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by  James Bidlack

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Bioluminescence Vol. 15 Fall 2011 through Spring 2013
Editors: Jim Bidlack and Anne Ewing http://biology.uco.edu/biopage/newsletter.htm

Full-time Faculty
Dr. Gloria Caddell (Chairperson) Chairman’s Corner
Dr. Beth Allan (Science Education Advisor)
Dr. Troy Baird
Dr. David Bass It has been two years since the last Bioluminescence, so we
Dr. James Bidlack have a lot of catching up to do! As you will see from
Dr. Robert Brennan
browsing this issue, our faculty and students have been very
Dr. Christopher Butler
busy conducting research on lizard social behavior, aquatic
Dr. Gloria Caddell
invertebrates of the West Indies, antibiotic resistance of
Dr. William Caire
Dr. Harold Cleveland bacteria in Oklahoma streams, biofilms and chronic wound
Dr. Janice Countaway pathogenesis, hybridization in hummingbirds, the flora of
Mr. James Creecy the Gypsum Hills, distribution of cacti and dwarf palmettos,
Dr. Cari Deen melanism and biting propensity in red-eared sliders, use of thermal imaging to
Dr. Anne Ewing (Assist.Chair / Health Professions Advisor) estimate the size of bat populations, new species of fungi, arthropod relationships
Dr. Allyson Fenwick
with fungi, distribution of geckos on campus, bioremediation of chlordane in soils,
Dr. Michelle Haynie
genetic variation in woodrats, phylogeography of mud turtles, myofibroblast
Dr. Christina Hendrickson
differentiation and contraction, etc. They have done field work across the United
Mrs. Cheryl Hensch
Mr. Ralph Jones States as well as in South and Central America. Students co-authored fifteen of the
Dr. Steven Karpowicz publications listed, and co-authored many presentations at a variety of local,
Dr. Chad King regional, national, and international meetings. Faculty took students on study tours to
Dr. Hari Kotturi Belize, London, and Scotland, and attended teaching workshops on modern genomic
Dr. Wayne Lord techniques and developmental biology. Students helped restore turtle habitat in New
Ms. Lynda Loucks
Mexico, and participated in a variety of community service activities through Tri-
Ms. Linda Luna
Beta and the Pre-Med Health Professions Club.
Ms. Sherry Meeks
You will see several new names among the list of faculty! Dr. Steven Karpowicz
Dr. Paul Olson
Dr. Clark Ovrebo (Graduate Coordinator) is in his second year at UCO; he is a biochemist and molecular biologist whose
Dr. Rebecca Pace (SLL Manager) research is on the genomics of green algae. And this year we welcomed several new
Dr. Nikki Seagraves faculty members and staff. Dr. Allyson Fenwick is a geneticist and conservation
Dr. Paul Stone biologist who uses morphological and molecular evidence to test hypotheses about
Dr. Melville Vaughan (STEP@UCO Coordinator) the evolution of pitvipers. Dr. Chad King is a dendrochronologist who analyzes tree-

ring patterns to study forest history. Dr. Nikki Seagraves is a developmental
Part-time Faculty biologist who studies the mechanism of neural crest migration and differentiation in
mouse and chicken embryos. Our new Human Physiology Lab Coordinator is Dr.
Ms. Andrea Curtis Christina Hendrickson, a clinical lab scientist whose research has focused on gene
Dr. Amy Davis
expression in Streptococcus, and congenital cytomegalovirus infection in newborns.
Ms. Shahang Derakhshan
Dr. Rebecca Pace is an entomologist and the new Manager of the Selman Living
Ms. Tracy Fugate
Lab, our research station in northwestern Oklahoma. She studies the behavior and
Ms. Shelly Gulati
Dr. Terry Harrison vector competence of flies.
Dr. Jenna Hellack We are now in the midst of writing our five-year self-study and undergoing
Mr. Kyle Holland strategic planning to help ensure that we are preparing our students well for graduate
Mr. Andrew Morris and professional schools, as well as careers in various areas of biology and science
Dr. Sheila Strawn education. As always, we would love to hear from our alumni! Send us a picture
Dr. Mary Tappert
and tell us where you are and what you are doing!
Dr. Janette Wallis

Staff
Mr. Will Unsell (Lab Manager)
Ms. Sharon LaFave (Administrative Secretary)
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Feature Story

UCO Biology Department Receives Donation from the Alexander Nick Estate
By Lynda Loucks, UCONHM Collections Manager

In July 2011, the UCO Biology Department received a taxidermy collection from the Alexander
Nick estate in Michigan. Approximately 130 shoulder and full body mounts were donated to the
University of Central Oklahoma Natural History Museum (UCONHM) and plans are being
implemented to display these impressive pieces in the college so they can be used for educational
purposes as well as aesthetic viewing by students, staff and visitors alike. The collection has been
inventoried and accessioned into the UCONHM and will be a great addition to our departmental
collections for future students and visitors to the department to enjoy. Special donated specimens
include a white rhino, polar bear, lions, cheetahs, and a bongo. Come visit our campus and check
out some of the full body mounts displayed in the Atrium of Howell Hall.

Biology Department Faculty and Staff Members prepare specimens for display in the Howell Hall Atrium.
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The final display in the Atrium includes over 100 head mounts, along with lions, a camel, cheetahs, a

white rhino head, and a buffalo.
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In addition to the exciting project Lynda Loucks led with the new Alexander Nick Collection, many outreach activities took place

with materials from the UCONHM.

Lynda Loucks and 4th graders at Chisholm
Elementary in Edmond, Oklahoma enjoy learning
about Oklahoma vertebrates. Lynda Loucks presents vertebrate specimens to 3rd

grade class at Centennial Elementary School.

Meet the Faculty and Staff
In each edition of Bioluminescence, Faculty and Staff Members are selected to provide a story about themselves so you can
become more familiar with the UCO Biology Department. To learn about other Faculty and Staff Members, see previous
editions of Bioluminescence at http://biology.uco.edu/biopage/newsletter.htm

Dr. William Caire – Professor of Biology

I was asked to write a short profile to introduce myself to all of you. Well, here goes. Enjoy,
smile, frown, question, wonder, and then send a few bucks our way to help out at the Selman
Living Lab.

I was born in Savanna, Georgia well over a half century ago; the son of a tough Air Force Sgt. We
traveled most of my early years. I went to 11 different schools before I graduated from High
School. I was always involved with animals growing up. In fact, I was exploring caves and
catching bats in France when I was in the fourth grade. I recall crawling into a cave in France, and
seeing these odd pictures of prehistoric mammals drawn on the walls. I have always wondered if
they were eventually found, and turned out to be some of those famous prehistoric mammal
drawings or are they still there undiscovered. I loved sports and participated in golf and football.
In fact, my high school just inducted me and the rest of the 1963 football team into the Big Spring
High School Sports Hall of Fame, 50 years after we beat the #1 and #8 teams in the US.

I graduated from Howard County Junior College. There, my first college biology teacher
introduced me to collecting parasites from mammals. Later, when I co-authored a book on the
Mammals of Oklahoma, it brought back many memories and a smile when I ran across a paper she
had written on parasites of Oklahoma gophers. In 1969, I graduated from Texas Tech University
with a Zoology major and a Chemistry minor.

That was about the time of the Viet Nam war and I was almost drafted. However, by enlisting in the Navy and volunteering to
become an officer and a gentleman and a Navy Pilot, I avoided the draft. I reported to Pensacola, Florida and entered flight
school where I learned to fly a T28 and T34 (the acrobatics – loops spins, etc., were fun). President Nixon cut the service back in
1969, when the war began to wind down, and many of us were released from flight school. Back to Dallas, Texas I went but I
had difficulty finding a job. Finally, I accepted a teaching position, replacing a teacher in a junior high who could not finish out
the term because she was pregnant. I taught Mathematics and Earth Science. However, it did not take me long to realize that I
was not cut out to be a Junior High School Teacher and back to graduate school I ran.
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I graduated from the University of North Texas in Denton with a MS in Zoology. My thesis was on Geographic Variation of
Chromosomes and Morphology of Peromyscus maniculatus (a small mouse) in Oklahoma and Texas. Little did I realize the
significance of the thesis until it was published in Systematic Zoology, and I was surprised to see it referenced in a book on the
Genetics of Speciation and the Mammals of Texas.

I moved to Albuquerque and completed my PhD dissertation at the University of New Mexico in Mammalian Ecology. My
dissertation kept me in Sonora, Mexico for most of three years – The Distribution and Zoogeography of the Mammals of Sonora,
Mexico. Just a year or so ago it was condensed and I coauthored, with several Mexican mammalogists, a chapter in a book, The
Biodiversity of Sonora, Mexico.

I have been at UCO since 1976 and have had the distinct pleasure now of teaching some of the children of former students I
taught years ago when I first started here. I have taught Ecology, Animal Behavior, Natural History of the Vertebrates,
Zoogeography, Sociobiology, Biometrics, Mammalogy, and Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrates. I always ask to teach a
section of the nonmajors General Biology class. It is a challenge. What a way to teach. Walking into a class of 50 students who
don’t want to be there and disturbing their minds just enough to maybe get many of them interested in the science around them. I
have even been over on the “dark side” of the UCO administration, serving as the Assistant Dean of the college for five years and
then as Dean for five years. When I accepted the position of Dean, I indicated it would be for only five years, because I enjoyed
working with students and I wanted finish off my tenure at UCO the way I began – working closely with students.

I have had nine graduate students and many undergraduate students, and with them I have thoroughly enjoyed doing research on
a variety of organisms including plants, birds, fish, bats, rats, insects, etc. I have coauthored (many with students) about 70
publications. It has been fun. I have enjoyed crawling in caves with them, doing bat and rat research, freezing in the snow, and
sweating under the western Oklahoma sun. The time has slipped by quickly.

I also spent about 15 or so years developing the Selman Living Lab in western Oklahoma. That is where I lost all my pride –
begging, borrowing and asking for money and items to make the lab come together on a shoestring budget. I did write several
National Science Foundation and other grants to get some of the funds legally.

So now you have a flavor of who I am and from whence I came. Soooooo, just send me a check for the Selman Living Lab or
build us a lab out there so many more can enjoy the wonders of nature in Oklahoma.

Sharon LaFave – Biology Department Secretary

I am a native Oklahoman and have been married for 30 years. My
husband and I live in Oklahoma City and we love to travel around
the state on weekends. We love old movies, science fiction movies
and antiques. I, in particular, love old cookbooks of which I have a
small collection (I think I am up to 350 now) and Joe has a
collection of antique hand tools and nutcrackers.

I graduated from Northwest Classen High School in May of 1982
and was one of a class of 350 students. My husband and I met in
the 9th grade in History class. We started going together in 11th
grade and a week after we had been dating, Joe had already
proposed and we were planning on getting married after we
finished High School. What most people don’t know is that Joe
comes from a Catholic background and I was raised as a Southern
Baptist. At that time, we went through pre-marital training with
Father Hanrahan and I will never forget the look on Father
Hanrahan’s face when he got the compatibility test results back from the OSU Testing Facility and discussed them with us –
OSU had to down score our results in order to give us both a grade for the test because we had too many of the same answers.

To give a little bit more history, I started as a student secretary in the Dean’s Office here in the College of Mathematics and
Science back in 1987. I will never forget my first experience in enrolling at Central State College and interviewing for the
student secretary position. I am an only child and I was the first one of my family to even go to college. I wore my best navy
blue business suit and high heels, only to stand in line for hours and hours and then go over to interview in the Dean’s Office. I
was very excited, I was going back to college to get my Bachelor’s degree and I had an on-campus job and I will never wear high
heels again!
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I was in the Dean’s Office until 1998 when I left to take care of my mom. During that time, I worked part time here and there
until finally in 1999, right before the year 2000, I got a job at The Hertz Corporation, the computer center on N.W. Expressway,
and went to work as a secretary for the Y2K Office.

Here is what I remember – there were 8 Project Managers and 1 Lead Manager. I worked for one of the Project Managers in
charge of coordinating the four International Sectors of the Hertz Corporation. I took minutes four times a week every week for
Australia, Brazil, Europe (16 countries) and Puerto Rico. They were a fun group to work for, but some of the meetings could get
very interesting I must say. In addition, an interpreter had to be used for the call to Brazil because the Lead Manager over there
was named Roberto and he did not speak English very well. One other thing of note was that I gained a different perspective of
the people from the European countries and how they viewed our end of things, and there was definitely a communication gap at
times.

When the project ended, I was assigned the task of boxing up all the notebooks of minutes, etc. for the project and I wound up
cataloging 104 copy boxes worth of material during my time at the Hertz Corporation. (10 notebooks to a box which equates to
1,040 notebooks total – whew!!!!).

On July 2, 2001, I was employed by the Biology Department to be the secretary for Dr. Peggy Guthrie and the department. My
first day on the job, I asked Dr. Guthrie if I could rearrange the office and my desk area. She gave me carte blanche, and the rest,
as they say, is history. From day one, I have always enjoyed coming in to work, and I have never had a dull moment. As I will
tell anyone, I would be bored working anywhere else because you never know what is going to be around the next corner – it
could range from overhearing two faculty members discussing anatomical parts of certain animals to actually looking up one day
from my desk to find a student standing there with a dissection tray with a pig on it looking for a faculty member.

I am currently working for my 3rd Chair of the Department and again I feel I have been blessed. Each Chair brings their unique
work style and personality to the job and I have had the good fortune of being able to adapt and grow as each Chair does.

On the more interesting days, I have had on my desk a centipede, tarantulas, hissing cockroaches, birds (both alive and dead), and
a variety of other animals. My personal favorite was when Facilities Management brought over a hawk that had either flown into
a window or a car and had dazed itself. Dr. Hellack took it back to her office and perched it on top of her chair and that is where
it stayed until we took it to the Animal Shelter that afternoon.

And then there are the animals that live in the office on a regular basis. I will never forget when Dr. Hellack and Dr. Stone came
down to the office one day and Dr. Hellack casually asked me if I would mind having a live snake in the office. (Off the record,
my first thought was Why?, but Dr. Stone explained to me that Molly was a Boa Constrictor and had been born and bred in
captivity and hadn’t known anything else but her cage and was very calm). Once the cage was in place and set up and Molly was
in her new home, I quickly grew to accept her as part of the Biology Family. If anyone had told me years ago that not only
would I have a live snake in my office area but that I would actually come to accept and like Molly, I would have laughed at
them. But times change and I have changed and now I could not imagine the office without her. And yes, we still get the
occasional student running and screaming out into the hallway when they realize Molly is a real snake!

The Aquarium is a pet project of mine and again, the faculty indulge me and help me keep the tank stocked on occasion. We
have had Mollies, Tetras’ and at one point we even had Glow Fish with matching accessories!

I guess what I am trying to say without getting mushy is that the faculty have always included me in their projects, their
presentations, their students’ presentations and I have found a love for new knowledge that I didn’t know I possessed.

The faculty indulge my need to decorate for the Holidays! Whether we enter the Decorating Contest or not and whether we win
or not, the faculty let me transform the office into that Winter Wonderland known as Christmas! I love it when the faculty bring
their families up just to visit the office and see the decorations. I have had a lot of help over the years, student workers and
faculty. Anyone who wants to participate is always welcome!

I wouldn’t be who I am today without the experiences I have had for the past 26 years. I still love my job and don’t really
consider it a job - more of an everyday adventure with surprises around each corner. The Biology Department is my home away
from home; I would not change a minute of it. However, I would love to leave the record of most students that have fainted in
one week to a different department, any department, except this one!
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Student Activities

Pre-Med Health Professions Club

Pre-Med/Health Professions Club (PMHPC) is a club
that provides assistance to any student that has a
desire to go into any health profession. During the
past year PMHPC conducted four different trips to
Ronald McDonald House with several of the
members. During these trips, the members cooked
delicious meals and were able to sit and converse with
the families of the children that are receiving
treatment through OU Children’s Hospital.

We were also able to partner with Golden Key Club to host a Children’s Center Bowl. At this event we set up an obstacle course
for the members of one of the local high schools’ football team and coaching staff. During this time some of the children from
the center had the opportunity to come out and cheer for the participants as they went navigated through the course.

PMHPC also has monthly meetings every first and third Tuesday of the month. Some of the great speakers include: Dr. Scott
Sigler, Dr. Taylor, Dr. Stephanie Husen, SFC Lindsay D. Dally, along with Danny Samkutty and Jeff Mani who are both med
students at the moment. Through these great speakers our members are able to learn many things about the health field and see
the many different career options that are available. We also provide our members with pizza and soda at each meeting.

There are also many different volunteering and
shadowing opportunities that the members
experience through many great organizations
such as Manos Juntas, OU Children’s, and OU
Presbyterian. At Manos Juntas the volunteers
have an opportunity to have hands on
experience with actual patients. They are
allowed to take blood pressure, height, weight,
and talk to patients about their previous medical
history as well as the symptoms they are
currently experiencing. It’s also a great opportunity to brush up on some foreign languages such as Spanish and Vietnamese.
There they also have the opportunity to shadow physicians that may be currently volunteering there.

Biology Club and Tri-Beta National Biological Honor Society

The Tri-Beta Biology Club experienced a thrilling 2011-2012 school year – welcoming new members,
winning awards, volunteering, traveling across the state, and even overseas! The club was featured in
one of the university’s promotional videos, along with 2011-2012 President Kayla Greiner and Molly
the Snake.

During the Fall 2011 semester, President Philip Grider, Vice President Kayla Greiner, Secretary
Chandani (Cj) Ragha, Treasurer Erin Ralstin. Historian Jessica Price, and Senator Aradhana Rana, got
the club started by partnering with fellow national honor society, Sigma Alpha Lambda, in a national
food drive competition to benefit the Oklahoma Regional Food Bank. After several months of
collecting cans on campus and at local grocery stores, and hosting a movie night, Tri-Beta and Sigma
Alpha Lambda won first place in this national food drive competition. And while this great activity
was taking place, the Biology Club continued meetings throughout fall semester. General meetings
were held bi-weekly in the Atrium where speakers, including Central OK Humane Society, Oklahoma
Medical Research Foundation, Dr. Troy Baird, mammal curator of the Oklahoma City Zoo, and
Kayla Greiner and Department of Environmental Quality, were welcomed. Game nights created an atmosphere for
Molly the Snake. members to get to know each other. Collaborating with Friends of the Library, Tri-Beta Biology Club
also hosted Dr. Robert Nairn and his “Tar Creek” Video Documentary and Presentation for the
campus.
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2011-2012 Tri-Beta Biology Club Leaders including Eden Bernstein, Chandani (Cj) Ragha, Jonna Whetsel, Kayla
Greiner, Jessica Price, Aradhana Rana, and Philip Grider, along with Co-Sponsor, Dr. Jim Bidlack.

The Spring 2012 semester required a new line-up of officers as previous officers graduated. Kayla Greiner became President,
Jonna Whetsel was appointed as Vice President, and Eden Bernstein claimed the additional title of Sergeant-At-Arms.

Members were fortunate to help judge the Science Olympiad competitions, and the annual Valentine’s Day bake sale and Earth
Day plant sale were a success. Jordan White organized and supervised the greenhouse all semester, providing a vast and
beautiful array of plants on Earth Day. Several members attended the Oklahoma Academy of Science meetings, both Fall and
Spring semesters, at Sequoyah State Park, as well as the Tri-Beta Regional Conference at the Oklahoma Field Station in
Kingston, Oklahoma. We’re very excited and proud to announce that Jonna Whetsel was elected as the 2012-2013 South Central
President at the Regional Conference. A few weeks later, one of Tri-Beta Biology Club’s Advisors, Dr. James Bidlack, was
honored at the 2012 Campus Leadership Awards as UCO’s Campus Organization Advisor of the Year! Dr. Bidlack was
awarded a crystal trophy, making members and officers proud.

February 10th, 2012 was a special evening for the club. In the
Howell Hall Atrium, the Psi Mu (UCO) Chapter of Tri-Beta
inducted 104 new members into the honor society! Being the
largest induction ceremony in the history of the chapter, it was an
enlivened event for new and old members, officers, and honored
guests. To round off the school year, Jonna Whetsel and Tyler
Downs traveled to Puerto Rico for the Tri-Beta National
Conference in May, presented research, and represented the Psi
Mu Chapter.

Elections for the 2012-2013 school year yielded an excited, new
group of officers: President Jonna Whetsel, Vice President Eden
Bernstein, Secretary Tyler Downs, Treasurer Kim Orear, Historian
Kayla Greiner, Senator James Green, Sergeant-At-Arms Tiffany
Hall, and Volunteer Coordinator Lindsay Stone. Advisors for
2012-2013 included Dr. James Bidlack, Professor Lynda Loucks,
The 2012 Tri-Beta Induction Ceremony in the UCO
and Professor Linda Luna.
Howell Hall Atrium.

The 2012-2013 school year turned out to be another success for the Psi Mu Chapter of Tri-Beta. Two induction ceremonies were
held welcoming over 90 new members, including the newest graduate member, Dr. Thomas Jourdan. Jonna Whetsel served as
not only Chapter President, but also as President of both Southcentral Regions of Tri-Beta. These two regions include the
chapters from Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana. At the regional convention in April 2013, the Psi Mu chapter was
nominated to host the next regional convention and accepted the honor.
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The Biology Club had a record-breaking year in fundraising through candle sales, bake sales, and plant sales. Money from these
fundraisers not only went to support the activities of the Tri-Beta Biology club, but also went towards charitable ventures. Some
of the funds were devoted to purchasing items for the club’s toy drive for the OU Children’s Hospital. The group was also able
to donate money to the Save the Manatee Club through calendar sales, and adopted a manatee named “Howie” who was chosen
through an online vote.

The Biology Club has formed a strong partnership with the Chemistry Club over the past year. The two clubs have come
together for many activities from tie-dye day to cookouts in the park. The clubs are continuing to plan their semesters together
to bring people from different areas of science together.

The 2013-2014 year looks to be quite busy for the biology club already! Jonna Whetsel is continuing as Co-President along with
James Green. The students are showing an incredible interest in activities and meetings. So far this year, the average attendance
for speaker meetings has been around forty students. The club looks forward to a year packed with events and volunteer
opportunities!

Faculty & Student News

Recent Intellectual Contributions

Allan, E. (2013). Revising Majors Biology. In: Exemplary Science Practices. NSTA Press. Washington, DC.

Veal, W., and E. Allan (2013). Understanding the 2012 NSTA Science Standards for Teacher Preparation: How Accreditation
and Standards are Here to Stay. Journal of Science Teacher Education. DOI:10.1007/s10972-013-9366-8.

Baird, T. A. (2013). Social life on the rocks: Behavioral diversity and sexual selection in Collared lizards. In: Reptiles in
Research: Investigations of Ecology, Physiology, and Behavior from Desert to the Sea. W. I. Lutterschmidt (ed.). Nova
Biomedical Press. Pp. 213-245.

Baird, T. A. (2013). Male collared lizards, Crotaphytus collaris (Sauria: Crotaphytidae), signal females by broadcasting visual
displays. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 198, 636-646. DOI: 10.1111/bij.12003.

Baird, T. A. (2013). Lizards and other reptiles as model systems for the study of aggressive contest behaviour. In: Hardy, I. and
Briffa, M. (eds). Animal Contests. Cambridge University Press. Pp. 258-286.

Baird, T. A., T. D. Baird, and R. Shine. (2012). Aggressive transition between alternative male social tactics in a long-lived
Australian dragon (Physignathus lesueurii) living at high density. PLoS ONE. 7(8) e 41819.

*Telemeco, R. S., T. A. Baird, and R. Shine. (2011). Tail waving in a lizard (Bassiana duperreyi) functions to deflect attacks
rather than as a pursuit-deterrent signal. Animal Behaviour. 82, 369-375.

*Telemeco, R. S. and T. A. Baird. (2011). Capital energy drives production of multiple clutches whereas income energy fuels
growth in female collared lizards, Crotaphytus collaris. Oikos. 120, 915-921.

Bass, D. (2012). The status of four aquatic crustaceans from Grand Cayman, West Indies. The Trinidad & Tobago Field
Naturalists' Club (2012), 77-78. www.ttfnc.org

*Bass, C. M., Bass, D. (2011). Aquatic invertebrate community structure in water-filled bracts of Heliconia caribaea
(Heliconiaceae) on Saba. The Trinidad & Tobago Field Naturalists' Club, 60-65. www.ttfnc.org.

Bidlack, J. E., and Jansky, S. H. (2014). Stern’s Introductory Plant Biology, Thirteenth Edition. New York: The McGraw-Hill
Companies.

Bidlack, J. E. (2014). Laboratory Manual for Stern’s Introductory Plant Biology, Thirteenth Edition. New York: The McGraw-
Hill Companies.

*Porter, M. A., and Bidlack, J. E. (2011). Morphology, biomass, and vessel diameter of pigeon pea subjected to water stress.
Comm. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 42, 2334-2343.
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Brennan, R., *Everman, S. (2012). Antibiotic resistance of Escherichia coli isolated from a stream near two wastewater
treatment facilities in Edmond, Oklahoma. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science, 2012(92), 59-64.

Butler, C. J., *Wheeler, E. A., Stabler, L. B. (2012). Distribution of the threatened lace hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus
reichenbachii) under various climate change scenarios. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 139, 46-55.

*Judd, E. R., Butler, C. J., Batchelder, N. (2011). Hybridization between Black-chinned (Archilochus alexandri) and Ruby-
throated (A. colubris) hummingbirds in Oklahoma. Bulletin of the Oklahoma Ornithological Society, 44(3-4), 1-7.

Butler, C. J., Beagles, R., Stuart, T., *Stinedurf, J. N. (2011). Two unusual Yellow Rail records. Bulletin of the Oklahoma
Ornithological Society, 44(1-2), 5-8.

*Hites, R., Caddell, G. M., Stone, M. E., Stone, P. A. (2013). Relationships of body size and male melanism to biting
propensity in red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta). Herpetological Review, 44(1), 46-49.

Caddell, G. M., *Rice, K. D. (2012). Vascular flora of Alabaster Caverns State Park, Cimarron Gypsum Hills, Woodward
County, Oklahoma. Oklahoma Native Plant Record, 12, 43-62.

Caire, W. (2013). Final Report: Use of thermal imaging to estimate bat population sizes at important Tadarida brasiliensis
maternity roosts in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Department Wildlife Conservation, Oklahoma City, OK.

Caire, W., Loucks, L. (2013). The Greater Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis (Chiroptera: Molossidae) in Oklahoma. Southwestern
Naturalist, 58(1), 102-104.

Ewing, A. L., Kirkpatrick, L. (2012). In Carol Baffi-Dugan (Ed.), Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
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Ewing, A. L., Prado, L. (2012). In Carol Baffi-Dugan (Ed.), Texas Tech University College of Medicine Admissions Guide
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Ewing, A. L. (2012). Advising Pre-Occupational Therapy Students -- The Student Perspective. The Advisor, 32(4), 17-19.

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