Biological Sciences faculty are extremely active with grant-based work and each one runs an on-campus lab which facilitates student participation in various specialties.
Submissions from 2024
Toxicant Responses and Culturing Characteristics of Long-Term Laboratory-Reared and Field Populations of Ceriodaphnia dubia, Victoria R. Lydy, Orithea Z. Regn, and Jennifer L. Bouldin
Natural Selection after Severe Winter Favors Larger and Duller Bluebirds, Virginie Rolland, Susan L. Balenger, Jennifer L. Grindstaff, and Lynn Siefferman
Genomic data reveal unexpected relatedness between a brown female Eastern Bluebird and her brood, Joseph L. Schroeder, Alexander J. Worm, Andrew D. Sweet, and Virginie Rolland
Lithium Grease as an Effective Predator Guard for Eastern Bluebird Nests, Michael Trusty, Amanda Trusty, and Virginie Rolland
Submissions from 2023
Microhabitat of Myotis leibii summer roosts at the southwestern periphery of their range, Valerie M. Kearny, Roger W. Perry, Thomas S. Risch, and Virginie Rolland
Sibling Aggression, Feeding Rates, and Hatch Rank of Nestling Red-shouldered Hawks (Buteo lineatus), Sara J. Miller, Cheryl R. Dykstra, Virginie Rolland, and Melinda M. Simon
Submissions from 2022
Effects of Agricultural Intensity on Nutrient and Sediment Contributions within the Cache River Watershed, Arkansas, Amelia K. Atwell and Jennifer L. Bouldin
Genomic variation in the Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) suggests divergence in a disjunct Atlantic Coastal Plain population (S. v. waynei), John P. Carpenter, Alexander J. Worm, Than J. Boves, and Andrew W. Wood
Biomarker Metabolites Discriminate between Physiological States of Field, Cave and White-nose Syndrome Diseased Bats, Anna C. Doty, A. Dan Wilson, Lisa B. Forse, and Thomas S. Risch
Effects Of Infrared Radiation On Germination Of Long Grain Rice, Rachel M. Hampton, Griffiths Atungulu, Virginie Rolland, and Shantae A. Wilson
Using citizen science to determine if songbird nesting parameters fluctuate in synchrony, Sara E. Harrod and Virginie Rolland
Distribution and Roost Site Selection of Eastern Small-footed Bats (Myotis leibii) in Mountains of West-central Arkansas, Valerie M. Kearny, Roger W. Perry, Thomas S. Risch, and Virginie Rolland
Evening Bats (Nycticeius humeralis) Use Bird Nest Boxes as Day Roosts in Northeastern Arkansas, Virginie Rolland, Samuel A. Schratz, Daniel R. Istvanko, and Sara E. Harrod
Fall and winter activity of two bat species in response to winter flooding and decreasing temperature, Stacy J. Scherman, Thomas S. Risch, and Virginie Rolland
Submissions from 2021
Factors driving California pocket mice (Chaetodipus californicus) population dynamics, Vratika Chaudhary, William D. Tietje, Anne Y. Polyakov, and Virginie Rolland
Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis) rear four broods to apparent fledging in northeastern Arkansas, Sara E. Harrod, Caitlin De Bellis, Amanda Trusty, and Virginie Rolland
Factors Associated with Attitudes and Knowledge of First-Semester College Students toward Climate Change, Sara E. Harrod and Virginie Rolland
Multiple coping strategies maintain stability of a small mammal population in a resource-restricted environment, Anne Y. Polyakov, William D. Tietje, Arjun Srivathsa, and Virginie Rolland
Climatic factors and population demography in big-eared woodrat, Neotoma macrotis, Virginie Rolland, William D. Tietje, Anne Y. Polyakov, and Vratika Chaudhary
Non-native rats detected on uninhabited southern Grenadine islands with seabird colonies, Wayne A. Smart, Natalia Collier, and Virginie Rolland
Cerulean Warblers in the Ozark region: habitat selection, breeding biology, survival, and space use, Jacob L. Wessels and Than J. Boves
Rat snakes, cowbirds, and vines lower passerine nest survival in remnant bottomland hardwood forests in east-central Arkansas, USA, Amy L. Wynia, Virginie Rolland, and James C. Bednarz
Submissions from 2020
Assessment of the Portable C-320 Electronic Nose for Discrimination of Nine Insectivorous Bat Species: Implications for Monitoring White-Nose Syndrome, Anna C. Doty, A. Dan Wilson, Lisa B. Forse, and Thomas S. Risch
Demographic responses of eastern bluebirds to climatic variability in northeastern Arkansas, Sara E. Harrod and Virginie Rolland
Tufted Titmice (Baeolophus bicolor) rear a mixed brood to apparent fledging in northeastern Arkansas, Shelby C. Moseley, Sara E. Harrod, and Virginie Rolland
Changes in habitat suitability over a two decade period before and after Asian elephant recolonization, Dinesh Neupane, Youngsang Kwon, Thomas S. Risch, and Ronald L. Johnson
Foraging Areas And Movements Of Royal Tern Thalasseus Maximus Breeding At The Isles Dernieres Barrier Islands Refuge, Louisiana, Virginie Rolland, Megan Nepshinsky, Eva D. Windhoffer, and Jeff S. Liechty
Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) with bill deformity in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, Alexander J. Worm and Than J. Boves
Submissions from 2019
Assessment of Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) progeny and feeding damage on rice dried with infrared radiation, Rachel M. Hampton, Griffiths G. Atungulu, Zephania Odek, and Virginie Rolland
Implications of forest management practices for sex-specific habitat use by Nycticeius humeralis, Youngsang Kwon, Anna C. Doty, Megan L. Huffman, and Virginie Rolland
Foraging Movements of Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger) Nesting on the Isles Dernieres Barrier Island Refuge, Louisiana, USA, Virginie Rolland, Brehan C. Furfey, and Aaron Pierce
Climatic drivers of pinyon mouse Peromyscus truei population dynamics in a resource-restricted environment, Arjun Srivathsa, William Tietje, Virginie Rolland, and Anne Polyakov
Improved Campephiline detection: An experiment conducted with the Magellanic Woodpecker, Amy L. Wynia, Virginie Rolland, and Jaime E. Jimenez
Submissions from 2018
Climatic influences on demography of the California mouse (Peromyscus californicus) in semiarid oak woodland, William D. Tietje, Anne Y. Polyakov, Virginie Rolland, and James E. Hines
Submissions from 2017
Habitat use of female gray bats assessed using aerial telemetry, Patrick R. Moore, Thomas S. Risch, D. Keith Morris, and Virginie Rolland
Submissions from 2016
Earthworm Preference Bioassays to Evaluate Land Management Practices, Jennifer L. Bouldin, John W. P. Klasky, and V. Steven Green
Metals, Parasites, and Environmental Conditions Affecting Breeding Populations of Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) in Northern Arkansas, USA, Heather M. DeMali, Stanley E. Trauth, and Jennifer L. Bouldin
Consequences of individual removal on persistence of a protected population of long-lived turtles, C. Kenneth Dodd, Virginie Rolland, and Madan K. Oli
Urban Ditch Characteristics Associated With Turtle Abundance And Species Richness, Jonathan Elston, Virginie Rolland, and Stanley E. Trauth
Comparison of Measured to Predicted Estimations of Nonpoint Source Contaminants Using Conservation Practices in an Agriculturally-Dominated Watershed in Northeast Arkansas, USA, Sarah K. Frasher, Tracy M. Woodruff, and Jennifer L. Bouldin
Sex-specific foraging habits and roost characteristics of Nycticeius humeralis in north-central Arkansas, Daniel R. Istvanko, Thomas S. Risch, and Virginie Rolland
Detection of Lead (Pb) in Three Environmental Matrices of the Cache River Watershed, Arkansas, Mary K. Kilmer and Jennifer L. Bouldin
Cadmium Accumulation in Periphyton from an Abandoned Mining District in the Buffalo National River, Arkansas, Jacob R. McCauley and Jennifer L. Bouldin
Turbidity and Total Suspended Solids on the Lower Cache River Watershed, AR, Carlos A. Rosado-Berrios and Jennifer L. Bouldin
Concentrations in human blood of petroleum hydrocarbons associated with the BP/Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Gulf of Mexico, Paul W. Sammarco, Stephan R. Kolian, Richard A. F. Warby, and Jennifer L. Bouldin
Submissions from 2015
Response of Water-Quality Indicators to the Implementation of Best-Management Practices in the Upper Strawberry River Watershed, Arkansas, Teresa Ruth Brueggen-Boman, Seo-eun Choi, and Jennifer L. Bouldin
A Potential Case of Brood Parasitism by Eastern Bluebirds on House Sparrows, Jessica A. Fowler Neal and Virginie Rolland
Submissions from 2014
Abundance And Distribution Of Overwintering Red-Tailed Hawks And American Kestrels In An Agricultural Landscape In Northeastern Arkansas, Melissa M. Bobowski, Virginie Rolland, and Thomas S. Risch
Submissions from 2013
Distribution and concentrations of petroleum hydrocarbons associated with the BP/Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Paul W. Sammarco, Steve R. Kolian, Richard A. F. Warby, and Jennifer L. Bouldin
Distribution and concentrations of petroleum hydrocarbons associated with the BP/Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico (vol 73, pg 129, 2013), Paul W. Sammarco, Steve R. Kolian, Richard A. F. Warby, and Jennifer L. Bouldin
Submissions from 2012
Measurement Of Accumulation Of Semiconductor Nanocrystal Quantum Dots By Pimephales Promelas, Kenton L. Leigh, Jennifer L. Bouldin, and Roger A. Buchanan
Submissions from 2011
Effects of harvest and climate on population dynamics of northern bobwhites in south Florida, Virginie Rolland, Jeffrey A. Hostetler, Tommy C. Hines, and Fred A. Johnson
Submissions from 2008
Aqueous toxicity and food chain transfer of quantum Dotsâ„¢ in freshwater algae and Ceriodaphnia dubia, Jennifer L. Bouldin, Taylor M. Ingle, Anindita Sengupta, and Regina Alexander
Absorption of semiconductor nanocrystals by the aquatic invertebrate Ceriodaphnia dubia, Taylor M. Ingle, Regina Alexander, Jennifer L. Bouldin, and Roger A. Buchanan
Evaluation of a polyacrylamide soil additive to reduce agricultural-associated contamination, David M. Krauth, Jennifer L. Bouldin, V. Steven Green, and P. S. Wren
Considerations for assessments of wadable drainage systems in the agriculturally dominated deltas of Arkansas and Mississippi, W. W. Stephens, Matt T. Moore, Jerry Lin Farris, and Jennifer L. Bouldin
Submissions from 2007
Assessment of diazinon toxicity in sediment and water of constructed wetlands using deployed Corbicula fluminea and laboratory testing, Jennifer L. Bouldin, Jerry Lin Farris, Matt T. Moore, and S. Smith Jr.
Submissions from 2006
Hydroponic uptake of atrazine and lambda-cyhalothrin in Juncus effusus and Ludwigia peploides, Jennifer L. Bouldin, Jerry Lin Farris, Matt T. Moore, and S. Smith Jr.
Submissions from 2005
Evaluated fate and effects of atrazine and lambda-cyhalothrin in vegetated and unvegetated microcosms, Jennifer L. Bouldin, Jerry Lin Farris, Matt T. Moore, and S. Smith Jr.
Submissions from 2004
Vegetative and structural characteristics of agricultural drainages in the Mississippi Delta landscapes, Jennifer L. Bouldin, Jerry Lin Farris, Matt T. Moore, and Catherine M. Cooper
Evaluating toxicity of Asana XL® (esfenvalerate) amendments in agricultural ditch mesocosms, Jennifer L. Bouldin, C. D. Milam, Jerry Lin Farris, and Matt T. Moore
Evaluating acute toxicity of methyl parathion application in constructed wetland mesocosms, C. D. Milam, Jennifer L. Bouldin, Jerry Lin Farris, and Ralf Schulz
