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DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCE ECOLOGY & MANAGEMENT

 (Graduate student involvement/co-authorship identified with an asterisk)

 

2009

 

DAVIS, CRAIG A. 

Davis, C. A., J. R. Bidwell, and K. R. Hickman.  2009.  Effects of hydrological regimes on competitive interactions of Schoenoplectus fluviatilis and two co-occurring wetland plants.  Aquatic Botany 91:  In press.

Davis, C. A., and J. S. Utrup.  2009.  Response of terrestrial invertebrates to high-diversity and low-diversity grassland restorations in south-central Nebraska.  Restoration Ecology.  17:In press.

  

FUHLENDORF, SAMUEL D. 

Does herbicide weed control increase livestock production on non-equilibrium rangeland?

Limb RF, Fuhlendorf SD, Townsend DE. 2009. Heterogeneity of thermal extremes: driven by disturbance or inherent in the landscape. Environmental Management 43:100-106

Fuhlendorf, S.D., D.M. Engle, J. Kerby, and R. Hamilton. 2009. Pyric Herbivory: Rewilding landscapes through the recoupling of fire and grazing. Conservation Biology (In Press).

 

GUTHERY, FRED S. 

Guthery, F. S.  2009.  Review of It’s a Long Way from Llano: the Journey of a Wildlife Biologist Great Plains Research: in press.

 Hiller, T. L., A. B. Felix, and F. S. Guthery.  2009.  Association of northern bobwhites with surface water in the semi-arid Texas Panhandle.  Wilson Journal of Ornithology 121:d135–140.

 Richardson, J. L., F. S. Guthery, S. J. DeMaso, and A. D. Peoples.  2009.  Cover selection by bobwhites and hunters on a public hunting area.  Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.  In press.

 

HIZIROGLU, SALIM 

Hiziroglu, S., and S.Suzuki. Surface characteristics of overlaid Japanese wood composites. Journal of Tropical Forest Science. (In Press) 

Nemli, G., and S. Hiziroglu. Effect of press parameters on scratch and absorbtion resistance of overlaid particleboard panels. Journal of Composite Material.  (In Press)

 Korkut, S. and S. Hiziroglu. Effect of Heat Treatment on Mechanical Properties of Hazelnut Wood (Corylus colurna L.) Journal of Materials and Design. Elsevier Science. (In press)

 Ozdemir,T., S. Hiziroglu., and A.Malkocoglu. Influence of relative humidity on surface quality and adhesion strength of coated medium density (MDF) fiberboard. Journal of Materials and Design. Elsevier Science. (In press)

 Bekhta, P., S. Hiziroglu, and O. Shepelyuk. 2009. Properties of plywood manufactured from compressed veneer as building material. Journal of Materials and Design. Elsevier Science.Vol 30 (4):947-953.

 

O’CONNELL, TIMOTHY J. 

*Cavalieri, V. S., T. J. O’Connell, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. A bird community on the edge: Habitat use of forest songbirds in eastern Oklahoma. Proceedings of the Fourth International Partners in Flight Conference. In Press.

*George, A. D., T. J. O’Connell, K. R. Hickman, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. Breeding Burrowing Owls in North Central Oklahoma. Bulletin of the Oklahoma Ornithological Society In Press.

 *George, A. D., T. J. O’Connell, K. R. Hickman, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. Influence of old world bluestem (Bothriochloa ischaemum) monocultures on breeding density of three grassland songbirds in Oklahoma. Proceedings of the Fourth International Partners in Flight Conference In Press.

 *Van Els, P., C. Walker, and T. O’Connell. Capture of a pure Gray-headed Junco (Junco hyemalis caniceps) in Payne County. Bulletin of the Oklahoma Ornithological Society In Press.

 McConnell, S., T. J. O’Connell, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 2009. Mountain Plovers in Oklahoma: distribution, abundance, and habitat use. Journal of Field Ornithology 80: 27–34.

 

OWENS, M. KEITH 

White-tailed deer distribution in response to patch burning on rangeland (Owens)

Heilman J.L., K.J. McInnes, J.F. Kjelgaard, M. Keith Owens, S. Schwinning. 2009. Energy balance and water use in a subtropical karst woodland. Journal of Hydrology (in press).

 *Gregory, Lucas, Bradford P. Wilcox, Bev Shade, Clyde Munster, Keith Owens, and George Veni. 2009. Large-scale rainfall simulation over shallow caves on karst shrublands. Ecohydrology (in press).

 

TALENT, LARRY 

McFarland, C.A., M.J. Quinn, Jr., M.A. Bazar, L.G. Talent, and M.S. Johnson.  2009.  Toxic effects of oral hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine in the western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis).  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (In Press)

 Rich, C.N., and L.G. Talent.  2009.  Soil ingestion may be an important route for the uptake of contaminants by some reptiles. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 28(2):311-315.

  

WILSON, GAIL W.T. 

Wilson, G.W.T., C.W. Rice, M.C. Rillig, A. Springer, and D.C. Hartnett. 2009. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi control soil aggregation and carbon sequestration. Ecology Letters. In Press.

Johnson, N.C., V.B. Chaudhary, J.D. Hoeksema, J.C. Moore, A. Pringle, J.A. Umbanhower and G.W.T. Wilson. 2008. Mysterious mycorrhizae? A field trip and classroom experiment to demystify symbioses formed between plants and fungi. American Biology Teacher. In Press.

 

ZHANG, DIFEI 

Zhang, Difei 2009. Economically healthy forest and forest industry undertakings in New Hampshire and Vermont. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry (In Press) 

Zhang, Difei. 2009. Modeling Eastern White Pine Supply: Forest industry Health in the Conservation and Management of Fragmented Forest Landscapes. Small-scale Forestry. (In press)

 Zhang, Difei.  2009. Figures for forests: Sustainability of New Hampshire’s Sawmill Industry and Its Forest Resource Base. Presentation and Proceedings of IUFRO Working Party 3.08 and FVA international workshop in Freiburg, Germany, Nov 24-26, 2008. Published in "Berichte Freiburger Forstliche Forschung”, Germany.

 Zhang, Difei.  2009. Forest sector modeling and green accounting in New Hampshire. Published in "Berichte Freiburger Forstliche Forschung”, Germany.

  

ZOU, CHRIS B. 

Adams HD, Guardiola-Claramonte M, Barron-Gafford GA, Villegas JC, Breshears DD, Zou CB, Troch PA, and Huxman TE. 2009. Temperature sensitivity of drought-induced tree mortality portends increased regional die-off under global-change-type drought. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 106:7063-7066.

Breshears DD, Myers OB, Meyer CW, Barnes FJ, Zou CB, Allen CD, McDowell NG, Pockman WT. 2009. Tree die-off in response to global-change-type drought: mortality insights from a decade of plant water potential measurements. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7:185-189.

Breshears DD, Whicker JJ, Zou CB, Field JP, Allen CD. 2009. Aeolian sediment transport in undisturbed and disturbed dryland ecosystems along the grassland-forest continuum: A conceptual framework spanning gradients of woody plants. Geomorphology 105:28-38.

Miao SL, Zou CB, Breshears DD. 2009. Vegetation responses to extreme hydrological events: sequence matters. American Naturalist 173:113-118.

 

  

2008 

 

ALLEN, KEVIN P. 

Conference Proceedings

Allen, Kevin P.  2008.  The “New” W.H.E.P. Manual and Contest.  Southern Region 4-H Biennial Conference.  Conference Proceedings.  Tunica, MS.

 Extension Publications 

Oklahoma 4-H Forestry Judging Manual, Lit. No. 4H NREM 205 (2007, 2008)

 General Shooting Sports Information, Lit. No. 4H LEIS 503 (2007, 2008))

 How to Start a 4-H Shooting Sports Club , Lit. No. 4H LEIS 504 (2007, 2008)

 Birding Introduction, Lit. No. 4H NREM 620 (2008) 

Using Binoculars, Lit. No. 4H NREM 621 (2008) 

I Think it is a…..Identifying Birds, Lit. No. 4H NREM 622 (2008)

  

BEEM, MARLEY D.

 Extension Publications 

Understanding Streams, Factsheet NREM-9208 (2008)

Improve Fishing in Your Pond, Factsheet NREM-9209 (2008)

Fingerlings for Pond Stocking, Factsheet CR-9205 (2008)

  

BIDWELL, TERRANCE G. 

Books 

Tyrl, R.L., T.G. Bidwell, R.E. Masters, and R.D. Elmore.  2008.  Field guide to Oklahoma plants:  commonly encountered prairie, shrubland, and forest species.  Oklahoma State University, Stillwater.  2nd Edition. 

 Carlson, J.D. and T.G. Bidwell.  2008.  OK-Fire:  A new weather-based decision support system for wildfire managers.  Okla. Coop. Ext. Serv., Stillwater, OK.  OSU Ext. Leaflet L-326. 

 

DAVIS, CRAIG A.

 Peer Reviewed Publications

 Davis, C. A., and J. R. Bidwell.  2008.  Response of aquatic invertebrates to vegetation management and agriculture.  Wetlands 28:793-805.

 Churchwell, R. C., C. A. Davis, S. D. Fuhlendorf, and D. M. Engle.  2008.  Effects of patch-burn management on dickcissel nest success in a tallgrass prairie.  Journal of Wildlife Management 72:1596-1604. 

Riggins, J. J., C. A. Davis, and W. W. Hoback.  2008.  Family-level biodiversity of belowground invertebrates as an indicator of wet meadow restoration success (Platte River, Nebraska). Restoration Ecology  15:In press.

 Disney, M. R., E. C. Hellgren, C. A. Davis, D. M. Leslie, Jr, and D. M. Engle.  2008.  Mesopredator relative abundance and size of oak patches in Cross Timbers Ecoregion.  Southwestern Naturalist  53:214-223. 

Technical Reports and Non-refereed Publications

 Davis, C. A., and D. M. Leslie, Jr.  2008.  Effects of mountain biking activity of foraging and nesting behavior of golden-cheeked warblers.  DOD Agreement No.:  MIPR # 81EWF63530473; U.S. Army Engineer and Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering and Research Laboratory, 57 pages.

 

ELMORE, R. DWAYNE 

Extension Publications

Allen, K. and R.D. Elmore.  2008. Birding introduction.  Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 4-H Lit No 4H NREM 620.

 Allen, K. and R.D. Elmore.  2008.  Using binoculars.  Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 4-H Lit No 4H NREM 621.

 Allen, K. and R.D. Elmore.  2008.  I think it is a…identifying birds.  Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service 4-H Lit No 4H NREM 622.

 Books 

Tyrl, R. J., T. G. Bidwell, R. E. Masters, R. D. Elmore.  2008. Field Guide to Oklahoma Plants: Commonly encountered prairie, shrubland, and forest species, 2nd edition.  Oklahoma State University.  

 

ENGLE, DAVID M. 

Peer Reviewed Publications 

*Leis, S.A., D.M. Leslie, Jr., D.M. Engle, and J.S. Fehmi.  2008.  Small mammals as indicators of short-term and long-term disturbance in mixed prairie.  Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 137:75-84.

 *Ganguli, A.C., D. Engle, P. Mayer, and E. Hellgren.  2008. Plant community diversity and composition provide little resistance to Juniperus encroachment.  Botany 86:1416-1426.  

*Ganguli, A.C., D.M. Engle, P.M. Mayer, and S.D. Fuhlendorf.  2008.  When are native species inappropriate for conservation plantings? Rangelands.  December 27-32.

 *Rosas, C.A., D.M. Engle, J.H. Shaw, M.W. Palmer.  2008.  Seed dispersal by bison (Bison bison) in a tallgrass prairie.  Journal of Vegetation Science 19:769-778.

 *Disney, M.R., E.C. Hellgren,C.A. Davis, D.M. Leslie, Jr, and D.M. Engle.  2008.  Relative abundance of mesopredators and size of oak patches in the cross timbers ecoregion.  The Southwestern Naturalist 53:214-223.

 *Churchwell, R.T., C.A. Davis, S.D. Fuhlendorf, and D.M. Engle.  2008.  Effects of patch-burn management on dickcissel nest success in a tallgrass prairie.  Journal of Wildlife Management 72:1596-1604. 

Engle, D.M., S.D. Fuhlendorf, A. Roper, and D.M. Leslie, Jr.  2008.  Invertebrate community response to a shifting mosaic of habitat.   Rangeland Ecology & Management 61:55-62.

 Coppedge, B.R., S.D. Fuhlendorf, W.C. Harrell, and D.M. Engle.  2008.  Avian community response to vegetation and structural features in grasslands managed with fire and grazing.  Biological Conservation 141:1196-1203.

 Fuhlendorf, S.D., D.M. Engle, J. Kerby, and R. Hamilton.  Pyric-herbivory: Re-wilding landscapes through re-coupling fire and grazing.  Conservation Biology (published on-line December 16, 2008).

 Book Chapters 

Engle, D.M., B.R. Coppedge, and S.D. Fuhlendorf.  2008.  From the Dust Bowl to the green glacier:  human activity and environmental change in Great Plains grasslands. Pages 253-271, In:  O. Van Auken (ed.). Western North American Juniperus Communities.  Springer, New York.

 Fuhlendorf, S.D., S.R. Archer, F.E. Smeins, D.M. Engle, and C.A. Taylor, Jr.  2008.  The combined influence of grazing, fire, and herbaceous productivity on tree–grass interactions. Pages 219-238, In:  O. Van Auken (ed.). Western North American Juniperus Communities.  Springer, New York. 

 

FUHLENDORF, SAMUEL D. 

Peer Reviewed Publications 

Briske, D.D., J.D. Derner, J.R. Brown, S.D. Fuhlendorf, W.R. Teague, K.M. Havstad, R.L. Gillen, A.J. Ash, W.D. Wilms. 2008.  Synthesis. Rotational Grazing on Rangelands: Reconciliation of Perception and Experimental Evidence. Rangeland Ecology and Management 61: 3-17.

 Engle, D.M., S.D. Fuhlendorf, A. Roper, D.M. Leslie. 2008. Invertebrate community response to a shifting mosaic of habitat. Rangeland Ecology and Management 61: 55-62.

 Churchwell, RT, CA Davis, SD Fuhlendorf, DM Engle. 2008. Effects of patch-burn management on dickcissel nest success in a tallgrass prairie. Journal of Wildlife Management 72: 1596-1604.

 Coppedge, BR, SD Fuhlendorf, WC Harrell, DM Engle. 2008. Avian Community response to vegetation and structural features in grasslands managed with fire and grazing. Biological Conservation 141: 1196-1203.

  Extension Publications 

Weir, JR, SD Fuhlendorf, DM Engle, TG Bidwell, DC Cummings, D Elmore. 2008. Patch Burning: Integrating fire and grazing to promote heterogeneity. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Oklahoma State University, E-998. 

Bidwell, T.G., S.D. Fuhlendorf, R. Gillen, S. Harmon, R. Horton, R. Rodgers, S. Sherrod, and D. Wolfe. 2008. Ecology and Management of the Greater Prairie-Chicken in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Oklahoma State University, E-969.

 Bidwell, T.G., S.D. Fuhlendorf, R. Gillen, S. Harmon, R. Horton, R. Rodgers, S. Sherrod, D. Wiedenfeld, and D. Wolfe. 2003. Ecology and Management of the Lesser Prairie-Chicken in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Oklahoma State University, E-970.

 Book Chapters 

Engle, D.M., B.R. Coppedge, and S.D. Fuhlendorf.  2008.  From the Dust Bowl to the green glacier:  human activity and environmental change in Great Plains grasslands. Pages 253-271, In:  O. Van Auken (ed.). Western North American Juniperus Communities.  Springer, New York. 

Fuhlendorf, S.D., S.R. Archer, F.E. Smeins, D.M. Engle, and C.A. Taylor, Jr.  2008.  The combined influence of grazing, fire, and herbaceous productivity on tree–grass interactions. Pages 219-238, In:  O. Van Auken (ed.). Western North American Juniperus Communities.  Springer, New York.

 

Gregory, Mark S.  

Peer Reviewed Publications

Toth, S.F., R.G. Haight, S.A. Snyder, S. George, J.R. Miller, M.S. Gregory and A.M. Skibbe. Reserve Selection with Minimum Contiguous Area Restrictions: An Application to Open Space Protection Planning in Suburban Chicago.  Conservation Biology (in press).

Gregory, M.S.  2008.  Use of the Trimble GeoXH GPS Unit – a Training Manual.  35 pp.

 

GUTHERY, FRED S. 

Books

Guthery, F. S.  2008.  A primer on natural resource science.  Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX.

 Peer Reviewed Publications 

*Guthery, F. S., and G. E. Mecozzi.  2008.  Developing the concept of estimating bobwhite density with pointing dogs:  development of a concept.  J. Wildl. Manage. 72:1175-1180.

 *Mecozzi, G. E., and F. S. Guthery.  2008.  Behavior of walk-hunters and pointing dogs during northern bobwhite hunts.  J. Wildl. Manage. 72:1399-1404.

 Guthery, F. S.  2008.  Statistical ritual versus knowledge accrual in wildlife science.  J. Wildl. Manage. 72:1872-1875.

 *Dunkin, S. W., F. S. Guthery, and R. E. Will.  2008.  Growth of Chickasaw plum in Oklahoma.  Rangeland Ecology & Management 61:661-665.

 *Dunkin, S. W., F. S. Guthery, S. J. DeMaso, A. D. Peoples, and E. S. Parry.  2008.  Do anthropogenic structures influence space use by northern bobwhites in Oklahoma?  Journal of Wildlife Management 73:253–259.

 Popular Articles

 Guthery, F. S.  2008.  How fast, how far, how redundant on bobwhite hunts.  Quail Forever 3(4):40. 

 

HALLGREN, STEPHEN W. 

None 

 

HENNESSEY, THOMAS C.

 Peer Reviewed Publications 

Blazier, M. and T.C. Hennessey.  2008.  Seasonal soil and foliage nutrient dynamics of a juvenile loblolly pine plantation: impacts of fertilizer formulation and vegetation suppression.   Forest Ecology and Management.  255:3404-3415. 

Anella, L.G., T.C. Hennessey and E.M. Lorenzi.  2008.  Growth of balled-and-burlapped vs. bare-root trees in Oklahoma, USA.  Arboriculture and Urban Forestry.  34:200-203.

 

HICKMAN, KAREN R. 

Peer-Reviewed Publications 

*Schmidt, C.D., K.R. Hickman, R. Channell, W.J. Stark, and K.R. Harmoney.  2008.  Competitive ability of native grasses and non-native (Old World Bluestems; Bothriochloa spp.) grasses.  Plant Ecology 197:69-80.

  

HIZIROGLU, SALIM

 Peer Reviewed Publications

 Jubsilp, C., S. Rimdusit, and S. Hiziroglu. 2008. High performance wood composites based on benzoxazine-epoxy alloys. Bioresource Technology, Elsevier Science.  99: 8880-8886.

 Ayrilmis, N., Z. Candan, and S. Hiziroglu. 2008. Physical and mechanical properties of cardboard panels made from used beverage carton with veneer overlays. Journal of Materials and Design. Elsevier Science.29:1897-1903.

 Hiziroglu, S, Y.S. Hadi, and D. Harawan. 2008. Surface quality of commercially manufactured particleboard panels in Indonesia. Journal of Tropical Wood Science and Technology. Vol. 6 No 1. 13-16.

 Hiziroglu, S., S. Jarusombuti, P. Bauchongkol, and V. Fueangvivat. 2008. Overlaying properties of fiberboard from bamboo and rice straw. Industrial Crops and Products, Elsevier Science.  28:107-111.

 Donmez Cavdar, A., H. Kalaycioglu, and S. Hiziroglu.  2008. Some of the properties of oriented strandboard manufactured using kraft lignin phenolic resin. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Elsevier Science. 202 (559-563).

 Hiziroglu, S, U.M.K. Anwar, H. Hamdan, P, and MD. Tahir. 2008. Evaluation of Surface Quality of Some Malaysian Species as Function of Outdoor Exposure. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Elsevier Science. 199 (156-162).

 Kilic, M. S. Hiziroglu, C. Gullu, and Z. Sezgin. 2008. Influence of Steaming on Surface Roughness of Beech and Sapele Flooring Material. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Elsevier  Science. 199 (448-451).

 Ustaomer, D., M. Usta, and S. Hiziroglu. 2008. Effect of Boron Treatment on Surface Characteristics of Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF).Journal Material Processing Technology, Elsevier Science. 199 (440-444).

 Lin, C.J, S. Hiziroglu, S. Min Kan, and H. Wen Lai. 2008. Manufacturing Particleboard Panels from Betel Palm (Areca catechu linn.). Journal Material Processing Technology, Elsevier Science.197 (445-448).

 Proceedings

 Hiziroglu, S. 2008. Internal Bond Strength of Laminated Flooring as Function of Water Exposure. Proc. of the 51st International Convention of Society of Wood Science and Technology. Nov 10-12, 2008. WS-26. 

Wechseler, A., S. Hiziroglu, A. Ballerini. 2008. Some of the Properties of Wood Plastic Composites..Proc. of the 51st International Convention of Society of Wood Science and Technology. Nov 10-12, 2008. WS-56.

 Hiziroglu, S., V. Fueangvivat, Piyawade Bauchongkol, and Songklod Jarusombuti. 2008. Alternative raw material resources for value-added composite panel manufacture in Thailand. The third Regional Symposium on Environment and Natural Resources. Univ. Kebangsaan Malaysia. Proc 582-587.

 Hiziroglu, S. 2008. Surface characteristics  of southern pine treated with Eastern red cedar oil. The International Research  Group on Wood Protection. The 39th Annual Meeting of IRG. Istanbul, Turkey.

 Ustaomer, D., M. Usta., and S. Hiziroglu. 2008 Surface color and roughness characteristics of medium density fiberboard (MDF) panels treated with fire retardants. The International  Research  Group on Wood Protection. The 39th Annual Meeting of IRG. Istanbul, Turkey.

 Extension Publications 

Hiziroglu, S. 2008. Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) as a Construction Material. . Food and Agricultural Products Center (FAPC) Fact Sheet , www.fapc.biz , (FAPC)-163. 3 p. 

Hiziroglu, S. 2008. Strength Properties of Wood for Practical Applications. Food and Agricultural Products Center (FAPC) Fact Sheet , www.fapc.biz , FAPC-162. 3 p.  

Hiziroglu, S. 2008. Basics of Solar Lumber Drying. Food and Agricultural Products Center (FAPC) Fact Sheet, www.fapc.biz, FAPC-161. 3 p.

 

KUZMIC, THOMAS 

None 

 

LESLIE, DAVID M. JR. 

Peer Reviewed Publications 

Disney, M. R., E. C., Hellgren, C. A. Davis, D. M. Leslie, Jr., D. M. Engle. 2008. Relative abundance of mesopredators and size of oak patches in the cross-timbers ecoregion. Southwestern Naturalist 53:214–223.

 Engle, D. M., S. D. Fuhlendorf, A. Roper, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 2008. Invertebrate community response to a shifting mosaic of habitat. Rangeland Ecology and Management 61:55–62.

 Leis, S. A., D. M. Leslie, Jr., D. M. Engle, and J. S. Fehmi. 2008. Small mammals as indicators of long-term and short-term disturbance in mixed prairie. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 137:75–84.

 Leslie, D. M., Jr. 2008. Boselaphus tragocamelus (Artiodactyla: Bovidae). Mammalian Species 813: 1–16.

 Leslie, D. M., Jr. 2008. A naturalist and other beats: tales from a life in the field (Book Review). Journal of Mammalogy 89:255.

 Leslie, D. M., Jr., R. T. Bowyer, and J. A. Jenks. 2008. Facts from feces: nitrogen still measures up as a nutritional index for mammalian herbivores. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:1420–1433

 Leslie, D. M., Jr., and G. B. Schaller. 2008. Pantholops hodgsonii (Artiodactyla: Bovidae). Mammalian Species 817:1–13.

 Perry, R. W., R. E. Thill, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 2008. Scale-dependent effects of landscape structure and composition on diurnal roost selection by forest bats. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:913–925.

 Riedle, J. D., P. A. Shipman, S. F. Fox, J. C. Hackler, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 2008. Population structure of the alligator snapping turtle, Macrochelys teminckii, on the western edge of its distribution. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 7:100–104.

 Roehrs, Z. P., B. S. Coyner, K. N. King, D. L. Martinez, J. K. Braun, M. J. Hamilton, D. M. Leslie, Jr., and R. A. Van Den Bussche. 2008. New records of mammals from western Oklahoma. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Texas Tech University 273:1–16.

 Smith. S. J., D. M. Leslie, Jr., M. J. Hamilton, J. Lack, and R. A. Van Den Bussche. 2008. Subspecific affinities and conservation genetics of western big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens) at the edge of their distributional range. Journal of Mammalogy 89:799–814.

 Zimmerman, T. J., J. A. Jenks, and D. M. Leslie, Jr., and R. D. Neiger. 2008. Hepatic minerals of white-tailed and mule deer in the southern Black Hills, South Dakota. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 44: 341-350.

  

LYNCH, THOMAS B.

 Peer-Reviewed Publications

*Budhathoki, C., Lynch, T.B., and J.M. Guldin. 2008.  Nonlinear Mixed Modeling of Basal Area Growth for Shortleaf Pine.  Forest Ecology and Management. 255:3440-3446.

 *Budhathoki, C., Lynch, T.B., and J.M. Guldin. 2008.  A Mixed-Effects Model for the Dbh-Height Relationship of Shortleaf Pine (Pinus echinata Mill.). Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 32(1):5-11.

 *Sabatia, C.O., Lynch, T.B. and R.E. Will.  2008.  Tree biomass equations for naturally regenerated shortleaf pine.  Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 32:163-167.

 Lynch, T.B.  2008.  Variance reduction for radial line sampling coverage estimators.  Forest Science  54(2):148-157.

 Proceedings

Lynch, T.B., Will, R.E. and R. Reynolds.  Development of volume equations using data obtained by upper-stem dendrometry with Monte Carlo integration: preliminary results from eastern redcedar.  In Proceedings of the 15th Biennial Southern Silviculture Conference, Hot Springs, AR, Nov. 18-20, 2008.  Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station.  (In press)

Lynch, T.B., Will, R.E. Hennessey, T.C., Heinemann, R. Holeman, R., Wilson, D., Anderson, K. and G. Campbell.  Diameter-height and crown relationships for loblolly pine from North Carolina and Oklahoma-Arkansas seed sources near the western edge of the natural range.  Poster abstract.  In Proceedings of the 15th Biennial Southern Silviculture Conference, Hot Springs, AR, Nov. 18-20, 2008.  Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station.  (In press)

 *Gyawali, N., Lynch, T.B., and R.E.Will.  In press.  Developing equations for estimating tree component biomass for naturally regenerated shortleaf pine in southeast Oklahoma with application to biomass partitioning in thinned and unthinnned stands.  Poster abstract.  15th Biennial Southern Silviculture Conference, Hot Springs, AR, Nov. 18-20, 2008.

 Will, R.E., Hennessey, T.C., Lynch, T.B., Heinemann, R. Holeman, R., Wilson, D., Anderson, K. and G. Campbell.  Effects of planting density and genotype on loblolly pine stands growing in the mountains of southeastern Oklahoma.  Poster abstract. In Proceedings of the 15th Biennial Southern Silviculture Conference, Hot Springs, AR, Nov. 18-20, 2008.  Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station.  (In press)  

T.C. Hennessey, R.E. Will, T.B. Lynch, R. Heinemann, R. Holeman, D. Wilson, K. Anderson, and G. Campbell.  Effects of planting density and genotype on canopy size, canopy structure, and growth of 25-year-old loblolly pine stands in southeastern Oklahoma.  Poster abstract.   In Proceedings of the 15th Biennial Southern Silviculture Conference, Hot Springs, AR, Nov. 18-20, 2008.  Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station.  (In press)

 D.J. Stevenson, T.B. Lynch and J.M. Guldin.  An ice storm signature in growth rings of shortleaf pine in western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma.  Poster abstract.  In Proceedings of the 15th Biennial Southern Silviculture Conference, Hot Springs, AR, Nov. 18-20, 2008.  Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station.  (In press)

 

 

McKINLEY, CRAIG R. 

Extension Publications 

McKinley, C. R.  2008.  Oklahoma’s forest biomass.  NREM Newsletter.  Vol. 2, Issue 4.  Page 4. 

McKinley, C. R.  2008.  The 2008 Farm Bill: Here at last. The Cedar Leader. Aromatic Cedar Assn. Newsletter.  Vol. 17(3). Page 3.

 McKinley, C. R.  2008.  The 2008 Farm Bill. Oklahoma Woodland Owners’ Assn. Newsletter. Vol. 15(3). Pages 3-4.

 McKinley, C. R.  2008.  Using Bordeaux mix for Christmas tree disease control.  Oklahoma Christmas Tree Assn. Newsletter.  Spring, 2008.  Page 5-6.

 McKinley, C. R.  2008.  Cellulosic ethanol from wood: has its time come? The Cedar Leader.  Aromatic Cedar Assn. Newsletter.  Vol. 17(2).  Page 2.  

McKinley, C. R2008.  Creative marketing: some things to think about. The Cedar Leader.  Aromatic Cedar Assn. Newsletter.  Vol. 17(1).  Pages 1, 3.

 McKinley, C. R. and K. Allen.  2008.  Introductory tree identification for Oklahoma trees.  Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service.  Oklahoma State University. 66 pages.

 Published Proceedings

 McKinley, C. R. 2008.  Needle diseases and their treatments.  Proc. 27th Oklahoma-Arkansas Horticulture Industries Show. Jan. 4-5.  Tulsa, OK. 3 pp.

 

O’CONNELL, TIMOTHY J. 

Peer-reviewed Publications 

Arnett, E. B., W. K. Brown, W. P. Erickson, J. K. Fiedler, B. L. Hamilton, T. H. Henry, A. Jain, G. D. Johnson, J. Kerns, R. R. Koford, C. P. Nicholson, T. J. O’Connell, M. D. Piorkowski, and R. D. Tankersley, Jr. 2008. Patterns of bat fatalities at wind energy facilities in North America. Journal of Wildlife Management 72: 61-78. 

McConnell, S., T. J. O’Connell, and D. M. Leslie, Jr. 2008. Land cover associations of breeding habitat for three sympatric Buteos in shortgrass prairie. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120: 708–716.

  

OWENS, M. KEITH 

Peer Reviewed Publications 

*Taucer, P.I., C.L. Muster, B.P. Wilcox, M.K. Owens and B.P. Mohanty. 2008. Large-scale rainfall simulation experiments on juniper rangelands. Transactions of the ASABE 51:1951-1961

 Kjelgaard, J.F., J.L. Heilman, K.J. McInnes, M.K. Owens, R.H. Kamps. 2008. Carbon dioxide exchange in a perennial C3/C4 grassland on the Edwards Plateau, Texas. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 148:953-963. 

Cooper, S. M., H. L. Perotto-Baldivieso, M. K. Owens, M. G. Meek, and M. Figueroa-Pagán. 2008. Distribution and interaction of white-tailed deer and cattle in a semi-arid grazing system. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 127:85-92. 

*Meek, Michael G, Susan Margaret Cooper, M. Keith Owens, Rose R Cooper, Andrea L Wappel. 2008. White-tailed deer distribution in response to patch burning on rangeland. Journal of Arid Environments 72:2026-2033. 

Wilcox, B. P., P. I. Taucer, C. L. Munster, M. K. Owens, B. P. Mohanty, J. R. Sorenson, and R. Bazan. 2008. Subsurface stormflow is important in semiarid karst shrublands, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L10403, doi:10.1029/2008GL033696.

 Book Chapters 

Owens, M.K. 2008. Juniper Tree Impacts on Local Water Budgets in: Western North American Juniperus Communities. O.W. VanAuken (ed). Springer. pp188-200.

 

SHAW, JAMES

 Peer Reviewed Publications 

Shaw, J. H. 2008. (Review of) Wildlife science: linking ecological theory and management applications.  Journal of Wildlife Management 72(3):850. 

Rosas, C. A., D. M. Engle, J. H. Shaw, and M. W. Palmer. 2008. Seed dispersal by bison in a tallgrass prairie. Journal of vegetation Science 19:769-778. 

Book Chapters/Proceedings 

Shaw, J. H. 2008. Grazers and grasslands: restoring biodiversity to the prairies. Pp. 188-195 In E. Fearn (ed)  2008-2009 state of the wild: a global portrait of wildlife, wildlands, and oceans. Wildlife Conservation Society. Island Press, Washington, D.C. 

Shaw, J. H. and T. S. Carter. 2008. Zoos and aquariums as training grounds for undergraduate and graduate students: a university perspective.  Pp. 91-94 In T. Bettinger and J. Bielitzki (eds) The well-being of animals in zoos and aquariums sponsored research: putting best practices forward. Scientists Center for Animal Welfare. Greenbelt, MD.   

  

SHOUP, DANIEL

 Peer Reviewed Publications 

*Balsman, D.M., and Shoup, D.E.  2008.  Opportunities for urban fishing:  Developing urban fishing programs to recruit and retain urban anglers.   Pages 31-40 in R.T. Eades, J.W. Neal, T.J. Lang, K.M. Hunt, and P. Pajak, editors.  Urban and community fisheries programs: development, management, and evaluation.  American Fisheries Society, Symposium 67, Bethesda, Maryland. 

Shoup, D.E., and D.H. Wahl.  2008.  The effect of largemouth bass predation on overwinter survival of two length classes of age-0 bluegill.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.  Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137:  1063–1071.

   

TALENT, LARRY 

Peer Reviewed Publications 

Rich, C.N., and L.G. Talent.  2008.  The effects of prey species on food conversion efficiency and growth of an insectivorous lizard.  Zoo Biology 27(3):181-187. 

McFarland, C.A., M.J. Quinn, Jr., M.A. Bazar, A.K. Remick, L.G. Talent, and M.S. Johnson.  2008.   Toxicity of Oral Exposure to 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene in the Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis).  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 27(5):1102-1111. 

Holem, R.R., W.A. Hopkins, and L.G. Talent.  2008.  Effects of repeated exposure to malathion on growth, food consumption, and locomotor performance of the western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis).  Environmental Pollution 152(1):92-98.  

DuRant, S.E., M. Romero, L.G. Talent, and W.A. Hopkins.  2008.  Effect of exogenous corticosterone on respiration in a reptile. General and Comparative Endocrinology 156(1): 126 – 133. 

Brasfield, S. M., L.G. Talent, and D.M. Janz.  2008.  Reproductive and thyroid hormone profiles in captive western fence lizards (Sceloporus occidentalis) following a period of brumation.  Zoo Biology 27(1): 36-48. 

Suski, J.G., C.J. Salice, J.T. Houpt, M.A. Bazar, and L.G. Talent. 2008.  Dose-related effects following oral exposure of 2,4-dinitrotoluene on the western fence lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 27(2):352-359.

  

TAUER, CHARLES 

Peer Reviewed Publications 

Shiqin, X., C. G. Tauer, and C. D. Nelson 2008. Natural Hybridization within Seed Sources of Shortleaf Pine (Pinus echinata Mill.) and Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda L.). Tree Genetics and Genomes 4:849-858. 

Shiqin, X., C. G. Tauer, and C. D. Nelson 2008, Genetic diversity within and among populations of Shortleaf Pine (Pinus echinata Mill.) and Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda L.). Tree Genetics and Genomes 4:859-868. 

Xu, Xiangyang; Martin, Bjorn; Comstock, Jonathan; Vision, Todd; Tauer, Chuck; Zhao, Baige; Pausch, Roman; Knapp, Steven. 2008. Fine Mapping a QTL for Carbon Isotope Composition. TAG 117:221-233.

  

TURTON, DONALD J. 

None

 

WEIR, JOHN 

Extension Publications

 Weir, J.R.  and J.D. Carlson. 2008. Smoke Management for Prescribed Burning. E-1008. Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 13 p.

 Weir, J.R. 2008. Prescribed Fire Education at Oklahoma State University: Training Our Future Pyros. In: Narog, M.G., technical coordinator. 2008. Proceedings of the 2002 Fire Conference: Managing fire and fuels in the remaining wildlands and open spaces of the southwestern United States. December 2-5 2002, San Diego, CA. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-189, Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture: pp. 23-27.

 

WILL, RODNEY 

Peer Reviewed Publications

 *Dunkin, S.W., Guthery, F.S., Will, R.E.  2008.  Growth of Chickasaw plum in Oklahoma.  Range Ecology and Management. 61:661–665

 *Sabatia, C.O., Lynch, T.B. and R.E. Will.  2008.  Tree biomass equations for naturally regenerated shortleaf pine.  Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 32:163-167. 

Cobb, W.R., Will, R.E., Daniels, R.F., Jacobson, M.A. 2008. Distribution and partitioning of aboveground biomass and nitrogen in four short-rotation woody crop species growing with different water and nutrient availabilities. Forest Ecology and Management. 255:4032-4039.

  

WILSON, GAIL W.T. 

Peer Reviewed Publications 

Wilson, G.W.T. and M.M. Williamson. 2008. Topsin-M: the new benomyl for mycorrhizal suppression experiments. Mycologia. 100: 548-554.

 Wilson, J.D., D.B. Bechtel, G.W.T. Wilson, and P.A. Seib. 2008. Bread quality of spelt wheat and its starch. Journal of Cereal Chemistry. 85: 629-638.

  

ZHANG, DIFEI 

Peer-Reviewed Publications 

Shimaoka, T. and D. Zhang. 2008. Dechlorination of Landfilled Incineration Residues for Cement Material by Recyclable Landfill System. The Fifth Intercontinental Landfill Research Symposium proceedings, Pages 43-44.2008, 09, presentation in Denver, Colorado.

  

ZOU, CHRIS B. 

Peer Reviewed Publications 

Zou, C.B., D.D. Breshears, B.D. Newman, B.P. Wilcox, M.O. Gard. 2008. Water dynamics under low- versus high- ponderosa pine tree density: ecohydrological functioning and restoration implications. Ecohydrology 1:309-315. 

Miao, S.L., C.B. Zou. 2008. Seasonal variation in seed bank composition and the interaction with nutrient enrichment in the Everglades wetlands. Aquatic Botany 90:157-164. 

Breshears, D.D., T.E. Huxman, H.D. Adams, B.C. Zou, J.E. Davison. 2008. Vegetation synchronously leans upslope as climate warms. Commentary.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 105:11591-11592.  

Breshears, D.D., O.B. Myers, C.W. Meyer, F.J. Barnes, C.B. Zou, C.D. Allen, N.G. McDowell, and W.T. Pockman. 2008. Tree die-off in response to global-change-type drought: mortality insights from a decade of plant water potential measurements. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment  doi. 10.1890/080016.