Effects of nitrogen fertilization on leaf chemistry and beetle feeding are mediated by leaf development. The fraction of expanding to expanded leaves determines the biomass responses of Populus to elevated CO2. Shading by shrubs in a desert system reduces the physiological and demographic performance of an associated herbaceous perennial. Subsidized island biogeography hypothesis: another new twist on an old theory. Physiological response curve analysis using nonlinear mixed models. Chrysomela scripta, Plagiodera versicolora (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidia), and Trichoplusia ni (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) track specific leaf developmental stages. Small island biogeography in the Gulf of California: lizards, the subsidized island biogeography hypothesis, and the small island effect. 2005 Marine subsidies alter the diet and density of insular and coastal populations of side blotched lizards (Uta stansburiana).
Barrett*, K, Anderson, W.B., Wait, D.A., Grismer, L.L., Polis, G.A., and M.D. 2005 Variation in carbon isotope discrimination and plant performance in a natural population of Cryptantha flava. Seabird guano influences on desert islands: soil chemistry and herbaceous species richness and productivity. Ecology of three populations of the rare woodland perennial Trillium pusillum michaux (liliaceae) in southwest Missouri. Distribution and activity of hypolithic soil crusts on desert islands in the Gulf of California. A stage-based study of drought response in Cryptantha flava (Boraginaceae): Gas exchange, water use efficiency, and whole plant performance. PUBLICATIONS: (*Graduate Student **Undergraduate Student) (15) Capser, B.B., I.N.
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PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: American Institute of Biological Sciences Ecological Society of America International Association for Ecology International Society for Pest Information Sigma Xi Society for Conservation Biology Teaching Assistant: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. September 1993 -May 1994 and September 1995 - December 1995. Teaching Associate: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. Graduate Research Assistant: Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY. Postdoctoral Research Associate/Faculty Teaching Intern: University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Assistant Professor: Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO. EMPLOYMENT: Associate Professor: Missouri State University, Springfield, MO. State University of New York-College at Geneseo. State University of New York-College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Missouri State University Springfield, MO 65897 Alexander Wait ADDRESS: Department of Biology 901 S.