Brackenridge Field Laboratory
    At the University of Texas at Austin

     2907 Lake Austin Boulevard : Austin, TX 78703 : 512/471-2114

BFL Partial Bibliography
(excluding ants)
Revised 2006

* Research carried out at Stengl "Lost Pines" Biological Station

Abbott, J.C. (2005). Dragonflies and damselflies of Texas and the south-central United States. Princeton University Press, 344 pp.

Abbott, J.C., R.A. Behrstock, & R.L. Larsen. (2003). Notes on the distribution of Odonata in the Texas panhandle, with a summary of new state and county records. Southwestern Naturalist 48(3): 444-448.

Almquist, K. and Flake, R.H. 1981. Spatial variation and resource tracking of population density with random and nonrandom dispersion. ISEM J. 3(4):25-56.

*Altshuler DL, Nunn A. Observational learning in hummingbirds. Auk, in press.

Ates, N., Ulubelen, A., Clark, W.D., Brown, G.K., Mabry, T.J., Dellamonica, G. Chopin, J. 1982. Flavonoids of Haplopappus scrobiculatus and Haplopappus sericeu. J. of Natural Products 45 : 189-190.

Baer, C.F.; Dantzker, M.; Ryan, M.J. 1995. Schooling behavior in a color polymorphic poeciliid fish: laboratory observations. Environmental Biology of Fishes 43:207-212.

Bertram, S.M. (2002). Temporally fluctuating selection of sex-limited signaling traits in the Texas Field cricket, Gryllus texensis. Evolution 56: 1831-1839

Boggs, C.L. and Gilbert, L.E. 1987 Spatial and temporal distribution of Lantana mites phoretic on butterflies. Biotropica 19:301-305.

Brody, M.S., Edgar, M.H., and Lawlor, L.R. 1983. A cost of reproduction in a terrestrial isopod. Evolution 37:653-655.

Brody, M.S. and Lawlor, L.R. 1984. Adaptive variation in offspring size in the terrestrial isopod, Armadillidium vulgare. Oecologia 61:55-59.

Bultman, T.L. and White, J.F. 1988. "Pollination" of a fungus by a fly. Oecologia. 75:317-319.

Burley, N. 1977. Parental investment, mate choice, and mate quality. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 74: 3476-3479.

Burley, N., and Moran, N. 1979. The significance of age and reproductive experience in the mate preferences of feral pigeons, Columba livia. Anim. Behav. 27: 686-698.

*Burmeister, S., Wilczynski, W. and Ryan, M.J. 1999. Temporal call changes and social context affect graded signaling in cricket frogs. Animal Behaviour 57:611-618 .

Burmeister, S.S.; Ophir, A.G.; Ryan, M.J.; Wilczynski, W.W. (2002). Information transfer during cricket frog contests. Animal Behaviour 64:715-725.

Buskirk, R.E. 1986. Orb-weaving spiders in aggregations modify individual web structure. J. Arachnology 14:259-265.

Buskirk, R.E. and Sherman, K.J. 1985. The influence of larval ecology on oviposition and mating strategies in dragonflies. Florida Entomologist 68:39-51.

Cade, W. 1975. Acoustically orienting parasitoids: Fly phonotaxis to cricket song. Science 190: 1312-1313.

Cade, W. H. 1979. The evolution of alternative male reproductive strategies in field crickets. In M. S. Blum and N. A. Blum (eds.) Sexual Selection and Reproductive Competition in Insects. Academic Press, N.Y. pp. 343-379.

Cade, W. H. 1979. Effects of male deprivation on female phonotaxis in field crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllus). Canadian Entomologist 111: 741-744.

Cade, W. H. 1981. Field cricket spacing and the phonotaxis of crickets and parasitoid flies to clumped and isolated cricket songs. Zeitschrift fur Tierpsychologie 55: 365-375.

Cade, W. H. 1984. Effects of fly parasitoids on nightly calling duration in field crickets. Canadian Journal of Zoology 62: 226-228

Cade, W. H. and D. Wyatt. 1984. Factors affecting calling behaviour in field crickets, Teleogryllus and Gryllus (age, weight, density, and parasites). Behaviour 88: 61-75.

Cade, W. 1986. Effects of fly parasitoids on nightly calling duration in field crickets. Canadian J. Zool.

Cade, W. H. 1989. Nightly and hourly rates of phonotaxis by flying field crickets, Gryllus integer, to conspecific song. Canadian Journal of Zoology 67: 2540-2542.

Cade, W. H. and E. S. Cade. 1992. Male mating success, calling and searching behavior at high and low densities in the field cricket, Gryllus integer. Animal Behavior 43: 49-56.

Cade, W. H., M. Ciceran, and A. M. Murray. 1996. Temporal patterns of parasitoid fly (Ormia ohracea) attraction to field cricket song (Gryllus integer). Canadian Journal of Zoology 74: 393-395.

Chapman, R.F. and Sword, G.A. (1997) Polyphagy in the Acridomorpha. In: Gangwere, S.K., Muralirangan, M.C. & Muralirangan, M. (eds.) The Bionomics of Grasshoppers, Katydids and Their Kin. CAB International, Wallingford, pp. 183-195.

Cockerill, James J. 1988. Notes on aggregations of Leiobunum in the Southern U.S.A. J. Arachnology 16:123-126.

Cocroft, R.C.; Ryan, M.J. 1995. Patterns of mating call evolution in toads and chorus frogs. Animal Behaviour 49:283-303.

Crapon de Caprona, M.; Ryan, M.J. 1990. Conspecific mate recognition in swordtails, Xiphophorus nigrensis and X. pygmaeus (Poeciliidae): olfactory and visual cues. Animal Behaviour 39:290-296.

Crews, D., Diamond, M.A., Whittier, J., and Mason, R. 1985. Small male body size in the garter snake depends on the testes. Am. J. Physiol. 249 (Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 18):R62-R66.

Cummings, M.E.; Rosenthal, G.G.; Ryan, M.J. (2003). A private ultraviolet channel in visual communication. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London series B 270:897-904.

Davis, W.J. 1986. Acoustic recognition in the belted kingfisher: cardiac response to playback vocalizations. Condor 88:505-512.

Davis, W.J. 1988. Acoustic communication in the belted kingfisher: An example of temporal coding. Behaviour 106:1-24.

Davenport, J.B. and Maguire, B., Jr. 1984. Quantitative grain density autoradiography and the distribution of interspecific productivity in phytoplankton. Limnology and Oceanography 29:410-416.

Dickinson, J.L. 1992. Scramble competition polygyny in the milkweed leaf beetle: combat, mobility, and the importance of being there. Behav. Ecol. 3(1):32-41.

Dieringer, G. and L. Cabrera. In press. Pollination ecology and stigma longevity of Liatris mucronata DC. (Compositae).

Doolittle, W.E. and Frederick, C.D. 1991. Phytoliths as indicators of prehistoric maize (Zea mays subsp. mays, Poaceae) cultivation. Pl. Syst. Evol. 177:175-184.

Dopman, E.B., Sword, G.A., & Hillis, D. On the importance of the ontogenetic niche in resource-associated divergence: evidence from a polyphagous grasshopper. (submitted to Evolution)

Dries, L.A. 2000. The Evolutionary Persistence of the Gynogenetic Amazon Molly, Poecilia formosa. Ph.D. Diss., Univ. of Texas at Austin.

Dries, L. A. Morris, M. R. and M. J. Ryan. 2001. Why Are Some Male Pygmy Swordtails Large? Copeia 2:355-364.

Ehler, L.E. 1979. Arthropod fauna of live oak in urban and natural stands in Texas. III. Oribatid mite fauna (Acari). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 52: 344-348.

Ehler, L.E., and Frankie, G.W. 1979. Arthropod fauna of live oak in urban and natural stands in Texas. II. Characteristics of the mite fauna (Acari). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 52 : 86-92.

Ehler, L.E., and Frankie, G.W. 1979. Arthropod fauna of live oak in urban and natural stands in Texas. III. Oribatic mite fauna (Acari). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 52 : 344-348.

Ellstrand, N.C., and Levin, D.A. 1980. Evolution of Oenothera laciniata (Onagraceae), a permanent translocation heterozygote. Systematic Botany 5 : 6-16.

Ellstrand, N.C., and Levin, D.A. 1980. Recombination system and population structure in Oenothera. Evolution 34 : 923-933.

Ellstrand, N.C., and Levin, D.A. 1982. Genotypic diversity in Oenothera laciniata (Onagraceae), a permanent translation heterozygote. Evolution 36 : 63-69.

Flake, R.H. and Price, R.B. 1984. Qualitative analysis of partially specified systems. 10th Intl. Conference of Applied Simulation and Modeling, San Francisco, CA. June 4-6, 1984.

Foran, M.C.; Ryan, M.J. 1994. Female-female competition in a unisexual/bisexual complex of mollies. Copeia 1994:504-508.

Fowler, N.L. 1990. The effects of competition and environmental heterogeneity on three co-occurring grasses. J. Ecology 78:389-342.

Fowler, N.L. 1990. Disorderliness in plant communities: comparisons, causes, and consequences. In J.B. Grace and G.D. Tilman (eds.), Perspectives on Plant Competition. Academic Press, New York. pp. 291-306.

Frankie, G.W., Tucker, J.M., and Welch, J.B. 1979. Arthropod fauna of live oak in urban and natural stands in Texas: I. Site descriptions, oak taxonomy/phenology and sampling methods. J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 52 : 71-85.

Frankie, G.W., and Morgan, D.L. 1984. Role of the host plant and parasites in regulating insect herbivore abundance, with an emphasis on gall-inducing insects. In : A New Ecology: Novel Approaches to Interactive Systems. (P. Price, C. Slobodchikoff, and W. Gaud eds.). John Wiley, New York.

French, B.W. and Cade, W. 1987. The timing of mating, calling, and locomotion in the field crickets, Gryllus veletis, G. pennsylvanicus, and G. integer. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 21:157-162.

French, B.W. and Cade, W. (submitted) Sexual selection at varying densities in male field crickets, Gryllus veletis and G. pennsylvanicus. J. Insect. Behav.

Friedlander, T.P., Wharton, R.A., and Steck, G.J. 1985. New records of Agromyzidae and their braconid parasitoids from Texas. Southwestern Entomol. 10:257-263.

Gabor, C.R.; Ryan, M.J.; Morizot, D.C. in press. Character displacement in sailfin mollies, Poecilia latipinna: allozymes, behavior, and morphology. Environmental Biology of Fishes.

Garrett, G.P. 1982. Variation in the reproductive traits of the pecos pupfish, Cyprinodon pecosensis. Am. Midland Nat.108:355-363.

George, M.W. 1980. Hummingbird foraging behavior of Malvaviscus arboreus var. Drummondii. The Auk 97 : 790-794.

Gilbert, L.E. 1985. Ecological factors which influence migratory behavior in two butterflies of the semi-arid shrublands of south Texas. In: Migration: Mechanisms and Adaptive Significance. Contributions in Marine Science Supplement Vol. 27. ( M.A. Rankin, ed.) Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, pp. 724-747.

Gray, D. A. & Cade, W. H. 1999. Quantitative genetics of sexual selection in the field cricket, Gryllus integer. Evolution 53: 848-854.

Gray, D. A. and W. H. Cade. 1999b. Sex, death and genetic variation: natural and sexual selection on cricket song. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B. 266: 707-709.

Gray, D. A. & Cade, W. H. 2000. Sexual selection and speciation in field crickets. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 97:14449-14454.

Gridi-Papp, M. (2003). Mechanism, behavior and evolution of calling in four North American treefrogs. Ph.D. dissertation. The University of Texas at Austin.

Grubb, J.C. 1972. Differential predation by Gambusia affinis on the eggs of seven species of Anuran amphibians. Amer. Mid. Nat. ?:102-108.

Grubb, J.C. 1973. Olfactory orientation in breeding Mexican toads, Bufo valliceps. Copeia 1973:490-497.

Grubb, J.C. 1973. Olfactory orientation in Bufo woodhousei fowleri, Pseudacris clarki and Pseudacris streckeri. Anim. Behav. 21:726-732.

Grubb, J.C. 1975. Olfactory orientation in southern leopard frogs, Rana utricularia. Copeia 1975:219-221.

Grubb, J.C. 1976. Maze orientation by Mexican toads, Bufo valliceps (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae), using olfactory and configurational cues. J. Herpetol. 10 : 97-104.

Gutiérrez, G., & Domjan, M. (1996). Learning and male-male sexual competition in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 110, 170-175.

Haws, B.A., Bohart, G.E., Nelson, C.R., Nelson, D.L. 1990. Insects and shrub dieoff in western states: 1986-1989 survey. In: E.D. McArthur, E.M. Romney, S.D. Smith, and P.T. Tueller, compilers. Proceedings--symposium on cheatgrass invasion, shrub die-off, and other aspects of shrub biology and management; 1987 April 5-7, Las Vegas, Nevada. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-276. Ogden, Utah: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station: 127-151.

Haws, B.A., Nelson, C.R., Valcarce, R.V., Stevenson, D.N., Smith, G.G., and Stutz, H.C. 1991. Variation in chemistry of shadscale (Atriplex confertifolia) ploidy races as detected by analytical pyrolysis-chemometrics and herbivorous insects (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). International Rangeland Congress, Montpelier, France. 22-26 April 1991.

Haydon, D.T., Radtkey, R.R., and Pianka, E.R. 1993. Experimental Biogeography: Interactions between stochastic, historical, and ecological processes in a model archipelago. Chapter 11 (pp. 117-130) in R. E. Ricklefs and D. Schluter (eds.) Species Diversity in Ecological Communities: Historical and Geographical Perspectives. University of Chicago Press.

Hook, A.W. 1991. Additional accounts of defensive stinging in sphecid wasps. Sphecos 21:13-14.

Hook, A.W. 1998. New distribution records of aculeate wsps in Texas and adjacent states (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae, Pompilidae, Mutillidae). Southwestern Naturalist 43:249-255.

Hook, A.W. (submitted) Eumenine wasps of Brackenridge Field Laboratory. Sphecos, No. 17.

Hook, A.W. (submitted) Report on the aculeate Hymenoptera Workshops held at Brackenridge Field Laboratory. Sphecos, No. 17.

Hook, A.W. (submitted) Mutillid wasps of Brackenridge Field Laboratory. Sphecos, No. 17.

Hook, A.W. and Evans, H.E. (In press). Prey and parasites of Cerceris fumipennis (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) from Central Texas, with description of the larvae of Dasymutilla scaevola (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). J. Kans. Entomol. Soc.

Hook, A.W. and Manley, D.G. 1989 Mutillid wasps of Brackenridge Field Station, Travis Co., Texas. Sphecos 18:8-9.

Hook, A.W., Evans, H.E., and Gillaspy, J.E. 1990. Pompilid wasps of Brackenridge Field Laboratory and of the greater Austin Area. Sphecos 20:17-18.

Howard, R.D. 1974. The influence of sexual selection and interspecific competition on mockingbird song (Mimus polyglottos). Evolution 28: 428-438.

Ideker, J. 1976. Tadpole thermoregulatory behavior facilitates grackle predation. Texas J. of Science 27 : 244-245.

Ideker, J. 1979. Adult Cybister fimbriolatus are predaceous (Coleoptera:Dytiscidae). Coleopterists Bull. 33: 41-44.

Kingston, J.; Rosenthal, G.G.; Ryan, M.J. (2003). The role of sexual selection in maintaining a colour polymorphism in the pygmy swordtail, Xiphophorus pygmaeus. Animal Behaviour 65:735-743.

Kirkpatrick, M.; Ryan, M.J. 1991. The paradox of the lek and the evolution of mating preferences. Nature 350:33-38.

*Keddy-Hector, A.; Wilczynski, W.; Ryan, M.J. 1992. Call patterns and basilar papilla tuning in cricket frogs. II. Intrapopulational variation and allometry. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 39:238-246.

Krohmer, R.W. and Crews, D. 1987. Temperature activation of courtship behavior in the male red-sided garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis): Role of the anterior hypothalamus-preoptic area. Behavioral Neuroscience 101:228-236.

Krohmer, R.W. and Crews, D. 1987. Facilitation of courtship behavior in the male red-sided garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) following lesions of the nucleus sphericus or septum. Physiol. and Behav. 40:759-765.

Krohmer, R.W., Grassman, M., and Crews, D. 1987. Annual reproductive cycle in the male red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis: Field and laboratory studies. General and Comparative Endocrinology 68:64-75.

Krohmer, R.W. and Crews, D. 19 . Control of courtship season length in the red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis: The role of temperature. Canadian J. Zool.

Lester, L.J. and Selander, R.K. 1979. Population genetics of haplodiploid insects. Genetics 92:1329-1345.

Lester, L.J. and Selander, R.K. 1981. Genetic relatedness and the social organization of Polistes colonies. Am. Naturalist 117:147-166.

Levin, D.A. 1990. The seed bank as a source of genetic novelty in plants. Amer. Nat. 135:563-572.

Levin, D.A. 1990. Sizes of natural microgametophyte populations in pistils of Phlox drummondii. Amer. J. Bot. 77:356-363.

Levin, D.A. 1991. The effect of inbreeding on seed survivorship in Phlox. Evolution 45:1047-1049.

Lewis, A.C. 1979. Feeding preference for diseased and wilted sunflower in the grasshopper, Melanoplus differentialis. Ent. Exp. & Appl. 26: 202-207.

Lewis, A.C. 1980. Stressed plants attract pests. The New Farmer 95(3):22.

Lewis, A.C. 1982. Leaf wilting alters a plant species ranking by the grasshopper Melanoplus differentialis. Ecolog. Entomol. 7: 391-395.

Lewis, A.C. 1982. Conditions of feeding preference for wilted sunflower in the grasshopper Melanoplus differentialis. In: Proc. 5th Int. Symp. Insect-Plant Relationships, Wageningen. Pudoc, Wageningen.

Lewis, A.C. 1983. Plant quality and herbivore choice; effects of sunflower condition on preference, growth and reproduction in the grasshopper Melanoplus differentialis. Ecology 65:836-842.

Maguire, Jr., B. 1971. Community Structure of Protozoans and Algae with Particular Emphasis on Recently Colonized Bodies of Water. In: Structure and Function of Fresh-Water Microbial Communities. (John Cairns, Jr. ed.) Symposium of the American Microscopical Society.

Maguire, Jr., B. 1971. Phytotelmata: Biota and community structure determination in plant-held waters. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 2 : 439-464.

Maguire, B. and Scott, K. In press. Long term lunar base operation: Some ecological considerations. In Lunar Bases and Space Activities in the 21st Century. NASA.

Marshall, D.L., Levin, D.A., and Fowler, N.L. 1985. Plasticity in yield components in response to fruit predation and date of fruit initiation in three species of Sesbania (Leguminosae). J. Ecol. 73:71-81.

McKinney, K.K. and Fowler, N.L. In press. Genetic adaptations to grazing and mowing in the unpalatable grass Cenchrus incertus. Oecologia.

*McClelland, B.E. and Wilczynzksi, W. and Ryan, M.J. 1996. Correlations between call characteristics and morphology in male cricket frogs (Acris crepitans). Journal of Experimental Biology 199:1907-1919.

*McClelland, B.E., Wilczynski, W. and Ryan, M.J. 1998. Intraspecific variation in laryngeal and ear morphology in male cricket frogs (Acris crepitans). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 63:51-67. Menke, A.S. 1989. New distribution records for Pison (Sphecidae). Sphecos12-13.

Miller, R.E. and Fowler, N.L. 1991. Morphological and demographic variation in two grass populations. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, Supplement to 72(2):195-196.

Mitchell, P.L. 1980. Combat and territorial defense of Acanthocephala femorata (Hemiptera:Coreidae. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 73:404-408.

Mitchell, P.L. and Mitchell, F.L. 1983. Range extension of Leptoglossus fulvicornis with observations on egg parasitism. Southwestern Entomologist 8:150-153.

Mitchell, P.L. and Mitchell, F.L. 1986. Parasitism and predation of leaffooted bug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae) eggs. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 79:854-860.

Moore, D. and Rankin, M.A. 1985. Circadian locomotor rhythms in individual honeybees. Physiological Entomol. 110:191-197.

Morris, M.R. and Ryan, M.J. 1990. Age at sexual maturity of Xiphophorus nigrensis in nature. Copeia 1990:747-775.

Morris, M.R.; Ryan, M.J. 1992. Breeding cycles in natural populations of Xiphophorus nigrensis, X. multilineatus and X. pygmaeus. Copeia 1992:1074-1077.

Morris, M.J.; Batra, P.; Ryan, M.J. 1992. Male-male competition and access to females. Copeia 1992:980- 986.

Morris, M.R.; Gass, L.; Ryan, M.J. 1995. Assessment and individual recognition of opponents in the pygmy swordtails Xiphophorus nigrensis and X. multlineatus. Behavioral Ecology 6:274-279.

Morris, M.R.; Mussel, M.; Ryan, M.J. 1995. Vertical bars on male Xiphophorus multilineatus: a signal that deters rival males and attracts females. Behavioral Ecology 6:274-279.

Morris, M.R.; Ryan, M.J. 1995. Large body size in the pygmy swordtail Xiphophorus pygmaeus. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 54:383-395.

Morris, M.R. and Ryan, M.J. 1996. Sexual difference in signal-receiver coevolution. Anim. Behav. 52:1017-1024.

Morris, M.R., Batra, P., and Ryan, M.J. In press. Male-male competition and access to females in the swordtail Xiphophorus nigrensis. Copeia

Murray, A. M. and W. H. Cade. 1995. Differences in age structure among field cricket populations (Orthoptera; Gryllidae): possible influence of a sex-biased parasitoid. Canadian Journal of Zoology 73: 1207-1213.

Neck, R.W. 1973. Homologous polymorphism and niche equivalence in the butterfly genus Chlosyne. Heredity 31 : 118-123.

Neck, R.W. 1973. Foodplant ecology of the butterfly Chlosyne lacinia (Geyer) (Nymphalidae). I. Larval foodplants. J. Lep. Soc. 27 : 22-33.

Neck, R.W. 1975. Aberrant Chlosyne lacinia (Nymphalidae) from central Texas. J. Lep. Soc. 29 : 259.

Neck, R.W. 1976. Larval morph variation in Chlosyne lacinia (Nymphalidae). J. Lepid. Soc. 30:91-94.

Neck, R.W. 1976. Lepidopteran foodplant records from Texas. J. Res. Lep. 15 : 75-82.

Neck, R.W. 1976. Nocturnal activity of a monarch butterfly (Danaidae). J. Lep. Soc. 30:235-236.

Neck, R.W. 1977. Foodplant ecology of the butterfly Chlosyne lacinia (Geyer) (Nymphalidae). II. Additional larval foodplant data. J. Res. Lep. 16 : 69-74.

Neck, R.W. 1977 Foodplant ecology of the butterfly Chlosyne lacinia (Geyer) (Nymphalidae). III. Adult resources. J. Res. Lep. 16:147-154.

Neck, R.W. 1977. Bionomic notes on some bagworm moths (Psychidae) of Texas. J. Lep. Soc. 31:183-190.

Neck, R.W. 1977. Cutaneous myiasis in Gopherus berlandieri (Reptilia, Testudines, Testudinidae). J. Herptol. 11 : 96-98.

Neck, R.W. 1977. Bizarre capture of a butterfly by an ambush bug. J. Lep. Soc. 31 : 22.

Neck, R.W. 1978. Climatic regimes resulting in unusual occurrences of Rhopalocera in central Texas in 1968. J. Lep. Soc. 32 : 111-115.

Neck, R.W. 1981. Occurrence and significance of an unusual phenotype of Colias cesonia Stoll (Pieridae) in the United States. J. Lep. Soc. 35:22-26.

Neck, R.W., Bush, G.L., and Drummond III, B.A. 1971. Epistasis, associated lethals and brood effect in larval colour polymorphism of the patch butterfly, Chlosyne lacinia. Heredity 26: 73-84.

Neck, R.W. and De Souza Lopes, H. 1973. On some North American Sarcophagidae and Calliphoridae (Diptera) reared from Gastropoda. Rev. Brasil. Biol. 33: 183-192.

Neff, J.L., Simpson, B.B., and Dorr, L.J. 1982. The nesting biology of Diadasia afflicta Cress. (Hymenoptera:Anthophoridae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 55 : 499-518.

Neff, J.L. 1988. "Brackenridge Field Laboratory." Malissa 3:17-18.

Neff, J.L. and Simpson, B.B. 1990. The roles of phenology and reward structure in the pollination biology of wild sunflower (Helianthus annuus L., Asteraceae). Israel J. Bot. 39:197-216.

Neff, J.L. and Danforth, B. 1991. The nesting and foraging behavior of Perdita texana (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Adrenidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 64:394-405.

Neff, J.L. and Simpson, B.B. 1991. Nest biology and mating behavior of Megachile fortis in central Texas (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 64:324-336.

Neff, J.L. and Simpson, B.B. 1992. Nest biology of Osmia (Diceratosmia) subfasciata Cresson in central Texas (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Pan Pacific Entomologist 68:15-26.

Neff, J.L. and Rozen, J.G., Jr. 1995. Foraging and nesting biology of the bee Anthemurgus passiflorae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea), descriptions of its immature stages, and observations on its floral host (Passifloraceae). Am Mus. Novitates No. 3138:1-19. Nelson, R.J., Mason, R., Krohmer, R., and Crews, D. 1987. Pinealectomy blocks vernal courtship behavior in the red-sided garter snake. Physiol. and Behav. 30:231-233.

Neff, J. L., B. B. Simpson, N. L. Evenhuis, and G. Dieringer (2003). Character analysis of adaptations for tarsal pollen collecting in the Bombyliidae (Insecta: Diptera): The benefits of putting your foot in your mouth. Zootaxa 157: 1-14.

Nelson, C. R. 1994. Insects of the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau. Pp. 211-237, In: Harper, K. T.; St. Clair, L. L.; Thorne, K. H.; Hess, W. M., editors. Natural History of the Colorado Plateau and Great Basin. University Press of Colorado, Boulder. 294 pp.

Nelson, C.R. and Baumann, R.W. 1989. Systematics and zoogeography of the winter stonefly genus Capnia (Plecoptera: Capniidae) in North America. Great Basin Natur. 49:289-363.

Nelson, C.R. and Baumann, R.W. 1990. New winter stoneflies (Plecoptera: Capniidae) from the Coast range of California. Pan-Pacific Entomol. 66(4):301-306.

Nelson, C. R., C. D. Jorgensen, H. L. Black, and J. Whiting. 1991. The maintenance of foraging trails by the giant tropical ant Paraponera clavata (Insecta: Formicidae: Ponerinae). Insectes Sociaux 38: 221-228.

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