Submissions from 2019
Predator density influences nest attendance of Yellow‐headed Blackbirds Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus, Colby Behrens, Zachary J. Ruff, Tyler M. Harms, and Stephen J. Dinsmore
Threats to freshwater fisheries in the United States: perspectives and investments of state fisheries administrators and Agricultural Experiment Station directors, Andrew K. Carlson, William W. Taylor, Michael T. Kinnison, S. Mažeika P. Sullivan, Michael J. Weber, Richard T. Melstrom, Paul A. Venturelli, Melissa R. Wuellner, Raymond M. Newman, Kyle J. Hartman, Gayle B. Zydlewski, Dennis R. DeVries, Suzanne M. Gray, Dana M. Infante, Mark A. Pegg, and Reggie M. Harrell
Decreased female fidelity alters male behavior in a feral horse population managed with immunocontraception, Maggie M. Jones and Cassandra M.V. Nuñez
Fish growth changes over time in a Midwestern USA lake, Eric D. Katzenmeyer, Michael E. Colvin, Timothy W. Stewart, Clay L. Pierce, and Scott E. Grummer
Factors influencing fish mercury concentrations in Iowa rivers, Nathan Mills, Michael J. Weber, Clay L. Pierce, and Darcy Cashatt
Analysis of mitochondrial genomes resolves the phylogenetic position of Chinese freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionidae), Rui-Wen Wu, Xiong-Jun Liu, Sa Wang, Kevin J. Roe, Shan Ouyang, and Xiao-Ping Wu
Submissions from 2018
Respiratory disease, behavior, and survival of mountain goat kids, Julie A. Blanchong, Christopher A. Anderson, Nicholas Clark, Robert W. Klaver, Paul J. Plummer, Mike Cox, Caleb Mcadoo, and Peregrine L. Wolff
Floods, drying, habitat connectivity, and fish occupancy dynamics in restored and unrestored oxbows of West Central Iowa, USA, Jesse R. Fischer, Bryan D. Bakevich, Colin P. Shea, Clay L. Pierce, and Michael C. Quist
Development of a quantitative PCR method for screening ichthyoplankton samples for bigheaded carps, Andrea Fritts, Brent C. Knights, James H. Larson, Jon J. Armberg, Christopher M. Merkes, Tariq Tajjioui, Steven E. Butler, Matthew J. Diana, David H. Wahl, Michael J. Weber, and John D. Waters
Predicting monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) movement and egg-laying with a spatially-explicit agent-based model: The role of monarch perceptual range and spatial memory, Tyler J. Grant, Hazel R. Parry, Myron P. Zalucki, and Steven P. Bradbury
A Qualitative Investigation of Farmer and Rancher Perceptions of Trees and Woody Biomass Production on Marginal Agricultural Land, Ashley Hand and John Tyndall
Optimizing surveys for marsh songbirds: does timing matter?, Tyler M. Harms and Stephen J. Dinsmore
Virgin microplastics are not causing imminent harm to fish after dietary exposure, Boris Jovanović, Kerem Gökdağ, Olgaç Güven, Yilmaz Emre, Elizabeth M. Whitley, and Ahmet Erkan Kideys
The effects of a human food additive, titanium dioxide nanoparticles E171, on Drosophila melanogaster - a 20 generation dietary exposure experiment, Boris Jovanović, Nikola Jovanović, Vladimir J. Cvetković, Sanja Matić, Snežana Stanić, Elizabeth M. Whitley, and Tatjana Lj. Mitrović
Improving our understanding of demographic monitoring: avian breeding productivity in a tropical dry forest, M. Edye Kornegay, Amber N. M. Wiewel, Jaime A. Collazo, James F. Saracco, and Stephen J. Dinsmore
Weather and landscape factors affect white-tailed deer neonate survival at ecologically important life stages in the Northern Great Plains, Eric S. Michel, Jonathan A. Jenks, Kyle D. Kaskie, Robert W. Klaver, and William F. Jensen
A case study and a meta-analysis of seasonal variation in fish mercury concentrations, Nathan Mills, Darcy Cashatt, Michael J. Weber, and Clay L. Pierce
Stability of supraglacial debris, Peter L. Moore
Feeder density enhances house finch disease transmission in experimental epidemics, Sahnzi C. Moyers, James S. Adelman, Damien R. Farine, Courtney A. Thomason, and Dana M. Hawley
Waterbird Use of Sheetwater Wetlands in Iowa’s Prairie Pothole Region, Kevin T. Murphy and Stephen J. Dinsmore
Consequences of porcine zona pellucida immunocontraception to feral horses, Cassandra M.V. Nuñez
Tropical Tree Species Effects on Soil pH and Biotic Factors and the Consequences for Macroaggregate Dynamics, Ann E. Russell, Stephanie N. Kivlin, and Christine V. Hawkes
Chronic wasting disease detection and mortality sources in semi-protected deer population, Krysten L. Schuler, Jonathan A. Jenks, Robert W. Klaver, Christopher S. Jennelle, and R. Terry Bowyer
Influence of river discharge on grass carp occupancy dynamics in south‐eastern Iowa rivers, Christopher J. Sullivan, Michael J. Weber, Clay L. Pierce, and Carlos A. Camacho
Factors regulating year‐class strength of Silver Carp throughout the Mississippi River basin, Christopher J. Sullivan, Michael J. Weber, Clay L. Pierce, David H. Wahl, Quinton E. Phelps, Carlos A. Camacho, and Robert E. Colombo
Exploring the amphibian exposome in an agricultural landscape using telemetry and passive sampling, Jennifer E. Swanson, Erin Muths, Clay L. Pierce, Stephen J. Dinsmore, Mark W. Vandever, Michelle L. Hladik, and Kelly L. Smalling
Occupancy modeling of Parnassius clodius butterfly populations in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, Kimberly E. Szcodronski, Diane M. Debinski, and Robert W. Klaver
Impacts of Shallow Lake Restoration on Vegetation and Breeding Birds in Iowa, Rachel A. Vanausdall and Stephen J. Dinsmore
Relative effects of mortality versus emigration on a reservoir Walleye population, Michael J. Weber and Mark Flammang
Identification of Bighead Carp and Silver Carp early-life environments and inferring Lock and Dam 19 passage in the Upper Mississippi River: insights from otolith chemistry, Gregory W. Whitledge, Brent Knights, Jon Vallazza, James Larson, Michael J. Weber, James T. Lamer, Quinton E. Phelps, and Jacob D. Newman
Testing the utility of DNA barcodes and a preliminary phylogenetic framework for Chinese freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from the middle and lower Yangtze River, Rui-Wen Wu, Yi-Tong Liu, Sa Wang, Xiong-Jun Liu, David T. Zanatta, Kevin J. Roe, Xue-Lin Song, Chang-Ting An, and Xiao-Ping Wu
Nest tree use by southern flying squirrels in fragmented Midwestern landscapes, James S. Zweep, Christopher N. Jacques, Sean E. Jenkins, Robert W. Klaver, and Shelli A. Dubay
Submissions from 2017
Book Review of Serendipity: An Ecologist’s Quest to Understand Nature, E. E. Ball, D. M. Adams, J. N. Dupuie Jr., M. M. Jones, P. G. McGovern, R. M. Ruden, S. R. Schmidt, G. J. Vaziri, J. S. Eeling, B. D. Kirk, A. L. McCombs, A. B. Rabinowitz, K. M. Thompson, Z. J. Hudson, and Robert W. Klaver
Response of Anurans to Wetland Restoration on a Midwestern Agricultural Landscape, Paul E. Bartelt and Robert W. Klaver
A comparison of genetic diversity and population structure of the endangered scaleshell mussel (Leptodea leptodon), the fragile papershell (Leptodea fragilis) and their host-fish the freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), Jer Pin Chong and Kevin J. Roe
Factors affecting Snowy Plover chick survival in a managed population, Stephen J. Dinsmore, Eleanore P. Gaines, Scott F. Pearson, David J. Lauten, and Kathleen A. Castelein
Importance of scale, land cover, and weather on the abundance of bird species in a managed forest, Alexis R. Grinde, Gerald J. Niemi, Brian R. Sturtevant, Hannah Panci, Wayne Thogmartin, and Peter Wolter
Using landscape habitat associations to prioritize areas of conservation action for terrestrial birds, Tyler M. Harms, Kevin T. Murphy, Xiaodan Lyu, Shane S. Patterson, Karen E. Kinkead, Stephen J. Dinsmore, and Paul W. Frese
The Farmer and the Rancher, David A. Hennessy, Hongli Feng, Mike Wimberly, Tong Wang, Adnan Akyüz, Peter Wolter, and Larry Janssen
Neonicotinoid insecticide removal by prairie strips in row-cropped watersheds with historical seed coating use, Michelle L. Hladik, Steven P. Bradbury, Lisa A. Schulte, Matthew Helmers, Christopher Witte, Dana W. Kolpin, Jessica D. Garrett, and Mary Harris
Associations among Habitat Characteristics and Meningeal Worm Prevalence in Eastern South Dakota, USA, Christopher N. Jacques, Jonathan A. Jenks, Robert W. Klaver, and Shelli A. Dubay
Long-term spatial heterogeneity in mallard distribution in the Prairie pothole region, Adam K. Janke, Michael J. Anteau, and Joshua D. Stafford
Development and validation of a house finch interleukin-1β (HfIL-1β) ELISA system, Sungwon Kim, Myeongseon Park, Ariel E. Leon, James S. Adelman, Dana M. Hawley, and Rami A. Dalloul
Emissions of forest floor and mineral soil carbon, nitrogen and mercury pools and relationships with fire severity for the Pagami Creek Fire in the Boreal Forest of northern Minnesota, Randall K. Kolka, Brian R. Sturtevant, Jessica R. Miesel, Aditya Singh, Peter T. Wolter, Shawn Fraver, Thomas M. DeSutter, and Phil A. Townsend
Perspectives on the Controlled Propagation, Augmentation, and Reintroduction of Freshwater Mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida), Stephen E. McMurray and Kevin J. Roe
Lingering effects of contraception management on feral mare (Equus caballus) fertility and social behavior, Cassandra M. V. Nuñez, James S. Adelman, Haley A. Carr, Colleen M. Alvarez, and Daniel I. Rubenstein
Amphibians, Pesticides, and the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus in Restored Wetlands in Agricultural Landscapes, Rebecca A. Reeves, Clay L. Pierce, Mark W. Vandever, Erin Muths, and Kelly L. Smalling
Environmental contaminants in excrement of Iowa's nesting and wintering Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), William J. Reiter-Marolf, Stephen J. Dinsmore, and Julie A. Blanchong
Landscape host abundance and configuration regulate periodic outbreak behavior in spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana Clem.), Louis-Etienne Robert, Brian R. Sturtevant, Barry J. Cooke, Patrick M. A. James, Marie-Josee Fortin, Philip A. Townsend, Peter T. Wolter, and Daniel Kneeshaw
Soil as Social-Ecological Feedback: Examining the “Ethic” of Soil Stewardship among Corn Belt Farmers, Gabrielle Roesch-McNally, J. Gordon Arbuckle, and John C. Tyndall
The trouble with cover crops: Farmers’ experiences with overcoming barriers to adoption, Gabrielle E. Roesch-McNally, Andrea D. Basche, J. G. Arbuckle, John C. Tyndall, Fernando E. Miguez, Troy Bowman, and Rebecca Clay
The trouble with cover crops: Farmers’ experiences with overcoming barriers to adoption, Gabrielle E. Roesch-McNally, Andrea D. Basche, J. G. Arbuckle, John C. Tyndall, Fernando E. Miguez, Troy Bowman, and Rebecca Clay
Forestry for a Low-Carbon Future: Integrating Forests and Wood Products Into Climate Change Strategies, Ann E. Russell and B. Mohan Kumar
Testosterone and prolactin levels in incubating Mountain Plovers (Charadrius montanus), Paul D. B. Skrade, Stephen J. Dinsmore, and Carol M. Vleck
Intra-Annual Variability of Silver Carp Populations in the Des Moines River, USA, Christopher J. Sullivan, Carlos A. Comacho, Michael J. Weber, and Clay L. Pierce
Identifying Riparian Zones Best Suited to Installation of Saturated Buffers: A Preliminary Multi-Watershed Assessment, M. D. Tomer, D. B. Jaynes, S. A. Porter, D. E. James, and T. M. Isenhart
Prairie strips improve biodiversity and the delivery of multiple ecosystem services from corn–soybean croplands, John C. Tyndall, Lisa A. Schulte-Moore, Jarad Niemi, Matthew J. Helmers, Matthew Z. Liebman, J. Gordon Arbuckle Jr., David E. James, Randall K. Kalka, Matthew E. O'Neal, Mark D. Tomer, Heidi Asbjornsen, Pauline Drobney, Jeri Neal, Gary Van Ryswyk, and Christopher C. Witte
Quantifying downed coarse woody material and residual forest basal area following retention harvesting in northeastern Minnesota using Landsat sensor data, P. T. Wolter, L. A. Hilgemann, and M. A. White
Submissions from 2016
Application of genetics and genomics to wildlife epidemiology, Julie A. Blanchong, Stacie J. Robinson, Michael D. Samuel, and Jeffrey T. Foster
Incongruence between mtDNA and nuclear data in the freshwater mussel genus Cyprogenia (Bivalvia: Unionidae) and its impact on species delineation, Jer Pin Chong, John L. Harris, and Kevin J. Roe
Quantifying Early-Seral Forest Composition with Remote Sensing, Rayma a. Cooley, Peter T. Wolter, and Brian R. Sturtevant
Carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus storage across a growing season by the herbaceous layer in urban and preserved temperate hardwood forests, Michaeleen Gerken Golay, Janette Thompson, and Randall Kolka
Spatial scale matters when modeling avian co-occurrence, Tyler M. Harms and Stephen J. Dinsmore
Phosphorus source--sink relationships of stream sediments in the Rathbun Lake watershed in southern Iowa, USA, Najphak Hongthanat, John L. Kovar, Michael L. Thompson, James R. Russell, and Thomas M. Isenhart
Spatial Ecology and Survival of Swainson's Hawks (Buteo swainsoni) in the Northern Great Plains, Will M. Inselman, Shubham Datta, Jonathan A. Jenks, Robert W. Klaver, and Troy W. Grovenburg
Occupancy dynamics in human-modified landscapes in a tropical island: implications for conservation design, Julissa I. Irizarry, Jamie A. Collazo, and Stephen J. Dinsmore
Influence of patch shape on mallard nest survival in northern Iowa, Rolf R. Koford, Gian Dodici, Guy Zenner, Jennifer A. Vogel, Brenna Ness, and Robert W. Klaver
Review of Large Carnivore Conservation: Integrating Science and Policy in the North American West, A. L. McCombs, A. J. Albertsen, M. M. Cox, E. E. Ernst, H. J. Haley, D. A. Loney, M. M. Mackert, F. Piatscheck, V. M. Pocius, D. S. Stein, E. A. Altrichter, A. J. Almond, J. M. Dale, J. N. Dupuie Jr., P. G. McGovern, B. A. Nixon, J. E. Swanson, and R. W. Klaver
Vegetation recovery following fire and harvest disturbance in central Labrador — a landscape perspective, Brian R. Miranda, Brian R. Sturtevant, Isabelle Schmelzer, Frédérik Doyon, and Peter Wolter
Canada goose nest survival at rural wetlands in north-central Iowa, Brenna N. Ness and Robert W. Klaver
Management of Free-Roaming Horses, Cassandra M.V. Nuñez, Alberto Scorolli, Laura Lagos, David Berman, and Albert J. Kane
How cost-effective are cover crops, wetlands, and two-stage ditches for nitrogen removal in the Mississippi River Basin?, Sarah S. Roley, Jennifer L. Tank, John Tyndall, and Jonathan D. Witter
Age-specific survival of reintroduced swift fox in Badlands National Park and surrounding lands, Indrani Sasmal, Robert W. Klaver, Jonathan A. Jenks, and Greg M. Schroeder
Do transmitters affect survival and body condition of American beavers Castor canadensis?, Joshua B. Smith, Steve K. Windels, Tiffany Wolf, Robert W. Klaver, and Jerrold L. Belant
Drifting to oblivion? Rapid genetic differentiation in an endangered lizard following habitat fragmentation and drought, Amy G. Vandergast, Dustin A. Wood, Andrew R. Thompson, Mark Fisher, Cameron W. Barrows, and Tyler J. Grant
Nest survival of Tricolored Blackbirds in California's Central Valley, Kelly Weintraub, T. Luke George, and Stephen J. Dinsmore
Submissions from 2015
Status of the Topeka Shiner in West-Central Iowa, Bryan David Bakevich, Clay L. Pierce, and Michael C. Quist
A Food Web Modeling Analysis of a Midwestern, USA Eutrophic Lake Dominated by Non-Native Common Carp and Zebra Mussels, Michael E. Colvin, Clay L. Pierce, and Timothy W. Stewart
Mate Replacement and Alloparental Care in Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis), Shubham Datta, Will M. Inselman, Jonathan A. Jenks, Kent C. Jensen, Christopher C. Swanson, Robert W. Klaver, Indrani Sasmal, and Troy W. Grovenburg
Short‐term anuran community dynamics in the Missouri River floodplain following an historic flood, Tyler J. Grant, David L. Otis, and Rolf R. Koford
Density, Abundance, and Habitat Associations of the Inland Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana georgiana) in Iowa, Tyler Harms and Stephen J. Dinsmore
Influence of Habitat and Intrinsic Characteristics on Survival of Neonatal Pronghorn, Christopher N. Jacques, Jonathan A. Jenks, Troy W. Grovenburg, and Robert W. Klaver
Influence of ecologic factors on prevalence of meningeal worm (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis) infection in South Dakota, USA, Christopher N. Jacques, Jonathan A. Jenks, Troy W. Grovenburg, Robert W. Klaver, and Shelli A. Dubay
Forest Change in the Driftless Area of the Midwest: From a Preferred to Undesirable Future, Tricia G. Knoot, M. E. Shea, Lisa A. Schulte, John C. Tyndall, M. D. Nelson, C. H. Perry, and Brian J. Palik
How Should Iowa’s Agricultural Landscape Look?, Drake Larsen, Lisa A. Schulte, and John Tyndall
Multiyear monitoring (2007-2013) of flat-tailed horned lizards (Phrynosoma mcallii), Daniel J. Leavitt, Jimmie Collins, Cat Crawford, Jack Crayon, Tyler J. Grant, Nicholas B. Heatwole, Eric V. Hollenbeck, Michael F. Ingraldi, Linden Piest, Kevin Ponce, Robert J. Powell, Aimee Roach, Abigail S. Rosenberg, Felicia M. Sirchia, Daniel M. Steward, Erica Stewart, Andrew Trouette, and Robert E. Lovich
Enhancing Agroecosystem performance and Resilience through Increased Diversification of Landscapes and Cropping Systems, Matthew Z. Liebman and Lisa A. Schulte-Moore
Effects of climate and plant phenology on recruitment of moose at the southern extent of their range, Kevin L. Monteith, Robert W. Klaver, Kent R. Hersey, A. Andrew Holland, Timothy P. Thomas, and Matthew J. Kauffman
Factors Influencing Soil Aggregation and Particulate Organic Matter Responses to Bioenergy Crops across a Topographic Gradient, Todd A. Ontl, Cynthia A. Cambardella, Lisa A. Schulte, and Randall K. Kolka
Restored Agricultural Wetlands in central Iowa: Habitat Quality and Amphibian Response, Rebecca A. Reeves, Clay L. Pierce, Kelly L. Smalling, Robert W. Klaver, Mark W. Vandever, William A. Battaglin, and Erin Muths
Pesticide concentrations in frog tissue and wetland habitats in a landscape dominated by agriculture, Kelly L. Smalling, Rebecca A. Reeves, Erin Muths, Mark Vandever, William A. Battaglin, Michelle L. Hladik, and Clay L. Pierce
Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework: 1. Developing Multipractice Watershed Planning Scenarios and Assessing Nutrient Reduction Potential, Mark D. Tomer, S. A. Porter, K. M. B. Boomer, D. E. James, J. A. Kostel, Matthew J. Helmers, Thomas M. Isenhart, and E. McLellan
Mindset about Intelligence and Meaningful and Mindful Effort: It's Not My Hardest Class Any More!, Janice A. Wiersema, Barbara Licklider, Janette R. Thompson, Suzanne Hendrich, Cynthia Haynes, and Katherine Thompson
Watershed features and stream water quality: Gaining insight through path analysis in a Midwest urban landscape, U.S.A., Jiayu Wu, Timothy W. Stewart, Janette R. Thompson, Randall K. Kolka, and Kristie J. Franz
Submissions from 2014
Factors affecting Burrowing Owl occupancy of prairie dog colonies, Kristen M. Alverson and Stephen J. Dinsmore
Effects of Set-aside Conservation Practices on Bird Community Structure within an Intensive Agricultural Landscape, Ross Robert Conover, Stephen J. Dinsmore, and L. Wes Burger Jr.
The Impact of Prairie Strips on Aphidophagous Predator Abundance and Soybean Aphid Predation in Agricultural Catchments, Rachael Cox, Matthew E. O'Neal, Rene Hessel, Lisa A. Schulte, and Matthew J. Helmers
Predator exclosures, predator removal, and habitat improvement increase nest success of Snowy Plovers in Oregon, USA, Stephen J. Dinsmore, David J. Lauten, Kathleen A. Castelein, Eleanor P. Gaines, and Mark A. Stern
Book Review of Conservation by Proxy: Indicator, Umbrella, Keystone, Flagship, and Other Surrogate Species, Tyler J. Grant, Peter G. Eyheralde, Melissa S. C. Telemeco, Amy L. Moorhouse, Rebecca A. Reeves, Karin Grimlund, Amy Podaril, Sarah E. Emeterio, and Robert W. Klaver
Influence of landscape characteristics on retention of expandable radiocollars on young ungulates, Troy W. Grovenburg, Robert W. Klaver, Christopher N. Jacques, Todd J. Brinkman, Christopher C. Swanson, Christopher S. DePerno, Kevin L. Monteith, Jaret D. Sievers, Vernon C. Bleich, John G. Kie, and Jonathan A. Jenks
