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Publications
REPORT OF ACTIVITIES
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RESEARCH
PUBLICATIONS
Following is a list of publications by Craig
R. Allen and Kevin L. Pope, in order by year.
Contact the authors directly
for copies:
allencr@unl.edu
OR kpope2@unl.edu
402-472-0449
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Allen, C. R. and C. S. Holling. 2008. Thresholds and the generation of novelty. Ecology and Society.
Allen, C. R., A. Alai, A. Kessler, T. Kinsell, A. Major, K. Nemec and B. Stevens. 2008. Invasive Plants: A Guide to Identification, Impacts, and Control of Common North American Species (book review). Great Plains Research.
Garmestani, A. S., C. R. Allen and C. M. Gallagher. Power laws, discontinuities and regional city size distributions. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
Wardwell, D., C. R. Allen, G. D. Peterson and A. D. Tyre. 2008. A test of the cross-scale resilience model: functional richness in Mediterranean-climate ecosystems. Ecological Complexity.
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2008
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Allen, C. R. and C. S. Holling. 2008. Cross-scale structure and the generation of innovation and novelty in discontinuous complex systems. Chapter 12 in Allen, C. R. and C. S. Holling, eds. Discontinuity Theory in Ecosystems and other Complex Systems. University of Columbia Press, New York, NY.
Allen, C. R., and C. S. Holling, Editors. 2008. Discontinuities in Ecosystems and other Complex Systems. University of Columbia Press, New York, NY. ~326 pages.
Chizinski, C. J., C. G. Huber, and K. L. Pope. 2008. Development and validation of a bioenergetics model for inland silverside in freshwater systems. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137:254-261.
Chizinski, C. J., B. Sharma, K. L. Pope, and R. Patiño. 2008. A bioenergetics model for zebrafish. Journal of Fish Biology 73:35-43.
Garmestani, A. S., C. R. Allen, and K. M. Bessey. 2008. Discontinuities in urban systems: comparison of regional structure in the United States. Chapter 6 in Allen, C. R. and C. S. Holling, eds. Discontinuity Theory in Ecosystems and other Complex Systems. University of Columbia Press, New York, NY.
Holling, C. S., C. R. Allen, and G. D. Peterson. 2008. Panarchies and discontinuities. Chapter 1 in Allen, C. R. and C. S. Holling, eds. Discontinuity Theory in Ecosystems and other Complex Systems. University of Columbia Press, New York, NY.
Wilde, G. R., and K. L. Pope. 2008. A simple model for predicting survival of angler-caught and released largemouth bass. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137:834-840.
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2007
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Chizinski, C. J., C. G. Huber, M. Langoria, and K. L. Pope. 2007. Intraspecific resource partitioning by an opportunistic strategist, inland silverside Menidia beryllina. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 23:147-151.
Garmestani, A. S., C. R. Allen, C. M. Gallagher and J. D. Mittelstaedt. 2007. Departures from Gibrat’s law, discontinuities and city size distributions. Urban Studies 44:1997-2007.
Gunderson, L., C. R. Allen, and D. Wardwell. 2007. Temporal scaling in complex systems: resonant frequencies and biotic variability. Pages 78 - 89 in Bissonette, J. A., and I. Storch, eds. Temporal dimensions in landscape ecology: wildlife responses to variable resources. Springer.
LaBram, J. A., A. E. Peck and C. R. Allen. 2007. Monitoring-based assessment of Gap Analysis models. Southeastern Naturalist 6:633-656.
Lotz, A., and C. R. Allen. 2007. Observer bias in anuran call surveys. Journal of Wildlife Management. 71 (2): 675-679. http://www.wildlifejournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-toc&issn=0022-541X&volume=71&issue=2
Pope, K. L., and C. G. Kruse. 2007. Condition. Pages 423-471 in M. L. Brown and C. S. Guy, editors. Analysis and interpretation of freshwater fisheries data. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.
Pope, K. L., G. R. Wilde, and D. W. Knabe. 2007. Effect of catch-and-release angling on growth and survival of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum). Fisheries Management and Ecology 14:115-121.
Stow, C. A., C. R. Allen, and A. S. Garmestani. 2007. Evaluating discontinuities in complex systems: toward quantitative measures of resilience. Ecology and Society 12(1): 26. Online: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol12/iss1/art26/ |
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2006
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Allen, C. R. 2006. Discontinuities in ecological data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 103: 6083-6084.
Allen, C. R. Predictors of introduction success in the South Florida avifauna. 2006. Biological Invasions 8: 491-500.
Allen, C. R. 2006. Sprawl and the resilience of humans and nature: an introduction to the special feature. Ecology and Society 11 (1): 36. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss1/art36/
Allen, C. R., A. Garmestani, T. Havlicek, P. Marquet, G. D. Peterson, C. Restrepo, C. Stow, and B. Weeks. 2006. Patterns in body mass distributions: sifting among alternative competing hypotheses. Ecology Letters 9: 630-643.
Allen, C. R., A. Garmestani, J. LaBram, A. Peck, and L. Provost. 2006. When landscaping goes bad: the incipient invasion of Mahonia bealei in the Southeastern United States. Biological Invasions 8: 169-176.
Allen, C. R., A. R. Johnson and L. Parris 2006. A framework for spatial risk assessments: potential impacts of nonindigenous invasive species on native species. Ecology and Society 11 (1): 39. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol11/iss1/art39/
Allen, C. R., and D. A. Saunders. 2006. Multi-model inference, nomadism, discontinuity and complexity. Ecosystems 9(5): 694-699.
Chizinski, C. J., C. L. Higgins, C. E. Shavlik, and K. L. Pope. 2006. Multiple hypotheses testing of fish incidence patterns in an urbanized ecosystem. Aquatic Ecology 40:97-109.
Durham, B. W., G. R. Wilde, and K. L. Pope. 2006. Temperature-caused fish kill in a flowing Great Plains river. The Southwestern Naturalist 51:397-401.
Garmestani, A. S., C. R. Allen, J. D. Mittelstaedt, C. A. Stow, and W. A. Ward. 2006. Firm size diversity, functional richness and resilience. Environment and Development Economics 11: 533-551.
Pope, K. L., D. R. Blankinship, M. Fisher, and R. Patiño. 2006. Status of the common snook (Centropomus undecimalis) in Texas. Texas Journal of Science 58:325-332.
Weeks, K. F., J. L. Walker, and C. R. Allen. 2006. Chattahoochee National Recreation Area rare species survey – 2004. Final Report to the National Park Service, Award # 1434-HQ-97-RU-1569. |
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2005 |
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Allen, C. R.,
L. Gunderson, and A. R. Johnson. 2005. The use of
discontinuities and functional groups to assess relative
resilience in complex systems. Ecosystems 8: 958-966.
Chizinski, C.
J., K. L. Pope, D. B. Willis, G. R. Wilde, and E. J. Rossman.
2005. Economic value of angling at a reservoir with low
visitation. North American Journal of Fisheries Management
25:98-104.
Durham, B. W.,
K. L. Pope, and G. R. Wilde. 2005. Regional variation in
growth of channel catfish. North American Journal of Fisheries
Management 25:93-97.
Forys, E. A.
and C. R. Allen. 2005. The impacts of sprawl on biodiversity:
the ant fauna of the lower Florida Keys. Ecology and Society 10
(1): 25. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol10/iss1/art25/
Garmestani, A.,
C. R. Allen , and K. M. Bessey. 2005. Time series analysis of
clusters in city size distributions. Urban Studies 42:
1507-1515.
Pope, K. L., S.
R. Denny, C. L. Harthorn, C. J. Chizinski, and K. C.
Cunningham. 2005. Food habits of co-occurring populations of
largemouth bass and spotted bass in two New Mexico reservoirs.
Journal of Freshwater Ecology 20:37-46.
Pope, K. L., G.
R. Wilde, and D. L. Bauer. 2005. Maximum size of fish caught
with standard gears and recreational angling. Fisheries
Research 76:117-122. |
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2004
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Allen, C. R., D. Epperson and A. Garmestani. 2004. The impacts of fire ants on wildlife: a decade of research. American Midland Naturalist 152:88-103.
Garmestani, A. S., C. R. Allen, J. A. Labram, and A. E. Peck. 2004. Laboratory observations of red imported fire ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) predation upon eastern tent caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae). Journal of Entomological Science 39: 472-473.
Johnson, A. R., C. R. Allen, and K. A. N. Simpson. 2004. Estimating functional connectivity of wildlife habitat and its relevance to ecological risk assessment. Pages 41-55 in Kapustka, L. A., H. Gilbraith, M. Luxon, and G. R. Biddinger, eds. Landscape ecology and wildlife habitat evaluation: critical information for ecological risk assessment, land-use management activities, and biodiversity enhancement practices, ASTM STP 1458. ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA.
Pope, K. L., and G. R. Wilde. 2004. Effect of catch-and-release angling on growth of largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides. Fisheries Management and Ecology 11:39-44.
Pope, K. L., G. R. Wilde, and B. W. Durham. 2004. Age-specific patterns in density-dependent growth of white crappie, Pomoxis annularis. Fisheries Management and Ecology 11:33-38.
Wilde, G. R., and K. L. Pope. 2004. Anglers’ probabilities of catching record-size fish. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 24:1046-1049.
Wilde, G. R., and K. L. Pope. 2004. Relationship between lake-record weights of fishes and reservoir area and growing season. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 24:1025-1030.
Zettler, J. A., M. D. Taylor, C. R. Allen, and T. P. Spira. 2004. Consequences of forest clear cuts for native and non-indigenous ants. Annuals of the Entomological Society of America 97:513-518. |
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2003
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Bale, M. T., J. A. Zettler, B. A. Robinson, T. P. Spira, and C.
R. Allen. 2003. Yellow jackets may be an underestimated
component of an ant-seed mutualism. Southeastern Naturalist
2:609-614.
Chizinski, C. J., and K. L. Pope. 2003. Importance of food
ration and water temperature on growth of juvenile green sunfish
(Lepomis cyanellus). Texas Journal of Science 55:263-270.
Conroy, M. J., C. R. Allen, J. T. Peterson, L. Pritchard, Jr.,
C. T. Moore. 2003. Landscape change in the southern piedmont:
challenges, solutions, and uncertainty across scales.
Conservation Ecology 8(2): 3. [online] URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol8/iss2/art3
Pope, K. L., and G. R. Wilde. 2003. Variation in spotted gar (Lepisosteus
oculatus) mass-length relationships in Texas reservoirs. Texas
Journal of Science 55:43-48.
Sendzimir, J., C. R. Allen, L. Gunderson and C. Stow. 2003.
Implications of body mass patterns: linking ecological structure
and process to wildlife conservation and management. Pages 125 -
152 in, Bissonette, J. and I. Storch, eds. Landscape ecology and
resource management: linking theory with practice. Island Press,
Washington, DC.
Wilde, G. R., K. L. Pope, and B. W. Durham. 2003. Lure-size
restrictions in recreational fisheries. Fisheries (Bethesda)
28(6):18-26.
Wilde, G. R., K. L. Pope, and R. E. Strauss. 2003. Estimation
of fishing tournament mortality and its sampling variance.
North American Journal of Fisheries Management 23:779-786. |
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2002 |
Allen, C. R., and C. S. Holling. 2002. Cross-scale structure and
scale breaks in ecosystems and other complex systems. Ecosystems
5:315-318.
Allen, C. R., and D. A. Saunders. 2002. Variability between
scales: predictors of nomadism in birds of an Australian
Mediterranean-climate ecosystem. Ecosystems 5: 348-359.
Forys, E. A., and C. R. Allen. 2002. Functional group change
within and across scales following invasions and extinctions in
the Everglades ecosystem. Ecosystems 5:339-347.
Forys, E. A., C. R. Allen, and D. P. Wojcik. 2002. Influence of
proximity and amount of human development and roads on the
occurrence of the red imported fire ant in the Lower Florida
Keys. Biological Conservation 108:27-33.
Holling, C. S., and C. R. Allen. 2002. Adaptive inference for
distinguishing credible from incredible patterns in nature.
Ecosystems 5: 319-328.
Pearlstine, L., S. E. Smith, L. Brandt, C. Allen, W. Kitchens,
and J. Stenberg. 2002. Assessing state-wide biodiversity in the
Florida gap analysis project. Journal of Environmental
Management 66:127-144.
Wilde, G. R., C. E. Shavlik, and K. L. Pope. 2002. Initial
mortality of black bass in B.A.S.S. fishing tournaments. North
American Journal of Fisheries Management 22:950-954.
Zettler, J. A., T. M. McInnis, jr., C. R. Allen, and T. P. Spira.
2002. The biodiversity of fungi in red imported fire ant
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae) mounds. Annals of the Entomological
Society of America 95:487-491. |
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2001
Allen,
C. R. 2001. Ecosystems and immune systems: hierarchical response
provides resilience against invasions. Conservation Ecology
5(1):15.[online] URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol5/iss1/art15.
Allen, C. R.,
E. A. Forys, K. G. Rice, and D. P. Wojcik. 2001. Effects of fire
ants on hatching turtles and prevalence of fire ants on sea
turtle nesting beaches in Florida. Florida Entomologist
84:250-253.
Allen, C. R.,
and C. S. Holling. 2001. Cross-scale morphology. Pages 450-452
in A. H. El-Shaarawi and W. W. Piegorsch, editors. Encyclopedia
of Environmetrics. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, UK.
Allen, C. R.,
R. S. Lutz, T. Lockley, S. A. Phillips, jr., and S. Demarais.
2001. The non-indigenous ant, Solenopsis invicta, reduces
loggerhead shrike and native insect abundance. Journal of
Agricultural and Urban Entomology18:249-259.
Allen, C. R.,
L. G. Pearlstine, and W. M. Kitchens. 2001. Modeling viable
mammal populations in Gap Analyses. Biological Conservation
99:135-144.
Allen, C. R.,
L. G. Pearlstine, D. P. Wojcik, and W. M. Kitchens. 2001. The
spatial distribution of diversity between disparate taxa:
spatial correspondence between mammals and ants. Landscape
Ecology 16:453-464.
Forys, E. A.,
A. Quistorff, and C. R. Allen. 2001. Potential fire ant
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae) impact on the endangered Schaus
swallowtail (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Florida Entomologist
84:254-258.
Forys, E. A.,
A. Quistorff, C. R. Allen, and D. P. Wojcik. 2001. The likely
cause of extinction of the tree snail Orthalicus rese reses
(Say). Journal of Molluscan Studies 67:373-380.
Kamler, J. F.,
and K. L. Pope. 2001. Non-lethal methods of examining fish
stomach contents. Reviews in Fisheries Science 9:1-11.
Pope, K. L.
2001. Anglers tagging and marking fish: provincial and state
fishery agency views. Fisheries (Bethesda) 26(3):23-27.
Pope, K. L., M.
L. Brown, W. G. Duffy, and P. H. Michaletz. 2001. A
caloric-based evaluation of diet indices for largemouth bass.
Environmental Biology of Fishes 61:329-339.
Pope, K. L., B.
E. Van Zee, M. C. Mayo, and M. Rahman. 2001. Assessment of
outputs from Smith-Root model-5.0 GPP and model-7.5 GPP
electrofishers. North American Journal of Fisheries Management
21:353-357.
Wojcik, D. P.,
C. R. Allen, R. J. Brenner, E. A. Forys, D. P. Jouvenaz, and R.
S. Lutz. 2001. Red imported fire ants: impact on biodiversity.
American Entomologist 47(1):16-23.
Zettler, J. A.,
T. P. Spira, and C. R. Allen. 2001. Yellow jackets disperse
seeds of trillium in eastern forests. American Midland
Naturalist:146:444-446.
Zettler, J. A.,
T. P. Spira, and C. R. Allen. 2001. Ant-seed mutualisms: can
fire ants sour the relationship? Biological
Conservation101:249-253. |
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2000
Allen, C. R.,
R. D. Willey, P. E. Myers, P. M. Horton, and J. Buffa. 2000.
The impact of red imported fire ant infestation on northern
bobwhite abundance trends in the Southeastern United States.
Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology 17:43-51.
Cunningham, M.
K., W. F. Granberry, Jr., and K. L. Pope. 2000. Shrinkage of
inland silverside larvae preserved in ethanol and formalin.
North American Journal of Fisheries Management 20:816-818. |
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1999
Allen, C. R.,
E. A. Forys, and C. S. Holling. 1999. Body mass patterns
predict invasions and extinctions in transforming landscapes.
Ecosystems 2:114-121.
Forys, E. A.,
and C. R. Allen. 1999. Biological invasions and deletions:
community change in south Florida. Biological Conservation
87:341-347
Muoneke, M. I.,
and K. L. Pope. 1999. Development and evaluation of a standard
weight (Ws) equation for blue catfish. North American Journal
of Fisheries Management 19:878-879.
Pegg, M., K.
Pope, and C. Guy. 1999. Evaluation of current professional
certification use. Fisheries (Bethesda) 24(10):24-26.
Peterson, G.,
C. R. Allen, and C. S. Holling. 1999. Ecological resilience,
biodiversity and scale. Pages 415-432 in Readings in Ecology, S.
Dodson, S. R. Carpenter, R. L. Jeanne, J. F. Kitchell, N. E.
Langston, M. G. Turner, T. Ives, K. Elliot, and T. F. H. Allen,
eds. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. (Reprinted from
Ecosystems 1:6-18)
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1998
Allen, C. R.,
R. S. Lutz, and S. Demarais. 1998. Ecological effects of the
invasive non indigenous ant, Solenopsis invicta, on native
vertebrates: the wheels on the bus. Transactions of the 63rd
North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference
63:56‑65.
Peterson, G.,
C. R. Allen, and C. S. Holling. 1998. Ecological resilience,
biodiversity and scale. Ecosystems 1:6-18.
Pope, K. L.,
and D. W. Willis. 1998. Early life history and recruitment of
black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) in two South Dakota
waters. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 7:56-68.
Pope, K. L.,
and D. W. Willis. 1998. Larval black crappie distribution:
implications for sampling impoundments and natural lakes. North
American Journal of Fisheries Management 18:470-474
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1997
Allen, C. R.,
Stephen Demarais, and R. Scott Lutz. 1997. Effects of red
imported fire ants on recruitment of white-tailed deer fawns.
Journal of Wildlife Management 61:911-916.
Allen, C. R.,
K. Rice, D. P. Wojcik, and H. F. Percival. 1997. Effect of red
imported fire ant envenomization on neonatal American
alligators. Journal of Herpetology 31:318-321.
Hurley, K. L.,
K. L. Pope, and D. W. Willis. 1997. Back-calculated
length-at-age estimates from two scale radii. The Prairie
Naturalist 29:229-236.
Pope, K. L.,
and D. W. Willis. 1997. Environmental characteristics of black
crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) nesting sites in two South
Dakota waters. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 6:183-189.
Pope, K. L., D.
W. Willis, and D. O. Lucchesi. 1997. Influence of temperature
and precipitation on age-0 white bass abundance in two South
Dakota natural lakes. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 12:599-605.
Unkenholz, E.
G., M. L. Brown, and K. L. Pope. 1997. Oxytetracycline marking
efficacy for yellow perch fingerlings and temporal assays of tissue residues. The Progressive
Fish-Culturist 59:280-284. |
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1996
Fisher, S. J.,
K. L. Pope, L. J. Templeton, and D. W. Willis. 1996. Yellow
perch spawning habitats in Pickerel Lake, South Dakota. The
Prairie Naturalist 28:65-75.
Fisher, S. J.,
D. W. Willis, and K. L. Pope. 1996. An assessment of burbot (Lota
lota) weight-length data from North American populations.
Canadian Journal of Zoology 74:570-575.
Guilliano, W.,
C. R. Allen, R. S. Lutz, and S. Demarais. 1996. Effects of red
imported fire ant exposure on northern bobwhite chick survival
and body mass. Journal of Wildlife Management 60:309-313.
Pope, K. L.,
and D. W. Willis. 1996. Seasonal influences on freshwater
fisheries sampling data. Reviews in Fisheries Science 4:57-73.
Pope, K. L., D.
W. Willis, and D. O. Lucchesi. 1996. Differential relations of
age-0 black crappie and yellow perch to climatological variables
in a natural lake. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 11:345-350.
Pope, K. L., M.
K. Flammang, and D. W. Willis. 1996. Influence of size at
stocking on survival of saugeye in a northern-latitude
impoundment. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 11:447-450.
Pope, K. L., W.
T. Geraets, and D. W. Willis. 1996. Egg development in a
high-density black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) population.
Journal of Freshwater Ecology 11:451-458. |
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1995
Allen, C. R.,
R. Scott Lutz, and Stephen Demarais. 1995. Red imported fire
ant impacts on northern bobwhite populations. Ecological
Applications 5:632-638.
Pope, K. L., M.
L. Brown, and D. W. Willis. 1995. Proposed revision of the
standard weight (Ws) equation for redear sunfish. Journal of
Freshwater Ecology 10:129-134. |
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1994
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Allen, C. R.,
S. Demarais, and R. Scott Lutz. 1994. Red imported fire ant
impacts on wildlife: an overview. Texas Journal of Science
46:51-59.
Pope, K. L.,
and D. R. DeVries. 1994. Interactions between larval white
crappie and gizzard shad: quantifying mechanisms in small
ponds. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
123:975-987.
Pope, K. L.,
and D. W. Willis. 1994. Changes in the brown trout population
in Gary Creek, South Dakota, 1988-1993. Proceedings of the
South Dakota Academy of Science 73:51-58.
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1993
Allen, C. R.,
R. Scott Lutz, and Stephen Demarais. 1993. What about fire
ants and northern bobwhites? Wildlife Society Bulletin
21:349-351.
Allen, C. R.,
Sherman A. Phillips, Jr., and M. Trostle. 1993. Range
expansion by the ecologically disruptive red imported fire ant
into the Texas Rio Grande valley. Southwestern Entomologist
18:315-316. |
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