Biology Faculty Articles
Submissions from 2026
Bacteria Accumulate Quicker on Shorter Lived Flowers, but Abiotic Factors Affect Flower Aging and Bacterial Accumulation, Rita N. Afagwu, Ciara G. Stewart, Babur S. Mirza, and Avery L. Russell
Take it or leaf it: bees learn leaf shape as a cue when flower colour is easily learned, Anthony Moth T. Castagna, Jenny K. Burrow, Ciara G. Stewart, and Avery L. Russell
Acute and Seasonal Effects of Temperature on Bite Performance of Alligator Snapping Turtles (Macrochelys temminckii), Ashley H. Gagnon, Day B. Ligon, David A. Penning, Lexis Mader, and Nathan Piccoli
Phenotypic characterization of signature-tagged mutants identifies physiological determinants of Vibrio vulnificus fitness, Takehiro Kado, Kohei Yamazaki, and Takashige Kashimoto
Soybean root nodule occupancy: competition between Bradyrhizobium and Sinorhizobium strains inoculated at different plant growth stages, Matthew Knoll and Babur S. Mirza
FE spotlight: Testing pollen presentation theory in a buzz-pollinated plant, Kaitlyn Q. Pankratz and Avery L. Russell
Widespread evolution of poricidal flowers: a striking example of morphological convergence across flowering plants, Avery L. Russell, Rosana Zenil-Ferguson, Stephen L. Buchmann, Diana D. Jolles, Ricardo Kriebel, and Mario Vallejo-Marín
TMJ hyperextension is associated with sustained nociception and dysfunction of pain modulation pathways in female rats, Scharnhorst, Aardema Faigh, Paul L. Durham, Escaldi, Zhang, Kirkwood, and Ohrbach
Diel effects on antipredator behavior: nuanced temporal effects in a dynamic landscape of fear, Sarah A. White, Jami M. Baker, and S A. Mathis
Baby Got Bite: Kinematics and Ontogenetic Scaling of Bite Performance in the Northern Giant Musk Turtle (Staurotypus triporcatus), Thomas M. Zapletal, Larissa S. Saarel, Day B. Ligon, and David A. Penning
Submissions from 2025
The Epigenomic Impact of Quantum Dots: Emerging Biosensors and Potential Disruptors, Abhishu Chand and Kyoungtae Kim
An orofacial pain partnership: Old actors, new goals, Paul L. Durham, Daniele Manfredini, Mariona Mulet, and Steven D. Bender
Preclinical perspectives on disorders of the temporomandibular joint: Tracing the past, navigating the present, and shaping the future, Paul L. Durham, John K. Neubert, Kyle Allen, Tamara Alliston, Alejandro J. Almarza, Kyriacos A. Athanasiou, Basak Donertas-Ayaz, Bruna Balbino de Paula, Roxanne Bavarian, Nidhi Bhutani, Brian E. Cairns, Robert M. Caudle, Yang Chai, Jian-Fu Chen, and Yong Chen
Temporal changes in fecal indicator bacteria and potential waterborne pathogens at Sequiota Spring: from sewer to spring, William J. Durstock, Marc R. Owen, and Babur S. Mirza
Pollen–Microbe Interactions in Nectar Weakly Influence Bee Foraging Behavior, Success C. Ekemezie, Charlotte C. Davis, Marco V. Russo, Leo P. Carpenter, and Avery L. Russell
Global evidence that cold rocky landforms support icy springs in warming mountains, Debra S. Finn, Stefano Brighenti, Constance I Millar, Scott Hotaling, Agustina Reato, Tim Wiegand, Masaki Hayashi, Luca Carturan, Matthew Morriss, Francesca Bearzot, Valeria Lencioni, Alberto Scotti, Andrina Janicke, Andrea Fischer, and Stefano Larsen
Highly variable physical and biological characteristics of hyporheic zones among young streams undergoing primary succession, Debra S. Finn, David Fleshman, Shannon M. Claeson, Iris J. Garthwaite, and Carri J. LeRoy
Does a lack of juveniles indicate a threat? Understanding body size distributions in a group of long-lived vertebrates, Day B. Ligon, Kameron C. Voves, Donald T. McKnight, Deborah S. Bower, Ellen Ariel, Stephen Beatty, Simon Clulow, Marilyn Connell, Annette R. Deppe, Sean Doody, Alastair Freeman, Arthur Georges, Samantha L. Hannabass, Ethan C. Hollender, and Hunter Howell
SNAPSHOT USA 2019–2023: The First Five Years of Data From a Coordinated Camera Trap Survey of the United States, Sean P. Maher, Brigit Rooney, Roland Kays, Michael V. Cove, Alex Jensen, Benjamin R. Goldstein, Christopher Pate, Paula Castiblanco, Maggie E. Abell, Jessie Adley, Briana Agenbroad, Adam A. Ahlers, Peter D. Alexander, David Allen, and Maximilian L. Allen
Quantum Dots Affect Actin Cytoskeleton Reorganization, Resulting in Impaired HeLa and THLE-2 Cell Motility, Mileah Metcalf, Abhishu Chand, and Kyoungtae Kim
Differential effects of predation risk on territory residents and intruders in a terrestrial salamander, Abigail C. Nagl and S A. Mathis
Method for cryopreservation of brainstem pons and medulla oblongata tissue from Sprague Dawley rats for establishing primary mixed neuron-glia cell cultures, Nicole M. Nalley, Sophia R. Antonopoulos Raithel, Daniela Silva Torres, and Paul L. Durham
Calcitonin gene-related peptide differentially modulates intracellular calcium levels in response to depolarizing stimuli in trigeminal ganglion neurons and glial cells, Nicole M. Nalley and Paul L. Durham
Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology, Avery L. Russell, Elliot Gould, Hannah S. Fraser, Timothy H. Parker, Shinichi Nakagawa, Simon C. Griffith, Peter A. Vesk, Fiona Fidler, Daniel G. Hamilton, Robin N. Abbey-Lee, Jessica K. Abbott, Luis A. Aguirre, Carles Alcaraz, Irith Aloni, and Drew Altschul
Pollen specialist bee species are accurately predicted from visitation, occurrence and phylogenetic data, Avery L. Russell, Vanessa Morales, Abilene R. Mosher, Colleen Smith, Nick Bachelder, and Katja C. Seltmann
Movement patterns and space use of a large, aquatic turtle, with a comparison of GPS, VHF, and acoustic transmitters, Denise M. Thompson, Day B. Ligon, Donald T. McKnight, Elyse D. Ellsworth, Jaren C. Serano, Thomas Pop, and Cameron D. Siler
From Dawn to Now: The Evolution of PFAS Research Trends, Phuong D. Tran and Kyoungtae Kim
Long-term effects of prescribed burning for oak woodland restoration in Missouri, USA: A case study of sassafras (Sassafras albidum) and white oak (Quercus alba) competitive dynamics, D A. Wait, Akeem Ajao, Sanjeev Sharma, Htet Lin Naing, and Puskar Khanal
Corrigendum to ‘Managing semi-arid oak forests (Quercus brantii Lindl.): Mature oak trees of different dimensions create contrasted microhabitats influencing seedling quality’ [J. Environ. Manag. 304 (2022) 114–269/Article Number] (Journal of Environmental Management (2022) 304, (S0301479721023318), (10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114269)), D A. Wait, Mehdi Heydari, Hamzeh Asadi-Rad, Jaafar Hosseinzadeh, Somayeh Hajinia, and Bernard Prevosto
Native bamboo Arundinaria gigantea restoration for climate smart land management: A review, D A. Wait, Sanjeev Sharma, Churamani Khanal, and Puskar Khanal
Submissions from 2024
Dietary supplementation with grape seed extract from Vitus vinifera prevents suppression of GABAergic protein expression in female Sprague Dawley trigeminal ganglion in a model of chronic temporomandibular joint disorder, Sophia R. Antonopoulos, Daniel A. Garten, and Paul L. Durham
Method for cryopreservation of trigeminal ganglion for establishing primary cultures of neurons and glia, Sophia R. Antonopoulos, Mikayla Scharnhorst, Nicole Nalley, and Paul L. Durham
CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots’ Impact on In Vitro Actin Dynamics, Abhishu Chand, Nhi Le, and Kyoungtae Kim
Benefit of Dietary Supplementation of Nutraceuticals as an Integrative Approach for Management of Migraine: Evidence From Preclinical and Clinical Studies, Paul L. Durham and Sophia R. Antonopoulos
Hydrology and trophic flexibility structure alpine stream food webs in the Teton Range, Wyoming, USA, Debra S. Finn, Karen L. Jorgenson, Scott Hotaling, Lusha M. Tronstad, and Sarah M. Collins
Connected headwaters: Indelible field evidence of dispersal by a diverse caddisfly assemblage up stream valleys to dry catchment boundaries, Debra S. Finn, Jill Lancaster, Barbara J. Downes, and Rosalind M. St Clair
Looking forward; A synthesis of stream research undertaken in Glacier Bay, Debra S. Finn, Alexander M. Milner, Svein Harald Sønderland, Lee E. Brown, Leonie R. Clitherow, Lawrence Eagle, Ian Gloyne-Phillips, Elizabeth Flory, Megan J. Klaar, Edward Malone, Kieran Monaghan, Anne L. Robertson, Amanda J. Veal, Martin A. Wilkes, and Fredric M. Windsor
Relationship of diet breadth to population genetic patterns in juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhychus kisutch) along a stream-age gradient in Glacier Bay, Alaska, Debra S. Finn, Svein Harald Sønderland, and Alexander M. Milner
A Comparison of Common Quantum Dot Alternatives to Cadmium-Based Quantum Dots on the Basis of Liver Cytotoxicity, Seth Harris and Kyoungtae Kim
The cytotoxic effects of prazosin, chlorpromazine, and haloperidol on hepatocellular carcinoma and immortalized non-tumor liver cells, Seth Harris, Kyoungtae Kim, and Prithvi Nagarajan
Mammal responses to global changes in human activity vary by trophic group and landscape, Sean P. Maher, A. Cole Burton, Christopher Beirne, Kaitlyn M. Gaynor, Catherine Sun, Alys Granados, Maximilian L. Allen, Jesse M. Alston, Guilherme C. Alvarenga, Francisco Samuel Álvarez Calderón, Zachary Amir, Christine Anhalt-Depies, Cara Appel, Stephanny Arroyo-Arce, and Guy Balme
Climate, food and humans predict communities of mammals in the United States, Sean P. Maher, Roland Kays, Matthew H. Snider, George Hess, Michael V. Cove, Alex Jensen, Hila Shamon, William J. McShea, Brigit Rooney, Maximilian L. Allen, Charles E. Pekins, Christopher C. Wilmers, Mary E. Pendergast, Austin M. Green, and Justin Suraci
SNAPSHOT USA 2021: A third coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States, Sean P. Maher, Hila Shamon, Roi Maor, Michael V. Cove, Roland Kays, Jessie Adley, Peter D. Alexander, David N. Allen, Maximilian L. Allen, Cara L. Appel, Evan Barr, Erika L. Barthelmess, Carolina Baruzzi, Kelli Bashaw, and Guillaume Bastille-Rousseau
One for the road: bumble bees consume pollen at flowers, Maggie M. Mayberry, Jenny K. Burrow, Faith E. Dall, Michelle Bowe, Parker M. Campbell, Avery L. Russell, Jacob S. Francis, and Anne S. Leonard
Learning to handle flowers increases pollen collection for bees but does not affect pollination success for plants, Maggie M. Mayberry, Katherine C. Naumer, Annaliese N. Novinger, Dalton M. Mccart, Haley Muse, Avery L. Russell, Rachel V. Wilkins, and Tia-Lynn Ashman
Diversity and functional traits based indigenous rhizosphere associated phosphate solubilizing bacteria for sustainable production of rice, Babur S. Mirza, Maria Rasul, Mahreen Yahya, Muhammad Suleman, Sughra Hakim, Muhammad Sajjad Mirza, Thomas Reitz, Mika Tapio Tarkka, and Sumera Yasmin
Cytotoxicity of Quantum Dots in Receptor-Mediated Endocytic and Pinocytic Pathways in Yeast, Onyinye Okafor and Kyoungtae Kim
Global patterns and drivers of buzzing bees and poricidal plants, Avery L. Russell, Stephen L. Buchmann, John S. Ascher, Zhiheng Wang, Ricardo Kriebel, Diana D. Jolles, Michael C. Orr, and Alice C. Hughes
The relationship between preference and switching in flower foraging by bees, Avery L. Russell and Daniel R. Papaj
Harvesting pollen with vibrations: towards an integrative understanding of the proximate and ultimate reasons for buzz pollination, Avery L. Russell and Mario Vallejo-Marin
Submissions from 2023
Odonata as Indicators? Dragonflies and Damselflies Respond to Riparian Conditions along Ozark Spring Streams, Cameron R. Cheri and Debra S. Finn
CGRP, Migraine, and Brain MRI in CADASIL: A Pilot Study, Paul L. Durham, Eric D. Goldstein, Neethu Gopal, Mohammed K. Badi, David O. Hodge, Adam De Havenon, Patrick Glover, Josephine F. Huang, Michelle P. Lin, Hediyeh Baradaran, Jennifer J. Majersik, and James F. Meschia
Canopy development influences early successional stream ecosystem function but not biotic assemblages, Debra S. Finn, Carri J. LeRoy, Shannon M. Claeson, Iris J. Garthwaite, Madeline A. Thompson, Lauren J. Thompson, Brandy K. Kamakawiwo’ole, Angie M. Froedin-Morgensen, Victoria McConathy, Joy M. Ramstack Hobbs, Rosalina Stancheva, and Christine M. Albano
Sexual size monomorphism of a Pygmy Rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarius) population in southwestern Missouri, USA, Brian D. Greene and Dylan Maag
Sexual size monomorphism of a Pygmy Rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarius) population in southwestern Missouri, USA, Brian D. Greene and Dylan Maag
Learned avoidance of trap locations in freshwater turtles, Ethan C. Hollender, Day B. Ligon, and Donald T. McKnight
Interactions between Quantum Dots and G-Actin, Nhi Le, Abhishu Chand, Emma Braun, Kyoungtae Kim, Chloe Keyes, and Qihua Wu
The Impact of Cadmium Selenide Zinc Sulfide Quantum Dots on the Proteomic Profile of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Nhi Le, Abhishu Chand, Onyinye Okafor, and Kyoungtae Kim
Current Advances in the Biomedical Applications of Quantum Dots: Promises and Challenges, Nhi Le and Kyoungtae Kim
Red CdSe/ZnS QDs’ Intracellular Trafficking and Its Impact on Yeast Polarization and Actin Filament, Nhi Le, Jonathan Routh, Cameron Kirk, Kyoungtae Kim, Qihua Wu, Rishi Patel, and Chloe Keyes
Nesting Emergences and Other Terrestrial Movements of Macrochelys (Testudines: Chelydridae), Day B. Ligon, John L. Carr, Jen Terry, Kevin M. Enge, Caleb J. Krueger, Travis M. Thomas, Greg Brashear, Gerald R. Johnston, Mandi Gordon, Gina Lloyd, E. Pierson Hill, Dirk J. Stevenson, and David A. Steen
Demography of an Urban Population of Alligator Snapping Turtles (Macrochelys temminckii) in Texas, Day B. Ligon, Eric Munscher, J. Daren Riedle, Arron Tuggle, Jordan Gray, Valeria Gladkaya, Chris Drake, Ross Couvillon, Jonathon Bolton, Madeleine Morrison, Brian P. Butterfield, and Andrew D. Walde
Non-ROS-Mediated Cytotoxicity of ZnO and CuO in ML-1 and CA77 Thyroid Cancer Cell Lines, Alyse N. Peters, Nakaja A. Weaver, Kathryn S. Monahan, and Kyoungtae Kim
Bucketloads of aquatic invertebrates in a dry intermittent stream, H. Jaxson Priest and Debra S. Finn
Nesting Behavior and Ecology in a Captive Population of Alligator Snapping Turtles (Macrochelys temminckii), Denise M. Thompson and Day B. Ligon
Reproductive cycles of alligator snapping turtles (Macrochelys temminckii), Denise M. Thompson, Day B. Ligon, Brian S. Edmond, Jane Spangler, Brian M. Fillmore, Kerry G. Graves, and Matthew Lovern
Flooding triggers increased surface activity in a bottom-dwelling turtle, Denise M. Thompson, Day B. Ligon, Donald T. McKnight, and Jaren C. Serano
They really do move in herds: evidence of group living in an aquatic turtle, Denise M. Thompson, Day B. Ligon, Donald T. McKnight, and Jaren C. Serano
Silver Inhibits Lemna minor Growth at High Initial Frond Densities, Indigo T. Tran, La Toya Kissoon-Charles, Jordan A. Heiman, and Victoria R. Lydy
A Standardized Field Method and Habitat Suitability Model to Assess Reintroduction Sites for Alligator Snapping Turtles, Kameron C. Voves, Samantha L. Hannabass, Denise M. Thompson, and Day B. Ligon
Correction to: Hold tight or loosen up? Functional consequences of a shift in anther architecture depend substantially on bee body size (Oecologia, (2022), 200, 1-2, (119-131), 10.1007/s00442-022-05246-0), Rachel V. Wilkins, Maggie M. Mayberry, Avery L. Russell, and Mario Vallejo‑Marin
Submissions from 2022
The Effects of Phyllosphere Bacteria on Plant Physiology and Growth of Soybean Infected with Pseudomonas syringae, Charles Agbavor, Babur S. Mirza, and Alexander Wait
Grape seed extract suppresses calcitonin gene-related peptide secretion and upregulates expression of GAD 65/67 and GABAB receptor in primary trigeminal ganglion cultures, Sophia R. Antonopoulos and Paul L. Durham
Urban Prairie Plots and Gardens Can Sustain Plant-Pollinator Interactions Similar to Established Rural Prairies, Amanda L. Coleman and D A. Wait
Stoneflies in the genus Lednia (Plecoptera: Nemouridae): sentinels of climate change impacts on mountain stream biodiversity, Debra S. Finn, Matthew D. Green, Lusha M. Tronstad, J. Joseph Giersch, Alisha A. Shah, Candace E. Fallon, Emilie Blevins, Taylor R. Kai, Clint C. Muhlfeld, and Scott Hotaling
Spatiotemporal patterns of emergence phenology reveal complex species-specific responses to temperature in aquatic insects, Debra S. Finn, Sherri L. Johnson, William J. Gerth, Ivan Arismendi, and Judith L. Li
Bite Performance of Captive Alligator Snapping Turtles (Macrochelys temminckii) Improves after Reintroduction, Ashley H. Gagnon, Day B. Ligon, David A. Penning, Aaron White, Kerry Graves, and Ralph Simmons
Metal Accumulation in American Sycamores in a Mining-Contaminated River in Southeastern Missouri, Jordan A. Heiman, Indigo T. Tran, Madeline Behlke-Entwisle, Robert T. Pavlowsky, and La Toya Kissoon-Charles
Managing semi-arid oak forests (Quercus brantii Lindl.): Mature oak trees of different dimensions create contrasted microhabitats influencing seedling quality, Mehdi Heydari, Hamzeh Asadi-Rad, Jaafar Hosseinzadeh, Somayeh Hajinia, D. Alexander Wait, and Bernard Prevosto
Microbiome of Bacterially Impaired Watersheds: Distribution of Potential Bacterial Pathogens, John C. Kincaid, Marc R. Owen, Robert T. Pavlowsky, and Babur S. Mirza
Quantum Dots and Their Interaction with Biological Systems, Nhi Le, Kyoungtae Kim, and Min Zhang
Where are the turtles? Looking for the Western Chicken Turtle, Deirochelys reticularia miaria, in Mississippi, Day B. Ligon, Donald T. McKnight, and Ethan C. Hollender
Spatial Ecology and Microhabitat Selection of the Pygmy Rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarius) in Southwestern Missouri, USA, Sean P. Maher, Brian D. Greene, and Dylan W. Maag
SNAPSHOT USA 2020: A second coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, Sean P. Maher, Roland Kays, Michael V. Cove, Jose Diaz, Kimberly Todd, Claire Bresnan, Matt Snider, Thomas E. Lee, Jonathan G. Jasper, Brianna Douglas, Anthony P. Crupi, Katherine C. B. Weiss, Helen Rowe, Tiffany Sprague, and Jan Schipper
Tailored Bioactive Compost from Agri-Waste Improves the Growth and Yield of Chili Pepper and Tomato, Babur S. Mirza, Asma Imran, Fozia Sardar, Zabish Khaliq, Muhammad Shoib Nawaz, Atif Shehzad, Muhammad Ahmad, Sumera Yasmin, Sughra Hakim, Fathia Mubeen, and Muhammad Sajjad Mirza
Structural dynamics of real and modelled Solanum stamens: Implications for pollen ejection by buzzing bees, Avery L. Russell, Mark Jankauski, Riggs Ferguson, and Stephen Buchmann
Anther cones increase pollen release in buzz-pollinated Solanum flowers, Mario Vallejo-Marín, Avery L. Russell, and Carlos Eduardo Pereira Nunes
The Effects of Different Solid Content Carbon Nanotubes and Silver Quantum Dots on Potential Toxicity to Plants through Direct Effects on Carbon and Light Reactions of Photosynthesis, D A. Wait, Maryam Subalya, and Rajeeva Voleti
Hold tight or loosen up? Functional consequences of a shift in anther architecture depend substantially on bee body size, Rachel V. Wilkins, Maggie M. Mayberry, Avery L. Russell, and Mario Vallejo-Marín
Inhibition of Nociception in a Preclinical Episodic Migraine Model by Dietary Supplementation of Grape Seed Extract Involves Activation of Endocannabinoid Receptors, Sara E. Woodman, Sophia R. Antonopoulos, and Paul L. Durham
Submissions from 2021
A novel grape downy mildew resistance locus from Vitis rupestris, Gaurab Bhattarai, Anne Fennell, Jason P. Londo, Courtney Coleman, and Laszlo G. Kovacs
Hypervigilance, Allostatic Load, and Migraine Prevention: Antibodies to CGRP or Receptor, Andrew Blumenfeld, Paul L. Durham, Alexander Feoktistov, Debbie L. Hay, Andrew F. Russo, and Ira Turner
Rock glaciers and related cold rocky landforms: Overlooked climate refugia for mountain biodiversity, Stefano Brighenti, Scott Hotaling, Debra S. Finn, Andrew G. Fountain, Masaki Hayashi, David Herbst, Jasmine E. Saros, Lusha M. Tronstad, and Constance I. Millar
Importation biological control of invasive fire ants with parasitoid phorid flies - progress and prospects, Li Chen and Lloyd W. Morrison
Introduction to a Special Section: 4th Mississippi–Yangtze River Basins Symposium, Yushun Chen and Quinton E. Phelps
Using Population Dynamics to Model Harvest Regulation Impacts to Channel Catfish in the Monongahela River, West Virginia, Kristen L. Chestnut-Faull, Quinton E. Phelps, Dustin M. Smith, and David I. Wellman
Variation in riparian and stream assemblages across the primary succession landscape of Mount St. Helens, U.S.A., Shannon M. Claeson, Carri J. LeRoy, Debra S. Finn, Rosalina H. Stancheva, and Emily R. Wolfe
Macroinvertebrate drift patterns in the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers: Implications for Scaphirhynchus sturgeon conservation efforts, Madison C. Cogar, Hae H. Kim, Kevin J. Haupt, Quinton E. Phelps, and Donovan B. Henry
5-HT3/7 and GABAB receptors mediate inhibition of trigeminal nociception by dietary supplementation of grape seed extract, Lauren E. Cornelison, Sara E. Woodman, and Paul L. Durham
SNAPSHOT USA 2019: a coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States, Michael V. Cove; Roland Kays; Helen Bontrager; Claire Bresnan; Monica Lasky; Taylor Frerichs; Renee Klann; Thomas E. Lee; Sean P. Maher; and For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.
