Faculty Research & Creative Activity

 
This page collects the faculty research & creative activity of the Eastern Illinois University Biological Sciences department.

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Submissions from 2020

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A Unique Benthic Microbial Community Underlying the Phaeocystis antarctica-Dominated Amundsen Sea Polynya, Antarctica: A Proxy for Assessing the Impact of Global Changes, Hyeyoun Cho, Chung Hwang, Jong-Geol Kim, Sanghoon Kang, Katrin Knittel, Ayeon Choi, Sung-Han Kim, Sung-Keun Rhee, Eun Yang, SangHoon Lee, and Jung-Ho Hyun

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Inoculum handling alters the strength and direction of plant-microbe interactions., Madison Peacher and Scott Meiners

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Composite plants for a composite plant: an efficient protocol for root studies in the sunflower using composite plants approach, Tyler Parks and Yordan Yordanov

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Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula), Brian Peer and Eric Bollinger

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Ectomycorrhizae determine chestnut seedling growth and drought response, Pabitra Aryal, Scott Meiners, and Barbara Carlsward

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Higher-order interactions mitigate direct negative effects on population dynamics of herbaceous plants during succession, Junli Xiao, Yuanzhi Li, Chengjin Chu, Youshi Wang, Scott Meiners, and Daniel Stouffer

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Contribution of fungal and invertebrate communities to wood decay in tropical terrestrial and aquatic habitats, Astrid Ferrer, Katy Heath, Thomas Canam, Hector Flores, James Dalling, and James Dalling

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Overexpression of a developing xylem cDNA library in transgenic poplar generates high mutation rate specific to wood formation, James Rauschendorfer, Yordan Yordanov, Petre Dobrev, Radomira Vankova, Robert Sykes, Carsten Külheim, and Victor Busov

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Spatial and temporal differences in the composition and structure of bacterial assemblages in biofilms of a rotating algal-bacterial contactor system treating high-strength anaerobic digester filtrate, Daniel Johnson, Lance Schideman, Thomas Canam, Jacob Hosen, and Robert Hudson

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Pyrophilous fungi detected after wildfires in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park expand known species ranges and biodiversity estimates, Karen Hughes, P. Matheny, Andrew Miller, Ronald Petersen, Teresa Iturriaga, Kristine Johnson, Andrew Methven, Daniel Raudabaugh, Rachel Swenie, and Thomas Bruns

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Capparis kbangensis (Capparaceae), a new species from central Vietnam., Danh Sy, Van Hai, Ritesh Choudhary, Hoang Chu, Huu Nguyen, Thi Nguyen, Gordon Tucker, and Joongku Lee

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Review of the Symposium Determinism and Stochasticity in Ecological Succession in ESA‐Louisville, 2019, Sergio Estrada‐Villegas, Sergio Estrada‐Villegas, Niv DeMalach, Miguel Ramos, Laura Ladwig, Scott Meiners, Leland Werden, Stefan Schnitzer, and Stefan Schnitzer

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Three new species of Synergini wasps from same galls on Lithocarpus glaber (Thunb.) in Hunan, China (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae), Xiao-Hui Yang, Xiao-Hui Yang, Zhiwei Liu, Zhiwei Liu, Zhiwei Liu, Yin Pang, Cheng-Yuan Su, and Dao-Hong Zhu

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Persistently warmer temperatures lead to life history changes in bluegill sunfish ( Lepomis macrochirus ), Dalon White, Robert Colombo, and David Wahl

Submissions from 2019

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Identifying Catostomid Larvae Using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) to Better Understand Reproduction Within Large River Systems Sign, Kellie Hanser, Cassi Moody-Carpenter, Jordan Pesik, Dan Roth, Aaron Schrey, Anthony Porreca, and Robert Colombo

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Navigation Dams and Larval Fish Dynamics, Gregory King, Ana Chara-Serna, Robert Colombo, and David Wahl

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Quick and Easy Guide to Common Butterflies: An Introduction to the 25 Most Commonly Encountered Butterflies in the Midwest, Paul Switzer

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Quick and Easy Guide to Common Butterflies: An Introduction to the 25 Most Commonly Encountered Butterflies in the Midwest (Reduced File Size), Paul Switzer

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Reduced File Size: Quick and Easy Guide to Common Butterflies: An Introduction to the 25 Most Commonly Encountered Butterflies in the Midwest, Paul Switzer

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Wood decomposition in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in the tropics: contrasting biotic and abiotic processes, Jennifer Jones, Katy Heath, Astrid Ferrer, Shawn Brown, Thomas Canam, James Dalling, and James Dalling

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Wood decomposition in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in the tropics: contrasting biotic and abiotic processes, Jennifer Jones, Katy Heath, Astrid Ferrer, Shawn Brown, Thomas Canam, James Dalling, and James Dalling

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Genome-wide association studies of bark texture in Populus trichocarpa, Roba Bdeir, Wellington Muchero, Yordan Yordanov, Gerald Tuskan, Victor Busov, and Oliver Gailing

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Monitoring demographics of a commercially exploited population of shovelnose sturgeon in the Wabash River, Illinois/Indiana, USA, Jessica Thornton, Vaskar Kc, Vaskar Kc, Leslie Frankland, Craig Jansen, Jana Hirst, and Robert Colombo

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Monitoring demographics of a commercially exploited population of shovelnose sturgeon in the Wabash River, Illinois/Indiana, USA, Jessica Thornton, Vaskar Kc, Vaskar Kc, Leslie Frankland, Craig Jansen, Jana Hirst, and Robert Colombo

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Dissimilar effects of low-head dams on the genetic structure of riverine fishes, Shannon Smith, Robert Colombo, Trent Thomas, and Devon Keeney