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Numerous scientific research papers have been published about work done at the preserve. References for many of those papers--as well as MS and PhD theses--are listed below. (Visit the Research section of this Web site for information about current and past research activities at the RTP.)

Research Publications

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• Afkhami, M.E., and Rudgers, J.A. 2008. Symbiosis lost: imperfect vertical transmission of fungal endophytes in grasses American Naturalist 172: 405-416.
• Andrews, F. M. 1918. Some trees of Indiana. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 1918: 261-263.
• Andrews, F. M. 1928. Some flowering plants of Monroe County. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 37: 330-334.
• Beckman, R. 1994. Epigaea repens in Indiana: habitat associations and the effects of controlled burning. Indiana University, MS.
• Blair, A. P. 1940. Interrelations of toad populations. Indiana University, PhD.
• Blair, A P. 1941. Variation, isolating mechanisms and hybridization in certain toads. Genetics 26:398-417.
• Blank, J.L., Olson, R.K., Vitousek, P.M. 1980. Nutrient uptake by a diverse spring ephemeral community. Oecologia. 47:97-98.
• Blatchley, W. S. 1887. A preliminary catalogue of the flora of Monroe Co., Indiana. Indiana University Masters Thesis.
• Carey, M. and V. Nolan Jr. 1975. Polygyny in indigo buntings: a hypothesis tested. Science 190:1296-1297
• Carey, M. and V. Nolan Jr. 1979. Population dynamics of the indigo bunting and the evolution of avian polygyny. Evolution 33:1180-1192
• Civitello, D., Flory, S. L., and Clay, K. 2008. Exotic grass invasion reduces tick-borne disease risk. Journal of Medical Entomology Journal of Medical Entomology 45:867-872.
• Clay, K., Holah, J. and J. A. Rudgers. 2005. Herbivores cause a rapid increase in hereditary symbiosis and alter plant community composition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 102:12465-12470.
• Clay, K., Shelton, A., and Winkle, C. 2008. Differential susceptibility of tree species to oviposition by periodical cicadas. Ecological Entomology (in press).
• Cristol, D.A., Nolan, V., Jr., and Ketterson, E.D. 1990. Effect of prior residence on dominance in dark-eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis). Animal Behavior, 40:580-586
• Cushing, B. S. and J. Michael Cawthorn. 1996. Species difference in activity patterns during oestrus. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74: 474-479.
• Delph, L., Lu, Y., and Jayne, L. 1993. Patterns of resource allocation in a dioecious Carex (Cyperaceae). American Journal of Botany 80:607-615.
• Farlow, J. O. 1972. Studies of Eurycea bislineata in south central Indiana. Indiana University, Honors Thesis.
• Finkes, L. K., Rudgers, J. A., Cady, A. B., Clay, K. and J. C. Mulroy. 2006. A fungal mutualist affects the composition of spiders in an old field. Ecology Letters 9: 347-356.
• Flory, S. L. and K. Clay. 2006. Distance to road and forest age affect invasive exotic shrub distribution in eastern deciduous forests. Plant Ecology 184: 131-141.
• Flory, S.L., and Mattingly, W.B. 2008. Response of host plants to periodical cicada oviposition damage. Oecologia 156(3): 649-656.
• Gaines, M. S. 1969. Genetic changes in fluctuating vole populations. PhD thesis, Indiana University.
• Glen, G. G. and Welch, W. 1931. Ecological relationships of the most common mosses in a certain vicinity near Bloomington, Indiana. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 40:87-101.
• Huffman, H. 1996. Griffy Lake Nature Preserve: Vascular plant species list. Indianapolis: Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
• Jack, Michele A. 1976. Studies on the ecology of thermophilic fungi in sun-heated soils. Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Plant Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington.
• Jawor, J.M. Testosterone in Northern Cardinals: The possible influence of prolonged territorial behavior. Auk, in press (expected in April 2007).
• Jones, J. M. 1972. Effects of thirty years hybridization on the toads Bufo americanus and Bufowoodhousii fowleri. Indiana University, PhD.
• Jones, J. M. 1973. Effects of thirty years hybridization on the toads Bufo americanus and Bufo woodhousii fowleri at Bloomington, Indiana. Evolution 27:435-448.
• Jones, W. W. 1988. Balancing competing uses for water resources - a Griffy Lake example. Lake Reservoir Management 4:73-80.
• Kannadan, S. and Rudgers, J.A. 2008. Endophyte symbiosis benefits a rare grass under low water availability. Functional Ecology 22(4): 706-713.
• Ketterson, E.D. and V. Nolan Jr. 1976. Geographic variation and its climatic correlates in the sex ratio of eastern-wintering Dark-eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis hyemalis). Ecology 57:679-693.
• Ketterson, E.D. 1977. Male prairie warbler dies during courtship. Auk 94:393.
• Ketterson, E.D. and V. Nolan Jr. 1978. Overnight weight loss in Dark-eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis). Auk 95:755-758.
• Ketterson, E.D. and V. Nolan Jr. 1979. Seasonal, annual, and geographic variation in sex ratio of wintering populations of Dark-eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis). Auk 96:522-536.
• Ketterson, E.D. and V. Nolan, Jr. 1982. The role of migration and winter mortality in the life history of a temperate-zone migrant, the Dark-eyed Junco, as determined from demographic analyses of winter populations. Auk 99:243-259.
• Ketterson, E.D. and V. Nolan, Jr. 1983. The evolution of differential bird migration, pp. 357-402. In R.F. Johnston (ed.), Current Ornithology, Vol. I, Plenum Press, New York.
• Ketterson, E.D. and V. Nolan Jr. 1985. Intraspecific variation in avian migration patterns. In Migration: Mechanisms and Adaptive Significance (ed. M.A. Rankin). Univ. Texas Contributions in Marine Science, Supplement 27:553-579.
• Ketterson, E.D. and V. Nolan Jr. 1986. Effect of winter laparotomy on long-term survival of Tree Sparrows and Dark-eyed Juncos. Journal of Field Ornithology 57:239-240.
• Ketterson, E.D. and V. Nolan, Jr. 1987. Suppression of autumnal migration unrest in Dark-eyed Juncos held during summer on, near, or far from their previous wintering sites. Auk 104:303-310.
• Koska, J. 1991. Morphometric and historical analyses of reproductive interactions between two species of toad. Indiana University, MS.
• Koslow, J. M. and K. Clay. 2007. The mixed mating system of Impatiens capensis and infection by a foliar rust pathogen: Resistance, local adaptation, and fitness consequences. Evolution 61: 2643-2654.
• Kover, P.X. 1997. The importance of mixed reproductive strategies on plant/pathogen interactions. Indiana University, PhD.
• Kover, P.X. 2000. Effect of parasitic castration on plant resource allocation. Oecologia 123: 48-56.
• Krebs, C. J., Keller, B. L. and R. H. Tamarin. 1969. Microtus population biology: Demographic changes in fluctuating populations of M. ochrogaster and M. pennsylvanicus in Southern Indiana. Ecology 50: 587-607
• Krebs, C. J. 1970. Microtus population biology: Behavioral changes associated with the population cycle in M. ochrogaster and M. pennsylvanicus. Ecology 51: 34-52.
• Lemons, A., Clay, K. and J. A. Rudgers. 2005. Connecting plant-microbial interactions above- and belowground: a fungal endophyte affects decomposition. Oecologia 145:595-604.
• Lindsey, A.A., Schmelz, D. V. and S. A. Nichols. 1969. Lilly-Dickey Woods. pp. 190-192 in Natural Areas in Indiana and Their Preservation. Indiana Natural Areas Survey, Lafayette, Indiana.
• Linksvayer, T.A. 2007. Queen-worker-brood coadaptation rather than conflict may drive colony resource allocation in the ant Temnothorax curvispinosus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62 (5): 647-657.
• Linksvayer, T.A. 2006. Direct, maternal, and sibsocial genetic effects on individual and colony traits in an ant. Evolution 60 (12): 2552-2561.
• Lipar, Joseph L. (2001) Yolk steroids and the development of the hatching muscle in nestling European Starlings. Journal Of Avian Biology 32 (3), 231-238.
• Lively, C., Johnson, S., Delph, L., and Clay K. 1995. Thinning Reduces the Effect of Rust Infection on Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis). Ecology 76:1859-1862.
• Manore, C. G. 1950. The significance of their woodlands to Brown, Monroe and Morgan Counties, Indiana. Indiana University, MS.
• Martens, L. J. 1939. Some observation on sexual dimorphism in Carex picta. American Journal of Botany 26: 78-88.
• Myers, J. H. and C. J. Krebs. 1971. Genetic, behavioral, and reproductive attributes of dispersing field voles Microtus pennsylvanicus and Microtus ochrogaster. Ecological Monographs 41: 53-78.
• Nolan, V. Jr., C.F. Thompson, and M. Carey. 1975. Abstract: Fidelity of indigo buntings Passerina cyanea to sites occupied in previous breeding seasons. Emu (Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union) 74 (Suppl.):289
• Nolan, V. Jr., and C.F. Thompson. 1975. Occurrence and significance of anomalous reproductive activities in two North American nonparasitic cuckoos, Coccyzus spp. Ibis 117:496-503
• Nolan, V. Jr. 1975. External differences in newly hatched yellow-billed and black-billed Cuckoos Coccyzus americanus and C. erythrophthalmus). Condor 77:341
• Nolan, V., Jr. 1978. Ecology and behavior of the prairie warbler Dendroica discolor. American Ornithologists Union. Ornithological Monographs 26:1-595
• Nolan, Jr. V. and C.F. Thompson. 1978. Egg volume as a predictor of hatchling weight in the brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater). Wilson Bulletin 90:353-358
• Nolan, V. Jr. and E.D. Ketterson. 1983. An analysis of body mass, wing length, and visible fat deposits of Dark-eyed Juncos wintering at different latitudes. Wilson Bulletin 95:603
• Nolan, V. Jr. and E.D. Ketterson. 1990. Timing of autumn migration in relation to the winter distribution of the sex-age classes in the Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis). Ecology 71:1267-1278.
• Nolan, V. Jr. and E.D. Ketterson. 1991. An experimental study of winter site fidelity in young dark-eyed juncos. Ethology 87:123-133.
• Orr, S. P., Rudgers, J. A. and K. Clay. 2005. Invasive plants can inhibit native tree seedlings: Testing the novel weapons hypothesis. Plant Ecology 181: 153-165.
• Packer, A. 2000. Soil borne pathogens and the dynamics of temperate forest communities. Indiana University, PhD.
• Packer, A and Clay, K. 2000. Soil pathogens and spatial patterns of seedling mortality in a temperate tree. Nature 404:278-281.
• Packer, A. and K. Clay. 2003. Soil pathogens and Prunus serotina seedling and sapling growth near conspecific trees. Ecology 84: 108-119.
• Price, J., J. Bever and K. Clay. 2004. Genotype, environment, and genotype by environment interactions determine quantitative resistance to leaf rust (Coleosporium asterum) in Euthamia graminifolia (Asteraceae). New Phytologist 162: 729-743.
• Price, G. and Welch, W. 1930. Enumeration of the vascular flora of a limestone area of the Bloomington quadrangle, Monroe Co., Indiana. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 39:127-131.
• Rajaniemi, T K and H L Reynolds. 2004. Root foraging for patchy resources in eight herbaceous plant species. Oecologia 141:519-525
• Reinhart, K. O., Packer, A., van der Putten, W. and K. Clay. 2003. Plant-soil biota interactions and spatial distribution of black cherry in its native and invasive ranges. Ecology Letters 6: 1046-1050.
• Reinhart, K. 0., Royo, A. A., Van der Putten, W. H. and K. Clay. 2005. Soil feedback and pathogen activity in Prunus serotina throughout its native range. Journal of Ecology 93:890-898.
• Richardson, C. R. 1999. Sex ratio evolution in gender-diphasic Arisaema. Indiana University, PhD.
• Richardson, C.R. and Clay, K. 2001. Sex-ratio variations among Arisaema species with different patterns of gender diphasy. Plant Species Biology 16:139-149.
• Rudgers, J. A. and K. Clay. 2007. Endophyte symbiosis with tall fescue: how strong are the impacts on communities and ecosystems? Fungal Biology Reviews 21: 107-124.
• Rudgers, J.A. and Clay, K. 2008. An invasive plant-fungal mutualism reduces arthropod diversity. Ecology Letters 11: 831-840.
• Rudgers, J. A., Holah, J., Orr, S. P. and K. Clay. 2007. Forest succession suppressed by an introduced plant-fungal symbiosis. Ecology 88: 18-25.
• Rudgers, J.A., Koslow, J.M., Clay, K. 2004. Endophytic fungi alter relationships between diversity and ecosystem properties. Ecology Letters 7: 42-51.
• Schmidt, J. M. 1996. Dioecy, demography and disease in the clonal herb Carex Picta Stued. Indiana University, PhD.
• Stuebe, M.M. and E.D. Ketterson. 1982. A study of fasting endurance in Tree Sparrows and Dark-eyed Juncos: ecological implications. Auk 99:299-308
• Tansey, M.R. and M.A. Jack. 1977, Growth of thermophilic and thermotolerant fungi in soil in situ and in vitro. Mycologia, 69:563-578.
• Tansey, M.R. and M.A. Jack. 1976, Thermophilic fungi in sun-heated soils, Mycologia, 68:1061-1075.
• Taylor, H. W. 1955. A geographic study of the water supply of Bloomington Indiana. Indiana University, MS.
• Tintjer, T., A. Leuchtmann and K. Clay. 2008. Variation in horizontal and vertical transmission of the endophyte Epichloë elymi infecting the grass Elymus hystrix. New Phytologist 179:236-246.
• Vitousek, P.M., Gosz, J.R., Grier, C.C., Melillo, J.M, Reiners, W.A, Todd, R.L. 1979. Nitrate loses from disturbed ecosystems. Science 204: 469-474.
• Vitousek, P.M, Gosz, J.R., Grier, C.C., Melillo, J.M, Reiners, W.A, Todd, R.L. 1982. A comparative analysis of potential nitrification and nitrate mobility in forest ecosystems. Ecological Monographs. 52:2 155-177
• Vitousek, P.M. 1983. Nitrogen Turnover in a ragweed-dominated 1st year old field in Southern Indiana. The American Midland Naturalist 110:1 46-53.
• Vitousek, P.M. 1984. Anion fluxes in three Indiana forests. Oecologia. 61:105-108.
• Walters, B. 1972. Studies of interspecific predation within an amphibian community. Indiana University, MS.
• Welch, W. H. 1928. A contribution to the phytoecology of southern Indiana with special reference to certain Ericaceae in a limestone area of the Bloomington Quadrangle. Indiana University, PhD.
• Welch, W. H. 1928. A contribution to the phytoecology of southern Indiana with special reference to Ericaceae in a limestone area of the Bloomington Quadrangle. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science 38: 65-83.