Department of Biology
Recent publications by UNCG Biology Faculty:
The genetic basis of transgressive ovary size in
honey bee workers.
Linksayer T.A., Rueppell O., Siegel A., Kaftanoglu O., Page R.E. Jr., Amdam G.V.A. 2009
Genetics, 183: 693-707.
Urbanization shifts trophic dynamics of arthropod communities on a common desert host plant.
Marussich, W.A. and S.H. Faeth. 2009.
Urban Ecosystems 12:265-286.
Host Culling as an Adaptive-management Tool for Chronic Wasting Disease in White-Tailed Deer – a Modeling Study.
G. Wasserberg, Rolley,R.E., Osnas,E. & Samuel,M.D. 2009.
Journal of Applied Ecology, 46, 457–466.
Distribution of hybrid fungal symbionts and environmental stress.
Hamilton, C.E., S.H. Faeth and T.E. Dowling. 2009.
Microbial Ecology 58:408-413.
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers live longer in small than in large colonies
Olav Rueppell, Osman Kaftanouglu, Robert E. Page Jr. 2009
Experimental Gerontology 44 (6): 447-452.
The multidimensional partnership of EcR and USP.
Henrich, VC, JM Beatty ,H Ruff, J Callender, M Grebe, and M Spindler-Barth
In: Ecdysone: Structures and Functions, Edited by Guy Smagghe. 2009, Springer Science, pp 361-375.
The nurse’s load: Early-life exposure to brood-rearing affects behavior and lifespan in honey bees (Apis mellifera)Temperature-sensitive alternative oxidase protein content and its relationship to floral reflectance in natural Plantago lanceolata populations.
Ann L. Umbach, Elizabeth P. Lacey, and Scott J. Richter. 2009
New Phytologist 181: 662-671.
Correcting the errors from variable sea salt retention and water of hydration in loss on ignition analysis: Implications for studies of estuarine and coastal waters.
Robert H. Stavn, Hans J. Rick, Alexander V. Falster. 2009
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 81(4): 575-582.