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News, Honors and Awards
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New Faculty: |
Gary Bulla |
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Specialty Area: |
Molecular genetics, diabetes and liver disease |
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What attracted you to EIU: |
Friendly and supportive Department of
Biological Sciences, the small-town environment and the attractive balance
between teaching and research at EIU. |
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Academic/Employment: |
PhD University of Colorado Health Sciences
Center
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics,
St. Louis University School of Medicine |
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Other Interests: |
Bike riding, canoeing and playing the piano. |
The Department of Biological Sciences
received the Provost's Award for Achievement in Academic Assessment.
Beth Flitz (Stephen Mullin faculty mentor)
and Ross Widinski (Robert Fischer faculty mentor) were
presented with the Graduate Student Investigator Award during
ScienceFest.
Kipp Kruse received the Ringenberg Award, the
most distinguished award given by the College of Sciences.
James McGaughey received the
Outstanding Faculty Award
Britto Nathan received the Teacher-Scholar
Award
Paul Switzer was presented with the
Lida
G. Wall Faculty Research Mentor Award
Research Grants and
Awards
Eric Bollinger received a EIU Summer Research and Creative Activity Award
for "Comparison
of breeding densities
and reproductive success of grassland birds nesting in native prairie and
exotic grasslands."
Gary Bulla received a EIU CFR
grant for "Type 2 diabetes: Role of HNF1(alpha)
and HNF4(alpha) defects."
Erin
Casey was presented with the Anheuser-Busch Annual Conservation Scholarship
for "Genetic Diversity and
Conservation
of the Seal Salamander," co-authored with Dr. Mark Mort. $10,000.
Erin Casey received a Larry Williams Travel
Award to present "Genetic
Diversity and Phylogeography of Desmognathus monticola (Family:
Plethodontidae) inferred from analyses of Intersimple Sequence Repeats at the Midwest Fish and
Wildlife Conference in Des Moines, Iowa. Erin's graduate faculty mentor was Dr. Robert Fischer.
Janice Coons received the following funding
and grants:
Illinois Council for Food &
Agricultural Research, "Native Herbaceous Perennials as Alternative
Crops for
Illinois Nurseries." $100,000
IDNR "Seedbanks and Plant Development of Stylisma
pickeringii, an Endangered Plant in Illinois."
-- Co-P.I.
IDNR "Comparison of Populations of
Lesquerella ludoviciana throughout its range." – Co-P.I.
Illinois Native Plant Society, "Investigation of Insect Visits to Flowers of Stylisma pickeringii
(Patterson Bindweed), an Endangered Plant of Illinois Sand Prairies." –
Co-P.I.
EIU CFR "Long-term study of old field succession."
Janice Coons, Henry Owen, and A.E. Claerbout
received funding from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for "Seedbanks and
plant development of Stylisma pickeringii, an
endangered plant in Illinois.
Steven Daniel and Lopa Goradia received a EIU Tiffany Botany Graduate Research Award
for "Pathogenicity of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. glycines, the causative agent of Bacterial Pustule in
Soybeans (Glycine max (L.) Merrill),"
Robert Fischer received the following funding
and grants:
National Science Foundation REU
Grant, "The ecology, behavior and
physiology of exotic
species." $164,786 (Co-Principle Investigator)
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency,
"An intensive basin survey on the Kaskaskia
River."
EIU Technology-Enhanced and Delivered Education Grant,
"The use of PDA technology to diverse
curriculum."
EIU CFR "The
Effects of land use/land cover on abiotic factors and heterotrophic
microorganisms in
a freshwater
stream system."
Ann Fritz received the
following funding and grants:
EIU CFR, "The
effects of sperm storage patterns of blocking the central nervous system in the
fruit
fly Anastrepha suspensa."
EIU Summer Research and Creative Activity Award, "The role of cryptic
female choice in two flies
with different
mating strategies."
EIU Technology-Enhanced and Delivered Education Grant
EIU
Graduate School Project Support (graduate assistantship)
EIU COS, Special Projects for
Summer 2002
EIU Redden Fund for Curriculum
Development
EIU Council on Faculty Research
grant
(Summer)
EIU COS, Seed Grant Award
National Science Foundation SGER Award $12,334
Gary Fritz received the following funding and
grants:
EIU Summer Research and Creative Activity Award, "Breeding habitat
as a predictor of distribution
of malaria
vectors."
USDA, "The genetic dynamics of fire ants in southeastern
USA." $64,000
Stacey Fuhrmann received the Honors Programs
Undergraduate Research Award. Stacey's faculty mentor was Steven Mullin.
Marina Marjanovic received the following
funding and grants:
EIU
Technology-Enhanced and Delivered Education Grant
EIU
Faculty Development Mini-Grant
EIU
College of Sciences Travel Award
EIU
Undergraduate Honors Research Award– Nicholas Wright
Marina Marjanovic and
Dr.
Barbara Lawrence (Chemistry
Department) received a EIU CFR grant for "Ion
regulation and freezing avoidance in fertilized eggs of the Antarctic naked
dragon fish (Gymnodracus acuticeps)."
Scott Meiners received the
following funding and grants:
EIU CFR, "Buell-Small
succession study - data quality control."
EIU Summer Research and Creative Activity Award "Rates of invasion by native
and
exotic
species."
Andrew Methven received a grant from the IDNR Wildlife Preservation Fund
for
"Effect of forest alteration on macrofungi at Baber's
Woods."
Stephen Mullin received the following funding
and grants:
EIU Summer Research and Creative Activity Award,
"Expanding the role of a dietarygeneralist:
Predatory
responses in a semi-aquatic snake species."
EIU Summer Research Award, "Expanding the role of a
dietary generalist: Predatory responses in
a
semi-aquatic snake species.
IDNR Wildlife Preservation Fund, "The population status of the timber rattlesnake (Crotalus
horridus) in east-central Illinois. $34,830
Britto Nathan received a EIU CFR
grant for "A
Cell Culture System for Studying the Role of ApoE in
Alzheimer’s Disease."
Thomas Nelson received the following funding
and grants:
IDNR, " Survival and dispersal patterns
of beavers in Illinois." $167,780.
EIU Summer Research and Creative Activity Award, "Ecology
of feral and free-ranging cats in rural
Illinois."
EIU Undergraduate Research Grant; with Kyle Dunn, "Niche
partitioning by 3 species of
insectivorous bats."
EIU CFR summer grant, "Ecology of feral
and free-ranging cats (Felis catus) in rural
Illinois.
Henry Owen, Janice Coons, and Brent Todd
received funding from the
Illinois Native Plant Society for "Investigation of insect visits to
flowers of Stylisma pickeringii."
Paul Switzer received an EIU Summer Research and Creative Activity Award
for "When to be
homosexual? A model
of sex discrimination and male choice for the Japanese beetle."
Gordon Tucker received a grant from the IDNR Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund
for "Botanical Inventory of
Coneflower Hill Prairie,
Shelby County, Illinois."
Presentations
Armstrong, T.M.(*), and A.S. Methven. An improved method of in vitro
production of Cyathus
stercoreus gastrocarps.
National Meeting, Council on Undergrad. Research, New London, CT.
Brueck, C.(*), M. Lehtinen (*), M. Flanagan (*), P. Bade (*), and
S.L.
Daniel. Microbial degradation of
oxalate, glyoxylate and glycolate
in the human gut. Ann. Meet. Ill. St. Acad. Sci. 131, p.92.
Gary Bulla. "Hepatic Differentiation: Crosstalk with apoptosis,
inflammation and diabetes." Department of Internal Medicine, Saint
Louis University.
Gary Bulla. "Hepatic Differentiation: Crosstalk with apoptosis,
inflammation and diabetes."
Department of Biological Sciences, Saint Louis
University.
Gary Bulla. "Linking Cell Differentiation to Survival, Inflammation and
Diabetes." Department of
Biology, Univeristy of Texas-Pan America
Edinburg, TX.
Gary Bulla. "Genetic Approaches for Probing Mammalian Cell
Differentiation." Department of Biology,
Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia.
Gary Bulla. "Genetic Approaches for Probing Mammalian Cell
Differentiation." Department of
Biological Sciences, Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL.
Gary Bulla. "Linking Cell Differentiation to Survival, Inflammation and
Diabetes." Department of
Biology, University of Missouri .
Cerveny, T.L.(*), A.S. Methven, and
M.E. Mort. Occurrence of vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal
associations in species of Aeonium
from the Canary Islands. Annual Meeting, Illinois State Academy of
Science, Edwardsville, IL.
Cerveny, T.L.(*), A.S. Methven, and
M.E. Mort. Occurrence of vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal
associations in species of Aeonium
from the Canary Islands. National Meeting, Council on Undergraduate
Research, New London, CT.
Steven Daniel. North Central Soybean Research Program - White Mold
Group, Madison, Wisconsin.
Steven
Daniel. FASEB
Conference, Calcium Oxalate in Biological Systems, Saxtons River, Vt.
Beth Flitz
(*). Poster presentation at Herpetologists' League, Society for the
Study of Amphibians and
Reptiles, and American Society of Ichthyologists &
Herpetologists. Beth's faculty mentor was
Steven Mullin.
Ann
Fritz. V
International Congress of Dipterology, Brisbane, Australia: The
labyrinth explored: female sperm storage organs, related structures, and
sperm storage patterns in the tephritid fly,
Anastrepha suspensa
(Invited Symposium)
Ann
Fritz.
Animal Behavior Society, Bloomington: Sperm storage in the tephritid
fly, Anstrepha
suspensa: the ventral receptacle is important.
Ann
Fritz.
Evolution Society, Urbana: Sperm storage patterns in the fruit fly, Anastrepha
suspensa.
Gary
Fritz.
Annual Meeting of the Society for Evolution, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.
"Relatedness and reproduction in polygyne nests of the yellowjacket,
Vespula squamosa"
Gary
Fritz.
Imported Fire Ant Conference, Athens, Georgia. "Sympatry of fire
ant polygyne and
monogyne social forms"
Gillespie,
R.N. (*), and A.S. Methven. Phaeophyscia leana – A lichen
species at the edge. Annual
Meeting, Illinois State Academy of Science,
Edwardsville, IL.
Herr, J.R. (*), A.S. Methven, and S.L. Miller. Searching for apomorphic
characters in the genus
Lactarius: which characters support
phylogenetic classes for North America? Annual Meeting,
Mycological Society of America, Corvallis, OR.
Marina Marjanovic. Experimental
Biology, April 19-23, 2002, New Orleans
Meiners, S.
J., M.
L. Cadenasso, and S. T. A. Pickett. The relationship between diversity and
exotic
plants: cause or consequence of invasion? Ecological Society of
America Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ.
Meiners, S. J. Exotic plant invasions in successional
systems: the utility of a long term approach.
13th USDA Interagency Research Forum on Gypsy Moth and other
Invasive Species. Annapolis, MD.
Methven, A.S., M.E. Mort, K.W. Hughes, and R.H. Petersen. Interspecific
hybrids of Flammulina.
Annual Meeting, Mycological Society of
America, Corvallis, OR.
Methven, A.S., and M.E. Mort. Interspecific hybrids of Flammulina.
Annual Meeting, Illinois State
Academy of Science, Edwardsville, IL.
Mullin, S.J. and
R.J. Cooper. Climbing performance and behavior in an avian nest predator (Colubridæ: Elaphe). Animal Behavior Society, Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
(Paper)
Mullin, S.J., H. Imbert, E.L. Ervin, and R.N. Fisher. Predatory responses of a native
semi-aquatic
snake to the introduced anuran Xenopus laevis.
Herpetologists' League, Society for the Study of
Amphibians & Reptiles, and American Society of Ichthyologists
& Herpetologists. (Paper)
Mullin, S.J. A plethora of plethodontids,
and other things with backbones, in an Appalachian
biosphere reserve. Zoology Club, Eastern Illinois University.
(Invited Lecture)
Nelson, T. and S. McTaggart. Estimating the abundance of beavers in Illinois' watersheds.
American
Society of Mammalogists Annual Meeting, June 2002, Lake
Charles, LA.
Henry Owen and Janice Coons, two graduate students and two undergraduate
NSF-REU students attended "Botany 2002: Integrating Research and Teaching"
(Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of
America) in Madison, Wisconsin, August 4-7 to present four research papers involving
endangered plants and invasive plants of Illinois.
Paul Switzer. Animal Behavior Society, Indiana University.
J.
Brian Towey (*) . Poster presentation at
Herpetologists' League, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, and American Society of
Ichthyologists & Herpetologists. Brian's
faculty mentor was Stephen Mullin.
Brent Wachholder (*). Poster presentation at Annual BSA
Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin. Brent's faculty mentor was Janice
Coons.
94th
Annual Meeting of the Illinois Academy of Science
Shad
Malady: "Gas Exchange and yields of BT resistant maize with
European corn borer infestation." (J. Coons)
Brent
Todd: "Insect visits to flowers of Stylisma pickeringii (convolvulaceae),
an endangered plant of Illinois sand prairies." (H. Owen
and J. Coons).
Robert
Gillespie: "Phaeophyscia leana - a lichen species at
the edge." (A. Methven).
Jennifer
Ward: "Analyses of prairie restorations at Rock Springs
Environmental Center, Decatur, Illinois." (G.Tucker).
Ross
Widinski: "The response of macroinvertebrate communities to
riparian zone changes." (R. Fischer).
Sarah Joyce:
"Molecular phylogenetics of Lymnaeidae (Mollusca: gastropoda): Evolution of susceptibility to Fascioloides magna
infection." (J. Laursen).
G.
Matt Groves: "Regional dispersal of Daphnia lumholtzi
in North America inferred from ISSR genetic markers." (C.
Pederson).
Erin
Casey: "Genetic diversity, phylogeography and conservation of
Desmognathus monticola (Family: Plethodontidae)." (R.
Fischer).
Stan
McTaggart: "Composition and demographics of beaver colonies in
Illinois."
(T. Nelson).
Karen
Schnake: "Cyclomorphosis of Daphnia lumholtzi in
response spatial heterogeneity in lake Taylorville." (C.
Pederson).
Publications
Andjus, R.K.,
Dzakula, Z., Marjanovic, M. and Zivadinovic, D. 2002. Kinetic
properties of the enzyme-substrate system: a basis for immediate
temperature compensation. J.Theor.Bio. 217 (1): 33-46.
Bollinger, E.K. and P.V. Switzer. 2002. Modeling the impact
of edge avoidance on avian nest densities in habitat fragments.
Ecological Applications 12(6): 1567-1575.
Deets, A.
J. and G. N. Fritz. 2002. Character dimorphism in two social
forms of the Southern
Yellowjacket, Vespula squamosa
(Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Insectes Sociaux 49:75-79.
Esely, J.
D., and E. K. Bollinger. 2002. Patterns of impaling in a migratory
population of the
Loggerhead Shrike. The Prairie Naturalist 33:(in
press).
Fischer, R. U. and
B. Hausmann. 2002. The role of bowfin in Multiple species fisheries management
plans. Illinois Academy of Sciences. (Accepted)
Flocca*,
N., J.M. Coons, H.R. Owen, B.L. Fischer*, and R.E. Edgin. 2002.
Germination of Silene
regia and Saponaria officinalis
following stratification or scarification. In preparation for Erigenia.
Fritz, A.
H. and Turner, F. R. 2002. A light and electron micrscopical study of the spermathecae and
ventral receptacle of Anastrepha
suspensa (Diptera: Tephritidae) and implications in female
influence
of sperm storage. Arthropod Structure & Development 30:
293-313.
Fritz, A.
H. 2002. A single, abdominal, ganglion in Anastrepha suspensa
(Diptera: Tephritidae) and its
innervation of the sperm storage organs. Annals
of the Entomological Society of America 95:
103-108.
Fritz, G.
N. and R. K. Vander Meer. 2002. Sympatric polygyne and monogyne
colonies of the fire ant,
Solenopsis invicta. Ann. Entomol.
Soc. Amer. (in press).
Gaines K.F.,
C.S. Romanek, C.S. Boring, C.G. Lord, J. Burger, M. Gochfeld. 2002.
Using raccoons
as an indicator species for metal accumulation across trophic levels – a
stable isotope
approach. Journal of Wildlife Management. 66:808-818.
Hay, S., & G.C. Tucker. 2002.
Scirpus ancistrochaetus (Cyperaceae), a new record for Canada.
Rhodora 104: 83-85.
Hogan, Ann M. and R. U. Fischer. 2002. Relationship between habitat variables and
biotic integrity in
Illinois streams. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 17(3):
475-483.
Kladney,
RD, Cui C, Bulla, GA, Fimmel CJ. 2002. Disease- and cell-specific
expression of GP73, a novel Golgi protein: evidence for virus-dependent
and -independent regulation in hepatocytes.
Hepatology, 35:1431-1440.
Marousek, S.B. (*), G. Pollard (*), and S.L. Daniel.
2002. Nodulation
of common and endangered legumes by symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria
present in Illinois Prairie soils. Ann. Meet. Ill. St. Acad. Sci. 130,
p. 92.
McTaggart, S., and
T. Nelson. 2002. Demographics and composition of beaver colonies in Illinois.
American
Midland Naturalist: (In press).
Meiners,
S. J., and M. J. Martinkovic. 2002. Survival of and herbivore
damage to a cohort of Quercus
rubra planted across a forest - old
field edge. American Midland Naturalist. 147:247-256.
Meiners,
S. J., S. T. A. Pickett, and M. L. Cadenasso. 2002. Exotic plant
invasions over 40 years of
old field succession: community patterns and
associations. Ecography. 25:215-223
Meiners,
S. J., S. T .A. Pickett, and S. N Handel. 2002. Probability of
tree seedling establishment
changes across a forest-old field edge
gradient. American Journal of Botany. 89:466-471.
Mullin, S.J. and
R.J. Cooper. 2002. Barking up the wrong tree: Climbing performance of rat snakes
and its implications for depredation of avian nests. Can. J. Zool.
80:591-595.
Nagle, R. D., M.V.
Plummer, J. D. Congdon, and R. U. Fischer. 2002. Parental investment, embryo
growth, and hatchling lipids in softshell turtles (Apalone mutica) from
Arkansas. Herpetologica
(Accepted)
Rodriguez-Navarro A.B., K.F. Gaines and C.S. Romanek. 2002.
Mineralization of eggshell in a
contaminated salt marsh system. Archives of Environmental Contamination
and Toxicolology.
43:449-460.
Nathan, B.P. , Jiang, Y., Wong, G., Shen, F., Brewer, G., Struble, R.
2002.
ApoE4 inhibits and apoE3 promotes neurite outgrowth. Brain Research. 928,
96-105.
Nancy A. Schable,
R. U. Fischer and T. C. Glen. 2002. Tetranucleotide mirosatellite DNA loci from
the dollar sunfish (Lepomis marginatus). Molecular Ecology Notes
2:509-511.
Scheiman, D.
M., E. K. Bollinger, and D. H. Johnson. 2002. Effects of leafy
spurge infestation on
grassland birds. Journal of Wildlife Management
66: (in press).
Schweighart, J. (*), T. Hatinen (*), N.C. Furumo, and
S.L. Daniel. 2002.
Impact of carbon source on growth and oxalate biosynthesis by Sclerotinia
sclerotiorum, the causative agent of sclerotinia stem rot of
soybean. Ann. Meet. Ill. St. Acad. Sci. 134, p. 93.
Seifritz,
C., H. L. Drake, and S. L. Daniel. 2002. Nitrite as an energy-conserving
electron sink for the
acetogenic bacterium Moorella thermoacetica.
Curr. Microbiol. (in press).
Seifritz,
C., J. Fröstl, H. L. Drake, and S. L. Daniel. 2002. Oxalate and glyoxylate metabolism by the
acetogens Moorella thermoacetica and
Moorella thermoautotrophica: influence of nitrate on
carbon and reductant flow. Arch. Microbiol. (in press).
Switzer, P.V. 2002. Individual variation in the duration of
territory occupation by males of the dragonfly Perithemis tenera (Odonata:
Libellulidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 95(5):
628-636
Switzer, P.V. 2002. Territory quality, habitat selection, and
competition in the amberwing dragonfly, Perithemis tenera (Say) (Odonata:
Libellulidae): population patterns as a consequence of individual behavior.
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 75(3): 145-157.
Teter, B., Raber, R., Nathan, B.P., and Crutcher, K. 2002.
The presence of apoE4, not the absence of apoE3, contributes to AD pathology, J
Alzheimer’s Disease., 04, 155-63.
Todd,
B.L., J.M. Coons, and H.R. Owen. 2002. Scarification
technique affects germination of
Stylisma pickeringii
(Patterson bindweed), an Illinois endangered plant. American Midland
Naturalist 148:190-192.
Tucker, G.C. 2002. Cladium (pp. 240-242), Kyllinga
(193-195), Lipocarpha (195-197), and Schoenus (239-240) (Cyperaceae
- Sedge Family) in Flora of North America Editorial Committee (eds.).
Flora of North America, vol. 23:
Tucker, G. C. 2002. Cyperus and Kyllinga (Cyperaceae)
in Baldwin, B., et al. (eds.), The Jepson Desert Manual, vascular plants of
southeastern California, 529-533. Univ. Calif. Press.
Tucker, G. C. 2002. Elatine (Elatinaceae) in Baldwin, B., et
al. (eds.), The Jepson Desert manual, vascular plants of southeastern
California, 282, 291. Univ. Calif. Press.
191; 199.
Tucker, G.C., J.R. Carter & B.G. Marcks. 2002. Cyperus (Cyperaceae
-- Sedge Family) in Flora of North America Editorial Committee (eds.).
Flora of North America, vol. 23: 141-190.
Tucker, G.
C. & J.J. Bruhl. 2002. Blysmopsis and Remirea (Cyperaceae -
Sedge Family) in Flora of North America Editorial Committee
(eds.). Flora of North America, vol. 23., ca. 2 pp.
Tucker, G.
C. Cladium, Kyllinga, Lipocarpha, Remirea,
and Schoenus (Cyperaceae - Sedge Family)
in
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (eds.). Flora of North
America, vol. 23., ca. 15 pp.
[In press.]
Woodworth,
C. J., E. K. Bollinger, and T. A. Nelson. 2002. Factors influencing
nest box use by the
southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans) in
southern Illinois. Ecology and Conservation of
Gliding Mammals (in
press).
*
= student authors
Research Poster Presentations
Beach, S.E.,
Coons, J.M.,
Owen, H.R.,
Todd, B.L. and Smith, M.A.
Lesquerella
ludoviciana Germination as Affected by Season of Development, Storage, and
Afterripening.2002.
Cerveny, T. L.,
Methven, A. S.
and Mort, M. E.
Occurrence of
Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Associations in species of Aeonium from
the Canary Islands. 2002.
Gillespie, R.N. and
Methven, A.S.
Phaeophyscia
leana
- A Lichen Species at the Edge. 2002.
(2003 E.I.U. College of Sciences G.S.I. Award)
Methven, A.S.,
Mort, M.E., Hughes, K.W. and Petersen, R.H.
Interspecific
Hybrids of Flammulina. 2002.
Schweighart, J., Hatinen, T.,
Furumo, N.C. and
Daniel, S.L.
Impact of
Carbon Source on Growth and Oxalate Biosynthesis by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum,
the Causative Agent of Sclerotinia Stem Rot of Soybean. 2002.
Saeki, Y and
McGilliard,
K.L.
Effect of
Caffeine on the Ventilatory Response to CO2 in Newborn Rats 2002.
Skoglund, L.A. and
Coons, J.M.
Attempts to
Propagate Stylisma pickeringii, an Endangered Plant in Illinois, Using
Stem Cuttings. 2002.
Todd, B.L.,
Owen, H.R. and
Coons, J.M.
Pollen
Comparison From Insect Visitors to Stylisma pickeringii (Convolvulaceae),
an Endangered Plant of Illinois Sand Prairies. 2002.
Wachholder, B.E.,
Owen, H.R. and
Coons, J.M.
Coralberry (Symphoricarpos
orbiculatus): a native landscaping and wildlife habitat alternative to Amur
honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii). 2002.
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