Submissions from 2023
Description of four new filamentous cyanobacterial taxa from freshwater habitats in the Azores Archipelago., Ruben Luz, Rita Cordeiro, Jan Kastovsky, Jeffrey R. Johansen, Elisabete Dias, Amelia Fonseca, Ralph Urbatzka, Vitar Vasconcelos, and Vitar Goncalves
New terrestrial cyanobacteria from the Azores Islands: description of Venetifunis gen. nov. and new species of Albertania, Kovacikia and Pegethrix, Ruben Luz, Rita Cordeiro, Jan Kastovsky, Jeffrey R. Johansen, Elisabete Dias, Amelia Fonseca, Vitor Vasconcelos, and Vitor Goncalves
Protected areas slow declines unevenly across the tetrapod tree of life, A Justin Nowakowski, James I. Watling, Alexander Murray, Jessica L. Deichmann, Thomas S. Akre, Carlos L. Muñoz Brenes, Brian D. Todd, Louise McRae, Robin Freeman, and Luke O. Frishkoff
Submissions from 2022
Roholtiella volcanica sp. nov., a New Species of Cyanobacteria from Kamchatkan Volcanic Soils, Lira A. Gaysina, Jeffrey R. Johansen, Aniket Saraf, Razeda Z. Allaguvatova, Sagarika Paul, and Prashant Singh
Dose-dependent alkaloid sequestration and N-methylation of decahydroquinoline in poison frogs, Adriana M. Jeckel, Sarah K. Bolton, Katherine R. Waters, Marta M. Antoniazzi, Carlos Jared, Kunihiro Matsumura, Keisuke Nishikawa, Yoshiki Morimoto5, Taran Grant, and Ralph Saporito
Deoxybuzonamine Isomers from the Millipede Brachycybe lecontii (Platydesmida: Andrognathidae), Tappy H. Jones, Daniel P. Harrison, Carla Menegatti, Emily Levers, Kenneth Knott, Paul Marek, Derek A. Hennen, Matt T. Kasson, Angie M. Macias, Brian Lovett, and Ralph Saporito
Hybridization between the Woodland Salamanders Plethodon cinereus and P. electromorphus Is Not Widespread, Shawn R. Kuchta, Maggie M. Hantak, Brian P. Waldron, Cari-Ann M. Hickerson, Richard M. Lehtinen, and Carl Anthony
CIRCUMSCRIPTION OF FULBRIGHTIELLA GEN. NOV. AND SHERWOODIELLA GEN. NOV., TWO NOVEL GENERA IN THE CALOTRICHACEAE (NOSTOCALES, CYANOBACTERIA), Naresh Kumar, Aniket Saraf, Sagarika Paul, Deeksha Mishra, Prashant Singh, and Jeffrey R. Johansen
om92, a glp-1 enhancer mutation, is an allele of ekl-1, Samantha A. Stein, Olivia F. Zucaro, Harold E. Smith, Kevin F. O'Connell, Jill M. Spoerke, Eleanor M. Maine, and James L. Lissemore
Does the thermal mismatch hypothesis predict disease outcomes in different morphs of a terrestrial salamander?, Matthew Venesky, Joseph Alan DeMarchi, Cari-Ann M. Hickerson, and Carl D. Anthony
Submissions from 2021
A new species of cryptic cyanobacteria isolated from the epidermis of a bottlenose dolphin and as a bioaerosol, Amber O. Brown, Caitlin S. Romanis, Petr Dvorak, Amanda J. Foss, Quincy A. Gibson, Chelsea D. Villaneuva, Wendy N. Durden, Anyssa D. Garvey, Phillip Jenkins, Petr Hasler, Jeffrey R. Johansen, Brett A. Neilan, and Dale A. Casamatta
Gypsum-exclusive plants accumulate more leaf S than non-exclusive species both in and off gypsum, Andreu Cera, Gabriel Montserrat-Martí, Juan Pedro Ferrio, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, and Sara Palacio
New Piperidine alkaloids from fire ants are not sequestered by the green and black poison frog ( Dendrobates auratus ), Ian Davison, Ralph Saporito, Lisa M. Shulte, and Kyle Summers
WHEN WILL TAXONOMIC SATURATION BE ACHIEVED? A CASE STUDY IN NUNDUVA AND KYRTUTHRIX (RIVULARIACEAE, CYANOBACTERIA)1, Jeffrey R. Johansen, Laura Gonzalez-Resendiz, Viviana Escobar-Sanchez, Claudia Segal-Kischinevzky, Jose Martınez-Yerena, Joaquin Hernandez-Sanchez, Gariela Hernandez-Perez, and Hilda Leon-Tejera
Total Synthesis of Decahydroquinoline Poison Frog Alkaloids ent-cis-195A and cis-211A, Takuya Okada, Naizhen Wu, Katsuki Takashima, Jungoh Ishimura, Hiroyuki Morita, Takuya Ito, Takeshi Kodama, Yuhei Yamasaki, Shin-ichi Akanuma, Yoshiyuki Kubo, Ken-ichi Hosoya, Hiroshi Tsuneki, Tsutomu Wada, Toshiyasu Sasaoka, Takahiro Shimizu, Hideki Sakai, Linda P. Dwoskin, Syed R. Hussaini, Ralph Saporito, and Naoki Toyooka
TRICHOTORQUATUS GEN. NOV. - A NEW GENUS OF SOIL CYANOBACTERIA DISCOVERED FROM AMERICAN DRYLANDS, Nicole Pietrasiak, Sharon Reeve, Karina Osorio-Santos, David A. Lipson, and Jeffrey R. Johansen
Blanding's Turtle, Emydoidea blandingii (Holbrook 1838), J C. Spetz, C A. Sheil, and T L. Robinson
Blanding's Turtle Emydoidea blandingii, J C. Spetz, Christopher Sheil, and T L. Robinson
Repeatability of foraging behavior following a simulated predation attempt depends on color morph, sex, and foraging metric in Red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus), Brian P. Waldron*, Marissa C. Ganzfried*, Cari-Ann M. Hickerson, and Carl D. Anthony
Submissions from 2020
Two new Oculatella (Oculatellaceae, Cyanobacteria) species in soil crusts from tropical semi–arid uplands of México, Itzel Becerra–Absalón, Jeffrey R. Johansen, Karina Osorio–Santos, and Gustavo Montejavo
Robert Gordon Jaeger, Caitlin R. Gabor and Carl D. Anthony
Ecological features of cyanobacteria and algae communities of the littoral of the meromictic Lake Shira (Khakassia Republic, Russia), Lira Gaysina, A I. Fazlutdinova, O N. Mukhina, L F. Akhmadeyeva, D Yu Rogozin, A O. Bul’khin, N V. Sukhanova, and Jeffrey R. Johansen
Seed source regions drive fitness differences in invasive macrophytes, Morgane B. Gillard, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Gabrielle Thiébaut, Michèle Tarayre, Caryn J. Futrell, and Brenda J. Grewell
A Spatiotemporal Assessment of Dietary Partitioning between Color Morphs of a Terrestrial Salamander, Maggie M. Hantak, Kyle M. Brooks, Cari-Ann M. Hickerson, Carl D. Anthony, and Shawn R. Kuchta
Phylogeny and taxonomy of Synechococcus–like cyanobacteria, Jiri Komarek, Jeffrey R. Johansen, Jan Smarda, and Otakar Strunecký
A Method for Removing Eggs or Embryos from Preserved, Gravid Snakes that Minimizes Damage to Museum Specimens, Christopher Sheil and Luke J. Welton
Female Salamanders Experience Higher Parasitism Compared to Males: A Cost of Female Reproduction?, Matthew D. Venesky, Joseph Alan DeMarchi, Rachel Marbach, Keva Periyar, Cari-Ann M. Hickerson, and Carl D. Anthony
Support for the habitat amount hypothesis from a global synthesis of species density studies, James I. Watling and Rebecca Fang
Submissions from 2019
Lagosinema tenuis gen. et sp. nov. (Prochlorotrichaceae, Cyanobacteria): a new brackish water genus from Tropical Africa, Sandra C. Akagha, Jeffrey R. Johansen, Dike I. Nwankwo, and Kedong Yin
Using a comparative approach to investigate the relationship between landscape and genetic connectivity among woodland salamander population, Alexander C. Camercon, Robert B. Page, James I. Watling, Cari-Ann M. Hickerson, and Carl Anthony
Global temporal patterns in plant nutrient resorption plasticity, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Nicole Pietrasiak, and Thomas Short
Interactive effects of salinity and inundation on native Spartina foliosa, invasive S. densiflora and their hybrid from San Francisco Estuary, California, Blanca Gallego-Trevar, Brenda J. Grewell, Caryn J. Futrell, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, and Jesus M. Castillo
Scientific Illustration in Biology: Art for Education and Science, L. A. Gaysina, Jeffrey R. Johansen, and Christopher Sheil
Resprouting potential of rhizome fragments from invasive macrophyte reveals superior colonization ability of the diploid congener, Brenda J. Grewell, Caryn J. Futrell, Maria Iannucci, and Rebecca E. Drenovsky
Resprouting potential of rhizome fragments from invasive macrophyte reveals superior colonization ability of the diploid congener, Brenda J. Grewell, Caryn J. Futrell, Maria Iannucci, and Rebecca E. Drenovsky
Do genetic structure and landscape heterogeneity impact color morph frequency in a polymorphic salamander?, Maggie M. Hantak, Robert B. Page, Paul E. Converse, Carl D. Anthony, and Shawn R. Kuchta
Competition and Intraguild Predation Between Beetles, Pterostichus stygicus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and Centipedes, Scolopocryptops sexspinosus (Scolopemdromorpha: Scolopocryptopidae), Michele E. Julian, Cari-Ann M. Hickerson, and Carl Anthony
Species Variation in a Pheromone Complex is Maintained at the Population Level in the Eastern Red-Backed Salamander, Christina L. Kunkle, Carl Anthony, Cari-Ann M. Hickerson, and Richard C. Feldhoff
Functional Traits Explain Variation in Chaparral Shrub Sensitivity to Altered Water and Nutrient Availability, Reina Lee Nielsen, Jeremy James, and Rebecca E. Drenovsky
Functional Traits Explain Variation in Chaparral Shrub Sensitivity to Altered Water and Nutrient Availability, Reina L. Nielsen, Jeremy J. James, and Rebecca E. Drenovsky
Neotypification of Pleurocapsa fuliginosa and epitypification of P. minor (Pleurocapsales): resolving a polyphyletic cyanobacterial genus, Sergei Shalygin, Katherine Kavulic, Nicole Pietrasiak, Markéta Bohunická, Melissa A. Vaccarino, Nicholas M. Chesarino, and Jeffrey R. Johansen
Genetic Analysis of a Cryptic Contact Zone between Mitochondrial Clades of the Eastern Red-Backed Salamander, Plethodon cinereus, Brian P. Waldron, Shawn R. Kuchta, Maggie M. Hantak, Cari-Ann M. Hickerson, and Carl D. Anthony
Submissions from 2018
Chroakolemma gen. nov. (Leptolyngbyaceae, Cyanobacteria) from soil biocrusts in the semi-desert Central Region of Mexico, Itzael Becerra-Absalon, Jeffrey R. Johansen, M. Angeles Munoz-Martin, and Gustavo Montejano
Ontogenetic colour change in Oreophryne ezra (Anura: Microhylidae) reflects an unusual shift from conspicuousness to crypsis but not in toxicity, M. W. Bulbert, T. E. White, Ralph Saporito, and F. Kraus
Behavioural preference for low levels of UV-B radiation in two neotropical frog species from Costa Rica, Joseph A. DeMarchi*, Andrew Britton**, Kaylee O'Donnell**, and Ralph Saporito
Biodiversity of terrestrial cyanobacteria of the South Ural region, Lira A. Gaysina, Markéta Bohunicka, Václava Hazukova, and Jeffrey R. Johansen
Nunduva, a new marine genus of Rivulariaceae (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria) from marine rocky shores, Laura Gonzales-Resendiz, Jeffrey R. Johansen, Luisa Alba-Lois, Claudia Segal–Kischinevzky, Viviana Escobar–Sánchez, Luis F. Jimenez Garcia4, Tomáš Hauer, and Hilda León–Tejera
Trichocolea Dumortier, 1822, nom. et orth. cons. (Jungermanniales, Bryophyta) vs Trichocoleus Anagnostidis, 2001 (Synechococcales, Cyanophyta) and Trichocolaceae H.Nakai vs Trichocolaceae, Michael D. Guiry, Jeffrey R. Johansen, and Truc Mai
Sequestered Alkaloid Defenses in the Dendrobatid Poison Frog Oophaga pumilio Provide Variable Protection from Microbial Pathogens, K. J. Hovey, E. M. Seiter, Erin E. Johnson, and Ralph Saporito
Male mate preference as an agent of fecundity selection in a polymorphic salamander, Kortney E. Jaworski, Matthew S. Lattanzio, Cari-Ann M. Hickerson, and Carl D. Anthony
The Chemistry of Some Dalodesmidean Millipedes from Tasmania (Diplopoda, Polydesmida), T. H. Jones, D. M. Guthrie, C. T. Hogan, D. J. Robinson, R. Mesibov, W. A. Shear, T. F. Spande, and Ralph Saporito
Molecular characterization of Geitleria appalachiana sp. nov. (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria) and formation of Geitleriaceae fam. nov., Chase Kilgore, Jeffrey R. Johansen, Truc Mai, Tomáš Hauer, Dale A. Casamata, and Christopher Sheil
The Molecular Chaperone HSP90 Promotes Notch Signaling in the Germline of Caenorhabditis elegans, James L. Lissemore, Elyse Connors, Ying Liu, Li Qiao, Bing Yang, Mark L. Edgley, Stephane Flibotte, Jon Taylor, Vinci Au, Donald G. Moerman, and Eleanor M. Maine
Revision of the Synechococcales (Cyanobacteria) through recognition of four families including Oculatellaceae fam. nov. and Trichocoleaceae fam. nov. and six new genera containing 14 species, Truc Mai, Jeffrey R. Johansen, Nicole Pietrasiak, Marketa Bohunicka, and Michael P. Martin
Comment on Amézquita et al. (2017) “Conspicuousness, color resemblance, and toxicity in geographically diverging mimicry: The pan‐Amazonian frog Allobates femoralis ”, Ralph Saporito and Taran Grant
An Empirical Test Indicates Only Qualitatively Honest Aposematic Signaling Within a Population of Vertebrates, Adam M.M. Stuckert, Ralph Saporito, and Kyle Summers
Nodosilinea chupicuarensis sp. nov. (Leptolyngbyaceae, Synechococcales) a subaerial cyanobacterium isolated from a stone monument in central Mexico, Juan Vásquez-Martínez, Juan Manual Gutierrez-Villagomez, Citlali Fonseca-García, Enrique Ramírez-Chávez, Ma. Lourdes Mondragón-Sánchez, Laila Partida-Martínez, Jeffrey R. Johansen, and Jorge Molona-Torrés
Submissions from 2017
Behavioral interactions between terrestrial salamanders and spiders: competition or intraguild predation? Behavioral interactions between terrestrial salamanders and spiders: competition or intraguild predation?, Carl Anthony, Cari-Ann M. Hickerson, and Anna M. Figura
Differences in Prey Availability within the Territories of Striped and Unstriped Eastern Red-backed Salamanders (Plethodon cinereus), Carl Anthony, Cari-Ann M. Hickerson, K. Jaworski*, and M. Messner**
Eastern Red-backed Salamanders Regulate Top-Down Effects in a Temperate Forest-Floor Community, Carl Anthony, Cari-Ann M. Hickerson, and B. Michael Walton
Variable Alkaloid Defenses in the Dendrobatid Poison Frog Oophaga pumilio are Perceived as Differences in Palatability to Arthropods, Sarah Bolton, Kelsey Dickerson, and Ralph Saporito
Assessment of intra and interregional genetic variation in the Eastern Red-backed Salamander, Plethodon cinereus, via analysis of novel microsatellite markers, Alexander C. Cameron
Competition from Bromus tectorum removes differences between perennial grasses in N capture and conservation strategies, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Jeffrey T. Walker, and J. J. James
Komarekiella atlantica gen. et sp. nov. (Nostocaceae, Cyanobacteria): a new subaerial taxon from the Atlantic Rainforest and Kauai, Hawaii, Jeffrey R. Johansen, Guilherme Scotta Hentschke, Nicole Pietrasiak, Janaina Rigonato, Marli F. Fiore, and Célia Leite Sant’Anna
Highly divergent 16S rRNA sequences in ribosomal operons of Scytonema hyalinum (Cyanobacteria), Jeffrey R. Johansen, Jan Mares, Nicole Pietrasiak, Marketa Bohunicka, Jan Zima Jr., Lenka Stenclova, and Tomas Hauer
Cyanomargarita gen. nov. (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria): convergent evolution resulting in, Jeffrey R. Johansen, Sergei Shalygin, Regina Shalygina, and Nicole Pietrasiak
A revision of the genus Geitlerinema and a description of the genus Anagnostidinema gen. nov. (Oscillatoriophycidae, Cyanobacteria), Jeffrey R. Johansen, Otakar Strunecký, Markéta Bohunická, Kateřina Čapková Čapková, Lenka Raabová, Petr Dvořák, and Jiří Komárek
Phylogenetic patterns of foliar mineral nutrient accumulation among gypsophiles and their relatives in the Chihuahuan Desert, Clare Muller, Michael J. Moore, Zoe Feder, Helene Tiley, and Rebecca E. Drenovsky
Creation of forest edges has a global impact on forest vertebrates, M. Pfeifer, V. Lefebvre, C. A. Peres, C. Banks-Leite, O. R. Wearn, C. J. Marsh, S. Butchart, V. Arroyo-Rodriguez, J. Barlow, A. Cerezo, L. Cisneros, N. D'Cruze, D. Faria, A. Hadley, S. M. Harris, B. T. Klingbeil, U. Kormann, L. Lens, G. F. Medina-Rangel, J. C. Morante-Filho, P. Olivier, S. L. Peters, A. Pidgeon, D. B. Ribeiro, C. Scherber, L. Schneider-Maunoury, M. Struebig, N. Urbina-Cardona, J. I. Watling, M. R. Willig, E. M. Wood, and R. M. Ewers
Deimatic behaviour exhibited by the green and black poison frog (Dendrobates auratus) after exposure from a cover object, Ralph Saporito
Escape behaviour of aposematic (Oophaga pumilio) and cryptic (Craugastor sp.) frogs in response to simulated predator approach, Ralph Saporito
Anura-Frogs: Phyllobates Lugubris (Lovely Poison Frog). Predatorprey Interactions, M. Solano, A. Vega, and Ralph Saporito
Chemical characterization of the adhesive secretions of the salamander Plethodon shermani (Caudata, Plethodontidae), Janek von Byern, Ingo Grunwald, Max Kosok, Ralph Saporito, Ursula Dicke, Oliver Wetjen, Karsten Thiel, Kai Borcherding, Thomas Kowalik, and Martina Marchetti-Deschmann
The interacting roles of climate, soils, and plant production on soil microbial communities at a continental scale, M. P. Waldrop, J. M. Holloway, D. B. Smith, M. B. Goldhaber, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, K. M. Scow, R. Dick, D. Howard, B. Wylie, and J. B. Grace
Submissions from 2016
Phenotypic plasticity and population differentiation in response to salinity in the invasive cordgrass Spartina densiflora, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Brenda J. Grewell, Jesus M. Castillo, and Meghan J. Skaer Thomason
Trait responses of invasive aquatic macrophyte congeners: colonizing diploid outperforms polyploid, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Brenda J. Grewell, Meghan J. Skaer Thomason, C. J. Futrell, and M. Iannucci
Functional trait values, not trait plasticity, drive the invasiveness of Rosa sp. in response to light availability, Rebecca E. Drenovsky and Jennifer E. Murphy
Seed Production and Seedling Fitness Are Uncoupled from Maternal Plant Productivity in Three Aridland Bunchgrasses, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Megan L. Thornhill, Matthew A. Krestrick, Daniel M. Dlugos, Jeremy J. James, and Tony J. Svejcar
Submissions from 2015
The non-native plant Rosa multifl ora expresses shade avoidance traits under low light availability, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Daniel M. Dlugos, Hillary Collins, and Elise M. Bartelme
Clonal integration in Ludwigia hexapetala under different light regimes, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, R. E. Glover, C. J. Futrell, and Brenda J. Grewell
Submissions from 2014
Biogeomorphology of a Mojave Desert landscape — Configurations and feedbacks of abiotic and biotic land surfaces during landform evolution, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, N. Pietrasiak, L. S. Santiago, and R. C. Graham
Submissions from 2013
Potential and realized nutrient resorption in serpentine and non-serpentine chaparral shrubs and trees, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Catherine E. Koehler, Kathryn Skelly, and James H. Richards
Impacts of drought on plant water relations and nitrogen nutrition in dryland perennial grasses, Albina Khasanove, Jeremy J. James, and Rebecca E. Drenovsky
Submissions from 2012
A functional trait perspective on plant invasion, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Brenda J. Grewell, and Carla M. D'Antonio
Trait Convergence and Plasticity Among Native and Invasive Species in Resource-Poor Environments, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Albina Khasanova, and Jeremy J. James
Submissions from 2011
Managing soil nitrogen to restore annual grass infested communities: An effective strategy or incomplete framework?, Rebecca Drenovsky
Comparative Ecology of Sarcobatus Baileyi and Sarcobatus Vermiculatus in Eastern California, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Alynn M. Martin, Molly R. Falasco, and James H. Richards
Geologic composition influences distribution of microbiotic crusts in the Mojave and Colorado Deserts at the regional scale, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Nicole Pietrasiak, and Jeffrey R. Johansen
Comparison of Disturbance Impacts to and Spatial Distribution of Biological Soil Crusts in the Little San Bernardino Mountains of Joshua Tree National Park, California, Nicole Pietrasiak, Jeffrey R. Johansen, Tasha LaDoux, and Robert C. Graham
Submissions from 2010
Variation in nutrient resorption by desert shrubs, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Jeremy J. James, and James H. Richards
Plant community and tissue chemistry responses to fertilizer and litter nutrient manipulations in a temperate grassland, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Jean J. Pan, Brittany Widner, and Deborah Ammerman
Land use and climatic factors structure regional patterns in soil microbialcommunities, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Kerri L. Steenworth, Louise E. Jackson, and Kate M. Scow
Submissions from 2009
Environmental stress and genetics influence night-time leaf conductance in the C4 grass Distichlis spicata, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Mairgareth A. Christman, Jeremy J. James, and James H. Richards
Spatial and seasonal variations in mercury methylation and microbial community structure in a historic mercury mining area, Yolo County, California, J. M. Holloway, M. B. Goldhaber, K. M. Scow, and Rebecca E. Drenovsky
Submissions from 2008
Shrub-interspace dynamics alter relationships between microbial community composition and belowground ecosystem characteristics, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Z. T. Aanderud, M. I. Shuldman, and J. H. Richards
New and Current Microbiological Tools for Ecosystem Ecologists: Towards a Goal of Linking Structure and Function, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Kevin P. Ferris, Katharine M. Batten, and Krassimira Hristova
Variation in Resource Acquisition and Utilization Traits Between Native and Invasive Perennial Forbs, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, Christina E. Martin, Molly R. Falasco, and Jeremy J. James
Soil morphology, depth and grapevine root frequency influence microbial communities in a Pinot noir vineyard, Rebecca E. Drenovsky, K. L. Steenwerth, J. J. Lambert, D. A. Kluepfel, K. M. Scow, and D. R. Smart
The Biological Soil Crusts of the San Nicolas Island: Enigmatic Algae from a Geographically Isolated Ecosystem, Valerie R. Flechtner, Jeffrey R. Johansen, and Jayne Belnap
Submissions from 2007
Invasion by Aegilops triuncialis (Barb Goatgrass) Slows Carbon and Nutrient Cycling in a Serpentine Grassland, Rebecca E. Drenovsky and Katharine M. Batton
