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Anuran community structure and wetland occupancy along an urban-rural gradient in central Iowa, USA	The density and distribution of Ateles geoffroyi in a mosaic landscape at El Zota Biological Field Station, Costa Rica

A comparative agroecosystems analysis of soil water and root dynamics under six different vegetative cover types	Oak forest decline and effects of two invasive shrubs in the Midwest Driftless Area: Current status and implications for the future

Experimental tests of community assembly rules in a tallgrass prairie restoration	Radio telemetry study of common carp in Clear Lake, Iowa, to guide future management

Relationships of fish assemblages, instream physical habitat, and landscape characteristics of wadeable Iowa streams	Soil respiration and plant growth across a chronosequence of tallgrass prairie reconstructions

Indications of environmental literacy: Using a new survey instrument to measure awareness, knowledge, and attitudes of university-aged students	Watershed planning in central Iowa: An integrated assessment of the Squaw Creek Watershed for prioritization of conservation practice establishment

An evaluation of anuran monitoring by Iowa Department of Natural Resource volunteers and the spatial scale of habitat use in northwestern Iowa	Assessment of the interrelationships between fish population dynamics and limnological characteristics of Iowa lakes

Small and large-scale landscape approaches for conservation of the imperiled Blanding's turtle, Emys blandingii	Associations of amphibians with environmental covariates and estimation of the prevalence of the pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in north-central Iowa wetlands

Effects of commercial harvest on shovelnose sturgeon populations in the upper Mississippi River	Ecology of elk parturition across winter feeding opportunities in the brucellosis endemic area of Wyoming

Grassland bird abundance and nesting in short-duration rotationally grazed pastures in southwest Iowa	Butterfly community temporal trends and responses to resource availability along a hydrologic gradient of montane meadows

Phylogenetic placement and population genetic analysis of the endangered winged mapleleaf, Quadrula fragosa	Terrestrial arthropod community and indicators of biotic integrity for Iowa tallgrass prairie

Non-target effects of soybean aphid, Aphis glycinces Matsumura (Hemiptera: Aphididae), management in Iowa	Macroinvertebrate community characteristics and related environmental features in prairie pothole wetlands of Iowa

Habitat selection and diet of native ungulates in an ongoing tallgrass prairie reconstruction effort	Using changes in land use and land cover to predict avian species occurrences at multiple scales in the Driftless Area of the Midwestern United States

Incubation behavior and dispersal patterns in the mountain plover (Charadrius montanus)	Thoughts, attitudes, and beliefs on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation regarding Pispiza (black-tailed prairie dog, Cynomys ludovicianus)

Depredation of painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) nests: Influence of biotic, abiotic and anthropogenic factors at local and habitat scales	Elk winter habitat selection and movements in the Buffalo Valley of Wyoming with respect to habitat treatments and supplemental feeding

Stream ecosystems in human-dominated landscapes: Investigating land use impacts and integrating public participation, restoration, and research	Ecology and horticultural potential of Dirca palustris

Ecosystem services of riparian areas: Stream bank stability and avian habitat	Mutualism effects of within and among-tree flowering in a desert fig Ficus petiolaris

Summer food habits and gill raker morphology of seven Catostomid species in Iowa rivers	Predicting favorable habitat for bobcats (Lynx rufus) in Iowa

Genetic diversity and connectivity of white-tailed jackrabbit populations in Iowa with notes on seasonal home ranges	Natural weed controls: Potential of the invasive shrub Rhamnus cathartica and improvement of corn gluten meal

Tritrophic interactions among larval western corn rootworm, Bt corn and entomopathogens	Distribution of two rotation-resistant corn pests in eastern Iowa and effects of soybean varieties on biology of Diabrotica virgifera virgifera

Biogeography of denitrifying bacteria in a prairie and agro-ecosystem	Fish species of greatest conservation need in wadeable Iowa streams: Status, habitat associations, and effectiveness of species distribution models

Population ecology and monitoring of secretive marsh-birds in Iowa	Farming for ecosystem services: A case study of multifunctional agriculture in Iowa, U.S.A

Breeding-season biology of the Puerto Rican Bullfinch ( Loxigilla portoricensis)	Population ecology and monitoring of the endangered Devils Hole pupfish

Factors affecting mycorrhizal colonization in Schizachyrium scoparium	Nitrogen sources and sinks in Iowa soils: Biogeochemical links between carbon inputs, nitrate leaching, and nitrous oxide emissions

The effects of emergence timing and herbicide resistance on the ecological fitness and adaptation of common waterhemp (Amaranthus tuberculatus (Moq) Sauer) to agricultural systems	Behaviorally-induced periodic cooling of avian embryos

Effects of restoration on Midwestern oak savanna biodiversity, structure, and oak regeneration	The role of adaptive evolution of phenotypic plasticity and historical population genetic processes in purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria L.) invasion in North America

Litter accumulation in emergent marshes: Investigating the effects of litter on wetland invertebrates and the processes controlling litter distribution and accumulation	Diversity, productivity, and stability in perennial polycultures used for grain, forage, and biomass production

Ecological processes responsible for species co-occurrence patterns in two species of Plethodon salamanders	Post-orbital color pattern variation and the evolution of a radiation of turtles (Graptemys)

Productivity and nutrient cycling in bioenergy cropping systems	The evolution of life histories in garter snakes: Reproduction, aging, and the physiology of trade-offs

Behavioral ecology of savanna chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) with respect to insectivory at Fongoli, Senegal	Grassland bird associations in a managed agricultural matrix

Effects of age on immune function in free-living animals: Ontogeny, senescence, and their implications	An examination of songbird avian diversity, abundance trends, and community composition in two endangered temperate ecosystems: Riparian willow habitat of the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem and a restored tallgrass prairie ecosystem, Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge

Processes that influence biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and stability in grasslands	Grassland bird responses to a fire-grazing interaction in a fragmented landscape

Phenotypic plasticity, sexual dimorphism and Rensch's rule in turtles	Individual and population-level responses of the Alabama beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus ammobates) to environmental variation in space and time

Ecological processes regulating geographic distributions of Plethodon salamanders in the Southern Appalachian Mountains	Patterns and processes of spatial genetic structure in a mobile and continuously distributed species, the bobcat (Lynx rufus)

The swine intestinal microbiota: localized adaptations and responses to in-feed antibiotics	The experiences of adult/child identity theft victims

Ecology of calf diarrhea in cow-calf operations	Tradeoffs in ecosystem services of prairies managed for bioenergy production

Effects of climate change on reptiles with temperature-dependent sex determination and potential adaptation via maternal nest-site choice	Anthropogenic eutrophication and ecosystem functioning in freshwater lakes