The students
were involved in experimental design, data collection, analysis and
writing of the following publications
In
press: Relationships between asynchronous flowering by Baptisia alba (Fabaceae) and the seed predator, Apion rostrum (Coleoptera: Apionidae). The Great Lakes Entomologist.
2007. Congener host selection by the pre-dispersal seed predator, Apion rostrum (Coleoptera: Apionidae). The Great Lakes Entomologist 39:68-74.
2006. Comparison of common factors affecting seed yield in the congeners, Baptisia alba and Baptisia bracteata. Transactions of the Illinois Academy of Science 99:31-36.
2004.
Investigating the ecology of the mound-building ant, Acanthomyops claviger
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in re-created prairie. The Great Lakes Entomologist
37:81-91.
2002.
Ant-plant relationships in a re-created tallgrass prairie. The Great
Lakes Entomologist 35:27-32.
2000.
The relationship of infloresence size to reproductive output and pre-dispersal
seed predation in a population of Baptisia leucophaea (Fabaceae).
Transactions of the Illinois Academy of Science 93:271-278.
1999.
Inflorescence size relationships to pods ripened, seeds produced, and
seed predator abundance in Baptisia leucophaea. 11th Northern
Illinois Prairie Workshop, March 27, 1999. Rock Valley College, Rockford,
IL.
1998.
The effect of seed predation on pod abortion by the prairie legume,
Baptisia leucophaea. The Transactions of the Illinois Academy
of Science 91:47-52.
1998.
Ant fauna of reconstructed tallgrass prairie in Northeastern Illinois.
The Transactions of the Illinois Academy of Science 91:85-90.
1994.
Selective pod abortion by Baptisia leucantha (Fabaceae) as
affected by a curculionid seed predator, Apion rostrum. The
Great Lakes Entomologist 27:143-147.
1992.
Water quality of the West Branch of the DuPage River System located
in Northeastern Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois Academy of Science
85:211-219.
1992.
Annotated list of caddisflies (Trichoptera) of Winfield Creek, Kress
Creek, and Spring Brook Creek, Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois
Academy of Science 85:205-210.
1991.
An annotated list of the caddisflies (Trichoptera) of the West Branch
of the DuPage River and Kline Creek, Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois
Academy of Science 84:203-207.
1990.
Survivorship of introduced prairie plant species in a weedy meadow under
plant removal and non-plant removal conditions. Transactions of the
Illinois Academy of Science 83:1-9.