T, Holbrook NM, Jones HG, Kavanagh K, Law B, López-Portillo J, Lovisolo C, Martin T, Martínez-Vilalta J, Mayr S, Meinzer FC, Melcher PJ, Mencuccini M, Mulkey S, Nardini A, Neufeld HS, Passioura J, Pockman WT, Pratt RB, Rambal S, Richter H, Sack L, Salleo S, Schubert A, Schulte P, Sparks JP, Sperry J, Teskey R, Tyree M. 2004. "Letter: The cohesion-tension theory." New Phytologist 163, 451-452.
	Berry, A. M., T. M. Murphy, P. A. Okubara, K. R. Jacobsen, S. M. Swensen, K. Pawlowski. 2004. Novel expression pattern of cytosolic glutamine synthetase in nitrogen-fixing root nodules of the actinorhizal host, Datisca glomerata. Plant Physiology 135: 1849-1862.
	Caillaud, M.C., G. Mondor-Genson, S. Levine-Wilkinson, L. Mieuzet, A. Frantz, J.C. Simon and A. Coeur D'Acier. 2004. "Microsatellite DNA markers for the pea aphid: Acyrthosiphon pisum" (Harris, 1776) [Homoptera, Sternorrhynca]. Molecular Ecology Notes, 4(3): 446-448. View pdf.
	Clement, W. L., Tebbitt, M. C. Forrest,L. L., Blair, J. E., Brouillet,  L., Eriksson, T., and Swensen, S. M.  2004. Phylogenetic position and  biogeography of Hillebrandia sandwicensis (Begoniaceae): a rare Hawaiian relict.  American Journal of Botany 91(6): 905-917.
	Forbes, M.R., Muma, K.E., Smith, B.P.  2004. "Recapture of male and female dragonflies in relation to parasitism by mites, time of season, wing length and wing cell symmetry".  Experimental and Applied Acarology 34:79-93.  Also reprinted in book form (same page numbers): Aquatic Mites: From Genes to Communities, edited by J.C. Proctor. Kluwer Academic Publishing, The Netherlands.
	Lajeunesse, M. J., Forbes, M. R. and Smith, B. P. 2004. “Species and sex biases in ectoparasitism of dragonflies by mites. Oikos 106: 501-508.View the abstract.
	Katherine E. Muma and James H. Fullard. 2004.  “Persistence and regression of hearing in the exclusively diurnal moths, Trichodezia albovittata (Geometridae) and Lycomorpha pholus (Arctiidae)”. Ecological Entomology 29(6): 718 – 726. View the abstract.
	Bruce Smith and Joy Florentino Williams ('96). 2004. "Communication via sex pheromones within and among Arrenurus spp. mites (Acari: Hydrachnida; Arrenuridae)". Experimental and Applied Acarology 34: 113–125. Also reprinted in book form (same page numbers): Aquatic Mites: From Genes to Communities, edited by J.C. Proctor.  Kluwer Academic Publishing, The Netherlands.  View the abstract.
	Garry Thomas (Anthopology) and Jason Hamilton (Biology) presented a poster entitled "Towards Sustainability as 'Second  Nature' at Ithaca College: The Multiplier Effect of an NSF Curriculum Development Grant," at a conference on "Sustainability  and Higher Education," co-sponsored by Education for Sustainability's Western Network and Second Nature in Portland, OR, October, 2004.  The poster was co-authored by other members of the NSF Applying Science to Sustainability grant coordinating team,  Susan Allen-Gil (Biology), Liz Walker (Director of EcoVillage), and Elan Shapiro (Educational and Outreach Director of EcoVillage).  The conference focused on the connections between sustainability and higher education - from teaching and research to campus operations, facilities, and community outreach - and explored how colleges and universities could be transformed into models of sustainability.  Find more information about this conference and sponsoring organizations at Education for Sustainability Western Network http://www.efswest.org/
	Zwieniecki, M.A., Melcher, P., Field, T.S., Holbrook, N.M. 2004. "A potential for xylem-phloem interactions in the hydraulic architecture of trees: effects of phloem girdling on xylem hydraulic conductance". Tree Physiology 24:911-917.  View the abstract.

Summer 2004
 

Wendy L. Clement ('02), M.C. Tebbitt, L.L. Forrest, Jaime Blaire ('99), L. Brouillet, T. Eriksson, Susan M. Swensen. 2004. "Phylogenetic Position and Biogeograpy or Hillebrandia sandwicensis (Begoniaceae): A Rare Hawaiin Relict". American Journal of Botany 91(6): 905-917.View the abstract.

Spring 2004
 

	Bohonak, A.J., Smith, B.P., Thornton, M. 2004. Distributional, morphological and genetic consequences of dispersal for temporary pool water mites (Acari: Arrenuridae: Arrenurus). Freshwater Biology 49: 170-180.
	James S. Kellam. 2003 (printed 2004). . The Wilson Bulletin (2003): Vol. 115, No. 2, pp. 186–192. View the abstract.
	Pawlicki, J. M., Pease, L. B., Pierce, C. M., Startz, T. P., Zhang, Y. and Smith, A. M. (2004). The effect of molluscan glue proteins on gel mechanics. Journal of Experimental Biology, 207: 1127-1135. View the news story. Abstract: Several molluscs have been shown to alternate between a non-adhesive trail mucus and a similar gel that forms a strong glue.  The major structural difference between the two secretions is the presence of specific proteins in the adhesive mucus.  Similarly, the present study identifies such proteins from the glue of the slug Arion subfuscus and the land snail Helix aspersa.  To investigate the role these proteins play in adhesion, the proteins were isolated from the adhesive mucus of different molluscs and added to commercial polymer solutions.  The effect was observed qualitatively, and quantified using a dynamic rheometer.  The isolated proteins triggered gelling or visible stiffening of agar, pectin and polygalacturonic acid.  The effect was stronger to more negatively charged polymers.  The effect of the proteins was concentration dependent with an optimal concentration of 1-1.5 mg/ml, and was weakened when their structure changed.  Other proteins and carbohydrates found in the adhesive mucus had no clear mechanical effect on gels.  These findings show that the addition of these proteins to large, anionic polymers plays a central role in the formation of a glue from a mucus-like secretion.  Such a mechanism may be common among invertebrates, and it may guide biomimetic approaches in the development of glues and gels.
	SMITH, BRUCE P., Florentino, J.  2004." Communication via sex pheromones within and among Arrenurus spp. mites (Acari: Hydrachnida; Arrenuridae)."  Experimental and Applied  Acarology, 34: 113–125. Also reprinted in book form (same page numbers): Aquatic Mites: From Genes to Communities, edited by J.C. Proctor.  Kluwer Academic Publishing, The Netherlands.

	ALLEN-GIL, SUSAN and Aldea, Mihai. "Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) as a Potential Molluscicide for Use in Aquaculture". Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry's 24th Annual Meeting in Austin, TX. November 2003.
	CAMERON, VICKI.  2003. "Teaching Advanced Genetics Without Lectures" . Genetics 165:  945-950. ABSTRACT: In an effort to increase student engagement and therefore student learning, an advanced genetics course was developed in which traditional lectures were eliminated.  Instead, students were required to complete reading assignments before each class meeting, and those readings were then the topic of group discussion.  Assigned readings alternated between text assignments and papers from the primary literature.  Students were made accountable for their own preparation by the administration of a quiz at the start of each class.  Group discussion of the topics engaged students in the learning process and readministration of the quiz at the end of class allowed them to benefit from the group interaction and understanding.  Interspersing text readings and primary literature led to student understanding of how genetic knowledge is acquired and interpreted, and how experimental detail leads to the construction of general models.
	CONFER, J.L. and S.M. Pascoe. 2003.  The avian community on utility rights-of-ways and other managed shrublands in northeastern United States. Forest Ecology and Management, 185:193-206.
	Del Campo, M., S. Via and M.C. CAILLAUD. 2003.  Recognition of host specific chemical stimulants in two host races of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum.  Ecological Entomology 28:405-412.
	Jelson, G.S., DeMasi, G.M., Sager, K.L., and HARDWICK, J.C. 2003. “Modulation of guinea pig intrinsic cardiac neurons by prostaglandins”. American Journal of Physiology, 285:  R682-R689.
	J.H. Fullard, K.E. MUMA, and J.W. Dawson, 2003. "Quantifying an anti-bat flight response by eared moths" Can. J. Zool. 81: 395–399.  An article on this research was also published in the Polish Newsweek, NAUKA Newsweek numer 38/03, strona 74.   The work was supported by the Summer Faculty Grant provided by the Provost's office. View the abstract.
	K. George, R. J. Norby, JASON G. HAMILTON, and E. H. DeLucia. 2003. “Fine root respiration in a loblolly pine and sweetgum forest growing in elevated C02” New Phytologist . 160: 511 522. View the PDF article.
	SMITH, B.P. 2003. "Diversity of stylostome structure among parasitic larval water mites (Acari: Hydrachnida)". In From Yankee Springs to Wheeny Creek: An Acarological Tribute to David R. Cook, edited by I.M. Smith. Indira Publishing House, pp 239-255.
	Pawlowski, K., S. SWENSEN, C. Guan, A.-E. Hadri, A. M. Berry, and T. Bisseling.  2003.  "Distinct patterns of symbiosis-related gene expression in actinorhizal nodules from different plant families".  Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 16(9): 796-807.
	Zwieniecki MA, Orians CM, Melcher PJ, Holbrook NM. 2003. Ionic control of the lateral exchange of water between vascular bundles in tomato. Journal of Experimental Botany 54: 1399-1405.

	Drecktrah D, Chambers K, Racoosin EL, CLUETT, EDWARD B., Gucwa A, Jackson B, Brown WJ.  Inhibition of a Golgi complex lysophospholipid acyltransferase induces membrane tubule formation and retrograde trafficking. Mol Biol Cell. Aug;14(8):3459-69. Epub 2003 May 03. 2003.
	Jelson, G.S,  DiMasi, G., Sager, K.S, and Hardwick J.C. 2003.   Modulation of guinea pig intrinsic cardiac neurons by prostaglandins.  American Journal of Physiology, 285: R682-R689.
	Zhang L, El-Hodiri H, Ma HF, Zhang X, SERVENTICK, M, Wensel TG, Jamrich M. 2003. Targeted expression of the dominant negative FGFR-4a in the eye using Xrx1A regulatory sequences interferes with normal retinal cell development. Development 130:4177-4186.

	ALLEN-GIL, S., J. Ford, B.K. Lasorsa, M. Monetti, T. Vlasova, and D.H. Landers. 2003. "Heavy metal contamination in the Taimyr Peninsula, Russia". Science in The Total Environment 301: 119-138.
	CONFER, J. L. P. E. Allen, and J. L. Larkin. 2003.  Effects of vegetation, interspecific competition, and brood parasitism on Golden-winged Warbler  nesting success. The Auk 121: 138-144.
	HAMILTON, J.G., J.R. Griffin, and M.R. Stromberg. 2002.  Long-Term Population Dynamics of Native Nassella Bunchgrasses in Central California. Madrono 49: 274-284.
	MELCHER, P. J.,  Zwieniecki, M.A., and Holbrook, N. M. 2003. Vulnerability of Xylem Vessels to Cavitation in Acer saccharum (Marsh.): Scaling from Individual Vessels to Whole Branches. Plant Physiology April (131): 1775-1780. View the PDF article.
	W. M. Kier and A. M. SMITH, "The structure and adhesive mechanism of octopus suckers".  Integrative and Comparative Biology. 42:. 1146-1153.
	A. M. SMITH, "The structure and function of adhesive gels from invertebrates" Integrative and Comparative Biology  42: 1164-1171.

	Forbes, M.R., MUMA, K.E., SMITH, B.P.  2002. Diffuse coevolution: constraints on a generalist parasite favor use of a dead-end host. Ecography 25: 345- 351.  View the PDF.
	CAILLAUD, M.C., M. Boutin, C. Braendle, and J-C Simon. 2002.  A sex-linked locus controls wing polymorphism in males of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris). Heredity 89:346-352.
	DeLucia, E.H., K. George and J. G. HAMILTON.  2002.  Radiation use efficiency of a forest exposed to elevated levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide.  Tree Physiology.  2:1003-1010.
	HAMILTON, J.G., DeLucia, E.H., George, K., Naidu, S., Finzi, A.C., Schlesinger, W.H. 2002. Forest carbon balance under CO2. Oecologia 131:250-260. View the PDF.
	HAMILTON, J.G., DeLucia, E.H., George, K., Naidu, S., Finzi, A.C., Schlesinger, W.H. 2002. Forest carbon balance under CO2.Oecologia 132:567-578. View the PDF.
	Nitao, J.K., A.R. Zangerl, M.R. Berenbaum, and HAMILTON, J.G., et al. 2002. CNB: requiescat in place? Oikos 98(3): 540-546. View the PDF.
	Sack, L., MELCHER, P. J.,  Maciej A. Zwieniecki, M.A. and Holbrook, N.M. 2002.  The hydraulic conductance of the angiosperm leaf lamina: a comparison of three measurement methods. Journal of Experimental Botany 53: 2177-2184.
	SMITH, A.M. and Morin, Martha C. 2002. Biochemical Differences Between Trail Mucus and Adhesive Mucus From March Periwinkle Snails. Biol. Bull. 203 (December): 338-346.  View the abstract PDF.
	B. SMITH and J. Hagman. 2002. “Experimental evidence for a female sex pheromone in Arrenurus manubriator (Acari: Hydrachnida; Arrenuridae)”. Experimental and Applied Acarology 27: 257-263.
	Zwieniecki, M.A., MELCHER, P. J., Boyce, C.K., Sack, L., and Holbrook, N.M. 2002.  “Hydraulic architecture of leaf venation in Laurus nobilis L”. Plant, Cell and Environment 25: 1445-1450.

Chase, M.W., S. Zmarzty, M. Delores Lledo, K.J. Wurdack, S.M. SWENSEN & M.J. Fay. 2002 When in doubt, put it in Flacourtiaceae: a molecular phylogenetic analysis based on plastid rbcL DNA sequences. Kew Bulletin 57 (1): 141-181.

CONFER, J.L. 2002. Management, vegetative structure and shrubland birds on rights-of-way. In Environmental Concerns in Rights-of-Way Management, Seventh International Symposium (J. W. Goodrich-Mahoney, Ed.). Electric Power Research Institute, Washington, D.C.

HAMILTON, J.G., J.R. Griffin, and M.R. Stromberg.  2002.  Long-Term Population Dynamics of Native Nassella Bunchgrasses in Central California. Madrono. 49:274-284.

JACOBOSON, N.L. and Weller, S. J. A Cladistic Study of the Arctiidae (Lepidoptera) by Using Characters of Immatures and Adults.  Entomological Society of America. 98 pp.

Yourth, C.P., Forbes, M.R., Smith, B.P. 2002 Immune expression in a damselfly is related to time of season, not to fluctuating asymmetry or host size. Ecological Entomology 27: 123-128.View the PDF.

A.R. Zangerl, J.G. HAMILTON, T.J. Miller, A.R. Crofts, K. Oxborough, M.R. Berenbaum, and E.H. de Lucia. Impact of folivory on photosynthesis is greater than the sum of its holes. PNAS 99(2): 1088-1091. View the PDF.

HAMILTON, J.G., Thomas, R.B. and Delucia, E.H. 2001. Direct and indirect effects of elevated CO₂ on leaf respiration in a forest ecosystem. Plant, Cell and Environment 24:975-982. View the PDF. Congratulations, Jason!

Niescierenko, M.  2001. Evaluation of preventative fungal treatment on fathead minnow (Pimephalespromelas) larval survival and growth. BIOS:  A Quarterly Journal of Biology 72(4): 123-127. (Research article under the supervision of ALLEN-GIL, S.) View the PDF.

Palace, V. P., ALLEN-GIL, et al. 2001. Vitamin and thyroid status in arctic grayling (Thymallus acrticus) exposed to doses of 3,3',4,4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl that induce the phase I enzyme system. Chemosphere 45:185-193. View the PDF. Congratulations, Susan!

Chase, M.W., S. Zmarzty, M. Delores Lledo, K.J. Wurdack, S.M. SWENSEN & M.J. Fay. (Submitted). When in doubt, put it in Flacourtiaceae: a molecular phylogenetic analysis based on plastid rbcL DNA sequences. Kew Bulletin.

Gill, F. B., R.A. Canterbury, and CONFER, J.L. 2001. Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora pinus). In The Blue Birds of North America,
No. 584. (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.) The Birds of North America, Inc.,  Philadelphia, PA.

Machingo, Q., Mazourek, M., and CAMERON, V. 2001. Second-site, intragenic alterations in the gene encoding subunit II of cytochrome c oxidase from yeast can supress two different missense mutations. Current Genetics 39:207-304.

Powers, M.J., Peterson, B.A., HARDWICK, J.C. 2001. Regulation of parasympathetic neurons by mast cells and histamine in the guinea pig heart. Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical 87:37-45.

Smith, I.M., Cook, D.R. and SMITH, B.P. 2001. Watermites (Hydrachnida) and other arachnids. In: Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates,Chapter 16, pp 551-659. 2nd edition, edited by J.H. Thorp and A.P. Covich. Academic Press, 1056 pp.

Yourth, C.P., Forbes, M.R, and SMITH, B.P. 2001. On understanding variation in immune expression of Lestes spp. damselflies. Canadian Journal of Zoology 79: 815-821.View PDF.

ALLEN-GIL, S.M. (Editor) 2000.  New perspectives in electrofishing.  US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Report # EPA/600/R-99/108.  Corvallis, OR. View PDF.

CONFER J.L.  2000. Management, Vegetative Structure and Shrubland Birds on Rights-of- Way. 7th International Symposium on Environmental Concerns in Rights-of Way Management. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Professional Report.

CONFER J.L. 2000.  Shrubland management and the avian community: An assessment of management options. Submitted to Orange and Rockland Utilities, and to Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve and to the U.S. National Forest Service, Finger Lakes National Forest.  Professional Report.

CONFER, J.L. and Tupper, S. 2000. A reassessment of the status of Golden-winged and blue-winged warblers in the Hudson Highlands of Southern New York. Wilson Bulletin 112(December):544-546.

Hunter, W. C., D. Buehler, R. Canterbury, CONFER, J., P. Hamel. 2000. Conservation of Disturbance-Dependent Birds in Eastern North America. Disturbance-Dependent Birds in Eastern North America. In  F. Thompson, R. DeGraaf, M. Griep, eds., Special publication on conservation of early successional wildlife and habitats in eastern forests.  Wildlife Society Bulletin 29: 440-455.

Parsons, R.L., Rossignol, T.M., Calupca, M.A., HARDWICK, J.C. 2000. PACAP Peptides Modulate Guinea Pig Cardiac Neuron Membrane Excitability and Neuropeptide Expression. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 921(December):202-210.

Schoenfeld, L.S., Souder, J.A., and HARDWICK, J.C. 2000. Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide innervation of the mudpuppy cardiac ganglion.  Brain Research 882: 180-190.

Soltis, D. E., P.S. Soltis, M.W. Chase, M.E. Mort, D.C. Albach, M. Zanis, V. Savlainen, W.H. Hahn, S.B. Hoot, M.F. Fay, M. Axtell, S.M. SWENSEN, K.C. Nixon, & J.S. Farris. 2000. Angiosperm Phylogeny inferred from a combined data set of 18S rDNA, rbcL, and atpB sequences. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 133: 381-461.

Golub, R., Adeiman. Z., Clementi, J., Weiss. R., Bonasera, J., and SERVETNICK, M. 2000. Evolutionary conserved and divergent expression of members of the FGF receptor family among vertebrate embryos, as revealed by FGFR expression patterns in Xenopus. Development, Genes and Evolution 210:345-357.

Parsons, R.L., Rossignol, T.M., Calupca, M.A., HARDWICK, J.C., and Braas, K.M. 2000. PACAP peptides modulate guinea pig cardiac neuron membrane excitability and neuropeptide expression.  Annals of the New York Academy of Science 921(December):202-210.

Brady, S.F., Wright, S.A., Lee, J.C., Sutton, A.E., Zumhof, C.H., WODZINSKI, R.C., Beer, S.V. and CIardy, J. 1999. Pantocin B, an antibiotic from Erwinia herbicola discovered by heterologous expression of cloned genes. J. Amer. Chem. Soc.121:11912-11913.

Calupca, M.A., Hendricks, G.M., HARDWICK, J.C., and Parsons, R.L. 1999.  Role of mitochondrial dysfunction in the Ca2+-induced decline of transmitter release at K+-depolarized motor neuron terminals. Journal of Neurophysiology, 18:  498-506.

CONFER, J.L.  1999. Contributions to the draft Master Plan/Environmental Impact Statement for Sterling Forest State Park within the Palisades Interstate Park Commission. Submitted to the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and  Historic Preservation. Professional Report.

CONFER, J.L. 1999. The diversity and abundance of birds nesting under power lines of New England Electric System Companies and Eastern Utilities Associates. Professional Report.

CONFER, J.L. 1999. The diversity and abundance of birds nesting under power lines of Orange and Rockland utilities with an emphasis of the Golden-winged warbler. Professional Report.

CONFER, J.L. 1999.  Shrubland birds in managed shrubland habitat of utility ROW.  Invited presentation at a natural resources workshop, Edison Electric Institute.  Professional Report.

Forbes, M.R., MUMA, K.E. and SMITH, B.P. 1999. Parasitism of Sympetrum dragonflies by Arrenurus planus mites: maintenance of resistance particular to one species. International J. Parasitology 29:991-999. View PDF.

Mazourek, M., Torello, A.T. and CAMERON V. 1999. Analysis of strains of Saccharomyces cetvesiae with amono acid substitutions of the CuA binding region of subuint II of cytochrome c oxidase. Current Genetics 36:249-255.

Letivaitis, J.A., Wagner, D.L., CONFER, J.L., Tarr, M.D. and Snyder, E.J. 1999. Early-successional forests and shrub-dominated habitats: Land-use artifact or critical community in the northeastern United States. Northeast Wildlife 54:101-118.

SMITH, A. M., Quick, T. J. and St. Peter, R. L. (1999). Differences in the composition of adhesive and  non-adhesive mucus from the limpet Lottia limatula. Biological Bulletin, 196: 34-44.

SMITH, A. M. 1999. A model circulatory system for use in undergraduate physiology laboratories.  American Journal of Physiology 277, (Advances in Physiology Education 22): S92-S99.

SMITH, B.P. 1999. Larval Hydrachnida and their hosts: biological inference and population structure. In Acarology IX, Vol. 2, Symposia. pp. 139-144, edited by G.R. Needham, R. Mitchell, D.J. Horn, and W.C. Welbourn. Ohio Biological Survey, Columbus. View PDF.

SMITH, B.P. 1999. Loss of larval parasitism in parasitengonine mites. In: Ecology and Evolution of the Acari, edited by J. Bruin, L.P.S. van der Geest and M.W. Sabelis, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp 125-136 (reprinting of Smith 1998).

Weller, S.J. JACOBSON, N.L. and Conner, W.E. 1999. The evolution of chemical defences and mating systems in tiger moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Biol. J. Linnean Society 68:557-578.