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1 SELECTED PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Bartsch, I., and J. Lawrence Leaf size and biomass allocation in Thelypteris dentata, Woodwardia virginica, and Osmunda regalis in Central Florida. American Fern Journal 87: Brewer, J. S The relationship between soil fertility and fire-stimulated floral induction in two populations of grass-leaved golden aster, Pityopsis graminifolia. Oikos 74: Brown, L. N Breeding biology of the pocket gopher (Geomys pinetis) in Southern Florida. American Midland Naturalist 85: Brown, L. N. 1972a. Life history of Florida moths. Florida Field Naturalist 45: Brown, L. N. 1972b. Mating behavior and life habits of the sweet-bay silk moth (Cailosamia carolina). Science 176:73-5. Brown, L. N A population of Satyrium liparops liparops in west central Florida. Journal of the Lepidopteristsʼ Society 30:213. Brown, L. N. 1985a. Ecological notes on Synanthedon dominicki Duckworth and Eichlin (Sesiidae) in Florida and first description of the female. Journal of the Lepidopteristsʼ Society 39: Brown, L. N. 1985b. Occurrence of larvae of Epizeuxis americalis in hornet nests (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Florida Entomologist 68:224. Brown, L. N., T. D. Eichlin, and J. W. Snow A new species of clearwing moth, Carmenta laurelae (Sesiidae), from Florida. Journal of the Lepidopteristsʼ Society. Cornelissen, T., and P. Stiling. 2006a. Does low nutritional quality act as a plant defence? An experimental test of the slow-growth, high-mortality hypothesis. Ecological Entomology 31: Cornelissen, T., and P. Stiling. 2006b. Responses of different herbivore guilds to nutrient addition and natural enemy exclusion. Ecoscience 13: Davidson, B. S., T. Eisner, B. Witz, and J. Meinwald Defensive secretion of the carabid beetle Pasimachus subsulcatus. Journal of Chemical Ecology 15: Ford, C. R., E. S. Minor, and G. A. Fox Long-term effects of fire and fire-return interval on population structure and growth of longleaf pine (Pinus palustris). Canadian Journal of Forest Research-Revue Canadienne De Recherche Forestiere 40:
2 Foster, T. E., and J. R. Brooks Long-term trends in growth of Pinus palustris and Pinus elliottii along a hydrological gradient in central Florida. Canadian Journal of Forest Research-Revue Canadienne De Recherche Forestiere 31: Gibson, D. J., D. C. Hartnett, and G. L. S. Merrill Fire temperature heterogeneity in contrasting fire prone habitats: Kansas tallgrass prairie and Florida sandhill. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 117: Halstead, B. J., E. D. McCoy, T. A. Stilson, and H. R. Mushinsky Alternative foraging tactics of juvenile gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) examined using correlated random walk models. Herpetologica 63: Hartnett, D. C., and F. A. Bazzaz. 1985a. The regulation of leaf, ramet and genet densities in experimental populations of the rhizomatous perennial Solidago canadensis. Journal of Ecology 73: Hartnett, D. C., and F. A. Bazzaz. 1985b. The integration of neighbourhood effects by clonal genets in Solidago canadensis. Journal of Ecology 73: Hartnett, D. C., and F. A. Bazzaz. 1985c. The genet and ramet population dynamics of Solidago canadensis in an abandoned field. Journal of Ecology 73: Hartnett, D. C., and D. R. Richardson Population Biology of Bonamia grandiflora (Convolulaceae): Effects of Fire on Plant and Seed Bank Dynamics. American Journal of Botany 76: Hartnett, D. C Effects of Fire on Clonal Growth and Dynamics of Pityopsis graminifolia (Asteraceae). American Journal of Botany 74: Hartnett, D. C., and D. M. Krofta Fifty-Five Years of Post-Fire Succession in a Southern Mixed Hardwood Forest. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 116: Hickman, G. C., and L. N. Brown. 1973a. Mound-building behavior of the southeastern pocket gopher (Geomys pinetis). Journal of Mammalogy 54: Hickman, G. C., and L. N. Brown. 1973b. Pattern and rate of mound production in the southeastern pocket gopher (Geomys pinetis). Journal of Mammalogy 54: Jennings, D. E., J. J. Krupa, T. R. Raffel, and J. R. Rohr Evidence for competition between carnivorous plants and spiders. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 277: Kaczor, S. A., and D. C. Hartnett Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) effects on soils and vegetation in a Florida sandhill community. American Midland Naturalist 123:
3 Karl, S. A., and D. S. Wilson Phylogeography and systematics of the mud turtle, Kinosternon baurii. Copeia 2001: Linley, T. A., and H. R. Mushinsky Organic composition and energy content of eggs and hatchlings of the gopher tortoise. Pages in R. Bury and D. Germano, editors. Biology of North American Tortoises.. Department of the Interior, National Biological Survey, Fish and Wildlife Research 13, Washington, D.C. Macdonald, L., and H. R. Mushinsky Foraging ecology of the gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus, in a sandhill habitat. Herpetologica 44: McCoy, E. D The ground-dwelling beetles of periodically-burned plots of sandhill. Florida Entomologist 70: McCoy, E. D., and B. Kaiser Changes in foraging activity of the southern harvester ant Pogonomyrmex badius (Latreille) in response to fire. American Midland Naturalist 123: McCoy, E. D., and H. R. Mushinsky Studying a Species in Decline: Gopher Tortoises and the Dilemma of" Correction Factors". Herpetologica 48: McCoy, E. D., and H. R. Mushinsky Estimates of minimum patch size depend on the method of estimation and the condition of the habitat. Ecology 88: McCoy, E. D., H. R. Mushinsky, and J. Lindzey Declines of the gopher tortoise on protected lands. Biological Conservation 128: McCoy, E. D., H. R. Mushinsky, and J. Lindzey Conservation strategies and emergent diseases: the case of upper respiratory tract disease in the gopher tortoise. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 6: McCoy, E. D., H. R. Mushinsky, and D. S. Wilson Pattern in the compass orientation of gopher tortoise burrows at different spatial scales. Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters 3: McCoy, E. D., and B. W. Witz Population Ecology of Two Species of Pasimachus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the Sandhill Habitat of Florida. Florida Entomologist 77: Moon, J. C., E. D. McCoy, H. R. Mushinsky, and S. A. Karl Multiple paternity and breeding system in the gopher tortoise, Gopherus polyphemus. Journal of Heredity 97:150. Mushinsky, H. R Observations of the feeding habits of the short-tailed snake, Stilosoma extenuatum in captivity. Herpetological Review 15:67 68.
4 Mushinsky, H. R Fire and the Florida sandhill herpetofaunal community: with special attention to responses of Cnemidophorus sexlineatus. Herpetologica 41: Mushinsky, H. R Fire, vegetation structure and herpetofaunal communities. Page Studies in Herpetology, Proceedings of the 3rd European Herpetological Meeting. Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia. Mushinsky, H. R Natural history and abundance of southeastern five-lined skinks, Eumeces inexpectatus on a periodically-burned sandhill in Florida. Herpetologica 48: Mushinsky, H. R Florida s High-Pine Sandhill Communities. Florida Wildlife 47: Mushinsky, H. R., and D. J. Gibson The influence of fire periodicity on habitat structure. Pages in S. S. Bell, E. D. McCoy, and H. R. Mushinsky, editors. Habitat Structure: The Physical Arrangement of Objects in Space. Chapman and Hall. Mushinsky, H. R., and E. D. McCoy Comparison of gopher tortoise populations on Islands and and the mainland in Florida. Pages in R. Bury and D. Germano, editors. Biology of North American Tortoises. Co. Department of the Interior, National Biological Survey, Fish and Wildlife Research 13. Mushinsky, H. R., T. A. Stilson, and E. D. McCoy Diet and dietary preference of the juvenile gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus). Herpetologica 59: Mushinsky, H. R., and D. S. Wilson Seasonal occurrence of Kinosternon baurii on a sandhill in central Florida. Journal of Herpetology 26: Mushinsky, H. R., D. S. Wilson, and E. D. McCoy Growth and sexual dimorphism of Gopherus polyphemus in central Florida. Herpetologica 50: Mushinsky, H. R., and B. W. Witz Notes on the peninsula crowned snake, Tantilla relicta, in periodically burned habitat. Journal of Herpetology 27: Nelson, R. T., D. TeStrake, and B. J. Cochrane The Distribution of Basidiobolus and Conidiobolus in Soil and Litter at Sites near Tampa, Florida. Mycologia 90: Mycological Society of America. Rebertus, A. J., G. B. Williamson, and E. B. Moser. 1989a. Fire-induced changes in Quercus laevis spatial pattern in Florida sandhills. Journal of Ecology 77: Rebertus, A. J., G. B. Williamson, and E. B. Moser. 1989b. Longleaf pine pyrogenicity and turkey oak mortality in Florida xeric sandhills. Ecology 70:60 70
5 Schwartz, T. S., and S. A. Karl Population and conservation genetics of the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus). Conservation Genetics 6: Weidenhamer, J. D., D. C. Hartnett, and J. T. Romeo Density-dependent phytotoxicity: distinguishing resource competition and allelopathic interference in plants. Journal of Applied Ecology 26: Williamson, G. B., and E. M. Black High temperature of forest fires under pines as a selective advantage over oaks. Nature 293: Williamson, G. B., and D. R. Richardson Bioassays for allelopathy: Measuring treatment responses with independent controls. Journal of Chemical Ecology 14: Wilson, D. S Estimates of survival for juvenile gopher tortoises, Gopherus polyphemus. Journal of Herpetology: Wilson, D. S Tracking small animals with thread bobbins. Herpetological Review 25:13. Wilson, D. S. 1998a. Nest-site selection: microhabitat variation and its effects on the survival of turtle embryos. Ecology 79: Wilson, D. S. 1998b. Nesting ecology of the striped mud turtle (Kinosternon baurii) in Central Florida. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3: Wilson, D. S., H. R. Mushinsky, and E. D. McCoy Relationship between gopher tortoise body size and burrow width. Herpetological Review 22: Wilson, D. S., H. R. Mushinsky, and E. D. McCoy Home range, activity, and burrow use of juvenile gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) in a central Florida population. Pages in R. B. Bury and D. J. Germano, editors. Biology of North American Tortoises. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Biological Survey, Fish and Wildlife Research 13, Washington, D.C. Wilson, D. S., H. R. Mushinsky, and E. D. McCoy Nesting behavior of the striped mud turtle, Kinosternon baurii (Testudines: Kinosternidae). Copeia 1999: Witz, B. W Comparative ultrastructural analysis of spermatogenesis in Pasimachus subsulcatus and Pasimachus strenuus. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 18: Witz, B. W. 1996a. The functional response of Cnemidophorus sexlineatus: laboratory versus field measurements. Journal of Herpetology 30: Witz, B. W. 1996b. A New Device for Capturing Small and Medium-Sized Lizards by Hand: The Lizard Grabber. Herpetological Review 27:
6 Witz, B. W Aspects of the thermal biology of the six-lined racerunner, Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (Squamata: Teiidae) in west-central Florida. Journal of Thermal Biology 26: Witz, B. W., and J. M. Lawrence Nutrient absorption efficiencies of the lizard, Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (Sauria: Teiidae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology 105: Witz, B. W., and H. R. Mushinsky Pygidial secretions of Pasimachus subsulcatus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) deter predation by Eumeces inexpectatus (Squamata: Scincidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology 15: Witz, B. W., D. S. Wilson, and M. D. Palmer. 1991a. Estimating population size and hatchling mortality of Gopherus polyphemus. Florida Scientist 55: Witz, B. W., D. S. Wilson, and M. D. Palmer. 1991b. Distribution of Gopherus polyphemus and its vertebrate symbionts in three burrow categories. American Midland Naturalist 126:
3 Fitzpatrick, J.W. & G.E. Woolfenden. Red-tailed hawk preys on juvenile gopher tortoises. FLORIDA FIELD NATURALIST 6: 49
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